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Robert Wagner is in a reflective mood. "Movies last forever," noted the veteran actor ("Broken Lance," "The Pink Panther," the "Austin Powers" series), but the Hollywood he once knew has all but disappeared.
Robert Wagner is in a reflective mood. "Movies last forever," noted the veteran actor ("Broken Lance," "The Pink Panther," the "Austin Powers" series), but the Hollywood he once knew has all but disappeared.
"I turned around, and it was all gone," Wagner, 84, said recently in Beverly Hills.
Known as R.J. to his friends and colleagues, he's dapper, charming, handsome and very much cut from the same cloth as the suave characters he played in the TV series "It Takes a Thief" and "Hart to Hart," in which he and Stefanie Powers played a wealthy crime-solving couple.
"I was so shocked one day when I went by Jimmy Stewart's house and it was knocked down and (a new house) was built right up to the curb," he said. "The thing is, if somebody buys a house, they can do anything that they want."
Including doing nothing at all.
Seven years ago, he and his wife, actress Jill St. John, sold their Cliff May-designed house in Mandeville Canyon. "And nobody has been in since the day I sold it," said Wagner, who moved there with his three daughters soon after the drowning death of his then-wife, Natalie Wood, in November 1981. "It's just been sitting there."
In his new book, "You Must Remember This: Life and Style in Hollywood's Golden Age," Wagner and his collaborator Scott Eyman offer a humorous, poignant and sometimes juicy view of a vanished era.
His book talks about the legendary stars' grandiose mansions — the majority of which have suffered the same fate as Stewart's — and takes us inside the era's famed restaurants such as Chasen's (where Bob Hope once rode through the dining room on a horse) and the Brown Derby and the glittery nightclubs such as the Cocoanut Grove, all of which have closed because of changing times and tastes.
The book gives us an intimate look at such famed movie industry locales as the Beverly Hills Hotel and shows how the stars maintained their high style in everything they did, from their hobbies to their clothes (Wagner always favored Italian tailors).
Wagner, who began at 20th Century Fox at age 18, got to know Hollywood's elite, including Fred Astaire, Frank Sinatra, Clark Gable and David Niven.
"It was the era," said the grandfather of two, who has a recurring role as Michael Weatherly's ne'er-do-well dad on CBS's most popular series, "NCIS."
Young actors he's worked with recently as well as friends of his daughters are always asking him about the old Hollywood.
"They don't know anything about it," said Wagner, who lives in L.A. and Aspen with St. John and their German shepherd, Max. "They don't know Fox had a young talent group of 40 young actors. There was a school there to educate people, a place where you could go and study with coaches and do scenes."
Though some actors chafed under the studio contract system, preferring to pick their own parts instead of having their bosses select their roles, Wagner found it satisfying.
"It was such a wonderful time," he said. "Those people at Fox were like family to me. I was signed there when I was 18 and I left when I was 30. They really cared for me."
He played his roles well, both on screen and off, following the studio's guidelines. He went to premieres and parties to promote films, often on the arm of an ingenue chosen to be his date for the event. He would dutifully show up at the house of gossip columnist Hedda Hopper, who could make or break an actor's career, for an interview, carrying flowers and chocolates as gifts.
"You played the game," he said. "You were a property. You were someone they were grooming. You were protected. Motion-picture actors and actresses were thought of as royalty, and to be taken into that fold and to be nurtured by those people was wonderful."
It was Astaire who mentored him from a young age. He later became Wagner's golfing buddy and played his father on "It Takes a Thief."
Wagner was in grade school when he first met the legendary star of such musicals as "Top Hat" and "Swing Time." He had never even seen any of Astaire's films.
"I went to the Hollywood Military Academy and Fred's stepson Peter went there," said Wagner. "I was a boarder. Boarders would go to families' houses for the weekend. I remember Fred Astaire came, picked me up and put me in his car. He was always so kind to me."
And that kindness continued for five more decades.
"I remember being at the Bel-Air Country Club and I told him I got a chance to be under contract at Fox," said Wagner, who used to be a caddy at the golf course.
"He said, 'That's wonderful. Get in there and do it.' The man couldn't have been more encouraging."


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SARTORIAL SPECTACLE: An eye-catching exhibition entitled "Plein les Yeux" (or "A Feast For The Eyes," in English) opened at the Cité internationale de la dentelle et la mode in Calais, France, on Wednesday.
It shows off sartorial extravagance that spins the thread from the Renaissance to today. Standout pieces include the red silk robe French actress Isabelle Adjani wore on screen as Queen Margot as well as Scarlett O'Hara's "Gone With the Wind" wardrobe. An artful lineup of haute couture garments from the houses of Christian Dior, Chanel, Givenchy, Jean Paul Gaultier and Thierry Mugler up the exhibit's glamour factor.
Complete with paintings, posters and movie extracts, the exhibit, which runs through April 28, highlights the influence of foregone dress codes on the apparel of today.


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Today has not been bad. It's been … meh. preceded by much of the same. What do you do when you don't know what to do?
The "experts" say the happiest people in this world are grateful, no matter what their circumstances. Cool. God knows I'm grateful. Just haven't reached the "no matter what the circumstances" zone. Definitely something to aspire to.
I get this way sometimes. Good grief, at this stage of the game, you'd think I'd have this life stuff all tied up in a bow. Maybe it's dull routine, maybe it's a long weekend stretching ahead.
In the olden days, my "escape plan" from these feelings was not well thought out, but a plan nonetheless. Just get on I-10 and head west and eventually I would end up in California. Like I said, not much of a plan.
Painful but oh so true. And it's pretty much self-inflicted as "others" have no concept of my expectations and that's not fair to them.
Note to self: No Instagram or Facebook until further notice.
I like that idea. Lighten up and move on down the alphabet.
PERFECT!! My favorite thing to do. So I think I will dance and eat a bunch of chocolate.
That would sum it up.
Off to dance, eat chocolate, and pray.


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4 Fall Brunch Cocktails to Make at Home
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Brunch is a great reason to share a meal with friends and family—but it's also a great excuse to have a cocktail in the morning with no sense of guilt. These autumn-appropriate cocktails evoke October with spiced pumpkin and cider as well as sweet maple, ginger, and tea. The recipes have all been written (and tested) to serve a crowd, so invite your loved ones over for bacon and a beverage.
Pumpkin Shandy
Brunch drinks are best when they're not complicated—especially if you haven't even started sipping coffee yet. This easy cocktail brings together the classic combination of pumpkin and ginger: start with a flavorful pumpkin ale and top off with a spicy-sweet ginger beer. It goes down almost a little too easily.
Sparkling Apple Tea
This non-alcoholic sparkling punch has complex flavor from sparkling apple cider and black tea steeped with cinnamon sticks—after tasting, your friends might be surprised to learn that it's alcohol-free. The tannins in the tea work with a little bit of fresh lemon to counter the sweetness of the cider. Serve it in Champagne flutes if you want to get extra-fancy.
Bourbon Maple Cider
In this boozy brunch option, bourbon and applejack are mixed with maple syrup and hard cider to make a sweet sipping cocktail that is slightly effervescent. (If you're looking for flavorful artisanal cider recommendations, check out our cider column.) The bright tartness of apples and the rich maple combine with oaky bourbon to create a flavor profile that would work just as well baked into a pie.
Blood (Orange) Punch
Although October has two official holidays, Halloween is the most fun (sorry Columbus Day). This big bowl of Blood Punch is perfect if you are planning a spooky-themed brunch. Blood orange juice, rum, and Campari offer a blast of flavor in this citrusy Halloween punch, and soda and lemon juice and soda water round them out and keep things fizzy.
