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Laura Abernathy, Senior Policy AssociateLaura Abernathy first joined the National Housing Trust in 2010. As the Senior Policy Associate, Laura works with states and cities across the country to address affordable, multifamily housing preservation. More specifically, she monitors and analyzes housing policy proposals on the state and local level, paying particular attention to the ways in which policies address the preservation of affordable housing, the greening of the existing housing stock, and the transportation opportunities available to low- and moderate- income households. Her work also includes developing content for PrezCat (an online catalog of state and local preservation policies and programs).
Prior to joining the Trust, Laura worked at the Shimberg Center for Housing Studies to promote affordable, suitable, and accessible housing throughout the state of Florida. While at Shimberg, she collaborated with faculty and graduate students from the University of Florida to develop a GIS based model to assess land suitability for affordable housing. She also contributed to publications analyzing Florida's rental market, specifically noting the supply of and demand for housing for migrant fishermen and the homeless. Laura holds a B.A. in Economics and English Literature from Franklin & Marshall College and a Master's degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Florida, where she specialized in Housing, Community, and Economic Development. Return to top
Dana Bartolomei, Housing & Energy Efficiency Policy Associate
Dana Bartolomei joined the National Housing Trust in 2013. As the Housing and Energy Efficiency Policy Associate, Dana helps develop and execute state level-strategies to increase energy efficiency in multifamily affordable housing, with a focus on engaging state housing finance agencies. Dana also supports the work of NHT's National Preservation Initiative, tracking state and local preservation policy and developing content for NHT's online preservation catalog, PrezCat.
Prior to joining the National Housing Trust, Dana worked on Capitol Hill for Congressman Dave Loebsack. As Press Secretary, Dana implemented the Congressmanfs public relations strategy, drafting statements and interacting with press on a variety of legislative and political issues, including the Congressman's work on the House Armed Services Committee and the House Education and Labor Committee.
Dana holds a B.A. in Urban Studies from Rhodes College, in Memphis, Tennessee and an M.S. in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Iowa, where she specialized in Housing and Community Development. She became a LEED Green Associate in 2014.
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In addition, Ms. Cormier is the lead liaison and coordinator for annual property audits and tax returns for NHT/Enterprise Preservation Corporation. She reviews all audits and tax returns for the organization which has preserved 20 properties, comprising 3,100 units. She also reviews the monthly accounting records of NHT/Enterprise's portfolio properties and works with property management companies to resolve potential bookkeeping, accounting, and cash management issues. Additionally, she assists the Director of Asset Management in preparing surplus cash projections and distributions. As NHT/Enterprise acquires and preserves properties, Ms. Cormier provides construction accounting and cash management for renovation projects. She works closely with the development team to identify and resolve deal structure issues, with a particular emphasis on issues that impact the flow of funds at the project and organizational levels. She is the lead liaison for cost certifications and reviews each report in detail. She also works with development team members to transition property accounting from contract of sale through acquisition and into asset management. Ms. Cormier graduated summa cum laude from Southeastern University with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting.Return to Top
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Shannon Scott, Director of Finance
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annual audits, and technology.
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non-profit arena and has more than 25 years of experience in public accounting,
financial services and social services. Prior to coming to the National Housing
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providing financial planning and reporting, and enterprise risk management
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financial reporting and audits, compliance reporting for new markets tax
credits transactions, budgeting, investment management and grants management.
Ms. Scott also chaired the Diversity Committee, bringing a culture of shared
history and understanding to the work. Prior to that, she served as the Chief
Financial Officer at So Others Might Eat, a social services agency providing
much needed resources to Washington, DCs homeless population. Ms. Scott also
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Devin Tucker, Director of Community Development ProgramsDevin Tucker is the Director of Community Development Programs and has over 12 years of management experience as a consultant and manager. As the Director of Community Development Programs, Devin reviews federal, state, and local policies impacting low-wage families and designs innovative programmatic responses to help low wage families achieve economic stability. As a consultant, he worked with the US Department of Health and Human Services to implement a $25M savings pilot for low-income families. While working with the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, he worked with multi-family property owners across the country to bring internet and technology access to low-income communities. His research interests include asset-building, public education reform and eliminating the achievement gap in low-wage communities.
Devin is a graduate of Harvard University and St. Louis University. He currently serves as the Community Services Chair for the Harvard Club of Maryland and is active in a number of civic causes.
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Kevin B.W. White is responsible for performing financial feasibility analyses, evaluating due diligence materials, assessing financing options, preparing financing proposals and managing projects through the development period on behalf of NHT-E.
Prior to joining NHT-E in March 2012, Mr. White was a Real Estate Development Director at the national office of Volunteers of America from 2004-2012. While at Volunteers of America, Mr. White financed over $42 million of affordable housing utilizing housing and historic tax credits; various federal, state, and local grants debt products; and conventional and HUD-insured debt. Mr. White has worked in the affordable housing development field since 1995, holding positions at: MissionFirst Development, an affordable housing developer based in Washington, D.C.; AHC, Inc, a non-profit affordable housing developer in Arlington, Virginia; and, Habitat for Humanity in Houston, Texas. Mr. White started his career in community development as an AmeriCorps*VISTA community organizer, assisting Habitat for Humanity homeowners form neighborhood-based homeownerfs associations. Mr. White has a Master in Community Planning from the University of Maryland, College Park and a B.S. from the University of Houston.
Josh Zinman, Assistant to the Vice President
Josh Zinman joined the trust in March of 2012. He works with NHT, NHT/Enterprise, NHTCDF and ICE in various capacities, namely as the scheduler and assistant to the Vice President as well as various accounting functions and administrative tasks.
Prior to joining the Trust, Mr. Zinman worked as a manager at Petefs New Haven Style Apizza, a local DC Restaurant. He graduated from George Washington University with a B.A. in Political Science.
