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IUP's Employment Page looks different. What happened?
On November 16, 2015, IUP launched a new online recruitment system, powered by NEOGOV, a leading vendor in applicant tracking. The new system provides job seekers convenient features such as the ability to attach documents, online scheduling of qualifying tests (if applicable), the ability to reset your own password, and a complete paper-free applicant process.
What browsers are supported in the new system?
Beginning April 15, 2016, NEOGOV will add support for the latest version of Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome browsers.
How can I find out what current job openings are available?
You can learn about current job openings by:
How do I apply for a job opening with IUP?
Must I have an e-mail address to apply for a position at IUP?
Yes. You must have an e-mail address to apply for a position with IUP, as our hiring team uses e-mail as a primary method of communication. We recommend the use of a personal e-mail address to ensure applicants receive all correspondence sent from our
If you do not have a personal e-mail address, you can sign up for a free e-mail account with a number of vendors such as Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail, and Gmail. You will need to check the website of the vendor in which you are interested and must agree to the
terms set forth by the vendor of your choice.
Note: You cannot share e-mail addresses with anyone. Each individual applicant must have a unique user ID, password, and e-mail address.
What information will I be asked to provide?
You will be asked to provide personal information such as your name, address, and phone number. You will also be asked to provide information about your education and employment history, as well as names and e-mail addresses for three professional employment references.
Applicants for faculty positions may be asked to submit additional materials. You may be asked to submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, transcripts, a statement that describes your teaching and research interests, or a writing sample. Refer to the special instructions included in the posting. Submit your application materials in accordance with the instructions.
Can I change or add information to my employment application after it has been submitted?
Changes cannot be made after an employment application has been submitted for a particular posting. Please contact the Office of Human Resources at firstname.lastname@example.com for assistance.
Do I have to fill out an application for each position applied to?
Yes, but the online recruitment system allows you to utilize your saved master profile application information as the basis for each posting of interest.
If you have already created an application using this online employment system, return to the Home page, click on the Login link, and enter your username and password. Click on "Your Application" to: 1) apply to new positions without re-entering your master profile application information, 2) edit your master profile application, or 3) review the status of positions to which you have applied.
(Changes made to your master profile application will not become part of any application(s) that you have already submitted.)
My screen timed out…did my information save?
You must click SAVE AND CONTINUE TO NEXT or SAVE AND STAY ON THIS PAGE to save the information you have entered. If you close your browser or your window timed out prior to clicking SAVE AND CONTINUE TO NEXT or SAVE AND STAY ON THIS PAGE, your application and account may not be saved and you may lose the information on the last page that was not saved.
If you have closed your browser before completing your application, you may return to the website, click on the Login link, and enter your username and password to continue with your application.
Can I fax or mail paper applications and/or resumes to apply for a position?
With the onset of our new Applicant Tracking system, e-mailed, scanned, faxed, or mailed resumes or job applications will not be accepted.
What if I am not ready to fill out the application at this time?
If you do not want to complete an application at this time, please click Cancel at the bottom of the page.
When and how will I know if I've been selected for an interview?
Once the posting period is closed, please allow two to four weeks for the review of applications and the selection of candidates to be interviewed. If you are selected for an interview, you will be contacted by telephone or e-mail.
If you are not selected, you will receive an electronic notice.
I applied to a Faculty posting. How can I check on the status of my application?
All completed applications for faculty positions are referred to the search committees for each faculty position. The search committee reviews applicant's credentials and determines which candidates to move forward in the hiring process. You will be contacted by the search committee via telephone or e-mail.
What is considered a complete application?
Your application will not be complete until you have attached all required documents and submitted the required materials. System-required information is denoted with an asterisk(*). Additional application materials may be required. Review the position posting for application instructions, which may advise you to submit some materials by mail to the search committee. In some instances, the more information you provide the easier it will be to effectively evaluate your skills, abilities, and qualifications.
Will IUP conduct a background investigation?
Successful candidates who are verbally offered employment with IUP will be required to complete all clearances prior to the start of employment (See Background Investigation Policy). All offers of employment are contingent upon the results of the background investigation.
Can I copy selected information from another electronic document?
Yes, you can. For example, you can copy and paste the information from a Word document directly into the appropriate fields in the application form.
What if I apply to a posting that is for internal bidders only?
Postings for internal bidders are for existing IUP employees only. Once the application window has closed for internal bidders, the applicants will be reviewed to determine if there is an eligible senior bidder. If there is not a senior bidder, the position will be reposted for external applicants. Any person can apply to an external posting.
Will successful internal bidders be posted?
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When do I take the university-sponsored typing test? Can I apply without taking the test?
Applicants for clerk typist positions will be required to successfully complete the university-sponsored typing test as part of the interview process. If you are contacted for an on-campus interview, you will be able to take the university typing test at that time. Proof of successful Pennsylvania civil service typing test will be accepted.
I provided the wrong e-mail address for one of my qualified reference; how can I update it?
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If the position is no longer actively posted, does that mean it is closed?
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If the position is closed and my professional reference has not submitted a letter of recommendation, can they still be submitted?
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I am on a faculty search committee. Why am I unable to log in and review all the applicants?
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Automated e-mails will come from firstname.lastname@example.com and will be generated to the dean, dean's administrative assistant, department chair, and Search Committee each time new candidates are referred in NEOGOV.
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November Growth Hackers Meetup - Jamie Quint from Lookcraft
Event Description
The process of 'Growth Hacking' is simple - 1) Idenfity Opportunities, 2) Test, 3) Measure, 4) Repeat - so why is growth so elusive? The challenge is that the hard part is not the process, but identifying the right inputs and recognizing the right outputs of the process.
Running an A/B test is easy, knowing which tests to run and what defines a good result is the hard part. Buying traffic is easy, knowing what channels exist and which ones you should buy into is the hard part. Its like baking - if you know you're supposed to mix a bunch of stuff up and throw it in the oven, but don't know what ingredients to use and have no idea what the finished product should look like, its not going to turn out well.
At this month's Growth Hacker Meetup, Jamie Quint will be talking about the ingredients you should be considering and the results you should expect.
About Jamie Quint
Jamie is the founder of Lookcraft, he thinks about mens fashion all day so you don't have to. Lookcraft helps men dress better by making the shopping process simpler, more engaging, and fun.
