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Global Student Organization
Davenport University Registered Student Organization. Established Fall semester, 2007.
Purpose: To serve as a resource for all Davenport University students, foreign and domestic, to promote
global awareness, cultural integration, and personal and profession growth.
Through participation and activities, GSO:
- Serves as a vehicle to bring together international students and local students
- Raises awareness of and celebrates global cultures at Davenport
- Promotes benefits of international educational experiences including study abroad
- Assists students, faculty and staff with the development of global competencies
- Promotes diversity
- Enhances cross-cultural communication
Current Davenport students, US and international (voting members)
Alumni, faculty and staff (non-voting members)


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Try a taste of eight local and international wines, hors d'oeuvres and music for "From Vines to Wines," a fundraising wine tasting at the La Jolla Community Center at 5 p.m. on Aug. 24. The event will give community members the chance to join friends and loved ones for a summer evening tasting that will feature sips from La Jolla community leader Steve Haskins' Paso Robles-based wines and tastes of Italy's finest Rivevi Wines, with glasses, bottles and cases also available for purchase. Tickets to the event, including eight wine tastings and hors d'oeuvres, are $15 per person. The La Jolla Community Center is located at 6811 La Jolla Blvd. For more information or to purchase tickets visit www.ljcommunitycenter.org or call (858) 459-0831.
Although the heat wave might deceive you, the summer is, in fact, coming to an end. That, of course, means the annual End of Summer Fire Run/Walk will be taking off again. On Aug. 26 starting at 8 a.m., the San Diego Fire Rescue Foundation and Kathy Loper Events-sponsored four-mile downhill course will take participants along the best of San Diego's coastline from La Jolla to Pacific Beach, ending with a party – including live music and a beer garden – at Pacific Beach Bar & Grill on Garnet Avenue. All runners will receive a colorful race t-shirt, goodie bag, tickets for two free, ice-cold beers and a complimentary shuttle ride back to La Jolla at the conclusion of the run.
Proceeds from the event benefit the San Diego Fire Rescue Foundation for much-needed equipment, technology and training required for effective first responders.
Registration is $46 per person before Aug. 24 and $48 per person after Aug. 24. Race day registration and packet pick-up will begin at 6:30 a.m. at Prospect and Fay streets. To register, visit www.sdfirerescue.org or call (619) 298-7400.
While many people travel far and wide to find those hidden treasures, Bird Rock Arts will bring shabby chic local with its monthly Shabby Chic Fair, taking place on Aug. 25 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the corner of La Jolla Boulevard and Camino de la Costa. The free fair will feature handcrafted jewelry, vintage clothing, paintings, furniture and other products. Early-morning guests can also enjoy French music and mimosas as they peruse the treasures. With great finds in a variety of price ranges, shoppers are sure to find some truly special gems at the fair. For more information, call (909) 965-1802 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Bird Rock Community Council invites Bird Rock community members to join their neighbors, local merchants and community leaders for an evening of fun, sun and good food amongst friends at the local organization's annual summer picnic at Calumet Park. The picnic – catered by local favorite Beaumont's Neighborhood Eatery – will give residents and merchants a chance to chat and make new friends amid a stunning backdrop of the setting sun. The community picnic will take place on Aug. 29 at 6 p.m. Adult plates are $12 per person and children's plates are $8, with vegetarian dishes also available for purchase. For more information, visit www.birdrock.org.
THURSDAY, Aug. 23
• SummerFest Encounter, 12:30 p.m., Athenaeum, 1008 Wall St., (858) 454-5872, www.ljathenaeum.org, free
• Flicks on the Bricks: "Sabrina," 7:30 p.m., Athenaeum, 1008 Wall St., film screening with wine, (858) 454-5872, www.ljathenaeum.org, $22 nonmembers, $17 members
• "Noteworthy: Past Choristers with Bright Futures," 7:30 p.m., The Neurosciences Institute, 10640 John Jay Hopkins Drive, San Diego Children's Choir concert, (858) 587-1087, www.sdchoir.org, $15 general admission, $10 seniors and students, family member of chorister $5
• World Jazz Under the Stars: Allison Adams Tucker Trio, 5:30 p.m., Tapenade, 7612 Fay Ave., international jazz, www.tapenaderestaurant.com, (858) 551-7500, free
• "Downtown Express," 7:30 p.m., MCASD La Jolla, 700 Prospect St., West Coast premiere of director David Grubin's new film, www.mcasd.org, (858) 454-3541, free
FRIDAY, Aug. 24
• "The Lost Prince," 7 p.m., Warwick's, 7812 Girard Ave., book discussion and signing with New York Times bestselling author Selden Edwards, (858) 454-0347, www.warwicks.com, free
• Women's collage workshop, 6:30 p.m., Mary Mackey's private studio, location provided upon RSVP, (858) 459-2148, free
• SummerFest Finale, 7:30 p.m., MCASD La Jolla, 700 Prospect St., (858) 459-3728, www.mcasd.org, $50-$75
• From Vines to Wines, 5 p.m., La Jolla Community Center, 6811 La Jolla Blvd., wine tasting and fundraiser featuring hors d'oeuvres, music and wines, RSVP at (858) 459-0831, $15
SATURDAY, Aug. 25
• "Transform Your Life" workshop, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., St. James by-the-Sea, 743 Prospect St., Suresh Ramaswamy discusses approaches to growth and change from a big picture spiritual perspective, (858) 459-3421, firstname.lastname@example.com, free
• "Equine 3 Day Exhibit," 6 p.m., Salazar La Jolla, 1162 Prospect St., celebrate polo and Del Mar racing season and support the Saving America's Mustangs organization, (858) 551-8453, www.alexander salazarfineart.com, free
• Fall Fest, 8:30 p.m. to midnight, Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, 4126 Executive Drive, teen dance event, (858) 362-1331, www.ljfcc.org/teens, $18 JCC members, $20 nonmembers
• Weekend with the Locals: Walter Carlin, noon, Warwick's, 7812 Girard Ave., meet the author of Beelzebub O'Brien, K Street Warrior, (858) 454-0347, www.warwicks.com, free
SUNDAY, Aug. 26
• Yom Limmud, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, 4126 Executive Drive, 17 lectures with notable scholars, including Ambassador Dennis Ross, (858) 362-1348, www.sdcjc.org-/yomlimmud, $32 JCC members, $38 nonmembers, $14 JCC teen members, $18 teen nonmembers
• La Jolla Open Aire Market, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., La Jolla Elementary School, 1111 Marine St., (858) 454-1699, www.lajollamarket.com, free
• Notre Temps String Ensemble, 2 p.m., The Neurosciences Institute, 10640 John Jay Hopkins Drive, (619) 876-1323, www.nsi.edu, suggested $10 donation
MONDAY, Aug. 27
• Laughter Yoga, 11 a.m., La Jolla Community Center, 6811 La Jolla Blvd., www.ljcommunitycenter.org, (858) 459-0831, free
TUESDAY, Aug. 28
• An Evening with Warwick's Booksellers, 6:30 p.m., Warwick's, 7812 Girard Ave., booksellers' book recommendations, (858) 454-0347, www.warwicks.com, free
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 29
• Children's storytime, 3 p.m., Athenaeum, 1008 Wall St., (858) 454-5872, www.ljathenaeum.org, free
• Bird Rock Community Picnic, 6 p.m., Calumet Park, catered by Beaumont's with $12 plates for adults, $8 for children
THURSDAY, Aug. 30
• The A List Members' Choice: "Swing Vote," 7 p.m., Athenaeum, 1008 Wall St., music and art mixer, (858) 454-5872, www.ljathenaeum-.org/alist, $12 nonmembers, A List members free
• alt.pictureshows.2012, 7 p.m., MCASD La Jolla, 700 Prospect St., short-film showcase, (858) 454-3541, www.mcasd.org, $5 general admission, MCASD members free
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Children's Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity (ADHD) Telemental Health Treatment Study (CATTS)
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00830700
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : January 28, 2009
Last Update Posted : February 11, 2014
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While telemental health (TMH) programs are increasing nationally to address the inequity of access to psychiatric services, there are few reports of their efficacy, particularly with children. The current proposal will complete the second stage of our program development. In the first stage, we established the feasibility of a TMH service and its acceptability to families and PCPs. In the second stage of program development we will conduct a randomized clinical trial (RCT) that will determine whether it is possible to use technological advances to: 1) improve clinical outcomes for children with ADHD over outcomes achieved in usual PC; and 2) adhere to an EBT protocol implemented through TMH. Future studies will examine whether other types of complicated psychiatric disorders and EBTs are amenable to delivery via TMH.
