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Still reflecting on PIcamp …
I've come down a little from the euphoria of a great, stimulating day, and being exposed to alternative views, expressed live from real people, instead of via the printed word and the media.
In the opening address and introduction, Mick Fealty said that there were important lessons that all of us in the devolved regions could learn from each other. That core statement alone made me sit up and think hard. He went on to say that in London, with possibly the highest concentration of think tanks in the world, virtually nobody was addressing the problems of the devolved regions, with Dublin being no better.
Amen to that, I silently echoed – it's among the reasons that Scotland wants to be independent. But then the thought that I hold down at the back of my mind, but which insistently pushes its way to the front came up – what if Scotland never achieves its independence, or only achieves it in a generation from now, or even longer?
What do we do in the meantime?
Wear a kilt, whistle Scots Wha Hae and watch re-runs of Braveheart?
Or as the Americans would say, whistle Dixie …
Northern Ireland is deeply divided over the Union, and Wales, to my ear, is often strangely muted. But Scottish nationalists have to live in the present, whatever their aspirations for the future, and they have to live cheek by jowl with unionists and alternative viewpoints over how our democracy and our society is run.
It is all too easy, sitting blogging at my computer, to reduce the people who don't share my world and national view as cardboard cut-outs, put here to confuse me, and to be knocked down by words. But as I listened to, say, Shuggy, with his calm, considered, articulate and open style, I remind myself that, until 2007 I was, like him, a Labour supporter, and for many more decades .
My definition of a Scot is not an ethnic one. By genealogy, I am more Irish than Scots, although I was born in Scotland and lived most of my life in Scotland, except for about ten years in England. So, ethnically, I am a Celt, although some British historians would deny that such an ethnic grouping exists. A Scot to me is, politically, someone who has decided to make his or her life in Scotland – to live here, to work here, to retire here, regardless of ethnic or geographical origins. I am deeply and instinctively anti-racist, and I am not a blood-and-soil romantic nationalist, although I am proud of Scotland's traditions, achievements and history - well, most of it. I am not a Gael, but I admire and respect the Gaels.
Mick Fealty: Can we, as ordinary citizens or denizens of the blogosphere, or wherever we come from – Is there some kind of social good that we can drag out of this? Something that fills the demand at the centre of the political space. Our local regional politicians are still trying to learn how to ride this political bicycle …
A big gong rang in my head – a Bombardier Billy Wells, J. Arthur Rank type-gong – and shook the fillings in my teeth. This was the question, refined by Mick for the location in Edinburgh, into "Can Scotland harness the power of its own blogosphere?"
Mick defined it as being about conversations, and again the gong rang for me – the realisation that perhaps there was more of the megaphone about my approach to blogging – the American police chief shouting through his bullhorn at the perp to come out with his hands up …
(In spite of these multiple mini-epiphanies during the intro, I felt my input lacked the new spirit in the syndicate sessions. All I can offer by way of explanation is this – I spent my life in mainly adversarial industrial relations with powerful trades unions, and in commercial negotiations, especially in American industry, where those on the other side of the table played hardball. I can be a bit blind to my impact on others who have a more consensual style from the outset of a discussion. I am accustomed to having to seize the floor in the debate with powerful adversaries, and I regret to say that there is an old Glasgow East End element in me that says people are much nicer if you first kick them in the balls, then help them up saying "It doesn't have to be this way …" But I'm not too old to learn …)
After an unfortunately prophetic (by about 24 hours!) remark about the Irish economy and banks, Mick handed over to the panel.
Caron Lindsay (Caron's Musings) opened by offering her raison d'être for blogging and twittering – the village nature of Scottish politics and the need for a conversation. Since a conversation is what I rarely have on my blog, although often on my YouTube site, this caught my attention. In spite of a general determination in most of us not to be "tribal in politics", as Caron put it, party affiliations came up pretty damn quick, as she gently referred to her LibDem affiliation and the LibDem perspective. I don't criticise her for this – most of us present were tribal in one way or another, and I will come back to this later.
(I give my usual health warning to readers who have got this far – I'm not usually in the game of brevity – like Montaigne, when I try to be brief, I become obscure – and I often don't use a short word when a long one will do. However, Twitter, which I'm new to, is forcing brevity on me, as does the YouTube comments section. But I hope there is still a place for a longer, more discursive style!)
Caron pursued and developed her theme of engagement, and spoke of involving people who had no experience of politics, for which she has my admiration, since it is something that I have, in the main, failed to do.
The old political adage came back to me yet again, that in terms of a vote, we are all equal in a democracy, but, until the blogosphere and Twitter, we have not all had a voice. Both of these concepts of course carry within them dilemmas for even the most ardent democrats. As my old American boss used to say "One of the sad features of democracy, Pete, is that even a******* have a vote."
Caron, in her gentle consensual, effective and truly liberal style, clearly wants that voice to be heard, wants to educate and wants to help. That humbled me, and I knew immediately why Mick had invited her to speak.
The mike – and the baton – passed to Shuggy. Shuggy appears to wish to be totally incognito, both on his blog and in person. I respect that, and assume that it relates to his job, and in the light of the later news that a civil servant might lose her job for some admittedly rather unguarded and vacuous twittering, caution is understandable. Since I have no employer, I only have the libel laws to fear, so I can be relatively free with my identity. But you're up there for all to see on Vimeo now, Shuggy…
With immediate frankness, he confessed that he did not know the answer to the question the Mick had posed for the seminar. (Nobody else knew either, but the fog was dispelled a little by the PIcamp day.) His initial rationale for starting to blog was very close to mine – personal therapy! Again like me, Iraq had been a catalyst for Shuggy, and the blogosphere's revelation that support and opposition cut across left and right affiliations. In my case, it ultimately causes a cognitive dissonance and eventually led to me abandoning Labour after fifty years of support and moving to the SNP.
His contention that the right wing libertarian view in Scotland was not well represented in the media seemed to me to be dependent upon how you regarded The Daily Mail and The Sun, but I'll let that one alone for the moment …
Shuggy talked about partisanship in the Scottish media and the blogosphere, which fitted well with the consensual, reaching out across boundaries theme set by Mick and developed by Caron, but it depends on one's view of what partisan means.
The dictionary define it as strong supporter of a party, cause or person. I am proud to be partisan on the right to life (not in the abortion context, where I support a woman's right to choose), democracy, freedom of speech, anti-racism, equality under the law, anti-sexism, the death penalty, torture, habeas corpus – in fact, the whole liberal with a small L gamut of belief.
But I think what Shuggy meant was partisanship on the political means for defending or obtaining some of these objectives by political action. Politics, however, must be, to some degree, about partisanship, and I am also partisan about Scotland's right to independence if a majority of its people want it, about deliberate lies in politics, about the evils of the military/industrial/political complex, about our membership of the European Community, about the negative aspects of being shackled to America's foreign policy, about the nuclear deterrent, about nuclear power, about the erosion of legal freedoms, and a whole range of other things.
