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On Monday February 27th, 2012, WikiLeaks began publishing The Global Intelligence Files, over five million e-mails from the Texas headquartered "global intelligence" company Stratfor. The e-mails date between July 2004 and late December 2011. They reveal the inner workings of a company that fronts as an intelligence publisher, but provides confidential intelligence services to large corporations, such as Bhopal's Dow Chemical Co., Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and government agencies, including the US Department of Homeland Security, the US Marines and the US Defence Intelligence Agency. The emails show Stratfor's web of informers, pay-off structure, payment laundering techniques and psychological methods.
[OS] Fw: Family Photo - Foreign Pool Report CORRECTION
Released on 2012-10-12 10:00 GMT
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Date | 2011-11-14 02:49:57 |
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From: Eric Weiner [mailto:email@example.com]
Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2011 08:42 PM
To: Rangel, Antoinette N.
Subject: Family Photo - Foreign Pool Report CORRECTION
CORRECTION - My apologies, PM Gillard (not President)...
No Hawaiian shirts or traditional costumes worn at the family photo this
PM Gillard of Australia, Pres. Medvedev of Russia and Pres. Obama were
walking and talking towards the platform; followed by PM Noda of Japan and
Chilean President Echenique.
Gillard: (inaudible) going on about grass skirts...
Obama: Its embarrassing enough...coconut bras...
Gillard: Yeah
Echenique: Where are the Hawaiian shirts?
Obama: We are ending that tradition (said while making a horizontal
cutting gesture with his right hand as he turned slightly to address
Echenique who was walking behind him). Noda was looking on smiling.
While standing on the platform Gillard was straightening her hair and
looking over at Pres. Obama and Obama said, "I have to worry about mine
(hair) too" . The other leaders laughed and their hands reflectively went
to their own hair.
Eric Weiner
Tokyo Broadcasting System
Washington, DC Bureau
The White House . 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW . Washington DC 20500 .


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For lack of a better phrase: What the hell? No way can the Desperate Ballplayers of San Fran live up to this.
You know how teenage girls do this thing where they have a fight and then start relaying cryptic, snide messages to each other via a willing mutual friend? Yeah. I have a little experience with this.
Anyway, if you squint, then it would seem like Michael Young and Jon Daniels are getting in touch with their inner teen girl. And relaying their cryptic, snide messages through a willing mutual friend; the press.
I was inclined to take Michael Young's side on all this, even though I like Jon Daniels a lot, but after seeing his list of the eight teams he could be traded to I changed my mind. Three NL West teams. Rockies, Dodgers and Padres. But not the Giants. If Young is that intent on avoiding my two favorite teams, I have a hard time siding with him on this. San Francisco is a beautiful city with a good team, nice(ish) management with a minimal history of pushing 6″1 guys into corners (big corners, huh?) and we harbor no hard feelings about him helping us win the World Series.
So I am wearing my Team Jon shirt, eating popcorn and enjoying the show.
Just kidding.
It seems inevitable at this point that Young will indeed leave Texas and that's probably for the best with how much bad blood there is. I hope the Rangers are able to fill that hole, because I think it could make or break the team in 2011. It's sad, Michael was a quintessential Ranger, but I hope it works out as amicably as possible in the end and Young is happier where he ends up.
Baseball is a business. Rinse and repeat. 3.0.
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Men's Fuse-ion
http://www.teva.co.uk/1000225.htmlWe spend an awful lot of time around people that live for adventure. When we asked them for the biggest problem with high-performance shoes, we kept hearing the same one: "I can't wear them to the bar." So, what'd we do? We designed a shoe that they would gladly wear to the bar, then we figured out a way to make it the highest performing water shoe we have ever built. No big deal.
With Ion-Mask technology to keep your shoes dry and a Jstep and Spider Rubber outsole that will stick to a grease-covered aluminum ramp (true story), wet rocks and slick bar floors shouldn't be a problem.
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Spider Rubber® + JStep®
Our Spider Rubber + JStep outsole may be the grippiest sole we've ever made, which is saying something, considering we made our reputation sticking to wet rocks.
ion-mask,™ technology by P2i, the world leader in liquid repellent nano-coating technology, falls into the category of what we call "magic tech." Imagine a process that allows you to make an object water repellent on a nanoscale, meaning that its very fibers repel water. It sounds like sci-fi, but that's what ion-mask™ does to our shoes.
- Our Spider Rubber + JStep outsole will stick to a grease-covered aluminum ramp (true story). Wet rocks shouldn't be a problem
- ion-mask™ technology actually prevents the materials in this shoe from absorbing any water on a molecular level. It sounds like sci-fi, but it's real
- A collapsible heel lets you slip in and out easily
- Ripstop and mesh upper
Weight: 12.2 oz
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The look great and do work both as a slip-on and all day casual shoe. I love the built-in sock type arrangement (no tongue) and the grip on wet surfaces.
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Samsung Galaxy S III 16GB Sim Free Unlocked Mobile Phone (Marble White) Mobile 5 New from £221.49 Free delivery Available used from £159.00
5 Best Phone Ever!Posted: 13/06/2012This is the best phone I have ever owned. It is very fast and responsive. Easy to use and set-up.I loved the S2 but this is even better. Before I bought it I was debating whether to get this s3 or the iPhone4s but after comparing my phone with my mates iPhone4s, This was defiantly the best choice.I think all the features are great, but my favourite is the camera. It is 8MP but some of the settings and options make the camera brilliant, some of the photos I have taken are better than photos I have seen on professional cameras.The screen is excellent and is the clearest screen I have ever seen. The first thing I did when I got the phone was play the sample movie, it shows how clear and detailed the screen is.I was most impressed with the speed of the internet when connected to WiFi. I have 30Mbps internet speed at home and when I did a speed check on my phone whilst near to the router it I get 29.5Mbps which is the same as a wired connection to my computer, barely losing anything! When I am in my bedroom, 2 floors above the router, I get 10Mbps which is excellent for the distance.I was sceptical about the size of the phone before I received it but I got use to it straight away and now any smaller screen looks too small, If you are worried about the size of the phone, I wouldn't let it put you off, it is extremely thin and light which makes up the for the large surface area. With a big screen, it offers great usability, browsing the internet is easy because you can see a lot more than with a smaller screen phone. The keyboard is easy to use and when you tilt the phone sidewards the keyboard is even bigger and the phone is the perfect size to type.The 16GB storage is plenty for me but its good that a storage card can be used with it for anyone that needs more space.There are widgets and apps which can be added to the home screens which make it very personalise. There is also a data usage setting which tells you how much data you have used on mobile data and through WiFi so it is easy to monitor your usage, it also allows you to set a warning limit and a cut off limit so you never go over your allowance. However, I haven't had my first bill yet so I can't say how accurate it is compared to the networks usage, I assume it can only be correct.Minor Negative Points:The email system is good but was a bit complicated to set up and at first all my folders didn't sync, however I have fixed it now and its fine. It pushes you to use gmail as it is very compatible with it but using hotmail or yahoo gave me syncing problems at first.I don't know if it is how I am using the phone or if it is awkward for everyone, but when I try to copy text on certain websites or applications, it tends to zoom in and out rather than highlighting text, sometimes it is a pain to move the cursor between letters when writing text.There are some apps that I cant find on the playstore like Polaris Office (It only has Polaris Office Viewer) which are available on the S2 but I am guessing this will be available in the future.However, I wouldn't let this put you off because they are very small issues.


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by STEVEN ALAN
Having spent the past 20 years creating a mini fashion world grounded in classic American roots - fashioned with a twist - Steven Alan has quietly emerged an uncommon fashion pioneer. Upon opening his first retail store in 1994, Steven sold pieces from an eclectic group of emerging designers, becoming known for his keen eye. In 1999, Steven launched his first men's collection, including his now signature Reverse Seam Shirt, followed by a women's collection soon after. The collections build upon the same curatorial point of view using authentic fabrics and precise tailoring along with thoughtful details- resulting in easily wearable, refined casual looks.
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Sandwashed silk, crepe de chine dress in a windowpane print detailed with trim along the neckline, placket and front pocket. Slightly relaxed silhouette with a shaped waist, curved hem, and offset shoulder seam with 3/4 length sleeves. Pleated long skirt with side pockets hits below the knees.
