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Since the end of the Cold War, Western powers have frequently used sanctions to fight declining levels of democracy and human rights violations abroad. However, some of the world's most repressive autocracies have never been subjected to sanctions, while other more competitive authoritarian regimes have been exposed to repeated sanction episodes. In this article, we concentrate on the cost–benefit analysis of Western senders that issue democratic sanctions, those which aim to instigate democratization, against authoritarian states. We argue that Western leaders weight domestic and international pressure to impose sanctions against the probability of sanction success and the sender's own political and economic costs. Their cost–benefit calculus is fundamentally influenced by the strength of trigger events indicating infringements of democratic and human rights. Western sanction senders are most likely to respond to coups d'e´tat, the most drastic trigger events, and tend to sanction vulnerable targets to a higher extent than stable authoritarian regimes. Senders are also more likely to sanction poor targets less integrated in the global economy and countries that do not align with the Western international political agenda, especially in responding to 'weaker' trigger events such as controversial elections. The analysis is carried out using a new dataset of US and EU sanctions against authoritarian states in the period 1990–2010.
Reporting bias–the media's tendency to systematically underreport or overreport certain types of events–is a persistent problem for participants and observers of armed conflict. We argue that the nature of reporting bias depends on how news organizations navigate the political context in which they are based. Where government pressure on the media is limited–in democratic regimes–the scope of reporting should reflect conventional media preferences toward novel, large-scale, dramatic developments that challenge the conventional wisdom and highlight the unsustainability of the status quo. Where political constraints on reporting are more onerous–in non-democratic regimes–the more conservative preferences of the state will drive the scope of coverage, emphasizing the legitimacy and inevitability of the prevailing order. We test these propositions using new data on protest and political violence during the 2011 Libyan uprising and daily newspaper coverage of the Arab Spring from 113 countries. We uncover evidence of a status-quo media bias in non-democratic states, and a revisionist bias in democratic states. Media coverage in non-democracies underreported protests and nonviolent collective action by regime opponents, largely ignored government atrocities, and overreported those caused by rebels. We find the opposite patterns in democratic states.
Global history is very much the fashion in leading university history departments today. Some of them seek to replace courses in Western civilization with classes in global history—but usually such courses have to be team-taught by a variety of specialists, since so few individual academics have such a broad reach. "Empire of Cotton" proves Sven Beckert one of the new elite of genuinely global historians.
Book review of Sven Beckert's Empire of Cotton: A Global History.
A review of Empire of Cotton by Sven Beckert reveals that while Britain abolished the slave trade in the early 19th century, 50 years later its cotton industry still depended on American slave-labour.
Good economic history tells dramatic stories of ingenuity and aspiration, greed and national self-interest. Sven Beckert writes good economic history. But why cotton? Mr Beckert's answer is that for 900 years, until 1900, it was the world's most important manufacturing industry. Cotton is relevant now because the story explains how and why an industry goes global. It is a story of wildly fluctuating fortunes, from stunning wealth to dire social disasters.
In December 2012, thousands of protesters flooded the streets of cities across India, demanding a safer environment for women. A 23-year-old female student had died from injuries sustained 13 days earlier, when six men raped and savagely beat her on a Delhi bus. The case gained international attention, and since then South Asian media have reported dozens more horrifying instances of violence against women, several involving tourists: a Danish woman was gang-raped in Delhi after asking for directions back to her hotel, and an American was raped while hitchhiking in the Himalayas.
This workshop report is a summary of themes discussed by five panels during a daylong workshop on "Innovation and Access to Technologies for Sustainable Development: A global Perspective" at Harvard University on April 24, 2014. The workshop brought together a diverse group of scholars to explore how the technological innovation needed for sustainable development can be promoted in ways that assure equitable access in current and future generations.
Three key themes that emerged from the workshop include: (1) The central role of power, politics and agency in analyzing technological innovation and sustainable development—an important aspect of this includes the articulation of the roles of actors and organizations within frameworks and models of innovation systems. (2) The importance of focusing both on supply-push and demand-pull mechanisms in innovation scholarship and innovation policy. (3) The need to focus more innovation scholarship around the goals of sustainable development.
The Crisis and Beyond: Prospects for International Economic Cooperation
An integrated world economy requires cooperation among major economic powers. Without determined cooperation among the principal powers, globalization is unlikely to survive the inevitable shocks to which it is subjected.
