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Palm posts larger 1Q loss, but beats Street view
(AP) -- Smart phone maker Palm Inc. on Thursday posted a wider fiscal first-quarter loss - its ninth in a row.
Adjusted results, however, handily beat Wall Street's forecast as the company shipped more of its new Pre devices than had been expected. But a disappointing second-quarter sales forecast and news of a planned stock offering sent shares lower in after-hours trading.
For the three months ended Aug. 28, Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Palm posted a loss after paying preferred dividends of $164.5 million, or $1.17 per share, compared with a loss of $41.9 million, or 39 cents per share, in the same period a year earlier.
Excluding one-time items, however, the company posted a much smaller loss of $13.6 million, or 10 cents per share, in the latest quarter. That easily beat analysts' forecast for a loss of 24 cents per share, according to a Thomson Reuters poll.
Revenue tumbled to $68 million from $366.9 million, largely because Palm deferred revenue from products that run its new WebOS operating system - namely the Pre - to later periods. But adjusted sales, which include deferred Pre revenue, totaled $360.7 million - also beating analysts' $297.7 million average estimate.
"We're making significant progress with Palm's transformation, and our culture of innovation is stronger than ever. We're launching more great Palm WebOS products with more carriers, and turning our sights toward growth," said Jon Rubinstein, chairman and CEO, in a statement.
Palm, whose business had been struggling amid competition in the smart phone market from BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd., and Apple Inc.'s iPhone, revamped its product line with the Pre's launch in June. And it is launching a lighter, cheaper handset called the Pixi for the holidays.
The company shipped 823,000 smart phone units during the quarter, well above the 700,000 that CL King & Associates analyst Lawrence Harris estimated that Palm would ship. The company didn't break out how many of those were Pre devices. While the company's shipments are down 30 percent year-over-year, they more than doubled the amount shipped in the previous quarter.
For the current quarter, Palm forecast adjusted revenue in the range of $240 million and $270 million, below analysts' estimate of $344.4 million. However, it also forecast full-year adjusted revenue of $1.6 billion to $1.8 billion - which would top analysts' current average estimate of $1.57 billion.
Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu called Palm's forecast "a little confusing," since the company expects revenue to decline sequentially even though it is launching a new product and the holidays are coming up.
Wu, who has a "Hold" rating on Palm's shares, also said that Palm's cash burn during the quarter was "somewhat disturbing." The company went through more than $42 million in cash, ending the quarter with about $110 million in cash and cash equivalents.
Separately, the company said it plans to offer about 16 million of its shares to shore up its balance sheet. It will use the proceeds for working capital and general corporate purposes. Venture capital firm Elevation Partners, which already owns a stake in Palm, plans to buy $35 million of Palm's shares in the sale, at the public offering price.
Shares of Palm fell 32 cents, or 2.2 percent, to $14.12 in after-hours trading. The stock had closed earlier down 22 cents at $14.44.
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In the last blog post, Dr. Rowley discussed an interesting example where data sharing would be useful and various methods of sharing that data.
I think we can all agree with Dr. Rowley that in the ideal world #6 (sharing patient data within the same EHR system) is the best way to facilitate sharing of clinical information between doctors. Having a unified database of all patient records would of course make sharing information easier. However, there are a number of challenges with this scenario. Let's discuss a few of these.
The first problem is that the dream of one system is just a dream. There are just too many disparate systems already in place and so we have to be practical and plan for scenarios that aren't ideal (ie. multiple EHR systems). It's hard enough to get consensus around one EHR vendor amongst a small set of doctors in a group practice. Try selling the same EHR to doctors from multiple specialties across a geographic region to choose the same EHR. At the end of the day, even if you had the best EHR it is likely that one doctor will just want to be different for different's sake. Thus killing the idea of a unified system across all providers.
Just for fun, let's say every doctor in the area does implement the same hosted EHR system. Even then it's not very likely at all that the hospital is going to use the same EHR. Software that works well in a hospital setting doesn't usually work well in an ambulatory setting. So, you still don't have the patients hospital information because they're using a different system.
I don't want to be a complete naysayer about the idea. I have seen this implemented rather effectively in a Hospital system which had 116 multi-specialty clinics. From what I heard, they had a huge majority of the health care in their regional market. At the time they'd only implemented 25% of those clinics, but they'd implemented an EHR across specialties of almost every kind. They have a unified database where patient information was available regardless of where it was done. They even had an interface with the hospital system (the hospital system owned the clinics so this made sense). I also think it's important to mention the interface they had with their various labs. Essentially, they had the dream that Dr. Rowley espouses. Interesting that this was all done with a client server based EHR.
While I describe the above scenario as a wonderful example, they aren't without their challenges. They faced head on some of the challenges I described in my previous post. For example, an update to the EHR software affected every clinic using the EHR whether they liked the update or not. Anyone that's gone through an update to an EHR is familiar with some "new feature" causing untold heartache because the EHR company didn't realize how that "new feature" would affect the doctors using the EHR. Often the "new feature" isn't listed in the release notes and so there was no notification to prepare for the change. Even more difficult is that with 116 clinics of varying specialties it's nearly impossible to know how changes to the EHR software will affect each of the doctors. I've seen both of these problems happen even with a small 2 clinic implementation. Multiply this times 58 and you can imagine the challenge.
One other problem this implementation faced and certainly PracticeFusion or other one database web 2.0 type implementations will face is scalability. Obviously, it's possible to scale the application if done right. Google's done a pretty good job proving it's possible. However, that's much easier said than done. Many a Web 2.0 company has gone under due to their inability to scale properly. A doctor relying on a web 2.0 EHR will not likely support any significant down time. Once an EHR is implemented, most doctors become nearly paralyzed and unable to function when they can't connect to it. While not impossible to scale a web EHR, amazing attention must be paid to the reliability of the web application. Any significant down time by a web EHR will ensure that it won't need to worry about scaling their application for long since no doctors will want a web EHR that isn't reliable.
My point is that in order to reach the Nirvana state of a unified web 2.0 EHR where data sharing is possible, you'll need to be able to scale the application with near 100% reliability. Users of an EHR won't be nearly as forgiving as social networking users when downtime occurs.
I also think it's worth mentioning that sharing becomes much more complicated when it's done in a unified database. Let me explain. Sharing with a fax machine (or the likes) requires a request for information to be made and a reply made. With a unified database you open up a new world of sharing which can be very powerful, but also difficult to manage. For example, if I sign a release of information which is in effect for 90 days, then why not allow me to turn on sharing of the information for the entire 90 days? Then again, one clinic might have a policy that they want to share prescriptions with another clinic for 90 days. Another clinic might want to share all clinical notes except those marked confidential with another clinic for 30 days. Once again, this can all be coded into an EHR, but it adds one more layer of complexity for the EHR to program and support and for the end users to have to learn.
At the end of the day, my biggest question is not whether there's value in sharing data between clinics. It's not whether the technology can support sharing of data in any number of ways. My question is increasingly whether the barriers to sharing patient data are so large that the cost is not worth the benefit. The jury's still out on this one….and may not be back for a while.