The overall goal of this study is to determine whether an evidence-based model of care can be faithfully implemented when delivered using TMH to children with ADHD living in rural areas and can improve outcomes over treatment as usual (TAU) in PC. ADHD is an excellent focus for assessment of TMH, as PCPs encounter this disorder frequently, EBT guidelines are available, pharmacotherapy is the core treatment and is easily delivered in PC through videoconferencing, and stabilization may be readily achieved for most youth.
|Condition or disease
|Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity
|Other: CATMH intervention
|Not Applicable
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|223 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Single (Outcomes Assessor)
|Primary Purpose:
|Health Services Research
|Official Title:
|Telemental Health to Improve Mental Health Care and Outcomes for Children in Underserved Areas
|Study Start Date :
|September 2009
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|February 2013
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|February 2013
Experimental: CATMH intervention
Child telemental health service delivery intervention
Other: CATMH intervention
This intervention is comprised of 6-tandem-sessions of pharmacotherapy and a behavioral intervention conducted over 4-5 months. The telepsychiatrist makes prescribing decisions during the intervention following consensus guidelines for ADHD treatment. The telepsychiatrist also provides education about how neurobiological deficits of ADHD relate to observed behavioral learning and difficulties. After the 6th session, the PCP resumes care of the patient. The behavioral intervention component is delivered by therapists at each participating clinic. The therapists are trained and supervised remotely by a telepsychologist . The 6-session behavioral intervention consists of approaches to managing children's behaviors and coordination with schools and other community agencies to advocate for the child.
Other Name: Childrens' Telemental Health Service
No Intervention: augmented TAU/PCP
Augmented treatment as usual with primary care physician
- Assess whether using a telemental health service delivery model effects improvement in children diagnosed with ADHD including decreased symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity, opposition and defiance and improved adaptive functioning. [ Time Frame: baseline, 4-, 10-, 19-, and 25-weeks ]
- Assess whether using a telemental health service delivery model improves the well-being of caregivers of children diagnosed with ADHD. [ Time Frame: baseline, 4-, 10-, 19- and 25-weeks ]
- Assess the ability of a telemental health service delivery model to improve treatment adherence in families of children with ADHD. [ Time Frame: baseline, 4-, 10-, 19- and 25-weeks ]
- Assess how reliably an evidence-based treatment protocol for the treatment of children with ADHD can be implemented within a brief telemental health service. [ Time Frame: baseline, 4-, 10-, 19-, and 25-weeks ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|5 Years to 12 Years (Child)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- is 5.5 - 12 years of age
- resides at home with parents/relatives
- has a dx of ADHD (CBCL DSM-oriented elevation or previous diagnosis of ADHD; C-DISC diagnosis)
- attends school 80% of time or more (including home-schooled children)
- speaks English or Spanish and parent speaks English or Spanish
Exclusion Criteria:
- child has a diagnosis of: CD, OCD, psychosis, BPD, Autism, mental retardation, major medical illness
- resident parent has a drug use problem
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00830700
|United States, Washington
|Seattle Children's Hospital
|Seattle, Washington, United States, 98105
|Principal Investigator:
|Kathleen Myers, MD, MPH, MS
|Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center
|Study Director:
|Ann Vander Stoep, PhD
|University of Washington
|Study Director:
|Elizabeth McCauley, PhD
|University of Washington; Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center
|Study Director:
|Wayne Katon, MD
|University of Washington
|Study Director:
|Carolyn McCarty, PhD
|University of Washington
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Kathleen Myers, Principal Investigator, Seattle Children's Hospital
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00830700 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
R01MH081997 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|January 28, 2009 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|February 11, 2014
|Last Verified:
|February 2014
Keywords provided by Kathleen Myers, Seattle Children's Hospital:
telemental health
rural mental health services for children
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Mental Disorders
Neurologic Manifestations
Nervous System Diseases
Signs and Symptoms


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How Pistorius Became Track-and-Field Star
WSJ's Joshua Robinson looks at the long struggle the South African athlete faced in being able to compete with able-bodied runners at last summer's Olympics in London. Photo: Getty Images
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Join the weekly Classic Castle set review discussion. Please post your opinions on the set play ability, piece selection, design, etc. Which sets stand up to our catapult of critique and which ones crumble in shame!
This week's set is 6038 Wolfpack Renegades.
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When the Orioles needed to shoot it outside, Dustyn McEachern stepped up and swished a couple of 3-pointers.
When they wanted to get inside, the Orioles' guards got great penetration to break down Circle's defense for easy layups and nice passes down low.
It seemed no matter what Circle's boys basketball team threw at Augusta, the Orioles' offense could not be stopped. Augusta hit three 3-pointers in the first quarter, Brandon Smith made back-to-back layups on passes from Sean Brandenburg, and the Orioles built a 22-12 lead and never looked back as they rolled to an 82-65 win Friday night in Towanda.
"We just got off to a good start shooting," coach David Stephenson said. "We feed off that emotion when everyone is hitting shots. And our defensive was pretty dang good rebounding well. And even when we didn't have a good shot, it seemed like we had the offensive board. So we just had a really good flow offensively to start."
Augusta finished with 21 assists. McEachern led the Orioles with 19 points off the bench and had four of those assists. Though he doesn't start, he has proven to be invaluable as filling his role, which includes giving his teammates a nice spark.
"I love it, it's awesome," McEachern said. "When the game's already going, you get your crowd into it, especially when you're not at home."
"He's a great spark off the bench, especially with his ability to shoot the ball," Stephenson said of McEachern. "And he was great with free throws there at the end to make sure it didn't get close."
A play after making his second 3-pointer of the opening quarter, he connected with Kyler Steinkamp on a lob pass for a backdoor layup and a 16-8 lead.
"It feels great because anybody can hit any shot, especially when the ball is moving really well," McEachern said. "...I just like putting them in good positions, and they like putting me in good position."
Driver converted a three-point play to cut Circle's deficit to 24-17 before the Orioles went on a 9-2 spurt. Chaydon Carter hit a 3-pointer and Connor Hurst scored off a steal in transition during the stretch. Hurst hit a 3-pointer with just a couple seconds left before the halftime buzzer to give Augusta a 42-27 lead.
