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Digital signage
Digital signs are a sub segment of signage. Large installation digital signage systems are often designed by environmental graphic designers[1] who often design both the installation and the content to be viewed via the digital signage.
Digital signs are used in wayfinding, placemaking, exhibitions, public installations, marketing and outdoor advertising.
Digital signs use technologies such as LCD, LED and Projection to display content such as digital images, video, streaming media, and information and can be found in public spaces, transportation systems, museums, stadiums, retail stores, hotels, restaurants, and corporate buildings etc.
Digital signage displays use content management systems and digital media distribution systems which can either be run from personal computers and servers or regional/national media hosting providers.
Since digital signage content may be frequently and easily updated, and also because of the interactive abilities available through the accompanying employment of real-world interfaces such as embedded touch screens, movement detection and image capture devices which enable these forms of signage to understand who and how users are interacting with them, they are gaining acceptance as an alternative to static signage.
One specific use of digital signage is for out-of-home advertising in which video content, advertisements, and/or messages are displayed on digital signs with the goal of delivering targeted messages, to specific locations and/or consumers, at specific times. This is often called "digital out of home" (DOOH)H.[2]
The Digital Signage Federation, the Digital Screenmedia Association, the Digital Place-based Advertising Association and OVAB Europe are some of the non-profit industry trade groups representing firms and professionals in the digital signage market.
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Content is anything designed to be displayed on the screens. Content includes text, images, animations, video, audio, and interfaces. Digital signage is expensive to install relative to static signage and needs content that is deemed useful to a user to produce a return on investment.[3]
Content design is typically done through a specialist firm.
Content management[edit]
In many digital sign applications, content must be regularly updated to ensure that the correct messages are being displayed. This can either be done manually as and when needed, through a scheduling system, using a data feed from a content provider (e.g. Canadian Press, Data Call Technologies, Bloomberg LP, Thomson Reuters, AHN, Screenfeed), or an in-house data source.
Digital signs rely on a variety of hardware to deliver the content. The components of a typical digital sign installation include one or more display screens, one or more media players, and a content management server. Sometimes two or more of these components are present in a single device but typically there is a display screen, a media player, and a content management server that is connected to the media player over a network. One content management server may support multiple media players and one media player may support multiple screens. Stand-alone digital sign devices combine all three functions in one device and no network connection is needed. Digital signage media players run on a variety of operating systems including Windows, Linux, Android and IOS.
Modular display construction[edit]
LED matrix displays often use modular display components, to allow for varying sizes and shapes of displays, and to make assembly and construction easier. A modular display consists of two parts:
- display matrix modules (8x8 pixels, 16x16 pixels, 8x16 pixels, etc.)
- display matrix controller
For example, a variable-size display may use modules 16 LEDs wide and 16 LEDs tall. To construct a display 64 pixels wide and 32 pixels tall, the display is built using a construct four modules wide and two modules tall. To correctly align the individual modules, either a support frame is used or the modules are joined together along the edges.
Matrix modules may be joined to the controller using individual data connectors, thereby limiting display area expansion to the total number of data connectors available on the controller, or the modules may communicate with the controller using a shared data bus, and the position of the matrix module to display its portion of the overall image is assigned via a data bus ID number or matrix position code.
In either case, unusual non-rectangular display shapes can be sometimes also be constructed by using the tiles in a free-form construction, skipping module locations in the matrix. Very large displays can be built to span across physical gaps in space where module mounting is otherwise impossible, but the disjointed modules still form a coherent image coordinated with other modules in the matrix.
Standard LCD or plasma video displays may also be combined in this manner using a special VGA matrix controller, but typically there is unusable display area around the perimeter of a standard LCD or plasma panel which cannot be hidden, so combined LCD panels tend to have the appearance of an image broken into tiles.
2D and 3D displays[edit]
Digital sign displays may be LCD or plasma screens, LED boards, projection screens or other emerging display types like interactive surfaces or organic LED screens (OLEDs). New technologies for digital sign are currently being developed, such as three-dimensional (3D) screens, with or without 3D glasses (see Anaglyph image and Autostereoscopy), 'holographic displays',[4] water screens and fog screens.[5]
The first 3D flat screens that do not need glasses (autostereoscopy) were introduced in 2010 by Sharp, and in 2011 by Toshiba.
Rapidly dropping prices for large plasma and LCD screens have led to a growing increase in the number of digital sign installations.[6] Another price-related benefit that is allowing a larger group of businesses to install digital signs is the increasing availability of newer LCD and plasma display brands in the market. Many users have opted to forgo more expensive brand-name displays in favor of more affordable displays from less well-known companies.[citation needed]
Content Management System (CMS)[edit]
Digital audiovisual (av) content is reproduced on TVs and monitor displays of a digital sign network from at least one media player (usually a small computer unit, but DVD players and other types of media sources may also be used). Various hardware and software options exist, providing a range of different ways to schedule and playback content. These range from simple, non-networked portable media players that can output basic JPG slide shows or loops of MPEG-2 video to complex networks consisting of multiple players and servers that offer control over enterprise-wide or campus-wide displays at many venues from a single location. The former are ideal for small groups of displays that can be updated via USB flash drive, SD card or CD-ROM. Another option is the use of D.A.N. (Digital Advertising Network) players that connect directly to the monitor and to the internet, to a WAN (Wide Area Network), or to a LAN (Local Area Network). This allows the end user the ability to manage multiple D.A.N. players from any location. The end user can create new advertising or edit existing advertisements and then upload changes to the D.A.N. via the internet or other networking options.
Developments in web services have meant the APIs for some digital sign software now allow for customized content management interfaces through which end-users can manage their content from one location, in a way which suits their requirements.
More advanced digital sign software allows content to be automatically created by the media players (computers) and servers on a minute-by-minute basis, combining real-time data, from news, to weather and prices, transport schedules, etc., with av content to produce the most up-to-date content.[7]
Network infrastructure[edit]
Whenever the display, media player and content server are located apart there is a need for audio-video wiring between the display and the media player and between the media player and the content server. The connection from media player to display is normally a VGA, DVI, HDMI or Component video connection. Sometimes this signal is distributed over Cat 5 cables using transmitter and receiver baluns allowing for greater distances between display and player and simplified wiring. The connection from media player to content server is usually a wired Ethernet connection although some installations use wireless Wifi networking.
