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Man shot after dispute involving two couples
A man was taken to Christus Spohn Hospital Memorial for gunshot wounds late Saturday after arguing with his wife at their home in the 4000 block of Chatfield, Corpus Christi police said.
The man was shot in the shoulder and leg by another woman, who also lives in the house, said Lt. Nancy Lee. That woman lives in the home with her common-law husband.
"The husband and the wife owned the house, but another couple lived there," Lee said. "The husband and wife were arguing, and the other male tried to interfere. Then the husband started to assault the other male, and that's when the other female shot the husband."
The man's injuries were not life threatening, she said, and it was unclear whether anyone would be cited.
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If you are a geocacher, then this is the place to be! There are thousands of geocaches close by on the Extraterrestrial Hwy and surrounding area. This is a clean, well run park. The managers are new so old complaints are no longer relevant. Very nice, helpful people. Sites are gravel and level. Be aware of possible electrical problems, as we found no ground at our site but were quickly moved to another with good 50 amp service. The surrounding mountains and green valley are beautiful. This is definitely a spot to return to. - Freedom Bus
Pros: This is a very clean park with level sites. The Wi-Fi is better than most we have been in. Cons: The managers (dog owners) seem to hate other pets. We were scolded about making sure that our dog did not relieve herself on the property of the park. We were suppose to make sure that the dog was off property and behind the fence first. One of our group was taking her dog off property when the dog had to take a leak while still on property. She was scolded about allowing her dog to desecrate the grounds. The sites are very narrow and while it was nice to have our group parked next to each other my bay doors would hit the slide out of the next RV if I opened it all the way. We were warned about excessive water pressure so we used a pressure regulator. The problem was that if we turned on the water, there was an underground leak in their system that caused our meeting area to flood. When I mentioned this to the manager, I was told that the owner would not authorize repairs. - Norm Nice Guy
This is a very clean park with level sites. The owners were very considerate and kind. We were led to our site, and he assisted my husband getting pulled in. The wifi is better than most we have been in. Someone had posted this was an RV park with lots of garbage from the permanent residents, but that isn't so. Maybe they were in a different park? We would stay here again on our travels. - Greg & Lois
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I wish I knew about this place last year when I stayed at a nearby, overpriced, RV Park in Alamo. All campsites are along the eastern side of the Upper Pahranagat Lake. Being a wildlife refuge it is a birder's paradise. There were hundreds of birds of various types. It was great waking up to the morning calls of the ducks. The views are spectacular, especially at sunset. There is no charge for camping, only a 14 day limit over a 30 day period. No hookups of any kind, just a few pit toilets. No generators allowed. I would definitely stay here again. - mrbob


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Liliana Lovell, Coyote Ugly Saloon Founder
Coyote Ugly Saloon is the most famous bar in the United States and is now in 15 locations across the country. Coyote Ugly also has bars in Russia, Germany, and Ukraine.
The original Coyote Ugly Saloon officially opened its doors in New York on January 27, 1993, and other locations followed.
Las Vegas: November 2001
New Orleans: January 2002
Tampa: April 2003
Austin: January 2004
Panama City: April 2004
San Antonio: July 2004
Nashville: December 2004
Denver: March 2005
Memphis: May 2006
Oklahoma City: June 2009
Milwaukee: February 2011
Key West: September 2012
Destin: April 2013
San Diego: February 2014
Today Lil resides in San Diego with her son. Although she is busy running her company, Ugly Inc., and jetting around the globe scouting new locations for Coyote Ugly, Lil frequently can be found at her New York, French Quarter and San Diego bars. She expects to see you soon.
The Coyote Ugly legend began with a girl, a dream, and a little bit of Wild Turkey.
After my high school graduation, I was bound for NYU. Unfortunately, without the nuns, I was a little more distracted in my college years. Instead, the next person who would help shape me was my pool hustling boss of Trevis Italian restaurant, a local joint at which I was thankfully employed. He taught me the ins and outs of pool and I ended up teaching him how to make money in the bar business. Even though I was only 17 years old and a waitress, it seemed like I had a natural instinct for making money.
My first chance soon came as one of the bartenders went on vacation and I was asked to fill in. I made several hundred calls to ensure all my friends visited me on my premiere bartending night. It went over pretty well and I was given three bartending shifts a week after that (I am sure Danny still wishes he hadn't gone on that vacation). That is where it all started. When I became more comfortable behind the bar, I would have a few drinks and I found myself on top of the bar singing to whatever came on the jukebox, hustling drinks for customers (and for myself) while making a lot of money doing it. I did so well that the owner closed down the kitchen and turned his place into a bar that only sold liquor.
As time went on...
So I decided to work on Wall Street but I found that there are two problems with apprenticing to be a stockbroker. The first problem, YOU MAKE NO MONEY as an apprentice (not making money is something I am MORALLY against). Secondly, being a stockbroker doesn't require you to know anything about the market; you just need to be a good salesman. I am an incredible salesperson but I still can't pick a stock to save my life. My lack of funds forced me to get a second job bartending to pay the bills. I made $250 a week at the Wall Street firm while I would make $250 a night bartending. Obviously, I opted for early retirement from my stock market career.
I felt comfortable being back behind the bar, my blood pumped whisky (we won't talk about my liver). The bar I was working at this time was called Anacondas. This place had a "Brazilian theme" and they really pushed their frozen drink specialties. Unless you have ever bartended, you have no idea how much making blended drinks suck. One time, I was making so many of these time consuming, annoying, fruity drinks from hell that I blew out the fuses in the building! After that, the blenders were "broken" quite often.
After being in that environment for a little while, I badly needed a change. Just then, it would seem as if champagne had fallen from heavens, velvet ropes parted and the door to the Village Idiot (a local dive bar) opened with Tommy (the owner) standing out front offering me the bartending job that would change my life. Actually, to more accurately describe it, Jim Beam fell from the heavens, the homeless guys out front rolled over to part a path to the door that was propped open by Tommy's foot (he rarely stood). This was my kind of place and I began to really shine. The Idiot was an old man's bar by day but when the sun set, the music was loud, I was on the bar, every woman in the place at least one drink in each hand and I left with no less than $500 in my pocket. Within 2 months, Tom promoted me to manager and I worked my butt off. I hired beautiful girls, trained them to sell and most of all, how to appreciate the country music in the jukebox. I logged in at least 55 hours a week at the Idiot and I saved every dime.
I knew that this was all too good to be true and that there would soon be trouble in paradise. Yes trouble in Paradise. Word on the street was that the Idiot was going to close. So I kept my ears open and was offered an opportunity to rent the vacant space across the street. Through some weird circumstances I found myself partnered with a friends' friend, Tony. Good bye Italian restaurant, hello Coyote Ugly.
Beautiful Girls + Booze = Money
Patron: "Lil, can I have a Midori Sour?"
Lil: "No you can't and for making that asinine request, you are getting a shot of Wild Turkey for you and ME!"
Eureka! I now knew what the nuns were talking about when they said that I could do anything I wanted to and NOW I WAS! During the night I would dance on the bar, sing to the crowd and insult anyone who wasn't man enough to take me on in a drinking contest. As a consummate salesman, I was very good at this. To this day, the people who were around from the very beginning say that I was the best bartender we ever had.
