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A New Breed of Hired Hands C tivates Grass-Roots Anger By STEPHEN ENGELBERG
Date: 17 Mar 1993
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Consider Bonner & Associates, which occupies an entire floor of one of Washington's pricier office buildings. From a distance it looks like the boiler room of any telephone sales company, with freshfaced young men and women in narrow cubicles reading intently from typed scripts.
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- National Rifle Association (Aggressive pro-gun lobby in U.S.,)The NRA was admired by Philip Morris management and often cited as a template for carrying out effective pro-industry activities in which a corporation itself could not legitimately engage; Formed the template for the National Smokers Association (PM's smokers' rights group)
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- Bonner, Jack
- Bush, George Walker (U.S. President (R) (2001-2009), TX Governor (1995-00))Son of George Herbert Walker Bush.
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VOL.CXLII .... No. ~,273 c~,~,e,~:~,s~'~.,~,~, NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1993 A New Breed of Hired Hands C tivates Grass-Roots Anger By STEPHEN ENGELBERG Special to The New York Times WASHINGTON, March 16--The era of electronic vox pop, when radio talk shows help drive out a prospective Attor- ney General, has meant boom times for at least one species of Washington insid- er: consultants who deliver populist rage. Consider Bonner & Associates, which occupies an entire floor of one of Wash- ington's pricier office buildings. From a distance it looks like the boiler room of any telephone sales company, with fresh- faced young men and women in narrow cubicles reading intently from typed scripts. But these operators are not pitching Veg-O-Matics or life insurance. They are prospecting by phone for that most elu- sive of Washington commodities, the hometown pressure points that represen- tatives or senators are loath to resist. This company is among a new breed of Washington firms that has turned grass- roots organizing techniques to the advan- tage of its high-paying clients, generally trade associations and corporations. Unlike old-fashioned letter-writing campaigns, which rained easily identifi- able form letters on lawmakers, the new campaigns are sometimes intended to ap- pear spontaneous. Jack Bonner, who founded Bonner & Associates in 1984, says he always lets his targets know of his activities. But the rise of this industry has made it hard to tell the difference between manufactured public opinion and genu- ine explosions of popular sentiment. Or as they put it in the lobbying indus- try: is it grass roots or Astro Turf. The Zoi~ Baird Case The real thing helped bring down President Clinton's first choice for Attor- ney General, Zo8 Baird, when thousands of angry citizens, apparently without the benefit of outside encouragement, called their members of Congress to complain about her hiring of an illegal immigrant couple as a baby sitter and driver, and her failure to pay the helpers' social security taxes. But Bonner Associates specializes in seizing on unformed public sentiment, Continued on Page A17, Column 1 STORY RAN ON THE FRONT PAGE. TI 16290998
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rile teew runic r~Mes NATIONAL wzz~tces,gA ~ M,~,~CH lz, 19;1 AI7 Continued from A 1 Lobbyists Who marshaling local intere=t groups and rain- Ing faxos, phone calls and letters on Con- gr~ or the White House on a few days' notice. Some competitors rely more on a retail approach. They phone potentially Irate chlzens, deliver detailed briefings and then transfer the newly aggravated callers dtroctiy to the office of the rele- vant senator or representative. "The golden age of grass roots has ar- rived," Mr. Bonnet said. Fie has mobi- lized public opinion against limits on credit card interest rates when he was working for the banks, agains~ tougher fuel efficiency standards when he was on the s!de of the auto makers, and against triple-trailer trucks when he was hired by a railroad. Mr. Bonnet reports a surge in poten- tial clients In the ls=t two m th~ months. "In the past," he raid, "a lot of busi- neuos wouldn't go to the grass roots be- caus~ they thought they could contain their problems in D.C., either by lobby- htg or by George Bush vetoing anti- business legislation. Well, that veto isn't there any more. Through the early 1980's, environmen- tat groups and others on the fringes of the Washington establishment relied on latices, petitions and other manpower- intensive methods to counter the power and connections of big corporations. But by the cud of the d~cade, special- Ists like Mr. Bonner, as well as several Washington political consultants and lob- byists, had begun to co-opt the strategy, a trend that gathered even more momen- tum when Ross Pero! and Bill Clinton tapped into the electronic babble of dis- sent that is talk radio and television. °'What some of those trade organiza- tions are asking now is: How do we find these Perot-type people and get them to speak out on our issue?" ~eid R. Nancy Clack, vice president of a political con- ~ulting company called The Clinton Group, which has been operating since Specialize in Big Public Displays of Emotion the 1960's and has no ties to the current Administration, "How do we fit into this talk-radio democracy?" Jeff Eller, director of media affairs at the White House, who is one of the Clin- ton Administration officials responsible for keeping a finger on the public pulse, said he had a practiced ear for detecting stage-managed campaigns, Mr, Eller said that on an average day, 65,000 people weigh in by telephone with their opinions about President Climon's economic plan, and another 700 a day use computers to send electronic mail. "You can tell if you listen to the phone calls and read the mail which is prepro- grammed and which comes from the heart," he said. "If a bunch of phone calls saying the same thing come in at the same time, you know." Or do you? Ms. Clack said The Clinton Group used computer data banks to identify people with specific leanings. Her com- pany generally works for Democrats