Rob Richardson, Advisor to NHT and NHT/ERob Richardson is Development Manager of the Housing Preservation Initiative (HPI). The HPI is an initiative of the National Housing Trust (NHT) and Enterprise Community Partners to facilitate affordable housing preservation in key locations across the country by focusing the development, data, policy and lending capacity of these national organizations. Mr. Richardson is responsible for evaluating projects and managing their financing and redevelopment. As part of this work he performs financial feasibility analyses, develops redevelopment strategies, evaluates due diligence materials, prepares financing proposals and develops new financing tools.
Mr. Richardson has 15 years experience in housing, real estate and economic development. While at the Trust, Mr. Richardson closed on over $130 million in financing for the purchase of over 2,300 affordable apartments located in Texas, South Carolina, Virginia, Illinois and Washington, DC. The Texas preservation transaction was the largest 501(c)(3) housing bond transaction ever completed in the state at the time, totaling over $80 million in financing and introducing new affordability to a portfolio of 7 market rate properties. His broad range of expertise includes experience with HUD's project-based Section 8 properties, Section 236 IRP decoupling, tax exempt bonds, low income housing tax credits, historic tax credits, low floaters, interest rate swaps, the Green Communities Initiative, the Federal Home Loan Bank Affordable Housing Program, and state and local government financing programs. Previously, Mr. Richardson was Director for Project Development at the Anacostia Economic Development Corporation, where he provided due diligence, project management and financing for the acquisition of a $14 million, 100,000 square foot neighborhood shopping center. He has experience in financial structuring, developing pro formas, preparing funding proposals and managing development teams for multi-family, office and retail development projects. As a Program Officer at a citywide nonprofit intermediary, he provided project planning, analysis and technical assistance to community-based nonprofit organizations, and provided strategic planning assistance to the District of Columbia government. He has also worked for the Joint Center for Housing Studies, and the Chase Manhattan Bank Community Development Corporation, where he designed their nonprofit loan program and developed a guide for new housing investors. Mr. Richardson graduated from Harvard Universityfs John F. Kennedy School of Government with a Master in Public Policy degree and a concentration in Urban Community Development and Finance. He also graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in Political Science from Rutgers University.Return to Top


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In the end, this odd, beautiful movie is remote and more suggestive than satisfying--a coolly impassive film about catastrophe made at a time when some of us might prefer an attempt at explanation. And yet Elephant is something to see. [27 October 2003, p. 112]
It's a daring and original effort, yet so noncommittal--so purposely vague--that it's apt to leave you flummoxed: at once stricken and etherized.
This is a deeply disturbing (if not very satisfying) view of what happened at Columbine and in other school shootings.
Its just another example of art-house hokey-pokey. Amazingly, this film won both the Palme dOr and Best Director Award at Cannes, beating out, among others, "Mystic River."
As lead Columbine investigator Kate Battan has herself put it, Everybody wants a quick answer. They want an easy answer so that they can sleep at night and know this is not going to happen tomorrow. And now they have Gus Van Sant's Elephant.
A movie that takes impartiality to new places artistically. The film is infuriating.
Given their lack of training, nearly all the young performers do a commendable job. It's the director who slips up by, among other things, dividing his cast into such predictable phyla.
Achieves some glancing poetic effects during its first hour, but becomes gross and exploitative during the shooting rampage of the final act.
Elephant is not as bad as the National Rifle Association's decision to hold a pro-gun rally near Columbine High School shortly after the killings. Unlike the NRA, Van Sant doesn't have blood on his hands. But he shares something of its callousness.
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DavidJan 10, 2009Simply put, this is a film where you either like its style or you do not. I very much fall into the former category. It is a hypnotizing and Simply put, this is a film where you either like its style or you do not. I very much fall into the former category. It is a hypnotizing and harrowing experiene. The films greatest strength besides just the superb cinematography is its portrayl or real people- I mean REAL people. We all knew people like these in high school, they are not cliches at all- quite the opposite. Even if you hated this movie I know you could never forget it, and to those that "got" it, this is truly one of the greatest films of the new millenium thus far.… Full Review »
MikeT.Oct 18, 2005This movie is awful. It's the cinematic equivalent of an empty canvas - arrogant and insulting. My immediate response when the movie This movie is awful. It's the cinematic equivalent of an empty canvas - arrogant and insulting. My immediate response when the movie thankfully ended, was "that's 80 minutes of my life I'll never get back". This is a class project, not a film. As a class project, it might rate a good grade. I highly reccomend this movie for cinematography instructors - it will give you something to talk about. I gave it 1 point for the cinematography (I was going to give it 2, but the scene with a flag football game where the camera didn't move for 5 minutes was a 1 point deduction). For anybody looking for something of interest, or to be (gasp!) entertained, don't bother. This must be what watching a snuff film is like. I knew where the film would evolve to, and sat through an agonizing hour of nothing to get there. Only to have the 20 minutes of actual script concentrate entirely on the violence, and end suddenly with no warning, no point, and no conclusion. A prize winning film? Right. This is a film for those people who likes anything that they are sure nobody else will like, because that allows them to proclaim themselves to be an "expert". A for Arrogant. B for Boring. C for Catatonic. D for Dreadful. And F for the movie's grade.… Full Review »
Jul 5, 2013In the wake of the Columbine school shootings, there was much discussion and sensationalism around what could have motivated the two killersIn the wake of the Columbine school shootings, there was much discussion and sensationalism around what could have motivated the two killers to commit such horrific acts before taking their own lives. Elephant explores this question by giving us a window into the harrowing final moments of a pair of fictional high school murderers, as well as their victims.
