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Our Hospital
Southeast Alabama Medical Center puts your loved one's care as our top priority, and we value the trust you place in us. Our goal is to deliver compassionate care to your loved one in a family-centered atmosphere.Southeast Alabama Medical Center is recognized as the Wiregrass' top medical facility.
We understand that entering a hospital can be confusing and overwhelming for patients and their loved ones. That is why we place great importance on being a "family-centered" hospital. Our staff is committed to providing outstanding and compassionate care to each and every one of our patients and is also sensitive and responsive to the issues facing their families and support network.
Knowing as much as possible beforehand can help ease stress. Use our information to familiarize yourself with the hospital before your scheduled procedure, whether it is for outpatient services or inpatient care.
General Information
There is also general information about your rights as a patient, SAMC's accreditation, our mission and our history of community service. We hope you get to know us a bit better and feel that we are both a reliable health care source as well as a good community.
Loved Ones
Whether your loved one is coming to SAMC for a radiology procedure, same day surgery, a late-night emergency or an extended hospital stay, you can count on your loved one receiving care that is among America's best.
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Patient/Visitor Information
As a regional referral to the Tri-States region, our mission is to provide you with quality care and promote wellness to those we serve. Your health and comfort are our main concern while you are with us. Every staff member is committed to provide high quality care with warmth, compassion and personal attention. Our employees share a commitment to patient satisfaction and providing exceptional care.
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What to Bring
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Online Pre-Admission
Please fill out all appropriate fields below. All fields with a red asterisk (*) are REQUIRED. If you have any question about this form, please call Central Scheduling at (334)793-8754.
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News & Updates
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Primary Care Facilities
Southeast Alabama Medical Center provides primary care throughout the region with locations including Chipley Medical Group, Chipley, Fla.; Enterprise Medical Group, Enterprise; and Houston Medical Group, Dothan. The centers offer same-day appointments for patients with immediate needs. For more information about the primary care centers and a full listing of the services they provide, look to the left and click on the center location of your choice.
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Email a Patient
To send a E-mail message to an inpatient at Southeast Alabama Medical Center, you will need to provide us with some basic information. Please fill out the form below and click the "Submit" button.
Messages are checked Monday- Friday 8:00 - 5:00
Requirements for the delivery of an email message:
•Patient must be a current inpatient (over-night stay) at Southeast Alabama Medical Center
•You must enter the Patients' first and last name. You will receive a e-mail requesting more information if we have more than one patient with the same name
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Privacy Policy
Notice on Privacy of Health Information Practices
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SAMC Leadership
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News & Updates
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Patients & Visitors
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Our Services
Our commitment to excellence is what makes Southeast Alabama Medical Center the best hospital for your health care needs. You get the region's finest care, whether we are providing a state-of-the-art medical procedure or simply answering a question or holding a hand; it's all part of the compassion and care we bring to families.
All of our services reflect that commitment to excellence and compassion and it makes us the region's number 1 healthcare facility.
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Heart & Vascular
The Medical Center has the strongest cardiac care program in the region. We rank in the top 10 percent nationally in patient safety in Heart Attack Treatment, Major Cardiac Care, Interventional Coronary Care and Vascular Care.*
Click here to learn more about cardiovascular disease.
*Rated by CareChex, the nation's largest privately held healthcare information service.
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Women's Services
SAMC is committed to improving the healthcare of women. We recognize that women's healthcare has traditionally been defined largely in terms of those health needs that are different from men: reproductive health, maternity care, breast and gynecological care.
Many of our women's health services, including education classes, women's imaging, lactation services, and the Family Birth Center, are conveniently grouped in the attractive, modern SAMC Women's Center, a four-story building located on the SAMC Main Campus.
While these are important health issues, we understand that women's health has a broader range than these concerns, which is why our goal is to provide women not only superior care but also the tools to help them make the best healthcare choices. Our services include:
* Family Birth Center
* Women's Imaging Center
* Osteoporosis Care Center
* Women's Support Services & Programs
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Southeast Cancer Center
A Commission on Cancer approved program, the Southeast Cancer Center provides compassionate, attentive care for more than 800 newly diagnosed cancer patients each year as well as recurrent cancer patients with ongoing treatment needs. An experienced team of board certified physician specialists and oncology professionals provide an array of state of the art cancer diagnosis and treatment options to meet the wide ranging needs of cancer patients and their families.
Think you're at risk for cancer?
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NeuroSpine Center
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Medical Services
The outstanding medical, surgical, and emergency services of Southeast Alabama Medical Center are conducted through its clinical Departments, Divisions and Centers. This section will guide you through all of the medical services we provide.
Please use the menu on the left to navigate to services that you are intersted in. We are constantly growing as a healthcare provider so these pages may change regularly.
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Rehabilitation Services
SAMC's Rehabilitation Services provide comprehensive inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation services including physical, speech and occupational therapy to patients who have disabilities due to an accident or injury, stroke, amputation, or other physical illness.
SAMC's outpatient rehabilitation services are now located approximately one mile south of the hospital, at 1480 Ross Clark Circle.
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Wound Care Center
Welcome to the Wound Care Center. Our professional staff is trained to provide a specialized, comprehensive course of treatment to assist in healing your problem wound. During your course of treatment, our Center will work with your regular physician to assure complete continuity of all your medical services.
At any given time almost six million Americans suffer from problem wounds. There are many different types of wounds. Some are associated with complications with diabetes and other related vascular disorders. Other types include pressure sores and traumatic wounds. It can be very frustrating and time consuming to heal these wounds. At the Center, we utilize the most up-to-date approaches to wound healing and remain current in new scientific advances in wound care.
A Team of Wound Care Specialists
The Wound Care Center is designed to complement your physician's services and is committed to the treatment of problem wounds. The Center is comprised of a team of professionals that include:
Physicians with advanced training in wound managementChristopher L. Miller, M.D. (medical director)J. Ryan Conner, M.D.Jeffrey Fadil, M.D.A. Lamar Miller, M.D.Jack Real, MDAlexander Benz, MDHugh Davis, MD
Nursing staff trained in the care of chronic woundsTechnicians who perform non-invasive studies and various therapiesExperienced staff to assist with appointment, medical records and health insurance processing
Your Wound Treatment Program
You will undergo a thorough diagnostic examination to identify the type of wound you have and the underlying problems causing the wound. After this, a program specially tailored to your needs will be initiated based on the most effective treatment options. Your treatment may include:
Wound infection managementPhysical therapyVascular assessmentLaboratory assessmentNutritional evaluationPain managementDiabetic educationNuclear medicine testingRadiology evaluationRegular wound debridementsHyperbaric Oxygen (HBO) therapy when appropriate
Once a treatment plan has been initiated, you will visit the Center on a regularly scheduled basis for wound care. You will be instructed on how to administer your own wound care at home between visits, as well as how to protect your wound from further complications. You are the most important part of your healing process. Keeping appointments and following directions clearly are critical to attaining a positive healing outcome.
