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Before Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook, started to write "Lean In," her book-slash-manifesto on women in the workplace, she reread Betty Friedan's "The Feminine Mystique." Like the homemaker turned activist who helped start a revolution 50 years ago, Ms. Sandberg wanted to do far more than sell books.
Ms. Sandberg, whose ideas about working women have prompted both enthusiasm and criticism, is attempting nothing less than a Friedan-like feat: a national discussion of a gender-problem-that-has-no-name, this time in the workplace, and a movement to address it.
When her book is published on March 11, accompanied by a carefully orchestrated media campaign, she hopes to create her own version of the consciousness-raising groups of yore: "Lean In Circles," as she calls them, in which women can share experiences and follow a Sandberg-crafted curriculum for career success. (First assignment: a video on how to command more authority at work by changing how they speak and even sit.)
"I always thought I would run a social movement," Ms. Sandberg, 43, said in an interview for "Makers," a new documentary on feminist history.
And yet no one knows whether women will show up for Ms. Sandberg's revolution, a top-down affair propelled by a fortune worth hundreds of millions on paper, or whether the social media executive can form a women's network of her own. Only a single test "Lean In Circle" exists. With less than three weeks until launch — which will include a spread in Time magazine and splashy events like a book party at Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's home — organizers cannot say how many more groups may sprout up.
Even her advisers acknowledge the awkwardness of a woman with double Harvard degrees, dual stock riches (from Facebook and Google, where she also worked), a 9,000-square-foot house and a small army of household help urging less fortunate women to look inward and work harder. Will more earthbound women, struggling with cash flow and child care, embrace the advice of a Silicon Valley executive whose book acknowledgments include thanks to her wealth adviser and Oprah Winfrey?
"I don't think anyone has ever tried to do this from anywhere even close to her perch," said Debora L. Spar, president of Barnard College, who invited Ms. Sandberg to deliver a May 2011 commencement address about gender in the workplace that caught fire online. (Ms. Sandberg, who will grant her first book interview to the CBS program "60 Minutes," declined to comment for this article.)
Despite decades of efforts, and some visible exceptions, the number of top women leaders in many fields remains stubbornly low: for example, 21 of the current Fortune 500 chief executives are women. In her book, to be published by Knopf, Ms. Sandberg argues that is because women face invisible, even subconscious, barriers in the workplace, and not just from bosses. In her view, women are also sabotaging themselves. "We hold ourselves back in ways both big and small, by lacking self-confidence, by not raising our hands, and by pulling back when we should be leaning in," she writes, and the result is that "men still run the world."
Ms. Sandberg wants to take women through a collective self-awareness exercise. In her book, she urges them to absorb the social science showing they are judged more harshly and paid less than men; resist slowing down in mere anticipation of having children; insist that their husbands split housework equally; draft short- and long-term career plans; and join a "Lean In Circle," which is half business school and half book club.
The project has the feel of a social experiment: what if women at major corporations could review research on how to overcome gender barriers, along with instruction on skills like negotiation and communication? Will working women, already stretched thin, attend nighttime video lectures on "Unconditional Responsibility" and "Using Stories Powerfully"? The instructions for the gatherings, provided to The New York Times by an outside adviser to the project, are precise, down to membership requirements (participants can miss no more than two monthly meetings per year) and the format (15-minute check-in, 3 minutes each for personal updates, a 90-minute presentation, then discussion).
Ms. Sandberg has asked a wide array of women to contribute their success stories to her new Web site. (Jill Abramson, the executive editor of The Times, wrote an essay, and the newspaper is one of many corporations to sign on to the project.) The written requests ask for positive endings, suggesting that tales closing with missed promotions or broken marriages are unwelcome. Hoping to reach beyond an elite audience, Ms. Sandberg and her foundation joined forces with Cosmopolitan magazine, which is publishing a 40-page supplement to its April issue devoted to Ms. Sandberg's ideas, and plan to spread her message to community colleges, according to those involved in the project.
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But criticism is also starting to build: that Ms. Sandberg places too much of the onus on women who are already struggling to fulfill impossible demands, and too little on government and employers to provide better child care, more flexible jobs and other concrete gains.
Ms. Sandberg "does what too many successful women before her have done: blaming other women for not trying hard enough," wrote Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, a consultant who works with companies to improve their gender balance, after watching a video of Ms. Sandberg speaking on the topic at the World Economic Forum in Davos last month. "Every resistant man on the planet will be able to quote her" saying that women simply must become more ambitious, Ms. Cox continued. (Ms. Sandberg writes that she focuses on internal barriers because the external ones get more attention.)
Ms. Sandberg's project, according to members of her launch committee and their solicitations, asks little of the corporations signing on as "launch partners," which include American Express, Google, Sony, Johnson & Johnson and multiple media businesses. Mostly they are asked to lend their logo to Lean In and distribute its materials to employees. In exchange, they will get recognition for supporting the Lean In cause, the solicitation says.
Ms. Sandberg's chief critic has been Anne-Marie Slaughter, a Princeton professor and former top State Department official, who published an Atlantic Magazine article titled "Why Women Can't Have It All," last year arguing that feminism — and Ms. Sandberg — were holding women to unattainable standards for personal and professional success.
Since then, both women quietly developed perhaps the most notable feminist row since Ms. Friedan refused to shake Gloria Steinem's hand decades ago.
According to several people who have spoken to both women, Ms. Sandberg felt blindsided by Ms. Slaughter's criticisms, and though they briefly exchanged e-mails, Ms. Sandberg stopped replying and refused joint speaking appearances. Ms. Slaughter continued her commentary: "Sheryl Sandberg is both superhuman and rich," she told Fortune magazine, implying that her advice makes little sense for anyone who is not.
"She's made a real contribution with the book, but it's only half the story," Ms. Slaughter said in an interview.
