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Kazuo Hirai takes over as Sony CEO and President
posted by Victor H. / Feb 01, 2012, 2:59 AM
Sony has just announced a big shuffle in its top management: Kazuo Hirai has been appointed the new CEO and President of the company replacing Howard Stringer who will now serve as Chairman of Sony's Board of Directors. This confirms various rumors floating around the web in the last couple of months.
"The path we must take is clear: to drive the growth of our core electronics businesses - primarily digital imaging, smart mobile and game; to turn around the television business; and to accelerate the innovation that enables us to create new business domains," Hirai said.
It seems that Hirai has a clear mission - to integrate Sony's TV and personal computer business with its position in the gaming industry and add the growing mobile space into the picture as well.
Former man-in-charge Stringer described the 51-year-old Hirai as "a globally focused executive for whom technology and the cloud are familiar territory, content is highly valued, and digital transformation is second nature." Hirai, a native of Japan, is known to be a good speaker, with fluent English and is widely viewed as the best candidate for the Sony CEO position.
After the successful Walkman series in the 80s, Sony struggled after Apple beat it in its own game with the iPod, Samsung dominated TV sales and game consoles are now a very competitive business with Nintendo's Wii and Microsoft's XBOX platforms.
25 Comments
1. Bluesky02
Posts: 1439; Member since: Dec 05, 2011
Dear Hirai, I hope your future Playstation 4 will not cost +$700 at launch. and please bring the damn backward compatibility and other OS.
posted on Feb 01, 2012, 4:13 AM 3
24. squallz506
Posts: 1075; Member since: Oct 19, 2011
Dear hirai, create a medium for 4k movies and games.
posted on Feb 01, 2012, 8:22 PM 0
3. RamyRamz69
Posts: 390; Member since: Dec 12, 2011
I really hope the best of future for Sony, they've always been my favourite company when it came to quality. Good luck Mr.Kaz.
posted on Feb 01, 2012, 6:17 AM 3
5. Fallout09
Posts: 421; Member since: Oct 17, 2011
Sony is yesterdays news. Samsung is the new Tech King. Great phones and better tvs.
posted on Feb 01, 2012, 8:02 AM 1
7. RamyRamz69
Posts: 390; Member since: Dec 12, 2011
Yeah ofcourse you can live in your dream. Sony's TV are the BEST regarding the price, Sony Vaio compared to whatever Samsung calls their laptops? Sony NEX and Cybershot compared to whatever Samsung calls their cameras(They do make cameras?) PS3, PS Vita, PSP, PS2, PS1, Walkman compared to Galaxy PMP, Sony headsets, Sony Xperia S compared to SGS2(SGS3 will not be out in MWC, if you wanna compare a phone to it then wait for the Mint/Haybausa). Sony Live bloggie, Sony E-Reader, Sony Handy Cam, Sony Tablet S dominates Galaxy Tab in most of the aspects....and I can go on until the morning. Again, Samsung is a great company but all the innovation goes to Sony. THEY changed most of the market as we know it now.
posted on Feb 01, 2012, 8:46 AM 4
21. atheisticemetic
Posts: 377; Member since: Dec 18, 2011
Samsung makes horrible phones! you smoke crack....great menu but horrible reception; which in my opinion makes a phone a GREAT phone if they become the new tech king i would cry, as i have never had luck with samsung products
posted on Feb 01, 2012, 1:32 PM 0
6. Jericho unregistered
make.believe Playstation bravia hd vaio walkman cybershot xperia go sony.
posted on Feb 01, 2012, 8:18 AM 3
9. Fallout09
Posts: 421; Member since: Oct 17, 2011
You guys are smoking crack. The Quality of Sony has fallen off in the last 5 years. Their LED TVs are fat and bloated and picture quality doesn't hold a candle to Samsung. Playstation products have falling off be bested by both Nintendo and Microsoft. SG2.... Makes Xperia phones look like a joke and now that that they are on their own; they have no one else to blame. Sony walkman.... nope, try again.... haven't seen one of those on the street since 1980. Sony Tablet, again fat and bloated with that gets smoked by Samsung. Sony Live bloggie? Really? Ok, you got me on one... Sony cameras are better than Samsung. Half products you named Samsung doesn't make a comparable product.... But you started it... Samsung Washer/Dryers refrigerators, dishwashers, microwaves, ranges, ect are all at the top of food chain for mass market consumer products. Where is Sony?
posted on Feb 01, 2012, 9:16 AM 1
11. RamyRamz69
Posts: 390; Member since: Dec 12, 2011
Samsung fanboy... Sony TVs are BETTER than the Samsung ones. And just for your information, if Sony's quality falls then so did Samsung's because they did the LCD panels(Until Q4 2011) together. Don't forget Sony includes the Bravia technology and the Sony TVs look way better than the Samsung ones. Playstation products falling off? Lol...last time I checked, Sony made more money than Microsoft/Nintendo selling the PS3. Don't forget that it was launched one whole year after the 360 and Wii. Apart from that, it costed double the price of them both when launched which made Sony even more profit...and right now more PS3s are being sold than 360s which means more profit for Sony. I also don't need to remind you of the PSP which sold around 80 million devices worldwide or the upcoming PSV which is out of stock before even coming to the shops. Oh and remind me again, what is the best selling console of all item? Yep, the PS2 which sells around 3 million units per month. S2 makes Xperia phones look like jokes? Xperia S dominates the S2 in every way...there isn't one thing the S2 is better than the Xperia S in. Again, don't talk crap about the S3 because it's not gonna be even released at Q2. Compare it to the upcoming Mint/Haybausa. Sony Walkman: The only MP3 standing alive until now and fighting with the iPod. If you don't know Sony is going to release a new Walkman called the Walkman Z which is better than the iTouch. Sony Tablet: Better Camera, PS Certified, Universal control app, no crapwiz skin, has an SD card support, ability to connect USB/flash drives to it, much more comfortable to hold and doesn't have the design of the iPad. And fyi, Sony Tablet S is the best selling Android Tablet in the UK. Yes the Sony Live Bloggie, many bloggers are getting it because it's the best one now. Like it or not. And did you forget the Vaio? ;) Again, I compared "Sony" products to "Samsung" products. Don't go around saying crap about Microsoft/Apple/Nintendo.
posted on Feb 01, 2012, 9:49 AM 3
14. BLikens1619
Posts: 67; Member since: Apr 12, 2008
Fat and bloated? Have you checked out the XBR-929? Thin and beautiful!
posted on Feb 01, 2012, 11:02 AM 1
10. XiphiasGladius
Posts: 813; Member since: Aug 21, 2011
Unless Sony make use of the best chipset available for a mobile phone they wont be beating Samsung anytime soon. Crossing ma fingers that the Hayabusa and Mint will use an awesome/the best chipset available. . .
