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CRESTVIEW � Film historians may differ on the best film ever made � art being a matter of personal taste � but they generally agree that 1939 was the best year in American cinema.
CRESTVIEW � Film historians may differ on the best film ever made � art being a matter of personal taste � but they generally agree that 1939 was the best year in American cinema.
Multiple factors made the year such an important one for movies, film historian Judy DeBolt said.
Among them, America was climbing out of the Great Depression, Hollywood resolved union disputes, and technological advances � including three-strip Technicolor and high fidelity sound � enhanced American films' quality.
In addition, the rise of Nazi Germany forced an exodus of top European stars, film composers and directors who settled in Hollywood.
Topping the year in box office receipts and audience popularity, and DeBolt's personal favorite, was "Gone With the Wind," followed closely by "The Wizard of Oz," a commercial failure when first released, she said.
DeBolt said she intended to share her personal top 10 best films of '39 list, "but I actually have 14. I couldn't stop at 10."
For resident Virginia Kemp, DeBolt's Feb. 4 presentation, "The Films of 1939" at the Crestview Public Library brought back a flood of memories of walking to neighborhood cinemas in her native Philadelphia.
"I was 13 years old in 1939 and I saw a lot of those movies," Kemp said. "I went to Saturday afternoon matinees. "
Kemp said her favorite film of the year was also "Gone With the Wind," but "Young Mr. Lincoln," No. 9 on DeBolt's list, generated a special memory.
Her mother, who disapproved of movies, gave Kemp money to see the Henry Fonda film about Lincoln's early career as an Illinois attorney.
"She thought it was educational and she was all for that. It was the only time I ever lied to my mother," Kemp said. "I walked to another (cinema) and saw 'One Million B.C.' I went home and made up a story about seeing the Lincoln movie."
The Rev. Harry Tipton, a retired Air Force and prison chaplain, also had fond memories of the epic Civil War classic that topped historians' lists.
"The first movie I ever saw was 'Gone With the Wind,'" he said. "I saw it when I was a small child in Knoxville, Tenn."
DeBolt's "behind the scenes" stories about the films made the presentation intriguing, Kemp and Tipton said.
"The program was delightful," Kemp said. "She talked for almost an hour and a half and nobody was getting antsy. She held our attention."
"I thought the lady had an amazing knowledge of those movies," Tipton said. "It makes me want to see some of the top ones again."
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Film historian Judy DeBolt said she "couldn't stop at just 10" when compiling her list of 1939's top films. Here's her countdown.
14. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mickey Rooney, Rex
13. Drums Along the Mohawk (Claudette Colbert, Henry Fonda)
12. Rose of Washington Square (Tyrone Power, Alice Faye)
11. Babes in Arms (Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland)
10. Love Affair (Irene Dunn, Charles Boyer)
9. Young Mr. Lincoln (Henry Fonda, Alice Brady)
8. Ninotchka (Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas)
7. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara)
6. Wuthering Heights (Laurence Olivier, Merle Oberon)
5. Goodbye Mr. Chips (Robert Donat, Greer Garson)
4. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (James Stewart, Jean Arthur)
3. Stagecoach (Claire Trevor, John Wayne)
2. The Wizard of Oz (Judy Garland, Frank Bolger)
1. Gone With the Wind (Clark Gable, Vivian Leigh)
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Middle Tennessee State to Meet Navy in BHAFB
Following Saturday's conference championship games and the final selection of teams for the 35 college football bowl games, the U.S. Naval Academy now knows that Middle Tennessee State University will be its opponent in this month's Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth, Texas. The Midshipmen will meet the Blue Raiders in the 2013 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl to be played in Fort Worth, on Monday, Dec. 30, 2013.
The 11th edition of this postseason college football bowl game, which is more than a bowl game with its military theme and involvement, will kick off at 10:45 a.m. (CST) from Amon G. Carter Stadium on the campus of TCU. The game will air on ESPN, ESPN Radio and will be carried worldwide on the Armed Forces Network.
By defeating UTEP, 48-17 on Nov. 30 at home in Murfreesboro, Tenn., the Blue Raiders, led by Head Coach Rick Stockstill, finished the regular season with an 8-4 overall record in Conference USA.
"It is a distinct honor and privilege to have both the U.S. Naval Academy and Middle Tennessee in this year's salute to the military of our country. The Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl and the City of Fort Worth are very excited to host both of these teams, their alumni as well as their fans," said Brant Ringler, Executive Director of the patriotic bowl. "I can assure you this game will add significantly to the legacy of this great event. The game itself will be the centerpiece to a memorable week of colorful festivities in the heart of Texas."
Navy, coached by Ken Niumatalolo, has a 7-4 record so far this season playing with poised passion and dedicated determination and has some unfinished regular-season business as they continue to prepare for Saturday's annual rivalry showdown with the U.S. Military Academy (Army) in Philadelphia. Navy, which is on a three-game winning streak, became bowl-eligible on Nov. 16 when it defeated South Alabama, 42-14, at home in Annapolis, Md, allowing the Midshipmen to honor their commitment to play in Fort Worth.
While the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl is played in honor of the armed forces and has previously hosted the U.S. Military Academy (2010) and the U.S. Air Force Academy (2007, 2008, 2009, 2012), this is the first year that the bowl is hosting the Naval Academy. The Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl is the only bowl game that has hosted all three U.S. Military Academies.
The Blue Raiders head to Fort Worth riding a five-game winning streak after going 6-2 in league play to finish tied for second in the East Division of C-USA..
Navy's Niumatalolo is in his sixth season at the helm of the Midshipmen and 16th overall with Navy football. During his first five-plus years as head coach at Navy, Niumatalolo's Mids have compiled a record of 47-30 (.610) including appearances in four post-season bowl games plus this year's BHAFB. He moved into third all-time in Navy career coaching wins this season. Niumatalolo has also been selected one of seven men in the inaugural class of the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame. He will be inducted Jan. 23, 2014 prior to the NFL Pro Bowl in Honolulu
Middle Tennessee's Stockstill is in his eighth season leading the Blue Raiders. His overall record at Middle Tennessee is 51-48 and this is the fourth bowl game he has led his school to during his tenure. A veteran coach, Stockstill has been part of the coaching staffs at Bethune-Cookman, Central Florida, Clemson, East Carolina and South Carolina before becoming head coach at Middle Tennessee in 2006. Stockstill has also been selected twice as the Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year.
For more info on Middle Tennessee football, visit www.GoBlueRaiders.com.