The Slaughter-Sandberg match may represent what some may see as a welcome new phase in the debate over work and motherhood. The "mommy wars," with working and stay-at-home mothers sniping at one another's choices, may have finally run their course. Instead, Ms. Sandberg, Ms. Slaughter and many others are arguing about the best strategy for fulfilling feminism's promise. "If you tell women to look inside themselves, you're letting the corporations and government off the hook," said Ms. Spar, the Barnard president, and "if you focus on the corporations and the governments, you're not being realistic."
Ms. Sandberg, who wrote a senior thesis at Harvard about domestic violence and women's income, and who has championed women at Google and Facebook, shows no sign of relenting. On top of running a major company and rearing two young children — her husband, Dave Goldberg, is chief executive of SurveyMonkey, a technology company — she has thrown herself into her new project.
Though she insists she is committed to Facebook, which might be awkward for her to leave given its rocky initial public offering, some wonder whether "Lean In" is the first step toward a new career for her, perhaps in politics.
"She is using all of her social capital on this," said Rachel Sklar, founder of a networking list for women in technology, who is on the Lean In launch committee. Asked how Ms. Sandberg would balance her demanding job with the creation of a new movement, a member of the team offered a tentative answer: she plans to use her vacation days.


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Hot racks and cool customers: Colocating in the capital
Where diesel, data and dark fibre meet
Feature In a world where data centre duties are increasingly relocated to lower cost territories in the East and beyond, why would anyone want to set up shop in the heart of London? Even if there was a requirement for your data to be UK-based, surely a location in the shires where rents are lower would make sense.
City Lifeline colocation data centre building
That may appear to be the case in most instances, but it all depends on the nature of your business, according to Roger Keenan, managing director of City Lifeline, a colocation centre in based in the heart of City of London. This year is the company's 21st birthday and although it was originally set up as a disaster recovery facility for traders in the City, this tech stronghold has moved with the times, swapping out coax for fibre and traders for telcos.
Recently, it upgraded its generators to 2N taking it up to a Tier 3 rating, if you buy into that US trade association rating system – presentation here [PDF].
When The Register came calling, the operations guys were busy putting one of the backup generators through the monthly power testing routine. We'll be looking at this process in more detail later and taking a look at the massive diesel engines and the UPS buffer that keeps those colocation racks up and running for City Lifeline's clients 24/7/365.
More from the generator room later
Ten years ago, explains Keenan, the clientele was 100 per cent voice telephony, but that has dropped down to about 50 per cent. Services such as Skype have had an impact, so the phone operators that remain are mostly those involved in pre-paid phonecards, enabling cheap calls to far-flung lands.
There's a broader mix of clients than that, although some he can't talk about – such as a fashion retailer, which he finds perplexing given the nature of its business – and others he can discuss, which can be equally perplexing.
The International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) is a case in point. As a leading global security think tank, you'd think it would rather keep quiet about its data activities but it has even given its blessing for a case study of its colocation implementation to appear on City Lifeline's website.
The IISS project had several needs according to its CTO Neil Goodman, who sought to virtualise the IT operating environment with additional resources featuring Disaster Recovery and a High Availability environment. Goodman went through the motions of finding a colocation provider, and it was City Lifeline's London presence that was a major factor, not simply for its metropolitan convenience, but for the benefits that the capital's global connectivity offers.
Optical collusion
Fibre Alley is a phrase that City Lifeline likes to bandy about to describe its position "at the centre of the world's internet backbone", which sounds akin to a spinal tap, but reflects the company's claim that London is home to more than half of the UK's data centres and these services need fast, high capacity networks to do business.
Dark fibre makes its mark outside City Lifeline's premises
To prove the point, Keenan suggested I take a look at the outside of the building, which had getting on for 20 different cabinets (manholes) in the space of 50 yards (46m). Many of the cast iron covers were emblazoned with the names of providers such as euNetworks and companies long since gone or acquired – such as Metro Media Fibre Networks (now Zayo) and WorldCom, all conveniently situated on City Lifeline's doorstep.
"We've got 25 carriers in the building and they bring their fibre in from the outside world. They will have a presence here – a rack or even a private suite – and from there they will connect out to customers. City Lifeline itself doesn't bring fibre into the building, but there are miles and miles of fibre coming into the site."
The fact that so much of the world's fibre terminates in London gives the businesses here a distinct advantage for global communications. Add to that the availability of dark fibre in the capital, which, among other things delivers low latency between data centres in Docklands and beyond.
London traffic: outside City Lifeline a cable guy connects fibre for Vodafone and performs tests in his van
OK, so there are some obvious comms and capacity benefits to the London location as well as being able to draw upon the talents of the capital's highly skilled IT community. However, there is a price to be paid, and Keenan reckons his clients are having to cough up around 30 per cent more to be located here than in a more remotely located data centre, but for many, it's worth it.
Secure holdings
The whole notion of colocation does help contain costs. Customers are not paying for a dedicated area on their premises to be fitted out with their IT kit, which in some instances could be an expensive use of office space. That's all taken care of here, as it would be in similar facilities around the country.
"Another interesting thing that happens," says Keenan "is their insurance premiums go down because now they don't have all their IT on-site."
You need to get the thumbs-up to enter the building
Indeed, security is another factor and just to get around the place you'll find biometric tech installed on doors everywhere. The racks are all locked up and those sharing the aisles only get keys to their own kit. Security knows who goes in and out and I couldn't get beyond reception without first producing photo ID and consenting to fingerprint scanning.
With pinkie pressed on the scanner, entry functions much like a glass-panelled air lock for a single person; the door behind you closing before the other one opens. Called an anti-tailgating pod, it's not for claustrophobes.
If you'd rather not colocate in the same rack space, then you can opt for a suite. Indeed, IISS might not mind chatting about its tech activities but it's not complacent about its operations and has its own secure room within City Lifeline featuring various sensors and CCTV that link back to its own HQ monitoring it all, to ensure it's a tamper-free environment.