The film follows several different students in the hour that leads up to the beginning of the violence, showing us the normality of their day to day lives. These segments are surprisingly engrossing, considering it's just people going about their business and interacting with the world that they inhabit. The perpetrators are included in this and are revealed to be pretty average teenagers. The lack of hyperbole in the portrayal is chilling and it's a quality that typifies the tone of the picture as a whole. The documentary feel of the style feeds into this and further accentuates the unspectacular nature of the day, though it's not just the pragmatic approach to filming that is important in this regard.
The cast are made up of untrained high school students, most of whom carry their real names on-screen as well as off. Personally, I found this a little eerie, but that may perhaps have been the point. There were apparently no prepared lines to speak of, Van Sant preferring to allow the amateurs to improvise. This not only helps give the dialogue a genuine flavour, but also avoids any complications that could have arisen through unskilled acting combined with trying to remember what to say. Ultimately, the freedom that is given makes for performances that feel remarkably natural, providing an atmosphere of unsettling realism.
There's also much to appreciate as far as the cinematography is concerned. The incredibly long takes that follow the students as they go through the day are impressive, taking in the bustling environment of the school and its inhabitants. Considering the leisurely pace of the editing, it's perhaps somewhat surprising that the film is almost unbearably tense at times. The knowledge of what is to come coupled with the blissful unawareness of the characters is largely responsible for this. It's an aspect that becomes even more effective once panic begins to spread, confusion, chaos and disbelief replacing the mundane.
As an experience, it can be hard to watch, though in the best possible way. The lack of movie conventions, particularly in terms of gunplay, makes the action that much more moving. There's nothing in the way of stylistic affectation applied and the detached coldness that this provides mirrors the attitude of the killers, bringing the events home with a shockingly powerful impact.… Full Review »


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With soaring temperatures and high humidity, New Yorkers have had a tough time keeping cool over the last week.
But for one woman, the rising mercury proved too much after she was pictured walking the sweltering streets bare breasted before apparently being fined by NYPD cops.
Nicknamed 'Topless Bowery Woman' after the street where she was first spotted, the novel approach to keeping cool has won her an army of on-line fans who tracked her whereabouts in the city throughout Monday.
Editors' note: Good thing she wasn't RIDING HER BICYCLE! - Ed
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Has anyone thought that she is doing this in protest of the Belgium woman that was harrased by NYC thugs (cops) for riding a bicycle in a skirt?
NYC swine it seems are very educated as to what the law is and what their job entails.


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This is a puzzle I have been working on for the past seven months. It has stumped me. It's from a chess app on my cell phone. Is this just a teaser or am i doing something wrong?
Okay thanks. I will try a couple of more times then I will check out the winning move.
i like this position... should i give the answer?
First move is Qa2
this puzzle is just really hard actually, the winning move is this
Qa2!! is the winning move
Its fonted in white color right above here in the blank line so that its not a spoiler unless you look at it
"Qa2!!"? It won't be mate in 2 if the king moves away from the corner region.
right :) Qa2 is the only move.
so the goal is NOT to mate?
No the goal is TO mate. Qa2 seems like a good move but what is the next move. That stomps me.
Its impossible, trust me. My grandfather was famous for chess and he says that thats a non-kill. The king would keeep on runnin away. I have been stuck in that same situation.
c8=Q does not mate in 2, the king escapes to a7 (which is vacated after knight takes queen).
If knight moves then c8=Q mate, and if the knight goes to c8 then d8=N mate.
1. qa2 kxa8
2. c8=Q++
1. qa2 kc6
2. qd5++
1. qa2 nb5
Already said: king goes to a7.
For the record, this is a famous problem by the great composer Leonid Kubbel, some 103 years old. It's famous, because:
- The first move is not so predictable, actually its one of the first problems with the "give and take" theme.
- All mates that occur, excluding two (when knight moves to c6 or b5), are model mates.
- Because it's a miniature (as such are classified problems with a maximum of 7 pieces).
:) you guys followed my variations?
1. Qa2 Nc8
2. Then what is white's move for mate?
so Qa2 doesn't work?
That said as well: 2.d8=N #.
Ah, didn't see it listed with the c8 discussion. Nice
ah forgot to add that variation of Nc8, but yea IM Pfren covered it for me. :)
haha I posted the same puzzle few minutes ago and then I saw this topic now. Whatha coincidence!!!
Well, if you want see the solution, then check my last topic: Mate in 2 (HARD)!
it is hard. Throw it to the garbage can. LOL
It wasnt very hard... of course depending on your level it would be.
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Does he do anything for anyone? Junk balling lefties always make our line up look bad, but would he help the rotation as someone in the middle of the young flamethrowers as a change of pace?
Does he do anything for anyone? Junk balling lefties always make our line up look bad, but would he help the rotation as someone in the middle of the young flamethrowers as a change of pace?
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for old time's sake, let's add him, then offer him no contract.
I wouldn't give up much for him. Maybe a guy like Ben Jukich for Sowers but not much more than that.
I don't think so. He looks to be Tom Glavine, the AAAA version.
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I'd give em Freel.
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A junk-baller who can't strike out 3.5/9 in the majors? Unless they'll take Stanton and Castro for him, no thanks.
Games are won on run differential -- scoring more than your opponent. Runs are runs, scored or prevented they all count the same. Worry about scoring more and allowing fewer, not which positions contribute to which side of the equation or how "consistent" you are at your current level of performance.
Sowers will come full circle..
It is written in the stars.
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Man, has it really been seven years since Sowers was drafted by the Reds?!
He's still only 24 years old. He's probably got at least as good a chance as Malony to put it together. He's lefthanded and wouldn't cost too much.
Sure, I'd take a flyer on him. I wouldn't trade Homer for him, but I'd pick him up if the Indians were reasonable about their demands. Sowers was pretty impressive in 2006 in about 80 IP (and age 22).
Seems like the classic prospect that lost his shine real quick.Sure, it's a risk that he might have already flamed out, but he's worth a shot.
Thank you Walt and Bob for bringing winning baseball back to Cincy -- it was nice while it lasted..