MIDS vs. BLACK KNIGHTS
The long-time rivalry between Navy and Army is as arguably the No. 1 rivalry in all of college football. This year's patriotic classic will be played Saturday when the Mids and the Black Knights meet on the gridiron field of battle for the 114th time. Navy holds the all-time series edge, 57-49-7, including last year's 17-13 win over Army in Philadelphia. Both noted triple-option teams, Army leads the nation in rushing averaging 323.6 yards per game while Navy is currently third nationally with a 320.1 average.
With the Commander-in-Chief's trophy on the line, the Navy vs. Army matchup is scheduled to kickoff Saturday at 3 p.m. (ET) on the FieldTurf of Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. The game will be televised nationally on the CBS Television Network and broadcast on the Navy Radio Network.
Navy has been the most dominant service academy in the last decade plus in the battle for the Commander-in-Chief's trophy, winning 20 of 22 (.909) meetings with Air Force and Army, including this year's 28-10 win over Air Force.
For more Navy football info, visit www.navysports.com.
Record: 7-4 • Home: 5-0 • Away: 2-4 • Neutral: 0-0
Date Opponent Result/Time Television Attendance Series History
W No. 1 9-7 at Indiana W, 41-35 Big Ten Network 47,013 Series tied, 2-2
W No. 2 9-14 Delaware W, 51-7 CBS Sports Network 36,208 Navy Leads, 10-7
L 9-28 at Western Kentucky L, 7-19 ESPNEWS 19,813 Navy Leads, 2-1
W No. 3 10-5 Air Force W, 28-10 CBS Network 38,225 Air Force Leads, 27-19
L 10-12 at Duke L, 7-35 Raycom Sports/ACC Network 23,749 Navy Leads, 20-15-5
L 44-45 (2 OT) 10-19 at Toledo ESPNEWS 18,221 Toledo Leads, 3-1
W No. 4 10-26 Pittsburgh W, 24-21 CBS Sports Network 37,094 Pittsburgh Leads 22-14-3
L 11-2 at Notre Dame L, 34-38 NBC 80,795 Notre Dame Leads, 74-12-1
W No. 5 11-9 Hawai'i W, 42-28 CBS Sports Network 33,327 Hawai'i Leads, 2-1
W No. 6 11-16 South Alabama W, 42-14 CBS Sports Network 33,086 Navy Leads 1-0
W No. 7 11-22 at San Jose State W, 58-52, CBS Sports Network 16,876 San Jose State Leads, 2-1
12-14 Army+ 3 p.m. CBS Navy Leads, 57-49-7
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Middle Tennessee:
Overall Record: 8-4 • Conference Record: 6-2 • Home: 5-1 • Away: 3-3 • Neutral: 0-0
Date Opponent Result Television Attendance
8-29 Western Carolina W, 45-24 None, 20,011
9-7 at North Carolina L, 20-40, ACC Network, 48,000
9-14 Memphis W, 17-15, CSS , 23,992
9-21 at FAU* W, 42-35 (ot), CSS, 13,911
9-27 at BYU L, 10-37, ESPNU 58,763
10-5 East Carolina* L, 17-24, FSN 20,109
10-12 at North Texas* L, 7-34, None 21,171
10-24 Marshall* W, 51-49, FS1 19,898
11-2 at UAB* W, 24-21, FCS 20,483
11-23 at Southern Miss* W , 42-21, CSS 22,134
11-30 UTEP* W, 48-17, MyTV 30 11,560
*Conference USA Game
This will mark the third time in its 11-year history that the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl will be held on December 30, as the 2010 and 2011 contests were both held on that date. The most recent Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl was played Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012 featuring a match-up between the Rice Owls and U.S. Air Force Academy Falcons, in which the Owls claimed the bowl victory 33-14. Last year's showcase drew an attendance of 40,754.
Tickets for the 2013 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl are now on sale through ArmedForcesBowl.com. Armed forces veterans and active-duty personnel receive free admittance via the bowl's corporate armed forces ticket underwriting program, while supplies are available.
Owned and operated by ESPN Events, a subsidiary of ESPN Regional Television (ERT), the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl has featured the "armed forces" theme since 2006. Patriotic overtones recognizing all five branches of the service are prevalent throughout the game. Past Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowls have included fan-fest areas showcasing armed forces hardware; flyovers; demonstrations by several of the military's top skydiving teams; custom homes awarded to wounded warriors; on-field induction ceremonies; armed forces bands and honor guards; the annual Great American Patriot Award presented by Armed Forces Insurance; and the Armed Forces Merit Award presented by the Football Writers Association of America.
For additional information about the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl, please visit ArmedForcesBowl.com, Facebook.com/ArmedForcesBowl or Twitter.com/ArmedForcesBowl.


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How would Buddha vote?
While Siddhārtha was a young man, his father, King Śuddhodana, shielded him from the outside world and arranged for him to marry at 16 the beautiful Yaśodharā, who bore him a son, Rāhula. However, sometime later for the first time Siddhārtha saw an old man, then a sick person, a corpse and a religious monk. These prompted him decide he would pursue truth by leaving behind his wife, son and kingdom.
He would write later: "You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection."
He also wrote: "He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes." So, we will deduce that while he was not a family man, the Buddha would support all Americans' right to "the pursuit of happiness."


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Users Can Now Share Unlimited Books via iCloud; Include Unlimited Photos and Text Captions in Books
Users Can Now Share Unlimited Books via iCloud; Include Unlimited Photos and Text Captions in Books
DALLAS, TX--(Marketwire - Jul 27, 2012) - 58 North, creators of premium iPad applications leveraging Apple's iOS 5, today announced that leading digital photo book app, Pholium, is now FREE and has new features that make sharing high-quality, customizable digital photo books easier than ever. Pholium's latest version provides users with the ability to include an unlimited number of photos within each digital book that they create, while allowing users to share as many books as they want for FREE using iCloud. Pholium now also supports expanded photo titles as users can now add text captions on every page, providing them with a way to tell a complete story. Pholium is available to download for FREE at http://www.pholium.com/app.
"Since launching Pholium, we've been very pleased with the amount of interest and feedback we've received," said Robert E. W. Sinclair, co-founder of 58 North. "We found that users want to give more books to more people, so we've worked hard to find a way to eliminate the cost barrier. Thanks to iCloud, users can not only include an unlimited amount of photos in their digital creations, but also share them with as many people as they wish at no additional cost. We will continue to make improvements to Pholium to provide the best digital photo viewing and sharing experience to our users."