"If there's a fire, security always has an override on everything so it can do something about it," says Keenan. "If there was a cooling problem that needed fixing, we'd tell them first before going in there, otherwise we'd never go in there."

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Last update : April 2018 (updated Romania).
Tip : You can quickly access this page by typing mtdna.eu into your browser.
Human mitochondrial DNA can be divided in genealogical groups sharing a common maternal ancestor. These are called haplogroups, and they are used in population genetics to trace back (pre)historical population movements. You can sort each haplogroup in the table by frequencies by clicking on the name of a haplogroup.
Mitochondrial DNA haplogroups or subclades can sometimes reveal some potential medical conditions (see diseases associated with mtDNA mutations).
The column for haplogroup U includes U1, U6, U7, U8 and U9. Note that figures are only indicative. The higher the sample size the more accurate the frequencies, although significant regional variations are the norm in larger countries. A non-exhaustive list of the sources used for this page can be found here.
The samples for the Sami people of Lapland come from Norway (n=278), Sweden (n=152) and Finland (n=69) and only include traditional Sami.


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Juliette Lewis to Star Opposite Ryan Phillippe in ABC's Secrets & Lies Series
Oscar nominee Juliette Lewis will star opposite Ryan Phillippe in ABC's new drama series Secrets & Lies, TVLine.com reports.
The project centers on a family man (Phillippe) who finds the body of a young boy and soon becomes the prime murder suspect. He has no choice but to try to track down the real killer since his marriage, his kids, his reputation and his sanity are at stake.
TV couples: Should they or shouldn't they?
Lewis, 40, will play Detective Cornell in the series, written by Barbie Kligman (Private Practice). Kligman will executive-produce with Charles McDougall (Desperate Housewives), who will also direct the pilot.
Nominated for an Oscar for her supporting role in Cape Fear, Lewis is also known for her roles in Natural Born Killers and, most recently, August: Osage County. Her small screen credits include the short-lived The Firm and the upcoming summer series Wayward Pines.
ABC ordered 10 episodes of Secrets & Lies, an adaptation of an Australian series, back in October.
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In 1940, Milton Goldsmith turned 79 years old. He appears to have retired by then, although a few of his books were re-released in the 1940s. As seen in my last post, his younger daughter Madeleine had married Charles A. Jacobson, Jr., on September 29, 1933, and his older daughter Rosalind married Michael Zale on October 25, 1940.
Rosalind was a commercial artist; and as we saw, illustrated one of her father's books. I do not know what her husband Michael did for a living. I also could not find any military record for Michael Zale during World War II. Given that Michael would have been 26 when the US entered World War II in December 1941, I find it odd that there is no military record for him. I searched for him as Michael Zale, Michael Zalefsky, Metre Zale, Metre Zalefsky, and other wildcard and Soundex possibilities, but nothing came up.
According to her obituary,1 Milton's younger daughter Madeleine worked as a dietician. Her husband Charles listed his occupation as a banker on the 1940 census.2 Charles served in the US military during World War II, but I could not find any details about his service. He was 37 when he enlisted in 1942.3
After World War II, Charles and Madeleine moved to Larchmont, New York, a suburb of New York City. According to several city directories, Charles was at least for some time the treasurer of Voland & Sons, a company that his brother James had purchased in the 1940s that manufactured balance scales.4
Michael and Rosalind Zale stayed in New York City at least until 1960 according to directory listings, but again, I have no information about Michael's occupation.5
Milton Goldsmith died on September 21, 1957, at the age of 96. According to his obituary in The New York Times, he had lived in Larchmont with his daughter Madeleine before going to a nursing home in New Rochelle. He was described in the obituary as the author of 24 books and as having been in the advertising business until his retirement 25 years earlier. The only book specifically mentioned in the obituary was Rabbi and Priest and the play that was based upon it, The Little Brother.6 Interestingly, Milton was not buried in New York where he'd lived since 1905, but back in Pennsylvania at Roosevelt Memorial Park in Trevose, Pennsylvania, about twenty miles from Philadelphia where Milton was born.
UPDATE AND CORRECTION: Thank you to Marla Oxenburg Roth of Huggin' My Cousins! for investigating the burial of Milton Goldsmith. I was puzzled that FindAGrave had a listing saying that he was buried near Philadelphia after living in New York for over fifty years, and Marla volunteered to go to Roosevelt Memorial Park to find his grave. Sure enough, there was no marker for Milton Goldsmith there, and when I followed up with a call to the cemetery, they had no record of a Milton Goldsmith buried there. Obviously, the FindAGrave memorial I relied on was incorrect, and I have notified the contributor of the memorial. I am hoping the contributor will remove the memorial so others are not confused. This is the first time I've found such a mistake on FindAGrave. Thank you, Marla!
Marla also found a death notice for Milton from the Philadelphia Inquirer that stated that he had been cremated. So perhaps he is not buried anywhere.
I learned even more about Milton from his obituary in The Philadelphia Jewish Exponent:
For example, from this obituary I learned that Milton could remember when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated although he was not even four years old in April 1865 when Lincoln was shot. The obituary also revealed that Milton had entertained the troops during World War I with his skills as an amateur magician. Another hobby was "medieval wood carvings"—did he make them or collect them? I assume the latter. And not surprisingly, he enjoyed math and word puzzles.
Michael Zale died eleven years after his father-in-law in November 1968.7 As the death notice below indicates, Michael was cremated, and the family asked that donations be made to the New York Association for the Blind. I mention this because several of Michael's siblings made similar requests—that donations be made to some organization for the blind. It makes me wonder whether a member of the family—perhaps Michael himself—was blind. That might explain why I cannot find any records of his military service or his occupation. Michael was 53 when he died.