To manage a network, a management server is usually required. This can be located anywhere, so long as it is connected to the digital sign network. New content will be managed and organized here, while the actual content itself is stored and played on the player servers. Digital sign networks can either be closed or open to the web, which will affect how the content on the screens is updated. For closed networks (without Internet access), updates need to be done locally through USB sticks, DVD drives or other 'onsite' updates. Open networks (with Internet access) can be updated remotely and stream data from other Internet sources (such as RSS feeds). The availability and type of Internet access (wireless, broadband, etc.) depends on the location and client.[8]
Technologies such as IPTV allow digital sign to be used as a method of broadcasting. Convergence (telecommunications) between digital sign and broadcasting allows for real-time distribution of broadcast sources (TV) on a narrowcast network (digital sign). An example of this is the TelVue Corporation, a digital media company that has deployed its WEBUS community bulletin board (CBB) digital sign systems to a network of municipally owned public, educational, and government access (PEG) channels on cable television. The content is played according to instructions provided by play lists created by a broadcast programming system and the playout of content is controlled by a broadcast automation system.
Small, localized, digital sign networks can be amalgamated to form larger networks that span wider geographic areas. Specific time slots on the displays can be sold off to advertisers, for example via auction. This concept is known as a digital sign exchange.[9][10]
Interactive Digital Signage[edit]
Digital sign can interact with mobile phones. Using SMS messaging and Bluetooth, some networks are increasing the interactivity of the audience. SMS systems can be used to post messages on the displays, while Bluetooth allows users to interact directly with what they see on screen. In addition to mobile interactivity, networks are also using technology that integrates social and location-based media interactivity. This technology enables end users to send Twitter and Flickr messages as well as text messages to the displays.
Some queue management systems use the split screen technology to combine queue management with digital signage. The required calling information attracts the attention and the adjoining video message benefits simultaneously. The resulting synergy is an inherent part of customer experience management (CEM) strategies.
Lately, mainly due to the fact that Smartphones are widely spread, we can witness adoption of new technology known as SSI (Screen–smart device interaction), that allows smartphone holder to interact directly with digital signage screen: participate in a poll, play a game, or shared social network content.
Markets and Applications[edit]
While the term "digital sign" has taken hold throughout most of the world, some companies and organizations prefer to use the terms "narrowcasting", "screen media", "place-based media", "digital merchandising", "digital media networks", "digital out-of-home" or "captive audience networks".[citation needed]
China currently leads the world in the number of digital sign displays deployed and number of NASDAQ IPOs, with the country's biggest digital sign firm, Focus Media Holding, alone operating more than 120,000 screens. Total revenue from the digital sign equipment market in the United States – including hardware, software, installation, and maintenance—is expected to grow by about 33% in 2009.[11] Another source for information on digital sign displays and impressions (the number of times a viewer reads/views digital sign), is a report provided by Nielsen, the "4th Screen Network Audience Report". In it Nielsen identifies that digital screens in the "fourth screen" category in the US generated over 237 million monthly exposures to persons 18+years or older,. The report identifies Screenvision, NCM, Captivate, GSTV and IndoorDirect as among the companies that are leaders in the fourth screen category. One of the leading digital sign companies in movie theaters is Screenvision, with over 14,400 screens in the US; another leader in the "fourth screen" marketplace is GSTV (Gas Station TV), which reportedly generates over 32 million digital sign impressions every month. Nielsen estimates these 237 million+ exposures translate into more than half (54%) of the adult population being exposed to a place-based video ad during the period measured.[12]
Digital signs are used for many different purposes and there is no definitive list. However, below are some of the most common applications of digital sign:
- Public information – news, weather, traffic and local (location specific) information, such as building directory with map, fire exits and traveler information.
- Internal information - corporate messages, such as health & safety items, news, and so forth.
- Menu information – pricing, photos, ingredients, and other information about the food(s) being offered, including nutritional facts.
- Advertising – usually either related to the location of the sign or using the audience reach of the screens for general advertising.
- Brand building – in-store digital sign to promote the brand and build a brand identity.
- Influencing customer behavior – directing customers to different areas, increasing the "dwell time" on the store premises, and a wide range of other uses in service of such influence.
- Enhancing customer experience – applications include the reduction of perceived wait time in the waiting areas of restaurants and other retail operations, bank queues, and similar circumstances, as well as demonstrations, such as those of recipes in food stores, among other examples.
- Enhancing the environment – with interactive screens (in the floor, for example, as with "informational footsteps" found in some tourist attractions, museums, and the like) or with other means of "dynamic wayfinding".
The ITU published a whitepaper [13] in which SMIL is cited as "a key standard for the digital sign industry," and that SMIL "is increasingly supported by leading digital sign solution providers."
It is reported[14] that SMIL players are deployed for nearly 100,000 screens in year 2011, and a single software maker has won three major projects each deploying more than 1,000 SMIL players in the same period. In 2014 SMIL is cited[15] as the key technology behind a single project of 7,500 players driving 15,000 displays, probably the largest single-project deployments known to the industry.
POPAI has released several digital sign standards [16] to promote "interoperability between different providers". The objective of these standards documents is to establish a foundation of performance and behavior that all digital sign systems can follow. The current set of standards published by POPAI are:
- "Screen-Media Formats" specifies the file formats that digital sign systems should support.
- "POPAI Digital Sign Device RS-232 Standards"
- "POPAI Digital Sign Playlog Standards V 1.1"
- "Digital Control Commands"
- "Industry Standards of Digital Sign Terms"
Industry education has been limited, but more options are becoming available. At least one firm, Platt Retail Institute, offers formal education programs; suppliers such as Black Box Network Solutions and Ingram Micro offer technology-focused training; and in 2009 Texas State Technical College created an associate's degree in Digital Signage Technology, using its Second Life delivery system.
A number of associations such as SEGD, DSEG, ISA and DSF offer education, certifications and events specifically targeted to educate members on Digital Signage from the Design or industry perspective. SEGD's Annual XLab in New York for instance highlights the cutting edge of Digital Signage technologies and thinking.
InfoComm International,[17] the leading trade association representing the professional audiovisual and information communications industries worldwide just released an education course titled Digital Signage for Technology Managers Online in order to meet the growing need for digital signage education.[18]
Issues and progress[edit]
Digital sign in the broad sense has been in use for decades in the form of LED ticker signs and LED video walls. However, despite its recent growth it has yet to become a major public medium, due in part to the following negative factors:
- Uncertain ROI – the costs of deploying digital sign can be high. Large outdoor screens are expensive - but the much more common, and much cheaper, digital signs based on LCD screens can still represent a significant investment when a large network is planned: the cost of installing one screen in, say, each restaurant in a large fast-food chain could run to millions of dollars. An investment of this magnitude has to be justified by a clear ROI plan before receiving approval.
- Lack of interoperability – digital sign products today are mostly closed, proprietary systems. It is difficult to advertise across digital sign networks running different solutions, making the emerging media inferior to nationwide advertising media such as television and the Internet. Due to the lack of a common communication protocol, products from different vendors do not mix, making digital sign systems expensive to build and hard to expand.