Before starting Lookcraft Jamie was an early employee and Product Manager of Growth at Swipely, a co-founder of Y-Combinator backed Snaptalent, and founder of the first Facebook application consulting company. He's also on Andrew Chen's list of Growth Hackers to Work For.
About the Chicago Growth Hacker Meetup
Startups don't fail because they can't get the product built, they fail because they can't acquire customers. This group is for startups and professionals who are actively acquiring customers. We meet to discuss strategies and tactics for taking your startup up and to the right.

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Romance often leads to marriage, and marriage often leads to divorce. The latter is not only emotionally painful but legally complicated, which is why most people hire lawyers to help them. The following conversations are with lawyers who specialize in divorce, who spend most of their time helping untie the matrimonial knot.
Sharon Kalemkiarian
Would you please tell us about yourself? How long have you been practicing law, and what percentage of your practice relates to family law, specifically divorce issues?
I graduated from law school in '89, and I spent the first five — really seven — years after law school involved in child-advocacy work. I taught the child-advocacy program at USD, the clinic that they had in child advocacy for law students. I worked with adolescents and teenagers who had legal problems and a variety of mental-health and school issues. Then I was really the creator and leader of a movement to reform county services for children in need of mental health.
I started practicing family law around three years ago — two and a half, three years ago — joining this practice as a partner. Our firm is primarily dedicated to family law. I still do a fair amount of work in the juvenile court as well as guardianships for grandparents and relatives who are caring for children. I also serve as minor's counsel in family-law matters when appointed by the bench. So all of my work is exclusively to family proceedings, and about 80 percent of it is in the family court on both dissolution and property matters, custody and visitation matters…the gamut that we all cover.
You have a particular focus, I take it, in child issues.
I do. I certainly handle all the matters in the cases and have been very successful in all facets of it, but I tell my clients, "You know, if you want to argue over your property with your spouse, soon to be ex-spouse, argue as much as you want. You're going to spend a lot of money, you're probably going to fritter a lot of your money away that would be saved if you would settle and both come to some agreement. But don't argue over your kids. That's the worst thing you can do."
If you're retained by a mother, your task is to represent that mother and her claim, her interest. If you're retained by the father, the same is true. Within our system of adversarial advocacy, do you ever find yourself saying, "You know, I don't want to represent either one of these people. I just want to help this child"?
Not very often, and I'll tell you why. If someone walks into my office and their position is really, I think, damaging to their child, I won't take the case. I'm not going to advocate for a position on behalf of my client that I can't go to sleep at night without being concerned I've done something wrong. Now, short of that, there's a lot of gray area.
When people come in and they have the distress that goes along with divorce, whether you want the divorce or not doesn't matter, it's still always very stressful, very anxiety-causing. It's one of the major emotional, physical, financial traumas in people's lives, no matter what. And when it comes to children, nothing is more traumatic. You feel so vulnerable as mother or father as to what's going to happen in the future on so many levels.
I can have a very great impact as counsel, both being responsible for my client's legal rights, as well as counseling them as a lawyer. I can have a great influence over how they approach the case, what type of information they're going to be given, what type of information they're going to further seek out, how they're going to approach the other parent. I can have an even greater impact if I know the lawyer on the other side shares my perspective and the perspective of most professionals who understand child custody and divorce, which is that people need to communicate. They need to talk, they need to get to a common ground. They've got to recognize that both parents are important in the child's life fundamentally, that that's true. Even when there's been abuse and domestic violence, both parents are a significant presence in the child's life. Now, how that presence gets interpreted and how it physically plays out is totally different when you have abuse or difficult domestic violence, but it doesn't decrease the significance of the parent figure in the child's life.
So I very rarely feel, "Oh gee, I'd rather be minor's counsel in this case." Because it's a mistake to say that we can take responsibility for the child's health and well-being out of the decision-making process between the parents. They're responsible ultimately, not society, not the court, not me. If they can't figure it out, the child's going to be damaged by it. My job is to help them figure it out, as well as do what I can to, frankly, take it out of an adversarial posture if I possibly can. If I cannot, to have that process go as well as it can.
What changes have you seen related to children's issues?
There has been a change in the court process. Part of it is statutory, in that, over the last ten years, California has moved towards requiring that the parents have mediation that's provided by the court. Very controversial. The fathers' rights groups put up posters against this process. The mothers' groups who think they've been abused put up websites against the process.
The process of mediation?
Yeah. And I totally support it. I think the court is much better off having what's called mediation. In our county I wouldn't really even call it that. Before you get into court with your custody matter, you're required to go see a mediator that's provided by the court, which is called family court services. That's the arm of the court that does that, custody mediation. Or you can opt to go to a private mediator. In either case, the court is asking a professional who meets certain requirements set out in state law to make a recommendation to the judge as to what should be done. But they only make a recommendation if the parents cannot agree. So it at least ensures that there's going to be some point, if people have filed a motion, that they're going to have to talk to each other or talk to someone else, 'cause sometimes the parents won't sit in the same room. That's an improvement. That didn't use to happen. As a result of that, there's a lot more consciousness by the judges that these things need to be resolved out of the courtroom.


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"Simon Riggs" <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes: > If people understand there aren't 13 performance improvements there are > at *least* 19+ that is a positive message to help people decide to > upgrade. Frankly I think the release notes are already too long. People who judge a release by counting the number of items in the release notes are not worth appeasing. Including every individual lock removed or code path optimized will only obscure the important points on which people should be judging the relevance of the release to them. Things like smoothing checkpoint i/o which could be removing a show-stopper problem for them. If they're mentioned at all a single release note bullet point saying "Many optimizations and concurrency improvements in areas such as transaction start and finish, checkpoint start, record visibility checking, merge join plans, ..." would suffice. -- Gregory Stark EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com Ask me about EnterpriseDB's 24x7 Postgres support!
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Janet Sheridan: Catalog clothing
February 26, 2010
After my column about the Montgomery Ward's Christmas catalog was published, a young lady, out walking on a wintery afternoon, called across the street to say she enjoyed the column and remembered the catalogs.
In fact, her mother slipcovered them to use as booster seats for little ones.
A neighbor reminded me that many people knew the publication as "Monkey Wards."
A woman with a cheerful smile introduced herself to me at the library and wondered why some people received a Ward's catalog while others shopped from Sears.