posted on Feb 01, 2012, 9:32 AM 0
12. Jericho unregistered
@RamyRamz69 brother you just hit the nail right on fallout09's head.
posted on Feb 01, 2012, 10:24 AM 1
13. Jericho unregistered
@RamyRamz69 brother you just hit the nail right on fallout09's head.
posted on Feb 01, 2012, 10:24 AM 1
15. Fallout09
Posts: 421; Member since: Oct 17, 2011
What planet are you on? PS3 making more money than Nintendo and Microsoft? Last year alone, Microsoft sold 1.4 million more Xboxs than Sony PS3 world wide. Here in the US, Microsoft holds 49% of the overall console market and as of Nov 11, the Xbox 360 had its 11th straight month of being the leader in sales. The console was launched a year before PS3 yet its overall sales still grew 23% over the previous years sales. In January, the Xbox 360 reported a profit over 1 billion, still turning a profit after 6 years! Don't forget that the PS3 didn't make any sort of profit till mid 2010. It was operating at a huge loss for 4 years. Now lets talk about the Sony Walkman compared to the Galaxy PMP. I relate this to stand alone mp3 are a dying product. This is even seen with the iPod, with continual sales of the iPhone, Apple cannibalizing on sales of iPods. Who in their right mind carries a stand alone MP3 player when your phone does the same function? And seeing that the SG2 is the number one selling Android phone it makes Samsung a clear winner by default. Up until 5 mins ago, I hadn't even seen or heard of Sony Bloggie Live. A pocket camcorder that lets your sream your HD video over WiFi.... Sounds like a feature of SG2.... Heard of DNLA? Hell, most smart phone already supports this feature. Again, why do I need another niche product that may be selling well in its class when I have can get a SG2? Sony Xperia S... are telling me that its ok for you to compare an unreleased phone to the SG2, but I cant mention to SG3 which will be a monster when released. SG2 blows the current Xperia Play and Xperia Arc out of the water. No contest. Sony Tablet... Outselling in the UK? What about the world? And it didn't start selling till it dropped $100 to $299. And wasn't your argument that Samsung's TVs sell better because they are cheaper. It's PS Certified? Hello, it was made by Sony. Hate to break it to you, but any android devices have access to an app to run PS roms. Universal controller? Samsung has an app for that too. I can control my Samsung TV with my phone. Big deal. Nobody does universal remotes better than Logitech. Better camera on a Tab? What is the point? It is more of an add-on feature. Who in their right mind would be carrying around a tablet to take pictures? Do you realize how much of a huge douche you would look like carrying around a tablet to take everyday pictures? Especially when nobody can compete with stand alone point and click cameras but if you feel a better camera on a 10" tab you can do you little victory dance on that feature. I already conceded that Sony has better cameras than Samsung. You mention the Vaio Laptop. Per Laptopmag.com, Sony score is 66 points of 100 and Samsung 60 points of 100. Neither are big winners in the laptop world buddy.
posted on Feb 01, 2012, 11:46 AM 2
19. RamyRamz69
Posts: 390; Member since: Dec 12, 2011
Ok so it looks like you are one big ass ignorant Samsung fanboy. Who the hell told you these statistics? If you do the Math properly, Xbox had TWO million more devices sold than Sony when they both announced the sales back in September even though it was released ONE year earlier. I don't care about the USA market, worldwide the PS3 outsales Xbox360 in every province. It is extremely normal that the 360 outsales PS3 in the USA because it's made by Microsoft(American company). Again, what you state is pointless. PS3 was making as much profit as the 360 until mid 2010 when it outsaled it in most of the provinces. And apart from that, every one knows that PS3 is a better console than the 360. And did you forget to reply about the PSP, PSV and PS2? :) Ok so basically you're comparing the sound quality from a mobile phone which doesn't have a proper equalizer, comes with crappy headphones and doesn't have a proper sound system to a dedicated music player? That's the difference between smart and stupid people. I have an excellent quality call phone, an excellent quality MP3 player, an excellent quality camera compared to an average quality smartphone which does all of these things but not the way I want it. And no, being the number 1 selling android phone(even though it is not) doesn't make your device have the best sound quality. I have a GS2 and an Arc, the GS2 doesn't even have an equalizer. Xperia phones have something called Xloud which enhances and loudness your phone. Basically, the Walkman dominates the Galaxy Player in every way even when it comes to specs like processor, screen and software. Are you stupid? You can't bloody stream videos with your phone. DLNA(Not DNLA) is something that enables you to play your videos/photos/music on other DLNA certified devices, it doesn't enable you to stream live videos to your blog, website or office. How do you think people record keynotes and make us watch them? Yep, using bloggies... Again, your SGS2 doesn't blow any s**t out of the 2011 Xperia phones. The Arc S runs faster than the S2 because it doesn't have bloatware on it as much as the S2. The Arc S features a 3D camera, ultra-thin design, Exmor R Sensor, Mobile Bravia Engine, HDMI Out, free SEN(Music and Video unlimited) content, weights less and comes with much more accessories than the GS2. You can brag about the GS2 having a dual core processor and 1 GB of RAM and still running slower than the Arc S. No average buyer really cares about those stuff as long as the phone is smooth and runs fast. Just for your information, the 100$ cut was from 499$ to 399$ and that was because of the holiday shopping session. And fyi, they ARE outselling the Galaxy Tab now. Yeh well, because it's made by Sony I get to have something that the Galaxy Tab doesn't :) Which is a + for Sony. Well guess what, I don't want to lose my warranty and flash my phone just like 90% of Android users. No, the universal control in the Galaxy Tab(Which is made by Sony Computer)
posted on Feb 01, 2012, 12:46 PM 1
23. downphoenix
Posts: 3165; Member since: Jun 19, 2010
Ever heard of the Ustream app? Yep, you can do it on phones. You can even do it on a flash enabled tablet, I've done this on my Blackberry Playbook before.
posted on Feb 01, 2012, 4:30 PM 0
20. RamyRamz69
Posts: 390; Member since: Dec 12, 2011
Works only on Sony devices. Yeh well, it's a big deal for people :) Well tell that to the millions of people who buy tablets and take pictures with them. Don't assume something which you don't know. Well I am sorry I have self confidence and can actually use something I bought like most of the people. Laptopmag...lol. Much like a fansite. We both know Samsung doesn't stand a chance when it comes to Laptops against Vaio. I don't know which models did you compare exactly; but everyone knows Vaio IS better than Samsung laptops. Vaio Z is currently the best stock Windows Laptop. They have better designs, more options, better batteries, Blueray support, 3D support, better specifications and ofcourse better after sale support. Your argument is just stupid, Sony IS quality and you can't change that. Samsung is a company that made most of it's revenue from selling fridges and cupwashers. Sony is a company that made all of it's revenue based on innovations and new ideas.