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'Generous' tax breaks for shale gas industry outlined
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The government has outlined plans to give tax breaks to companies involved in the UK's nascent shale gas industry.
It has proposed cutting the tax on some of the income generated from producing shale gas - found in underground shale rock formations - from 62% to just 30%.
The plans would make the UK the "most generous" regime for shale gas in the world, the government said.
But they have been criticised by environmentalists, with Friends of the Earth calling them a "disgrace".
Greenpeace added that communities affected by fracking - the technique for extracting shale gas - faced a lot of disruption for very little gain.
Chancellor George Osborne said shale gas was a resource with "huge potential" for the UK's energy mix.
"We want to create the right conditions for industry to explore and unlock that potential in a way that allows communities to share in the benefits," he said.
"I want Britain to be a leader of the shale gas revolution because it has the potential to create thousands of jobs and keep energy bills low for millions of people."
The shale gas firm Cuadrilla welcomed the news and said it would consider the implications.
"Whilst we are still in the exploration phase, we believe that shale gas has the potential to make a considerable contribution to the UK's energy supply and security, while at the same time creating thousands of jobs and generating very significant tax revenues and community benefits," said Cuadrilla's chief executive, Francis Egan.
The UK is believed to have large resources of shale gas.
A recent report from the British Geological Survey estimated there may be 1,300 trillion cubic feet of shale gas present in the north of England alone - much of it in the Bowland Basin under Lancashire.
Drilling companies have previously estimated that they may be able to extract about 10% of this gas - far in excess of the three trillion cubic feet of gas currently consumed in the UK each year.
However, the industry is still in its infancy with a handful of companies holding licences for shale gas exploration in the UK, none of which have begun extracting gas.
Water quality
In backing shale gas exploration, the government points to the experience of the US, where a shale gas boom has had a dramatic effect on the energy sector.
Under its plans, the tax break would apply to a proportion of the income generated from shale gas production. What that proportion is will be determined after a consultation.
BBC industry correspondent John Moylan says the industry regards the tax incentives as necessary, as costs are likely to be high during the initial exploration phase over the coming years.
The government has also confirmed plans to give communities that host shale gas sites £100,000 per site, and up to 1% of all revenues from production.
That is designed to offset some of the controversy surrounding the process of fracking.
There are concerns the process, which involves pumping high pressure water, sand and chemicals into rock to force out the gas, is related to water contamination and even earth tremors.
Water companies have warned that the quality of drinking water must be protected "at all costs".
Water UK, which represents the UK water companies, points out that fracking requires huge amounts of water which could put a strain on local supplies.
It also says the drilling and the fracturing process could damage water pipes.
"The water industry is not taking sides. If it (fracking) goes ahead we want to ensure corners are not cut and standards compromised," said Jim Marshall, policy and business adviser at Water UK.
Environmental groups argue that investment in the industry will divert attention from the need to develop renewable sources of energy.
Andrew Pendleton, from Friends of the Earth, condemned the move.
"Promising tax hand-outs to polluting energy firms that threaten our communities and environment, when everyone else is being told to tighten their belts, is a disgrace," he said.
"Ministers should be encouraging investors to develop the nation's huge renewable energy potential. This would create tens of thousands of jobs and wean the nation off its increasingly expensive fossil fuel dependency."


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IRVINE, Calif. – Real Salt Lake dropped its preseason scrimmage against the University of California-Irvine on Monday, giving up two first half goals to fall 0-2 to UC-I at Anteater Stadium.
Head Coach Jason Kreis ran out an untested squad, with DF Chris Schuler the only expected 2013 regular to feature in the match. RSL started the match decently, getting a good look at goal in just the second minute. Rookie MF John Stertzer crossed from the left to open MF Sebastian Velasquez at the spot, but Velasquez couldn't control his shot, sending it wide of goal.
Irvine had the next good look in the 18th minute, when DF Matthew Tilley headed a dead ball off the crossbar from the top of the six-yard-box. Real Salt Lake hit back with a chance of its own in the 19th, with FW Devon Sandoval getting a goal called back for offside.
Irvine took the lead in the 32nd minute. FW Christopher Santana ran onto a ball in the left side of the box, picking his head up and firing a shot past onrushing RSL GK Lalo Fernandez and inside the far post to put the Anteaters up 1-0.
UC-I hit the bar again in the 38th minute, when FW Enrique Cardenas curled a cheeky effort off the crossbar from 20 yards out.
Irvine FW Lester Hayes III doubled his team's lead in the 41st minute. The rangy striker collected a ball in the left side of the area, chipping an audacious long-range shot from a tight angle past Fernandez and into the top-right-corner.
Real Salt Lake made nine changes at halftime, removing every starter except MF Yordany Alvarez and FW Joao Plata. The Claret-and-Cobalt tightened things up in the second-half, controlling a bit more of the ball and limiting UC-I's chances. Still, RSL couldn't find any joy in the final third, failing to create any chances of note in the second 45.
Real Salt Lake will have the day off on Tuesday before getting back to work with a double session on Wednesday. The Claret-and-Cobalt will train once on Thursday before taking on the L.A. Galaxy in a friendly on Friday. The team will return to Utah following that match, spending the weekend in Salt Lake City before heading to Arizona on Monday, Feb. 11 for the team's third and final leg of preseason at the FC Tucson Desert Diamond Cup.
Goals by Period 1 2 F
Real Salt Lake 0 0 0
UC-Irvine 2 0 2
Scoring Summary: UC-I – Christian Santana – 32'
UC-I – Lester Hayes III – 41'
Real Salt Lake (4-1-2-1-2) – Lalo Fernandez (Jeff Attinella, 46'); Lovel Palmer (Brock Granger*, 46'), Chris Schuler (Aaron Maund, 46'), Kwame Watson-Siriboe (Carlos Salcedo, 46'), Kenny Mansally (Justin Davis**, 46'); Yordany Alvarez (Sebastian Velasquez, 67'); John Stertzer (Enzo Martinez, 46'), Khari Stephenson** (Cole Grossman, 46'); Sebastian Velasquez (David Viana, 46'); Joao Plata (Devon Sandoval*, 67'), Devon Sandoval* (Benji Lopez***, 46')
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Scott Hall was the featured guest on this past week's all-new edition of Monday Night Mayhem. Here are some interview highlights:
Why he has always resonated with the Rhodes family, his thoughts on Goldust's WWE return, and what Dustin's recent RAW showing says about the power of the "Rhodes Dynasty": "I don't stay in touch with Dustin (Rhodes) as much as I'd like. I've followed him, and I'm happy for him. He is doing great. For him to show up and rock it on RAW cements the fact that everybody in the Rhodes family can go. Dusty started me in the business, so I've always had a strong connection to them."
His relationship with Jake "The Snake" Roberts and Diamond Dallas page prior to the both of them reaching out to him/moving into the "Accountability Crib" and what the character quality he enjoys the most about DDP: "I never knew Jake (Roberts) personally until the past few months. I've known Dally for years and years. We crossed paths in Florida Championship Wrestling before either of us had any success. We have an honest and open relationship, which is what I really like about Dally."
Whether or not he believes that Cody being in the WWE is a foregone conclusion, based on the WWE's history of recruiting and signing second/third-generation stars: "Who knows. Does Cody want to wrestle in the WWE? Of course he does. But he is intelligent enough to realize that he is a long way from being ready for that. Now his job is to train as a professional wrestler."