Did each have a loyal following like PCs and Macs do today?
Finally, my sister called to ask why the column didn't include my disastrous attempt to order school clothes from the Ward's general catalog.
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She has a mean streak.
But a Craig audience, familiar with shopping for clothes by catalog, might understand the nightmare of my first mail-order clothing.
It was the summer before fifth grade, and I had earned enough money picking cherries to purchase store-bought clothes to supplement my home-sewn wardrobe. I checked the math numerous times. With tax and postage to Zone 4, my total order came to $19.34, leaving me $2.11 to spend at the county fair.
I reviewed my selections: a set of seven panties, each pair embroidered with a day of the week (I guessed such labeling prevented girls not so refined as I from wearing the same pair two days in a row); a sack of red, white and blue anklets (I liked the patriotic flair of the illustration on page 126); and a yellow dress with white polka dots on the skirt and a droopy white bow at the collar that I thought would make me look ladylike.
Tongue clenched between my teeth, I went to work on the order form. I recorded item numbers and descriptions, then encountered a problem: the sizes.
I assumed the clothes would come in a fifth-grade-girl size. I needed some guidance, but didn't want to ask older siblings who would mention that my brain was smaller than my nose and criticize my selections.
Mom wasn't home, and the last time I asked which anklets she would order, she escaped into the bathroom looking wild-eyed.
Scrutinizing the page for a clue, I read: "Size charts and ordering help on page 215." Turning there, I found that clothing was small, medium or large depending on my chest, hip and waist measurements.
Good grief.
I secreted myself in the bathroom with Dad's steel tape measure. I knew my chest measurement, being in the habit of checking.
I quickly measured my waist, but the hips stumped me. The instructions said to measure nine inches from my waist and around the fullest part. Of what? After a few contortions, I came up with a number. Alrighty.
Going back to the charts, I realized my numbers didn't match the sizes. A different part of me fit each size. I was a freak. Frustrated, I marked everything medium, thinking things would average out.
The mailman and I became buddies waiting for my package to arrive. When it did, I ran home, ripping it open as I dashed into my bedroom to try on the clothes —"try" being correct.
My beautiful dress, the color of sunshine, wouldn't go over my shoulders though I wriggled and strained until I heard stitches pop. The socks didn't stretch over my foot no matter how much I hopped and yanked, and the panties rebelled mid-hip, labeling one thigh as Monday.
At last, I collapsed on the floor in sobs, overcome with my first case of catalog-shopping despair. To this day, I open packages of clothing I've ordered with trepidation.
And, too often, I make use of the return envelope.


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"Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education."
Thursday, February 16, 7 PM: Book signing and discussion by Shanta Nimbark Sacharoff, author of "Other Avenues are Possible: Legacy of the People's Food System of the San Francisco Bay Area," Sierra 2 Center, 2791 24th Street, in Sacramento
Sunday, April 10, 10 AM - Guided "Vernal Pool Flower Walk" at the Mather Field Vernal Pools
The following three events are part of the culmination of Sacramento State's One World Initiative, a program that galvanizes the CSUS campus behind one common theme each year. This year the focus is Global Perspectives on Power.
Sunday, March 6, 10 AM to 12 Noon - Guided "Critter Walk" at the Mather Field Vernal Pools
For planning the food and drinks, it would be helpful send us an RSVP if you plan to attend and to let us know what kind of food or beverage you'll be bringing if you do choose to bring something to share.
onday, November 30, 5-7 PM: Thirsting for Justice - an examination of the devastating effect of settler colonialism and control of water resources, Hart 3201, UC Davis
The purpose of the rally is to demand that the U.S. delegation to the Paris talks act in good faith to achieve an international agreement to rapidly and dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Click on this link for more information.
Saturday, November 14, 8:30 AM-4:00 PM - Town Hall on Climate Change: Creating our Future, Sacramento City College Student Center, 3835 Freeport Blvd., Sacramento
The outstanding a cappella choral group, RSVP, performed a "sampler" of songs at the October 25th PSR/Sacramento annual dinner. RSVP will be performing full concerts on Friday, November 20th and Saturday, November 21st to benefit 916 ink, a local non-profit organization dedicated to mentoring students in the Sacramento region in developing reading and writing skills, thereby empowering them to a greater level of engagement in society and a higher quality of life. Admission to the concerts is free, but contributions to 916 ink would be appreciated.
Note: The gap in Past Events between October 2014 and August, 2015 does not reflect inactivity on the part of PSR/Sacramento during this period of time but rather a hiatus in posting past events on the website.
We'd like to the everyone who helped make the PSR/Sacramento Annual Dinner on October 24 an enormous success! The Dante Club was filled to capacity, with attendees including longtime PSR and UNA members, new supporters, and students, including High School students from Closing the Gap, college students from American River College and Sacramento State, and medical students from UC Davis, including volunteers from the student run Clinica Tepati. We appreciate the generosity of the many PSR supporters who made contributions beyond the cost of the dinner as well as supporters who were unable attend but who sent contributions to PSR in response to the dinner invitations.
October 24 was the anniversary of the ratification of the founding of the United Nations in San Francisco in 1945. In honor of this event, we combined our PSR/Sacramento annual dinner this year with the annual dinner of the United Nations Association of Sacramento. We appreciate the cooperation and collegiality of the UNA in putting on the joint event. Our keynote speaker was Jerome Sauvage, the Deputy Director of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) office in Washington. DC . Mr. Sauvage gave an outstanding presentation concerning the focus areas of the UNDP, including reducing poverty, fostering social justice, protecting the environment, and promoting democracy, which are very much in line with PSR's principles of "SMART Security," and he provided candid and motivating responses to members questions during the Q & A session after his presentation.
December 11, 2012 - 30th annual Candlelight Vigil for Peace and Justice was held at 16th Street & J Street, Sacramento, followed by gathering at Luna's Cafe'. PSR/Sacramento is a co-sponsor.
October 7, 2012 - PSR/Sacramento ninth annual fundraiser dinner at the California State University, Sacramento Alumni Center. Our keynote speaker, Dr. Claire Pomeroy, Dean, UC Davis School of Medicine, gave an inspiring talk "Creating a healthier world: Addressing the social determinants of health." Read her December 26, 2012 article "Fixing America's Health and Legal Services Safety Net" in Becker's Hospital Review. Thank you for supporting this event including major event sponsor UC Davis Health System and major underwriter Access Sacramento.