Steinkamp started the third quarter with a 3-pointer, but Circle picked up its defensive intensity. The T-birds forced six second-half turnovers after Augusta had just one in the entire first half.
Late in the third, Steinkamp scored off a steal to put Augusta ahead 60-40. He finished with 11 points.
Smith finished with 17 points, most of which came inside as the Orioles fed him the ball.
"We were just driving the ball and going up strong, finishing, giving pump fakes," Smith said. "Makes it a lot easier to score a lot of points."
Defensively, Smith said stopping penetration and getting hands in faces were keys to slowing down the Thunderbirds' offense, which had its way throughout the first half of the teams' last meeting in Augusta.
"We knew it was going to be a tough game throughout," Smith said.
Circle's Dylan Driver was still able to get his. He finished with 23 points, but the Orioles contest all of his shots and kept him from getting easy baskets.
Garrett Cannon scored 11 points for the T-birds. Kaden Fowler scored 10, Braden Kirkpatrick added eight, Jake Smith scored six, Cal Hartley had three and Brendon Horyna and Justin Wright both added two points apiece.
Brandenburg and Hurst both scored 12 points apiece for the Orioles. Carter finished with nine points. Tristan Finch scored two points.
The Orioles improve their record to 12-4 on the season. Augusta is hoping this kind of statement game against a Circle team that entered with a solid record (The T-birds entered the game 9-6) can set the tone for the final two weeks of the season before sub-state.
"We've got stuff to play for," Stephenson said. "If we knock off Andale, we could be co-league champs if we sweep through. We've talked about the second part of league being a five-game season. Right now we're 1-0 trying to go to 2-0. And we'll get better for sub-state."


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"The Economics of Economics"
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Don't forget the before (makes you appreciate the "after" so much more!):
This bathroom was AWFUL when we purchased this house. However, for very little money, we were able to transform it into something really fun. My husband sanded and repaired the plaster on the ceiling, we painted the ceiling a fresh white, the walls a fun green, and added pops of red to make it more fun. We did replace the light fixture, sink, and faucets, but we kept the tile floor, walls, and toilet (although for $12 we did replace the toilet seat). I needed to make this a unisex bathroom so that all of my children could use without them feeling like it was a "boy" or a "girl" bathroom. So green paint was a good choice. My favorite thing about this bathroom? The row of ceramic rubber duckies on the window ledge.
Now if I could just kick the kids out of MY bathroom!


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Governor Pence Urges Hoosiers to Prepare for Severe Winter Weather – Encourages Hoosiers to Look Out for NeighborsJanuary 06, 2014 No comments
With unprecedented winter weather on the horizon, Governor Mike Pence issued the following statement today.
"In preparation for the inclement weather, I encourage Hoosiers to assemble an emergency preparedness kit with plenty of non-perishable food and water, fill any necessary prescriptions, ensure they have a safe heating source, avoid unnecessary travel, and be careful if they must be outside.
"As Hoosiers across the state prepare themselves for heavy snow and near-record low temperatures over the coming days, those in the storm's path are also encouraged to take the time to check on neighbors, family and friends who may need assistance, look out for each other, and remain in contact before, during and after the storm.
"The State of Indiana will continue to monitor weather conditions through the weekend and will respond as necessary with all available resources."
Additional winter preparedness tips for Hoosiers can be found at http://bit.ly/1izS3fR and http://www.in.gov/dhs/3311.htm. For up-to-date county travel statuses, Hoosiers are encouraged to visit http://www.in.gov/dhs/traveladvisory/.
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Many companies are embracing the concept of open innovation, but few are doing so in very strategic ways. The result has been no shortage of missed opportunities. The haphazard attempts of some businesses at crowdsourcing, for example, have led to little more than a heap of unusable ideas, while many technology partnerships have flopped, resulting in costly write-downs and time-consuming litigation because the goals of the participants weren't adequately aligned. Smarter firms, however, are taking a much more strategic approach, shrewdly deploying different open-innovation modes of operation for different circumstances, often in synergistic ways that enhance both innovation and the productivity of their R&D efforts.
The simple truth is that open innovation is merely a concept (albeit a very powerful one). It is not a strategy, and companies need to be very strategic about how and how much they open their R&D efforts to the outside. Different types of projects can require completely different modes of operation to manage the knowledge sharing, uncertainty and ambiguity involved in any open innovation activity.
In our research, a joint study between Accenture and the Research Center for Open Digital Innovation at Purdue University, we have studied the R&D operations of dozens of large corporations with headquarters in the United States and Europe.1 These companies—all have more than 1,000 employees and total revenues of at least $250 million—include such blue-chip firms as Pfizer and Eli Lilly.
We have found that when these corporations work with external parties to augment their internal R&D, they have been using four basic modes of open innovation:2
Each of the modes has its strengths—and weaknesses (see table)—so executives need to be judicious about which ones to use and when to use them. Open innovation contests (Mode 3), for example, often require a company to publish proprietary information. Our research shows that the right mode to use depends primarily on two factors (see box). The first is the complexity of the problem, which takes into account whether the solution will require a large number of highly interdependent activities, tasks or areas of expertise. In general, the complexity of a problem increases considerably when nonlinearities are involved—think weather forecasting or traffic management. The second factor is whether the location of the solution knowledge is well known or hidden. In some cases, a solution might lie well outside a company's core business in a totally unrelated field that the firm might not even be aware of.
Of course, traditional IP contracts (Mode1) have been used for decades, but now companies have been deploying the other three modes with increasing frequency. When Hewlett-Packard Corp. wanted to develop a new technology for rendering movies, it built a partnership (Mode 2) with DreamWorks Animation. HP recognized that when two complementary companies combine their distinct perspectives and technologies, it creates an environment where significant innovation can happen. While the problem at hand was complex, HP knew that the solution could be found in DreamWorks' animation technologies, data and expertise in rendering movies. In return, HP shared with DreamWorks its roadmap for future servers and cloud computing. Contrast that situation with Pfizer's. The biopharmaceutical company wanted to develop a tech enabled packaging device for its prefilled syringes, but it wasn't sure where to turn for the best solution. Working with IdeaConnection, an intermediary platform, Pfizer hosted an open innovation contest (Mode 3). Through the process, the company was able to obtain four potential solutions.
And when Ford Motor Company wanted to develop "smart" mobility solutions, it knew that the problems it was trying to solve were ill-structured, difficult to define and complex. But since the automaker didn't know where the best ideas would come from, it used an open platform it had created earlier to engage the community for its core business and established a series of innovation challenges to attract more developers (Mode 4). The resulting community would then work to extend the functionality of the company's vehicles with custom applications and pluggable modules.
Adapted from Bagherzadeh, M., Brunswicker, S. et al (2015). Mix and Match: Open Innovation Project Attributes and Optimal Governance Modes. 2nd Annual World Open Innovation Conference. Santa Clara, University of California, Berkeley. Additional information on Evonik, Huawei IoT and Samsung open innovation experiences will also be available in subsequent articles on www.accenture.com.