How Scott Hall, the man, has changed from the airing of the "E:60" piece on ESPN in 2011 to the airing of the "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel" piece on HBO several weeks ago and what he has learned about himself and about life during these past two years: "I've been saying the same thing. I really don't know what happened. If it was something that I could identify and give to people I would. I know it is working for me now."


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Shelter for Linux in the Software Patent Storm
Aug 18, 2011 5:00 AM PT
Patents, patents, patents. Such a to-do about software patents!
The news this week has focused on little else, thanks in large part, of course, to Google's much-discussed purchase of Motorola Mobility.
It's fairly widely agreed that patents were the motivating factor behind that purchase -- not at all surprising, given the virtual lawsuit-fest the mobile world has become. Even the relatively open and free, like Android, need a patent war chest to protect them, it seems.
And what of the rest of the Linux world? Well, for that, thank goodness there's the Open Invention Network (OIN).
Cisco and Twitter Sign On
Yes, for those who aren't already familiar with it, the OIN was formed back in 2005 to protect and promote the Linux ecosystem by making sure that a broad portfolio of important patents are "openly shared in a collaborative environment," as the group puts it.
In a nutshell, patents owned by the OIN are available royalty-free to any company that agrees not to assert its patents against what OIN calls "the Linux System." Awesome patents in exchange for a no-lawsuit promise, in other words.
Sound like a good deal? You bet it does, and both Cisco and Twitter seem to agree. It was the recent addition of those two companies to the OIN's roster of more than 360, in fact, that's had tongues wagging down at the Linux blogosphere's Punchy Penguin Saloon.
No fan of software patents herself, Linux Girl whipped out her Quick Quotes Quill and started taking notes.
'Weapons of Mass Destruction'
"Congrats to Cisco and Twitter for doing the sensible thing," offered consultant and Slashdot blogger Gerhard Mack. "Now they need to continue to pressure Washington to fix the broken system that requires organizations like OIN to exist."
Indeed, "the USPTO has allowed US businesses to descend into a depressing state of paranoia and mindless violence," agreed blogger Robert Pogson. "The USPTO has issued thousands of worthless patents that can do $millions of damages per patent in legal fees and blocking commerce."
Though originally intended "to promote science and technology by providing temporary monopolies to inventors, often solitary individuals," patents have since "warped into weapons of mass destruction in the hands of corporations," Pogson added.
'More Evil Than Double Jeopardy'
Lawmakers, courts and the patent office, advised Pogson, need to take the following steps:
- "disallow patents for corporations over a certain size, after the first million units of a product under patent protection have shipped, and for non-practicing organizations;
- refuse to issue patents for non-patentable ideas;
- require patents to be licensed under 'reasonable and non-discriminatory' terms to prevent abuse; and
- disallow patents for software under any circumstances -- patents and copyright for software does more evil than double jeopardy."
The OIN, meanwhile, is "just another patent cartel for FLOSS like the ones M$ and its 'partners' use to defend/attack in patent litigation," Pogson opined.
"Should not business return to the business of supplying goods and services for profit instead of commercial warfare?" he asked. "It clearly is unconstitutional that current US patent law permits a business to refuse to license a patent and at the same time not to implement the patent in any product."
'Patent Plaintiffs Cannot Win'
Patents are not always a winning proposition for their owners, either, suggested Chris Travers, a Slashdot blogger who works on the LedgerSMB project.
"This shows a major reason why patent plaintiffs cannot win," Travers told Linux Girl.
"The end result for a patent-holder which aggressively enforces a patent claim like this ends up eventually with massive damage to his/her patent portfolio, large legal costs and loss of image," Travers explained. "Now, with a project like Linux, we are seeing collective defense."
'They Can Treat the Code Like BSD'
Slashdot blogger hairyfeet saw it differently.
"It is no wonder all these embedded and SaaS groups are using Linux and joining OIN -- they can have their cake and eat it too," he said.
Specifically, "they get all the code for free, all those patents to CYA for a trivial amount of money, and they can treat the code just like BSD thanks to TiVo," he explained. "Hell, if I was working on an embedded device I'd just use Linux and eFuses -- I mean, why not? It isn't like anyone can do a thing about it as long as I hand them the code, right?"
Ultimately, though, hairyfeet sees private ownership in Linux's future.
'The MSFT of the Mobile World'
"I truly believe the future of Linux will be corporate ownership, most likely by Google," he suggested. "They have the muscle that if they fork the kernel away from Linus, everyone will follow Google. This will give Google the keys to the kingdom and could make them the MSFT of the mobile world."
After that, "it would be foolish for them NOT to lock it down," hairyfeet asserted. "After all, if you can upgrade it without them, how will they get you to buy the latest and greatest? How will they keep you from taking Google search and services and all that yummy data-mining and ad revenue away from them?
"Simple answer: they can't, as that is kinda the point of FOSS and GPLv3, to keep companies from taking your rights away," hairyfeet concluded.
'You Ain't Seen Nothin Yet'
Not everyone, however, was quite so sure.
"I notice Google is a licensee, and with Google's acquisition of Motorola Mobility and Moto's 17,000 current patents and an additional 7,500 pending patents in the pipeline, 'you ain't seen nothin' yet!'" observed Barbara Hudson, a blogger on Slashdot who goes by "Tom" on the site.
"With the Moto acquisition, and assuming Motorola's patents get added to the pool, the OIN suddenly becomes THE place to be -- especially since Motorola by itself had enough patents in the mobile field to be able to stand against both Apple and Microsoft," Hudson explained.
'Critical Mass at a Critical Time'
"It's all about critical mass at a critical time, and OIN seems to have hit the numbers just right, in large part due to the patent trolls themselves forcing businesses to find a solution that doesn't involve being victims of extortion," Hudson added.
"Can the world get any crazier? Possibly," she suggested. "What if Nokia ends up having to join just to survive a bit longer? Could that become a sort of poison pill preventing a Microsoft buyout of Nokia for pennies on the dollar when it finally goes belly-up?
"The other question is, how long until companies do the logical thing and band together for comprehensive patent defensive pooling over all their activities and products, not just linux?" Hudson mused. "After all, money not spent on suing each other is money that can make the difference between a profit or loss, and fewer legal hassles means more resources to devote to actually building their core businesses rather than trying to win big in the patent troll lottery."


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Mohegan Sun: Non-gaming use for Massachusetts site eyed
BOSTON >> Mohegan Sun said Friday that it's exploring "non-gaming projects" for its site in Palmer after failing to persuade local voters to support a $1 billion casino project.
The announcement came ahead of a planned recount next week requested by Mohegan Sun and the Yes for Palmer Committee. It also appears to signal that the company is throwing in the towel on the Palmer project after the plan was narrowly defeated.
"The Town of Palmer made a definitive statement on November 5th — that it is sharply divided on the issue of casino gaming," Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority CEO Mitchell Etess said in a written statement. "The recount will not change this fact."
Mohegan Sun also said its own analysis of the Nov. 5 results based on voter list records, voter check-in sheets from Election Day and Yes for Palmer databases has determined that the outcome of the vote is unlikely to change as a result of the recount.
"We deeply appreciate all the time and effort of our supporters in Palmer," said Kevin Brown, chairman of the Mohegan Tribal Council.
Chip Tuttle, chief operating officer of Suffolk Downs, has confirmed that Mohegan Sun is among several companies that have discussed partnering with Suffolk Downs on a revised casino proposal in Revere.
