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With just hours to go until the resolution of the UN climate change negotiations, everyone is playing the blame game. But you can and must not blame civil society.
Civil society is blaming politicians for their short-sighted political agendas and bend-over-backwards attitude to the fossil fuel industry.
With just hours to go until the resolution of the UN climate change negotiations, everyone is playing the blame game. While is is looking unlikely that some of the key issues around the transition towards the highly anticipated 2015 global deal and climate finance will be resolved today; parties are looking to hold someone responsible.
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Civil society is blaming politicians for their short-sighted political agendas and bend-over-backwards attitude to the fossil fuel industry. Some politicians are playing the global financial crisis card and blaming scientists for not producing the technology that will allow a seamless transition from burning coal to sucking up sunshine. And everyone is blaming civil society for not creating enough political will to get the job done.
Earlier this week, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres in a plenary address said "civil society is not doing enough to encourage governments to raise their level of ambition."
Recently released after a fifteen month stint in jail, it is unlikely that activist Tim DeChristopher would take kindly to the suggestion that he has not done enough. Similarly, Pacific Island lobbyists like Ben Namekin and Maria Timon work tireless within their region to combat climate change and communicate the desperate situation in the Pacific to the rest of the world.
They certainly do their bit to communicate the reality of climate change devastation.
Hundreds of Australian NGOs and youth mobilised to ensure the successful implementation of a carbon price and then self-funded their way to Doha. The Arab Youth Climate Movement are ratcheting up the pressure within the Gulf; and groups like Oxfam, Greenpeace and WWF work nationally and internationally to hold governments accountable. Those are just a handful of examples from a movement of thousands that are working against status quo to try and achieve meaningful change.
With limited budgets, often adversarial political environments and nothing comparable to the resources of big oil companies and powerful governments they take on; it is hard to say that civil society does not do enough.
Nonetheless, UK Energy and Climate Minister Greg Barker followed Figueres' suit telling RTCC TV that "the fact of the matter is there are fewer NGOs here, there are fewer activists here than have been in previous years."
"Governments of all colours and shades need to be reminded that this is an urgent issue right the way around the world and the NGOs play a critical role in keeping government honest on this agenda."
Hurricane Sandy and the epic typhoon in the Philippines should be enough to 'remind' the world's governments that climate change is an urgent issue. Over a hundred dead in the US and over 350 (and rising) in the Philippines. Surely this creates more political ambition than a petition media stunt or the release of a new report commissioned by civil society. What could possibly be a more powerful motivator than body bags?
Money is at the crux of political inertia, not civil society.
Sadly, the answer is money.
Money is at the crux of political inertia, not civil society. It is short term prosperity that has Australia committed to becoming one of the world's largest natural gas exporters despite the negative environmental impacts. It is the prevalence of poverty that means countries like India, China and developing countries need support from industrialised countries to move away from coal dependency and build renewable energy infrastructure. It is the unwillingness to invest that has left us with an empty shell instead of a climate fund that could kick start the global shift towards a low carbon future.
For Doha to maintain momentum countries need to act in cooperation. Most governments can see the long-term economic advantages of investing in renewable energy; and with the collectivisation of energy, renewable energy is becoming more and more affordable. However, efforts remain underwhelming and strong acts of leadership are few and far between.
Civil society has an important role to play in building trust and injecting the moral voice into late night negotiations over dollar signs and acronyms. Ultimately, however, it falls to those with the money in their wallets and their country's future in their hands to take strong and decisive action on climate change. Shifting the blame is yet another distraction technique to avert the world's gaze from our global leaders.
By Sophie Trevitt – a writer at The Verb. This article was originally published on the International Political Forum.


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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The sweeping health care law includes some measures aimed at controlling spending by trying to keep you healthier. Accountable care has come to Kansas City.
A dozen primary care practices have formed Kansas City's first ACO — accountable care organization. The federal government is giving them more than two million dollars upfront to provide Medicare patients with care that eliminates unnecessary testing and procedures, prevents errors and helps patients avoid hospital stays.
The incentive for the docs? They get to keep some of that money if they meet quality and patient satisfaction measures while lowering costs.
"If we're able to generate savings to the system, then we share in that savings with Medicare," says Dr. Nathan Granger of Clay Platte Family Medicine.
The focus is on people with complex medical issues. Mike Abbott, a Vietnam-era veteran, has complications of diabetes and also PTSD and depression.
"My problems started with little things. And if they can catch the little things, it won't become a big thing," says Mike.
A big, costly thing. The ACO sounds good to Mike.
"We need to save every penny we can when it comes to the government," Mike says.
Many hospitals, fearing they may lose more than gain, have been reluctant to sign on to the government experiment. None in Kansas City has yet.
"We're taking a leadership role. We certainly can't do it alone. We need to work with the hospitals and the community," says Dr. Granger.
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MYRTLE BEACH — Goose Creek's Tramel Terry was named Mr. Football tonight during the North-South Banquet at Myrtle Beach High School.
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Terry, Goose Creek's talented running back/wide receiver, became only the second Lowcountry player to win the award since its inception in 1995. The only other local player to win the coveted award was Moe Thompson of Stratford. The defensive end was named Mr. Football in 2001.
Terry, a 6-1, 190-pound senior, tallied 1,861 all-purpose yards this fall and scored 24 touchdowns.
Terry rushed for 841 yards, averaging 7.4 yards per carry and had 818 receiving yards, averaging 16.7 yards per catch. Terry also averaged 18.4 yards per kickoff return.
The other Mr. Football finalists included Byrnes receiver Akia Booker, T.L. Hanna linebacker Ben Boulware, Strom Thurmond running back Darius Hammond and Conway quarterback Mykal Moody.
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I've found that some SWF/Shockwave files do not show in Safari, but they show in Mozilla.
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The above will show in Mozilla, but just leave a white square in Safari.
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Shockwave Player has not yet been ported to run natively on the new Intel-based Macintosh computers and currently only runs in Rosetta emulation mode. To install and use Shockwave Player on an Intel-based Macintosh, you will need to run the browser in Rosetta emulation mode. Follow the instructions below to launch your browser in Rosetta emulation mode.
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Quit out of the browser.
Go to your Applications folder and right-click on the browser application icon.
Select Get Info.
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After completing the above steps the browser will now run in Rosetta emulation mode thus allowing you to install and use the Shockwave Player.
I found that running Safari in Rosetta causes the browser to operate much slower then in its native mode. :(
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On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to review whether human genes can be patented, reports the Philadelphia Inquirer. The justices agreed to hear a challenge to Myriad Genetics Inc.'s patents on genetic material used in breast and ovarian cancer tests. The University of Pennsylvania's Arupa Ganguly, PhD, professor of Genetics, and Haig Kazazian, MD, former chair of Genetics, are two of the doctors, researchers, and patients who oppose the patents, holding the view that Myriad's monopoly over the genes prevents clinical testing and research. The justices will also hear an appeal from Philadelphia's Mutual Pharmaceutical, maker of the generic anti-inflammatory drug sulindac.
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If he is still playing in the NHL at age 42, Ilya Kovalchuk will be paid $4 million in the walk year of his contract -- the 2025-26 season. That's according to a report on the website of Canada's Rogers Sportsnet.