Companies do often deploy one mode of innovation to enhance the effectiveness of the others. Even at the project level, different modes mutually support each other. While one mode is usually dominant, other modes support it in driving project success. Consider, for example, how Eli Lilly uses its Open Innovation Drug Discovery (OIDD) community of drug companies, research institutions and academia. For the pharmaceutical giant, the near-term goal of OIDD isn't necessarily the development of a new drug to treat a specific ailment. Instead, one of the main objectives is to identify promising potential partners. The OIDD program enables Eli Lilly to cast a very wide net, reaching academic institutions and other parties that might not have been on its radar. The company can then establish relationships with those external researchers, connecting them with its own scientists. Then, as those relationships evolve, Eli Lilly can strengthen them by establishing short-term bilateral collaborations and partnerships with the most promising of those contributors. In this way, the company is able to deploy the OIDD community (Mode 4) to complement its open innovation partnerships (Mode2). In other instances, it might discover potential partners that are no longer working on a particular compound of interest. Eli Lilly may then consider licensing agreements (Mode 1) or outright acquisitions to pursue commercializing those promising molecules.
Companies can also use combinations of the modes to balance their strengths and weaknesses. That was Bosch's strategy when it was trying to develop a new non-electrochemical way to store energy. The German company, using the solution provider NineSigma as an intermediary, hosted an innovation contest (Mode 3), from which it short-listed the three most promising solutions and then established in-depth, collaborative joint developments with those newly identified partners (Mode 2). In doing so, Bosch was able to protect itself against a major weakness of innovation contests (having to share potentially proprietary technical knowledge with outsiders) while taking advantage of the benefits (access to a wide range of possible solution providers). Bosch is not alone. From our study, we found that companies pair Mode 3 with Mode 2 almost 60 percent of the time (and Mode 3 with Mode 1 more than 70 percent of the time).
A strategic approach to open innovation requires more than a change in mindset and a willingness to embrace external help in the R&D process. It also requires knowing when and how to use each of the four basic modes of open innovation (or some combination of them) in the most effective ways. Those decisions will be influenced heavily by the problem complexity and by whether the location of the knowledge sought is known or hidden. In certain cases, however, those two factors might not be obvious, even to the executives in charge of addressing them. In other instances, variables like cost or time to market might be of overriding importance. Regardless, each mode requires executives to manage the associated risks, IP rights, knowledge sharing and incentives in very different ways. And it's only through the strategic selection of the best mode (or combination of modes) that companies will be able to maximize the benefits of the open innovation process while minimizing the potential downsides.
1For a detailed discussion of these results, please see the study report: Brunswicker, Sabine; Bagherzadeh, Mehdi; Lamb, Allison; Narsalay, Raghav; Jing, Yu. (2016). Managing open innovation projects with impact. Whitepaper. Research Center for Open Digital Innovation, Purdue University. West Lafayette, Indiana.
2These four modes of open innovation were identified based on an analysis of more than 100 open innovation projects of large firms in the United States and Europe. This data collection was jointly executed by the Research Center for Open Digital Innovation and Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley. For more details on this classification scheme please see Bagherzadeh, M., S. Brunswicker et al (2015). Mix and match: Open Innovation Project Attributes and Optimal Governance Modes. World Open Innovation Conference 2015. Santa Clara, UC Berkeley
is managing director for innovation and risk management research at the Accenture Institute for High Performance.
Sabine Brunswicker
is associate professor for innovation and director of the Research Center for Open Digital Innovation, Purdue University.


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The National Signing Day for high school athletes is almost upon us. ESPN will devote an entire day of coverage to the winners and losers. They will project what college football teams captured the most highly rated recruits. There will … Continue reading
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Restaurant Review
Korean BBQ House
Feel the burn
It's hard to pinpoint what makes kimchi, Korea's national side dish of fermented vegetables, good. Is it the vibrant colors? The insane textures? The salty, intense taste? Whatever it may be, you'd have to go far to find a better dress for leftover rice, and flu season would be a helluva lot longer without kimchi's dual powers of vitamin C and anti-oxidant garlic. After an uneven dinner at Korean BBQ House in Nob Hill, I can say that aside from the slow burn of their remarkably good kimchi, this restaurant makes an über-cure for respiratory ailments that also doubles as a damn fine soup.
But things got off to a rocky start. Despite beautiful weather outside, the restaurant's patio, replete with Nob Hill views and tabletop grills, was closed for no obvious reason. I and my two dining companions were seated abruptly at a rather tacky indoor table. (It was actually two small, mismatched tables pushed together and placed right next to the entrance.) Our server seemed nice enough, but not very detail-oriented. She took two of our drink orders, forgetting the third, and didn't bring us enough silverware or napkins. After our soups and salads arrived we had to steal our dinnerware from the empty table next to us.
Neither the miso soup nor the small dinner salad was particularly impressive. The miso broth had its requisite green onions and tiny cubes of tofu, the salad its trinity of iceburg lettuce, shredded carrot and red cabbage. The salad dressing was handcrafted and heavy with ginger and lemon zest, but after a few bites the zest came off as overwhelming and bitter.
We ordered beef kimbob ($5.95) for starters, which appeared quickly. The small sushi-like rolls were made of warm sticky rice, sweet cucumber pickles, carrot, cucumber, greens and thin slices of cooked beef. They weren't bad, just bland, even after a dunk in soy sauce.
Next up was yukkaejang ($8.95), a spicy, beautifully presented beef soup. It was delivered still bubbling in a hot stone bowl (with a protective plate underneath). Hot pepper paste gave the soup a fantastic red-orange color and a sumptuous aroma, and it was filled with bits of cooked egg, strips of tender beef brisket, carrots, mushrooms, bean sprouts, clear noodles and a tasty but unidentified fungus. Our server forgot to bring out bowls for the soup, and then disappeared into the vortex (this is a mysterious server dimension where time has no meaning), so we didn't actually get to try the soup until our entrée was out.
We also decided on the No. 3 barbecue combination ($34.95, which comfortably fed three of us) of kalbi (pork and beef short ribs), chicken bulgogi, saewoo (jumbo shrimp) and gui (jumbo scallop). All of this was served tableside on a small charcoal grill with several small bowls of banchan (side dishes) of hot sticky rice, garlicky-hot kimchi, pickled radish and cold seaweed salad.
The meats were superb. The pork ribs were fatty but succulent and the beef ribs were so well marinated in a sugary soy sauce that they rivaled an excellent teriyaki. The chicken bulgogi (which literally translates to "fire meat") was dark red, hot as hell and perfectly moist with char-grill marks. The shrimp and scallops were served on foil, with a deliciously seasoned mix of grilled peppers, carrots and zucchini.
Soup bowls were delivered and, at last, I ladled back a large spoonful of the broth. An almost agonizing heat ripped down my esophagus like a comet. Then my lips went numb. A few bites later I got that badass endorphin rush that makes you feel slightly high and sweaty, and I was hooked. This stuff is like liquid magma, both in the way it looks and the way it heats you up. When your senses recover from the rush, there are flavorful bites of meat, vegetables and noodles to chew on. Yeah, this liquid Hades could sweat the sick right out of you like a night in a sweat lodge or dancing at Pulse.
Our waitress was more attentive after I chased her down for drink refills, and we all cooled our steaming palates with a dish of creamy ginger ice cream ($3.95). The so-so service was still very much outweighed by the mouth-watering meats and head-buzzing beef soup. I'll keep coming back for another meat-high and heat rush.
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Kimchi with rice
Beef or chicken bulgogi
Korean BBQ House, 3200 Central SE, 338-2424. Hours: Mon-Thu 11:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m., Fri-Sat 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m. Price range: Moderate to expensive. Beer and wine, credit cards accepted, patio, vegetarian dishes.


