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New York (ots/PRNewswire) - Infosys [] today announced the launch of BigDataEdge [] to radically simplify the complex task of analyzing Big Data to discover relevant information. By empowering business users to rapidly develop insights from vast amounts of structured and unstructured data, better business decisions can be made in near real-time. With Infosys BigDataEdge, enterprises can reduce the time taken to extract information by up to 40 percent and generate insights up to eight times faster.

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Announcing the new platform, Vishnu Bhat, Vice President and Global Head - Cloud, Infosys, said, "Enterprises today cannot afford to spend an inordinate amount of time making sense of the data deluge that surrounds them. Infosys BigDataEdge draws upon our deep research and development capabilities and proven expertise in Big Data and analytics to help clients turn data into revenues faster. This unique platform is already enabling ten global organizations to develop actionable insights in a matter of days and act on them from day one."

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Cetin Ozbutun, Vice President, Data Warehousing and Big Data Technologies, Oracle(R), said: "Big Data can provide our customers with superior agility and insight to make better business decisions. Infosys has demonstrated the ability to deliver needed skills for Oracle's Big Data solutions, as well as for Oracle(R)'s industry leading data warehousing and analytics platforms. The Infosys BigDataEdge platform leverages Oracle(R) Big Data Appliance and Oracle(R) Exadata Database Machine to help our clients acquire, organize, analyze, and take action on these insights and produce a faster return on their Big Data investments."

Tim Stevens, Vice President, Corporate and Business Development at Cloudera, said, "In this era of Big Data, organizations are demanding that actionable insights be both timely and cost-effective if they are to provide real competitive advantage. The Infosys BigDataEdge solution fully utilizes Cloudera's industry leading technologies to enable enterprises to process their structured and unstructured data assets and gain real-time actionable insights with ease."

Mark Beyer, Research Vice President, Gartner, said, "The Logical Data Warehouse is a new data management architecture for analytics which combines the strengths of traditional repository warehouses with alternative data management and access strategy.[1] Logical Data Warehouse is the answer to address the Big Data needs and enterprises should choose Big Data platforms that embrace this approach.[2]"

'Ray' Wang, Principal Analyst and CEO, Constellation Research, Inc., added, "As organizations shift from real-time to right time, organizations seek relevant insight in order to make business decisions. Big Data must be relevant and contextual in order to deliver business value. Constellation sees the rise of Big Data hubs as one of many key solutions in reducing the complexity and improving context."

1. Gartner, Hype Cycle for Information Infrastructure, 2012 , Mark A. Beyer, Roxane Edjlali, 21 June 2012

2. Gartner, Understanding the Logical Data Warehouse: The Emerging Practice, Mike Blechar, 31 July 2012

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Infosys partners with global enterprises to drive their innovation-led growth. That's why Forbes ranked Infosys 19th among the top 100 most innovative companies. As a leading provider of next-generation consulting, technology, and outsourcing solutions, Infosys helps clients in more than 30 countries realize their goals. Visit and see how Infosys , with its 150,000+ people, is Building Tomorrow's Enterprise(R) today.

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Invented by gymnast Joseph H. Pilates more than 80 years ago, the Pilates method involves a series of exercises that place intense concentration on your abdominal muscles, which, along with your back muscles, form your "core" or powerhouse from which your body derives its strength and stability. Besides helping you to shape a beautiful belly, Pilates strengthens and stretches the entire body, creating lean, toned muscles similar to those of a dancer. (It's strengthened my legs, making them as sleek as they were when I was a gymnast.)

The Pilates method combines these exercises with mental concentration and breathwork. The result is a mind/body fitness program to help you achieve your best body ever. And it helps you feel mentally and emotionally balanced, calm, and refreshed.

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Here are some of the other great benefits of Pilates:

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  • Less pain and stiffness
  • Kinder, gentler conditioning
  • Improved mental outlook and increased motivation
  • Faster return to pre-pregnancy figure

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The following moves offer a terrific introduction to Pilates. All you need is a mat or padded rug. If you have back problems, check with your doctor first.

Here's how to do Pilates correctly:

Concentrate on your abs. Keep them pulled in toward the back of your waist and slightly up, particularly during exhalation. Think "long and lean," and extend through your torso.

Breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth as you move. As you inhale, keep your abs pressed flat, but encourage your ribs to expand out with your breath.

Do the exercises in order. Each one will prepare your body for the one that follows. Do the entire routine at least three times a week. You should start to see and feel results in as few as 10 sessions.

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The Hundred

Lie on your back with your arms at your sides, palms facing down. Bend your legs to form a 90-degree angle so your knees are directly over your hips and your calves are parallel to the floor. Exhale as you contract your abs to lift your head, shoulders, and arms off the floor. Inhale. Press your palms down rhythmically as you exhale five short breaths, pumping your hands with each breath. Then turn your palms up, and press up rhythmically with five short inhales to complete one set. Repeat the sequence as many as nine times, equaling 100 breaths in all.

(If you're just starting out, aim for 20 breaths, and gradually increase to 100.) Straighten your legs (lowered only as far as you can while keeping your spine pressed to the floor).

The Bridge

Lie on your back with your knees bent and your feet flat on the floor, hip-width apart. Rest your arms at your sides, palms down. Take a deep breath. Exhale as you contract your abs and slowly curl your hips off the floor, using your buttocks and lower back (not your arms) to lift your torso. Support your upper body on your shoulder blades (not your neck), and use your hands only for balance. Hold for 10 to 15 seconds, relax, and repeat once. IMPORTANT:If you have neck pain, skip this exercise.

While in the bridge, lift your right foot off the floor. Stretch, throught your toes to keep your body in a straight line. Repeat with your left leg raised. Do the sequence one more time.

Single-Leg Circle

Lie on your back with your arms at your sides, your knees bent, and your feet flat on the floor. Extend your right leg toward the ceiling, and point your toes. Exhale, and contract your abs.

Slowly circle your right leg counterclockwise, keeping your hips level and motionless. Inhale as you circle your leg out, away from your body. Exhale as you circle it in, toward your body. Do six circles counterclockwise, then do six clockwise. Repeat.