and can set in motion a wave of sincere, unscripted phone calls. The technique, called "patch through," works like this: Say, for example, the National Orga- nization for Women opposes a nomina- tion to the Supreme Court because the candidate has equivocal record nn abor- tion rights. The Clinton Group will take the mem- bership rolls of the group, and match names to phone numbers. It might also use its computer to cross-reference maga- zine subscriptions, data on personal pur- chasing habits, and precincts with partic- ular voting and income profiles, to come up with a bigger list of sympathetle people. At the company's phone bank in Louisville, Ky., a computer dials the numbers. When someone answers, an operator comes on the line and explains NOW's position, offering to transfer the caller, at no charge, to the White House switchboard or local member of Congr~s. "Progressive groups have got to do this," Ms. Clack insisted. "The right wing doesn't. They've got the Christian Broadcasting Network, the 700 Club and about 1,200 radio outlets. All they do is print a press release, read it on the air." The quality of this kind of briefing is crucial Mr. Bonnet, 44 years old, who was a political aide to the late Senator John Heinz, a Republican from Pennsyl- vania, employs as many as 200 "issue junkies" to explain matters to a local business or interest group. He often asks the people he called to call him back after they are through talking to their Congres- sional office, to test whether any unfore- seen questions arose. Mr. Bonner's 12,000-square-foot of- flees occupy an entire floor, through which he walks with the pride of a high- tech craftsman. He shows off the million- dollar phone system, which can keep 300 lines humming at once, and walks a visitor past rooms of phones. Methods of Enlistment Mr. Bonner tries to enlist local people, Sometimes it is a straightforward matter of getting local bankers or small business- men to call their Congressman. Other times the connection is a bit more oblique, like the time he persuaded local handicapped groups to attack proposed fuel efficiency standards for auto makers. (Smaller cars would be arguably harder for handicapped people to get into.) His services do not come cheap. A campaign aimed at a handful of lawmak- ers on a subcommiltee could cost in the tens of thousands of dollars, but one trade association in an uphill fight on the Senate floor paid $3 million for a single monlh~s work. Prodding of public opinion, whether by talk show hosts or Washington ex- perts, has touched off its own backlash and complaints that the reborn demo- cratic spirit is being subverted. "Give me a break," Mr. Bonner re- plied. "Most communications to the White House 0t the Hill are prompted. Whether by ihe Sierra (21ub, the National Rifle Association or th~ American Auo, ciation of Retired P~ople i~ not the point~" At the White Houae,!the switchboard has already been equipped with th~t f~vorite high-tech wrinkle of corporat~ America: the voice mall system, which allows callers t0 register views by press- ing numbers on phone~. "Thank you for ea~lin~ ibe White House we appreciate your call "inton¢~ a man's voice. "If you would like to make a comment or ¢xpcess your opin- ion, please press one now," There's not a lot of room for nuance. "Do you support or o~ose the Pred. dc~t's cconomtc p ograqh the message begins. The ~e~l ~hreeSelecti0ns allow vo~ers to assess the Climon plan for its size of deficit reduction, cuts hi Govern, ment spending and the faFness o~ the t~x burden proposed for upper Income tax, payers. 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3 Simple Tips: Where to Find Cheap Liverpool Blinds…
Home decoration can never be taken lightly, but not everybody can afford the most expensive Liverpool blinds, or to hire home design specialists. If you are on a budget, but you need to give your home a makeover, rest assured…
There are some cheap solutions to your
problem, and, it's guaranteed, they will not look cheap at all.
Here are some ideas on how to bring home decoration to a whole new level, and, that, without breaking the bank.
1) Mini Blinds For Normal Windows
When considering the best options for cheap window blinds, you should never forget about the classic ones.
Known as mini blinds, or Venetian blinds, they are both practical and elegant, and they provide all that at a very reasonable price.
They are also handy, when you have only normal windows, and there are no large areas of glass to be covered in your home.
The thing that makes them cheap is the material they are made of.
Plastic is the word, and that being said, it is easier to see how they do not have the same hefty price tag as other blinds in Liverpool area that are made of wood or metal, or other types of fabric.
2) Stay In Style, Choose Your Colors
While the option presented above is, indeed, a cheap solution, this does not mean that you have to be out of style.
Yes, everybody on a budget prefers mini blinds, but this does not mean that, when walking down the street, you see the same window blinds everywhere.
This is yet another great plus of mini blinds, and that is they come in many, many colors, that you can comfortably choose from.
For instance, if you have a lot of wood furniture in your home, and you want your blinds to match that, you can always go for the faux plastic wooden like option of mini blinds. They may look like wood on the outside, but they are made of the same faithful, easy to clean material, also known as plastic.
3) Fabric Blinds, Convenience And Comfort
If you want to go green, and therefore, the idea of plastic blinds does not appeal to you, there is another cheap solution.
These blinds are made of reeds and they do not block the light entirely, so, if you want your home to receive plenty of natural light, while blocking off the strong rays of sun, this would be another cheap solution for your windows.
As you can see, you have some great options to choose from for your Liverpool blinds, when you want to make a change in home décor, and that without having to dig too deep in your pockets.
Mini blinds and blinds made of reeds are very practical, being able to block light, and keep away dirt and dust, providing insulation as needed.
