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One of the best ways to learn about B2B social media is to hear from marketers who are learning about social media themselves. Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) is the world's leading source of commercial information and insight on businesses, with a global commercial database that contains more than 200 million business records. The following interview was conducted via email with Susan Lawler, Senior Vice President, Marketing.
What are D&B's business objectives that are supported by social media and how do you measure success?
At a high level, our key business objective is to continue to be the leading source of commercial information and business insight so that our customers have the actionable intelligence needed to make sound business decisions. What that means is that we are everywhere our customers need us to be – from delivering payment trends on a new partner so you can determine credit terms to evaluating how the Japan disasters could impact your supply chain. We consider platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn to be an extension of how we connect with, and can be a resource to, our customers, prospects and the community at large. What's more, social media is part of how we bring D&B's data to life: we're a dynamic company and we want to connect D&B users with the people behind the data and insight as much as possible. Social media enables us to do that. We also use social media to tell our customers' stories. For example, our 200 million campaign celebrated D&B's milestone of reaching 200 million businesses covered in our global database. We said "thank you" to businesses around the world by inviting them to share their stories online.
With social media, we are playing an active in role in the conversations our customers and prospects find important, as well as listen to what they have to say. In terms of measurement, we determine success not just by the number of followers, comments or shares (which we do monitor in weekly reports), but by the overall quality of engagement. In other words, are key business professionals and decision-makers, over time, continuing to respond to, share and leverage our content and insight? Are we helping them become smarter and more efficient professionals? And are we building trust so that our customers can help us improve our products and the way we do business? Seeing a two-way, thought-provoking dialogue emerge is a major success indicator for us.
What are your most important social platforms, and how do they differ from a content, engagement and resource standpoint?
For now, our focus is primarily on LinkedIn and Twitter, with Facebook being another place where we devote resources to interacting with fans and crowdsourcing ideas. We use some of our social media properties as a place to showcase our company culture, and this is something we'd like to do more of at D&B. LinkedIn is one place where we're demonstrating our thought-leadership and having more expertise-driven discussions and Q&A's, and we're looking to do this elsewhere as well. Twitter is another platform we use to engage with our influencers: industry analysts, supply chain and risk management professionals, small business folks, and sales and marketing strategists who have a direct impact on the news of the day. We also use Twitter to respond to customer inquiries, share industry news, participate in Twitter chats, and publish our insights. We're contemplating Google+ and how we can best leverage that community to expand and enrich our online presence.
What is your approach to blogging? Hoover's (a D&B company) had two blogs and one of them has been retired. Can you share some of the decision making process of shutting that down?
Such a great question – I think the topic of corporate blogging can be a struggle for any company, as it requires significant resources and a long term commitment to be successful. D&B is experimenting with blogging, and it's something we are planning to expand. For example, we have had success with the Hoovers's blog Bizmology for sales and marketing professionals. The blog discusses trends and news in a non-promotional way. It's full of great writers and industry experts and is more like its own news vehicle than a blog at this point. I encourage folks to check it out; it's a great place to gather industry content and insight for prospect touch points. The other blog you're referring to, The Break Room, was another experiment tied to our Hoover's service but we quickly realized it was too much to nurture two separate blogs for a similar audience. But it was a good lesson in terms of not spreading ourselves too thin. As we look to the future for D&B, we will use what we've learned from these endeavors to shape our future blogging strategy.
What's your take on Google+ for B2B?
This is a timely question, given the brand pages were just rolled out to businesses. I honestly think it's too soon to tell, as even early adopters of the platform are still trying to get a foothold on their brand pages. Even the basic assumptions you might make about page ownership and capabilities are radically different on Google+. Right now at D&B, we're discussing how we can differentiate our content, voice and personality on Google+ and what kind of exclusive content we can make available to audiences there. So far, there are some widely differing opinions on Google+ for businesses – Chris Brogan and Guy Kawasaki agree it's a must, while Robert Scoble has his doubts.
What's one prediction you have for B2B social media trends in 2012?
It's two-fold: alignment of strategy and differentiation of content. So many businesses have checked the box on every platform – saying, oh, we have a Facebook page run by Sally in marketing, and a Twitter feed run by Jon in operations – but it's going to take a truly consolidated strategy across all social media platforms to be successful and functional. At the same time, each social media platform needs to be treated differently, and the content needs to be tailored accordingly. So I think overall we're going to see a trend of businesses consolidating their platforms and looking for ways to create more dynamic, engaging content specific to each platform and its audience. This will also require companies to operationalize social engagement throughout the organization, empowering (and training) a team run by a proven leader and building a universal framework for baseline metrics.
Is there anything else about your social media program that you would like to share?
As I said earlier, social media is constantly evolving and, as a result, businesses need to make the effort to keep up while continuously evaluating what they're doing. At D&B, we recognize this and are the first to say, "Hey, we've been doing this online and it's working, which is great, but what more can we be doing for our customers and communities?" It's important to decipher what's not working and how we can improve. We're not drinking our own Kool-Aid, if you will, rather, we recognize that social media comes with its challenges and we're up to them. At the same time, we don't take ourselves too seriously! We've posted photos of cats and employees in their Halloween costumes online to showcase our culture. It's important to be able to have fun with social media and humanize your business so your fans and followers relate to your brand and vision.


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Madeline Writing Desk with Vanity Mirror Topper
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Spark creativity at our writing desk and vanity, rich in artisanal details. The desk's graceful style comes from its smooth curves, turned feet and fluted posts. With two cubbies, the vanity topper serves as a hutch and mirror in one.
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Use a variety of KitchenAid stand mixer attachments to make everything from breakfast to dessert.
PancakesMaking hot, fluffly pancakes for breakfast has never been easier with this simple recipe. Top with your favorite fresh or frozen berries and warm maple syrup.
Attachments: Bowl and flat beater
Sugar CookiesSugar Cookies are the ultimate cookies because you can leave them plain for snacking or dress them up with frosting, chocolate, or sprinkles for a special occasion.
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Cheese-Stuffed ShellsBring home restaurant-style cheese-stuffed shells with this quick and easy cheese filling. Mix ricotta and herbs in your stand mixer, spoon into prepared pasta shells, and cover with your favorite pasta sauce. Bellissimo!
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Fluffy FrostingSome would argue that the best part of a cake or cupcake is the frosting. Test out this simple yet delicious fluffy frosting on your next cake. Add flavorings like chocolate, lemon, or peppermint to make birthdays and the holidays extra special.
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Italian SausageHomemade sausage is easier than you think! These simple instructions will help you create a hearty pork sausage with Italian herbs that will go wonderfully in a pasta bake or even a breakfast casserole.
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Dill Rye BreadFresh, homemade bread is a treat few get to taste unless you live at Grandma's. But now you can indulge in this delight with the help of your mixer. Serve this hearty rye bread with plain butter as a side to soup or salad.
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Raspberry ApplesauceGive this classic snack a raspberry twist by adding fresh or frozen berries. Make a batch ahead of the schoolweek and you'll have a healthy, delicious lunchbox filler.
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EAST LIVERPOOL - Dr. Moncy Varkey is taking Peggy Atwood's hands and, ever so gingerly, helping her stand up during a recent visit to CrossRoads at Beaver Creek.
As the doctor carefully checks the elderly patient's range of motion, they look like they're dancing.
Atwood, 85, a resident at CrossRoads, seems to appreciate Varkey's gentle style. "I'm glad you're coming here," she said.
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Dr. Moncy Varkey, of River Valley Physicians, helps Peggy Atwood, 85, a resident at CrossRoads at Beaver Creek, stand up during a recent visit. Varkey and Dr. Danielle Mehlenbacher are making weekly rounds at the assisted living facility thanks to a new agreement with East Liverpool City Hospital/River Valley Health Partners. (Photo by Stephen Huba)
"I'm happy to be here," Varkey said.
The osteopathic physician and his partner at River Valley Physicians, Dr. Danielle Mehlenbacher, are part of a new arrangement that has East Liverpool City Hospital doctors visiting the assisted living facility on a weekly basis.
Executive Director Penny Traina said CrossRoads started considering having doctors visit on site after getting requests from residents. "It does help the residents, since they live here. It gives them a hometown choice," she said.
Traina and CrossRoads President Vickie Holden first met with East Liverpool City Hospital CEO Kenneth Cochran to discuss the possibilities. Residents met the doctors at an open house on Feb. 14. Under the partnership, Varkey and Mehlenbacher will visit CrossRoads every week, with each doctor alternating weeks.
"It's up to the residents which physician they would like to see," Traina said. Residents who choose to participate are billed just as if they are seeing their own doctor.
Varkey's residency was "very strong" in geriatrics, he said, and he has previously served in assisted living centers and nursing homes.
Varkey said the trend in geriatric medicine is to bring the doctor to the patient. "Nobody likes to see the doctor," he said. "So if we can make that part of being elderly easier and more convenient, that's what we should do. ... Young or old, we like things when they come to us."
With his older patients, Varkey said he likes to focus on quality of life and not quantity of years. "I think we should enjoy every day we have," he said.
Patients in their 70s and 80s often don't get enough attention because their "simple complaints" have to do with aches and pains - things commonly associated with old age, he said.
"Younger patients, like Peggy, often get overlooked," Varkey said. "We have to care about all our patients and see to it that they're not overlooked."
In his visits to CrossRoads, Varkey said he will focus on issues such as mobility, pain and polypharmacy - when elderly patients are prescribed too many medicines.


