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Awards and Recognition
ACI-NA has a rich history of recognizing best practices and individuals through its awards programs. Here is background information about each.
William E. Downes Jr. Memorial Award
As ACI-NA's most prestigious award, the "William E. Downes Jr. Memorial Award" is the namesake of Bill Downes, the former commissioner of aviation for the City of Chicago from 1959 to 1975.
The eligible nominee must meet at least one of the following criteria. The nominee shall have provided in his or her career:
- Outstanding leadership and action in the cause of Airport or Aviation Management; or,
- Successful work for acceptance, development and support of needed airport programs; or,
- Fostering of cooperation among various segments of aviation, with the result of bettering airports; or
- A creative approach to solving today's problems with a plan for future airport and aviation development.
Any person is eligible for this award provided they are not recognized as an active Official Representative by Airports Council International-North America.
Accomplishments of primary importance to the William E. Downes, Jr. Award Selection Committee include those made in the field of airport management in the U.S. and Canada. However, individuals from other organizations including a governmental body, private industry, academic institution or private citizen, and in other ACI regions, are eligible for recognition provided such accomplishments had a significant and outstanding positive impact on airports or aviation.
- 2014 Honoree: Arnold Thompson
- View past winners
Ted Bushelman Legacy Award for Creativity and Excellence
In June 2008, the Marketing and Communications Committee launched the Ted Bushelman Legacy Award for Creativity and Excellence to be presented at the annual ACI-North America Marketing & Communications Conference. The award is named for its first recipient, Ted Bushelman, who served as Senior Director of Communications, Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport for 40 years.
The award will go to an individual nominated and selected by his or her peers in the airport industry. This special award recognizes the values, accomplishments and creativity of airport marketing and communications professionals who also share those talents and contribute to the legacy of professionalism experienced throughout our meetings and programs. The Committee reserves the right to withhold the award any year when there are not suitable nominees.
The following criteria will be used as guidance when selecting an award winner. The recipient of this award must have a minimum of 15 years experience in one or more of the disciplines represented by the Marketing and Communications Committee. Those disciplines include:
- media relations
- community relations
- aviation education
- customer service
- marketing, and
- air service development
In addition, the individual who is selected must have a record of demonstrating his or her skills, expertise, and professionalism in some or all of the following areas:
- Promotes the professionalism of the marketing and communications disciplines within the airport industry;
- Has a history of generating and embracing new ideas to promote and support his or her airport's programs and services;
- Actively shares his or her knowledge and experience with other marketing and communications professionals within the airport industry;
- Participates in the ACI-NA Marketing and Communications Committee and attends its programs; and
- Promotes the importance, and advances the understanding, of airports and aviation within the broader community.
Deadline: Nominations are now being accepted for the 2014 award and the winner will be announced in Edmonton on June 25. The nomination deadline is April 16.
Award Winners
- 2008 - Ted Bushelman, Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport
- 2009 - Michael Conway, Detroit Metropolitan Airport
- 2010 - Jerry Staples, Halifax International Airport
- 2011 - Tara Hamilton, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
- 2012 - Patricia Rowe, Milwaukee's General Mitchell International Airport
- 2013 - Not awarded
- 2014 - Lucinda Harshman, Pittsburgh International Airport
Excellence in Airport Marketing & Communications Contest
The Excellence in Airport Communications Contest has been in existence since 1990. The Airports Council International-North America's Marketing & Communications Committee sponsors this annual competition. This contest allows ACI-NA to recognize the quality of work, abundance of talent, and creativity within the marketing and communications field of the airport industry.
The "Excellence in Airport Marketing & Communications Contest" honors airport professionals that offer expertise and talent in a variety of categories including web site design, annual reports, newsletters, advertising campaigns, special event planning and more.
A major component of the contest is the judges' selection of the recipient of the Peggy G. Hereford Excellence in Communications Award. This award symbolizes overall achievement in an airport's marketing and public relations programs, honoring the creativity and effectiveness of the airport's staff.
Deadline: The call for entries for the 2014 contest has now passed. The winners will be announced in June in Edmonton during the 2014 Marketing and Communications Conference.
ACI-NA Environmental Achievement Awards
Since 1997, ACI-NA has granted Environmental Achievement Awards to recognize its airport members that strive to protect and preserve the environment through their programs, initiatives and projects. Established by the ACI-NA Environmental Affairs Committee, the annual Awards acknowledge the hard work and achievements of ACI-NA members by promoting awareness more broadly within the airport community, the general public and regulators of the many notable and innovative efforts being undertaken by environmental professionals at airports.
Environmental and planning staffs at our airports deserve recognition for their efforts in developing and implementing programs that protect the environment while keeping their airport's projects on schedule, minimizing community and regulatory controversy and using creative means of maximizing overall cost-benefit.
