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WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve says economic growth "paused" in recent months and reaffirmed its commitment to boost a sluggish U.S. economy by keeping borrowing cheaply for the foreseeable future.
The Fed took no new action after a two-day policy meeting. But it stood behind aggressive steps it launched in December to try to reduce unemployment, in a statement released Wednesday.
Last month the Fed said it would keep its key short-term interest rate at a record low at least until unemployment falls below 6.5 percent. The rate is currently 7.8 percent.
And it said it would keep buying $85 billion a month in Treasurys and mortgage bonds to try to keep borrowing costs low and encourage spending.
Earlier in the day, the Commerce Department said the economy shrank at an annual rate of 0.1 percent mainly because companies restocked at a slower rate and the government slashed defense spending.
In its statement, the Fed said "growth in economic activity paused in recent months, in large part because of weather-related disruptions and other transitory factors."
Despite the slowdown, the statement noted that hiring continued to expand at a moderate pace, consumer spending and business investment increased and the housing sector showed further improvement. And it said strains in global financial markets have eased somewhat, but cautioned that risks remain.
The Fed"s statement was largely expected, and it didn"t move stock or bond prices. It was approved on an 11-1 vote.
Esther George, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, cast the lone dissenting vote. George, who is a new voting member, expressed concerns about the risk of higher inflation caused by the Fed"s aggressive policies.
In December, the Fed signaled for the first time that it will tie its policies to specific economic barometers. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke made clear during a news conference that even after unemployment falls below 6.5 percent, the Fed might decide that it needs to keep stimulating the economy. Other economic factors will also shape its policy decisions, he said.
The guidance was designed to give consumers, companies and investors a clearer sense of when super-low borrowing costs might start to rise.
The Fed also said it would continue its bond purchases until the job market improved "substantially."
When it buys bonds, the Fed increases its investment portfolio and pumps more money into the financial system — something critics say could eventually ignite inflation or create dangerous bubbles in assets like real estate or stocks.
On Friday, the government will release its jobs report for January. The unemployment is expected to remain 7.8 percent. That still-high rate, 3½ years after the Great Recession officially ended, helps explain why the Fed has kept its key short-term rate at a record low near zero since December 2008, just after the financial crisis erupted.
Still, some private economists think the Fed will decide to suspend its bond purchases in the second half of this year. They note that the minutes of the Fed"s December meeting revealed a split: Some of the 12 voting members thought the bond purchases would be needed through 2013. Others felt the purchases should be slowed or stopped altogether before year"s end.


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Mary Mary join Stevie Wonder's boycott of Florida
Gospel singers MARY MARY are following STEVIE WONDER's lead and boycotting Florida until a controversial self-defence law is overturned following the murder of local teen TRAYVON MARTIN.
Neighbourhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman was found not guilty of murder and manslaughter charges by a Florida jury on 13 July (13) after claiming he shot the unarmed 17 year old in self-defence in February, 2012.
His acquittal caused renewed scrutiny of the state's Stand Your Ground law, which allows a person to use reasonable force to defend themselves if they feel their safety is threatened, and Wonder voiced his disapproval by announcing his decision to never perform in the area until the legislation is abolished.
Now Grammy-winning duo Mary Mary has agreed to do the same - in a post on Twitter.com, the singers write, "We will Stand with Stevie Wonder & Boycott Florida until the Stand Your Ground Law is changed! We love our fans but we MUST do something!! We understand a No from us isn't as big as a No from Stevie Wonder but if all our voices join together we can REALLY change things! Lets (sic) let our voices be heard JusticeForTrayvonMartin".
Zimmerman's acquittal has sparked mass protests across America, with a number of stars including Beyonce, Rihanna, Chris Brown and Miley Cyrus all speaking out against the verdict.

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When George Hotz released his all iPhone/iPod 3.1.2 jailbreak application for Windows, blackra1n, he was unsure whether or not he would write a Mac OS X version. According to a recent post on Twitter it seems as if he's had a change of heart.
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Randall Weese precisava de um novo design de logo e criou um concurso na 99designs.
Um vencedor foi selecionado entre 182 designs enviados por 50 designers freelancers.
We are looking for a logo that enbodies the focus of our company as we are trying to "change the culture of Real Estate". We chose the name culture because of it's vast definitions from diversity to professionalism and training. We are not looking for a traditional logo for real estate ie. a house, roof etc... We will also consider giving the winning artist more business as our company develops.
Culture Realty Solutions inc. (culturerealty.com)
We are a new real estate company that has a different business model than the traditional brokerage and we need to seperate ourselves from the large companies by inovative idea's and designs. We chose the name culture because of the all the meaning and interprutations (not so much the obvious meaning).
our website is culturerealty.com (still a wrok inprogress)
Our logo need to have our company name "Culture Realty Solutions inc." also in small text we need to indicate by law that it is a "Real Estate Brokerage" or just "Brokerage" I will let you chose what looks best.
other things to consider is the the company website is culturerealty.com (again this is up to the designer and there professional opinion whether or not to include it.)
We don't want a traditional real estate logo ie. A house, door, roof etc.....
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Rated: PG for sequences of action and violence, frightening and dangerous situations, and some thematic elements.
Release Date: 2009-03-13
Starring: Matt Lopez, Mark Bomback, Andy Fickman
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What an entertaining movie! I would dare say 'Race to Witch Mountain' will be one of the breakout hits of the young year. The story, the fast-action-packed sequences, the charming performances, all add to a fun time with the family at the movies this weekend.
In this new re-imagining of Disney's "Escape to Witch Mountain" (1975) and its sequel "Return from Witch Mountain" (1978), a UFO expert enlists the help of a cabbie (Dwayne Johnson) to protect two siblings (AnnaSophia Robb, Alexander Ludwig) with paranormal powers from the clutches of an organization that wants to use the kids for their nefarious plans.
Disney, known for its animation, surprisingly presents an amusing live-action sci-fi flick that provides escapism for today's troubled times. The film immediately begins with a suspenseful, special effects driven scenery that sets a swift pace for the rest of the film. Dwayne Johnson once again does a fantastic job of adding humorous and credible layers to his performance. This script fits him like a glove and I wouldn't be surprised to see him do more roles like this (The Game Plan) in the next few years. The rest of the cast are appealing without being histrionic with the alien script.
'Race to Witch Mountain' feels like a Disney theme ride (I wouldn't be surprised if one is in the works) extracting elements from E.T. and the Terminator while adding the Disney touch to make it viewable for kids and comfortable enough for parents to enjoy. There are some moments that are incoherent and random, but I say, so what? It's a Disney film with all the bells and whistles made to be an enjoyable experience for the whole family.


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Blake Griffin has big night as Clippers hold off late push by Suns
Blake Griffin scored 22 of his 37 points in the first quarter and made 14 of 16 shots before fouling out, and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Phoenix Suns 112-105 on Monday night for their eighth straight victory.
Darren Collison scored 20 points and Chris Paul added 17 points and 11 assists for the Pacific Division leaders, who were 55.1 percent from the field and improved to 23-1 when shooting at least 50 percent.
Goran Dragic had 23 points and five assists during a foul-plagued 33 minutes for the Suns, who slipped a half-game behind idle Memphis for the eighth and final Western Conference playoff spot and are 1 1-2 behind Dallas. Phoenix hasn't made the postseason since 2010 under coach Alvin Gentry, now a Clippers associate head coach.
