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Friday, December 7, 2012
Women's healthcare | Atlanta Forward
Moderated by Tom Sabulis
The longtime president of Planned Parenthood in Atlanta is set to retire after 32 years in Atlanta. Kay Scott talks about the women?s health organization, which provides exams and services for thousands of residents through eight health centers across three states. She also addresses the conservative opposition and political fire Planned Parenthood receives due to its role as an abortion provider and advocate for reproductive health issues. In our second column, a leader of Georgia Right to Life writes about the so-called war on women.
Commenting is open below Sherri Nelson?s column.
By Tom Sabulis
On Dec. 28, Kay Scott, 67, officially retires as president/CEO of Planned Parenthood Southeast. Her departure marks the end of a 35-year career ? she spent three years at Planned Parenthood in Austin, Texas ? fighting for women?s health issues. From her downtown Atlanta office, she had some final things to say:
Thoughts upon leaving Planned Parenthood: I feel proud, satisfied in some ways, disappointed and frustrated. I came into Planned Parenthood with a medical background as a nurse practitioner in women?s health care. We?ve helped hundreds of thousands of women in the 30-plus years I?ve been here, and there?s a lot of satisfaction knowing that this organization and health centers made a difference. The frustration is that I thought we?d be head and shoulders from where we are, that we would not be fighting the same battles year after year. I really can?t think of a better gift than family planning, other than education, for women and girls. Education is the key, and I always say that with access to education, people will find their way to family planning. I believed 30 years ago that we would move in lockstep toward the European (health care) model, which is so much healthier and better. Almost all the European countries have less abortion, less school dropout, greater contraception, and it?s because they aren?t arguing about the philosophy of sex. They?re really saying what we value most is young people growing into healthy adults. We?ve gone through this really schizophrenic period about ignoring the scientific data that talks about the positive outcomes when there is access to medically accurate sex education, access to reproductive and sexual health care, and, of course, contraception. We know the strategies that work, but the legislative focus is on the wrong things. It is discouraging that a small minority of people have been able to move their agenda in a way that has limited progress.
The organization and the abortion label: Planned Parenthood is a major reproductive and sexual health provider; (abortions) are a small part, about 9 percent, of the services we provide. The majority of services we provide are annual exams for women, which includes a pap smear, screening for sexually transmitted disease, breast exams, and blood pressure screenings. Most of our patients are women 18 to 30, and Planned Parenthood gives them access to basic health care. The average annual cost including birth control methods is around $250 a year. What a wise investment that is. It?s so much easier and cost-effective for them to be well than sick. The opposition has raised the issue recently about mammogram services. PPSE provides the recommended standard of care based on age and family history, which are typically not mammograms due to the age of our patient group. We have referral partners that we work with when more extensive screening is recommended.
Reproductive rights: It is a women?s issue as well as a family and community issue. I am a feminist and proud of it, and as such I sit at a big table that includes men, community partners, religious leaders, other advocates with shared beliefs and values. The women and men who have served on the board, volunteered in our programs, worked for the organization are outstanding. We have shared many victories as well as challenges. Nothing feels so basic as the rights and responsibilities around planning in a purposeful way, your family.
How things can change: We need to take the politics out of this. This is a public-health issue, and I think more people need to be heard, and the message should be: Move on! We have critical problems that need work. There are 500,000 women in Georgia of child-bearing age that are uninsured. That?s a big number. They need a place to receive care. Planned Parenthood can be part of that solution. We should seek common ground on issues we agree and get to work. Our communities across this region need this from all of us.
By Sherri Nelson
The past election produced a flood of media coverage on what has been called the ?war on women.? The premise is there is a concerted effort by out-of-touch lawmakers to deny women their freedom in making reproductive choices.
As a post-abortive woman and mother of three daughters, I agree there is a ?war on women,? but not the one we usually hear about. It?s not about access to abortion services and free contraceptives.
The real war is for the very essence ? the heart and soul ? of what it means to be a woman.
It sounds so easy and so empowering: ?My body, my choice.? I can tell you from personal experience there is a dark side to that view that is rarely talked about.
Abortion on demand, and access to so-called contraceptives that can actually cause an abortion, reduces women to their physical bodies. This is demeaning to women and also makes them easy prey during a very vulnerable decision-making time. Research shows up to 65 percent of abortions are coerced or include physical force; such is my story.
I?m reminded every day that I had an abortion; that the life of an innocent child was taken. That memory will haunt me forever. I?m not alone. Studies show that many women ? perhaps most ? suffer the same feelings of regret, suffering from the agonizing ?reality? that a life was ended.
Week after week I sit with women who, like me, are post-abortive. I listen to stories of choices (some made on their own, and others by force or coercion); stories that bring tears and grief; stories of regret. Many of those women talk about buried emotions, of pretending that everything was OK, and of often resorting to self-destructive behavior.
It?s a picture of broken hearts and broken spirits. Broken souls trying to put their lives together after making ?choices? they regret; choices that were to liberate and free them, yet enslaved them. Death from suicide is six 6 times higher in women who have had an abortion.
In addition to the psychological after-effects of abortion, you must consider the physical side-effects. Studies show links between abortion and the rise of breast, cervical, ovarian and liver cancer.
For more information concerning the after-effects of abortion, go to www.afterabortion.org.