I also have a highly tuned antenna that detects arguing for consensus politics rather than 'partisanship', when what is really meant is "Let's all be nice and not challenge the status quo" i.e. the current power structure and Establishment consensus. But I don't think anyone on the panel was suggesting anything like that – they were arguing for a less strident, abuse-loaded blogosphere that permitted rational debate and the recognition that if we can't have our own way, we must somehow find a way forward. That is the essence of negotiation (my own speciality) in any sphere, and the alternative to negotiation is conflict and sometimes violence.
I do fear that we will see more of the Millbank-type confrontation unless something changes in the nature of the stance being taken by the Coalition Government of the UK and the Labour Opposition. And I must be partisan here, and say that the failure to reach a consensus on how to remedy Scotland's abuse of alcohol problem lies squarely at the door of the Opposition parties in Holyrood – a shameful, politically expedient episode in Scottish political and social life.
Sorry to break ranks on consensus, guys, but there are lines to be drawn …
Shuggy went on to comment on the fact that the blog that generates most hits often does so for trivial reasons, or for reasons that are inexplicable. We've all been there! Shuggy wants the blogosphere to "play to its better side" and I say amen to that.
He remarked upon perhaps the thorniest issue facing Scotland – and the UK, although it prefers to put its head in the sand over it – the issue of Scotland's independence: Shuggy made the valid point that cheap abuse and points scoring (of which I have in the past been guilty more than once!) doesn't really advance the argument. He's right – it doesn't. As I frequently say to more extreme nationalist posters on my YouTube channel, abusing the very people you must convert to your cause to win independence won't cut it – only rational argument will do that. (This very point was challenged in syndicate discussions that I was a part of, on the basis that emotion mattered as much, or perhaps more than rational argument. While accepting the fact of that proposition, it worries me, because nationalists, whether they are Scottish, Welsh or Irish – or United Kingdom nationalists (that's what unionists are) are adept at exploiting emotion, and the dangers of that are plain to see, as any student of history (as Shuggy is, I think) knows.
Shuggy closed by a plea for "a space where we can have a more intelligent conversation", something that he is clearly eminently capable of, and one in which, with all my partisan failings, I would like to participate. Thanks, Shuggy …
James MacKenzie opened by suggesting that the aims of blogging and Twitter were being "overblown". He recognised the reality that the Scottish audience for SNP blogs and tweets with a purely Scottish dimension were of necessity much lower than those that embraced, say, a UK Labour agenda. He quoted his own blog as getting 3,000 people a month.
(The Ancient Order of Moridura, my blog, gets about 800/1200 pages hits a week, but I have no demographics for that – I don't know, for example, whether its the same core audience returning each day, or what the proportion of new readers it contains etc.)
James observed that these were tiny numbers, "smaller even than the circulation of the Independent in Scotland". He didn't believe that this would be where the main political discussion in Scotland was going to happen, and argued for recognising the limits of our ambition – "can't expect to suddenly do it right and speak to everyone …"
This raised the basic principle of objective setting in my mind, as practised in industry and commerce – ambitious but realistic. If you don't aim high, you will be limited by your targeting. Where does ambition stop and realism take over? It sounded a bit too cautious and a little defeatist to me. The Four Minute Mile would never have been run – and subsequently bettered – if less than four minutes hadn't been targeted.
James felt that it had been overstated, but still had a purpose, which seemed to be, in part at least, to test other parties' responses to policy initiatives. "Self-selecting and only appealing to the really connected, by and large …" and "Let's not be carried way by changing the world by blogging." James later developed some of these ideas in syndicate.
You may be the realistic one, James, and you may be right. But I found your approach too low-key, lacking in dynamism, and self-limiting. Having recently read the story of Google's spectacular rise, I felt I heard the echo of the pessimism about Google's future and Web commerce in general expressed by some at its inception. Sorry, James, but thanks for what maybe was a necessary wet towel on the foreheads of old optimists like me.
And so to Peter Geohegan, who began by talking about the Irish blogosphere compared with Scottish models. (His input came almost on the eve of very depressing news about Ireland's economy, sadly.) He felt that there was a lot that Scotland could learn from Ireland, particularly since the financial crash.
Clearly there is, but the lessons learned are currently distorted by political axe grinding over the independence issue – not least by me, in a recent blog – but the next few days may face all parties with a very harsh and undeniable reality if Ireland is forced to seek a bailout from Europe.
The unionists say Scotland could not have survived its near-crash but for a UK bailout, but faced with the choice of a UK bailout or a European one, I would have infinitely preferred a European one – the UK is bailing out a smaller vessel on board while the water may still be rising in its own hull. It also begs the question of who caused the crash, and whether Scotland would have needed any help if it had been independent since the last independence referendum.
Peter referred to the recent emergence of blogger/economists on to the national debate, commenting on the rush to economic literacy by journalists in the wake of the banking crisis. The blogger/economists in Ireland up to that point were seen as "sniping from the sidelines", but the media quickly started to turn to them for advice, etc.
He amusingly referred to his mother, previously uninterested, now watching Vincent Brown, "the economic equivalent of Vincent Dunphy". Peter said that the blogging voice has now succeeded in penetrating the national debate. "There was a gap in the market, and the bloggers were writing articulate, intelligent and well-thought out content and material …" Bloggers had "been able to educate the media and penetrate into the national debate" that Ireland is having.
Peter added that the Irish media before this had tended to avoid disrupting the Government control of the dialogue. (Echoes here for me of the Irish media's historical deference to the Catholic Church's control of comment, effectively colluding in some appalling human rights abuses, a collusion that has long since ended, mercifully.)
"Is it possible for bloggers to influence policy?" Peter asked, and gave his own response – "It's too early to tell". The general election coming up in Ireland next year would show whether the bloggers could really influence the outcome.
The same question might be asked in Scotland about the 2011 Holyrood election. Peter's view was that this may be the time, especially in the light of the spending cuts, for the Scottish bloggers' voice to make its impact. In a rapidly changing situation "people wanted new voices to get on board". They can "educate the mainstream media and bring new issues on to the table".
Peter Geohegan concluded an extremely valuable input by commenting on the British-based media on Irish political debate, especially the Financial Times. "The London-based press exercise a very strong pull on the social, political and economic discourse in Ireland."
I am really grateful to Peter for a trenchant and thought-provoking analysis of the possible relevance of the Irish new media experience to Scotland at this critical times for both small, but vibrant countries – one proudly independent but severely challenged, the other divided on the question of independence, with perhaps equally challenging times ahead.
And he has left me, and perhaps others at PIcamp with a template of sorts for bloggers in his words, slightly recast by me to fit Scotland -
"There is a gap in the market – bloggers must write articulate, intelligent and well-thought out content and material to be able to educate the media and penetrate into the national debate that Scotland is having."
Thanks, Peter – for me, your input crystallised the essence of the debate, and my thinking at least.
So I feel we must move from the Nuttersphere, perhaps from the Cosysphere (where too much emphasis on consensus and non-partisan approaches might lead us) to a true Blogosphere, and from Spitter (of bile) and Twaddle (of irrelevancies and cosy in-group chat) to a great, focused and relevant Twittering that will swoop down on Scotland and the traditional media like a great cleansing wind.
Thanks again to PIcamp and Mick Fealty and Paul Evans for making it all possible. Now that the rather incestuous self-congratulation after a great day is over, let's reflect -and ACT!