Gerald Green, who had a career-high 41 points for the Suns in last Thursday's 128-122 win over Oklahoma City, finished with 16 points after averaging 23.4 over his previous 13 games. Miles Plumlee, playing his second game after missing the previous two because of a sprained right knee, had 12 points and nine rebounds as all five Suns starters scored in double figures.
Dragic came in averaging 20.5 points, third in the league among point guards behind Stephen Curry (23.5) and Kyrie Irving (21.5). But he picked up his third foul 2 minutes into the second quarter and wasn't a factor until the fourth, when the Suns rallied from a 19-point deficit with 8:11 remaining and got it down to 109-105 on Dragic's layup with 32.5 seconds to play.
But that was as close as they got, as Matt Barnes made three of four free throws to close it out. Barnes finished with 13 points, just six days after scoring a season-high 28 — including six 3-pointers — and making 12 of his first 13 shots in the Clippers' 104-96 win at Phoenix.
Things got testy with 5:28 remaining, as Griffin and P.J. Tucker began wrestling on the floor after they jockeyed for position in the paint on a missed 3-point shot by Barnes and Griffin fell on top of Tucker.
The two had to be separated, and the game was delayed while referees Bennie Adams, Jason Phillips and Matt Boland examined the video monitor to sort it all out. Tucker was charged with a loose ball foul and then ejected, while Griffin stayed in the game.
But not for long. Griffin picked up his sixth foul on a charge under the basket with 3:23 remaining and the Clippers ahead 105-95. Dragic made a pair of driving layups 28 seconds apart to slice the margin to 105-99 with 2:21 to go. But Paul responded with a 16-foot bank shot and two free throws for an eight-point cushion with 1:21 left.
The Suns trailed by as many as 25 after Paul's 17-footer extended the Clippers' margin to 77-72 with 7:14 left in the third quarter. Barnes hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to give the Clippers a 90-76 lead heading into the fourth.
Griffin sat the final 1:03 of the third after picking up his fourth foul, then reported back in with 7:04 remaining and the Los Angeles leading 103-85.
The Clippers, who came in averaging a league-best 107.8 points, led 62-45 at halftime by virtue of Griffin's 29 points and 11 each by Collison and newly acquired Danny Granger, who had 14 off the bench. They built a 34-23 lead through one quarter after Griffin went 8 for 9 from the field and made all six of his free throws.
Griffin came within one point of the franchise record for any quarter, shared by Randy Smith (Oct. 20, 1973 at Boston) and Baron Davis (Jan. 29, 2010 at Minnesota).
NOTES: Clippers G Jamal Crawford was on the inactive list for the fourth time in five games because of a left calf strain. He tried to play through it during Saturday's win over Atlanta, but spent only 9 1-2 minutes on the court and attempted two shots — both of which missed. "I don't know when he's coming back. I just don't know," coach Doc Rivers said. "I didn't think he looked good the other night, just running. I don't get involved very often with that stuff, but he wasn't running natural, so we'll just wait until he's back to playing 100 percent." … The Clippers have scored at 100 or more points in 16 straight home games since their loss to the Suns. It's their longest such streak since the 1983-84 season, their last one in San Diego. … Griffin posted his 23rd consecutive game with at least 20 points, extending his career-best streak.


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Top 12 things to do in the Bay of Plenty
The coastal Bay of Plenty has long been one of the top holiday spots for Kiwis. Here's a list of 12 'must do' activities in the Bay of Plenty.
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1. Swim with dolphins
The Bay of Plenty is one of the best places in the world to see dolphins in their natural habitat. It's estimated that around 40,000 common dolphins have made the Bay of Plenty their home.
During a guided trip, you can get up close and personal with these amazing creatures and even hop in the water and swim with them - a unique experience.
2. Soak in the salt water hot pools at the base of Mauao
There are eleven geothermal hot pools located throughout the Bay of Plenty region, and Mount Maunganui is the only place in New Zealand where you'll find hot salt water pools.
3. Blast around on a Blokart
The locally invented blokart offers an exhilarating experience. Papamoa is the only place in New Zealand where you can experience the thrills of flying around the purpose-built track, on the land sailor.
4. Stroll around and up Mauao
Enjoy a walk around Mauao - Mount Maunganui's base track - which is one of the most picturesque and walked tracks in New Zealand.
With some of the best ocean and city views you'll see anywhere; it's easy to see why over a million people do this walk each year.
5. Kayak amongst the twinkling lights of glow-worms
The glow-worm kayaking trip on Lake McLaren is a unique experience the whole family can enjoy.
Kayak at dusk to a rock lined canyon, where you're greeted by thousands of glow-worms adorning the canyon walls lighting up the night and everything you see.
6. Visit the giant kiwifruit at Kiwi360
Climb aboard a KiwiKart and tour through lush orchards and onto a horticultural theme park. You'll discover why kiwifruit, the world's healthiest fruit, grows better in the Bay of Plenty than anywhere else on the earth.
7. Take a spin on the Kaituna River
The Kaituna River jet boat ride winds 12 kilometres through a narrow gorge of native New Zealand bush complete with a heap of 360 degree spins thrown in to get your heart pumping.
8. Learn to Surf at the Mount
Mount Maunganui is known as one of the safest surf beaches in New Zealand. The breaks attract surfers year round and it's the ideal place to hone your surfing skills with a surf lesson or two.
9. Step back in time at The Elms
The Elms historic house museum is the oldest European heritage site in the Bay of Plenty. What was once the flourishing Te Papa Mission Station is now a tranquil oasis amid the bustle of the modern city of Tauranga. The buildings and gardens are a reminder of life in the early nineteenth century.
10. Sample some award winning food and wine
The distinctive art-deco Mills Reef building boasts full winemaking and bottling facilities, a five hundred barrel cellar, an aged wine cellar and spacious wine tasting areas. Mills Reef wines have won over 250 medals in both national and international competitions.
11. Plane spot vintage aircraft
Classic Flyers Museum features a large display of classic aircraft. Nearly all the working museum's planes were used during World War II, and the majority of them are still flown. Some of the other items on display include aircraft engines, field artillery, cannons and machine guns, and World War II vehicles.
12. Hit the white water on the Wairoa River
A white-water rafting trip on the scenic Wairoa River, one of New Zealand's most exciting raftable rivers, is an adventure. Open for just 26 days a year, the trip takes you past stunning tree-lined gorges, over turbulent grade five rapids and breathtaking drops.
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The coastal Bay of Plenty has long been one of the country's top holiday destinations for Kiwis. The region is home to a beautiful landscape in which to enjoy a full range of activities year-round.


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The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has Approved 1320 MW Buxar Thermal Power Project PSU NEWS
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New Delhi: Power Grid Corporation of India (POWERGRID) celebrated International Women's day at PAL Manesar on 8th March 2019. The HRD team organised a number of programs for female employees pertaining to women empowerment. Smt. Seema Gupta, Director (Operations), POWERGRID inspired the women e
Posted Date : 20-03-19
Bhubaneswar: Human Resources experts from the public and private sector discussed and deliberated on wide-ranging topics, case studies, challenges and the latest trends in the HR profession at the 40th Foundation Day of National Institute of Personnel Management (NIPM), Utkal Chapter, held at Nal
Posted Date : 16-03-19
New Delhi: Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA) celebrated Women's Day on 8th March 2019 at its Corporate Office, New Delhi. A workshop on 'Work-Life Balance and Unleashing True Potential' was conducted for an experiential learning.