A war on women? Yes, a war that reduces women to mere objects that can be ?fixed? if things don?t go according to plan.
Mother Teresa said: ?The so-called right to abortion has pitted mothers against their children and women against men. It has sown violence and discord at the heart of the most intimate of human relationships.?
Elizabeth Stanton, an early leader in the feminist movement and author of ?The Woman?s Bible,? said: ?When we consider that women are treated as property, it is degrading to women that we should treat our children as property to be disposed of as we see it.?
Two very powerful women, from two different religious spectrums, one common understanding: Abortion on demand is degrading to women.
The real war on women needs to be told, it must be told. If this story is not told, I am afraid the very heart and soul of women in this and future generations will be found to be extinct.
If you suffer, or someone you know suffers, from any of these symptoms, please call the National Helpline for Abortion Recovery, 1-866-482-5433.
Sherri Nelson is president of the Forsyth County chapter of Georgia Right to Life.
Source: http://blogs.ajc.com/atlanta-forward/2012/12/06/womens-healthcare/?cxntfid=blogs_atlanta_forward
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Business Consultant Michael Masterson on Starting a Business, a ...
Is there a right way and a wrong way to start a business?
There certainly is according to Michael Masterson.
The Reluctant Entrepreneur: Turning Dreams into Profits by Michael Masterson (published by Wiley) is a great book for the person new to business.
The book, which reads more like a summary guide, offers compelling information and stories on how to start a business venture the right way.
Masterson himself has built several multi-million dollar businesses himself and today continues to work as a business and management consultant to other business owners.
He speaks from experience and discusses marketing, hiring, building relationships, leadership and management.
What?s interesting is that getting from $0 to $1million is often much more difficult than getting to any of the other levels.
If you?ve read Ready, Fire, Aim, Masterson?s previous book, I would suggest you read that one again and skip purchasing this one.
If you haven?t yet read the previous title and are just getting started in business than the Reluctant Entrepreneur will give you some great lessons?though I would be included to recommend the previous title (to anyone).
With that said, here?s why I really enjoyed Ready, Fire, Aim?
Masterson breaks a business down into 4 stages. For each stage he prescribes different steps and strategies to take to continue making that business more successful.
Here are the 4 stages:
Stage 1 ? Infancy ? At this stage your business is making $0 to $1 million dollars.
The goal here is to figure out what you?re doing and start making profitable sales.
The skills you need are determination and selling.
Stage 2 ? Childhood ? You?re now doing $1million to $10 million.
The business should be breaking even or getting close.
You build more products and add services.
At this time it?s important to roll out new initiatives quickly.
Stage 3 ? Adolescence ? The business is generating $10 to $50 million in revenue.
Managing the business and putting systems into place is critical.
Stage 4 ? Adulthood ? Revenue is up to $100 million at this point.
What?s interesting is that getting from $0 to $1million is often much more difficult than getting to any of the other levels.
Ready, Fire, Aim goes into much more detail than the Reluctant Entrepreneur (which looks at Stage 1 almost exclusively). It provides more detailed ideas and guidance.
You can take a look at both books here: Michael Masterson Books
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Thursday, December 6, 2012
Flooring Internet Marketing Is Key to Flooring Business Success
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Cool Jobs: Crime scene investigators | Science News for Kids
By / December 5, 2012
The dead do tell tales ? if experts care to listen. Forensic anthropologist William Bass arranges a display of how a person?s bones change year by year as we age. This information can help identify a crime victim when little else is known. Credit: University of Tennessee, Knoxville
This is one in?a series?on careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics made possible by support from the Northrop Grumman Foundation
TV shows such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Bones make forensics look exciting ? and in many cases, using science and technology to investigate crime is exciting.
Some crime scenes come loaded with clues: fingerprints, bullet holes, blood spots and even a body or two. Others have almost none: Maybe just a small swath of an escapee?s clothing snagged on a fence, or a tiny scrape where a burglar jimmied a window. In still other cases, the clues can be so minuscule that they require a microscope to reveal.
If anything, television shows make solving crimes seem easier, more glamorous and certainly quicker than in reality. ?Those shows are mostly just for entertainment,? says Kendall Stoner, an analyst at the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation?s crime laboratory in Nashville. ?We only have basic computers, and our lab doesn?t look like a movie set,? she says. ?But we get the job done.?
Here we profile Stoner and two other real forensic experts. Each job requires very individual skills, yet all three work in teams to decipher crime scenes, identify evidence and help bring criminals to justice. Oh, and these specialist crime fighters also help ensure no innocent people are punished for crimes they didn?t commit.
?It?s all about making sure that the correct person is prosecuted,? says Reanna Day, an agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Knoxville, Tenn.
On the scene
Arson, bank robbery, kidnapping and murder are just a few of the many serious crimes forensic experts will investigate. These crimes can happen just about anywhere, from the tallest office building to the deepest forest. Solving such a diverse set of offenses across a range of scenes is challenging. But there?s good news: ?Anything can be a piece of evidence,? Day points out.
Day leads one of the response teams that the FBI trains to probe for clues at crime scenes. While Day studied Japanese and math in college, the FBI Academy in Quantico, Va., taught her the science of collecting evidence, including hair and carpet fibers. ?These are things that can disappear or be tracked from one part of the crime scene to another if you?re not careful,? she notes. She also learned how to collect and preserve fingerprints, as well as samples of blood.