The site credits its numbers to former NHL player-turned-reporter/analyst Nick Kypreos. According to Kypreos, here's the season-by-season salary breakdown of the 15-year, $100 million contract between Kovalchuk and the New Jersey Devils:
2010-11: $6 million
2011-12: $6 million
2012-13: $11 million
2013-14: $11.3 million
2014-15: $11.3 million
2015-16: $11.6 million
2016-17: $11.8 million
2017-18: $10 million
2018-19: $7 million
2020-21: $4 million
2021-22: $1 million
2022-23: $1 million
2023-24: $1 million
2024-25: $3 million
2025-26: $4 million
Other particulars: The contract is two years shorter and $2 million less than the original, which the NHL scotched for circumventing the collective bargaining agreement. It pays more in the final five years than the original, which included $550,000 per season during that time. And it bumps the contract's cap hit to $6.6 million; the original was at $6 million.
By the way, Boston Bruins forward Mark Recchi was 42 when he finished last season with 18 goals and 25 assists in 81 games. Recchi's contract was worth $1.7 million, salary and bonuses, according to Capgeek.com. And he is signed for the coming season to a deal that could pay him $1.95 million, salary and bonuses.


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The Boylesports Irish Grand National will be the most valuable jumps race in Ireland for the 2014-15 National Hunt season following of a €25,000 increase in prize money
The Boylesports Irish Grand National will be the most valuable jumps race in Ireland for the 2014-15 National Hunt season following of a €25,000 increase in prize money
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BT Sport is reportedly in advanced sponsorship negotiations with the Welsh regions and Irish provinces.
Snow put paid to play for Irish competitors in the unique opening round of the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play.
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Greg Allen reports that with the securing of sponsorship by 3 mobile and an increase in prize money the Irish Open is now amongst the 'five-star' tournaments on the tour schedule.
The news is not official yet but the search for a new sponsor for the Irish Open is over and the telecommunications giant Three will take over the sponsorship of the event next May on an initial three year contract.
Padraig Harrington speaks to Greg Allen about sponsorship, his quest to finish the season as Europe's top golfer and his genuine fears for the future of the Irish Open.
The FAI have confirmed that they have extended their sponsorship deal with eircom by a further two years until 2010.
RTÉ Sport has learned that eircom will end their sponsorship of the Irish domestic league at the end of the current season.
The future of Irish handball received a massive boost this week with the announcement of a joint sponsorship deal for the 2008 National Championships and All-Star Awards.
The Irish Cricket Union has announced that that they have secured sponsorship from the Grafton Group PLC, for their five home matches in the Friends Provident Trophy.
Leopardstown Racecourse has that it is in discussion with a number of potential new sponsors following the satisfactory conclusion of the three-year sponsorship of the Irish Champion Stakes by Baileys.
Bank of Ireland has extended its sponsorship of the Irish cricket team for a further two years with an option to extend beyond that.
The Irish Rugby Football Union and AIB today announced a new five year sponsorship deal as they launched the IRFU Community Rugby Programme.
The Irish Field, Ireland's leading weekly racing and equestrian publication, are to continue their sponsorship of the Irish St Leger until 2008, with the option of extending their contract in the future.
The FAI will tomorrow reveal news of a major new sponsorship injection for Irish soccer.
The Irish Dairy Board and Punchestown Racecourse have teamed up with the former providing sponsorship of the opening day highlight at the National Hunt Festival - the Champion Chase.
According to a report in today's Irish Independent, the Curragh racecourse has yet to recieve E90,000 sponsorship from Hibernia Foods, distributor of Guineas brand sponsor Entenmann's goods.
Leopardstown Racecourse have linked up with R&A Bailey & Co. as part of a new three-year sponsorship deal for the €1 million flagship race - the Irish Champion Race.


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This is going to be a quick series of links–it's a beautiful day out and I want to enjoy the last couple of hours of daylight!
(1) Now that stock volatility has returned, it's time to start monitoring the Brokers With Hands On Their Faces Blog. It's hilarious. (Hm… the lead photo for today is a woman; only about 1% of the photos are of women, which is probably pretty representative of traders (which is who these people are, right, vs brokers?).)
(2) Dean Baker on the S&P downgrade: Here. The short version: "Standard & Poor's downgrade reveals its own problems, not the government's."
(3) Bob Pollin on the Fed, at the Real News Network: More Cheap Fed Money Won't Create Jobs (it'll just keep enriching the banks).
(4) Sweet deals from JPMorgan Chase: The bank is giving huge bonuses to homeowners facing foreclosure if they sell short–but it seems to be doing so in cases where it doesn't have its paperwork in order, according to this interesting article from Barrons.. I say to those homeowners: sit tight! Maybe you can just stay.
(5) Union victory at IKEA in Virginia: Great piece by Josh Eidelson on Alternet; Josh has written another great piece for us on the Boeing strikes that are the background of the recent NLRB ruling. Josh drew the connection between the two in an email to me:
It's interesting to see the Machinists confronting capital mobility from different angles – fighting against retaliatory transfer of production away from their plants in Puget Sound, while successfully organizing Ikea's plant placed in Virginia (though as I note in my piece, the latter story is more complicated than simple outsourcing for low labor costs).
I'll be posting Josh's Boeing article to the D&S website next week. But why not buy the whole Annual Labor Issue on your local newsstand, or better yet, subscribe?
(6) More shallow economics coverage from the New York Times politics reporters: Check out this article's thumbnail sketch of the past thirty years–minus any sense of class conflict. Without talking about the pummeling of organized labor, the "employers' offensive," the rise of the right, increasing income and wealth inequality, and the whole class history of the United States over the past 30 years, what you might think (and this Times reporter thinks) that "the voters" sadly want and expect government services and an economy that politicians simply can't deliver. Oh wait–that's just what the bosses, the super-rich, and the right wing want you to believe! Thanks, Times.
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ELMONT, N.Y. – Just two weeks after his victory in the Belmont Stakes, Palace Malice got back to work Sunday, breezing a half-mile in 49.45 seconds by himself over the Belmont training track.
"He came out of the Belmont so well, and I was getting ready to ship him up to Saratoga," trainer Todd Pletcher said. "I just felt like he was telling me to give [him] a breeze, so we did."
Pletcher said Palace Malice got his final quarter in 24 seconds "and looked great doing it, very much in hand." Pletcher is pointing Palace Malice to the Grade 2 Jim Dandy at Saratoga on July 27.
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George Bailey was happy to take the plaudits after his maiden ODI century for Australia - and insists there is nothing wrong with aiming to be a match-winner.
The Australian T20 captain has been criticised for his form earlier this summer, but came up with the perfect riposte in Sunday's one-day clash at the WACA Ground.
He smashed 125 off 110 balls to lift Australia to a 54-run win over West Indies. It put the hosts 2-0 up in the one-day series, and left the 30-year-old planning some repeat performances.
Bailey's star innings rescued the side from 6-90 and lifted them to 7-266. He now averages 45 at a strike rate of 81.2 from his 20 ODIs, and suggested he could go on to fill Australia's need for a middle-order batsman who can win matches.
"I'd love to make it my position, and make it my position for many years," said Bailey. "One of the things I do pride myself on is the fact that I can assess the situation pretty well and come up with a reasonable plan to suit the team.
"One of the things I always spoke about with (former batting coach) Justin Langer was that being part of the Australian team is not about making contributions, but making match-winning contributions and being able to turn the game."
As the sides prepare for Wednesday's third clash of the season at Manuka Oval in Canberra, West Indies will need to come up with an effective plan to combat Mitchell Starc.
The left-arm paceman has taken taken 10 wickets in the series already, following up Friday's return of 5-20 with 5-32 in Sunday's win.