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Neil Patrick Harris will be back for his third turn hosting the Tony Awards.
Producers of the show announced Tuesday that the star of the sitcom "How I Met Your Mother" and a stage veteran would be back at Manhattan's Beacon Theatre for the ceremony honoring Broadway's best. It will be broadcast on CBS on June 10.
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Harris previously hosted the Tonys last year and in 2009 — the same year he hosted the Emmy Awards. As he did in 2011, Harris will also serve as a producer.
In a statement, Harris said he was thrilled. "Not only will I be shining a spotlight on the best that Broadway has to offer, but hopefully I'll score some free house seats to a show — or five!"
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The 38-year-old Harris has starred in three Broadway productions, including "Assassins," ''Proof," opposite Anne Heche, and as the exuberant master of ceremonies in "Cabaret." He currently stars as dapper ladies' man Barney Stinson on CBS' sitcom hit "How I Met Your Mother."
Last year's Tony telecast was seen by 6.9 million viewers and posted a 9 percent year-to-year gain in the ratings for the 18-to-49 demographic. The boost came even though it aired opposite Game 6 of the NBA Finals, in which the Dallas Mavericks clinched the championship against the Miami Heat.
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Finance Minister P. Chidambaram exudes the self-confidence of a man who, in the eyes of India's cheerleading financial markets, can do little wrong.
In the 11 weeks since he took office, the benchmark BSE index has surged around 8 per cent, due in large part to his hard-charging drive to boost investor sentiment that had soured under his predecessor, Pranab Mukherjee.
But the reality is the steps taken so far will not fix the sluggish economy in the near term, and the window of opportunity for implementing game-changing reforms such as slashing government spending on fuel, food and fertiliser subsidies will narrow as campaigning for a 2014 election gets under way.
"When you are fixated on equity markets and you are doing whatever you can to push them higher that is exactly what you will see," said economist Rajeev Malik of CLSA, Singapore.
"Pushing up equity markets is a lot easier than taking up some of these more difficult moves."
Together with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Chidambaram has unveiled a series of big-ticket and small-bore initiatives over the past month that were long demanded by investors and business leaders frustrated by years of policy inaction in New Delhi.
According to government officials, the slew of policy announcements on lifting the bar on foreign investment in the airline, insurance, pensions and retail sectors are part of a two-step government strategy - first, pump up the financial markets, then unveil a road-map for cutting the fiscal deficit.
The first step has worked. Net inflows from foreign investors have surged since Chidambaram's appointment, with $7.7 billion flooding into stocks and bonds since then, according to regulatory data. The next step will be more difficult.
Turf wars, friction
Reports published by the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Standard & Poor's and a government panel over the past 10 days have provided sobering reminders of the huge challenges facing an economy still beset by high inflation and dragged down by ballooning current account and fiscal deficits.
The IMF sharply cut its economic growth forecast for India for 2012 to 4.9 per cent from an earlier projection of 6.1 per cent growth. The Kelkar budget panel, meanwhile, warned that India was teetering on the edge of a "fiscal precipice" and called for swift action to reduce the deficit, which it said could hit 6.1 per cent of GDP this year if no action was taken.
Chidambaram has signalled that he is acutely aware of the dangers, telling a news conference last week that without reforms to curb the deficits, India "risked a sharp and continuing slowdown of the economy". He is expected to unveil a deficit reduction plan soon, possibly before the Reserve Bank of India's next policy review on October 30.
But turf wars within the cabinet, friction among coalition partners, continued weak government at a federal and state level and fears of alienating voters ahead of the 2014 election could still choke off Chidambaram's reform drive.
The Finance Ministry knows it has a "very small window" in which to act, a senior ministry official told Reuters.
There is already disagreement among ministers over a land acquisition bill long sought by Indian business leaders that would make it much easier for companies to buy land for industrial and infrastructure projects. The bill is stalled in cabinet and it is not clear when it will be approved.
The environment minister, meanwhile, has raised objections to another Chidambaram initiative - a national investment board aimed at cutting through red tape that can hold up infrastructure projects for years. The proposal is seen as the government's boldest attempt yet to clear infrastructure bottlenecks that have strangled economic growth.
Weakend coalition
Singh's coalition government has also been seriously weakened by the walkout of a key ally and now governs without a parliamentary majority. It is dependent on support from two fickle allies that have campaigned against some of its flagship reforms, such as allowing foreign supermarkets into India.
That will make it difficult for the government to get pension and insurance reforms, recently approved by the cabinet, through parliament. In fact, there is now a higher risk of the government falling and an early election being called.
Critics question whether, in the face of such challenges, the ruling Congress party will have the political will to follow through with what Singh and Chidambaram have started. The party's powerful chief Sonia Gandhi favours costly welfare measures and had to be persuaded to back the recent reforms.
"If the government were to enter into a populist mode come FY14 budget and roll back any of the reform initiatives, risks of a (credit rating) downgrade will rise come next year," said Radhika Rao, an economist at Forecast in Singapore.
The government has already baulked at the recommendation of the Kelkar deficit reduction panel to phase out fuel subsidies, saying it had a duty to protect India's poorest citizens.
And Oil Minister Jaipal Reddy said last week he was "not so courageous" as to raise diesel prices any time soon after a hike in mid-September sparked a nationwide strike and street protests led by opposition parties.
His comment suggested the government is already viewing policy decisions through the prism of a general election due by mid-2014, when it will face a tough fight to win a third term.
Those political considerations pose a challenge even for someone as single-minded and determined as Chidambaram, finance minister for the third time in a storied political career. The question now is how much time India's political leaders will give him to get the economy firmly back on track.