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Kudos goes to Aronchris...Sowers is decent, but I don't get the love. He is new, probably will be serviceable, but he taint franchise. The Reds offered the guy 2.5 million at the 14th slot, which was very nice, especially for a HS guy
Give me Jensen Lewis instead.
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Located in Malacca Town, this hotel is within a 10-minute walk of Hatten Square and A Famosa. St Paul's Church is 0.6 mi (0.9 km) away.
Hotel Features
This smoke-free hotel features a full-service spa, a restaurant, and an outdoor pool. Free buffet breakfast is provided, as well as free WiFi in public areas, free self parking, and a free area shuttle. Additionally, a fitness center, a bar/lounge, and a poolside bar are onsite.
Room Amenities
All 704 rooms provide free WiFi and free wired Internet, flat-screen TVs with satellite channels, and conveniences like sofa beds and sitting areas. Other amenities available to guests include 24-hour room service, refrigerators, and rainfall showerheads.Would you like to give us feedback? Share it! Opens in a new window
Hatten Hotel MelakaHatten Square, Jln Merdeka Bandar Hilir Malacca Malacca 75000
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
In addition to a full-service spa, Hatten Hotel Melaka features an outdoor pool and a sauna. The hotel offers a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the hotel's bars, which include a poolside bar and a bar/lounge. A complimentary breakfast is offered. A computer station is located on site and high-speed wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary.
This 4-star property offers access to a business center and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 15371 square feet (1428 square meters) include conference space. This Art Deco hotel also offers a children's pool, a fitness center, and spa services. A complimentary area shuttle within 2 km is available for guests. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Hatten Hotel Melaka is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour front desk
- Free area shuttle
- Bar/lounge
- Business center
- Children's pool
- Coffee shop or café
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Computer station
- Concierge services
- Conference space
- Conference space size (feet) - 15371
- Conference space size (meters) - 1428
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Fitness facilities
- Free breakfast
- Free self parking
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Full-service spa
- Hair salon
- Laundry facilities
- Luggage storage
- Meeting rooms
- Multilingual staff
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Number of floors - 22
- Number of meeting rooms - 5
- Outdoor pool
- Poolside bar
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Sauna
- Smoke-free property
- Spa services on site
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Steam room
- Total number of rooms - 704
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Wedding services
- Year Built 2012
Family Friendly Amenities
- Area shuttle (complimentary)
- Children's pool
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Outdoor pool
- Refrigerator
- Sofa bed
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Free self parking, Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free bottled water
- Free newspaper
- Free toiletries
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Daily housekeeping
- Desk
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Hair dryer
- In-room safe
- Iron/ironing board
- Private bathroom
- Rainfall showerhead
- Refrigerator
- Room service (24 hours)
- Satellite TV service
- Separate sitting area
- Shower only
- Sofa bed
Where to Eat
Guests are offered a complimentary buffet breakfast.
Chatterz - This café serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Open 24 hours.
Alto Sky Lounge - This rooftop bar serves light fare only.
24-hour room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
An outdoor pool and a children's pool are on site. Other recreational amenities include a sauna and a fitness center.
Spa Services
The onsite spa has 7 treatment rooms including rooms for couples. Services include massages, facials, body scrubs, and body treatments. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy.
- Number of treatment rooms 7
- Couples treatment rooms
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body scrubs
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Massages
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is Noon
Payment types
- No pets or service animals allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No pets or service animals allowed
Optional extras
- Valet parking fee: MYR 20 per day
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Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.


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CONFERENCE FINALS: Connecticut-New York | Schedule
Sacramento Monarchs (20-17), West No. 4
What's working: The Storm's offense has been terrific, operating very efficiently in the halfcourt and also pushing tempo to get easy baskets when possible. Seattle has moved the ball very well, averaging only 13.5 turnovers in the first round, and though the Storm have struggled from beyond the arc, they are hitting the mid-range jumper and shot 44 percent from the field in their two playoff games so far.
Lauren Jackson (above) continues to come up big night after night, and Sacramento will no doubt focus its defensive energies on her, trying to employ the same strategies it used on L.A.'s Lisa Leslie. Though she lacks Leslie's experience, Jackson is much more versatile than the Sparks center, and nobody can truly guard Jackson one-on-one. While Leslie is a post player who extended her game outward, Jackson's a 6-foot-5 perimeter player who, with the help of coach Anne Donovan, has worked diligently to learn how to utilize her height and skill to be successful on the block.
Still, Jackson (12-for-22, 54.5 percent accuracy from the field in the playoffs) is deadly off the dribble and from 3-point range, where she ranked third in the league in the regular season with 45.2 percent accuracy. She's also a great shot-blocker who's in the best shape of her career.
Obviously a lot hinges on point guard Sue Bird, who will play despite suffering a broken nose less than three minutes into Tuesday's victory over Minnesota. The injury requires surgery, tentatively scheduled for Oct. 3, in between Games 2 and 3, to allow time for the swelling to decrease.
In a conversation earlier this week, Bird said the injury wasn't as bad as it looked on TV, and in fact, told the Associated Press on Thursday she has "no pain." Bird, however, will play with a protective mask that might affect her vision looking down. Still, though she might need some time to adjust to it, Bird should be as effective as ever in this series.
Seattle doesn't go deep to its bench, but on Tuesday, we discovered that the Storm reserves can come up big. After Bird got hurt, Tully Bevilaqua came in and notched nine points, five rebounds, four assists and no turnovers in 27 minutes. Not bad for a player -- who, by the way, some argue should have made Australia's Olympic squad this year -- averaging less than 11 minutes per game.
Lastly, Seattle's team defense continues to be impressive. Minnesota averaged 10 fewer points than Seattle's regular-season opponents. While the Storm aren't great one-on-one defenders, they play, without a doubt, some of the best team defense I've seen. Again, that is a testament to Donovan's system. She's a tremendous coach, and as a result, Seattle is very fundamental and very savvy.