UPDATE: Michael Zale was in fact blind at least as a child. Heather Paxton once again found the answer! She located a news article about a camp for blind children in New Jersey that included this quote:
Rosalind died eleven years after her husband Michael in May 1979.8 She was 78 years old. According to her death notice,9 her family asked that contributions be made to the Vacation Camp and Community Center for the Blind in New York City, another indication that blindness may have afflicted someone in the family. A listing on FindAGrave indicates that Rosalind donated her body to Columbia University for medical research and was later buried in 1981 at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn at a site purchased by Columbia to honor those who had dedicated their bodies to science.
Charles Jacobson, Jr. died in November, 1983. I could not find a death notice or obituary for him, only the entry in the Social Security Index. According to that record, his last residence was in Larchmont, New York. He was 78 years old.10
Madeleine Goldsmith Jacobson far outlived her husband, sister, and brother-in-law. Like her father, she lived into her nineties, dying on August 21, 2001, in Chevy Chase, Maryland. She was 97 years old. According to her obituary, she had worked as a dietician for many years after college and had been active in many charitable and other organizations while living in Larchmont. The obituary reported that "she and her husband always welcomed friends, relatives and sometimes foreign students into their home for as long as they wanted to stay. She will be remembered for her hospitality and as someone who was always helping people and working for organizations that tried to make the community and/or the world a better place."11
It has been very rewarding and interesting to learn about my cousin Milton Goldsmith and his family; I enjoyed having the opportunity to read some of his books and to understand more about his life and his views through those books. Because of my own interest in and love of reading and writing, those family members who contributed to the world through their published works all hold a special place in my heart.
- Deaths, The New York Times, September 30, 2001, found at https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/30/classified/paid-notice-deaths-jacobson-madeleine-madge-g.html ↩
- Charles and Madeleine Jacobson, 1940 US census, Census Place: New York, New York, New York; Roll: m-t0627-02626; Page: 70A; Enumeration District: 31-51; Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census ↩
- Ancestry.com. U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946. Original data: National Archives and Records Administration. Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938-1946 [Archival Database]; ARC: 1263923. World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park. College Park, Maryland, U.S.A ↩
- E.g., 1952 New Rochelle, New York, City Directory, Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995. ↩
- Manhattan, New York, City Directory, 1960, Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995. ↩
- "Milton Goldsmith," The New York Times, September 23, 1957, found at https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1957/09/23/84764059.pdf ↩
- Number: 114-01-4400; Issue State: New York; Issue Date: Before 1951; Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration. ↩
- Number: 058-38-2229; Issue State: New York; Issue Date: 1963. Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration. ↩
- Deaths, The New York Times, May 14, 1979, found at https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1979/05/14/111025254.pdf ↩
- Number: 063-09-1238; Issue State: New York; Issue Date: Before 1951. Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration. ↩
- Deaths, The New York Times, September 30, 2001, found at https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/30/classified/paid-notice-deaths-jacobson-madeleine-madge-g.html ↩


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In this video from NFMT 2011: Paul Von Paumgartten, senior green building advisor with Johnson Controls Inc., provides an overview of the existing-building market.
Part 1: Why is the Existing-Building Market So Important?
Part 2: Energy Costs: Retrofit to Save Money
Part 3: Green Buildings: Retrofits to Increase in Private Sector
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Fleetwood Button Knit
Hit refresh on your wardrobe with Legoe's Fleetwood Button Knit. Comfy, cool and a piece that goes with everything. We love the shell buttons down the front that also double as easy breast feeding access, and the wider knit gauge cuffs & hem for an elevated finish. Style with our Linen Joggers or Atlantic Denims for an everyday easy pairing.
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It was standing room only in Room 308 on the afternoon of December 13 as the spotlight focused on the vacant podium. Out in the lounge, the 10 students from Professor Jeff Jarvis' Entrepreneurial Journalism class put away their notes. After spending the last four months refining their ideas, learning how to put together a business plan, and practicing their pitches, they were ready for prime time: Each student had 10 minutes to convince a demanding jury of venture capitalists, media professionals, and entrepreneurs why their project should receive seed funding.
"I'm more nervous than the students," said Jarvis as he waited to begin introductions. "We started this class and the awards competition four years ago with a grant from the McCormick Foundation, which helped lay the groundwork for the creation of the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism, funded by $6 million from the Tow and Knight foundations. These will be the first awards given out by the new Center, so this is a very exciting day for the School."
Indeed it was. The 10 presentations were polished and professional, and included starting a hyperlocal website, publishing a consumer-funded photo magazine, and building a new platform for multimedia, non-linear storytelling. After deliberating for 90 minutes, the jury announced the prizes:
• Veteran journalist Jeanne Pinder received $20,000 to pursue her project that uses the power of Web 2.0 to bring price transparency to the healthcare marketplace.
• Shane Dixon Kavanaugh of the Class of 2010 was awarded $10,000 to fund his plan to build an ad cooperative bringing together some of the best hyperlocal media in Brooklyn with the magazine he already publishes there.
• $5,000 went to 2010 graduate Amy Berryhill to develop a platform to enable publishers and educators to build interactive games.
• Musikilu Mojeed of the Class of 2010 won $5,000 to create NigeriaPoliceWatch.com, a website designed to help Nigerians improve the performance of the national police force.
"I'm alternating between pure delirious happiness and having this uh-oh feeling of the dog that chased the bus and caught it," said Pinder. "This award will help bring my project to the next level so I'm excited to move ahead." A 23-year veteran of The New York Times who volunteered last year for a buyout, she joined the class when it was opened to mid-career journalists who were looking to start a business. "There was so much intellectual vigor and energy in the class," she said. "It was a tough but rewarding experience."
"I'm proud of all the students who took the course and presented today," said Jarvis. "And Jeanne's success was well-deserved. It's a great message to other similarly motivated journalists. Not only are we launching a program as part of the Tow-Knight Center that will lead to the nation's first Master of Arts in Entrepreneurial Journalism, we're also offering a Certificate in Entrepreneurial Journalism for professionals looking to find new opportunities amid the profound changes that are disrupting the news industry."
