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5 Reasons Not to Hire a Coach - wise self improvement | self ...
Planning to hire a coach?
From time to time, managers and advisors consider the option of hiring a performance, business, or referral coach. Unless the conditions are right, an investment in coaching can be a waste of money. So, in this article we will discuss when you should hire a coach?
? When not to hire a coach
1. When the advisor or manager is unclear on what he or she wants to accomplish. Without clear objectives, you can't determine which coach or if coaching process is a good fit. Before considering a performance coach, identify specifically the areas you want to strengthen. Then prioritize those in the order of potential payback.
2. When you are in the middle of an intensive skill-building program from the home, office or other source. You can't effectively execute several initiatives at the same time. Advisors, who are in the first year or two in a new career and involved in an intensive training program, should look first to maximize what is being offered by the program.
3. When you are undergoing significant personal change or trauma. If your family member is facing a serious medical challenge or dealing with an issue like divorce, it is extremely difficult to focus your energies on making habit or systems changes in your business. Implementing change and driving business growth require focus and energy. A performance or business coach is not the right resource during times of personal trauma. At these times, a psychologist or family counselor is a better fit.
4. "To fix your business" or to "fix the advisor". No coach can force an advisor to make changes. No one coaching organization is the 'total' answer. The advisor needs to approach the coach with a sincere desire to improve, a willingness to change, and a commitment to address specific skills or business areas.
5. While looking for a miracle to save a sinking career. Coaches are not miracle workers. Some coaches have strong processes and systems that can upgrade performance. They can teach skills and help develop effective marketing strategies. However, coaches can not save someone who is not a good fit for the business.
? When hiring a coach can be profitable?
1. When you (or your advisor) are clear about the areas you want to strengthen. At this point, you (or the advisor) can better assess which coaching process and organization is a good fit for your needs.
2. When you are ready to make a commitment to upgrade. Timing is a legitimate factor. To get maximum value from a development process, you must be ready to commit time and energy - not just money.
3. When you feel that the coach's process fits how you learn and change. If you are a person who prefers to implement things one-step-at-a-time, do not select a boot camp program where you attend for several days and then you are left on your own to execute. If on-going accountability is helpful to you, select a coaching process with frequent meetings on a regular schedule.
4. When you want specific expertise in a priority skill or business area (e.g. get referrals, increase marketing effectiveness, selling skills or technology)
5. When your skills or results are not improving at the rate you desire.
6. When you feel a need for accountability beyond that available in your organization
7. When you want an independent assessment of your business or skills or feel the need for a different perspective than what is offered internally.
Source: http://wiseselfimprovement.blogspot.com/2012/12/5-reasons-not-to-hire-coach.html
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
Pakistan clerics calls for protests against polio worker killings
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - An alliance of Pakistani clerics will hold demonstrations across the country against the killings of polio eradication campaign workers, leaders said on Thursday, as the death toll from attacks this week rose to nine.
Tahir Ashrafi, who heads the moderate Pakistan Ulema Council, said that 24,000 mosques associated with his organization would preach against the killings of health workers during Friday prayers.
"Neither Pakistani customs nor Islam would allow or endorse this. Far from doing something wrong, these girls are martyrs for Islam because they were doing a service to humanity and Islam," he said.
Ashrafi's words are a clear signal that some of Pakistan's powerful clergy are willing to challenge violent militants.
Gunmen on motorbikes have killed nine anti-polio campaign workers this week, including a man who died of his wounds on Thursday. Some of the dead were teenage girls.
Following the violence, the United Nations pulled back all staff involved in the vaccination campaign and Pakistani officials suspended it in some parts of the country.
"The killers of these girls are not worthy of being called Muslims or human beings," said Maulana Asadullah Farooq, of the Jamia Manzur Islamia, one of the biggest madrassas, or religious schools, in the city of Lahore.
"We have held special prayers for the martyrs at our mosque and will hold more prayers after Friday prayers tomorrow. We also ask other mosques to come forward and pray for the souls of these brave martyrs."
It is not clear who is behind the killings.
Pakistani Taliban militants have repeatedly threatened anti-polio workers, saying the vaccination drive is a Muslim plot to sterilize Muslims or spy on them. But they have denied responsibility for this week's shootings.
"ESSENTIAL GOODNESS"
Suspicion of the campaign surged last year after revelations that the CIA had used the cover of a fake vaccination campaign to try to gather intelligence on Osama bin Laden before he was killed in his hideout in a Pakistani town.
But many of Pakistan's most important clerics have issued fatwas, or decrees, in support of the polio campaign. Muslim countries like Saudi Arabia encourage vaccinations against polio, which can kill or paralyze within hours of infection.
The disagreement between some clerics and militants may be indicative of a wider drop in support for militancy in Pakistan, said Mansur Khan Mahsud, director of research at the Islamabad-based think-tank the FATA Research Center.
Opinion polls the centre carried out in ethnic Pashtun lands on the Afghan border, known as the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), showed support for the Taliban dropping from 50 percent 2010 to about 20 percent in May 2012.
Mahsud said many people had welcomed the Taliban because they believed Islamic law would help address corruption and injustice. But as the Taliban began executing and kidnapping people, some turned against them.
