The Untouchables 2013 | Informative Vine "The Untouchables (2013)" Documentary about how the Holder Justice Department refused to prosecute Wall Street Fraud despite overwhelming evidence FRONTLINE PresentsThe UntouchablesTuesday, January 22, 2013, at 10 P.M. on PBS www.facebook.com/frontlineTwitter: @frontlinepbs #frontline More than four years since the financial crisis, not one senior Wall Street executive has faced criminal prosecution for fraud. In The Untouchables, premiering Jan. 22, 2013, at 10 P.M. on PBS (check local listings), FRONTLINE producer and correspondent Martin Smith investigates why the U.S. Through interviews with top prosecutors, government officials and industry whistleblowers, FRONTLINE reports allegations that Wall Street bankers ignored pervasive fraud when buying pools of mortgage loans. Former Sen. Yet Kaufman left office in late 2010 frustrated by the lack of criminal prosecutions. The Untouchables is written and produced by Martin Smith.
Can we feel the future through psi? Don't rule it out | Ed Halliwell A storm is hovering over the editors of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, which is to publish a paper offering evidence for precognition – knowledge of unpredictable future events. Feeling The Future, written by Daryl Bem, an emeritus professor of Cornell University, reports the results of nine experiments with more than 1,000 subjects, all but one of which appear to suggest paranormal powers. His findings are due to be published by the respected journal this year, and sceptics have been queueing up to rubbish them. Among Bem's contentions is that participants given a memory test were more likely to remember words that they were later asked to practise, suggesting that the effects of this post-test rehearsal somehow reached back in time. He also found that subjects asked to select which of two curtains on a computer screen hid an erotic image were able to do so at a significantly greater rate than chance would predict. The strength of such denunciations are curious.
How to Master the Second ‘Cold’ Call This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers, click the "Reprints" link at the bottom of any article. From the October 2012 issue of Research Magazine • Subscribe! September 25, 2012 Even if you do everything right on the first call, you can still blow it on this crucial follow-up call. This is the second of a four-part series on cold calling. I am also collecting information on the “state of the art in cold calling.” Finally, in 2009, I did a similar script harvest resulting in “16 best cold calling scripts 2009.” The biggest problem in cold calling, of course, is picking up the phone. The second biggest problem is doing it right. The third biggest problem is having a great second call. If you get over the hurdles of just doing it and then doing it right, you can still blow it with a poor second call. One valid approach to cold calling is to offer people information. A Failed Approach