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2014—2015 Season at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
The 21st Century Consort, award-winning contemporary music ensemble-in-residence at the Smithsonian Institution for three decades, embarks on its eighth season at the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Nan Tucker McEvoy Auditorium. Artistic Director Christopher Kendall presents a season of new music and high drama featuring artists Elisabeth Adkins, Rick Barber, Paul Cigan, Lisa Emenheiser, Abigail Evans, Laurel Ohlson, Sara Stern, Rachel Young with guest vocalists Carmen Pelton, William Sharp, Deanne Meek and Lucy Shelton.
Tickets are THIS SEASON FREE, with a cash bar reception following the concert. Pick up your free tickets beginning at 3:30, and all who attend the 4:00 pre-concert discussion are guaranteed tickets. Past performances suggest that tickets will likely be available for all until the performance itself, at 5:00 pm.
All concerts are at 5:00, preceded by a 4:00 discussion with composers and performers, and followed by a post-concert reception.
The Consort celebrates the exhibition The Singing and the Silence: Birds in Contemporary Art with flights of musical imagination. The program features soprano Carman Pelton singing avian-obsessed music from the late 14th century and the past hundred years, a tribute to birds of all feathers. Read the printed program now for this concert.
- Ars Subtilior
- Bird Pieces
- Oliver Messiaen
- Selected works
- Henri Dutilleux
- Blackbird
- Thomas Albert
- Thirteen Ways
A Christmas Carol
The return by popular demand of Jon Deak's Dickensian classic of the season, with baritone William Sharp in his unforgettable role as Ebenezer Scrooge, preceded by Martin Goldsmith's reading of another holiday favorite by Dylan Thomas interspersed among George Crumb's etherial evocation of Giotto's Christmas frescoes.
- Dylan Thomas
- A Child's Christmas in Wales
- George Crumb
- Little Suite for Christmas
- Jon Deak
- The Passion of Scrooge or a Christmas Carol
New York Nights
Inspired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum's extensive collection of New York cityscapes, this program features the world premiere of the complete "Algebra of Night," Eugene O'Brien's setting of New York and Night themed poetry sung by mezzo-soprano Deanne Meek. Charles Wuorinen's epic musical evocation of the metropolis, Charles Wuorinen ode to the city, and a surprise encore follow.
- Eugene O'Brien
- Algebra of Night
- Robert Paterson
- Star Crossing
- Charles Wuorinen
- New York Notes
Worlds Away
Reflecting on works from the exhibition The Artistic Journey of Yasuo Kuniyoshi and those of other artists who immigrated to America, the consort celebrates their artistic and musical contributions to the cultures of this country and the world. Featuring soprano Lucy Shelton in Unsuk Chin's "Acrostic Wordplay-Seven Scenes from Fairy Tales" and a variety of works by composers from all corners of the globe.
- Toru Takemitsu
- And Then I Knew 'twas Wind
- Nicholas Maw
- Roman Canticle
- Kamran Ince
- Hammer Music
- Bright Sheng
- My Other Song
- Unsuk Chin
- Acrostic Wordplay - Seven Scenes from Fairy Tales
*Programs subject to change.


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New Jersey has posted maps showing visible debris in state waterways [1] following superstorm Sandy [2].
The maps are based on observations by N.J. Department of Environmental Protection [3] staffers as of Jan. 14, 2013, according to the DEP.
Looks like officials, businesses and citizens have tons and tons and tons of work to do to clean up bay, ocean and other areas.
Here are some of the maps, which show the "approximate extent of visible waterway debris" in Monmouth and Ocean counties, according to the DEP:
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Mount Vernon, Ind., man gets 20-year sentence in drug case
MOUNT VERNON, Ind. - A Mount Vernon, Ind., man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for selling methamphetamine and marijuana to an informant during a Posey County drug bust operation last fall.
Jeremy Quinn, 33, pleaded guilty to two counts of dealing methamphetamine and two counts of dealing marijuana. On Tuesday, Posey County Superior Court Judge Brent Almon sentenced Quinn to the maximum 20 years for each of the methamphetamine charges and to two years for each marijuana charge, and ordered the sentences to be served concurrently.
More than 30 people were arrested as part of a Posey County Narcotic Unit raid named "Operation Fair Warning" on Oct. 19, 2012, said Posey County Chief Deputy Prosecutor Jonathan Parkhurst.
Twice in March 2012, Quinn delivered methamphetamine to a confidential informant who was working with the Posey County Narcotics Unit, Parkhurst said. The methamphetamine deliveries occurred at Quinn's home. Also, Parkhurst said that during each methamphetamine delivery, Quinn also gave the informant marijuana.
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Seasonal patterns in soil surface CO2 flux under snow cover in 50 and 300 year old subalpine forests
Hubbard, Robert M.; Ryan, Michael G.; Elder, Kelly; Rhoades, Charles C. 2005. Seasonal patterns in soil surface CO2 flux under snow cover in 50 and 300 year old subalpine forests. Biogeochemistry. 73(1): 93-107.
Soil CO2 þux can contribute as much as 6080% of total ecosystem respiration in forests. Although considerable research has focused on quantifying this þux during the growing season, comparatively little effort has focused on non-growing season þuxes. We measured soil CO2 efflux through snow in 50 and 300 year old subalpine forest stands near Fraser CO. Our objectives were to quantify seasonal patterns in wintertime soil CO2 þux; determine if differences in soil CO2 þux between the two forest ages during the growing season persist during winter; and to quantify the sample size necessary to discern treatment differences. Soil CO2 þux during the 20022003 and 20032004 snow season averaged 0.31 and 0.35 ?mols m -2 s -1 for the young and old forests respectively; similar to the relative difference observed during summer. There was a signiÞcant seasonal pattern of soil CO2 þux during the winter with þuxes averaging 0.22 ?mols m -2 s -1 in December and January and increasing to an average of 0.61 ?mols m -2 s -1 in May. Within-plot variability for measurements used in calculating þux was low. The coefficients of variation (CV) for CO2 concentration, snowpack density, and snow depth were 17, 8 and 14%, respectively, yielding a CV for þux measurements within-plot of 29%. A within plot CV of 29% requires 8 sub-samples per plot to estimate the mean þux with a standard error of ±10% of the mean. Variability in CO2 þux estimates among plots (size = 400 m2) was similar to that within plot and was also low (CV = 28%). With a CV of 28% among plots, ten plots per treatment would have a 50% probability of detecting a 25% difference in treatment means for ? = 0.05.
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Public are urged to save mobile library service
Posted: January 16, 2014|
A CAMPAIGN has been launched to save mobile library services in South Derbyshire which could be scrapped as a cost-cutting measure.
A consultation into the future of the county's mobile library service was launched earlier this week as Derbyshire County Council weighs up how it will make £157 million of savings.
The service visits villages all over the South Derbyshire district, from Willington and Church Broughton to Overseal and Netherseal, and could leaving thousands without a local service.
The authority has put forward three options for the public to consider, which include scrapping the service altogether.
Other avenues being explored by the council are decommissioning the eight smaller vehicles and keeping the two larger ones, cutting seven smaller vehicles and one larger one, or inviting volunteers or community groups to take over the running of the service.
Councillors in Repton and Willington said they would campaign to save what they regard as an important local service.
Repton Parish Council chairman John Shortt said: "I know a lot of elderly and house bound people rely on the mobile library service. It would be hugely disappointing if it did go."