What's working: Do the Monarchs execute better in the halfcourt than Seattle? No. But Sacramento is clearly more athletic, and the Monarchs' physicality and defense were outstanding in the first round.
Sacramento just took Los Angeles out of its game. The Sparks, who averaged a league-best 73.4 points, were held to a 60.3 scoring average in the first round. They averaged 15.6 turnovers in the regular season, but were harassed into 21 turnovers in Game 3. And L.A. shot five percentage points lower from the field (39.4) and 3-point range (32.5) in the first round than during the regular season.
Still, for as impressive as those numbers are, Sacramento's best accomplishment was limiting Lisa Leslie, a player no one has been able to stop. Leslie averaged 17.6 points in the regular season, but averaged just 11.3 points -- and almost four more turnovers -- against Sacramento.
The Monarchs' defense made all the difference, especially the interior defense of Yolanda Griffith, Tangela Smith and DeMya Walker. They continuously trapped Leslie, forced her to be a passer and frustrated her into what must be statistically the worst three-game performance of her career. In the past, Leslie had averaged three more points in her career playoff average than her career average alone.
Defensively, the Monarchs play the percentages and force you to make decisions with the basketball. They play 5 vs. 3, keeping the ball on one side of the floor. If you put the ball inside, they trap you with the opposite post while Ticha Penicheiro denies the pass back out to the guard who initiated the entry pass. That forces the opponent to make the pass on the cross-court diagonal, which is the area of the floor Sacramento is comfortable guarding.
The Monarchs hope to turn Jackson into a passer, too, which would put the pressure on Seattle's Vodichkova or Janell Burse to beat them. Sacramento will run at Jackson anytime she gets the ball on the block, sending two players to double team her.
More than anything, Sacramento -- which averaged 10 steals in the first round -- has finally blended into the defensive team that coach John Whisenant has been hoping for. The Monarchs' white-line defense is fantastic, and that's because they are so long on the perimeter. Penicheiro, who's 5 feet 11, is one of the league's top perimeter defenders, and the athleticism of the starting frontcourt, as well as players such as Hamchetou Maiga and Rebekkah Brunson, is unmatched.
What's most surprising, however, was Sacramento's shooting. The Monarchs aren't the best halfcourt team and have struggled with their perimeter shooting this season, but got some really good looks and knocked down some shots against L.A. They seemed really patient in the halfcourt offense, which hasn't been their MO this season.
What needs work: The only possible red flag was their 7-for-20 performance (35 percent) on 3-pointers. The Storm shot 38 percent from downtown in the regular season. Also, Seattle shot just 68 percent from the free-throw line in the first round.
And Seattle must be careful not to look past Sacramento now that the Storm's longtime nemesis, L.A., has been eliminated.
What needs work: Defensively, Sacramento must be wary of Jackson's ability to read the double team and go to her left shoulder baseline. Jackson is quick enough and smart enough that she can sometimes catch the ball and turn before the trap even arrives. Sacramento must get there in time or have a backup plan to counter Jackson's quickness.
X-factor: Sheri Sam and Betty Lennox must continue to be productive and exploit their mismatches. Lennox is extremely tough to guard off the dribble, and Sam is playing her best basketball of the season. If Sam (9.0 ppg in the first round) and Lennox (7.5) can continue to combine for 16 or 17 points on the perimeter as they did against Minnesota, Seattle will be very hard to beat.
And of course, Kamila Vodichkova remains the unsung hero and glue that holds the Storm together.
X-factor: After combining to average 34 points in the regular season, Griffith, Smith and Walker combined for 42.4 points in the first round. If they can continue playing at this level -- Smith is averaging 6.5 more points in the playoffs than in the regular season -- the Monarchs are tough to beat.
Sacramento's bench remains a factor, too. Kara Lawson, who's averaging two more points in the playoffs (up to 10.7 from 8.6), shot 6-for-13 from 3-point range (46.2 percent) against L.A.
In the regular season: On paper, Seattle appears to be the overwhelming favorite, going 3-1 against Sacramento in the regular season. And in the Monarchs' lone win, in the teams' last meeting on Sept. 1, the Storm were without Jackson, who was in Australia visiting her grandmother shortly before her death.
Bottom line: Sacramento is playing the best defense of any of the four teams still playing, and the Monarchs are hoping the old saying "Offense sells tickets but defense wins championships" holds true.
Still, don't overlook Seattle. The Storm aren't as long or athletic as Sacramento, but they are deceptive and get things done very efficiently in their more-structured offense.
Both teams are playing with supreme confidence. Seattle reached the conference finals for the first time, and Sacramento is riding high after finally knocking off the Sparks. The Monarchs have been on a mission, and said they were going to beat L.A. when the playoff matchups were set. And they also look like they're having fun for a change.
More than anything, I look forward to the strategic battle between coaches Donovan and Whisenant.
Nancy Lieberman, an ESPN analyst and Hall of Famer, is a regular contributor to ESPN.com's women's basketball coverage. Contact her at www.nancylieberman.com.


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After all the excitement of yesterday, you may be in need of a pick-me-up. Some kind of elixir, perhaps? Well, Jura believe they have just the thing with their second contribution to The Whisky Advent Calendar, this time carrying an age statement (the youngest whisky used is at least 12 year old).
Elixir seems an appropriate name for a whisky, a word that comes from 'uisge beatha' or 'water of life'. There's even a gravestone on Jura that suggest that one local man lived to see 180 Christmases! Local folklore credits the island's water, which was blessed by St. Columba nearly 1,500 years ago, for helping the inhabitants live long and healthy lives. Then again, perhaps it was just a 'typo'... (Engrave-o? Monumental masonro?)
