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SABMiller and WWF publish data on water scarcity and business risk
8 September 2010
SABMiller, one of the world's largest brewers, and leading global environment organization WWF, have published the latest results of their Water Futures Partnership. The report highlights the immediate water risks impacting both SABMiller's operations and river habitats in a number of countries and the necessary actions to manage the long term problems.
The report, which mapped water footprints in Peru, Tanzania, Ukraine and South Africa, identifies the critical water challenges in each country and how they impact on SABMiller's operations. For example in Ukraine, water scarcity will be exacerbated by climate change, whilst areas such as the Donetsk region suffer wide-scale pollution of rivers and aquifers due to mining and steel manufacture. Climate change and the reliance on glaciers for water supply are impacting on water availability in Peru, and the over-use of agrochemicals has resulted in the pollution of irrigation channels and surface water bodies.
Andy Wales, SABMiller's global head of sustainable development said: "Faced with climate change, inadequate infrastructure and population growth, business cannot respond to these challenges alone. It is critical that a collaborative approach is taken and in a way which attracts the support of all relevant stakeholders."
The partnership, which also includes German development agency GTZ, has been operational for nearly a year during which time detailed research has been carried out into the water footprints of SABMiller's value chains, the long term challenges in the different regions and the current and future action required to address them.
Dave Tickner, WWF's Head of Freshwater Programmes called for greater collaboration: "It is vital that businesses, governments and NGOs acknowledge that the risks around watersheds are shared and the responsibility must be shared too. We hope that the Water Futures Partnership will serve as a catalyst for change, by inspiring others act to protect ecosystems and, in doing so, secure global water supplies."
In each country, over 90% of water used in the production of SABMiller's brands relates to the cultivation of the raw materials such as hops and barley. However the water used in agriculture varies from around 150 litres per litre of beer in South Africa, to 55 litres in Peru. This difference is largely the result of the variation in climates, leading to different water needs for the crops.
Workshops have been held in all of the countries with NGOs, government representatives, local businesses and other stakeholders to begin developing detailed watershed protection programmes. It is the translation of this theory into practice that will make a change in those communities that need it most. This will be the next challenge for the Water Futures partnership.
Water footprints by country
Backus, SABMiller's Peruvian subsidiary and brewer of brands such as Cusquena has a total water footprint of 61 litres of water to every litre of beer. Within the brewing operations, Backus uses 4.3 litres of water to every litre of beer, a figure which has improved 7% since 2008.
Throughout the value chain it takes 180 litres of water to produce one litre of beers such as Kilimanjaro and Safari in Tanzania. Since 2008 water efficiency in the brewing operations has improved by 11%, and now stands at 6.5 litres of water to each litre of beer.
SABMiller's Ukrainian business, Sarmat, has a total value chain water footprint of 61 litres of water to each litre of beer of which 6.9 litres are used within the brewery. As the business was only acquired by SABMiller in 2008, there are no comparable efficiency figures to measure improvement
South Africa
A total of 155 litres is used in the value chain in South Africa to produce 1 litre of beer, indicating no substantial changes from the original study. In its breweries SAB Ltd uses 4.1 litres of water to each litre of beer, an improvement of 8% since 2008.
Notes to editors
SABMiller plc is one of the world's largest brewers with brewing interests and distribution agreements across
six continents. The group's wide portfolio of brands includes premium international beers such as Pilsner Urquell,
Peroni Nastro Azzurro, Miller Genuine Draft and Grolsch, as well as leading local brands such as Aguila, Castle,
Miller Lite, Snow and Tyskie. SABMiller is also one of the world's largest bottlers of Coca-Cola products.
In the year ended 31 March 2010, the group reported US$3,803 million adjusted pre-tax profit and group revenue
of US$26,350 million. SABMiller plc is listed on the London and Johannesburg stock exchanges.
Ten Priorities. One Future. Through our Ten Priorities for sustainable development, SABMiller will make
a difference both locally and globally to enhance the One Future that we all share. A robust
approach to sustainable development underpins our ability to grow and our licence to operate. Furthermore a well-
managed growing business is good for wider economic development, leading to greater employment and investment in local economies and communities.
The way we live is leading to environmental threats such as climate change, species extinction, deforestation, water shortages and the collapse of fisheries. WWF's One Planet Future Campaign is working to help people live a good quality of life within the earth's capacity. For more information visit www.wwf.org.uk/oneplanet


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The Peppermill Hotel and Casino's Tuscany Ballroom on Friday was transformed from its quaint Italian elegance to a modern disco dance party that kept, at the very least, heads bobbing and toes tapping nearly the entire two hours with some audience members taking advantage of two dance floors set up on either side of the stage.
Summer showed she still reigns with a rich voice in a line-up of new hits from her comeback album, "Crayons," to some of her most beloved classics including "MacArthur Park" and "I Feel Love."
Her opening song from Crayons, "The Queen is Back," grabs attention right away with a large purple visual of a crown and Summer herself, appearing in a purple sequin dress calling out among a catchy beat.
Her musical selections from the latest album included "Stamp Your Feet," "I'm a Fire" and "Mr. Music." Summer's new "Sand on My Feet" was a soft segue from the energetic R & B and disco into a tropical pop melody she wrote based on a beautiful sunset view from her Florida cottage.
"It reminds me of why I work," she said with a laugh.
Summer spoke briefly in between songs, calling the writing of the "Crayons" album a "long, arduous process and often very painful."
"It's like when you get your first box of crayons: You get a piece of paper and you color a section. Then you discover the wall," she said, evoking laughter. "You become the incarnate of Rembrandt. This album is very important to me because I, the diva, was shaken up and fell out of this box of crayons."
As Summer performed the album's title song, which touches on all the "colors" of human emotion, her talented keyboardist belted out a solo, and then whipped out a saxophone later in the evening, a nice touch among mostly female singers, if only for a short while.
The concert that is as visually colorful as the name of her new album keeps the eyes glued to backdrops with various digital images, a dance team of three young men who move and play as marching band members and football players and Summer's stylish costume changes. The simple displays, ranging from iPods -- or rather, "iDons" to Crayola boxes that read "The 24 colors of Summer," added a creative niche to the theme of human significance and resilience, much like "Bring Down the Reign."
No song falls flat on the ears with a well-coordinated blend of her new material with the classic disco dance hits that everyone, young and old, could mouth along, wiggle to, and more often than not, inspire them to strut their stuff in and off their seats.
Toward the end, the dance areas on either side of the stage nearly ran out of room for the musically attuned, especially with the hard-hitting set of "Hard for the Money," "Bad Girls" and "Hot Stuff," the three pieces that drove nearly everyone to their feet. It was a true testament to Summer's legacy as a woman speaking out on the prominent feminist movement of the 1970s and 80s, especially with men and women alike rocking along with her.
As Summer prepared for one of her last costume changes, a surprising treat was a solo from one of her back-up singers, her own sister. Mary Gaines and Summer sang their famous duet "No More Tears (Enough is Enough)" and later, Gaines was featured in a solo, "Selah" from her first album "You Made It."
Clearly, Summer hasn't lost momentum even after 17 years of a break from songwriting and even dares to raise the bar for herself by reconnecting with old fans while stealing the hearts of younger ones. And although she urged the audience, "Don't make this diva scream -- she's but a delicate flower," she proves herself ever capable of running an entertaining show with an inspiring love of music.