"We believe that the innovation, experimentation, and investment that journalism so badly needs to build a sustainable future are most likely to come from entrepreneurs," Jarvis continued. "And our students are committed to helping build the future of journalism."


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WASHINGTON (AP) ? The number of people seeking unemployment benefits dipped last week, a sign the job market may be improving slowly.
The Labor Department says that applications for unemployment benefits edged down 1,000 to a seasonally adjusted 400,000. That's the lowest level in four months. The previous week's figure was revised upward from 398,000 to 401,000.
The four-week average, a less volatile figure, dropped for the fifth straight week to 407,750. That suggests there is a downward trend in applications.
Applications have been at or above 400,000 for 17 weeks. They fell in February to 375,000, a level that signals healthy job growth. They stayed below 400,000 for two months, but applications then surged to an eight-month high of 478,000 in April and have declined slowly since then.
The report comes a day before the government will release the July employment figures. Economists forecast that Friday's report will show that employers added a net total of 90,000 jobs. The unemployment rate is expected to remain unchanged at 9.2 percent.
That would be an improvement from June, when the economy added just 18,000 ? the fewest in nine months. But at least three times that many new jobs would be needed to substantially reduce the unemployment rate.
Employers are pulling back as the economy struggles.
The economy grew at an annual rate of only 1.3 percent in the April-June period after barely expanded in the first three months of this year. Growth was less than 1 percent in the first half of the year, the weakest stretch since the recession ended.
Manufacturers expanded at their slowest pace in two years in July, a private trade group said Monday. The Institute for Supply Management also said that expansion among retailers, restaurants, financial services and service industries slowed to a 17-month low in July.
The two reports showed that there is little sign the economy is growing any faster in the July-September quarter than in the first half of this year.
A more cautious consumer is a key reason for the sluggish period. Americans cut their spending for the first time in 20 months in June, the government said Tuesday. For the entire April-June period, consumer spending rose only 0.1 percent, the worst showing since the recession ended.
Much of the slowdown stems from a spike in gas prices since last year. That has limited what consumers can spend on discretionary goods, such as furniture, electronics, and appliances. Spending on those categories has fallen for three straight months.
Manufacturing output has also been hit by supply disruptions that resulted from Japan's March 11 earthquake. Those disruptions caused auto companies in the U.S. to reduce production.
Economists had predicted the economy would turn around in the second half of the year once those temporary factors began to fade.
But many are now more pessimistic about the second half of this year. Goldman Sachs recently cut its estimate for growth in the July-September period to 2.5 percent from 3.25 percent. JPMorgan, meanwhile, has reduced its estimate to 1.5 percent, from as high as 3 percent several weeks ago.
Growth of about 2.5 percent is barely enough to reduce the unemployment rate. The economy would need to grow 5 percent for a whole year to bring down the rate by one percentage point.


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Hillary Clinton Speaks at San José State University
No shoes were thrown at Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton during her speech at San Jos� State University, the primary producer of technology sector graduates that feeds Silicon Valley companies, currently with about 6,000 engineering student enrolled. SJSU is a prime platform for the possible presidential hopeful, as it's the founding school of the sprawling 23-campus California State University system as well as the West Coast's oldest public institution of higher education. The downtown campus is also a few miles south of daughter Chelsea's alma mater Stanford University and the home of Santa Clara County Assessor Larry E. Stone, a Clinton family friend since 1990, who introduced the program and conducted a follow-up interview.
The mostly older and Caucasian crowd was likely "Hillary 2016" supporters, who sidestepped the small contingent of "Remember Benghazi" protesters outside the Event Center, which usually houses Spartan sports games.
During her 25-minute solo speech, Clinton reiterated her still-timely mantra of "women's rights are human rights," and the "unfinished business of the 21st century." She then launched into her talking points about supporting women and girls around the world as part of the Clinton Foundation's "No Ceilings" initiative.
SJSU Professor Cathleen Miller, author of Champion of Choice: The Life and Legacy of Women's Advocate Nafis Sadik (University of Nebraska Press) was in the audience and noted that while researching her book, one of Booklist's Top Ten 2013 Biographies, she interviewed Dr. Nafis Sadik about her work at the U.N. Population Fund and with Secretary Clinton. Dr. Sadik spoke about her admiration of Clinton's speaking ability as the two women both headlined at the Beijing Women's Conference, saying to Clinton, "I notice that you never look at your notes." Clinton replied, "Yes, after a time, one does develop a knack."
"That knack was clearly in effect as Clinton spoke extemporaneously with nary a note in sight," said Miller, who also noticed that Clinton continuously referred to her participation in 1995's China conference.
"While everything Clinton said about her participation is true, she didn't mention that all the work she and the U.S. team did in Beijing was based on the diplomatic successes at the previous year's International Conference on Population and Development," said Miller. "At that Cairo meeting, 179 governments reached an agreement on females' rights to education and reproductive health. In Beijing, their greatest goal was simply to protect the advancements made for women during that previous year."
"Sporting a pink suit and shoulder-length blonde hair, then First Lady Clinton arrived at the Beijing conference to great fanfare," Miller continued. "But, in her address, Clinton touched on many human rights abuses for which the Chinese had been excoriated, including their one-child policy and coercive tactics toward women to enforce the restriction.
Her comments clearly disparaged the Chinese and were considered improper behavior for a guest in their country. As the international press corps watched, Clinton boldly addressed these Chinese issues head on, which takes real guts when on a global platform in their capital city."
Preaching to the converted here at home, Clinton confidently walked around the large stage and effortlessly recounted statistics supporting that when women fully participate in economies, there is more peace and prosperity, even though in more than 100 countries they are still not allowed to have bank accounts, own property or sign contracts. In the U.S., Clinton observed that women earn 16 percent less than men, about 77 cents for every male dollar, and hold less than 17 percent of corporate board seats (even less, 11 percent, on technology company boards). She worried that American women formerly comprised a quarter of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) graduates but now only account for 20 percent of the degrees.