The racetrack cut ties with its previous operating partner, Caesar's Entertainment, after red flags were raised during a background check of the company.
The original plan straddled Revere and East Boston. While voters in Revere backed the proposal, East Boston voters rejected it.
Mohegan Sun has refuted suggestions by Palmer casino supporters that it had negotiated with Suffolk Downs before the Nov. 5 referendum.
"There were never any considerations of other gaming options prior to the referendum election," Brown said in the statement released Friday.
On Thursday, state gambling regulators allowed Suffolk Downs more time to pursue its proposal for a casino that would sit entirely in Revere.


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16 Million Reasons for the Candidates to Care about Poverty
By the time President Obama and Governor Romney throw out the first punches in the October 3 debate, many of the nation's 16 million poor children will be fast asleep. Some of them will have gone to bed hungry. Some of them will be sleeping in homeless shelters or substandard housing. Many of them live in distressed communities with few quality jobs available for their parents and struggling public schools. All of them face certain hurdles in academic achievement, employment prospects, and economic success that threaten the long-term economic competitiveness of our country. Children living in poverty are less likely to be successful in school and less likely to be gainfully employed over their lifetimes. And the longer children live in poverty, the worse their adult outcomes, including employment and earnings.
Those 16 million poor children represent one in five of all children in the United States. Moreover, poverty rates are alarmingly higher for both young children, under age 6, and children of color. The prevalence of poverty among the very youngest children means that during the earliest years of life--a fundamental period of rapid brain growth and development—babies are deprived of the very resources they need to thrive.
These dismal statistics are of great concern to anti-poverty advocates, spurring a recent social media campaign to #TalkPoverty during this election season and beyond. CLASP has joined Half in Ten and Every Child Matters to press the debate moderators to include a question about child poverty in the presidential debates. (And it's not too late @NewsHour to ask the candidates for their poverty reduction plans.) At CLASP, we will also be live tweeting the debate @CLASP_DC. Tune in to see our reactions to the event.
It's past time to have a meaningful dialogue about poverty in this country. One in which we recognize that the fate of one-fifth of our nation's children is our collective fate. One in which we commit to standing together as a country for our children. One in which we admit that our public investments in our future workforce, particularly during the earliest years of life, are woefully inadequate. One in which we acknowledge that government has an important role to play in increasing opportunity and reducing poverty and income inequality.
Solutions to child poverty exist. President Obama, Governor Romney—what do you propose?
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Lavrenty Beria
Lavrenty Beria
|First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
|In office
5 March 1953 – 26 June 1953
|Georgy Malenkov
|Preceded by
|Vyacheslav Molotov
|Succeeded by
|Lazar Kaganovich
|Minister of Internal Affairs of the Soviet Union
|In office
5 March 1953 – 26 June 1953
|Preceded by
|Sergei Kruglov
|Succeeded by
|Sergei Kruglov
|In office
25 November 1938 – 29 December 1945
|First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party
|In office
15 January 1934 – 31 August 1938
|In office
14 November 1931 – 18 October 1932
|Personal details
Lavrentiy Pavlovich Beria
29 March 1899
Merkheuli, Kutaisi Governorate, Russian Empire
|23 December 1953 (aged 54)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
|Soviet, Georgian
|Political party
|Communist Party of the Soviet Union
|Hero of the Soviet Union
|Military service
|Marshal of the Soviet Union
|World War II
Lavrenty Pavlovich Beria (or Lavrentiy Beria) (29 March 1899– 23 December 1953) was the leader of the secret police of the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin's regime. In 1953, Nikita Krushchev ordered Beria to be executed as a traitor.
Beria was a Soviet politician, Marshal of the Soviet Union and state security administrator, chief of the Soviet security and secret police apparatus (NKVD) under Joseph Stalin during World War II, and First Deputy Premier in the postwar years (1946–53).
He administered vast sections of the Soviet state. He served as de facto Marshal of the Soviet Union in command of the NKVD field units responsible for anti-partisan operations on the Eastern Front during World War II. His troops also were a barrier against thousands of "turncoats, deserters, cowards and suspected malingerers". Beria administered the vast expansion of the Gulag labor camps. He was responsible for overseeing the secret defense institutions known as sharashkas, critical to the war effort.
Beria also played the decisive role in coordinating the Soviet partisans, who developed an impressive intelligence and sabotage network behind German lines. He attended the Yalta Conference with Stalin, who introduced him to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt as "our Himmler".[1] After the war, he organized the communist takeover of the countries of Central Europe and Eastern Europe.
Beria's uncompromising ruthlessness in his duties and skill at producing results led to his overseeing the Soviet atomic bomb project. Stalin gave it absolute priority and the project was completed in under five years. To achieve this, Beria's NKVD organised Soviet espionage against the West.
Beria was promoted to First Deputy Premier, where he carried out a brief campaign of liberalization. He was briefly a part of the ruling "troika" with Georgy Malenkov and Vyacheslav Molotov. Beria's overconfidence in his position after Stalin's death led him to misjudge other Politburo members. During the coup d'état led by Nikita Khrushchev and assisted by the military forces of Marshal Georgy Zhukov, Beria was arrested on charges of treason during a meeting in which the full Politburo condemned him. The compliance of the NKVD was ensured by Zhukov's troops and, after interrogation, Beria was taken to the basement of the Lubyanka and shot.
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The life span of a disposable diaper is interminable. From the time one is thrown out and schlepped away to the nearest landfill, to the point when it has completely broken down can be up to 500 years. It will still be slowly rotting at the bottom of a toxic pit long after you, and your diaper-wearing bundle of joy, are gone.
According to Karen Nelsen, one of the founders of the EarthBaby diaper company, disposable diapers are the third largest single consumer item in landfills, preceded only by paper (Number One) and beverage containers. (Both of which are recyclable—go figure). The Bay Area alone contributes 375 million diapers to landfills each year, she says
"We put [a diaper] in our garbage can, it gets carted away and we forget about it," Nelsen says. "Disposable diapers are really horrible things that we've become accustomed to in our culture. Single use and then into the landfill."
Even diapers that claim to be "environmentally friendly" or compostable have the same drawn-out landfill fate if they are disposed of improperly. That's where EarthBaby comes in.
The company, which launched in December 2008, is a compostable baby diaper service: it delivers compostable diaper products to clients' doorsteps, picks up the soiled diapers once a week, and then has them professionally composted. EarthBaby has composted 29,220 pounds of diapers to date.
"We are providing the means to actually end the cycle, to do what these diapers were designed to do—break down into top soil which in turn enriches the earth," says Nelsen. Whereas a diaper in a landfill will take three to 500 years to break down, a composted diaper does so in just three months.
EarthBaby founders Nelsen and Mark Siminoff were inspired to create a service-based diaper company that would alleviate the massive and toxic role of diapers in our country's landfills. Because not only is the sheer mass of soiled disposable diapers stacking up at our dumps a problem, so are the chemicals and gases they release. Conventional disposable diapers are made from oil-based plastics and use bleached materials, a by-product of which—dioxin—is one of main chemical toxins in our groundwater. The company's vision was to curb the congregation of diapers in landfills, and thus deter subsequent toxic soups from seeping into the earth.
EarthBaby diapers are made from corn-based plastics and wood by-products, and boast of looking, feeling and performing like regular disposable diapers.
The response has been huge, and in only seven months the company has gone from serving a small group of families in Mountain View (where they are based) to 17 nearby cities, including Santa Cruz. EarthBaby will launch in San Francisco next week.