Posted Date : 15-03-19
Chennai: Heavy Engineering Corporation (HEC) is participating in the three days event organized by Engineering Export Promotion Council (EEPC) in Chennai. The event is the eighth edition of International Engineering Sourcing Show (IESS). IESS VIII being held during 14 – 16th March 2019, is one
Posted Date : 14-03-19
Shimla: On account of its financial performance for the year 2018-19 public sector SJVN Limited has declared an interim dividend of ` 589.47 Crore (@ 1.50 rupees per share) to its shareholders. SJVN Limited has paid an interim dividend of Rs. 158.25 Crore to the Govt. of Himachal Pradesh holding
Posted Date : 14-03-19
New Delhi: Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) has organized the 2nd edition of the three-day ONGC Para Games 2018-19 at the Thyagraj Stadium in New Delhi. The 1st edition of the event was organized by ONGC in 2017. ONGC is the only public sector enterprise to organize such para Games
Posted Date : 14-03-19
New Delhi: NTPC Ltd. and Power PSUs Powergrid, NHPC, EESL are participating in the India Show 2019 being held in St. Petersburg in Russia fro March 12-14,2019.
India is showcasing its achievements in the power sector and looking for strategic associations of mutual benefit.
Governor o
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New Delhi: The new public sector unit will focus on aggregating electricity demand in the country and cater to it. It is being set up at a time when the state-owned discoms are struggling with their finances on account of losses and borrowings.
New Delhi: State run NTPC Ltd and Power G
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Chennai: Chennai Petroleum Corporations Limited (CPCL) a group company of IndianOil, Chennai celebrated International Women's day on 8th March 2019 in Irumbuliyur Village, Melmaruvathur. The theme of the Women's day celebration was 'Gramathil Oru Naal'. During the celebrations, Tr
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New Delhi: Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi unveiled the Foundation Stone of 1320 MW Buxar Thermal Power Plant in Bihar digitally from Greater Noida. The Project is based on Green Field Super Critical technology. The project is being implemented by SJVN Thermal Private Limited a wholly
Posted Date : 09-03-19
Chennai: BHEL-Power Sector Southern Region (BHEL-PSSR), a BHEL's electric utility company in Chennai, celebrated International Women's day with full zeal yesterday on 8th Feb 2019. The theme of the Women's day celebration was 'Let's build a gender-balanced World'.
Posted Date : 09-03-19
Kolkata: International Women's Day was celebrated at DVC HQ and all its field formations on 08th March 2019 with great fanfare and enthusiasm. On this occasion, various programs were organized to recognize the contribution made by women employees to the organization and society in general.
Posted Date : 09-03-19
Singraouli: Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL) has commissioned a mobile water sprinkler with 70,000 litres (70 KL) capacity in its Jayant Area to suppress dust effectively.
The new sprinkler can discharge 3000 litres of water up to a height of 85 metres in one minute. Assisted by hydra
Posted Date : 09-03-19
New Delhi: IndianOil Northern Regional Office celebrated International Women's Day with great enthusiasm. The program was inaugurated by Mr. T.M. Gupta, Chief General Manager (RCC), Northern Region and Mr. Manish Patil, Chief General Manager (HR), Northern Region. WIPS Coordinator Ms. Manjuaj
Posted Date : 08-03-19
Shimla/New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the investment for 1320 MW Green Field Super Critical Buxar Thermal Power Project in Bihar. The project is being implemented by SJVN Thermal Private Limited a wholly owned
Posted Date : 07-03-19
New Delhi: At the world's highest Indane LPG bottling plant situated at 11,800 ft. in Phey Village of Ladakh district, it is women power that is playing a key role in the running of the plant. The plant operated by IndianOil has 11 women who carry out various technical and non-technical activit
Posted Date : 07-03-19
New Delhi: To celebrate International Women's Day, Power System Operation Corporation (POSOCO) organised a training program on women Wellness. The two-day program was inaugurated by Shri Abhimanyu Gartia, Executive Director, Southern Regional Load Despatch Cente (SRLDC), POSOCO at Mysore. In t
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Bhubaneswar: World's biggest mineral, mining & manufacturing Conference & Exhibition - Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC 2019) is being held at Toronto, Canada from 3rd to 6th March. Representatives from 135 countries including India are participating in this premier mineral
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Visakhapatnam: Shri G Bala Kishore, Director of Factories, Govt of AP observed that safety is an ongoing process in human life and behavioural attitude play a vital role in avoiding mishaps in industries and he commended RINL-VSP management and congratulated the entire collection for contributing
Posted Date : 05-03-19
Ahmedabad: Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), has presented 'SWAGAT', the Automatic Fare Collection Gating System jointly developed by BEL & Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC), which is set to transform the lives of commuters.
Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi,
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Newcastle have announced a four-year sponsorship deal with loans company wonga.com.
Wonga will become the club's new shirt sponsor from the 2013-14 season and will invest £1.5million in the club's Academy and in the Newcastle United Foundation Enterprise Scheme, which seeks to helps teenagers find employment by developing their skills and experience through practical and educational courses.
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Don Juan on stage and canvas — As part of San Diego Ballet's new concept, "arts supporting arts," artist Anita Lewis will exhibit "Dance Moments of Don Juan" — a collection of contemporary abstract paintings inspired by the story — premiering alongside the opening night of San Diego Ballet's "Don Juan" on Feb. 14 at 7:30 p.m. at the Lyceum Theatre, 79 Horton Plaza, and runs through Feb. 17. For tickets call (619) 544-1000.
La jolla youth interpret Judy Blume — La Jolla's Anna Kate Skillman, Luke Garbacz and Zoe Trudeau are among the students performing in San Diego Junior Theatre's "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing," based on Judy Blume's book of the same name and running March 1-17 at Balboa Park's Casa del Prado Theater on Fridays at 7 p.m. and weekends at 2 p.m. For tickets, visit juniortheatre.com or call (619) 239-8355.
Playhouse pop tour — The La Jolla Playhouse announced the cast and creative team for the theater's 2013 Performance Outreach Program (POP) Tour production, "A Lonely Boy's Guide to Survival (And Werewolves)." The play will be performed at 53 schools across the county, as well as during public performances the Playhouse on April 6 and 7. For tickets or more information, visit www.lajollaplayhouse.org/poptour-2013.
Art goes electronic — Quint Contemporary Art, located at 7457 Girard Ave., announced its online store is now open, making it easier for art lovers to browse and buy from the comfort of their own home. Visit quintgallery.com.


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When we were at Eaton's Distributor Meeting a couple weeks ago, we were told by several of the market leaders we met with that emerging markets would be key to the company's product growth, especially in larger mobile machinery as they continue to build and develop new infrastructure. More mature markets, such as the U.S., will continue to see more growth in small machinery, such as compact excavators.
So it was good news last week to hear that Eaton made its first significant win in China with XCMG Group of Jiangsu Province, China, the country's leading construction machinery producer, which has selected Eaton components for its first vibratory compactors with hydraulic transmissions.