SAMC's Wound Care Center is located at 1908 Fairview Ave., Dothan, Al., 36301.
334-699-6863 or 334-699-6864 (fax).
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Pain Management Center
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Behavioral Health Services
SAMC offers a variety of mental health services and programs, which are supported by highly-qualified, board certified psychiatrists and includes a team of psychologists, social workers, nurses and other clinical personnel who adhere to our strict rules of confidentiality.
Our comprehensive services address the needs of adults with mood and anxiety disorders, those with substance abuse problems, senior adults with severe behavioral problems and those in need of intensive psychiatric treatment.
Whatever the situation, whoever the patient, help is available in a safe and caring environment.
Call us at (334) 793-8978.
Do you need help in a crisis? Call our 24/7 crisis hotline, staffed with certified counselors, psychologists, nurses and behavioral health professionals: 1-855-8INTAKE (1-855-846-8253).
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Family Services
As part of an outstanding healthcare system, Southeast Alabama Medical Center (SAMC) provides its patients with a continuum of care that includes meeting the health needs of patients outside the hospital setting.
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Orthopedic Services
Southeast Alabama Medical Center's orthopedic program has a strong reputation of providing specialized orthopedic and rehabilitation services to assist patients of all ages with physical disabilities achieve optimal mobility and performance so they can enjoy life to the fullest degree possible.
Using a comprehensive interdisciplinary approach that tailors treatment to meet each patient's individual needs, services include acute orthopedic care in a specialized inpatient orthopedic unit as well as:
Orthopedic Surgery Education Program
Joint Replacement Center
Rehabilitation Services
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About Us
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Since opening its doors in 1957, Southeast Alabama Medical Center has, through advanced treatment and technology, provided for the changing healthcare needs of the growing communities it serves. Serving about 600,000 residents in the neighboring communities and counties of Southeast Alabama, Southwest Georgia and the Florida Panhandle, its progress represents the culmination of distinguished service by dedicated board members, physicians, employees, volunteers and a supportive community.
It takes more than technology and a modern facility to treat people. It takes a team of dedicated, well-trained professionals to continually deliver quality healthcare. Employing about 2,500, the Medical Center is recognized as one of the largest employer in the region and is proud of its reputation of providing a positive and responsive work environment. The Medical Center is also supported by a medical staff comprised of 270 physicians representing virtually every medical specialty. Ninety percent of the medical staff at Southeast Alabama Medical Center is board-certified compared to the national average of 60 percent.
Through innovation and sustained performance, the Medical Center, a 420-bed regional referral center has achieved the reputation of providing the best diagnostic; clinical, surgical and patient care services available in the region.
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SAMC Foundation
Serving the community for more than 50 years, Southeast Alabama Medical Center has an established reputation as a regional healthcare leader. The Medical Center is now in a position where it can further meet the needs of the community through inspiring philanthropy that will transform the hospital as well as the region it serves.
Launched in 2006, The Southeast Alabama Medical Center Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, is dedicated to developing a strong base of philanthropic support to help Southeast Alabama Medical Center and its affiliates provide quality healthcare and promote wellness. The Foundation seeks and receives charitable dollars to help SAMC enhance services, build new facilities, provide better training for health care professionals, fund cutting-edge equipment and technology, and bring unique and specialized services to the regional community faster than before.
The Foundation is ready to help meet your unique financial needs by providing gift plans that benefit you and your family, bringing immediate and deferred tax advantages to both you and your heirs, and having a meaningful impact on our mission beyond your lifetime and far into the future.
Gifts can be made in honor or memory of a healthcare professional, family member or friend, and can be designated for one or more areas of the hospital including new technology and equipment, facilities expansion, community wellness programs and more.
To learn more about the possible ways to contribute to the SAMC Foundation, please visit the website at samcfoundation.org or call (334) 673-4150.
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Telephone Directory
Department Toll Free Local Main Number 334-793-8111 Admitting (Inpatient) 334-793-8770 Admitting (Outpatient) 334-793-8770 Administration 334-793-8701 Cancer Center 334-793-8080 Cardiac Rehabilitation 334-793-8025 Central Scheduling 1-800-548-1537 334-793-8006 Community Relations 334-793-8107 Diabetes Treatment 1-800-223-0843 334-793-8854 Emergency Department 334-793-8911 Home Health 1-800-351-6477 334-793-8870 Home Medical 1-800-735-5724 334-712-3312 Information (Patient/Hospital) 334-793-8100 Insurance 334-793-8741 Marketing 334-793-8970 Medical Call Center 1-800-735-4998 334-712-3336 Medical Records 334-793-8864 Medical Staff Services 334-793-8705 Neuro/Sleep Disorders Center 1-800-248-2771 334-793-8132 Nursing Administration 334-793-8734 CCU 334-793-8428 CVICU 334-793-8148 ICU 334-793-8820 ICU Waiting Area 334-793-8111 Labor and Delivery 334-793-8721 Nursery 334-793-8708 2 East (Rooms 254-297) 334-793-8180 2 North - Behavioral Med (Rooms 230-253) 334-793-8946 3 East (Rooms 370-397) 334-793-8118 3 Central - Peds (Rooms 354-369) 334-793-8131 3 North - OB (Rooms 330-353) 334-793-8131 4 East (Rooms 454-497) 334-793-8040 5 East (Rooms 554-597) 334-793-8922 6 East (Rooms 654-897) 334-793-8980 7 East (Rooms 754-797) 334-793-8932 Outpatient Services 334-793-8770 Pain Management 1-800-248-7051 334-793-8196 Patient Accounts 334-793-8711 Physician Info/Referral 1-800-533-7445 334-793-8110 Radiology 334-793-8843 Rehabilitation Services (PT/OT/Speech) 334-712-3726 Same Day Surgery 334-793-8828 Security Services 334-793-8014 Southeast Cancer Center 334-793-8080 Social Services 334-793-8070 Volunteers 334-793-8122 Women's Center 1-877-877-8724 334-793-8190 - Article Count:
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Working at SAMC
Healthcare is a special industry in many ways. Our employees care for individuals who are ill or injured and in a weakened state . We also consider it our responsibility to help our community improve its health. We share some of the happiest and saddest moments in the lives of our friends and neighbors. Our Service Essentials are the foundation of our culture to ensure we provide our patients and visitors the best care possible.