[pagebreak]Double-Leg Stretch

Lie on your back with your knees pulled in toward your chest. Rest your hands just below your knees, and exhale as you use your abs to raise your shoulders off the floor. Inhale.

Exhale, and stretch your body long, pressing your arms overhead and your legs straight out in front of you in the air. Make sure you move from your abs, and extend through your fingertips and toes. Hold for a second. Inhale as you bring your knees back in, and sweep your arms toward your knees. Then extend again. Repeat five to eight times.

Forward Spine Stretch

Sit with your legs extended hip-width apart in front of you. Your feet should be flexed and your knees slightly bent. Pull your abs in toward your spine. Extend your arms in front of you at chest level, making sure to keep your shoulders relaxed.

Exhale as you bend forward, pulling your abs back against your spine. Continue curling forward, lowering your head, neck, shoulders and ribs until your spine forms a C. Inhale as you roll back up to the starting position. Repeat three times.

The Saw

Sit with your legs extended shoulder-width apart, feet flexed and arms extended out to your sides, at chest level. Pull your abs toward your spine.

Exhale as you twist and reach your left hand toward your right foot, as if you were trying to "saw off" your foot with your pinkie. As you reach for your toes, contract your abs even more. Inhale as you return to the starting position, then twist to the other side. Continue, alternating sides, repeating the sequence two more times.

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Bangladesh: Cyclone shelters - For livestock too

Alakdia - When Bangladeshi subsistence farmer Nur Banu heard a cyclone was bearing down on her village and she needed to evacuate, the 70-year-old had only one thing on her mind.

“Not without my cow… Without it, I wouldn’t have any source of income,” she told IRIN later outside her home in Alakdia, a largely agricultural community of 700 people 25km north of the southern port city of Chittagong.

Such concern is common among poorer people in cyclone-prone coastal areas, where traditionally most people keep a cow, goat, sheep or poultry in their homesteads.

Most of those living in high risk cyclone areas are low income agricultural workers of whom 70 percent are “landless” and relatively asset-poor, say experts.

According to the World Bank, more than half all rural communities in Bangladesh depend on livestock and agriculture as their primary source of livelihood.

Livestock matters

“Livestock plays a major role in these people’s lives. Any sudden loss of these assets can have a devastating impact,” Anisuzzamin Chowdhury, a senior programme officer with the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Dhaka (which since 1993 has constructed 117 cyclone shelters along the coast) told IRIN.

“Many people would rather risk their lives and stay with their animals than go to the nearest cyclone shelter. They know the recovery will be difficult without them.”

Yet despite this, livestock has never fully figured into the government’s construction of cyclone shelters, most of which were built after Cyclone Bhola in 1970, which claimed over half a million lives.

Although cyclone deaths have dropped significantly with their construction, economic damage, including livestock losses, continue to take a toll.

In 1991, over one million cattle were lost in a tidal surge and flooding that followed super cyclone Marian, while in 2007, another one million livestock perished in Cyclone Sidr, a significantly less powerful storm.

"In recent years, Bangladesh has made strong efforts to reduce the number of deaths from cyclones," said Farid Hasan Ahmed, a senior programme officer with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) in Dhaka. "However, on the issue of protecting livestock there is still a significant gap."

According to the Bangladesh government, there are some 3,700 cyclone shelters in coastal areas. However, only a small fraction have incorporated any type of livestock component in their construction.

“Less than 2 percent of all cyclone shelters have any kind of livestock component,” said Munibur Rahman, a senior engineer and project director with the government’s Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), the main body charged with building cyclone shelters in Bangladesh.

Earlier this year, SDC completed construction of 12 multi-purpose community-based cyclone shelters in Bagerhat District, taking on board many of the concerns of Nur Banu’s community.

Each shelter can accommodate 1,000-1,300 people and 450-500 cattle, and includes separate rooms for men, women and sick people, as well as toilet facilities, a rainwater tank, solar panels, generator and loudspeaker.

The 12 shelters can accommodate some 17,000 people and about 6,000 cattle.

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But while the notion of livestock protection is widely accepted, moving forward on the issue has proved a challenge.

The priority must first be saving lives, experts insist, particularly given that (based on current population growth) the government will probably need to construct another 6,800 cyclone shelters by 2025.

“We don’t have the resources to build enough shelters for people, much less animals,” said Aminul Islam, a senior adviser for sustainable development with the UN Development Programme, calling for a more integrated approach.

Long under consideration by the government has been the construction of a 3-4 metre elevated parcel of earth or `killa’, near each cyclone shelter, where livestock could be sequestered before residents take refuge inside.

Funding constraints and land acquisition have made such a proposition difficult to pursue, though LGED’s Rahman said the government was currently constructing 230 cyclone shelters (to be completed by June 2014) 150 of which will include a separate floor for livestock.

According to Bangladesh’s Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, cyclones strike low-lying coastal regions almost every year, in early summer (March-May) or during the late rainy season (October-December).

Of the country’s 64 districts, 40 are prone to natural disasters, including cyclones, floods, landslides, tornadoes and drought.

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I’ve noticed lately my 401k is FINALLY going back up. It’s about time. For about two years it seems I’ve been dumping my money down a pit, and a pit that doesn’t return much at that!

Lately I’ve been checking my 401k balance online and noticed that it is substantially increasing every time I log in, which is about once every two weeks, after I get paid and more money is deposited into the account since I am paid biweekly at my job.

The steady incline of the stock market has been credited to the decrease in oil and gas prices, and higher consumer optimism and spending due to a perceived relief on consumer wallets after energy costs finally went down.

Another helper on Wall Street was the fact that big time stock Wal-Mart announced that it plans to cut back on spending and strive more for profits, something its investors found to be welcome news since this means more money and dividends in their pockets if the strategy works.

Other companies helped the stock market to rebound, large companies such as toy companies, computer and technologies and gasoline companies helped pave the way to higher expectations and earnings on Wall Street.

Stock market and financial analysts are saying that they feel pretty good about the market stabilizing for a while now (what does a while mean, I don’t know, in this unstable economy that might just mean one week for all we know!) They say that the market doesn’t appear to be on a rebound too quickly, which can often end in a quick decline afterwards, so hopefully this is a sign of good things to come for the stock market, and all of our investment interests!