In a widely publicized incident in October, Taliban gunman shot a 15-year-old schoolgirl campaigner for girls' education in the head and wounded two of her classmates.
Schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai survived and the wave of condemnation that followed the attack prompted the Taliban to release statements justifying their action.
The killings of the health workers struck a similar nerve, Ashrafi said. The girls got a small stipend for their work but were motivated to try to help children, he said.
"You think they went out to administer the drops despite the threats and risked their lives for 200 rupees ($2) a day? They were there because of their essential goodness," he said.
"Imagine what the families are going through."
(Additional reporting by Katharine Houreld in Islamabad and Mubasher Bukhari in Lahore; Editing by Robert Birsel)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/pakistan-clerics-calls-protests-against-polio-worker-killings-074622265.html
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December 18, 2012
December 18, 2012
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Wall Street advances as budget talks progress
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Stocks climbed on Monday, giving the S&P 500 its best day since November 23, on rising hopes that negotiations over the "fiscal cliff" were making progress and that a deal could be reached in days.?
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 100.38 points, or 0.76 percent, to 13,235.39. The S&P 500 Index?gained 16.81 points, or 1.19 percent, to 1,430.39. The Nasdaq Composite added 39.27 points, or 1.32 percent, to 3,010.60.?
After weeks of stalemate, President Barack Obama and Republican House Speaker John Boehner met at the White House on Monday, raising hopes that Washington will be able to head off steep tax hikes and spending cuts that threaten the economy.?
All of the S&P 500's 10 sectors were higher, led by financials. The S&P Financial Index gained 1.5 percent, and shares of Bank of America rose 2.6 percent to $10.86 while Citigroup gained 3.1 percent to $38.79.?
Boehner has edged closer to Obama's position by proposing to extend lower tax rates for everyone who earns less than $1 million. Still, his position remains far from that of President Obama.?
"Trumping everything right now are the fiscal cliff talks. It seems like progress is being made. I think it's getting to the nitty gritty, and I think that's what the market is reacting to," said Alan Lancz, president of Alan B. Lancz & Associates Inc. in Toledo, Ohio.?
"The bet right now is that something will come by the end of this week."?
Investors worry the U.S. economy could slide into recession if the tax and spending changes are implemented.?
Clearwire agreed to sell the rest of the company to Sprint Nextel for a slightly sweetened $2.2 billion offer just days after minority shareholders criticized the previous bid as too low. Clearwire tumbled 12.8 percent to $2.94, while Sprint was down 0.7 percent to $5.51.?
Apple shares edged up after recent losses, rising 0.6 percent to $512.88. Two firms cut their price targets on the stock Monday.?
The tech giant said it sold more than 2 million of its new iPhone 5 smartphones in China during the three days after its launch there on Friday, but the figures did not ease worries about stiffer competition. Apple shares have tumbled more than 25 percent in about three months.?
Compuware rose 13 percent to $10.78 after hedge fund Elliott Management offered to buy the business software maker for $2.3 billion and S&P Capital IQ raised the target price and moved it to "hold" from "strong sell.
Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/business/wall-street-advances-budget-talks-progress-1C7650114
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Swiss opera diva Della Casa dies at 93
GENEVA (AP) ? Swiss-born soprano Lisa Della Casa, a member of the Vienna State Opera whose performances of Mozart and Richard Strauss won her wide acclaim as one of the finest sopranos of her generation, has died at the age of 93.
The Vienna State Opera, where she had given more than 400 performances, said she died on Monday in the northern Swiss town of Muensterlingen.
Salzburg Festival President Helga Rabl-Stadler recalled Della Casa's performances as "sublime moments for which she was celebrated by audiences and critics."
Della Casa was born near the Swiss capital Bern in 1919 and later trained in Zurich. She first performed in 1941 in the Swiss town of Solothurn-Biel, in the title role of Madame Butterfly, and went on to perform on many of the world's great opera stages including the Metropolitan Opera, the Royal Opera House and La Scala.
With her Covent Garden debut as Richard Strauss's Arabella in 1953, she became identified for the role because of her singing and her beauty. That same year she debuted as Countess Almaviva at the Metropolitan in New York in 1953, where she also was a favorite.
After her retirement in 1974, she lived with her husband, Dragan Debeljevic, whom she married in 1949, at their castle on Lake Constance in northern Switzerland.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/swiss-opera-diva-della-casa-dies-93-103025528.html
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Gotye Gushes About Fellow Grammy Nominees Frank Ocean, Taylor Swift
Singer tells MTV News about what makes Frank Ocean 'fantastic' and how he learned of his three Grammy nods.
By Kara Warner
Gotye
Photo: Getty Images
Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1698609/gotye-frank-ocean-taylor-swift-grammy.jhtml
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Elmo actor faces fourth sex abuse claim
Victoria Will / AP
By Courtney Hazlett, TODAY
A fourth man is accusing Kevin Clash, the puppeteer and actor who for many years portrayed "Sesame Street" character Elmo, of sexual abuse.?
In a lawsuit filed Monday in Miami, the accuser -- using the name John Doe -- claims that Clash befriended him in late 1995 or early 1996, when Doe was 16 or 17. In 1996, he says, Clash flew him from Miami to New York at Clash's expense. It was during Doe's stay in New York that the abuse allegedly happened.