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350 grain 375 Ruger bullets (Barnes banded solids or TSX) for dangerous game
This is a discussion on 350 grain 375 Ruger bullets (Barnes banded solids or TSX) for dangerous game within the .375 & Up forums, part of the HUNTING EQUIPMENT, FIREARMS & AMMUNITION category; I have been looking at the Barnes 350 gr banded solid or TSX in my Ruger 375 for a cape ...
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350 grain 375 Ruger bullets (Barnes banded solids or TSX) for dangerous game
I have been looking at the Barnes 350 gr banded solid or TSX in my Ruger 375 for a cape buffalo next year. I also have a 416 Remington for buffalo. I would use the Swift A-frames and Barnes banded solids in that rifle (400 gr). I can shoot both guns well and practice with both. Suggestions...
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I have never tried the 350 grain Barnes offerings yet, but I am working with the 350 grain North Forks in my .375. Great bullet and I am getting pretty good velocities with RL 17. Shot a bear with this bullet and lets just say the bear went down so hard it bounced.
The major problem you will have is dealing with the length of the 350's in mono-metal. Seating depth and the length of the magazine can be an issue.
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Be good for shorter ranges ....
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I've shot about 20 rounds of 400gn Barnes banded solids through my .416 Rigby. They grouped very well. I loaded 1gn under maximum with RL22 and got chronographed velocities a bit over 2400fps.
I suggest trying them to see how they work in your rifle.
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Das beste leichte Reisebettchen ist jetzt noch besser!
Das einzige Reisebett in voller Größe, das leichter als ein Baby ist – in neuem, noch besseren Design!
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I was stoked to find this thing - with all the gear you have to take travelling with a baby, a lightweight travel crib that fits inside a suitcase with all my other stuff is a godsend! We just took our 2 kids to Hong Kong, and I couldn't have asked for a more convenient sleep solution for little Jackson. Thanks a million phil and ted!
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Another great product by Phil & Teds! Love the quality and how light it is! Will be using for trip oversees to London & Dubai. Happy to not have to use dirty hotel crib.
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I purchased this for my son when he was a little over a year old. He's almost four now, and we still use it when we go on vacation. It's absolutely wonderful! He feels more secure in it and sleeps better than he does in hotel beds because it offers a surrounding he's familiar with.
It's certainly not something I'd use with a baby younger than eight or nine months because it's large, and they might wake themselves up rolling around in (we also pad it with extra blankets from our son's bed at home for added comfort and familiarity, something that we couldn't do if he were an infant), but for older children it's worth every penny!
Set up and tear down take a little practice, but once you know what you're doing, you'll love how small a package it squishes into (all my friends with pack-in-plays envy it.)
One final note: I can't say enough nice things about the customer service at Phil & Ted's. On one trip, my hubby forgot a piece of the frame. I looked on every site trying to find replacement parts, but couldn't find any. Finally, as a last resort, I emailed Phil & Ted's directly. After exchanging a few emails with one of their representatives about the specs of the piece, they sent me the replacement part completely free of charge. They are awesome!
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Is Netflix back? The streaming video service is kicking off 2013 with a new deal for premium content from Warner Brothers Television Group, bolstering its position as it faces growing competition from the likes of Amazon, Verizon's Redbox Instant, Hulu Plus and others.
Netflix announced it's made a deal for exclusive streaming rights to eight shows from Warner Brothers airing this season, including "The Following," which stars Kevin Bacon and premieres this month, and J.J. Abrams' "Revolution." The terms of the deal were not disclosed, but it includes "potential future shows" as well.
Why is this a big deal? First, the shows are big—high profile and highly-rated. And second, it was made quickly for shows currently on the air—and not yet on the air.
This comes on the heels of Netflix's mega deal with Disney last month, securing exclusive rights to its films starting in 2016, in the same window that they'd usually appear on cable TV. (Read More: The Future of TV? Netflix Scores Massive Disney Deal.)
That partnership showed that Netflix really is playing on the same field as the cable channels, and Monday's announcement shows it's just as serious about securing premium TV content exclusively as it is film content.
But competition is heating up: HBO is taking steps to make sure its subscribers don't "cut the cord" and opt for Netflix instead of a full cable package.
Netflix's deal with Warner Brothers Television comes just as its Time Warner sister company, HBO, nailed down a 10-year exclusive distribution deal with Universal pictures. This deal means that Universal's movies will be available on "HBO Go," the streaming, on-demand, app version of HBO, but not on Netflix. Universal isn't the only studio to get on board with HBO for an exclusive arrangement, it has similar deals with Fox and others. (Read More: Why Netflix Soared After Coinstar's Redbox Announcement.)
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has said for years that HBO is his company's biggest competition. That's increasingly proving to be true.
The big question: Will Time Warner ever offer HBO Go as a stand-alone offering? It's unlikely to happen any time soon in the U.S., simply because of the sheer cost of producing the content—and what Time Warner would have to charge. But HBO is currently testing offering HBO Go as a stand-alone subscription in Scandanavia.
And it's not just a two horse race. Amazon continues to ink deals to bolster its streaming library. This past Friday, Amazon struck a deal with A&E networks to offer series from A&E, History, Lifetime and Bio to its Prime Instant Video subscribers. Amazon could scoop up these shows because Netflix dropped them, presumably because the viewer interest did not justify the cost. (Read More: Amazon Invests in Original Shows, Taking on Netflix and TV.)
Amazon's streaming library now features more than 33,000 movies and TV shows. That's about double what Amazon had in March. It's still much smaller than Netflix's massive library, but it shows that Amazon is willing to invest to play ball.
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The pitch:
There's arguably no more storied a cocktail than the mint julep, a concoction of bourbon, mint and sugar that's long been celebrated as the signature sip of the Kentucky Derby. But with thoroughbred racing's premier event set for this Saturday, perhaps it's time to take your mint julep to the next level. Certainly, that's what bourbon maker Woodford Reserve is suggesting: In connection with this year's Run for the Roses, it's selling a $1,000 mint julep — yes, a cocktail with a four-digit price tag.
(See also: The $1,000 bottle of liqueur, bicycle included)
Big Spender: The $1,000 Mint Julep
Just in time for Kentucky Derby season, Charles Passy takes a sip of a mint julep that costs $1,000. Photo: PRNewsFoto/Woodford Reserve.
Of course, this is not your run-of-the-mill drink. Begin with the keepsake cup — a classic julep cup done in pewter, but with such embellishments as a hand-engraved image of a horse and rider and a base "bordered with a gold-filled garland of roses" (and don't forget the gold-plated straw). Even the box that holds the cup is an elaborate affair: Iit's "made from the same American oak as Woodford Reserve" and is "lined with a custom silk fabric."
But what about the drink itself? In keeping with the gold theme, the cocktail features mint leaves that have been "dusted with gold" and an ice "made of gold-filtered mineral water." As for the bourbon, it's Woodford Reserve's Distiller's Select — the brand that "has won a gold medal at every major spirits competition," the label notes.
(See also: $190 bottles of beer on the wall)
But the cocktail comes with a couple of caveats: First, it's available in a limited edition of just 79, sold through a special Woodford Reserve site . And second, you can enjoy it only at the Derby — after you've placed your advance order online. (And no, the cocktail price doesn't include transportation to Louisville's Churchill Downs.)