Council member Barbara McArdle added: "A lot of people use the service, and it goes into schools so they would lose out too."
Martyn Ford, who represents Repton and Willington on South Derbyshire District Council, said he hoped to see a similar response from the public to a consultation on plans to make changes at fire stations in the district, which has so far gained more than 40,000 responses.
He said: "We have seen what is happening with the fire station plans. I would be thrilled if we could get that sort response here."
To have your say on the future of mobile library service, visit www.derbyshire.gov.uk/mobilelibraries or call 01629 533365.


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Moodlerooms today announced plans to develop digital content integrations with leading education publishers to support clients using the enterprise joule® platform. The planned integrations – expected to be available in the coming months – would give students and instructors direct access to rich publisher content and tools directly within the learning management system (LMS).
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Changing Your Adviser
Prior to your first semester at UMM, you are asked to identify which majors interest you the most. This choice (including "undecided" or area of concentration) is entered into the computer system and used to generate APAS reports. The Advising Office staff assign you an adviser with expertise in your area of interest.
If you develop new academic interests or find a faculty member with whom you develop a special rapport, an adviser change is appropriate. Faculty may also request a change. To have the appropriate APAS report and adviser assignment on record an Adviser/Major Change form must be completed.
Changing advisers requires the signature of the new adviser; if that faculty member's load is particularly high, s/he may ask you to wait until the end of the semester to make the change or refer you to another faculty member in that discipline.
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Cher has big plans for 2012, but don't call it a comeback. The pop goddess has rarely slowed down in her 49-year career. Cher began recording her 26th studio album as of 2011, and plans to release "The Greatest Thing," a duet with Lady Gaga, as its first single. The Armenian beauty won't stop there. Cher announced via Twitter in February that she will also tour beginning in September 2012, her first tour in seven years. While she upholds her music and acting career, the mom of two still manages to be there for her kids. Not only was Cher Chaz Bono's biggest fan while he was on Dancing With The Stars, but she also recently attended the GLAAD Media Awards with her son. Cher is such a supporter of Chaz and LGBT rights, she's currently in a feud with Mitt Romney and Donald Trump over the issue.
The singer and actress has so much to be proud of. From her beginning as part of the pop rock duo Sonny & Cher, to becoming a television personality on her own variety show, to her acclaimed roles in films like Mask and Moonstruck, Cher is definitely a triple threat. She's also had quite the love life — she's been linked to everyone from Elvis Presley to Richie Sambora. Today Cher turns 66 years old, and we decided to turn back time and take a look at how she's held onto that flawless physique and radiant beauty (with a little help from her surgeon friends) through the years.
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|And there are going to be multiplied millions upon millions; there's going to be close to a billion people that have been trapped in the religion [Islam] that over the next few months are going to come into the kingdom of God. That's gonna happed. You watch and see what I'm telling you. Because it's been. I'm telling you Satan fat's in the fire; he pushed it over the line and God has moved, and for over a hundred years the United States has been an instrument of judgement in the hand of God. That's one of the reasons we're here. Amen. I'd like to get in there and walk around a while but I, I don't have time. But I can tell you this: that thing is coming to an end. It's over. I'm talking about Islam, every, all of that stuff. Now, God is making his move.
|Kenneth Copeland Word of Life Christian Center Honolulu Hawaii Dedication Celebration Service Evening, Dec. 2, 2001
|Since Kenneth Copeland gave this prophecy, months have passed. Where are the "multiplied millions upon millions", where is the "close to a billion people"? Please note what Kenneth said, "over the next few months". So what do you say? True Prophet or False Prophet? Have only a "few" months passed? How long will you give Kenneth Copeland and his "few months"? How long will you make excuses for Kenneth Copeland? Matthew 24:11 "Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many." Matthew 24:23-25 "Then if anyone says to you, 'Behold, here is the Christ (Anointed One or His Anointing),' or 'There He is,' do not believe him. For false Christs (anointed ones and their false anointings) and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect. Behold, I have told you in advance.


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COLUMBIA CITY — If you saw red Tuesday night it wasn't your imagination. It was the Old Setters Day Association's annual dinner for past presidents and their guests at the Eagle's Nest Event Center.
Jacie Worrick, 2011 OSD president, welcomed the room full of people wearing their red coats, the honor bestowed upon honorees selected by their peers when they become part of the OSD board of directors.
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Sims Honored by SWOSU College of Pharmacy
July 2, 2014
Southwestern Oklahoma State University graduate Nelson M. Sims of Key Largo (FL) was recently honored by the SWOSU College of Pharmacy in Weatherford.
Sims, a 1971 graduate, was awarded the Dean's Distinguished Service Award for extraordinary service activities dedicated to pharmacy and SWOSU.
Originally from Watonga, he and his wife, Janie, also a graduate of SWOSU, have been loyal and faithful supporters of the university for many years.
Sims has had a distinguished record of service to the pharmaceutical industry. He served as a corporate executive with Eli Lilly for 29 years prior to his retirement in 2001. Sims served as president of Eli Lilly Canada from 1991 to 1999. In Canada, he also served as chairman of the board for the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association. From 2003 to 2005, Sims was the president and CEO of Novavax, a biotechnology company.
He remains active in the pharmaceutical industry serving as an advisor and director for biotechnology company boards. Sims also serves on the Southwestern Oklahoma State University Foundation Board of Directors.
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Tigers roll; will host 5A power Sandia on Friday
It should be one of the most anticipated games in the Albuquerque area when Class 5A power Sandia comes to visit Los Lunas for Friday's 7 p.m. game.
The Matadors are undefeated at 3-0 with quality wins over Volcano Vista (31-14 last Friday) and Cibola so far this season.
The Tigers, 3-0, added to their resume on Friday night with a dominating Homecoming celebration over Del Norte, 51-3. Add that to wins over the Class 4A defending state champ Aztec (50-28) and Class 5A Alamogordo (20-0) and Friday's showdown with Sandia could be one of the most entertaining pre-district games of the season in New Mexico.
It only took 12 seconds for Los Lunas to turn a close game into a rout of Del Norte.
With 9:28 left until the halftime crowning of the senior king and queen, and Los Lunas ahead 7-0 on an earlier Chris Wisneski run, Wisneski threw a flanker pass to Ruger Rodriguez, who had drawn single coverage on the outside.
The Los Lunas signal-caller changed the play at the 5-yard line and hit Rodriguez with a perfect pass, as the wideout dove for the end zone. Rodriguez then added a two-point pass to Isaac Parra.
Del Norte fumbled the kickoff return and Wisneski scored from the 20-yard line on a quarterback draw. Mikey Martinez ran the ball in for the two-point conversion and Los Lunas had turned a 7-0 game into a 23-0 Tiger romp with 9:17 on the clock.
"We need to be able to throw the ball," said Los Lunas coach Jeremy Newton of not only the Del Norte contest, but of strong opponents, such as Sandia, on the rest of the schedule. "They stacked the box on us, and we just took what they gave us."
Wisneski finished the night with 106 yards passing on a 6-of-10 night.
Exactly two minutes later, Jalen Chavez struck on a 78-yard run down the north sideline to make it 30-0 after Colin Keeton's extra point kick.
Chavez struck again, this time from 46 yards away, in the second quarter for a 37-0 Tiger lead. The speedy sophomore tailback finished the night with 145 yards rushing.
Darron Gallegos scored on a 3-yard touchdown run with under two minutes left in the first half. The Tigers led 44-0 at the break.
