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Demi Lovato is staying strong! One week before she kicks off her Neon Lights tour with Fifth Harmony and Little Mix, the "Heart Attack" singer is opening up about her inspiring, personal journey:
"I don't think anybody can save your life except for yourself," she tells Giuliana Rancic in the new special series Beyond Candid With Giuliana. "That was a key element in realizing I had to change." That change involved self-acceptance and being able to share her experiences truthfully. "I don't place any of the blame on anybody else except for really myself for not being so honest," Demi explains in the candid, honest conversation.
In addition to opening up about her past, the former X-Factor judge is also sharing details about her close friendship with Joe Jonas. In December 2013, Joe wrote an honest essay for New York magazine that detailed his life as a Jonas Brothers member. His confession included details of smoking weed with Demi and Miley Cyrus.
"He had warned me a couple of days before," Demi says. "I don't even remember [smoking] because clearly, I was chillin'." With no hard feelings, Demi assures us that she will always be friends with her Disney costar. "I called him and I was like, 'Relax. We're good. Just don't be so stupid next time,'" Demi recalls. "I love you, it's all good. We're always going to be friends."
Appearances > 2014 > FEBRUARY 3RD – Beyond Candid with Giuliana
Demi was spotted arriving into LAX Airport on January 31, 2014 in Los Angeles, CA. Check out the photos in the Gallery!
Candids > 2014 > JANUARY 31ST – Arrives into LAX Airport
Demi attended a bunch of events held for the 56th Grammy Awards on January 24, 2014 in Los Angeles, CA. We also added candids of her leaving the Grammy Gifting Suite. She looks beautiful! Check out the photos in the Gallery!
Appearances > 2014 > JANUARY 24TH – 104.3 MyFM Grammys Backstage
Appearances > 2014 > JANUARY 24TH – Backstage At The GRAMMYs Westwood One Radio Remotes – Day 2
Appearances > 2014 > JANUARY 24TH – KIIS 102.7ALT 98.7 FM Pre-Grammy Party
Candids > 2014 > JANUARY 24TH – Leaves the Grammys Gifting Suite in Los Angeles, CA
Demi was spotted having dinner with Selena Gomez at Craig's Restaurant on January 23, 2014 in West Hollywood, CA. She looked amazing and she has PINK HAIR!!! Gorgeous!
Candids > 2014 > JANUARY 23RD – Arrives for dinner at Craig's Restaurant in West Hollywood, CA
Candids > 2014 > DECEMBER 19TH – The X Factor Season Finale Party
Hi everyone! We're just letting you know that we will be taking a month break so there won't be daily updates for a month. Since Demi is trying to have a break too we though it was fitting since we have a lot going on in our lives at the moment and we aren't able to be at the computer 24/7. Daily updates will reprise as soon as Demi will be back from her personal hiatus! Hope you understand :) We love you guys and we're super grateful for all your support!
Demi Lovato hit back at fans who slammed her for not attending the 2014 People's Choice Awards on Wednesday night. The "Heart Attack" singer tweeted,
"Damn… Just hopped online to check twitter and some 'fans' are being really mean :(" Lovato explained, "I'm not at the PCA's because as I have stated before, I'm taking as much time off this month as possible.""I haven't taken a substantial amount of time off in a long time and now I am. Thank you for those who voted and understand why I am away," she added.
The former "X Factor" judge went on to distinguish between the "fans" who "say they support me, then they hate on me, my personal life and my loved ones," and her Lovatics, who "are the BEST fans an artist could ever ask for." After she won Favorite Female Artist and Favorite Music Fan Following, the pop star thanked her "Lovatics" for being true fans who have her back no matter what.
Demi Lovato may have had some stiff competition from One Direction's devotees in the Favourite Fan Following category at the People's Choice Awards, but last night the singer and her Lovatics triumphed. The star wasn't at the ceremony in Los Angeles as she's currently enjoying a well earned break following her hectic end to 2013 on the X Factor USA. Despite her absence, Demi was busy tweeting along from home as the results were read out, and seemed overwhelmed by her double win. Not only did Lovatics beat fans of One Direction, Britney Spears, Katy Perry and Lady Gaga for the Fan Following award, but Demi also picked up the Favourite Female Artist gong. Again, the singer faced stiff compeition in the category, with all awards voted for by the public, but she beat the likes of Britney and her close friend Selena Gomez for her second gong of the night.
Demi was again gushing over her Lovatics after hearing the news that she'd scooped a double win:
"THEY are the BEST fans an artist could ever ask for…. I LOVE YOU!!!
"THEY are the BEST fans an artist could ever ask for…. I LOVE YOU!!!
You know things are going to be okay when Demi Lovato's in your corner. The 21-year-old "Skyscraper" singer and former Disney star has battled her fair share of inner demons and never hesitates to lend a helping hand to those facing a similar fight. Case in point: Demi has reached out to fellow pop star Ke$ha as the 26-year-old begins a 30-day program for an eating disorder. Dems contacted Ke$ha upon hearing the "Timber" singer was headed to rehab. Specifically, Dems is said to be interested in having Ke$ha join her as a celebrity spokesperson about eating disorders.
The two leading ladies have had very similar paths when it comes to the ups and downs of fame. Four years ago, Dems attended the same center, Timberline Knolls, outside of Chicago. She was facing bulimia, anorexia, self-harm, and a drug addiction — so, yeah, we'd say Demi Lovato is a good resource to have on hand at a time like this.
Dems hasn't said anything about the situation via her Twitter but we wouldn't put it past her to reach out in a more personal form. After all, we've heard fellow music star and real-life bestie Selena Gomez has done the same for Dems in the past.
When we heard that Sam Bailey's X Factor winner's single was gonna be a cover of the Demi Lovato CLASSIC Skyscraper, we were worried how it was ever gonna match the original. Or Union J's version. Or our karaoke version. But d'ya know what? In the words of Louis Walsh, she made it her own. And as if leading the race for this year's Christmas number one wasn't proof enough that Sam's version's a bloody cracker actual real life Demi only went went and tweeted about how much she loves it, didn't she?
TAKING TO TWITTER, Demi said: "Congratulations @SamBaileyREAL on winning X Factor UK!! Love your version of Skyscraper!" [sic], and S-Bailz is well chuffed. Chatting to us yesterday, she said: "I'm pretty shocked with it. There's a load of people [online] that are like 'Oh, you're better than her' and she's better than me and having a bit of an argument but I'm not trying to be Demi Lovato at all. I'm just trying to be Sam Bailey singing an amazing song, so to get a tweet from her was amazing. "She's got such a wonderful voice and she's doing so well out in America and I'm really pleased that I'm getting recognized by people that are in the industry."
Demi Lovato recently decided to take a short break before heading out on the road. Before she starts playing shows to her legion of fans, the singer will take a month off to spend some time with family and friends. If she wants to spend some quiet time at home, then she'd better get started. The first date on her upcoming "Neon Lights" tour is February 9 in Vancouver.
"Taking the month off…. Kind of… What am I gonna do?" Lovato wrote on Twitter.