posted on Feb 01, 2012, 12:51 PM 0
16. Aaron_R96 unregistered
As long as mr Hirai doesnt bring out anymore Sony Tablets until at least late 2012, i'm happy - just today purchased the Tablet S (took its time!) and who is that guy kidding, Tablet S > Galaxy Tabs in pretty much every area, even price!
posted on Feb 01, 2012, 12:07 PM 1
18. bolaG
Posts: 468; Member since: Aug 15, 2011
I love Sony. They make great gaming contents(Playstation, PSP, etc). They make great products in general(xperia, vaio, blu-ray players, etc). Never the less, they have been falling behind on their TV's. Not only do their high-end TV's not perform as well as the Samsungs, Lgs, and Panasonics but they are also over priced. The only strong point in their TVs are durability, but the previous outweigh the former.
posted on Feb 01, 2012, 12:43 PM 1
22. Fallout09
Posts: 421; Member since: Oct 17, 2011
PS3 is better than the 360. Not buying one bit. A Walkman is better due to EQ software. Android has no less than 20 free apps that perform the same function. You talk about better headphones. iPhones come with crappy low-end earbuds (yet majority of iPhone users continue to use them) and HTC comes with high-end Beats. Does it make HTC products magically better than iPhones based on an accessory? No. Of course not. You talk about speed of phone, SG2 Exynos processor has been the product to beat when it comes to android processors. You talk about a 3D camera, where did that get HTC and LG? That's right, no where. Cool feature but lacks public adoption. Again you are comparing a phone that has hit the market to a device that is about a year old. Sony or Samsung laptops? I agreed that Sony was better but being the winning turd is not good thing. Neither product are considered when I look for a new machine. The Samsung remote app was made by Samsung and not Sony. Check the android market. Yes, you do look like a total douche bag taking a tablet out to snap some family snapshots at the zoo. Innovate… Web Bloggie Live? Really? Who uses this outside media outlets and 14 year old girls talking about what Sally was wearing at school today.... Please don't even get me started with Sony's Bluray. Yes, it is a great product (Yes, I own and use it) but by no means the best. HD-DVD had better performance and not only cheaper to manufacture, but had minimal factory change to produce. Sony paid big for that win. Samsung makes the best displays, best processors, best ram….. Back to my original comment Sony was yesterday's news riding on previous success, charging top dollar and a day late bring old features are new. Sounds like Apple product when I put it like that.
posted on Feb 01, 2012, 2:07 PM 0
25. squallz506
Posts: 1075; Member since: Oct 19, 2011
Sony didn't pay anything to win the hddvd format war. They won because the porn industry backed bluray. Just like how porn determined the DVD/laserdisc and the betamax/VHS wars. And the ps3 sells more units worldwide than the Xbox. Just like how the ps2 defeated the Xbox and dreamcast. Because people buy the system to play dvds and blurays. I bought the ps3 because it plays bluray, and when I was in the market the 360 didn't have built in wireless.
posted on Feb 01, 2012, 8:31 PM 0
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Here is what is on my design wall today. A few test blocks for a pattern I am trying. The lowest block in the photo was my first. It didn't go together as well as I would have liked. So I changed the size of the longer pieces in the block and tried again. The other blocks are the result of that change. I am much happier with those blocks. They lie flat and have nice even edges and I have not trimmed anything.
This has made me rethink my two block nightmare quilt. Perhaps what I have with those blocks is not a stitching problem after all. Maybe that is also a cutting issue. I will have to give those another look soon. Maybe there is some hope for that quilt after all.
Here is a peek at what I have been looking at outside my sewing room window. I have a robin who has made her nest under my deck. I look forward to seeing some baby birds. I love springtime.
Monday, April 26, 2010
I'm sewing! Really, I am.
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Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Sewing room re-do is done...pretty much
...and I am thrilled! It is so much brighter in there now. There are still things that need to be done before the job is complete. For instance, I need some window treatments. But I am still deciding what I want to put on them.
This is a view of my design wall. While my design wall was down, I made a little adjustment to it. I added a layer of quilt batting between the foam insulation board and the flannel sheet. I like it much better this way, but I think a second layer of batting would have been even better. Just saying.
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Monday, April 12, 2010
On my wall...April 12
This is what is on my wall today. I'm in no hurry to finish this one, but it is always nice to have a couple baby quilt tops at the ready. Check out Patchwork Times for more design wall fun.
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Thursday, April 8, 2010
New name, same old me
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Monday, April 5, 2010
Design Wall Moday- April 5
I'm happy to have this top completed. Now I just have to decide if I will quilt this myself or send it to a long-arm quilter. I'm leaning towards the latter.
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Charges were filed against a man who tried to sexually assault a 54-year-old Chicago woman earlier in the day while she slept in her Gold Coast home.
Deandre Minor, 28, faces one count of attempted criminal sexual assault with bodily harm, robbery and home invasion/sex offense, according to police.
Authorities said the woman was woken up by a man on top of her at about 3:20 a.m.
The woman's son, who was also in the home on the 1200 block of North Stone Street, heard the struggle and went to her rescue, police said.
The son chased the attacker, who police said was partially clothed, out of the apartment. The man was arrested as he was exiting the building.
Neighbors suspect the man got into the building through a door that wasn't locked properly and went floor by floor of the nine-story building looking for a victim.
A doorman is on duty each evening but leaves at 10 p.m., residents said.
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"The building is going above and beyond now. There's a 24-hour doorman and new locks, a security system and the whole thing," said a man who wished to be identified only as Doug.
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Targeted Neighborhood Strategy (Idea #3*)
The Annie Casey Foundation's Annual Kids Count Data book for 2011 is out.
And in what should be no surprise for anyone and a giant disappointment for everyone, childhood poverty is up, again.
"[O]ver the last decade there has been a significant decline in economic
well-being for low income children and families. Data also reveals the
impact of the job and foreclosure crisis on children. In 2010, 11
percent of children had at least one unemployed parent and 4 percent
have been affected by foreclosure since 2007."
Go ahead and see for yourself—here's the book.
What to do?
In Georgia, the number of kids living in high-poverty areas has increased by 81 percent over the past decade.
One in four children in Georgia lives in poverty, the highest rate the state has seen in 40 years. one in ten young Georgians is growing up in an area where at least 30 percent of neighbors live below the federal poverty line—about $22,000 per year for a family of four.