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Auburn junior tight end C.J. Uzomah is among 37 players named to the 2013 preseason watch list for the John Mackey Award, presented annually to the most outstanding collegiate tight end.
"It's an honor to be mentioned among the top tight ends this preseason, but I realize there is still a lot of work to be done," Uzomah said. "Individual achievements are a blessing and I give the glory to God, but more important is what our team can achieve in the season ahead."
Uzomah, a 6-4, 253-lb. junior from Suwanee, Ga., has earned two letters for the Tigers. Last season, he was a late-season starter, recording seven receptions for 136 yards, including a 27-yard touchdown catch from Jonathan Wallace versus Texas A&M.
NFL Hall of Fame member John Mackey is considered to be the best to have played the tight end position. A tight end by whom all others are measured, Mackey was a role model on and off the field as demonstrated by his Super Bowl Championship, his commitment to community and his place in history as the first President of the NFLPA.
The recipient is selected by vote of the John Mackey Award Selection Committee; the award will be presented live December 12 at The Home Depot College Football Awards Red Carpet Show. Other key dates include the announcement of the 2013 Midseason Watch List on October 14; the semifinalists on November 18; and the 2013 Mackey Finalists on November 25.
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April 19. 2013 4:53AM
Nashua road rage verdict set aside
By NANCY WEST
New Hampshire Sunday News
A judge in Nashua has set aside two guilty verdicts against a driver in what started as a Pelham road-rage case because a key police officer who testified against him has a potential credibility issue that wasn't disclosed before trial.
Judge Jacalyn A. Colburn set aside second-degree assault and reckless conduct jury verdicts against Cody Eller, 20, in a highly unusual case because prosecutors failed to tell his lawyer until days after Eller was convicted that Pelham Police Officer Eugene Stahl "was on the Laurie list."
Eller's lawyer, Jeffrey Kaye, said he was pleased with Colburn's decision, but upset when told prosecutors plan to retry Eller of Windham in Hillsborough County Superior Court South in Nashua.
"If they do retry the case, they would be compounding a tragedy," Kaye said. "I would hope they would reconsider at some point."
Eller and his family have already spent all their savings defending him in the first trial, Kaye said.
But Assistant Hillsborough County Attorney Kent Smith said he will move forward, acknowledging his office made a mistake by not checking the Laurie list before trial and only discovering after conviction that Stahl's name is on it.
"We plan to retry the case because we think (Eller) hurt (the injured motorcyclist) really badly," Smith said. "He had a severe leg injury and significant impediment."
Colburn's ruling is believed to be the first time a superior court judge has set aside a jury verdict because of a Laurie issue since the original 1995 state Supreme Court case State v. Laurie reversed a murder conviction because the defense wasn't told the lead investigator was dishonest. Top prosecutors in New Hampshire are required to maintain confidential Laurie lists, so named as a result of the ruling, that contain the names of law enforcement officers who have been disciplined for issues involving their credibility. The names and portions of their confidential personnel files could then be turned over to the defense for possible use in impeaching their testimony at trial.
An attorney general's memo in 2004 gave examples of potential Laurie issues as including police officers lying under oath, committing theft or fraud or engaging in other conduct that could affect their truthfulness. Colburn's ruling did not specify Stahl's potential Laurie issue, and his lawyer Catherine Costanzo, declined to do so as well.
She did say Stahl has "taken a reputational hit" as a result of the case. Colburn denied Stahl's motion to intervene in the case.
"He (Stahl) wants the public to know he understands that criminal defendants need these protections and police and prosecutors need to bend over backwards, but that means he has not had the opportunity to dispel the idea that what placed him on the Laurie list was some serious misconduct," Costanzo said.
On the contrary, Costanzo said, Stahl is proud of everything in his personnel file.
In her order dated April 15, Colburn cited the state constitution requiring prosecutors disclose evidence favorable to the accused where it is material to guilt or punishment in setting aside the verdicts.
"(The state) admits that it withheld favorable evidence by failing to disclose that officer Stahl was on the Laurie list, meaning there may be information in his confidential personnel file relevant to his credibility," Colburn wrote.
Colburn went on to say the state failed to prove that the undisclosed evidence would not have affected the verdict.
The convictions stemmed from a crash May 13, 2011 in which William Hawksley was driving a motorcycle south on Lowell Road in Pelham. Colburn's order said Officer Stahl testified that Eller told him at the scene that he intentionally hit Hawksley's motorcycle because he was trying to illegally pass him, which Eller denied.
Jurors found Eller not guilty of first-degree assault, the most serious charge.
Concord Attorney James Moir, who defended Carl Laurie in the murder of Lucien Fogg, said Colburn's ruling is very rare. "This is the first time I have ever heard of a failure to provide Laurie information resulting in a Superior Court judge setting aside a conviction and Laurie has been in effect for about 18 years," Moir said.
"I can only hope a decision such as this will underscore to prosecutors their responsibility to provide such important evidence to each defendant," Moir said.
Associate Attorney General Jane Young remembered a state Supreme Court case in which a potential Laurie issue was revealed after a drug conviction, but it didn't result in a new trial because the other evidence against the man was overwhelming.


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Tehran: Iranian state television is reporting the Islamic Republic`s army has begun a two-day ground and air military exercise that will include testing short-range missiles.
State television quoted Gen Ali Mehrabi, a top army commander, as saying today that the drills involve forces in central Iran.
The war games commemorate the anniversary of the liberation of Khorramshahr, a city in southwestern Iran during the country`s 1980-88 war with Iraq.
Mehrabi said some of the upgraded short-range missiles to be tested include the Nazeat and the Fajr. The missiles use a combination of liquid and solid fuel.
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PITTSBURGH—As Gaby Sanchez "trucked" around third some 6 1/2 hours after the game began, one thought went through his head.
"'This is enough,'" the 216-pound first baseman said after the game. "'I'm tired. It's been a long day.'"
Then Sanchez laughed. The Pittsburgh Pirates have been doing an awful lot of that lately.
Pinch-hitter Russell Martin singled home Sanchez for the winning run in the 14th inning and the Pirates earned their ninth straight victory, defeating the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 Sunday.
The Pirates extended their longest winning streak since 2004, when they took 10 in a row. Pittsburgh reached the midpoint of its season with the best record in the majors at 51-30.
"It's fun right now," said Martin, who played a key role in an extra-inning victory he did not start for the second straight Sunday. "Obviously, winning is fun, but just being on a team with a bunch of guys who play with their hearts out there and enjoy the game, it's definitely been a pleasure."