The Knights got their only score of the game on a 38-yard field goal by Calob Nixon early in the fourth quarter. Reserve running back Sasha Gallegos scored the final Los Lunas touchdown on a 12-yard run with only 3:44 to go.
"We stuttered a little bit, but we got our feet underneath us," said Newton of the slow start. "The first couple of series we did not get anything going but our defense held us in it. I just think they wanted to come out and perform in front of their home crowd and that was the biggest thing for them. They did that."
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Dorothy Birdwell
Dorothy Birdwell, 94, longtime resident of Kamay, went to be with her heavenly Father on Saturday, February 21, 2009.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, February 24, 2009, at Kamay Baptist Church with Brother Mark Mitchell of Denison, Texas, officiating. Burial will follow in Crestview Memorial Park under the direction of Lunn's Colonial Funeral Home.
Dorothy was born in Wills Point, Texas, December 11, 1914, and was married to J.W. Birdwell for more than 51 years. Survivors include 4 children, Johnette Phillips and husband Joe of Kamay, Ginger Beisch of Wichita Falls, Anna Phillips of Kamay and Mike Birdwell and wife Judy of Holliday; eight grandchildren, Ricky Phillips and wife Alix of Gainsville, Randle Phillips of North Richland Hills, Barry Phillips and wife Connie of Iowa Park, Leslie Ponder and husband Scott of Wichita Falls, Dennis Phillips and wife Karla of Fort Worth, Audrea Feely and husband Bill of the Trophy Club, Natalie Bolinger and husband Brian of Corinth, and Annginette Gillit and husband Drayton of Holliday. She was blessed with 11 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by husband, John Birdwell; and grandsons, Ross Alex Beisch and John Stephen Phillips.
Mrs. Birdwell was a homemaker and an active community member. Her hobbies include sewing, knitting, eggery, playing bridge and bingo.
She was a longtime member of the Kamay Baptist Church.
The family will receive visitors at Lunn's Colonial Funeral Home, Monday evening from 6 to 7 p.m.
If desired, memorials on her behalf may be sent to the Kamay Baptist Church.
Tributes to the family may be sent to www.lunnscolonial.com.
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Posted by Giuseppe on 03/30/2014
Thought the food was was great, although, yes, portion sizes are a bit small for the prices. Waiter was very helpful and pleasant. Not sure who the interior designer was, but when I read another review that compared it to a "traditional Italian salumeria crossed with an underground German sex club", I laughed at loud - spot on - wow, it's bizarre. Lastly the two hostesses - they're overly dramatic. Once you get past that, all was great.
Posted by Hillvry on 11/27/2013
I really wanted to like this place. I love Italian food and small-sized dishes and cheeseboards and cozy restaurants, but this establishment is not worth your time or money. The most important thing, the food, is so so so so average. Even if it was dirt cheap, I would not go to there because honestly it's grocery store quality (cheese, meats, gnocchi, everything else I tried). BUT THEN to make things even better, the food was so ridiculously overpriced that I could have flipped over the table Jersey Housewife style. It was $18 for a cheese board...which is acceptable in NYC if the portions were not literally the size of what someone would place in a mouse trap to catch a baby mouse. Also, I kindly asked if I could not have blue cheese on the cheese plate, and was sternly told that the "chef" aka the DELI CLERK cutting cheese makes the selections and if he judges that we get blue cheese then we are to live with his decisions. Had to get the server to talk to the chef/deli clerk twice before we anyone agreed to not make us pay for things that we did not want. Maybe it sounds like I am being picky/persnickety/cheap about little things... but I don't see any point in overpaying for worthless food when you're in Manhattan and you have an abundance of delicious food within close proximity.
Posted by anonymous on 01/20/2011
Food is excellent but I was very put off about being rushed out. When you make reservations they tell you that you will only be allowed to say for an hour and a half. Though an hour and half is enough time to eat it does feel rushed and does effect the dinning experience. So overall I would not recommend the restaurant.
Posted by Anonymous on 10/05/2010
Love, love, love this salumeria! I felt like I was back in Italy. My only regret is that I have moved from the neighborhood since I last went there. I cant wait to go back. Food is excellent, finally a salumeria in manhattan. It is so much better than the other area wine bars. As far as the ore reviews, the wine and food make up for any other faults and for that matter so does the ambiance. Everyone beds to learn to appreciate the good a little more often.
Posted by Anonymous on 08/07/2010
Excellent service, interesting selection of foods
Posted by Anonymous on 07/29/2010
I have to disagree w/ the other reviews, on a recent trip to Salumeria our service couldn't have been better and my date and I sat drinking wine for as long as we wanted to stay. Food was delicious, and best sliced meats I've had in a while - highly recommend and we will return. Recommend trying the meat/cheese plate (small was MORE than enough for 2), lasagna and pork belly!
Posted by anonymous on 05/16/2010
I have never in my life dealt with such an incompetent wait staff. We had to ask for every little thing - 4 or 5 times and from different servers and were still ignored (I'm talking about things like ordering soup and never receiving a spoon; ordering a refill on glasses of wine and after waiting almost 1/2 hour finally having someone come by with one of the wines and pour the dregs of one of the bottles - about a tablespoon - and say he'd be back with more. Of course he never showed with either that wine or the other we'd ordered. And of course both were on our bill. I never did get the soup I ordered although my partner got his - w/o ever getting a spoon. And yes, all were on our bill. Waiters stopped by regularly to ask if we were okay and we'd say, please, we asked someone else for a napkin about 20 minutes ago, could you please check and we'd get attitude of the type "well I wish you'd asked me in the first place, I would have helped you" only never to see that person again either and still not receive anything we asked for. It is astonishing to me that they ask you to leave after 90 minutes - we were there an hour and didn't receive half of the food and wine we'd ordered. Would they really have had the nerve to ask us to leave? It wouldn't surprise me if the answer was yes. The food we did get to eat was absolutely delicious and the wine was good as well Maybe we should just have eaten all the food that was brought to us that belonged to other tables - that happened three times. Unbelievable. Not only will I never eat here again, I won't even walk on that side of the street they made me so mad.


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San Antonio Dietetic Association
The San Antonio Dietetic Association (SADA) is the advocate of the dietetics profession serving the public through the promotion of optimal nutrition, health and well-being. The San Antonio Dietetic Association members are the most valued source of food and nutrition services. Our core values are Consumer Focus, Integrity, Social Responsibility, Life Long Learning, Innovation, Diversity, Collaboration.
Monthly Archive for September, 2009
Organic- Worth the Money?
The USDA makes no claims that organically produced food is safer or more nutritious than conventionally produced food. Organic food differs from conventionally produced food only in the way it is grown, handled, and processed (pesticide free). The Annual Total Diet Study monitoring our pesticide intake has always found that America's dietary intakes are well […] [Read More]
Has Sugar Become Too Sweet?
The American Heart Association (AHA) has just released new guidelines on the amount of added sugar Americans should consume. While most dietitians and health professions have been encouraging this practice for years, the AHA has finally released a formal guide. So what is considered an added sugar? Added sugars are sweeteners added to processed foods […] [Read More]
Turn It Off- Digitial Detox
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WASHINGTON, D.C. President Barack Obama kept up pressure on Congress Monday to pass tough new gun legislation, seeking help from law enforcement leaders in three communities that have suffered the horrors of mass shootings.
At a White House meeting, Obama said that no group is more important in the gun debate and he said he recognizes the issue elicits a lot of passion all across the country. But Obama also said he believes Congress will respond to appeals from police.