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Texas City mother seeks help for 11-year-old son addicted to meth
KHOU.com, November 20, 2013
HOUSTON—A Texas City Mother says she is trying to get help for her 11-year-old son after discovering he is hooked on meth, not just using the drug but injecting it.
"It like just kills me inside. Just to, you know, even look at it. Just keeping it—I kept it because I have to get him help," said Rena Alvarado, the child's mother.
She said she found the used needle in her son's trash Sunday and there are no diabetics in the family, it appeared to be used for drugs.
Not knowing what else to do she called Texas City police.
"I showed him the syringe and everything, and he did not want to have anything to do with it," Alvarado said.
She said she hoped her son would get arrested so he could get some help, but that didn't happen. The family said they don't understand why.
"If an adult was caught on the street with that they would be in jail," said Rachell Alvarado, the boy's aunt.
The Alvarados took the boy to UTMB where he tested negative for meth, but he admitted using it and said he got the drug from a 13-year-old at the new city skate park.
Rena Alvarado's biggest issue is not knowing what to do now.
"No one is doing anything about it. Nothing is being done about it," she said.
Meth is an issue in Texas City. Just last month six eighth graders were suspended for meth use and distribution at a middle school.
That was liquid meth, Alvarado's son into the heaviest injectable version of the drug.
The syringe that she doesn't know what to do with is still haunting her, she said.
"I don't want to keep it because every time I see it, it hurts me. Every time I see my son going through the symptoms he is having, it hurts me," she said.
Texas City police said they are looking into the case.


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Macramé is everywhere these days, isn't it? I can barely open up Pinterest without pinning countless designs for plant hangers and knotted wall art. Today I'm sharing a step-by-step guide to making your own macramé daybed – it's a rather impressive project but it's one that you definitely can make at home.Read More


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Frail, soft spoken and laid back, the Rajkumar indeed epitomizes the Nawabi traits. He is the grandson of Hon'ble Maharaja Sir Mohd. Ali Mohd. Khan, K.C.S.I., K.C.I.E., etc, Mumtaz Jung of Mahmoodabad, also the first Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, who played a very important part in the educational, social and political life of the country, and helped in the struggle for independence at every stage.
His father, Maharaj Kumar Mohd. Mahmood Hasan Khan of Mahmudabad, also was a philanthropist and a congressman who contributed to the success of the Party in U.P. from the 1st Elections in 1952.
It was in such a family background that the Rajkumar was born and brought up. From early childhood he saw the Congress giants walking in and out of his home. On many occassions his home became the privileged venue where Pandit Nehru, Pandit G. B. Pant, Dr. Sampurnanand Hafiz, Mohammad Ibrahim and Rafi Ahmad Kidwai took decisions which became History.
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I've been a great admirer of Twentieth Century Antiques for many years. Established in 1993 by Andrew Fletcher, Twentieth Century Antiques specialises in modernism, midcentury and postwar design – exactly the kind of pieces I lust after, basically. I first met Andrew when I was writing about a Georgian flat he had refurbished in Edinburgh – his own home – that was filled with the most beautiful pieces of midcentury furniture. Then in 2014 I interviewed Andrew and his partner Rachel Green about their home in Edinburgh's West End – Magdala Mews remains one of my favourite houses on the blog.
So when Andrew got in touch to tell me about Twentieth Century Antiques' first solo selling exhibition, I wanted to feature a few of the pieces here. Running until July 16 at Custom Lane in Edinburgh's Leith, the exhibition showcases the best of Scandinavian midcentury design. I asked Andrew to tell me a little bit about what visitors can expect – you can see more on Instagram.
How did you select the specific pieces and designers to showcase?
"I thought it was important to showcase pieces by some of the major designers of the period, such as Hans Wegner, Børgen Mogensen and Nanna Ditzel. Some people coming to the exhibition may be familiar with the names. Many of their designs are still in production today but this is a great opportunity for people to see the original pieces. The original pieces have a wonderful patina that only comes with age and use. There are plenty of others designers on show too. All my pieces are selected for their style and quality."
What will people see at the exhibition?
"In terms of the furniture, I always like to offer a good range of pieces that people are always looking for for their homes – lounge chairs, sofas, dining tables, dining chairs, sideboards. I always try to have some more unusual pieces too. I have a couple of lovely Danish blanket boxes, one teak the other oak – really nice detailing and excellent storage. All my pieces are meant to be loved and used.
In addition to the furniture I'll be exhibiting a selection of original prints by Modern British artists, such as Lynn Chadwick, Reg Butler and Bernard Meadows. I'll also be showing prints by one of my favourite artists, Jack Kampmann, who was based on the Faroe Islands. His work captures the atmosphere of the coastal villages of the Faroes – simple buildings in an almost cubist style."
Do you have any personal favourites?
"I always buy pieces that I like and would be happy to live with, so I like everything, but I am particularly taken with one of the Hans Wegner chairs – the 'Sawbuck' oak lounge chair, model CH28, manufactured by Carl Hansen & Son, 1952 – the detailing is lovely, it's very sculptural and tactile and really comfortable. And the Borge Mogensen oak bench. Again, this is back in production but this is an original. I've been after one of these for ages and if we had the space it would be a keeper!"
Twentieth Century Antiques is exhibiting at Custom Lane in Leith until 16 July.
Opening times are Monday – Friday 9-5pm, Saturday 10-5pm, and Sunday 11-5pm. Visit Twentieth Century Antiques for more details.
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Sewing instructions continually warn us to avoid bulk. But what is "bulk"? Emmalia explains good bulk and bad bulk...
You're in charge of costumes for a theatrical production? There's a big task ahead! Lisha Vidler gives her tips on improving theatre costumes.
Costuming's complicated at times - learning disabilities can make it more so. Emmalia advises costumers with a learning disability.
In the last part of her series, Lisha explains some final wardrobe tricks to ensure your theater production looks professional.
We've all seen costumes that look breathtaking - such as our competition entries. Here Lisha shares 10 tips to help us achieve a top-quality finish.
Costuming can be tricky and learning disabilities add to the challenge. Emmalia shares tips on living and sewing with a learning disability.
Tips on improving theatrical costume, including the tricky issue of skirt, petticoat and hoop length - how long should each be?
Masks are great fun for carnivals, cosplay or balls. Caroline shows how to make a new accessory that's a real conversation starter.
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Here are the first spy photos of future BMW i8.
Photographs from Carpix managed to get the first spy photos of BMW i8. The model is embodiment of the series version for Vision EfficientDynamics concept and was tested under winter conditions in Sweden. Sport model debut is expected to take place in 2014, and will be the second family member at BMW. First appearance of this model, as a concept, took place at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 2009.
At that time BMW i8 was equipped with a three-cylinder turbodiesel engine with rear driving wheels and was mounted centrally. Diesel engine was assisted by an electric motor, both coupled to a six-speed DCT transmissions. Diesel unit has a displacement of 1.5 liters and provides 164 horsepower, while the electric motor provides a continuous output of 33 hp and a maximum of 51 hp. Both engines offer a maximum torque of 290 Nm. On the front we find an electric motor that offers 80 hp and can offer "boosts " by 112 hp for 30 seconds or 139 hp for ten seconds. Maximum torque is 220 Nm of that unit.