Teammates were having fun with Sanchez, a slugger not known for his speed. Sanchez led off the 14th with an infield single. With one out, he stole second for his first steal in more than a year. After a walk, Martin hit a soft liner to center off Francisco Rodriguez (1-1).
Sanchez chugged around third and slid home ahead of the throw by Carlos Gomez.
"I guess he felt fresh today for some reason," Martin said with a wry smile. "We're just grinding; he's out there grinding and made it happen and I think everybody is enjoying it."
Pirates manager Clint Hurdle gave the sign for Sanchez to make an attempt for his first stolen base as a Pirate and first overall since May 6, 2012. Sanchez has 10 steals and 30 infield hits in 513 career games according to STATS.
"Once it gets late like that, you've got to take some chances," Hurdle said. "Gaby's always heads-up."
Sanchez validated the efforts of Pittsburgh's stingy bullpen, one that refers to itself as "The Shark Tank." Vin Mazzaro pitched five perfect innings. He was among six Pirates relievers who combined for 11 scoreless innings after Charlie Morton was pulled following a rain delay of 2 hours, 20 minutes.
Justin Wilson, Bryan Morris, Jason Grilli and Mark Melancon each pitched a scoreless inning following Mazzaro—allowing a total of two hits and no walks.
Tony Watson (2-1) struck out four in three hitless innings.
"A truly incredible job from everybody out there," Hurdle said.
"It feels like they all throw 110 mph, and they've all got good stuff," Brewers outfielder Logan Schafer said. "They know what they're doing. They locate their pitches for the most part and they get ahead early in the count. Those guys are very good."
Andrew McCutchen hit a tying single in the Pittsburgh eighth.
Bidding for the franchise's first winning season or playoff berth in 21 years, surprising Pittsburgh enters July with the most wins in the majors. The crowd of 35,351 was about three 3,000 shy of capacity, snapping the PNC Park-record sellout streak of five games.
The vast majority of those on hand waited out a downpour not long after Milwaukee scored an unearned run in the second inning off of Morton, making his fourth start since returning from 2012 elbow surgery.
The Pirates trailed for roughly the next four hours—after the delay Tyler Thornburg and Mazzaro traded shutout innings—until tying it in the eighth against Jim Henderson. Starling Marte walked with one out, advanced on a groundout and came home on McCutchen's single.
Martin Maldonado had three hits for Milwaukee, which got its only run when Yuniesky Betancourt came home on Schafer's bunt in the second.
"It's tough right now," Schafer said. "We're not getting a whole lot of breaks. But things will turn. They always do in this game."
NOTES: LF Schafer robbed Sanchez of a home run by reaching over the left-center field wall for a catch in the seventh. … After a team off-day Monday, Pittsburgh opens a three-game series against visiting Philadelphia. LHP Jeff Locke, who has a personal seven-winning streak, was in line to start that game but Hurdle said he was been scratched because Locke was forced to throw in the bullpen during the 14th inning Sunday. Locke would have entered the game had it been extended any longer. Hurdle said no determination had been made on who would start Tuesday. … After the Brewers begin a four-game series in Washington on Monday, the lone NL team they will have yet to face will be the New York Mets.


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Myers' inside-the-park HR, four RBIs lift Rays
NEW YORK -- On Kentucky Derby weekend, Wil Myers made his own Run for the Roses, rounding the bases en route to a three-run inside-the-park homer Sunday afternoon to lead the Rays to a 5-1 win over the Yankees at Yankee Stadium.
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NEW YORK -- On Kentucky Derby weekend, Wil Myers made his own Run for the Roses, rounding the bases en route to a three-run inside-the-park homer Sunday afternoon to lead the Rays to a 5-1 win over the Yankees at Yankee Stadium.
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"When it comes to the Sport of Kings, I've never got involved with that a whole lot," Rays manager Joe Maddon said. "And I'm not a big betting guy. So I'll take Wil Myers' homer."
Myers finished with four RBIs and Erik Bedard gave the Rays a solid outing to help the team finish their road trip to Chicago, Boston and New York with a 5-5 mark. The Rays are 15-17 heading into a six-game homestand against Baltimore and Cleveland that begins Tuesday night at Tropicana Field.
Desmond Jennings doubled off CC Sabathia in the third inning and Evan Longoria walked to bring Myers to the plate with one out and the game tied at 1.
Myers picked out a 2-2 slider from Sabathia and drove the ball deep to center field. Yankees center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury leapt to try to make the catch, but he did not come down with the ball, splattering against the wall.
In the aftermath of Ellsbury's unsuccessful effort, the ball shot away from the wall and Myers scooted around the bases for his first career inside-the-park home run to give the Rays a 4-1 lead.
"That was the game-changer for us," Maddon said. "... That flipped it in our favor today."
When Myers first hit the ball, he thought it would clear the fence for a home run.
"I said, 'Uh-oh' when it hit the fence," Myers said. "... I knew I had a chance after I saw it kick off Ellsbury and head down the warning track."
Myers' home run marked the 11th inside-the-park home run in team history. Ben Zobrist last turned the trick Sept. 25, 2011, against the Blue Jays.
Myers' RBI double off Sabathia with two outs in the fourth chased the veteran southpaw and gave the Rays a 5-1 lead.
Sabathia defeated the Rays at Tropicana Field in a 10-2 Yankees win April 17. On Sunday, he gave up five runs on 10 hits in 3 2/3 innings.
"The changeup was really cutting back over," Sabathia said. "The two-seamers that they did hit were hard-hit balls to right field, so they were staying on it pretty good. Maybe if I would've come in a little more early in the count, I would've gotten them off some of those good swings."
Bedard brought an 0-9 mark in his previous 15 starts into the game. He allowed the Yankees to score in the second on Yangervis Solarte's sacrifice fly. The left-hander then pitched out of jams in the fourth and fifth innings before he retired the Yankees in order in the sixth on five pitches.
"I was just throwing strikes, being more consistent," Bedard said. "If you want to hang around in this game, you have to be consistent and throw strikes all the time."
Bedard surrendered a leadoff single to Solarte to start the seventh, which finished his day. He allowed one run on six hits, walking one and striking out three en route to his first win since June 26 against the Cardinals when he pitched for the Astros.
"Just in terms of execution and what we were trying to do to the hitters, [Bedard] was getting it done," Rays catcher Ryan Hanigan said. "He was executing. He does different things. He's got some options and what he was doing was working. He's hitting his spots. We're doing what we're trying to do. It's nice to have that happen. To execute a game plan and keep the team under control."
Tampa Bay got off to a 1-4 start on their road trip, so finishing strong felt pretty good as the team prepared to head home.