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The first human egg cells that have been grown entirely in the laboratory from stem cells could be fertilised later this year in a development that will revolutionise fertility treatment and might even lead to a reversal of the menopause in older women.

Scientists are about to request a licence from the UK fertility watchdog to fertilise the eggs as part of a series of tests to generate an unlimited supply of human eggs, a breakthrough that could help infertile women to have babies as well as making women as fertile in later life as men.

Producing human eggs from stem cells would also open up the possibility of replenishing the ovaries of older women so that they do not suffer the age-related health problems associated with the menopause, from osteoporosis to heart disease.

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Many hospitals in the United States are tacitly participating in the illegal organ transplant industry by not scrutinizing potential donors too closely, experts worry.

The purchase or sale of organs is illegal in most countries, including the United States, but a chronic shortage of organs for transplant has led to a thriving international black market. Typically, poor donors (usually from Third World countries) are paid several thousand dollars for organs that are then resold for upwards of $100,000 to rich recipients, usually from the First World.

The arrests of 44 U.S. residents on organ trafficking charges in July marks the first documented case of the practice in the United States, and has raised concerns that hospitals here might be encouraging it.

Medicare and various other organizations require that hospitals performing organ transplants screen potential donors to make sure that no organs are being sold for the procedure. Many hospitals take this responsibility very seriously, requiring long waiting periods and separate donor and recipient interviews to make sure that the donation process is fully legal and consensual. Other hospitals do not.

“Some have a pretty cursory examination, like, ‘Are you sure you want to do this?'” said Art Caplan of the University of Pennsylvania, who is participating in a United Nations task force on international organ trafficking. “Some don’t look very hard.”

Hospitals have a large financial incentive to facilitate organ donation — the procedures are costly, with large profit margins for doctors and institutions. The average kidney transplant cost $259,000 in the United States in 2008, netting between $80,000 and $100,000 in insurance reimbursements for hospitals and doctors. Because of this conflict of interest, many hospitals do not train their staff to screen for organ trading too vigorously.

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Uniforms and Dress Codes

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Uniforms and Dress Codes
School uniforms are largely found at religious, parochial and military schools. Dress codes have replaced uniforms at most schools.
More and more private schools are adopting dress codes as opposed to uniforms. You will still find uniforms in religious, parochial and military schools. Perhaps the most famous school uniform is the one worn by boys at Eton College. While it is still worn everyday, the uniforms worn in American schools are a lot less formal, if, indeed, a uniform is worn at all.

One of the reasons a dress code is more popular is that it gives some modicum of self-expression while at the same time maintaining a standard of dress. Oversize clothing, all black outfits, extreme hair styles and other symbols of gangs and fringe activities are simply not on.

This dress code from Foxcroft School is typical of the sort of dress code you can expect at a girls' school:

"Foxcroft's dress code is fairly simple – khaki or black pants or skirts with solid-colored, collared blouses which are tucked in. Shoes (which may not be athletic shoes) must have closed toes and backs. Dress code is required during the Academic Day."
McCallie School offers a quite detailed description of what's acceptable and what's not at that fine all-boys school in a Dress Code Letter:
"Regular school dress requirements/prohibitions are as follows:
1. Students are expected to wear a solid colored dress shirt with tie (tie should be within one inch of top button on shirt), long pants with a belt, visible socks, and shoes.
2. Students should tuck shirts in so that belts are visible.
3. Denim pants are not allowed.
4. Clothing depicting alcohol, tobacco, drugs, or other objectionable material is prohibited.
5. Shoes should be leather and/or canvas.  Shoes should be of an approved color.  The approved colors are black, blue, brown, gray, green, tan, and white.
6. Sandals, open-toed or backless clogs, and military boots are not permitted.
7. Hair should be kept neat and clean and be out of the eyes, clearly off the collar, and not below the ears.  No bizarre or trendy haircuts are allowed.  Sideburns should not extend below the ears.
8. Caps or hats may not be worn inside buildings.
9. Facial hair, earrings, body piercing, and tattoos are not allowed.
On Fridays, students may choose to wear the official, royal blue school shirt.  The Friday shirt must be tucked in at all times.  Those choosing not to wear the Friday shirt must be dressed in regular school attire.  McCallie Friday shirts are available for purchase in the school bookstore.
Sweatshirts, hooded or otherwise, must be official McCallie apparel.
Some dress codes are quite strict, almost bordering on a uniform. Others give plenty of room for individual expression. Most schools will have a dress code for formal days such as prize giving. Uniforms for sports and physical education programs are still very much de riguer."

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Search Engines Are One Messy Trade Show

At WebEventPlanner.com and AreaTradeShows.com, we thought of a search engine as this big messy trade show, and we thought it would be helpful to make it make more sense by turning a messy show into a successful, free 24/7 on line event.

Nov. 16, 2011 - PRLog -- Search engines provide no rapport building techniques and do not offer a complete list of industry businesses that may be beneficial in our search. Many times search engines provide us with the companies with top advertising dollars or with information that is unorganized and outdated. We have to dig and dig to extract an array of access links and information we are looking for.

"Virtual trade show provides a grassroots search engines creation for community and industry professionals", say Louis Godin Virtual Event Planner for AreaTradeShows.com and http://www.WebEventPlanner.com, "who better to organize a search engine then a community or industry professional. Someone that knows the local area or industry and can recommend professional within the community or profession. The key to business success is thinking outside the box, doing what everyone else is doing does not make you stand out as a business professional. Today's virtual marketing and advertising offer no personal attention or customer service to help build rapport, which the internet so easily allows us to do."

Today's virtual marketing and advertising options offers little personal attention or customer service. AreaTradeShows.com and  WebEventPlanner.com adds that little personal touch of "Sales 101" (customer service, rapport, and education) to all its virtual events.

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F.I.R.S.T. School Now Accepts FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)

Orlando, Florida, ACCET accredited digital media school now providing opportunities of federal and state student grants, work-study and loans to potential students.