Head of development at BMW, Klaus Draeger said recently that the diesel engine will be replaced by a turbocharged petrol unit with four-cylinder. Most likely, we speak of a unit developed jointly with the French from PSA, which is used successfully in the Mini range and is close to the cylinder diesel engine. We do not exclude the appearance of a TwinPower Turbo propeller from the BMW range, the newest addition offering 245 hp and maximum torque of 350 Nm.
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Landmark Links January 30th – Round We Go
Quick programming note: Your chance to get a lifelong Giants fan (me) to don an Eagles or Patriots jersey and root for one of those teams, while doing just a little bit to end homelessness is quickly running out. For those of you interested in humiliating me for a really good cause, here's the GoFundMe link.
Lead Story…
"It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future." – Yogi Berra
One of the reason that I began writing this blog is because of my strong agreement with the quote above attributed to Hall of Fame Baseball player and great American philosopher Yogi Berra. Accurate predictions are incredibly difficult because they involve synthesizing all of the facts and data that we currently know but cannot take into account other factors that we do not necessarily even know exist. That's where the blogging part comes in for me. The Lead Story section of Landmark Links typically consists of my opinion on a current topic while the links portion typically features economic and real estate (and other) stories which I may or may not agree with. My only requirement is that they come from credible sources. Writing the blog in this format forces me to read things that I may not agree with and challenge my beliefs and opinions. That's why I often post things that can seem conflicting – it's not that I agree with both but rather that I'm trying to provide different sides of an argument. In other words, "Gotta Hear Both Sides" is more than just a catch phrase for some of the more outlandish stories posted in the WTF section.
One recent example of posting conflicting opinions has been recent stories about how many (all?) economists seem to think that recession risks are extremely low for 2018 while also periodically pointing out the Minskyite truth that long periods of stability can themselves be destabilizing when investors become too complacent and take unwarranted risks. And that brings me to an blog post that I read last Friday from Josh Brown of The Reformed Broker entitledStock Market Reversals Can Cause Recessions Too. The post referred to a somewhat infamous Barrons article by Jack Willoughby called Burning Fast from March of 2000 which was the first mainstream financial media outlet to point out that many high flying tech companies were burning way too much cash and would soon run out. The Barrons article was unique because it was among the first to point out an argument against web stocks that wasn't valuation based and is often considered the starting point of the dot com crash which led to the tech recession of 2001. I found this passage to be the most interesting part of Brown's post (emphasis mine):
What makes this apropos to today is the idea that, while there is no recession in sight economically, a stock market reversal could certainly cause one. After all, it was the early 2000 reversal in growth stocks that caused the recession then. So much capital expenditure and consumer spending was being fueled by equity gains that when the gains went away so did all the demand in the real world. It wasn't the first time that speculative market activity spilled over into the economy with disastrous consequences, and it won't be the last time.
Brown is talking about stocks here but the same could be said of any large capital market with substantial capital gains such as fixed income or real estate. It's relatively easy to look at the economy from 30,000 feet and say that things will be stable for the foreseeable future since inflation is tame, wage growth is starting to pick up and unemployment is low and falling. The far bigger challenge is to know how much of that virtuous cycle of capital expenditure and consumer spending is being financed by assets themselves that are increasing in value. When those same assets fall in value, the capital gains fuel that was being burned to grow the economy dries up, which can lead to a recession even though economic conditions looked wonderful at the time that asset values began to fall. What's more, it's very difficult to know just how much values would have to fall due to some unforeseen shock in order to have a material impact on the economy that could result in a recession. The problem is that we often don't know what the answer is until after it's too late. Towards the peak of the subprime housing bubble, there were more than a few talking heads claiming that the economy could survive a housing downturn because unemployment was low and economic expansion was robust with the consumer leading the way. The problem was that very few people ultimately saw that those factors were largely being driven by real estate gains that were fueled by bullshit. When those gains slowed and ultimately stopped, the result wasn't pretty. I think that Brown ended his post on a perfect note:
Sometimes markets are a leading indicator, and sometimes they actually cause changes in the economies they are meant to reflect. George Soros calls this reflexivity. It's a thing.
Indeed, George Soros became a billionaire many times over by figuring out this reflexive cycle better than pretty much anyone else. There is nothing wrong with being bullish on the economy, just keep in mind that things can and do sometimes turn sour for reasons that don't seem obvious ahead of time.
Rise of the Machines: A new tax incentive that allows companies to immediately deduct the entire cost of equipment purchases from their taxable income is encouraging capital investment which means replacing old equipment by putting more robots on factory floors.
Hand Brake: Are too many mergers in America's heartland to blame for pay raises lagging economic growth over the past few years?
Chugging Ahead: It may not be spectacular but the US economy continues to grow at a steady pace.
Unbalanced: There is plenty of office space getting built in the US but almost none of it is in the suburbs with downtown taking a disproportionate share.
Few and Far Between: Colony founder Tom Barrack sees an environment where hardly any real estate is underpriced.
Hypocrites with a Capital H: The Sierra Club now opposes Scott Weiner's transit density bill – possibly the most important climate and environmental bill in California. I wonder why…. (hint: it starts with N and rhymes with Quimbys).
Back to Break Even: The US housing market has gained back all $9 trillion in value lost during the Great Recession, but an uneven recovery means that some market still lag.
Dodging Bullets: Bitcoin miners in Venezuela face insane risks like government extortion and police raids on a daily basis as they fight for survival amid national chaos.
It's All a Lie: People are spending a ton of money to buy armies of bot "followers" in order to make their social media influence appear much larger than it really is.
Can't Have it All: Sir Isaac Newton was a scientific genius but a really shitty investor.
Chart of the Day
It would be an understatement to say that the housing market is tight right now.
• New home prices (both the mean and the median) hit a record high.
• Sales of new luxury homes have picked up.
• New homes don't sit on the market for very long.
Source:The Daily Shot
Fishy Situation: Security cameras caught a pet store thief shoving live fish down his pants because, Florida.
Bottom of the Barrel: A new ranking by the website Thrillist finds that "Florida is the worst state in the nation in every way," which is only surprising if you have never been to a non-coastal part of Florida or do not have an internet connection.
Assault and Burrito: Police are looking for a Taco Bell worker in South Carolina who hit his manager with a burrito during an argument (h/t Steve Sims)
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Koykayi Nosakhere, a community activist in Anchorage, Alaska, hasn't eaten in 28 days.
The lead coordinator of a grassroots movement to end child hunger in America began his hunger strike in Juneau on Feb. 7 in hopes that it would inspire the State House Finance Committee to hear a bill that would give more kids meals at school.
According to Lisa Demer of The Anchorage Daily News, Senate Bill 3 was passed by the Senate in February 2011. It was assigned to the House Finance Committee in March, but a hearing for the bill was never scheduled.
Now, after nearly 30 days of starving himself and shedding 40 pounds, it looks like Nosakhere's pressure campaign may have backfired.