I developed my business plan here and that has propelled me to where I am today: beautiful girls + booze = money. I began training my girls to perform my shtick. Some were good dancers, some were good singers, and others could yell at the crowd and entice them to drink. Very few had all three qualities, so I had to improvise. I would pair up the dancer with the comic yeller. Maybe the singer can be trained to dance a little better and it all began to work.
And the rest is history...
Shortly after that, Hollywood came knocking and the movie rights to Lil's story were sold. "Coyote Ugly" opened in August 2000, starring Piper Perabo and Maria Bello. It has grossed over $100 million and a worldwide audience quickly learned what the phrase "We don't serve water here!" meant.
Serving cheap tequila from a boot, bartending with boa constrictors, and just doing whatever the hell I wanted are what made the Coyote great. Even though things have changed in my life—I now have a beautiful son and live in San Diego—my Coyote Ugly Saloons are still run with the same mission statement. Quick wit, unshakable assurance, and the ability to take your last dollar has made Coyote Ugly what it is today.
It is funny to me that to this day my parents are still asking when I am going to put my college education to use. I say it is my education that got me off the streets of New York and that has spawned a successful business and a movie and television series about my bar. Twenty years and a million bar antics later, Coyote Ugly is now a household name. Thanks, Sister Jean Baptiste! (I wonder if she ever saw the movie?)


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18 I have prepared my case. I know that I will be declared righteous. | 18 Now that I have prepared my case, I know I will be vindicated. |
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Environmental studies for a project that has the potential to add distribution center space in Manteca equivalent to eight buildings the size of the Ford Motor Company's small parts distribution center in Spreckels Park will cost an additional $38,720.
Manteca's three-day salute to veterans and those who have served America and either died in battle or have since passed away starts today at 5:30 p.m. at Woodward Park.
Manteca's new Lathrop Road interchange isn't going to be your run-of-the-mill bridge over Highway 99.
You won't have to remind Chuck and Teri Palmer, Mike and Angela Anderson, Kevin and Leianne Graves, or Sally Monsoor this Memorial Day Weekend about the high cost of freedom.
A group of local Christian musicians will get the chance they've been waiting for this weekend.
Voters won't be able to say "yea" or "nay" to any PG&E proposal to extend electric service into new territory or expanding its system to serve additional customers should the measure the for-profit utility authored on the June 8 ballot - Proposition 16 - pass.
Temperatures running as much as 50 degrees cooler than a year ago coupled with a wet May has reduced South San Joaquin Irrigation District water use by 30 percent so far this month.
At least 150 runners and walkers will join Iraq War veteran Derek McGinnis and the author of "Exit Wounds": A Survival Guide to Pain Management" in the first Wounded Warrior Christopher Braley 5k run/walk that is part of the Memorial Day Weekend activities on Sunday, May 30, at Woodward Park. McGinnis served as a hospital corpsman for 11 years in the Navy. In November of 2004 he was severely wounded in Fallujah sustaining a traumatic brain injury and an above-knee amputation of his left leg for which he underwent extensive treatment and rehabilitation at military and Veterans Affairs medical ...
PG&E secured rate increases from 2007 through 2010 to replace 47,000 power poles.
LATHROP – Nonprofit organizations in Lathrop have until 4 p.m. on Thursday to submit their lottery application forms for Safe and Sane Fireworks fund-raisers this year.
Charles and Teri Palmer - the parents of Manteca Marine Cpl. Charles Palmer II who lost his life serving America in Iraq - have adopted 300 Marines.
Even the weather conspired to make the first ever art show hosted by the Manteca Historical Museum a success in more ways than one.
Manteca Ford-Mercury owner Phil Waterford has been honored as the 26th Assembly District's Small Business of the Year by Assemblyman Bill Berryhill.
RIPON - Local indie rock group "French Cassettes" from Ripon may finally have the break they have been waiting for.
Manteca native and Central Catholic High senior Sebastian Hernandez was named a National Merit Hispanic Scholar and was awarded a full ride to University of Arizona.
After 80 years the Manteca Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6311 is coming home.
The annual Costa's Wild-game Feed will be held Friday, Dec. 5, from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Manteca Trailer and Motorhome, 204 Vasconcellos (corner E. Highway 120). A story in the Monday, Dec. 1, edition of the Bulletin inadvertently indicated that the event will be held on March 5.
It's time to celebrate the continuing effort to support the Stockton-San Joaquin County Library and literacy year after year.
A decades-long tradition of giving at Christmas continues on December 5 at Manteca Trailer and Motorhome when the perennially popular Costa's Wild-Game Feed returns.
The clock is running for Manteca to avoid a $234,795 stand-alone special election.
A global movement whose mission is to demystify the seemingly secret codes of computer science is coming to Lathrop High School on December 11. The hour-long tutorials are not just for the Spartan students. The two introductory sessions are open to the public as well.
The Nov. 4 general election was recently certified by the Registrar of Voters of San Joaquin County.
LATHROP – If you're a government agency, getting rid of stuff isn't as easy as just taking it to the dump.
About four or five times a year, Sister Ann Venita Britto and her Ministry of Caring will conduct a special Thanksgiving luncheon for those at Valley CAPS.
The last time Manteca – and the rest of the United States – faced a major flu epidemic that had the potential of closing schools and quarantining victims was 96 years ago.
Samantha Placeres of Manteca graduated with her Juris Doctor degree from Pepperdine University School of Law in a commencement ceremony held on May 16 in Malibu.
Last year Garrett Todd hoped to land a 40-inch television on Black Friday.
A rollover accident spurred by slow traffic and a driver trying to avoid a collision claimed the life of a 64-year-old Sonora woman on Thanksgiving.
A new $1.6 million community center that will serve as the home for Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6311 is part of the ongoing revitalization of the Moffat Boulevard corridor.


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FDA approves robots for hospitalsMICHAEL B. Farrell
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Colin Angle, chief executive of iRobot Corporation, stands with a mobile robot with an LCD screen for a face. It can interact remotely with an operator. iRobot is developing a version that can navigate a hospital and work remotely with doctors.iRobot Corp., best known for its Roomba vacuum cleaners, has won Food and Drug Administration clearance for a new line of robots designed to let doctors interact with hospital patients remotely.
The sleek, upright robot called the RP-VITA is designed to navigate around hospitals on its own and has a 15-inch LCD screen as a face.
It represents the early stages of a big push by iRobot into the health care market as the defense side of its business continues to contract.
The first RP-VITA robots, which would cost hospitals between $4,000 and $6,000 a month to operate, could begin appearing in medical centers throughout the country in the next few months.
We think its the beginning of an amazing new phase for the use of robots in telemedicine, said Colin Angle, chief executive officer of iRobot, which developed the robots in partnership with InTouch Health Inc., a Santa Barbara, Calif., company that is one of the pioneers in telemedicine systems.
Hospitals often use telemedicine to allow specialists to diagnose patients from long distances.
iRobot began a partnership with InTouch Health about a year ago when it invested $6 million to buy a minority stake in the company.