But why stop at a $1,000 mint julep? Woodford Reserve also has 10 other specialty cups, available by auction through the same site, with starting bid prices of $2,000 and $5,000. It's the same basic concept (and the same cocktail), but the cups are hand-set with diamonds. And the $5,000 (or higher) cup comes with an array of perks, including a private tour of the Woodford Reserve distillery.
The reality:
You don't need to be a student of mixology to know that a mint julep can be had for much less than $1,000. Even at New York's famed Waldorf Astoria — home to some of the most expensive bars in the country — the Derby Day sip tops out at about $20. And while julep cups can sometimes get pricey — especially if they're made completely from silver — quality versions can also be found for under $50. For example, kitchenware specialist Williams-Sonoma sells an exclusive silver-plated one for $39.95.
But that's not even the real issue, say cocktail enthusiasts and spirits professionals. For starters, while the silver julep cup may be, um, the gold standard, there's no rule that says it's the only way to go. "The mint julep works just as well in a glass," says Al Young, brand ambassador of Four Roses bourbon. (And speaking of Derby Day splurges, Four Roses is offering a $125 limited-edition special barrel bottle in honor of thoroughbred legend Secreteriat.) It's also worth noting that Churchill Downs sells commemorative Derby glasses , starting at just $6.
But on top of that, some bourbon aficionados say they'd just as well enjoy their bourbon straight — all that mint and sugar can hide the whiskey's true character and flavor. And while Woodford Reserve has its fans, Christopher Null of the spirits site Drinkhacker.com says his favorite bourbon of late is Russell's Reserve Single Barrel from Wild Turkey. "It's a great bourbon for drinking and settling down with," he says. Null also says cocktail drinkers shouldn't hesitate to use bourbon in drinks beyond the mint julep — he's partial to a version of the classic sazerac cocktail made with bourbon instead of rye.
(See also: The $175,000 mattress)
And what do the folks at Woodford Reserve have to say in defense of their $1,000 cocktail? To some extent, they admit it's a bit of a rich man's oddity. But Woodford master distiller Chris Morris points out that the proceeds from the sale of the cups go to support the Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement Center — a retirement "home" for horses that can no longer race. "It's for a good cause," says Morris.


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Shimano Saint MX80 Pedals
After years of success, the crowd favorite DX flat pedals are succeeded by new Shimano PD-MX80 Saint-branded pedals that feature a wider (+3mm), lower profile (-8.5mm) platform with an easy replacement pin system. These flat pedals are adapted to modern riding, the PD-MX80 retains the durable, smooth rotating axle and concave ergonomic platform that made the MX30 a legend.
I have these on my fat bike, grip screw are adjustable and work well with winter boots. Pedals are durable, though they get some big dings. They have a great feel and control with foot contact.
Both these pedals on recommendation of a friend as part of my switch from clipless spd's to flats and freerider shoes. Seem to be holding up well to the numerous smashes into rocks on steep ups and narrow passages. These are so big extending out and down (compared to spd's) when riding really technical singletrack that I have had to get used to and account for the size. On really steep long 'ups' where you have to pedal they are susceptable to smashing/catching the obstacle, but that would be the case with any large platform flat pedal design.


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Can Apple win over China?October 11, 2012: 5:00 AM ET
If you're the world's largest company - with nearly $600 billion in market value - getting bigger is a tough challenge. But if Apple can learn how to charm the world's largest population, the possibilities are limitless.
By Bill Powell, editor-at-large
FORTUNE -- Tim Cook, Apple's reserved and soft-spoken CEO, has a tendency to wax euphoric about the China market and his company's place in it.
When asked last year by an analyst whether China could replace the U.S. as Apple's biggest market, Cook positively gushed. "How far can it go?" he responded, referring to China's prospects. "Certainly in my lifetime I've never seen a country with as many people rising into the middle class, with people wanting to buy Apple products." He didn't directly answer the analyst's question, but concluded, "The sky is the limit."
You may think you know the story of Apple (AAPL) in China -- how the men and women who make iPods and iPhones for Apple partner Foxconn labor under punishing conditions. But there's another Apple Goes to China story, and this one is the tale of an underdog -- yes, underdog -- that has the potential to unlock billions and billions of dollars in additional revenue, just by eking out market share gains in core products such as smartphones and PCs. If you think Apple, the most valuable company in the world, with a market cap of nearly $600 billion, has nowhere to go but down, we humbly suggest you turn your gaze to the East.
Even as China experiences a sharper-than-expected economic slowdown, it continues to mint millions of consumers who covet Apple's products. In its fiscal first half of the year, Apple has reported $12.4 billion in sales from greater China, and analysts believe Apple could garner $25 billion or more in China sales in calendar 2012. And that's up from $13.3 billion last fiscal year, and almost nothing five years ago. In 2007 -- the year before the iPhone became available internationally -- Apple's annual revenue from China was "a few hundred millions of dollars," Cook has said. The company didn't open its first store in China, a modern glass-and-metal structure in Beijing, until 2008, a full seven years after launching its retail strategy in the U.S.
MORE: Facebook's China problem
Now consider that for all Apple's gains in China, the country remains a relatively small contributor to the device maker's revenue mix. Of its $108 billion in 2011 revenue, only 12% came from China. (In contrast, sales in the Americas topped $38 billion.) Could China someday become Apple's No. 1 market, and how? There are many things Cook could do to bolster his company's position: He could customize products for China or expand Apple's retail presence. To date there are only five Apple stores in mainland China. And he could really move the needle by striking a deal with China Mobile (CHL), the world's largest wireless operator, with 655 million users on its network. (Apple already has deals with China Unicom (CHU) and China Telecom (CHA).) It would seem China -- more than a much-anticipated Apple television or another version of the iPad or the next hot app -- represents Apple's next big opportunity. There's just one not-so-small problem: China itself.
Perhaps you've seen the American television commercials for Samsung's Galaxy S III smartphones: the ones that mock Apple customers for waiting in long lines and boasting about minute upgrades to the iPhone. That's sportsmanlike behavior compared with the war that's taking place between the two gadgetmakers in China, where Korea's Samsung is firmly entrenched with 18% of the smartphone market, vs. Apple's 12%. Samsung has indicated it will amp up an already large China-centric marketing and advertising budget, trying to build on what it sees as obvious momentum in the market, particularly in smartphones, arguably putting pressure on Apple to do the same. The Galaxy S III, which uses Google's (GOOG) Android operating system, is outperforming expectations in China. Says a senior China-based executive at Samsung: "We want to remain bigger than Apple in China, and we believe we will."
So far the companies' epic patent infringement battle, playing out in courtrooms in the U.S. and elsewhere, has yet to reach China. Chinese officials say they haven't been asked to investigate intellectual-property claims by either company. But Samsung, which currently gets about 30% of its overall revenue from China, is already seeking to preemptively engender goodwill there. It is building a huge flash-memory factory in the city of Xian, and company executives told the Korea Times that they are on a charm offensive, meeting with high-level Chinese government officials.