On Monday, the co-chairman of the House Finance Committee, State Rep. Bill Stolze, said he did not plan to hold a hearing on the bill, suggesting an alternative program that would infuse $3 million into a fund that would let Alaska school districts purchase local food, Demer writes.
Stolze told the Daily News that bill activists had "hurt their cause with demands for a hearing and a vote."
Meanwhile, according to Demer, Nosakhere said "he's not going to eat until the bill gets a vote, the legislative session ends, or he dies."
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Dow 12000! Blue-Chip Measure At Highest Point Since June '08
The Dow Jones Industrial Average has popped above 12000 and it seems that the whole number mark will be a site of tape warfare throughout the day. Psychologically, rising above 12000 and closing there might be considered bullish.
A lot of people snicker at big, whole number psychology. But there is evidence to support it. Let's get into the way-way back machine.
In 1966, the Dow managed to close at 995.15. It teased the level again in 1968 and 1969, getting above 1000, but not closing there. Not until Nov. 14, 1972 – six years after first flirting with the magic number – did it finally close above 1000.
More recently, in early 1994, the Dow neared 4000, but retreated as the Federal Reserve began raising interest rates. The blue-chip measure eventually crawled over the line in Feb. 1995, just barely.
Now, what happened next in these two scenarios is intriguing. After the 1972 close, the Dow soon embarked on a vicious two-year bear market. Dow 2000 didn't come until 1987 – 15 years later.
After Dow 4000, the market stumbled modestly, but then went on a ripping run, smashing through barriers to reach Dow 10000 in March 1999.


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Floating Doctors will run 250+ mobile medical clinics over a 500-square mile area of Western Panama for the indigenous Ngabe living cut off from basic health care by poverty, social disenfranchisement, mangrove mazes and jungle-covered mountains. 10,000+ patients will receive care and emergency medical response. In addition, 3 Remote Medical Outposts will be built and staffed to provide ongoing care and to act as centers for health education, training and research.
Mangrove mazes and jungles, social disenfranchisement, poor education, poverty and lack of infrastructure separate our communities from care. The Bocas province boasts the largest percentage of indigenous in Panama, but also has the highest infant and child mortality rate, birth rate, and second highest neonatal mortality rate. Our patients are from communities that have no voice and no one to speak for them. Our medical care will affect more than 80,000 in poverty and without access to care.
What sets Floating Doctors apart is our commitment to providing ongoing care to the communities we serve; we regularly visit more than 30 communities in Panama and maintain detailed records of their health and treatment. We provide general medical and minor surgical services, portable ultrasounds and labs. By focusing on preventive care and children's maternal health and incorporating education, we create sustainable improvements in individual and community health.
Providing care for over 10,000 patients and staffing 3 medical outposts will greatly improve the immediate access to care for over 80,000 Ngabe in the region. Faster emergency response, better baseline individual and community health as well as improved health knowledge in 30 key communities will all combine to reduce the burden of disease and accident in the future.
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In collaboration with the Baylor College of Medicine, the business school offers the MD/MBA dual degree program for candidates seeking to integrate business knowledge with expertise in medical schools, physician groups, hospitals and managed care organizations.
The U.S. health care industry faces many challenges such as sky-rocketing costs, increasing demand, inadequate access to health care, inefficiency, inconsistent quality of services, non-uniform processes and more. Increasingly complex changes in the health care and life sciences industries require physicians to take on leadership roles in nontraditional capacities. You could be a part of the solution.
Read about one of our MD/MBA alumna and the Association of American Medical Colleges' current take on the dual degree.
The dual degree requirements are completed in five years.
Admission Requirements
- Complete the Rice MBA online application
- Full Time MBAÂ application requirements
- Already admitted to or accepted by Baylor College of Medicine
- Optional official GMAT is required for scholarship considerationÂ
- Official current Baylor transcripts mailed to our office
- Official scores submitted to the Jones School by Baylor
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An enrollment deposit of $1,250 is due upon acceptance and is applied toward the cost of your first semester. The MBA portion of the program consists of three semesters of Full Time MBA tuition and fees at Rice University as follows:
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- Year 2 (Fall only): MBA tuition and fees
Merit-based scholarships are determined on the strength of the entire application package, including your GMAT/GRE score, undergraduate transcripts, work history and leadership experiences.Â
All applicants to the Full-Time MBA program (both international and domestic) are considered for merit-based Admissions Scholarships, which can range from 10-100% of tuition. There is no separate application process for scholarship consideration. Once your application is submitted, it is reviewed and considered for scholarship based on all required criteria within your application. If you are admitted to the Rice MBA Full-Time program, any scholarship award will be announced in your admission packet. Your admissions letter will indicate the amount offered per academic year. You may receive a maximum of three semesters of scholarship funding.
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Information on funding resources may be found in the Full-Time MBA section of the site.
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This morning I presented social media to a board of small business owners, and at least one in attendance expressed an absolute belief in the death of social media as a means of connecting and networking. I would laugh it off, but then again I never saw MySpace clawing back up out of the grave. Let's consider some factors which might incur the playing of Taps for social media: People are starting to care again about privacy. With the recent $%&@#% debacle regarding the NSA and warrantless searches into the digital communications of Americans etal, it's entirely possible internet users might – just might – come back around to prioritizing privacy over publicity on social media. There has even been talk about the privacy value of snail mail. The social media giants are getting too – well – gigantic. When you've got players like Facebook and Google hosting and controlling […]
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u mean the fraud was sensed 5 years before when nfra was thought of ?
It seems like it was the need of an hour to constitute National Financial Reporting Authority. Section 132 of Companies Act, 2013 deals with the constitution of NFRA. On Thursday March 1, 2018, the cabinet approved its constitution as announced by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in a press meet.
But the question here is, will constitution of NFRA suffice the purpose. After its constitution, PNB like fraud will be reduced altogether?? Let's discuss in detail.
PNB scam acted as a powerful tool for establishing an independent Regulatory body called 'Nation Financial Reporting Authority' to regulate the auditing profession.
As per the Companies Act, 2013 the NFRA is tasked with the job of recommending accounting and auditing standards, ensuring compliance with them and overseeing the quality of service of the accounting and audit professions. It has also been given the power to investigate matters of professional misconduct by chartered accountants or CA firms, impose penalty and debar the CA or firm for up to 10 years.
Need for establishing NFRA
The government's decision to soon notify the NFRA comes right after the fraud at the Punjab National Bank where billionaire Nirav Modi and his firms allegedly obtained fraudulent guarantees to get short-term loans overseas.
Applicability of NFRA
Listed Companies as well as large unlisted public companies
Structure of NFRA- as per section 132 of Companies Act, 2013
Roles & Responsibilities of NFRA
(a) make recommendations to the Central Government on the formulation and laying down of accounting and auditing policies and standards for adoption by companies or class of companies or their auditors, as the case may be;
(b) monitor and enforce the compliance with accounting standards and auditing standards in such manner as may be prescribed;
(c) oversee the quality of service of the professions associated with ensuring compliance with such standards, and suggest measures required for improvement n quality of service and such other related matters as may be prescribed; and
(d) perform such other functions relating to clauses (a), (b) and (c) as may be prescribed.