This isn't the first announcement Demi made on Twitter in recent days. Not only did she tell everyone all about her plan to stay health in 2014, Lovato also said she isn't going to put up with any shenanigans from folks who feel the need to spew hate. Demi Lovato announced her decision to bid farewell to The X Factor immediately following the season finale. The singer told the folks over at E! Online that she was "itching" to get back into recording and performing music. She also said that her decision to leave the show didn't mean she was going to laze around all day.
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Pendleton, Oregon (map) | (541) 276-1041
Sites: 125 | Latest Rate: $35.00 | 49 Reviews
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Sep 2014 - $35.00
Have stayed here before and probably will again if in the area. Many shaded sites and a dog run with grass. Very friendly staff. Good WiFi. - frmOregon
Aug 2014 - $34.00
This is one of the nicer KOAs we've stayed in. Clean restrooms, shaded sites with concrete pads and grass, friendly, helpful staff. They even have breakfast on Sundays (and Saturdays if the park is full) for $5 and it's not just pancakes. The dog area has grass and benches to sit. It's easy off and on the freeway but I didn't notice freeway noise. I think the sites are a little narrow but I didn't see anyone with longer rigs having trouble getting in or out. We've stayed here before and would again. - Go often
Jul 2014 - $35.00
Very clean and well maintained. Greeted professionally. We enjoy road trips across the USA and KOAs are very handy. They are near the freeway with easy access. We stay the night and are usually on our way to the next adventure in the morning. This KOA had a tree for shade, a bit of grass and a nice picnic table. The residents that live there full time were very quiet and respectful. This is one of the cleaner and nicest KOA we have stayed in through the years of our travels - Janetwh55
Pendleton, Oregon (map) | (541) 276-6014
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Jul 2013 - $31.00
I should have read the reviews! It's hot weather time and sitting on blacktop is a poor deal. The view is of container pods for rent! Surely, there must be a more pleasant RV park in this area! Blacktop pavement everywhere and crushed asphalt in a concrete curb for hookups and lot dividers. Bring an extra long sewer hose and if you are towing, only a few lots can accommodate your length. Road noise from the interstate and the railroad. A desperate choice to park overnight. - oldengine
Aug 2012 - $31.00
This is an asphalt parking lot with hook ups. Everything is wrong. All of the hook ups are at the front of the spots requiring the full extent of hoses and power cords to reach. Our truck had to stick out into the road. No trees, in fact, nothing of beauty at all. The sites are not level. The cable hook up was stripped bare. The "park" is half full of shipping containers. I gave a rating of 4 only because the owner was nice and the restrooms were clean. - User2690
Jul 2012 - $30.00
We had reservations, site unseen. Once we saw the park we moved on. Short pull thrus, very bare bones park. It looked like a lot of long time residents. I would imagine this park is a good place to stay for an overnight and move on. Right on Hwy84 "Overlooking" the freeway. Can't really comment on the ammenities because we didn't stay. - Kubicle
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While on Hwy 84, the RV park is well away from the road in the back of the casino, so there was very little noise. The spots are level, grassy and some trees too. The only downside was that the gas station/store was well away and I had the casino shuttle take me over there to get supplies. The driver waited while I was shopping and took me back! Great stop over between Pendleton and Boise. - Cheryl39
May 2015 - $30.00
I don't know how this place got such high rating. Spaces are close together. I could not fully level in site 55 - too steep. Park looks like a 30 year old park that has just had enough maintenance to keep it going.
Used the Men,s restroom - once it was dirty and I was not sure at first I was in the correct one as there were no urinals. Office smelled like unwashed bodies.
Pool and spa were drained - would have been nice to use the spa, I can under stand the pool being empty as it's early spring.
We attempted to go into the casino but the smoke smell just coming out the front doors stopped us cold.
Only good things was pull toughs for one night stays. - traveler1952
May 2015 - $28.00
We have stayed at this park many times. It is convenient to I-84 as well as to friends in the area. It is basically clean with fairly level blacktop pull-throughs and rather unkempt grassy areas between each rig. There are wooden picnic tables. The park continues to exhibit a rather run down look which is sad because it could be much better. We will return because it is so convenient for us. - shovelguy


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MYRTLE CREEK, Ore. — In 2012, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management sold the rights to log a small grove of Douglas firs to a private company called Roseburg Forest Products.
Roseburg bid more than $1 million for the trees, and planned to start logging this fall.
Then the tree sitters showed up.
Stationed on wooden platforms and rope lines 100 feet in the air, members of the group Cascadia Forest Defenders are protesting what they claim is a clear cut of native forest. But the scheduled logging is also part of a pilot project designed by Northwest forestry professors to mimic nature.
The professors' plan has become politically popular and is a key component of bills proposing new management for Oregon's O&C Lands — a checkerboard of parcels in Western Oregon named for the Oregon & California Railroad that once owned them. Those on both sides of the protest say it's potentially the first battle in the next big debate over how to manage Northwest forests.
The site in question, known as the White Castle timber sale, lies about 19 miles east of Myrtle Creek, at the end of a narrow gravel road curving up a forested ridgeline and covered with ice, boulders and fallen trees. The forest here started growing 120 years ago after a fire burned through this area, west of Crater Lake. It's native forest, never been cut before, but it's not "old growth" forest.
"When I first got here, I was so excited that I spent a good week or two, just in the tree. It's wonderful," said Josh Eng, a 29-year-old with a pointy, black beard who has spent much of the past nine weeks living on one of the tiny platforms.
Eng, taking his turn stationed in the tree, answers to the nickname Turtle when fellow protesters shout up to him from the ground camp. That camp includes a tent, a kerosene lamp, and a milk crate full of science fiction novels from the Eugene Public library.
"The books are extremely important because we have minimal entertainment out here except for ourselves," protester Brian Garcia said.
To reach Turtle and the heart of the group's tree camp requires buckling into a climbing harness and using sliding knots called prusiks to climb inchworm-style up 100 feet of rope.
The wooden platform at the top is just big enough to sleep on. Buckets of food and water hang from the branches nearby. It rocks gently like a boat as the top of the fir tree sways in the wind.
"Yes, always keep connected. Two points of safety," Eng said. He remains clipped in, even while he sleeps.
This high up, Eng figures he'll be very difficult to arrest. So far, he says, nobody's tried to remove him from the tree. Or, rather, no people have tried to remove him.
"I do have a squirrel that kind of comes around at night, and yells at me and throws things," Eng said.
Eng's archnemesis in this conflict, apart from the squirrel, isn't necessarily Roseburg Forest Products, or even the BLM. It's a pair of forestry professors: Norm Johnson at Oregon State University and Jerry Franklin at the University of Washington. The two have a long track record in conservation.
Kate Armstrong, a 21-year-old University of Oregon student and part of the protest, said they see the pilot project as a clear cut under the guise of science.
"I think that it's a shame that they would call themselves scientists and call themselves conservationists or environmentalists who care about the forest, but who would put their names on such a bogus project that is so obviously to me just playing into what the logging industry wants to have happen," Armstrong said of Johnson and Franklin.