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Harrow saw high turnout for the general and local election yesterday with more than two thirds of voters having their say.
The borough beat the national average with 67.5 per cent turnout, a figure which rose to 74.3 in Headstone North ward.
Three quarters of postal votes were returned and for the council election, 65.1 per cent voted.
Last night saw one of the longest counts for Harrow in memory.


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Despite recent signals of improvement, the economy is still challenging the fitness industry, particularly in markets where unemployment remains high. If the economy still is not favorable in your market, try focusing on these five areas:
1. Club metrics
Club executives need to rely on timely information to make more regular mid-course corrections. In the past, general managers and department heads relied on monthly information (and often received it in the middle of the following month), but now they can receive data on a weekly or even a daily basis. Some dashboards now provide critical numbers specifically geared to each individual club, such as financial data, membership statistics, member usage and physical plant metrics. This information is power.
2. A meaningful budget with detailed assumptions
When creating budgets in the past, many club owners simply tweaked data from the current year's totals for the next year's budget. Now, more operators are returning to the proper system of creating a budget from scratch, called zero-based budgeting. This method uses the previous year's actual numbers for the year-to-date, projecting the rest of the year in detail, and studying each line item in detail.
The general manager and each department head take on this task. One person should be responsible for each and every item, no matter how small, then create the next year's goals. Further expense reductions over the current year may be projected. Each line item for every month has an assumption written down to support it. Some club operators are more significantly tying their staff's future compensation to achieving the bottom line for the club and their own department. Club operators also should create a separate capital expenditure budget for the new year.
3. Member research
Understanding what your members think becomes even more important when attrition is high, members are spending less on ancillary revenue, member referrals are fewer, budgets are tighter and competition is significant. In effect, clubs have a huge number of free consultants — they are called members. They care about the club and will tell you honestly what they think.
It is critical to have an independent professional club market research company conduct annual member surveys. This can lead to prioritized and inexpensive improvements. By also anonymously surveying former members, club owners can learn why they originally joined your club, why they really left, what they are doing now and what it would take to re-attract them.
4. Deeper cost-cutting
Many club owners implemented real cost-cutting measures last year, some of which will have even greater impacts this year. However, greater savings of another 5 percent to 10 percent of total revenue are possible. Club operators must review the big categories: payroll and benefits, utilities, repairs and maintenance, marketing, outside services, supplies, etc. Then they must work on the fixed costs: rent and common-area maintenance charges, debt, insurance and equipment leasing.
Next are the behind-the-scenes expenses: banking fees, EFT charges, dues and licenses, alarm systems, garbage removal, and office supplies. Finally, look at the little expenses: printing, medical supplies, magazine subscriptions, donations, decorations, professional development, travel and miscellaneous. All items need a champion assigned to study them, understand the underlying assumptions and plan for a different 2010.
5. Thinking long-term but acting in the short-term
Many operators are focused on the immediate period — at most, the current year. Club owners with staying power and plans to be more successful need to think three to five years out. This means considering changes to the physical plant and equipment.
It also means contemplating financial resources and thinking of future debt or equity needs. It means planning for when the marketplace gets stronger so the club reinvests in greater staffing, more marketing, better systems, an improved Web site, new programs and increased pricing. One needs to be ready for the future before it is upon us.
Rick Caro is president of Management Vision Inc., a 25-year-old consulting company that serves the club industry. The company focuses on market analyses, valuations, member surveys, club finances, expert witness testimony and operational analyses. Caro can be reached at 800-778-4411 or at [email protected].


text: Choosing the Best Life Insurance Policy for Young Adults November 28, 2017 Age is just a number … right? But when it comes to buying a life insurance policy as a young adult, it can play to your advantage in a big way. When you're a young adult, buying life insurance may not be at the top of your to-do list. But knowing your loved ones are financially protected is likely worth the cost. Generally, life insurance is less expensive if purchased when you're younger and healthier – it could even cost less than your daily latte. The best life insurance policy for young adults can vary based on your life insurance goals. We take a closer look at two coverage options: term life and whole life. Term Life Coverage A simple way to think about term life insurance is to view it as a temporary coverage option. With this type of coverage, your premiums remain fixed for the term (a set number of years). A term life policy is typically a good option for life insurance for adults under 30 because of the generally low premium. When you're young, you may not have a lot of extra income. This option creates an affordable way to get the protection you need for a set number of years. Term life insurance is often a good option for young families because it can offer protection for your children as they grow up, giving you a peace of mind. The death benefit can be used to help replace your income for your family, pay off your mortgage and send your children to college. Additionally, you can generally opt to convert your term policy to whole life insurance, giving you coverage for life. Learn more about our new Increasing Term product. Whole Life Coverage A whole life insurance policy is a permanent coverage option that guarantees you'll have coverage for life. Whole life insurance premiums are generally higher than term life insurance premiums, but since your coverage is guaranteed for life you won't have to worry about the premiums increasing as you grow older. Whole life insurance is a good option to consider as your salary increases and are looking for a permanent coverage option. As you pay your premiums on your whole life policy, it will accumulate a cash value. This cash value grows on a tax-deferred basis, which can allow your funds to grow faster. Depending on the type of policy, you may be able to borrow against the cash value for future financial needs like starting a business, buying a home, or supplementing your retirement income.¹ We make insurance simple®. Whether you're married, have children or are just starting out — life insurance is a smart move, but you may not know what type of policy to purchase. Our Farm Bureau agents make insurance simple, so you can tackle life's adventures with peace of mind. Your local Farm Bureau agent can help you find the right type and determine the amount of coverage you need. Sources: https://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/insurance/life-insurance-20s-30s/ https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/07/16/term-vs-whole-life-insurance-which-is-best-for-you.aspx ¹Withdrawals may be subject to fees and/or considered a taxable event. Any loans from the policy's accumulated value will reduce the accumulated value and death benefit if the borrowed funds, plus interest, are not repaid by the time of your death.