Each hydraulic transmission will be equipped with an Eaton hydrostatic heavy-duty variable pump and motor rated at peak pressures of 6960 psi (480 bar). XCMG's satisfaction with Eaton pumps, steering units and valves on other XCMG equipment prompted the OEM to rely on Eaton Hydraulics Greater China, based in Shanghai, for pumps and motors to manage power on its next-generation vibratory compactors.
Eaton won the business based on the power density of its heavy-duty pumps and motors, as well as on Eaton's exacting global alignment with XCMG's parts supply requirements, which included local manufacturing, multiple production sources for key hydraulic components, application expertise and a global service network.
"XCMG's business marks Eaton's first significant heavy-duty pump and motor win in the China vibratory compactor platform, making it a milestone achievement," said Wei Tian, Eaton China sales manager. "Since XCMG is number one in the China construction machinery market and among the top 10 players in the industry's world market, its use of Eaton pumps and motors will be highly regarded by competitive OEMs both in China and around the world."
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In 107 games for the Yankees this season, the switch-hitting Swisher, 31, is batting .269 with a .351 OBP, 18 home runs, 28 doubles and 69 RBI, while playing mostly right field, some first base and DH.
He hit .260 with 23 home runs last season.
As much as it makes my soul melt to imagine Swisher in a Mets uniform, I think he'd be a solid two- or three-year investment. I understand the worry that Swisher's power numbers are inflated by Yankee Stadium's short porch in right field, and he'd collapse as a left-handed hitter without it. But he's had an OPS+ between 119 and 129 six of the last seven years playing with the Yankees, White Sox and A's. That's pretty much what he does offensively every year, whatever team and wherever the walls are. Swisher hit about as well in Oakland, a terrible park for hitters, and he did in Yankee Stadium -- .825 OPS with Oakland, .850 OPS with New York. My guess is that if you stuck Swisher in Citi Field for a season, he's put up an .820-.840 OPS with 20 home runs. Swisher's not a great player, but he's a good right fielder, a switch-hitter who can hit from both sides of the plate, and draws a ton of walks (he's drawn over 95 walks in four seasons). Those three skills play in any park. Even if his home run totals drop from 25-30 down to 18-20 in Citi Field, he'd still be way better than any outfielder the Mets have right now. Four years might be too long for a soon-to-be-32-year-old outfielder, but *shudder* Swisher fits the Mets' needs well for the next few seasons.
The Mets outfield is a mess, with very little hope in sight, so all options should be considered. The Nationals and Braves will be looking to acquire an outfielder this winter, as well, meaning more or less every team in the division will likely be connected to Swisher, as well as free-agents Michael Bourn and BJ Upton, among others.
I know the Mets are all about developing from within, building a foundation, etc., and I'm all for it. I get it. But, the future of the outfield is not in the current farm system. I just don't see Lucas Duda, Kirk Nieuwenhuis and Matt den Dekker joining forces to be a full-fledged, big-league outfield. Maybe one pans out, maybe one other is good for the bench, but the chances of all three rising up to dominate is very, very small. I'd like to think some sort of deal could eventually be made to acquire a young, promising outfielder from another team, but so many of that type player is being locked up long term (like Carlos Quentin) before being traded or set loose as a free agent. So, the answer needs to be some combination of free agency, a trade, a prospect and a lot of luck.
In the meantime, assuming they can or want to spend it, I wonder if the Mets should consider acquiring a guy like Swisher, who seems to love New York City. I dislike him to a white-hot degree, but that's mostly because he mocks his opponents and he's on the Yankees. I'm pretty sure I'd love his antics if he played on my favorite team, and I don't deny he does some terrific work in the community and around the game. He's not great at the plate or in the field, and he'll probably be overpaid, but he's better than any option the Mets have right now and so it might be worth looking in to. For starters, it would show fans and media they're willing to spend and improve when needed and all other options are exhausted. Plus, it buys them time to figure out more affordable solutions for just two other outfield positions not three). He's likely seek a four- or five-year deal, some place around $15 million a season, but at his age I am not sure he'll get it. Instead, I bet he ends up signing something closer to three or four years and around $12 million, while competing on the open market with Upton and Bourn.
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Los Angeles, CA – The benches cleared twice, including a very heated fracas in the bottom of the seventh inning, in Tuesday's contest between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks.
Arizona pitcher Ian Kennedy hit Dodgers right fielder Yasiel Puig in the face with a pitch in the bottom of the sixth inning. Puig remained in the game, but the incident sparked retribution from LA hurler Zack Greinke, who drilled Miguel Montero in the back in the seventh inning.
Following Montero being hit by the pitch, benches cleared momentarily before order was restored.
Kennedy, however, retaliated in the bottom of the seventh by drilling Greinke in the left shoulder/head area.
Benches immediately cleared and things got physical quickly. While it was unclear if punches were thrown, Dodgers hitting coach Mark McGwire was seen gripping Arizona manager Kirk Gibson by the collar.
The skirmish was finally broken up after several minutes and Kennedy and Gibson were ejected from the game.


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When people think of the most common medium for great painting, they probably think of watercolors and oils, and when people think of the most common medium for sculpture, they probably think of marble and bronze, maybe even clay. What they almost certainly would not think of is screen mesh wire, but if they saw the works of Germantown sculptor Anyta Thomas, they would realize it is great art indeed that would look right at home in the nation's finest galleries.
Thomas, 38, who has been living in Germantown for 11 years, had a life-changing experience while attending the University of Delaware, where she graduated in 1998 with a major in visual communication and a minor in art. The elective that influenced her most was sculpture, which introduced her to working with sheet metal, glass and wood.
Students were assigned to incorporate the skills they acquired into a final project, which was a sculpture that stood or hung between three and five feet width and length minimum. The restriction was that students were allowed to spend only $10 on material, but an option was to rummage through a sculpture junkyard for material.
The goal was to encourage students to create something completely original and to provide a level playing field among students of different economic backgrounds. "I chose to save my money," said Anyta, "being a college student, and rummage through the junk materials, where I found chicken wire. Learning in my clay works class that mesh was used as foundation, I wondered what it would be like to use it by itself as art."
Thomas' first creation was called "Comic Relief." It was two teen heads made of chicken wire, one of a little girl with ponytails blowing a gum bubble of mesh. The other was her brother with hat twisted backwards being mischievous. He also had shoulders and one arm. That arm extended to the bubble in anticipation of popping the bubble with an old nail in hand.
"My story behind this theme," explained Thomas, "was to create humor through a material that is usually seen as serious and industrial. I also wanted my audience to understand by taking a material from its original environment (construction) and using it in a fleshy and airy way, you perceive it to be other than what it is. THAT is what started the journey for me."
Anyta entered that final project in a senior art exhibit and won a True Value Hardware Award for being clever and innovative. In 2005 she was honored with a grant from the Leeway Foundation, which distributes grants yearly to women and transgender artists "who use a multiplicity of forms of creative expression to effect social change … and to bring awareness about unpopular issues … " As a result of the grant, she was able to mount a solo exhibition that was attended by 200 guests. She also won an award in a Manhattan Arts International juried competition in 2008 and at a juried competition in a Black History group exhibit in Stamford, CT, in 2011.
Despite her awards, Anyta will never forget that in her final class review at the University of Delaware, many classmates laughed at her. "When the professor asked why they were laughing," she recalled, "most said you could not use mesh wire raw as art. It was intended to be used only as a foundation for clay or plaster. But this was an insult that turned into inspiration for me.