Service Essentials:
I will warmly and sincerely greet our guests.I will anticipate and fulfill the needs of our guests.I will provide each guest with a pleasant goodbye.
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Employment Information
Find Your New Career At SAMC
Welcome to our employment section. Here you can view our current job openings and apply online for the positions of greatest interest to you.
Click here if you wish to become a NEW SAMC EMPLOYEE
Click here if you are a CURRENT SAMC EMPLOYEE
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Volunteer Services
Volunteering at SAMC
Volunteers at SAMC may not get a paycheck, but the benefits are incredible. When you volunteer at SAMC you get the satisfaction of helping others, whether it is reading a letter for a patient, or helping a couple select a gift for a new grandbaby.
Volunteering is a great way to contribute to the community, explore a new career or put special skills to work. SAMC vvolunteers provide help where it is most needed. They aid staff members by working as a team with these professionals to meet today's growing healthcare demand.
Volunteers can be teenagers, college students, homemakers, and newcomers to community, retirees, any one who wants to work with others and enjoy the satisfaction of giving back.
Learn more about our engaging program on our volunteer information page:
• What is a volunteer?
• What is a SAMC volunteer?
• What type of person is a SAMC volunteer?
• Adult Volunteers
• TeenAge Volunteers (TAVs)
• How are volunteers prepared for service?
• Volunteer Application
• TAV ApplicationReady to start? Want to make a difference by helping others? Call the Volunteer office at 334-793-8122. Give your time and talent where they will count the most.
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Employee Benefits
Employee Benefits:
SAMC employees enjoy a full suite of generous benefits in addition to their base pay, including (follow the links for more details):
Credit Union
- Employee Discount Program
*** This is only a brief summary of the benefits available to you as an employee of SAMC. All benefits and services are subject to the terms, limitations, and conditions of the group contract, as outlined in each benefit plan document. ***
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About Dothan
Life In Dothan
Packed with family-friendly southern charm, Dothan, Alabama is a growing city built around the landmarks of its past. Although it is the center for recreation, business, industry, agriculture, healthcare and retail trade in the area, Dothan offers the ease and friendliness that are hallmarks of Southern culture.
Visit these websites to learn more below about Dothan's many offerings that help you and your family create a place to call home:
Dothan Chamber of Commerce
Dothan Convention & Visitors Bureau
City of Dothan
An added bonus to living and working in Dothan is the family-friendly cost of living. Please visit www.homefair.com to learn more about the economy of the area, including how much more you can get for your salary here compared to where you are living now.
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Allied Health Careers
Allied Health careers at SAMC play a crucial role in taking care of our patients. They work in health care teams to make the health care system function by providing a range of diagnostic, technical, therapeutic and direct patient care and support services that are critical to the other health professionals they work with and the patients they serve.
These careers span the spectrum. Examples include:Occupational Therapist
Physical Therapist
Speech Pathology
Lab Assistant
Medical Lab Technician
Medical Technologist
Respiratory Therapist
Radiation Therapist
Radiologist Technologist
Nuclear Med Tech
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Child Development Center
Child Development Center
Southeast Alabama Medical Center's Child Development Center was established to provide a quality training environment for the children of our employees.
This benefit enables parents to fulfill both work and family responsibilities, in addition to promoting personal goals and a quality family life. Most importantly, the children will be provided with a strong social, emotional, physical and cognitive foundation from which they may begin their educational endeavors.
Services Offered
- Infant & Toddler Programs
- Preschool Program
- School Age Program
- Sick Child Care
For more information on the Child Development Center or to register call (334) 793-8888.
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Employee Access
Accessing Email from Outside SAMCTo access E-mail from outside SAMC, you must use our Citrix Gateway, click the icon below:
Connections from outside SAMC require the Citrix client to be installed.Click Here to Install the ClientClick Here for Tips and Instructions
Accessing Email from Inside SAMC
To access E-mail from Inside SAMC, click here:
Citrix/PC Connect
If you have a username, password, your own PC at Medical Center, and your username has been setup to connect using our citrix server then click here to access all of our citrix applications we have made available.
Click Here for important instructions and information regarding the SAMC Citrix Remote Access Portal!
Work at Home Server
If you have a username, password, and your own PC at Medical Center then you may be able to connect to your work PC from home. You will be able to access your computer from any terminal with an internet connection. This gives you the flexibility and convenience of working on projects from home.
Click the icon to the left to access all of yoour CBL training courses on the web. From here, you can enroll in and manage your progress through your coursework, including online CBLs. This gives you these ability to take your online courses from home or anywhere else with an internet connection.
Hospital Orientation for non-employees
Click the icon to the left to view our orientation Powerpoint presentation.
Employee Self Service
Click the icon to the left to access your employee self service portal. Here you can manage your personal information, view pay stubs, view and setup your employee benefits, and much more.
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Health & Wellness
Health Illustrated Encyclopedia
The Health Illustrated Encyclopedia describes over 1,600 diseases and conditions with over 3,600 articles. High quality medical illustrations, photographs and diagrams complement the articles and provide an unsurpassed educational experience. Each article and illustration meets rigorous editorial standards to provide your consumers with accurate and trustworthy health information.
Health Risk Assessments
A.D.A.M.'s Health Risk Assessments include 16 comprehensive tools that give targeted recommendations based on a user¹s specific health risks and health profile. The interactive assessment engine uses reactive logic to intelligently guide users through a series of questions that evaluate their health and lifestyle and provide custom results and recommendations. Related links also allow users to find out more about the topic and their personalized results.
Wellness Tools
A.D.A.M.'s suite of 6 interactive calculators help users track, evaluate and learn about their common health concerns. Calculators include body mass index (BMI), calorie burner, target heart rate, ideal body weight, nutritional needs, and waist to hip.
Living Well Videos
Living Well TV, SAMC's weekly 90-second health information program, features interviews with Medical Center physicians and medical professionals, who discuss diagnosis and treatment of a wide variety of medical conditions. In addition, Living Well TV provides an in depth look at some of the latest medical technology available in the region, such as the da Vinci surgical robot and new techniques in chronic pain management.
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Living Well Fitness
Living Well Fitness was established to promote and provide personalized fitness programs that best meet every members own personal goal, design them according to their current health, physical condition and overall way of life.