March 5, 2009 -- Organic Sounds – A Celebration and Fundraiser for Pesticide Watch at Sierra 2 Center in Sacramento. For over twenty years, Pesticide Watch and Pesticide Watch Education Fund have worked side-by-side with communities to clean up and prevent pesticide pollution and pesticide exposure. During the past year, PSR has joined Pesticide Watch in forming a local coalition to reduce the use of toxic pesticides in our community. There was lots of great organic and local food, drink, music by Rowdy Kate and Stars and Garters, and speakers included Sacramento Councilmember Rob Fong. PSR was on the host committee for the event.


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Brian Duncan is currently a partner and wine director of Chicago's famed BIN 36, where his expertise has garnered the restaurant a James Beard Award nomination in the national Outstanding Wine Service category, spotlighting Duncan's commitment to making wine education and appreciation fun and approachable. Under Duncan's direction, BIN 36 received an Award of Unique Distinction from Wine Enthusiast for its commitment to delivering the most wine-friendly experience to its guests and BIN 36 was chosen as the "Best Wine-Pairing System" in the nation by Wine & Spirits magazine.
With 20 years of expertise in the field, Duncan's passion for wine includes a desire to create a whole new generation of wine drinkers by doing everything possible to add to his guests' wine knowledge. At BIN 36, Duncan writes accessible and exciting wine descriptions for the wines available by the glass and regularly meets with the staff to discuss interesting food and wine pairings. In addition, Duncan has developed BIN School, which addresses various levels in learning about wine and food and wine synergy, and the "Discovery Series," an interactive series of seminars that includes executive training for creating win-win dining and wining situations.
Duncan has been featured as one of America's leading wine experts in GQ and Food & Wine magazine; is a return seminar leader and panelist at the Aspen Food & Wine Classic; is a previous recipient of the prestigious "Good Eating" award from the Chicago Tribune; and has been thrice-nominated for Chicago's Jean Banchet Awards for Culinary Excellence in the Best Sommelier category. Honing his wine knowledge through years of experience at such nationally acclaimed restaurants as Spruce, Frontera Grill/Topolobampo and Zinfandel, Duncan's mission is to share his love of wine by making it accessible to everyone.
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State Department sources said today that it is "very likely" that President Richard M, Nixon would review the latest Middle East developments with British Premier Harold Wilson when he stops off in London on the last leg of his round-the-world tour on Aug. 3. White House spokesman Ronald Ziegler announced today that Mr. Nixon has added Britain to his itinerary. He will also visit Asian countries and Rumania.
Sources here said the President and Premier Wilson would most likely discuss the current bilateral U.S.-Soviet talks on the Mideast. The Four Power Mideast talks in which Britain is a participant along with France, the Soviet Union and the U.S. have recessed without a date being set for their resumption.


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TAMPA — The typical graduate student in regional planning at the University of North Carolina is about 26 years old with two years' experience.
So when classes started in Chapel Hill last month, it wasn't hard picking out which person in the new class of 55 was unlike the rest.
The student of note was Bill Bishop, who at age 49 is one of Tampa's most prominent developers. He helped build two of the county's largest and most notable suburban communities: FishHawk Ranch and Westchase. Before he left Tampa for school, he was working on his most visionary project, revamping downtown's outer edge with a $500-million condo-and-office complex called the Heights of Tampa.
Yet before this project could be built, he moved his family 640 miles north of Tampa. He's now taking classes and reading books on planning theory, some of which he has been putting into practice for more than 20 years.
"Even by our standards, his application was amazing," said Roberto Quercia, director of admissions for UNC's department of city and regional planning. "He has more practical experience than we'll ever get. He has more experience than his professors."
Records show he and his wife Sharon still own their $2.4-million house in northwest Hillsborough County, but some of his closest friends don't know whether Bishop will return. His departure this summer left many stunned.
"I can't believe he's going to be a student, asking professors questions about development," said Jerome Ryans, who as executive director of the Tampa Housing Authority worked with Bishop on another project that, if built, will include affordable housing. "That's what puzzling about this. A man of his experience taking classes?"
He shaped the county
Few people have reshaped Hillsborough County's physical landscape more than Bill Bishop. Not only did he work on a grand scale, but he had a reputation for designing livable spaces that are absent in many of Tampa's other subdivisions.
"People drive around FishHawk and Westchase loving where they live, not knowing that the reason they love those places is because of the work that Bill Bishop did," said former Hillsborough County Commissioner Ed Turanchik.
It's not clear why he left. Bishop didn't return messages left with friends or respond to e-mails sent to a UNC account that Quercia said should be working. His number is unpublished at the Chapel Hill house to which records link him.
Phone calls weren't returned by some of his closest associates, such as Don Wallace, a business partner and former chief executive of Lazy Days RV Center; land use lawyer Rhea Law; a spokeswoman, Deanne Roberts; Hillsborough County Commissioner Kevin White, who received $4,000 from Bishop or companies he managed; and Bill Bahlke, chief executive of the engineering firm Heidt & Associates.
Another engineer who is a close friend, Richard Mortensen, said he wanted to check with Bishop before talking about him.
"I don't want to cause Bill harm," said Mortensen, who then didn't call back.
It's unclear if part of the reason Bishop left was his health. His mother, Mildred Bishop, said he had been battling prostate cancer, but she didn't know if he still had it.
Another possible reason why Bishop left is the weak economy. UNC's Quercia said it's common for developers to enroll in graduate planning programs during downturns.
Under Bishop's management, the Heights of Tampa project had stalled, partly because of financing problems. It wasn't until April that city officials say the project started making headway again. By then, Bishop had given up control of the companies developing the project to some Lakeland businessmen. They now plan to break ground in October on the first building, which is slated for offices.
As he was preparing to leave town, Bishop fended off charges that a company under his management wasn't paying its bills. Cathy Flippo, a Longwood business owner, said Renaissance Steel, which Bishop managed, owed her $86,000 for labor and materials.
Bishop wrote Flippo an Aug. 1 letter that stated Renaissance Steel was insolvent and out of business, without the resources to "fully satisfy the remaining outstanding claims of creditors."
Bishop wrote a check for $42,130, deducting back charges that he said offset some of Flippo's claim, but she said the company still owes her $46,925.