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Startlogic reviews, web hosting test & real experience
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We are taking this web hosting review one step further with account setup with them and we are paying for our hosting plan just like any other customer. With this site hosted with them, this is the best review site and offering nothing but truth. We perform our own research, test their products and evaluate their service. You can find the latest coupons in here too.
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This is a web hosting company that make their name. Selected as best provider for few consecutive years, beating many other companies and stealing their thrown. They are offering professional quality web hosting plan, aiming the business websites and they are now utilizing two data centres with over 800 servers. In house technical support team, their service quality is at its best.
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Now with two shared web hosting, one is the basic plan with one domain limit and second plan is with unlimited domains. Recommended for business site and it works well for personal sites too. They uses secure server, offering cheap domain name, good customer support 24/7, and they have great VPS plan and private server packages for upgrade when you need it.
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The website control panel is using vDeck. Another good advantage is that they are using the much better vDeck control panel. This control panel is with everything in one place, including domain manager and registering new domain, website configuration, email and FTP configuration, website builder, and 1-click installer with SimpleScripts.
From this vDeck, user can manage their website domain name, create new FTP account and email account, create website using site builder, and install application into their website and manage upgrade from here too. This is the most advanced web hosting control panel, and we prefer this feature too. This review site is able to run smoothly is mostly thanks to this powerful vDeck control panel.
From our account, we take a screenshot of the control panel and paste it as following. Here is demo and this is what you're going to get as well. Here is the vDeck control panel looks like.
Startlogic review on FTP service and connectivity.
How to FTP upload files to web server? After sign up with them, what you need to do next is to upload web pages and files over to their server, and the only way you can do that is through FTP client. There is wide variety of FTP client that you can use, including SmartFTP or ws_FTP program. But my all time FTP program is the free FTP client program call FileZilla, available for free download at http://filezilla-project.org/
SSH connection to server is included. This is one of the leading web hosting providers with years of experience. They have come with the features in its Plesk control panel. SSH connection is just one of the features under Virtuozzo. SSH stands for Secure Shell access which allows you to use UNIX/LINUX command line instructions to administer your website. This is way to transfer files securely between client and server and a protocol for securely getting access to a remote computer.
With such secure connection, you can transfer files or have remote log in without any worries. SSH commands are encrypted for you, therefore both ends of the client and server connection are authenticated using a digital certificate, and passwords are protected by being encrypted.
Advanced webmasters or web developers might need SSH connection in order to have a direct access to their account on the web server, so that they can configure their accounts securely and easy for them to transfer large files, setup CRON jobs, backups, and etc. They offer the best web hosting with SSH support which is most affordable secure shell accounts. SSH connection is included for free.
Startlogic review on email service and creating new email account.
The email account and features are good. For Prologic plan for instance, you will have following features which including unlimited POP3 mailboxes, email forwarding, auto-responders, and spam filtering. It's a complete solution for all your need. To start configure or create new mail account for your domain name. Log in to vDeck control panel, and browse to MailCentral. Create new e-mail account, and create new message forwarding as well. It support catch-all feature as well, and all message to invalid accounts can be routed to an assigned account. So here is when this feature become handy.
Startlogic review on webmail client programs.
The webmail clients is offered with secure login. They provide this for your easy access to your mailbox. You can use any browser, IE or Firefox or Opera, and go to http://www.yourdomain.com/webmail. Enter your account and password to proceed. Off course you can use your browser to remember to log in username and password for easy & faster log in next time.
If you forgotten or lost your login or password, simple go to vDeck control panel, and reset the password. After reset, go back to webmail to try log in again.
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Our hosted website speed performance is great. In simple, there is two types of web hosting services; one is the fast and another is slow. Webmaster is running away from slow web host to the faster web host. Poor web hosting company are usually getting bad rating and negative feedback from their clients. In our reviews, we collect user reviews and from there we evaluate the quality.
For this website, this is the server speed test and Time to connect is 0.033839 second and total website loading time is 0.714298 second. The complete website size is 26.06 KB. Next, we test the blog category page and see how it perform. The category page is usually slower as it require more functions and MySQL database queries. The server speed rating here in rated at 1.02 second in time. Surprisingly this website speed rating is compatible with what we found at top hosts like IPage, BlueHost and Hostgator.
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Our hosted website uptime is near perfect. Worry no more, our hosted website is getting 99.999% uptime in average for the year of 2010, average server response is 0.282 second. You want proof for this? Here is the website uptime for our site.
From our monitoring since 2008, we know their uptime percentage and downtime percentage. For example from year 2009 to 2011, our website uptime rating is the highest. There is more downtime for this years compare to previous annual report.
This further proving budget shared hosting can have great uptime rating too, we've seen similar great uptime at Fatcow, Justhost and Powweb that are selling at $3 price range.
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Their affiliate program is with good payout. If you are using their service, then consider to signup their affiliate program and earning one hundred dollars per sales referred as well. Basically, it's simple as sign up the program, get affiliate tracking link, and use it to refer sales to them. The commission is approved for one or two year sale only. If you not prefer the affiliate program, then consider signup their referral program.
One thing in concern is this affiliate program is not using cookies tracking, without cookies, you will lose some sales. If you refer visitor to them and they signup the next day etc, you will lost the sales. However, look at the bright side, you can successfully recommend your friends or family members, and the success rate will improve dramatically right.
Startlogic reviews on knowledge base and help centre.
The knowledge base and support center is excellent. It is now the third week reviewing this hosting company. Been actively search through search engine like Google, Yahoo, and MSN etc. So far, their user reviews are positive, and rarely will see people complaining about this host. Small problem or issue will be there at every host, and your role is to understand how to get it fix, before send in support ticket and wait for reply. When question is not reply precisely, people said Startlogic sucks etc.
Here we will point out a few places that you can quick search for tutorial or guides to help you get thing done and get thing fixed by yourself. Make sure the problem is not cause by our own scripting bug or configuration problem. Visit scripting homepage, e.g. wordpress.org, phpbb.com. Find their installation guideline, and use it as a checklist. Search through Google for similar problem, and hopefully someone before me already shows the answer for that. Visit knowledge base website, and search for guidelines and instructions to solve the problem. We will use the troubleshooter, located at the support site. This tool is useful when our problem is related to email or FTP. Finally, we realized its server side problem or setting problem; we will initiate a support ticket and raise the problem to them. Follow up on the support ticket. Until it's solved. If we having server downtime or webpage not accessible, we will start live chat with technical support. In this review website, we evaluate everything and this including customer support quality too.
Startlogic reviews on future upgrade options.
Sadly, they only have shared hosting plans and even with their all-redesigned homepage, they are not adding in new products like VPS or server plans for upgrade option. We hope one day they will offer more and similar to Webhostingbuzz, A2hosting or Greengeeks that offers widest range of products selection. Some web hosts have gone further and offering cloud hosting plans, for example we have Site5 and Liquidweb that leads right now.
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They are having sales promotion and special discount price from time-to-time too. Transfer customer can enjoy extra discounts too. And beside this, they also give away up to half price discount, for example right here is their sales promotion and price is just $3.95/mo only.
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This year they extended the shared hosting product ranges and now offering up to 3 shared hosting plans. The most basic plan is named express web hosting and it is equipped with a unique site builder tool in which it only require user to answer a few simple question and it will create a custom site instantly. This tool is included in this Express plan for free and no extra cost require.
For this year, we have see the following new marketing tools being introduced into their shared hosting products too. All three shared hosting are now come with lots more of free marketing credits and free gifts. It includes 500 pages of marketing guides for your website success, $100 Google Adwords bonus, $50 Facebook credits, and $50 Yahoo Bing search credits.
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Their hosting is currently continue the special discount on new customer sign up, where you are only paying for $2.95/mo for the first 12 months, instead of the $5.95/mo normal price. This is a rebate that you can't miss. Over the year reviewing, this is the best web hosting rebate we ever come across. And it's directly given by them. Meaning this cash rebate is applied to your bill directly, and you are just paying $2.95 for 12 months only. That is a total rebate of $36 dollars from your bill.
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Right now, they offer a special price for QuickSSL Premium. It is on sale now with limited time only. Why need QuickSSL premium? If you are having Ecommerce website or any online business that requires sharing information or payment transaction, you have to ensure your website must include with SSL Certificate.