Awards may be granted in the categories of environmental management, mitigation, outreach/education/community involvement, and special/innovative projects. Entries will be judged based on environmental benefit, innovation, effective implementation, widespread applicability, and cost effectiveness.
In 2014, the ACI-NA Environmental Affairs Committee launched a new category within the Environmental Achievement Awards that recognizes an individual for outstanding contributions to the Committee. Winners of the "Peer Recognition for Outstanding Individual Contribution and Leadership" Award are nominated by their peers within the Committee and confirmed by Committee Leadership. The annual award will provide a special member "thank you" and encourage continued contribution to ACI-NA and the aviation industry.
Entries: We have just completed the 2014 Environmental Awards and selected winners. We will begin accepting entries for the 2015 Environmental Awards in the spring
ACI-NA Richard A. Griesbach Excellence in Airport Concessions Contest
The ACI-NA Excellence in Concessions Contest honors the contributions of Richard A. Griesbach, whose influence on the commercial development of airports extended far beyond his employment with the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. At the 10th annual awards ceremony in 2007, the category of Concessions Person of the Year was added.
The purpose of the ACI-NA Excellence in Airport Concessions Contest is to inspire creativity in the industry and to recognize innovative and outstanding airport concessions. These awards help to demonstrate the growing importance of concessions to the total airport experience.
One airport will receive the 'Griesbach Overall Award of Excellence'. To be eligible, an airport member must submit entries in both Best Food & Beverage Program and Best Retail/Specialty Program categories.
Entries: 2012 Call for Entries will be available in Summer 2012.
Deadline: The 2011 winners were recognized at the Awards Ceremony in Atlanta, at the 2011 Airport Concessions Conference.


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Marriott has an interesting promotion where you can actually buy back your elite status if you didn't re-qualify in 2010. While I think it might make sense to buy back to Platinum or Gold simply because of the free breakfast, internet, and room upgrades, Silver doesn't get much besides a 20% point bonus. (Full list of Marriott Elite benefits).
Overall, I like what Marriott is doing – giving people who may have been laid off in 2010, but returning to work in 2011, a chance to get back in the traveling game without slumming it with no status. In the meantime, they take a bunch of points off their books and engender loyalty with top customers. "Buying" back status seems like it could create more value with the consumer instead of randomly extending status (which some chains do). This feels like win-win for all and I suspect other chains will copy Marriott's model in the future.
Tip of the hat to Ric at Loyalty Traveler, which is a great blog for detailed analysis on hotel loyalty programs.
Per this promotion link:
"As one of our valued Elite members, we understand that your travel needs vary from year to year and that occasionally you might not have the required number of stays to maintain your Elite status. But we know how important Marriott Rewards benefits are to you - so we are offering you a limited-time opportunity to buy back your status for 2011 using points that you may already have.
Here's all it takes to reinstate your level:
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Remember, if you don't have enough points in your account, you can always
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The regulated bus market is dominated by the public sector and there are around 17,000 buses. Privatisation of the bus market is being considered.
Our market entry through an established Hungarian company places us in a good position to develop by further acquisition and growth.
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Some babies are chatting up a storm by age 1, others haven't really bothered. Yet, they might all fall well within what's considered "normal." But doctors who specialize in autism say they frequently hear this from parents, "I went to my pediatrician and said, 'please help I think something is wrong'. And the pediatrician said, 'well let's wait and see'."
That "wait and see" approach seems reasonable when you consider that wide range of "normal", but those who do have a serious communication delay or full-blown autism often aren't diagnosed until at least age two or three.
Dr. Max Wiznitzer with Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital said, "That means we've wasted time during which brain development might be positively affected by intervention."
Now intervention may come much earlier when children are flagged with a simple check-list at their 12-month doctor's visit. Karen Pierce, ph.D. with the University of California, San Diego said, "Their social behavior is just very subtly starting to become derailed."
Dr. Pierce looked at the effect of surveying parents about their babies' communication and language skills at their 1-year check-up. Pierce said, "The screen just says something is wrong -- it doesn't tell you what is wrong. Doesn't tell you what you should do."
Of more than 10-thousand babies -- 184 failed the screening and were sent to a specialist. A quarter turned out to be just fine. But 75-percent either had a significant delay or were later diagnosed with autism.
Those who needed treatment were able to start at around 18 months. Dr. Wiznitzer said, "This is a well-designed study that succinctly and concisely address their specific question: Can we use this checklist to screen for autism and other developmental disorders? And they did it."
Now the push is to get more doctors to use the check-list at the 1-year mark so kids can stay on track.
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—Lost in love
I know how you feel, having gone through a similar situation myself recently. It's definitely frustrating to convey to friends and family how a person is, like, your perfect soul mate when you're breaking up every five minutes. You didn't really go into why your relationship is so topsy-turvy with this guy, but you don't need to because my advice would probably be the same regardless.