Click here to use our online wellness tools. Fitness Assessments
Starting an exercise program can be intimidating whether you are brand new to exercise or a seasoned exerciser. To assist new members we offer free fitness assessments for all newcomers. Our fitness assessments include a review of personal health and fitness goals, baseline measurements, and a basic personalized exercise program. We strongly suggest having a fitness assessment for all newcomers.
Personal Training
We know that your path to wellness needs to be as individualized as you are. That is why we've created the Personal Training program. All Living Well Fitness trainers are experienced and certified through a nationally certified agency which sets them apart as experts in the field. Multiple Packages are available to best meet each individual's needs. Please call to discuss packages and pricing.
Body Fat Analysis
Body Fat analysis helps assess your physical fitness level. You need to regularly monitor your body fat. Reducing body fat and building muscle is associated with numerous benefits such as greater strength, reduced likelihood of injury, higher metabolism, and lower risks for many diseases. We have two methods of measuring body fat:
Skinfold Caliper - Using hand held calipers that exert a standard pressure. The skin fold thickness is measured at various body locations. A calculation is then used to derive a body fat percentage based on the sum of the measurements. Body Fat Analysis - Calculated by a weak electrical current that passes through the body to determine the amount of fat tissue.
Group Fitness Classes
Exercising in groups can be exciting and challenging. Come join one of our motivating instructors as they lead you in fun, safe, and effective workouts.
Paramount Weight Equipment Free Weights Smith Machine Hack Squat Machine Leg Press Machine Dumbbells 5 - 120 Stair Stepper Treadmills Ellipticals Recumbent Bikes Upright Bike
Towel Service
Living Well Fitness offers daily towel service for your convenience
Retail Service
The Retail Area is available to provide our members with a variety of fitness and nutritional items, including a vending area and over the counter items. Nutrition bars, muscle milk, weight lifting gloves, push up bars, food weight scales and pedometers are just a sample of the items we have to offer.
Hours of Operation
Monday – Thursday: 5:00 am - 9:30 pm
Friday: 5:00 am - 6:00 pm
Saturday: 7:00 am - 3:00 pm
Sunday: 1:00 pm - 5:00 pmTours
Call ext. 3720 or stop by for a tour of our new facility and meet our staff
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Paranoid Penguin - Linux VPNs with OpenVPN, Part V
In talking about the value of using VPN software when using untrusted networks like WLAN hot spots, I've described the benefits of using your home network's Web proxy rather than surfing the Web directly through the untrusted network. From a policy-enforcement standpoint, this allows you to enforce whatever URL or content filtering with which your home network's proxy is configured; from an endpoint-security standpoint, it makes phishing and man-in-the-middle attacks harder.
On the downside, it also results in a somewhat slower Web browsing experience, because each user's Web traffic must traverse a longer, slower path than without the VPN tunnel in place. Also, making remote users use your corporate Web proxy without also configuring them to use your corporate DNS servers may fail to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks (in which DNS redirection is a common technique), giving a false sense of security.
I return to the DNS problem shortly, but how do you use Web proxies with OpenVPN? It's quite simple. On the Web proxy itself, you simply need to make sure there's an Access Control List (ACL) allowing client connections from tunnel IPs. This is a moot question if your Squid server is running on a different box from the OpenVPN server, and the OpenVPN server is using Network Address Translation (NAT) to "hide" all tunnel-originated packets behind its own IP address (I discuss NAT shortly).
If, however, you are running the Web proxy on the OpenVPN server itself, you need an ACL. For Squid, you need to add something like this to /etc/squid/squid.conf:
acl openvpn_tunnels src 10.31.33.0/24 http_access allow openvpn_tunnels
The acl line defines an object named openvpn_tunnels, representing transactions whose source IP addresses fall between 10.31.33.1 and 10.31.33.254. The http_access line allows transactions initiating from this IP range. As with any other change you make to this file, you need to restart Squid for this ACL to take effect (sudo /etc/init.d/squid restart).
Your clients will, of course, need to be configured to use your Web proxy, but they target the same IP address regardless of whether they're connecting from afar via OpenVPN or connecting directly to your LAN. That is, if you're already having your users proxy all their Web traffic, no change to their Web browser settings should be necessary for them to use the same proxy through OpenVPN.
If you're requiring all remote users to route all their Internet traffic through the VPN tunnel, it isn't enough to force them to use the remote network's default gateway. You also need to force them to use the remote network's DNS servers. Otherwise, a man-in-the-middle attack that involves DNS spoofing on the client side of the tunnel will succeed. Once a remote user's browser has been handed a phishing site's IP address for a given URL, it doesn't matter whether it connects to that IP directly or through the VPN tunnel (unless, perhaps, the phishing site's IP address is on a blacklist enforced by your corporate Web proxy or firewall).
If your remote clients all run Windows, it's easy to enforce server-side DNS settings. Simply add the following line to your OpenVPN server's OpenVPN configuration file:
push "dhcp-option DNS 10.0.0.100" push "dhcp-option DNS 10.0.0.120"
Of course, you should replace 10.0.0.100 and 10.0.0.120 with the addresses of the DNS servers you want your clients to use.
Unfortunately, this won't work for non-Windows clients. For Linux and other UNIX clients, you'll need to edit those client systems' /etc/resolv.conf files either manually or dynamically. The server-side configuration parameter foreign_option_<I>n<I> lets you pass data to tunnel-initiation scripts (--up scripts); for example, the line foreign_option_1='dhcp-option DNS 10.0.0.100' sends the line dhcp-option DNS 10.0.0.100 to any defined "up" scripts, which can then act on that data.
The details of how all this works are out of the scope of this article. Suffice it to say that the OpenVPN man page describes how "up" scripts work, and the link to the update-resolv-conf script in the Resources for this article provides a script you can alter to rewrite /etc/resolv.conf to give precedence to your "home" network's DNS servers.
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This is because the networks from which remote clients connect will have either different network IP addresses than your "home" network, in which case the odds are your "home" network infrastructure won't have a route to the remote clients, or they'll have the same network IP addresses, in which case it's quite possible that different hosts on opposite ends of the VPN tunnels will have the same host IP addresses!