March 27, 2012 - PRLog -- The Florida Institute of Recording, Sound, and Technology (F.I.R.S.T. School of Digital Media) is excited to announce their acceptance as providers of Federal Student Aid. “We applied in 2008 and have worked hard to make sure that we find alternative ways for students to pay for tuition. We are very excited about the opportunities ahead of us. We are, however, still a private school and will make sure that each applicant is a great fit for our programs” states Donney Smith, Director of F.I.R.S.T. School of Digital Media.

Students interested in attending F.I.R.S.T. School can apply for financial aid at http://www.FAFSA.ed.gov, and using school code: G41976. In addition, the Financial Aid Department at the school offers free help to all potential and currently enrolled students. To schedule an appointment with a Financial Aid Advisor, call (407) 316-8310.

Federal Student Aid, an office of the U.S. Department of Education, ensures that all eligible individuals can benefit from federally funded financial assistance for education beyond high school. It consistently champions the promise of postsecondary education to all Americans — and its value to our society.

Federal Student Aid plays a central and essential role in supporting postsecondary education by providing money for college to eligible students and families. It partners with postsecondary schools, financial institutions and others to deliver services that help students and families who are paying for college.

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Driven Sports and Predator Nutrition Gear up for the Arnold Classic Europe EXPO

BRADFORD, England, October 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Fitness fanatics heading to Madrid this weekend for the Arnold Classic Europe EXPO are being urged to check out the Driven Sports exhibition stand to discover more about the leading sports nutrition manufacturer.

With the help of Predator Nutrition, a leading distributor and retailer of dietary supplements, Driven Sports are hoping to raise their profile in Europe, with the upcoming event in Spain the perfect opportunity for bodybuilders and fitness enthusiasts to meet the team and find out about their product range.

The Arnold Classic originally started out as a bodybuilding content in Ohio and has since been expanded into a weekend packed with sporting competition including everything from boxing to gymnastics, launching a European version last year.

For Matt Cahill, Driven Sports VP of Operations, and Reggie Johal, Predator Nutrition President and Founder, the Arnold Classic Europe EXPO represents an exciting three days.

Cahill commented: "We are slowly building a presence in the UK and Europe.

"With the assistance of Predator Nutrition we are really excited to see just how much we can grow in this territory."

Predator Nutrition is the official European distributor of Driven Sports and Johal added: "Driven Sports are one of our most popular brands, and Craze® is our biggest selling product of all-time.

"The Arnold Classic Europe EXPO is the perfect opportunity to showcase Driven Sports, and particularly Craze®, to anyone that is not familiar with them."

Predator Nutrition will be running a variety of special offers throughout the three days and you can follow them on Twitter and Facebook for the latest news and deals.

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Iron Mountain Central Historic District Listed In the National Register of Historic Places

Special Recognition Follows Winning Contest Entry

LANSING, Mich., Oct. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The State Historic Preservation Office, part of the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA), today announces the addition of the Iron Mountain Central Historic District to the National Register of Historic Places, the nation's list of historic places worthy of preservation.

"We are proud to be partners with Iron Mountain in its efforts to recognize the outstanding architecture in the community," State Historic Preservation Officer Brian Conway said. "Iron Mountain is using programs MSHDA offers, such as the Michigan Main Street Program, to develop stable, viable downtowns where people want to be."

The listing of the district, comprised of 150 buildings, resulted from an application made by Iron Mountain's Main Street Program, a function of the City of Iron Mountain's Downtown Development Authority, to the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO). The application was in response to an offer from the SHPO to prepare a National Register of Historic Places nomination for the central business district of one Michigan Main Street community as a contribution to the statewide Main Street program. Michigan Main Street communities were invited to apply for this service, with the one community that presented the best argument for how it would utilize and benefit from the historic designation selected as the recipient of the service.

The City of Iron Mountain submitted the winning entry. Most downtown historic district nomination projects such as this one are paid for by the city or private property owners. The work is typically done by hired historian consultants. It is time-consuming and costly work to prepare the application to list a downtown. A project of this type would carry a price tag of about $52,000. Because Iron Mountain's project was done by the State Historic Preservation Office, the project cost Iron Mountain taxpayers nothing.

The national register nomination, prepared by National Register Coordinator Robert Christensen, recognizes the central business district and adjacent areas.

"Iron Mountain demonstrates the way that Michigan downtowns reflect our diverse heritage," said Christensen. "There are buildings that reflect many important aspects of the city and region's long history, such as the iron mining that brought Iron Mountain into existence, the second boom resulting from the Ford plant in the 1920s, and the contributions made by many of the city's ethnic groups – Swedes, Italians, French-Canadians, Lebanese-Syrians, and Jews – to the history of the city and its downtown commerce. The downtown retains great buildings reflecting all periods in its history, including not only 'old' landmarks like the County Courthouse and Wood Sandstone Block but also a fine Mid-Century Modern Building in the Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center."

The district boundaries range broadly from Fleshiem to C Street and Iron Mountain to Stockbridge Avenue.

"This national register listing solidifies the efforts of the Iron Mountain Downtown Development Authority/Main Street and local historians to nationally recognize our historically significant downtown," said Main Street Manager Jonathan Ringel.

Ringel added that he and other officials hope this listing will provide an incentive for current building owners and future investors to use the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Credits for rehabilitating structures in the district.

"We think this recognition and the rehabilitation that will follow will help make our community more vibrant," he said.

Historic sites are nominated to the national register by the State Historic Preservation Review Board, which considers nominations to the register three times per year. On behalf of the review board, the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) forwards nominations to the keeper of the National Register, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, for listing. Michigan has more than 1,600 listings in the National Register of Historic Places, including some 250 districts comprising more than 20,000 properties.

The SHPO coordinates the National Register Program in Michigan.  For information on the National Register of Historic Places and other programs of the State Historic Preservation Office, visit or call (517) 373-1630.

The State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) is financed in part by a grant from the National Park Service, Department of Interior. The opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of the Department of the Interior. The Department of the Interior prohibits discrimination on its federally funded assistance programs.  If you believe you've been discriminated against please contact the Office of Equal Opportunity, National Park Service, 1849 C. St. NW, Washington DC 20240.