And this story is not Georgia's alone.
But many Georgia communities are trying something new—community partnerships (collaboratives) that target the highest poverty neighborhoods with an array services intended to increase incomes, improve health, raise skill levels, and help families achieve higher levels of economic security (two of these partnerships are Promise Neighborhood efforts).
So what about this kind of approach to workforce development? We saw a taste of it a decade ago with the Youth Opportunity Movement, but the work Georgia is doing targets the community as a whole, not just one demographic group.
What if communities (even wealthier ones) targeted their most in-need neighborhoods? Workforce agencies could serve as "backbone organizations" that support partners acting in alignment ot achieve shared goals. This is sometimes called a collective impact approach, and some workforce agencies use it already—like Worksystems, the Workforce Board in Portland, Oregon, which is organizing youth services in this way. (This approach is also covered in The WEadership Guide.)
There are really two complementary ideas (but we'll count it as one in keeping with the one-idea-per-post approach we've take here):
- Targeting communities in need and redesign intervientions and services to meet those needs more effectively (a deep but narrow approach)
- Aligning multiple organizations around a set of shared goals and developed a collaborative strategy for change
Either or both are worthy of trying given myriad of workforce challenges our communities are facing.
How about it?
* This is part of a series of entirely subjective posts intended to inspire greatness among applicants to the Workforce Innovation Fund. The opinions and perspectives expressed here are not those of Social Policy Research, the US Department of Labor (USDOL) or anyone other than the author. Please steal the ideas you find most promising.


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Yesterday on #Speakup, commenter chadoban asked which video game characters we'd all go gay (or straight) for. Your answers were as varied as they were enjoyable, so Chris Person thought he'd grab some of the most popular ones and render them into gifs.
Check out the gifs below. Enjoy them. Place them on your desktop, or on your geocities homepage. Embrace the temptation.
Up top, we have Godot from Phoenix Wright. Man, that guy is totally the dreamiest character in Phoenix Wright history. Also: There's a "hot coffee" joke in here somewhere but I'm not quite finding it.
Nathan Drake from the Uncharted Series
Oh man, this one is amazing. See how dreamily he looks into the distance as he holds the side of the traincar! Not only is he looking ultra-handsome in this shot, but it also makes me remember one of the best levels in the entire Uncharted series.
Poison from Final Fight and Street Fighter
Well yeah, I can see what the attraction is about here. Ladies, is she beckoning you onward to a fight? Or does she just want to get a little closer? Who can tell, who can tell…
Balthier from Final Fantasy XII
Aah, Final Fantasy XII. One of the Final Fantasys that I don't know much about. That Balthier sure is a good looking rogue though, isn't he?
The Boss from Metal Gear Solid 3
Okay, this one I get. Her strong demeanor, her troubled past; that sexy headband. Too bad about… well, you know. What happens.


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We are new to the Richmond, Petersburg, Hopewell, Suffolk and Portsmouth, Va areas, only 10 months old - our current name is Capitol Asset Management but that name doesn't lend itself to leasing either residential or commercial. We have the "A" team and need the "A+" logo to make us stand out amoung the others. We have luxury apartments and ideal commercial locations in an urban setting. Sleek, upscale floor plans from renovated historic properties. We are the sister company of The Monument Companies, Monument Construction/Development which buy the properties and renovate them for management by us. Need help rebranding ourselves and attracting our target audience! Monument is known for it's logo - we are looking to make Compass' logo just as well known.
Our target audience would be young professionals who like to live closer to work. Those who want to be where the action is. Our setting is historic Richmond, Portsmouth, Hopewell, Petersburg and Suffolk, VA. We have some new construction but our passion is renovation into that one-of-a-kind Class A living space. Luxury apartments with granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, tiled bathrooms and gorgeous views. We offer one and two bedroom apartments and commercial space on the ground floor.
We provide a safe, comfortable, convenient and cool place to live - we want our focus and name to resonate that. Like the compass which points N/E/S/W, our properties too are all over the map. All of the areas are different, but the fact of the matter, our quality remains the same.
This logo and tag line, along with the name, needs to be new, fresh, something not seen before that will catch someone's eye and make them want to find out what it means. A logo that attracts our target audience but doesn't offend anyone. I envision something catchy and bold, able to be put on appearal and have immediate recognition...... something rich but not over the top. A logo/tage line that has quality.
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The Certified Public Funds Investment Manager (CPFIM) is an accredited program offered by the Association of Public Treasurers of the United States & Canada (APT US&C). The program was developed in 2007 and has been improved since inception and now we are ready to launch the program across the country. Everyday there are thousands of treasurers and government financial officers who are making investment decisions with billions of dollars. Many do not have any formalized training in investing public funds; the purpose of this program is to provide the proper education to those who are managing billions of taxpayer dollars.
The CPFIM program has the potential to save billions and increase investment efficiencies. It's intended to give the treasurers and financial officers the tools they need to make the very best decisions in stewarding the money they have a fiduciary responsibility for.
The program is offered to hired government accountants, administrators and elected or appointed treasures, and finance directors.
Some attendees really know their "stuff" and love learning better methods of investing while the other group is newer or "greener" when it comes to investing. This is the perfect class for the beginner and intermediate investor, but it provides the accreditation for the seasoned professional who is looking to add CPFIM after their name on the business card.
Most of the attendees are CPA's and are required to have 40 hours of CPE credits each year, we are offering 7 CPE credits upon completion of this program. Some states like Florida, Texas, and Ohio among many others require public stewards of tax dollars to have so many hours of investment training each year. This program will meet that requirement in some states.
The target audience might have budget constraints this year regarding travel due to the economic downturn. So, we would like to illustrate the point that this is one of the only trainings that can have a very positive net result for attending. If an attendee is managing 50,000,000.00 for their city, county, township or state and they improved their return by a tenth of a percent that is 50k. Obviously, the CPFIM training program doesn't cost 5k. Illustrating this point is important.