Researchers at the University of Tennessee?s Forensic Anthropology Center, nicknamed the Body Farm, excavate the site of an experimental burial to learn more about how the human body decomposes. Credit: University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Photographs are an important part of Day?s job, since they document exactly how a crime scene looked before her investigating scours the site for evidence. Later, this scene-setting information helps analysts interpret that evidence, which law-enforcement agents also use to identify suspects. Eventually, attorneys rely on that same evidence to help show a suspect?s guilt or innocence.
Examining a crime scene can take 12 or more hours. It might involve poring over a single room for a handful of clues ? or a broad patch of forest laden with thousands of potential clues. Day and her team sometimes work quickly. ?If it?s raining or snowing, we have to rush to protect evidence before it gets erased,? she notes. Other times, at the scenes of crimes that occurred outdoors long ago, the team works at a careful pace familiar to any archaeologist.
Day and her response team are real evidence sleuths. They find and collect physical clues. They then leave the analysis to experts with other types of specialized training.
Meanwhile, back at the lab
The job of the crime analyst is to study evidence collected at a crime scene. Often, that means comparing evidence to information contained in huge databases. Those databases contain everything from the treads of thousands of different sneakers, boots and other footwear to millions of fingerprints. Making a match can help identify clues and nab criminals.
In recent years, DNA analysis has become one of the greatest forensic tools for identifying crime suspects. For Kendall Stoner, it is every bit as important as the magnifying glass was a century ago.
About 99.8 percent of human DNA is identical among all people. However, the remaining 0.2 percent contains enough differences to give each person a unique genetic signature. (Except in identical twins, and even then there are individual differences in the chemicals attached to their genes.)
A vial contains a cotton swab used to collect DNA evidence at a crime scene. A person?s DNA provides a genetic fingerprint unique to every individual. Credit: FBI
Many detectives call a DNA profile a ?genetic fingerprint.? That is because just like an actual fingerprint, a suspect?s unique DNA also can provide a link to a crime scene.
DNA analysis is like the puzzles (and crime novels) that Stoner loved as a teen. ?Anything where I was working toward an answer,? Stoner says. ?I loved the challenge.?
Even before Stoner went to college she wanted to work in law enforcement. At the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, she also became interested in genetics and earned a degree in biology. Later, she received a graduate degree in forensic science, this time from the University of Alabama in Birmingham. Today, Kendall is one of 10 DNA analysts at the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation?s crime lab in Nashville.
Kendall Stoner performs some genetic sleuth work in her laboratory at the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation?s crime lab in Nashville. Credit: Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
For each analysis, Stoner starts by collecting DNA from evidence collected at a crime scene. She might swab a bloodstained piece of clothing or snip a piece of skin collected from under a victim?s fingernails ? skin that may have been scratched from a suspect while fending off an attack.
Stoner then drops the swab, and any cells it has picked up, into a test tube holding a chemical solution. That solution extracts the DNA from the cells. Next, she adds dyes that reveal whether there?s enough DNA present to produce a genetic profile. If there is, she uses a process called polymerase (PO lim er AZE) chain reaction, or PCR, to copy the DNA over and over. PCR can take just one-billionth of a gram of a person?s genetic material and create thousands or millions of copies of that DNA. Finally, Stoner places this amplified ? or copied ? genetic material into a machine that converts genes in the DNA into a series of numbers. These numbers can be compared to other DNA profiles.
Stoner often mixes her own chemical solutions: The fresher they are, the better the results, she notes. While Stoner falls back on the science she learned in school, she also constantly learns new skills. That is because the science of DNA profiling is evolving so quickly, there are always new tricks of the trade to learn. The tradeoff? New developments in chemistry and technology now let Stoner produce genetic fingerprints from smaller amounts of genetic material than ever.
Even in the fictional world of television, Stoner notes characters often are shown using real forensic techniques. Still, these crime shows can give viewers some wrong ideas. For instance, Stoner says, ?one cell doesn?t provide a full DNA profile. Also, you can?t collect DNA off of just anything.?
Last year, Stoner and her fellow DNA analysts in Nashville performed about 10,000 DNA tests on almost 5,700 pieces of evidence. ?You?re always learning something, and every case is different,? Stoner says. ?If you want to sit behind a desk and do the same thing day after day, this is not the job for you.?
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While investigators discover some murder scenes very quickly, they may not find others for weeks, months or even years. By then, all that?s left of a victim might be a bare skeleton. Determining a victim?s identity, much less how and when he or she died, poses a challenge.
In such cases, investigators often turn to forensic anthropologists like William Bass, of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Bass and other experts often can identify victims even after they have been burned, mutilated or left to rot. For example, the length of the leg?s femur can reveal how tall a victim was. The shape of the pelvis can indicate a victim?s gender. Even the skull can provide clues about a victim?s gender and race.
William Bass unearths a crime victim?s decomposed remains as law enforcement officers look on. Credit: The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
In many cases, Bass says, the best clue to identifying a victim can come from pinning down when the person died. Even a range of dates can let investigators, relying on reports of missing persons, narrow the list of possible victims. It also can help support or refute the alibis of murder suspects.