Two other claims have been made against Renaissance since May, alleging a total of $82,000 in unpaid bills. In late July, the county's Tax Collector's Office filed a notice that Renaissance was late paying nearly $40,000 on taxes for its equipment that, if not paid by the end of the month, would be delinquent.
A new adventure
None of this seemed to have spoiled the mood at the goodbye party Bishop and his wife held at their house this summer. More than a hundred friends, including Supervisor of Elections Buddy Johnson and Turanchik, a former business partner, wished him well.
"It was like he was going on this new adventure, and we were there to see him off," said Ray Chiaramonte, interim executive director of the county's Metropolitan Planning Organization.
"He talked about the market being slow and that this was a good time to do it," said Chiaramonte, who wrote a letter of recommendation to UNC calling Bishop "one of the best development professionals that I have ever met."
While Chiaramonte said he fully expects Bishop to come back, Turanchik said he wasn't so sure. He said that eight years ago, Bishop told him he was interested in academia. Those plans took a detour when Bishop became interested in redeveloping Tampa Heights and the Central Park Village area. But without those projects, Turanchik said he could see Bishop becoming a writer.
"Bill's motivation at this point is to do something to engage his mind and his spirit," Turanchik said.
Turanchik and Chiaramonte said he leaves behind, at least for now, a legacy of quality development that paid close attention to details frequently overlooked by other developers, such as sidewalks, bike trails, street lighting and trees.
Even though the Heights of Tampa hasn't come to fruition yet, the project is a testament to Bishop's willingness to stray from the suburban norm and take a risk overhauling the urban landscape, said Lena Young-Green, former president of the Tampa Heights Civic Association. She said Bishop, more than other developers, cooperated with residents in establishing a redevelopment plan the neighborhood wanted.
"To me, his move back to school goes along with what he's done in the past," Young-Green said. "He was a successful suburban developer who became an urban redeveloper. He's not afraid of changes. It means he's still exploring."
Times staff writers Janet Zink, Amy Scherzer and Jeff Testerman and researcher John Martin contributed to this story. Michael Van Sickler can be reached at (813) 226-3402 or email@example.com.


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Thu Jan 24, 2013, 11:48 AM
Smarmie Doofus (14,498 posts)
Well ... what world DOES Bloomberg inhabit?
It sure ain't this one. Good analysis in today's NYT of teachers' resistance to attempted imposition of BAD ed policy by people who don't know what they're doing. Sort of our East Coast version of what's going on now in Washington state. (BTW, story doesn't mention it , but Cavanagh is mounting an electoral challenge to current UFT president.)
>>Teachers Julie Cavanagh and Adam Stevens listen to New Yorks mayor pour boiling oil on their union, to his talk of imposing more tests and using the scores to draw a stringent measure of each teacher, and they wonder what world he inhabits.
Ms. Cavanagh, 34, teaches at the highly rated Public School 15, in the working-class Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook. She already loses 16 days each school year to our mania for federal, state, and city tests. (I write our mania but this noun rarely applies to the $40,000 per year private schools attended by the children of the mayor and many education reformers, where the emphasis is on essay writing and the whole child, and a distrust of standardized testing prevails.)
Our school has never been about churning out day after day of test prep; we try hard not to be that narrow, Ms. Cavanagh says. Slowly but surely, though, the definition of success becomes based on a test score.>>>
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Thu Jan 24, 2013, 11:52 AM
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Thu Jan 24, 2013, 01:19 PM
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2. That would be the very wealthy clueless about anybody else world.
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Thu Jan 24, 2013, 10:11 PM
ProgressiveProfessor (22,144 posts)
3. Yet there is at least one Bloomingdale groupie who post here regularly
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Thu Jan 24, 2013, 11:21 PM
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4. There used to be quite a few in the old days.
Back in 2005 DU let them advocate for his ( i.e. Money Boo-Boo's) reelection as a Republican against our Democratic nominee. In the face of explicit DU rules.
His cheering section is a lot quieter these days. And smaller... I think.
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Event Details
Join us on the Golden Gate Railroad Museum's Members and Friends Train and Picnic
Saturday Labor Day weekend September 4
Picnic in the Sunol Depot Gardens Park: Gates Open at 3pm
Recognition & Awards: 5pm
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Ante Čačić, Dinamo coach
Victory went to the better team. Paris Saint-Germain showed why they are [one of the] favourites. They are the most expensive team in the history of French football and there's an obvious difference between their side and ours. I said before the match and the competition that there is a big difference between the Croatian and French league and the two teams.
PSG have a lot of very experienced, quality players, who have had good careers; our team is still developing and without much experience.
Merely playing in the Champions League group stage is a big success for us, even though that sounds like a cliché. For us it's very important to gain some know-how from match to match.
Carlo Ancelotti, PSG coach
We are very satisfied. We had a good attitude and controlled the game. It was not beautiful, but it was a good match. This is a good result and a good performance. We could have scored more, and when you can get more goals, you should. [Zlatan] Ibra[himović] did not score more than one, but his goal was important. He was less accurate than usual in front of goal.
After a poor performance against Marseille, [Javier] Pastore played well. He played simply and with continuity. [Jeremy] Ménez was very happy with his pass and his goal. I always demand more of him, because he has extraordinary ability. I hope he will play even better.
Our position in the group is good. There are three matches left, and we have the chance at home [against Dinamo] to move on to nine points, which would be good before we play against Dynamo and Porto. It does not put you in the next round, but I think that with ten points you can qualify.
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[Intro – Da Kurlzz]
What! Yo, this is Da Kurlzz, bitch!
We ain't just a gang, motherfucker, but a way of life!
Yo check it! This is my boy, Tha Producer!
[Chorus – Tha Producer]
All you fags on Sunset, show me where the fuck you at.
Scene kids, ghetto stars come on grab your gats!
All the world and Hollywood, drinkin' 40's in the hood.
Tila Tila shake that ass like you know you should!
All you fags on sunset, show me where the fuck you at.
Chad Crews gettin' bruised now its time to move!
All the world and Hollywood, drinkin' 40's in the hood.
Tila Tila shake that ass like you know you should
[Verse – Funny Man]
Hollywood Undead, get it through your head. Download this song, put in your iPod!
Fuck that! Put it on your homepage, you'll be the coolest kid on fuckin' myspace!