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text: TV / VideoThis Is What We Saw at the TV Upfronts This YearAnd here's what it looked likeBy Anthony Crupi|May 19, 2013 ShareBy Anthony Crupi|May 19, 2013 Share In trying to gauge the health of the TV ad sales market, one can opt to discard macroeconomic data on the GDP and spreadsheets on scatter rates. In fact, look no further than the nearest hors d'oeuvres tray. If at any point during an upfront party a waiter bearing a silver tray offers you a jumbo shrimp cocktail, things are looking up. When the networks aren't feeling so flush, you'll be lucky to round up a plate of chilled Sea-Monkeys slathered in ketchup. Austerity matters were such that during the recession-throttled 2009-10 upfront, even the most resourceful junior buyer soon learned that the closest thing to a free meal was the garnish on a watered-down drink. If that's an (admittedly) absurd methodology, it's probably not much goofier than trying to pass judgment on the fall prime-time schedule based on having watched a bunch of three-minute promo reels from the nosebleed seats at New York's Carnegie Hall or Radio City. And yet this is what media buyers and clients are asked to do every May; the likelihood is high that many long-term investments will be made based on fleeting first impressions. Sure, it's a lot easier to identify the pineapple Life Savers, those shows that are met with a mix of incredulity and nervous laughter when they're trotted out during the dog and pony shows. (Think Work It, or Animal Practice.) Picking a winner is another matter altogether. Whereas only a handful of new series really seemed to distinguish themselves during last year's upfront, this year at least a dozen shows appear strong enough to help marketers reach their target demos. Fox, ABC and The CW all bet heavily on sci-fi/fantasy pilots, and even procedural-happy CBS has slotted a midseason show in which the prefix "cyber" gets thrown around an awful lot (Intelligence, with Josh Holloway and CSI alum Marg Helgenberger). Three of our five best bets for next season can be classified as sci-fi/fantasy dramas. Another recurring motif involves "event" programming, which is to say self-contained, limited-run story arcs. Designed to spackle the cracks in an overlong 35-week season, these stand-alone projects allow for scheduled multi-week breaks for popular episodic series without having to rely on repeats. The 13-episode scheme is also a nod to the cable model; three of the five broadcast programming chiefs (ABC's Paul Lee, NBC's Bob Greenblatt, Fox's Kevin Reilly) all made their bones on the other side of the fence. If this year's upfront market is anything like last year's—and the preliminary signs suggest that radical shifts in pricing and dollar volume are unlikely—then the last budgets will be registered just after Memorial Day weekend, clearing the way for the first round of dealmaking to begin. As buyers and sellers prepare to negotiate terms, here's a rundown of what will be on the table at each network. CBS Les Moonves last Wednesday kicked off his day crowing to reporters that his network was on the verge of winning the seasonal ratings race by the largest margin in 24 years. But before the CBS Corp. CEO moved on to talk about his network's fall schedule, he took a moment to address some barbs thrown at him by ABC mouthpiece Jimmy Kimmel. In accordance with classical precedent, the late-night host mocked CBS ("those smug motherfuckers") for its older demos. Moonves responded that he was "flattered" to be characterized as such. "You don't call somebody [that] unless they're smug and they're winning," Moonves observed. "We'll try to be a little less smug and a little more gracious, but that's hard for me, as you know. But anyway, Jimmy, ABC is still going to finish fourth in 18-49." With few holes to fill in its prime-time lineup (the network renewed 20 series for 2013-14), CBS is beefing up on comedies. After years of speculation, CBS finally pulled the trigger on a two-hour Thursday night comedy block, bookending newbies The Millers (Will Arnett) and The Crazy Ones (Robin Williams, Sarah Michelle Gellar) with ratings giant The Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men. Monday nights will usher in the single-camera bromance We Are Men and the latest Chuck Lorre project, Mom (Anna Faris). While Carnegie Hall responded to the clips with metronomic whoops and roars, the comedies were discouragingly crass. But that's sort of missing the point. "Look, that's not really my cup of tea, either," rationalized one national TV buyer. "But nobody understands their audience better than CBS. Those shows were all on-brand … and whatever you may think of Robin Williams, that one is going to get huge sampling." While analysts project that pricing premiums won't go north of 6 percent (Moonves boasted he expects closer to 10 percent), CBS will probably be the only network to post significant volume increases—and will likely lead the market. Barclays eyes a 10.5 percent improvement, with CBS raking in a record $2.93 billion in advance commitments. FoxContinue ReadingPages: 1 2 Sharehttp://adweek.it/160klLj copy Adweek Adweek


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New Haven is home to one of the last remaining membership libraries in North America. The Young Men's Institute Library hired a new executive director in February, and hopes to become the center of community life it was nearly 200 years ago.
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Tucked between a vacant storefront and a tattoo parlor in the Young Men's Institute Library in New Haven would be easy to miss. But on a recent Saturday morning, volunteers could be found renovating the unused top two floors of the library.
Yale student Hilary Camblos is one of more than 300 members who pay $25 for a year's access to the collections. She arrived early to help on the third floor. "Earlier this morning we were cleaning what looked like maybe soot or air pollution off of the ceilings and the walls up here. It's probably been 40 years since anybody used this room."
The library has the feel of a secret space, hidden from the world. A flight of stairs off the street leads to an expansive, high ceilinged reading room, lined with shelves of old books and magazines, a fireplace and winged armchairs.
Will Baker is the new executive director of the library, and says one of the best, and worst, things about the library is that it hasn't changed in years. "Walking into this space is like encountering an insect in amber in a lot of ways."
The library opened in 1826 as a literary escape for working class people, and opened to women in 1835. "From that point through the 1850's, it was really the democratic heart of intellectual discourse and life in New Haven."
In its early days, the library hosted lectures by Henry Ward Beecher, Frederick Douglass and Charles Dickens. But by the 1900s, facing competition from the New Haven Free Public Library, it had faded largely from public view. When its endowment plunged during the recent recession, Baker was brought in to shake things up. "I think now, in 2011, there's a real hunger for face to face interaction and for more civil discourse as well," he says.
In an age of online social networking, he says, the library is a welcome alternative for New Haven residents. "It is a place where people can have unexpected encounters with one another. And hopefully we'll be able to have more of those encounters soon, when we start having more of a multi-use space."
Baker plans to re-introduce lectures, debates and exhibits. Membership has increased by sixty percent since he started and though the library is struggling for money, he hopes New Haven residents will recognize its value and work to keep it alive. The library's continuity of space and place through the generations is something you just don't encounter very often, he says.
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It's that time of year again. Every year, the editors of Investment Advisor, Research and ThinkAdvisor argue over who the most influential people in the industry are. We trade names until we get our list down to just 25 deserving people (and the occasional pair). This isn't just an exercise in cooperative input, but a way to identify what pressures will be put on advisors and the industry as a whole.
For example, this year several key trends emerged. Are robo-advisors a legitimate threat? What can we do about the next generation of clients and advisors? Will we ever see a decision from the DOL and SEC on that F-word no one is afraid to say, fiduciary?
Mike Patton explains the simple reason clients fire their advisors, and offers some suggestions for the less simple task of keeping them.
Finally, Olivia Mellan and Sherry Christie share insights from eight advisors who have built thriving practices around doctors. These high-net-worth clients have a reputation for being difficult that is only partly deserved.