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"The revival of the First Part of King Henry IV, at the Haymarket . . . is magnificently mounted. . . and exempted from ruthless mutilation. . . . Curiosity has necessarily centered in Mr. Beerbohm Tree's Falstaff, which, by its sustained force, its subtle humour, and its imaginative colouring, amply redeems the promise of this actor's well-remembered impersonation in The Merry Wives of Windsor [see Gallery 3]. . . . Next to Mr. Tree's Falstaff in importance was Mr. Lewis Waller's Hotspur, which, though a little too uniformly vehement, is characterized by a very effective vigour and picturesqueness. Lady Percy is prettily played by Mrs. Tree in the loveliest of dresses." The Graphic (London) May 16, 1896: 19th C. British Library Newspapers.
Note that Tree rejects the idea of Falstaff as grotesquely fat, matching the subtler figure in Henry Marsh, The Wits (1662)in the previous picture. See Galleries 5 & 7 for other Falstaffs. HMR


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Top 10 Economic Charts of 2012
As the year draws to a close, we dug up our 10 favorite economic charts that ran in the Wall Street Journal this year. The jobs market continued to dominate our graphics, but there are also looks at consumer spending, student loans and the euro crisis. Click on any image for full-size version.
What Drives the U.S. Economy?
A look at what the largest and smallest parts of the economy have been, going back to 1949. Original article.
Beyond the Basics
Where Americans have been spending their money from 1901 to the present. Original article.
Perpetual Motion
A snapshot of people moving in and out of the U.S. labor force. Original article.
Are You Better Off?
A look back at the economic performance of the U.S. during presidents' first terms. Original article.
Duration of Unemployment Benefits
How many weeks of unemployment benefits does each state offer? Original article. View a slideshow of past durations.
Longest Stretches of Unemployment
The highest unemployment rate in the nation is a dubious honor, which states were on top going back to 1976? Original article.
How Big Deficits Became the Norm
The numbers behind the U.S.'s deficits. Original article.
College Lending Spree
Outstanding debt in student loans outpaces all other nonhousing consumer debt. Original article.
Drought Effects
Though the cost of corn is highly volatile, overall food prices don't move as much. Original article.
Germany's Role
Germany's performance compared to the rest of the euro zone. Original article.


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Here I have a lot of paper dots, which are the leftover remnants from my address file card cuttings. They're so pretty that I can't bear to throw them away, but after all these years I still haven't thought of anything to do with them, and now I have boxes and boxes full!
Perhaps they would be good for someone who does a lot of collage, or art with paper. Each is tiny, about 1cm, or 3/8" in diameter. Do you have any ideas of what I could do with them? Could you use them? If so I will send you a boxful!
And, thank you to everyone of my past customers who entered the giveaway for my spring-summer 2009 cards. It is so lovely to hear from you all once again, find out who you are, and discover some of your beautiful blogs, too!
Using random generator, I've selected winners for ten packs of cards:
2. cindy : quaint
14. Neon Relish
26. the dipe squad
27. Sheira
33. joanna
35. janet
40. Yellow
45. jessica
63. chicadecanela
Congratulations to you all, I very much hope that you love the new cards and they perk up your old files! If you haven't heard from me already, please send a note to me at sharilyn AT lovelydesign DOT com with your address information so I can get them out to you.
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Lowe's Home Improvement - Sunnyvale, CA - Phone: (408) 470-1680
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Home improvement centers in Sunnyvale are the stores that sell all the household requirements under one roof. Home appliances such as refrigerators, TV, building supplies, doors, flooring, heating and cooling devices, plumbing, storage & organization tools and windows. The hardware supplies including hand tools, paint, lawn and garden products; plumbing supplies, house wares repair & maintenance tools are also available in such stores. Special departments like- fishing tools and supplies, hunting supplies, plant and nursery products, farm and ranch supplies including animal food and pet food and supplies, swimming pool chemicals, home brewing supplies and canning supplies are present at times. In Sunnyvale, majority of the contractors are allowed to rent tools, equipments & delivery trucks to the Home improvement centers.
Governor Cuomo Announces 900 Solar Projects Underway Through 26 Community Solarize Campaigns Across The State
"Solarize" campaigns are encouraging homes and businesses throughout the state to install solar – State will support another 31 "Solarize" campaigns set to begin this spring (Long Island, NY) Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that 900 solar projects are underway through 26 community "Solarize" campaigns across New York State. A component of the NY-Sun program and the Governor's..


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Men's Volleyball Heads on the Road
MUNCIE, Ind. – The Ball State men's volleyball team (1-1) most recently earned a sweep of the Sacred Heart Pioneers at home off the hot hand of sophomore Marcin Niemczewski who collected a career-high 15 kills and three service aces. Senior setter Graham McIlvaine is 100 assists away from putting his name seventh in Ball State history in career assists. Middle blockers Matt Leske and Kevin Owens have picked up where they left off in 2013. Currently, Leske has a 1.17 blocks per set average while Owens has a 1.00 blocks per set average.
Scouting Saint Francis
The Red Flash (0-0) open up its season this weekend hosting Ball State and IPFW. Saint Francis was recently picked to finish fifth in the EIVA according to its preseason coaches' poll after finishing the 2013 campaign with a 12-15 overall record and 7-7 mark in conference action.
Saint Francis returns its two top offensive threats from the 2013 season in Logan Patterson and Colin Sherwin who combined for 579 kills last year. Patterson had 337 kills for a 3.74 kills per set average while Sherwin registered 242 kills for a 2.63 kills per set average. Setter Michael Krepp also returns for his senior season after collecting 716 assists in 2013. The top blocking threat for the Red Flash, Adamn Roche, graduated leaving Mark Kochan as the top blocker after finishing last year with a 1.27 blocks per set average.
Series with Saint Francis
Ball State holds a 12-4 record in the series against Saint Francis that dates back to 1994. The Cardinals have won the last two contest, including a 25-22, 25-21, 25-22 win at home last season on Jan. 12.
Scouting Penn State
The defending EIVA champion Nittany Lions (1-2) were picked as the preseason favorites in the EIVA for the 2014 campaign. Penn State returns all five starters from last season including brothers Peter and Aaron Russell. Aaron Russell was chosen to the 2014 Off the Block/Springbak Inc. Preseaon First Team All-America. Setter Taylor Hammond also received preseason love by being named to the Lloy Ball Award watch list.
The Nittany Lions are coming off a 1-2 finish at the Outrigger Invitational dropping contests to No. 7 UCLA and No. 14 Hawai'i before earning a 3-0 sweep of No. 12 Ohio State.
Series with Penn State
The series with Penn State dates back to the 1972 season and the Nittany Lions hold the all-time advantage 59-26. Ball State has won the last two contests with Penn State including a 3-1 win last season on Mar. 10. Ball State has not won in State College, Pa., since the 2006 season when it swept Penn State 32-30, 30-28, 30-28 on Jan. 14. The Nittany Lions hold an all-time record of 20-6 against the Cardinals at home.
Record Watching
Senior setter Graham McIlvaine is 100 assists away from being seventh in program history in career assists. Heading into Saturday's match, McIlvaine has 2,054 assists and trails Dave Carlson (2005-06) who has 2,153 career assists.