I'm at the scene club, told Jeffree Star to beat it,
'cause I left her a comment and saw that bitch delete it!
And thats fucked up because I sent it from my sidekick!
You got beef? Meet me on Franklin and Highland!
[Verse – Charlie Scene]
It's Charlie Scene! He ain't ever lookin' cheesy.
It's Charlie Scene! It ain't easy being sceney.
If I was you, I'd hate me too.
We can take it to the parking like 82, and bring your crew!
And I'd hate to be the one to break the news,
whoever chipped Mattie's tooth
I'll shank you too! BITCH!
That night at 82 the parking lot was stacked,
I grabbed my Gat and got my hand stamped by Matt.
I could barely walk around cause the dance floor was so packed.
I walked to the back and lit off some black cats – BAP! BAP! BAP! Hahaha!
Scene kids, tired of gettin' picked on by mean kids.
And I'd hate to be obscene kid, but have you seen my penis?
I know you have, 'cause that shit is bomb!
My dick's got more friends then Tom!
These scene clubs, I run these.
I should write the book "How To Be Scene For Dummies!"
[Shady Jeff]
Shit, fuckin' shit was brutal, I broke that fuckin' bitch off.
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Christ's Church of Griffith Park 3852 Edenhurst Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90039
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2. Government Representative(s) Report(s) Senate, Assembly, City Council, DONE, LAPD, CPAB/CIA, DAWS Updates (max 5 min each)
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I took over after my Aunt Geraldine Martinez passed. This is all new to me but I have become addicted in finding where my family members rest. No one should be forgotten.
I was born in Alexandria, Virginia and now resides in Florida.
I am researching, on my fathers side of the family, Rhodes, Walters, Wright & Brockman in Virginia. On my mothers side, Lytle, Channing, Hayden & Moore in Pennsylvania. And for my Grandchildren, Greene, Caudill. Hutchinson & Vallance's in Kentucky.
I have noticed that I am not the only one impatient with the tokens coming up and I end up with two. I found that if you click on the flowers it will take you to a link to delete the extra one. =)
I have also found a link to calculate birth dates, so when you only have a date of death & the headstone gives you their years it will give you the date of birth. http://longislandgenealogy.com/birth.html
I have met the most wonderful people with Find-a-Grave. What a great family we have here. Thank you all for doing what you do.
Everyone has been so generous with their photos that I would like to reciprocate. You may use my photos in you family trees. All I ask is recognition from whom you got them.
Happy Hunting =)
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There might be some of them, perhaps,
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Are lost among my socks.
I wonder what their lives were like.
How did they spend their days?
What about their special times?
I'll never know their ways.
If only someone had taken time
To tell who, what, where, when,
These faces of my heritage
Would come to life again.
Could this become the fate
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Barbara B
RE: David & Elizabeth Pletcher
You're welcome! I didn't find them listed in Dale Roadman's book where he transcribed Donegal Cemetery some years ago, but checked in case he missed the stones. Barbara
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You are welcome. It was my first time visiting that cemetery (I live 3 hours away). I was in town visiting friends. The cemetery is in a very peaceful area. Surrounded by an orchard.
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I have a picture from Lower Marsh Creek that is hard to read, but is clearly a "S McClean" It looks like McClean is probably her maiden name. I am happy to upload it to Archibald and you can delete it if you don't want it there. I'm not really sure how else I can get it to you. If you want it, please let me know (and because I will forget, remind me it is picture 5757) Thanks!
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Kathie Rodgers
RE: Louis Pletcher
Again I am sorry that I could not fulfill your request. Should someone decide to put a marker for him I will be more than happy to take a photograph for you. I don't want to pry but if he was a veteran the government will provide a marker for him.
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It was added to Ann
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Dear Melva,
My Coffell and Redding family tree on Ancestry
is open to the public. Mom's Smith side is Oaks, Walters, Parsons etc. Dad's Redding side is the
Brockman, Patterson, Weston etc.
From doing my DNA about 5 yr. ago, I found out
that, unknown to my parents they were long-dis
tantly related by about 376 years on the Redding side, and 274 years from the Glass surname in
Banbridge, Downs, N. Ireland. Their ancestors
seemed to move to the same general area through the years. I'd also like to look at your family tree. Laura in Kansas
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minnie schreck
wrights of virginia
I am a descendant of Robert Wright of Orange County Virginia, later moved to Greene County, Ga. His Son Michael W Wright, buried at WRight Cemetery in Mississippi. Minnie Wright Schreck, any familiar? coming down from Michael-James butler, Leroy Clay, ( Leroy was my grt, grt grandfather), his son Sam G Wright, sr, Sam Jr, then my dad Norman Graham Wright. i'm at email@example.com thanks!!
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Mary Bingham
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Dear Melva:
I am also a direct descendant of Isaac Peabody. He is my 8x Great Grandfather twice. Once Through his son Joseph and once through his daughter Hepsibah. I would invite you to join my Face Book Group page titled Peabody Ancestry. I have some really nice photos of everything Peabody....including one picture of where the grist mill once stood in Topsfield. Other members of our group shared lots of photos of the Peabodys who moved out west. Please feel free to contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com, or on Facebook under my name, Mary Louise Bingham.
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If you click on the link "Help with Find A Grave" under Actions to the upper left of any Find A Grave Page, you'll get all the FAQs. The second link is "Help..I have a question. How do I contact Find A Grave." That will give you a group of emails to contact various departments of Find a Grave. Since Daniel Sickles is a "Famous" grave, I'd use that one. Make sure you cite his memorial number and say exactly what you'd like to have added. Not sure if it will work, but give it up to 21 days. If not, then might want to submit again. Good luck.
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The info you left with the flower for Daniel Sickles should really be sent to Find A Grave for inclusion in the biography section. Maybe some of the biographies will have more info on the children so they can be linked from their memorials to their father.
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For over 25 years, the basic approach to targeting has been centered on identifying a demographically similar subset of consumers and messaging them uniformly. As someone who's spent much of her career as a data analyst and demographer, I acknowledge this approach actually works – to a point. After all, if you send your message to everyone, vs. sending your message to a clearly defined subset of the population, the latter will almost always perform better.