"It's huge," Hanigan said. "Take two from Boston and the Yankees is big time. At the end of the day, that Chicago team can swing the bat. I think we kind of slept on that a little bit, because we hadn't played them yet and they're kind of establishing themselves as a real premier offensive team. Hopefully next time around we'll have a little something better for them. Big wins. Big wins. Two series roads wins against division rivals. Big wins."
The Rays will have an off-day on Monday. Maddon believes his team grew a lot on the 10-game road trip.
"I think we've kind of come together as a group and I think there's a lot of belief in the clubhouse," Maddon said. "Now we get to go home, a well deserved day off -- do that, do nothing but enjoy yourself -- come back and let's be ready to play Tuesday night."
Bill Chastain is a reporter for MLB.com.


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Thunder at Condors
Faceoff: 7 p.m., Rabobank Arena (Bakersfield)
Records: Stockton 24-17-8; Bakersfield 13-31-5
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Skinny: The Thunder and Condors will meet for the ninth time this season, and Stockton hopes to continue its dominance over Bakersfield, which has the lowest points total (31) in the ECHL. The Thunder is 6-1-1 against the Condors. Stockton won the last meeting 6-3 on Dec. 28 in Bakersfield. ... Harrison Reed scored twice in the Thunder's 3-2 win against Idaho on Saturday, and he has been the team's hottest player recently. He has a six-game scoring streak and has 11 points during that span. He leads the Thunder with 21 goals and leads the ECHL in power play goals (12) and is fourth in power play points (21). ... Max Boisclair has scored in five of the six games he has played with Stockton since being signed as a free agent on Jan. 24. He has two goals and four assists. ... Stockton's special teams remain uneven. It has improved recently on the power play and is sixth in the league at 21.6 percent. But its penalty kill is 20th in the 23-team ECHL at 78.1. ... Rookie Francis Verreault, who joined the Condors via trade from the Greenville Road Warriors in December, has 14 points in 14 games for Bakersfield, and 35 points in 46 games overall.


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Companies increasingly are adopting B.Y.O.D. policies — that is, Bring Your Own Device — when it comes to the electronic needs of their employees.
And there is a lot to like about the idea. Many employees love the ability to maintain their own cell numbers and use the laptops and tablets they prefer while employers love how it reduces the workload on their IT departments.
But these pluses come with a significant risk: Experts say having employees in an increasingly mobile workforce connect into company servers on their personal devices dramatically increases the chances of a security breach.
These companies, they say, need to step up their vigilance.
"If you are going to encourage a B.Y.O.D. policy, you need to have a lot of security discipline, and you need to have staff to manage your environment 24/7," said Jeff Kaplan, CEO of Breakthrough Technology Group, a Marlboro-based cloud services provider that helps businesses facilitate mobile arrangements.
How vigilant companies are often depends on their size.
Large companies storing big data — be it consumer profiles or personal health records — tend to have bigger IT staffs and more sophisticated resources to fight the problem.
But experts say smaller companies, especially those with patented technology, also need to stay alert.
Those are the ones Kaplan worries about. He said many employers simply don't have the manpower to stay atop every threat — threats that become greater when employees rely on mobile devices also used for personal reasons.
"The endpoint (device) is by definition, not secure," Kaplan said.
Security breaches are not new, and every news cycle seems to bring another example — just think of Target's recent troubles.
But the recent revelation by Edward Snowden that smart phone apps such as Google Maps and the popular Angry Birds game can be hacked to gain information demonstrates that security breaches are about more than just stealing credit card numbers from consumers.
"Cyber criminals, out of the Far East in particular, they are not interested in personal information," said Scott Vernick, a partner at Fox Rothschild LLP specializing in data security and privacy. "They are interested in trade secrets. They are interested in industrial espionage.
"That's were data security has to concern everybody, including smaller companies."
Kaplan said his company protects client data by installing virtual desktops on its servers. The desktops require specific logins and passwords when clients are accessing them for work reasons, thus separating business from personal use of mobile devices. Kaplan said BTG monitors security around the clock for its clients through a private cloud system.
"You don't need to monitor the firewalls 24/7; we'll do that," Kaplan said.
Vernick said companies are aware of the pervasiveness of data threats, but too many avoid upgrades that require upfront costs, instead waiting to act after a breach.
"Most businesses are reluctant to spend the dollars necessary," Vernick said. "It's an expensive proposition, but do you want to spend up front, or do you want to spend on the back end, when it becomes a lot more expensive?"
Mobile and remote communication in the workplace is likely to expand as enabling technology becomes more mainstream and prices fall. Take video and web conferencing, for example.
"What used to cost millions and millions of dollars, both in terms of equipment and networking, are now moving into the very affordable range," said Greg Douglas, vice president for the public sector at Yorktel, an Eatontown-based provider of visual communication services to business.
Plus, employees expect remote flexibility. Kaplan said companies are going to have to be mobile-friendly to attract younger workers used to multitasking on their smart phones — and on the brand of smart phone they want to use.
"Everyone wants to use an iPad. Everyone wants to be able to work wherever they want, when they want," Kaplan said.
Douglas said companies should consider adopting a virtual private network, which uses public networks to provide remote offices or individuals with encrypted access to their organization's network.
Ultimately, Douglas said security is a human problem. It starts with decisions involving simple things such as passwords before working its way up to the physical, such as data centers.
Now that assets are as likely to be based on information as they are bricks and mortar, Vernick said companies need to think through the implications.
"Unfortunately it often takes a data breach to focus people's attention," Vernick said. "As we tell clients: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
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I will never play the lottery. Why? Because I can't think of anything worse than winning.
I realize this sounds crazy. It may even seem straight-up un-American. Not that everyone plays, but to be so vehemently against winning? Who wouldn't want free money? But here's the thing: It's not free. It comes with a price. And the price I'd pay for hitting the jackpot would never be worth it to me.
It's not because I'm afraid of turning out like one of these 19 lottery winners, who lost all their winnings–and often much more. Although their stories serve as good evidence of the perils of getting a huge, and unexpected, sum of money. (Not only did these winners not rise up and achieve anything great with their winnings, but most ended up in far worse circumstances than before their windfall.)
There are other, very real fears for me behind winning the lottery. While they may not be enough to convince you to turn away a boatload of cash, they're worth thinking about before you hand over some of your hard-earned money for a lottery ticket.
#1. Your net worth will go up, but your self-worth could go down.