The purpose of using SSL is to protect sensitive information during online transactions easily and securely. It authenticates the identity of your website and encrypts information sent to the server using encryption technology. The SSL Certificate is based on your domain name, "https" in address bar. For example: https://www.yourdomainname.com/, where yourdomainname.com is your actual domain name.
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A VPS (Virtual Private Server) is a private server; in short, it's a server that you can use for almost anything that you want to. Unlike shared servers, where the RAM and Bandwidth allocation for each server is limited by the other, a VPS is similar to a dedicated server in the sense that your server will be the only server being hosted. Additionally, it is much cheaper than a dedicated server, making it the optimal option for people looking to start an online business or have their website hosted on a server.
Why do people want their websites to be hosted on a virtual private server instead of simply hosting it themselves? For starters, troubleshooting your own server will be ridiculously difficult for inexperienced coders, Startlogic on the other hand offers 24/7 technical support to assist their clients in troubleshooting and other related issues. Secondly, should your website be hosted on a VPS, it will be accessible 24/7, similarly, game servers hosted on a VPS will also be accessible 24/7 by players from all around the world. Last but not the least, a VPS provided by a company will be likely to have superior hardware and software as opposed to what an individual can afford. While larger businesses and companies will have no problem hosting their own servers, individuals or smaller businesses will find it worthwhile to rely on a VPS.
As for the range of uses for a VPS, they are extremely flexible, able to host numerous domains, websites as well as servers and run various programs. If your computer at home is unable to handle the magnitude of a calculation from data, you can shift the process to the OS in the VPS so that the calculations can be done in a few days. Similarly, a virtual private server is perfect for running prolonged simulations of chemical reactions or other forms of simulations that may require a few days to run.
As i had mentioned earlier, Startlogic is a company offering various VPS plans to both individuals and companies, it has three plans, the logic, Logicpro and logic premium plans for 30, 40 and 50 dollars a month respectively. As the prices of the plans go up, the bandwidth, disk space, domain limit and burstable memory increase as well. The website and domain hosting remains unlimited while the software installed, IP address and the virtualization software have the same choices among all plans. If you are dissatisfied with the virtual private servers, they also offer a 30 day money back guarantee. When I first started using the VPS service, I had problems connecting to the server and hosting my website, but the customer support from smart logic managed to resolve my problems in less than 10 minutes. Acting as a testament to the skill and experience of the support workers over at Startlogic, it was just one of the many bonuses of subscribing to a VPS plan from Startlogic over the various other companies which offer similar products.
From my experience running a dedicated server from other companies, the speed, efficiency and cost of a VPS from Startlogic is much more worth it than some of the higher end dedicated servers. Latency was low and the connection was stable and reliable, leading to more pleasurable time working on the server than other dedicated servers. Furthermore, the variety in the choices of Linux, MySQL5 and PHP4 allowed for greater control and personalisation of the Virtual Private Server, allowing the installation of many third party programs and widgets to make the maintenance and running of the server a piece of cake. The guided user interface also made it easier to boot up and shut down the server, as well as managing and analysing the activity and resources consumed by the processes on the server. Additionally, the virtual private servers that Startlogic offer are protected against unauthorized usage and can be shared among individuals should the need arise.
Ultimately, shared, virtual private and dedicated servers all have their pros and cons; hence, one should evaluate the cost and benefits from the various servers and plans before deciding on which one to take in order to maximize their gains from the investment. My personal recommendation would be the Logicpro plan from Startlogic as it provides sufficient domain hosts and the disk space is abundant.
Startlogic forum site installation from installer tool
Going to setup your first phpBB, SMF or vBulletin forum website? But have a very low budget and not sure which hosting provider to choose? In this case, we would recommend this shared web hosting.
For forum hosting, you will need a PHP hosting with MySQL database. Their basic plan shall be enough, and can support quit many forum members log in to your site at the same time. When forum site growth to over hundreds of simultaneous log in, VPS hosting or server is recommended. They are offering these as well, and you can upgrade your site with no downtime.
For forum script installation, you can use the vDeck's InstallCentral. Here got the phpBB for quick installation. Follow the prompt, and your forum will running in no time. If you are using paid forum script like vBulletin, you can manually FTP upload the files to server, and install it from your web browser.
Startlogic Ecommerce site installation from vDeck
You can start your Ecommerce website easily here from vDeck control panel. Go to application installer. Two shopping cart scripts provided, which are osCommerce and Agora shopping cart. Click and select to install osCommerce.
In Simplescripts, you can choose from their largest variety of Ecommerce open source software and install it into your domain. Setup Ecommerce site and choose to use their payment processing system too, which allows your website to accept credit card payments online.
If refer to above, you learn how to install shopping cart from vDeck. Other than that, you also can manual install the script, without going through the application installer in vDeck. It's easier than you think. Download the free osCommerce shopping cart script. And unzip it and upload to server. Log in to Starlogic vDeck, and create a new MySQL database. Check the setting of php.ini, make sure it is register_globals=on. Browse to where you upload the folder, e.g.: www.yourdomain.com/store, and the installer will guide you from there. Few more steps from osCommerce installer and your installation are completed. Now, you are ready to sell products online and make money online.
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U.S. Consumer Travel Report Fifth Edition
While the U.S. economy showed clear signs of recovery in 2012, there were enough mixed signals to make vacation decisions difficult for many Americans. Through a longitudinal analysis, Phocuswright's U.S. Consumer Travel Report Fifth Edition examines traveler behavior along each step of the travel planning process - from the media travelers rely on to make destination and product decisions, to the channels they use to book and share their trip experiences. Key metrics include frequency and duration of trips, travel expenditure and travel component purchases, and travel intentions for the coming year.
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Presentation: U.S. Corporate Travel Report: Market Sizing and Technology Trends
This May 22, 2012 Webinar explores the key developments that are shaping the corporate travel marketplace, along with market sizing and projections through 2013.
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U.S. Corporate Travel Report: Market Sizing and Technology Trends
While the corporate travel sector in the U.S. rebounded relatively quickly from the financial downturn and has now recovered to pre-recession levels, the industry is still in the midst of major change, with several fundamental shifts influencing how business travel will be conducted in the future. This report provides a comprehensive view of the state of managed travel in the U.S., along with the key metrics, dynamics and trends that will shape the arena through 2013.
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Travel Innovation and Technology Trends: 2012 and Beyond
Heads up, travel companies: 2012's host of technology trends – including new developments in social e-commerce, business intelligence and content fragmentation – will have huge effects on the future of travel distribution.
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Presentation: Phocuswright's U.S. Business Traveler: Managed, Unmanaged and Rogue
Empowered by an increasingly sophisticated assortment of tools at their fingertips, today's business travelers are taking more control over their entire experience. From picking their own favorite suppliers and booking channels, to integrating leisure components into their work trips and leveraging social media, business travelers are demanding more than ever before.
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Presentation: Mobile Hits The Mainstream
March 22, 2012 Webinar Recording and Deck With smartphone usage among U.S. travelers surging past the 50% mark, the mobile platform has not only matured, but is now influencing every stage of the travel life cycle. From deciding where to go, to getting real-time directions after they've arrived, travelers are rarely without their mobile devices. The implications and opportunities for travel companies are enormous.
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U.S. Business Traveler: Managed, Unmanaged and Rogue
Demand for business travel has recovered substantially after its 2009 plummet, but driving growth in the years ahead will prove more challenging for travel companies than in the past. Effectively catering to the wants and needs of business travelers will be increasingly important for industry players hoping to grow their share in this lucrative segment. Phocuswright's U.S. Business Traveler: Managed, Unmanaged and Rogue helps travel companies gain holistic perspective from the range of business travelers in the U.S., including both those who are managed by a corporate travel policy and those who are not.
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The Long Tail and the Road to Distribution
Despite early predictions about the explosion of the Long Tail in travel, these fragmented markets continue to face significant challenges to growth. In addition to pinpointing these obstacles, this article takes stock of how certain verticals are tackling them and outlines several strategies businesses can use to overcome the difficulties of this tricky but significant marketplace.