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The Consumer Price Index rose 0.2 percent in March, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics said increases in the shelter and food costs accounted for most of the rise. See how much things like homes, cars and milk cost in 1914 compared to today's prices.
What things cost in America: 1914 and 2014Published 2:32 PM CDT Apr 16, 2014
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Has anyone read it it is cooler than the show a lot more detail and better art work
i heard it was goodXD
I onkly have the 1st manga cant wait to get the others
The Greatest Clan In Death and Universe... The Zombaukto Clan
I dont think the Gurren Lagann manga is as good as the anime... I dont care for the manga that much... but the anime is so amazing and epic and beautiful and... and... KAMINA!!!!! NOO!!!!! (Lol)


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The huge societal costs of NPE software patent lawsuits | Opensource.com
The huge societal costs of NPE software patent lawsuits
Innovative software companies start each work day knowing that, no matter how careful and how ethical they are, they face a meaningful risk of being sued for patent infringement. It's like a tooth ache – painful and distracting, even when not debilitating. A major source of this pain is non-practicing entities (NPEs), which are expert at acquiring and exploiting weak software patents. While this is not hot news to the open source community, the enormous financial harm caused by NPEs is just starting to be understood.
A new paper, "The Private and Social Costs of Patent Trolls," establishes the massive scale of this harm. The authors are James Bessen, Jennifer Ford, and Michael Meurer, two of whom (Bessen and Meurer) were authors of the influential book Patent Failure. Their new paper examines the losses caused by NPE lawsuits and considers whether there is any offsetting gains.
The new paper explains that "NPEs are firms that do not produce goods," but rather "acquire patents in order to license them to others," and "derive the majority of their income from the enforcement of patent rights." The authors note that NPEs are sometimes compared to mythical trolls hiding under bridges, buying "vaguely worded patents that can be construed to cover established technologies and us[ing] them opportunistically to extract licensing fees from the real innovators." "Innovators deciding to invest in new technology have to consider the risk of inadvertent infringement as a cost of doing business," which can "decrease the incentives for these firms to innovate."
One measure of the cost of NPE lawsuits: more than half a trillion dollars. This number is the loss in market capitalization over twenty years resulting from the filing of such suits. The corresponding number for the last four years is more the $83 million per year. Software patents are the subject of as much as 94 percent of this litigation.
This enormous social cost is not offset by gains elsewhere. The authors find little evidence that NPE litigation has produced large transfers of wealth to inventors.
The paper notes that "very rarely are the defendants in these lawsuits found to have actually copied the patented technology. ... Instead they are inadvertent infringers, if infringers at all. This means that they have to anticipate the risk of future lawsuit-related losses as part of their cost of developing new technology and products. This risk is a disincentive to invest in innovation."
NPEs obviously have not stopped all innovation, but we are starting to understand how the losses they have caused are huge. It makes one wonder: what if the half a trillion dollars lost from NPE lawsuits had been channeled into socially productive uses? How much more innovation could we achieve if we quit tolerating this incredible waste?
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Patent trolls are a special problem only for companies that have amassed large, expensive software patent portfolios. These expensive portfolios are meant to be weapons in the software patent wars which are used to attack the products of enemy companies. Patent trolls have no products to attack with patents so large software patent portfolios are worthless in defending against a patent troll.
Companies which do not rely on massive software patent portfolios in the software patent wars do not see any difference in the threat of patent rolls and the threat of competing companies that make a product. For these companies defending against patent trolls is no more difficult than defending against a patent aggressor with products.
Software patent portfolios are expensive. A company which can find a cheap way to successfully defend themselves in the software patent wars without spending massive amounts on a software patent portfolio will have a large competitive advantage over the companies which spend billions trying to build an overwhelmingly large software patent portfolio.
I suggest that money spent on lobbying the government to abolish software patents is much more productive than money spent on lobbying to rein in patent trolls.
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Totally agree with the last sentence - it is far better to dilute the power of patents than to legislate against practices that arise from the opportunities provided by patents. The latter is never conclusive and only encourages the pursuit of exploitation of other opportunities.
It seems to me that singling out non-practicing from practicing entities is a distraction. Patent-holders with products to sell also exact a significant toll on innovation...
Correct. Actually I hope large companies will lobby against patents because of the trolls.
NPR's Planet Money has an interesting report on NPEs and Patent Trolls:
Looking at the fact from this report, you have: people who can't be contacted or refuse to talk about the details, shell companies shuffling money and assets around, companies where the owners can't be traced, lots of lawyers, and a LOT of money.
Smells like organized crime, anyone?