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The Siggy challenge was great! Who doesn't love to say their own name all snazzed up! 🙂 Our random pick winner was:
Yay! (Like how I used her siggy to announce her? I'm so clever. 🙂 )
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So have you all checked out our new designers? Are you as excited as I am?!? There is a whole lotta talent going on at Gingerscraps and now with more designers you have more options to get you more cookies which get you more discounts on these great designs! Yay!
Now onto the challenge Trina and Colleen have teamed up to give you a fun new challenge! It's called All Fall Down! In this challenge they have a template, but all the peices fell down, but that's okay, that means you can put them back however you want to make your own template for your own layout! Cool! Here's the template for Sept.
go to the challenge to download it.
There are some further requirements for this challenge:
Your Layout MUST include the following:
- 3 thin ribbons or ricrac
- 1 wide ribbon
- 1 string
- 3-9 elements (in addition to the ribbons and string listed above)
- A title
- Some journaling
- and The large photo must be framed or bordered
There are also a few variances in the template pieces which we will allow:
- The 5 photo pieces can be used as ALL photos, but if you choose to only do let's say 3 photos, the other pieces must than be used as papers
- The size of one paper can be changed
- The shape of two papers can be changed
- Any smaller photos can have small mat or stroke
Here's some great LOs made for the challenge:
Does that look fun or what? I love the help of a template, but the freedom to move things where ever I want. Want to give it a try? Go to the All Fall Down challenge! Then come back here and post the link to your LO in the gallery and post it in a comment here. Next week I'll randomly select one and that person will win a prize from ME! (Harmonystar).
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The Pro-Pack tool belt features an interchangeable modular tool pouch fastening system that allows customization of tool placement. The tool belt comes pre-assembled, but its pouches can be moved to any location using a screwdriver. They can also be attached to the belt or directly to each other. Available with a variety of pouch types, such as pockets with small pouches and hammer sleeves, the belt's pouches come with automotive-grade velour lining to protect the user's knuckles.
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The PVP5200 and PVP4600 grid tie solar inverters are designed for high peak and weighted efficiency. Featuring a DC input range of 230V to 500V, these inverters are UL-listed and do not require fans. They also include free command center software to view system performance, vacuum fluorescent displays with data logging capabilities standard, and an integrated RS232 serial communication ports.
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The McGill portable in-line triple-tap ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) features a 2-ft cable and is designed for outdoor construction sites and harsh industrial environments. The GFCI is 120V/15A rated with a manual reset. It shuts off dangerous electrical currents (4mA to 6mA trip level) in less than .025 sec. Its SJT 12/3 AWG cable combines NEMA 5-15 plugs on the line side with an attached molded T-head power block of three NEMA 5-15 receptacles on the load end.
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PQ recorder
The DM-III Multitest combines the company's single- and 3-phase power quality recorder, megohmmeter, and ground resistance and resistivity testers. It is designed to measure and record a variety of power quality parameters, including AC current; AC voltage to 600V (including sags and surges); harmonics (THD and individual up to 49th); active, reactive, and apparent power and energy; peak demand; power factor; frequency; and phase sequence. The DM-III Multitest is supplied with standard 1,000A current transducers.
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Although they managed to leak out ahead of the iPhone 5 event, Apple has now introduced a new set of earbud headphones for iOS devices. EarPods, as they will be reffered to will come with all of Apple's new products such as the iPod Nano, iPod Touch and iPhone 5 as well, be available as a stand alone accessory.
As we all know, there has been many complaints about the included earbud headphones for a while now and as noted during the keynote, Apple has been working on these EarPods for the past three years now. The new EarPods will be made available for purchase starting, today.


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Catholic and Orthodox leaders from Poland and Russia will issue a joint statement committing their churches to fostering reconciliation between the two historically feuding countries. Archbishop Henryk Muszynski, Poland's former Catholic primate, said the text could be compared to a famous 1965 declaration by Poland's Catholic bishops to their German counterparts; that document contained the words "we forgive and ask forgiveness." However, he cautioned that Polish-Russian ties had not yet "matured sufficiently" for a comparable pledge of mutual forgiveness and said it was still "very difficult to reach a common position with Russians" on historical issues. "As Poles, we speak clearly about our sufferings from two totalitarian systems—the German Nazi and the Soviet communist—but our Russian partners don't usually place them on the same level," the archbishop told the Polish Catholic news agency KAI. "As bishops, we'll be powerless in this area until historians reach a consensus," he said. "We have the same Gospel and sacraments, and we face similar challenges from the world around us—so we are close and cannot act as antagonists," he said. The archbishop helped finalize the appeal, to be signed in Warsaw on Aug. 17 by the Polish bishops' conference president, Archbishop Jozef Michalik, and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow. Polish politicians and historians have frequently criticized Russia's lack of public regret for mass deportations and executions that followed their country's Soviet army occupation after World War II and for the later decades of communist oppression. The spokesman for the Polish bishops' conference, Father Jozef Kloch, told KAI the appeal would "mark a turning-point" by reflecting on "what happened between the two nations over centuries" and by urging a "common witness" for Europe and the world.
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Sunday, February 03, 2013
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Have you made your decision yet about crop insurance for 2013? Many of you will renew the Revenue Protection policy which has an automatic harvest price option without added premium. And many farmers who have not been crop insurance subscribers will be visiting with an agent in the next several weeks to get information and the necessary education about how it all works. For now, we have entered the period that will determine the spring guarantees, so watch what the new crop contracts for corn and soybeans do during February.
February 1 began the calculation period for spring crop insurance guarantees. There will be 18 more trading days to determine what the average of closing prices will be. Dec 2013 corn futures closed at $5.92 and Nov 2013 soybean futures closed at $13.32 on Friday. Those prices exceed the spring guarantees of 2012, which were $5.68 and $12.55. While you may have preferred $8 and $15, IL ag economists Gary Schnitkey and Bruce Sherrick say, "One effect of the drought and shorter crops in 2012 is that starting prices available for insurance are relatively more attractive than levels likely had a large crop been produced in 2012."
Market uptrend during February
There could be a market uptrend during February. Schnitkey and Sherrick say, "Suppose prices trend steadily upward during February and the resulting average projected prices used to establish insurance values are below the current futures prices around March 1. In that case, there is already an increased likelihood that the harvest prices will be higher than the projected prices and insurance products that include harvest price options for guarantee increases are therefore relatively more attractive."
Market downtrend during February
There could also be a market downtrend during February. Schnitkey and Sherrick say, "If, prices generally decline in February, then the projected price will be above the market's estimate of actual (crop) value and the use of insurance will start somewhat more "in the money" or more likely to result in payments. Secondly, the prices and volatilities can have large impacts on the premiums paid and the guarantee levels available for insurance."
Market volatility influences the premium.
Higher option volatility, or more likely larger price movements, result in higher costs of insurance and lower volatilities result in lower costs of insurance. Schnitkey and Sherrick advise, "The prices and volatilities can have large impacts on the premiums paid and the guarantee levels available for insurance. For example, under a $5.70 projected price and .20 volatility, the cost per acre of Enterprise Unit RP insurance at an 85% coverage level would be $18.09/acre. If instead, projected prices were $6.10 and volatility were .24, the cost per acre would be $24.64, a 36% increase. The premiums can be particularly sensitive to changes in volatility."