Samsung's biggest edge over Apple, though, is the breadth of its product line. "The smartphone market is bifurcating into premium and low end,'' notes Mark Newman, a senior technology analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein. Samsung is strong at both ends of the spectrum -- the S 7562 model retails for about 1,998 renminbi, or $317 -- while Apple plays in the high end alone. The iPhone 4s retails for about 4,500 RMB, or more than $700. Phone companies offer subsidies in exchange for service deals that can push the cost of the device down significantly over the life of the contract. But even with such discounts, an iPhone is an extraordinarily big upfront investment in a country where per capita annual income in 2011 was less than $5,000. (In urban China that figure rises to just under $10,000.) And so while the über-wealthy Chinese -- those who shop at Louis Vuitton and buy BMWs -- can handily afford an iPhone, most Chinese consumers, even those in the new middle class, remain intensely price-conscious.
Consider: Fortune interviewed more than 150 young Chinese in three different cities while they were shopping for smartphones. More than half echoed the sentiments of Wei Jinping, a 26-year-old office worker in the prosperous southern city of Guangzhou. "I like the iPhone, it's very cool. But it is a bit out of my price range," he said. "I need to make more money to buy one. Maybe in a couple of years." By the time Wei is ready to step up, though, he may have already become a loyal customer of another brand.
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This issue is front and center for Apple -- and for Wall Street. Toni Sacconaghi, Sanford Bernstein's Apple analyst, estimates that 70% or more of the smartphones currently purchased in China sell for $300 or less. On a call for analysts earlier this year Sacconaghi asked Cook whether the popularity of cheaper phones limits Apple's ability to gain market share in China. Cook challenged Sacconaghi's data but didn't offer his own estimates on low-end smartphones. He also evaded the analyst's question, instead offering a pretty standard Apple line. "We're going to stick to our knitting and make the best products," Cook replied. "And we think that if we do that, we've got a very, very good business ahead of us.'' (Apple declined to elaborate further on the issue for this story.) Cook's commitment to high-end devices certainly helps Apple preserve its margins; its gross margin percentage in 2011 was 40.5%
Samsung is also able to reach a wider swath of Chinese consumers, thanks in part to its broad portfolio. In addition to phones and tablets and computers, it sells televisions, cameras, and even appliances such as microwaves. With this diverse product line, Samsung has relationships with tens of thousands of retailers and distributors, including venders in so-called Tier 5 cities, those with around 500,000 residents. The mom-and-pop stores may lack the glamour and prestige of the Apple stores, but for now Apple has only five company-owned stores in China's major cities, and hundreds of licensed stores. Apple says it plans to open several additional flagship stores in the next few months but wouldn't offer specific locations or dates.
If Yang Yanqing is worried about Apple, he doesn't show it. The CEO of Chinese computer and phonemaker Lenovo thinks Apple -- and Western companies in general -- don't know how to market to China's first-time electronics buyers: the newlyweds buying a desktop for their home together or the young store clerk purchasing a phone with savings from a new job. "Even if I told them how to do that, they couldn't," Yang told Fortune in an interview in New York.
Yang has plenty of other reasons for his swagger. Lenovo outsells Apple in smartphones and trounces its American rival in traditional computer sales in its home market. And other homegrown competition is coming on strong in China. Shenzhen-based ZTE is in a dead heat with Apple for smartphone sales. Huawei, mostly known outside China as a maker of networking gear, is the No. 5 smartphone player, with 9% market share.
Analysts attributed some of the competitors' recent gains to Apple consumers sitting on the sidelines in anticipation of the iPhone 5, which will begin selling in China before the end of the year. But the Chinese insurgents can't be dismissed. They are all well capitalized and very aggressive. They're all mimicking Samsung's strategy of selling low-, medium-, and high-end phones. One ZTE model, for example, can be had for as little as 799 renminbi, or $125, without subsidies. And while these manufacturers are decidedly less cool than Apple, their brands are well recognized and respected in China. They aren't tweaking their products for the local market: They are building them for the Chinese consumer. And so the Huawei Ascend P1 has a lush new display, which, as one Shanghai-based reviewer noted, really makes the colors on mobile games (a near obsession among many Chinese smartphone users) "pop." China's big three electronics makers also are making aggressive bids for the tablet market, where Apple is the current market-share leader. The iPad 2 sold only moderately well in China, and, again, like the iPhone, it is a one-size-fits-all solution. Lenovo, ZTE, and Huawei offer a range of tablet-like devices, from inexpensive models that look a bit like oversize phones to Lenovo's new Yoga line, which combines a touchscreen with a full keyboard.
All of which make rumors of an iPad mini especially interesting in the Chinese market. Several reports suggest the new device will boast a seven-inch screen and retail in the U.S. for about $300. This lower-cost tablet could be the kind of entry-level device a big swath of China has been waiting for: a chance to take a bite of the Apple brand, without investing half-a-year's salary. It might even suggest a willingness to develop entry-level products for the iPhone and computing lines. (It also isn't unprecedented: Remember the iPod Shuffle?)
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Even if Apple doesn't decide to delve any deeper into lower-end devices, it still has plenty of ways to juice its growth in China. The company has yet to secure a deal to run the iPhone on the China Mobile network. For years the two companies have been negotiating; every year the rumor mill churns that a deal between the two is imminent. There's fresh speculation, once again, that the iPhone 5 will be the device that seals the deal. A source at China Mobile will say only that the two companies continue to have conversations, but that no final deal has been reached. But just as the availability of the iPhone on new carriers in the U.S. expanded Apple's reach, a China Mobile deal would have a huge impact on Apple's presence in China. The cellphone company has a 66% market share in China.
Meanwhile Apple is moving in smaller, smart ways to further immerse itself in the China market. The new iOS 6 operating system integrates popular sites in China like Sina Weibo, the microblog that's more or less the equivalent of Twitter. And the Mac OS 10.8 upgrade includes a package of popular Mandarin sites, including Youku, a video destination. And while it lacks the massive reach of its Chinese competitors and Samsung, Apple has dramatically expanded the number of stores it permits to sell its devices; there are 11,000 places in China to buy the iPhone, up 138% from last year. The aggressive expansion plainly continues. One Shanghai suburb boasts two Apple licensee stores. "Business has been very good," says Xie Li-jun, the manager of one of the stores.
Xie's store is located near six college campuses, and there's no question that young Chinese are drawn to Apple products for the badge value that comes from carrying one of the globe's iconic devices. One Huawei executive recently confessed that this buzz "drives us a little nuts. I mean, we respect Apple and all, but please, we can compete with them."
But there are no queues and jostling customers at retail outlets when Huawei releases a new phone or even when Samsung launches a new tablet, as there were outside the Apple store in Beijing earlier this year. (Another sign of Apple's success: iPhone and iPod knockoffs are everywhere -- there are even fake Apple stores that look eerily like the real thing.) Apple's image and the excellence of its products have already made it potent in China in just a few years' time, and the company doesn't necessarily need to have the largest market share to make significant money in the market. Tim Cook doesn't put a date on it, but make no mistake: As incomes grow over time here, and as the middle class continues to expand, China will eventually be Apple's biggest market. And after that, well, maybe the sky is the limit.
--Reporter associate: Omar Akhtar
This story is from the October 29, 2012 issue of Fortune.


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In 1967 The Movie Dirty Dozen was released. Baby Boomers aged from 3 years old to the ripe old age then of 21. I myself was right at that mid-point – about to become a teenager – a feisty 12 year old. I remember the movie well – seeing it with my Mom and Dad and two older brothers! In those days PG-13 actually meant something. Since I was older looking – LOL Mom and Dad did take me now and then to those PG-13 movies with the understanding it might be a "duck and cover" movie. Meaning duck and cover your eyes if mom told me to!