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An open house for the new Maverik gas station on Highway 88 in Minden is scheduled for 2-6 p.m.Wednesday.
There will be free samples of fresh-baked BonFire food, the company's own line, as well promotional deals on fuel and other items.
Maverik officials will be presenting a $40,000 check to the Town of Minden to help fund landscaping improvements in the surrounding area.
A ribbon cutting ceremony with the Carson Valley Chamber of Commerce is scheduled for 2 p.m.
The new Maverik is located at 1651 Highway 88, Minden.
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In 2005, a team of professors and researchers at the University of Virginia began a project to create a research tool that would replicate the biology of the human artery on the bench. Nicole Hastings, Ph.D., then a graduate student, along with Brett R. Blackman, Ph.D., and Brian R. Wamhoff, Ph.D., faculty members, designed a system that combined human primary endothelial cells and smooth muscle cells, which are the main cell types that comprise the human artery.
Most importantly, they exposed the endothelial cells to fluid movements that accurately mimic regional blood flow. This essential stimulus, along with other biophysical conditions, "turns on" the in vivo biology of the cells, thus creating a human surrogate vascular system.
The combination of multiple primary cell types, regional and complex hemodynamics, and biological transport were the core principles they developed in the laboratory and are now the foundational science of HemoShear. "Those were very exciting times for us," says Dr. Hastings, who is now vp of operations.
HemoShear, founded in 2008, is now partnering with pharmaceutical, medical device, and other biotechnology companies to develop safer and more effective drugs using a unique scientific approach to in vitro based human relevant systems. In traditional drug development processes, early in vitro based experimentation using standard cell culture environments can create confounding data and results that are difficult to interpret. HemoShear says it can translate primary cell culture systems to the human biological condition, unveiling meaningful data for understanding drug-target interactions, mechanisms, and positive and negative output responses.
"HemoShear creates human-relevant systems to accurately replicate the biology of organ systems and diseases. We apply these methods to bridge the gap between traditional cell culture methods and human and animal pathobiology," says Dr. Blackman, CSO.
Using its vascular system, HemoShear's scientists are currently collaborating with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies on R&D programs and foresee the opportunity to expand its methods into many other organs.
"When you expose vascular endothelial cells co-cultured with smooth muscle cells to very specific hemodynamic conditions, the cells can be reprogrammed to respond just as they do in the human body.
"We can make cells think they're in the large arteries in the brain, or small vessels in the gut by applying region-specific hemodynamics," says Dr. Wamhoff, vp of R&D.
"When studies are performed under these conditions, the results can better predict human responses and in turn, better inform scientific interpretation with our partners working on drug programs," says Dr. Wamhoff.
Applying the same principles of cell co-cultures and hemodynamics, HemoShear has been developing an advanced liver system using human primary cells to assess liver toxicity, metabolism, and drug-drug interactions. The development work is being led by Ajit Dash, M.D., Ph.D. HemoShear believes that its human liver surrogate systems can guide companies in the discovery and selection of new drug candidates with better efficacy and safety profiles. "What is even more exciting is that we believe that we can create conditions to replicate liver diseases also," says Dr. Wamhoff.
In 2011, HemoShear was awarded a $4.3 million SBIR grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and has partnered with Expression Analysis, a Quintiles company, to develop the first comprehensive human response database for evaluating the vascular pharmacology of drug compounds.
Led by Robert Figler, Ph.D., HemoShear scientific director, the database will profile how human vascular cells respond at the genomic level to over 100 existing and novel drug compounds that span over 17 drug classes. Among the compounds being tested are drugs approved by the FDA, those withdrawn from the market, and some with black-box warnings.
Building upon this foundational Human Response Database, HemoShear will partner with its clients to determine risk profiles for their compounds as well as interrogate the database to exploit novel human biological effects across chemical and compound class for drug discovery and development initiatives.
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Team Sonnen is currently in Brazil taping the third season of the Ultimate Fighter Brazil opposite Wanderlei Silva. According to the UFC President Dana White, the tension in the gym is legit:
"From what I have heard, the first day of filming was absolute insanity. Basically, it's so crazy down there that the guys that are coaching on Chael's team are scared to be there. That's how insane it is inside that gym," said UFC president Dana White following UFC Fight Night 35 on Fox Sports 1.
Prior to his UFC 167 bout with Rashad Evans, Sonnen spoke with MMAWeekly.com in a video interview about the concerns of coaching in a country he's offended on multiple occasions. Over the past three years, he's insulted Brazil as a nation, their culture and their most revered fighters. On two separate occasions, a Brazilian fan has attempted to assault Sonnen in the U.S.
"The threats are very real, and we downplay them if anything. They're real and genuine. Attempts have been made. It's just the way it goes. I'm not going to live my life in fear. I don't live in fear," said Sonnen."I don't think about it a whole lot. Again, it's a real thing. I recognize it. That's it."


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Darfur: A Red Cross camp for refugees who have fled the violence in Darfur has opened in Tréguine in eastern Chad with the aim of relieving pressure on the overcrowded UNHCR camp at nearby Breijing.
The Tréguine camp, welcomed its first group of 200 Sudanese refugees on Monday. Transfers aboard Red Cross trucks will continue at a rate of between 200 and 400 a day over the next few weeks, until the camp reaches its maximum capacity of approximately 15,000.
The decision to open a new camp was taken by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and Chadian authorities to take pressure off Breijing, whose population is now close to 45,000 on a site planned for just 20,000. Tréguine will take in the refugees who cannot be incorporated into Breijing due to constraints on the water supply and other facilities.
"This is not just another camp opening," says Eelko Brouwer, head of the International Federation's delegation in Chad. "This is about ensuring a decent standard of humanitarian assistance to a population that has suffered tremendously. It was not possible to do that for all in Breijing."
The Chad Red Cross is responsible for running the new camp, and has received strong support from the International Federation and other Red Cross societies within the framework of an appeal for 14.2 million Swiss francs (US$ 11.24 million) launched last July.
Since then, volunteers and staff have been working around the clock to set up the camp's infrastructure, including living tents, warehouses, latrines and a medical centre capable of treating up to 200 patients a day. Oxfam has recently struck several water sources sustainable all year round by drilling deep underground. The wells and boreholes they have set up are now assured to produce enough potable water for the entire population of the camp.
The local population, which despite its own limited resources has been very generous to the refugees, will also receive assistance in the form of medical supplies, wells, and non-food items such as plastic sheeting, sleeping mats and blankets.
With hundreds more refugees crossing the border into Chad each day, the Red Cross is well aware of the rapidly evolving demands of the situation. A contingency plan for up to 25,000 additional refugees -- to be taken care of in Tréguine or elsewhere -- is ready to be launched, and events are being closely monitored in collaboration with partner organisations.