Johnson, who said he knew White Castle would be controversial the minute he set foot there, has visited the protesters and said he's taking their comments to heart. "I could see how disappointed they were in me," Johnson said. "Yeah, that's hard."
Johnson said this timber sale isn't your grandfather's clear-cut. The pilot project is a demonstration of something called a "variable retention harvest."
"The approach we're taking is trying as best we can to emulate the development of a wild forest," he said. "We're not trying to replace it with a tree farm."
Several years ago, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar asked Johnson and Franklin to help the BLM develop timber harvests that would be profitable while serving an environmental purpose. The professors drew inspiration from a wealth of new research, published in the years after the Mount St. Helens eruption, on the importance of so-called early seral habitat that develops after natural disasters like eruptions, windstorms and large wildfires.
In the variable retention harvest Johnson and Franklin developed, the largest, oldest trees on a site don't get cut down. About a third of the standing and fallen wood is left untouched, while the rest gets logged. The site is largely allowed to recover naturally, with foresters replanting a minimal amount of species like fir, cedar, and hemlock. After a few years, a meadow of grasses and bushes and berries will start to grow in place of the forest.
"There are many creatures that like to live in openings. Say mountain bluebirds, or salamanders," Johnson said.


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Wolfgang Kulhanek 0100002R6H email@example.com | | Tags:  oswc keynote owsc12 conference blueiq | 0 Comments | 2,225 Visits
I had the pleasure of being invited to speak at the opening session of the Organization Science Winter Conference (OSWC) in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The topic of this year's conference was "Formal Organizations meet Social Networking" and I was approached to present about the BlueIQ program at IBM. Since this conference is an academic conference I had to tailor my talk a little bit and included some data from our adoption efforts as well as lots of stories about our adoption progress.
The attendees of this conference are exclusively Academics and were some of the most engaged audience I have ever encountered. So far I must have talked to half of the attendees directly with a few more expressing an interest for a conversation later today or tomorrow. For a speaker that is really the best feedback that one can with for.
One other observation during the conference was that most of the attendees were quite well equipped with modern computing equipment (MacBook Airs, iPads, iPhones, Laptops, etc) but only two attendees were using Social Media (Twitter) during the conference as far as I could tell. I did notice a lot of attendees taking rather detailed notes though during subsequent presentations.
So back to my presentation. Tony O'Driscoll kicked off the opening session and shortly after I was on the stage to present. What was supposed to be a 30 minute presentation followed by 30 minutes Q&A and 45 minutes of open discussion turned into about a 2 hour session! After a somewhat slow start the audience started asking a lot of questions. Terri Griffith was kind enough to moderate the Q&A session - and had a few challenging questions herself.
The interesting thing for me was that I actually heard a few questions that I have never heard before from Customers or other IBMers. It seems that this Academic group was thinking about this topic a little bit differently - and this really challenged me in a good way.
One of my favorite questions of the night was in response to me telling a story on how we use Ideation Blogs in IBM to bubble up ideas through public voting. Everybody is free to submit an idea and everybody can vote on the ideas that they think are good. We then pick the top few ideas and see what we can do to implement the suggestions.
Now the question was if I was confident that the BEST ideas would always win. The suggestion was that sometimes the most popular ideas would win rather than the best idea. I have to admit that I hadn't thought about this since so far we have been relying on the "Wisdom of the Crowds" - but it can't be denied that occasionally the crowd may miss a gem.
Collaboration that can result in saving lives is very inspiring!
Anna Dreyzin 110000P98J firstname.lastname@example.com | | Tags:  lotusphere collaboration blueiq ls12 | 0 Comments | 1,305 Visits
One of my most inspiring and memorable sessions at Lotusphere for me is from Dr. Burns and the work that IBM and Children's Hospital Boston are working on together. They are creating a one of a kind network for pediatric doctors to be able to share and learn information, through simulations, digital communication channels, global networking, and sharing best practices, as well as having the ability to ask each other medical questions. In the future, there are also plans to integrate Watson into this new medical education system. I believe this system will be so helpful and will save many lives across the globe.
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Cutting through BigBlue Tape: Using Collective Passion to Scissor Bureacuracy at IBM - The BlueIQ Story
Luis Suarez 270001WBU5 email@example.com | | Tags:  blueiq-story enablement lotusphere ibm blueiq-ambassadors social-business adoption social-networking blueiq social-technologies stories social-computing nominations social-enterprise | 2 Comments | 2,484 Visits
One of the many things that you realise about, while you are on vacation, and something that over the course of the years you tend to come to terms with is the fact that, while you are away, life goes on, work goes on; with or without you. And that's just fine! That's how things go by and probably very little left for us to do on that matter anyway. So, as I am ramping up the last few hours of my holidays, yesterday afternoon I found out, through my colleagues, that, after a long while, our IBM Social Software Internal Adoption Program is now ready to transcend the firewall and go external. And, as such, a couple of days back we have now launched an external blog, called BlueIQ at IBM where, from now onwards, my team, along with myself, will be blogging every so often about IBM's own adoption of social networking tools, as well as our full transformation, over the course of the years, on becoming a fully Integrated Social Enterprise. Yes!, folks, BlueIQ, finally, goes external!
And as you may have noticed already, a couple of my colleagues (Including our boss) have already been blogging away earlier on this week setting up the stage of the kind of articles you can expect to read, and engage with, hopefully, in our team blog. The vast majority of the topics that we will cover will describe how BlueIQ works, what we do to help accelerate IBM's own adoption of social technologies, both inside and outside of the firewall, and at the same time you will also find interesting and relevant articles around topics like The Social Enterprise, Social Business, Social Networking, Adoption, Collaboration, Knowledge Sharing, Communities and Community Building, etc. etc. Pretty much along the lines of the kinds of articles I have been sharing myself on my own personal Internet blog as well over the course of time.
The thing is that it's not the first time that BlueIQ goes out there to the general public. In the past, there have been a good number of resources made available from our team on what we currently do at IBM, whether it's our public wiki site available here, or the free whitepaper that both Jeanne Murray and Rawn Shah co-published a few months back and which covers our entire methodology on our social software adoption program (What's worked, what hasn't, lessons learned, program activities, metrics, etc. etc.), or the several presentations we have done at various conference events where we have been telling the BlueIQ Story.
However, this is the first time that we are working our way through our first public Internet team blog, where we are surely hoping to keep sharing further stories, experiences, know-how, lessons learned, hints and tips, and whatever other anecdotal evidence on what's worked for us with our own social software adoption program and what's happening in this very same space out there for other businesses. However, since this is also my first entry over here I thought I would point you folks to perhaps the most comprehensive BlueIQ Story we have got out there at the moment and which would certainly help serve as a good Introduction of who we are and what we are working on...