The State Historic Preservation Office is part of the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA), which provides financial and technical assistance through public and private partnerships to create and preserve decent, affordable housing for low- and moderate-income residents and to engage in community economic development activities to revitalize urban and rural communities.

MSHDA's loans and operating expenses are financed through the sale of tax-exempt and taxable bonds as well as notes to private investors, not from state tax revenues. Proceeds are loaned at below-market interest rates to developers of rental housing, and help fund mortgages and home improvement loans. MSHDA also administers several federal housing programs. For more information, visit

Contact: Katie Bach
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Telephone: 517.335.4786

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KEMET Announces Date For The March 2013 Quarter And Annual Earnings Release

GREENVILLE, S.C., April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- KEMET Corporation (NYSE: KEM) will host a conference call at 9:00 AM (EDT) on Thursday, May 9, 2013, to discuss its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended March 31, 2013.  The call will last approximately one hour.

To access the call via telephone, participants in the United States should dial 1-800-416-8033, and participants outside the United States should dial 1-706-643-0979.  Participants should reference "KEMET Corporation" and Conference ID #56894046.  Participants can view a corresponding presentation from the KEMET website at by clicking on the fourth quarter conference call link in the Investor Relations section of the website.  The presentation will be available immediately prior to the beginning of the call.  Following management's comments, there will be an opportunity for questions.

In conjunction with the conference call, there will be a simultaneous live broadcast over the internet that can be accessed at  A replay of the conference call will be available until midnight, May 23, 2013, through the same link.

KEMET's common stock is listed on the NYSE under the symbol "KEM." At the Investor Relations section of our web site at, users may subscribe to KEMET news releases and find additional information about our Company. KEMET applies world class service and quality to deliver industry leading, high performance capacitance solutions to its customers around the world and offers the world's most complete line of surface mount and through-hole capacitor technologies across tantalum, ceramic, film, aluminum, electrolytic, and paper dielectrics. Additional information about KEMET can be found at

Certain statements included herein contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of federal securities laws about KEMET Corporation's (the "Company") financial condition and results of operations that are based on management's current expectations, estimates and projections about the markets in which the Company operates, as well as management's beliefs and assumptions. Words such as "expects," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," variations of such words and other similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions, which are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in, or implied by, such forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect management's judgment only as of the date hereof. The Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly any of these forward-looking statements to reflect new information, future events or otherwise.

Factors that may cause actual outcome and results to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements include, but are not necessarily limited to the following: (i) adverse economic conditions could impact the Company's ability to realize operating plans if the demand for the Company's products declines, and such conditions could adversely affect the Company's liquidity and ability to continue to operate; (ii) adverse economic conditions could cause the write down of long-lived assets or goodwill; (iii) an increase in the cost or a decrease in the availability of the Company's principal or single-sourced purchased materials; (iv) changes in the competitive environment of the Company; (v) uncertainty of the timing of customer product qualifications in heavily regulated  industries; (vi) economic, political, or regulatory changes in the countries in which the Company operates; (vii) difficulties, delays or unexpected costs in completing the Company's restructuring plan; (viii) equity method investments expose the Company to a variety of risks; (ix) acquisitions and other strategic transactions expose the Company to a variety of risks; (x) the inability to attract, train and retain effective employees and management; (xi) the inability to develop innovative products to maintain customer relationships and offset potential price erosion in older products; (xii) exposure to claims alleging product defects; (xiii) the impact of laws and regulations that apply to the Company's business, including those relating to environmental matters; (xiv) the impact of international laws relating to trade, export controls and foreign corrupt practices; (xv) volatility of financial and credit markets affecting the Company's access to capital; (xvi) the need to reduce the total costs of the Company's products to remain competitive; (xvii) potential limitation on the use of net operating losses to offset possible future taxable income; (xviii) restrictions in the Company's debt agreements that limit the Company's flexibility in operating its business; and (xix) additional exercise of the warrant by K Equity, LLC which could potentially result in the existence of a significant stockholder who could seek to influence our corporate decisions.  Other risks and uncertainties may be described from time to time in the Company's reports and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Paula Gignac, Past President Of IAB Canada And Veteran Of Digital Marketing Industry In Canada, Joins The Exchange Lab As Global CMO

TORONTO, July 22, 2013 /CNW/ - The Exchange Lab, today announced that Paula Gignac, a 2012 inductee to The Canadian Marketing Hall Of Legends and 17-year veteran of the Digital Marketing industry in Canada, will act as its new Global Chief Marketing Officer.

Gignac, who is acknowledged throughout the Canadian industry not only as a prominent "go-to" expert and thought-leader on Digital Sales + Marketing, but also as an entrepreneur and mentor capable of building high-performing teams and break-through Digital businesses, joins The Exchange Lab's deep and dynamic team of senior managers who have already guided the company to profitability, and a 300% growth in revenue over just the past year.

Gignac, whose previous work includes a recent eight years as President of IAB Canada, plus seven years as VP of Rogers Women's Group Of Websites -- is an award-winning author of Digital Marketing programs for clients as diverse as AirMiles, GlaxoSmithKline, Ford, Parmalat, Procter + Gamble and Hershey. She is also a global leader in education about all things Digital, with recent engagements across Canada, and in Kuwait and Qatar in the Middle East.

Gignac will report to James Aitken, The Exchange Lab's Global CEO, who has himself been at the forefront of a number of developments in Digital advertising over the past 15 years, including his involvement with the start-up and IPO of Avenue-A (inventors of the 1x1 pixel and attribution model still in use today), MediaBrokers Ad Network and Atlas DMT (both later acquired by Microsoft, with Atlas most recently acquired by Facebook).

"Paula's strengths and personal brand mirrors so much of what The Exchange Lab does and stands for, we think it's a really amazing fit," says Aitken. "For example, Paula is known throughout the Digital industry for her unbiased thought-leadership and unremitting focus on both finding out and communicating what works for clients, which dovetails perfectly with The Exchange Lab's media-agnostic and results-driven approach to empowering advertisers through applied advertising science. She's also highly-respected for baking problem-solving and innovative solutions into all of the businesses she builds, which echoes what the team does here, in both interpreting and immediately optimizing campaigns based on the data that we leverage in both local and global markets, so that clients can directly and quickly benefit from not only our leading-edge technology, but also the deep marketing expertise of our collective Exchange Lab team."