I think it is appropriate to label the top 12 Baby Boomer Blogs with a fun label of The Dirty Dozen as many of us do remember the movie. The 12 blogs I have listed and reviewed below show Alexa™ Traffic Ranking, Google™ Page Rank and Date Established as the key criteria for final rankings. Using these criteria categorizes these baby boomer blogs as not necessarily The Best Baby Boomer Blogs but more accurately as "The Most Popular Baby Boomer Blogs"
Ranking Criteria: At the bottom of this post you will see the numerous articles we referred to in identifying the baby Boomer Blogs. We also used extensive broad and exact match searches on Google, Yahoo and Bing to gather a list of over 50 blogs and websites. Then we collected key ranking criteria such as Alexa ranking, Google Page Rank, Content via on site searches and archive reviews, Date Established and Backlinks. Our final ranking was based upon what we felt was key:
- Alexa Page Rank – Final ranking based upon this public criteria with limited ambiguity. traffic is king, traffic does have a direct correlation to popularity. Used the more stable 3 month ranking – if we used the 30 day there would some changes in the rankings.
- Google Page Rank – (minimum 2 required) Although no clear criteria for this Google awards this based upon what they consider social proof and expertise.
- Date Established - A minimum 12 months required as active website to show a consistent dedication to providing content to Baby Boomers.
- Baby Boomer Dedicated Content – A target level of 33% of the overall content of the website needed to be content targeted, tagged or categorized to Baby Boomers. Each site must have had a post in the last 30 days.
- Traffic Trend – Is the Blog growing it's customer base and readership or not.
We did exclude blogs that were part of a corporate website or larger overall enterprise with a sub-domain or category devoted to Boomers such as the NYTimes.com The New Old Age. We left off sites like BoomerAuthority being a forum/association type site. We know we may have missed or overlooked a few or even made an outright error. So we will review comments left on the article as well as maintain an updated ranking on a page here on our blog. Check back here later for a link to that page.
The Most Popular Baby Boomer Blogs
Dirty Dozen – Bakers Dozen – Now Numbers 16
As Of 11/13/2010
1) My Itchy Travel Feet
Alexa Traffic Rank ~ 104,611
Google Page Rank ~ 4
Date Website Established ~ 12/28/2007
New #1 - 11/13/2010
At My Itchy Feet baby Boomers will find valuable information to help plan their next adventure. Baby boomers Donna L. Hull (she's the writer) and Alan Hull (he's the photographer) travel the world recording their experiences with words, photos and videos so that you'll know exactly what to expect.
2) Vibrant Nation
Alexa Traffic Rank ~ 160,404
Google Page Rank ~ 4
Date Website Established ~ 06/25/2007
New #2 11/13/2010
VibrantNation.com is the leading online community devoted exclusively to the influential and fast-growing demographic of smart and successful women over 50. At Vibrant Nation, these women (whom we've named "Vibrant Women") can look for tips, share information, and join in smart conversations about work, style, relationships, wellness, books, and more.
3) Consumer Boomer
Alexa Traffic Rank ~ 188,482
Google Page Rank ~ 2
Date Website Established ~ 12/02/2008
Welcome to Consumer Boomer! This is a joint project between Papa Boomer and Junior Boomer. The blog will cover a range of topics from financial planning, investments, baby boomer issues, retirement, product and service reviews and the occasional rant.
4) Be A Successful Entrepreneur
Alexa Traffic Rank ~ 210,904
Google Page Rank ~ 2
Date Website Established ~ 02/01/2008
Yes – This is my own website – As you can see I am a Baby Boomer Myself – born in 1955. I developed this website to connect with other Baby Boomers – my largest group of customers to assist them in these troubled economic times. By helping them build a business that will serve their lives and help build a retirement lifestyle that meets their goals.
5) Boomer-Living
Alexa Traffic Rank ~ 246,484
Google Page Rank ~ 3
Date Website Established ~ 11/24/2006
Boomer-Living.com, a subsidiary of The National Center for Baby Boomers, Inc., is a unique and innovative internet resource whose goal is to meet the needs and interests of active and creative Baby Boomers. Boomer-Living.com provides educational and informative content, products, services and community forums where like-minded individuals can learn and share. (Updated/added 11/27/2010)
6) Baby Boomer Baloney
Alexa Traffic Rank ~ 302,806
Google Page Rank ~ 2
Date Website Established ~ 12/18/2008
These daily posts are mostly about us Baby Boomers, our Baby Boomer humor, our Baby Boomer years and the stuff we have enjoyed, laughed about, and learned over time. This is all for fun, grins and giggles… and maybe to learn a few things and express ourselves along the way.
7) Tips For Boomer Years
Alexa Traffic Rank ~ 369,041
Google Page Rank ~ 1
Date Website Established ~ 11/21/2008
Helping Boomers Find Wealth, Health and Happiness in the Second Half of Life. Joan is focused on helping boomers get second income streams to enjoy retirement more. She also has some ideas about retirement lifestyles and Yoga and Tai Chi
8 – Boomers Abroad
Alexa Traffic Rank ~ 396,093
Google Page Rank ~ 4
Date Website Established ~ 03/04/2004
Join Boomers Abroad Online Community the Expat and Future Expat Online Community. Meet, contact, connect, network,…with others that already live abroad and with those that would like to live abroad. Ask, learn, share with us your experiences. We look forward to hear from You!!!
9) Time Goes By
Alexa Traffic Rank ~ 433,837
Google Page Rank ~ 5
Date Website Established ~ 09/12/2003
Time Goes By and what it is really like to get older. Ronnie doesn't have a clear concise paragraph stating what her blog is about – yet a visit of a few pages you immediately realize she is what she refers to as an elder advocate. She is dedicated to content about getting old with grace and dignity. (my words)
10) Baby Boomers
Alexa Traffic Rank ~ 512,209
Google Page Rank ~ 5
Date Website Established ~ 11/12/1996
BabyBoomers.com is dedicated strictly to baby boomers, and will address the challenges of the members of this vast generation and the challenges of the generations to follow. The objective of BabyBoomers.com is to unite the Boomers in the same way that AARP has united retirees. The Baby Boomer generation is the generation of today. This is the largest group of consumers in the nation.
11) Going Like Sixty
Alexa Traffic Rank ~ 546,555
Google Page Rank ~ 3
Date Website Established ~ 02/17/2007
I'm baby boomer man who turned 60 in late 2007. Boomer born in 1947 for search engine optimization. From 11/09 to 5/10 I lost 75 pounds via Nutrisystem, lap swimming and weight training. Let me make this clear so other MEN MAN BLOGGERS can find me. Some politics. Some rants. Mostly attempted humor, usually irreverent. I have been married to the same woman since 1968. She's a boomer blogger too. She writes about her knitting and her knitting group. A wild bunch of boomer women who have way too much fun. They love their S.E.X. trips.
12) Aging Hipsters
Alexa Traffic Rank ~ 597,115
Google Page Rank ~ 5
Date Website Established ~ 07/31/2000
Covering issues on the Boomer Generation including original content for Boomers, bulletin boards, user comments, Sixties and Seventies music, Baby Boomer culture, health and coverage of issues for "Aging Hipsters."