In a statement, the victim's attorney Jeff Herman said, ?According to our lawsuit, Kevin Clash knowingly paid to transport a minor across state lines for the purpose of satisfying his sexual interests."
Herman also represents two other men who've accused Clash of sexual abuse: second accuser Cecil Singleton and the third accuser, who is also using the name John Doe.
Clash resigned from "Sesame Street" Nov. 10, issuing a statement saying, "I have loved every day of my 28 years working for this exceptional organization. Personal matters have diverted attention away from the important work 'Sesame Street' is doing and I cannot allow it to go on any longer. I am deeply sorry to be leaving and am looking forward to resolving these personal matters privately."?
Clash's representatives did not respond to an NBC News request for comment.
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Brad Pitt donates $100K for gay marriage effort
WASHINGTON (AP) ? Brad Pitt has agreed to donate $100,000 to help the Human Rights Campaign raise money for its efforts to support same-sex marriage initiatives in several states.
The nation's largest gay rights group announced Wednesday that Pitt agreed to match contributions from the group's members up to $100,000.
In an e-mail to members of the Human Rights Campaign, Pitt wrote that it's "unbelievable" that people's relationships will be put to a vote on Election Day.
Same-sex marriage will be on the ballot in Maryland, Maine, Minnesota and Washington state.
The Washington, D.C.-based Human Rights Campaign says it has spent $8 million to push for marriage equality for gays and lesbians over the past two years, including $5 million in the four ballot measures this year.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/brad-pitt-donates-100k-gay-marriage-effort-171321691.html
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A day in the life of a mom/rancher/Farm to School educator | Farm to ...
Guest post by??Debbie Lyons-Blythe on behalf of Beef Checkoff
Read more about Debbie?s life on the ranch on her blog, KansasCattleRanch.blogspot.com?
I?m just like any other mom. I get up early in the morning, make sure my kids are moving and head to the kitchen for a cup of coffee. I dress for work, get the kids out the door for school and put on my shoes and jacket to meet the day. This is where my day differs from millions of other moms.
Debbie Lyons-Blythe
I am a cattle rancher. It is my responsibility to feed and care for more than 500 head of cattle every day. In October, I feed 300 weaned calves every morning and night, checking them to make sure none are sick or injured. If they do need extra attention, I work with my veterinarian to determine what is the best way to make them healthy again. Our 250 mama cows are still in the pastures eating grass, but they need weekly visits to make sure they are healthy and that they have fresh water and grass to eat.
Some mornings, when it is cold and windy (as it often is in Kansas), I?d rather snuggle back into a blanket and wait for warmer days to go to work. In the winter, when the snow falls, I am constantly cold and I have a hard time putting on enough layers! I often feel like the kid from the movie A Christmas Story who falls and can?t get back up! But despite the difficulties, I love cattle ranching?I couldn?t dream of doing anything else.
Today, less than 2 percent of the American population is directly involved in growing the world?s food. I am proud to be in that group. I truly love cows; I love working on the land; and I love running a family ranch where my husband, kids and I work side by side to care for our cattle. There are few businesses these days that the children are able to be a part of from an early age; and fewer still that the children want to follow in their parents footsteps to take over one day in the future. Ranching is about sustainability?both ecologically, as well as economically.
So why do I take time to talk with consumers about what I do on our ranch? With the vast majority of the population living one, two or more generations from the farm or ranch, they either have a romanticized idea of ranching, or a misrepresentation of what large scale farming and ranching is. I work every day to correct that.
My family lives near a small town in central Kansas. Each year my kids and I sponsor a Farm to Fork Day at our local school, where we bring a cow and calf for the students to pet?often for the first time, and examples of everyday products that have a beef by-product in it. Students are amazed to learn of the products that depend on cattle for ingredients?jelly beans have gelatin, chewing gum is glycerin based, asphalt contains a binding agent from beef fat, and even tires have stearic acid which makes rubber hold its shape.
In addition, in a small school, a large percentage of students participate in school sports. I enjoy explaining the role of protein in a well balanced diet and showing those young athletes how zinc and iron, as well as B-vitamins that come from beef help build lean muscle. Lastly, I love to see what the students know about what a cow eats and I show them the Cow Chow game online. Often their teacher is able to offer computer time during class for the students to play Cow Chow!
Why do I take time out of my day to teach these kids about ranching? Because I am committed to young people (I have five of my own), and committed to enriching education. By showing them what I do on the ranch and how that directly impacts their life, I hope they will be more aware of the food they put in their bodies and how it fuels their lives. Because their perceptions are my reality! I love ranching, and I enjoy sharing that with kids.
Resources I use for youth:
Source: http://www.farmtoschoolmonth.org/2012/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-momrancherfarm-to-school-educator/
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Researchers from NYU, Harvard, and Dow Chemical create new microparticles that self-assemble like atoms into molecules
Cambridge, Mass. - October 31, 2012 - Scientists have created new kinds of particles, 1/100th the diameter of a human hair, that spontaneously assemble themselves into structures resembling molecules made from atoms. These new particles come together, or "self-assemble," to form structures in patterns that were previously impossible to make and hold promise for manufacturing advanced optical materials and ceramics.
The method, described in the latest issue of the journal Nature, was developed by a team of chemists, chemical engineers, and physicists at New York University (NYU), the Harvard School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, the Harvard Department of Physics, and Dow Chemical Company.