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on December 16, 2012 - 12:01 AM
"The playoffs are out of the picture for us now," he said.
Shocking, coming from a man who had drawn hopeful parallels to last year's Super Bowl champions when his team was 4-7. Gailey corrected himself later in the day. The Bills are still technically alive heading into today's game against the Seahawks at the Rogers Centre.
Gailey is essentially correct, though. They're done. There's no point in examining the far-fetched and convoluted series of events that need to occur for the Bills to make the playoffs at 8-8. It's time to play for pride and jobs now.
Normally, this is where I remind you how much I despise the Toronto series, and how it makes the Bills look like a desperate, fragile and second-rate NFL franchise to farm out one of their eight precious regular-season games to Canada in the name of regionalization.
Those things remain true. But I have to admit, I'm really excited about this game. It wouldn't matter if they played it in the middle of the Queenston Bridge, or if the Bills were coming into the game winless. This could be the most compelling matchup of the season. Why?
Marshawn Lynch vs. C.J. Spiller.
Lynch, the prodigal son, comes home (sort of) as the star running back and face of a Seattle franchise — that is the hottest team in the NFC. Spiller, the Bills' dynamic and underutilized back, is set to be the unquestioned feature back now that Fred Jackson is out for the year.
Lynch has 261 carries for 1,266 yards, second only to the Vikings' Adrian Peterson. He has a 4.9 average per carry and nine touchdowns. Going back to the ninth week of last season, he has 2,207 rushing yards, the most of any running back in the league, more than 300 ahead of the next man, Ray Rice.
Spiller has 144 carries for 944 yards. At that pace, he would finish with the highest average per carry (6.6) of any NFL/AFL running back since Beattie Feathers became the first 1,000-yard man in 1934.
Both will be operating indoors, running on a fast track with lots to prove: Lynch will be eager to show the Bills they were wrong to trade him to Seattle after drafting Spiller two years ago. Spiller will be looking to prove he's durable enough to handle a full workload in Gailey's offense.
I know this isn't boxing. It's a team game and running backs don't square off against each other. But you have to admit, it's good drama for December, especially by our standards. For Bills fans, a Lynch-Spiller dustup is a lot more interesting than pretending that a victory might propel them on some heroic late-season run.
Keep in mind, if not for Lynch, Spiller wouldn't even be here.
It was Lynch's dubious off-field behavior that compelled the Bills to take Spiller with the ninth overall pick in 2010 - making them the only NFL team in the last 10 years to draft a running back in the first round three times.
They had two proven running backs in Lynch and Jackson, but Lynch had worn out his welcome and the Bills knew it was only a matter of time before they moved him.
No doubt, there are people who see Lynch's success as a redemption story, proof that he was treated unfairly in Buffalo and that trading him was yet another in a long line of miscalculations by the personnel department.
That's much too convenient. Lynch was a productive player with the Bills. He ran for 1,000 yards twice. In his finer moments, the fans embraced his relentless "Beast Mode" running style. He could have owned the town and been a Buffalo icon, if he had been mature enough to handle his early success.
But he wasn't. Lynch came here as a naive 21-year-old. Soon after he was drafted, his mother said people in Buffalo shouldn't judge her son by his tough exterior. Get to know him, she said. "When they see Marshawn," Delisa Lynch said, "they will see the child that I raised."
That's how Lynch behaved here, like a privileged, overgrown child. He never allowed us to know him, never let people in. His public act spoke for him. Hitting a woman with his car and driving away. Bringing his own booze into bars. Getting charged with weapons possession in L.A. Grabbing a $20 bill from a woman and saying, "Don't you know who I am?"
Maybe he was simply too young, or Buffalo too small. By the end of his third season, in which he served a three-game suspension for the gun arrest, I felt it was time for him to go. He wasn't comfortable here. A separation was best for both parties.
Lynch has reborn as a star in Seattle, which was desperate to make him the focus of Pete Carroll's offense. It's another regrettable case of an athlete leaving Buffalo and thriving elsewhere. But it sickens me when people talk as if we were a bunch of rubes who treated the poor guy unfairly.
I'm sure Lynch ran into an insensitive cop or bartender or reporter here or there. But his problems were mainly self-inflicted. He's not the first athlete to begin his career in extended adolescence, and he won't be the last. That doesn't mean we were wrong to want the guy out of town.
Evidently, Lynch has done a lot of growing up. I'm glad for that. He always had a soft side to him. He simply didn't make an effort to share it enough here. A recent Sports Illustrated story talked in glowing terms about Lynch's Fam 1st Foundation, and his efforts to build a youth center in his native Oakland. He should be commended for trying to make a difference in the lives of children in the city where he grew up.
The story was a little much, though. It made Lynch out to be a modern-day Bill Bradley. The author said if we could only look past his appearance, we'd see his "analytical" and "facile" mind. Sounds like his PR handlers are peddling a lot of the same stuff about poor, misunderstood Marshawn.
Oh, Lynch is still awaiting resolution on his DUI arrest last July in California. It might result in another suspension. But I imagine Seahawks fans are looking past it, now that Lynch is the centerpiece of a rousing playoff run.
So yes, it should be quite a showdown today. Bills fans should finally get to see how Spiller can do without the coaching shackles. And they can root against Lynch. Hey, if he runs amok again, at least it'll be in someone else's town.
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I was watching a Frontline program, The Card Game [3], which talked about the recently passed CARD Act. It was broadcast in November 2009 but by then the regulations and rules that would take effect in March had already been written in stone. The first piece talks about Providian, a secured credit card company that was purchased by Washington Mutual (and then acquired by JP Morgan Chase when WaMu "failed"), and a cut of the commercial showed a consumer say – "people treat you differently when they see you have a gold card." It was Providian's "gold" secured card.
Does having a "gold" card really mean anything? Providian had a "gold" secured card. Secured cards [4] are for people with poor credit looking to rebuild their credit. A gold version of that card doesn't scream "affluence" and so I was surprised to hear that as a selling point. Then again, it's well known that we decide on emotion and confirm with logic. Providian was appealing to the emotional side by saying a gold card told people you were a somebody and then appealing to their logical side by explaining how secured cards rebuild credit.
A gold card might have meant something many years ago but I think in today's world, gold credit cards are no longer status symbols. The only notable exception is a black card, the American Express Black Centurion card. To get one you need to spend $250,000 a year, a one time fee of $5,000, and an annual fee of $2,500. It's an expensive way to buy respect. 🙂
What do you think? Do all these gold, platinum, or black cards mean anything to you? If you're someone who has been using credit for decades, how does today's climate differ from, say, ten or twenty years ago?
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Twenty-one years after the King of Late Night retired from NBC's The Tonight Show after a 30-year run, Johnny Carson is back on the small screen – this time on tablets and smartphones via iTunes starting Tuesday.
Carson, who was 79 when he died of emphysema in 2005, filmed 4,351 episodes of the late-night staple.
Now, users will have the chance to discover archived appearances of some of showbiz's most iconic stars, including a young Drew Barrymore, a soon-to-be president Bill Clinton, Bette Midler – who, as Carson's final guest, memorably delivered his favorite song, "One For My Baby (And One More for the Road)" on the second-to last episode – and Ellen DeGeneres, in one of her first TV appearances ever.
Some of these interviews have not been seen since their original broadcast.
"This is a chance for a new generation to discover Johnny," Carson's nephew Jeff Sotzing tells PEOPLE. "A lot of young people don't know who Johnny Carson was. This is a great opportunity for them to see some of Johnny's greatest TV moments."
Sotzing first worked alongside his uncle in 1978 with a summer job answering phones, fetching coffee and, finally, becoming a producer.
"Off-camera, my uncle was the same witty, fun and smart man you saw on TV," says Sotzing. "Everything about him was real. He was a loving and a generous man."
Sotzing recalls Carson as a current events junkie who loved reading and discussing news, eating cheeseburgers and always being punctual. Still, the one thing Sotzing misses the most about his uncle is his humor.
"I loved his wit," says Sotzig. "He had the best sense of humor. He always made me laugh."
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Engadget has just revealed some details on the next version of Apple TV. According to their sources "very close to Apple", our new shiny boxes will run iPhone OS 4, will be powered by A4 CPU and will bring 1080p straight to our fancy wall-size plasmas (without the necessity of hacking). And all this for shocking $99. Yes, only $99.
"The device is said to be quite small with a scarce amount of ports (only the power socket and video out), and has been described to some as "an iPhone without a screen," says Engadget.
Engadget also claims that Apple will be focusing the new ATV on cloud-based storage, although there will still be an option to utilize a Time Capsule as an external storage component.
We can't say we are surprised. We say: this is exactly what we expected to see happening.


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on November 6, 2012 - 5:37 PM
The Grand Island School District could lose more than a half million dollars in state aid if it doesn't have a teacher evaluation plan in place by Jan. 17.
Grand Island is one of 200 school districts in the state that has not yet submitted a performance review plan, interim Superintendent Robert W. Christmann said at this week's Board of Education meeting.
Negotiations on the performance review plan, mandated by the state, are ongoing with the teachers union, "with good results," said Christmann.
"We're optimistic an agreement will be reached fairly soon," he said. The plan must be approved by the School Board before being forwarded to the state, which has final approval.
Districts that don't meet the deadline will forfeit their share of the additional state aid approved by the State Legislature last June.
For Grand Island that means $530,000, which Christmann said "would be devastating."
In other business at Monday night's meeting, Joseph Giarrizzo, finance director, reported that the district refinanced the last four years of a bond issue at an interest rate of 0.74 percent, which will save the district about $341,000.
Christmann also clarified the confusion that occurred over last week's school closing because of Hurricane Sandy.
Stating the decision was solely his to make, Christmann said he decided about 10:30 p.m. Oct. 29 after checking the weather forecast, consulting with superintendents of other districts and school personnel to cancel Tuesday's classes.
The information was communicated to a Buffalo TV station, which broadcasts closings and posts them online. Its system includes a time period for postings, which apparently had expired between the time Christmann reported it Monday night and the Tuesday morning broadcast. So some people were unaware that school was canceled.
Also, Christmann said, the station inadvertently sent out a text message to subscribers of that service incorrectly stating the Grand Island schools would not reopen until Nov. 5, which triggered a flood of calls to district offices and postings on student Facebook pages.
"We sent out a message that this information wasn't true," said Christmann, "which triggered a whole batch of more calls."
The board also approved creating a committee to devise a process for naming rights for school facilities. It will be seek volunteers, including parents and students, to serve on the panel, which will report back to the board. The board has not yet decided how many members the panel will have.
There have been some specific naming requests, including one to name the high school auditorium for the late William and Marion Pinkow, who were both music teachers.