Shop around and see which colors and shapes are the best fit for your windows, and make your calculations. You will see how easy it is to find cheap blinds that also look and work great!
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Daily entries from the 17th century London diary
The Navy Board had four Principal Officers, the Treasurer, Comptroller, Surveyor and Clerk of the Acts. The Comptroller was the officer with responsibility for auditing accounts. At the time of the Restoration these appointments were made with the intention to appease the various political factions in the country. Sir Robert Slingsby, a Royalist, was made Comptroller, and when he died he was replaced by Sir John Mennes, an experienced naval officer and the former Royalist leader in North Wales. Therefore, he was both an experienced commander on land and on sea.
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Artist dreams up a gorgeous 'Microsoft Surface Phone 8' concept
We're not ashamed to say that Microsoft's Surface tablet running Windows 8 is looking like one sleek gadget. But what if Microsoft took the Surface brand one step further and decided to build its own smartphone (as is rumored)? If the Surface tablet had a little brother, it'd look like this industrial designer's concept, for sure.
The "Surface Phone 8" concept doesn't bother itself with silly imaginary specs because designer Jonas "YrOnimuS" Daehnert is all about the aesthetic. "Maybe there is working a Quadcore in it - 2GB of Ram - 32-64gb Storage - Display 1280x768 - 16MPx FullHD Camera and so on..."
Really, who cares when his concept phone makes even the Nokia Lumia 800 and 900 look like a cans of old beans.
You can clearly see that Daehnert's design takes the Surface tablet's best attributes — its 22-degree angled edges, the alloy magnesium body, the sleek grilled speakers — and miniaturizes them to fit into a smartphone. Slap on the promising Windows Phone 8 and, boom, you've got yourself a winner.
In a way, Daehnert's design feels like the spiritual successor to the Zune HD, one of Microsoft's finest pieces of hardware in terms of industrial design.
Microsoft, if you're reading this. Build this phone. People would line up for them.
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Marin County hilltop estate with guest house
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Twice a week, The Chronicle features a local home on the market that caught our eye for its architecture, history or character. See more photos at www.sfgate.com/columns/walkthrough.
Address: 69 Laurel Grove Ave., Ross
Asking price: $13.8 million
Description: Completely renovated and expanded at the turn of the 21st century, this luxurious Marin County hilltop estate retains touches of its original 1934 brown shingle Craftsman appearance while offering all the amenities of a private, rural manor. The entry features a soaring clerestory and opens into a spacious living room with a wall of windows and a balcony. There's a formal dining room with a fireplace and a gourmet kitchen that overlooks a large family room. French doors open to resort-like grounds including an infinity edge pool, an outdoor kitchen and a sauna. Upstairs are three spacious bedrooms, each with its own en-suite bath, and the master suite, which spans an entire wing of the house. On this level, the home offers views of Mount Tamalpais, the bay, the San Francisco skyline and West Marin. Outside, various terraces and patios open to 2.6 acres of lush gardens and paths designed by landscape architect Todd Cole. The grounds include orchards, a hobby vineyard, an olive grove, a bocce ball court and a putting green. Also included are two fitness centers, a home theater, a wine cellar and a four-car garage.
Don't miss: The three-bedroom, two-bathroom guesthouse built by Bay Area architect Joseph Esherick as his own residence in 1948.
Built: 2002
Size: Four bedrooms, 6.5 bathrooms in the main house; three bedrooms, two bathrooms in the guesthouse; approximately 7,500 square feet of living space.
For more information: Joseph Gartland Moore, McGuire Real Estate, (415) 351-4681, 69laurelgrove.com.
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A Second Chance (Editorial)
Posted 11/26/2012 12:00 am
The federal government has given the state of Arkansas, along with a number of other states, a second chance to establish its own state-run health insurance exchange. Legislators, harkening to Republican wishful thinking and anti-Obama sentiment, muffed the first chance for Arkansans to have greater control over the implementation of the Affordable Care Act — Obamacare.
The federal government, mindful of the new realities of the post-election political universe, has extended to Dec. 14 the deadline for states to decide how the exchanges will be run, whether they will be operated completely by the federal government, as a state-federal partnership or run by the states.
Gov. Mike Beebe, ever the insightful pragmatist, noted, "It's obvious that the federal government doesn't want to do this, or they wouldn't have extended this deadline."
Perhaps the governor is thinking that with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding the act and the re-election of the man who shepherded it to passage, he may be able to persuade the state Legislature, even one now controlled by the GOP, to come around to his way of thinking. That way of thinking is this: The state of Arkansas is better equipped to operate the exchange that will provide about 326,000 residents a clearinghouse where they can shop for health insurance.
The exchange is critical to the success of the Affordable Care Act. That very fact may doom it in the eyes of those who would rather President Barack Obama's key initiative fail than that their fellow citizens have access to affordable health care.
As others have noted, Obamacare is now the law of the land. Perhaps it will fail. Perhaps it should fail. But Arkansas' people deserve a shot at what is likely to be their best chance of obtaining health insurance — and care — in a generation.