In the new role (effective immediately), Gignac will be responsible for defining and leading the company's global marketing objectives and strategy, while working hand in hand with both global and country general managers and marketing teams to localize and implement it. She will also act as a Global evangelist for The Exchange Lab as it launches new facets of its business and expands into new markets.

Founded in 2007 in the UK, The Exchange Lab has offices in the UK, Canada, the US and Istanbul, and serves more than 250 clients across 29 markets worldwide. Its exclusive, multi-platform and multi-market access approach -- in combination with its data- and experience-driven campaign analysis and optimization -- allows The Exchange Lab to help agencies and advertisers achieve success in more cost-effective and efficient ways than any other company in the Programmatic Buying arena.

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Registration Open for 2014 National Main Streets Conference in Detroit Enjoy Early Bird Registration Rates Through March 17

LANSING, Mich., Feb. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Registration has kicked off for the 2014 National Main Streets Conference, the premier historic preservation and downtown revitalization event in the country, coming to Detroit's GM Renaissance Center from May 18-20.

The event showcases and celebrates the innovative ideas and practices that make the Main Street Approach® one of the most powerful community development tools in the nation. It brings together leading professionals in preservation-based economic development and community revitalization, appealing to Main Street program directors, architects, planners, economic development professionals, public officials, volunteers and consultants.

There's also a spot for those who aren't familiar with Main Street. Free introductory to Main Street courses are offered, including sessions on the Main Street Four-Point Approach® -- the foundation for local initiatives to revitalize their districts. These sessions will explain how to leverage assets, from cultural or architectural heritage to local enterprises and community pride. They will also cover innovative ideas and practices around the Four Points: organization, promotion, design and economic restructuring.

Planners are pleased to bring the annual conference to Detroit, a city that is actively utilizing unique grassroots initiatives to overcome economic challenges. Detroit is the perfect backdrop for the National Main Street Conference as the city offers bold lessons on resilience, innovation and hard work.

"Detroit is making a comeback. Urban farming, pop-up businesses, unique public art and creative partnerships are just a few of the ways Detroit residents are rebuilding their city," says Patrice Frey, president and CEO of the National Main Street Center. "The entrepreneurial spirit in Detroit is something the conference is excited to showcase."

Attendees will experience three full days of educational opportunities, dozens of mobile workshops, unforgettable special events, unique venues and networking galore. People from urban neighborhood business districts, small and rural towns, suburban communities, large and midsized cities, will all benefit from ideas, solutions, issue discussion and networking opportunities that only this conference offers.

The 2014 conference is hosted by the Michigan Main Street Center at MSHDA in conjunction with the National Main Street Center.

"The City of Detroit and Main Street communities across Michigan have been doing some amazing work to revitalize our state's downtowns and neighborhoods and we are excited to share those success stories and challenges," said MSHDA Executive Director Scott Woosley. "We are thrilled to see this work brought to the national stage."

The Michigan Main Street Center is part of MSHDA's effort to create vibrant communities across the state.

"The Michigan Main Street Center provides Michigan communities with the tools needed to develop into thriving districts," said Laura Krizov, manager of the Michigan Main Street Center at MSHDA. "The Main Street 4-point Approach® can be used to create jobs, attract and retain residents and investment while building a sense of place."

Since its founding more than 10 years ago, the Center has used the Main Street approach to breathe new life into historic downtowns statewide, attracting nearly $100 million in private investment and creating over 1,200 new jobs.

To register, visit Early bird registration rates will be in effect through March 17. Although introductory sessions are free, attendees are still asked to register online.

For conference updates, follow @NatlMainStreet and @MichiganMainSt on Twitter and Facebook.

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The Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) provides financial and technical assistance through public and private partnerships to create and preserve decent, affordable housing for low- and moderate-income residents and to engage in community economic development activities to revitalize urban and rural communities.*

*MSHDA's loans and operating expenses are financed through the sale of tax-exempt and taxable bonds as well as notes to private investors, not from state tax revenues. Proceeds are loaned at below-market interest rates to developers of rental housing, and help fund mortgages and home improvement loans. MSHDA also administers several federal housing programs. For more information, visit

National Main Street Center
Established in 1980 as a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the National Main Street Center works with a nationwide network of communities to encourage preservation-based economic revitalization, and has participated in the renewal of more than 2,000 older commercial districts during its 30-year history. As a nonprofit organization, the National Main Street Center Inc., provides information, offers technical assistance, holds conferences and workshops, and conducts research and advocacy on critical revitalization issues utilizing the Main Street Four-Point Approach®.

Contact: Katie Bach

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SuccessFactors Rated the Hottest Vendor in Ventana Research's 2012 Value Index for Total Compensation Management

SAN MATEO, Calif., June 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SuccessFactors, an SAP company and the global leader in cloud-based business execution software, was named as the overall 'hot vendor' in Ventana Research's 2012 Value Index for Total Compensation Management. With this rating, Ventana Research certifies that SuccessFactors Compensation delivers the best buyer value based on a thorough evaluation and audit. The report is Ventana's latest research-based index on technology vendors and products. It provides guidance to enable organizations to ascertain the value of software that enables and supports Total Compensation Management. SuccessFactors beat out all other industry vendors to earn this highest vendor classification.

"Compensation Management is a key activity for supporting human capital and talent management and SuccessFactors has demonstrated its customer and product advancements with its rating of Hot in Total Compensation Management," said Mark Smith, CEO & chief research officer, Ventana Research. "SuccessFactors Compensation demonstrated its applications ability to meet the range of requirements for total compensation and has advanced every quarter to support a range of manager, employee and administrator needs with compensation covering base pay, variable pay and calibration to goals and objectives."

Ventana's Value Index is not just a selection of "cool" products. Instead of representing a vendor on a four-quadrant chart, the Index provides specific thermometer readings, both overall and component metrics, for a technology buyer to consider. Organizations can use the Value Index by first determining their priorities and then consulting the Index to determine which vendors best meet those needs.