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We'll be honest with you, we didn't think anything The Whisky Advent Calendar could throw at us would be more exciting than the release of a new Star Wars movie. (Even with the endless adverts beforehand "make sure you have the official Star Wars mascara" etc.) Not until the final window, perhaps. Wrong, we were, however, as day 19 has provided The Lost Distilleries Blend from The Blended Whisky Company!
Named World's Best Blended Whisky at Whisky Magazine's World Whiskies Awards in 2014, it does exactly what it says on the tin - it's a blend of whiskies exclusively from sadly now closed distilleries, many of whom have become legendary such as Port Ellen and Caperdonich. There's even some Imperial entanglements in there... Yes, the force is strong with this one.
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Into the final week of #WhiskyAdvent we go and today it's time for our first grain whisky from The Whisky Advent Calendar...
Now, most of you will have William Grant & Sons' Girvan Patent Still Proof Strength. As mentioned on Day 2 though, these advent calendars have been extraordinarily popular this year, with sales surpassing all forecasts! This means that on a small number of days not everybody could have the exact same dram. Everyone does have a Girvan today, but some of you may be enjoying a Girvan 20 Year Old 1993 from Douglas Laing's Clan Denny range, or indeed a Girvan 21 Year Old 1994 from their Old Particular range (both excellent independent bottlings).
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Day 17 of #WhiskyAdvent and time to leave Scotland once again, for today's Whisky Advent Calendar dram is a single malt from Sweden!
Mackmyra opened their first distillery back in 1999 and have since gained a reputation for producing some top malts. In 2012 they opened a second site, a gravity-run facility that stands at 37 metres high! This is where all of their distillation now takes place, save for the odd special run.
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December 16th? My goodness, fewer than ten days left until the main event! This is when excitement or panic sets in, in earnest, depending on how much shopping you have left to do! Try not to worry just yet though, we've got you covered.
So, to The Whisky Advent Calendar, faithfully counting down those days to Christmas in delicious style. Today's dram is another Balvenie! We tasted the delights of Sherry cask matured Balvenie on Day 8, now it's time to see what American oak brings to the table alongside Sherry with surely one of the most satisfying and accessible whiskies available today.
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You know how we hate charging for shipping? We want to banish the mere concept of "shipping charges" to the land of wind and ghosts where it can stay. In our continued effort to do so (aside from trying to modify our delivery trebuchet to be able to open portals to windy ghost lands), up until Christmas if you order a bottle of Ardbeg your entire order will get Free Shipping within the UK and £5 off elsewhere!
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In your best Stevie voice: "Yesterday Superstition, today Fettercairn Fior." That's right, there's another wonderful dram from White & MacKay behind window 15 of Drinks by the Dram's Whisky Advent Calendar!
Fior, like Superstition, has no age statement, but is made up primarily of 14-15 year old whiskies, which are blended with some 5 year old peated malt (and age statement of 5 years old would therefore be somewhat misleading). Fettercairn, meaning 'foot of the mountain', is named after the town in which the distillery is located and carries the emblem of a unicorn! If you didn't know, despite being supernatural (like Whisky Santa), the unicorn is in fact the national animal of Scotland too! They're said to be have legendary magical qualities that people have long sought to use for personal gain. People (and wizards) have been known to try and acquire unicorn hair, blood, or even tears. That's why Firebox spend so much time getting unicorns to cry, the fiends! They say Chuck Norris'* tears have special qualities too. Apparently they can cure all known diseases! Too bad he never cries.
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Are you a superstitious sort of person? Would it concern you if you received a 13 year old whisky made with 13% heavily peated malt on day... 14? It seems Drinks by the Dram didn't want to push their luck - who knows what would have happened if they'd placed this dram a day earlier in their Whisky Advent Calendar?! (Well, Whisky Santa and the Flying Spaghetti Monster probably know, but that was essentially a rhetorical question.)
Yes, it's Jura Superstition today, a single malt made up of whiskies aged between 13 and 21 years from the small and "extremely unget-at-able" Isle of Jura. It's an island that's populated by many more red deer than humans (Jura or 'Diùra' literally meaning 'deer island'), outnumbering the human population 30:1! Perhaps that's why they are indeed a superstitious lot, the Duirach, only cutting peat before May and always building their haystacks in a clockwise direction - heaven forbid if the deer turned on them! For added good luck an Ankh cross features on the Superstition label. If you fancy getting hold of one yourself after tasting your dram, it's recommended that you hold the bottle with the Ankh in the palm of your hand so some off the good fortune comes your way too.
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Away from Islay peat and back into the warm embrace of some truly top notch Sherry now, as we open window 13 of Drinks by the Dram's Whisky Advent Calendar...
A change of theme, perhaps, but another 12 year old expression today, this time from Glendronach! Interesting, up until 2005 (with this whisky having been distilled before that date) Glendronach were operating direct-fired stills, a tradition some distilleries in Scotland have maintained to this day (Glenfarclas, for example). Glendronach, however, were still using coal and were in fact the final distillery in Scotland to do so. The uneven heating provided by direct-firing creates hotspots in the stills and is thought to lead to different notes in the spirit produced and in the finished whisky, some of which you'll be able to taste in today's dram.
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We're half way, can you believe it?! There's still the same amount of delicious drams left after today as we've enjoyed from The Whisky Advent Calendar so far! (We've decided to adopt some festive calendar-half-full thinking - there are still plenty more treats to look forward to!) It also means that Christmas is drawing ever nearer so time's running out to sort out all those pressies, made easier we hope by our Free Shipping offers and the like. On to the window at hand though, appropriately revealing a 12 year old single malt Scotch whisky for Day 12.
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Skip to comments.Who Really Runs Washington and Why Americans Lose on Every Issue
Posted on 12/14/2008 1:33:27 PM PST by PlainOleAmerican
After decades of leftist efforts to convert America's representative republic into a pure democracy, where 51% can take away the rights of the other 49% for the greater common good, we find our nation on the verge of political and economic collapse.