13) Mid Life Bloggers
Alexa Traffic Rank ~ 662,678
Google Page Rank ~ 4
Date Website Established ~ 03/31/2008
What MidLifeBloggers is then, is a place for us to figure out how to be in these middle years of our lives. I wanted to give us a voice and a platform to change not only how the world saw us, but how we saw ourselves. Rather, MidLifeBloggers is more of a boutique, a salon of sorts, offering well-written, thoughtful, provocative posts (be they prose, poetry, or visual arts) on each and every issue–big and small, real and imagined–that any one of us is experiencing as we are wending our way through this period in our lives.
14) Baby Boomers US
Alexa Traffic Rank ~ 724,274
Google Page Rank ~ 3
Date Website Established ~ 07/08/2009
Born in March 1953 (on the ides of March), I seem to be in the middle of the Great Baby Boom after WWII. So, why not endeavour to build a community of like minded and same generational people who have so much in common. So, I present this Blog and the Baby Boomers U.S. Forum for your enjoyment. Have Fun and Thanks for being a part of the community.
15) Boomer Cafe
Alexa Traffic Rank ~ 894,530
Google Page Rank ~ 4
Date Website Established ~ 06/28/1999
BoomerCafé™ … it's your place. In fact it's the original place on the Internet that focuses on us: baby boomers with active, youthful lifestyles and gives all baby boomers a "voice." Now in its 11th year, BoomerCafé is one of the most popular online magazine for baby boomers! (We Totally Agree!)
16) Feisty Side Of Fifty
Alexa Traffic Rank ~ 1,042,841
Google Page Rank ~ 3
Date Website Established ~ 07/08/2007
My personal mission is to reach as many of my gender and generation as possible to celebrate our remarkable history, our awe-inspiring futures, and just plain hoot and holler as only the menopausal can. We gals have overcome some pretty formidable challenges and we're not going to let a few wrinkles stop us now.
17) Boomer Chronicles
Alexa Traffic Rank ~ 1,095,062
Google Page Rank ~ 2
Date Website Established ~ 05/15/2005
A 50 something examines mid-life, ennui in America and other compelling ideas.
Summary Recap
There you have our definitive list – we did defined research to come up with this list. We know some people will disagree with the criteria – feel free to offer other measurable criteria. We will look at the suggestions for our next update. If we missed one – please let us know. We use two Firefox browser add-ons to quickly view some of the criteria, such as current Google Page Rank and Alexa Traffic Rank. If you have a suggestion we will gladly note the rankings in comments. We will be publishing a page on the blog with a link here in the next few days that will show the results in a table – we will also list some of the other blogs we looked at that were not in the Alexa Top 12 Traffic Ranking.
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(updated: 11/5/2010 – DOH! Our sincerest apologies to BabyBoomers.com who got accidentally deleted during a draft – we caught it after publishing and added them back at #6 – As the elder website on our list – shame on us – for treating our elder member with such unintentional disrespect. Made it a baker's dozen - better than being …"dirty" ?)
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Chad VanGaalen + Amsterdam's Andenken Gallery = A Match Made in Shroom Heaven?
Life is Butter Dreamer! Aug 2 to 21/11 — IT'S ABOUT TIME someone made space for a retrospective exhibit of work from the ogre-sized, prolific psychedelic mind of celebrated musician/animator/illustrator/circuit-bending-fetishist/all-around-delightfully-mad-scientist Chad VanGaalen. Next week, the Calgary-based artist will skip the pond to play songs from his latest record, Diaper Island, to some lucky Europeans. His first performance will also kick off a three-week showing of a few hundred individual pieces of his visual art, including animation cells from one of his fantastically trippy music videos and illustrations that span the period of his four acclaimed solo records with Flemish Eye.
VanGaalen pulled about half the material for the show from an old suitcase where he keeps drawings and retired sketchbooks. "It was definitely strange, kind of like having a conversation with your ex-girlfriend for like five days, just locked up together in a room," he says.
The spread on display at Andenken will feature portraits of friends, strangers, weirdos, dragons (!) and other monsters, a range of lush landscapes, delightful oddities, a bunch of half-finished comic books, and sketchbook gems from overseas album tours and road trips across Canada—including scenes from a ridiculously improvised and epic mission to Dawson City, Yukon, in a school bus, largely fueled by two mason jars full of weed. Another 100 or so pieces in the show are cells of cutout animations that VanGaalen crafted for J. Mascis' fantastic "Not Enough" video (below), which the gallery will also screen along with some of his other morph-o-riphic moving pictures. (Speaking of which: His video for "Peace On The Rise" is like a Kubrickian sci-fi cartoon.)
Ten days before having to ship his work overseas, VanGaalen also went on a week-long drawing bender to contribute some fresh material. His subject: the droves of drunken rafters who float down the Bow River through Calgary as a summertime right of passage (or maybe just an excuse to get loaded in the sun), observed from what sounds like a totally non-incognito riverbank spot.
"I kinda set up this, like, camo zone where I could be sitting. I hollowed out the inside of a bush on the edge of the river, and pulled the leaves out of the middle section so I had a nice shaded spot. The challenging thing about it was that I only had a window of about 10 seconds to draw people as they went by. And I was totally not camouflaged. People were like, 'Dude, who is that dude in the bush totally perving out on people?' It looked pretty suspicious."
Accidental creepiness aside (in the eyes of apparent dick-wagglers, mind you), VanGaalen was pretty stoked about the results. "Being forced to draw them fast made them cartoony, kinda like Gary Larson-style almost… just one-liners. And there's weird shit going on with rafter culture in this city, I feel like. I kinda got to know the rafts. There's a Ralph Lauren inflatable raft that everyone has now. I don't know where the fuck they're getting them. It's like a giant donut. Everyone has an inflated recliner armchair with a cup holder built in, and it seats 11 or 12 people all facing themselves in a giant ring. And just drawing an object that weird as quickly as I can is crazy enough. But then the people are shirtless biker dudes with handlebar moustaches, next to bikini babes, next to a bald headbanger or something."
If you're lucky enough to find yourself in Amsterdam in August 2011, Life is Butter Dreamer! is a rare and special opportunity to soak up a literal tickle trunk of crazy, uncanny, joyful and no-doubt hilarious visuals by one of Canada's most incredible young artists. Especially in a city where you can—for the moment, at least—buy psychedelics and smokeables with your coffee.
Images by Chad VanGaalen. Story by Eric Rumble. Buy Diaper Island—it rules!


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Back from the holidays Liz Lemon has a new outlook on life
Multiple award-winning comedy series "30 Rock" is told through the comedic voice of Emmy and two-time Golden Globe winner Tina Fey ("SNL") as variety show producer Liz Lemon.
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Foreign Control of Skies Debated
Overseas investments in U.S. airlines challenged
"We want to conclude the (Open Skies) agreement -- not only for the market access that U.S. carriers will achieve, but because it can be expected to enhance the quality of competition across the Atlantic in a dramatic way and provide impetus for further aviation liberalization around the world," Jeffrey N. Shane, DOT's undersecretary for policy, told the Aviation Subcommittee of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee earlier this year.
"However," Shane continued, ". . . the decision to initiate this (rulemaking) proceeding was based on our assessment that the proposed change in the DOT approach was long overdue and is in the best interests of the United States, its air transportation industry and those that rely on that industry, not only for transport services, but also directly and indirectly for jobs."
Shane's remarks are available on the DOT Web site at .