Clinton frequently commended her role model Eleanor Roosevelt, "the conscience of the country," who advised women in politics to have "skin as tough as rhino hide" and to "take criticism seriously, but not personally." Roosevelt had been the "eyes and ears and legs" of Franklin, and Clinton praised the fact that, in every single country she visited as Secretary of State, "Eleanor had already been there before me."
Clinton added that in this world of rampant gender disparity, women continue to be judged by different criteria. Although she said, "I'm not easily shocked anymore," she was nonetheless taken aback by the sexist language used to describe former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
Plus, "women still harbor self-doubt and perfectionism," Clinton said. "When I want to promote a young female staffer, I have to encourage her to be confident and to take risks. I've never had a male employee worry, 'can I do it?'"
Clinton explained her decision to run for the New York Senate seat after attending a televised women's sports conference called "Dare To Compete." Although no former First Lady had ever run for public office, she took the advice to heart, ran and won.
Stone then invited Clinton to sit in stuffed blue chairs on an area rug in front of a small coffee table. He had her speak about her admiration for her mother Dorothy, whose parents abandoned her, but who ended up being cared for by teachers, neighbors and the family for whom she worked as a nanny. Although Dorothy died in 2011, Clinton still carries the lesson that "we have to take care of each other."
Clinton's response to "why is public service held in such low regard" was "money in politics is out of control," expressing displeasure with the recent Supreme Court campaign finance decision.
She also gave a play-by-play of what it was like to be one of the few in the Situation Room during the Navy Seal raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, on which she will also reflect in her upcoming book about her four years as Secretary of State. "We were 50 percent sure that it was him, so I thought we should proceed. We waited for the first moonless night, which was May 1. What wasn't reported was that the Special Forces made sure that his four wives and their children were moved to safety before the one downed helicopter was blown up."
"As a New York senator, 9/11 was personal for me, so I felt that justice had been done for all those innocents murdered," she said.
Clinton said she was proud of Chelsea, who, even though Bill Clinton was governor of Arkansas, still had "a base of stability" growing up, attained by attending public schools and church, plus doing volunteer work and chores.
She concluded by urging partisan politicians to get to know each other, that we are humans first, not Democrats or Republicans but "on the American team." Clinton said that she's a perennial optimist, and attributed to Churchill the notion that "Americans eventually get around to the right thing after trying everything else."
Hillary Clinton spoke on Thursday, April 10 at San Jos� State University in California. For information on future speaking engagements, visit http://hillaryclintonoffice.com


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Vierge, Daniel Urrabieta dänyĕl´ o͞oräbyā´tä vyār´hā [key], 1851–1904, Spanish illustrator. He went to Paris before 1870 and won recognition for his drawings of scenes of the Commune of Paris. He worked for the Monde illustré and the Vie moderne, and he illustrated works of Hugo, Zola, Poe, and Quevedo. Most famous, however, are his illustrations for Don Quixote (4 vol., 1906–7). Paralyzed on his right side at the age of 30, Vierge learned to draw with his left hand. His pen-and-ink drawings had a marked influence on the art of modern illustration.
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Can you flip a house for profit in this market?
If flipping a house in today's real estate market seems riskier than trekking with a ragtag band of hobbits to Mordor, take heart: Home flippers can still find plenty of opportunities, though they're not entirely without risk.
It may seem counterintuitive to invest in real estate when the housing market is in its darkest hour. But in fact, it may prove to be the most optimal time for such a venture.
According to RealtyTrac, a seller of mortgage default data, the foreclosure rate reached its highest level in 50 years in 2007, and has since risen to record numbers in the third quarter of 2008. Real estate investors are finding bargains everywhere, particularly in formerly hot housing markets such as Florida, Nevada and California.
Angie Hicks, founder of Angieslist.com, a compendium of consumer-service reviews, says a recent informal poll of list members found that of those who had purchased a home in foreclosure, 29 percent of respondents had done so within the past six months. Of those, 95 percent said their purchases were profitable.
"The key ... is doing your research and knowing what you're getting into," says Hicks. "Know the area you're buying, the market, how the price compares to the neighborhood."
The horizon is flush with opportunity for those with the money and know-how to snap up a bargain and flip it, but to make it pay you first must understand how the rules of the game have changed.
Stick with familiar territory. Charlotte, N.C., resident Emma Allen, CEO of Emma Allen Enterprises and an experienced flipper, says there's lots of inventory on the market.
"The prices that were recently so outrageous are down again, so those with capital or access to credit will find it's a very good time to pick up bargains in the marketplace," Allen says. Allen finds those bargains mostly in neighborhoods where she would like to live. Areas undergoing urban renewal present good investment opportunities.
Check your capital. It seems elementary, but in the recent past many flippers found themselves in trouble because they had not correctly calculated the amount of money it takes to finish a flip and market it. Allen says investors should figure out how much money they'll need right upfront, and not just the purchase price. It translates to being realistic about renovation costs and the hidden expense that gets so many in trouble: carrying costs.
"You may have carrying costs on the books longer than you think. The days of the 60-day flip are gone," Allen says.
Carrying costs -- house payments you must make until you sell the property -- can subtract thousands from the bottom line. And even though you are technically chipping away at the debt incurred when you purchased the property, the interest you're paying at the top of the flip probably won't be earned back in the sale. Those payments come right out of your potential profit.
What about financing in general? While it's certainly more difficult to obtain a bank loan, it still can be done. But having a stash of cash is still important. Veteran Southern California flipper and interior designer Nicole Sassaman advises would-be flippers looking for a loan to "be sure to have 25 percent down and 18 months of reserves in the bank."