Nelsen, who has lived in Santa Cruz for 16 years, says that one of the company's main messages is to be wary of things labelled as "environmentally friendly." She points to packaging on some disposable diapers that tag themselves as eco-this or eco-that but don't promote proper disposal practices. She warns that, "We all want to be environmentally responsible … but we can still be led astray by labels on packaging."
She compares this snag to the mandate in Santa Cruz that all to-go materials at restaurants be compostable. "Unless we're composting it, and sending it to the right place, it also is just going into a landfill. It can't break down in that environment," she says. In the case of diapers, EarthBaby is making it easier for consumers of compostable baby products to finish out the environmentally responsible cycle; diverting two tons of compostable diapers a week from landfills to a facility where they can live out their destiny of becoming nutrient-rich top soil.
Nelsen receives a stream of e-mails from as far as the Deep South and East Coast pleading for EarthBaby to service their region. And if their growth in their first few months is indicative of the demand for their product, it is likely they will someday reach the rest of the country. But for now, says Nelsen, the company is taking baby steps, and simply "changing the planet, one diaper at a time."


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Celebrities sure know how to ring in their birthdays with a smash! From Fergie to Selena Gomez, these stars' cakes are some of the craziest, coolest, and unique pieces around. Take a look and gather some inspiration for your own special day:
This story was originally published on July 29, 2014
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Go big or go home! The "Back It Up" singer rang in his 27th birthday in Vegas with a super appropriate cake.
2. Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez
Now that's what you call a cake! To celebrate her 45th birthday, the boricua got a lion cake with an almost life-sized cake version of herself "riding" the animal. Over the top, maybe, but would we expect anything less from the performer?
3. Fergie
For her 39th birthday last month, The Black Eyed Peas female counterpart received a cake donning an image of her baby boy Axl Jack.
4. Snooki
Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi
The soon-to-be mami of two celebrated her 23rd birthday with a cake that included a centerpiece made in her likeness.
5. Naya Rivera
Naya Rivera
The Glee star celebrated her 25th birthday with a hot pink cake shaped like a Slushie.
6. Perez Hilton
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The Queen of Media's 32nd birthday party featured an adorable doggie cake.
7. Christina Aguilera
Christina Aguilera
The Voice judge received a headless cake for her 31st birthday.
8. Selena Gomez
Selena Gomez
The "Come and Get It" singer's 20th birthday cake was completely adorned with roses.
9. Wilmer Valderrama
Wilmer Valderrama
The former That 70s Show star rang in his 33rd birthday with this very Hollywood-appropriate cake.
10. La La Anthony
La La Anthony
The boricua decorated her own cake which featured roses and a cocktail.
11. Eva Longoria
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Ringing in her birthday at her own Eve Nightclub, Longoria's cake featured flowers and lots of pink.
12. Adrienne Bailon
Adrienne Bailon
Besos! The Puerto Rican and Ecuadorian's birthday cake included lips and butterflies.
13. JWoww
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The former Jersey Shore star celebrated her 26th birthday in Las Vegas with a cake even Barbie would be jealous of.
14. Tyler Posey
Tyler Posey
Nothing like ringing in your 21st birthday Teen Wolf style.
15. Christina Milian
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With Rocsi Diaz at her side, the Cuban American belleza celebrated her 30th birthday with a sparkling cake.
16. Bella Thorne
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Sixteen candles! The Blended actress welcomed her 16th birthday with shoes as a centerpiece and stars for extra pizzazz.
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In 2012, Fergie celebrated her birthday with a colorful cake that boasted a bright pink shoe on top.
18. Zoe Saldana
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The Rosemary's Baby star celebrated her birthday with a simple but chic chocolate torte cake that included a circle of flowers.
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For her 21st birthday, the singer received a highly fashionable cake at an event for her fall 2013 Dream Out Loud collection for Kmart.
20. Cassie
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A cake with your face on it? Why not!
21. Victoria Justice
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The former Nickelodeon star was surprised with a cake made out of cupcakes.
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A Step in the Right Direction
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When Jim Sniechowski and Judith Sherven, a husband-and-wife team from Santa Monica, California, attended a presentation on the iMall Internet business opportunity, they decided to buy the Internet training and Web-site package on first sight. Sniechowski has a doctorate in human behavior and Sherven has a doctorate in psychology, but how did they know the iMall Internet business would be right for them?
It was a decision made, Sniechowski says, "Entirely by instinct."
Sniechowski and Sherven got lucky. They have used the packaged Internet training they received to build a successful business distributing their audiotapes and relationship-training seminars on the Internet, globally offering their unique motivational materials for improving interpersonal relationships.
Before buying into the program, they spoke to the seller at length about the training they would receive. So far, they have been pleased with the marketing boost it gave their small publishing business. "For a modest investment, we got into the international market through the Internet," says Sniechowski, "and, as it turns out, we couldn't be happier with the iMall company."
The history of business-opportunity sales suggests that not everyone has as good an experience as Sniechowski and Sherven had. Responding to a radio advertisement for Internet business training, they found a great fit for their business needs without a lot of research and without initially knowing much about the business experience and stability of the seller. The best approach, and the way to reduce the risks involved with finding the right business-opportunity investment, however, is to look carefully into the program, check out the seller, and press for terms that work for you. In a market with few ready sources of information, that can be more challenging than it sounds.
Ask The Right Questions
When talking to the seller, it is vital that you ask the right questions. Here is one key idea to nail down: "I understand the business concept, but what's the job?" In other words, what do you actually have to do to run the business on a daily basis? The business opportunity may be providing consulting work to businesses--something you would really enjoy--while the actual job is filling your day cold-calling businesses on the telephone to generate clients--a prospect that may intimidate you.
Get beyond the glamour of the business concept and understand the daily work necessary to get results from your investment. If the daily effort is not to your liking, it doesn't matter how much you enjoy the idea of buying the business opportunity--you won't be happy running the business day to day.
Other subjects you might explore with the seller include:
- What is the total investment, and are there any continuing fees or product costs I should anticipate?
- How long has your company been in business? Where are your headquarters, and how many people do you employ? Can I visit the headquarters?
- Are you registered as a business opportunity (or "seller-assisted marketing plan") in any states? This is required in 25 states, although compliance is generally spotty.
- May I have a copy of your company's financial statements? This will be important if you are expecting any ongoing services, such as a supply of inventory, from the company.
See The Right People
You have met the representatives of the business opportunity at a trade show, on the telephone, or at a seminar presentation. Should you visit the company's headquarters? The answer is yes: Nothing compares to checking out the business with your own eyes, and meeting in person with the people who are at the other end of the telephone. Naturally, whether you spend the time and money necessary to visit the national headquarters of a business-opportunity seller will depend on the size of your investment. You may not think it prudent to head across the country and spend $1,000 in travel expenses when considering whether to make a $700 purchase, but when the investment numbers get higher, you will need to protect yourself more.
You should also plan to meet other buyers of the business opportunity. The seller will usually give you a list of recent buyers, but be careful. You want to receive as complete and unedited a list as possible, and the seller might be giving you a short list of people who have done especially well with the business or, worse, a list of shills who make a handsome commission if you buy the program. These hand-selected "buyers" will be motivated by the commissions to sell you on the opportunity rather than give you their independent evaluation of the investment or a true picture of how the program actually works. See at least five buyers of your choosing, randomly selected, who have operated the business for a substantial time.