- Complex value chain - a digital sign network can involve at least the following vendors: displays, media player, management software, project planning, installation, field service, network connectivity, bandwidth, content creation, and advertising sales. Managing such a complex value chain is a daunting task and all parties involved may introduce risk factors to fail a project.
- Lack of understanding - despite considerable media coverage there remains a general lack of understanding about the requirements for the successful use of digital sign. Problems arising from this include poor content and improper type or location of screens.
- Lack of Content - In the cases where understanding is clear and a value proposition is well defined, many organizations overlook content. Fresh, dynamic content that is attractive and engaging to the user at the time and place where the Digital Signage display is located is a critical component to the success of Digital Signage. Failure to understand and plan for content is one of the biggest issue in the industry.[19]
These issues are being addressed today in the following ways:
- Understanding the ROI – studies have shown digital sign to be effective in aiding customer recall and retention of displayed information[20] in large-scale merchandising applications, especially taking into account the downward trend in LCD panel and playback device prices. Today a small-scale retail or restaurant digital sign installation can be implemented for just $1,500-2,000 using inexpensive SaaS tools, and ROI may be realized quickly. One of the best ways to make the case for implementing a digital strategy is to calculate the ROI or ROO upfront. Determine what the goals and objectives are for the digital sign – is it to increase sales at point of purchase? Can it be used to improve lead generation or build brand awareness? Thus, knowing how to calculate the ROI of digital sign [21] is very important.
- Open standards for digital sign – industry organizations including POPAI (Point-of-Purchase Advertising International) and OAAA (Outdoor Advertising Association of America) are actively developing and promoting technical standards that will make it possible to communicate across digital sign networks made by different vendors. Interoperability across systems and media players is increasing competition in the supply chain, significantly lowering costs and making the ROI on building networks vastly more attractive.
- Value chain consolidation - business entities have been formed to consolidate segments of the long value chain. Display units with built-in media players, content design agencies which also provide hardware and support, as well as management software which allows advertisers to manage a whole sign network are examples of how the industry is coming to work together and consolidate.
- Understanding the industry - there are a significant number of trade shows with conferences as well as specialized conferences and also more informal training and briefing sessions all focused on aspects of digital sign. There are also more user friendly products available which are plug and play and don't even require scheduling software.
See also[edit]
- ^ http://segd.org/
- ^ "DOOH - Digital Out of Home". ISE Europe. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
- ^ "ISE DOOH Business Conference Presentation". DailyDOOH. Retrieved 2009-03-09.
- ^ "Researchers develop a 360-degree holographic display". engadget. Retrieved 2009-03-12.
- ^ "Fogscreen: projecting images in the air". Gizmag. Retrieved 2009-03-12.
- ^ Nystedt, Dan (2008-08-08). "Time to Put Off Buying LCD TVs and Displays". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2009-03-12.
- ^ John V. Harrison, Anna Andrusiewicz; Enhancing digital advertising using dynamically configurable multimedia, Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, ICME 2003, 6–9 July 2003, Baltimore, MD, USA. IEEE 2003/2004, ISBN 0-7803-7965-9.
- ^ John V. Harrison, Anna Andrusiewicz; Using wireless networks to enhance narrowcasting in public spaces, Proceedings of the First IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC 2004), pp. 600-604, 2004.
- ^ John V. Harrison, Anna Andrusiewicz; The digital signage exchange: a virtual marketplace for out-of-home digital advertising, Proceedings 4th ACM Conference on Electronic Commerce (EC-2003), San Diego, California, USA, June 9–12, 2003. ACM 2003, ISBN 1-58113-679-X., p. 274
- ^ John V. Harrison, Anna Andrusiewicz; An Emerging Marketplace for Digital Advertising Based on Amalgamated Digital Signage Networks, IEEE International Conference on Electronic Commerce (CEC 2003), 24–27 June 2003, Newport Beach, CA, USA. IEEE Computer Society 2003, ISBN 0-7695-1969-5..
- ^ "US Digital Signage Market to Grow by One Third in 2009". ABI Research. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
- ^ Joe Mandese, MediaPost News,April 13, http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/125922/
- ^ "Digital signage: the right information in all the right places". ITU. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
- ^ "The Popularity of SMIL in Digital Signage". IAdea. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
- ^ "Matrox, Scala, Signagelive, YCD and DISE Celebrate Wins with 7,500+ IAdea Digital Signage Players". Yahoo! Finance. Retrieved 2014-08-08.
- ^ "POPAI Digital Signage Content Standards". POPAI. Retrieved 2011-06-128. Check date values in:
- ^ http://www.infocomm.org/cps/rde/xchg/infocomm/hs.xsl/index.htm
- ^ http://www.infocomm.org/cps/rde/xchg/infocomm/hs.xsl/39003.htm
- ^ "Planning for Digital Signage". L Squared Digital Signage. Retrieved 2014.
- ^ "The OnSpot Digital Advertising Concept" (PDF). Arbitron. Retrieved 2006.
- ^ How to Calculate the ROI of Digital Signage
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Presentation: Mortgage Fraud's Impact on Housing Markets — An Atlanta Case Study in Neighborhood Collateral DamageJ. Nigro, Bryant University,
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Reports of fraud in the mortgage loan process have grown exponentially in recent years, becoming one of the fastest growing white-collar crimes in the United States. In this paper, we examine the impact of fraud on the Atlanta metropolitan statistical area (MSA). Preliminary results from cluster analysis suggest that ZIP codes with more fraud have higher housing turnover and price appreciation. Second, using logistic regression we find that fraud is more likely to occur in zip codes with a greater nonbank and subprime lender activity during the 1997–2003 time period. Results are preliminary and would benefit greatly from additional data on both borrowers and additional MSA's. In addition, the dramatic growth of sub-prime lending in the U.S. led to the emergence of some unscrupulous lenders and lending practices. The Office of the Attorney General of the State of New York asked us (PR. Collins and Nigro) to assist in examining the pricing practices of seven mortgage brokers suspected of over-charging minority applicants during the 2005–07 time period. This analysis briefly overviews the statistical methodology employed to examine the pricing policies of brokers and provides some summary findings of the New York Attorney General.