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IJC Operational Update, Jan. 21
By SOF Editor on Thu, 01/21/2010 - 11:59am
Printer Friendly VersionSend to a FriendAn Afghan-international security force searched a compound in the village of Qal-eh-ye-Bara, in the Qarah Bagh District of Ghazni province. During the operation the joint force responded to an imminent threat and killed insurgents and captured another. In Kandahar today, a joint security force stopped a vehicle near Maiwand village in the Maiwand District. While searching the vehicle and a nearby compound, the Afghan-international security force found three men, including one with fragmentation wounds he was unable to explain, who were attempting to bury a handheld radio. The three men were detained and medical care was provided to the one with injuries. In Khowst last night, an Afghan-international security force searched a compound in the village of Goldar, in the Sabari District and captured a Haqqani commander, responsible for buying weapons, ammunition and directing attacks against Afghan and coalition forces. The joint team also captured other militants. In Kunduz last night a joint security force searched a compound outside the village of Basuz, in the Chahar Darah District and detained an Uzbek foreign fighter facilitator with close ties to the Taliban. The security force also detained other suspected militants. In other operations, ANP and ISAF forces searched two compounds and detained five insurgents along with IED materials in the Koh-e-Safi District of Parwan province yesterday. The joint force seized 30 kilos (66 pounds) of ammonium nitrate, a Russian-made rocket, three fragmentation grenades, and grenade fuses. No innocent Afghan civilians were harmed during any of these operations.


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Heath + Courtney | Engaged
Once again
I have a fun fall engagement to share with you!! Heath and Courtney's images are full of color and I'm excited to share them!! We met on JMU's campus last Friday and it became very obvious that we were brave. It was homecoming weekend. Who tries to shoot on campus on Homecoming weekend? We do! I think I've mastered the art of hiding students that are passing by while we're shooting!! It's like a sixth sense! We shot on the beautiful grounds of JMU and then we headed over to JMU's Arboretum! Hello amazing colors!!! It was gorgeous. As we made our way around the pond, we talked about the wedding and their story, etc, etc.
Heath and Courtney are the type of couple that you meet and you feel like you've known them forever! They were sweet, genuine and totally excited about their pictures!! (I'm a lucky girl:) I was immediately comfortable with them and their session was a breeze!! The weather cooperated with us and we were able to shoot until the last bit of light fell below the tree line. It was a perfect evening for an engagement session and I'm so thankful we still had some leaves on the trees!!! Enjoy some of my favorites and Heath and Courtney, I absolutely LOVED my time with you two!! Can't WAIT until the big day!!!
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Kimber Wassenberg: ( )
Amazing pictures! That is one beautiful couple!
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I love the pictures!!! Those orange leaves are breathtaking!!!!! Beautiful:):):) God bless!!
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You have her mommy in tears! Thank you Katelyn! Amazing pics, I can't wait to meet you at the wedding!
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Oh my goodness, I love all of these!!! It's so wonderful to see a new perspective of a place I drive past so often! As always, your pictures are stunning :)
Kathryn Grace: ( )
So gorgeous! I just love the "glowy" quality your pictures always have!
Lynn Wisman: ( )
Beautiful job Katelyn. I have a shoot this afternoon at U of R and can't wait for the beautiful foliage.
Shalese: ( )
I can't believe you were at JMU at the same time I got there for Homecoming!! That's probably a good thing though, I might have died of excitement!
Rici: ( )
Courtney has really great make-up!!! Love it!
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An all too often circumstance in the library world comes to the La Crosse County Library System with budget cuts looming for the library. The library is facing a proposed reduction of $131,000 in its operating budget.
This is a typical situation. Again, if libraries are so important to our society, how come we see funding cuts like this everywhere?


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Watch "Blue."
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A sad end to a sad band.
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'Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth' is due November 15.
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A bunch of famous musicians have filed a FOIA request seeking info on whether their songs were used as tools of torture at Guantánamo Bay.
Song-by-song ratings of performances by everyone from the Moldy Peaches' Kimya Dawson to Darius Rucker, a.k.a. Hootie.
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Originally published Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at 8:03 PM
Your vote on legalizing pot, gay marriage could make history
The pot and gay-marriage measures on the state ballot have a lot going for them but may not be able to overcome the fear of change.
Seattle Times staff columnist
The other day, at a news conference urging local voters not to legalize pot and thereby overturn 75 years of precedent, a former national drug czar got that "are you people crazy?" tone to his voice.
"What's the country going to look like if there are a hundred-million marijuana users?" he demanded. "This isn't a joke, this isn't hard to see. It's a clear and present danger."
Now, setting aside the fear-mongering in this argument — you left-coasters vote for this and the whole nation will get stoned! — it did make me realize, in that moment, that there are some once-in-a-lifetime kind of changes on our ballot this year.
Initiative 502 doesn't just downgrade marijuana's status in the criminal code. It goes far beyond that to create state-licensed pot farms and retail outlets. We'd be taking a substance that's been illegal for the better part of a century and turning it into a commercial product, from seed to store.
You have to go back to the end of alcohol prohibition in the 1930s to find a change so big.
Then there's gay marriage. Kind of like the drug czar, opponents of gay marriage contend that this vote to change the rules on who can get married would be both apocalyptic and ahistoric — upending thousands of years of human history. That's a stretch, to say the least. But not since the end of laws barring interracial marriage — more than a century ago in this state, about 50 years ago in the South — have we considered such a change.