SuccessFactors Compensation  helps business leaders, compensation managers, and HR professionals dramatically improve budget accuracy, reduce risk, and tie their greatest expense—employee pay— to actual business results. As part of SuccessFactors Business Execution (BizX) suite, SuccessFactors Compensation streamlines and simplifies compensation planning, provides visibility and insight for total compensation management, and uniquely enables a perform-and-reward culture.

"It is an honor to receive this kind of validation from Ventana Research," said Kara Wilson, chief marketing officer, SuccessFactors.  Employee compensation is the largest expense for most companies and we're proud to help our customers reward great execution and retain more top talent to drive organizational performance that exceeds expectations."

About Ventana Research

Ventana Research is the most authoritative and respected benchmark business technology research and advisory services firm. We provide insight and expert guidance on mainstream and disruptive technologies through a unique set of research-based offerings including benchmark research and technology evaluation assessments, education workshops and our research and advisory services, Ventana OnDemand. Our unparalleled understanding of the role of technology in optimizing business processes and performance and our best practices guidance are rooted in our rigorous research-based benchmarking of people, processes, information and technology across business and IT functions in every industry. This benchmark research plus our market coverage and in-depth knowledge of hundreds of technology providers means we can deliver education and expertise to our clients to increase the value they derive from technology investments while reducing time, cost and risk.

Ventana Research provides the most comprehensive analyst and research coverage in the industry; business and IT professionals worldwide are members of our community and benefit from Ventana Research's insights, as do highly regarded media and association partners around the globe. Our views and analyses are distributed daily through blogs and social media channels including TwitterFacebook, LinkedIn and Google+.

To learn how Ventana Research advances the maturity of organizations' use of information and technology through benchmark research, education and advisory services, visit

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SuccessFactors is the leading provider of cloud-based Business Execution Software, and delivers business alignment, team execution, people performance, and learning management solutions to organizations of all sizes across more than 60 industries. With approximately 15 million subscription seats globally, we strive to delight our customers by delivering innovative solutions, content and analytics, process expertise and best practices insights from serving our broad and diverse customer base. Today, we have more than 3,500 customers in more than 168 countries using our application suite in 35 languages.

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Tetragon Financial Group Limited (TFG)
Announces Continuation of its Share Repurchase Program

TFG today announces that it will reinitiate its share repurchase program previously
announced on October 28, 2011 (the "Prior Share Repurchase Program"). The Board of TFG
continues to be confident in the long-term prospects of TFG. The Board also believes that
the purchase of shares in the market may at appropriate price levels below Net Asset Value
represent an attractive use of TFG's excess cash and an efficient means to return cash to
its shareholders.

    The updated share repurchase program will commence on January 14, 2013 and will
continue for a period of up to April 30, 2013, until the remainder of the 5% of the
Company's outstanding shares authorized under the Prior Share Repurchase Program have been
repurchased or until terminated by the Board. Other than as described below, the updated
share repurchase program shall be conducted on the same terms as the Prior Share
Repurchase Program. Accordingly, the maximum price to be paid per share under the share
repurchase program shall not exceed the higher of the price of the last independent trade
and the highest current independent bid on NYSE Euronext in Amsterdam. TFG's maximum daily
trading volume for such purchases shall be based on the average daily volume traded in
December 2012 and shall be fixed for the duration of the program.

    For further information, please contact:

    David Wishnow/Yuko Thomas
    Investor Relations

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Verizon Releases Industry-by-Industry Snapshots of Cybercrime, Based on the Data Breach Investigations Report Series Data Provide In-Depth View of Financial Services, Health Care, Retail, Hospitality Sectors and Intellectual Property Theft

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Oct. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon on Wednesday (Oct. 24) released a series of industry-by-industry snapshots of cybercrime, based on the "Verizon 2012 and 2011 Data Breach Investigations Reports."  The snapshots, aimed at helping organizations better understand the anatomy of a data breach and how to best provide protection, offer an in-depth view of the financial services, health care, retail and hospitality sectors.

In addition, a fifth snapshot examines intellectual property theft, which has become increasingly difficult to protect against across a range of industries.

"Understanding what happens when a data breach occurs is critical to proactive prevention," said Wade Baker, Verizon managing principal, RISK team. "Through our more targeted analysis, we are hoping to provide answers to businesses around the globe that want to protect not only their data but their reputation."

Key Findings Across Industries

The new data provide the following key findings:

Financial and Insurance

  • The financial services industry faces some unique challenges with regard to information protection. The industry's status as a high-value target means it attracts significantly more directed and tenacious criminal attention.
  • Overall breaches in this sector were primarily about the money, whether targeting it directly (by accessing internal accounts and applications) or indirectly (through downstream fraud). Many of the attacks are targeted against ATMs, Web applications and employees.
  • Areas for improved security include better protection of ATMs, careful monitoring of login credentials, secure application development, and training and awareness among employees.

Health Care

  • Most of the breaches within the health care sector fell into the small to medium business category (one to 100 employees), and outpatient care facilities such as medical and dental offices comprised the bulk of these.
  • Attacks were almost entirely the work of financially motivated organized criminal groups, which typically attack smaller, low-risk targets to obtain personal and payment data for various fraud schemes.
  • Most attacks involved hacking and malware and often focused on point of sale (POS) systems. However, the health care industry also needs to protect medical devices and electronic health records.
  • The majority of breaches can be prevented with some small and relatively easy steps, including change in administrative passwords on all POS systems; implementing a firewall; avoiding using POS systems to browse the Web; and making certain the POS is a PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) compliant application.

  • The retail industry continues to be plagued with a multitude of data breaches, much of it committed by financially motivated criminal groups that gain access through POS systems that are used to conduct daily business activities.  The criminals exploit weak, guessable or default credentials via third-party remote access services.
  • The most vulnerable are franchises and other small and medium-size businesses, which often lack in-house resources and expertise to manage their own security. Consequently, these businesses often rely on ill-equipped third-party vendors, which often fail to provide adequate protection; or the businesses use an out-of-the-box solution, without adequately investigating whether the solution will meet their security needs.
  • In many cases, employees are involved in the breaches, either wittingly or unwittingly. It is not uncommon for an employee to click on a malicious email attachment or visit a questionable site on a company desktop, infecting the system with malware and enabling an attacker to gain access to other devices within the network.