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Oral History Program Patricia Payton Erickson Interviewed by Marci Farr 21 October 2010 Oral History Program Weber State University Stewart Library Ogden, Utah Patricia Payton Erickson Interviewed by Marci Farr 21 October 2010 Copyright © 2010 by Weber State University, Stewart Library Mission Statement The Oral History Program of the Stewart Library was created to preserve the institutional history of Weber State University and the Davis, Ogden and Weber County communities. By conducting carefully researched, recorded, and transcribed interviews, the Oral History Program creates archival oral histories intended for the widest possible use. Interviews are conducted with the goal of eliciting from each participant a full and accurate account of events. The interviews are transcribed, edited for accuracy and clarity, and reviewed by the interviewees (as available), who are encouraged to augment or correct their spoken words. The reviewed and corrected transcripts are indexed, printed, and bound with photographs and illustrative materials as available. Archival copies are placed in Special Collections. The Stewart Library also houses the original recording so researchers can gain a sense of the interviewee's voice and intonations. Project Description The St. Benedict's School of Nursing was founded in 1947 by the Sisters of Mount Benedict. The school operated from April 1947 to 1968. Over the forty-one year period, the school had 605 students and 357 graduates. In 1966, the program became the basis for Weber State College's Practical Nursing Program. This oral history project was created to capture the memories of the graduates and to add to the history of nursing education in Ogden. The interviews focus on their training, religion, and experiences working with doctors, nurses, nuns, and patients at St. Benedict's Hospital. 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MF: This is Marci Farr, and we are interviewing Pat Erickson. She graduated from St. Benedict's School of Nursing in 1960. It's October 21, 2010, and we're interviewing her at her home in Uintah. Pat, will you just start off by telling us a little bit about where you grew up, a little bit about your family, and also where you attended school when you were growing up, and any high school classes you took that involved nursing? PE: It was kind of a roaming family. I went to five different high schools in four years. My grandmother lived here, so I moved here to go to nurses' training. I didn't take hardly anything that related to nursing, because I wanted to be a telephone operator. I thought that sounded great fun. My mother said, "But you could go away to school." I went – oh, away – okay, away is good. So I came here to Ogden and was accepted at St. Benedict's. MF: Why did you decide to become a nurse? Was there any certain reason? PE: Education, away from home, Mom would pay. There you go. MF: The deal was sealed. That's good to know. So was this your first time away from home? PE: Yes. MF: How was that, when you first got to nurses' training? 2 PE: Well, I hadn't lived in a dorm ever, and I was pretty satisfied at home with the routine there, but my grandmother lived here, and I have aunts and uncles and cousins that live here, from my mother's side of the family, so if I got too homesick, I had them to reach out to. MF: That's good. Who was your roommate when you first started? PE: Mary Dellamar was my first roommate, and she and I weren't roommates very long; then I had Shanna Swaner for a roommate. MF: Were you together for the rest of the time in training? PE: Usually, but we had those classes away – some in Nebraska and some in Denver, so oftentimes there would be more than that in the room. MF: That's good. Do you have any stories about your roommate or any of your classmates that happened when you first entered training? PE: I come from Catholic schools, so I was very familiar with the strict procedures and "you will obey" sort of thing. That was fine for me. So I don't think there was anything really unusual about it. I'll leave it at that. MF: Who were some of your other classmates that you were in training with? PE: Connie Minnoch, Roberta Mohlin, Sister Rita – I'm not sure she's even a nun any more. MF: I don't think she is. I think she's married and living in Oregon. PE: Penny Chrisman; have you spoken with her? MF: We're going to interview her next week. PE: Oh good, because she's up in Brigham. Those are most of the roommates I had when we were traveling. 3 MF: What about trying to sneak out? Did you ever try to sneak out or break curfew, get in or out through the tunnel? PE: Yes. We didn't really have a tunnel at St. Benedict's that we could sneak out of; you had to come in through the front door, and people would just bend down and creep in because the operator was usually either busy or resting her eyes. But our curfews weren't terribly late; ten o'clock I think, weeknights, which is pretty stern. I do have a story about that. I had my mom come and visit from Spokane, and she was down at her mother's here in town, so my grandmother's. My boyfriend, Boyce was there, and I could see that I wasn't going to get home on time. So I called and told them that I wouldn't be home on time; that I'd have to be home a little late, and my mother was here visiting, etc. We had a sign-out book where you had to sign in and sign out. So I didn't do any more than that; I just called and left a message with whomever answered the phone at the front desk. Anyway, the next week I was called to a disciplinary council for having been late coming in. MF: You're like, 'I did what I was supposed to!' PE: Not only that, but I said, "You know, I was with my mother and my grandmother. I wasn't in harm's way; I did phone." So I was campused for one month for that infraction. MF: Really? PE: Yes. And when it was over, they just wanted to know what I had learned, and I told them I had learned never to tell the truth again, that I would just sneak out 4 and in like everybody else did. Seemed easier. The next year they didn't have that rule any more. MF: That's a good story. What about your relationship with the sisters? Did you get along with them? PE: I think I did. I was a convert to Mormonism between the time I enrolled and the time nursing started, so that was an interesting twist for them to handle, but I think I got along with them alright. As I say, I went to Catholic schools, so I respected the order of the day. This order wasn't as strict as the order where I had gone to high school, so that was helpful. These nuns actually played and had a good time, where the ones that I was used to didn't do that. MF: So you had some social interactions with them as well. PE: Yes. MF: What sort of things did they do with you on a social basis? PE: I don't know that they did them with me particularly, but I saw them playing some game in the snow – the nuns – I don't know if there were any students there, but they were outside playing, which I thought was unusual. I wasn't involved in that at all, actually. I don't like to play in the snow. But they were having a good time. I felt that was real unusual, how down-to-earth they were. That gave you a whole new feeling about them; the relationship changes when you see how regular they are. MF: That's true; it's more humanistic, instead of just in the habit, and their sternness. That probably did make it different. Did some of them teach your classes? PE: Yes. 5 MF: Which classes did you have from them? PE: Almost all of them were taught by nuns, except for our orthopedic class; that was taught by Dr. Swindler, an orthopedic man. We had a guy that was a pathologist, who taught that class. But most of the classes were taught by the nuns. MF: That was probably interesting, to see that. I'm sure their strictness still went through the class, too, as far as making sure you studied. PE: Oh, yes. We had one nun who used to say, take out your pencils, we're going to have an exam. She said that every time – Sister Estelle was her name – she taught anatomy and physiology. Sweetest little thing in the world, but she was very strict also. Our pharmacology teacher was Sister Rebecca, I believe. She said, "Now, we're going to be real fair in here. We're going to give you a pretest to see what you already know about basic math and algebra, and if you pass it, you don't have to take the class." Not one soul passed, so we had a big class. We did learn a lot. MF: That would be interesting, to have that perspective. I'm sure you had to study every day to keep up with their demands. PE: Yes. Of course, we didn't take any other courses but nursing courses. That was probably one thing that I really enjoyed, because I didn't want to have to plan my schedule – oh, too bad - this one's not available, that one's full, you have to walk five miles to the class. It was very nice to have it all on campus and listed. You knew what you were going to take, and you did. MF: Did you have lecturers come in and give lectures? Did the doctors do that occasionally? 