Paper: Miami-Dade Mortgage Fraud Task ForceGlenn Theobald, Paper (pdf, 2 pages) |
In 2006 and 2007, Florida ranked first in the United States for mortgage loans that contained alleged fraud against the lenders, according to the Mortgage Asset Research Institute (MARI). In 2008, Florida was ranked second in the United States. MARI ranked the Miami-Dade Metropolitan area in the top 10 metropolitan areas in the United States for instances of Mortgage Fraud. In 2007, Florida ranked second in the United States in foreclosures filed. There were 279,325 foreclosures filed in Florida. This was an increase of 124% from 2006 and 129% from 2005. In 2008, Florida was again second in the United State in foreclosures filed exploding to more than 500,000, which equates to 4.5 out of every 100 households filing foreclosure. MARI estimates that 70–80% of all foreclosures contain some type of mortgage fraud. In 2007, Governor Crist enacted the Mortgage Fraud Statute FSS 817.545 that made mortgage fraud a third degree felony. This new law enabled state, county and local law enforcement to arrest for violations of mortgage fraud, a crime traditionally investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). In the 2008 legislative session the mortgage fraud statute was enhanced to a second degree felony for incidents over $100,000, and with the passage of FSS 193.133, law enforcement works with the property appraiser's office to reduce the tax burden on homeowners living in the area of the mortgage fraud. However, with the exception of Miami-Dade County, many law enforcement agencies are ill trained and equipped to handle the laborious task of investigating a mortgage fraud case. Now in 2009, it is clear that a concerted nationwide effort to combat mortgage fraud should be undertaken. It is recommended that through grant funding and legislative action, a nationwide Mortgage Fraud Task Force be created to combat mortgage fraud throughout the United States. The Task Force should be modeled after the Miami-Dade Mortgage Fraud Task Force. This presentation will discuss that task force and its key elements.
Presentation: Mortgage Fraud — Understanding the CrimeRosmarie Wolfe, EquiFirst Corporation,
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Mortgage fraud is a term that is used a lot in the news these days. It is a crime that is frequently misunderstood by government, law enforcement, borrowers and sometimes the mortgage banking community itself. It was only within the last few years that it was actually classified as a crime on its own, yet it costs financial institutions, mortgage insurance companies, the FHA and thousands of homeowners billions of dollars every year. Much of this loss is unidentified or misidentified. This presentation will define what mortgage fraud really is, why it is so difficult to quantify, who is behind it and who its victims are.
Presentation: Housing Foreclosure and Domestic Violence — A Theoretical Foundation for Anticipating This RelationKirk R. Williams, University of California, Riverside,
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The current housing foreclosure crisis is changing the urban landscape and posing challenges to communities faced with the potential of serious attendant problems, such as crime and violence (Wilson and Paulsen 2008; Bess 2008). The present paper discusses one of those problems, domestic violence, defined as the threat or use of physical force with the intent of physically or psychologically harming others in family or family-like settings. Like crime in general, anecdotal and media accounts suggest domestic violence may be a consequence of housing foreclosures, but a relation between these disruptive events and such violence has not been systematically determined through rigorous empirical research. At the request of NIJ, therefore, the present paper proposes a theoretical foundation for anticipating this relation. Specifically, the social disorganization theoretical tradition is discussed, and domestic violence research cast within this tradition is reviewed. The applicability of this framework for anticipating a relation between housing foreclosures and domestic violence is then critically examined. Limitations are identified, and an argument is offered that the incorporation of general strain theory can compensate for identified shortcomings of social disorganization theory. The paper closes with a summary of empirical questions, issues, and problems that can be addressed by combining these two theoretical traditions.
Paper: The Nexus between Economics and Family Violence: The Expected Impact of Recent Economic Declines on the Rates and Patterns of Intimate, Child and Elder AbuseChristopher D. Maxwell, Michigan State University/The University of Michigan,
BioRebecca J. G. Stone, Michigan State University
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This paper reviews the connection between several key micro-economic measures and a cadre of family violence measures. These key economic measures we focus on include family income, employment status and socioeconomic status inconsistence within the family. This review will include a discussion of why each of these three economic measure might influence the likelihood of domestic violence, an assessment of the available evidence about the extent of the connection between these measures and various forms of family violence, and a discussion about the limitations of the evidence that hinders our capacity to accurately forecast what may happen during the current economic crisis. The paper will conclude with a summary of several possible research studies that could quickly be undertaken to fill the gaps with "shovel ready" data.
Presentation: Foreclosures and their Relationship to Economic-related SuicidesThomas R. Simon, Center for Disease Control and Prevention,
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The Division of Violence Prevention (DVP) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention focuses on the primary prevention of self-directed (i.e., suicidal behavior) and interpersonal violence, including child maltreatment, youth violence, intimate partner violence and sexual violence. DVP researchers are analyzing existing data to understand the associations between indicators of the economic downturn and violence-related outcomes. For example, CDC's National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) is a state-based surveillance system that links data from law enforcement, coroners and medical examiners and vital statistics in a way that captures considerable information about the circumstances contributing to violent death. We are using NVDRS data to examine the extent to which economic-related crises such as foreclosure and eviction are noted as circumstances of suicides. We are also utilizing historical data on suicide rates from the National Vital Statistics System to quantify associations with economic indicators, including unemployment rates. I will describe some of the questions we are pursuing, the data being used, and initial results. The analyses are ongoing so the results are preliminary.
Paper: A Theoretical Underpinning of Neighborhood Deterioration and the Onset of Long Term Crime Problems from ForeclosuresRonald E. Wilson, National Institute of Justice,
BioDerek J. Paulsen, Eastern Kentucky University,
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This paper describes the importance of studying how geographically concentrated foreclosures can influence long-term crime problems. These foreclosures could lead to "bad neighborhoods" that have an impact on the quality of life for residents. This work draws from evidence in criminology, sociology, geography, economics and urban studies suggesting that researchers should study the dynamics of neighborhood deterioration and how it relates to crime. We will discuss the role of territorial expansion by the mortgage industry in the revitalizing and creating of new neighborhoods that increase the size of the metropolitan area and examine the consequences of having to maintain that new growth should decline occur. We will define links between territorial expansion, the speed of decline and the problems created for residents on the lower economic ladder that move into new neighborhoods. And we will determine how mortgage fraud and age of buyer may play a role in the geographic clustering of foreclosures and what that means for property decline. Additionally, we will discuss the process of home and neighborhood deterioration and show how deterioration can create new crimes. We will note how changes in the types of businesses in a neighborhood can further its decline and make it more difficult to reverse that decline. The paper finishes by arguing that society is witnessing a new and sudden process of entire venting of a neighborhood population. We are unsure of what will take place as a result. This decline could create deviant places in a much shorter time period and "shock" the metropolitan system.
Presentation: Impacts of Stunningly High Foreclosure Rates for Understanding Community Crime Rates, Community Crime Prevention, Co-Produced Safety and Reactions to Crime — Considering Various Theoretical AlternativesRalph B. Taylor, Temple University,
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A review of some of the most widely used models for understanding community crime differentials suggests that no one model would be a better guide than another for thinking about how to prevent increasing crime, how to encourage the most effective community crime prevention, or how to structure the most effective partnerships to co-produce public safety in the context of rapidly rising foreclosure and abandonment rates. All models have substantial deficiencies. The current foreclosure crisis may represent in its pacing and spatial patterning a substantial challenge to several of them. Only models securely grounded in an ecological framework seem designed from the ground up for modeling impacts and responses to such challenges. But even these frameworks are lacking in some ways. Most importantly, all of these models, save for the political economy one, are inadequately connected with current scholarship on the growth of suburban poverty and the connections between economics and MSA structures. Both these latter streams of scholarship point up key themes of contextual variation and historicity.