Questioning the Standard
Just because something works doesn't mean it's the right or best way to do it. If I was in NYC and wanted to get to New Jersey, I could walk and I'd get there. We've all demonstrated many times that walking is a proven way to get from point A to point B. But, is it the best choice when you need to get somewhere fast, efficiently, or before someone else – again and again?
Our basic standard is not without merit; there is no doubt value in demographics and basic audience targeting. It's a great place to start – in fact, the use of data has matured over the years, leveraging more sophisticated approaches to understanding a potential customer's demographic, geographic, and lifestyle characteristics. But, as we move rapidly into the world of "big data" – the ability to capture and synthesize insights far beyond age and income – are we, as marketers, actually taking advantage of the full spectrum and depth of the opportunity?
Even among the most sophisticated "database marketers," who slice and dice data, build segments, and create tailored communications, there has been a tendency to revert to basic targeting when pursuing media buys – including mobile, our most informative channel yet. Perhaps this is complacency, but it's time to reach for a higher standard – because the capability is absolutely there. The mobile marketplace offers a far higher state of advance than our strategies and practices have demonstrated. We're in an exciting new frontier with ever-evolving infrastructure, tools, science, and capacity for intelligence both in the data and the teams working the data.
Shining the Light on a Higher Standard
As marketers have matured in their ability to capture and analyze data, the challenge has become reach: how do I find and deliver my carefully tailored messages to these highly unique customer groups? This yearning for reach should start us down the path of doing something more, not only with our data, but with the new communication opportunities today's advanced technologies provide.
The mobile channel affords us the ability to learn what resonates with consumers, based on demonstrated interests and actual behaviors, allowing us to immediately convert these insights into dynamically modified targeting and custom-tailored messaging, in real time.
From Simple Filters to Models
Now is the time to move beyond filtering, and our practice of buying media based on simple descriptive characteristics, like 18-24-year-old males. Now is the time to embrace the power of behavior-based predictive modeling. We can refine targets based on likelihood of engagement, and buy media based on who is actually engaging with a message, plus how and when they are engaging.
Our legacy marketing and advertising practices paved the way for where we are now – both demonstrating results and revealing limitations:
Traditional mass marketing highlighted the need for a simple targeting approach. A marketer could consider basic placement or programming choices, tied to certain demographic groups, to drive better return on her advertising dollar. But, even today, buying media in TV, radio, or print isn't conducive to sophisticated targeting or personalized messaging.
Direct mail and telemarketing presented the opportunity to move beyond mass advertising, allowing for tailored messages, and incorporating responsiveness into the targeting mix, only reaching out to those customers who either responded in the past, or looked like customers who had. But, even then, there was an extended gap in time between learning how customers reacted or responded to our offers, and when we could apply those insights.
Onward to desktop display, where we were able to build off of what we learned in direct mail and telemarketing, but with faster and more exciting options for data gathering and personalized messaging. But, this too brought challenges in really knowing who's on the other side. When a family of five shares the home computer, who exactly are you targeting?
Enter mobile, the channel that combines the upsides of TV and radio (sight and sound), print and direct marketing (targeted messages), and desktop display (dynamic and interactive) – all converged in an individual's pocket, ready for a very personalized, point-in-time communication.
Where We Are Now: The Power of Predictive Modeling…in the Mobile Channel
We have arrived! We can segment, target, move beyond demographics, and focus on behavior, plus, we can collect and apply data interactively – in the moment of engagement.
Why then do so many marketers slip back to employing basic targeting filters, hoping to paint a broad enough stroke to reach an audience and generate results? Lack of awareness or capability, or is it just the common way mobile media is sold? No matter the reason, we must stop this self-limiting approach, for the mutual benefit of the marketer and consumer. We must embrace the power of the mobile channel to personalize engagement, and get the most out of our marketing budgets.
Mobile offers, for the first time, the ability to truly apply, learn from, and reapply big data findings – based on actual behaviors, not just presumed characteristics and do it in real time. What you learn about who is engaging with your message at 9:00 a.m. on a Tuesday morning can be applied to who you target at 9:15 a.m. on that same Tuesday morning. This is the amazing power of today's high-speed computing, predictive analytics, and the mobile channel – on-the-fly consumer engagement optimization.
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MINNEAPOLIS (KNSI) - Starter Ryan Dempster held the Minnesota Twins offense in check Sunday through eight innings as the Chicago Cubs salvaged one game on the weekend, an 8-1 victory at Target Field.
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After Minnesota pounded out 16 hits in each of the first two games of the series, Dempster held the offense to just four hits over the first eight innings of the game. Dempster pitched with more than one runner on base only once in the game, en route to a six strikeout performance and his second win of the season. The dominant Cub's righty dropped his season ERA to an outstanding 2.31.
Twins starter Francisco Liriano allowed a run on a bloop single and a two out double off the glove of Josh Willingham in left in the top of the first. After that, Liriano settled in and allowed just a single base-runner over the next four innings.
In the sixth Liriano ran into trouble. He walked the lead-off man and then a pair of line-hugging doubles and a wild pitch brought home three Cubs runs. Liriano left the game with two outs in the sixth and on the day allowed four runs on four hits with three walks and six strike outs. Since returning from the bull-pen on May 30, Liriano has allowed six runs in just over 17 innings of work.
The Twins picked up singles from Ben Revere, Jamey Carroll, Drew Butera and Trevor Plouffe in four separate innings. A Denard Span two out walk in the fifth followed the Butera hit, but Ben Revere grounded out to end the only multiple runner threat off Dempster.
An error, infield single and bloop single finally gave the Twins a credible threat in the ninth inning, already trailing 8-0. A Ryan Doumit pinch hit sac fly drove home Josh Willingham from third with the bases loaded. Caroll then dropped a double just fair down the right field line to score a second run with two outs. But after a long at-bat, Span flew out to deep center to end the game.
Sunday's loss is just the third in the last 12 games for the Twins who sit at 24-35 on the year as they currently share the AL Central cellar with the Royals and are 8.5 games behind the division leading White Sox.
Following an off-day Monday the Twins continue inter-league play against the Phillies on Tuesday at Target Field with first pitch set for 7:10. Nick Blackburn(2-4, 7.75) will make the start for Minnesota while Kyle Kendrick(2-5, 4.44) is scheduled to start for Philadelphia.