The method is centered on enhancing the architecture of colloidssmall particles suspended within a fluid medium. Colloidal dispersions are composed of such everyday items as paint, milk, gelatin, glass, and porcelain, but their potential to create new materials remains largely untapped.
Previously, scientists had succeeded in building rudimentary structures from colloids. But the ability use colloids to design and assemble complex 3-dimensional structures, which are vital to the design of advanced optical materials, has been limited. This is, in part, because colloids lack directional bonds, which are necessary to control particle self-assembly as well as to enhance complexity while maintaining the structural integrity of these creations. Such assemblies serve as the building blocks of the natural worlde.g., atoms and moleculesbut they are rare in the colloidal domain.
"What this method aimed to do was to use nature's properties for atoms and apply them to the colloidal world," explained NYU chemistry professor Marcus Weck, one of the study's coauthors.
"Chemists have a whole periodic table of atoms to choose from when they synthesize molecules and crystals," added coauthor Vinothan Manoharan, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and Physics at Harvard. "We wanted to develop a similar 'construction set' for making larger-scale molecules and crystals."
In developing colloids with such properties, the researchers engineered chemical "patches" that can form directional bonds, thus allowing for the assembly of 3-dimensional "lattices" with only a few connections between particles, an important design element for many advanced materials. Without directional bonding, such structures are unstable.
The trick was establishing bonding capabilities on the patches. The scientists did so by using single strands of DNA, which scientists at NYU and elsewhere have previously employed to organize small particles. In the method described in Nature, these strands of DNA served as "sticky ends" to which particle patches could adhere.
"What this means is we can make particles that attach only at the patches, and then we can program them so only specific kinds of particles attach at those patches," said coauthor and NYU physics professor David Pine. "This gives us tremendous flexibility to design 3-dimensional structures."
The researchers added that the specificity of DNA interactions between patches means that colloids with different properties, such as size, color, chemical functionality, or electrical conductivity, could lead to the production of new materials. These potentially include 3-dimensional electrically wired networks or photonic crystals to enhance the optical displays of a range of consumer products and to improve the speed of computer chips.
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Additional coauthors included Yufeng Wang (NYU), Yu Wang (NYU), Dana R. Breed (Dow Chemical Co.), Lang Feng (NYU), and Andrew D. Hollingsworth (NYU).
Key work was performed at NYU's Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, an interdisciplinary laboratory supported by the National Science Foundation.
The research was also supported by grants from the National Science Foundation (MR-0820341, ChE-0911460, DMR-0923251).
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Researchers from NYU, Harvard, and Dow Chemical create new microparticles that self-assemble like atoms into molecules
Cambridge, Mass. - October 31, 2012 - Scientists have created new kinds of particles, 1/100th the diameter of a human hair, that spontaneously assemble themselves into structures resembling molecules made from atoms. These new particles come together, or "self-assemble," to form structures in patterns that were previously impossible to make and hold promise for manufacturing advanced optical materials and ceramics.
The method, described in the latest issue of the journal Nature, was developed by a team of chemists, chemical engineers, and physicists at New York University (NYU), the Harvard School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, the Harvard Department of Physics, and Dow Chemical Company.
The method is centered on enhancing the architecture of colloidssmall particles suspended within a fluid medium. Colloidal dispersions are composed of such everyday items as paint, milk, gelatin, glass, and porcelain, but their potential to create new materials remains largely untapped.
Previously, scientists had succeeded in building rudimentary structures from colloids. But the ability use colloids to design and assemble complex 3-dimensional structures, which are vital to the design of advanced optical materials, has been limited. This is, in part, because colloids lack directional bonds, which are necessary to control particle self-assembly as well as to enhance complexity while maintaining the structural integrity of these creations. Such assemblies serve as the building blocks of the natural worlde.g., atoms and moleculesbut they are rare in the colloidal domain.
"What this method aimed to do was to use nature's properties for atoms and apply them to the colloidal world," explained NYU chemistry professor Marcus Weck, one of the study's coauthors.
"Chemists have a whole periodic table of atoms to choose from when they synthesize molecules and crystals," added coauthor Vinothan Manoharan, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and Physics at Harvard. "We wanted to develop a similar 'construction set' for making larger-scale molecules and crystals."
In developing colloids with such properties, the researchers engineered chemical "patches" that can form directional bonds, thus allowing for the assembly of 3-dimensional "lattices" with only a few connections between particles, an important design element for many advanced materials. Without directional bonding, such structures are unstable.
The trick was establishing bonding capabilities on the patches. The scientists did so by using single strands of DNA, which scientists at NYU and elsewhere have previously employed to organize small particles. In the method described in Nature, these strands of DNA served as "sticky ends" to which particle patches could adhere.
"What this means is we can make particles that attach only at the patches, and then we can program them so only specific kinds of particles attach at those patches," said coauthor and NYU physics professor David Pine. "This gives us tremendous flexibility to design 3-dimensional structures."
The researchers added that the specificity of DNA interactions between patches means that colloids with different properties, such as size, color, chemical functionality, or electrical conductivity, could lead to the production of new materials. These potentially include 3-dimensional electrically wired networks or photonic crystals to enhance the optical displays of a range of consumer products and to improve the speed of computer chips.