When you talk to other buyers, find out if they actually operate their businesses; ask them how long they have been owners and how they have done with it. Sure, it's important to ask if they have made money with the program (even though your experience may be dramatically different), but it's also important to ask about quality of the products, the efficiency of the operating systems, and the assistance of the seller.
Consult The Right Organizations
Unfortunately, there is no trade organization that issues a seal of approval for business-opportunity sellers. Finding out whether the seller is on the up and up will take a bit of guerrilla research.
First, head to the library and check out the business-opportunity seller in back issues of business magazines. If they have been in the business for a while, they will likely be listed in the "Business Opportunity 400" issue of Business Start-Ups, which has been the September issue for the past few years. Check out this listing and any of their advertising that appears in the publication. Also, check for any books on the business that interests you.
Your next stop might be your state's office of consumer affairs. Ask whether there have been any lawsuits, investigations or complaints against the company in the last year. If the answer is yes, there may be information available at the agency to give you insight into the problem. Don't let just any legal action scare you away; most U.S. businesses carry multiple legal battle scars from our litigious society, and business-opportunity sellers are no exception. But if the records show criminal convictions for fraud, securities law violations, or violations of business-opportunity or franchise laws, you may want to look elsewhere to invest your money.
You can also check with the Better Business Bureau in your area for a list of complaints on file, and contact the Federal Trade Commission for free investor information about investing in a business opportunity. (See "For More Information . . ." on pg. 46.)
Reduce The Right Risks
The purchase of a business opportunity is an inherently risky investment. You shouldn't be spending money you cannot afford to lose, and you should take steps to reduce the risks involved.
The primary risks in investing in a business opportunity are two-fold. First, as surprising as it may seem, most buyers never put their new businesses into action. Some people simply have more difficulty than others in learning a new activity and applying themselves to the demands of a new business. The solution: Be motivated to make a change, and make sure you find a good fit for your needs. Select the business opportunity carefully after a thorough review of your own situation: How much money do you want to earn? How much time will you devote to the program? What results will you expect to receive? Most importantly, know your preferences, so when the right opportunity comes along, you'll know it when you see it.
The second risk is that you might be disappointed with the materials you receive, or you may not receive the materials at all. Lower this risk by using some of the buying techniques outlined below.
Use The Right Buying Techniques
First, be prepared to negotiate. For most business opportunities, you will be absolutely amazed to see the purchase price drop if you ask for a lower price. Try an approach like this: "I would love to buy this package. It sounds like it is exactly what I have been looking for, but it is slightly out of my price range. Would you consider accepting $2,000 instead of the $3,500 asking price?" Then, be prepared to meet them somewhere in the middle--but do not allow yourself to be talked into paying top dollar. Remember the strength of all good negotiators: Always be prepared to walk away from the deal. Odds are, the seller will not want you to walk away. Make an offer and see what happens!
Once you have settled on a price, ask the seller if the sale can be broken into installments. Not only will this make the payments easier for you, it will protect you if the seller does not deliver the promised products or services. If you are disappointed, cancel all subsequent payments and ask for a refund of your initial installment.
Use credit cards, not cash or personal checks to pay. If there is a problem or you get "buyer's remorse," you can often refuse delivery or return the products purchased and ask the credit-card company to deny or reverse the charge to your card. The company then charges the expense back to the account of the seller. If you pay cash or write a check, there is no such recourse.
Buy In The Right Frame of Mind
Be realistic about your entrepreneurial dreams. Creating wealth through a new business is, generally speaking, difficult work. "We did not expect our Internet business to be an overnight success," says Sniechowski. "We had to put in substantial labor to get results, and I think we were smart to follow the marketing training we received."
If you are attracted to a business-opportunity idea because it sounds easy, or the seller makes promises of big money for a few casual hours of effort, look at it again realistically, or just move on. A solid business-opportunity program will give you the tools you need to get into building your own wealth, but the engine and fuel and driver of that business will be you. Bring a healthy skepticism to the process of locating the right business opportunity, and keep your eyes open for a good fit with your skills and needs. When you do find that fit and it clicks, you'll be well on your way.
Business Opportunity Regulation States
Currently, the following 25 states specifically regulate sales of business opportunities. Check with consumer protection agencies--often a part of the attorney general's office--in your state.
Alabama, Louisiana, Oklahoma, California, Maine, South Carolina, Connecticut, Maryland, South Dakota, Florida, Michigan, Texas, Georgia, Minnesota, Utah, Illinois, Nebraska, Virginia, Indiana, New Hampshire, Washington, Iowa, North Carolina, Kentucky, Ohio
For More Information . . .
The Federal Trade Commission provides a package of information about the FTC Franchise and Business Opportunity Rule, free of charge. Write to Public Reference Branch, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC 20580, or call them at (202) 326-3128.
The author is the founder of American Business Opportunity Institute Inc., a national information clearinghouse and seminar company specializing in business-opportunity and franchise investment and regulation. For information on the Institute's publications, programs and services, send a SASE to American Business Opportunity Institute Inc., #700, 3 Bethesda Metro Center, Bethesda, MD 20814.
Andrew A. Caffey is a practicing attorney in Washington, DC, the former general counsel of the International Franchise Association, and an internationally recognized specialist in franchise and business-opportunity law.


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What will you do after the sale of your business? BCMS is celebrating 30 years in the M&A industry – and this special issue of iDeal focuses on our clients, and their lives post-sale. We're extremely proud introduce our unique Fellows programme: an informal network of former BCMS clients, and the largest organisation of its type in the world.
The theme of the issue is very much philanthropy – as we shine a light on BCMS' charity The Snowdrop Foundation, and its amazing, life-changing work in India.
- Interview: Stelio Stefanou, who sold for £150m, then set up a foundation
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(Medical Xpress) -- The exceptional research potential of a native Australian plant has been accelerated by the release of both its DNA and RNA sequence by University of Sydney researchers and their partners.
Nicotiana benthamiana is a distant relative of commercial tobacco and is only found in remote areas of Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland.
"This plant is already used in research laboratories around the world by biologists and biotechnologists but just as determining the sequence of the human genome has been an incalculable aid to medical research, providing this genome sequence will be a major help to agricultural and particularly biotechnological research," said Professor Peter Waterhouse from the School of Molecular Bioscience, who leads the University's researchers.
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The release of the sequence is the result of a collaborative effort between the University of Sydney, CSIRO Plant Industry and New Zealand's Plant and Food Research.
Nicotiana benthamiana has been embraced by the scientific community for its ease of use as a model plant just as the mouse has been used to study humans.
Finding out what each gene in a plant produces is a key step in agricultural sciences. "We used to wait six months for this type of information but using the unique properties of 'benth', as we sometimes call it, we can have results in less than a week," said Professor Waterhouse.
"You can simply squirt genetic material into a leaf and have it produce your target product in a matter of days. Our results will make this process even faster and more accurate."
A new University of Sydney website has been launched in collaboration with the partner organizations which provides the genome sequence and a wealth of other material on the plant.
"At this stage benth is a much exploited but little understood plant and this resource will change that completely," said Dr. Craig Wood, a co-investigator from the CSIRO Plant Industry.
Plant genomics is still frontier territory and we have pushed the boundaries with this project," said Dr. Roger Hellens, from New Zealand's Plant and Food Research.
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Has the Bluegill fishing made any sort of comeback at the South End? Used to be good a few years ago, but went downhill the last couple of years due to lack of weeds.....Not looking for anyone's secrets, just a general report to know if it is worth trying it again this year....Thanks,Phil
Those are crappie I cant get away from them this year on silver I have caught probably 150. Only two keepers. Everyone is about 8 to 8.5 inches long.
