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The positive difference women can make on a team isn’t just popular opinion but can be backed up by real data.
“Companies with women on their boards performed better in challenging markets than those with all-male boards in a study suggesting that mixing genders may temper risky investment moves and increase return on equity,” wrote Heather Perlberg in an article for Bloomberg.
A 2016 ATHENA Leadership Award recipient and chief credit administrator at Zions Bancorporation, Lori Chillingworth, is a strong advocate for women in the workplace and attributes organizational success to having women on boards.
“Hopefully, I’m showing that women can do anything,” she said. “I’m doing something that is a nontraditional woman’s role, but is certainly starting to become more traditional,” Chillingworth said to Deseret News.
The colloquial “rat race” for upward mobility often pins competition for the top spot over helping those around you rise. But one Utah standout is showing how helping others succeed is essential for your success.
Ensuring each and every one of her students reaches their full potential, Dr. Deneece Huftalin, eighth president of Salt Lake Community College, shines as her students shine.
“Huftalin has launched a college-wide strategic planning cycle that has produced a new vision, mission, values, and strategic goals for the college. She is also leading efforts to strengthen completion rates, transfer pathways, workforce responsiveness, and equity in student access and completion,” the Salt Lake Chamber stated.
Her vision and conviction to the students of SLCC have led to multiple awards including the NASPA Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education 2018 President’s Award and the Salt Lake Chamber’s 2017 ATHENA Leadership Award.
We need to be role models for other women. Because I’m a woman, I have something special to give. A lot of women don’t recognize it about themselves. All women have something special to offer.
Everyone has something to offer and shouldn’t let age or circumstance come between them and their goals. Perhaps one of the best Utah exemplars of this is Utah Jazz owner and chairwoman, Gail Miller.
At age 71, Miller continues to inspire others and make a difference in Utah’s workforce. This billionaire businesswoman is also the third woman to be inducted into the Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame, an honor first given in 1991.
“We need to be role models for other women. Because I’m a woman, I have something special to give,” Miller said. “A lot of women don’t recognize it about themselves. All women have something special to offer,” Miller said in an interview with the Deseret News.
She calls on girls and women "to overcome the fear of stepping in the spotlight. Because it's a scary thing to do, but it doesn't need to be. You are capable. You have the opportunity to develop your skills and do things that anyone can do,” Miller said to KSL.
As women across Utah reach new professional heights, their contributions to a better state, a better country, and a better world do not go unnoticed.
Every year, the Salt Lake Chamber annually presents the ATHENA Leadership Award to a Utahn who demonstrates excellence, creativity and initiative in business, provides valuable service by devoting time and energy to improve the quality of life for others in the community, and assists women in reaching their full leadership potential. This year’s ATHENA Award presentation will occur Nov. 16 at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City.
June 13 (UPI) -- Park rangers in Colorado are offering a reward for information about a graffiti promposal spray-painted on rocks at the Colorado National Monument.
U.S. Park Ranger Frank Hayde said officials are asking the public for information about the amorous messages apparently painted on the rocks by a teenager in late May.
Hayde said officials are offering a reward for information about the vandalism, but rangers are hoping the guilty party will come forward.
"The maximum penalty for this is six months in jail and or a $5,000. But we would certainly be willing to be much more lenient than that if this person would come forward," Hayde told KKCO/KJCT.
The official Colorado National Monument page on Facebook shared photos of the graffiti, which included the message "prom... ise?"
"I promise to love you forever + always," a second message reads.
A third spray-painted message says: "You're perfect to me."
Hayde said officials are working on a plan to remove the graffiti without damaging the rocks or any historic paintings that might be in contact with the spray paint.
This is how my friends deterred me from transferring without even knowing it.
I started my freshman year in January of 2016. I came into college only knowing a handful of people that I had met at orientation the summer before, but besides my roommate, everybody I had met lived across campus.
It was definitely not easy to live on a floor of people who already knew each other and had some solid friend groups already established. I had had the same group of friends from back home for several years and the adjustment period of going off to college definitely took a bit longer than it did for most of my other friends. During my semester off, I watched some of my best friends move away to college, some of my other friends were still in high school, and I was stuck working at a sandwich shop.