Before the 1970s, estimating a victim?s date of death was more guesswork than science. ?No one had really scientifically studied how bodies decompose,? observes Bass. So no one knew the answers to some simple ? but grim ? questions, such as: When do the teeth begin to fall out of the skull? At what point do the arms detach? What causes the greasy black stain beneath decomposing bodies (and how long does that last)?
In 1980, in an attempt to find some answers, Bass and another colleague at the University of Tennessee founded what?s now called the Forensic Anthropology Center. Today it is better known by its nickname: the Body Farm.
Corpses that end up at this 1-acre plot of land, alongside a river near the university?s downtown campus, aren?t crime victims. Instead, the bodies ? what physicians refer to as cadavers ? have been donated to science.
Each cadaver is a separate science experiment. The Body Farm?s cadavers include males and females of all ages. Researchers leave some cadavers lying in the sunshine on open ground; others they place in the shade beneath trees. Some are clothed, others naked. Leaves and branches cover some bodies. Others are buried in shallow graves ? or even under a concrete slab. Some bodies are left to decompose in small sheds or buildings, while others are left in the trunks of cars. ?There are thousands of possible variations, and we?re studying only a few,? Bass says.
Each variation reproduces a certain type of crime scene. By studying all aspects of body decomposition, over long periods, the researchers have compiled a wealth of data that law enforcement analysts can use.
Not surprisingly, bodies quickly decompose in summer, Bass says. ?They can go from fresh body to a complete skeleton in only two weeks,? he notes. Maggots, or the larvae of blowflies, play a big role. These insects (Bass calls them ?nature?s little helpers?) can swarm a body by the hundreds within minutes. ?They?re the first insects to attack a body,? Bass observes.
In an FBI laboratory, an analyst swabs a plastic bottle for DNA. The genetic material can help identify a crime?s victim ? or its perpetrator. Credit: FBI
But blowflies aren?t active at temperatures below 52?F (11.1?C). So during cold weather, decomposition slows dramatically. ?You can leave a body out in November, and it can still be in pretty good shape until April or so,? the researcher says.
As gruesome as the work is, it?s still science. Bass and his colleagues use biology, anatomy, chemistry, entomology (the study of insects) and anthropology (the study of humans and their culture) to unravel each case.
?This is an interesting field, if you like puzzles,? says Bass, who is now retired but still collaborates on research projects.
Whatever the particular job, the challenges of finding answers makes forensics an interesting career for the curious. There is also the reward of helping fight crime ? something Day, Stoner and Bass all say motivates them too.
Power words:
forensics The use of science and technology in investigating crimes.
anthropology The study of humans, their culture and sometimes the evolution of their physical traits.
arson The crime of intentionally setting a fire with the intent to cause damage.
cadaver A human corpse.
database An organized collection of information. ?
decomposition The process by which organic materials, including animal remains, break down over time.
DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid) A molecule found in nearly all cells of all living organisms. This genetic material contains the instructions needed for the organism to develop, function and reproduce.
DNA fingerprint The unique set of genetic markers that identify an individual.
polymerase chain reaction (PCR) A biochemical process that repeatedly copies a particular sequence of DNA.
maggot The larva of a fly.
Source: http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2012/12/cool-jobs-crime-scene-investigators/
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Pudding Monsters: Cut The Rope Developer Zeptolab Announces Its Next Game
Zeptolab's Cut the Rope is, without doubt, one of the most successful casual games of the last few years. Today, after 250 million downloads of the original game, the company just announced the launch of its newest game at LeWeb in Paris. The new game, called Pudding Monsters, is scheduled to launch in about two weeks and the team remains relatively tight-lipped about the actual gameplay, but I had a chance to give it a try last night.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/hbVlqssnijQ/
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Warren Buffett seeks $1 billion from Swiss Re
LONDON (Reuters) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway
Berkshire Hathaway is "alleging damages of between $0.5 and $1 billion", Swiss Re said on page 73 of the third-quarter earnings statement it issued on November 8, adding the claim was without merit.
Swiss Re and Berkshire Hathaway were not available to comment.
Berkshire's claim against Swiss Re was first reported by the Insurance Insider newspaper on Monday.
Swiss Re shares were up 0.8 percent at 6:25 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, in line with a European insurance sector index <.sxip>.
Analysts at JP Morgan said Swiss Re would be able to meet dividend forecasts even if it had to pay Berkshire Hathaway.
"Swiss Re's capital is in our view strong enough to absorb this and still have the ability to raise the normal dividend and pay a special dividend too," they wrote in a note.
Swiss Re has met Berkshire to discuss the claim, and failure to resolve the dispute could lead to arbitration proceedings, the reinsurer said in its earnings statement in November.
Swiss Re, the world's No.2 reinsurer, accepted an emergency $3.3 billion loan from Berkshire in 2009 after it incurred heavy losses on derivative investments during the financial crisis. That loan has since been repaid.
(Reporting by Myles Neligan; Editing by Dan Lalor)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/warren-buffett-seeks-1-billion-swiss-115458249--sector.html
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Social Innovation Summit: Where Business Innovation Meets Social ...
The Social Innovation Summit takes place this week on December 4 and 5 in Mountain View, California. This annual gathering brings together corporate, investment, government, and nonprofit leaders to explore the strategies and business innovations that are generating social transformation.
