'A Home for the Holidays' Adoption Show to Be Hosted by Rascal ...

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Rascal Flatts is the latest country artist to participate the annual special, "A Home for the Holidays," which combines performances from top recording artists and heart-touching stories of adoption. "A Home for the Holidays With Rascal Flatts," is set to air Wednesday, Dec. 19, at 8:00 PM ET on CBS. In addition to hosting the show, the group -- Jay DeMarcus, Gary LeVox and Joe Don Rooney -- will also perform.

"A Home for the Holidays," which is now in its 14th year, was hosted in 2009 by Faith Hill, who was, in her own words, "adopted into a wonderful family." In 2010, singer Jimmy Wayne, who was in the foster-care system as a youngster, was featured on the program. Last year's host, Martina McBride, told The Boot, "There are so many kids out there who want to be part of a family. I think we take family for granted a little bit. For instance, we were decorating our Christmas tree ... we were laughing and talking about our ornaments and traditions and what different ornaments mean and who gave them to us, and I was struck in the middle of all that, thinking, 'There are so many kids who don't have this, who long to be part of a family and long to be able to have these kind of traditions.' It's heartbreaking."

Throughout the show, there will be musicial performances acompanying the story segments, which are introduced by celebrities who have their own adoption experience or are involved in adoption programs.

Along with Rascal Flatts, Melissa Etheridge, Matchbox Twenty, "American Idol'"s Phillip Phillips and "X Factor" finalist Rachel Crow will perform. Rachel, 14, will share her own personal story of foster care adoption, in addition to singing during the special.

"A Home for the Holdiays" will air Wednesday, Dec. 19, at 8:00 PM ET on CBS.

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How to play and control music using Siri

Complete guide to Siri controls for playing songs, artists, albums, genres, and enjoying your music

Siri can help you access your music more easily than ever. With Siri you can play tracks, albums, and entires genres without ever having to open your Music app. If you're in the car, Siri also makes for a safe way to keep your tunes going while keeping your hands on the wheel.

• How to play a specific song with Siri
• How play a specific artist or album with Siri
• How to play a specific playlist with Siri
• How to play a specific genre with Siri
• How to shuffle music with Siri
• How to pause, play, and skip tracks with Siri

How to play a specific song with Siri

1. Press and hold down the Home button to activate Siri.

2. Tell Siri to play a specific song title. For example: "Play Pumped up Kicks"

3. Siri will begin playing the song in the background.

If you don't specify an artist and there is more than one song with the same title, Siri will ask you which one you meant.

How to play a specific artist or album with Siri

1. Press and hold down the Home button to activate Siri

2. Tell Siri to play the specific artist or album you want. For example, "Play music by Foster the People" or "Play the album Nothing but the Beat by David Guetta."

3. Siri will begin playing the album or artist in the background.

How to play a specific genre with Siri

1. Press and hold down the Home button to activate Siri.

2. Tell Siri to play the specific genre of music you want to listen to. For example. "Play some dance music".

3. Siri will begin playing the genre in the background.

How to play a specific playlist with Siri

1. Press and hold down the Home button to activate Siri.

2. Tell Siri the name of the playlist you want to play. For example, "Play my Road Trip playlist".

3. Siri will begin playing the playlist in the background.

How to shuffle music with Siri

1. Press and hold down the Home button to activate Siri.

2. Tell Siri what you want to play -- a playlist, album, or music by a certain artist -- and tell it that you want to shuffle. For example: Play music by Foster the People on shuffle.

3. If you're already playing a certain genre, album, or artist you can just tell Siri you want to shuffle by saying: "Shuffle".

How to pause, play, stop, and skip tracks with Siri

1. Press and hold down the Home button to activate Siri.

2. If you've got music already playing you can control the current track's playback by telling Siri what you want to do. For example: "Pause music" or "skip track".

3. If you've stopped your music and would like to continue were you last left off you can tell Siri:"Resume playing."

How to get more help with Siri

If you still need help with setting up or using Siri with your iPhone music, or any other Siri feature, head on over to our Siri Forum and ask away!

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Cloud and Outsourcing, an Alliance for a Newer Evolution | Gaining ...

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In most cases, leveraging cloud delivery models, be it in application, infrastructure, or platforms, implies being served end-to-end by an external vendor unlike the typical ?do-it-yourself? products. Therefore, in a way, the cloud is driving the IT consumption towards an ?external vendor? model, which is also a type of outsourcing.

Most of the discussions around cloud?s impact on outsourcing services take a monolithic view of the industry. The focus is to take an extreme position, such as ?outsourcing is dead?, or perform a very broad analysis based on the evolving role of CIOs, changing demand in enterprise IT, cloud eating into traditional sourcing, etc. This makes for good reading but is not necessarily a thoughtful analysis of the real impact. The need of the hour is to drill down into each type of global sourcing service and analyze the impact of cloud delivery models.