Presentation: Better Data To Guide Neighborhood Change: The National Neighborhood Indicators PartnershipG. Thomas Kingsley, The Urban Institute,
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The National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP) is a collaboration between the Urban Institute and local data intermediaries in 31 cities. These groups have built and operate regularly updated neighborhood-level data systems and apply their data in work with local stakeholders to address practical problems and opportunities. This presentation will explain the key factors that lie behind the success of these groups and illustrate their work with recent applications related to the national foreclosure crisis. It will also review the agenda of the overall NNIP network. The session will close with a presentation of data on the types of neighborhoods where spillover effects are likely to be most severe (as characterized by poverty rate, racial/ethnic composition, distance rings from the primary city central business district and region). Neighborhood variations in the share of high-cost loans that go to investors (rather than owner occupants) will also be examined.
Presentation: Assessing City- and County-Level Patterns of Foreclosure and Crime — An Exploratory Analysis Across Large U.S. Cities and Florida CountiesEric P. Baumer, Florida State University,
BioKevin Wolff, Florida State UniversityJoint Presentation
Much of the media attention on foreclosure has singled out particularly high mortgage default rates in specific cities or counties and has speculated about a variety of possible negative consequences for these places, including elevated crime. Yet relatively little systematic research has evaluated the merit of such claims. We advance knowledge in this area by analyzing recent crime and foreclosure data across a sample of U.S. cities drawn from the nation's largest metropolitan areas, some of which have experienced very high levels of foreclosure and some of which have been relatively buffered from the housing crisis to date, and a sample of Florida counties, a few of which are national leaders in foreclosure rates but the majority of which have experienced foreclosure patterns near or below the national norm. We begin by briefly summarizing relevant literature on a possible empirical link between foreclosure and aggregate crime rates and providing an overview of possible causal processes and the state of existing data infrastructures relevant to studying those processes. We then present preliminary findings from our analysis of foreclosure rates and crime rates across large U.S. cities and Florida counties, focusing on 2006–2008, a period during which foreclosures nationwide increased substantially and other dimensions of economic standing also deteriorated significantly.
Paper and Presentations: The Neighborhood Context of Foreclosures and CrimeBrandon Behlendorf, University of Maryland,
BioRonald E. Wilson, National Institute of Justice,
BioDavid Kirk, University of MarylandJoint presentation
The recent crisis of foreclosures has raised concerns about an impending crime wave targeting abandoned properties and causing neighborhoods to deteriorate further. Questions remain, concerning the type of crime that would be affected and in what neighborhoods these changes would occur. Using crime, housing, and census data from Charlotte, North Carolina, we test the effect of foreclosures on both property and violent crime rates, controlling for social disorganization, residential construction patterns and spatial dependence. We test these effects at two different levels of neighborhood geography and incorporate individual housing data to assess the mechanisms by which foreclosures affect neighborhood levels of crime. Overall, foreclosures were significantly and positively related to violent crime and residential burglary at both the tract and block levels. Results indicate that the effect was greatest in neighborhoods with a high amount of new housing construction, rather than in disorganized or low-income communities. The results suggest that changes to crime rates that result from an increase in foreclosures could threaten the stability of new homes and neighborhoods that were built at the height of the previous housing bubble.
Presentation: Foreclosures, Crime and De-Concentrating PovertyDerek. J. Paulsen, Eastern Kentucky University,
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Presentation: Foreclosures and Crime in Providence, RI — Examples and EvolutionJim Lucht, Providence Plan,
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This presentation will highlight The Providence Plan's work around crime and foreclosure mapping in the City of Providence, Rhode Island. Rhode Island's capital Providence is a dense, older community that recently experienced an incredibly overheated housing market. Foreclosures have ravaged all but the most affluent neighborhoods, but are particularly concentrated in the poorest and highly transitional areas with a high concentration of Latino residents. Examples include mapping of basic crime, copper theft, foreclosure initiations, boarded/suspected abandoned properties, and a preliminary analysis of correlation between foreclosures and certain crime categories. It will also include examples where we combine crime, foreclosure, property assessment, and other data with local knowledge in a Community Safety Initiative project involving police, corrections and a local Center for Disease Controls. In terms of Foreclosure Response, it will outline a foreclosure and distressed property management application currently under development that uses open-source database and web-mapping technologies.
Presentation: Responding to Foreclosure — Federal, State, and Local Initiatives.Cornelia Sorenson-Sigworth, Bureau of Justice Assistance,
BioLouis Tuthill, National Institute of Justice,
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.The factors leading up to foreclosure are multifaceted and include exotic mortgages, market speculation, falling housing prices and financially overextended buyers. These factors impair homeowners' ability to pay their mortgages. Resources and information about this issue and how it relates to crime are critical for the growing number of communities experiencing its effects.As part of the Department of Justice's effort to help communities respond to vacant and abandoned properties, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) convened a working group of representatives from communities in different regions of the country. The group identified promising local prevention and enforcement responses to foreclosure issues. This has allowed BJA to develop a set of resources and information that will be useful to the communities experiencing this problem. Our paper will discuss these resources; examine other current Federal, State and local responses to foreclosure; and identify promising prevention and enforcement initiatives to stabilize neighborhoods.


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Throughout his racing career, Dale Earnhardt Sr. wasn't much for settling for second best. His Rookie of the Year award and seven NASCAR Winston Cup Championships only solidify the statement. He's also a four-time IROC winner-quite possibly the motivational turn that secured his admiration of the Chevrolet Camaro. Well, that and the fact that, as a teenager, he and his dad built a '67 race Camaro back in 1967. As success came for Dale, so did more Camaros. His competitive nature, on and off the track, played a huge factor in the development of the "Intimidator" SS Camaro. But there was another reason: To build a car that would kick the proverbial rear ends of any late-model Roush Mustang.
"We would sometimes work on our own cars after-hours at the shop," remembers former DEI Race Relations Director, Steve Crisp, "And across the street, the Roush guys would be working on their late-model Mustangs. Every time they would fly by, Kerry Earnhardt, Dale's son, would joke with his dad about how mean those cars were. Well, Dale had been provoked enough and decided he would design a Camaro to beat up on those Mustangs."
As owner of a Chevrolet dealership since July of 1986, Dale always had a vision of one day being able to sell limited edition, upgraded Camaros à la his hero, Don Yenko, did back in the late '60s. With the stock LS1 having plenty of room for additional potency (heads, cam, exhaust), the '00 Camaro was the perfect candidate for the mods. The only thing left to do was to put together the ideal plan for the performance upgrades.