At Cisco, we apply the same technology, expertise, and partnerships we use to help our customers to also help transform lives, communities, and the planet. Through the collective power of human and technology networks, we believe we can multiply our impact on some of the world?s most pressing problems ? while strengthening our business.
This ?shared value? approach is reflected in the Social Innovation Summit, where other corporations, nonprofits, investors, and government agencies will describe how business innovations and creativity are enabling social transformation.
For example, representatives from the World Bank Institute will talk about ?Big Data for Global Development? and a team from Google will discuss ?Tech-Based Solutions for Refugee Safety and Security.?
Forward-thinking leaders from innovative nonprofits like Global Health Corps, charity: water, and Year Up will also share their successes.
Cisco is a sponsor of the Social Innovation Summit, and our representatives will share their expertise on a few topics, including:
The Changing Landscape Of Healthcare In The Digital Age. Cisco and Lucile Packard Children?s Hospital in Palo Alto, California have partnered to develop a telehealth initiative that, through communication, collaboration, and video technologies, lets doctors conduct consultations with out-of-area patients in a clinical setting. Telehealth technology can extend services to underserved populations efficiently and affordably, help patients become active participants in preventative care and wellness, and enable collaborative care and information sharing among providers.
Patients and healthcare providers who use the system will join the discussion via Cisco WebEx Social so Summit attendees can see how Cisco HealthPresence technology works.
Kathy English, Global Senior Director of Healthcare and Public Sector Marketing at Cisco, and Dr. William Kennedy, Chief of Pediatric Urology at Lucile Packard Children?s Hospital, will lead this 30-minute session on Wednesday, December 5 at 1:35 p.m.
Dr. Kennedy uses Cisco HealthPresence technology to consult with patients he used to drive two hours each way to see in person.
Sharable Content: Creating A Successful Social Media Impact Strategy. Cisco and the Huffington Post have partnered to create ImpactX, an editorial hub on the popular news site that features articles, videos, photos, and other content about the convergence of people, technology, and social impact.
Mary Anne Petrillo, Global Senior Marketing Manager for Corporate Social Responsibility at Cisco, and Brian Sirgutz, Senior Vice President of Social Impact at AOL/Huffington Post, will talk about the program?s success during an intimate roundtable discussion on Wednesday, December 5 at 2:55 p.m.
To learn more about the impressive speaker line-up, visit the Social Innovation Summit website.
On Twitter? Stay updated on the Social Innovation Summit by following the hashtag #SIS12 and following Cisco CSR on Twitter.
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Video: Higher Taxes = Lower Revenue?
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Verizon Selects brings targeted ads to VZ wireless customers, induces more holiday shopping
We've grown accustomed to the creepily context-aware ads in our Gmail inboxes and we've seen targeted ads come to game consoles and printers, so naturally, it's no surprise Verizon's bringing such advertising to its mobile customers. Called Verizon Selects, it's a program rolling out to some Big Red patrons, who, should they choose to opt in, will receive tailored offers and marketing messages on their phones.
It works by using myriad user info, including location, web browsing and mobile app usage data "to create specific insights" -- i.e. VZW figures out where you go and what you like in order to shoot you appropriate ads. In order to get folks with the program, Verizon will offer those who opt in a coupon or "some other form of reward," and the company is assuaging privacy fears by allowing users to control their privacy choices on the Verizon Selects website. What say you, dear readers -- will you be opting into Big Red's new mobile marketing scheme? Sound off in the comments below.
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Monday, December 3, 2012
Giveaway: A Santa?s Secret Workshop Gift Basket (a $3,172 Value!)
The Guncles?Bill Horn and Scout Masterson (and their busy elves!) are at it again. Saturday, they hosted their 2nd Annual Santa’s Secret Workshop and?loads of their celeb pals — and their families — attended. Everyone from Tori Spelling (with all four kiddies), Sarah Michelle Gellar and mom-to-be Malin Ackerman to Tiffani Thiessen and Angela Bassett [...]
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West Side Cats ? Blog Archive ? Ho Ho Ho! Photos your pets with ...
Bring your cat, dog rabbit etc. to PetSmart in Niles to?be photographed with Santa. today from 11am to 4pm.? For $10 you get a holiday frame and an adorable photo of your pet.? West Side Cats will benefit from the event.
Source: http://westsidecats.com/2012/12/02/ho-ho-ho-photos-your-pets-with-santa-sunday-dec-2nd/
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December 2012, Aimee's Daily Notes | Business PR News
Aimee's?Daily Notes: Dec. 1, 2012
Yes! ?Aimee's Daily Notes is back! ?Everyday, I came across so many things that I like to share with my friends and community. ?Plus, there are special events that we organize and others in the community that we enjoy sharing with our friends.
I did the Aimee's Daily Notes everyday for years since 2007. ?I have been extremely busy and have to pause for a while on the Daily Notes posts. ?However, people have been emailing me asking, "What happen to Aimee's Daily Notes?" ?Another wrote, "When are you going to do Aimee's Daily Notes again?" ?
We tried many new ways to post the Daily Notes with ease. ?For example, at one point, we even created pages on its own daily. ?That took a lot of time every day. ?Then we tried having a sub domain, and that took even more time. ?So, how am I going to keep up the tradition witout taking too much time and yet still have the fun that we always have? ?