That we're talking about and voting on such once-in-generations stuff like this makes me happy to be here. It seems like a sign of a strong society, one that's sure enough of itself to experiment. Are you people crazy? Yes, and proudly so.
But that doesn't mean we're going to go for it.
Is this a change election? The kind where we're willing, in a burst, to clear out laws — and maybe some politicians and ways of thinking — that have been gathering dust in the attic for decades?
I've had a gut feeling from the beginning that the pot initiative probably will fail, despite its lead in the polls. Not because people feel we're winning the war on drugs. Or that police should be cracking down on pot smokers. But setting up official pot farms and commercial stores, under state licensing, seems like a huge leap beyond just acknowledging the drug war is a failure.
I'm leaning toward voting for Initiative 502. But when faced with something that new, even radical, I can't recall voters ever taking the plunge. Not on the first try anyway.
Gay marriage seems less of a lift. We've been talking about gay equality, as well as voting on it, for decades now. The campaign this fall has been notable for its lack of drama. Not only is expanding marriage the way to bring this debate to an end, doing so will have exactly zero effect on the vast majority of voters.
Still, gay marriage has been rejected in all 32 states that have voted on it, including in supposedly experimental places such as California. The campaign against Referendum 74 doesn't have any arguments left except "it's tradition." Still that might be enough.
People always say they want change. But rarely do they go for the real thing. Sure there are flirtations with change movements, like the tea party or Occupy. But the institutions we've set up, like Congress and the Legislature, seem to have their own inertia no matter what change is in the air.
This time, though, in this state, there are two once-in-a-hundred-years shifts up for your consideration. Real change.
Ballots are being mailed out starting today.
Go crazy, people.
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Jonathan Huberdeau, Nathan MacKinnon and Jonathan Drouin propelled the QMJHL All-Stars' offence to a 5-2 win in front of 2,492 fans at the air Creebec Centre in game two of the Subway Super Series.
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The Russian All-Stars tied the score at one with a fluky goal. Andrei Sigarev was the last player to touch a puck that took two awkward bounces before finding the back of the net. Both teams retreated to their dressing rooms tied at one after 20 minutes of play.
Jonathan Huberdeau and Nathan MacKinnon were the stories in the second period. Both players broke away on the Russian goaltender at 3:51 who had absolutely no chance as Huberdeau scored his first marker of the series.
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Jonathan Drouin recorded his first goal and fourth point of the night with just over four minutes left in the game. Not surprisingly, Jonathan Huberdeau and Nathan MacKinnon notched the assists on the goal.
Nathan MacKinnon was named the player of the game for Team QMJHL after registering four points while Andrei Sigarev was rewarded for Team Russia.
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Penn National Gaming Secures Nevada Gaming Commission And West Virginia Lottery Commission Approvals Of The Steps Necessary To Implement The Planned Separation Of Its Operating Assets From Real Property Assets
The Company has notified each of the 27 regulatory agencies that have jurisdiction over the Company's gaming and racing operations of the proposed separation and has made, and is continuing to make, all documentary filings required or requested by the various agencies. The Company believes that no further regulatory approvals will be required by 15 of the 27 agencies prior to the consummation of the separation and distribution of shares of GLPI common stock, and that further prior approvals will be required from the other 12 agencies. No assurance can be given on the timing of the remaining regulatory approvals or whether any of the 27 regulatory agencies may require the Company or GLPI to provide additional information or obtain additional approvals.
Based on Penn National Gaming's current real estate portfolio, GLPI is expected to initially own the real estate associated with 19 casino facilities, which have a total of over 2,900 acres of land and 6.6 million square feet of building space. GLPI would lease back to Penn National Gaming 17 of these casino facilities and own and operate two gaming facilities in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Perryville, Maryland.
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Penn National Gaming owns, operates or has ownership interests in gaming and racing facilities with a focus on slot machine entertainment. The Company presently operates twenty-eight facilities in eighteen jurisdictions, including Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, West Virginia, and Ontario. In aggregate, Penn National's operated facilities currently feature approximately 34,500 gaming machines, approximately 850 table games, 2,900 hotel rooms and approximately 1.6 million square feet of gaming floor space.Forward-looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may vary materially from expectations. Although Penn National Gaming, Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, the "Company") believe that our expectations are based on reasonable assumptions within the bounds of our knowledge of our business and operations, there can be no assurance that actual results will not differ materially from our expectations. Meaningful factors that could cause actual results to differ from expectations include, but are not limited to, risks related to the following: the proposed separation of GLPI from the Company, including our ability to timely receive all necessary consents and approvals, the anticipated timing of the proposed separation, the expected tax treatment of the proposed transaction, the ability of each of the post spin Company and GLPI to conduct and expand their respective businesses following the proposed spin-off, and the diversion of management's attention from traditional business concerns; our ability to raise the capital necessary to finance the spin-off, including the redemption of our existing debt and preferred stock obligations, the anticipated cash portion of our special E&P dividend and transaction costs; and other factors as discussed in GLPI's registration statement on Form S-11, as amended, and the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K as filed with the SEC. The Company does not intend to update publicly any forward-looking statements except as required by law.
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Google's Chrome OS!!!