Today, the market is just getting started, said Philip Solis, an analyst with ABI Research in New York. Telepresence robots are seeing some use, but its still on a limited basis.
iRobots RP-VITA, which is the first FDA-cleared telemedicine robot that uses autonomous movement technology, will have to compete with a growing number of robots entering the health care market, said Solis.
You could envision a lot of different robots that can do many different things, but can the hospital afford it? Thats going to be the issue, he said.
The RP-VITA is outfitted with advanced cameras, touchscreen displays, speakers, and sensors. Doctors operate the robot with an iPad tablet, and the doctors face will appear on the LCD screen atop the robot.
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But he said the technology that goes into the RP-VITA is expensive and some of the most advanced on the market. Theres just a lot more than dropping a robot off at the back dock, he said.
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I grew up in southern Orange County and earned a bachelor's degree in biology at San Diego State University in 1983. There I met my future wife, Kim, at the...
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A patient presented with advanced internal root resorption of tooth No. 9. The prominent location of this tooth...
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Read More...Steven Anderson offers four basic rules to foster success in any economy
I recently received a call from a dentist that I have known for over 10 years. When we first met, we put together a plan that dramatically increased the value and sales price of his first practice. His next practice was thriving, or so I thought, until the distress call came.
Admittedly, they were practicing in one of the most economically depressed communities in the country. With a heavy dependence on the auto industry, the community was riddled with uncertainty as the entire industry was going through a massive transition. Corporate restructuring and job layoffs were in the local news daily. The unemployment rate had soared. People were running scared. As a result, or so it appeared, the practice was suffering. New patient flow had slowed to a crawl. Production was at the lowest point it had been in years. Cash flow was getting tight. The dentist was panicked.
What transpired next is a lesson for any dental practice facing a slumped economy. No matter where you are, the actions to be taken are similar. But beware! This field guide to operating in a down economy is not for the weak hearted or 'follow the crowd' dentist. Keep in mind, if you want to get different results than everyone else is getting, you have to be willing to do things that others are not willing to do! So read carefully, take notes, and get ready to take action today.
The economy
Having spent nearly 20 years working with dentists, we have ridden some economic ups and downs together: the Gulf War, the dot com boom and bust, 9/11, and now the mortgage market debacle coupled with record oil prices. Through all of these ups and downs, those who have weathered the economic storms the best and have thrived instead of just survived, seem to follow a few basic rules that foster their success in any economy. So here are four such rules for your thoughtful consideration and immediate action.
1. Stop watching the news
It is amazing how the economic news of the day, day after day, can work on your psyche. Any mind fed on a steady diet of economic doom and gloom can't help but start to believe that it really is a down economy. It is all because the moment the mind adopts a belief, it acts accordingly. Any dentist and team that believes the economy is slowing, that money is tight, and that people are tightening the purse strings, will naturally start shrinking when it comes to diagnosis, treatment planning and financial arrangements. 'They can't afford it right now', 'money is tight', and 'it is just not a good time right now', are all common refrains that begin to creep into the repertoire of 'slow economy' self-talk. And so it naturally becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. If I believe that the economy is down and that everyone is affected by it, then I will naturally start treating everyone as if they have little economic means to do anything discretionary. And so, I stop using my comprehensive treatment planning and case presentation methods. Financial arrangements are presented with reluctance and patients respond accordingly. Practice production begins to suffer and things slow to a crawl. All of a sudden, the team looks around, and low and behold the belief is confirmed: 'It's the economy.' Wrong! It's your belief in the economy that has led you to these results.
2. Stop talking to other dentists
A recent query on a dental message board was very telling: 'Looking for some feedback if anyone is experiencing a bit of a slow down right now. We have a little bit and we are trying to get a sense of how dentistry is doing regionally and nationally with the economic realities of today.' Translation: 'Our practice is down and I would really like someone else out there to tell me that their practice is down as well so we can just blame the entire thing on the economy and not have to do anything about it.'
Misery loves company! And so do dentists. Think about it. Human nature is quick to find explanations for poor results by pointing to things that are too big and too complicated to do anything about, thus relieving us of having to do anything about it. After all, who can tackle anything as big and unmanageable as the economy? Who even understands the economy? So if it is too big, too unmanageable, and too complicated to even understand, then let's just throw up our arms in bewilderment and frustration and wallow in our woes until things turn around and get better... somehow.
Dentists as a group love to commiserate. If you are like most dentists, you have done it at least once: it is a slow day. You call your dentist buddy across town. 'How are you? Things kind of slow for you? Yes, me too.' You hang up and somehow feel better because someone else is suffering just like you. And so you go back to doing nothing! Commiserating is exactly that: from the Latin, com (with) + miserari (lament). Or more simply put: to cry together or co-misery!
So stop talking to other dentists to look for validation for your own poor performance. If you are looking for excuses, they are easy to find right down the street or right next door. You don't need a crying buddy. You need an action-oriented energiser. That's where you come in…
3. Redouble your efforts
Extraordinary times require extraordinary efforts. When things reach rock bottom, we need to do the things that work the best. Roll up your sleeves and refresh your verbal skills and case presentation methods. If it has been a while since you took a good practice management course, now is the best time to do another. Even the most experienced, well-versed practice management genius is not doing everything that he or she can do to maximise practice performance. In many cases, it is not what you don't know that is the biggest obstacle, but what you do know that you are not doing or not doing consistently.
When there are outward signs that there may be tougher economic times on the horizon, it is time to strengthen your economic, management and people skills. The economy within your practice does not have to reflect the economy outside your practice. Not everyone in every economy is losing. There are always winners and losers in every economy. Which side you are on in dentistry is largely a matter of choice. So go back to the basics that work inside your practice: good patient service skills, good telephone skills, good verbal skills, good case presentation skills, good financial arrangement skills, good scheduling skills, and good patient retention and activation skills. There is a lot to do. So do it right. Redouble your efforts to execute with excellence on the basics every day, with every patient, at every appointment and you will be amazed at the results, no matter the economy!
Remember: when one starts buying into bad economic news, one stops doing the things that work. It is an unconscious thing. So redouble your efforts and consciously revisit all of the systems and protocols in your practice and focus on executing at a higher level.
4. Be proactive
What are you doing to actively generate new patients? Do you track the source of each new patient? If so, go back and take a look at your results over the last 12 to 24 months. What has worked the best? Can you do more of it? If you haven't done much in the area of marketing, what can you start doing to generate interest in your practice?
For starters, what are you doing on a daily basis to ask your existing patients to refer their family and friends? What systems do you have in place to create more qualified, less resistant patients on a consistent basis? Now is the time to do more of the things that work the best. While the other dentists in town are singing the economic 'blues', get 'jazzed' and make something happen. You have to fight human nature on this one. When things look like they are tightening up, we are tempted to go into our shell and run for cover. The reality is that we need to do exactly the opposite. For the best indication of what you should be doing, just look at what all the other dentists are doing and do the exact opposite! If they are scared, be bold! If they are reducing, expand! If they are pulling in, push out. The market has a way of responding to those who are bold, brave and persistent.