It was the dream of men like Vladimir Lenin and Karl Marx, not Thomas Jefferson or John Adams, that one day the proletariat would control the nation's productivity in the United States, replacing evil capitalism with secular socialism and individual rights with a greater good of communal interests.
In 2008, the left gained full control of all three branches of the federal government and America may never again live in freedom. This column takes a look at how it happened and why average red-blooded Americans are no match for the collective power of the proletariat movement.
70% of Americans oppose everything the left and the incoming Obama campaign stand for, according to all available polling data. But the 30% who support the current secular socialist movement spend five times more in pursuit of their agenda than the balance of America is willing to spend to defend their nation under siege.
In short, America's Silence is its Consent
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It definitely isn't "We the People." Washington has become a government of the politicians, by the politicians FOR the politicians.
GREAT title.
Still waiting for all those threads and comments on how to solve the f))))ing problem...
Somebody threw the term 'The iron law of oligarchy' at me the other day. Haven't heard it since college, and even then, never used it in a sentence. Have to revisit it.
This column tells it exactly as it is... including the solution to the problem.
TOO many "conservatives" (read Americans) think that voting once every four years, or not at all, is the limit of their voice and their civic duty.
So long as they continue to believe that, they will continue to get their butts kicked by a lesser but more committed enemy.
Politicians are for sale, and the left is who is buying them at present. The right believes they shouldn't have to...and they are right. But that's not the game being played today.
My guess as to why we, the backbone of America, do not spend as much on all the hot button political issues as the leftists do is simply this: we give our money to altruistic causes like the Christian church, and various relief organizations.
Maybe that's overy simplistic. But I've seen several studies that show conservative Christians give far more to charity than the Left. Now we know where the Left spends its money.
still waiting...
Some of his conclusions are right, but hey even a broken clock show right twice in a day.
I believe ACORN has received $800 million of TAXPAYER money.
In that case the left is not spending their own money, they are spending OUR money and everyone else's.
A guerilla army succeeds by winning small battles where loot, arms and supplies are the spoils. Then they grow and repeat this formula.
The left is using our resources against us. Of course they plead their purpose as voter registration drives, 'Get Out the Vote', etc.
There isn't any solution to the problem because the cause of the problem is the problem itself. The American people are so intellectually decadent, dogmatic, and detached from history that they have no understanding of the founding principles. Without an understanding of what liberty is and why it works the government cannot be cured and we will continue to lurch from crisis to crisis employing arbitrary authoritarian solutions that will only further erode our nation.
It is probably too late but we could start by removing our children from government K-12 schools and Marxist dominated colleges and universities. Conservatives should set up education alternatives through private vouchers. Conservatives could also sponsor conservative teachers willing to set up one room school houses, mini-schools, and homeschool cooperatives.
I recommend the interview with the former KGB agent. The communist understood how important the education process was in winning the hearts and minds of the next generation of voters.
No, we should not try to reform government K-12 schools. The very premise of government education is socialistic to the core. They are also in utter conflict with the First Amendment. We must work to abolish them.
The above is the link to the KGB interview.
Also...We should study Saul Alinsky and use their methods against them.
a) More than 90% of all federal taxes are paid by conservative leaning Americans (republicans) which explains why republicans oppose more taxation and democrats who pay little if any taxes, love taxes. They think they pay taxes because they have been told that their SS contribution is their fair share of taxes.
b) In addition, more than 80% of all charitable donations also come from conservative leaning (republican) donors.
c) Democrats receive HUGE sums of political donations compared to republicans, including from "lobbyists."
And, although we still outnumber them, they outspend us in political spending, not because we give our money elsewhere, but because we can't stomach the fact that if we want to defeat them, we will have to outspend them first...
What's missing?
Yes, but if this is what they believe; why do we have elitists? Aren't they subjected to the same beliefs?
It's more like a con artist's biggest con game.
Tell me the difference between "secular socialism" and "atheism?"
Try being specific as to where you think he is wrong? Or, did you learn your debate skills on DU?
"Workers of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains." - Karl Marx
Chains that people like Karl Marx put around them.
Have to agree with you there.
Good point!
This is what happens in the eleventh hour. We should have never allowed it to get to this point.
As silly as this might sound, we need a real leader.
If you're happy and you know it, clank your chains. (Clank, Clank)...
We the people - will have to do it, or it won't get done...
O' course not... The bread crumbs are for everyone else. The spoils belong to the elitists in charge. Just ask Lenin or Stalin.
So true.
Remove all lawyers from Washington DC in shackles and you will have solved 95% of the problem right there...
I certainly agree there. That's how America became great.
And that's the ONLY people who can save her now...
Excellence Bump!
And of course they were funded by the federal Government and controlled by the teachers unions too
Well that's a tangential issue/problem.
Dream on. This is delusional. He didn't get 52% of the vote through hypnotism. There are actual consequences for policy failure on the scale of years of stalement in Iraq or the bubble and stock market crash. "But it's not fair". Whining and $2.50 will get you a cup of coffee...
Tangetial? It's the core of the problem.
In those days the cirriculum was focused on actual learning, not indctrination.
Have you ever seen an 8th grade graduation test from the late 1800's?
Not in my lifetime... (48 years)
Read again, then go research countless polls on all of the major issues... You will find with little effort, that the line you quoted is 100% true and accurate...as is the balance of the column.
To solve problem, as article makes clear, send money. Also, until next election when we can begin to erode their control of government, we need to rebut every item on their agenda: Card check, CO2 global warming, health care, treaties (Law of Sea etc) making USA vassal to corrupt UN. Do this by contacting Congess, writing letters to editors, call-in shows, monitoring their websites and inserting posts that are not slander but facts. Reference articles. Make a case. We all must educate ourselves on all the issues that are going to come up and we must disseminate these ideas to friends and relatives and co-workers gracisouly, kindly, with humour, tact, and dignity. We must be relentless in our opposition at every opportunity.