Unless you live in a cave and don't care at all about technology you've probably heard that Google showed its Linux-based Chrome operating system to the world last week. Google has thrown the source code of it's Chromiumn 'OS' project open to community.
The main focus of Google with this new OS has being on Speed, Simplicity and Security.
It takes about 7 seconds to to go the log-in screen. And another 3 seconds to log in to your application. Now this is called speed. Google is still working on making it faster. :)
All data of Chrome OS is in the cloud. So every application is a web application. There are no native applications. This is what gives it simplicity.
As on data is on the machine it self, if you lose your machine, you just get a new one, and it works. As everything is a web app, the system is secure but not fully secure. If any application is in danger of being corrupted by malware, Chrome has been designed to reboot itself, after which a clean version of the OS is downloaded. Nearly all user data will be stored in the Google's cloud computing service and will be encrypted and sychronized constantly between the netbook and the cloud.
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On Thursday, October 21st, President Bush signed the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act named in honor of Senator Gordon Smith's son who committed suicide a little over one year ago. This bill will help enable states, Indian tribes, colleges and universities to develop suicide prevention and intervention programs. Though the bill has been passed and signed into law the money has not been authorized yet by Congress for the grants that will be awarded. It is still vital for advocates to keep informed and for us to continue working towards getting the money appropriated for these vital programs.
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impersonal.me allows you to easy remove the Google personalized search impersonal.meSubmitted by riisager Sep 17 2012 in Tool 13 Comments Discuss (9) |
Frank H. Madsen @frankhmadsenA convenient tool. Although I personally am able to open an incognito window in my browser, not all customers or forums readers are. Impersonal.me gives me an easy way to tell them that they are not no. 1 in SERPs in everyone elses browsers.
John J Curtis @JohnJCurtisI'm not buying the accuracy or convenience. It's just adding parameters to the URL string, but it's not removing browsing history. Keeping a clean browser is better.
Mikael Rieck @mikaelrieckLike the fact that I can easily change the language and country. A tool I use on an daily basis.
Thomas Rosenstand @rosenstandGreat tool to direct customers to when they simply don't get how to search "impersonalized" from their computer.
Tad Chef @onreact_comFirst a warm welcome to our ca. 20 new users. 18 votes and 3 comments within one hour is not bad really for a start. Now a question: How does the tool overcome personalization? It seems it only adds a few parameters. We know though that pws=0 does NOT remove all personalization, for example you still get localized results based on your geo-location. So I'd like to know a bit more to be able to understand how it works and whether it is a reliable way to display not personalized results.
@onreact_com The new users probably came from my tweet https://twitter.com/riisager/status/247663893936226305 (win/win) for inbound.org and for me It does nothing more than add "PWS" - you're right +1 and local is not included in the filter
Try to play around with geo http://www.impersonal.me/#q=Tadeusz%20Szewczyk&hl=de&tld=.at&gl=AT http://www.impersonal.me/#q=Tadeusz%20Szewczyk&hl=sv&tld=.se&gl=SE
Mikael Rieck @mikaelrieckDidn't feel like voting prior to this one :) Have been following the discussion though.
Gordon Campbell @gorcampbellAnother way this can be done is by using incognito mode in Google Chrome.
Morten Elm @MortenElmGreat tool. I use it a lot together with the SeoQuake plugin.
John Doherty @dohertyjfOr just take 2 minutes and create a custom search engine that adds the &pws=0 parameter to your searches. I wrote about it here last year - http://www.johnfdoherty.com/beginners-guide-to-search-personalization/
it takes less than 500ms to load www.imparsonal.me (100% CDN hosted) and is much easier to explain to your customers :-)
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Hain Celestial Group Rolls Out Heavenly Entrees
"We continue to be the innovator in the natural and organic sector of the food industry in meeting the needs of health conscious consumers," commented Irwin Simon, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Hain Celestial Group. "We are entering into two of the fastest growing food categories with the launch of our European Recipes frozen vegetable medleys and soups, and we continue to introduce great tasting, restaurant quality frozen meals from our fast growing Ethnic Gourmet line."
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Tech watch update 24 Feb 2010Posted by Tony Law in Impact of IT, Insight services, ITasITis, Managing IT, Tech Watch.
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I've just come off one of Gartner's ocacasional complimentary webinars with Jackie Fen and her team: Prepare for Disruptive Emerging Technologies Through 2020.
Jackie is a consummate professional and her webcasts are always well worth the time. Her aim was to illustrate a few of the areas where she and her team believe disruptive technologies are on the march: already deployed in some specialist areas, and likely to make considerable impact as they spread.
And the keyword is: disruptive. So, not just new ways of doing what we already do, but ways of replacing what we do now. And it doesn't necessarily mean novel; some of these technologies have been around for a while. Jackie showed the first-ever Hype Cycle chart and, fifteen years on, Speech Recognition is still climbing to plateau!
You'll be able, I believe, to get access to the webinar replay shortly. So, just a couple of examples. Recent years have spent a lot of energy automating the fetch-and-pick process in warehouses. Fine, if you're moving complete pallets. For individual items the human being is much more effective at picking – but much less efficient at getting rapidly from place to place! Solution: use the robots to bring the shelf unit to the picker, and take it back afterwards.