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Title: | Judgments of the Lucky Across Development and Culture |
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Banaji, Mahzarin; Dweck, Carol S.; Olson, Kristina R.; Spelke, Elizabeth; Dunham, Yarrow; Yarrow, Dunham
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Citation: | Olson, Kristina R., Yarrow Dunham, Carol S. Dweck, Elizabeth S. Spelke, and Mahzarin R. Banaji. 2008. Judgments of the lucky across development and culture. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 94(5): 757-776. |
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DMITRY Medvedev, Russia's president, has made a rare concession to public opinion and halted the felling of an ancient forest in Khimki on the edge of Moscow. The forest was being cleared to pave the way for a much-needed new road between the Russian capital and St Petersburg.
Environmental campaigners and anti-Kremlin political activists contended there were other less damaging routes that could have been chosen. They also alleged that the authorities had scorned normal procedures to fast track the project, riding roughshod over public opinion in the process.
The movement against the forest's destruction swiftly snowballed from a tiny grassroots organisation into a politically inconvenient mainstream political issue for the Kremlin. It first hit the headlines in 2008 when a local journalist campaigning against the new road was savagely beaten in front of his own home. Mikhail Beketov, editor of a local newspaper, was pummelled with metal poles by an unknown number of attackers and left for dead. Doctors later had to amputate one of his legs and he lay in a critical condition for months.
The brutality of that attack, which was, unusually, given wide coverage in state-controlled media, radicalised other local activists. They organised numerous protest meetings, and, before long, Russia's tiny and enfeebled anti-Kremlin opposition co-opted the issue, framing it as a test of Mr Medvedev's pledges to foster a stronger civil society.
The protests culminated in a lively demonstration on Moscow's Pushkin Square last Sunday featuring an impromptu performance from veteran rocker Yuri Shevchuk. Mr Shevchuk, the front man for a band called DDT, became a pin-up for the anti-Kremlin opposition earlier this year when he confronted Vladimir Putin, the prime minister, in a meeting, during which he asked him a series of awkward questions about the state of democracy in Russia.
Campaigners against the new road were celebrating on Thursday night, believing that Mr Medvedev's intervention amounted to a solid victory. However, they should keep the Champagne on ice. Mr Medvedev said he was ordering a review of the project in light of serious public disquiet (and a rare appeal from the ruling United Russia party), but warned he could not prejudge the outcome.
If the review does halt the destruction of the forest, that would be the time to celebrate. But as things stand Mr Medvedev's gesture, though welcome, amounts to a concession rather than a U-turn. Nor are the signals the Kremlin is sending of late consistent. A court on Wednesday sentenced 70-year old veteran human rights activist Lev Ponomaryov to three days in prison for helping carry Russia's national flag on the country's own Flag Day last Sunday, alleging, preposterously, that he had ignored police warnings to stop conducting what they considered an "unauthorised march."
Another court on Thursday handed a similar sentence to another activist who helped carry the same flag. In such circumstances, it would seem premature for the defenders of one of Moscow's oldest forests to read too much into Mr Medvedev's words.
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Read about 1000 Russian policemen mobilised to prevent a Moscow rally on 'Truimfalnaya Sqare' in a show of force ordered by the Kremlin.
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susan_sto_helit wrote: "If Russians care..."
Do they care ? Seriously ?
If Russians care, they can challenge even the biggest fish (the man said to be behind the highway project is none other than St. Petersburg businessman Arkady Rotenberg, Putin's friend and one-time judo trainer).
Vladimir Putin has now backed down on his opposition to halting the construction of an $8 billion highway through a centuries-old oak forest north of Moscow, — a day after President Medvedev ordered a halt to the deforestation to clear the way for the highway from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
Meanwhile the logging contractor Teplotekhnik, hired to clear the forest, said it had cut down about 60 hectares of the 144 hectares scheduled for destruction. Somebody in authority had issued permits and some state agency had allocated funds for this mismanaged project. In a clear demonstration of a wasteful duplication of authority over state-approved major projects neither Putin nor Medvedev made any public comments about Teplotekhnik's announcement.
Meanwhile, adding fuel to the fires over this gross mismanagement, Yevgenia Chirikova, a leader of the Khimki forest defenders, stated that restoring the destroyed part of the forest would take more than 70 years.
Maybe Medvedev and Putin should mobilise hundreds of their "Nashi" supporters to start a re-planting project.
blaked495 wrote: "Russia is not running out of forests..."
Of course, not ! Except that their forests are in the wrong place. So, the obvious solution is to relocate Moscow's Kremlin with all its ministries and subsidiary institutions (like Lubyanka, etc.) to a forested area somewhere close to Archangelsk or Kolyma. Fresh air year-round and lots of room for future growth !
Russia is not running out of forests - as in, ancient boreal forests. When a meteorite exploded over Siberia in 1908, felling over 80 million trees, nobody even took note of the fact until later. Moscow is a city where the 'official' population is about 8-9 million but the city in fact home to probably more than 12 million people. St. Petersburg is home to 5 million, and the road between them is pathetic. It narrows to two lanes in places, and goes through a number of towns and villages where the speed limit is 60 km/h. In addition to this, it goes via Khimki, which is Moscow's biggest suburb, where you MUST take this road or one other in order to enter the city and where 10 km can take well over an hour to traverse. My advice is - screw the forest. They also need to build a bypass around Balashika and its 10-15 traffic lights on the highway to Vladimir, which is an even bigger nightmare in terms of lorry traffic.
Putin in Kamchatka, black bears and mammoth bones...enjoy the show !
No fires there and no silly demonstrators to worry about.
dbmetzger wrote: "lets not forget Putin. He's had some rough going recently"
Rough going ? He run away to the Siberian Pacific coast and went whale hunting, female whales to be correct. Medwedev was left in Moscow to serve as a target for criticism.
lets not forget Putin. He's had some rough going recently
The End of Vladimir Putin?
Could raging wildfires signal the end for Russia's long-time political leader? Putin's forest reforms of 2007 are now under the microscope. http://www.newslook.com/videos/242473-the-end-of-vladimir-putin?autoplay...
@ Far Easterner
You are mistaken. The forest was not cleared, at least not yet. That's what the opposition groups are trying to prevent. You shouldn't distract attention from the issue of Russian opposition by your "whataboutism" about India. No one doubts that there are hundreds of road projects ( or other develpoments) elsewhere that may be opposed by local population. But this example is about Russian opposition groups attemping to mobilise popular support.
Your key premise that "forests belong to the state" is fundamentally flawed since you don't seem to recognise that the "state" should act for the benefit of the people, not some politicians who, most likely, will make millions on highway construction contracts. It is a well known fact that Moscow Mayor's wife is a multi-multi millionaire who made her (and Mayor Luzhkov's) fortunes operating construction companies with access to lucrative government contracts.