Yesterday, Rawn Shah, who, by the way, has now moved into another role within IBM as a Social Business Strategist, but you know how it goes, once a BlueIQer, always a BlueIQer :) tweeted about something that is pretty exciting for all of us at BlueIQ:
Indeed, over at "Cutting through BigBlue Tape: Using Collective Passion to Scissor Bureacuracy at IBM", you will be able to see how our very own "BlueIQ at IBM" program is now one of the finalists on the "Beyond Bureaucracy Challenge" that Gary Hamel is sponsoring. And to say that we are incredibly eager and over-excited about the great news of even just being the final round would probably fall short pretty badly. We don't know, obviously, who the winner will be, but to us all, on the BlueIQ team as well as our army of volunteers, the BlueIQ Ambassadors community of social software evangelists, it's already a huge success and something to be very proud of.
But for you folks out there, you may be wondering what it is all about, right? Well, like I said, on that nomination paper that Rawn submitted, you would probably be able to find one of the most comprehensive and thorough descriptions of how, when, why, and for what purpose BlueIQ came into existence nearly 5 years ago to help fellow IBMers accelerate their own adoption of social technologies, both inside and outside of the firewall.
In a recent article I shared over on my Internet blog, I described a little bit IBM's own journey to become a fully integrated socially enterprise, which would certainly be a rather nice complement to plenty of the historical and anecdotal evidence you would find also on Rawn's piece of how IBM got started living social in the first place. However, what's most interesting about that nomination piece is the various different sections that put together a rather nice picture of the kind of work we do and what triggered us to get started in the first place. So, to give you a taster of what you could find in it, allow me to include over here the headings of the various different sections, so you could have a look and read further on about them:
Like I said, a rather extensive and pretty comprehensive resource, no doubt, that will surely give you all a pretty good base of what BlueIQ at IBM is and perhaps get also some other ideas you folks may want to give a try for your own internal or external adoption programs, and which we would all be more than happy to help out where we possibly can. Don't forget to check out the extensive list of Helpful Materials as well, where you can find plenty more details about our overall program.
From here onwards, I would just personally want to thank Rawn very much for the wonderful piece of work done on that nomination piece and for making it into the finalists and I do wish him, and us, I suppose ;-) lots of good luck with it, knowing that we are already feeling winners just being on that final round, after checking out some of the amazing initiatives other people have been working on. Exciting times to be working on the Social Business space, for sure, and even more exciting when next week our entire team will be in Orlando, Florida, attending this year's IBM Lotusphere 2012 event, where we hope to see all of you, face to face, to keep the conversations going about the Social Enterprise and its / our / your own adoption of social technologies.
Oh, and don't forget we will be posting several articles per week in this blog with the whole purpose of keeping the dialogue going, before, during and after the event, because as Rawn mentioned, "there is no "finish""
And if you would want to meet us up while at Lotusphere next week, to talk about adoption, enablement and share / exchange some further experiences around social technologies, here you have got some contact details from yours truly on where you can find me online, and, with me, the rest of the team as well ... :-D
Luis Suarez a.k.a. @elsua
Welcome everyone to BlueIQ at IBM! Glad you could join us on this exciting journey!
Why is there a team blog for BlueIQ?
Wolfgang Kulhanek 0100002R6H email@example.com | | Tags:  blueiq blog team-blog | 1 Comments | 1,809 Visits
BlueIQ team decide on a team blog rather than an individual blog for every team member?
To be completely honest, we are struggling with the same realities that all of you have to deal with:
Therefore we decided to create this blog as a team blog. This way we can manage an editorial calendar - and when necessary every single one of us can post additional blog posts making the blog even more valuable.
You'll also see that we are running a very flat team - for example I own the Social Business Adoption mission at IBM - yet this is only the third post on the blog. A lot of other teams would have insisted on the leader to kick off the blog. Here we feel that all of our opinions are equally valuable and whoever has something valuable to add should do so.
What kind of content will be be posting about here? Basically everything that has to do with Social Business adoption both inside and outside of an enterprise - obviously from a point of view that reflects what IBM does in this space.
As Josh mentioned the BlueIQ team will be attending Lotusphere 2012 in Orlando next week - if you would like to get in touch with us please comment on any of our blog posts - we'd love to meet you!
Any time we attend industry events we'll post our impressions here on this blog, too. So you'll see probably quite a few blog posts during and after Lotusphere 2012.
I just agreed to present a keynote at the Organization Science Winter Conference in Steamboat Springs, CO on February 9th. This academic conference focuses on "Formal Organizations Meet Social Networking" and I'll be talking about IBM's journey so far and looking forward. You can of course expect a blog post from me on that event as well.
The team is really looking forward to the conversations on this blog!
Give 'em what they want (+ Lotusphere)
Joshua Scribner 110000MGDX email@example.com | | Tags:  ls2012 ls12 blueiq blog lotusphere joshscribner introduction ambassadors | 0 Comments | 1,872 Visits
My goal as a social computing advocate has been to help IBM teams tap into collective power, and for the past three years on the IBM BlueIQ team, I've been able to do what I always did best: give people exactly what they needed. Whatever it took to get them online, be it enablement materials targeted to their tasks, browser plugin packages to on-board them faster, simplified interfaces, badges or video contests to motivate them, or a social calendar so they could migrate their event-heavy newsletters, I'd cook it up.
Listening to our users turned out to be one of the most important things we could do for adoption – hear their pain, listen to their fears, and respond with solutions. From the very beginning, we built a community of Ambassadors – early adopters representative of our broader audience who would share those pains and fears, and suggest answers. We gathered up their input, polished their ideas into solutions, and sent them out into the IBM community to share it. We had their buy-in because the problems we were solving were their problems; they were invested in the solutions and willed them to work. Your technology doesn't need to be perfect, rather, an enterprise bent on adopting new tools requires a culture open to building processes, education, and technical glue that will address employees' pains and fears.
I've been talking a bit about these solutions on my blog, but next week it's show time – Lotusphere 2012 is here and BlueIQ is gearing up for it. We'll be sharing with IBM's clients (and anyone else who's interested) how we approached social software adoption, lessons learned, and the business case for social tools, in case your leaders still needs convincing. Personally, I expect to spend plenty of time in the Innovation room talking with my friends from Research about social calendars.
We're also there to support our BlueIQ Ambassadors: Kathy Mandelstein is speaking at 3:30 on Monday on the Best Practices track and Chris Pepin is speaking at 11am on Monday on "The New Workplace: Unleashing The Power Of Enterprise Mobility." During the lunches, we help our Ambassadors network, we give their clients pro-bono advice, and we do everything we can to return the favor for their hard work advocating our goals.
I hope you'll find us at Lotusphere, you can either comment here or contact us directly if you'd like to meet up.
What is BlueIQ?
Jeanne Murray 1000009AND firstname.lastname@example.com | | Tags:  blueiq social whatis socbiz business global | 1 Comments | 3,270 Visits
program to help IBMers adopt social business, a passion for thousands of IBMers who want to help their peers collaborate more successfully, and a vision for achieving better business results by connecting people across the globe. Welcome to our BlueIQ team blog, where we'll share our practical experience in enablement, community development, and program management for social business adoption. Each week our core team members will share insights and results, including successes as well as failures. This first blog entry lays out the business reasons for the BlueIQ program.