It has often been said that, 'A terrible thing happens when you don't advertise… nothing!' And so your results will be. Stop proactively promoting your practice internally, externally or both and your market will quickly forget about you. So be proactive. Promote your practice like you expect people to respond and an amazing thing will happen... they will!
5. Meet it head on
Hold a team meeting immediately and have an open and frank talk about the economy and the power of belief. Talk about the three steps above, write out your team action plan to make it happen, and then communicate your resolve to have a booming economy within your practice regardless of what is going on outside the practice. Set up some rules for attitude, belief and team talk as it relates to the economy. It may be gloom and doom on CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC, and the BBC and every other letter of the alphabet, but your team determines the economic forecast for your practice and what the atmosphere is going to be. That decision is either made by default or by design. It all depends on the action you decide to take. Make the decision as a team, stick with it, and support each other every day to stay on track with your positive, proactive, booming economy mentality. If nothing else, it will make your days more enjoyable and a lot more fun!
So there is the simple four-step 'thrive in a slumping economy' prescription:
1. Stop watching the news
2. Stop talking to other dentists!
3. Redouble your efforts
4. Be proactive.
That brings us back to our dentist who was in a panic at the beginning of our article. What did he do? He did steps one to four to get started. Specifically, after turning off the TV, throwing away the newspaper, tossing his local dental society phone directory, meeting with his team and making some fundamental attitude and belief decisions, he went back to his marketing results. They had been running a very successful direct mail marketing campaign. The results were predictable and consistent. So, what did they do? They did more of what was already working. They increased their marketing. That combined with their rededication to good verbal skills and case acceptance methods produced predictably positive results.
Within 45 days, the practice was back to producing at or above goal again, all because they followed the rules, the rules for thriving in a slumping economy.
Remember, not everyone is broke, despite what you hear on the news. It may take a little more effort to get the same results today than it did a year or so ago, but that is what separates the winners from the 'also rans'. The beauty of dentistry is that it is a proactive business. Unlike our friends in retail, we can much more easily break out of the confines of the four walls of the practice, get out there, and make something happen by doing better hygiene re-care calls, calling on unscheduled treatment, doing same day treatment, and improving our internal and external marketing efforts. The path is clear. You just have to be willing to do it.
So get busy! Put your plan together with your team whether you are feeling a slow down or not. After all, the best time to prepare for the worst is when things are at their best. The best thing about dentistry is that you can thrive in any economy. It's a choice, not a circumstance. Make it happen!
Steven J Anderson is the founder of several influential dental organisations including the Total Patient Service Institute (www.totalpatientservice.com), Crown Council www.crowncouncil.com, and Smiles for Life Foundation www.smilesforlife.org. His seminars are widely known around the dental world as a premier team case acceptance resource.
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1 {A Psalm of Asaph.} Truly God is good to Israel, to such as are of a pure heart. | 1 Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. |
2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone, my steps had well nigh slipped; | 2 But as for me, my feet had almost slipped; I had nearly lost my foothold. |
3 For I was envious at the arrogant, seeing the prosperity of the wicked. | 3 For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. |
4 For they have no pangs in their death, and their body is well nourished; | 4 They have no struggles; their bodies are healthy and strong. |
5 They have not the hardships of mankind, neither are they plagued like [other] men: | 5 They are free from the burdens common to man; they are not plagued by human ills. |
6 Therefore pride encompasseth them as a neck-chain, violence covereth them [as] a garment; | 6 Therefore pride is their necklace; they clothe themselves with violence. |
7 Their eyes stand out from fatness, they exceed the imaginations of their heart: | 7 From their callous hearts comes iniquity; the evil conceits of their minds know no limits. |
8 They mock and speak wickedly of oppression, they speak loftily: | 8 They scoff, and speak with malice; in their arrogance they threaten oppression. |
9 They set their mouth in the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth. | 9 Their mouths lay claim to heaven, and their tongues take possession of the earth. |
10 Therefore his people turn hither, and waters in fulness are wrung out to them. | 10 Therefore their people turn to them and drink up waters in abundance. |
11 And they say, How can God know, and is there knowledge in the Most High? | 11 They say, "How can God know? Does the Most High have knowledge?" |
12 Behold, these are the wicked, and they prosper in the world: they heap up riches. | 12 This is what the wicked are like-- always carefree, they increase in wealth. |
13 Truly have I purified my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency: | 13 Surely in vain have I kept my heart pure; in vain have I washed my hands in innocence. |
14 For all the day have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. | 14 All day long I have been plagued; I have been punished every morning. |
15 If I said, I will speak thus, behold, I should be faithless to the generation of thy children. | 15 If I had said, "I will speak thus," I would have betrayed your children. |
16 When I thought to be able to know this, it was a grievous task in mine eyes; | 16 When I tried to understand all this, it was oppressive to me |
17 Until I went into the sanctuaries of God; [then] understood I their end. | 17 till I entered the sanctuary of God; then I understood their final destiny. |
18 Truly thou settest them in slippery places, thou castest them down in ruins. | 18 Surely you place them on slippery ground; you cast them down to ruin. |
19 How are they suddenly made desolate! they pass away, consumed with terrors. | 19 How suddenly are they destroyed, completely swept away by terrors! |
20 As a dream, when one awaketh, wilt thou, Lord, on arising despise their image. | 20 As a dream when one awakes, so when you arise, O Lord, you will despise them as fantasies. |
21 When my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins, | 21 When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered, |
22 Then I was brutish and knew nothing; I was [as] a beast with thee. | 22 I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before you. |
23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden my right hand; | 23 Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand. |
24 Thou wilt guide me by thy counsel, and after the glory, thou wilt receive me. | 24 You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory. |
25 Whom have I in the heavens? and there is none upon earth I desire beside thee. | 25 Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. |
26 My flesh and my heart faileth: God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever. | 26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. |
27 For behold, they that are far from thee shall perish; thou destroyest every one that goeth a whoring from thee. | 27 Those who are far from you will perish; you destroy all who are unfaithful to you. |
28 But as for me, it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord Jehovah, that I may declare all thy works. | 28 But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign LORD my refuge; I will tell of all your deeds. |
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Shen looked over at him. "May I remind you he's not from the blood of our clan Kennen. Teaching the child to throw a shuriken is okay, however I strongly suggest you do not show him our teachings. From what I can tell he's not even Ionian, so I doubt he will understand our philosophic beliefs of balance. I also don't need to remind you of the last person who was taken under our wing that wasn't of the Kinkou's bloodline." He said. It was obvious he was referring to the murderous Master of Shadow. "You mustn't teach him our ways of combat. Understood? "
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The trout is just about 30 meters from coming onto shore. Vice is laughing like a young giddy schoolboy as he rides his new trout buddy.
Shen just shrugged. He really had no time for this. "Just... Just try not to teach him anything he could use against us, okay?"
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Two men arrested Saturday for stealing scrap metal and electrical wiring from a Hebbardsville Road business are believed to have been connected to other thefts in the area.