Listen to them: stay off-again.
It's true your friends and family did not date your boyfriend, but I'm going to venture a guess that they did hear all about him, including the details around the many times you've parted ways and gotten back together again. Are our friends sometimes wrong about our love lives? Of course. Are they acting out of love and concern for you that, if you get back together with this guy, it's just going to be more of the same not-so-great pattern? Probably. Are they worried that you've come so far these last few months, with your swank new promotion, new living space and "great life," and that that will all topple if you decide to give Mr. Sometimes Great another shot? Yep. You might be similarly appalled at me for joining their chorus of "no's," especially since I'm a total stranger (the nerve!). But, just like a fish doesn't know it's in water, it's far easier for outsiders to see a situation clearly, because we're not under the influence of the powerful (and addicting) love chemicals that sometimes blind us.
Love depends on all kinds of unpredictable factors in order to succeed. It can be messy at times and uncertain, but contrary to pretty much all pop songs, love isn't a "roller coaster," a "battle field" or a "losing game." At its core, love should be easy. Love is mellow and calm and stable. The frustrating, hot and cold, up and down business that has consumed you these last two years is not sustainable. You may have ridden on the highs to get you through up until now, but it won't work forever. The "hell no, what are you nuts?!" part of your question tells me that. Very few people in happy, long-term relationships have that thought running through their heads.
I think another reason you might be feel lost and confused is because you never allowed yourself a clean break. In other words, it sounds like you're still spending time with your ex. I would urge you to cut that out, at least for a while. This doesn't mean forever necessarily, but allow yourself enough time and space to really move on. You deserve that, at the very least.
Sometimes you have to crush your own heart in order to mend it. Here's to wishing you relatively smooth sailing from here on out.
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So, not gonna lie, when this thread was originally posted, I didn't really give it much thought because it seemed like another "knee jerk" reaction forum because of negative Wii U press. As time passed, I slowly saw this start to gain momentum, but still wasn't convinced that it was a forum I would be able to contribute too. Then, it dawns on me that this is 30+ pages long and I decide to look at it. Then, when I look at it, I see people are all like "man 35 pages really shows this is optional" and gifs and pictures everywhere being all "lolz, look at dis thread being all long. I'm gonna sit back and watch." Then @JohnRedcorn starts talking about food and now I'm hungry.
Shrek is love. Shrek is life.
Now if you couldn't tell, all that stuff above is one huge joke. Don't take me serious folks!!
Short answer, ditching the Game Pad would cost Nintendo everything that makes their console unique from the others and eliminate any potential innovation with future games.
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Old Dog Haven operates out of Lake Stevens but they help senior dogs throughout the state by finding loving permanent homes. The organization consists of a group of private foster homes caring for the animals and a network that finds homes where dogs over the age of eight can spend the rest of their lives.
Many of the animals at Old Dog Haven have been neglected or abandoned by their owners or have medical problems and need a place to call home. Older dogs often spend a long time waiting for a home in a shelter or pound. That is where the foster homes step in, they give the animals a stable and loving environment where they can interact with other animals while waiting for a permanent home.
You can help Old Dog Haven care for these animals by donating important items like dog beds, flea treatments and of course monetary donations. A full "wish list" can be found online at their website at olddoghaven.org. Monetary donations can be sent to 621 State Route 9 NE - PMB-4A Lake Stevens, WA 98258.
If you are looking for a new best friend Old Dog Haven's website, olddoghaven.org, has listings of dogs around Western Washington that are looking for homes. There is also a part of the site dedicated to happy endings, so you can see the great work that Old Dog Haven does.
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Bank of China, Citigroup Inked Renminbi Remittance Agreement
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Bank of China (SEHK: 3988; SHSE: 601988), one of the Big Four lenders in the nation, inked a renminbi remittance agreement with the global trade service unit of Citigroup, an international financial conglomerate with operations in consumer, corporate, investment banking, and insurance.
Pursuant to the agreement, Citigroup and the New York branch of Bank of China will provide renminbi remittance service for clients together.
This is the first time that Citigroup helps the Chinese partner expand its remittance business and the Chinese lender is to attract more capital to flow into its branches in China, which can meet clients' rising remittance demand at home. At the same time, the Chinese bank also assists the foreign partner to offer global remittance service to Chinese clients.
China is expected to take a rising share on the global remittance market and clients are starting seeking for international remittance services via their homegrown banks now.
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If you can find some free time in between the shopping, or need a break away for variation, Pratunam has a few highlights to include on your itinerary. Just make sure you choose a smog-free day or time in Bangkok to venture up to the 77th observation floor and 84th floor revolving, open-air viewing deck of Baiyoke Sky Hotel for mesmerizing city vistas and great photo opportunities. Also, be sure to visit an antique Thai-style house set in a beautiful garden - Suan Pakkard Palace.