Two cents per bushel is all you save by shifting from Revenue Protection to Yield Protection crop insurance or excluding the harvest price option from RP, says KS St. risk management specialist Art Barnaby. He says a common price election is used and any increase in premiums or indemnity payment greater than YP's premiums and indemnity are caused by just price risk. He says some agents recommend the reduced coverage, but he says you lose price protection.
Barnaby's argument assumes your familiarity with advanced options trading, since crop insurance formulas are based on option puts and calls. He says, "Effectively RP is YP plus a Yield Adjusted Asian put (YAA put) (revenue endorsement) plus a Yield Adjusted Asian call (YAA call) (harvest price endorsement). The YAA put protects against falling prices and a YAA call protects against price increasing and eliminates any negative values in the YAA put." It should be noted that Asian options are an average over time, CME options are a point in time.
How do you do that?
Barnaby says, "Farmers can write covered options against the RP contract. This is similar to a bear spread where the farmer buys an at-the-money put and sells an out-of-the-money put to lower the premium cost. One can do something similar by buying RP and then selling options out-of-the-money. If the market moves against the farmer then either he will collect from RP or he will produce a yield greater than his APH yield. In addition, this common price discovery will limit risk for farmers who want to take advantage of selling covered puts in addition to marketing their crops."
Spring guarantees for crop insurance on Cornbelt row crops is being set in February based on closing prices for December corn and November beans. In addition to the closing price, guarantees are also calculated with the help of market volatility and volatility not only affects the spring guarantee, but also the premium paid by farmers. To reduce premium costs, some agents have recommended downgrading to yield protection from revenue protection. However, there is very little savings and the price protection is lost.
Plan to attend my February 28 conference, Managing Weather and Marketing Risk in 2013. Details and registration information are at: www.AgEngage.com .
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One of the highlights of the annual Barbecue Festival media luncheon each year concerns the announcement of who will appear at the Q-Jam, which many of us still think of as the Guitar Pull. WTQR brings well-known country music artists to appear on the Grandstand.
One of the highlights of the annual Barbecue Festival media luncheon each year concerns the announcement of who will appear at the Q-Jam, which many of us still think of as the Guitar Pull. WTQR brings well-known country music artists to appear on the Grandstand.
I must confess that when the WTQR disc jockeys reveal the artists, I'm usually left with a puzzled look on my face. I don't listen to country music, so unless the artist crosses over to other formats or is a long-established big name, I'm typically not familiar with them.
Sometimes I realize after the fact that a rising star walked the streets of Lexington. I vaguely think I saw Taylor Swift during the Guitar Pull at the 2006 festival as I walked down Main Street, but I'm not positive. Artists don't get much bigger than Swift these days.
I also watched Trisha Yearwood perform a year later. My main interest there was the song "How Do I Live," which both Yearwood and LeAnn Rimes recorded. I also knew she was married to Garth Brooks. Going way back, I saw the Gatlin Brothers in 1990 when the festival still held a Saturday night concert in the civic center.
As I look over the list of all the entertainers who have appeared, I realize those with whom I'm most familiar are older artists: Travis Tritt, Louise Mandrell, Roy Clark, Minnie Pearl, Marie Osmond, Waylon Jennings, Lorrie Morgan, Ricky Skaggs and Billy Ray Cyrus. Some other names I recognize, too. But starting in about the mid-2000s, I no longer knew many of the Guitar Pull artists.
Until this year, that is.
Certain anniversaries receive more attention than others, and 30 falls into that category. So for the 30th anniversary of the festival, WTQR decided to bring in a big name, DJs Daniel Baker and Tige Rodgers teased at the media luncheon. The skeptical side of me thought, "I bet I still won't know who it is."
They first announced Joe Nichols and Brett Eldredge would appear. Neither name rung a bell. But then they shared the final performer at the Q-Jam: Darius Rucker.
I'm sure my eyes grew wider and jaw dropped open a bit. This was an artist with whom I was familiar, albeit from his days as lead singer for Hootie and the Blowfish. I knew Rucker had embarked on a country music career, and I saw one of his music videos while flipping channels on the television one night. I liked the sound.
In the past few days, I've pulled up some of Rucker's songs on Spotify to familiarize myself with his country offerings. I have another week to become better versed with his catalogue of songs. I've always liked his voice, and while I'd prefer music more in the style of Hootie and the Blowfish, I definitely can appreciate his country stylings.
The next big challenge concerns the best way to see him during the Q-Jam. I've heard others also express excitement about his appearance. Even my 14-year-old son, whose musical taste leans toward alternative, rap and modern rock, wants to see Rucker. So I anticipate a mob of people come 3:15 p.m.
My festival day begins early, as we post a first update to our website shortly after the opening ceremony. One thought was to go ahead and stake out a spot toward the front of the Grandstand and remain there. But then I wouldn't see much of the rest of the festival.
I also haven't decided whether to remain downtown the entire day or leave and come back. We always eat a barbecue sandwich at the festival, so I want to be downtown come lunchtime. One advantage to working downtown is the ability to pop into The Dispatch for a break when needed.
What I'll probably end up doing is walking throughout the festival and then take my chances for the Q-Jam. Hearing the music shouldn't be a problem, but I may need to find some binoculars to see the stage well. The area around the Square promises to be packed.
The 30th Anniversary Barbecue Festival promises plenty of sights, sounds and tastes for everyone. The Dispatch's annual special section devoted to the festival will appear Thursday, so look for that to learn about all that's taking place, including several new activities.
Maybe I'll see you downtown a week from today. You can find me somewhere around the Square come 3:15, watching Rucker and the others during the Q-Jam. Hopefully by then I'll know his songs well enough to sing along.
Chad Killebrew is executive editor of The Dispatch. He can be reached at 249-3981, ext. 215, or at email@example.com.


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Four years ago Glamour Magazine dreamed up the idea of sponsoring a film festival to promote women in film, not merely as actresses but as directors and storytellers where real women across America could have their stories told by women in Hollywood who, up until now, hadn't had the chance to step behind the camera.
Since then Glamour Reel Moments has produced 14 short films and provided the directorial debuts for such A-list actresses as Kate Hudson, Bryce Dallas-Howard, Kirsten Dunst, Jennifer Aniston, Rita Wilson, Gwyneth Paltrow and now Demi Moore, Courteney Cox and screenwriter Kirsten "Kiwi" Smith who has written the screen plays to Ella Enchanted, Ten Things I Hate about You, She's the Man, House Bunny and Legally Blond.
Each year Glamour Magazine, the largest women's magazine in the country and reaching 1 out of every 10 women, asks its readers to submit short story ideas describing an event that changed their life—a turning point or "Aha!" moment that reflects who they have become.
Glamour then asks three women working in the film industry to choose the story they would like to tell by turning it into a 20-minute short film to be screened at the annual Glamour Reel Moments film festival in Hollywood sponsored by Suave whose campaign to help women bring out their natural beauty has fit perfectly with Glamour's goal of producing stories about women by women.
Working with Suave to cover the event I sat down Tuesday morning to brunch with Bill Wackerman, Senior Vice President of Publishing at Glamour Magazine and Leslie Russo, Associate Publisher who worked together to dream up Glamour Reel Moments, along with Francesca Silvestri of Freestyle Productions, the production company in charge of the three films being shown which can be viewed at the Glamour Reel Moments site and Kiwi Smith whose debut film The Spleenectomy was premiering that night at the Director's Guild of America.