Athens County Sheriff Pat Kelly said Deputy John Kulchar was responding to Kal Electric on Hebbardsville Rd, after an employee of Smith Concrete saw the two men stealing wiring from the business.
Kal Eletric Owner Dirk Walton told Kulchar that about $3,000 of scrap aluminum and electrical wire had been stolen from their building.
After taking the report, Kulchar patrolled Hebbardsville Rd. and located a tan, older model Chevy Truck with the two men inside.
Kelly identified the pair as Brandon Masters, 19 of Millfield, and Jerry Smith, 30 of Chauncey,
Masters was previously identified in the theft of scrap metal at Cochrans on State Rt. 33 in which Athens County Lt. Steve Sedwick was injured.
Smith was wanted in connection of the theft of a purse last week in Chauncey.
A warrant for Smith was issued Friday for the Chauncey theft.
Masters told Deputy Kulchar they did illegally obtain the scrap wire from Kal Electric.
Masters and Smith are both being charged with Breaking and Entering and Theft.
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On the difficulty — and the costliness — of doing business abroad.
CHICAGO — They tied the knot, and now there's trouble.
Like a marriage, a business relationship is nurtured by good communication. Yet one of the biggest difficulties global companies face these days is the failure to communicate effectively with overseas workers, partners and contractors.
International miscommunciation can be costly — especially with revenues from foreign markets at several large, U.S.-based corporations, such as Coca Cola, Ford, IBM and Exxon-Mobil, exceeding 50 percent.
Companies that simply try to transfer their culture abroad are seldom fully embraced by the people who are making and selling their products. More often they are greeted with rolled eyes, hurt feelings and crossed arms.
This crisis of understanding became evident during a diversity and inclusion conference in Chicago sponsored by The Conference Board, a non-profit consulting group financed by corporations. Diversity officers are like the counselors of the corporation — trying to get workers who find themselves in a marriage of convenience — to make the most of it. But the situations they described just aren't happy.
One company based in the Midwest that makes plumbing fixtures, and asked not to be named, called its Chinese manufacturers three times and asked them to change some of the processes they were using. The Chinese agreed, but nothing changed. Then the Americans began to have recriminations. Maybe they had been too blunt and maybe the Chinese were trying to save face.
To help them read the tea leaves, companies are hiring experts to teach international insight to their workers. GlobeSmart is an online solution that enables customers to log into its website and learn how to conduct business in 60 countries.
In a test run, users can sample information from three countries. GlobeSmart recommends a different method of resolving conflict for each culture.
In the Netherlands, GlobeSmart suggests addressing conflict in private, not in front of the group.
To settle disputes in the Philippines, the website advises using a "bridge" person as a conflict mediator. "Filipinos abhor direct confrontation. It's scary to them. You almost never want to be confrontational in a direct way," wrote one user of the site.
Resolving conflict in Argentina, however, may take intensive face time and diplomacy. GlobeSmart suggests meeting with the parties or subordinates in private first and then meeting with all of the involved parties "to create a mutually agreeable solution."


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Media Tour Day 1: All-Star Race a preview of 2016?
Nick Bromberg at From The Marbles7 hrs agoAs the media tour for the Sprint Cup Series kicked off Monday, NASCAR delivered its "State of the Sport" address. The sanctioning body said there would be no changes to the Chase, flared sideskirts would be outlawed and that the 2016 rules package would hopefully be delivered to teams by the time of the All-Star Race in May.
According to NBC Sports, not only could the race serve as a deadline for the rules guidelines, but it could also serve as a showcase. There have been discussions about building the cars to the 2016 specifications for the race.
An official with direct knowledge of the All-Star Race proposal said Charlotte Motor Speedway and Sprint were supportive of using the 2016 rules because it also would prevent teams from getting a jump on preparing for the Coca-Cola 600 and increasing the likelihood of a lackluster race. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because the plan wasn't finalized.
NASCAR says teams can't flare sideskirts in 2015
Nick Bromberg at From The Marbles23 hrs agoSprint Cup Series cars won't have flared sideskirts in 2015.
During NASCAR's "State of the Sport" presentation on Monday, the sanctioning body said that teams that manipulate the sideskirts on cars during pit stops would be asked to undo the changes. Last season, teams had figured out that flaring out the sideskirts on the cars towards the rear tires created more downforce, almost like a parachute effect.
"As many of you know we deliberately decided against any changes near the end of last season, so in 2015, teams manipulating the fenders or flares during a race will be asked to come back down pit road, and we will use any means possible to police that; particularly, though, our new pit road officiating system," NASCAR Vice President of Racing Development Steve O'Donnell said. "Again, we'll look at that through video and any means possible during the race season."
Pit stops will be officiated with a new video officiating system instead of by officials watching each pit stop just feet from the cars. Eight officials will get video from 45 cameras.
Ganassi's No. 02 with Dixon, Kanaan, Larson and McMurray wins Rolex 24
Nick Bromberg at From The Marbles2 days agoChip Ganassi's IndyCar and Sprint Cup Series drivers are pretty good at sports car racing.
The No. 02 team of IndyCar drivers Scott Dixon and Tony Kanaan and Sprint Cup Series drivers Kyle Larson and Jamie McMurray won the Rolex 24 sports car race at Daytona Sunday afternoon, beating the No. 5 Action Express team which was driven by IndyCar driver Sebastian Bourdais at the finish.
The main competition for the No. 02, which was piloted by Dixon for the final three-plus hours, was the No. 10 of Wayne Taylor Racing. But WTR made a critical miscalculation late in the race and essentially handed the win over to the No. 02.
The No. 02 was leading with the caution came out for a crash with approximately 15 minutes to go. Presumably, the ensuing restart was going to give the No. 10, driven by Jordan Taylor, a chance to go after Dixon for one more shot at the win. However, Taylor was called to the pits during the caution and told he had to get out of the car.
The Rolex 24 isn't immune to roadkill (Photo)
Nick Bromberg at From The Marbles2 days agoOpossums are active at night. A significant portion of the Rolex 24 sports car race is run when the sun is down. After reading the headline and the previous two sentences, you know where we're going with this post.
Andy Lally tweeted Sunday morning that he reported hitting debris around 5 a.m. The team never found what Lally hit until the team made the following discovery a few hours later. Yes, the picture is of a dead animal, so if you don't want to look, you're warned to stop scrolling now.
In an interview with Fox Sports 1, Lally noted that his team's Porsche has a rear engine and that the opossum went through the front of the car and made it through to the trunk. He hit it after the car in front him swerved and clipped it.
This broke through the splitter & tub and then into the front of the car.. By the way we are out of the race pic.twitter.com/2b6UpcUdyC
Crew is fixing the car. They've posthumously named the opossum "Ballast". Sad but I think we should put him back in to take the checker.
Jeff Gordon says he reached decision to step away during 2014 season
Nick Bromberg at From The Marbles4 days agoJeff Gordon said he made the decision to make 2015 his last season driving full-time in the Sprint Cup Series midway through the 2014 season.
He was leaning in the direction of stepping away at the beginning of the season and said as the season progressed, his inclinations were confirmed. Back pain has been an issue for Gordon in recent years and he had a bout with it at Charlotte in the 2014 season, though he didn't miss a race because of it. He won four races in 2014.