6 PE: Not that I recall. Dr. Swindler, as I said, taught orthopedics to us, or most of the skeletal things, but we didn't really have a lot of visitor doctors. The nuns did a good job. Sister Mercy – she taught obstetrics, she was a sweet lady too. MF: Dr. Swindler; were there any other doctors that you worked with in surgery, or any that you can remember? PE: I'm 4'8", so I didn't do very well in surgery. I was always on a stool, and jumping off the stool to get to the back table. I did not enjoy that at all. I don't have real fond memories of surgery, but I think most of them were pretty kind. The surgeons are very strict. Dr. Howe was one of them who was very strict and demanding, and expected top-of-the-line things. When I was just barely in my surgical rotation, we were called one night. I was on call. Like I would know anything, I was just this little student. It was a ruptured aortic aneurysm, and we were there all night long. Dr. Lowe - the old Dr. Lowe, not the young one – was the doctor. He was so kind to everyone that my big, tough experience was nice. MF: I'm sure it would be interesting to have all these experiences. PE: We did like the anesthesiologists; they were always fun. Operating room is really weird. It has blood smells, ether smells, coffee smells, and I have a nose that's really active. So I didn't enjoy being in there much. MF: That would not be good. What would you and your classmates do if you had some time off, if you had a night off after you were done working? PE: Well, we went to movies occasionally, and I think that's all. I went to Penny Chrisman's home, because she had a relative here in town, real close, within walking distance of the hospital. So we'd go see her occasionally. The rest of the 7 time, if you took your weekend – I spent mine with family. I didn't usually spend it with – until my husband entered my life, and then I spent time with him and his family, and my family. MF: That's good. How long were you on rotations, when you were at the different departments of the hospital? How long did you stay on each floor? PE: I think roughly three months. We had different positions while we were there. There were some nights, some days, years ago, when they didn't have anybody but student nurses running the hospital, and then they had one night supervisor who was there, who did the whole place. It taught us things that we really needed to know, but it was a real scary position to be in. MF: It would be, to be nineteen, twenty years old and you're faced with all this. PE: Seventeen, I was – but at any rate, it was scary. It was scary, but I learned a lot, because you have to learn to organize your work, and do all the deskwork. We didn't have order clerks at the time, of course, we just had to be our own order taker. So we learned a lot, we did. MF: It was probably nice when you got out into the work force, you could do pretty much anything, because you had that experience. PE: The one rotation that I didn't feel was valuable – and I don't know if I dare say that – but I didn't think it was, and that was the nutrition and kitchen. MF: Oh, Sister Boniface. PE: Sister Boniface was such a doll. She was very strict with everyone, which is fine, she wasn't any different with me than with anyone else; I just don't think that I learned a lot putting tea on a tray. 8 MF: How to fold the napkin right, and presentation. PE: No sugar, no sugar sort of thing. I think that's probably a real important thing, but at the time there weren't dietitians running things like there are now. She was a dietitian, I think, but she was the only one, and she had to supervise all of we students. So that was the thing that wasn't very worthwhile to me. MF: But you liked everything else you were able to do? PE: Yes. MF: Tell us about Hastings and about Children's Hospital. PE: I had not had any experience at all to speak of in psych nursing or with psychiatric people. Didn't have any relatives or friends – I was really fascinated by that trek. I remember the first night we arrived, it was a foggy night, and it was Nebraska and it's all flat, and there was this huge fog rolling in. The cab driver asked if he could take us for a ride around the hospital grounds before we went in to our room. We said, "Sure." You could actually hear people screaming from the buildings, which was our worst fear. Of course, they were safe, and you know, you do have patients that get out of hand, but it was terrifying for us who were young. MF: To just walk in and go, 'great, what have we gotten ourselves into?' PE: Yes. They did have a tunnel under the school and the hospital, and that was frightening to me too, because you didn't know who was down there. They were usually patients who were tried and true workers and did a lot of things that were helpful to the hospital, but I didn't know that when I first arrived there. We had some really fun experiences on our chronic women's treatment ward. We had a 9 woman there who was just so wonderful to the nurses; she would sew things, make things for the patients; she was very wonderful to all of us, just as pleasant as you want to be. We commented about that, several of us did. They said, "Well, she's in here because she murdered her whole family." MF: Oh, my word. That's good to find out. PE: I know. So the one person we bonded with is now making us nervous. So that was kind of funny. Then, another day, it was such bizarre behavior because it was the chronically ill, "never go home" kind of patients. So they had a lot of real sick, chronically ill behaviors. There was one woman there who was always sewing or doing something with some thread and material. So no one bothered her; she was good about that. One day we came to work, and they said that we were going to have a morning raid of this lady. I was puzzled by that; I'd never raided a person before. I didn't know you did such things. She was kind of a plump woman, kind of hefty, so she was always just sitting there doing all these things. She apparently was a hoarder and stealer of things on the unit, and she would stuff them in her clothing everywhere, and things she was sewing together were pieces of garments she had managed to steal from other people. When they were through getting her all dressed down, she was a little teeny skinny thing. MF: Holy cow. PE: That was also my first connection to jigsaw puzzles. There was always one up, and someone was always doing one. I don't know whether they did them – because that's a fine place to hallucinate if you want to, you know? No one's 10 paying attention, and you can just do whatever you want to do. I didn't know anything about sociopaths. I must have been a very guarded little child. They were so interesting, because they were so friendly and so charismatic, but they have no conscience. We learned a lot; we did learn a lot. It was good to be on site. I don't think we could have done it anywhere else. So that we could see that many diseases and that variety of patients that were active in their illness; we learned a lot. There weren't a lot of meds then, you know; there was Thorazine. MF: Was that the only drug at that time? PE: We didn't have many. We had Thorazine, and some other hefty ones, but that was really the biggest used one. Then you're either conscious or you're not, seemed like. Thorazine was a really heavy medication. MF: Were they still doing shock therapy at that time. PE: Yes, we did shock therapy. I had forgotten about that. They did do shock therapy, which was appalling to watch; probably still is. I don't think they've changed their tactics too much. But it was a miracle worker in lots of cases. You know, people did come out of their deep depressions, and they were able to function a little better. So I guess you do what you have to do. When you're family and only given so many options, you know – the patient didn't usually have a lot of options, because they weren't able to make those kinds of decisions. The family had to make those kinds of decisions. MF: That's true. That would be hard. PE: It was hard to watch. 11 MF: What about Children's? What type of experiences did you have there? Was that also a good rotation, did you enjoy that, or was that one harder? PE: I don't know what the other girls have been telling you, but pediatrics at Denver Children's Hospital was a hard rotation. It really was. We were forewarned, by the class ahead of us, who to watch out for, of course - you know how you do it; don't take that teacher, get that one. But I did get the bad one, and she was a strict thing. I had a terrible nursing experience there. Some little boy that had been in there for having his teeth pulled, and he had to be in the hospital because he was a hemophiliac. They didn't do anything about that in those days, so they had to put him in the hospital, and then put some sort of a pressure brace on his upper lip with headgear to it, to keep it from bleeding. I thought that was – I mean, how sad is that, that you have to have that just to have your teeth pulled? But at any rate, one day I came out of there and I had taken his temperature, and you know, you use rectal temperatures on children all the time, and when I took out the thermometer, it was broken. MF: Oh, my goodness. PE: Yes. It was not a good day. So then the instructor and I had to stay there, and we did everything we could to get stools – I searched stools for days, and we never did find any, and it never did bleed. So I don't know what happened to that, but it was a frightening experience. I was sure that was reason enough to get me expelled. The other things – where I learned to love new babies, I think, because I loved working with new babies, were the little ones that had the Rh problems. There wasn't anything to do with them; they didn't do blood transfusions. They 12 just laid around and were yellow, and were lethargic and very difficult to hold. We had an instructor who said, "I don't want to walk by this room ever, and look in here, and see you not talking to these babies. When you're holding them, you're talking to them. Period." So I thought that was really good interaction, and I loved them, and they were such cuddlers because they were so lethargic, you know – it was really fun. MF: That is interesting about that. I had that issue with my kids, but I had the shots, so I never had to worry about it. Isn't that funny, to think just ten years before I was even born, that they still had problems with that. That is so interesting. PE: They did. Years later, as I worked in the nursery in the local hospital here, they had learned about blood transfusions and did some of that, but at that time everybody was in a lot of light, and that's all. It was really interesting. MF: You take things for granted that you don't have to worry about. You don't even think about it. PE: I know – now it's so well treated it's not even an issue these days. But boy, there was a nursery full of them. MF: That is interesting. So you were in these rotations three months as well, right? PE: Yes. MF: And there were just those two that you had? PE: Right. MF: You didn't have polio patients? PE: No, that was before me. We didn't do polio. The year I entered in to nurses' training was the year of a bad flu epidemic; 1957. They gave us all flu shots, and 13 I have never been so sick in my life as with that flu shot. But many of them were just as sick and didn't get the flu shot, so it was just a bad year. I hadn't had a history of illness, and I just thought I was going to die there in that dorm. I just knew it. They were very good about it, and somebody had to take care of the people, so they needed to get all their staff vaccinated. MF: That's crazy. Tell us about your capping ceremony. PE: Well, you know, that was a really big deal. At the college, they kind of put them in your slot at the mailbox, and that was the end of that. No, sir. This was a very big ceremony. But then, Catholics are big on ceremonial things. So we all looked forward to that with great expectations. We had a teacher come from Weber High School, a music teacher, and he taught us to sing the song, "I'll walk through the wind and the rain, walk on, walk on." Then of course we were there, we were right in that song. Then they gave us each a capping ceremony – a cap that they put on our heads, and it was really quite a deal, because you had to have been there x number of months and completed x number of tasks before you could even have a cap. MF: So it was probably a great day to celebrate, you knew you'd made it. PE: It was. They invited your families, and they had a little eating something, I believe, but I don't recall what it was. But we were very excited about that, we were. We thought it was wonderful. MF: Was Jeane Barker, Jeane Morton – was she there at that time, or had she left? PE: She was not one of our teachers at that time, but she probably was involved in that heavily, because she was so helpful to the sisters. 