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RMU Alum Earns Silver Medals at 2013 U.S. Paralympics
Before last year, Camdin Crouse '09, M'12 had never thrown a javelin, discus, or shot put before. But that didn't stop the former RMU quarterback and quarterbacks coach from taking the silver medal in all three events at the 2013 U.S. Paralympics Track and Field National Championships, June 14-16, at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas.
Crouse, who had much of his left leg amputated in May 2012 following an ATV accident, met a woman last year who trains wounded veterans. "She told me about the Paralympics," he says, "and so I figured I'd give it a shot."
Even though his only background in throwing came from his time as a quarterback at RMU, Crouse took quickly to the sport, first competing regionally then internationally before qualifying for the national championships.
"It was kinda cool making the team, having six months experience," he says. "The biggest thing for me was realizing how many amazing athletes there are with disabilities. You're around people with both arms or legs missing, and it really opens up your eyes that you could have it a lot worse."
Crouse, who's currently applying for jobs and will be attending Penn State in the fall to earn a master's degree in counseling and rehabilitation services (he already has an M.S. in Instructional Leadership – Sports Management from Robert Morris), will try to make Team U.S.A. next year so that he can compete internationally. On day he hopes to one day have his own non-profit foundation to help people with disabilities.
"Like I always tell people: You either lay around and do nothing or you live your life." ~
Camdin will be coming back to RMU on October 19 for Homecoming 2013. Come congratulate him and reconnect with old friends as the Colonials take on cross-city rivals, the Duquesne Dukes.
Written by Valentine J. Brkich
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PARIS (Reuters) - The French government is concerned about Alcatel-Lucent's ALUA.PA plan to use patents as collateral for a 1.6 billion euro ($2.1 billion) loan because the intellectual property could fall into the hands of foreign banks, Les Echos newspaper reported.
On Friday, the loss-making telecom equipment maker said it had agreed an asset-backed loan from Credit Suisse CSGN.VX and Goldman Sachs (GS.N) to help it deal with upcoming debt maturities and fund its ongoing restructuring.
Les Echos said in its Monday edition the government was working on two alternate responses - helping Alcatel-Lucent sell assets, such as its submarine cable and enterprise businesses, or setting up a consortium to monetize the patents.
This would allow outside groups to invest while keeping Alcatel-Lucent as a co-owner of its patents.
An Alcatel-Lucent spokeswoman declined to comment on the report.
The government has not intervened at Alcatel-Lucent even after it announced a job cut plan affecting 5,500 people.
Caisse de Depots et Consignations, the government fund that manages pensions and investments for the state, owns 3.6 percent of Alcatel-Lucent.
($1 = 0.7628 euro)
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http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/09/11/2606691/strippers-independent-contractors/ — An example of what can happen when sex workers are able to use labor law to defend themselves from their exploiters
http://www.irinnews.org/report/98689/analysis-sex-workers-bear-brunt-of-war-on-trafficking — An article about the actual effects (rather than stated intent) of anti-trafficking enforcement in Asian countries. Excerpts:
Regardless of the objective of the operations, "rescue raids of sex establishments have exacerbated violence against sex workers and compromised their safety," say the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS.
The problem with the raid and rescue industry is that it uses some of the most oppressive arms of the state to target sex workers – the police […]. Whether sex workers have been trafficked or not, their understanding of what the police do is very different than that of other people because they are so often targeted as sex workers, migrants, transgender people, or for other reasons.
http://titsandsass.com/the-merseyside-model-part-i-can-sex-worker-activists-partner-with-the-police-and-a-conservative-london-politician/ — For some contrast, what it looks like when police actually works for the protection of sex workers, not against them. Excerpts:
In Merseyside, England, violence against sex workers is treated by the police as a hate crime. This means that when a sex worker is the victim of an assault, robbery, or rape, she or he can report the incident without fear of being charged with prostitution, because the police have agreed to place a higher priority on convicting the criminals who harm sex workers over criminalizing sex workers.
As a result of this shift in policing strategies in Liverpool, the rate of conviction for crimes against sex workers rose dramatically to 83%, whereas the national average of such convictions in the UK is only 6.5%. Within only 18 months of the implementation of the hate crime policy in 2006, sex workers increased their reporting of violent crimes by 400%. Besides reducing individual acts of violence against sex workers, this shift in priorities also reduces systemic violence, by sending a message to society at large that the unique oppression faced by sex workers is not acceptable.
https://pi.library.yorku.ca/ojs/index.php/cws/article/viewFile/6408/5596 — Article published in Canadian Woman Studies in 2003, about the panicked reaction to increased migration (a rather predictable outcome of globalization). Excerpts:
The current moment of globalization is witnessing an extraordinary movement of people, legitimate and illegitimate, across national and international borders. These movements are exposing the porosity of borders, the transnational reality of subaltern existence, and the contingent foundations of international law. And this global movement of people has created a panic across borders- a panic which is manifesting itself in the strengthening of border controls, tightening of immigration laws and casting of the "Other" as a threat to the security of the (First World) nation-state.
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http://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2010/12/16/draft-normal-husband-beat-wife-workers-domestic-violence-cambodia — Article about how Cambodian society treats domestic violence as a private dispute, with negative consequences for sex workers, and the organization that fights this. Excerpts:
Solving violence committed by husbands and partners is very difficult. Sometimes the [Cambodian Prostitute Union] calls the police to intervene when members have experienced domestic violence. Officers then come to the house and say to the husband: 'If you do this again, we will arrest you.' But the next day they will say that domestic violence is a family matter that should be resolved in the family, and that they do not want to encourage divorce.
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cookout for the participants. In the event of inclement weather we
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While authorities have described the failed terror attack in New York's Times Square as amateurish, government officials and terrorism experts agreed that should the bomb have ignited, the physical damage would have been devastating.
Feds arrested one man in connection with the case early Tuesday, 30-year-old Faisal Shahzad. But Attorney General Eric Holder warned the terror investigation is ongoing and urged Americans to "stay vigilant." Even before news of Shazad's arrest, observers wondered if the person or group responsible for the bombing hasn't already succeed by striking fear into the public. What is the best response to this close call?
- The New York Times editorial board writes that the incident "is another reminder that New York remains a tempting target for terrorists" and supported a call for federal funds to be used to ring Times Square and the World Trade Center site with surveillance equipment. They also call for a "hard look" into why the incident wasn't stopped earlier. "Luck is a good thing. In some cases, it may be the only thing standing between us and a disaster," they write. "But no one wants to bet their security on it."
- The Atlantic's James Fallows argues the proper response can be see in the behavior of New Yorkers immediately after the failed bombing. Gothamites' "emotional and social response is just what America's should be," Fallows writes. "That is nothing more than: being alert, but living your life and not skulking around terrified. I hate to say that when people act fearful, 'the terrorists win,' but it's true."
- Foreign Policy's Brian Fishman dissects the communication strategy behind the claim of responsibility from the Taliban in Pakistan and concludes that if the bombing does have an international connection, "their message is vulnerable precisely because the attack was such a dud. One response to the attempted bombing in Times Square should be a renewed call for vigilance by citizens and first responders, but regardless of who ultimately proves responsible, it is also an opportunity for the United States to challenge the jihadists' claims of strength and power, one of many areas where they are vulnerable."
- The American Enterprise Institute's Marc Thiessen warns against appearing too brave and unconcerned in the face of terrorism. "If al Qaeda is not behind the Times Square attempt, this should not lull us into complacency," he writes. "The terrorists need to pull off something spectacular to prove that they are still a force and a threat...whatever the terrorists are now planning, it could very well be on a scale to equal, or even dwarf, the attacks of 9/11."