Well, I was browsing my sites yesterday for something else and came across our old Aimee's Daily Notes. ?It was so simple. ?Wow, it was simple indeed. ?See, with fancy technology popping up everyday, we can all get overwhelmed with the new gadgets and new ways to do thing, which some of them can be cumbersome.
Then came along the newer and better things we have today, ?my Nexus 7 tablet, my Sansung Galaxy 3 Android phones with data plans, and so forth, I can do update my sites on the go!! ?Yes!! ?Even with my busy schedule, I can update my sites whereas before, it couldn't be done with this little devices. ?Now I can!
So, here we go, we are going back to combine the old ways with new to keep up with our daily post on this site and Aimee's Daily Notes.?
Thank you all for persistance in asking for our Aimee's Daily Notes. ?Like the old days, we post everything belongs to that month on one page. ?We just keep adding to it on a daily basis. ?We will update the date information and so the latest Notes will be posted on top of the site every time. ?With our Samsung Galexy 3 and our Nexus 7 tablet, we can log in to our site and update as we travel along the way.?
I'm excited to be able to do the things I used to do and loved. ?Like the Aimee's Daily Notes that we did back in Decembeb 2009, check it out.
We will use the same format and start sharing grreat tips, and great people around town for our community again! ?This is our first of the month, December 1, 2012, Daily Notes. ?Enjoy!!
?* Old Daily Notes Archive
* Letters From Aimee
* Aimee's Daily Journal Site?(used for Aimee's Daily Notes for a while)
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Source: http://businessprnews.com/aimees-daily-notes/dec-2012
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Sunday, December 2, 2012
Buffalo Limo Transportation - Bring Back The Romance Of Road ...
Amongst all the forms of transport when you travel by road you can really enjoy being close to nature. If you are in a car, you can if you wish, stop and admire a particularly breathtaking view when you see one. Yet in recent times a lot of romance has gone out of road travel. One reason is that there is so much to do and see that we consider it important only to get to the destination and the journey there is just an impatient wait.
This happens even though modern life has made doing many things much easier than it was in the past we have not increased the amount of time we spend relaxing. Instead usually we try to have more interests and try to fit even more activity in our every day lives. And so when we are on the road getting from one place to another, instead of enjoying the beautiful countryside that we pass through we are focused on getting to the destination and the things that would follow.
But ask a wise person and you will know that the journey is an important as getting there. And a great way to enjoy a road journey is in a limo when you do not have to drive yourself. This is particularly true when you are traveling in one of the most beautiful regions of the world as is the case when you travel by a limo around the Buffalo area. People come there from all over the world to visit the area for its extraordinary beauty which extends much beyond the famous Niagara Falls.
A ride in a limo is in plush comfort and in privacy. You can talk with your friends and colleagues as some of the most beautiful natural scenery flies past your car's window. And if you are a wine lover you can include some wine tasting on the way. Once you set your heart to it you will find out that a Buffalo limo ride is as much a high point of your holiday in the area as are some of the big attractions there.
About the Author:
Chester Cole has more than ten years experience in the luxury transportation industry in and around Buffalo. He enjoys the challenge of making quality transportation affordable. The visitors to the region are then assured a pleasant, memorable experience. You can learn more about a quality Buffalo limo service at www.magicmistlimo.com.
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How, in the animal world, a daughter avoids mating with her father: Paternal 'voice' recognition
How, in the animal world, a daughter avoids mating with her father: Paternal 'voice' recognition
Saturday, December 1, 2012Paternal recognition ? being able to identify males from your father's line ? is important for the avoidance of inbreeding, and one way that mammals can do this is through recognizing the calls of paternal kin. This was thought to occur only in large-brained animals with complex social groups, but a new study published today in the open access journal BMC Ecology provides evidence in a tiny, solitary primate that challenges this theory.
The study, led by Sharon E Kessler, finds that the grey mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus) ? a small-brained, solitary foraging mammal endemic to Madagascar ? is able to recognize paternal relatives via vocalizations, thus providing evidence that this is not dependent upon having a large brain and a high social complexity, as previously suggested.
Because grey mouse lemurs are nocturnal solitary-foragers living in dense forests, vocal communication is important for regulating social interactions across distances where visibility is poor and communication via smell is limited. Though the mouse lemur shares sleeping sites with other mouse lemurs, it forages alone for fruit and insects. It is a particularly interesting species with which to study vocal paternal recognition because, in the wild, females remain in the same area of birth and cooperatively raise young with other female kin. Males do not co-nest with their mates or young and provide no paternal care, which limits opportunities for familiarity-based social interactions. Thus, vocalizations are likely to be important ? particularly for avoiding inbreeding.
The research team from Arizona State University and the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover in Germany found that two of the most frequent calls of the mouse lemur were the mate advertisement call and the alarm call. Using multi-parametric analyses of the call's acoustic parameters, they could see that both call types contained individual signatures. Through this, they discovered that only male grey mouse lemur advertisement calls, but not alarm calls, contained acoustic paternal signatures. Furthermore, females paid more attention to advertisement calls from unrelated males than from their fathers.