Hopefully if law enforcement officials who are dealing with this stuff every single day can come to some basic consensus in terms of steps that we need to take, he said, Congress is going to be paying attention to them, and well be able to make progress.
The presidents meeting comes as he tries to build support for gun control legislation that will be difficult to get through Congress. He urged Congress to pass an assault weapons ban, limit high capacity magazines and require universal background checks.
Obama met in the Roosevelt Room with the heads of the Major Cities Chiefs Association and the Major County Sheriffs Association, members of his Cabinet and chiefs that responded to the worst shootings of 2012. That includes Aurora, Colo., where 12 were killed in July; Oak Creek, Wis., where six died in a Sikh temple assault: and Newtown, Conn., scene of the most recent mass tragedy that left 20 first-graders dead.
Obama also said that Washington needs to take mental health issues and school safety more seriously and should help law enforcement agencies hire more police, make sure they get the training they need and give rural forces the resources they need to deal with emergencies.
Many of them also recognize that its not only the high profile mass shootings that are of concern here, the president said. Its also what happens on a day in day out basis in places like Chicago or Philadelphia where young people are victims of gun violence every single day.
Associated Press writer Jennifer Peltz in New York City contributed to this report.
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Newsletter Archive
Issue 18 : Autumn 2004
At the presentation ceremony on 5 July, Professor Cuno conferred an honourary degree on Professor Thomas Gaehtgens
'Thomas Gaehtgens is Germanys foremost scholar of French art. Not only has he written numerous influential books and articles on French painting, sculpture, architecture, and cultural politics, but for decades has taught the history of French art in Germany and France, and in 1997, with German, French, and Swiss colleagues founded the Centre Allemand dHistoire de lArt in Paris, of which he is the director.
Noting that the German state had long supported the study of Italian art, with the Bibliotheca Hertziana in Rome and the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florence, Professor Gaehtgens persuaded the German Ministry of Education and Research to support the founding of a centre in Paris for the promotion of German research on French art and French research on German art. He then raised additional support from private German foundations for fellowships and publications, and in 1999 the centre was given three important research libraries to dramatically enhance its holdings in primary research materials.
Every year, the centre organizes conferences, symposia, and workshops, and undertakes research projects. In just the last four years the Centre has published thirteen books and has five more in the press. In every respect, the Centre Allemand dHistoire de lArt is a model for the Courtauld as we embark on our own research centre. We are honoured that Professor Gaehtgens has agreed to serve on our Research Forums international advisory board.
We honour Professor Gaehtgens with the Courtaulds highest academic honour, above all for his career-long commitment to teaching, research, and international exchange of the highest quality and for his service to and leadership of our profession during his chairmanship of the International Congress of the History of Art and Presidency of the International Committee for the History of Art.
Professor Gaehtgens is a committed internationalist, at home in German, French, and English, with students and scholar colleagues around the world sharing his internationalist values and joining him on research and professional projects that advance our common understanding of our worlds shared artistic legacy.
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Heavy rainfall this morning led to flash floods in parts of Vermilion.
Three animals were rescued from the two feet of water that damaged the facilities at The World Animal Foundation. The animals were placed in foster care, but the organization's 5725 Liberty Ave. facility was closed.
"When we reopen we'll be starting from scratch," Gary Barnby, president of the non-profit, said in a news release. "Virtually everything has been destroyed."
Read more in Wednesday's Register.


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#BackPack: Q&A With Women's Basketball Player Kody Burke
Aug 21, 2013
RALEIGH, N.C. - Senior women's basketball player Kody Burke spent a large portion of her summer working part-time in NC State's Athletics Business Office. She recently took a little time out of her busy schedule in preparation for her final season to catch up and talk about her work experience, and even talked a little about some stuff she did on the court as well.
GoPack.com: Why did you want to work in NC State's Athletics Business Office?
GoPack.com: What were some of your responsibilities working there?
GoPack.com: What did you want to accomplish working this summer?
GoPack.com: Did your experience change or open your eyes to new career possibilities?
GoPack.com: How much basketball did you play during the summer months?
GoPack.com: Did you have any time to go on vacation?
Burke: Yes, I had a little bit of down time. The people I worked with in the athletics business office told me to take some time off, so I went to Burlington, N.C., and for the Fourth of July I had time to relax. I didn't get to see family this summer, but I had a good time even though I was away from them.
GoPack.com: What have you done with new head coach Wes Moore and his staff?
GoPack.com: What does it mean to you to be so close to so many statistical milestones in NC State women's basketball history?


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Mord'rethar: The Death Gate is the first line of defense used by the Scourge in Icecrown. Behind this gate lies the Valley of Lost Hope. Mord means murder in Norwegian, but it is unknown whether this is a coincidence.


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.@TwitterCanada features a Twitter activated vending machine by @wonderMakr at their #OneTweetYear Party
I was lucky enough to attend @TwitterCanada's #OneTweetYear birthday celebration last night and really enjoyed the twitter activated t-shirt vending machine dispensing by @wonderMakr. It was quite the focal point at the beginning of the evening – a great photo of it in action by @JamesClarkeCA (below). See more photos with @wonderMakr who captured many @TwitterCanada celebration photos.
Here is how it worked – first you had to follow @TwitterCanada, then using a series of hashtags – you had to tweet to a message containing #OneTweetYear #special_4_digit_code_from_pushing_a_button_on_the_machine and #W1 (a code related to the tshirt size that you wanted -codes displayed internally in the vending machine.)
I was equally lucky to meet (IRL) Mark Stewart – managing director @wonderMakr – as we talked about the rise in #trendingvending innovations we saw at SXSW 2014. Like the Benefit cosmetics' vending machine in the Austin (or was it Dallas?) airport.
Certainly, @Oreo's fantastic innovations come up – not just the #eatthetweet 3D printed oreos but also the lesser known partnership with WeChat and a mobile operated vending machine. Read more in Fast Company.
Suffice to say the vending machine re-emergence is well noted!
Cognitive Cooking and #IBMFoodTruck: My Review of #Food at #SXSW 2014
One of the most impressive displays of data driven innovation and equally of the best stories of social media campaign hacking at SXSW 2014 came from IBM's Cognitive Cooking efforts.
IBM created a small, rather understated pop-up space just steps from the Austin Convention Center. Inside there was small food truck serving one of six select menus including #chili, #dumplings, and #burritos. [hearty southern food!]
This was a menu created with the help of Watson – IBM's renown self aware computational genius of a computer. IBM input the chemical food structures of over 10K foods (or so I was told at the food truck). Watson then matched foods coming up with new combinations based on flavour profiles. Now add a partner like New York's Institute of Culinary Education – who took the new favourful combinations and made a menu.
On the day that I was sampling the #IBM Food Truck Fare, I interviewed the chef to understand if Watson's involvement took away any of his enjoyment. The chef revealed that whereas Watson recommended the food combinations, the computer did not give a recipe, amount of ingredients to be used relative to other ingredients nor information on how to prepare the food. And so he felt there was a lot of territory to explore as a chef. With that, he gave me a sample of Peruvian potato #poutine.