They should tunnel the way to St Petersburg and leave the lush forest alone for future generations.
Khimki forest is one of the resource of oxygen for Moscow are ecology near megapolis is awful and harmful. That's why the deforestation of it is a crominal against people living near Moscow.
This makes for happy reading; Where ever it may be, that political leadership giving in to demands of the visionary minority of environmentalists, shows that not everything is looking bad.
Let there be more of such endeavors and let them be more successful!
strange heading as usual: "The road to nowhere" when from article we learn that the forest was cleared to pave the way for much needed highway between Moscow and St Petersburg.
There is nothing unusual in this, forest belongs to the state, so it is free to build anything on it. For example here in India thousands of farmers in Uttar Pradesh were thrown destitute when state government forcefully acquired for a pittance their agricultural lands to build new highway between Delhi and Lucknow.
Yet Economist does not write anything with the same scorn on the subject.
In fact the main problem in Russia it seems was mistake of urban planners when they developed Khimki - it is located right on the way to St Petersburg and to busy Sheremetevo international airport. That's why passengers and commuters have been facing for years significant difficulties when they were trying to reach airport on time or drive to the second capital - while Leningradsky street is wide enough the road was narrowing near Khimki. Also incompetence of road construction under supervision of mayor Luzhkov contributed to permanent appaling traffic jams near the junction of Leningradsky and MKAD (outer ring road) - these two busy highways are connected with pitiful two-lane link roads.
According to Interfax, Ponomaryov's penalty of three days in jail could have been limited to a tocken fine of less than 1,000 rubles ($32), but the court ruled that Ponomaryov should face arrest because he has a record of previous minor offenses.
Two other opposition leaders, Boris Nemtsov and Mikhail Shneider, were detained on the same charges. Shneider was also sentenced to a three-day arrest, but Nemtsov's case was returned to police because of insufficient evidence.
Ponomaryov's lawyer accused police officers who testified against his client in court of falsifying their reports. In Russia, some higher "authority" decides what the police testimony should be.
According to Russian media, Ponomaryov, who spent four days in the hospital with high blood pressure after being detained at an opposition rally on Aug. 12th, called the case against him political and will appeal.
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Should Economic Theory Control Price Fixing Analysis?Malcolm B. CoateU.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) April 29, 2013 Abstract: At first glance, lawyers remain in control of price fixing analysis. Agreements to raise price are per-se illegal, and economists only seem needed to estimate damages. However, economic insights remain relevant; not all price-related agreements are driven by pricing issues and some price agreements are inferred from the totality of the evidence. If recent research is an indicator, economists would like to further expand their influence. In a series of papers, Kaplow proposes to reincarnate Posner's focus on economic evidence, and prove liability with market performance data. Such an approach would expand price fixing policy to cover situations of tacit collusion (conscious parallelism). Kovacic, Marshall, Marx, and White, as well as Harrington, advance limited reforms, with Kovacic et al. suggesting a method to quantify the Plus Factor concept, and Harrington introducing a theoretical method to develop Plus Factor evidence. This paper provides an analysis of the current price fixing standard, evaluates the applicability of these new economic modeling structures, and highlights areas for future research. By abandoning the concept of agreement, Kaplow's concept eliminates an institutional check on over-aggressive antitrust enforcement and runs the risk of allowing serious policy errors. On the other hand, all the authors offer useful insights to supplement the standard Plus Factor approach and economic ideas could improve policy at the margin. Going forward, the integration of law and economics, implicit in the current case law, is likely to continue. Number of Pages in PDF File: 55 Keywords: antitrust, price fixing, plus factors, Posner, per-se standard JEL Classification: K21, L12, L41 working papers seriesDate posted: July 11, 2012 ; Last revised: April 29, 2013Suggested CitationContact Information
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Amish Breakfast Casserole Recipe
- 1 pound sliced bacon, diced
- 1 medium sweet onion, chopped
- 6 eggs, lightly beaten
- 4 cups frozen shredded hash brown potatoes, thawed
- 2 cups (8 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese
- 1-1/2 cups (12 ounces) 4% cottage cheese
- 1-1/4 cups shredded Swiss cheese
- In a large skillet, cook bacon and onion until bacon is crisp; drain. In a large bowl, combine the remaining ingredients; stir in bacon mixture. Transfer to a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish.
- Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean. Let stand for 10 minutes before cutting. Yield: 12 servings.
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Really yummy, especially with breakfast sausage. I was worried there wouldn't be enough flavor but there totally was! I sprinkled pepper in it and used mozzarella instead of Swiss cheese just because I'm not the biggest fan of Swiss cheese. This would also be a really easy recipe to halve!
Yummy and easy. It was the perfect size to feed a large group. This will be served at our home!!
This is a wonderful breakfast casserole. I make this up in several small pans and then send one to our daughter in college. She loves it, even rewarmed.
This is the best breakfast casserole I've ever made or eaten. I take it to our monthly birthday parties at work and get lots of raves and asking for the recipe. I use sausage and add more eggs than what it calls for.
this was the best b'fast casserole we have had, very good! I added pepper and also some hot sauce to it, awesome! :D


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In the challenging post- 9/11 economic climate, hoteliers are realizing the importance of getting back to the basic industry mantra: "Life is service." Accordingly, Radisson Hotels & Resorts is ushering in 2002 with two new training initiatives to keep both its corporate and hotel employees up-to-date on hospitality industry best practices.
All of Radisson's traditional, on-site training programs—which cover such areas as sales skills and revenue management—will be provided by Signature (www.legendary.net), a hotel industry training company. What distinguishes Signatures' training program from others, says Steve Outwater, senior director of training, education, and hotel services for Radisson, is that it conducts post-training "mystery shopper" assessments to evaluate the programs' effectiveness.
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Traffic in Tukwila was bottle-necked Thursday morning when a semi truck overturned during the commute.
Shortly before 8 a.m. a semi truck flipped on its side on southbound I-5 near SR 599 in Tukwila.
The Washington State Patrol reports there were no injuries, but crews responded to a fire that started at the scene of the accident.
The two right lanes of SB I-5 were blocked, as well as the ramp from SR 599 to SB I-5 while the truck was being up-righted and the guard rail was being repaired. The roadway and ramp have reopened.
Drivers may have experienced a one mile back-up while traveling through the area.
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The typical student begins in Chinese 101 (first semester Mandarin) and progresses to Chinese 201 to complete the Core Curriculum requirement.