Composition of NFRA
The National Financial Reporting Authority shall consist of a chairperson, who shall be a person of eminence and having expertise in accountancy, auditing, finance or law to be appointed by the Central Government and such other members not exceeding fifteen consisting of part-time and full-time members as may be prescribed.
Powers of NFRA
(a) Investigation
NFRA have the power to investigate, either suo moto or on a reference made to it by the Central Government, for such class of bodies corporate or persons, in such manner as may be prescribed into the matters of professional or other misconduct committed by any member or firm of chartered accountants, registered under the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949.
(b) Powers as vested in civil court
have the same powers as are vested in a civil court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, while trying a suit, in respect of some matters*.
Other Powers
In case of any professional or other misconduct is proved, NFRA has the power to make order for imposing penalty of:
|Quantum of Penalty
|In case of individuals
|not less than one lakh rupees, but which may extend to five times of the fees received
|In case of firms
|not less than five lakh rupees, but which may extend to ten times of the fees received
NFRA has also the power for debarring the member or the firm from engaging himself or itself from practice as member of the Institute of Chartered Accountant of India for a minimum period of six months or for such higher period not exceeding ten years as may be decided by the National Financial Reporting Authority.
(c) Appellate Tribunal
If any person is aggrieved by the order of NFRA with respect to 'Imposing penalty & Suspension for a particular period of time' as discussed above, the aggrieved person may prefer an appeal before the Appellate Tribunal in such manner and on payment of such fee as may be prescribed.
(d) Meetings of NFRA
The National Financial Reporting Authority shall meet at such times and places and shall observe such rules of procedure in regard to the transaction of business at its meetings in such manner as may be prescribed.
(e) Appointment of Secretary & other employees
The Central Government may appoint a secretary and such other employees as it may consider necessary for the efficient performance of functions by the National Financial Reporting Authority under this Act and the terms and conditions of service of the secretary and employees shall be such as may be prescribed.
(f) Audit of NFRA
The accounts of the National Financial Reporting Authority shall be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India at such intervals as may be specified by him and such accounts as certified by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India together with the audit report thereon shall be forwarded annually to the Central Government by the National Financial Reporting Authority.
(g) Disclosure on working of NFRA
The National Financial Reporting Authority shall prepare in such form and at such time for each financial year as may be prescribed its annual report giving a full account of its activities during the financial year and forward a copy thereof to the Central Government and the Central Government shall cause the annual report and the audit report given by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India to be laid before each House of Parliament.
The NFRA is likely to be notified in 10-15 days, a government official told BloombergQuint earlier.
'the routine matters will continue to be seen by the ICAI (Institute of Chartered Accountants of India)'- Jaitley said. He also reiterated that NFRA is not meant to replace the ICAI as the latter will continue to handle the bulk matters.
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(i) discovery and production of books of account and other documents, at such place and at such time as may be specified by the National Financial Reporting Authority;
(ii) summoning and enforcing the attendance of persons and examining them on oath;
(iii) inspection of any books, registers and other documents of any person referred to in clause (b) at any place;
(iv) issuing commissions for examination of witnesses or documents;
Indeed, PNB scam was the main reason for constituting NFRA which was proposed in Companies Act 2013 for the establishment and enforcement of accounting and auditing standards and oversight of the work of auditors, but do you really think that by constituting NFRA, PNB like fraud will be reduced?? Let's analyse the PNB scam:
What is the fraud about??
Two PNB employees sent unauthorized letters of undertakings (LoUs), essentially bank guarantees,to foreign branches of Indian lenders, on behalf of firms related to Nirav Modi and the Gitanjali Group. The LoUs basically told these other lenders: Lend money to Nirav Modi firms so that they can pay for their imports. If they don't pay up , we will make good this payment.
What's irregular about this??
In the normal course, when an import goes to a bank to ask for such a guarantee, one of two things happens. One,The bank asks him for collateral before it gives a guarantee name, or a fixed deposit with the bank. Second, the bank sanctions a credit limit. That means it will evaluate the importer (just like a lender asks for your income proof and address proof before giving you a home loan) and says he is good to be given a loan for a certain amount; but no money actually changes hands.
How Punjab National Bank fell victim to India's biggest bank fraud??
In the PNB fraud case, the bank employees had sent these guarantees in the absence of credit limits and collateral security (in Modi's case). Secondly, they didn't make an entry in the bank's core banking system –the software used to support a bank's most common transactions, which also acts as a record keeper. In some cases, they made a corresponding entry in the core banking system, but for lower amounts.
|Role of auditors
Auditors say it is difficult to capture such fraudulent transactions in the statutory audit process."Yes, there were clear gaps in the entire internal controls, which include audit processes," says Rakesh Nangia, managing partner, Nangia & Co. What makes the task more difficult for the auditors is that the scam was conducted in collusion with several employees. "There is a failure in the complete chain of responsibility matrix and could not have continued without collusion," he says.
After going through the above PNB case, not only Auditors, but the entire PNB Management, banking system, the surveillance system, internal department, The Reserve Bank of India, employees are also responsible for this scam. So, its not worth saying that only Auditor's are responsible (due to which NFRA came into picture), but also many other factors are responsible. But constituting NFRA can be said as the beginning of controlling frauds like big bank PNB fraud. Let's hope that after NFRA, fraud will be reduced and will be detected on time.
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u mean the fraud was sensed 5 years before when nfra was thought of ?
wonderful expanation mam, pls also explain other scams happened in india in
detail manner like above,,thank you madam
NFRA would tighten CA fraternity .
For the scams , integrity of the bank employees is important. This kind of regulatory authorities will be of NO USE.
As mentioned in the article blaming Statutory Auditors in this case is not fair. In fact Branch Statutory Auditors could have noticed. However, the probability of noticing the same is remote as they are given only two or three days for audit by the bank managements. In the interest of the nation and tax payers money the time allotted should be at least fifteen to twenty days. This is one more step in avoiding recurrence of such frauds. Simply punishing CAs by giving less time for audit is not complete.
We better say that The govt. financed PNB to divert the funds by Nimo and Choksi. This was done purposefully by government and unearthed by present government just now so that constitution of NFRA is justified. There are various provisions made in every law but not all are implemented and committees formed. Even the Profession tax is to be refunded to the payer, but the rules are till date never framed. the government did not made provisions for this.
This fraud of PNB and that of Vijay Mallya are not what they look on face. Infact they are mor e of some political conspiracy rather than being a sam.
Dear Author, Good Insightful Article. However, I propose that why a Regulatory Body Like NFRA only for ICAI?? Why not similar regulatory bodies for Institute of Companies Secretary of India or infact for RBI itself. Surprisingly & interestingly, very conveniently the entire burden and onus, has been shifted to our CA fraternity, as if, we were hands in gloves, in this PNB fiasco???
Why add a Disclaimer?. Do you fear in revealing the Truth. If Professional fear like this Government go to any extent by concealing the frauds of the Politicians and diverting the issue by blaming on the Profession.Do you think no politician involved in this scam? Definitely not. Who are they? Why they are not brought into book?