Changes in business structure and employee capability have impacted how IBMers do their jobs. Over 400,000 IBMers collaborate across business units to focus on solutions and services. We're conducting much of our business online to work with colleagues across geographies and timezones. Our focus on growth markets has us building new relationships across cultures. And after more than 100 acquisitions over the past 10 years, many of our employees are relatively new to IBM. We're finding new ways to build trust and share knowledge across the globe.
Changes in technology, especially social technologies inside and outside the company, give employees new means by which to collaborate, build reputations, and drive business. IBM employees have been collaborating for many years using internet systems and email. In particular, people in technical, product development and research roles have been on the leading edge of emerging innovations. As more employees have started to adopt social technologies, create social cultures, and gain benefits from social business, our challenge became:
How do we propagate social collaboration throughout the business, so that all employees gain the skills and knowledge they need, form the relationships that will benefit themselves and clients, and respond with accuracy and speed? The early adopters were on board, but what about the rest of the company? How do we drive social business adoption so all employees participate, and benefit?
The BlueIQ program enables employees with skills, supports them with communities of peers, and demonstrates examples of business results. We'll share our experiences in this blog and we welcome your comments and questions. Please use the following resources for more information:


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Brian Roberts had three hits and a home run, and Nolan Reimold and Wilson Betemit hit consecutive home runs Friday to lead the Baltimore Orioles over a Pittsburgh Pirates' split squad 6-5. Gaby Sanchez homered twice for the Pirates. Limited by concussions, back surgery and hip surgery to 115 games during the past three seasons, Roberts hasn't hit a regular-season home run since 2011. He connected in the first against James McDonald. Reimold, who missed most of last year due to neck surgery, hit a two-run home run in the second ahead of Betemit's homer. Reimold left the game after the homer. McDonald, the loser, allowed four runs and six hits in three innings. Making his spring training debut, winner Jason Hammel allowed one hit in two scoreless innings.
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I am a giant animal lover who is looking for someone with the same interests as me. If you don't like animals it is a deal breaker. I work full time and would like someone to share my down time with. I am outgoing but somewhat reserved and I am hoping to find someone to help me come out of my shell. I like adventure and am willing to try anything once. I care a lot about my job and love what I do. I want to find someone who feels the same way. I was raised on the morals you get what you earn. Nothing should be given for free. You work for it. I don't take life for granted and I do not want someone who does. Everything I have I own. My family is my world and I spend a lot of time with them. You don't have to be close with your family but I want someone that is somewhat family oriented. A turn on is someone who has their own opinion and isn't afraid to voice it. I am currently working on furthering my career as a nurse and want to find someone who cares about their education as much as I do. I want someone who will make me laugh and feel wanted, someone who isn't afraid to be themselves and say or do goofy things. I am the clumsiest person you will ever met. I constantly embarrass myself. But as long as you can laugh at yourself its really not all that embarrassing. I hope to find someone who can do that. I don't want someone who is over nice and doesn't have a backbone.I am not a girly girl, therefore I do not want a guy that is more sensitive than I am. I want a man who will protect me. That macho guy thing is a total turn off. I don't like when guys go above and beyond to try to impress me. I'm very laid back and like simple things. I don't need extravagant to be happy. Just let me know you care and that is enough for me.
Coffee and conversation , Dining out , Fishing/Hunting , Hobbies and crafts , Movies/Videos , Museums and art , Music and concerts , Exploring new areas , Nightclubs/Dancing , Performing arts , Playing cards , Playing sports , Shopping/Antiques , Travel/Sightseeing , Video games , Volunteering , Watching sports
Baseball, Dancing, Football, Hockey, Swimming, VolleyBall
I exercise 1-2 times per week.
I have Cats, Dogs
I have two cats, Zoie and Willow. I also have a female pit-bull named Daisy.
The beach, local cafes, farmer's market, and secret fishing spots.
University of Michigan–Dearborn, Dearborn, MI
Reading a good book, spending time with my family and my pets, going to the beach, fishing, and just being outside.
I go to the beach, spend time with my family, volunteer with animals, and go out with friends.
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|Social Drinker
|Social Drinker
|Medical / Dental / Veterinary / Fitness
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|$35,001 to $50,000
|$25,001 to $35,000, $35,001 to $50,000, $50,001 to $75,000, $75,001 to $100,000, $100,001 to $150,000, $150,001+
|Never Married
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|White / Caucasian
|White / Caucasian
|Christian / Other
|Spiritual but not religious
|Some college
|Some college, Associates degree, Bachelors degree, Graduate degree, PhD / Post Doctoral
I went to school for a year to become a CPA but I found it wasn't for me. I am now a CNA and am working to go back to school to become an RN.


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Affect Magazines | Dining for a Cause: 5 Nonprofit Restaurants You Need to Check Out | August 15, 2014 Turn over a new leaf at the New Leaf restaurant and bar in Northern Manhattan's Fort Tryon Park. As an enterprise of the nonprofit New YorkRestoration Project, New Leaf offers a menu inspired by local green markets, upstate farms and New York City's community garden.New Leaf was once a park concession stand, but was transformed into a fine dining establishment in 2001. Today, New Leaf visitors can enjoy seasonal, modern American dishes. read more AFAR | A Secret Oasis That Supports a Greener NYC | June 29, 2014 New Leaf is a wonderful dining option if you are visiting the park or its crown jewel, The Cloisters, the world-famous museum devoted to medieval art and architecture. The restaurant is housed in what was formerly a food concession facility from the 1930s. A renovation in 2001 enhanced the natural beauty of the cottage's cobblestone exterior, 18-foot high ceilings and shaded outdoor patio. read more New York Post | Lin-Manuel Miranda: My Uptown New York | June 14, 2014 "[My] special-occasion restaurant for a long time has been the New Leaf in Fort Tryon Park. My wife and I do Valentine's Day there. It's so removed from the rest of the city, you feel like you're going to the country…" read more Manhattan Times | "A snow day's sipping" | January 8, 2014 Braving the snow and enjoying the wintry wonderland? Once you're ready to hang up your mittens, New Leaf Restaurant and Bar has a few concoctions that will warm your spirits and knock a spark back in your cold-weathered body. And you'll be doing good while making cheer. read more AM New York | "Vacation Destination NYC: Visit the Cloisters" | September 23, 2013 When the sons of Central Park designer Frederick Law Olmsted were creating Fort Tryon Park in the 1930s, they included in their design a gorgeous building with a cobblestone exterior and slate roof to function as a public cafeteria and park administration offices. By the '90s, the building was in disrepair, until it was rediscovered by some well-heeled hikers, including Bette Midler, who led the charge to reopen it as a café. Today, the New Leaf Restaurant and Bar serves modern American cuisine in the unique historic setting. read more The Journal News | "See unicorns at The Cloisters, then visit Lighthouse" | August 15, 2013 New Leaf Restaurant & Bar (www.newleafrestaurant.com, 212-568-5323) is in Fort Tryon Park, a short walk from The Cloisters, and offers a sophisticated menu that includes wraps and salads. read more Mommy Poppins | "Washington Heights & Inwood Family-Friendly Restaurants: 12 Places to Eat with Kids in Upper Manhattan" | July 28, 2013 Located in the stunning Fort Tryon Park, New Leaf is probably best for a special occasion considering the cost (the prix-fixe brunch is $19.95, no kids' price). However, as you can see from the restaurant's website, the setting can't be beat, you're literally surrounded