When I was an associate editor at Body+Soul magazine (having taken a $15,000 pay cut to shift into the low-paying publishing industry) a fellow editor posed the question: If you won the lottery, what would you do? People said they'd quit (in varying dramatic ways) or buy a bed and breakfast in Vermont or write a novel, or just tell people what they really thought. In other words: If they had the money, they'd finally do what they really wanted to do.
I knew that if by some weird stroke I'd won a lottery I didn't enter, and had millions to my name, I would get up the next morning, shower, and go back to my desk. I loved being an editor, loved what I was creating and getting paid to do (even if it wasn't much). If a chunk of money was enough to lure you from the thing you do every day, then why were you doing it in the first place?
If you truly want to do something else with your life, why wait around for a potential windfall to make it happen (And risk the very strong possibility it will never come to pass) ? Start taking the steps now.
Money is no replacement for drive and ambition. If you have too much money handed to you that you didn't earn, but simply won through luck and a few dollars for a lottery ticket, you could certainly quit and buy yourself that hotel or yacht or private plane. But then what? Having that much money might cause you to lose your drive to work toward the goals you'd had before you won. Buy yourself a new lifestyle with money you won and it could, in fact, throw off your entire sense of self worth. (Though you might enjoy it, it'd be hard not to wonder: Do I deserve this? I didn't earn it.)
#2. You'd be pressured.
I can't stand junk mail and solicitations. Try multiplying that by a thousand once you're listed as a lottery winner. Not just solicitations, but your own friends, or distant relatives from some far-flung branch of your family tree, would appear to make a case for why they should have part of what you got. I get scared when someone on the street with a clipboard makes eye contact with me. I couldn't handle this. Period.
#3. Things will never be the same.
The friends you get after you win the lottery may not be the friends you'd want. And the ones you had before? I'm not saying you'd lose them all, but you would lose something that connects you, just as you might expect when one person all of a sudden has much more than anyone else. You can't pretend you're like them anymore, because you're not. Try saying, "$200 for a pair of jeans? Are you crazy?" after you hit the Powerball. Because you can't. How can you split a bill at dinner? How can you say, "Wait, I didn't order two merlots? Did you?" How do you not just pay the whole bill? Every time. After all, you won the lottery!
In fact, it may seem like you don't have the right to complain about anything anymore because everyone thinks that your money can fix whatever ails you. And it can't.
You need human empathy, love, and connection to thrive, and money can't buy that. Win millions and you may suddenly find yourself instead a source of envy and frustration among friends. Suddenly they can't relate to you, and you feel a chilling separation from what everyone else shares. No thank you.
#4. You'd be trapped.
I saw a documentary once about a lottery winner from Texas who had ensconced himself in a gaudy, horrible manor. He had statues of famous people brought in and they stood in ghostly poses around the property. Sometimes I like to eat with Reagan, or take my coffee in the morning on the porch with Dolly Parton. This man was utterly alone, behind locked doors to keep people away—strangers, lookie-loos, people who for whatever reason thought they deserved a piece of what he had now. Because he didn't earn that money—he had gotten it through plain old dumb luck, and so he had money without respect. And that's not power; it's a prison.
I'll take freedom—to earn, to connect, to dodge solicitors, to complain, and to ask for what I deserve, any day. What about you?
Terri Trespicio is VP of Talent & Business Development for 2 Market Media and a lifestyle expert. Visit her at territrespicio.com or on Twitter @TerriT.
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GOFFSTOWN — Police are looking for a woman they say stole cash, beer and other items from Cumberland Farms on Mast Road Friday night after threatening to splash bleach in the store clerk's face if she didn't comply.
According to police, the woman, who appeared to be in her mid-20s, entered the store shortly after 8:30 p.m. She donned sunglasses from a store display and walked to the front counter carrying a 12-pack of beer and a jug of bleach. She then demanded cash from the store clerk, threatening her with the bleach.
The woman was last seen running around the building toward Rockland Avenue, where she might have gotten into a waiting vehicle, police said.
The robber was described as white with pale skin and freckles, approximately 5-foot-3-inches tall and 140 pounds, possibly with red hair. She was wearing a camouflage hooded sweatshirt, jeans and sneakers.
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Bridge to open for petroleum tanker at approximately 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 23
WEYMOUTH -- A tanker carrying petroleum for Citgo's East Braintree Products Terminal is expected to arrive at the Weymouth Fore River Bridge at approximately 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 23.
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Kellie is an Emmy-nominated actress who recently appeared on Lifetime's Army Wives, and is perhaps best known for her work on ER and Life Goes On. She has assumed a new role with her takeover of ROMP, an online modern children's boutique. Kellie is mom to 5-year-old daughter Maggie and hopes that ROMP will "inspire conscious, thoughtful parenting practice and will, in turn, help moms feel confident and fulfilled."
When I was 8 months pregnant, a wacky woman who worked at the place where I bought food for my dog and cat told me that my daughter was going to be just like Mother Theresa. No, I hadn't told her that I was having a girl. Like I said, she was wacky and, for no reason at all, seemed to know way too much about me and my fetus. She also asserted that my daughter would "bring home strays." Dog, cats . . . people? I wondered. Sadly, she didn't specify.
I didn't think much of this until my daughter was about 10 months old and discovered the plush Gandhi doll perched on top of my shelf. Yes, I do own a plush Gandhi doll complete with cool circular glasses and removable sandals, doesn't everybody? From that day forward Maggie started packing plush Gandhi around with her wherever she went. Thinking back on the aforementioned wacky lady, this freaked me out.
Actually, it freaked me out but also made me immensely proud—my daughter didn't reach for Minnie Mouse up on the top shelf, she reached for Gandhi. My kid's deep! I think that she initially dug plush Gandhi's cool circular glasses and removable sandals, but here I saw a teaching opportunity:
Me: "Maggie, that's Gandhi."
Maggie: (with faux recognition) "Ohh."
Me: "He was a great man who taught the world a lot of important lessons."
Maggie: (throwing plush Gandhi in the air) "Wheee-ee!"
So . . . maybe she's not just like Mother Theresa.
Obviously a 10 month old is not going to comprehend the enormity of a Gandhi and what he meant to this world. The cool thing is that, when Maggie discovered the Gandhi doll on the top of my shelf, the seed was planted. Now that Maggie's 5 years old, I can start to tell her about who Gandhi was and why he's important to us. She's already interested in him—already loves him—so it's not much of a stretch to get her to want to learn about his lessons of peace.
So maybe she'll bring home a few strays (hopefully they will be dogs or cats). And, wacky as it is, if peace, acceptance, non-violence, and love are all I can teach my kid, I'll be pretty happy with that.