NFRA is not required in the Indian context.India should stop blindly importing western solutions for Indian problems. It hasn't worked in the last 60-70 years it wont work in future too. Just because there is an independent accounting regulator is there in west should not prompt India to fit in their shoes. Most of the institutions which are bound to be self resilient and independent are giving ways to the political establishments. this is the order of the day and unless it is checked from all the four corners the inception of new statutes, incorporating new statutory provisions, establishment of new layers of judicial bodies is a sheer waste.
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Welcome NFRA…but it looks strange that, to audit firms – we CA and to check and monitor CA, we now have NFRA!!. For NFRA – what's next??!!
The more we bring in hierarchy, more time, money and effort is lost
In my opinion NFRA is not came just because of PNB scam, the provisions of NFRA is already proposed under Companies Act, 2013.
Govt. implemented provisions of Companies Act, 2013 in piecemeal as and when required and based upon urgency.
So it is not correct to link with PNB scam only. In my opinion NFRA is good in which black ships in the profession will get punishment and have fear of Govt. while doing unethical things.
Rightly Observed, Sir.


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Kenny Perry had a round to remember Saturday, shooting a 12-under-par 60 to take a five-stroke lead over Glen Day in the 3M Championship in Blaine, Minn.
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This is the 26th and final year of the tournament. It will move to the PGA Tour next year.
Day, who enters play Sunday five strokes behind, shot a bogey-free 65 on Saturday.
"I'm going to have to shoot probably better than 65 and he's going to have an off day," Day said, adding, "If he makes some putts and gets off to a good start, I don't think anybody can catch him."
Tom Gillis (67), Lee Janzen (68) and Jerry Smith (70) are tied for third at 10 under. Smith held the lead after the first round.
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Yoo Ah In & Studio Concrete Spread Love Through 1TO10 Series Shirt
Yoo Ah In and his creative team from Studio Concrete just launched a love campaign through their t-shirt design The "How Do You Feel 1 To 10?" or '1TO10' series t-shirt. This is an exclusive project for Tom Greyhound as well.
Previously reported here, the "1TO10″ t-shirt series is designed by Studio Concrete, an artist collaboration group created by Yoo Ah In. The concept of this design is inspired by a Marathon tee.
"Express Your Feelings" freely is the main idea. Each number printed on the tee expresses personal mood's level. For instance; Level 1 – Low, Level 10 – High, Level 9 – Love, Level 8 – Super ~every level expresses current mood of a person. The t-shirts are available in white, black, pink, till up to ten colors.
The official models of these series are none other than Studio Concrete's crews, including Takku the mascot dog 😀 She wears the Level 9 tee, which is 'love'. How fitting!Studio Concrete's official instagram posted the complete series photos. Here they are~
Following Studio Concrete's campaign photos on instagram, Tom Greyhound posted the ads as well in its official instagram account~
(Update: Actor
After they officially launched the 1TO10 Series on July 1 in Tom Greyhound stores, the t-shirt quickly spread among celebrities and young people. Actress Song Hye Kyo, supermodel Lee Hyun Hee, YG model Jang Sung Hoon, and comedian Kim Young Hee, are some of the famous names posting their photos wearing the t-shirt in their instagram accounts. Check them out~ (Update: "The Berlin File" movie actor Bae Jung Nam just posted his photo wearing the tee on July 9)
After posting the teaser tagline on June 22 (read here), Yoo Ah In also posted the t-shirt photo in his instagram on June 30~
And several prominent fashion magazines posted the campaign as well in their instagram accounts, such as Vogue Girl, Marie Claire, Harper's Bazaar, Singles, Cosmopolitan, Nylon, 1st Look, Sure, and more. Elle especially posted a clip of the 1TO10 Series in instagram~
Here are more 1TO10 T-shirt Series advertisements in some of the magazines mentioned above~
More people, from professional models to regular folks, join this 'express your feelings' campaign. Studio Concrete took photos of random people from different backgrounds posing with the t-shirt series, and displayed the photos on Studio Concrete photo wall~
The "1 TO 10″ t-shirt series is available exclusively in seven Tom Greyhound store branches in Seoul, including Hyundai Department Store Group in Apgujeong. T-shirts are available for purchase on a first come first serve basis with limited number per purchase.
Tom Greyhound Store's front door~
Inside the stores~
The 1TO10 Series Brochures~
If you wish to get these tees, you gotta go to Seoul directly, since these products are not for international shipping.
Tom Greyhound Store Address in Seoul:
650-14 Sinsa-Dong
Seoul, Gangnam-gu
South Korea
Check more photos from Studio Concrete's 1TO10 Project in our Facebook Album.
Source: instagram, studio concrete, tom greyhound instagram accounts, GIF by ND
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Deaths in Leitrim - Saturday, January 13, 2018
The following deaths have taken place in the Leitrim area:
Arthur Enda McBride, Dromahair, Leitrim / Carrickmacross, Monaghan
The death has occured of Arthur Enda McBride of Drumlease, Dromahair, Co. Leitrim and late of Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan. Peacefully at Sligo University Hospital. Reposing at Fowley's Funeral Home, Dromahair on Saturday from 6pm to 8pm. Removal on Sunday to St. Patrick's Church, Dromahair for Funeral Mass at 11.15am. Burial afterwards in Creevelea Abbey New Cemetery. House private please.
Elizabeth (Lila) Delamere (née Cunningham), Forest View, Boyle, Roscommon
Peacefully at Sligo University Hospital. Sadly missed by her family, relatives, friends and neighbours. Reposing Mahon's Funeral Home, Boyle on Monday evening from 5pm until 6.30pm arriving St. Joseph's Church, Boyle at 7pm. Mass of Christian burial on Tuesday at 11am. Funeral afterwards to Killaraght Old Cemetery.
Ted (Timothy) Brennan, Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim / Boyle, Co. Roscommon
The death has occurred of Ted (Timothy) Brennan, Park Road, Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim and formerly of Lisserdrea, Boyle, Co. Roscommon, Melbourne, Australia and Watford, England, peacefully at his home on Tuesday, 9th January, 2018. Predeceased by his cherished wife Josie, daughter Fionula and bother John P, Sydney. Forever loved by his daughter Maureen, Boyle and son Kevin, Doncaster, daughter-in-law Adele and sons-in-law John Carty and Paul Gallagher. Big Grandad always to Maggie and James Carty, Maria and Matthew Brennan and Ciarán and Bridget Gallagher. Deeply missed by his sisters Bridie McGuire, Melbourne and Marion Costelloe, Sydney, brothers Tom, Watford, Jim, Lisserdrea and Mick, Auckland, also all his friends, nieces and nephews in Ireland, UK and Australia.
Mass in St Clare's Church, Manorhamilton, at 1pm on Saturday, 13th January and burial afterwards in Diffreen Cemetery, Glencar. Family flowers only. Donations to Our Lady's Hospital Patient Comfort Fund.