Accommodations and Food Services

  • This industry has been particularly vulnerable to data breaches, and for the past two years has had more breaches than any other industry.
  • The POS systems, which are needed to process payment transactions, have proven to be easy targets for organized criminal groups.
  • This industry, more so than any other, needs to emphasize preventive actions.

Intellectual Property (IP) Theft

  • Overall, finding and identifying the work of IP theft is highly difficult and specialized. Many of these breaches go undetected until long after the damage has been done, and it often takes quite a while to successfully contain the breach. IP attacks often include collusion between insiders and outsiders. Regular employees accounted for the largest percentage (two-thirds) of insiders.  Outsiders often acted directly and maliciously, but also regularly solicited and aided insiders.
  • Most of the thefts are carried out by determined adversaries who target IP as a shortcut to attaining some manner of strategic, financial, technological or related advantage.   The attackers generally mix and match their methods until they find a successful combination.  Many of these combinations are multiphased and multifaceted.
  • With IP attacks, no single solution can guarantee protection.  A common-sense, evidence-based approach is the best defense.

Verizon 2012 Data Breach Investigations Report

The DBIR is now in its fifth year of publication, and this year's edition, released in March, analyzed 855 data breaches involving more than 174 million compromised records – the second-highest data loss that the Verizon RISK (Research Investigations Solutions Knowledge) team has seen since it began collecting data in 2004.  Verizon was joined by five organizations that contributed data to this year's report: the United States Secret Service, the Dutch National High Tech Crime Unit, the Australian Federal Police, the Irish Reporting & Information Security Service and the Police Central e-Crime Unit of the London Metropolitan Police.

For the first time in 2012, the report was issued in multiple languages in addition to English: French, Italian, Japanese, German, Portuguese and Spanish.  In addition, the 2012 report also is produced as an iBook.

Verizon, through its Terremark subsidiary, helps organizations protect their core asset: data.  The company does this through a robust suite of security services -- including governance, risk and compliance solutions; identity and access management solutions; investigative response; data protection and threat management services; and vulnerability management services -- delivered in the cloud or on premises.

For more information on Verizon Security Services, click here. For ongoing security insight and analysis from some of the world's most distinguished security researchers, read the Verizon Security Blog.

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ), headquartered in New York, is a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wireline communications services to consumer, business, government and wholesale customers.  Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network, with nearly 96 million retail customers nationwide.  Verizon also provides converged communications, information and entertainment services over America's most advanced fiber-optic network, and delivers integrated business solutions to customers in more than 150 countries, including all of the Fortune 500.  A Dow 30 company with $111 billion in 2011 revenues, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of 184,500.  For more information, visit

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Randy Hedberg

Randolph R. Hedberg

Position: QB
Height: 6-3    Weight: 200 lbs.

Born: December 27, 1954 in Parshall, ND
High School: Parshall
College: Minot St.
Drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 8th round (196th overall) of the 1977 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 1 (12813th overall since 1950)

Randy Hedberg Career Touchdown Log

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Bruce Phillip Smith

Position: HB-DB-TB
Height: 6-0    Weight: 197 lbs.

Born: February 8, 1920 in Faribault, MN
Died: August 28, 1967 in Alexandria, MN
High School: Faribault
College: Minnesota   (school history)    (Smith college stats)
Drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the 13th round (119th overall) of the 1942 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 0 (14769th overall since 1950)

Bruce Smith Career Passing Touchdown Log

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Retirement seminars: summit path or slippery slope? Pt. 1Article added by Steven McCarty on June 9, 2014
Steven McCarty

Steven McCarty

San Diego, CA

Joined: March 22, 2006

Prospects usually hate to be “sold.” But they love to be taught. That’s why seminars remain a staple of advisor marketing plans. By sharing helpful insights, tools and processes, advisors build good will, credibility and motivation for prospects to book an appointment.

But here’s the problem: Putting together a content-rich, compliant and current seminar (pardon my Cs) is a full-time job. Consequently, most advisors outsource development by purchasing a program from a seminar publisher or getting one from their FMO. This can be a great solution. But when the developers use deceptive practices to attract attendees, trouble can ensue.

Consider this real-life case

One of my colleagues received a seminar insert in his Sunday newspaper touting the importance of boomers revisiting their planning, given recent events. Offered by “The Prosperity Foundation” (not its real name), the multi-week program was positioned as a highly academic opportunity — developed by a nonprofit organization, based on extensive academic research, delivered by “instructors” and taking place on college campuses.

Approaching retirement himself, my colleague decided to pay the $75 fee to attend. But first, he did some due diligence. Here’s what he found:
  • The nonprofit sponsor was indeed a not-for-profit LLC, registered with its secretary of state. However, he couldn’t find the touted nonprofit initiatives on the Internet.

  • The nonprofit sponsor’s phone and address matched those of an industry FMO.
Ethical alarms ringing, he decided to attend anyway to see what the program entailed. After paying online, he received a confirmation email from “The Prosperity Foundation.” And then, a couple days before the seminar, he received a voice mail from the “instructor,” giving logistical details and his phone number. Googling that number revealed the instructor worked at a local tax planning and financial advisory firm. Surprised?

My colleague attended all three classes. Want to hear what he encountered? Watch for part two of this series. Then, learn what constitutes an ethical and compliant seminar in part three. Until then, here are some ethical pointers to consider before building or buying a prospecting seminar:
  • Whether a sales or marketing tactic works and whether or not it’s ethically appropriate are two separate questions. Don’t confuse them.

  • You never have a second chance to make a first impression. Why attempt to attract customers through misrepresentation when you can do it on your true merits?

  • It only takes one attendee to file an insurance-department complaint to ruin your online reputation. Once your reputation is damaged, it’s very difficult to fix.

  • Never say anything to seminar attendees that isn’t 100 percent true. Anything else is a slippery slope for your credibility and serious risk to your long-term business survival.

  • Finally, opt for quality, not gimmicks, in your seminar package. That’s the surest, straightest path to the marketing summit.
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