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An event on June 14 will benefit a program looking to expand services for homeless families in Waltham.
"Club Shake It 2014: Back to the 80s" is a "pop up dance club," operating for just one night a year, in support of COMPASS for homeless families, a program of COMPASS for kids.
The annual event, at Hayden Lower Field, Worthen Road, Lexington, features music by Scattershot and starts at 7 p.m. with VIP cocktails and at 8 p.m. for general admission ticket holders. The event also features live and silent auctions, food and drink.
COMPASS for kids, a nonprofit with a main office in Lexington, has specialized in working with homeless families since 2002, when it began providing 10 hours a week of programming for the many homeless families living in homeless shelters on the grounds of the old Fernald School in Waltham, according to the organization.
In 2008, COMPASS for kids partnered with the Massachusetts Community Colleges Executive Office to provide collaborative workforce development training and job placement for homeless parents living in the same shelters. These efforts quickly expanded and COMPASS for kids, via their COMPASS for homeless families Community Collaborative program, is now one of the leading organizations providing outcome oriented workforce development education, training and job placement for homeless parents in Massachusetts, according to the organization.
Since 2011, the COMPASS for homeless families Community Collaborative program has been working in the Lawrence area. Through education, skills training and coaching, this program has increased the capacities of parents to attain and retain stable employment. Through key employer partnerships, they link program participants directly to jobs, the organization said.
The state has recently had to increasingly rely on hotels to support the tremendous number of homeless families needing shelter in Massachusetts. There are now 200-250 homeless families living in hotels in Waltham, Lexington and Bedford alone. COMPASS for kids is currently raising funding to support replication of its Lawrence program in the Waltham/Lexington/Bedford area, working with families living in hotels. This year, proceeds from COMPASS for kids� annual Club Shake It event will help support this new program site � charting much brighter futures for children and families living in local hotels, the organization said.
For more information, visit compassforkids.org.
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Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) acknowledged late Thursday that the Department of Justice has launched a probe into the tech giant's allegations of fraud at its Autonomy division.
The disclosure in an annual regulatory filing confirms reports that the DOJ had opened an investigation following the H-P's bombshell allegations last month that Autonomy willfully cooked its books to inflate its value ahead of an eventual 2011 buyout valued at $11.1 billion.
U.S. authorities wasted little time, launching their probe on November 21, just a day after H-P said it would take a $5 billion charge due to an internal review that unearthed accounting fraud at the U.K.-based software business.
H-P had said it forwarded the matter to the DOJ, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.K.'s Serious Fraud Office.
However, Autonomy co-founder and former CEO Mike Lynch said in a statement late Thursday he has had "no contact from any regulatory authority."
"We will co-operate with any investigation and look forward to the opportunity to explain our position.
We continue to reject these allegations in the strongest possible terms," Lynch said.
The former Autonomy exec also took issue with H-P's decision not to provide a "detailed calculation" of its $5 billion charge or a more detailed explanation of the fraud allegations in the regulatory filing.
"We remain deeply concerned about how this process has been conducted, and believe it is in everyone's interest for it to be resolved as soon as possible," Lynch said.
The Autonomy mess is hardly the first time that an acquisition by H-P has gone wrong.
In August H-P revealed an $8 billion writedown tied to its 2008 acquisition of Electronic Data Systems, representing more than half of the original $14 billion purchase price. H-P's 2010 buyout of Palm for $1.2 billion has also been widely disappointing.
Shares of Palo Alto, Calif.-based H-P dropped 1.28% to $13.86 in extended trading Friday morning. The stock has lost about 45% of its value year-to-date.
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PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — City officials in Peoria have closed streets along the riverfront and are anticipating a record flood over this weekend and early next week.
Peoria City Manager Patrick Urich (YUR'-ick) told The Journal Star newspaper (http://bit.ly/10o4FiY ) on Friday that streets and parking lots along the Illinois River in downtown are closed to all but emergency traffic. Sand bags and other barriers are being put in place in some spots.
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The country's statement was made during a speech by Obaid Salem Al Zaabi, Permanent Representative of the UAE to the UN in Geneva, at the 38th session of the Human Rights Council, which witnessed a general discussion on the state of human rights in Palestine and other occupied Arab lands.
Al Zaabi highlighted Security Council Resolution No. 2334 for 2016, which asserts that Israel's policy of settlement expansion in occupied Palestinian areas since 1967, including East Jerusalem, has no legal basis, is a stark violation of international law, and is a major obstacle to creating two states that can live together in peace and security. Two years after the resolution was issued, the wall is still continuing to be built and the number of settlements is increasing while the two-state solution has disappeared, even before it was discussed, he added.
Al Zaabi called on the council to face its responsibilities to uphold resolutions and the reports of special rapporteurs and investigation committees, as well as to enforce its mandate to end Israel's injustices and its construction of settlements, which are the symbol of Israel's continuing occupation and hinders the efforts of peace initiatives.
He also noted the latest report of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, OCHA, which points out that since 1967, around 250 Israeli settlements and outposts were established in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, which led to the loss of properties and sources of income while the attacks of Israeli settlers against Palestinians were encouraged by the lack of any international accountability.
The UAE announced, during the Jerusalem Summit in Dhahran in April 2018, that it is offering two bundles of assistance to support the Palestinian people, with the first being valued at $20 million, which will be allocated to programmes that support Islamic endowments in Jerusalem while the second, which is valued at $50 million, will be given to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, or UNRWA, Al Zaabi said in conclusion.
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The No. 18 UC Santa Barbara women's water polo team (13-11) suffered a 14-6 loss to No. 11 Loyola Marymount (22-7) in a nonconference pairing at the Lions' Burns Recreation and Aquatics Center on Friday afternoon.
The Lions jumped out to a 4-0 lead within the first four minutes of the first quarter before the Gauchos went on a run of three unanswered goals - two from Lizzie Rouleau and one from Gillian Morgan. With 29 seconds to go in the period, LMU's Casey Flacks posted a goal to stretch the Lion lead back to two points heading into the second half.
The teams each scored one in the second quarter and the Gauchos entered halftime still trailing by two at 6-4.
In the third, the Lions posted four consecutive goals during a two-minute span, including back-to-back points from Mary Ann Campos to push their lead to 10-4. Taylor Byrne scored the Gauchos' lone goal of the period with 10 seconds on the clock.
Katie Kepner scored the final UCSB goal of the game with 4:51 to play before the Lions tallied four straight to end the game with the 14-6 victory.