Eileen Brady, Strokestown / Hillstreet, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Roscommon
Eileen Brady (née Cox), 6 Park Court, Elphin Street, Strokestown, Co. Roscommon, formerly of Rockfield, Hillstreet, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Roscommon at Roscommon University Hospital on Wednesday, 10th January, 2018. Predeceased by her husband Tom and son-in-law Johnny Duke. Much loved mother of Tom, Marion, Johnny, Geraldine, Lilly and Aidan. She will be sadly missed by her sorrowing family, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, grandchildren, nephews, nieces, relatives, neighbours and friends. Rest In Peace. Funeral on Saturday at 11.30am at Strokestown Parish Church. Burial afterwards in Kiltrustan Cemetery.
Rose Gallagher (née Maguire), Lucan, Co. Dublin / Swanlinbar, Co. Cavan
Gallagher (nee Maguire), Lucan, Co. Dublin and formerly of Swanlinbar, Co. Cavan, on January 6th. 2018 (peacefully) in the loving care of all the wonderful staff at the Curragh Ward, Naas Hospital, Rose, beloved wife of the late Frank and dear mother of Pauline, Patricia, Joan, Gerard and the late John, devoted grandmother of Joe, Eva, Tom, Laura, Cathal and Evan. Sadly missed by her loving son, daughters, grandchildren, sister Patricia, sons-in-law J.P. and Tommy, brother-in-law Joe, sister-in-law Mary, nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. Funeral at St. Mary's Church, Lucan on Saturday morning after 10.00 o'c Mass to Esker Cemetery, Lucan.
Harry Wynne, Derryknockeran, Cloonloo, Boyle, Co. Sligo
The death has occurred at Manchester Hospital, of Harry Wynne, formerly of Derryknockeran, Cloonloo, Boyle, Co. Sligo on Saturday 30th of December. Deeply regretted by his brother Seamus (Derryknockeran) and sister Breda (Manchester). Funeral Mass at St. Joseph's Church, Cloonloo on Saturday 20th at 11am, with burial immediately afterwards in Templeronan Cemetery.
May they all Rest in Peace.


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Ready to elevate your gym routine? Many fitness clubs are taking exercise to the next level with innovative technology.
"It's a great time to be a club-goer," says Meredith Poppler, a vice president at the Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association. "Clubs and equipment manufacturers are embracing new technology across the board. It's affecting everything — from how you check into the club to how you track your progress and use equipment."
Smart Tracking
Many gyms use smartphone apps and in-house equipment to help you set goals, track workouts, and see how far you've come.
You can track personal details, such as weight and body fat, as well as workout details, including heart rate, how long you exercise, and how many reps you do.
Some gyms use smart machines with Bluetooth technology to sync your workout and transfer details automatically to your smartphone. Some sync with apps like Fitbit and MyFitnessPal, so all your info is in one place.
Instant Motivation
Many clubs now use fitness trackers to track your heart rate, VO2 max (highest oxygen uptake), and other biometric data as you work out — and motivate you by making it public.
At Orange Theory, your heart rate monitor broadcasts your circuit-training performance on a public board. The friendly competition may be the juice you need to push harder. At Swerve, your stats are added to your team's performance. If you do well, so does your team.
Social Engagement
Fitness clubs are cashing in on the power of community for encouragement, support, and motivation. At Retro Fitness, you can join member challenges and connect with fellow exercisers in over 150 gyms. "SoulCycle, Barry's Bootcamp, CycleBar, and CrossFit are just some examples of fitness organizations that use social media to connect users to one another," says ACE-certified health coach Ilya Fishman. Some, like SoulCycle, use social media to connect you with instructors, who often post song recommendations, schedule changes, and fun personal details.
Virtual Reality
Many gyms are embracing smart screens, headphones, and high-tech glasses for a fun, immersive experience. Cardio machines have screens that turn dull workouts into engaging, imaginative experiences. "Instead of looking at a blank screen, you can see yourself on a track, racing against zombies," says Poppler.
Smart screens are popular in group classes. Some gyms pair them with headphones to stream music or your instructor's voice. Others give you virtual reality glasses to transport you to another dimension.
"Right now, digital transformation is huge in the fitness realm," says Laura DiBiase, a specialist at Perfect Gym Solutions. As technology continues to advance, you can expect more realistic, fun games that are actually intense workouts.
Tech Tips
Try these tips for safe, happy, high-tech workouts from Fishman:
Be mindful. A machine can't tell you how you feel. Pay attention to your body. If something doesn't feel right, stop.
Low-tech is fine. Technology is an add-on, not a be-all, end-all. If you love your low-tech routine or you forget your high-tech equipment, it's OK to exercise without it.
Enjoy the ride. Don't let numbers stress you out. Use technology to keep you on track, but don't let it squash your fun.
Pair tech with friends. Sharing and comparing your workouts via social media is great for motivation. Organizing a gym meetup via a group text can get you to the gym when you don't feel like going.
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July 23, 2018
Let's talk wardrobe. Do you gravitate to one color? What is your go to style? What shoes do you prefer?
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Alaska is still a frontier and so, like many frontier folks throughout time, we tend to dress casually, in keeping with the lifestyle we lead. In fact, my office is so casual that we have dress-up Mondays because a Jeans Friday would look like any other day. There's really no place in the Interior where there's a dress standard – no restaurants that require you wear a tie, for example. Such a restaurant wouldn't have any customers, so they wisely don't think too highly of themselves.
Which is not to stay that we don't dress up if we feel like it. This week is our version of Founders Days – we call it Golden Days, and men and women both dress in the clothing that was fashionable in the 1910s when Fairbanks was founded. I am walking in the parade tomorrow and will probably wear my Golden Day dress, but I'll wear tennis shoes under my shirt. That will be the most dressed up I'll go all year … probably. (We woke up to the brightest and hottest day of the summer so far and so I wore shorts and a sheer blouse because, much as I celebrate our town's past, I celebrate not getting heat stroke more).
I really am not a big "style" person. I'm small for one thing, so finding clothes that fit and don't wear me instead of the other way around is a challenge. I've never understood some women's obsession with shoes. I own about three dozen, but that includes summer shoes (can't be worn in winter), hiking boots (two pairs), and winter boots (five pairs, including bunny boots and muck boots). My dress shoes might have a kid heel, otherwise I prefer flats or a slight wedge. I made peace with being 5'1″ a long time ago and decided to be kind to my spine, knees and phalanges.
I have two very different styles for work and leisure and they vary by season because we have real winter and real summer here and transition seasons that last about a week each. Additionally, my job interacts with the public, so though the office culture is casual, I feel personally responsible to present a professional appearance. In the winter, that means business casual suit jackets over a nice top and slacks. In the summer, that means a dress or a nice top and a skirt. I dress these up with scarves. But I do relax my standards for Fridays, though I doubt more than my coworkers notice because I basically dress like they do. On dress-up Mondays, they dress like I do on a standard day.
Fabrics are important in a town where there is always construction in the summer — so even my officewear is machine washable. It's just too expensive to dry-clean outfits every week. We do have a couple of women in the office who do that, but I prefer to spend my income on something that doesn't need to be done again next week.
During my off-hours, I wear jeans (or shorts in the summer) and t-shirts with sweaters or fleece over that for the winter. I generally wear this casual attire everywhere — including church because I feel I've done my time with dress-up at work and Alaskans are so casual about clothes that people in three-piece suits will sit non-judgmentally next to someone in jeans. My favorite color is green, but shades of orange are a close second and blue is a close third. Often, I mix these colors together and I like bold shades to offset the prohibition against ruffles and strong patterns that overwhelm small people.