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The chef's knife is an all-rounder. Every part of the blade is suitable for specific applications.
1. The front part of the blade is used for cutting small vegetables and fruits, e.g. shallot or garlic.
2. The middle section is for cutting hard and soft foods. The slightly curved blade shape is ideal for mincing herbs and for chopping vegetables.
3. The back part of the cutting edge is used for foods that are difficult to cut through. The transmission of power is optimal here.
4. The sturdy side of the blade can be used to break up small bones or to break open crustaceans.
5. The wide side of the blade is useful for pressing filets down and for lifting the food, e.g. herbs.


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Update: Rob has now been canceled too.
Not close to a surprise, but CBS has canceled freshman Unforgettable. NYC 22 now officially dead too, along with other freshman A Gifted Man.
The daily ratings might not give you a full read on a show's popularity, but they still give a pretty full read on what shows will be canceled and renewed.
Related: CBS Cancels CSI: Miami


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|Our sixth trip Hadley Apennines was the first trip where we had something of a plan to start with. Although like previous years there was no set route, we knew that in every city we wanted to have at least one exhibition. A year ago, we did our first Last Minute Exhibition in a clothing store in Hamburg and we found out that this was an ideal way to work for us. By avoiding galleries we were able to find a place without having to write a plan, organize a meeting or talk budgets, we just walked into a bar, record store or cinema and asked for the manager. In each city we gave ourselves one day to find a place, and one day to do the exhibition. Every exhibition consisted of six hours of live drawing with a small vernissage when all the work was done. In three weeks we did five 'Last Minute Exhibitions' in four cities. Not bad.


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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that 1 in 150 children have an autism spectrum disorder ( ASD). If Oprah has a show on it and there's a ribbon associated with it, then it must be worth paying attention to.
The hyperawareness to inform (inform! inform! inform!) consumers on the disorder also results in an unsightly and undesirable side effect: sofa-side diagnosis. In the case of HIV, a simple blood test tells all. However, the cause of autism has no definitive explanation (yet).
Armed with a list of symptoms and behaviors, lay people watch for autistic children like a modern-day Myers-Briggs personality test. They think Johnny's parents should know about his possible autistic tendencies.
Recently, a few folks alluded to my husband and me that our 2-year-old son might be "slow" or "autistic," because he's cautious, reserved, quiet, uncomfortable around strangers and almost always holding a book in his hand. People offered their advice:
"Get him tested; the officials say it's best to intervene as soon as possible."
"If you wait until he's 3 years old, it might be too late."
"Enroll him in day care to break him out of his shell."
I took their advice to heart. I even cried a night or two over it. My husband didn't. He reminded me that Einstein didn't talk until he was 4 years old.
I asked our pediatrician about the allegations. Her advice: Our son was more than fine; he was great, and a sweet kid.
Because he is the product of us, two bookish introverts with a small cadre of friends, we're his primary influence until preschool starts. I never imagined being a nanny-free, stay-at-home mom and raising a shy child could be seen as an oddity.
Being shy is not a developmental challenge or handicap or even a flaw. It's part of a sensible disposition that annoys the extroverts. Quiet ones shouldn't have to apologize for it.
If only those mock physicians knew that my son picks a book off the shelf, backs into my lap and stays there for a half hour of reading time often throughout the day. These are not symptoms of autism but a child showing signs of early literacy -- which, if we're lucky, will be the next big news story we can all follow.
Tricia Louvar is a mother of two and a freelance writer/book editor in the Los Angeles area.


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Want to fight back against those basics blues without changing out of your jeans and T-shirt? We feel you. But, no matter how ho-hum your daily uniform may be feeling, the solution doesn't have to be an entire wardrobe overhaul. How, you ask? Well, for starters, the goddess of all things glam, Gabriele Fratzen, has introduced a new line of jewels that may be intended for nighttime but we envision wearing with our most plain of white tees.
Frantzen launched her eponymous line in '09 after working as a brand am ambassador for Phillip Lim, among others. The German native now holds court in NYC where her showroom is a fairy-tale forest of costume jewelry that all nails the OTT, big-and-beautiful aesthetic perfectly.
Available stateside at retailers including Saks, Fred Segal, and Bird, these brilliant baubles will surely add sparkle to any look that might otherwise be a bit blah.


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Biko is a new dessert to me, and unless you are Filipino, it's probably new to you as well. Biko is a coconut sticky rice cake. When I say rice cake, please, please don't picture those flavorless Styrofoam-like "desserts" enjoyed by dieters all over America. Biko cupcakes are like eating a bowl of brown sugar-topped coconut-flavored oatmeal in cupcake form. Enjoy them warm out of the oven for breakfast or top them with mango sorbet and latik (read my post about latik if that word means nothing to you) as a sweet end to a home-cooked meal.
Biko Cupcake Recipe
This biko recipe comes from Ivory Hut. I've reprinted that recipe with my transformation to cupcakes below.
Biko Cupcakes with Mango Sorbet – Gluten-Free Filipino Dessert
- 3 cans 14 oz each full-fat coconut milk (do not shake them to mix)
- 2 cups water
- 4 cups sweet rice otherwise known as sticky rice or glutinous rice
- 2 cups brown sugar divided
- Skim one cup of coconut cream off the top of the cans of coconut milk. Depending on the brand, this may take one or more of the cans. Set the cream aside.
- Pour the rest of the coconut milk, any cream from the cans, and the water into a large pot on medium heat. Whisk to combine.
- Bring to a simmer.
- Add the rice and stir until rice is fully cooked (approximately 15 minutes). It should be similar in texture to a sticky risotto. If the rice starts to get sticky but isn't cooked yet (you'll have to taste it - cooking is such a rough job), then add a little bit more water and continue to stir and test until cooked. The stirring is a good arm workout (just like when you make polenta) - especially as the water evaporates and the rice becomes heavier.
- Stir in 1 cup brown sugar and remove from heat.
- Divide evenly between cupcake wrappers. Note: This is STICKY rice. It will stick to your typical cupcake wrappers. I highly recommend baking these cupcakes in silicone liners or in cupcake liners that are non-stick, such as the If You Care brand. Thanks to my friends on Facebook (especially Adrienne Gauthier) for the tips about the non-stick liners.
- In a small bowl, mix the remaining cup of brown sugar and the coconut cream.
- Spread on top of unbaked cupcakes.
- Bake at 350 F for 40 minutes until topping is dark brown around the edges and the cupcakes have thickened.
- Serve warm. Optionally, top with ice cream or sorbet with latik sprinkled on top.