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Additional coauthors included Yufeng Wang (NYU), Yu Wang (NYU), Dana R. Breed (Dow Chemical Co.), Lang Feng (NYU), and Andrew D. Hollingsworth (NYU).
Key work was performed at NYU's Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, an interdisciplinary laboratory supported by the National Science Foundation.
The research was also supported by grants from the National Science Foundation (MR-0820341, ChE-0911460, DMR-0923251).
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Talisman defers investing in Quebec's shale gas - Oil & Gas Journal
Talisman Energy Inc. has decided against committing any more near-term investment for shale gas exploration in Quebec, the Calgary-based company said in comments about its quarterly financial statement.
The Quebec government imposed a partial drilling moratorium that remains effective pending completion of an environmental study to evaluate hydraulic fracturing (OGJ Online, Oct. 11, 2010).
The study is not expected to be completed before 2014. In Quebec, Talisman has acreage along the Lowlands of the Saint-Lawrence River.
?During the 3-month period ended Sept. 30, 2012, the company determined that it would not commit capital in the foreseeable future to exploration and evaluation activities in Quebec, where the prohibition regarding hydraulic fracturing for shale gas development has been reaffirmed,? Talisman said, adding it will book impairment costs for Quebec of $109 million before taxes or $82 million after taxes.
Source: http://www.ogj.com/articles/2012/10/talisman-defers-investing-in-quebecs-shale-gas.html
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Finding a Small Business Bank Account That Works ... - Finance Fox
As a small business owner who runs an online and offline business, and both being separate from one another, one of the first steps I took was to obtain corporate banking services.? The reason being is that the customers can pay in my company name instead of my personal name.? As well, it helps during tax season when business income/expenses are separated from personal income/expenses. Neither of my businesses are incorporated yet, but trust me, it?s much easier come tax time.
The small business accounts offered by various financial institutions really vary in terms of cost and features.? I mainly focused on cost, as I despise account fees, and more importantly my businesses are small and certainly not at any point that they can afford to throw away money. Generally speaking, all the banks offered both a set monthly fee plan where you get so many transactions per month in addition to offering ?pay as you go? plans.
So, I wanted to share with you a few points on what to look for when in search of a business account for your small business.
1. Think for the Future
Most large banks offer added benefits such as online services that help save time and money on tax and accounting assistance. These may include sending invoices, collecting payments, payroll and loan applications. But keep in mind that banking is a competitive business, and it rarely takes more than a year for a new product or service to be copied by banks across the country. So look towards the future and find a bank that will offer you the tools as your business grows. Even though you?re relatively a small business when starting out, you?ll grow through time, and your banking needs will expand as well. Here?s what to look for in a bank, and services that you may need through time:
Basic Services
- Checking account
- Business savings account
- Payroll services
- Credit card
- Deposit-only card
- Online banking
- Foreign business bank accounts
Lending Services
- Lines of credit
- Term-loans
- Commercial real estate
- Equipment leasing
?Cash Management
- Wire transfers
- Lock box
- Merchant services
2. Location and Hours
Hours ? This one was an important thing for me, especially since my business is a part-time thing and I work mostly evenings and weekends.? I wante the flexibility to be able to deposit money late in the evening and weekends.
Branch Locations ? This is another really important aspect for me.? I want someplace that has a good number of branches near me, plus the convenience of a branch close to my house and my ?day job? office.? I?m gonna be driving enough as it is, I don?t need to waste more gas depositing my earnings.
3. Fund Availability
Nobody likes having their cash held hostage until the check clears. Some financial institutions hold funds up to 5 business days in order to verify that the check is legit and that the other bank has the funds to cover the check. So, how long does it take to post to your account and become available? is a question to ask. Keep in mind that this can be negotiated as well, after all it?s your money, and liability can be split 50/50. For example, you can negotiate with the potential bank to automatically release up to a certain amount upon deposit.
4. Monthly Transaction Limit
Pay attention to the monthly transaction limit.? By signing up for a free business checking account, they will put a cap on the amount of transactions you?re allowed to make in a month.? Sometimes it?s worth paying a very basic minimum monthly fee, and get a transaction limit that will work for you and your business.
Final Thoughts
Don?t be afraid to negotiate. Just as you know you are likely to offer a deal to that customer you really want to keep, so will your suppliers. Financial institution always leave room for those willing to negotiate, so don?t be intimidated.? In order to earn your business, most will match the competition?s offer, and all you have to do is ask.
Finally, don?t be afraid to walk away, and find someone who will suit your needs. I went through four or five banks that I researched, negotiated, and asked, before I finally settled with the current financial institution that I?m with.
Readers, do you have a small business account? What made you choose your current financial institution? Did you negotiate anything?
Cheers, and thanks for reading!
Eddie
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U.S. Philosophy Of Government
Mitt Romney and Paul RyanPaul Ryan have a right to propose a smaller government, and that states take care of most tasks.
Putting aside whether that is a practical way to run a country for the moment, we do have a right to ask them to stick to these beliefs.
Too many times when their views were seen as politically incorrect they merely ?walked them back,? to use today?s lingo.
Abraham Lincoln said: ?You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.?
That may not be true any longer. Improvements in communications later made it possible to tell lies so often that they began to been as the truth.