"I thought to myself, if it was funny it must be unheard of, and therefore, it was meant for me to do. I like challenges. I like being told it can't be done. Of course my work was rough and unpolished then, but look at it now."
Thomas' work has appeared in dozens of solo exhibitions, group exhibitions and workshops all over the country in recent years. The prices of her pieces range from $200 to $5,000. Is it difficult for Anyta to part with her works? "No. I actually enjoy parting with works that go to people who really appreciate art and the effort it takes to create it."
Has it gotten harder to sell these works of art since the economy went south in 2008? "It had gotten harder to sell work, but … in these times, you have many media platforms via the internet to expose your work. The galleries don't do traveling shows as much, and many smaller galleries have closed.
"Many artists have started artist collaborative groups with lofts and studios to expose their work, which in turn gives galleries competition in a way. With the ease of being on an artist-based website or creating your own website, infused with social media like Facebook, it is much easier for potential clients to connect directly with an artist."
Thomas was born and raised in Camden, NJ, and she began drawing figures at the age of 3 and entering art competitions in junior high school. She also dabbled in singing and danced for 10 years at the Sydney School of Dance. She also played the trumpet, even playing with her high school ensemble in London. And she has a journal of poems that she wrote from age 10 to age 30.
Thomas has been married "to my wonderful husband, Stanley F. Burwell," for four years as of last Friday, Aug. 17. They have no children. "My vision," she explained, "is to touch the lives of those who find it hard to express themselves. I want my art to be that vessel which others use to connect with their soul, inner spirit and/or memories. I want my art to serve as a way to seek inner peace with stress, hardship and life's uncertainties while reflecting on life's treasures."
For more information, visit www.anytathomas.com.


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Since the beginning of the 2013 league year, 10 teams have taken advantage of a rule that allows clubs to release players with a post-June 1 designation.
It's a valuable cap-saving tool; teams can spread out the salary-cap hits of a recently released player over the 2013 and 2014 seasons, instead of taking the cap hit all at once. The flip side? The salary remains on the books until June 1. Those 10 teams will receive new cap space on June 2. It also means they will carry "dead" cap money into 2014.
The 10 teams are the Buffalo Bills, Arizona Cardinals, San Diego Chargers, Dallas Cowboys, Miami Dolphins, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Oakland Raiders, Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers.
Eleven players in total were released using the designation; the Dolphins were the only team to release two players.
The Falcons released offensive tackle Tyson Clabo with the post-June 1 designation and will receive $4.5 million in additional cap space. The team has been linked to Richard Seymour (who was cut by the Raiders using the designation) and now will have some breathing room to sign a veteran who will command more than the minimum.
The Panthers used the rule to release linebacker James Anderson. They'll receive $2.9 million in savings and have $10 million in total cap space. The Raiders and Chargers (who cut Jared Gaither) both have minimal cap space available, so the added wiggle room will allow them to sign their draft picks.
For veteran free agents such as defensive ends John Abraham and Israel Idonije and offensive tackle Eric Winston, it might be their last chance before training camp to latch onto a team. If a team doesn't sign one of them, the veterans could be waiting until late July or early August to find a home.
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Thinking about going to Europe for your next vacation? You may want to consider moving there instead. Permanently. Might we suggest Austria?
The Center for Economic and Policy Research recently published a new report titled "No-Vacation Nation Revisited," a follow-up to its first report on the subject of vacation time in the U.S. as compared to other developed nations published in 2007. The findings? The U.S. is the single most anti-vacation nation out of all the richest and developed countries in the world (rounding out the bottom three were Japan and Canada, which both still did better than the U.S. but only legally required employers to provide 10 days of paid vacation time), being the only one to not legally mandate paid vacation time for all its employees. What's more is that apparently absolutely nothing has changed in the six years since the first report came out. The United States of America is just as stingy as ever when it comes to doling out paid leave.
Better in Europe
The U.S.'s woeful no-pay-for-vacay policy stands in stark contrast to the more progressive (and presumably more relaxed) countries in Europe, where the European Union mandates its member nations to provide workers with a minimum of 20 paid days off in a year. While it's true that vacation time is not mandated by law, a little over three quarters of U.S. workers, 77%, are offered paid time off through their companies. But if you're like 23% of workers in the U.S., you get no paid time off at all. The average employee in the U.S. receives 10 paid days of vacation time per year and six paid holidays. Still, this combined number lags far behind European nations such as the UK, which mandates 28 paid days off, Spain, with 30 paid days and 12 holidays, Scandinavian nations Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland, which require 25 paid vacation days, France, with 30 days off and one holiday, Germany, with 20-24 vacation days and up to 13 holidays and Greece, with four weeks and six holidays. The most generous country was Austria, which rewards its employees with 22 paid vacation days and 13 paid holidays.
And the cherry on top? Workers in Austria, Greece, Belgium, Sweden and Denmark get paid to go on vacation. Seriously. In addition to yearly salaries, companies in Austria even provide "13th month pay" to help defray expenses of a month's worth of vacation, while Belgium and Denmark also provide vacation bonuses.
Vacation Inequality
Making matters worse in the U.S. is the widening of the gap that occurs between lower-wage and higher-paid workers not just in pay but in paid time off. Less than half of part-time employees, 40%, receive paid vacation and 35% receive paid holidays. About half of the lowest-earning bottom quarter of workers receive paid vacation, while 90% of the top quarter of higher-earners do, meaning those who are most in need of paid time off don't receive it.
Use it or Lose it
It's not just employers who limit vacation time their workers can use. Due to anxieties over a shaky economy and thin job market, heavy workload before and after a vacation and fears of employer disapproval, many employees themselves choose to limit their own time and don't take full advantage of the days they have accrued, leaving some of their days unused. Those who do go on vacation find themselves hard-pressed to relax, often spending their vacation with a piña colada in one hand and their work Blackberry in the other. This loss is the employer's gain, with employees leaving $34.3 million worth of vacation time unused each year.
Paradox of Productivity
So why is the U.S. (with the exception of Democratic Florida Representative Alan Grayson, who has been working on getting a bill passed that would mandate that workers at employers with over 100 employees receive one week of yearly paid time off) so reluctant to increase vacation time? The paradox of productivity is that while "work more produce more" may seem like a good idea in theory, the reality is that workers get burned out. The more an employee works consistently without breaks, after a certain point his or her productivity will taper off. Allowing more days off—minus the stress of losing a paycheck—is actually more likely to boost productivity rather than hinder it.
The Importance of Vacations
Vacations are about more than being lazy. Adequate time off from work is essential to mental, emotional and physical well-being. The rejuvenating effects of leisure time can counteract the negative impact of prolonged anxiety and stress on the body and even cut the risk of heart attack by as much as 30% for men and 50% for women. Not to mention the value vacation time has in cultivating intangible experiences that are necessary to a well-rounded life, including spending quality time with family, traveling, nurturing hobbies, interests and identities outside of work and generally stopping to smell the roses.
Should the United States as a country slow down the rat race, loosen corporate reins on workers and relax its focus on the bottom line, or is the dogged focus on work helping us stay on top? What do you think, Vault readers?
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This week, MarketWatch "Retire Well" columnist Elizabeth O'Brien broached the difficult topic of how to test for the presence of prostate cancer, and how to react if a test comes back positive. One popular screen, the PSA test, yields a lot of false positives, and even when prostate cancer is present, there's a good chance that the cancer will be slow-growing and will never be life-threatening. But doctors can't typically predict which cancers will be "safe," so they're often inclined to treat any cancer aggressively.