However, students with a strong background in Mandarin Chinese (having studied it previously or learned it in a non-academic setting) may be able to skip 101, and begin with Chinese 102 (second semester Mandarin).
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Likelihood function
From a statistical standpoint, the data vector
Let denote the probability distribution function (PDF) by
To illustrate the idea of a PDF, consider the simplest case with one observation and one parameter, that is,
which is known as the binomial probability distribution. The shape of this PDF is shown in the top panel of Figure 1. If the parameter value is changed to say w = 0.7, a new PDF is obtained as
which as a function of y specifies the probability of data y for a given value of the parameter
Maximum Likelihood Estimation
Once data have been collected and the likelihood function of a model given the data is determined, one is in a position to make statistical inferences about the population, that is, the probability distribution that underlies the data. Given that different parameter values index different probability distributions (Figure 1), we are interested in finding the parameter value that corresponds to the desired PDF.
The principle of maximum likelihood estimation (MLE), originally developed by R. A. Fisher in the 1920s, states that the desired probability distribution be the one that makes the observed data most likely, which is obtained by seeking the value of the parameter vector that maximizes the likelihood function
Let p equal the probability of success in a sequence of Bernoulli trials or the proportion of the large population with a certain characteristic. The method of moments estimate for p is relative frequency of success (having that characteristic). It will be shown below that the maximum likelihood estimate for p is also the relative frequency of success.
Suppose that X is
which is the joint p.d.f. of
To find the value of p that maximizes
Setting this first derivative equal to zero gives
The corresponding statistics, namely
When finding a maximum likelihood estimator, it is often easier to find the value of parameter that minimizes the natural logarithm of the likelihood function rather than the value of the parameter that minimizes the likelihood function itself. Because the natural logarithm function is an increasing function, the solution will be the same. To see this, the example which was considered above gives for
To find the maximum, set the first derivative equal to zero to obtain
which is the same as previous equation. Thus the solution is
Motivated by the preceding illustration, the formal definition of maximum likelihood estimators is presented. This definition is used in both the discrete and continuous cases.
In many practical cases, these estimators (and estimates) are unique. For many applications there is just one unknown parameter. In this case the likelihood function is given by


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You may remember that in February, four of our Angels worked with Mary Beth Keefe to brew a batch of the Barmaid's T'ale, a beer that has been on the Granite roster in the past, but hasn't been made for a bit. Our brave Angels woke up early and headed out to brew, and a good time was had by all.
The second half of this process was always intended to be a celebration of us drinking the beer our fellow Angels brewed in collaboration with Mary Beth … and now is our opportunity to taste it!! On cask, even!! Some would argue that drinking beer on cask is the best, if not only way, beer should be served. Our friends at CASK! Toronto are examples of this way of thinking. A group focused on raising awareness of cask conditioned ale, sometimes called "real ale," they host monthly socials at different craft beer bars around Toronto.
To make this dream of drinking our delicious beer on cask come true, the Barley's Angels have teamed up with the Granite Brewery and CASK! Toronto. On March 16, from 2-5, a cask of the Barmaid's T'ale that our ladies made will be served alongside three stouts, also on cask. The regular roster of Granite beers will also be served.
Come out and enjoy our beer and meet some of the amazing CASK! Toronto members who will also be at the event. It's going to be an awesome time!
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Virginia Bierly Wolff, 95, of River Falls died Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012 at United Hospital in St. Paul.
Virginia Bierly Wolff, 95, of River Falls died Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012 at United Hospital in St. Paul.
She was born in Eaton, Ohio, on Sept. 23, 1917.
A farm-girl childhood included her dog, her pony, fresh air and vegetables, and the chores and isolation that make a kid want to jump the fence. Came of age in the Depression, all those home-cooking skills born of necessity. Worked her way through college, taped scrounged theater ticket stubs back together for entertainment, graduated 1940 from Miami University at Oxford, Ohio, (yes, Mom studied at Oxford). Her part in The War was the Red Cross, working with wounded vets in Hawaii and Okinawa; then later Vienna, where she met her future husband, and mothers whose sons did not return from the East, and found time for some opera.
Married John Maney Wolff June 24, 1950 and raised a family of four in Duluth. The archetypal soccer mom, she somehow managed the endless diapers, illnesses, cooking, cleaning, birthday parties, recitals, sports, spats, library, school, church, and holidays. She often took her kids back to the farm, where we learned stuff we'd never learn in school.
She kept the family together through difficult times, returning to college at University of Minnesota, Duluth, and teaching at Congdon Elementary – all while being Mom. The nest empty, she left Duluth for Eagan, Minn. Sadly, she had to nurse her husband through a difficult five year terminal illness. She knew "'till death do us part". Retirement brought some time for herself: travel, quilting, reading, dancing. Her wall map is covered with dots showing places she's been. She wanted to enjoy herself, and she did. She moved to Presbyterian Homes in Eagan in 1987, and lived her final years in Comforts of Home in River Falls, Wis. Her life spanned the 20th Century, Victrolas to MP3s, World War I to Afghanistan. The family's first radio was a great marvel. Her children used slide rules. Her grandchildren have never seen a typewriter. They fondly remember a woman who could always find a smile to put on her face and have some fun until the day she died gracefully at 95.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Homer and Myrta Bierly; sister Vivian, and husband John.
She is survived by children, Virginia Wolff and Ray Minnerly of Bow, Wash.; John Wolff and Lori Takahashi of Seattle, Wash.; Scott Wolff of Duluth; Greg and Patrice Wolff of River Falls, Wis.; and grandchildren Carina Wolff, Peter Wolff and Michael Wolff.
MEMORIAL SERVICE: 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012 in Bakken-Young Funeral Home in River Falls. Visitation will also be Saturday from 10 a.m. until the service. Private interment at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis. Memorial donations may be made to Fisher House Foundation, which provides housing for visiting of families of wounded veterans at V.A. Hospitals www.fisherhouse.org, (888)-294-8560, or 111 Rockville Pike, Suite 420, Rockville, MD 20850. Arrangements are with Bakken-Young Funeral & Cremation Services of River Falls.
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There's lots of overhead activity this Saturday as Groveland Oaks County Park in Holly holds its annual Air Fair with hot air balloons, gliders and kites. In addition there are food vendors, a movie, DJ and a band.
Look for the hot air balloon launch, demos by the Wind Jammers Professional Kite Team and West Michigan Hang Glider Association along with an inflatable obstacle course, retro games such as kickball and tug-of-war, face painting and kite making.