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- Visitor depot for enthusiasts – and non-fanatics, too
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Combine a visit to the Albula Railway Museum with a tour of the line itself, by walking the Albula Railway Trail from Preda to Bergün through the UNESCO World Heritage Site. This easy, varied and highly informative walk lasts about 2.5 hours. It follows the spectacular route of the railway line and its towering viaducts, with information panels and barbecue picnic sites along the way.
High thrills on the Albula adventure train: experience the fascinating history of the Rhaetian Railway first-hand by combining a visit to the Albula Railway Museum with a ride on the Albula adventure train. This historic train runs every Sunday between 2. June and 1. September 2013, carrying you to the Albula Railway Trail and back again. www.rhb.ch/erlebniszug
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Brad Paisley will join ABC's talent competition Rising Star as an expert, along with singer Kesha and rapper Ludacris.
The show, hosted by singer-songwriter Josh Groban, premieres June 22 and will be the first interactive music competition in which viewers can vote via an app to determine if the contestant will advance. The results are given in real time and the singers can see how the voting is going during their performance. Talk about nerve-wracking!
In his role as an expert Paisley, 41, tells PEOPLE, "I'll be kind – probably."
"I think being honest is a key thing, but finding a funny way to say things would be good," he says. "Humor fixes anything. I like to laugh at anything that's going on so I'll probably be doing that to my own fault. I'll probably be sticking my foot in my mouth here and there."


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Enjoy vistas of the Pacific Coast as you take a scenic tour of the spectacular Marin Headlands with views of SanFrancisco, Tiburon, the Golden Gate Bridge and California coastline. This PCTR classic-event begins and ends atRodeo Beach. You'll see historic abandoned military batteries reclaimed by nature. December is the end of the of the diurnalraptor season, with tens of thousands of raptors drawn to the area.
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Rodeo Beach, CA50km – 8:30am30km – 8:30am20km – 8:45am8km – 9:00amEvent Check In/Bibs: 7:30am – 8:15am at the start area at Rodeo Beach.Time Limits: There is a 9 hour time limit for the 50km run. There is a 2pm cutoff time for starting the 20km loop.
We will provide a variety of fresh fruit, salty snacks, salted potatoes, PB&J sandwiches, salt tabs, sugary snacks, Clif Shot bloks, electrolytes sports drink, Coke, and water. Runners in the 50km may leave a drop bag at the 30km aid station with personal needs. In addition, it is highly recommended that runners carry at least 20 oz. of water between aid stations.
Sport-Tek shirt will be included with registration unless a no shirt option is requestedSport-Tek: This maximum comfort tee has a roomy, athletic cut and controls sweat. This light weight soft crew neck shirt has short sleeve and comes in both men and women's fit.Patagonia Shirts: Stay dry and cool and get some protection from the sun and salt in silky, lightweight Capilene. It's quick to wick, ultra breathable and fast to dry. Made from 100% all-recycled polyester with 15 UPF sun protections and Gladiodor natural odor control. When ordering the size, they tend to run small.
Placement awards are given to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place female and male finishers overall in each distance. Age group 2016 medallions are awarded to thefemale and male 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finisher in each ten-year age group for each distance. Ultramarathon (50km) finishers will receive a custom event coaster. All distance runner finishers will receive a Rodeo Beach race logo and dated finishers medallion.


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PITTSBURGH - Putting aside the silly throwback uniforms on loan from Ringling Brothers, the Pittsburgh Steelers looked mighty good on Sunday afternoon at Heinz Field.
Their 27-12 handling of the Washington Redskins was clean and efficient with a lot to like.
Start with no sacks and no turnovers. Add in an efficient ground game that led to another edge in time of possession. Don't discount a significant reduction in penalties for a team that had previously turned just about every game into flag day.
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The Steelers kept rookie quarterback Robert Griffin III under control (aided by a corps of Washington receivers who couldn't hang onto the ball), and they broke the six-week pattern of alternating wins and losses.
They'll take a modest two-game winning streak into this Sunday's match-up against the defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants at the Meadowlands.
"We're going in the right direction," offensive tackle Max Starks said. "We stopped digging a hole for ourselves. Now we can start laying a foundation."
A victory over the Giants would be an important step. The next stretch of schedule is an interesting mix of tough and seemingly easy opponents. After New York, the Steelers are home for a Monday night game against Kansas City.
They'll follow that with a Sunday night home game against Baltimore. Then it's the annual trip to Cleveland before the rematch against the Ravens on the road.
A formula similar to the one they used on Sunday would work just fine for all of those games. Be efficient, avoid mistakes and don't let an opponent get up off the mat once he's been knocked down.
"Good win for us in all three phases," coach Mike Tomlin said. "Very necessary."
The Steelers are still finding out about themselves. There are new faces in the lineup on both sides of the ball, and the transition has sometimes been as choppy as their 4-3 record suggests.
One of the positive developments of the past two weeks is the return of the running game. Jonathan Dwyer carried 17 times for 107 yards, making him the first Steelers running back since Willie Parker in 2008 to have consecutive 100-yard games.
Part of that is the shift to more passing, but the ground game had not been efficient through the first five games this season as well.
To borrow Tomlin's phrase, it was very necessary on Sunday. The Steelers were sitting on a lead, looking to consume the clock and play it safe on a turf made tricky by rain that fell through much of the game.
Asked specifically about the offensive line, Tomlin pulled a swerve and instead answered, "I think we have improved as a football team, and that's what this journey that is a football season is about. You'd better find ways to win along the way. We hadn't done enough of that to this point, but I like the direction which we're headed."
Really, aside from the concussion that knocked safety Ryan Clark out of the game early in the second half, it was all good news for the Steelers.
And it gets even better: Those hideous uniforms are back in storage until the home game against Baltimore. That will be the only other times they're worn this season.
"I love them if we play like that in them," was Tomlin's bottom line.
Easy for him to say. He got to wear his usual plain gray sweatshirt.
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"In 1991, an initiative was launched with a pilot project of 200 women from low-income neighbourhoods in a district, near Teheran, and by mid-1996 the programme included over 20,000 volunteers throughout Teheran and all major cities in all provinces. Although no recent statistics have been issued, the claim of officials puts the number anywhere between 25,000 to 37,000. The organization's success has attracted funding from major international organizations, such as UNICEF and the World Bank, despite initially apprehensive assessments of the project.
Community Health Centres, which are set up in urban districts by the Ministry of Health, appoint volunteer women in each neighbourhood who act as intermediaries between local women and the Health Centre. These volunteer health workers receive basic health care training. Each volunteer covers approximately fifty to eighty households in her neighbourhood, serving as the centre's contact person and providing health information for her neighbours. Although their single most important concern after being appointed is the promotion of modern contraception and family planning, volunteers are involved in other health matters. They are expected to keep records of all families with young children, new births, and pregnancies, they invite pregnant women to visit the clinic for pre- and post-natal care and for vaccinations. Volunteers also monitor the health needs of their neighbourhoods and communicate them to the centre. This well-rounded approach to neighbourhood health issues has not only been very significant in bringing legitimacy to the role of the volunteer in the neighbourhoods, but it has also made the job more appealing to the volunteers themselves. Clearly many would not have joined the organization if their role were only limited to contraception and family planning information."