Edward Wytkind, president of the AFL-CIO's Transportation Trades Department, testified before the Aviation Subcommittee on the same day Shane spoke.
Wytkind, whose department is affiliated with American Airlines mechanics' Transport Workers Union, said the proposed rules threaten U.S. airline jobs.
"The burden is on the (Bush) administration to make the case that allowing foreign entities to control U.S. airlines serves the best interests of the aviation industry, its employees and our nation," Wytkind said in testimony available on the DOT Web site.
"The problem with the department's stated rationale is that it is not supported by any real and persuasive evidence. The financial challenges confronting the industry are well known -- fuel prices have skyrocketed, pension obligations must be met, security costs and fees have increased, a system capacity crisis is looming, and air carriers have largely been unable to price their product at a level sufficient to achieve and maintain profitability.
"It is hard to understand how allowing foreign interests, including foreign airlines, to control U.S. carriers would solve any of these problems."
Burnley, the former DOT secretary and a senior member of the government and legislative practices at the law firm Venable LLP in Washington, D.C., doesn't believe foreign investors would purposefully ruin a U.S. airline.
"We have (airline) alliances today, and the dominant carriers tend to be the U.S. carriers," Burnley said. "In this day and age, it makes no difference who owns how much stock in an airline anywhere in the world."
Fred Russell, who follows the airline industry for Fredric E. Russell Investment Management Co. in Tulsa, agrees with Burnley.
"If foreigners invested in an U.S. airline, they would do everything they could to make it profitable and indispensable," Russell said. "If we give foreign airlines the ability to invest in and control U.S. airlines, we would have to do the same with U.S. rights overseas.
"The capital, efficiencies and investments in technology would benefit everyone."
Tim Wagner, spokesman for American Airlines, the largest carrier in the world, said the company hasn't adopted a position on DOT's proposed rulemaking on foreign ownership.
"Our position is airlines should abide by the rules," said Wagner, whose company employs 7,000 in Tulsa. "If the U.S. government changes the rules, we would abide by them like everybody else."
Similarly, the Air Transport Association, the trade group in Washington that represents the nation's airlines, doesn't favor or oppose a change in the rules governing foreign ownership of U.S. airlines.
However, Houston-based Continental Airlines opposes the DOT liberalizing foreign ownership rules.
"DOT proposes to unilaterally limit the application of the law to only certain aspects of airline management, while the statute requires that U.S. citizens have actual control over all aspects of airline operations," Continental said in a written statement.
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|Loud, energetic, passionate and diverse are just some of the words that describe Destiny Int'l. Destiny is a crossover band that was formed in 2007 and is based in Toronto, Ontario. They recently received the awards for Best Soca/ Calypso Band as well as Best Soca Artist (Curtis B).Destiny create a fusion of music that incorporates genres like Soca, Reggae, R&B, Chutney, Film and Crossover. Destiny not only brings their own energetic vibes to the stage, but also a positive energy, allowing them to continuously excel in their performances. In 2012 Destiny was blessed with the opportunity to perform for the Vancouver, Toronto, Barrie and Vaughan Carnival, which resulted in outstanding reviews from all the critics and promotes who attended.They have performed at events and venues which includes: Sound Academy, Dundas Square, Ontario Place, Unionville, Gerrard Square, CNE just to name a few. Destiny is like a family, a cohesiveunit that brings their musical talent together creating music that unifies all people.
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2013 HIGHLIGHT: Old cell phones for Victim Services Toronto
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2013 HIGHLIGHT: Free summer package from Pharmasave
While enjoying the Taste of Lawrence Festivities stop by Pharmasave for FREE sunscreen applications and a FREE bottle of spring water, We will also have a FREE first aid station for those little cuts and scrapes. Come visit to see what kind of new and fun summer toys and amazing deals we have on the go both in the store and outside the store.
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Since the adoption of the Common Core State Standards (also known as Indiana's Common Core, or INCC) in August 2010, the Indiana Department of Education has worked with educators from around the state to develop resources for teachers and schools to use during the transition to INCC. Two types of resources are listed below: Understanding INCC and Transitioning to INCC.
Understanding Indiana's Common Core
Learn more about the similarities and differences between Indiana Academic Standards and Indiana's Common Core standards.
- Mathematics Transition Guidance - Resources developed to assist teachers in understanding the gaps between the Indiana Academic Standards and INCC for math.
- English/Language Arts (ELA) Transition Guidance - Resources developed to assist teachers in understanding the gaps between the Indiana Academic Standards and INCC for ELA.
- Implementing the Standards for Mathematical Practice - A short video with accompanying resources that explain the standards for mathematical practice
- Four Major Shifts in Literacy - Four short videos that explain significant shifts in ELA and literacy standards.
- Literacy Standards for History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects - Content-specific videos that explain the literacy standards in individual content areas.
Transitioning to INCC
- Assessment Guidance and Common Core Additions for 2012-13 - Assessment guidance for prioritizing the Indiana Academic Standards, as well as INCC for ELA and math, to be added in for the 2012-13 school year.
- Transition to Standards for 2013-14 (Mathematics) - In 2013-14, schools should teach the full range of INCC. This set of transition standards outlines the Indiana Academic Standards that should be included to ensure students are prepared for ISTEP+.
- High-Quality Tasks for Improving Instruction - Open-ended items that will be used in statewide workshops around INCC for mathematics and the RISE Evaluation and Development System in June 2012.
- External Resources - Resources developed by other state agencies and organizations to help educators understand and effectively implement the Common Core.
- English Language Arts Exemplar Texts - The Delaware Department of Education compiled a list of varied texts by grade level that address complexity challenges.


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Microsoft is laying off employees today, but no comment has yet been released by the company.
The layoff possibility was described in a TechFlash article posted on Tuesday by Todd Bishop. He subsequently wrote today that the job cuts are happening now and numbering in "the hundreds" worldwide.
Layoffs apparently are happening in Microsoft's Central Marketing Group, Enterprise and Partner Group and Small and Medium Business Sales Group, according to reader comments in the Mini-Microsoft blog. The blog is anonymously written but it maintains a rather ruthless motto for a blog ostensibly written by Microsoft employees: "Let's slim down Microsoft into a lean, mean, efficient customer pleasing profit making machine!"
Last calendar year, Microsoft cut or moved more than 5,000 employees, signaling a new trend for a company that had previously avoided mass company-wide layoffs. The layoffs come just in time for Microsoft's fourth-quarter 2010 earnings report, scheduled to be publicized on July 22. Microsoft entered its 2011 fiscal year on July 1, 2009.
According to Microsoft stats updated on April 20, 2010, Microsoft has 88,180 employees globally, 55,363 employees in the United States and 39,738 employees in Washington State.
Possibly, the employee cuts will be disclosed in Microsoft's upcoming Q4 earnings report. In the past, Microsoft has lessened the cuts by hiring the laid-off employees in other company positions.
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In a new venture the Turntable Café at Minehead Station will be opening on Saturdays and Sundays in November between 10.00 and 15.30. Various suitably warming meals and snacks will be on offer including a Saturday Breakfast and more of the popular Sunday Roast lunches. Lighter fare includes jacket potatoes, pies and pasties and soup. Plus a choice of teas, coffees and soft drinks.