The findings from the study suggest that the discrimination between mate advertisement calls and alarm calls may be an important mechanism for inbreeding avoidance. This is likely to be highly important in the grey mouse lemur species because males are likely to remain in an area for several years and they can expand their ranges to more than twice that of the female's range, making it likely that adult males' ranges will overlap with those of their daughters from previous mating seasons.
The team also proposed that the mouse lemur's ultrasonic calls above the hearing range of owls could be an anti-predator strategy, especially since the species suffers from high predation.
Lead author Kessler commented, "Given that more complex forms of sociality with cohesive foraging groups are thought to have evolved from an ancestral solitary forager much like the mouse lemur, this suggests that the mechanisms for kin recognition like those seen here may be the foundation from which more complex forms of kin-based sociality evolved."
She continued, "Future analyses will determine which acoustic parameters make this kin recognition possible by artificially manipulating acoustic parameters in the calls and then using the modified calls in playback experiments."
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Paternal kin recognition in the high frequency / ultrasonic range in a solitary foraging mammal
Sharon E Kessler, Marina Scheumann, Leanne T Nash and Elke Zimmermann
BMC Ecology (in press)
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McDowell opens up 3-shot lead at Sherwood
Graeme McDowell tees off on the second hole during the second round of the World Challenge golf tournament at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, Calif., Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Bret Hartman)
Graeme McDowell tees off on the second hole during the second round of the World Challenge golf tournament at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, Calif., Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Bret Hartman)
Tiger Woods tees off on the fifth hole during the second round of the World Challenge golf tournament at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, Calif., Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Bret Hartman)
Tiger Woods, right, and Bo Van Pelt walk down the second hole fairway during the second round of the World Challenge golf tournament at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, Calif., Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Bret Hartman)
Nick Watney makes a chip on the fifth hole during the second round of the World Challenge golf tournament at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, Calif., Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Bret Hartman)
Graeme McDowell tees off on the sixth hole during the second round of the World Challenge golf tournament at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, Calif., Friday, Nov. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Bret Hartman)
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) ? Graeme McDowell has done a lot right this year, except for win. He now has one last chance to fix that.
Back on the course that has provided two key moments in his career, McDowell opened with three straight birdies Friday and finished strong for a 6-under 66, giving him a three-shot lead going into the weekend at the World Challenge.
"A good day's work," said McDowell, whose day was not over until he was escorted away for a drug test.
Bo Van Pelt got up-and-down from the drop zone for bogey on the final hole that gave him a 68, leaving him tied for second with Keegan Bradley and Jim Furyk, who each had a 69. Tournament host and defending champion Tiger Woods was tied for the lead on the back nine until he stalled and settled for a 69. He was four shots behind.
This is the final destination of a whirlwind trip for McDowell, who spent two weeks in China, a short holiday in Dubai, a tournament in Australia, back to Dubai and then across eight time zones to California.
It's also been somewhat of a whirlwind year, filled with opportunity, but no trophies.
He played in the final group in back-to-back majors, the U.S. Open and British Open, without winning. He was on the winning Ryder Cup team again, only he concedes his game wasn't there and he earned only one point.
McDowell always feels relaxed at Sherwood Country Club, with an 18-man field and no cut and the finish line clearly in his sights. Suddenly, though, he has something at stake. The World Challenge doesn't belong to any tour. It offers world ranking points, though he isn't in dire need of them. But there's a trophy, and McDowell hasn't hoisted one of those since that birdie-birdie finish to beat Woods in a playoff at Sherwood in 2010.
"I would love to compete and play well this weekend, really to kind of put a little icing on what's been a mediocre year," McDowell said. "Despite the fact that I feel like I've played some decent golf this year, I really don't have a lot to show for myself, and this would be a nice way to finish."
McDowell was at 9-under 135.
Even though McDowell's win at Sherwood in 2010 capped a dream season ? his U.S. Open title, the clinching point at the Ryder Cup ? it was a runner-up finish in 2009 that set up all those spoils. He was a last-minute replacement for Woods, who didn't play as his personal life unraveled, and McDowell finished second. It was the first year the tournament received ranking points, and McDowell earned enough to get into the Masters and eventually the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, which he won.
That U.S. Open title assured him being in the Ryder Cup, where he holed a 15-foot birdie putt on the 16th hole that carried Europe to a big win.
"Sometimes the stars align," he said.
His 66 gave him a cushion going into the weekend, but light rain overnight and for much of the day made the course soft and vulnerable. McDowell said the greens could only be rolled, not cut, making them substantially slower. That attributed to so many good scores, with half of the field in the 60s.
McDowell believes there's a 63 or 64 out there for someone, especially in these conditions, so his three-shot lead doesn't seem like much only halfway through the event.
Woods fired at flag around the turn, picking up easy birdie putts on the ninth and 10th, handling the par 5s without difficulty and getting to the top of the leaderboard. His momentum slowed with a bogey on the par-3 15th, and a poor chip from the rough to the left of the par-5 16th green that led to a par.
"I had a decent warm-up session, but the work I did last night was some of the best I've hit the golf ball all year," Woods said. "I just had to come out here and trust it, and when I did, I got into a nice little run there. I just need to do that all 36 holes on the weekend."