GM's Scott Settlemire, also known as the "F-bod Father," got word of Dale's intentions and put him in touch with Matt Murphy of GMMG Inc., a company known for doing wicked upgrades to the fourth-generation Camaro. Murphy's history goes deep into upgrading the performance and visual aesthetics of late-model Camaros, which made him the "go-to guy" to collaborate with Earnhardt on the Intimidator project. Murphy ran with Earnhardt's performance and visual feeds and put together a Camaro that would enable any high-performance enthusiast to own a late-model hot rod with the reliability and street manners of a daily driver, which could also kick serious ass when necessary.
Per Earnhardt's request, the limited run of 83 '01 Camaros would carry some distinct styling cues of the first-generation Camaro including period-correct SS badges and American Racing's 200S wheels that pay tribute to the classic Trans-Am cars of the era. This winning combination of old-school looks and modern LS horsepower proved that in 2001, a factory hot rod could still be purchased off a dealership's showroom floor-a Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet dealership only-but a dealership nonetheless. It was a parallel reminiscent of purchasing dealer-upgraded Camaros back in the muscle car glory days of the Yenko, Dana, and Baldwin Motion cars-Dale's vision exactly.
Four-time NHRA Pro Stock Champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. and his brother Mike are hard-core second-generation drag racers and sons of legendary drag racer and Jeg's Mail Order Performance owner Jeg Coughlin Sr. Needless to say, the younger Coughlin's know their way around muscle cars, and just so happen to be huge fans of the Earnhardt's-Jr. and Sr.


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The novel. It's Coming. Ready?
"I want to say Adé reads like a memoir, but this heartbreaking, poetic tale of romance versus reality does more than that: it reads like truth. Lush, sensual, seductive, Adéis written with as much love as the story it tells."
–MAT JOHNSON, author of Pym
"In luminous, dreamlike prose, Rebecca Walker has written more than a love story: Adé explores the difficulty of fleeing one's origins, of relinquishing privilege, even in the name of love."
—DANZY SENNA, author of You Are Free and Caucasia
"Brief and intense, Adé is a surprise gem—a sensuous feast of food, sex, danger and the life of awakened senses from one of our most celebrated nonfiction writers. A lyrical novel as timeless as Marguerite Duras' The Lover."
—MOLLY PEACOCK, author of The Paper Garden: An Artist Begins Her Life's Work at 72
"If you've ever dared to love outside the predictable geography of your origins, or wished you had, this beautiful novel will grab your heart and not let go."
—BLISS BROYARD, author of One Drop: My Father's Hidden Life-A Story of Race and Family Secrets
The Paris Review: My Window on the World
But whatever my mood, I always love the light beyond this window. I love the quiet. I love my two empty chairs, sentinels awaiting their visitors, open to the promise of more. I feel at home in this spot, on this road to the small village of Hana, on this tiny piece of rock in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. I love the rain that pours down, thunderous and crashing, before sunshine, harsh and stunning, pierces through once again.
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Rebecca Walker: Black is Cool
Rebecca Walker is cool. The origins of her cool aren't located in some unquantifiable "swag," nor is it strutting down a Fashion Week runway, cooing in a music video, or residing in a pulpit oratory whose cadence conjures protests of Southern trees bearing strange fruits. It isn't even found in her casual Soho clothes or Noxema-clear complexion. Rebecca Walker's cool stems from a mind, talent, experiences bred on both coasts (New York City and San Francisco, to be exact), and a pedigree of accomplishments that puts to shame many a slacker son and daughter of the 1%. Through her latest edited collection, Black Cool: A Thousand Streams of Blackness, one would say that Walker cites the ground-spring of her cool in a residence both less and more obvious, depending on your embrace of stereotype and level of social consciousness—her Blackness.
Biracial, bisexual, but far too multi-talented to be binary in any other way, for two decades Walker's tackled the tough subjects of identity, community, power and justice placing her own life and experiences at the center of her discourse and making "the personal political" mean more than a lefty slogan. Considered one of the founding mothers of Third Wave Feminism and a leading multimedia voice from the Gen X generation, the Yale graduate and long-time contributing editor of Ms. has demonstrated all the modern renaissance woman can be. Whether working punditry at CNN or MTV, touring the college lecture circuit to inspire a generation of fresh, eager-eyed feminists, or writing the books they're all talking about, including: To Be Real: Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of Feminism; Black, White and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self; What Makes A Man: 22 Writers Imagine the Future and Baby Love: Choosing Motherhood After A Lifetime of Ambivalence, the multiple award-winning Walker's proven herself more than her last name.
Given all these lofty accomplishments, it seems almost bad manners to mention that Walker is the famously estranged daughter of womanist activist and Color Purpleauthor Alice Walker. Named one of The Advocate's "40 under 40" and Time Magazine's "50 Future Leaders of America," Rebecca Walker has beaten back broadcast-whispered charges of nepotism with a grinder's aplomb. It's her tenacious talent that's kept her pinnacled as a sought-after voice and frequently published cultural critic of note. Hers and the gifts of her talented circle are on earnest display in a work about a much dog-eared subject of "Black Cool" without the social science "pathology" invocations that usually accompany the subject. As you'll see, for Walker the subject is so much more than a dissected "cool pose" leading to jail or hell. It's as multi-faceted as the lady herself.
Marie Claire: My First Girl
GROWING UP, my sexuality, like for many, was shaped by the culture I lived and breathed, and heterosexuality was pretty much the only meal served at the Table of Sexual Orientation. Ken and Barbie did not have lovers of the same sex. Denise did not fret to Daddy Huxtable about her girl crush. From the moment I grew breasts, people asked whether I wanted to be a lawyer or an astronaut when I grew up, and if I had a boyfriend. No one, not ever, not once, asked if I had a girlfriend. If they had, I might have considered the possibility. But they didn't, so I didn't, either. The thought never crossed my mind. Which might explain why, the first time I fell in love with a woman, I was completely thrown.
I was 21 years old, four months out of college, three months out of a relationship with a boy I thought I was going to marry, and employed at a nonprofit. One evening, I was working a fundraiser at an awards ceremony for women in the film industry. A possible suitor, male or female, was as far from my mind as the salt lakes in the Himalayas. And yet, as I strode across the exquisitely appointed room toward yet another philanthropist, I bumped into a very beautiful woman.
She was a celebrity who shall go forever unnamed, but I will say that she was statuesque and confident, and her skin glowed with health, wealth, and carefully applied bronzer. I sputtered and apologized for almost knocking her down. She smiled and touched my arm, but I was mortified and dashed into the women's room. I had never felt attracted to a woman before. It was as if my whole view of what was sexy, sensual, and possible had just turned on its axis.