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From cell phones to YouTube, new and exciting innovations in technology benefit the field of risk communication. Not only are they changing the landscape for information sharing, they are also influencing how communicators could plan for emergency situations. This article reviews the recent research and examines various opinions about social media and their impact on crisis and emergency risk communication.
In her blog "Crisis Management in the Year 2007 and Beyond," Toby Bloomberg writes, "Crisis management must incorporate processes and systems that reach people in ways in which they communicate."1
Until recently, communicators relied solely on traditional media vehicles such as radio, newspapers, posters, brochures, and television to push risk messages to the public. With the advent of the Internet, risk communicators began modernizing their communications channels and adopting first-generation social media tools, including e-mail, Web sites, and online instant messaging as a means for connecting with their audiences.
With the "Web 2.0 Revolution" toward social media, risk communicators are again adapting to a changing society of media-savvy consumers who not only seek information, but also generate information of their own on sites such as YouTube, Flickr, and MySpace, substantially contributing to new content.2, 3 Now, practitioners consider the impact of blogs, RSS feeds, wikis, online and mobile video, podcasts, and other new media networks and communications as critical components of their emergency and crisis preparedness, response, and recovery strategies.
Data collected by comScore Video Metrix, a provider of Internet audience measurement services, reveal that today, more than 184 million Americans (over 75 percent of the population) are Internet users. In November 2007 alone, 3 out of 4 Web users viewed online video, including streaming video and progressive downloads, totaling nearly 9.5 billion videos. YouTube accounted for 2.9 billion videos and 74.5 million unique visitors. Since January 2007, online viewing hours per person has increased 29 percent from 2.52 hours to 3.25 hours per month.4 Technorati, an Internet search engine for searching blogs, photos, videos, and audio files, currently tracks more than 112 million blogs.5
Although social media channels such as YouTube, blogs, and podcasts are considered by most as a means for delivering entertainment and personal opinions, communicators should also consider their relative importance in reaching their audience segments during an emergency. "The social and community qualities of new media can advance health and risk communication by changing how we understand our problems and construct our solutions," shared Jay Bernhardt, Ph.D., M.P.H., and Director, National Center for Health Marketing, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in his Health Marketing Musings Blog entry entitled "This blog could save your life."6
The value of social media in emergency communication became apparent in the aftermath of the April 2007 tragic school shootings at Virginia Tech University. This horrific event has caused many practitioners to argue that social media channels should be incorporated in every communicator's crisis and emergency risk communication plan to extend audience reach. According to reports, the university relied on e-mail, the Web, and messages sent to dorm phones to alert students of the shootings. One method that was not available: sending text messages to cell phones.7 Some believe that students would have been better able to protect themselves had this technology been used, especially for this generation, which is more engaged in SMS (sending text messages via cell phone) than in sending and receiving e mails. University officials are now considering using text messaging to stay in contact with students for whom even e-mail is becoming passé.7
Throughout the Virginia Tech event, students used new media to reach out to others with information they wanted to share. According to news reports, after becoming aware of the incident, students communicated with their family and peers about their safety using telephones and social media networking services. A YouTube search reveals approximately 9,000 postings tagged with a combination of "Virginia Tech" and "shooting," "massacre," and "murder." Jamal Albarghouti, a student at the school, captured video from his cell phone camera of police firing at the then-unknown gunman and posted it to CNN i-Reports.8 The perpetrator, Cho Seung-Hui, mailed a package with videos and photos to NBC, expecting them to be broadcast and downloaded from the Web.
During the shootings, so many people used cell and wireless communications that the system became overwhelmed. In his blog, "Virginia Tech: Yet Another Wake-Up Call for Better Emergency Preparedness," Andy Carvin, Internet activist, author, Edtech expert, and host of At the Crossroads of Internet and Education, reprints Bruce Pencek's e-mail, which was posted on MySpace following the Virginia Tech tragedy. Pencek was a student at Virginia Tech and was on campus during the time of the shooting. In his e-mail Pencek states, "Communication of the event was very much a case of who had a cell phone or wireless device before the bandwidth got constipated."7 The activities of all three students appear to corroborate the opinions that social media should be integrated into risk communication plans.
According to Sheldon Krimsky, Ph.D, Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University, "The openness, accessibility, and transparency of the Internet will allow consumers to weigh conflicts of interest in risk communication, question authority, and build networks of trust among affinity groups that may or may not be concordant with the perspectives of technical decision analysts."3 The Internet has given average citizens access to professional journals and government reports, increased power to question authority, the ability to witness debates regarding various issues through blogs, and the opportunity to participate in chat room discussions where they exchange ideas with people with similar interests but whose ideas may not necessarily be the same as those of subject matter experts.
Many state and local government agencies now are creating their own social networking sites in response. In February 2008, the Virginia Department of Emergency Management launched a YouTube channel to reach Virginia citizens with emergency-related information and public service announcements from Governor Tim Kaine.9 The site was developed in partnership with Google.
Conversations and information-seeking during an emergency event will continue to occur in the social media sphere. A sound strategy that includes using social media channels where audiences are already sharing and seeking information will help emergency risk communicators reach those audiences with critical information they need to protect themselves and others during and after emergencies.
The Risk Communicator staff is interested in hearing about your experiences with social media. Send your stories to firstname.lastname@example.com.
1Bloomberg T. Crisis management in the year 2007 and beyond. Diva Marketing Blog; 2007 [cited 2008 June 2]. Available from: http://bloombergmarketing.blogs.com/bloomberg_marketing/2007/
2Lefebvre CR. The new technology: The consumer as participant rather than target audience. Soc Mar Q. 2007;13(3):31-42.
3Krimsky, S. Risk communication in the Internet age: The rise of disorganized skepticism, Environmental Hazards 2007;7:157-164.
Available from: http://www.tufts.edu/~skrimsky/PDF/Risk%20Comm%20Internet%20Age.PDF
4comScore Video Metrix. Google sites' share of online video market expands to 31 percent in November 2007, according to comScore Video Metrix. Reston, VA: comScore; 2008 [cited 2008 June 2]. Available from: http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?press=2002
5Technocrati.com. San Francisco, CA: Technorati [cited 2008 June 2]. Available from: http://technorati.com/about/
6Bernhardt JM. Health marketing musings: This blog could save your life. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2006 [cited 2008 June 2]. Available from: http://www.cdc.gov/healthmarketing/blog_101106.htm
7PBS.org. Virginia Tech: Yet another wake-up call for better emergency preparedness. Arlington, VA: PBS; 2007 [cited 2008 June 2]. Available from: http://www.pbs.org/teachers/learning.now/2007/04/virginia_tech_
8CNN.com. Student shot video of campus shooting. Atlanta, GA: CNN; 2007 [cited 2008 June 2]. Available from: http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/04/16/vtech.witness/index.html
9Virginia Department of Emergency Management. VAEmergency. Richmond, VA: Virginia Department of Emergency Management;2007 [cited 2008 June 2]. Available from: http://www.youtube.com/user/VAEmergency


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We all want our children to be healthy, and most parents understand the affect a good diet can have on their child's health, not to mention self-image. But recent studies show another reason why getting yourself in shape and passing along those good eating habits to your kids is beneficial: you might just kick up their IQ a few points!
According to a recent study from the University of Adelaide, children that are fed healthy diets at an early age may end up with a higher IQ. Conversely, children fed diets heavier in junk food could end up with a slightly reduced IQ.
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