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Joshua Bendixen
Flight Instructor
Flight Operations
I enjoy working for Westminster and have been here for about four years now. I started flying at a small local FBO where I earned my flight instructor certificate. After instructing there for about two years, I was hired by Westminster as a part time CFI. This has been a great fit for me and I can truly say that I enjoy my job here. Our operation is second to none, and I'm proud to be a part of it.
I am married and have two small children. When I have spare time, it is usually spent with my family. Camping or shooting are two of the favorites, followed by a mechanical hobby or two.


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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - With the boating season winding down and most watercraft being removed from Lake Tahoe before the winter storms arrive, it's an excellent time to contemplate whether the time has finally come to move swiftly in the direction of regulations that will prevent invasive species such as zebra and quagga mussels from taking hold in the Lake environment. Along with wildfire, the biggest threat to property values in the Lake Tahoe basin are the aquatic invasive species that have already brought economic and environmental harm to Lake Mead and other major recreational areas in North America.
While mandatory boat inspections have been taking place for the last few years, the threat of invasive species destroying Lake clarity, ruining the beaches and clogging water intake pipes is very real. Even though the TRPA started mandatory boat inspections a few years ago, there are so many private boat ramps, piers and boathouses around the Lake that it only takes one contaminated vessel to begin the downward spiral which will be devastating to the Lake Tahoe economy.
Sadly, there have been dozens of instances in the past few years of out of area boat owners bringing their watercraft to Lake Tahoe without properly washing, cleaning and drying their watercraft. This has resulted in the discovery of boats contaminated with invasive species and it is only sheer luck that Lake Tahoe has not suffered a massive invasion of zebra and quagga mussels.
The entire Lake Tahoe economy will suffer greatly and property values will drop precipitously if the lake becomes infested with aquatic invasive species multiplying out of control. Since there is essentially no way to eradicate these rapidly reproducing shellfish, it is imperative that preventive measures be 100 percent foolproof. Unfortunately, as long as there are private boat ramps and piers where boaters can launch their vessels without going through an inspection the risk of Lake Tahoe becoming contaminated is alarmingly high.
We cannot allow a recreational pursuit to destroy property values all around the Lake simply because a few out of area boaters are careless or unconcerned about decontaminating their watercraft properly. There are now many lakes in Nevada and Northern California within a one-day drive of Lake Tahoe that are suffering the ill effects from the introduction of zebra and quagga mussels, meaning it is only a matter of time before a contaminated boat slips into Lake Tahoe.
While out of area boaters may complain about a stringent new regulation, the fact of the matter is we all need to work together to protect this jewel which is the driver of the Lake Tahoe economy. There are actually a number of positive economic benefits to moving in the direction of a Tahoe Only Boats program. First of all, the local marinas and boat companies will immediately see an enormous increase in business for both watercraft sales and rentals. This will lead to the hiring of more staff for boat sales, service, deliveries and transportation.
If the only boats permitted in Lake Tahoe are locally owned and registered, there will be a dramatic increase in the sale of watercraft, accessories, fuel and safety equipment. It would be very easy to implement a program where Tahoe Only Boats are licensed and registered and stored in approved facilities. Watercraft retailers and storage businesses in Reno and Carson City will also see a jump in sales and rentals if these new regulations are employed.
At first glance, there will of course be some opposition to a Tahoe Only Boats campaign because some people just like to have their own way without regard for the long term negative impacts on the Lake Tahoe environment. But when clearer heads prevail it will become obvious to everyone that we cannot afford the economic and environmental devastation that will occur if aquatic invasive species take hold around the Lake. We already have problems with Asian clams and milfoil along with algae blooms infesting marinas and beaches in pockets from the Tahoe Keys around to Zephyr Cove. The eradication efforts that have been under way to deal with these invasive species have had a marginal impact at best.
While out of area boat owners may complain about implementing this type of program, it's not fair to expect Lake Tahoe property owners to risk economic devastation for the selfish enjoyment of a small group of nonresidents. Please write to the TRPA Board of Governors and ask them to make Tahoe Only Boats the top priority prior to the start of the 2013 boating season.
- Don Kanare is an Incline Village resident and Realtor at RE/MAX Premier Properties.