Rounding out any Alaska woman's wardrobe is outerwear – coats, hats, gloves, etc. And we really have three seasons for that — summer, fall/hunting and winter. I don't have a distinction between work and casual in this gear — except for fall. I would refrain from wearing my blood-stained hunting jacket to the office — though some of my male coworkers would not. In the summer, I usually carry a sweater or light fleece jacket with me because even on hot days, you just don't know that the weather might turn or that a public building is overdoing the air conditioning. The sun is up most of the night around here, so you can go to a movie at 7 o'clock and it could be 90 degrees out. Inside the air-conditioned theater, you need a sweater. Then when you come out at 9:30, it's still 75 degrees, so you take the sweater off. In the fall, that sweater gradually gets layered with another sweater or maybe a water-resistant jacket. And then winter comes and it's time for the heavy coats – usually hollofill coats to my knees with hoods. But I also have a Carhhart coat for outdoor work and my own pair of bunny boots.
But no Alaska woman's wardrobe would be complete without fur. I do occasionally wear the mouton parka I inherited from my mother (pretty heavy), but my fox trapper's hat is only appropriate when it's really cold out, I'm going to a dog mushing event or I want to tweak the political sensibilities of people who really need to mind their own business.
Now for a funny Alaska story – too bad I don't have a photo.
We went to an orchestra performance one really cold January. Cold to us is -20*F (-29*C). It was colder than that, maybe -40. I wore a green woolen dress, fancied up with an ivory scarf. Under it, I wore my thermals and a pair of my daughter's leather boots with wool socks (because her feet are two sizes larger than mine so I could actually get the wool socks in the boots and because it was COLD). There was this woman down by the stage dressed in a glittering red sequined evening gown. She really looked the part with a fur coat and jewelry. But during the interlude, we met in the bathroom and I looked down to realize she was wearing bunny boots. She blushed and laughed and explained she'd left her shoes at home by accident and so it was either wear her outerwear boots or go barefoot. To which I said "It's Alaskan chic. We should have the consignment store feature it as a hot new trend." Apparently she told that story enough that it got around because a local boutique actually did feature that as a display the next winter with the caption "Alaska Chic."


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Osama Bin Laden
Zack Snyder
Early Life
Went to Al Thagher high school where he was known as a shy and reserved person
Played lots of soccer in his younger ages with his school mates and would then go home and stay their while his siblings would go to work for their father.
Lived a cosseted and privileged life and also got married at a young age to Najwa Ghanem at 18 years old
Adult Life
Osama was a huge influence because of all the money he had, so while fighting the soviets he created Tora Bora complex to fight the Soviets where the money was supplied by the Saudi's and the weapons by the Americans
Beat the Soviets in 1989 and would then go on to be under the protection of the Afghan government also known as the Taliban; Towards the end of the war with the Soviets he created the group Al-Qaeda.
One of it's goals were to prove that the people in Al-Qaeda were the masters of the world and not the Americans
First attack was a bombing of a hotel in Aden Yemen which was housing American Troops, but did not kill any of the troops besides two Austrian Tourist.
Al-Qaeda also attempted an assassination of the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarek in 1995.
Osama/United States of America
More notable terrorist acts of Osama dealing with the United States was the huge impact on America in the year of 2001 where he had sent two planes into the World Trade Center on November 11th.
His terrorist acts on the United States went on because he thinks that the United States were attacking for no reason, he thought Americans were liars, Americans permit Usury while the Islamic State does not, hated how the Americans supported Israel, and also fought because the United States supported the corrupt leaders in their nation and wanted the United States to stay out of their politics.
Killed in a compound located in Abbottobad Pakistan
August 10th the United States had traced him to this compound and had drones flying everywhere around his position and finally found the right time to move in on May 1st 2011.
United States most advanced Military group Navy SEALS SEAL team Six had announced him killed on May 1st 2011.


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There once was a union-made
Irecently discovered a men's clothing store called Unionmade. I walked in and looked at the pricey shirts, pants, sweaters, jackets, shoes and other articles of clothing. But I couldn't find any items with a union label. What gives?
I called Todd Barket, the store's founder, to find out.
The 40-year-old Barket told me that he's spent his entire career in the men's clothing business. After Old Navy laid him off in June 2009, Barket decided to open his own clothing store in San Francisco's Castro district. He filled it with clothes tailored to high-end, fashion-conscious men, and dubbed it Unionmade.
Last year he doubled the size of his original store and also opened a store in Los Angeles' tony Brentwood district. This year he opened another branch in affluent Marin County. He expects Unionmade to do about $6 million to $8 million in sales this year.
He describes his customers as consumers "who follow fashion and appreciate nice things."
"We sell really beautiful, well-made products - products I've always liked," Barket told me. "Our clothing is honest and straightforward. Everything has a reason for being there. Good design. High quality. Not too tricky. Everything is understandable."
I asked him how he came up with the store's name.
"At first, I was thinking of family names. Turn of the (20th) century - that was a time in America when things were nicely made, well made," Barket said. "I wanted a one-word name, a strong word, and so we combined 'union' and 'made' into one word, and it sounded right."
Over the past century, the labor movement's accomplishments - ending child labor, fighting for the eight-hour workday, the weekend, Medicare and safer workplaces - have improved life for all workers, even those without a union contract. According to the Economic Policy Institute, unionized workers generally earn 15 to 20 percent more in wages than nonunion workers in similar jobs with the same levels of experience and education, and generally receive much better benefits.
Besides being the inspiration for Woody Guthrie's pro-labor song "Union Maid," the phrase "union made" means something very specific - made by workers who have a collective bargaining agreement that governs wages, hours, working conditions and benefits.
So isn't the store's name, Unionmade, a bit misleading?
"It had nothing to do with unions," Barket said. "I'm surprised that people took the name literally."
Unionmade sells about 100 brands of clothing. Inadvertently, Unionmade does sell a handful of items - about 3 to 5 percent - made by union workers, including Red Wing shoes, Alden shoes and Filson garment bags, travel bags and backpacks.
When I pointed this out to Barket, he said, "We're not that political. We're just trying to find things that are well made and nice."
Anyway, Barket said, "there really are no clothing unions left. There's no one to make a fuss."
Barket is partly right.
In the 1950s, when unions represented most of the nation's garment workers, men and women could have entire wardrobes of union-made clothing.
Today, most clothing sold in American stores is made overseas, where workers have few rights and miserable working conditions.
The contemporary labor movement may be down, but it isn't out. If Todd Barket showed up at today's Labor Day festivities, he'd meet janitors, teachers, social workers, nurses, truck drivers, grocery clerks and garment workers. They may not be customers for his expensive clothing, but he'd learn what today's union movement is really made of.
The Los Angeles and San Francisco labor councils sponsor this website, which lists more than 3,700 products and services produced by union workers.
Peter Dreier is a professor of politics at Occidental College and author of "The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century."