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Spin the Globe: Rebecca Walker in Bulgaria
AFAR chooses a destination at random—by literally spinning a globe—and sends writer Rebecca Walker on a spontaneous journey to Bulgaria.
In the course of a single impromptu trip, the web went from being very virtual to very real. The shift began instantly after my destination was revealed, 48 hours before departure. I was headed for the unknown; what else could I do but send 140 characters to thousands of people I had never met? "Hey Tweeps! What's good in Bulgaria?"
Within 20 minutes I received a direct message from Petya Kirilova-Grady, a Bulgarian feminist blogger living in Tennessee who said she'd be thrilled to show me her Bulgaria. Her list, sent a few hours later to my personal email, included places for me to go, things to see, people to meet, and food to eat. My trip had officially begun. I didn't know it then, but Petya's generosity—and the miraculous nature of the Internet connection—would color every moment of my journey.
When I hit the tarmac in Sofia at 7 a.m., I felt buoyed by Petya's spirit. Rather than bleak and unforgiving, the stripped-down airport—white on white, with huge windows looking out on blank runways and endless gray sky—was inspiring in its minimalism.
Once in the city, I noticed not the imminent rainstorm but the warmth of the people. Bulgarians strolled the spacious main street of Sofia's posh Vitosha district in twos and threes, bundled against the chill. They held hands, linked arms, and talked quietly with heads bowed and pressed together.
Petya wrote that I must visit the 10th-century Rila monastery outside of Sofia, so on my first day I rode the local bus two hours into the mountains. At the remote hermitage, I found the sweetest, freshest air and meditated in the impenetrable stillness. I was alone but felt as if Petya was there, too; this person I had never met, who led me to this place I had never been.
Back in Sofia the next morning, I fretted a bit about the connection. For a moment, I was determined to do my own thing, to reclaim my adventure. But then I roamed the streets aimlessly for a few hours and came to realize Petya was my adventure. She created the list, but even though I was following her bread crumbs, her magic trail, I was still tracking the unknown.
Which is how I ended up having coffee on my second day in Sofia with Petya's friend, former world-class and national champion tennis player Magdalena Maleeva, who is also a founder of the country's ecology movement and now the owner of the only group of organic grocery stores in Bulgaria. We sat in the café next to her main shop in the center of the labyrinthian city and talked about motherhood—how we loved it, how we wanted more children, how we were not ready for the time of cuddling babies to be over.
I asked about tennis—how could I not? Magdalena told me the story she must have repeated 10,000 times: Her mother worked at a tennis club and put all three of her talented girls in classes. Her mother pushed them. The Communist regime, in power from 1946 to 1990, pushed them. They all became tennis legends. "And now I educate corporations about going green," she said. We laughed.
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Award-winning writer and high-flying sexual truth-teller Jong (Love Comes First, 2009, etc.) partners with 28 collaborators to create this fierce and refreshingly frank collection of personal essays, short fiction and cartoons celebrating female desire.
The approaches to the still-taboo topic of feminine sexuality—at least, for women writers seeking approbation from the literary establishment—are, as Jong notes, "as varied as sexuality itself" and as exuberantly diverse as the contributors themselves. They range from such emerging talents as Elisa Albert and J.A.K. Andres to such luminaries as Rebecca Walker, Eve Ensler, Susan Cheever, Anne Roiphe and Fay Weldon, and represent a multiethnic, multigenerational swath of some of the finest women writers in the United States.
The Walkers in Torino, from the Root
By Rebecca Walker
Kara Walker is tall, fashionable and reserved when I meet her in the lobby of the chic Residence Du Parc, a brutalist landmark of poured concrete adorned with iconic examples of modernist and postmodern art. Outside huge windows, Turin is celebrating itself: Italian flags drip from every window, flutter along every boulevard.
Kara wears flat leather oxfords, tights and a paper-thin leather jacket. She eyes me somewhat warily as I extend my arms for an embrace and launch into small talk, which I normally detest. Luckily, my bags have been lost and I indulged in a truly remarkable spa treatment the night before, so I have plenty to talk about.
She's been working on the installation of her show we're both here in Italy to support. The necessary projectors have not arrived. The show is to open in five days, and today we have to teach a class to art students. I sense she'd like to get back to the gallery, and the class is a distraction. She twirls her hair as we wait for the taxi.
At the class, the students are on fire. They've studied our work and want to know about memory and myth, the creative process and its demands. Kara and I sit behind a paint-splattered table and do our best. I'm jet-lagged but exuberant, thanks to a piping-hot cappuccino; Kara is laconic and soft-spoken. But then I see it -- a gentle smile, then a big laugh followed by a series of confident assessments of student work.
As the day wears on, we find a groove. We tag-team it, develop a rapport, give everything we can in the time allotted. Driving back to the Du Parc to recover and prepare for dinner, we talk about our kids. Hers is starting high school, into fashion, gorgeous. Mine is 6, getting ready for soccer camp, and I miss him with an ache I can't begin to put into words.
The next five days are a whirlwind of activity. We teach the students, I present my memoir Baby Love at Il Circolo dei Lettori on the same night that Jonathan Franzen reads from Freedom. I introduce Kara's show, A Negress of Noteworthy Talent, to a full gallery, and Melissa Harris-Perry and Jennifer Richeson follow up with talks about the black body and the neurological workings of prejudice. The press descends and recommends.


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The Associated Press, whose stylebook is used by lots of different publications, has announced that it will no longer use the term "illegal immigrant." This essentially accepts the argument that advocates for immigrants have been making for some time, namely that the fact that someone immigrated illegally doesn't make them an illegal person, any more than the fact that you got a speeding ticket means you should be labelled an "illegal driver," despite your violation of the law. Unsurprisingly, conservatives were contemptuous of the AP. On the right, however (and in the conservative media), even the term "illegal immigrants" is considered unduly generous, the preferred terms being "illegal aliens" or just "illegals."
The AP also doesn't like "undocumented immigrant," which is preferred by immigration activists, "because it is not precise. A person may have plenty of documents, just not the ones required for legal residence." That seems kind of silly; if you refer to someone as an undocumented immigrant, it's pretty clear that the documents they lack don't include a Chuck E. Cheese Frequent Funster Card. In any case, the AP is eschewing all labels, so they advise writers, "Specify wherever possible how someone entered the country illegally and from where. Crossed the border? Overstayed a visa? What nationality?" Which is all well and good when you're talking about an individual, but what about when you're referring to these folks as a group? I suppose you could say "immigrants who entered the country illegally," which is a bit cumbersome, but not too terrible.