Nick Watney, who had a 67 on Thursday, fell apart late. His sand wedge from the middle of the fairway on the 16th landed over the green and kept right on going, leading to a bogey that felt like losing two shots to the field. He bogeyed the 18th for a 73, putting him five shots out of the lead. He was tied with Rickie Fowler, who had a 67.
"Just a terrible way to finish, but we're only halfway through," Watney said. "So we'll see if we can make a charge at those guys in the morning."
McDowell is mainly charging to the end of the season.
He plans to go home to Northern Ireland for three days, and then head to Orlando, Fla., where he just finished building a new home. McDowell slept in his new house for the first time Monday, flying to California the next day.
What will he do with more than two months off?
"Try and stay out of the bar as much as possible," he said with a laugh. "December will be very much recharging and relaxing and moving into my new house in Orlando and spending some time with friends and family. And January will be detoxing and practicing and getting ready to do it all again."
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Starts with Why | Bridgeland, Calgary Personal Training and Group ...
This week I started reading the book, ?Starts with Why? by Simon Senek. A great book to help you figure out why you do the things you do. Do you just go through life and wait for things to happen to you? Do you fall in the routine of life, to the point you?re on autopilot and don?t even need to think about your actions?
If you said yes to those questions, you?re most likely not really that happy with your life. Are you really living the life of your dreams?
I was at a Business Networking meeting this past week, and everyone stood up and gave the ?why? they are in business and what they are passionate about. It got me thinking, do I wake up every morning and have a purpose to my day? Does every action I take start with why?
Deep thoughts for a Friday morning 
Many of you go to the gym because you know you need to for your health and fitness, others go to look good, others go to stay fit, others just go.
What is your why for exercising? Once you figure out what your ?why? is, you will be more comitted to sticking with it.
This leads to the infamous New Years Resolutions. Every January millions of us jump on the health and fitness bandwagon. 80% of those, don?t even make it till the end of January. All of a sudden Super Bowl gets in the way and then its Valentines, and on and on come the excuses.
Before January comes, I want you to write down your Why for your New Years Resolutions, whatever they may be. Do you want to lose 50, 20 or 10 pounds? Write down why. Is it because you want to look a certain way? Is it for health reasons? Is it that you want to live till you see your great grandkids, or is it to reduce stress and to make you happy.
Knowing your Why will help you propel forward when life gets in the way. Knowing your why helps bring the people into your life that will help and support you. Knowing your why will give you purpose to your life.
Life is too short to just go through the motions. Life your best life. Is your life you?re living today, what you dreamed up when you were a kid. If not, change it.
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Greater Odds of Domestic Violence for Two-Income Couples | Psych ...
Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on November 30, 2012
Intimate partner violence is two times more likely to occur in two income households, compared to those where only one partner works, according to a new study.
Conducted by Sam Houston State University researchers Cortney A. Franklin, Ph.D., and doctoral student Tasha A. Menaker and supported by the Crime Victims? Institute, the study looked at the impact of education levels and employment among heterosexual partners as it relates to domestic violence.
While the researchers found that differences in education levels appeared to have little influence, when both partners were working, intimate partner violence increased.
?When both male and females were employed, the odds of victimization were more than two times higher than when the male was the only breadwinner in the partnership, lending support to the idea that female employment may challenge male authority and power in a relationship,? said the researchers.
The study was based on telephone interviews with 303 women who identified themselves as either currently or recently in a serious romantic relationship.
Based on the Fourth Annual Texas Crime Victimization Survey, about 67 percent of these women, who ranged in age from 18 to 81, reported some form of physical or psychological victimization by their partner during the last two years. These included having something thrown at them; being pushed, grabbed or shoved; slapped, hit, kicked or bitten; or threatened with a gun or knife.
The study found that more than 60 percent of women in two-income couples reported victimization, while only 30 percent of women reported victimization in cases when only the male partner was employed.
?When women are home-bound through their role as domestic workers, they lack connections to co-workers and the social capital that is produced through those connections, in addition to wages, job prestige, resources, and thus, power. In turn, they must rely solely on their male partner for financial sustenance and can benefit from the distinction that his employment brings the couple,? the researchers noted in the study.
?Those women who work outside the home have access to these tangible and intangible assets, which may devalue or, in some cases, even undermine the contributions and provisions supplied by male-only employment.?
The study explored other factors that may contribute to intimate partner violence, including witnessing violence by a parent during childhood, accepting the use of violence in adult relationships, and experiencing relationship distress, such as problems generated by money, chores, social activities or sexual relations. The researchers found that distress in the relationship and witnessing intimate partner violence during childhood increased the odds of victimization.
Finally, the study found that Hispanic women were significantly less likely than white females to report intimate partner violence and that older women of all races and ethnicities were less likely to be victimized than younger women.
The researchers recommended that professionals who treat victims of intimate partner violence develop specific strategies to address these risk factors and cultural differences. They also suggested that professionals target youth who have witnessed violence during childhood with additional programming for better methods of conflict resolution among adults in intimate relationships.
The study is scheduled to be published in the journal Violence Against Women.
Source: Sam Houston State University
APA Reference
Wood, J. (2012). Greater Odds of Domestic Violence for Two-Income Couples. Psych Central. Retrieved on December 1, 2012, from http://psychcentral.com/news/2012/11/30/greater-odds-of-domestic-violence-for-two-income-couples/48389.html
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