Then there are mobile phone companies using location data, via advanced data mining, to identify communities within their user populations. They already capture all the data … so they can target services (or marketing!) at the group who come into the city in the morning and go home in the evening: differently from those who come into the city in the evening, go to the smart restaurants and the theatre district: differently from those who also come into the city in the evening but go clubbing.
And 3-D "printing", that is, sending the instructions to "print" (manufacture) a part to the remote location rather than the part itself. Not so much for manufacturing supply chains; more for repair shops that need any given part rather infrequently. They stock raw material instead. And costs are tumbling by orders of magnitude.
Gartner clients should watch out for an update to the STREET emerging technology management process, due out shortly. Jackie spent the last few minutes discussing processes around the technology agenda, with some interesting statistics. A few technologies (like 3-D printers) are well down the list when it comes to widespread adoption; but where they have been brought in, the value delivered is very high.
Jackie also read out the verse I added to something posted on their Hype Cycle blog a little while ago, reproduced below. Thanks!
Footnote: for a different review of the tech horizon: Bill Chamberlin at Horizon Watching has just published a most useful list of links to his own blog coverage of tech trends papers from 70 or so sources, and thence back to the originals where possible. If you can follow the train of content described in that sentence! Well worth a look; great piece of work.
• Gartner webinar replays (I'll update this link when today's replay is posted)
• HorizonWatching: Index to 2010 Trends and Prediction Lists, 23 Feb 2010
• Mastering the Hype Cycle (Gartner blog, Jackie Fenn and Mark Raskino)
Here's my verse. The original was in response to a post by Nick Jones (I think it was) on the Hype Cycle blog, but I don't think it's still there.
The strategists won't allow hype to dictate:
It's a servant to them, not a master.
They let it inform, and they factor the risk
Twixt competitive edge and disaster.
Or they hold for a while, till it's over the peak -
Or even invest in the trough -
When the prices are low, and there's knowledge around
To ensure the return is enough.
Hype can be a snare: but provides a great guide
If your buyer's informed and is practical,
And knows when investment is for the long haul
Or when it's short term, and is tactical.
AMR fallout spawns SMB Research 23 Feb 2010Posted by Tony Law in Insight services, ITasITis, Tech Watch, Technorati.
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I got a Twitter link from Bob Eastman, alerting me to his and Miles Prescott's new firm. SMB Research started its blog in December. Both ex AMR, looking to cover supply chain, ERP, Customer Relationship Management and Enterprise 2.0 (AMR's classic research agenda) with a focus on supporting the smaller business.
I've an interest in this, as you'll see from my presentation Can Web 2.0 run your Business?
Enterprise users with legacy AMR contracts: take note, and also see today's other posting which discusses what Gartner are saying about the integration of AMR (and Burton).
SMBs: also take note. This is a great development. Good luck, guys.
• Visit SMB Research at http://smbresearch.net/
• SMB Research Blog at http://smbresearch.net/blog/
• Can Web 2.0 run your Business? (InformationSpan presentation, British Computer Society, London, Jan 2010)
Progress with Gartner-AMR/Burton 23 Feb 2010Posted by Tony Law in Insight services, ITasITis, Managing IT, Technorati.
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Gartner CEO Gene Hall and Tony Friscia of AMR have published an update on the AMR website outlining what's happening with the AMR integration. This is behind a new link on the AMR home page, under the Gartner logo.
Gartner CEO Gene Hall and Jamie Lewis of Burton Group have published an update on the Burton website outlining what's happening with the Burton integration. This is behind a new link on the Burton home page, with the Gartner logo.
Yes, those two paragraphs look remarkably similar. So do the postings on the two websites – at least, at first sight. But read on …
Gartner once again repeat that they plan to continue the current AMR and Burton product portfolio through renewals. The AMR and Burton "pricing models" will not change.
There are, though, pointers to changes. First, you may note that the phrase is "pricing model", not "pricing". No comment … But for Burton, there is also a commitment to limit price increases to a "nominal" market uplift. That's missing from the AMR announcement.
Then: the headline AMR comment says "We have already started to invest in the AMR portfolio to enhance the depth and breadth of services that will be delivered to existing AMR clients starting in Q2 this year. This will increase the value you receive as part of your current entitlements."
And the same thing for Burton, except that it's Q3 instead of Q2. The agendas are beginning to change, as Gartner establish their hands on the wheel. It remains, of course, to be seen whether this will be judged beneficial by legacy clients – and that's intended to be a straightforward comment, not a loaded one.
The more important differences come further down, in the FAQs which follow.
Here's what it says for AMR: "Gartner will release a new generation of AMR research products. In research and advisory, we will introduce AMR Supply Chain Leaders. This will combine AMR's research with Gartner's supply chain management and manufacturing research on our new "My Gartner" personalization platform… We are also introducing AMR Enterprise Supply Chain Leaders …".
This clearly shows AMR-based products being developed in Gartner style, and content from the two analyst teams being brought together and, presumably, aligned. Clients can, we think, expect persuasion from account managers that these new services be trialled in place of the legacy AMR (and legacy Gartner) products. They are named like Gartner products [slight change: I said "as" originally, that was a mistake]; they are explicitly being delivered in a Gartner way; and there's every reason to suppose they will be at Gartner prices. We said that we think the older AMR access models have a limited life span. This certainly does not dispel that supposition.