[To Leslie Russo] Can you tell me about how Glamour Reel Moments came about? How did you get the idea?
Glamour Reel Moments stared four years ago and came out of the fact that Glamour Magazine is a fashion and beauty magazine that has always had this empowering message for women. We reach one in every ten women in American every month and get these amazing stories from women that are truly inspiring and we thought "How can we get these stories told?"
We kept hearing in Hollywood how there were too many things blowing up on screen these days and not enough true stories about women so we had this idea that we would reach out to our readers to have them tell their real life stories then bring them to the Hollywood community to see if women would want to turn these stories into short life films and share these stories with other women.
The first thing we heard was "It'll never happen" and "No one will do it—no one will want to participate." But what we found was that there was this amazing group of women, writers like Andrea McCulloch and producers like Francesca Silvestri who really started reaching out with us to women in Hollywood who wanted the opportunity to direct, who really wanted to step behind that camera and to help tell those stories. Here we are, four years later, 14 films later, and the stories are incredible.
[To Kiwi] What was the experience of directing for the first time like?
Writing is solitary process much of the time so directing was a challenge in terms of getting everyone to work together. It was very empowering just to be able to dream up something then to see it through to fruition and be able to make tiny little adjustments to actors that you never would have been able to do if you were sitting there watching something that you'd written being directed by someone else. But it's a lot more work than writing is . . . [with a laugh] you have to get up a lot earlier!
One of the things that are different for me—as a writer when you go to a premier you're just there to have a great time, you know the movie, you love the movie but if people don't like it you just say "Oh it's the director." Now I can't say that.
Was it a nervous experience? Were you confident? How did Glamour help shepherd you into film?
I had Francesca and Kevin [Chinoy] who had so much experience—they were experts in being able to guide all of us but I was totally nervous. I'm totally nervous for tonight! It's going to be the first time it's shown to the public! I hope you guys like it—please laugh!
What was your inspiration? As a little girl did you imagine yourself a screenwriter, sitting alone in a room staring at a blank screen?
Well I was always a writer and I worked in video stores when I was little I liked movies so much and then I was an English major. I then came out to L.A. and I was going to be a poet but [with a laugh] I realized you don't earn a lot of money doing that so I decided that being a screenwriter was a much better option.
I was thinking about it earlier, tonight is kind of a dream come true. I'd always wanted to direct a short film for a long time but I hadn't quite got it together until I found out about this grant that Glamour was offering for first time directors—non-actors—people that were in the business and aspiring to be directors. The environment for female directors is kind of non-existent—only 7% of directors in Hollywood are female so it was a highlight for me and tonight will be another highlight.
[To Leslie] Tell me more about how the program works.
The program was very organic in its inception and it was difficult to get people to sign on at first but what's happened is that this incredible community of women have come together, women at the top of their profession like Jennifer Aniston, Kate Hudson, Kirsten Dunst or Kiwi and what's amazing is that every year more and more women apply.
Less than 7% of the DGA [Director's Guild of America] are female directors so this program is really changing the face of Hollywood because all of these gals are using this is as an opportunity to direct for the first time, gain confidence from it and now they're all working—whether in television or in directing features and I think that's one of the most rewarding things about this.
Also, one of the nice rub offs from this project that we've seen at Glamour is that you don't have to be saving the world to have a story that's inspiring to people. The stories that come into Glamour Reel Moments are from women of all walks of life, some are really funny, some really deep, some are really light-hearted but these women have really put themselves out there and have been brave to share their stories . . . and the flip side is that these women in Hollywood are really putting themselves out there, opening themselves up to critique to tell these stories on the big screen and do this for the first time.
It's really becoming this wonderful network and it's great to have something that's a grass roots event, something that just feels good, and I think the circle keeps widening for women to participate and support each other with this project Just thinking about it, Francesca Silvestri knew Andrea McCullouch and brought her on the second year to write then Andrea brought her friend Jen Aniston on the next year to direct. Now this year Jen sent out casting calls and her friend Courteney Cox is directing—women connecting with each other and wanting to support each other. All of these women through the process come back each year to support the other women
[To Leslie] Can you explain the grant process?
We really beat people's doors to participate in this project the first year but as it became more and more successful we had tons of people coming out of the woodwork to direct. But what we didn't want was for people who already had a lot of opportunity, who were massive A-list names, we wanted to support women who were working in Hollywood but didn't have a $20 million movie coming out.
So last year for the fist time we launched a plan where we had three slots for directors but we only had two slots which we filled—Courteney Cox and Demi Moore—we left the third choice up to our alumni. So we took out an ad in Variety, we advertised that we had one slot left for a woman working in the film industry whether she was a cinematographer or a writer but somebody who felt like they wanted the opportunity to direct. We got hundreds of reels from women who wanted to apply for the grant so we were democratic. We selected four finalists and in Oscar ballot style we sent out of the final four reels to our directing alumni and they voted for who they thought should direct.
Kiwi was selected by her peers and they all have very good taste because she made a fabulous movie.
[To Kiwi] Why this story? What attracted you to this particular story?
Fran gave me a list of one-sentence descriptions of 50 the stories that she thought would be good and there was a little one-sentence description that said: "Community theater actress has a very bad day." Though the first thing I did, I ran over to Anna Faris' house with the list saying, "Let's just go over this list because I need you to star in this and I need you to pick the character that would be the most fun to play." We ended up agreeing that a community theater actress that was enthusiastic but not so talented was the best one—she was just perfect for that so that's how I made my choice.
Are we going to see you doing more feature length?
[With a laugh] I'm developing my slate as we speak
[To Leslie] How are the stories picked?
We get thousands of stories and Kevin and Francesca will work with a variety of script readers who will categorize the stories and put them into a log and then we weed them out, some are very long and would be good in a feature-length film, some don't play well to the short format. Then once we get our list of a hundred or so that we feel would fit well within the short format and within our parameters—something that has to be shot on, say, five continents really wouldn't work so we narrow down the list more then we meet with potential directors.
We ultimately leave it up to the directors, giving them the opportunity to have one of the stories resonate with them so that the director really picks the story that they want to tell and feel like thy have a connection. We want the reader's story to be told by someone who has that connection.
[To Kiwi] How responsible do you feel to stick to the original stories?
Well the original story was a launching place—I took vast and willful liberties with it. There are many things in the film that are different from the story but the woman who wrote it liked it.
[To Leslie] How will the broader public see the movies?
They run on the Glamour Reel Moments website for a month then they'll do a stint on itunes where they can be downloaded—I think they're the only short films available besides the Oscar nominated shorts and the Pixar shorts. It's been a huge success for itunes. Going back to people never thinking it will happen, at our first meeting with itunes I'll just say that they hung up the phone very quickly but then they called back and now these short films have been some of itunes' most heavily downloaded short films.
[To Leslie] How soon do you start thinking about next year's entries?
By January or February we generally know who the directors are though we don't announce it until they start filming because everyone donates their time and sometimes someone really wants to participate but has to be out of the country for a couple months of filming. Normally we start really hard core work in January and then it literally goes right up until two weeks before the premier. No matter how early we start we use all the time.
[To Francesca] Where does the money come from? What about the hard costs of making a film?
There's a very small stipend that goes to the companies to cover hard costs for cameras and sets but it's incredible—technicians are mostly doing it for nothing because the films are so good and because the people that are involved are really excited to give women these opportunities.