This afternoon there was a ton of activity, bordering on clutter, about half a foot off of the bottom up to about 5 feet off of the bottom. Did anyone with a camera get any images of what was down there?
With this harsh wind/thaw/runoff, does anyone know how it will impact the water clarity throughout the lake system (north vs south end)? Thank you.
From the SLA website......A communication from Perry Public Works. Please pass this on to all ice fisherman (and women!).Hi, Mark Hope all is well with you, Just Checking in to give you an update on what's happening With the lake. Due to the pleasant temperatures we have had the last few days, a lot of the snow has melted. I anticipated that and I opened the gate before hand and we are okay but my concern is for the ice fisherman. The gate is open full and I may have to keep it that way for the weekend. Please inform any fishermen that you may know of about this because moving water along with our temperature will thaw the ice faster. I will be monitoring the lake level closely.
Let us know when they close the dam. As stated it will be open through the weekend.
I talked to the Perry Town Hall and they said the bid selection for the renovation to the Perry Town Park was made in Sept. They also said they were starting with the parking lot and bathroom facilities this year. I asked about ice fishing access this Winter and the town hall representative did not know if it would be opened for ice fishing. They told me to call back at year end and they would have a better answer. Hope they finish phase one before winter, keep your finger crossed. The attached website shows the planned chnges.https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QQMPRWMAnyone with further info, please post.
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"Inspectors can write violations, but they can't enforce them," he said. "The courts don't care."
As a result, countless illegal apartments have sprung up across the city in areas such as Coticchio's native Maspeth, and hapless individuals are being exploited by ruthless landlords.
"Why should you pay $1,000 a month if you've got holes in your ceiling, you don't have hot water in the winter, and you've got roaches and rats?" asked Coticchio. "People are not getting their services, and some have even died because nobody's following up."
He also spent a number of years serving on Community Education Councils 24 and 30, fighting for more schools, classrooms, and gyms.
Along with other CEC members, he went to City Hall to fight for P.S. 58 in Maspeth at a time when many residents were opposed to the construction of a new school. He went to Albany three times to demand money for schools.
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With that being said, he doesn't believe in tenure for unionized teachers, and it angers him when he reads that there are teachers sitting in "rubber rooms" all day doing absolutely nothing.
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Coticchio is not shy about his distrust of government, but his aforementioned reasons illustrate why he remains skeptical.
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Metropolitan Anthony (Gergiannakis) was the first bishop of the Diocese of San Francisco of the Greek Archdiocese of America.
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I like to pay attention to what the big guys are up to on LinkedIn's Executive Suite. Somehow, they let me join. No, I didn't beg, lie or steal...
I saw that they were talking about why so many companies hire "losers". GRABBED MY ATTENTION!
To be honest, I saw a lot of MBA, PHD, HR chatter. I was almost intimidated by the extremely high-level discourse and credentials. I was absolutely starry-eyed!
And then I saw a post by a guy that had all the credentials and yet cut through the BS as if it were butter. And I thought about our (my dealership) past hiring experiences and the successes and failures. And found that character is King.
This gentleman was a man by the name of Elijah Lim, self described as a "Highly experienced Strategy Establisher and Human Capital Developer" from Singapore. He laid out criteria that resonated.
1. Personality traits are base characteristics. Won't change, and if they do, probably after some earth-shaking occurrence.
2. Personality traits are a description of how we express ourselves. They are how we manifest both preferences and convictions, although they are more the language of preferences.
3. Statistically, different personality traits do better at different jobs.
4. The final determining factor as to how a person would perform is that of character competencies.
5. Relationships are King.
6. Both Golden and Platinum Rules apply and run concurrently.
Golden Rule: Do unto others what you would want others to do unto you.
Platinum Rule: Do unto others what OTHERS want you to do unto them.
7. Good character never goes out of style.
Mr. Lim promises one thing:
I have only one goal. Just as my only goal when I was serving in the Armed Forces was to prepare men for combat, my goal is to partner with you in increasing the value of your organization by continuously growing and reproducing your leadership competencies. I do this by:
1. Holding your hand.
2. Kicking your butt.
Guess what, you'll love me for it!
A final quote from this man, "Hire whom you assess at the current time to be great people, but keep monitoring, developing, guiding, disciplining them. "Disciplining" actually means "making a disciple of" and need not always have negative connotations. It doesn't mean "make clones" but rather developing the person to his fullest in line with universal, non-negotiable principles."
MAKING A DISCIPLE OF... To me means developing a passion for... ones work.
I would add my own observation. Why does it seem that small innovative companies lead and then get snapped up by larger companies who follow? I personally believe that HR is the best way to filter out and eliminate great talent. A-type hires B? B-type hires A? A little bit of 20th century BS. Passion for what you do is the true key. Who is measuring that and hiring that? I truly liked Elijah Lim's list ending with number 7. Good character never goes out of style.
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one thing i'd like to counter to comment on the A-B,B-A hiring thing, that is really not the case. The real organizational phenomenon is: "A" Players hire "B" Players. "B" Players hire "C" players and so on until the organization becomes a company full of "Z" players.... and when this thing happen, what do you call it? The "BOZO EXPLOSION". company full of clowns and bozo.
heintjie santos I like it!
Hiring correctly is indeed critical I agree completely, I would like to also add that
how we maintain a great hire after they come to work for us is at least as
important. Far too many times in this industry we hire a great candidate for a
sales position, full of energy and enthusiasm, you know that one in 20 that
DOES his follow up, masters his product knowledge and tends to demonstrate some
natural leadership by always helping his fellow sales people with regard to
'getting a half of the deal'…. Only to stop his training once he sells a few cars!
The saying "when your green you grow and when
your ripe you rot" didn't just happen to be for no reason, often we stop
developing a good salesperson, sometimes because we allow the busy work to get
in the way and perhaps we intend to do some follow up training with our people
but just don't get to it and there's always tomorrow. Without the proper,
continued guidance it is easy for a salesperson to get too smart. They can
think that they have it all figured out and actually become their own worst
enemy and start finding all the reasons customers WONT but a car today and stop
showing them the reason they should.
It's vital to keep feeding our sales people the 'good stuff' and support their
appetite for growth. I like to think that I am a pretty good trainer and one of
the reasons is I look to the REALLY good trainers for continued advise,
guidance and even review of the good ole basics. I am always looking for great
sales related email newsletters, articles in sales magazines and clips on
YouTube that I share with my team. I want them to hear/read/see what other
great car people are doing and saying, most of my team love the information I
share and it's great when they come to me and share their perspective of a
video or idea in article.
In the same way continued development is crucial when an employee is promoted
as well. Many times a great salesperson is promoted to floor manager or F&I
etc and by some work of car business magic they are simply expected to know the
roles and responsibilities along with all the procedures of the new position
simply because they have seen their managers do it! Watching someone do their
job is not the same as being shown how to do it while having the actions and
meanings explained thoroughly. Without training in a new position there will
probably be some knowledge gained but at the cost of a good employee as they
get frustrated and more often than not end up looking for work elsewhere.
Hiring the RIGHT people and fully offering them the path of development to
create a lifelong career rather than a 'job' can make the difference between an
average car dealership and one that dominates their market and grows into
bigger and better opportunities, dealerships etc. Just my $0.2 at least… :)
Michael, thank you for your thoughtful comments. The saying "when you're green you grow and when you're ripe you rot" applies to managers also. Too many mangers begin to take the easy way out when hiring. If they get lucky and find a natural salesperson who excels without any training, they pat themselves on the back even though they hired 20 - 30 greenpeas who didn't make the grade but MIGHT have if they had proper training.