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We have been sourcing some fantastic tractors and diggers to display for visitors.
See how tractors and farming has developed over the years. From old collectable tractors to the magnificent machines of today.
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By Road:
The Farm is signposted from the A12 with the brown tourist signs. Some of the signs have the name, Easton Farm Park and others just have a white horse on a brown background. Take the Framlingham slip road from the northbound A12 and turn left at the top of the slip. Go straight ahead at the roundabout and take the next left towards Easton. At the T Junction turn right, which will lead you into the Easton Village. Drive past the White Horse Inn on the right and at the next right sharp hand bend, turn left. East Farm Park is approx 150 yards along this road on the left.
From the A14, take the A1120 tourist route after Stowmarket towards Yoxford. After approx 15 minutes you will be in Earl Soham. Turn right at the T Junction and then take the first right (on a sharp left bend) after the Earl Soham Victoria Pub. This road will take you through Brandeston and Kettleburgh. At the T Junction after Kettleburgh turn eight into Easton Village. Take the first right (on a sharp left hand bend) and Easton Farm Park is approx 150 yards along this road on the left.
We are wheelchair friendly with a specified parking area and toilets.
- Baby changing facilities
- Coach parties accepted
- Credit cards accepted (no fee)
- Credit cards accepted (with charge)
- Disabled toilets
- Education/study area
- Facilities for groups
- Facilities for educational visits
- Gift shop
- On-site catering
- On-site light refreshments
- Picnic site
- Postbox
- Public toilets
- Regional Tourist Board Member
- Welcome Host
- Wheelchairs available
- Accepts groups
- Facilities for conferencing
- Children welcome
- Disabled access
- Dogs accepted
There is wheelchair access around the park
Self-Assessed Accessibility Details
- Designated parking for guests with disabilities
- Within 50 metres approx. of entrance
- The surface of the car park and pathway leading to entrance:
- is gravel
- Drop-off point for guests outside entrance
- The route from the parking area to the entrance:
- Is flat (i.e. without steps)
Public Areas
- Level access (no steps/thresholds) or access by ramp or lift:
- From the entrance to reception / ticket area
- To a specially adapted public toilet suitable for wheelchair users
- To the gift shop
- Good contrast between the floor and walls
- Baby changing facilities
- Seating available for visitors with limited mobility
- Clear signage
- Wheelchairs provided
- Free
- Displays at suitable height for wheelchair users / children
- Audible alarm system
- Entrance is well lit
- Automatic door at the main entrance
- Level access (no steps/thresholds) or access by ramp or lift to cafeteria
- Good contrast between the floor and walls
- Restaurant / cafe provide meals for visitors with special dietary requirements:
- Sugar free (diabetic)
- Gluten free (coeliacs)
- Lactose free (dairy free)
- Nut free
- Vegetarian
- Seating suitable for wheelchair users, ie moveable and good height for person sitting in a wheelchair
- High chairs for children
- Children's menu
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Minnesota Microsoft BI User Group 2012 Q1 Meeting–Mar 6
Posted by denglishbi on February 22, 2012
The next MN Microsoft Business Intelligence User Group has been scheduled and the agenda is set. This meeting we will have two sessions starting out with a Hennepin County Medical Center case study and then going over the new features in SQL Server 2012 PowerPivot. Just a reminder that the location for this event has now moved to the Microsoft Technology Center location in Edina.
MN Microsoft BI User Group 2012 Q1 Meeting
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Date: Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Check In: 2:30 PM Event Time: 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Location: Microsoft Technology Center – 3601 76th St W, Suite 600 Edina MN 55435 (in LOW 1, 2, and 3)
To join via Live Meeting: Click Here
- 2:30-3:00 : Registration
- 3:00-3:15 : Microsoft BI User Group Updates & Announcements
- 3:15-4:15 : HCMC Case Study – Healthcare BI
- 4:15-4:30 : Break
- 4:30-5:30 : Get the most out of DAX & PowerPivot for SQL Server 2012
- 5:30-7:00 : Social and Networking
Case Study: Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) – Healthcare BI (by Paul Volkmuth, HCMC; Mark Chisholm, HCMC; Mark Knutson, HCMC; Fazel Haris, Stratezon) – Healthcare presents some unique challenges in creating a BI infrastructure. Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) has created an innovative EDW to allow Knowledge Users to interactively query clinical information to gain insight into patient care, cost and payment. This session is a Case Study of our journey of developing a BI solution from the ground up using the Microsoft BI tool stack.
Get the most out of DAX & PowerPivot for SQL Server 2012 (by Paul Doyle & Greg Beaumont, GNet Group) – In this presentation we will cover how new functionality in PowerPivot for SQL Server 2012 supports personal, team and organizational BI. We will demonstrate standard DAX formulas for handling time intelligence, many-to-many relationships and security. We will also cover hierarchies, KPIs and PowerPivot visualizations so you are equipped to get started answering business analytics questions
Hope to see you there!


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Mount Saint Mary College is proud to welcome veteran students and their family members who receive both veteran and military education benefits. We are committed to providing the best possible education experience and service to all that attend Mount Saint Mary College.
For detailed information on all veterans benefits and assistance please visit the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs website at www.va.gov. Then navigate to Veterans Services and the GI Bill. This website provides a wealth of information about the different chapters of veteran education benefits, as well as; how to apply for benefits, how to verify your enrollment and the e-benefits website.
Mount Saint Mary College services student's using many different chapters of educational benefits such as: Post 9/11 (chapter 33), Montgomery GI Bill (chapter 30), Survivors & Dependent Educational Assistance (chapter35), Vocational Rehabilitation (chapter 31) and Reservists/National Guard (chapter 1606) and we participate in the Yellow Ribbon program.
New York State also offers the Veterans Tuition Award (VTA) to those veterans who qualify for this grant for either full-time or part-time study. For more information please see www.hesc.ny.gov.
To receive education benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) students must first apply to the VA and receive a Certificate of Eligibility or obtain a Notice of Basic Eligibility (Guard or Reserves). A copy of the certificate must be provided to the Certification official of the Registrar's Office. This will serve as the official notification to initiate a student VA file. Students enrollments will be regularly assessed and certified online at the end of the add/drop period for each session.
For more information on Veterans Resources at Mount Saint Mary College please contact:
Allison Clearwater
Aquinas Hall, Room 105
Mount Saint Mary College
330 Powell Avenue
Newburgh, NY 12550
Hours: Monday -Friday, 9am to 4 pm
VA Homepagewww.va.gov
VA GI Bill Homepagewww.gibill.va.gov
Department of Defense Website Transferability Processwww.defense.gov/home/features/2009/0409_gibill/
Education (GI Bill): 1-888-442-4551
Buffalo Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office
130 South Elmwood Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14202