This is the 12th year that we have published the IA 25, our annual list of the most influential people in and around the advisor industry. All the editors of the Investment Advisor Group—of Investment Advisor and Research magazines and ThinkAdvisor—weighed in over several months to choose individuals who in our judgment have been influential, are influential and likely in the future will influence the markets; how advisors invest and plan retirement for clients; and who will affect the regulatory and legislative environment in which advisors operate.
In nearly every instance, an editorial staffer interviewed the honorees on our big list, which for convenience sake, we've split up into different categories. Brief vignettes of those interviews occur here, but throughout the month of May, we'll be posting enhanced versions on ThinkAdvisor.
Why do clients leave their advisor? What makes a client choose one advisor over another? Fortunately, there has been a great deal of research on the subject of human behavior. Unfortunately, the research contains a great deal of subjectivity.
However, Mike Patton, president of Integrity Wealth Management, argues that there is one chief reason a client leaves an advisor: The advisor failed to meet the client's expectations. Although seemingly simple, there's a complex set of factors that goes into how humans set and prioritize their expectations and how they judge when they're not being met.
Physician Assistance: How to Advise Doctor Clients
Most advisors prefer to work with higher-net-worth people, and for many advisors, medical doctors and dentists constitute a key client group. However, others shy away from doctors as clients because of the stereotype that they're cheapskates or won't follow the advice they're given.
How true is this image? Can financial advisors provide real value to doctors and build strong bonds with them? Have the economic changes in the medical profession, highlighted by the Affordable Care Act, made it easier or more difficult for advisors to efficiently serve medical professionals?
To explore this issue, Olivia Mellan and Sherry Christie spoke with eight advisors who have chosen to work with doctors. Here are their views—and some tips on how to turn brief consults into relationships.


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It's hard to get too much of summer corn. Every time I visit a farmer's market here in the city, there is always a crowd of people gathered around the corn bins selecting their perfect ears, even if it's late in the day and the sellers are packing up their trucks and vans. Even if I've had corn 3 or 4 times earlier in the week, all those overflowing bins become a huge magnet. Corn is one of the reasons I finally bought a virtually indestructible Lands End tote bag, since my other totes weren't cutting it anymore for hauling heavy grocery loads home via subway.
So what can you do with all this sweet corn other than roasting it whole, creaming it, sprinkling kernels on salads and pastas, and making corn bread? How about a Chinese soup?
If you're like me and kind of adore Chinese chicken and corn soup (homemade or take-out version), you'll probably also love this light soup made with corn, cabbage, mushrooms, and carrots. The cob goes right into the pot to flavor the vegetable or chicken broth, and the rest of the ingredients take 10 minutes or less to cook through.
If you're cooking for a large party, say at your next barbecue, by all means find a huge stockpot and quadruple the recipe.
Chinese Corn and Cabbage Soup
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- 8 dried shiitake mushrooms (or substitute fresh shiitake mushrooms)
- 2 ears sweet corn
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- 2 cups shredded Napa, Savoy, or green cabbage
- 1 carrot, peeled and finely diced
- 2 teaspoons sesame oil (or substitute chili oil if you'd like a spicy soup)
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 2 scallions, shredded
- If you're using dried mushrooms, soak them in warm water for 10 to 15 minutes. Squeeze out the excess water and discard the stems from the shiitake mushrooms. Thinly slice the mushroom caps.
- Working one by one, lean an ear of corn against the slide of a large sturdy bowl. With a serrated knife, carefully cut off the kernels while moving the knife away from you. (If you do this on a cutting board, the kernels will likely fly in all directions.) Set the kernels aside and save the cob.
- In a large pot, bring the stock to a boil over high heat. Add the corn cob and allow it to simmer for 15 minutes so the soup can extract some of the corn flavor. Add the corn, cabbage, mushrooms, and carrot and simmer for another 8 to 10 minutes. Stir in the sesame oil, then salt and pepper to taste. Top off with shredded scallions and transfer to serving bowls.


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Thousands across Yorkshire and the Humber welcomed in the New Year but the region's ambulance service was working exceptionally with emergencies with 999 calls being recieved every 12 seconds and at one stage during the night.
This year Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust received 1,302 emergency responses over the 12-hour period from 6pm on December 31, 2014 to 6am January 1 2015 (695 of these (53%) were between midnight and 6am).
The busiest time was in the early hours of the morning and between midnight and 4am there were 96 emergency calls to assaults.
New Year's Day is busier for the most serious type of calls (Red) than last year, with 15 per cent more Red calls between midnight and 8am (445 calls compared to 386 last year).
Many of the calls received have been alcohol-related with large numbers of people celebrating the festivities.
Ben Holdaway, Locality Director at Yorkshire Ambulance Service, said: "As always New Year's Eve was a busy time for us and we received a high volume of alcohol-related calls, particularly in the early hours of the morning.
"Our community medical units and police and paramedic teams provided valuable support and were able to treat people who had too much to drink or those who had sustained minor injuries without them needing to go to hospital.
"In the early hours of New Year's Day we received a significant number of emergency calls to patients who had been assaulted while out celebrating the start of 2016. Clearly this is distressing for those directly involved, but it also places extra pressure on us and partner services.
"New Year's Eve aside, demand for our service continues to increase. So our New Year's message for 2016 is to remind members of the public to use the 999 service wisely, choose their healthcare options appropriately and help us to ensure our vital resources are available for those with a genuine life-threatening emergency."


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"Don't look for seashells and crabs on the walls of my beach house," said Steve Appel, of his Dewey Beach, Del., cottage, circa 1960 "modern."
The 48-year-old owner of Nouveau Contemporary Goods Inc., a home furnishings emporium in Baltimore, has made his home the repository of family hand-downs, memorabilia, unique accessories and fetching original pieces from his store.
"A second home is something you pull together from all of the things that don't fit anywhere else," he said. "You take the house seriously, but then again, you don't."
One block from the ocean, this single story, un-insulated house with cedar plank siding harks back to a day when cottages of this kind were for vacations only. Around September or early October, they were winterized against the elements and left to wait patiently for a new summer season. And so it was, from September to May — much like the resorts themselves 50 years ago, ghost towns with boarded-up storefronts, deserted hotels and silenced, seat-less amusement park rides.
Steve Appel wanted that very type of summer beach cottage, so he and his wife, Kris, 49, along with his mother, Myra Appel, and stepfather, Jim Riddlemoser, began looking around in Delaware at the side-by-side towns of Lewes and Rehoboth Beach.