Other than that, keep your eyes peeled for turn-of-the-century shophouses in some of the smaller 'sois' (alleys) - the main market itself dates back more than a hundred years - and several small shrines and spirit houses. For the supersticious Thais, it is vital to ensure that the spirits are appeased, so that trade remains brisk at any given time.
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How can you possibly have a floating market on the 75th floor? Despite how unusual it sounds, the Baiyoke Floating Market is actually a novel idea, combining the fun of browsing at a market with the enjoyment of a Thai food buffet. The themed buffet style feels fresh and original and the food is as good as any you will find along the many waterways of Thailand – minus the mosquitoes! Getting there is easy as Baiyoke Sky Hotel is the tallest building in Bangkok and visible from all over the city. The nearest BTS stations are Ratchatewi and Chit Lom but both require further transport or a 20 minute walk. Read More...
BTS: Ratchathewi, plus taxi (not walking distance)
Address: 75th Floor, Baiyoke Sky Hotel, 222 Ratchaprarop Road, Ratchathewi, Bangkok
Tel: +66 (0) 2656 3000
If you can find some free time in between the shopping, or need a break away for variation, Pratunam has a few highlights to include on your itinerary. Just make sure you choose a smog-free day or time in Bangkok to venture up to the 77th observation floor and 84th floor revolving, open-air viewing deck of Baiyoke Sky Hotel for mesmerizing city vistas and great photo opportunities. Also, be sure to visit an antique Thai-style house set in a beautiful garden - Suan Pakkard Palace. Read More...
Opening Hours: 10:00-22:30 (skywalk and rooftop observatory deck)
Location: Ratchaprarob Soi 3, Pratunam
Price Range: THB 300
What to look out for (and what to avoid) at Pantip Plaza, the most famous Bangkok electronics mall. Pantip Plaza is the mother of all IT shops in Thailand and has gained legendary status as the place to find new and used computers and accessories at rock-bottom prices. Occupying a rather featureless building on Petchaburi Road, Pantip Plaza has also gained notoriety because of the widespread practice of selling counterfeit software, DVDs… and more sordid material. The mall itself has certainly seen better days, but like an old auntie that always has lots of candy when you go to visit, Pantip Plaza is still pulling in the punters thanks to unbeatable bargains and cheap technical specialists for things like repairs and upgrades. Read More...
Opening Hours: 10:00 - 21:00 (every day).
Location: Petchaburi Road, opposite Pratunam's City Complex
BTS: Chidlom (but still quite a walk)
How to get there: From BTS Chidlom, either hire a tuk-tuk/taxi or walk ten minutes down Ratchadamri Road past Central World on your left, over the Saen Saeb canal and then left on Phetburi Road. Walk about two blocks, and Pantip Plaza should be on your left.
Platinum Fashion Mall is like an indoor version of the Chatuchak Weekend Market. It specializes in wholesale fashion clothing and accessories, with four floors of shopping space, packed with some 1,300 shops. Here, haggling is part of the fun, and you'll save more buying in larger quantities. Read More...
Opening Hours: 10:00 - 22:00
Location: Petchburi, Ratchathewi (next to Pantip Plaza)
BTS: The nearest Skytrain station is Chidlom (but not really walking distance, you wll need a taxi or tuk yuk)
Suan Pakkad Palace is a place to find visions of Thailand you thought long since vanished in Bangkok. Its name means 'cabbage patch', in reference to when the land was nothing more than just that. Today, however, it's a well-tended tropical garden with serene ponds surrounding eight traditional Thai houses, each of which brims to overflowing with fine arts, antiques and oddities belonging to Prince and Princess Chumbhot. Read More...
Opening Hours: 09:00 - 16:00
Location: 352-354 Sri Ayudhya Road (five minutes walk from BTS Phaya Thai), nearest area Pratunam
Tel: +66 (0)2 245 4934
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The Baptist Centre 'Valle Azul' (or Blue Valley) opened officially in November 2007. It offers a welcome to a range of groups throughout the year as well as hosting Camps during the summer months. The ministries based at the centre include 'The Amazing Journey' and the year teams 'Mision Rescate'.
The site covers an area of 20,000 sq metres and includes sports facilities, accommodation for 120 people, dining facilities to cater for over 300 people and conference rooms for the varying needs of visiting groups.
Trevor & Christine Morrow have led this work and are joined by Luz-Maria who works and lives on-site. Another couple, Juan & Antonia also live at the centre offering security, maintenance and catering support.
Many people from the High Sierra or from some of the new shanty developments on the coast can only dream of a holiday. This facility is a place where families can get a break, at very little cost, and enjoy Christian fellowship and great fun!


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