With today?s media there is so much noise it is hard to tell what is true. Media content creators are competing for the attention of the nation, with no holds barred.
Romney said he would shut down FEMA, even privatize it.
Obama called the attack on Benghazi an attack, and an act of terror, twice within 24 hours.
Who to believe?
Leaving that answer to each individual voter the question should become whether making the government smaller should be the No. 1 priority of Americans. Is small inherently better than large, or just in some cases, even most cases.
The New York Times may have said it best with ?big storm, big government.?
Bad things, be they serial killers, diseases, bugs, weather disasters, or terrorism, cross states lines.
Republicans say regional disasters create an opportunity for unnecessary spending.
We could disassemble NORTHCOM and NORAD and build a state emergency center in all 50 states. And we could build a communications system connecting them.
At the end of the day, would the director of each one of these centers be more concerned about his/her state or the regional outcome?
Source: http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/13294248-us-philosophy-of-government
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Monday, October 29, 2012
Paul McCartney: Yoko Ono Did Not Break Up The Beatles
Add this to the "Better Late than Never" file: Paul McCartney doesn't think Yoko Ono caused the breakup of The Beatles.
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Friday, October 26, 2012
High-speed rail efforts gain momentum across the country
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The fields of north-central Illinois may seem like an unlikely backdrop to showcase the future of the nation?s transportation system, but for fans of high-speed rail, they may have done just that.
On Friday, a train on Amtrak?s Chicago-St. Louis corridor traversed those fields at a speed of 111 mph., 40 percent faster than the line?s normal top speed of 79 mph and faster than any U.S. train outside Amtrak?s Northeast Corridor.
?It was interesting to see how smooth the transition was from 79 to (111),? said Josh Kauffman, spokesman for the Illinois Department of Transportation, who was on the train, along with other officials, including Illinois Governor Pat Quinn and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood.
?It was an historic ride,? said Kauffman, ?and we?re extremely pleased with the results.?
It was also, perhaps, an unintended acknowledgment of the fact that, after years of high hopes, high-speed rail in the U.S. remains a slow-going affair. Despite the celebratory mood aboard Friday?s train, it?s worth noting that the ?historic? high-speed ride only covered 15 miles of the 285-mile route and that extending the service will take years and billions of dollars.
?People keep talking about top speed, but what really matters to travelers is average speed ? the trip time itself,? said Kenneth Orski, publisher of transportation newsletter "Innovation Briefs,"?and a?former DOT official. ?Even with billions of dollars in improvements, the average speed won?t improve that much.?
Still, efforts to expand the nation?s high-speed rail offerings continue. Among the most recent developments:
- Last month, Amtrak ran several tests along its Northeast Corridor, running Acela Express trains at speeds of up to 165 mph ? current top speed is 135 mph ? on four sections of track in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Massachusetts, as part of efforts to raise regular service speeds to 160 mph by 2017.
- Earlier this year, trains on Amtrak?s Wolverine service between Chicago and Pontiac, Mich., began running at 110 mph on a 90-mile section between Porter, Ind., and Kalamazoo. At build-out, officials hope to cut travel time between Chicago and Detroit to less than four hours.
- In California, plans to build an 800-mile high-speed train line between Los Angeles and San Francisco moved forward last month after the federal government approved a section of the route between Merced and Fresno. Construction is expected to start next year, although several lawsuits have already been filed against the project.
Ironically, perhaps, such projects come at a time when train travel in the U.S. in general is at a crossroads. On the one hand, Amtrak carried 31.2 million passengers during the last 12 months, the highest annual ridership total in the company?s 41-year history. On the other, funding for multi-billion-dollar projects is increasingly uncertain at a time of budget cutbacks, ballooning deficits and a presidential election defined by two diametrically opposed views of government.
In the meantime, riders on the Chicago-St. Louis corridor may take solace in the fact that Amtrak expects to begin offering regular 110 mph service on that 15-mile stretch by Thanksgiving and on 75 percent of the route by 2015, cutting trip times by more than an hour.
?The difference between 79 and 110 mph isn't necessarily all that much, but at 110, the number of people they can carry improves dramatically,? said Rod Diridon Sr., executive director of the Mineta Transportation Institute at San Jose State University. ?At that point, it really begins to compete with short-hop air travel.?
Rob Lovitt is a longtime travel writer who still believes the journey is as important as the destination. Follow him?on?Twitter.
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Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota - Communications ...
Join the creative and energetic Children?s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota marketing team, and help us further enhance our strong brand by telling our story to internal and external audiences. The role of the Communications Consultant will focus primarily on internal communications, with additional public and media relations responsibilities. This position, reporting to the Manager of Public Relations and Internal Communications, will drive strategic direction, counsel, and execution of communications plans aimed at engaging and rallying Children?s 4,200 employees around our brand position that nobody treats kids like we do. This person will develop integrated plans, utilizing multiple channels, to communicate to and with specific employee groups, as well as the organization as a whole.? The role will also include handling public relations requests, working with news media, and the development of public relations strategies that will showcase Children?s leadership in pediatric care. Children?s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota is the seventh largest pediatric health care organization in the country, and the regional leader in caring for kids. At our two hospital sites, day surgery center and growing footprint of clinic locations, we proudly believe that nobody treats kids like we do.