Cut your costs creatively. Flipping in an economy that's not terribly user-friendly takes guts and creativity. Home flipper and Internet entrepreneur Scott Patterson says he increases his chances for success by breaking as many rules as possible, including making aggressive "low-ball offers" on potential flips.
Patterson offered $80,000 for "a house I would have offered $100,000 (on) a year earlier," he said. His strategy worked and he sold the renovated home for a tidy $160,000 a few months later.
Patterson also hopes to cut the middleman by obtaining his real estate license, letting him pocket the commission he would normally pay to sell his flips. He actively seeks capital via Internet and e-mail lists, marrying projects to the right investors.
"The stock market tanking has more people thinking that real estate is looking good right now," Patterson says.
Consider it a long-term investment. Real estate consultant and mortgage broker Todd Huettner of Huettner Capital says changing markets have forced his clients to alter their business practices. Huettner says that while a quick flip is possible, investors should be prepared to hold the property for several years as a rental.
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It's official, Antoine Duchesne is now a member of French cycling team Europcar. The team just received confirmation that it will be moving up from Continental Pro level to World Tour, the highest level in the world of cycling. Antoine will join the team starting tomorrow for their first training camp, in Spain.
"I am truly happy to have been able to sign with Europcar, especially in a year like this one with so many teams leaving. It's almost a dream to reach the top level like this; I've been working at this goal since forever! I'm very happy to be coming back to work with the people at Louis Garneau. Two years ago, I was amateur in their team and now I'm coming back as a pro. I can't wait to start my season!" declared Duchesne.
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Louis Garneau, for his part, is proud to continue having his products tested among the Quebec elite: "For years we have been designing products among the most technical on the market and it is athletes like Antoine who help us push our limits back. Antoine Duchesne's participation in Team Europcar allows us to keep the feel of our products' performance and what's more, it allows us to continue showcasing what great cyclists we have, in Quebec."
With his National U23 Road Champion title, as well as obtaining the Most Aggressive Rider jersey at the 2013 Tour of Alberta, Antoine Duchesne proved that he has everything it takes to become a high-level cyclist.
"We are happy to welcome Antoine to our team for 2014 and 2015. We had heard about him several times over the past two years and began more serious negotiations with him during our visit in Quebec last September for the Quebec and Montreal Grand Prix Cyclistes. Louis Garneau and Serge Arsenault had nothing but praise for this young Quebec cyclist, whom they qualify as one of the most promising Canadian cyclists of the year. Antoine is a versatile rider and will be an asset to the team," explained Jean-René Bernaudeau, Team Europcar's Sports Director.
The presentation of Team Europcar will take place on February 25th, 2014 and the team will debut its season at the Tour of Gabon on January 13th.
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Marlins may have a buyer
MIAMI — The Miami Marlins are for sale, and owner Jeffrey Loria may have a buyer.
Loria has a preliminary agreement to sell the team to a New York businessman, but the deal could fall through because the final purchase price hasn't been determined, a person with direct knowledge of the negotiations said Thursday. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the Marlins have not commented publicly on the negotiations.
The preliminary agreement was for a purchase price of about $1.6 billion, the person said, but added that was before the prospective buyer did due diligence. The final offer by the potential buyer could be much lower, the person said.
The person declined to identify the prospective buyer but said other parties are also interested in purchasing the team, and negotiations with them might eventually be reopened.
Forbes reported earlier Thursday, citing two unidentified sources, that Marlins President David Samson has said that there is a $1.6 billion handshake agreement for a sale.
Samson declined to comment to the AP and has been unwilling to say publicly whether the team is for sale.
Loria, 76, bought the Marlins for $158.5 million in 2002 from John Henry, part of the Boston Red Sox ownership group that has celebrated three World Series titles. The Marlins won the World Series in 2003 but haven't been the postseason since, and they haven't finished above .500 since 2009.
They've also finished last in the National League in attendance in 11 of the past 12 years despite moving into a new ballpark in 2012. The small crowds have been blamed in part on antipathy for Loria stemming from the team's perennially small payrolls and a financing agreement for the new ballpark widely viewed as unfair to taxpayers. Public money covered more than three-fourths of the project's $634 million cost.
Loria, a New York art dealer, has kept a low profile in Miami the past couple of seasons. But he approved increasing team payroll by one-third this season to about $100 million, which raised speculation he wanted a competitive team to make it more appealing to potential buyers.
The death of ace Jose Fernandez in a boat crash in September might be a factor in Loria's willingness to sell.
"Jeffrey was obviously impacted emotionally by the loss of Jose very significantly, like losing a child," Samson said last week. "But he continues to be motivated and interested and engaged."
Before purchasing the Marlins, Loria owned the Montreal Expos and became unpopular with their fans as well. He bought 24 percent of the team in 1999, and his share eventually rose to 92 percent. He failed to reverse the decline of the franchise, and it moved to Washington in 2005.
The Marlins' next owner will be their fourth. Wayne Huizenga founded the franchise in 1993.
Miami will host the All-Star Game for the first time in July. When Samson was asked last week if he anticipates that Loria will still own the team when this season ends, he said yes.


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After two weeks of negligence and lies at the top, it's time for congressional Democrats to start inoculating themselves. Needless to say, there won't be hearings on this in the Senate before the election (although I'm keen to hear what Ileana Ros-Lehtinen thinks about hearings in the House), but we've reached the point where Dems obviously don't want to invest any more political capital in blindly defending The One on this. Time for a sternly worded letter:
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee, chaired by Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., circulated a bipartisan letter addressed to Deputy Secretary of State Thomas Nides, asking for an "accounting of the attacks against U.S. missions in Egypt, Libya and Yemen," according to a copy obtained by The Washington Examiner.
The lawmakers are also demanding to know whether the administration had any advance warnings of the Libyan attack and, if so, whether it had shared that information with U.S. personnel on the ground…
A Kerry aide confirmed that the committee intended to enlist the support of Republicans and Democrats and said the letter would likely be sent Friday. Another aide told The Examiner that the panel's 10 Democrats and nine Republicans plan to sign it.