Well the poutine was a fine combination of potato, roasted cauliflower, spicy tomato sauce and goat or feta cheese on top. It was amazing! Who thought to add roasted cauliflower to poutine? Watson. As I wandered around the IBM Food Truck, I noticed an extraordinary number of Quebeckers also enjoying poutine. So I interviewed one to see if the poutine lived up to her expectations.. [coincidentally the wife of someone I really enjoyed working with in the JWT Montreal office]
Talking to a few IBMers at the booth – I learned the onslaught of Montrealers was no accident. Having #poutine on the menu was a beautiful hack to IBM's cognitive cooking campaign. You see – to add a layer of social activation for SXSW, IBM marketed the six menu choices, each with their own poster, and encouraged South by Southwesterners to vote by hashtag on what menu they wanted for each day.
That's where @TP1 and @NVanderv enter. They created their own 'fake' poster, entered it into the socialsphere and voila! They gained so many 'votes' that IBM agreed to make #poutine. If you can read French, this is really explained much better in the Minimal Blog "Informatique cognitive et fromage en grain". Anyhow – I just love how you can create a campaign but the audience might take over – in a hack that is so much more than IBM could have ever planned.
What a working mom can offer to her kids
I've not been publishing posts lately. In part of my busy schedule, the maturing of my role, the dedication to my family time. But also, my vigilance to not share what #agencylife can not be shared. It concerns me to share too much.
This past Friday was a PA day – and I was asked if my kids would join in some field work. I've long admired @mszego – my former boss of integrated strategy. One of the things that @mszego always encouraged was the importance of getting personally connected to a category. This doesn't generate a focus group of one – just the opposite. It opens our minds to the possibilities of the category.
Anyhow – here is my thank you letter to the amazing planning team at the agency that welcomed my kids this past Friday. It is raw, heartfelt and interesting in its own right as a window into a working mom's soul.
There are times, as a working mother, that I feel like I just can't keep up to the stay at homes. Choosing to work over staying at home is a decision you might know is right but often feels painful.
I can't make paper mache pinatas, I don't send personalized family portrait holiday card ornaments, I can't even sew my daughters brownie badges on her brownie strap. I'm a bad day time volunteer for my kids' school pizza day – having stood up the school three times last year.
But I was quite certain this past Friday – that I was a mom who rocked both in my eyes and my kids eyes.
Who else could offer their kids focus group experience [doing xxxx], then a pizza movie and gifts. Where else could my daughter run the halls with a little friend and my son terrorize the 3rd floor … [judgement aside please – They have received a taste of my working work – work, inspiration, energy, my coworkers and the environment. I know they will remember this for a long time.]
For this, I truly thank you from the bottom of my heart.
You have balanced the scales for me.
Measuring non-profit contribution: @JaimeStein 's impact on #Climb4Cord
Jaime Stein represents a new breed of non-profit campaign contributors – one whose efforts can be easily hidden by traditional fundraising measurements.
A 2013 Case Study in Non-profit fundraising [or should we call it contribution raising?]
@JaimeStein is deeply involved in #Climb4Cord; a fundraising event where a select group of executives climb Mount Kilimanjaro to raise funds for the Canadian Blood Services ambitious project to raise funds for a national public umbilical cord blood bank. This event just happened in August 2013 and the whole team raised an impressive $350K.
By traditional measurement, Jaime was listed as the third top fundraiser (last time I checked) – a wonderful achievement given the aggressive goals and fundraising achievements of his colleagues in #ClimbforCord. [let's give pause to recognize all of them who signed up to climb the side of a massive mountain and committed to raising >$1K]
I first became aware of @JaimeStein 's efforts – as he announced his 6 – 8 month long training program and invited friends to sign up in a Google Calendar for one of his weekly training hikes in Toronto #KiliHikeTO. I had the pleasure of walking with @JaimeStein on April 11 <- his blog captures this.
I count Jaime among the new breed of social wunderkind – who are as active outside of their emploi as they are inside it. Folks who expertly leverage social media or technology partnership to advance their personal ambitions ( like the impressive @sneiditee @hessiejones @mmonaa @helenandrolia @natandmarie or @greenwooddavis ). Among his many efforts, Jaime participated in #BeerHikeTO evenings with friends, secured awareness, commitment and generous donation from ING Direct and worked with good folks from Roadpost to secure satellite technology ( DeLorme inReach satellite communicators) to test and send progress of his trek back through social media channels. [Jaime's blog post on the very cool technology here]. He no doubt contributed to the over 3100 mentions on twitter, 27 blog posts and over 192 news articles covering the climb. [sysomos for #climb4cord, #beerhikeTO, #kilihikeTO in the last 12 months]. The folks tweet sharing Jaime's climb messages included some great Canadian twitspokespeople – the @CEO_INGDIRECT, @DaveoHoots, @CTVCanadaAM, Erica @YummyMummyClub.
Jaime created tremendous awareness and consideration for #Climb4Cord – of course, he was the lead for social media efforts for the climb – but still contributions well beyond revenue. I think someone like Jaime is needed on every major non-profit fundraising (contribution) drive. The trick will be to identify the 'influencer' properly (recommended reading of @DannyBrown @SamFiorella 'sInfluence Marketing book as a great start)
But in reviewing the donation website, I was stuck that Jaime's other efforts were not affecting his 'rank' as a fundraiser – and yet – by blogging, running Twitter events, inviting Canadians to joining his personal training – he was likely creating far more impact than revenue. Most fundraising goals are clearly expressed in dollars — and yet, for a non-profit that also relies on generating awareness of a new cord blood bank and encouraging personal cord (and blood) donations, non-revenue metrics must be valued as much as generating revenue. I'm certain Jaime's efforts are not lost on Canadian Blood Services – they have come across influence marketing in its truest form. Jaime is personally connected to the cause and happens to be a brilliant marketer (in social and otherwise). It may just be the website and measurement had not yet caught up to fundraiser like Jaime. Yet, I am left wondering if there are other non-profits who have yet to measure efforts like Jaime's – who is ushering in new levels campaign contribution.
Let me know your thoughts.
My snarky advice to buying likes & followers…
Sometimes my emails make great blog posts.
A respected friend of mine was recently asked by his client if they should personally buy likes and follows. Noise maker that he is, he invited our thoughts on the matter.
After a number of emails flew by… I entered the debate. I decided to add my two cents. To which, proud moment, @schnitzelboy said "and that's why i wanted LDS to weigh-in."
My response:
"Okay.. time to waft in..
I absolutely *hate* these get rich quick schemes. Of course, I do support paid ad support for social – not from bots but from ad placements with users self selecting their participation.
In the early days, when I won some social media management business back in 200x – we were horrified to discover hundreds (HUNDREDS!) of nonsensical twitter followers & following that had naught to do with the brand advocacy, current consumption or future intent WITHIN Canada. Although they did not use a get rich quick scheme as your website below – they followed anyone who even mentioned the brand, anywhere in the world. We learned quickly that year how to dump a following – note – Twitter has limits!
I think having some sizable critical mass goals are admirable and necessary for starter brands but these schemes are not the way to do it. I don't think going 'organic' alone is the way either. Social media grows exponentially and the first part of the hockey stick is long & boring without some kind of interference. Some targeted paid, integrated marketing, very clever content can help shorten the hockey stick.
If this is an individual asking, slap them on the side of their head. Those with experience can look at the velocity of their accounts – no. tweets vs. followers, etc – and see something is amiss. Social can do a lot of brand / reputation damage when you fake it to make it.
WordPress' kind badge on my seven years in blogging!
This blog replaced the one I left behind at IBM Canada back in 2006. IBM had a magnificent internal blogging tool – and about 1% of IBM employees were blogging. When I left IBM in 2006, I feel the pain of leaving a blog behind.