14 MF: Tell us about graduation. What was probably the highlight of graduation? PE: I'm kind of a cynical, sarcastic person. Not that you didn't know that before. Anyway, it was a ceremony that we just were excited about. Walking down that huge aisle in St. Joseph's Church – I don't know if you've been there, but I was the shortest one in the class, so I got to lead the pack. I have some pictures of that that I got out, even, to show you if you wanted to see them. That was a wonderful experience, but I wasn't Catholic, and there was a Bishop there, and we had to go up and kiss his ring and do all these ceremonial Catholic things. But at that point, we would have done anything to get out of there. MF: Just to be done? PE: Just to be done. Amen to this, you know? We were ready. They gave awards at some of those – I didn't win any awards, but there were a lot of awards given, for the very smartest, and for the best – whatever. They had several of them. MF: So at that time, could you be married, would they let you be married? PE: No – my husband and I got married the year before and kept it a secret. Can you believe that? MF: Oh, you guys were the secret married ones. PE: Yes. Have you heard this before? MF: Now we know who it is – yes! PE: Here it is. We didn't tell anyone, and his parents agreed, and my mother said, "That's fine." Because we went with my grandmother and aunt and uncle up to visit my mother, and while we were there, we got married. My mother said, "I don't care, but if you get pregnant, you have to pay me back every dime." Which 15 was a good incentive. So we were married for almost a whole year. Then, just about – it might have been June, and we were to graduate in August – one of the nuns wanted to meet me in the library, which is a quiet, solitary place, so we weren't going to have any fun in there, I knew. But she did confront me then about, was I married, and I told her yes, I had been. She asked if I was pregnant, and I said no, I wasn't. I said, but I want you to tell me today if you're going to kick me out, because I'm not going to work free for you all summer, and then in August you say I can't graduate. So they said, no, that would be fine, I could continue to attend, and I was glad. MF: Oh, good. PE: That was such a silly thing. I still don't understand why you can't be married and do nursing, because I did it all my life; married and did nursing. MF: Exactly, afterwards. PE: I don't know what the story was. But then we had another girl in our class who got pregnant, and she was married and very pregnant, and they wouldn't let her graduate with us. That was sad. MF: Was she the one that she still got her diploma, but she couldn't walk with you guys? PE: Right. She couldn't go down the aisle with us at all, and that was a very sad situation for her. She's a nurse instructor now, at some university, and she tells them all about birth control. She says, I'm a big advocate of birth control. She only had the two children, so you know – she was glad. She was one of our best nurses, too. Loved nursing, and that was what was sad. She was pretty angry. 16 MF: It doesn't take away from your abilities. PE: To do anything. Most of us worked up until the last minute that we had our babies, even, so I don't know what that rule was about. I just know it was a rule, and I broke it. MF: Well, now we know. PE: Had you heard that before? MF: Yes, somebody told us that somebody got married – and that's so funny, because I didn't put your name with it – good to know. That was a good story. PE: It is a good story. They were nice about it, you know – even when we were away on rotation, I was married, so probably some of those people knew, and I think one of them probably told the nuns; probably the other nun, I'm guessing. I don't know. It didn't affect my life much; I was able to finish my nursing and I did all right; I wasn't a super A student, but I was just above average, did fine. MF: Absolutely. What do you think was probably your greatest challenge while you were in nurses' training? Besides keeping it secret that you were married? PE: Well, that was the last year, so that wasn't a big challenge, by then. My biggest challenge – I think the nurse sergeant in pediatrics was the hardest thing. MF: In Denver? PE: In Denver. She was the very hardest one, I think. It wasn't that we were learning things extra-difficult, the classes were fine; but there were so many things that were foreign to us. They had isolation, and you had to wash your hands five minutes going in and five minutes coming out, and then check the IVs every fifteen minutes. Well, what's with that? We didn't have IV machines – we counted 17 our own drops. So that was hard, with isolation patients. I thought they did good with that, but it was a very difficult task. That was where we learned – I don't know about the rest of the class – that's where I learned that you had to have a nursing care plan before you could begin. I worked all those years and had done fine without one, but this lady wanted us to have a care plan. I was busy doing something or other, and she asked me if I had done my care plan. I said, "No." She said, "Well, then, how are you out here working?" I had already done a bed bath and gotten some of my assignments done, but I had to go and make a care plan. So everything was just hard for me there. MF: Regimented that way. PE: Well, and you know, she said to me, "You're fairly neat in appearance." I said, "Well, I don't know what that means. I have on a clean uniform and clean shoes and socks, and my hat; I bathed." She said, "Well, you just look fair." I was loving that. But we did learn a lot there. MF: It was probably nice for it just to be about pediatrics instead of like you said about Hastings, where you have the different areas. PE: We saw a lot of different kinds of patients on pediatrics as well; but there were so many new procedures, I think, was the thing that was so difficult. We did all kinds of things to not go to her class, to miss her rotation. I don't know how many of us there were, but I was certainly one of them, that went to the cafeteria to drink hot chocolate, and then we'd have to sit down and have our temperatures taken before we went to pediatrics. So that helped a lot. MF: You're too hot, you can't go. I love it. 18 PE: We had to do whatever we had to do. MF: That's a great thing. So after you graduated, did you stay at St. Benedict's? Tell us a little bit about your nursing career. PE: When I graduated, my husband was a student at Weber State, at the time, and I did stay here. Our family was here, so we decided we would hang around here. I did go to St. Benedict's, and I worked in their newborn nursery, and I loved that. I was very fond of pediatricians; they're so kind and nice. They don't know how to be mean; most of them, at least. They were very kind, and they're very eager in your learning, and were good teachers. I learned a lot there, as well. I stayed there for a while. Then my husband decided that he wanted to go away to school – well, actually it was kind of a joint decision – we had two very different sets of parents. There was no way it was going to mesh; with our taking advice from one or the other, we'd be in trouble. So we decided maybe we needed to go away. So we went to Nebraska, and he went to school there. I got a job there, working nights in a nursing home. Everybody's dream. Anyway, I finally got oriented, and I kept getting this call – a little note from our landlord – that said, "Please call this lady, she wants to talk to you, she's from the college." I didn't ever answer her call. One day I came home from work, and she was there, in the morning. I didn't know her at all, but she introduced herself and said, "I don't think you understand what I want from you." I said, "Well, apparently not. I just learned this new job, and I'm not really interested in changing; I don't 19 know anybody here, and I've just barely gotten started." She said, "No, I think you'd better listen." She offered me a job as the college health nurse. You know what you learn about outpatient nursing, is zero, in nurses' training. You know, you're all so hospital-oriented and doctor-oriented. So that was a real scary thing. But they paid all of his tuition and all of his books, and my salary, and room and board. MF: That is awesome. Wow. PE: So I was really glad that she insisted that we speak. So we were there three years, and I learned a lot there too. Some things were more fun than others. We did a lot of interesting things. The football players were annoying, because they were always so well during football season, but they couldn't hardly tolerate anything else. Because it was a religious affiliated school, it was a Presbyterian college, they had rules about going to their weekly devotional; same as they do at BYU or anywhere else, I'm assuming. But if they weren't there, they had