"I really was leaning towards this at the beginning of [2014], but it didn't get serious until midway of [2014]," Gordon said. "It was a combination of things. It wasn't just one thing. Yeah, the back thing played a role. I think that really more just confirmed things for me rather than anything else. Even the great stretch and the run that we had and how good we were last year confirmed things even more for me."
The Top 10 moments of Jeff Gordon's career (so far)
Nick Bromberg at From The Marbles5 days agoWhen Jeff Gordon announced he'll drive one more full-time season on Thursday, we immediately started thinking.
Yes, that's dangerous. But we wondered what the top 10 moments of Gordon's career were. And damn, it was tough. There are so many things to choose from. That's what happens when you have 92 wins and countless other memorable moments.
Here's our best shot.
10. Gordon's first Sprint Cup Series race: Did anyone realize at the time just how big the symbolism of Gordon's first race would be? Gordon made his Cup Series debut in 1992 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It was the final race of seven-time champion Richard Petty's career. Both had inauspicious races. Petty only completed 95 laps while Gordon crashed out. But as the book of Petty's driving career closed, another novel-sized book about Gordon's was being opened.
Twitter reaction to Jeff Gordon's announcement
Nick Bromberg at From The Marbles5 days agoAfter Jeff Gordon surprised many with his announcement that 2015 would be his final Sprint Cup Series season, many in NASCAR took to Twitter to express their appreciation for the four-time champion's career and impact on the sport.
Here's a sampling of what some drivers said about the man who ranks third on NASCAR's all-time win list.
Clint Bowyer referenced the run-in he and Gordon had at Phoenix in 2012.
I've had a lot of good times with @JeffGordonWeb and one 💩 one. Weird to think just like all the other greats, that soon he won't be there!
Junior was perfectly Junior.
Hard to imagine this is @JeffGordonWeb last full season. Tons of respect for him and what he's accomplished thus far. A total professional.
AJ Allmendinger and Joey Logano referenced growing up watching Gordon.
I feel so lucky to say I have raced against my idol and favorite driver growing up @JeffGordonWeb... ready for one more year against you.
2015 will be Jeff Gordon's final full-time NASCAR season
Nick Bromberg at From The Marbles5 days agoJeff Gordon has one more shot for a fifth Sprint Cup Series championship.
The four-time Sprint Cup Series champion announced Thursday that 2015 will be his final full-time season in the Cup Series.
"As a race car driver, much of what I've done throughout my life has been based on following my instincts and trying to make good decisions," Gordon said in a team statement. "I thought long and hard about my future this past year and during the offseason, and I've decided 2015 will be the last time I compete for a championship. I won't use the 'R-word' because I plan to stay extremely busy in the years ahead, and there's always the possibility I'll compete in selected events, although I currently have no plans to do that.
Brian Vickers cleared to return for third race of season
Nick Bromberg at From The Marbles5 days agoBrian Vickers' absence from the Sprint Cup Series in 2015 doesn't look like it'll be too lengthy.
Michael Waltrip Racing announced Wednesday that Vickers has been cleared to return at Las Vegas for the race on March 8. It's the third race of the season, meaning Vickers will miss the Daytona 500 and the second race of the season at Atlanta.
Waltrip will fill in for Vickers at the 500 and a replacement for the second race of the season is yet to be announced.
The doctors gave me a clean bill of health and said I will be better than before," Vickers said in a statement. "The advancements in modern medicine and surgical procedures are amazing and I have to thank my doctors at the Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute and Carolinas Medical Center for their extraordinary care. I have literally put my life in their hands twice and I cannot begin to express my level of gratitude."
TMG announces Ron Hornaday will drive the No. 30 car in 2015
Nick Bromberg at From The Marbles5 days agoA new team to the Sprint Cup Series has a familiar driver.
The Motorsports Group announced Wednesday that Ron Hornaday would drive the No. 30 in the Cup Series in 2015. TMG is moving up to planned full-time Cup competition after running in the Xfinity Series.
"I am happy to be signing on with Curtis Key and the entire TMG organization for the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Season," Hornaday said in a team statement. "This team has been working really hard during the offseason to get cars ready for Daytona and the rest of the season. I'm hoping to bring some guidance and racing knowledge to this startup Cup team."
Hornaday, 56, is a four-time Camping World Truck Series champion who last ran in the Sprint Cup Series in 2003. He only raced 16 races last year in the Truck Series because of the downfall of Turner Scott Motorsports. He was without a ride after the first 13 races of the season and then drove for three races with NTS Motorsports.


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Director Jorge Gutierrez and producer Guillermo del Toro showed off some gorgeous-looking footage from The Book of Life (Oct. 17) at Fox on Monday. It boasts a distinctive design and a wonderfully tactile quality, revealing that Reel FX (Free Birds) has come of age as an animated indie. And it looks...
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AT&T Makes Major Commitment to Clean its Fleet It will invest more than a half-billion dollars over the next decade to purchase more than 15,000 alternative-fueled vehicles — 8,000 vans powered by compressed natural gas, and another 7,100 hybrid passenger cars. The telecommunications giant estimates that the new vehicles will save 49 million gallons of gasoline and reduce carbon emissions by 211,000 metric tons over the 10-year deployment period — equivalent to removing the emissions from more than 38,600 traditional passenger vehicles for a year. Joel Makower has a great analysis of the story behind the scenes.
Wind Energy 15 years from Grid Parity The elephant in the room of renewable development is that the cost per kwh is more expensive than the electricity that is currently produced. Not any more! This new study estimates that wind will be at grid parity cost in just 15 years. There might be hope for us yet!
Apple Stores Ditch Plastic Bags Apple the Granny Smith decided to go one step greener and eliminate plastic bags from their retail stores. Instead they are offering to hold merchandise at stores until customers are ready to pick it up or assist customers with carrying large purchases to their cars.
Dow Urges 100% Packaging Recyclability Dow Chemical Co. is challenging other firms in the packaging supply chain to convert to recyclables. Yes, this is kind of a cop-out from actual commitments to urge ones competitors to reach a certain standard. However, this is still an important move because one company can't increase it's recyclability in a vacuum without risking the loss of its marketability due to increased costs. By releasing a challenge to its competitors, Dow shifts the conversation.
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Business Week vs. The White House?
When was the last time you read Business Week? As print media publications continue to fall like dinosaurs, I can't help but liken their demise to the the decline of an old way of thinking about business – the all or nothing, single bottom line, us vs. those hippies way of thinking.
We've been getting Business Week at the 3P office and I opened up a copy this afternoon. The issue in question reports basic news for the most part but gets bizarre if you start to read more deeply. Call it Rush Limbaugh mixed with USA Today.
A great example is this week's examination of presidential proposals and their impact on industry (using charts to make the information displayed seem official and well researched). That's all well and good, and I'd love to hear it if The Economist wrote it. Business Week has chosen to title their graph "Business vs. the White House." Bring on the inflammation! Click to continue reading »
You2Gov: Politics With a Purpose
Most cause marketing discussions center around marketing the company, product, or service that has partnered with a non-profit organization. Few focus on nonprofits marketing themselves as a means to gain awareness for their cause. And fewer still, discuss how causes can rally support from a government standpoint.