by lush trees and plants, and proceeds support the nonprofit New York Restoration Project, which helps take care of the park. read more Mommy Poppins | "Things to Do in Fort Tryon Park & Fort Washington Park with Kids" | July 9, 2013 Grab brunch and help the park All that exploring make you hungry? Grab an outdoor table at New Leaf Restaurant, located in the park a short walk from the Cloisters. The American menu is upscale but not fussy, and while there's no children's menu, kids should like the French toast and basket of homemade muffins. Bonus: Net proceeds go toward maintaining the park. read more Toronto Star | "New York Travel: Bird-watching, canoeing and other natural wonders are on offer in Manhattan" | July 3, 2013 11 a.m. – Stop for brunch at New Leaf Restaurant, a 1930s cottage and outdoor patio that serves seasonal modern dishes inspired by local green markets, upstate farms and the city's community gardens (newleafrestaurant.com/, reservations suggested) read more The New York Times | "Rangers Game and Wedding Form a Blissful Union" | May 24, 2013 And so for a few hours, the New Leaf Restaurant at Fort Tryon Park in Manhattan became part wedding hall, part sports bar, with 64 guests waving Rangers rally towels as party favors, and the groom sporting a Henrik Lundqvist jersey over his suit. read more N ew York Post | "A summerful of hot boite spots" | May 21, 2013 * For sheer escapism, few venues can compete with the rear garden of New Leaf Cafe (1 Margaret Corbin Drive, 212-568-5323) on a hill in Fort Tryon Park. It's a trip to the forest primeval — or to a Swiss chalet, thanks to greenery that envelops you like a warm quilt. read more The Journal News | "9 great spots for Mother's Day brunch" | April 30, 2013 If mom loves art, history and nature, then take a drive to Fort Tryon Park in Washington Heights and spend a day at this gem in northern Manhattan. Kick off the day with a lovely brunch at New Leaf. Choose from breakfast items like eggs Florentine or a croque madame and lunch items like chicken paillard or a lump crabcake sandwich. After your meal walk over to The Cloisters to enjoy stunning views of the Hudson River while taking in spectacular Medieval art pieces such as the famous Unicorn Tapestries. Or, for sportier moms, take your bikes and burn off brunch with a ride through the park. read more Style Me Pretty | "New York City Wedding from Rebecca Hansen Weddings" | April 29, 2013 While everyone was inside enjoying the New Leaf's amazing hors d'oeuvres, twin tornadoes were touching down in the city. So we didn't get the chance to take all the photos we would have wanted, but I was happy to have been able to spend time with people during our cocktail hour. read more & see stunning photos Style Me Pretty | "NYC Wedding at New Leaf Restaurant from Isabelle Selby Photography" | January 2, 2013 From there, we decided on New Leaf Restaurant as our reception venue after seeing only a few others. Although we visited in the dead of winter, we could envision a romantic tented wedding outdoors set in a bucolic park quite unlike the rest of NYC that surrounds it and where our guests can enjoy delicious organic, locally sourced food. The venue brought back childhood memories of the Secret Garden by Frances-Hodgson Burnett – the thought of finding a key to a hidden door that leads to my own secluded place was so enchanting. Everything flowed from this inspiration, starting from the soft, muted pastel colors, the vintage key and lock motifs for the invitations and the escort cards, candle lights and mason jars filled with wild flowers… read more & see stunning photos The New York Times | "A Gothic Haven for Saints and Unicorns" | December 14, 2012 A SHORT WALK SOUTH, the New Leaf Restaurant and Bar, also in Fort Tryon Park, serves food and drink in a stone building from the 1930s. Formerly a concession stand, it was transformed by donations from Bette Midler and the New York Restoration Project. With its holiday lights and white linen, it is a far cry from a medieval refectory, and it's just the place to ease the transition from the beauties of that era to the comforts of our own. read more Metro New York | The Huffington Post | "The best of 2012: Food and drink " | December 16, 2012 Best venue for forgetting you live in Manhattan: New Leaf Restaurant & Bar 1 Margaret Corbin Dr. in Fort Tryon Park, 212-568-5323 Take the train all the way up for a glimpse of nature you probably didn't even realize existed in Manhattan. Working up an appetite playing in Fort Tryon Park or visiting The Cloisters, when it's time for dinner, hit New Leaf. Executive Chef Scott Campbell's take on local fare is all the more enjoyable when you get to taste it in this kind of natural environment. read more Metro New York | "Upgrade your Swiss Miss to one of these winter warmers" | December 12, 2012 New Leaf Restaurant & Bar 1 Margaret Corbin Dr. 212-568-5323 Valrhona Chocolate is at the base of executive chef Scott Campbell's creation, and it's topped with a homemade lavender marshmallow. read more New York Magazine | "Weddings" | December 2012 Summary in NY Mag: "This charming building, just steps from Cloisters, boasts great views and a cozy, cottage-y feel. The restaurant's dining room accommodates 56 seated guest, while the spacious patio, which can be tented in inclement weather holds up to 150. From $155 per guest. In-house catering only." Men Who Dine | "New Leaf Restaurant and Bar" | November 18, 2012 We are invited to many restaurants on a weekly basis, some we know well, others we have never heard of and then there are the few that we wish we we would have know about. The latter is the case with New Leaf Restaurant & Bar located in Fort Tryon Park in Upper Manhattan. read more Well + Good NYC | "Taking sides: 6 stellar vegetarian recipes from New York chefs" | November 14, 2012 New Leaf's recipe for Organic Mixed Whole Grain Salad get your hands on the recipe! IN New York Magazine | "Dish Du Jour: New Leaf Cobb Salad" | August 1, 2012 GARDEN TO PLATE"Freshness is flavor," says Scott Campbell, executive chef of New Leaf Restaurant & Bar. "You want to get food on the table as soon as it's out of the ground." Plucked from the on-site garden, tomatoes and micro herbs, along with diced chicken, blue cheese, bacon and hard-boiled egg, turn his Cobb salad (above) into crisp edible art. » New Leaf Restaurant & Bar, One Margaret Corbin Dr., Fort Tryon Park, 212.568.5323 read more Metro New York | "Farm fresh goods for urban foodies " | August 1, 2012 Tucked away in lush Fort Tryon Park, this romantic restaurant channels its surroundings via a farm-fresh menu. As an extension of actress Bette Midler's New York Restoration Project, New Leaf's very existence is based on utilizing available resources and restoring NYC parks, so it's appropriate that chef Scott Campbell calls on local growers like Paisley Farms and Windflower Farms for ingredients. Reserve a table on the restaurant's spacious patio and order the baby artichoke and avocado salad and the bacon banded pork tenderloin. read more Time Out New York Kids | "Family date ideas: Farm-to-table restaurants in New York City " | April 30, 2012 After exploring the Cloisters, get a bite at this upscale seasonal American restaurant in lush Fort Tryon Park. Enjoy brunch ($20 including coffee and juice) on the patio or dinner in the 1930s former concessions building and feast on dishes like challah French toast with caramelized bananas and pork sausage or house-made pappardelle with jumbo shrimp ($26). All profits go to the New York Restoration Project, dedicated to the greening of the city. Fort Tryon Park, 1 Margaret Corbin Dr (212-568-5323, newleafrestaurant.com) read more The Huffington Post | "The Top 10 Green Dining & Drinking Destinations In New York City" | April 12, 2012 Housed in a restored cobblestone building in Fort Tryon Park, the New Leaf Restaurant & Bar is one of Manhattan's most eco-friendly restaurants because all net proceeds support Bette Midler's New York Restoration Project (NYRP). NYRP is a non-profit organization dedicated to reclaiming and restoring New York City's parks and runs the MillionTreesNYC program with the NYC Parks Department. MillionTreesNYC is a public-private initiative with a goal to plant and care for one million new trees across the city's five boroughs by 2017. read more New York Magazine | "The Achievables: Where to find the balance between affordable and desirable: Inwood" | March 18, 2012 Neighborhood Amenities: New Leaf Restaurant & Bar. 1 Margaret Corbin Dr. Fine dining in Fort Tryon Park. All proceeds go to fund Bette Midler's New York Restoration Project. read more


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Football: Newcastle United link for MK Dons starlet Dele Alli
Posted: October 24, 2013|
Newcastle United are the latest Premier League club to be linked with MK Dons midfielder Dele Alli.