A lot of companies have enjoyed working with women directors—it's kind of a nicer, kinder, gentler softer way and sometimes the women bring in treats and baked good and they all smell really nice—this is the kind of feedback we get from the companies helping us to make these films.
[Bill Wackerman:]
I'd have to add here that there really is a reality of thousands and thousands of dollars of hard costs and none of this would happen without Suave. So for Suave to say "We want to help you tell these women's stories" is a huge show of support for us and they deserve a lot of credit.
[To Leslie] Are the readers involved in the process at all?
Basically what happens is that we let them know that they've won and that we'll be developing their story, they don't know whose directing and they don't know who's on board. They came here Sunday when we slowly started to unveil who's involved, what the stories are about. Then they saw the movies this morning and they're over the moon.
In a previous year we had one winner—Colleen—and she was set to be on a segment of Oprah but she had no idea why she was there, she thought it was for a show about nurses. Suddenly she's meeting Oprah and Jen and finding out what's happened to her story.
Here's Colleen, she's this single mother of two amazing daughters and she brought them out to the premier and to this day she still sends us emails every year. For her it was an amazing experience because it totally changed her relationship with her daughters, they suddenly saw her in this new way.
[To Francesca] How do you define success and what inspires you?
I would say a sense of fulfillment, of gratefulness, of happiness—those are the things that I define success by today. Stepping outside of your comfort zone—this whole program changed our lives in so many ways and every year we step out of our comfort zone and learn something. That's how I define success. As for what inspires me: women inspire me and that's why I feel a responsibility to tell their stories.
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Friday, October 17, 2008
Glamour Reel Moments: Stories about Women by Women
Four years ago Glamour Magazine dreamed up the idea of sponsoring a film festival to promote women in film, not merely as actresses but as directors and storytellers where real women across America could have their stories told by women in Hollywood who, up until now, hadn't had the chance to step behind the camera.
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10 comments:
- Janet said...
This is fascinating. I'll have to follow this more closely from now on.
- Kate Coe said...
How is it possible that Demi Moore, one of the personally richest and professionally most bankable stars in the biz, doesn't have a chance to direct? Sorry, but that's just silly. She can option a script or screenplay, raise the money (or gasp! use her own) and get a DGA card. Don't be naive about this.
Kristen Smith is esp. well placed to direct her own film. That she needs a magazine to help her is a joke.
This whole stunt would be far more valuable if it sought out film school grads or women working in the business who really need that foot in the door. But having stars direct shorts on some one else's dime is just a bogus, inconsequential PR move. Suave benefits, Glamor benefits, but the industry and women working in film don't get squat.
Why didn't you ask these stars about this?
- miriama said...
Heavens, you are getting out there, aren't you? How do you still have time for us little people? ;)
Glad to hear you are having such fun. Oh, and send me a postcard. LOL
- april said...
Hearing Kiwi say, "the original story was a launching place—I took vast and willful liberties with it" makes me mad because she completely ruined Ella Enchanted (nothing was the same between the book and the movie except the characters' names and that the main character is forced to obey all orders...not even their personalities were the same, let alone the plot). But I'm biased because that's my favorite book.
Still, with any book/story, there are obviously some changes that need to be made when a they're made into movies, but I think it's terribly rude and selfish of the screen writer(s) and director to completely turn something on its head. And stupid. If the book is that great and sells so well to begin with, why turn it into something completely different? It's just not a wise decision.
- Gabrielle said...
Amazing and wonderful! Love to see us ladies getting the spotlight! I use Suave! :-) so, GO SUAVE! (and GO MICHELLE!!!)
- Margie said...
How much fun you've been having! I've really enjoyed reading about your whole trip and this interview. Makes me want to try Suave products!
- Anonymous said...
Excellent articles. My sister and I were at this event( we are from saskatoon) and had an amazing time. Can't believe the celebrities we met. I found it strange, though, how they roped off that upper level in the Chateau Marmont's garden, where Juliette Lewis, Demi, Kirsten Dunst, Courteney and David Arquette etc were. They even had people stop you from going up there. Other than that, it was a DREAM! It makes me want to go after my dream of being in acting(one can dream) what a life they live! Demi seemed amazing! I was shocked to see Sheryl Crow there with NO makeup. Also, why did Jennifer Aniston sneak in the back, with bodyguards, at the DGA, and they say at the Chateau but I didn't see her?
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- Anonymous said...
I know Stevie Holcomb very well, she was the one who submitted the story to Glamour that Kiwi Smith choose. I also know her story, which was very funny and would have made a great short film. Before she left for Hollywood, Stevie was telling her friends that a short film was made out of a moment of her life, and knew nothing about how much it was changed before she saw it the day of the premiere. I also know how sweet she is, and she wouldn't dare complain or say anything negative after they flew her to Hollywood and were treating her so nicely.
However, the movie was nowhere near what she submitted, and actually she's had to explain to lots of people that it was very different, that she was in no way making fun of community theatre, which is something very deep to her heart and what the final movie was saying. It also very well could have hurt her reputation in local theatre, as a lot of people were under the impression that the story was hers. As for her liking it, she did, but it wasn't her story at all.
- Scribbit said...
Really? I met Stephanie (I didn't know she went by Stevie) at the party when she was with her husband, she was nice enough to say hi and introduce herself and she seemed very sweet--I asked her too about the story and how much it had been changed from the original and she said that "only the wine" and something else (I can't remember what it was) was the same, the rest had been changed which I also thought was kind of funny.
I wondered about the other stories and if they'd been changed as much--but then my daughter LOVED the book Ella Enchanted and hated the movie so much, claiming it had been changed too much so maybe it's not surprising.
- Marivic_Little GrumpyAngel said...
How fascinating. I think it's wonderful that Glamour Magazine is giving artistic women a venue to showcase their talent behind the camera. And how exciting for you to be able to cover this story!


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Wednesday I grilled rosemary-accented pork chops, Betsy made purple artichokes and multigrain pasta with pesto as sides (she's still on this diet, but I admit the Barilla Plus pasta is actually really good). I served a 375 of the 2001 Nicolas Potel Chambolle-Musigny. A little tight at first, but quickly opened into a pretty light to medium bodied Burgundy. Bright raspberry and cherry fruit, with hints of flowers on the nose. As we sat outside (absolutely gorgeous May day in the garden), some real Burgundian earth came out. Pretty and typical. As the wine warmed I found it a little soft on acidity (hadn't seemed so on opening, at cellar temps), but a really pleasant wine, especially at the $15/half price point. B+
In retrospect, I should have had a biodynamic wine. After dinner we went to Pleasantville to the Jacob Burns Film Center for the NY premiere of "The Real Dirt on Farmer John." Fun film detailing John Peterson's life- from a farm kid, to a 60s college student, to a commune host, through bankruptcy and then rediscovery as an organic farmer and advocate for the CSA movement. Some very funny and a few very sad moments. Afterwards Dan Barber (Blue Hill in NYC and Blue Hill at Stone Barns in Tarrytown) moderated a Q & A with Farmer John and the farmer who is charge of the Stone Barns farm). Great evening, and I recommend the film.
Grade disclaimer: I'm a very easy grader, basically A is an excellent wine, B a good wine, C mediocre. Anything below C means I wouldn't drink at a party where it was only choice. Furthermore, I offer no promises of objectivity, accuracy, and certainly not of consistency.


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