"Are you hungry?" is the worst question I've ever heard in a job interview. Why not just say "Are you desperate? We only hire desperate people because we don't want to pay qualified people what they're worth"? (My private rant)
For me, the great candidate demonstrates good character, ethical behavior, empathy, and enthusiasm for the job. Replace "Are you hungry?" with "Do you have the ambition to excel at what you do and take pride in doing so?"
As far as anything in the sales end of the dealership, I have been using Hire The Winners for seven years now and am amazed at what a world of difference it has made... The stores where I used the HTW Car Sales Simulator to screen applicants BEFORE they were allowed to come in for an interview still have the sales people, many of which are now managers that we hired 7, 6, 5, 4 years ago. As far as I am concerned, there is no better way to know the person you will be interviewing than to have him/her assessed by the Car Sales Simulator from Hire The Winners:
Hire Character,Train Process
Ralph, thank you. I heard some great things about that program.
Craig, my point exactly!
Thanks for commenting guys!
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The 2016 Cannes Film Festival began with bang Wednesday.
Laurent Lafitte, a French comedian and the opening night's master of ceremonies, made a joke about the sexual assault allegations leveled against Woody Allen. "You've shot so many of your films here in Europe and yet in the U.S. you haven't even been convicted of rape," Laurent said. The audience, which included Blake Lively and Kristen Stewart, gasped. "Thank you for coming tonight, sir," Laurent continued. "Although it's the least you could do. Your film isn't even in competition. What's the worst that could happen?...Or that it's not as good as Manhattan?" Laurent's joke seemingly made reference to Roman Polanski, who was arrested in the U.S. in 1977 and charged with raping a 13-year-old girl; the director fled to Europe to avoid prison after accepting a plea bargain on a lesser charge.
At a lunch for his film Cafe Society Thursday, Woody addressed the joke. "I am completely in favor of comedians making any jokes they want," he told Variety's Ramin Setoodeh. "I am a non-judgmental or [non]-censorship person on jokes. I'm a comic myself and I feel they should be free to make whatever jokes they want." In fact, he added, "It would take a lot to offend me. What bothered me most last night was the length of the show before the movie. I'm sitting there. I know I have a movie that's an hour and a half, I would like the introduction ceremony to be 20 minutes, half hour at the most. I don't want you to spend an hour on the show. By the time my movie comes around at the end, you're antsy in your seat. To me, that is the mistake of the show. It goes on for too long. Cut that down."
Blake, meanwhile, said Laurent's controversial jokes weren't just aimed at Woody. "He made three homophobic comments in a row. A Hitler joke. And a rape joke. It was all within 30 seconds...What on Earth was happening?" the actress asked. "It was really confusing."
Moreover, the actress told Variety, "I think any jokes about rape, homophobia or Hitler is not a joke. I think that was a hard thing [to] swallow in 30 seconds. Film festivals are such a beautiful, respectful festivals of film and artists and to have that, it felt like it wouldn't have happened if it was in the 1940s. I can't imagine Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby going out and doing that. It was more disappointing for the artists in the room that someone was going up there making jokes about something that wasn't funny."
Laurent's rape joke came hours after Woody's estranged son, Ronan Farrow, published an essay in The Hollywood Reporter that attacked the media for failing to challenge his director father over sister Dylan Farrow's allegations of sexual abuse. On Wednesday, New York's Jada Yuan asked Woody if he had read Ronan's widely circulated essay; the director said he had not.
Like Woody, Blake has not read Ronan's essay. "I came home and went to bed at whatever time we finished. I haven't been in it, so I don't want to speak on something I haven't read," she told Vulture's Kyle Buchannan Thursday. "I think that's dangerous. It's definitely something that being at the festival, the media these days, you come to a film festival about film and people talk about all different types of things. You know? That can be definitely tricky to navigate, I'm sure. I don't want to speak about something I haven't read."
Earlier this week, Kristen said she was aware of the sexual abuse allegations Dylan made against Woody in the 1990s; after an investigation, police did not pursue accusations that Woody had abused Dylan, who was 7 at the time. In her open letter to The New York Times in 2014, though, Dylan condemned stars including Scarlett Johansson and Emma Stone for supporting his work.
After she was cast, Stewart talked to actor Jesse Eisenberg about the situation. "I was like, 'What do you think? We don't know any of these people involved. I can personalize situations, which would be very wrong.' At the end of the day, Jesse and I talked about this," she told Variety. "If we were persecuted for the amount of s--t that's been said about us that's not true, our lives would be over. The experience of making the movie was so outside of that, it was fruitful for the two of us to go on with it." Eisenberg, for his part, said he doesn't recall the conversation.


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Canon PowerShot SX10 IS to replace S5
The 10.0 megapixel Canon PowerShot SX10 IS is the latest ultrazoom camera to join Canon's PowerShot lineup.
Replacement to the manufacturer's long-running S5 IS, the SX10 IS consolidates Canon's PowerShot ultrazooms under the SX line, providing a full range of models to support the previously orphaned SX100 and SX110.
The big upgrade here is zoom range, launching Canon back to the front of the long-zoom pack with a 20x lens covering an equivalent 28-560mm. Optical image stabilization should help make the long end of that range that much more usable.
A 2.5 inch LCD with swing-and-swivel functionality makes it easier to get over-the-head or ground-level shots with the SX10. An electronic viewfinder provides additional shot composition options.
The SX10 also benefits from the key technological improvements afforded by DIGIC IV processing: better face detection that includes off-axis facial recognition, AF tracking, and improved speed generally. While it's not blazing fast, the SX10 advertises infinite continuous shooting speeds approach one frame per second at full resolution.
In an attempt to appeal to shooters of all skill levels, the SX10 features 24 shooting modes – supplementing its auto exposure options with the standard P/A/S/M manual exposure control modes. A hot shoe is also provided, allowing shooters to utilize Canon flashguns for a wider range of shot illumination options.
As with the S5, power for the SX10 continues to come from a quartet of AA batteries, making the camera easy to find power for on the fly (when traveling, for instance) at the expense of some performance and overall battery life.
The SX10 IS is scheduled for retail delivery in late October, with an initial MSRP of $399.99.
CMOS-equipped SX1 also on the way
Although it's not officially launching for the American market until a little later down the road, Canon's European and Asian arms also unveiled the nearly identical PowerShot SX1 IS this evening.
The SX1 differs from the SX10 primarily in its use of a CMOS image sensor – the first time such an imager has been employed in a PowerShot model. In addition to providing still captures, in another unique step for Canon's PowerShot line, the 1/2.3 inch, 10 megapixel sensor is also designed to capture full HD video at 1920×1080/30 fps.
We'll likely have to wait for an official US announcement to get detailed specs, availability, and pricing information for the SX1, but Canon's intentions as we understand them are to share most of the physical tech beyond the sensor between the two devices.
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|10.0 megapixel (effective), 1/2.3″ CCD
|20x (28-520mm) zoom, f/2.8-5.7
|2.5″, 230K-dot TFT LCD with tilt and swivel; electronic viewfinder
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|Metering Modes
|Evaluative, Center-Weighted, Spot
|Focus Modes
|Face Detection, Nine-Point AF, One-Point AF
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|Single, Continuous, Self Timer
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|Memory Formats
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|Rechargeable lithium-ion
|USB 2.0, AV output
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