to have a written excuse from the nurse. So I was very busy during those chapel episodes, because we had a lot of people who just couldn't make it. Football players had to be very careful that they weren't sluffing, you know, or they'd get boosted out, and many of them were on scholarships, so that was good. We were in charge of a ten-bed infirmary, and fortunately for us we didn't have a major flu outbreak or anything; there were ten beds on one floor, and then down in the basement there were ten beds, and we lived in the middle of that. We walked over to the cafeteria and had breakfast, lunch, and dinner, a couple of blocks away, so I did get to know some of the kids there. But I had very little 20 experience. The lady who hired me, Mrs. Lamb, was a wonderful teacher, and she was one you could easily go to. I'd say, "You know, I've never really examined peoples' ears before." We didn't do those kinds of things then, and I learned a lot. She was good to us. MF: That's good. PE: Then we went to Oregon and played around for a year; I did – I took the year off. I had a new baby at Hastings; when she was a year old, we moved. Then I took a year off and we moved to Eugene, Oregon. My husband went to graduate school there, and I didn't work at all, and it was heaven. Because, you know, I'd been constantly doing, and I was ready for a break of some kind. Then we moved back to Utah after a year, and went back to work at St. Benedict's and worked in the nursery for a long time – ten or fifteen years. MF: That's good. When did you finally retire? PE: I retired in 2000. I'd been a nurse forty years; that seemed adequate for me. MF: You were done. PE: That seemed adequate. But I had a lot of other experiences in between. I worked here in town for an obstetrician, which I really liked that. He was a nice doctor to work for. I worked at McKay-Dee nursery for a while; then I went to work at outpatient mental health and finally got to use my psych nursing. I scored the highest in psych on my boards, and that was a real surprise to me. I knew so little about it when I went there, but I must have absorbed some things while I was there, so that was nice. I really did enjoy that job too; you learn a lot about what goes on out in the community. It's always good to have a homeless friend. They 21 know how to navigate in the world, I'll tell you. They know how to navigate. I had a lot of good friends there; I liked that. MF: That's good. Thanks for letting us visit with you; we appreciate you letting us come. PE: Well, you're just very welcome. MF: That wasn't too painful, was it? PE: No, I was very at ease. I've told these stories many times. MF: Well, we're glad. PE: When we were freshmen we had a big sister, you know, in nursing. Did anybody talk to you about the big sister stuff? MF: No. PE: We were freshmen, so we had to have someone supervise us, and see that we had everything we needed, but actually they used it as more of a way to initiate you. The nurse who initiated me still works over here at Ogden Regional. MF: Kind of a big sister thing? PE: Yes, and come down and set up my uniform. You know, they furnished all the uniforms for us. We had to put all those goofy little buttons with the clips in them. There are lots of them on every uniform, and I had to go down and do hers every night, before I did mine. We had a lot of really fun little – I wouldn't say troublemakers, but people who just had to fun things. You know how it is, still, if you're in nursing working. You still only get half an hour for lunch. How you're supposed to do that, I still haven't figured out. Ride down on the elevator, stand in line, get your lunch, eat normally, and then run back upstairs in thirty minutes. 22 That's why I think all nurses learn to eat so fast; such bad habits, and we munch all the time instead of eating regular, healthy meals. MF: Because you just get your few minutes. PE: Because that's all you've got. We had a wonderful cookie baker there at the hospital, and she always had a big huge plate of cookies at the end. There was a sign in the middle of it that said, "Just one cookie, please." One of the girls in our class who was not a multiple cookie eater, even, couldn't stand that sign. It just made her nuts. So one day we went through several times and took several cookies, and then we put them all on a big plate down on one of the tables and put the sign back in it. Just little mischievous things like that. We were pretty good, though; we weren't juvenile delinquents. MF: Just cookie thieves; that's okay. PE: We didn't want Sister Boniface to know, but she was willing to try anything. She joined our class late, and had been in class somewhere else. She was older than all of us by a few years, maybe ten. So we looked to her for great leadership. MF: How to snatch the cookies. That's good. PE: It was good. It was nice to have all your uniforms furnished for you; you didn't have to worry about all of that. I really can't tell a nurse anymore from a cleaning lady, with the uniform situation. They have the tags, supposedly, but they're always flipped over so you can't read the name. I don't know who designed them, but they should figure out a different way to do that. MF: At least on the back say RN or something, so you know. 23 PE: I really feel bad to see all that be gone. They say, "I'm a nurse," and you don't know if they're really a nurse, or if they're a CNA or an MA or a nurse nurse. It's really hard when someone is ill in the hospital, because you don't know who you're dealing with, whether they have any authority; you don't know where their knowledge level is or any of those things. But at least those of us who had nursing know to ask. A lot of families don't know that. I really did – the nursing ceremony was a great thing for me. I really loved it, and I didn't know I could sing until we had to do that. It was real fun. MJ: I think it's interesting how the ceremony aspect kind of faded away. I know at Weber, it was Ruth – Swenson? Who absolutely hated the ceremony from her own training. She hated that aspect of it. But what she really liked was the nurses having social activities. So she turned the capping ceremony into – they would go and have a nice dinner somewhere, and they would just chat and visit, and then at the end of it, they'd hand them their cap. They would just hand it over, but there was no ceremony or ritual involved in it, because she absolutely hated it. PE: Everyone had their cap, and then we had a big cape. Talk about a useful item. But you felt like you had really earned all of that. I suppose you've seen pictures of this cap and cape. MF: Yes, and the capes are beautiful. PE: Yes, they are. That was nice. We have pictures of all of that. I was glad; my mother even came down from wherever she lived at the time. She moved a lot; as I said, we moved a lot. I think she was in Oregon at the time. But it was a very nice thing. 24 MF: To celebrate an accomplishment. PE: Yes. And it did feel like you had really put in all this hard work. We worked lots of hours. MF: Did you have two weeks off in the summer, or did you have any? PE: I don't recall – I don't recall that I ever had vacation, but I might have. They rotated you through with two weeks, and you just had to do what there was to do. A lot of that caused great growth in all of us. MF: Which, today I don't think they have the personal care that you were trained to give. Assess the patient, make sure they're okay, and spend time with them. PE: Well, now there's so much equipment that takes that place. You have to know what the equipment's doing, and I'm grateful for that, because I had open-heart surgery, and I want them to know what the machines were doing, but it's true; I couldn't get a back rub. We just had a brother-in-law die, and he had been in intensive care, mind you, five months. Had a decubitus this big (about five inches in diameter). Now, I don't understand how that happens in intensive care. You know, they're one on one, and that's what killed him, of course, was the infection, eventually. That was a hard thing for me. They don't have CNAs there; maybe they need to have a troop of CNAs. MJ: I thought they did regularly move them; at least when they were changing bed linens or something. PE: They should be turning them every hour or so, you know, and rubbing that spot. But that didn't happen. So I was a little appalled at that. I couldn't – I didn't know 25 who was doing it, whether it was a cleaning lady in one of those scrub uniforms or just who it was. That was hard; that's hard for the public, I think. MF: Absolutely, that's true. PE: But I don't know who decided it and what's going to change. Scrubs are easy to work in, because later in my career when I was working, we wore scrubs, and I don't think they flatter anyone. MF: Just like a little square tent. PE: Just not flattering to anyone, and no one wore hats; I probably did look 'just fairly neat in appearance', as the lady said. So whatever. MJ: I haven't heard, and maybe you have; with the McKay-Dee, with their caps, they got stripes added each year. Did you guys have anything like that? PE: We didn't have a stripe, no. No, and we had a unique cap; it was a different, rounded more than the other ones. When we were in nurses' training back East, either one of our rotations, what a delight it was to see all the different little caps. Some of them are little lace frilly things, and some of them are great big; some of them had stripes just on the corner, and some had stripes along the top. Ours were just plain, but we really did like them. MJ: On one interview, I can't remember who it was, but she had her cap. It was a fun shape, with those rounded edges. MF: Hope. PE: Hope Shipley? MF: Yes. 26 PE: We knew Hope Shipley when we lived in Nebraska, because we went to the Mormon church there, and a campus of Presbyterians, there aren't many Mormons. There were two of us, I think. My husband and I. Then, when the nurses came, there were always a few from Utah, so they always built up the branch. That song, "There is hope smiling brightly before you"? We always think of her. She is a happy, smiley girl. She is fun. MF: She is fun. We had a good visit with her. PE: She's a great girl. I liked her. So, that's all. MF: Thank you for letting us come visit with you.