As previously reported by MK WEB, the 17-year-old has attracted the attention of big clubs – reportedly including Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea – and the north-east outfit are now also tipped to be in the mix,
According to The Journal, Alan Pardew's men may swoop in January for a player who has impressed this season in the middle of the park.
Alli, a product of Dons' burgeoning academy, is highly likely to move on at some stage when the club receive an offer which is too strong to turn down.
Boss Karl Robinson has previously predicted that it would take 'millions' to prise him away but the youngster is currently sidelined for a predicted ten weeks after suffering ruptured ankle ligaments at the start of the month.
This ruled the youth international out of England U18's friendly with Hungary.


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Deutsche Telekom's Obermann Rules Out Large Takeovers, FT Says
May 12 (Bloomberg) -- Deutsche Telekom AG's Chief Executive Officer Rene Obermann said the group won't make any large acquisitions if it succeeds in the sale of T-Mobile USA, to AT&T Inc. for $39 billion, the Financial Times reported, citing an interview.
There are no large acquisitions "on the agenda," Obermann said, adding that the company needs "to make some selected smaller acquisitions over the next couple of years," in mobile Internet and cloud computing, the FT said. He doesn't envisage any expansion in developing countries beyond those in southern and eastern Europe, the newspaper said.
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Bellevue Homestead
|Place Details
|Place ID
|Registration Type
|State Heritage
|Place Name
|Bellevue Homestead
|Place Classification
|Place Category
|Place Type
2 Exploiting, utilising and transforming the land / 2.3 Pastoral activities
6 Building settlements, towns, cities and dwellings / 6.4 Dwellings
|Register Entry Date
|Bellvue Homestead
|Town / Suburb
|Post Code
|Cultural Heritage Significance
|Principal Period
of Significance
|1870s-1910s (historical) 1870s-1900s (fabric)
|Criterion A
|An example of a large, evolving timber homestead complex, illustrating in form, fabric and decoration the lifestyle of the turn-of-the-century Queensland squattocracy. Association with early European settlement of the Brisbane River Valley and the development of the pastoral industry in Queensland.
|Criterion B
|Surviving evidence of timber building techniques from the 1870s.
|Criterion D
|An example of a large, evolving timber homestead complex, illustrating in form, fabric and decoration the lifestyle of the turn-of-the-century Queensland squattocracy.
|Criterion F
|Surviving evidence of timber building techniques from the 1870s.
|The earliest sections of Bellevue homestead appear to date from the 1870s. Initially Bellevue was part of the Wivenhoe run, taken up by Ferriter and Uhr in the early 1840s, then transferred to the Norths of Fairney Lawn in 1858. Soon after acquiring Wivenhoe, William North Snr established a 2,000 hectare section as Bellevue Station, on which he ran sheep. In 1869 the Wivenhoe run was resumed and thrown open to selection, and those portions containing the Bellevue lands and buildings were retained by the Norths under pre-emptive selection rights. None of the 1860s buildings has survived, with the older parts of the present homestead most likely constructed after the North family transferred the Bellevue leasehold to Campbell and Hay in 1872. In the 1870s sheep gave way to cattle. The leasehold was converted to freehold in 1879, and in 1884 was acquired by James Taylor, MLC, whose son, George Condamine Taylor, and his family, occupied the homestead. During the Taylors' occupancy a flood in the Brisbane River in 1893 destroyed the adobe walls of the timber-framed house, which was re-clad with mill-sawn timber. George Taylor died in 1899, but his widow remained at Bellevue and in 1901 married pastoralist Charles Lumley Hill, MLA. In 1903-04 the Lumley Hills extended the homestead, adding a new dining room, guest suite, and servants quarters. Earlier sections of the house were renovated also. In the early decades of the twentieth century, Bellevue was the social centre of the district. At its peak, c.1910, the station comprised over 5,600 hectares, with a Hereford stud of national renown. The property remained in the Taylor family until the early 1950s. In 1975 Bellevue was resumed by the Co-Ordinator General, as part of the Wivenhoe Dam project. In the same year the homestead and associated buildings were acquired by the National Trust of Queensland, and between 1975 and 1980 were removed to nearby Coominya township, established in 1905 on part of the Bellevue selection. The Trust is restoring the complex to its 1904-1910 appearance.