But, for many nonprofits, this is a critical element to keep their organizations running and generate the aid they need to affect change. You2Gov.org, a platform designed to connect users with Elected Officials and political representatives under the rubric of open government, has created social software that allows groups to tap into community affiliations with a fully automated system for managing fundraising, marketing, and operational activities. Their goal is to offer users a front end forum for bringing political, social, and environmental issues to light and back end management tools for transforming that exposure into organized tasks for making a difference. And with the ability to track your progress against a set of clearly defined objectives, that impact is measurable — and repeatable.
I spoke with Alan Silberberg, Founder, to learn more about his vision, and while political power may never fully be in the hands of the people, You2Gov appoints everyone a delegate of their own destiny, and levels the playing field to bring Capitol Hill down to the community level. Click to continue reading »
Trucks Delivering Fewer Emissions as Fleets Slowly Turn Greener
I hear the heavy, rattling engines many times each day, moving past, and sometimes stopping at, my home office. FedEx, UPS, the US Postal Service, and even my community-supported agriculture service use those big, boxy delivery trucks (also referred to as vocational trucks or package trucks). They are ubiquitous urban denizens, they are driven relentlessly all day long, they make tons of stops, and spend much of their lives idling. All of these factors add up to make them major fuel hogs. But that's starting to change, as a growing number of fleet owners, including, most recently, AT&T, are turning to alternative fuel and hybrid delivery trucks. Meanwhile, more truck makers are jumping onboard.
The EPA's office of transportation and air quality and Eaton, makers of hydraulic systems for truck engines partnered with the United Parcel Service late last year to test a new hybrid technology designed through a collaboration between Eaton and the EPA's fuel-emissions lab in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The system was designed to capitalize on how often delivery trucks start and stop during the course of a day. The motor converts pressure from the hydraulic fluid into rotating power for the wheels. It also stores energy from braking and uses it in acceleration.
Are Green Jobs Good Paying Jobs?
During an address to Congress last month, President Obama said, "To truly transform our economy, protect our security, and save our planet from the ravages of climate change, we need to ultimately make clean, renewable energy the profitable kind of energy." In other words, we need a "green" economy. However, will the jobs created by the greening of the economy be "good" jobs?
The pay rate for green jobs varies, according to a recently released study, High Road or Low Road: Job Quality in the New Green Economy by Good Jobs First. The pay rates at many wind and solar manufacturing plants is lower than wages at other manufacturing industries. However, some companies pay decent wages, such as a plant in Salem, Oregon where average hourly wage is $22, or a recycling plant in San Francisco where workers start at $20 an hour.
Is H2O the new CO2?
When it comes to urgent environmental crises, water is clearly in a class of its own. Few other issues have the same far-reaching impact on human health and well-being, economic sustainability, or national security. After all, you can live without oil; you can't live without water. So it's no surprise that many of the latest environmental campaigns along with a growing media debate are posing the question, "Is water the new carbon?"
Up to this point, oil and resulting C02 emissions have gotten most of the attention, but many experts warn that declining water supply and failing water infrastructure globally may soon become the world's next major crisis if meaningful action isn't taken soon.
Will the Nuclear Renaissance Be Postponed?
Since 2007, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has received applications for 17 new nuclear reactor operating licenses, and now estimates that it will get a total of 22 applications for 33 reactors by the end of 2010.
Nuclear advocates have seen this as a sort of validation of the industry's potential growth. After all, it's been more than 30 years since a nuclear power plant was even built in the U.S. But thanks to the current state of the economy, excitement over new nuclear development has become dampened.
Disney Goes Green*
The Walt Disney Company has announced medium and long-term energy and environmental goals, with big plans to reduce emissions and waste, and cut electricity and fuel use. The announcements were part of the company's 2008 CSR Report, which included a GHG inventory, plus analysis of waste and water usage. The company first began taking stock of its total emissions in 2007 using the World Research Institute's GHG Protocol, with 2006 offering the first figures available. Aggregate emissions that year, from fuel and electricity use plus refrigerant leaks, totaled a whopping 1.84 million metric tons of CO2e.
While Disney emphasizes a long history of environmental stewardship – citing their endangered species conservation efforts with the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund, themes in such films as Pocahontas, and more – the company also wants to seize any opportunity to strengthen their bond with customers and make their company "a more desirable place to work." Click to continue reading »
Coal: 'Clean' or Otherwise, Get Used to It
By William Brent
I know this POV will upset some folks, but here goes: coal isn't going anywhere anytime soon. It's cheap, plentiful and easy to access, so we better start figuring out how to use it in a cleaner way. Of course there is no such thing as "clean coal" (as I've pointed out on my blog several times in the past). For that matter, there is no such thing as 100% clean solar or clean batteries (someone is out there right now extracting silicon, cadmium and lithium from the ground). But there is something as "cleaner" coal.
Don't get me wrong – I think it's important that people like Al Gore, Bill McKibben and the folks at Power Shift are out there demanding that the dirtiest coal-fired power generation facilities be dealt with. I agree that we need voices to be demanding an accelerated roadmap to coal alternatives in a loud and unequivocal way (including the tongue-in-cheek voice of the Coen brothers). And apparently, according to this map, Coal Power Death Watch, these voices appear to be gaining traction in the US.
Clean Energy Storage Solutions: Challenge Meets Opportunity
A key challenge for renewable energy, as most people know, is what to do when the sun doesn't shine or the wind doesn't blow. Addressing that challenge is one of the emerging trends reported this week in the Clean Energy Trends 2009 report (see Sarah's post from Tuesday on the report's look at emerging clean energy markets).
Utility scale energy storage, along with electrical distribution, transmission, and grid infrastructure upgrades, stand as the "number-one barrier to significantly scaling renewables in the energy mix of a utility, state, or nation", says the report. As such, energy storage technology is a key area receiving major attention, innovation, and investment.
Lux Research sizes the current global market for energy storage at $2.4 billion and estimates that market could expand to $50 billion for batteries alone if just 10% of the world's wind farms currently online used them for storage.
Where there is significant challenge, there is also significant opportunity.
Click to continue reading »Twitter for T-shirts: Procter & Gamble Tests Social Media with Tide Loads of Hope
Consumer brands heavyweight Procter & Gamble is done sitting on the social media sidelines. Recent rumors have revealed the company has determined that social media is the future of marketing. This isn't surprising, with the great success and evangelism-charged growth of smaller, values-driven companies such as Seventh Generation. Fast-growing Seventh Generation is now also distributing to Wal-Mart and maintains a deep, authentic connection with its community via its popular newsletter, blog, CEO Jeffrey Hollender's blog, community, and even Twitter. As a bonfire brand, it practically markets itself. Yet P&G has yet to put any serious effort in social media until right now.