Once you decide to treat prostate cancer, you wander into a new field of controversy, as a study released this week reminds us. Based on a study of about 30,000 Medicare patients, researchers at the Yale School of Medicine are reporting that proton-beam therapy—a technologically advanced and extremely expensive approach to treating prostate cancer—is no more effective in the long term than standard radiation therapy. (Their study was published Thursday in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute; the Wall Street Journal's Melinda Beck covers the issue in excellent detail here, and in the video below.)
It's been known for a while that proton-beam treatment isn't any more effective than standard radiation or surgery at stopping the growth of prostate cancer. But advocates have argued that the beam therapy is less likely to inflict some of prostate therapies more debilitating side effects, which can include erectile dysfunction, urinary problems and gastrointestinal issues. The Yale study didn't bear that out, though: "The incidence of problems with urinary function was slightly lower for proton radiotherapy at six months after treatment," Beck writes, "but the difference disappeared by 12 months."
This might be less of an issue if it weren't for the huge difference in cost between the two therapies. Medicare pays more than $32,000 per patient for proton therapy, according to the study; it pays less than $19,000 per patient for radiation. The price difference reflects the costs of the equipment involved: Proton therapy, Beck says, "requires a particle accelerator roughly the size of a football field that typically costs about $180 million." Depending on how good his insurance is, a patient might not notice the price difference, but it's a safe bet that reformers looking to cut Medicare costs, and health-care costs in general are taking notice.


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According to a PayScale.com survey, Houston ranked 10th among cities where employees admitted to dating their bosses. Austin ranked as the top city for a workplace relationship with a superior.
Houston's booming energy industry likely helped propel it high on the list. The survey found 10 percent of workers in the mining, oil and gas industry admitted to having an after-hours romance with their boss.
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Should you care what your home says about you?
Shut up your assumptions to the contrary; caring about interior decoration is not just for Wilde, James, All Women and that Martha Stewart – there's a rich body of literature which speaks to the distinct relationship between masculinity and interior decoration. We are all, as Fight Club would have it, slaves to the Ikea nesting instinct.
Yet the fact is, not all of us occupy spaces fitted out exactly to our liking. Bothersome things like time and money and a lack of decorating confidence often get in the way. There's also the limitations wrapped up in renting (my reality), share-housing (growing reality), or still-at-home-living (your reality?).
So should we really judge a person based on their personal space? If we've wound up in someone's bed, staring at the ceiling, and the ceiling happens to be an awful shade of unsexy, should we let that diminish our feelings for the person who put it there (especially when that person mightn't be the one sleeping beside you)?
You might think it a superficial question. You might think it something beneath you. But let's be honest. We're wired to judge. We judge the appearance of people all the time, often unconsciously. It's not unreasonable to think we judge homes as well.
So should we care? Should you invest as much time and attention tending bricks and mortar and bed sheets as they do the body, mind and spirit? Would this make you more attractive or more desirable? Would it give you a competitive edge on the dating scene, or help keep your home life happy?
There are strong, well-established links between psychology and physical space. Here's a great study which shows how heterosexual British men who migrate to Dubai find their domestic house objects take on "a heightened significance in processes of identification". Here's another about ornaments in modernism and deep meaning contained within.
It is hard to deny the strong connection between space and culture. Whether our homemaking speaks to a national identity, or a political one, or perhaps even a class or creed, there are myriad mores enmeshed within our walls. So our spaces, and the things therein, influence our sense of who we are, or who we want to be. Let's not forget the many voices who argue longstanding laws of good design and feng shui also bind the mind to the material.
Of course, the relationship between furnishings and feelings works outwardly as well. You need only think as far as the Oval Office to understand the role space plays in shaping first impressions. This paper paints a muse-worthy picture of how the personal brand of each President was imbued in their selection of desk, drapery, rugs and more. Superficial objects? I think not. Something we can relate to? Yes. In a theoretical sense at least (damn you cost of things!).
But should we hold our lovers to the same standards as leaders of state?
Friends or partners who get a gander at my little bit of (borrowed) land would hopefully get some sense of me from my stuff and the situation of my abode (read; likes books, fresh flowers, hip deco stylings and inner-city-living). But my bedroom? Not as it could/would be (ie more silk, sexier bed, exotic wallpaper, 'treasure' chest...). Could this be damaging my life prospects or general constitution? Potentially.
So, should I be worried? I usually make a point of not worrying. Especially when it comes to the judgements of others. Do I consider the messages I send to other people? Yes.
Would I like my space to be more attractive?
Well. Who wouldn't?
What stock do you take of a person's house and home? Does it have a bearing on your wish to be with them? And what if you're in a relationship - how do you manage sharing space and an aesthetic - is it damaging if one person's decorative voice smothers the other (insert your conventional gender assumptions here)?
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life/blogs/citykat/your-home-is-your-castle--so-what-if-its-a-dump-20120925-26j4d.html#ixzz27Y56n9ds


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I'd tend to stick with phrasing like "the gospels were written anywhere between 40 and 90 years after the crucifixion; in the case of one (John) possibly even a little later." (It's a mistake to seize on the outlying estimate that makes the gospels seem the most unreliable, most estimates I've seen range from 90-120 CE)
The oldest forensically dated scrap of manuscript is a piece of John (ironically because it's the last canonical gospel to be written) dated to the early second century. Which does put an absolute latest date of 150 CE on it.
The bit about Paul maybe not having written the epistles in the bible is interesting, and it will be interesting to see if that becomes generally accepted. (So far, though, I've not run into arguments that Paul didn't exist!) So far as I am aware though historians like Ehrman take them as genuine products of mid-first-century Paul.
I usually keep 3 or 4 pieces going at a time, and it may have been in Ehrman's The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture that I read it.
You and I are both in agreement that the anonymous author of a two-volume work, both the "The Gospel of Luke" and "The Acts," later dubbed "Luke," a Syrian physician who spent time with Paul, though there is no evidence to support this title, copied much of "The Gospel of Mark," as well as taking quotations from the mysterious "Q."
"Mark," or whoever the anonymous author was, who was later dubbed, "Mark," stated unequivocally that Yeshua (if he ever existed) died for the sins of humankind. "Luke," on the other hand, went out of his way not to make that claim - he maintained that Yeshua (if he ever existed) was an innocent man, sent to his death by Jewish theological authorities, and was later vindicated by god by virtue of the resurrection - rather than any universal atonement, his death and resurrection was an indictment of the Jewish religious authorities.
Evidence for this is found throughout, when "Luke" copied "Mark," but altered "Mark's" redemptive verses to say something different, or deleted them entirely, copying what went before and what came after the verse in question, but omitting the one regarding salvation.
I could go through and demonstrate this assertion, but my time and this space is limited. Let me simply point out one small example: Mark 15:39 states that upon Yeshua's giving it up, the Roman centurion, in charge of the execution, said, "Truly, this man was the son of God." Luke 23:47 has him saying, "Truly, this man was innocent." Did this mean that the anonymous author who wrote what is now called, "The Gospel of Luke," doubted Yeshua's divinity?
As I said, there are many other examples, too numerous and complex to go into here, but the point certainly provides - IMO - food for thought.