In this role you will be responsible for:
Strategic counsel around internal communications issues and needs
Execution and evolution of a Town Hall Meeting model to increase engagement between employees and our executive team
Conveying organizational goals and strategies to employees in a way that increases engagement and aligns people around our mission
Development and direction of two-way communications tools to give employees a voice, and to allow us to engage them in dialogue?
Staying current on ever-evolving internal communications tools/technologies to continuously improve our organization?s ability to achieve business objectives
Scheduling and facilitating regular meetings with key internal clients, including the executive team, staying ahead of planned announcements and communications needs
Serving as a gatekeeper in the flow of information to employees, ensuring we are communicating with one voice while using consistent messaging
Writing internal memos, e-mail announcements, blog postings, presentations, and other strategic communications to clearly communicate with employees
Writing and editing press releases, blog postings, bylined articles and other documents aimed at external audiences??
Leveraging social media tools to accomplish internal and external communications goals
Participation in and development and execution of media relations campaigns, including writing news releases, pitching news media, staffing media events, and crisis communications
Qualifications
- Five to seven?years experience in corporate communications including experience with internal communications and media relations
- Excellent writing and editing skills
- Ability to present to groups effectively
- Comfort interacting and working with senior leadership
- Highly organized and detailed oriented
- Ability to manage multiple projects, timelines and budgets simultaneously in a fast-paced environment
- Strong relationship-building skills
- Ability to find great stories, hone them, and tell them in a compelling way through multiple vehicles
- Comfort working with news media
- A quick study and a desire to become a subject matter expert on many topics
- Able to take initiative and move projects forward while still being able to foster a team atmosphere
If you are interested in applying for the position, please apply online at childrensmn.org.? Please refer to job number 21920.
Source: http://www.mnprjobs.com/2012/10/childrens-hospitals-and-clinics-of.html
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Pigs may look healthy but can test positive for flu at fairs
ScienceDaily (Oct. 24, 2012) ? More than 80 percent of pigs that tested positive for influenza A virus at Ohio county fairs between 2009 and 2011 showed no signs of illness, according to a new study.
Ohio State University researchers tested 20 pigs each at 53 fair events over those three summers and found at least one flu-positive pig at 12 fairs -- almost a quarter of fairs tested.
The influenza strains identified in pigs in this study include H1N2 and H3N2 viruses -- strains that have been circulating in pigs since 1998. In 2011, all of the H3N2 and H1N2 isolates found in pigs at the fairs contained a gene from the 2009 pandemic strain of H1N1, which is similar to the H3N2v strain causing human illness this year.
Though this finding alone is no cause for panic, it does show how quickly influenza viruses can change, said Andrew Bowman, lead author of the study and a Ph.D. candidate in veterinary preventive medicine at Ohio State.
In a second study led by Bowman, researchers compared the genomic sequences of influenza A viruses recovered in July 2012 from pigs and people. The analysis, showing a greater than 99 percent genetic similarity among the viruses, confirms that pigs and humans were infected with the same virus, indicating interspecies transmission.
As of Sept. 25 this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had confirmed 107 human cases of H3N2v influenza in Ohio since July 2012, with the majority linked to exposure to pigs at agricultural fairs. While most of the human illness caused by H3N2v has been mild, one person, who had a compromised immune system, has died.
The more often that flu viruses are transmitted, the better their chances are of evolving into a strain to which humans are not immune, which is the big-picture concern among scientists monitoring these viral infections.
"Pigs can be infected with human-, avian- and swine-origin influenza viruses, making it possible for these viruses to easily swap their genetic material, which could allow for a new strain to emerge," Bowman said. "The potential is there for newly emerged strains to be the next pandemic we never saw coming."
Bowman and colleagues will continue to investigate strategies to protect swine and public health. In the meantime, the research group has offered potential risk mitigation strategies for fairs with swine competitions to consider: shortening the pig exhibition period, avoiding movement of pigs from one fair to the next, and vaccinating exhibition swine for appropriate influenza A viruses. In addition, the CDC recommends that people with compromised immune systems avoid pig displays at fairs.
Both studies appear online and are scheduled for later print publication. The three-year surveillance at Ohio fairs is published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, and the analysis of human and pig viruses appears in Emerging Microbes & Infections.
Each summer, agricultural fairs bring together animal and human populations that normally don't spend much time in the same place. Pigs are susceptible to multiple strains of influenza A viruses, and the three-year surveillance suggests that the daily visual inspection of pigs at fairs isn't effective at identifying pigs infected with influenza A viruses. This combination of facts adds up to an environment conducive for the transmission of influenza A viruses among pigs and between humans and pigs, potentially in both directions.
"The prevalence of flu in market-weight pigs in commercial swine-production settings is pretty low. But finding flu at the fair shouldn't be that surprising. If you bring 200-plus pigs together from multiple locations and house them with new neighbors for a week in a new environment, they are all bound to share pathogens," Bowman said. "But we were surprised to find as much flu as we did subclinically, when pigs weren't showing any signs of illness."
Bowman and his colleagues, members of the College of Veterinary Medicine's Animal Influenza Ecology and Epidemiology Research Program, tested pigs at 15 Ohio county fairs in 2009, 16 in 2010 and 22 in 2011, using nasal swabs to collect their samples.