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Clear, blue skies again greeted the Colorado Rapids for the second day of training back under the shadows of Dick's Sporting Goods Park, though the session was switched from the grass pitches to turf fields due to the overnight snow acros the region.
After a gentle jog to warm-up, the players worked on close control in pairs, before splitting into three groups to work in confined areas on their touch. Attacking and defensive players then went their separate ways. Pablo Mastroeni worked with the defenders on tracking, reacting and covering, while Steve Cooke oversaw an exercise in the final third, with shooting and then volleying on goal.
The players then all came together for a familiar exercise, which works with three small goals positioned along the halfway line at one end and a full-size goal at the other. Positional sense, possession and support were key areas worked on here.
Wednesday's session was a little longer, pushing two hours, and finished with small-sided games and the 'drama' of a penalty shoot-out (below), before a warm-down and back inside.
After round-robin games, involving three teams, nothing could separate the sides, and so a sudden-death penalty shoot-out was required. The Blue team were the first to miss, leaving Dillon Serna to step up and convert for Orange. Birthday boy Chris Klute was next up, for the Yellows. The Rapids left-back, who favors his right boot, took the pk with his strongest foot, only to drag his effort wide of the left-hand post.
Goalkeeper Joe Nasco was all smiles at practice, though understandbly a little anxious, as his wife Amber is due to give birth to their first child any day. This was his last training session for a while. He departs Denver this evening for Atlanta, and what we hope is the safe and healthy arrival of his baby daughter. Wishing the Nasco family all the very best at this special time.
Dillon Powers, Shane O'Neill, Drew Moor and Pablo Mastroeni were all paraded before the TV cameras after practice, as both 7News and CBS came out to Dick's Sporting Goods Park. CBS sports anchor, Vic Lombardi, even caught up with Grant Van De Casteele, both Notre Dame alumni.
One-time Rapids midfielder, Terry Cooke, was stood on the sidelines this morning, watching the class of 2014 go through their paces. Cooke, who came through the Manchester United ranks alongside David Beckham, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Gary and Phil Neville and Nicky Butt, featured more than 100 times for the Rapids between 2005-09.


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The European Union has voted to lift some economic sanctions on Iran after getting word that high-level uranium enrichment there was suspended earlier in the day.
The deal that went into effect Monday was worked out in talks brokered by EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton. The payoff to Iran should be an influx of billions of dollars over the next six months into the Islamic republic's shaky economy.
Foreign Secretary William Hague, who voted with other EU foreign ministers in Brussels to suspend some of the sanctions for six months, called the deal "an important milestone."
An EU official told reporters last week the decision will go into effect Monday as soon as it's published in the official EU record.


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Reno Job Fair
Reno, NV 89595
- 8x10 space with 6ft. table, 2 chairs, and a wastebasket
- 2 Representatives
- Listing in Exhibitor guide
- 2 LocalHires Job Postings ($99 value)
- $495 for certified small businesses (50 or fewer employees)
- $595 special for US Government Entities
- $595 special for Educators
- $495 special for Nonprofit Organizations
- Exhibitor booth ($695 value)
- 2 Representatives
- Pre-Event Targeted Email ($895 value)
- Listing in Exhibitors Guide
- 2 LocalHires Job Postings ($99 value)
- $795 special for US Government Entities
Face to Face Interviews
At a JobFairX event, you can begin the selection process with what is normally one of the final stages of recruitment, face-to-face interviews. Our events are organized in a rapid-interview style to ensure every candidate has an opportunity to talk to their company of choice. This intimate setting enables employers to brand themselves, get in front of top local talent, and months worth of recruiting done within 3 hours.
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We understand the value of digital marketing, that's why we take a more modern approach to attract candidates to our fairs. We promote all of our JobFairX events extensively through social media channels, targeted email marketing, TV/Radio partnerships, and to our online database of thousands of candidates in your city.
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The Job Fair will take place in the Crystal 1&2 room.
Exhibitor set up is between 10:00am and 10:45am.
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Teuscher Chocolates of Switzerland began more than 70 years ago in a small town in the Swiss Alps. A master chocolate maker embarked on a path that would make him one of the world's greatest chocolatiers.
Dolf Teuscher skillfully blended the world's finest and only natural ingredients to produce his now famous recipes.
Our chocolates are prepared fresh in our kitchen in Zurich and flown directly to all our stores in Europe, Canada, America and Asia.
We hope the teuscher experience will be one you will enjoy and remember.
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The Cloud
Clear shapes in IT heavenCloud Computing has long since discarded the hype and visionary talk. The shape of alternative provision models is now much clearer; there is a change in attitudes and public authority managers and IT managers are now taking specific actions.
What is actually possible? What is required to move from City Hall to the Cloud?
Fujitsu and its partners can help to shed some light in this jungle of wide-ranging cloud options.
We spotlight some practice-proven solutions for technical infrastructures as well as specific consultation services.
- Trusted, private or hybrid: insights into Cloud strategies, solutions and benefits
- Strategic IT consulting: cloud orientation and implementation support from a competent source
- GIS on demand: geo data from the cloud
- Training in a Cloud: Cloud training using the Cloud


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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) teamed up with the Department of Justice (DOJ) for the sixth Health Care Fraud Prevention Summit in Philadelphia. This historic moment in Medicare's fight against fraud illustrates yet another way the health care law, the Affordable Care Act, is making America stronger, safer, and healthier. In fact this law is one of the toughest anti-fraud laws in American history. Since of the launch of the Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team (HEAT) task force in 2009, over 670 defendants have been charged for attempting to defraud Medicare of more than $1.3 billion taxpayer dollars.
And we are continuing to use our resources to stop each instance of health care fraud before payments are sent out the door. We have to stay ahead of the criminals and identify their patterns of behavior. Luckily, we are beginning to utilize state-of-the-art analytic technology to predict and identify fraudulent claims in their early stages.
This technology is the same system your bank uses to protect you from potential credit card fraud. From now on, fraudulent Medicare claims will be identified and flagged the same way your card is when the bank sees two exorbitant charges within minutes of each other, 3,000 miles apart. Going forward, a contract between the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and Northrop Grumman in partnership with National Government Services and Verizon's Federal Network Systems officially applies this industry-leading technology to our health care fraud prevention efforts.
So today, we are able to continue to build partnerships between public and private stakeholders, each committed to fight health care fraud. We must all invest in protecting the future of our health care system. The harder we work today, the stronger our system will be for years to come.
As we strive to stop Medicare fraud in its tracks, here are some useful tips for you to stop Medicare fraud in your own home:
- Guard your Medicare and Social Security numbers. Treat them like you would treat your credit cards.
- Be suspicious of anyone who offers you free medical equipment or services and then requests your Medicare number. If it's free, they don't need your number!
- Do not let anyone borrow or pay to use your Medicare ID card or your identity. It's illegal, and it's not worth it!