Geography (Time, one hour) 1. What is climate? Upon what does climate depend?
2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas?
3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean?
4. Describe the mountains of North America.
5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia, Odessa, Denver, Manitoba, Hecla, Yukon, St. Helena, Juan Fernandez, Aspinwall & Orinoco.
6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S.
7. Name all the republics of Europeand give the capital of each.
8. Why is the Atlantic Coastcolder than the Pacific in the same latitude?
9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to the sources of rivers.
10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give the inclination of the earth.
Well said!
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Many health-related problems Americans face are directly related to hunger and malnutrition, according to a new report by the ecumenical Christian anti-poverty group Bread for the World.
At a press conference on Monday, Bread for the World released its 2016 Hunger Report titled "The Nourishing Effect," which focused on the link between hunger and health.
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Hillary Clinton might be the clear frontrunner for the Democrat Party's nomination, but according to a new poll at least six Republicans could beat her in next year's general election.
A Fox News poll released Sunday, which was conducted a week after the Nov. 13 Paris terror attacks, shows Florida Sen. Marco Rubio fairing best against the former secretary of state and Democrat frontrunner.
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Former Secretary of State and Ex-New York Senator Hillary Clinton found herself on the defensive during the second Democratic Debate on Saturday evening.
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Two weeks ago, $29 billion of market value evaporated when the news broke that Volkswagen had cheated on emissions tests.
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I recently arrived back into Atlanta. I thought I would go to Johnnys with a friend of mine. She's ftom Tybee and had never heard of Johnnys. We now have been 3 times in about 1 week. She absolutely loves this place. Great atmosphere. Great service. Great people.
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THE FACT YET REMAINS.... There WAS ONLY ONE band..... that Author/political Sociologist & Anthropologist.. "Touted" in the Early " 60s'. " Dr. KEN KEYSEY formerly, an english Professor in a pre --1960s' Bow-Tie University. IT WAS HE... and his "Merry Pranksters" that....
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Nice...Very Nice Mr. Winter!
I've always thought of attending this event, now I'm sold.
quite entertaining read Mr. Winter
Glad to see you back man!!!
I love the MOP! where has this column been at yo!? LONG LIVE THE MAYOR OF PONCE!
and fuck any bar/club/whatever that plays any 95.5 the beat songs.
glad to see someone under 55 years old writing for the Loaf's nightlife department.
yr column is the first i flip to when i pick up a CL...where's it been?
As much as I would like to say I'm done with clubs, they constantly provide me with 'conversations' with girls who are more into the fact that I wear tight pants than any other aspect of my life. I can't wait to put myself in some socially awkward situations in this place, assuming it stays open for more than 3 months and doesn't charge a cover, or have a VIP, or have a dress code, or play Usher, or have three people entering a bathroom stall at once. Or maybe not.
Why haven't you been writing?
Oh well - your absence paid off. This is well written and made me *gasp* go check out Door 44.
The Mayor returns! Nice review. Apt. Concise. I checked the spot out -- tons of potential. Let's see if they can make it work...
wow jay, this is a totally grown up sounding review on your part! great analogies, objective critiquing...i'd say you're in danger of becoming a bona fide journalist here!
Glad to have you back. Have not been to Door 44 and probably will not for reasons unnecessary to post. Fuck Oh Snap Kid though. Party pictures are about as lame as he is. Doooooosh.
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The last few weeks minus the m.o.p. have been blah :(
"Nomenclature eventually closed its doors thanks to the rising property value as a result of the scene it started." Nicely put!
If it has an E. Atl vibe and all of the pretty emo boys in skinny jeans haven't found out about it yet, I am so there!
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Impact investing continues to gain momentum in the U.S. and abroad, but scaling it has proven difficult. The fact that momentum has not translated i...
The question as to whether corporations have responsibility beyond that of their stakeholders has long been debated, but with pressing issues of clima...
Everyday, whether we realize it or not, we make hundreds of decisions that impact our planet: walk past that piece of trash or pick it up and throw it away? Long shower or short? Lights on or off?
If a company wanted to attract the best and the brightest and retain that talent, they
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We love it when you show us how much you care instead of picking the bits we really don't like -- like paying less taxes and not providing healthcare.
A key retailer in your space wants more of your product, and others are competing for it. But you're also sinking capital into making your product up to eight months before you'll get paid for it. How do you get the funds right now?
We can't give these companies a free pass just because their stuff is cute, or trust that they have our best interests at heart because they're catering to our little bundles of joy.
It's no longer impactful to pick one overarching cause and hope that the contributions will reach all communities in need -- it's imperative that corporations take a moment to walk in the shoes of the communities they're trying to reach.
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When it comes to the developing world specifically, there is a very pressing reason for corporations to invest in corporate social responsibility: they simply have to.
In the past few years, we've seen several high-profile corporate social responsibility programs dominate the conversation of how companies are making a social impact. Any guesses as to the common element across these efforts?
Tell the flight attendants you want just the can, no napkin, next time you need a shot of carbonated caffeine while in the air. Why use so many plastic cups, and what happens to them when the plane lands?
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Let's face it. Sustainable business development is a complex pursuit that can seem a tad touchy-feely in its woo-woo focus on people, planet and profit. What's going on? Could you use a little help about now?
When Obama admonished banking leaders for considering record bonuses, he referred to them as "fat cats." This shaming represents an example of inspirational leadership.
Today, the impact of an unhealthy workplace environment on the employee is estimated to cost American companies $300 billion a year in poor performance, absenteeism and health costs.
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We need to reframe and reclaim sustainability to take the term beyond "green" and make it relevant to the work businesspeople do every day.
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