Hold up, hold up, hold up you are seriously quoting wikipedia about "facts". Dude the only thing you can trust wiki to be accurate for is actors and videogames.
NOW you tell me... ;)
Might be trustworthy for porn too
In that whole wikipedia article, the word miracle is mentioned 4 times.
If Jesus was historically real, his miracles surely weren't and thus, Christianity is a lie and a scam.
I have no problem believing that a man, maybe even a wise teacher, named Jesus actually existed, but existence does not make one divine. It seems to me that if he did exist, Jesus was deified, as mankind is wont to do. Convincing an atheist of Jesus' existence could be the proverbial foot in the door, but otherwise it is irrelevant when it comes to belief in supernatural claims.
Making the leap from "Jesus existed" to "Jesus is God" is untenable for me. When a person or group claim to be the lone possessors of truth about a deity or deities and creation, by virtue of making such a claim, I know I cannot believe it. The only people I have any faith in are those who say they do not know something I believe we cannot know.
So why does it matter if Jesus actually existed or not? It is irrelevant as far as I am concerned.
There is no evidence of the existence of a historical Jesus. Nazareth didn't exist in the first century CE, so he couldn't have come from there - there is no documentary or archaeological evidence for Nazareth at that time at all. http://www.nazarethmyth.info/
The reference to Josephus has been widely debunked and it appears to be a later transcription addition - the passage that refers to Jesus appears out of context and textual analysis strongly indicates that it was not written by him. http://www.freethoughtnation.com/contributing-writers/63-acharya-s/...
I don't understand why scholars like Bart Erhman are so generous on the existence of a historical Jesus. Maybe it has something to do with the fact Erhman was an evangelical Christian as a teen. Maybe he can't let go of it fully.
Anyway, it doesn't matter if Jesus existed or not because he certainty didn't turn water to wine, walk on water or raise from the dead.
Supposing he was real, his name was Yeshua he was of midddle eastern decent. Ok? Cool. Now "his father" said to worship no false profits or no other gods before me. So naturally in most churches he is called Jesus and depicted as a white guy. Whoops you guys might wanna look into that one. How does Yeshua translate to Jesus instead of Joshua?
Talk to the Greeks, Brendan, they're the ones who made the translation - it's all Greek to me. As far as being depicted as a "white guy" is concerned, most Jews ARE "White," but he wouldn't have been the strapping Nordic type so often pictured, he would have had dark hair and topped out at about 5 foot six.
Mediterranean Jews (there wouldn't have been European Jews 2040 years ago) are basically the same genetic stock as Arabs. I heard one geneticist on a NOVA special say that "There isn't a dime's worth of difference between an Arab and a Mediterranean Jew genetically, in my opinion."


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Action Regulation Theory
Hannes Zacher
Action regulation theory is a meta-theory on the regulation of goal-directed behavior. The theory explains how workers regulate their behavior through cognitive processes, including goal development and selection, internal and external orientation, planning, monitoring of execution, and feedback processing. Moreover, action regulation theory focuses on the links between these cognitive processes, behavior, the objective environment, and objective outcomes. The action regulation process occurs on multiple levels of action regulation, including the sensorimotor or skill level, the level of flexible action patterns, the intellectual or conscious level, and the meta-cognitive heuristic level. These levels range from unconscious and automatized control of actions to conscious thought, and from muscular action to thought processes. Action regulation at lower levels in this hierarchy is more situation specific and requires less cognitive effort than action regulation at higher levels.
Workers further develop action-oriented mental models that include long-term cognitive representations of input conditions, goals, plans, and expected and prescribed results of action, as well as knowledge about the boundary conditions of action and the transformation procedures that turn goals into expected results. The accuracy and level of detail of such action-oriented mental models is closely associated with the efficiency and effectiveness of action regulation. One of three foci can be in the foreground of action regulation: task, social context, or self. A task focus is most strongly associated with high efficiency and effectiveness of action regulation, because it links task-related goals with relevant plans, behavior, and feedback. Action regulation theory has been applied to understand several phenomena in the field of industrial, work, and organizational psychology, including proactive work behavior, work-related learning and error management, entrepreneurship, occupational strain and well-being, reciprocal influences between personality and work, innovation, teamwork, career development, and successful aging at work.
Ageism in the Workplace
David M. Cadiz, Amy C. Pytlovany, and Donald M. Truxillo
The population is aging in most industrialized nations around the world, and this trend is anticipated to continue well into the future. This demographic shift impacts the workforce in that the average age of workers is increasing, and the workplace is becoming more age diverse, meaning different generations of employees are working side by side now more than ever before. Increasing age diversity can be problematic if misguided age-related attitudes, biases, and behaviors lead to ageism—the stigmatization of, and discrimination against, people based on age. Evidence of the impact of ageism in the workplace is being observed in increasing age-related discrimination claims as well as increased time for older people to find employment.
Workplace ageism manifests from cognitive, affective, and behavioral components. Age stereotypes are associated with the cognitive component, age-related prejudice is related to the affective component, and age discrimination is aligned with the behavioral component. There is an abundance of research identifying age-related stereotypes and it is thought that these stereotypes influence how workplace decisions are made. Age-related prejudice research indicates that older workers are generally viewed more negatively than younger workers which can result in lower performance appraisals or older workers' receiving harsher consequences for lower performance. Finally, age-discrimination research has identified that older workers struggle to find employment, to receive training and development opportunities, and to advance their careers. Although the majority of research on workplace ageism has focused on older individuals, younger workers also face challenges related to their age and this is a line of research that needs further exploration. Nevertheless, the accumulating evidence supports claims that workplace ageism has wide-ranging effects on individuals, groups/teams, organizations, and society.
Aging Workforce Issues from a Multilevel Approach
Lale M. Yaldiz, Franco Fraccaroli, and Donald M. Truxillo
The proportion of older people in the industrialized workforce is increasing owing to the aging of the baby-boom generation, improved health in industrialized countries, changing retirement laws, need for additional income by older workers, and entry of fewer younger people into the workforce in some countries. This "graying" trend of the workforce raises a number of issues such as the needs, motivation, job attitudes, and behaviors of older workers; how to manage age diversity issues at work; late career issues; and preparing the worker and the organization for retirement. Specifically, older worker issues as a research topic includes work-relevant changes taking place within individuals as they age (e.g., physical, cognitive, and personality changes); how older workers are affected by their physical and social environments; the sources of age stereotyping and discrimination and how to combat them; and how these factors affect outcomes such as older workers' well-being, health, attitudes, motivation, performance, and desire to continue working.
An Applied Approach to Psychology of Sustainability
Robert G. Jones
Based on current earth science findings, survival of our species will rely on better management of our relationships with the environmental system in which we reside. Accomplishing this requires the enlistment of a scientific understanding and management of our internal natural systems. Specifically, human urges that are oriented toward individual and small group well-being must be successfully managed to ensure species-level adaptation and survival. An essential first step for accomplishing this is to define a set of psychological criteria presumed to mediate the relationship between these individual urges and behavior at broader levels of analysis, and particularly organizational and community behaviors. Once criteria have been elaborated by key stakeholders, assessment and feedback processes common to major areas of applied psychology provide many options for intervention. This approach is at the heart of the applied psychology of sustainability that will be elaborated in this article. After defining the core problem and laying some foundational assumptions, an overview of this approach will be presented as a means to addressing the problem of using our psychological systems to manage our psychological systems' effects on the environment.