P&G's social media experiment is a campaign called Loads of Hope, in promotion of its Tide brand and benefiting Feeding America. The company flew over a hundred social media experts to Cincinnati headquarters to meet with brand managers, divided them into four teams and kicked off a fund raising competition via Twitter, blogs, social networks, etc., to drive traffic to one of the four tracking sites (tide1.com, tide2.com, etc.). The goal: raise $100k toward disaster relief and prove the value of social media. Of course, the bloggers and twitterers involved have plenty to gain by winning. By impressing the brand managers of the largest consumer brands company, they will improve their chances at winning a piece of the company's over $6.7 billion annual advertising budget, as it tests the waters for a better way to market its products.
Van Jones to be Obama's Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
When Van Jones speaks, people listen. Whether it's a public library full of unemployed high school drop-outs, an audience of environmentalists at San Franciso's Green Expo, or a board meeting of Wall Street big shots. And it's not just due to his piercing brown eyes and boyish charm (sorry, ladies; he's married).
Whether you're talking grassroots minority issues or a nationwide renewable power superhighway, Van Jones is a leading voice of our time. So, it's no surprise that the Obama administration is all ears to his ideas about how to solve our nation's two biggest problems – unemployment and climate change – at the same time.
Though he is not exactly our nation's new "Green Jobs Czar," as, like many excited folks in the blogosphere, we reported earlier, we can hail Van Jones as the new Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. (He was quick to point out that the word "czar" was never a part of it, though I personally think it sounds way cooler). His job, as described by him, will be to help shape the administration's energy and climate policy, so that climate solutions produce jobs and justice for all Americans.
MediaMatching: Helping For-Profits Put the Mission in Their Corporate Mission
A majority of this series to date has focused on the philanthropic missions of for-profit organizations in an attempt to showcase conscious capitalists committed to giving back, and shine a light on a growing trend that is fast becoming the standard model for doing business. But I think it's equally important to highlight the nonprofit organizations who are helping to bring these corporate missions to life, and in the case of Media Matching, a UK-based service that connects for-profit companies with volunteer opportunities, materializing missions is all they do.
A division of Media Trust, Media Matching works in partnership with the media and communications industries to build effective communications for the charity and voluntary sector. It does this through media training seminars and workshops, film and TV production, broadcasting (they run the digital TV channel, Community Channel), news distribution, media matching, and campaigns. Essentially, they give a voice to the nonprofits they support, and the for-profits become the megaphone for spreading the word.
Their online service allows charities to upload a request for help, where media and communications professionals (or "advisers" as they call them) can register, and view all the charity requests. If the adviser feels they can help, they respond direct to the charity via the site and the "match" is made.
In addition to the online service, they also offer "bespoke" matching and Speedmatching events. Speedmatching works a bit like speed dating where 10 charities and 10 advisers are invited to enjoy drinks and light fare in a friendly atmosphere, and then each adviser gets 5 minutes to speak to each charity to offer on the spot advice and ideas, and can choose which charities with whom they want to connect further for volunteering and partnership post-event.
While it may be going too far to call Media Matching the "cupid of consiousness," one thing's for certain: they help enterprise put their money where their mission is. Click to continue reading »
Wrigley's Is Sweet on LEED: Innovation Center Earns Gold Rating
At the new Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company's Global Innovation Center in Chicago, food scientists are developing the next generation of minty-green gum. But that's not the only thing that's green about the Global Innovation Center (GIC). The building has recently earned Gold-level Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
The building, which is located on historic Goose Island near Chicago's North Side, opened in 2005. At that time, the facility already complied with many of the Gold LEED requirements, including a green roof used to help insulate and cool the facility, reduce wasteful run-off water, instituting a major recycling program, and providing facilities to encourage employees to take alternative and public transportation, including showers and locker rooms for bike riders.
Time to Sell Your Oceanfront Property?
The world's leading climate scientists are convening in Copenhagen, so we're expecting a busy week for environmental news, and it begins with a startling report by British Antarctic Survey scientists. In a nutshell, many coastal areas in both the developed and developing world are at great risk for devastating floods over the next 90 years. Bangladesh, Florida, the Maldives, and The Netherlands will all face catastrophic flooding and most of the world's major coastal cities will need to invest a fortune in flood defenses, according to a story in The Guardian.
"It is now clear that there are going to be massive flooding disasters around the globe," says Dr. David Vaughan, of the British Antarctic Survey. "Populations are shifting to the coast, which means that more and more people are going to be threatened by sea level rises." Click to continue reading »


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Dana O'NeilThe public perception is that Duke lacks some toughness, but against Michigan State in the Sweet 16, the Blue Devils trashed that narrative, writes Dana O'Neil.
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Rapid Reaction: Duke 73, Albany 61
Dana O'NeilPHILADELPHIA -- The No. 2 seed Duke Blue Devils handed 15th-seeded Albany a 73-61 NCAA tournament loss Friday. Overview: Mike Krzyzewski, a man who's amassed a few good memories to recall if the mood strikes him, doesn't believe in looking backwar...
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Dana O'NeilThe Butler players were stunned they lost. Stunned because it hadn't happened in 105 days. But also stunned because they knew they belonged. Now the country knows -- knows for sure.
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NCAA tournament: Duke's Brian Zoubek perseveres, thrives
Dana O'NeilFor the first three years of his career, the injury-prone Brian Zoubek was an underachiever. For the most part, so was his Duke team. But Zoubek has transformed himself -- and so have the Blue Devils.
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Dana O'NeilDuke's Lance Thomas and Kyle Singler have unique skill sets on the basketball court. Off the court, they've been able to pursue their other passion, art, in the classroom.
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NCAA tournament: O'Neil: Baylor not the only team new to this
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Dana O'NeilThis one was for Dad. Buoyed by a pregame television feature on his father, Duke's Nolan Smith went out and had the game of his life, scoring a career-high 29 points against Baylor in leading the Blue Devils to the Final Four for the first time in six years.
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Final: Duke 70, Purdue 57
Dana O'NeilHOUSTON -- Some quick thoughts after a hard-played (just ask Chris Kramer) Sweet 16 game between the Duke Blue Devils and Purdue Boilermakers. I have to start out by giving props to Purdue. Everyone thought the Boilermakers would lose in the fir...
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Dana O'NeilIt might not always be pretty, but pretty hadn't produced an Elite Eight in six years. Thanks to a grind-it-out, defensive effort against Purdue, that drought is over for Duke.
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As a young queen, Elizabeth looks pleased to meet some burly, corn-fed American football players while attending a University of Maryland game in October 1957. We hear she did several keg stands at the pre-game tailgate. From Popperfoto/Getty Images.
The Royal Trunk: Kate Middleton's Fashionable Travel Trousseau
As Prince William and Princess Catherine embark on their first major state visit—to eight cities in Canada for nine days, before hitting Los Angeles for two days—rumor has it that she'll travel with 40 different outfits for the tour [http://abcnews.go.com/US/kate-middletons-royal-reinvention/story?id=13720229]. Sorry, what's that? We blacked out there for a minute. Anyway, as Kate the Great makes her sleek hajj across comparatively dumpy North America, we're rating her ensembles—from her trim, military-inspired coatdresses to (shriek!) any hat-like frippery atop those impossibly glossy locks.