To analyze the impact of cloud delivery models on globally-sourced services, one needs to understand both of these in the right context. For IT outsourcing and the impact of cloud, there is a need to differentiate between the type of services delivered such as application development, application implementation, application maintenance, ?keep the lights on? infrastructure services, service-level driven managed services, and transformational services. Cloud delivery models will have a spectrum and not a binary impact on this market. Different services, providers, business models, and investments will see different opportunities and challenges.

One major ?non-technology? challenge from cloud models is the shifting of budgets from a typical IT department to businesses. Everest Group and Cloud Connect Enterprise Cloud Adoption Survey indicate an increasing role for business users in deciding IT spending. As outsourcing providers have access generally to IT and procurement departments, they will witness significant challenges to penetrate the business side of a buyer in accessing ?business IT? budget. Moreover, enterprise IT shops that have so far not outsourced, may directly leverage a cloud service, reducing the potential role of an outsourcing provider. To pre-empt this, the provider may need to offer integrated cloud and outsourcing services.

The relevance of cloud models should also be seen from newer or existing investments the buyers make in enterprise IT. For transforming the existing investments (e.g., ERP, CRM, other business applications, and infrastructure) to the cloud, it is difficult to believe that typical global sourcing buyers will prefer any other vendor over the enterprise-class providers. For example, if they have to transform ERP platforms to a cloud infrastructure, they would generally prefer a renowned enterprise class ERP and cloud service provider over a pure-play cloud hosting provider.

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Source: http://www.everestgrp.com/2012-11-cloud-and-outsourcing-an-alliance-for-a-newer-evolution-gaining-altitude-in-the-cloud-10406.html

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Must See HDTV (November 26th - December 2nd)

It's that time friends, the weekend when we say goodbye to the college football regular season. While there's plenty of NBA, college basketball, college hockey, and NHL action to tide us over, it just won't be the same until the bowls get into full swing. TNT is bringing back a couple of shows from fall hiatus, and we've got a few Blu-ray 3D titles hitting shelves. Look below for the highlights this week, followed after the break by our weekly listing of what to look out for in TV, Blu-ray and videogames.

The Walking Dead
After an often lackluster second season (until the finale), AMC's hit show has been firing on all cylinders since then and we're actually disappointed that we're wrapping up the first half of season three so soon. Between goings-on at the jail and in town, there's sure to be plenty of action, people choosing sides and, oh yeah, zombies.
(AMC, December 2nd, 9PM)

College Football
This weekend the college football regular season comes to a close, with several conference championships and a couple of other rivalry games that will play into bowl selections. We'll find out who will be joining Notre Dame in the Championship Game once the SEC title has been awarded, and where everyone else is going Sunday night. Whether you love the current system or love to hate it, cherish it all just one more time, since next year we're going to a playoff and fans will have to be angry about a slightly different set of circumstances.

MLS Cup
While much of the news is about David Beckham's departure from MLS after this weekend, there's still a game to be played. LA takes on houston Saturday afternoon, so if you prefer your football played mostly with one's feet, you know where to tune in.
(ESPN, December 1st, 4:30PM)

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BofA's Legal Hassles Continue - Zacks.com

Bank of America Corporation?s (BAC - Analyst Report) legal woes are far from over considering the onslaught of lawsuits related to the risky mortgage securities. Last week, CIFG Assurance North America Inc, a bond issuer, sued BofA for fraudulent representations and breach of contract over insurance policies tied to residential mortgage backed securities (RMBS), according to a Bloomberg Report. ?

The lawsuit is based on CIFG?s five financial guaranty insurance policies that pertain to the two-structure transactions that were arranged by BofA. These were backed by twenty-two risky RMBS.

CIFG alleged that BofA was well aware of the perils associated with the RMBS offerings. BofA had failed to sell these securities as an underwriter, and therefore was left with too many of these risky securities in its books.

In order to get rid of these securities, BofA issued misleading statements that concealed the associated risks and convinced CIFG to provide insurance worth over $150 million to make them marketable to investors. As a result of these fraudulent representations by BofA, CIFG will have to shell out nearly $170 million in damages. CIFG has filed lawsuit in the New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan.

Apart from BofA, CIFG has pressed similar charges against couple of other financial institutions in the last three years. These include last month?s $$277 million lawsuit against GreenPoint Mortgage Funding Inc. and last year?s $275 million legal charge against The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS - Analyst Report).

In addition to this, BofA faces several other charges related to the sale of defective mortgage securities. Earlier this month, investors including Phoenix Light SF Ltd prosecuted BofA along with its unit, Countrywide Financial, over the sale of $261 million worth of flawed residential mortgage-backed securities using misleading statements.

This led to huge losses and now investors are seeking compensation of nearly $122.2 million from BofA and Countrywide. This case is also filed in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan.

Earlier in September, Phoenix Light had dragged BofA, along with JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM - Analyst Report), Goldman Sachs as well as Ace Securities ? a wing of Deutsche Bank AG (DB - Snapshot Report) ? to court for losses suffered over faulty mortgage-backed securities. JPMorgan and Goldman are encountering a $1.8 billion lawsuit, whereas Ace Securities is facing a $300 million charge. BofA has been sued for losses amounting $36.6 million over $69.8 million worth of MBS.