Conflict Management
Patricia Elgoibar, Martin Euwema, and Lourdes Munduate
Conflicts are part of nature and certainly part of human relations, between individuals, as well as within and between groups. Conflicts occur in every domain of life: family, work, and society, local and global. Conflict management, therefore, is an essential competency for each person. People differ largely in their emotional and behavioral responses to conflict and need to learn how to behave effectively in different conflict situations. This requires a contingency approach, first assessing the conflict situation, and then choosing a strategy, matching the goals of the party. In most situations, fostering cooperative relations will be most beneficial; however, this is also most challenging. Therefore, constructive conflict management strategies, including trust building and methods of constructive controversy, are emphasized. Conflict management, however, is broader than the interaction of the conflicting parties. Third-party interventions are an essential element of constructive conflict management, particularly the assessment of which parties are intervening in what ways at what escalation stage.
Creativity at Work
Kristina Potočnik and Neil Anderson
Creativity at work has long been acknowledged as a source of distinct competitive advantage as organizations seek to harness the ideas and suggestions of their employees. As such, it is not surprising that a considerable amount of research has accrued over the last 30 to 40 years in this field. Most commonly defined as the production of novel and useful ideas, research on creativity at work has focused on identifying different individual as well as contextual factors that shape employee creativity.
This research has been driven by many different theoretical frameworks. Some of them focus on creativity as an outcome variable and suggest employee skills, expertise, and intrinsic motivation as the key drivers of employee creativity. The organizational context in terms of support and resources for creativity is also suggested as playing an important role in employee creative output according to these frameworks. Other models have considered creativity more from the process perspective, arguing that creativity involves a set of different stages that lead to creative output. These models focus on different creativity-related behaviors that employees engage in to generate novel and useful ideas, such as problem formulation, preparation or information gathering, idea generation, and idea evaluation. More recent developments in the field suggest that creativity could best be captured as both a process and an outcome of employee endeavors to improve their own work roles, team processes, and outcomes, and as a result, the overall organizational effectiveness. Drawing upon these different frameworks, a considerable amount of research has explored different individual and contextual antecedents of creativity at work.
However, although this is a vibrant research area with a potential to contribute significant implications for different stakeholders, including employees, work teams, businesses, and wider societies, much more research is needed to address the complex interplay of various factors at different levels of analyses that impact creativity at work. Also, many questions remain to be answered in terms of how different ways of working, in increasingly global and diverse organizations, influence creativity in the workplace.
Goal-Setting Theory: Causal Relationships, Mediators, and Moderators
Gary P. Latham
Consciously setting a specific, difficult, challenging goal leads to high performance for four reasons. Specificity results in (1) the choice to focus on goal-relevant activities and to ignore those that are irrelevant. Challenge leads to an increase in (2) effort and (3) persistence to attain the goal. The combination of specificity and difficulty cue (4) the search for strategies to attain the goal. However, for this to occur, an individual or team must have the ability and the situational resources to attain the goal. In addition, the goal must be important; there must be commitment to goal attainment. Finally, feedback must be provided on goal progress so that adjustments can be made, if necessary, regarding effort or strategy for attaining the goal.
Group Processes
Charles Stangor
Group process refers to the behaviors of the members of small working groups (usually between three and twelve members) as they engage in decision-making and task performance. Group process includes the study of how group members' characteristics interact with the behavior of group members to create effective or ineffective group performance. Relevant topics include the influences of group norms, group roles, group status, group identity, and group social interaction as they influence group task performance and decision-making, the development and change of groups over time, group task typologies, and decision-making schemes. Relevant group outcomes include group cohesion, process losses and process gains in performance, free riding, ineffective information sharing, difficulties in brainstorming, groupthink, and group polarization. Other variables that influence effective group process include group member diversity, task attractiveness, and task significance. A variety of techniques are used to improve group process.
History of Organizational Psychology
Helio Carpintero
Organizational psychology represents an important theoretical and practical field of contemporary psychological science that studies mental and behavioral phenomena that take place in individuals and groups belonging to social organizations.
From a historical point of view, the roots of this specialty can be traced to the psychological approaches to the world of industry and work that began to appear in the beginning of the 20th century. The discovery of the relevance of individual differences in both mental and behavioral processes paved the way to the creation of a scientific and technical knowledge that could maximize an adaptation of humans at work that would benefit industrial activities, would increase worker satisfaction, and bring progress and peace to all of society.
Such specialized knowledge has evolved during the past century through a series of stages that permitted a growing theoretical complexity and more efficient technological interventions. This evolution of basic topics includes the study of the human operator; humankind's capacities and abilities; the influence of social factors upon people in the workplace; and the structures of all sorts of organizations created to obtain desired and needed goals. The relevance of social powers influencing the world of labor have made possible the creation of a rigorous and complex body of scientific knowledge that continuously provides information, advice, and help to modern society in its economic, social, and political structures.
Human Resource Management and Organizational Psychology
David E. Guest
Human resources (HR) management addresses those policies, practices, and activities concerned with the management of people in organizations. Although it is typically considered at multiple levels of analysis, it provides an important context for the application of work and organizational psychology. Core research questions address the determinants of HR strategy and practices adopted by organizations and how these are linked to outcomes including in particular organizational performance and employee wellbeing. Much research explores this linkage process including how far HR practices are able to ensure employee abilities, motivation, and opportunities to contribute; the distinctive role of human capital; how employees react to these practices; and the steps management can take to ensure their effective implementation. Most research confirms an association between the adoption of a greater number of what are typically termed "high performance" or "high involvement" HR practices and higher organizational performance and employee wellbeing. However, doubts remain about the causal direction of the association. Continuing research challenges include how best to measure HR practices, understanding more about contextual influences, and incorporating more fully the role of employee attitudes and behavior including employee attributions about the motives of management in their use of HR practices.
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Some two weeks for Ike Davis, huh? The Mets are now saying he might be able to return by the All-Star break.
Davis will be wearing a protective boot and will be shut down for at least three weeks.
"The only baseball activities he can do, basically, is play catch, and he'll be able to swing,'' manager Terry Collins told reporters today at Citi Field. "But he's not to do any running whatsoever for the next three weeks. There's still a hot spot where the bone bruise is. So we're going to pretty much shut him down from that type of activity.''
Meanwhile, David Wright will have an X-ray Thursday to determine a timetable for when he can resume baseball activities. Wright in on the DL with a stress fracture in his lower back.
The Mets say Jose Reyes is expected to return from bereavement leave for Thursday's game.
On a positive note, Johan Santana is throwing off the mound in 15-pitch intervals in Port St. Lucie. The next step will be throwing batting practice.
Here's tonight's starting lineup against Pittsburgh:
Angel Pagan, CF
Justin Turner, 2B
Carlos Beltran, RF
Jason Bay, LF
Daniel Murphy, 3B
Nick Evans, 1B
Josh Thole, C
Ruben Tejada, SS
RA Dickey, RP
COMMENTS: Dickey will get the start despite leaving his last start in Chicago early with an injury to his right heel. No doubt, the Mets will keep him on a short leash. Dale Thayer is first in line should Dickey falter. …. Pat Misch cleared waivers and accepted an assignment to Triple-A Buffalo.


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