While I certainly don't like "illegal immigrant," this isn't a terminology disagreement with far-reaching implications, so if I were those conservatives, I wouldn't get my knickers in too much of a twist. We're not talking about the "death tax" or "enhanced interrogation techniques," terms devised with a direct intent to fool people about the implications of the policies in question. We're just talking about treating people with a little less contempt. Shouldn't be too hard to do.
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In your example, the speeding driver is assumed to have a driver's license. So a speeding ticket does not make the driver illegal. If the driver does not have a driver's license, then the driver might be referred to as "person driving without legal qualification" or maybe "person unauthorized by law to drive," or "person driving illegally," but not "illegal driver."
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Which is all well and good when you're talking about an individual, but what about when you're referring to these folks as a group? I suppose you could say "immigrants who entered the country illegally," which is a bit cumbersome, but not too terrible. www.yachtcharterkroatien.org
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Bangkok, April 19, 2013 - Leading Asian hospitality group Dusit International held a press conference at Maharaj Nakhorn Chiang Mai Hospital in Chiang Mai, Thailand to announce its sponsorship of cleft lip or cleft palate surgeries for 100 children with these facial deformities. The sponsorship comes by way of Dusit Smiles, a program created in partnership with Operation Smile Thailand.
The surgeries are possible due to donations collected from guests and staff of Dusit International's hotels and resorts. Donations are collected throughout the year via voluntary staff salary deductions, donation boxes in the hotels, and various fundraisers organized by the Group.
Founded in 2010, by 2011 Dusit Smiles raised enough funds to sponsor surgeries for nearly 80 children. In 2012, to commemorate the auspicious occasion of the 85th birthday of HM the King of Thailand, the company sponsored 85 surgeries.
To date, Dusit Smiles' efforts have raised over 3 million THB, used to cover the cost of medical equipment as well as transportation for the children and their families. The surgeons, nurses and hospital staff are all volunteers.
"Because we are a Thai company, we feel it is both our duty and responsibility to give back to the community," said Mr David Shackleton, COO of Dusit International. "The objectives and results achieved by Operation Smile Thailand make this an exceptional organisation to support, and we are pleased to partner with them in bringing a brighter future to these deserving children."
Since 1997, Operation Smile Thailand has treated over 7,000 children with facial deformities. Children who do not receive reconstructive surgery often have difficulty breathing, drinking, eating and speaking. As a result, many suffer from malnutrition, medical and psychological problems. Approximately one in every 500 babies in Thailand is born with a cleft lip or cleft palate, but in as little as 60 minutes, one surgery can change a child's life.


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MUMBAI: Jet Airways, India's premier international airline has entered into a partnership with renowned Greek natural and wellness brand KORRES, for a new amenity kit to enhance in flight experience of First Class and Première guests - onboard its international flights.
KORRES products are made from natural and / or certified organic ingredients of the highest quality, aesthetically packaged, with a promise to 'inspire and make us happy', according to the wellness brand.
The refreshed Jet Airways amenity kit will contain the KORRES Bergamot body mist, an Earl Grey tea scented facial mist with its unique uplifting and energizing qualities, and a KORRES Shea Butter Lip Balm that offers a high level of hydration. Additionally, the kit contains a KORRES Basil Lemon hand and body lotion that provides an exceptionally silky texture.
The exclusive First Class amenity kit contains a luxurious variety of formulated products to keep guests refreshed, relaxed and recharged throughout their journey. The amenities for men are complemented by a finely tailored black matte leather pouch with gold trimmings, while the amenities for women come inside a luxury micro fiber chic silver pouch that has an elegant look and feel.
The Première amenity kit is unisex and contains a lip balm, body mist, hand and body lotion all put together and packed inside a soft pouch made of textured fabric. KORRES products are developed using natural ingredients and use skin friendly elements.
Mr. Gaurang Shetty, Senior Vice President – Commercial, Jet Airways, said, "At Jet Airways, we have always endeavored to provide our guests with an unparalleled in-flight travel experience- including a world-class in-flight product, superb service, and class-leading cuisine. We believe in promoting wellness along with natural living as part of a healthy lifestyle. The newly introduced amenity kits from KORRES, in our First Class and Premiere, ensure that our guests arrive at their destinations rejuvenated and revitalized, thus enhancing their travel experience by reducing travel related fatigue whenever they fly international with Jet Airways. We are confident, that these elegant wellness and luxury variants from KORRES will be much appreciated by the discerning global traveller."
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Last updated at 11:55, Friday, 25 May 2012
A man could have killed his elderly neighbours after getting drunk and blowing up his garden shed in the middle of the night.
Richard Milligan went into his garden at 3.40am on September 24 with a blowtorch, intending to burn a doll's house because it reminded him of his ex-partner.
When the doll's house wouldn't burn satisfactorily the 36-year-old "devoted family man" threw the burning blowtorch into the shed in frustration, not realising all the old paint tins stored in there would explode in a fireball. By the time his terrified neighbours – woken by the bang – looked out, flames were reaching the height of their bedroom windows and the heat from the fire could be felt inside their house.
The glass in their upstairs window was cracked by the heat, the frames were scorched and a television cable melted.
Walter Wilson, the 74-year-old who lived in the house in Elterwater Avenue, Workington, with his wife Ann and son David, later told police he was frightened for his family's safety and haunted by the thought of what might have happened if he had not been woken up by the explosion.
Another neighbour Sarah McMullen, who ran to the house to warn the Wilsons of what was going on, said she was "very shocked and petrified" to think what might have happened.
Fire officers later reported that "the prompt actions of neighbours prevented it from escalating and causing more severe damage and possible injury to people".
And at Carlisle Crown Court yesterday Judge Paul Batty QC told Milligan: "What you did was incredibly irresponsible. The effect on that sleeping family next door was very traumatic indeed. They could so easily have perished."
The court heard that after seeing his shed explode in front of him Milligan ran off in panic. He was found hiding behind a bush by a police dog handler who just happened to be nearby.
Repairs to the Wilsons' house cost more than £2,000, while Milligan's home – owned by a housing association – cost £12,000 to put right.
Milligan pleaded guilty to a charge of arson, being reckless as to whether other people's lives were endangered. His defence barrister Frank Nance said Milligan was "mortally terrified" of going to prison.
He said Milligan was a man who "sits at home all by himself with his cans", getting drunk and landing in trouble. He said there were many issues in his life, including depression, with which he was "temperamentally unable to cope".
"He tries to cope with them by sitting at home drinking," he said.
Milligan was sent to prison for two years.
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Jarmara wrote:Bizarrely, the dog is cold. I've never known a dog his size so sensitve to the cold! He'll attempt to climb onto anyone if he detects the slightest draught. He won't sit on the carpet without a big soft warm cushion in the winter either. Big Jessie.
Of course,what you really want is a large hot dog.