Soon after the search, the four buyers came across a gull-style beach cottage in Dewey. This type of home, quite common along the Delmarva Peninsula in the 1950s and 1960s, is designed with screened-in breezeways running through the house, splitting it in half. Not only does the breezeway cool the house down — imagine a center hall from front door to back, only without the screens — but it also renders the structure a bit more impervious to storms, since the wind will whip through the house instead of at it.
In 1996, the Appels and Jim Riddlemoser — all four names are on the deed — purchased the 1,400-square-foot cottage, which had been on the market for over a year, for $116,000. Another $25,000 has been put into its reconditioning with the addition of a new roof, paint, a stockade fence around the back yard, and window replacements.
"This house is low maintenance," Steve Appel pointed out. "We come down specifically to go to the beach."
What speaks of the beach is not only the exterior design with large windows, or pine needles on the front lawn, but most especially, the interior beyond the breezeway.
In a beach house with two bedrooms and two bathrooms, a living and dining area and a working kitchen whose appliances date to a much earlier remodel, the atmosphere is heavy with childhood vacation memories.
The knotty pine walls have been seasoned with years of salt-sea spray, and brightly colored fabrics draped on rods serve as closet doors. There is no pretense about the home, but rather a sense of its owners accepting the cottage for what it is.
"You cannot fabricate this," said Steve Appel, who makes his living helping others with chic interior design styles. "My favorite items in the house include my grandmother's red 19th-century kerosene lamp that was electrified in the '40s. When I was young, it sat on her record player/ TV console while Elvis sang from below.
"Another favorite piece is the 'Prohibition Ends' sign I just got from Mom and Jim this year for my B-day. It is amazing in style, impact and is great above the deco radio."
Myra Appel is quick to pick up the cue from her son.
"If I had to grab something quickly and run, it would be my deceased son Scott's bongo drums he had when he was in high school. They are sitting on the bar," she said. "Jim and I treasure the pictures of our family and friends and they would have to go with us as well."
Kris Appel happily puts in her two cents' worth, adding, "I like to sit on the porch in the morning and drink coffee from the coffee cups we got last year in Las Vegas at Jim and Myra's wedding."
For this family, the summer days are more about the real deal of a seaside refuge, as opposed to furnishing it according to a vague notion of what a seaside retreat should be.
"Our most favorite thing to do is sit on our porch in the evening with candles burning, having a drink," Myra Appel said. "And the guys like to smoke their cigars there."
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Dream element: The summer cottage of Steve Appel and his family is located a block from the ocean in Dewey Beach. The family gathers here on most weekends for relaxing after hectic work weeks in Baltimore. Two motor bikes sit on the front lawn, ready to take off at a moment's notice to dining, shopping and other pursuits.
"We appreciate the diversity of this area where we're popped down between Dewey and Rehoboth in an actual neighborhood," said Steve Appel. "We feel like locals. We have the same neighbors as when we moved in."
Dream design: The circa 1960 home is located in a neighborhood of like homes with residents taking pride of ownership in their properties. The back yard features statuary, fountains and exotic plants. Lime green painted trim accents an exterior of cedar plank painted dark brown.
Dream interior: Early, untouched summer cottage-style furnishings make up the casual decor of the interior. These include everything from comfortable stuffed sofas and a deco bar with stools to wicker furniture and pub-style tables on the screened-in porch. "Our house is an accumulation of many family pieces," said Myra Appel.
"Don't look for seashells and crabs on the walls of my beach house," said Steve Appel, of his Dewey Beach, Del., cottage, circa 1960 "modern."


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Potato farmer Keith Smith saw most of his immigrant workers leave after Alabama's tough immigration law took effect, so he hired Americans. It hasn't worked out: Most show up late, work slower than seasoned farm hands and are ready to call it a day after lunch or by midafternoon. Some quit after a single day.
In Alabama and other parts of the country, farmers must look beyond the nation's borders for labor because many Americans simply don't want the backbreaking, low-paying jobs immigrants are willing to take. Politicians who support the law say over time more unemployed Americans will fill these jobs. They insist it's too early to consider the law a failure, yet numbers from the governor's office show only nominal interest.
"I've had people calling me wanting to work," Smith said. "I haven't turned any of them down, but they're not any good. It's hard work, they just don't work like the Hispanics with experience."
Alabama passed its law in June and it was immediately challenged by the Obama administration as it has been in other states. Unlike those states' measures, Alabama's law was left largely in place while challenges played out in court, frightening Hispanics and driving many of them away.
The agriculture industry suffered the most immediate impact. Farmers said they will have to downsize or let crops die on the vine. As the season's harvest winds down, many are worried about next year.
In south Georgia, Connie Horner has heard just about every reason unemployed Americans don't want to work on her blueberry farm. It's hot, the hours are long, the pay isn't enough and it's just plain hard.
"You can't find legal workers," Horner said. "Basically they last a day or two, literally."
Horner, who runs an 8-1/2 -acre organic blueberry farm, said she tried to use the government's visa program to hire foreign workers, but it was too costly and time consuming.
She plans to stop growing organically and start using a machine to pick the berries.
"I did everything I possibly could to be legal and honest and not part of the problem," Horner said. "Morally, I can't knowingly hire illegal workers."
Gov. Robert Bentley, a Republican who signed the law, started a program last week to help businesses, particularly farmers, make up for the lost labor. So far, about 260 people interested in temporary agricultural jobs have signed up. About three dozen job openings have been posted, said Tara Hutchison, a spokeswoman for the Alabama Department of Industrial Relations. She said the department doesn't know of anyone who has been hired.
Sen. Scott Beason, a Republican, said he has received several emails and phone calls from people thanking him for helping them get jobs. He described one getting promoted from a part-time job with no benefits to a full-time job with benefits because some other immigrant workers left. He said none of the workers who thanked him have wanted to talk to the media.
"They are paranoid of publicity. They are like, 'I don't want to get shredded up like y'all are.' ... I really can't blame them," he said.
Over the past two weeks, The Associated Press has reached out to the governor's office and other officials to provide the names of Alabama residents who have taken immigrant jobs. Either they were not made available, or didn't want to speak publicly.
Brent Martin, an Alabama resident, started working on a tomato farm in an area northeast of Birmingham after the law was passed. On Thursday, he and two other Americans were clearing about 24,000 tomato stakes off a 4-acre plot. He said few Americans who would stick with it.
"There are plenty who could do it, but would they? I don't know about that. I don't see why they wouldn't as bad as the economy is right now," Martin said.
Relatively high unemployment rates — about 9 percent in the U.S. and 9.9 in Alabama — are not likely to push Americans toward farm work, said Demetrios Papademetriou, president and co-founder of the Migration Policy Institute. He suggested the problem may be more deeply rooted.