Until college, I had never been away from my family for more than a few days, except for one week I spent at sleep-away camp. I was homesick for a good portion of my first semester and I wasn’t entirely sure how to deal with it. I went home almost every single weekend — and that probably played a huge role in why I felt isolated. Family has always been important to me, so the fact that they were only a short bus ride away was comforting.
All of my friends back home knew that I was considering leaving Boston University, but they all encouraged me to stick it out for a little bit. I weighed the factors of coming from such a small hometown to such a large university, the fact that I started a semester late, and the fact that I missed my family immensely. I never really researched other universities that I could potentially transfer to, but there was always a thought in the back of my mind about how different my life would’ve been if I had gone to another school or started in the fall just like the typical college student does.
I spoke with my home friends and my parents about how I was feeling and a very common theme among conversations was the idea that my home friendships had years to grow and my new ones had only existed for a few weeks, so I had to be patient. There were friends that I made during the first few weeks of college who I no longer see and some who are my best friends right now.
I learned to be patient, listen more and push myself out of my comfort zone. I went out and I explored. I went to concerts — sometimes with friends and sometimes alone. I found out how to be comfortable with being alone and doing things for myself.
Now I’m sitting in my new suite with my wonderful suitemates, after having caught up with some of my pals in the library. These past two weeks of junior year have been so incredibly fun, eye-opening and heartwarming. I am finally taking classes that all apply to my major and I’m loving every second of them. I am so ridiculously thankful for all of my family and friends for being there for me, regardless of anything that they had going on. I was reminded that life is too short to be homesick and college is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that shouldn’t be wasted. I was patient and worked hard and despite all of the rough nights that I had, I am so happy that I decided to stick through it and stay in Boston.
Recently, I wrote about a way to insure your portfolio against decline by buying put options -- in effect, insurance policies -- for your largest or most important holdings. Options typically get a bad rap as being risky or speculative, but if they're used correctly to complement a long-term stock portfolio, they're simply tools to help you manage your risk and returns.
So if you want to protect a stock you own, you can buy a put option. But in today's volatile market, it will cost you even more than usual -- about $3,000 to $4,000 to insure the typical $20,000 stock position from now through January 2010. That may be worth it if your stock falls sharply, but it's a lot of money to forfeit if your stock holds steady or increases in price.
However, there is a way to insure a stock against decline without needing to spend much or any capital yourself. Now that's worth knowing about.
Let's use Microsoft(NASDAQ: MSFT) as a general example. Suppose you own 500 shares of the $22 stock, and you want to protect it against further big declines. As of this writing, Microsoft's January 2010 put options with a $21 strike price (the price at which you could sell your stock, guaranteed) cost $2.20 per share.
So it will cost you $1,100 to insure your $11,000 Microsoft position from now through January 2010, when these options expire. That's expensive, but the insurance would be great to have if Microsoft falls below $15, as it did in March. No matter what happens, you'll be able to sell your shares at $21 -- but it's a net sell price of $18.80, after factoring in what you paid for the put options.
"But wait," you're saying, "I have to pony up $1,500 just to insure what is supposed to be an investment? I know times are risky right now, with a lot of uncertainty, but that's a lot to pay for something that very well might not happen!"
It is. And there's an alternative.
Instead, you could pay for much of your insurance by using the proceeds from writing call options on the stock. When you write options, you're the seller of the contract, rather than the buyer, so you're paid up front when you execute the trade. In this case, as the owner of 500 shares of Microsoft, you could write -- meaning sell -- five call options (each option contract represents 100 shares) on your stock for an immediate payment.
Microsoft's $25 January 2010 call options are paying $1.00 per share. You could sell call option contracts on your 500 shares, be paid $500, and then use the money to buy your $21 put contracts for $1,100. In this case, your net payment for your insurance is much less, just $600. In other cases, you can even end up ahead, with cash in your pocket from the call options, while buying puts for insurance.
The catch, however, is that your upside is now limited. If Microsoft increases above $25 per share and you keep your call options open to expiration, your stock would be called away from you -- in other words, it would be sold for you, at $25 per share. So, even if Microsoft recovers to $30 or higher, as long as you have these open call options, you'd be forced to sell at $25.