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Historical Traditions of Business and Entrepreneurship
This course introduces students to the stakeholder management framework for decision making. Topics covered include business's societal and ethical responsibilities to internal and external stakeholders. Students learn how managers identify groups who have a stake in the business and its practices. Outcomes and skills of the Gore School of Business are introduced.
Leadership Development
This course provides an intellectual and analytical examination of the core issues in the practice of leadership. Students will examine these issues of leadership within the Westminster College and local community environments. The course will contain a mix of theory and practice, and students will use an experiential, applied instructional approach. Discussion, exercises, self-analysis, and skill practice will be the primary learning methods used in the course.
Business Quantitative Methods
This course applies quantitative methods to business and economic problems. The emphasis is on learning to select appropriate problem solving methods, apply the chosen method, use appropriate software tools, and interpret the solution. Business and economic problems are used to demonstrate quantitative decision-making methods and qualitative interpretation and understanding of solutions. Prerequisite: MATH 141. Co-requisite: IRM 200.
Principles of Management
Examines the concepts and influences operating in business organizations, the functions of managers in that setting, and the managerial role in non-business organizations. Emphasizes historical foundations of management and principles of management theory and how theory is practiced. Contemporary examples are used to illustrate/demonstrate fundamental precepts. Prerequisite: MATH 141.
Operations Management
This course examines production/operations as the third aspect of the finance, marketing, and conversion triad. The course is important in understanding the assembly of materials and ideas in creating a product or service. Prerequisites: MGMT 305, MATH 150.
Business and Employment Law
This course discusses current legal problems confronting business and the legal aspect of decision-making. The course helps students understand legal principles and the process of legal reasoning and proceedings, particularly as they pertain to business, and defines the responsibilities of business to consumers and the public. The course also provides a basic understanding of three legal areas: (1) introduction to the U.S. legal system, (2) broad understanding of contract law, and (3) broad understanding of forms of business organizations (sole proprietorship, partnerships, and corporations). Prerequisite: MGMT 305, MATH 141.
Directed Studies
A tutorial-based course used only for student-initiated proposals for intensive individual study of topics not otherwise offered in the Management program. Prerequisites: MGMT 305; junior or senior standing and consent of instructor and school dean.
Special Topics in Management
This series of courses explores threats and opportunities related to legislative, cultural, economic, and technological considerations in business today and their impact on current and long-term decisions. Prerequisites vary with course content.
Managing People
This course focuses on the principles and skills needed to manage human resources effectively. Topics to be covered include hiring and terminating employees; interviewing; managing performance; motivating, coaching and counseling employees; empowering and delegating; building and leading teams; persuading and influencing others; and managing conflict. The course is for students who expect to manage people; it is not intended to prepare students for an HR specialist role. Prerequisites: MGMT 305.
Communications and Interpersonal Skills
This skill-building course focuses on the business communication tools needed to work in teams, manage people, and influence others. Students use the behavioral simulation lab during each class session to practice skills and receive feedback. Skill modules include interpersonal communication and listening, discussion facilitation, oral presentations, and business writing. Prerequisite: MGMT 305.
Organizational Behavior
This course examines individual behavior in organizations, organizational processes, and organization design, culture, and structure. Special emphasis is placed on how organizations deal with and initiate change. Prerequisite: MGMT 305. Crosslisted with PSYC 433.
Students receive credit for meeting pre-arranged learning objectives while working for a company or non-profit organization. Internships give students the opportunity to compare their understanding of classroom material with current best practices in their field. Credit is based on the number of hours at the job site and the nature of the learning objectives. Monthly class sessions reinforce the student learning objectives, and allow interns to compare their experiences with other interns. Prerequisites: MGMT 305; junior or senior standing (transfer students must complete a minimum of 15 Westminster credit hours or obtain permission of instructor); completion of the Career Center Internship Workshop; and approvals from the Gore School of Business Practice/Experience Coordinator and the Career Center Internship Coordinator.
Management Practicum
This disciplinary practicum is a student team-based, company consultation project. The project addresses a real issue of concern to a client company (or non-profit organization), requires extensive research, and results in a formal oral presentation and written report to the company. Students work in teams of 3-6 under the supervision of a Gore School of Business faculty member. Prerequisites: MGMT 305; MATH 150; junior or senior standing.
Professional Portfolio
The Professional Portfolio is designed for mid-career professionals. The class gives students the opportunity to assess their interests and skills, design a career plan, and create a portfolio, which documents what they have to offer to an organization in an appropriate field. Students must have at least five years of professional or managerial experience to enroll in this class. Prerequisites: MGMT 305; junior or senior standing; and approval of the Gore School of Business Experience/Practice Coordinator.
New Product Development
This course is designed to introduce the theories, methods and practice of product development from initial research through concept development. Students will become familiar with the nature, structure, roles and process of research and development, including the use of product development as a competitive strategy.
Change in Organizations
A comprehensive look at the change process in organizations. This course is an
extension of strategic management concepts with the focus on the implementation of strategy rather than the formulation of strategy. The emphasis is on developing an understanding of multiple change models instead of focusing on a single model. This approach demands a systems perspective and the assumption that change is continuous. In addition, characteristics of successful and unsuccessful change are discussed. The overall objective of the course is to develop an understanding of the complexity of managing organizational change. Prerequisite: MGMT 305 or MGMT 433.
Today's organizations rely on leaders who will set the course, make decisions, respond to issues and tackle the problems involved in long and short term organizational success. Effective leaders are sought at all levels of an organization. Only through the leaders within an organization will the organization's leadership goals be achieved. This course will look at leadership theory and practice from a historical perspective, integrating these lessons into today's business environment. Focus will be on application of theory within a renowned simulation experience, providing students an opportunity to hone their leadership skills within the classroom environment. The text, leader interviews, and exams will provide a lens through which the simulation can be analyzed. Prerequisite: MGMT 305.
Management and Marketing of Services
Traditionally, business school courses have focused on the manufacturing sector of the economy. This course is especially designed for those students who may be interested in working in service industries and in addressing the distinct needs and challenges of managing services and delivering quality service to customers. The primary theme of the course is that service organizations (e.g., banks, transportation companies, hotels, hospitals, educational institutions, professional services) require a distinctive approach to management and marketing strategy—both in its development and execution. A second theme of the course focuses on the role of service in manufacturing businesses. Prerequisite: MKTG 300, MGMT 305. Crosslisted with MKTG 470.
Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship
This course surveys the entrepreneurial skills necessary for developing new ventures. The course will cover the fundamentals of business plan development, analyzing and securing financing from multiple sources and at different life-cycle states, the role of the owner in various stages of the firm life-cycle, the various post-establishment ownership and exit strategies, and the role of strategic market analysis in all phases of the process. Special emphasis is placed on the use of case study analysis to review successful and unsuccessful entrepreneurial enterprises. Prerequisites: MGMT 305; MKTG 300; FINC 300.
Strategy in Global Management
This course focuses on understanding the key corporate, business and functional decisions that affect the long-term competitive position of the firm within the global environment. Fundamentally, this course is about understanding the issues that affect the very survival of businesses. This means that any problem or opportunity—whether human resources, accounting, finance, marketing, production, or organization—is a strategic concern if it affects the fundamental performance of the firm. As a result, this course is both integrative and interdisciplinary and assumes that students have completed the core business classes. This course, however, is more than a simple integration of the functional areas. Prerequisites: senior standing, completion of all common business core classes.
International Management
Examines the management of enterprises whose interests extend across international boundaries. Focuses on the development of global strategy, cultural and environmental challenges, and the issues surrounding the formation of international operations and the acquisition of foreign companies. Includes cultural and ethical issues confronting managers and the challenges of control and communication in an international setting. Prerequisites: ACCT 213, ECON 253, ECON 263, MGMT 305, MKTG 300.


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The Northwest Arkansas center for Equality hosted a rally in support of marriage equality Tuesday afternoon.
The rally at College Avenue and Dickson Street in Fayetteville started at 4 p.m. and was expected to end at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Similar rallies are going on across the country Tuesday as the Supreme Court began hearing cases regarding same-sex marriage.
James Rector, the president of the Northwest Arkansas Center for Equality, says that he hopes the rally will help show support for this national movement.
People who attended the rally Tuesday were encouraged to wear red. The group was expected to meet at U.S Pizza on Dickson Street after the rally.
The Northwest Arkansas Center for Equality said it might hold more rallies in the future.


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The following series of three Letters were published in the March 26, 2013, Tomahawk Leader. Feel free to add your thoughts.
Want impartial judge;
keep politicians out of courtroom
I'm writing this letter in regards to the April 2nd election for Judge in which I support Rob Russell. I met Rob some 50 years ago when my family and I moved into our new home next door to the Russell Family at which time Rob happened onto the scene. By the way, I was entering my terrible two's. As Rob and I communicated in spits, burps, and farts back then, I wasn't aware of the Russell history dating back to the town of Jenny, now Merrill, where Rob's Great Grandfather was the first Caucasian born here. As time went on, I grew up witnessing the Russell law legacy unfolding to the present day. Rob and his late father George compiling approximately 75 years of legal service in Lincoln County, Rob himself, serving almost a quarter of a century.
But before I go on about Rob, I would like to share a few thoughts on Rob's opponent, John Yackel. As I see it, the facts speak for themselves. Mr. Yackel has no history in Lincoln County. He has only approximately 10 years of legal experience, which is less than half of Rob's experience. Truth be told, he is related to State Congressman Sean Duffy. Mr. Yackel also is the former Chairman of the Marathon County Republican Party. I think you see were this is going. So it was no surprise when Governor Walker appointed Mr. Yackel to the temporary position over not one, but two more qualified candidates from Lincoln County. Is he a Politian or a Judge? His actions, as written in the Wausau Daily Herald on Feb. 27th, 2013, also show poor character and bad judgment.
But back to Rob, who has two brothers, both of which have chosen to serve their country in the military. They are most definitely a source of pride for Rob, as he has been working to bring free legal services to support and assist our Veterans at no cost to the County. Rob spends his time helping the people of Lincoln County, Mr. Yackel, a political party.
In closing, I can only hope that the voters of Lincoln County will send a message as far as Madison that we want an impartial judge. We have the opportunity to put the right person on the bench. Someone who has strong character, exercises good judgment, and leads by example. And most importantly, someone who will be fair and impartially serve the people of Lincoln County because he wants to make a difference for all the right reasons, keeping the Men, Women, and Children of Lincoln County safe. Let's keep the politicians out of the court room.
My Name is Dave Mahn and I'm a Lincoln County Resident.
Authorized and Paid for by Dave Mahn, Merrill
(Editor's Note: Given that the election is next week and this letter-writer raises vague questions about a Wausau Daily Herald article without further explanation or a chance for Judge John Yackel to respond, the gist of that story is provided here: The judge was presiding over a probate case involving the estate of a man who died in 2009. A woman in that case erected campaign signs in her yard in Merrill supporting Yackel. When Yackel found out she had done so, he called the Wisconsin Judicial Commission, which oversees judicial conduct, to ask how to proceed. He was told he did not have to remove himself from the case as long as he had not solicited the support. Yackel said he wanted to verify the proper steps. A link to that article is provided here http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/apps/p ... 3302270182.)