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Dreaming The Impossible Dream – Producing A Concert Worth What Ticketmaster Charges
To: Leonard Cohen Business Management Team
From: DrHGuy, Ghost Lyricist, Marquee Manager, & Concert Consultant
Re: Improving Leonard Cohen's Concerts To Increase Gross Revenues and Enhance Return On Investment
The Problem
While initially disappointed that you opted to forgo my previous offer to improve Mr. Cohen's Lyrics, I now see that this choice, its incomprehensibility notwithstanding, may have been one of those blessings in disguise about which one hears so many good things.
After attending the New York Beacon Theatre concert, I realized that in Mr. Cohen's case, the low hanging fruit that would fall directly to the bottom line, bang for your buck-wise, lies in modestly altering the content and arrangement of his concerts.
Of course, Mr. Cohen can continue to limp along with a string of sold-out concerts, standing ovations, and positive reviews, but even if he's willing to settle for just getting by, what's going to happen in 15 years when that next World Tour comes around?
Unless seeds of interest are sown now in a new generation of concert-goers and the current fan base is continually nourished, Mr. Cohen may take the stage in 2024 only to gaze upon the ignominy of an empty third balcony seat that Ticketmaster couldn't peddle even after slashing the price to $17,322.
The Proposal
I've included some preliminary ideas to prevent that catastrophe. We can negotiate fees and other details later.
Covers: Mr. Cohen may not be aware of this phenomenon, but singers performing songs originally sung by another entertainer is quite popular in some circles. Including one or two such numbers would offer a change of pace in the program. I suggest, however, that the benefit would be far greater if the cover ties in to the performance somehow.
For example, the first concert of the official US tour is, I believe, in Texas. Imagine, if you will, Mr. Cohen being joined by Willie Nelson to open that concert with a stirring rendition of "Whiskey River" (by the way, does Mr. Cohen still have that buckskin coat because I know Willie has one and the two of them dressed like that would be a hit in Texas), and, at the start of the song, the unfurling of a massive Lone Star flag behind – are you ready? – Leonard Cohen and Willie Nelson, The Texas Troubadours.
Makes you want to stand up and cheer – maybe even heave a beer bottle, doesn't it?
Or, for something less rowdy, Leonard could sing Waylon's part on "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)."
There's only two things in life that make it worth livin'
That's guitars that tune good and firm feelin' women
I don't need my name in the marquee lights
I got my song and I got you with me tonight
Maybe it's time we got back to the basics of love
Let's go to Luckenbach Texas with Leonard and Willie and the boys
This successful life we're livin' got us feuding
like the Hatfield and McCoy's
Between Hank Williams pain songs, Newberry's train songs
and blue eyes cryin' in the rain, out in Luckenbach Texas
ain't nobody feelin' no pain
Now, you can't tell me that doesn't fit. There's even a nice tie-in with Hank Williams for a segue right into "Tower Of Song."
Or, instead of tying the song into the location, it could connect with something topical. Mr. Cohen has been admirably straightforward about money being a major motivation for the current tour because of his fiscal losses due to fraud. Why not take it to the next level?
The audience seemed taken with his performance of "A Thousand Kisses Deep" in a poem format. We could add a second recitation of, say, the 1959 Barret Strong hit that everyone from the Beatles to Paul Revere and The Raiders have covered.
The lights dim except for the spotlight on Mr. Cohen and his back up singers. He gazes soulfully into the audience and, after a long pause, begins the incantation in those deep, raspy tones only he can produce,
The best things in life are free
But you can keep 'em for the birds and bees;
Now give me money, (that's what I want)1 that's what I want,
(That's what I want) That's what I want (That's what I want) yeah,
That's what I want.
Your lovin' give me such a thrill,
But your lovin' don't pay my bills;
Money don't get everything it's true,
What it don't get I can't use;
Well, now give me money, (That's what I want)
A lotta money, (That's what I want)
Oh yeah, I wanna be free, (That's what I want)
Oh, lotta money, (That's what I want)
That's what I want (That's what I want) yeah,
That's what I want.
Well, now give me money, (That's what I want)
A lotta money, (That's what I want)
Wo, yeah, You need money (That's what I want)
Gimme money, (That's what I want)
That's what I want (That's what I want)
That's what I want.
For comparison, here's how the Flying Lizards handle the same song.
In fact, it's hard to go wrong with covering any of the classics such as
- Build Me Up, Buttercup
- In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
- Yummy, Yummy, Yummy (I Got Love In My Tummy)
- Louie, Louie
- Shout
- Margaritaville
Turning The Excitement Level Up To 11
Yep, I'm thinking Lenniepalooza.
I suspect Mr. Cohen's presentation is too dignified and, well, I'll say it – too sophisticated to translate well into traditional souvenirs such as t-shirts.
On the other hand, the audience response to the line, "I'm your man," led me to the obviously desirable Leonard Cohen retail remembrance.
Low production price and high consumer demand – a marketer's dream.
Managed Audience Participation
The problem is that everybody wants to be the one handing roses to Leonard Cohen or calling out songs suggestions to him or yelling "I love you, Leonard" so he'll respond with "I'm fond of you too."
What if we stretched the participation model as far as possible by emulating the followers of the Rocky Horror Picture Show?
Think about an entire audience wearing fedoras and double breasted suits. There could be batches of sublime Webb Sisters and irreplaceable Sharon Robinsons as well as band member doppelgangers carrying their tenor saxophones, ouds, and other instruments. Think about hundreds of Leonard Cohen wannabes in the crowd. And there would be no reason to limit characters to those working the show that night. Lots of folks are bummed about Anjani not being on the tour but she could certainly be represented in the audience, and the same goes for Perla Batalla, Julie Christensen, Jennifer Warnes, … .
The world's inventory of blue raincoats would be instantly depleted.
Peer pressure would keep everyone on script.
Just think – Cohen starts with "I was just a kid" and the crowd, in unison, joins in, "With a crazy dream." And when he comes out for that encore singing, "I tried to leave you," the audience responds "But we tied you to this table in the Tower of Song."
Opportunities for props and enactments abound. When the list of pharmaceuticals begins with "I've taken a lot of Prozac, … ," cascades of capsules would fill the air.
What could highlight the wonderful insight, "There's a crack in everything, that's where the light gets in" better than a theater full of flashlights being turned on when that line is sung?
Or, how about "And if you want a doctor I'll examine every inch of you" signaling the onset of half the audience performing a focused physical on the other half?
Picture the audience flocking to the stage to demonstrate "White man dancing" and "White girls dancing."
Or, even better, men dancing on polka-dots and women tearing their blouses off.
The mind reels.
Anyway, you get the idea. Have your people call my people.
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According to Sunflower County Engineer Ron Cassada, the Mississippi State Department of Health is cracking down on smaller towns to make sure water systems remain in pristine shape.
Drew's system, which is completely safe for drinking, does require upgrades to its two city water towers.
As per health department stipulations, both tanks need cleaning and painting, inside and out.
Cassada presented updates at Tuesday's monthly board of aldermen meeting as he focused on Drew's application with the State Drinking Water Revolving Fund Loan Program.
"The board agreed to support a resolution authorizing the submission of the loan application," said Cassada. "This will allow the city to receive financial support for the project from revolving loan funds."
Mayor Jeffery Kilpatrick was also designated as the signee for the loan.
The principal forgiveness loan is a 75/25 match, leaving the city with a cost of about $90,000.
Cassada said the loan has a low interest rate of about 1.5 percent.
"This project is important because it will help Drew get back in compliance with the health department," added Cassada. "Updating the tanks has been an issue for about three years."
The Public Water Supply Program of the MSDOH ensures safe drinking water to the 2.8 million citizens of Mississippi who utilize the state's public water supplies by strictly enforcing the requirements of the Federal and State Safe Drinking Water Acts.
The program is implemented through five major programmatic areas:
* microbiological, chemical, and radiological monitoring of drinking water quality;
* negotiation with consulting engineers on the final design of engineering plans and specifications for all new or substantially modified public water supplies;
* annual surveys of each community public water supply to identify and eliminate operational and maintenance problems that may potentially affect drinking water quality;
* enforcement to ensure that all public water supplies follow SDWA standards; and
* licensure of waterworks operators and backflow assembly testers and training of water supply officials, consulting engineers, and MSDH environmental staff in the proper methods of designing, constructing, and operating public water systems.
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