With this strategy, you're insured against a disaster, but you also have limited upside. Therefore, you use this strategy when you're on the defensive, concerned about protecting yourself from potential losses, and don't see tremendous upside in the near term.
This option strategy of buying a put and selling a call (or vice versa) is called a "collar" strategy. You're limiting the potential pricing outcome for the position that you're "collaring" -- in this case, Microsoft You'll be able to sell it at $21, no matter what.
A collar is a useful tool in bear markets or when you are uncertain about a business. During the financial crisis, that would have applied to just about any company related to financials, from JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM ) to NYSE Euronext (NYSE:NYX) to BB&T (NYSE: BBT) or US Bancorp (NYSE: USB).
The strategy can also come in handy to protect gains you made earlier in something like Quality Systems (NASDAQ: QSII) or NetEase.com (NASDAQ: NTES). A collar strategy might also have made sense when Nuance Communications(NASDAQ: NUAN) rebounded to $21 last spring, if you were concerned about the company's stock falling back.
The strategy may be used when you don't want to sell a stock quite yet, but you want to limit your potential losses. With a collar, you limit your upside, but you're also in effect saying, "I don't believe there's much upside in the near term anyway. Meanwhile, I'm concerned about the risk. So, I'll insure my stock without any or only a little out-of-pocket expense." The strategy is called a "costless collar."
Options are tools best used in tandem with in-depth business knowledge and a long-term stock perspective. They can be used to protect positions, generate income, short, or hedge, and to get better buy or sell prices on your stocks.
A group of switch manufacturers will announce tomorrow an Open Standards Fabric Initiative (OSFI) under which they have agreed to work together to promote interoperability between Fibre Channel switches.
The group aims to provide heterogeneous switching between multiple vendors, interoperable standards and common manageability. Fibre Channel has been coming on as a high-performing pipe for Storage Area Networks (SANs), which have been traditionally using SCSI.
"Interoperability between Fibre Channel fabric switches is mandatory for broad end-user acceptance of open SANs," says Robert Gray, research director for storage systems for International Data Corp. (IDC, www.idc.com). "It is great to see these suppliers taking this head on. This initiative will add momentum to Fibre Channel SAN adoption."
Microsoft has released the second "beta" or test version of its latest browser Internet Explorer 8 (IE8).
It remains unclear when a final version of the program will be shipped, with the test version currently available for download.
IE8 offers a few surprises compared to the initial beta version released in March.
New features will include improved privacy and search functions, and ways to keep track of portions of web pages.
The release debuts two functions that were not available in the March release. However, many in the blogosphere have noted that several of the improvements in IE8 have been available on other browsers for some time.
One feature new to the release is the "smart address bar". Microsoft senior product manager James Pratt pointed out at that 80% of the time, internet users were visiting sites they had been to before.
To address that, the new release archives visited sites based on their titles as well as their addresses. That means a search in the address bar for words and phrases will find previously visited sites, as well as bookmarks.
Another new set of features makes web searching easier; search terms entered in the search bar at the top of the browser now instantly display potential results in real time as the search term is typed. Results are shown from user-defined search engines and websites, with rich visual content.
For websites with changing content, such as items on eBay or status pages on Facebook, IE8's Web Slices allows users to keep up with the content without going to the webpage directly, accessible through the Favourites bar.
The new release also showcases Groups, which makes tabbed browsing easier. Tabs opened from the same page are colour-coded, making it easier to keep track of different tab groups.
Tabs can also be moved around to different groups, with the tab taking on a new group's colour. Right-clicking tabs allows actions on the entire group, such as closing. Users will also be relieved to find that if they inadvertently close a tab, IE8 offers an option to reopen it.
As with the earlier Beta release, the new version sports inPrivate Browsing mode, which leaves no trace of sites visited on the computer.
Behind the scenes, developers have made the browser more compliant with software standards, so that pages in IE8 will look the same as in any other browser.
While IE8's tab Groups and the way it sorts results in the smart address bar are novel, many have argued that the release is simply catching up to other, existing browsers.
IE8's inPrivate mode performs the same job as the Private Browsing mode available in Apple's Safari Browser, and the Web Slices function echoes Safari's Web Clips.