BofA continues to face lawsuits related to the sale of faulty RMBS. This has resulted in huge litigation costs for the company, which will have a profound impact on its financials. However, on the positive side, the ill-effects of these are likely to be eliminated by the gradually strengthening fundamentals of the company.

BofA currently retains a Zacks #3 Rank, which translates into a short-term Hold rating. We believe that on account of such litigation overhangs, there is little possibility of any upward estimate revisions; hence, the stock is expected to hold its current rank. We also maintain a long-term Neutral recommendation on the stock.

Source: http://www.zacks.com/stock/news/87488/bofas-legal-hassles-continue

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Holidays Serve as Wake-Up Call That Local Elderly Family ...

By Mel Fabrikant ???Monday, November 12, 2012, 11:23 AM EST???

?10 Holiday Warning Signs? Your Senior Is In Trouble
(November 2012) - The holiday season may be one of the few times local families get together and realize their elderly loved ones are in deep trouble and need immediate help. Adult children who don?t live nearby often come home to holiday heartbreak with deteriorating relatives they aren?t prepared to handle. So this holiday, the family might gather around the kitchen table ? not only for turkey and treats, but also for a talk?a big talk?that maps out a plan to care for aging relatives.

That?s why Senior Helpers, one of the largest in-home senior care companies with caregivers in our city, advises families with the ?10 Holiday Warning Signs Seniors Need Help.?
?This Thanksgiving and Christmas, thousands of adult children will be shocked to come home to elderly relatives who are lethargic and forgetful. They?ll see a messy house, bills piling up, the joy of the season clouded with the realization that elderly relatives are struggling and can?t make it alone,? says Peter Ross, CEO and co-founder of Senior Helpers, one of the largest in-home senior care companies with offices in our city with highly trained caregivers specializing in dementia and Alzheimer?s care. ?This is the time to map out a care plan for aging relatives and that plan should include hiring caregivers who can help ease the burden for families.?
Holiday Heartbreak
Two years ago at Christmas, Truly Bracken and her brother came home to Charlotte, North Carolina and realized their 83-year-old mother Margaret shouldn?t be staying home alone anymore. During the holiday visit, on a normal stroll outside, Margaret lost her balance and fell.
?Mother didn?t trip on anything. She just lost her balance and took a bad fall,? says Truly. ?Luckily she didn?t break any bones, but seeing her fall prompted a family discussion about mother?s care.?
Truly and her brother both live far away, so they brought in a Senior Helpers caregiver to stay with their mom all day, 7 days a week.
?It?s a huge relief knowing the caregivers are with Mother because they?re so knowledgeable and caring,? says Truly. ?Mother feels like they?re friends.?
Senior Helpers? ?10 Holiday Warning Signs Senior Loved Ones Need Help?*
? Poor eating habits resulting in weight loss, no appetite, or missed meals.
? Neglected hygiene - wearing dirty clothes, body odor, neglected nails and teeth.
? Neglected home - it?s not as clean or sanitary as you remember growing up.
? Inappropriate behavior - acting loud, quiet, paranoid, or making phone calls at all hours.
? Changed relationship patterns that friends or neighbors have noticed.
? Burns or injuries resulting from weakness, forgetfulness, or misuse of alcohol or medications.
? Decreased participation in activities such as attending the senior center, book club, or church.
? Scorched pots and pans showing forgetfulness for dinner cooking on the stove.
? Unopened mail, newspaper piles, missed appointments.
? Mishandled finances such as losing money, paying bills twice, or hiding money.
?When family members get together, it?s great to finally recognize and see firsthand that their elderly loved ones may have a problem,? says Ross. ?But conflict often surfaces when family members have to agree on a solution, especially when the senior has dementia or Alzheimer?s and family members don?t know how to handle it. That?s why Senior Helpers offers a Holiday Family Meeting Guide to discuss the major sticking points. As part of that plan, we strongly encourage the family to hire a trained caregiver to get elderly loved ones the proper care. Our 10 Holiday Warning Signs and Holiday Family Meeting Guide initiatives are both part of our dementia and Alzheimer?s program called the Senior Gems?.?
Senior Helpers? ?Holiday Family Meeting Guide?:
? The person leading the meeting can be the elderly relative who anticipates needing care in the future. If that person already needs care, an adult child, friend, or relative can lead.
? Encourage discussion and get input from everyone. Make sure everyone makes their feelings known.
? Discuss money. Who will pay? How? If the money is coming from the elderly relative?s estate, who will be the executor?
? At the end of the meeting, everyone present must commit to support the plan.
? Write it down. Good intentions are often forgotten over time and family members must have their responsibilities right in front of them.
We can provide local senior care experts and possibly a local family to tell this story. It?s a great piece to put in the can for the holidays when you have limited staff.
*Source: The Council on Aging
To learn more about how to care for your senior loved one with dementia or Alzheimer?s through the Senior Gems? program, please visit our website at www.seniorhelpers.com . There you can also request a complimentary Senior Gems? DVD.

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