By contrast, the strategy for Burton looks set to retain the Burton website as the primary means of access at least for the future envisaged by that document. There is a much stronger feel of Business As Usual in the Burton/Gartner announcement.
But it does look as if new clients of Burton will be offered something different. The wording is: "Specifically, Burton IT1 and individual research & advisory services will be renewable by existing clients" – my underline. Existing clients only, we note.
We advise clients to maintain a healthy scepticism about the longer term: it may simply be that Garter have decided not to "Gartnerise" both acquisitions at once. And it's interesting that AMR, with its more distinct client base and coverage, is being Gartnerised faster. Watch this space!
• AMR Research is a Gartner company, AMR website, 12 Feb 2010
• Burton Group is a Gartner company (there's no heading to the actual webpage), Burton Group website, undated
• Gartner's acquisition of Burton Group, InformationSpan/Lighthouse webinar report, Jan 2010.
• There is a range of other coverage on this blog; just search back
"Experton" comment on the Gartner-Burton report 1 Feb 2010Posted by Tony Law in Impact of IT, Insight services, ITasITis, Managing IT, Tech Watch, Technorati.
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We received the following comment from Luis Praxmarer of Experton. He offers an insight about the next level of taking the game to Gartner.
Dear Duncan and Tony,
First I like to thank you for the effort for setting up the Webinar and for discussing this topic as well as including Ashley, a former Burton Manager, into this call.
For the recommendations I would definitely advice clients to be more pro-active. Otherwise clients "stumble" into the Gartner Service without really reviewing their options.
Our take is and this is not very different for many M&A Activities:
1. Analyze how the company has really used the service, what are the strength and weaknesses, and how does the demand change/expand/diminish within the organization.
2. Get the Gartner Rep in and request a clear written statement on how long this exact service will be available (which usually they will not do) and request a positioning how Gartner would otherwise cover the service with their own offerings (including pricing).
3. Request a free trial of the Gartner offering for a long enough time to really test it.
4. Now compare what you had and what you see with what you have analyzed what your need is. This "need" might be addressed by several other companies in the market. Look at them and include them into the discussion at the right time based on the renewal date and commitment you get from Gartner.
5. Now you should be well informed what is out there and what your need is for making the right decision on how to approach the negotiation and contracting. It also gives you time to include the real users if you are the coordinator / interface. Be aware of details in the old Burton contract as well as in Gartner as this could mean a very quick closing of the service. E.g. with the META Group takeover Gartner laid off an entire team and learned later they could not provide the service anymore to the clients. The contract usually protects the client only for the money back for the time he "discovers" the non-service (and only if he negotiates hard). Gartner will try to compensate this with their own offering and sometimes this might be an OK deal, but if the company requirements are not best fulfilled by Gartner, it is only a second or third best solution.
This is a much more pro-active approach and puts the client into the driver seat. You need to control the timing! Any professional VMO* would react in about this manner (if they follow the Best Practice advices). Of course now we could talk about the difference for Vendor and User clients but this is for another day ….
Best regards and have a good day
Luis Praxmarer
CEO & Global Research Director
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I certainly agree with Luis that a proper needs analysis is a pre-requisite for moving forward. InformationSpan's DRAKE methodology provides a systematic approach to this in a user enterprise (as Luis says, the conversation about vendor clients is different). You then have something you can assess against the range of marketplace offerings. Most clients know about only a handful of potential providers and don't have time to look further; equally few take the portfolio approach to services which can save money and improve both coherence and effectiveness of advice.
I have a database now of over 400 (not including 300+ others who do market research rather than technology insight), definitely at the service of any clients who wish to take a step back in this situation. Do get in touch!
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In matters of what black folks say and doand especially, in matters of what they ought to say and doI adhere strictly to the rules set down by the late Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., who warned us back in 1936, "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts, colored people looking for a loan, and white men who understand the Negro." There are certain experiences which I will never share, and being a black person in America is right at the top of the list.
Luckily, though, we have Ta-Nehisi Coates, who's really on the button today with his essay about how the Obama White House talks to African Americans. Coates is seriously hard-eyed on the topic.
Taking the full measure of the Obama presidency thus far, it is hard to avoid the conclusion that this White House has one way of addressing the social ills that afflict black peopleand particularly black youthand another way of addressing everyone else. I would have a hard time imagining the president telling the women of Barnard that "there's no longer room for any excuses"as though they were in the business of making them. Barack Obama is, indeed, the president of "all America," but he also is singularly the scold of "black America."...No president has ever been better read on the intersection of racism and American history than our current one. I strongly suspect that he would point to policy. As the president of "all America," Barack Obama inherited that policy. I would not suggest that it is in his power to singlehandedly repair history. But I would say that, in his role as American president, it is wrong for him to handwave at history, to speak as though the government he represents is somehow only partly to blame. Moreover, I would say that to tout your ties to your community when it is convenient, and downplay them when it isn't, runs counter to any notion of individual responsibility.
I have read some tough stuff about this president. It can be argued that I have written some tough stuff about this president. But this is the hardest, cleanest shot he's taken from anyone in a long time. Like the kidz say, read the whole thing.
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