The "smart address bar" works much like the so-called "Awesome bar" in Mozilla's latest release of its Firefox browser, and Firefox has long had the ability to reopen closed tabs.
However, Microsoft UK's Ian Moulster counters that IE8 was designed by studying what people need and want. Though some functions appear similar, he says, they have been implemented in more user-friendly ways.
"If you look at the way the features work, like visual search and Web Slices, nobody else does them in the same way, and many don't do them at all," he says. "I think if you add up the whole product across the board, it absolutely stands by itself in making the web easier and safer to use."
chance of reversing in the near future.
Vietnam due to high prices.
of rice for the WFP’s global program.
the cost of transporting the grain.
marked a shift away from being a net exporter of rice and wheat.
cheaper rice this year appears remote.
Organization's (FAO) Asia and Pacific regional office, based in Bangkok.
low; the lowest in 20 years,” says Broca.
from farmers to meet the country's other economic needs.
production is likely to exert additional pressure,” she says.
percent over a 13-year period.
hybrid rice depends on a lot of water and is only grown in irrigated areas.
World Network, a Penang-based think tank.
investments for local farmers to produce better rice yields.
Former Glen Este High School boys basketball coach Dave Caldwell is back in the game taking over the job at Mariemont.
MARIEMONT - Roughly a month after Mariemont High School saw their head basketball coach resign, they have a new one. Dave Caldwell, who formerly coached at Glen Este, will take over the Warriors.
Caldwell most recently assisted Joe Cambron at Milford. The Eagles were 8-6 in the difficult Eastern Cincinnati Conference and 11-12 overall. He previously was head coach at Glen Este until 2015. The Trojans and Barons of Amelia merged into West Clermont with Craig Mazzaro taking over this season.
Prior to the ECC, Glen Este competed in the Fort Ancient Valley Conference with Caldwell's Trojans going 16-5 overall in 2011 and 15-5 in 2010.
"The Mariemont job came open kind of late," Caldwell said. "I interviewed and a day or two later they called and said I was their guy."
Caldwell takes over for Jim Leon who resigned in April, then resurfaced in early May as head coach at Lakota West. Under Leon, the Warriors were 38-31 (11-12 this season, 16-7 in 2017, 11-12 in 2016).
The Warriors last shared a Cincinnati Hills League title in 2011 with Finneytown and Reading and last won the league outright in 1998.
"It's a great district and they get a pretty good class of kids every now and again," Caldwell said. "This should be a good deal."
At Mariemont, Caldwell will be doing what's necessary at most CHL schools: seeking athletes to participate in more than one sport. He's already begun to forge relationships with some of the current coaching staff.
"Even at big Division I schools now, you have to share athletes," Caldwell said. "If you don't have a relationship with those other coaches, they might not be flexible for you if you're not flexible for them."
Between now and next month, Caldwell will be compiling a staff. Many of his former players over the years are older and experienced and may be in the mix.
"I'm at the age now where I have a lot of older players that are coaching now whether they're guys I had at McNick in the late '90s or Glen Este guys," he said. "I'm talking to a lot of people right now. Hopefully, before the school year starts we'll have a good group."
Caldwell plans on getting the Warriors involved in some familiar shootouts but will be respectful to the time commitments of athletes involved in football, baseball and other activities in the busy month of June.
"I just want to see what we've got and get a game plan of what kind of offense and defense we want to run when winter comes around," Caldwell said.
Having coached previously in the Greater Catholic League, Fort Ancient Valley Conference and Eastern Cincinnati League, this will be his first foray into the CHL which has turned out a fair share of notable athletes.
"It's the neighborhood schools," Caldwell said. "I think that's really cool. It's a great league. I love the neighborhood aspect. Any time I see a CHL game, the gyms are nearly always packed."
Agnesian HealthCare is pleased to welcome Jeffrey Meincke, MD, to the Fond du Lac Regional Clinic. He is now seeing patients at Ripon Medical Center.
Agnesian HealthCare is pleased to welcome Jeffrey Meincke, MD, to the Fond du Lac Regional Clinic. He is now seeing patients at Ripon Medical Center in the clinic's lower level, off Metomen Street, providing full-time orthopedic coverage to the hospital.