Sophomore goalie Chelsea Carrillo had five saves in the loss for UCSB.
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A little background: brother is a reverend, rapper for Jesus ( i swear) mother Facebook page might as well include the entire new testament.
My whole family us aware I am an atheist. Anytime we speak religion, I'm usually met with condescension. Pretty funny most of the time. Today though, just got under my skin.
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Thanks for the replies! I ended up not posting, just ignoring. They post this kind of stuff often enough I'll say something on a day not meant for honoring those who've died.
My Mom posted something about remembering 9/11, and one of her idiot 'friends' replied, 'and they banned clergy from the ceremony..what's up with that?' So I told him what was up..I said they weren't banned, they just weren't allowed to rant on the microphone. I also said about 1/3rd of the victims were not xtians. He was a dumbass whose reply was also dumbass-ish, something about other faiths should be allowed to speak. There I kept my mouth shut because I wanted to go off on him, I didn't want to be disrespectful on that day. Thankfully my mom stepped up and said if people wanted, they could go to their nearest church and pray all they want. I love my mom!
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Kim joined the University of Exeter Business School in October 2012. She was formerly a Reader in Risk and Accountability at the University of Greenwich where she was actively involved in developing and embedding a research culture in the Business School. Prior to this, she held academic positions at Sheffield Hallam University, UMIST in Manchester and King's College London from 1998–2011.
Kim's research is interdisciplinary in nature and is located at the interface of accounting, organisational theory and management. Her main focus is on management accounting and control and risk management and regulation. Her research takes an interpretive perspective and aims towards producing rich, in-depth understandings of how individuals in organisations understand, interact with and use these systems. Her current research focuses on the UK financial sector and the effects of the financial crisis in 2007–09; how to improve corporate governance and rebuild trust and reputation in banks and regulators; risk management regulatory systems and the effects of marketisation and (de)regulation in UK universities.
Kim has been a council member of the Management Control Association (MCA) since 1995 and has been actively involved in organising their international conferences, workshops and doctoral colloquiums. In addition, she has both presented at, and organised various streams at conferences in the UK, Continental Europe, Asia, Australia and the USA. Kim has held various visiting research fellowships at the University of Innsbruck, Austria and the University of Venice, Italy.
She is currently a Research Associate at the Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation, London School of Economics, the Sustainable Leadership, Governance and Policy Research Group, University of Plymouth Business School and Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg, Germany. She has undertaken consultancy work for a number of financial services companies on regulatory compliance.
Nationality: British
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- Management Accounting Culture and Change
- Management accounting systems implementation
- Culture and management control
- Corporate Governance and Regulation
- The role of regulation
- Risk management and regulation
- Regulation and compliance cultures
- Methodological issues in management accounting research
Management Accounting Culture and Change
Kim's work in this area has two clear perspectives: the first relates to management accounting systems implementation and the associated organizational change effects, in particular, the intended and unintended consequences of such changes. The second area of research relates to notions of control in differing cultural contexts and how management accounting and control systems are perceived and utilized in differing cultural settings. Her key contribution has been to present an alternative approach - rarely used in this area of accounting, namely a narrative methodology which allows us to understand the practices of control in different cultural contexts.
Corporate Governance and Regulation
The global financial crisis of 2007-2008 has led to a major break down of trust in corporate bodies and the institutional structures that are meant to monitor and control them. Questions have been raised about how to improve corporate governance and rebuild trust and reputation in organizations. Kim's work focuses on the following issues:
- What are the issues raised by these failures of governance – both at an institutional and organizational level?
- What types of governance mechanisms currently exist and how do they operate?
- What is the role of regulation as a governance mechanism?
- How can we improve governance structures in organizations?
- Developing new models of regulation.
- How we can we create 'embedded' good governance / regulatory practice in organizations?
Risk management systems
Kim's research in this field relates to a relatively under developed area that focuses on the organizational dimensions of risk and regulatory practice in the public and the private sector and is centred around three themes:
- The features of organizing that may be associated with the (un)intended production of risk – in particular, secondary or reputation risk.
- The complex interrelationship between risk management and regulation.
- How risk management has, and is, becoming an established body of knowledge.
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Management Accounting Practice in UK Universities:
This study addresses the effects of marketization and its associated effects on resource management and the management accounting systems in UK universities. Changes in higher education have been rapid, and there has been little critical management accounting / organizational research into the implications. This study examines how universities are responding to these changes and what management accounting practices are being utilised.
Risk Management:
Kim was the joint principle investigator on a project that was commissioned by a UK university (2004-2008) to find ways to improve their risk management system and strategy. The aim of the project was to develop a risk management philosophy for the university, and produce practical procedures for embedding the system.
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- 2011: Runner up for the European Group for Organization Studies (EGOS) Roland Calori Prize. The Roland Calori Prize is awarded bi-annually for the best article published in Organization Studies over the previous two years.
External positions
Visiting research associate/fellowships:
- Since April 2012: Visiting Research Fellow: Sustainable Leadership, Governance and Policy Research Group (SLGP), University of Plymouth.
- Since May 2011: Visiting Associate: Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation, London School of Economics.
- Since 2008: Visiting Research Fellow: University of Hamburg, (activities include: keynote presentations; ECR mentoring; PhD external advisor).
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- Management Control Association (MCA)
- Member: since 1992.
- Council member: since 1995 organizing workshops, international conferences and Doctoral Colloquium.
- Management Control Association 2013, Netherlands: Organizing Doctoral Colloquium; Member of the main conference Scientific Committee.
- Member British Accounting and Finance Association (BAFA).
- Member BAFA SIG: SEAG (South Eastern Accounting Group).
- Member BAFA SIG: Accounting Education.
- British Academy of Management (BAM) (member).
- European Accounting Association (EAA) (member).
- European Group for Organization Studies (EGOS) (member).
- Control & Risk Self Assessment (CRSA) Forum (member).
- Member British Standards Institute (BSI) advisory committee (CG/1): Development of a new BSI governance standard.
Kim is a firm believer in research and practice-led teaching. She has extensive experience of course leadership, programme development and delivering courses of all sizes, at both the undergraduate and post-graduate level – utilising a variety of techniques, primarily case studies in relation to management accounting and control, her courses have an interdisciplinary focus that situates the practice of management accounting in its' organisational, social and institutional contexts. Particular areas of interest include: the role(s) and application of management accounting concepts; the development of new techniques; the impact of the changing (global) environment on accounting practice in organizations; the changing role of management accountants; management accounting and control practice in different sectors – both nationally and internationally.


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