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After Ukraine: Assessing Conditions For A Popular Uprising
Following the overthrow of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych over the weekend, we are publishing extracts from a landmark article, Mass Uprisings: Why, How, And Where Next?, which we published in Business Monitor Online on July 12, 2013. The feature was based on studying dozens of attempted and successful popular uprisings since 1980.
Below, we list in abridged form the factors that trigger popular uprisings or mass demonstrations. Of the eleven factors we identify, Ukraine appears to have ticked seven on the list:
Undemocratic or quasi-authoritarian governments: A mass uprising is more likely in countries where the government is formally undemocratic, or is officially democratic but acts in an increasingly authoritarian manner… [TICK]
Chronic economic weakness and mismanagement: Unsurprisingly, long-term economic weakness and perceived mismanagement of the economy are key sources of public discontent. These feelings will be augmented if there are huge wealth disparities and if the elite is seen as particularly corrupt and self-serving... [TICK]
Sudden deterioration of economic conditions and people's livelihoods: Outbursts of public unrest can be triggered by a sharp fall in living standards... [NO]
Steady improvement in living conditions: Somewhat paradoxically, in authoritarian states uprisings or a desire for major political change have taken place amid rising living standards. This is because once the public has attained a certain level of economic well-being, their demands may shift away from 'bread and butter' issues to matters such as greater political representation and accountability...[NO]
Desire to end isolation: Most popular uprisings are driven by domestic political and economic factors rather than foreign policy issues. However, in countries where a government's policies have led to international isolation, and that isolation has taken a heavy toll on people's livelihoods or prestige, then foreign policy can become a source of grievance with the government… [TICK. The protests against Yanukovych began last November, when he refrained from signing an association agreement with the EU, raising fears about Ukraine's drift deeper into Russia's orbit.]
Disputed election results: In recent years, we have seen mass protests triggered by the perceived or actual manipulation of election results by incumbent governments. The perception that authoritarian or even some democratic governments are willing to cheat to retain power can thus lead the public to overturn the results with a show of force on the streets... [NO. Yanukovych was elected in 2010, and did not face re-election until 2015.]
Charismatic opposition leaders: Although mass protests can take place without any central organisation, they are arguably more likely to succeed when they have a charismatic leader (even if that person is only a figurehead)... [MIXED. Ukraine's uprising had several opposition leaders of varying public appeal; arguably the most charismatic was former boxer Vitali Klitschko.]
Foreign support: Mass protests are also likely to be successful if they have the backing, whether covert or public, of foreign governments, NGOs, and the diaspora (which may include exiled dissidents)... [TICK. The Ukrainian protestors had the de facto support of the EU and US.]
Critical mass: Unless opposition protests are substantial, governments can typically ignore them. However, if opposition demonstrations swell to the hundreds of thousands, and occupy a key district in the capital, thus disrupting economic activities, the government will become compelled to take notice... [TICK. Although protests had peaked long before Yanukovych's removal, they had lasted for three months in total, and had taken over the main square in the capital, Kiev.]
Capital city protests: The situation in the capital city (or main commercial city, where this differs from the capital) is crucial, for this is where the government, businesses, and media are headquartered… [TICK. But there were also widespread anti-government protests in other cities, with some regional authorities refusing allegiance to Yanukovych's administration.]
The student/youth demographic: In many uprisings, young people have played a crucial role in driving political change. Students led the way in China's Tiananmen Square uprising in 1989, several West African countries in 1989-1990, protests in Iran in 1999, and, to a lesser degree, the Serbian uprising of 2000… [NOT REALLY. Ukraine's new uprising had support from a wide age range, and was not led by the youth bracket.]
Assessing 'Power Centres'
Our featured article also assessed various 'power centres' that underpin a government or regime:
- Regime/government
- Legislature
- Judiciary
- Military
- Business organisations
- Media
- Religious leaders
- Intelligentsia/students
- Middle classes
- Labour union
In the case of Viktor Yanukoych's ousting, he lost the support of virtually all influential groups.
After The 'Revolution'
We concluded our feature article by noting that "overthrowing the government is often the easiest part of political change. It is the beginning of the change, rather than the change itself. The hard part is establishing new political systems and implementing economic reforms. The transition from authoritarianism to democracy, and from a statist economic system to a free market one, is often chaotic and painful, and as a result, people start missing the stability provided by the ancien regime. Thus, the latter begins its political revival, often under a new name and new leaders. Old establishment parties have remained powerful or have made comebacks in countries as diverse as Indonesia, Mexico, Serbia, South Korea, Taiwan, and elsewhere, and in some cases have been returned to power by voters after having been removed in 'revolutions' or mass uprisings only a few years earlier."
In the case of Ukraine, Yanukovych's election in 2010 marked the return of the old regime after the 'Orange Revolution' of 2004-2005. The question is whether the latest uprising will lead to genuine positive change.


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The Rwanda Stock Exchange share index (RSI) remained unchanged compared to the previous trading session of 263.31. The total turnover for the day was Rwf 186,503,500 from 5,200 Bank of Kigali {BoK} shares and 210,500 Bralirwa shares traded in ten deals compared to the previous trading session which recorded a total turnover of Rwf 17,551,500 from 40,800 BoK shares and 4,900 Bralirwa shares traded in ten deals.
BoK shares traded and closed at Rwf 330, unchanged from yesterday's closing price whereas Bralirwa counter traded between Rwf 875-878 and closed at Rwf 875, unchanged from yesterday's closing price.KCB shares last transacted at Rwf 185 while NMG and Uchumi Supermarket shares last transacted at Rwf 1,200 and Rwf 175 respectively
At the end of formal trading hours, there were outstanding offers of 262,300 BoK shares between Rwf 330-350 and outstanding bids of 14,300 shares between Rwf 310-329. On Bralirwa counter, there was an outstanding offer of 26,400 shares at Rwf 890 and outstanding bids of 65,600 shares between Rwf 865-875.
On KCB counter; there were outstanding bids of 12,500 shares between Rwf 174-180 and no outstanding offers. On NMG counter; there was an outstanding bid of 1,000 shares at Rwf 1,200 and no outstanding offer. On USL counter; there was an outstanding offer of 5,000 shares at Rwf 175 and no outstanding bids.
There was a Government bond, FXD1/2014/3YRS Bonds bids worth Rwf 127,500,000 between the prices of 99.627 and 102.5 and there were offers valued Rwf 25,000,000 million at the prices of 103.5.