Hours Saturday are from 2-10 p.m. Events are free with a $5 daily pass. Groveland Oaks is at 14555 Dixie Highway, Holly.
Annual Air Fair this Saturday at Groveland Oaks County Park
Hot air balloons, gliders and kites fill the sky
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Melissa Romig VP Digital Media Director, A&G
As an active member of the Boston advertising community for the last 10 years, I jumped at the chance to help out with this year's Ad Club Media Auction. This event is so important to the Ad Club, and the Ad Club is so very important to the Boston advertising community that I was happy to help in any way I could.
Now, collecting the donations was only half the battle. Lucky for me, the media partners we reached out to were all-too-happy to help out with this initiative. They recognized that it was a great way to keep the vibrant Boston advertising community going, but also an opportunity to move their businesses forward. Many companies use inventory purchased in the auction as a test – testing new media channels (TV, radio, outdoor, online), running with new vendors they've never tried before, or maybe trying paid advertising out for the first time ever.
We are now in the middle of the actual auction, where agencies and local companies and organizations bid on all the exciting inventory the auction has to offer. Some of the properties have already sold – snatched up early on by enterprising media buyers and marketing folks. But the good news is that there is still some very valuable inventory available that would work towards reaching your marketing and advertising goals. I encourage you to please go online and check it out! Not only will you be securing outstanding inventory at a discount, but you'll be helping an awesome organization support the advertising community for one more fabulous year.
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Boston Business Journal: Going once, going twice...sold!
Ad space on national and local TV, print and radio will be up for grabs at bargain basement prices starting on Sept. 17, during the Ad Club of Boston's annual media auction.
The auction is an important part of the Ad Club's yearly fund-raising efforts.
It also gives local companies and nonprofits a chance to buy media cheaply.
Opening bids start at 15 percent of the total value of the media space.
Media outlets donate advertising that's part of the auction. To date, the Boston Herald, Christian Science Monitor, Fortune and CNNMoney.com have donated space. A complete list of auction items can be found at www.adclubmedia.com.
Erik Proulx is the founder of Please Feed The Animals, and writer/co-executive producer of the movie Lemonade.
With every new crop of ad school graduates, you can practically hear the collective moan of creative directors everywhere. "I like it, but that would never fly in the real world."
This is a post about that real world.
Real is relative. Real for the 25-year old newbie is different than real for the 25-year veteran. Real for an account person is different than real for the brooding creative. But, here's the thing, with the right environment and minimal toxicity, an agency's collective real can accommodate all of them.
In fact, an increasing number of advertising agencies are starting to do exactly what portfolio school graduates have been doing all along: Defining their own real by doing work that they want to do.
And I'm not talking about the specfest that plagues our award shows. I'm talking about legitimate work on legitimate projects, but with one important difference. These agencies have an ownership stake in their clients, to the point that many are researching, developing, distributing, and marketing products. The agency is the client and the client is the agency, and they advertise how they see fit.
One shining example is Fat Pig Chocolate, the organic candy bar created by The Brooklyn Brothers, and marketed by -- you guessed it -- The Brooklyn Brothers. As their new business director Matt Lake said in this interview with AgencySpy, "...marketing your own brands changes the conversation you have with clients. You're no longer an agency trying to sell creative, you're a peer that happens to be very creative. And you get paid too."
What if ad school graduates harvested all their creativity, education and relationships and did something bold, like start a business? Maybe that business is an advertising agency, like good folks from VCU did when they started Agency Nil. Or maybe it's a coffee roasting company, like my new friend Bob Weeks did after getting laid off.
Either way, the case for leaving ad school and making a bee-line to the first decent agency that hires you gets weaker and weaker with every successful business started by a young entrepreneur. And in the case of creating your own product and being your own agency, you're able to strategize and market that product by the letter of your own law. Your own ideas. Your own standards. Your own real.
But even in this job drought, being an entrepreneur is infinitely more difficult than finding work as a salaried employee. I have learned firsthand these last many months that building a business from scratch, with no capital, no investors, and no track record is fraught with hardship. So, no sugarcoating there.
But if I want to start a Facebook page for my business, I don't need to share it with a boss, focus groups, or legal departments. If I want to make a movie to promote my business, by golly, the success or failure of that idea rests on my shoulders alone.
No, being my own client and agency is not an easy thing. But it's better than contorting to someone else's values. And this real world -- the good and the bad -- is my own.
I'm really excited for the conversation I'll be having with Edward Boches in Boston entitled All About Crowdsourcing on the August 5th. To prepare, I've been having lots of interesting conversations with folks on the subject. One thing that constantly surprises me is the amount of emotion around crowdsourcing. It's made me reflect on what's happening at a deeper level. It feels like I've seen this disruptive play before. On a long bike ride yesterday it came to me.
I started my first company in 1986. It was based on a radical paradigm shift and I was able to take advantage of it. I decided to buy a magazine, Rocky Mountain Running News to use it as the foundation to start a larger magazine entitled, Rocky Mountain Sports. The purchase was only possible because of a radical shift in technology. Instead of paying $35,000 for typesetting, annually, I was able to buy a Mac Plus, a 20MB hard drive and a laser writer for $23,000. I was also able to get a beta version of Quark. Then, it was essentially a type setting program for macs. That seems surreal now, doesn't it?
So, there I was trying to figure out how to typeset my magazine. It was trial by fire. I was a complete amateur. While I didn't need our typesetting house for the body copy of the magazine, I still used them for the occasional ad.
The first few issues turned out much better than I thought they would. But, you should have heard the professional typesetters. When they saw the issues they just laughed and talked about what awful kerning and leading the magazine had and that the choice of type was horrible. Every time we talked they said, "This amateur desktop publishing thing will never work. You'll be back."
We all know how the story ended.
My sense is that we are in the midst of another such revolution. This time, it's all about connectivity. Now people can participate in culture by going on line. They don't have to move to the right city or work for the right company to be involved. It doesn't matter whether their an amateur or a professional, people now have the ability to work where they want, with whom they want and how they want. We're evolving, as Eric Raymond so aptly put it, into a world ruled by the creative bazaar instead of the world of cathedrals that agencies have created.
You can call it crowdsourcing, co-creation or open source innovation, the crowd is here is to stay and will produce more and more creative content. The big questions are: How do you manage and inspire the crowd? How do you make meaning from all of their input? How do you build brands in such a noisy environment?
I hope you can help answer some of these questions with us either in person or via Twitter.
Edward Boches Chief Creative Officer, Chief Social Media OfficerMullen
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