I always feel like my blog is like a neglected child – in that I think of so many posts but life prevent too many words from reaching my blog.. I guess that is what twitter is for..


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(Release: May 1, 2012) - HCC recently hired Vicky Bullet as a full-time physical education instructor and the new head coach of the women's basketball team. Bullett takes over for long-time HCC coach, Marlys Palmer, who retired in 2012.
Bullett is a graduate of the University of Maryland and one of the most decorated American female basketball players of all time. A two-time Olympic athlete, Bullett led the U.S. team to both bronze and gold medals in 1988 and 1992.
A member of multiple professional teams, Bullett has played for the Charlotte Sting and the Washington Mystics in the WNBA. According to WNBA records, Bullett had more than 800 field goals, 1100 rebounds, 250 assists, 250 blocks, and 350 steals during her six seasons with the WBNA.
"Coach Bullett is a valuable and instantly recognizable addition to our coaching staff," said Athletics Director Robert "Bo" Myers. "She has a strong commitment to excellence and will recruit student athletes who want to gain an excellent education and improve their physical skills. Her contacts and experience will be an asset to our entire athletic program."
Bullett retired from the WNBA in 2002 and retired from overseas professional play in 2007. She was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2011 and was selected for the Washington Mystics All-Time Team in 2012.


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BREAKING: ProMedica plans to move headquarters DowntownWritten by Bailey G. Dick | | email@example.com
Toledo Free Press has learned ProMedica is planning to move its administrative employees Downtown and has options to purchase the steam plant and KeyBank building to house them.
The move could mean as many as 700 employees would be transferred Downtown.
In conjunction with the move, ProMedica is also looking into options for building a parking structure, possibly on the site of Promenade Park.
In a letter sent to board members on Feb. 4, ProMedica announced its plan to relocate its approximately 700 administrative employees to offices in Downtown Toledo, citing having offices in multiple locations as creating "a less than efficient environment."
The healthcare system stated that "there are many details that need to be worked out" in terms of the move, but that the company was seeking to create a "campus area," including the current KeyBank office and the former Toledo Edison Steam Plant.
The letter stated that ProMedica is currently in negotiations to purchase office space from KeyBank, and that the sale can be expected "within the next few months." The new campus would occupy several floors in the current KeyBank building, while KeyBank would retain one floor of office space.
"Having a commitment to Toledo and our communities is something we take very seriously. This move downtown is the right thing to do for ProMedica, but it also will have significant impact in helping to revitalize downtown Toledo," the letter read.
Toledo Mayor D. Michael Collins said total expenditures for the project would exceed $25 million. ProMedica plans to sell several buildings and use proceeds toward the Downtown project, according to the letter.
Collins called the move "the spark that will transition Downtown Toledo into the Downtown that existed prior to the exodus to Arrowhead Park."
Collins first alluded to the ProMedica move in an interview with Toledo Free Press in December, indicating Toledoans should expect a major announcement about a company coming to Toledo in the next few months.
"It is a big one," Collins said. "In the course of life, there are pendulum moments. And when the pendulum swings to the positive, as I think it will in the first quarter of the year, I think we will see dynamic business decisions being made."
Collins said he first met with officials from ProMedica in mid-December.
"They shared with me that this was something they were considering; however, the [Mayor Mike Bell] administration was not warm to the idea because of the plans in place for Promenade Park," Collins said. "Being familiar with Promenade Park and realizing we had authorized a major renovation to the property, I told the team I thought this would possibly be a great public-private partnership."
The mayor said the city would assist ProMedica with "core city services and the support of infrastructure," but that actual investments in the project will be limited.
"I have already explained to the corporate leaders that we are not in a strong financial position as a city," Collins said. "We are not going to be a main investor in this."
It is still up in the air who will fund the employee parking garage that is planned for the Promenade Park site. The city already approved funding to move soil to create a slope at the park. Collins said the construction that has already been done "would not be complementary to the design and where the garage would be."
Collins said he felt the original plan for renovating the park was "ill-advised" due to a lack of private sponsors to fund the remaining $2 million projects. Funding for the initial phases of the original plan came from state loans for construction projects at the Marina District. The city later asked the state for permission to move the funds to the Promenade Park Project.
Collins said he ordered that all construction on the site be stopped immediately after taking office. Funds could come from a request made by the Chamber of Commerce to Ohio Gov. John Kasich, which asked for participation in the two-year Capital Budget to support the original Promenade Park plan. Collins said he plans to ask that those funds be made available for the ProMedica project.
"The cost benefit to the city will begin when construction begins," Collins said of the new ProMedica site. "The concept here will be different than the Owens Corning concept. They basically have a campus, and there's minimal transition to other downtown venues. This project is not of the same nature. It will definitely provide enterprise to the area."
Jim Hoffman, the president of KeyBank's Michigan/Northwest Ohio district, said the move was in the best interest of both his company and ProMedica. The bank's regional headquarters have been located in the KeyBank Building for 32 years.
"We have had excess space in the building, and we just had decided to live with that. When ProMedica approached us, shared their plan with us, and wanted to know if we'd be able to help them make it happen, it just looked like a win-win for everybody," Hoffman said.
KeyBank will keep offices on one floor of the building, while ProMedica will take up the rest of the office space. Hoffman says downsizing office space won't negatively affect the bank.
"We have so many people who work remotely and are out of the office so much working with customers, it'll be easy," Hoffman said. "We're excited that all of our employees will be on one floor, which will facilitate teamwork and communications with all of our people."
Hoffman also noted that he's happy ProMedica is the company moving into his building.
"ProMedica is a 100-year customer of ours. I really have seen a new ProMedica under [President and CEO] Randy Oostra's leadership. ProMedica has stepped up in many areas, including being much more engaged in the community," Hoffman said.
"This will be a real shot in the arm for the Downtown area," Hoffman added.
Collins said he anticipates an influx of other businesses to the Downtown area to support the 700 employees who will begin working Downtown.
"I think the dynamics of this will unveil as the project moves forward, but we will see things Downtown that were previously only ideas. I think we will see a grocery outlet, and it will stimulate a new environment Downtown with residents, especially with the revitalization of the Berdan Building, and the potential that exists for the Spitzer and Nicholas buildings."
The mayor said the ProMedica move is part of necessary changes to the Downtown area.
"I believe urban life will return, and only cities that provide the opportunities and social interaction will succeed. We're seeing a transition in terms of younger professionals not looking to escape to the suburbs, but want to return to urban areas instead because they want the amenities of urban life. The trends of 1970 to 2000 are reversing. Young people want a lifestyle with a strong urban foundation, and this is the step necessary to ensure our success," Collins said.
Former plans
In March 2012, City Council voted to approve a $2.2 million makeover plan for the Promenade Park site. The funds came from money left over from a $5 million loan for improvements to the Marina District.
That plan, which was touted by former Mayor Bell as a way to draw tourists and business to the Downtown area, would have doubled the size of the park, and included resurfacing of the park in order to have the entire area slope downwards to the waterfront. The reshaping was part of preparations for an amphitheater on the site.
Construction began at the site in July 2012. So far, soil has been moved and a street has been filled in.
Bell had hoped to draw additional public funding, as well as money from private groups, to add features like a "splash pad" for children and the aforementioned amphitheater.
Construction on the park was set to be completed in 2014.
Tags: Jim Hoffman, KeyBank, ProMedica, Promenade Park, Steam plant