|Bellevue Homestead is located opposite the railway station in Coominya, close to the original entrance to the property. It consists of the main house, which faces northeast and is encircled by verandahs, with a spine of kitchen, stores and servants' hall attached at right angles, forming a T-shaped plan. A caretaker's cottage is attached to the south corner forming a southern courtyard, and a row of stables and barn are located further to the southwest. All buildings are single-storeyed and sit on timber stumps. The main house comprises two chamferboard buildings which have corrugated iron hipped roofs and are joined by an enclosed verandah breezeway. The older building has a projecting gable porch to the southwest and northeast entrances with a decorative timber barge board, truss and finial, and timber shingles are visible under the corrugated iron sheeting. The plan consists of four rooms with a central hall. The end verandahs have been enclosed to expand the rooms through large archways, the northwest being enclosed with very wide chamferboards. Some rooms are in the process of restoration and show different layers of the building's fabric, including pit sawn framing with mortice and tenon joints and hand finished lining boards. Decorative features include painted woodgrain in the hall, hand painted wall paper, pressed metal ceilings in the drawing room, carved timber fireplace surrounds, casement windows, some of which have coloured glass inserts, step out bays and pressed metal window hoods. The 1903-04 extension has a projecting gable porch to the northeast with decorative timber arch brackets, barge board, finial and diagonally boarded gable. The verandahs have dowel balustrade, lattice valance and timber arch brackets. The plan consists of a dining room, a smoking room and a two-roomed guest suite. These are accessed from an enclosed verandah entrance hall with entrance doors at both ends with sidelights and fanlight of etched coloured glass. The dining room has a metal lined wine store cupboard and fretwork ceiling rose. The walls are panelled to a dado with vertically jointed boards above and the ceiling is boarded. The tiled fireplace has a carved timber surround, and all timber is oiled/stained. All rooms have step out bays with timber shutters and internal doors have fanlights. The kitchen, store and servants' hall wing consists of a series of connected weatherboard buildings. The kitchen has a corrugated iron gable roof with a verandah to the courtyard and three pressed metal ridge ventilators. Timber shingles are visible under the corrugated iron sheeting and the interior has single skin cedar board walls and a large brick fireplace. A modern kitchen has been installed in one room. The caretaker's cottage has an L-shaped plan and consists of a series of rooms added at different times. The weatherboard building has a corrugated iron gable roof with a bay to the northwest, surmounted by a gable, and verandahs northeast and northwest. A row of weatherboard stables with corrugated iron gable roofs is located to the southwest. The stables have a sawn cross cut timber and earth floor. The grounds include a circular drive with gardens to the north, overlooking a private dam beyond.
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|1872c - 1910c
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The Power of Independent Thinking
Civil Rights Are Too Important to Leave to Special-Interest Advocates
Recorded: Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Research Fellow Jonathan Bean, author of Race and Liberty in America: The Essential Reader appeared on WORD radio to discuss Bean's recent Op-Ed about his experience on the Illinois State Advisory Committee on Civil Rights. On Martin Luther King Day, Bean says King's dream of a more just society is poorly served by ignoring viewpoints that disagree with our own.
Experts: Jonathan BeanType: RadioIssues: Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Constitutional Law, Culture/ Society, Freedom, Political Ideology and Philosophy, Politics, Race Issues
Jonathan Bean on The Bob Zadek Show
Recorded: Sunday, August 10, 2014
Research Fellow Jonathan Bean, author of Race and Liberty in America appeared on The Bob Zadek Show, a Libertarian talk show broadcast live on Talk 910 KKSF.
Experts: Jonathan BeanType: RadioIssues: Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Culture/ Society, Free Market Economics, Freedom, History (U.S), Politics, Race Issues, Religion
C.S. Lewis on Mere Liberty and the Evils of Statism
Recorded: Saturday, August 2, 2014
David J. Theroux, founder and president of The Independent Institute and the C.S. Lewis Society of California, discusses the writings of C.S. Lewis and Lewis's views on individual liberty, natural law and statism.
The presentation was the keynote talk at the first annual conference of Christians for Liberty, that was held at St. Edwards University in Austin, TX, August 2, 2014.
Experts: David J. TherouxType: Other EventIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Collectivism, Culture/ Society, Education, Family, Freedom, Government Power, Political Ideology and Philosophy, Politics, Privacy, Privatization, Property Rights, Regulation and Deregulation, Religion, Science, Taxes, Welfare
David J. Theroux Discusses Libertarianism on WichitaLiberty.TV
Recorded: Sunday, December 1, 2013
Independent Institute Founder and President, David J. Theroux discusses libertarianism and gives liberty-based perspectives on current events with host Bob Weeks on WichitaLiberty.TV.
Experts: David J. TherouxType: TelevisionIssues: Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Culture/ Society, Free Market Economics, Freedom, Political Ideology and Philosophy
Jonathan Bean on the History of Racial Segregation
Recorded: Thursday, January 12, 2012
Research Fellow Jonathan Bean engages with John Stossel of Fox Business Networks Stossel on positive market influences toward racial integration in America.
Experts: Jonathan BeanType: TelevisionIssues: Business, Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Culture/ Society, Economic History and Development (U.S.), Political Ideology and Philosophy, Politics, Race Issues
Full Video of The Independent Institutes 25th Anniversary Gala for Liberty
Recorded: Tuesday, November 15, 2011
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Full Video of The Independent Institutes 2011 25th Anniversary Gala for Liberty held November 15, 2011.
Part 1: Introductory Remarks and Tribute to Robert Higgs
Part 2: Tribute to Mario Vargas Llosa
Part 3: History of The Independent Institute and Fund for the Future
Part 4: Tribute to Lech Walesa
Part 5: Special Tributes, Sponsors, and Credits
Experts: Leszek Balcerowicz, Price V. Fishback, Robert Higgs, Ron Paul, Jorge Quiroga, David J. Theroux, Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu, Mario Vargas Llosa, Lech Wałęsa, Yuri Yarim-AgaevType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Business, Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Constitutional Law, Defense and Foreign Policy, Democracy, Economic History and Development (U.S.), Economic Policy, Government Power, History (International), History (U.S), Latin America, Nationalism, Political Ideology and Philosophy, Politics, Privatization, Property Rights, Terrorism and National Crises
Is U.S. Justice Broken?
Recorded: Thursday, December 9, 2010
From fingerprinting to criminal sentencing, from lawyer licensing to judicial selection, and from eminent domain to wealth transfers via class-action lawsuits, how do perverse incentives impact the law and what reforms would create a more just and efficient legal system?
Experts: David D. Friedman, Alex Kozinski, Edward J. López, David J. TherouxType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Crime, Criminal Justice/ Prisons, Law Enforcement
Edward López with David Theroux on the New Book, The Pursuit of Justice
Recorded: Thursday, December 9, 2010
Independent Institute Research Fellow Edward Lopéz, Associate Professor of Law and Economics at San Jose State University and editor of the new Institute book The Pursuit of Justice, talks with Institute President David Theroux about the faulty incentives at the heart of government legal failures and whether market-based alternatives can provide viable solutions to the serious problems caused by the bureaucratization and politicization of the law.
Experts: Edward J. López, David J. TherouxType: RadioIssues: Criminal Justice/ Prisons, Law Enforcement, Privatization


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FREE-FLOATING algae may soon be pressed into service. A group of algae called diatoms (pictured below) have been modified to make them build molecular chains into their skeletons. Once the rest of the biological material has been dissolved, the skeletons can be used to harness chemical cargoes for drug delivery or water cleanup.
Diatoms and their silica skeletons come in a range of intricate shapes. Crevices increase the surface area of the skeletons, making them better at holding chemicals than other nanoscale capsules. Researchers have already made skeletal casts from biodegradable polymers. But modifying them to carry drugs is costly and time-consuming because harsh solvents have to be applied in completely water-free conditions.
Abhay Pandit of the National University of Ireland, Galway, and his colleagues modified diatoms to incorporate molecular chains as they grow. Once casts of their skeletons were made, these could carry drugs without having to be treated (Nature Communications, doi.org/pt4). Molecules can also be attached to the chains for carrying drugs to different parts of the body, says Pandit. The chains can also bind to heavy metals so, in future, more porous diatom skeletons could be used for nanoscale water purification.
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