Meanwhile, despite multiple reports that the White House knew this was a terrorist attack before it sent Susan Rice out on the Sunday shows to argue to the contrary, Jay Carney's still insisting that the White House has been shooting straight all along. Quote: "Every step of the way, the information that we have provided to you and the general public about the attack in Benghazi has been based on the best intelligence we've had and the assessments of our intelligence community." Over to you, Jake Tapper:
Even before Defense Secretary Leon Panetta contradicted the initial story about the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, today, Obama administration officials told ABC News they were concerned after the White House began pushing the line that the attack was spontaneous and not the work of terrorists.
Events were too uncertain, and suspicions had been aroused, officials said…
[S]ources told ABC News that intelligence officials on the ground immediately suspected the attack was not tied to the movie at all. The attackers knew where to get Ambassador Stevens after he'd fled to a so-called safe house half a mile away. That building was hit with insurgent mortars — suggesting the terrorists knew what they were doing.
As of Thursday afternoon, officials from the Obama administration were not even 100 percent certain that the protest of the anti-Muslim film in Benghazi occurred outside the U.S. diplomatic post.
In other words, from the very beginning, the best evidence suggested that this was a full-on attack, not a backlash to a movie that got out of hand. Instead, the White House sent its flacks out to argue the opposite. Why? Maybe this guy can explain. Click the image to watch.


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Almost nothing can scratch it, yet it responds keenly to human touch. And it oozes the luxury feel that Apple craves.
Little wonder, then, that Apple is investing heavily in sapphire.
While the ever-secretive company has been mum on its plans, Apple has been stockpiling patents regarding its use and signed a $578 million deal with a specialized manufacturer to grow a synthetic version of the mineral at a massive Mesa, Ariz., plant. The facility will pump out more sapphire than the rest of the producers in the world combined when it reaches full capacity, said Eric Virey, an analyst at research firm Yole D?veloppement.
That?s triggered feverish speculation that iPhones will soon receive an opulent upgrade. By using sapphire, one of the hardest minerals in the world after diamond, Apple could give consumers a much tougher screen. But experts say sapphire is not only harder than glass but also more sensitive to touch, perhaps helping Apple as it tries to feel its way into new industries such as mobile payments, gaming and medicine.
?It opens up a lot of doors for Apple,? said Matt Margolis, an analyst at PTT Research.
Current models of the iPhone already contain touches of sapphire, which shields the camera lens and the fingerprint scanner. With its heightened supply, analysts predict Apple will use the material to make screens for the next version of the iPhone, which is widely expected to debut next week, and perhaps for a wearable device like a smartwatch. Apple and GT Advanced Technologies, the manufacturer it is working with, declined to comment.
It?s a steep investment, even for deep-pocketed Apple ? sapphire is far more expensive than the glass it now uses ? but manufacturers often have to roll the dice to distinguish themselves from the pack in the fiercely competitive smartphone market, Virey said.
?The display remains one of the major opportunities for differentiation,? he said.
When scouting materials for smartphone screens, manufacturers? key concerns are hardness and transparency. Sapphire, which is clear in its pure form, is a top choice, said Andrew Hsu, director of concept prototyping at Synaptics, which develops touch screens.
?Other than the fact that it?s expensive, it?s pretty much a better material than glass,? he said.
Given sapphire?s hardness, a screen made of the substance would likely be tougher to scratch or crack than the Gorilla Glass Apple has used in recent iPhones, experts say. That could be a strong selling point as 11 percent of iPhone users have a device with a cracked screen, according to SquareTrade, which peddles warranties for electronics.
But sapphire has a softer side. Touch-screen devices recognize a user?s finger by detecting the change in the electrical field above the display. Sapphire has better electrical properties than glass, enabling it to pick up on touch more easily, experts say. GT has claimed that sapphire performed 42 percent better than Gorilla Glass in touch testing.
A spokesman for Corning, which manufactures Gorilla Glass, defended the product?s durability and sensitivity. And experts note that the toughness of sapphire depends on the cut, meaning a screen made from the mineral might not necessarily hold up better than one made of Gorilla Glass.
Touch-screen technology is already sophisticated, but analysts see ample room for improvement. With a sapphire screen, Apple might be able to extend fingerprint sensing across the display. That could make mobile payments easier by letting users register the prints of multiple fingers or sign their signature more easily on their smartphone screens, Margolis said.
Sapphire screens would also allow for more precise typing, and they could even recognize instruments ranging from styluses to old-fashioned pencils, experts say. A more responsive screen also promises to make virtual games more engaging.
?This can improve the user experience in gaming, typing and playing instruments in apps like Garage Band,? Carolina Milanesi, chief of research and head of U.S. business at Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, wrote in an email.
Users might also be able to use their phones while wearing gloves, a boon for people in industries such as medicine, Hsu said.
The technology could also make Apple products more accessible to the nursery set. Although many young children have an affinity for technology, touch-screen devices with glass screens do not always pick up on their tiny fingers, Hsu said.
What?s more, sapphire is denser than glass, meaning Apple may be able to use a thinner layer to shield its devices, Hsu said. With slim phones in vogue, that?s no trivial consideration, he noted.
?Everyone?s looking at ways to save tenths of millimeters,? Hsu said.
As with other technological innovations, Apple was not the first to adopt sapphire, but it may be the company to set the industry standard. Luxury smartphone-maker Vertu offers phones with sapphire screens, and Kyocera recently released a device with such a display for the mainstream.
Analysts say smartphone manufacturers will be watching Apple as they assess whether to use sapphire in their own devices. Of course, if sapphire spreads across the market, Apple would have to find a new way to wow consumers. Could a diamond-encrusted screen be next?
?I wouldn?t rule that out,? Hsu said, laughing.
Source: MCT Information Services


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