"This is a sector and an industry ... that a long time ago, going back to the 1940s and probably before that was abandoned," Papademetriou said. "It was abandoned to foreign workers."
Stan Eury, executive director of the North Carolina Growers Association, said location matters, too.
"Agriculture jobs are primarily in remote, rural areas. We see higher numbers of unemployed people in the big cities," he said.
Tomato farmer Wayne Smith said he has never been able to keep a staff of American workers in his 25 years of farming.
"People in Alabama are not going to do this," said Smith, who grows about 75 acres of tomatoes in the northeast part of the state. "They'd work one day and then just wouldn't show up again."
At his farm, field workers get $2 for every 25-pound box of tomatoes they fill. Skilled pickers can make anywhere from $200 to $300 a day, he said.
Unskilled workers make much less.
A crew of four Hispanics can earn about $150 each by picking 250-300 boxes of tomatoes in a day, said Jerry Spencer, of Grow Alabama, which purchases and sells locally owned produce. A crew of 25 Americans recently picked 200 boxes — giving them each $24 for the day.
It may make sense for some to sit on the couch. Unemployment benefits provide up to $265 a week while a minimum wage job, at $7.25 an hour for 40 hours, brings in $290.
Spencer said the Americans he has linked up with farmers are not physically fit and do not work fast enough.
"It's the harshest work you can imagine doing," Spencer said.


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My oldest daughter graduates from college this month. She seldom reads my column, and she long ago asked me to minimize discussions of her.
Yet in the last few years, she occasionally has found herself online looking for advice or information only to find out I was the author. And just last week, she told me she would welcome my financial advice for a graduate.
There's no way I could pass that up.
Dear Thomson,
Welcome to the real world. Your college degree represents a real accomplishment – of which your mother and I are immensely proud – but it also symbolizes a passing.
Real life is a graduate course in personal finance, with the occasional pop quiz and very real test. Unlike the grades you earned in school – which are largely forgotten – financial mistakes can stay with you for a long time. Thankfully, you can overcome financial errors and your blunders don't have to cripple you for life.
While you will never stop learning,good grades are no longer the tangible reward for a job well done. Money is.
The pursuit of money, however, should not be your primary goal.
Money gives you choices – and a lack of money forces you to make tough decisions – but it doesn't buy happiness. Look for jobs that you enjoy, so that work doesn't feel so much like a chore and you will find an inner happiness that ensures that your real life doesn't just feel like a rat race.
Money also is a tool, and you should not be afraid to use it. Meeting your obligations is crucial, and savings is important, but don't be so focused on amassing money that you are afraid to spend it, and to enjoy the rewards that should come with your hard work. Live life richly, because there is no prize for being the richest person in the graveyard.
Being afraid to make a financial mistake isa mistake. Make decisions that feel right, but plunge ahead with your eyes open so that you learn from your errors.
Years ago, in one of your first real financial decisions – you were maybe six years old -- you used months' worth of saved allowance money to buy a hand puppet of "Timber," a talking tree; you loved it for two weeks and kept it for about two years, but you also came to recognize it almost immediately as an impulse buy that reduced your savings and your future opportunities.
The stakes you face now are much bigger, but the lessons are the same.
One of the biggest trials you now face – and will face for the rest of your life – is providing for yourself. As much as I wish for you a job that doesn't feel like work, understand that there is tremendous satisfaction in sustaining yourself and your family and in meeting your financial obligations; let that be your reward for the menial jobs, the temporary positions and the false starts that you are likely to go through en route to that fulfilling career.
In that same vein, don't let the day-to-day grind take your eyes off long-term goals.
Whether it is your job or your investments, remember that what is happening right now may feel important, but seldom is. It's easy to spend an entire life saying that you have financial goals and dreams, but if daily noise, inconvenience, greed or fear makes you act now instead of keeping your eyes on the prize, you will have a tough time achieving your dreams.
College graduation is just one milestone; there will be others. Someday, one of those events will be your retirement; when 65-year-old you shows up and wants to know what you have done with her money for the last four decades, try not to owe her a big apology.
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Ignore the people talking about how much money they have, make, spend or need. If you are comfortable and reach your goals – even if you don't meet the standards of neighbors, co-workers, family or strangers – you are a success.
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You are leaving one of the most idealistic times in your life to enter the real world; don't leave that idealism behind. To date, you have found causes that matter to you and that you wanted to support with your time, efforts and monies.
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Remember, time is both short and valuable. Don't waste it; you won't get it back.
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This week's Top Ten is: Top Ten Tuesday Rewind (Pick any past topic you want!)
He slides his arm across my shoulders. My hand finds his hip, and I pull him against me.
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I am tired of being Tris. I have done bad things.
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I am tired of being Tris. I have done bad things.
OOh I like that teaser ;p
I really need to read Divergent. I've heard so many things about it and I just need to get my rear in gear and finally pick it up :P
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Great teaser! I love ALL those covers, and I can't wait for This is Not a Test! I have Partials but haven't started it yet.
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I'm starting to think I don't have to read this since everyone else is and keeps teasing me with - If I just keep reading the teaser maybe it will be like reading the book. Nah I've already added it to my list. Here is my TT http://newpaperadventures.blogspot.com/2012/06/teaser-tuesday-june-5.htmlReplyDelete
I'm impressed you were able to pick 10 favourite covers of 2012. I have WAY too many favourites already, and they haven't even all been revealed yet haha.
I'm actually stopping by for Teaser Tuesday. I haven't read Divergent yet, but of course I only hear good things. Thanks for sharing.
Feel free to check out my teaser here.
I love the covers. Especially the cover for Incarnate. I am planning to read it next.
I love Insurgent as well.
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Those are some great covers indeed!!ReplyDelete
Quite a few people have posted Teasers from this book over the past weeks, so it must be a good one. You sure chose a good Teaser today. I wonder what bad things the character is talking about!
My Teaser is from Toxic Torte.
Excellent Insurgent teasers! This book is amazing! :)
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love the cover but oh gosh, I NEED to read the sequel! >.<
my ttt; http://booknookgirl.blogspot.com/2012/06/top-ten-tuesday-any-topic.html
and my teaser tuesday http://booknookgirl.blogspot.com/2012/06/teaser-tuesday-delirium-by-lauren.html
I did a favorite covers post today too :-) I love the covers for The Peculairs especially - although they are all gorgeous!
All of those covers are gorgeous! I haven't read any of them, so I definitely need to get on that. Great post!
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I like the covers for Incarnate and Tempest.ReplyDelete
I love the covers of Incarnate and Tempest.ReplyDelete
Great cover picks and i loved some of these stories. Insurgent is awesome..i think i liked it more then the first..since it was darker and faster paced.ReplyDelete
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