The scientists found influenza A virus in at least one pig at 12 (22.6 percent) of the 53 fairs. At the fairs where flu was detected in the pigs, the average frequency of virus detection was 63 percent. Pigs showing signs of illness were observed and tested positive for flu at two fairs, and pigs without signs of illness but positive for flu were found at 10 (18.9 percent) of the 53 fairs. That means pigs at 10 of 12 fairs with positive flu cases, or 83.3 percent of flu-positive pigs, actually didn't appear to be sick. A total of 1,073 pigs were tested over the three-year period.
"This is an explanation of why people were becoming infected in 2012 -- because a high percentage of infected pigs with no clinical symptoms are exhibited at fairs," said Richard Slemons, professor of veterinary preventive medicine at Ohio State and senior author of both studies. "There is potentially high exposure. Therefore, this is something we hadn't seen before or did not know was going on because no one had systematically examined fairs."
Influenza A virus usually infects the respiratory tract, and pigs can "shed" the virus into the air. Slemons described flu-positive swine areas as potentially under a "cloud" of flu particles that would be difficult to avoid. Swine infected with flu typically show clinical signs similar to those in humans: nasal discharge, cough, fever, lethargy and poor appetite.
In the second study, the researchers used swine-origin virus isolates collected during fair surveillance that had continued into the summer of 2012, and obtained the genetic sequences of human-origin influenza A virus isolates from GenBank, the National Institutes of Health genetic sequence database. The human viruses had been recovered from people with flu-like illness following exposure to pigs at an Ohio fair in July 2012.
The timing of the illnesses and the proximity of humans and pigs suggested the viruses were the same, but it was the higher than 99 percent similarity in the viruses' genetic sequences that confirmed interspecies transmission, Bowman said.
"This study presents clear molecular evidence that pigs and humans were concurrently infected with the same strain of influenza A virus at an Ohio county fair in July 2012," he said.
Bowman noted that the results of the two studies create new questions: How do these viruses get to the fair, what can be done to lessen the risk to animals and people, and are the infections going in only one direction, from pigs to humans?
The research program members are continuing to monitor the antigenic and genomic properties of type A influenza viruses in swine.
"It is possible that humans are infecting the pigs. The lineage of the H3N2 strains we see in pigs can be tracked back to the human seasonal flu of the 1990s," Bowman said. "Human-to-swine transmission of influenza viruses has the potential to significantly impact swine health."
He noted that influenza A virus is not considered a food-safety risk as long as pork is cooked properly.
This work was supported by the Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Minnesota Center of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's National Veterinary Services Laboratories.
Jacqueline Nolting and Sarah Nelson of Ohio State's Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine were co-authors on both papers. Additional co-authors of the Emerging Microbes & Infections paper include Srinand Sreevatsan and Carol Cardona of the University of Minnesota, Mary Killian of the USDA and Shannon Page of the Ohio Department of Health.
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Journal References:
- Andrew S. Bowman, Jacqueline M. Nolting, Sarah W. Nelson, and Richard D. Slemons. Subclinical Influenza Virus A Infections in Pigs Exhibited at Agricultural Fairs, Ohio, USA, 2009?2011. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2012 [link]
- Andrew S Bowman, Srinand Sreevatsan, Mary L Killian, Shannon L Page, Sarah W Nelson, Jacqueline M Nolting, Carol Cardona, Richard D Slemons. Molecular evidence for interspecies transmission of H3N2pM/H3N2v influenza A viruses at an Ohio agricultural fair, July 2012. Emerging Microbes & Infections, 2012; 1 (10): e33 DOI: 10.1038/emi.2012.33
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UK lawmakers line up to host Richard III's tomb
LONDON (AP) ? British lawmakers are sparring over what may be left of Richard III.
No one is certain yet that remains dug up last month at a Leicester parking lot are those of the monarch immortalized by William Shakespeare for his willingness to trade his kingdom for a horse.
It may take months for DNA testing to determine if the body is the king's, but that hasn't stopped lawmakers in Parliament from sparring over the remains for their valuable tourism potential.
Archaeologists found the bones beneath the site of the Grey Friars church in Leicester, central England. Accounts at the time say Richard was buried there following his 1485 death in the Battle of Bosworth Field.
Labour lawmaker John Mann says the priory of Worksop, in Nottinghamshire, would be an ideal final resting place for the king ? but his Labour colleague Jon Ashworth of Leicester South was having none of that.
"I am sure Worksop has many fine qualities, but given it was the Grey Friars who took the body of Richard and buried him at what was then the Grey Friars' church, a site which is today just a stone's throw from Leicester Cathedral, and he has been in Leicester for 500 years, it would be most appropriate that he is finally laid to rest at Leicester Cathedral," Ashworth said.
The University of Leicester team behind the find noted that archaeologists are still doing tests and are far from certain that the bones are Richard's.
The team that excavated the bones has identified a direct descendant of Richard's elder sister ? a 17th great-grand-nephew ? and obtained a DNA swab for possible matching with any bones found at the site.
"Let's see if it is him first," said Lin Foxhall, head of the university's School of Archaeology and Ancient History. "What we have is a really convincing candidate on the basis of circumstantial evidence. This is just not certain."
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