The world faces a difficult adjustment to reduce the macroeconomic imbalances that were a major cause of the current crisis. This means reducing the surpluses of the major surplus countries in East Asia and Europe, and reducing the deficits of the major deficit countries in North America and Europe. Both processes require substantial domestic economic changes; economies and people will be tempted to turn inward, and governments will be tempted to reduce the priority they give to their external ties. This increases the risks of a breakdown in international cooperation.
Historical precedent is instructive. During the interwar period, a global macroeconomic imbalance was a major cause of the eventual economic catastrophe. During the 1920s, Germany borrowed heavily from the United States. But when a crisis hit, it turned out that neither country was politically prepared to maintain cooperative policies. Americans, focused on domestic concerns, were unwilling to help work out a cooperative resolution of the crisis. Germany exploded into social and political unrest and ended up in the hands of rabid nationalists and protectionists. The problem was political: a lack of domestic support for the sacrifices necessary to maintain international cooperation.
As the crisis winds down and post-crisis adjustment begins, major governments will be challenged to work together to support a well-functioning international economy. They will need to address the concerns of constituents who will chafe at the economic changes forced upon them. Governments that can build domestic political support for international economic engagement will be in a stronger position to work to sustain an integrated global economy.
The report analyses the policy statements on Arctic issues released from 2010 by the EU institutions and the EU's role-building in the Arctic political framework, notably the Arctic Council. It describes how the EU's role in the Arctic is seen in strategies and policy papers of Member States, and reports on the EU's relations with other Arctic actors, particularly indigenous peoples. It gives an overall view of the status of the main EU policies with relevance for the Arctic and identifies the main challenges the EU has to face for progressing to an integrated and coherent Arctic policy.
Despite large gains in health over the past few decades, the distribution of health risks worldwide remains extremely and unacceptably uneven. Although the health sector has a crucial role in addressing health inequalities, its eff orts often come into confl ict with powerful global actors in pursuit of other interests such as protection of national security, safeguarding of sovereignty, or economic goals. This is the starting point of The Lancet–University of Oslo Commission on Global Governance for Health. With globalisation, health inequity increasingly results from transnational activities that involve actors with diff erent interests and degrees of power: states, transnational corporations, civil society, and others. The decisions, policies, and actions of such actors are, in turn, founded on global social norms. Their actions are not designed to harm health, but can have negative side effects that create health inequities. The norms, policies, and practices that arise from global political interaction across all sectors that affect health are what we call global political determinants of health.
When we try to understand cyber governance, it is important to remember how new cyberspace is. "Cyberspace is an operational domain framed by use of electronics to...exploit information via interconnected systems and their associated infra structure" (Kuehl 2009). While the US Defense Department sponsored a modest connection of a few computers called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) in 1969, and the World Wide Web was conceived in 1989, it has only been in the last decade and a half that the number of websites burgeoned, and businesses begin to use this new technology to shift production and procurement in complex global supply chains. In 1992, there were only a million users on the Internet (Starr 2009, 52); today, there are nearly three billion, and the Internet has become a substrate of modern economic, social and political life. And the volatility continues. Analysts are now trying to understand the implications of ubiquitous mobility, the "Internet of everything" and analysis of "big data." Over the past 15 years, the advances in technology have far outstripped the ability of institutions of governance to respond, as well as our thinking about governance.
The failure of the 1848-49 European revolutions was crucial in the evolution of Whitman's Leaves of Grass. Whitman shared the revolutionary spirit of 1848-49, portraying an ideal America of unique and growing diversity. How does Whitman as an American national poet with revolutionary sympathies compare with his European contemporaries, such as Mickiewicz of Poland, Petőfi of Hungary, or Shevchenko of Ukraine? Whitman sympathized with liberal European revolution, but not with European xenophobia, which after 1848 was increasingly associated with nationalism and the poetry of nationalism. Whitman is spiritually closest not to European national poets but to poets of the East such as Tagore and Iqbal. His identification with America as heir to xenophobic, dying Europe took added force from his father's death. Whitman, despairing at the reality of American politics in the 1840s and 1850s, sought an idealized freedom of the Self in a universalist mystical vision. The tolerant inclusiveness of Whitman's poetry found a practical outlet in the Civil War, in his saintly, self-sacrificing behaviour as a hospital nurse and the expression in his poetry of the horror, not glory, of war. Through his inner conflicts, in which his sexual identity was central, Whitman spoke for the uncertainties of American national identity after 1848. Whitman's poetry revealed his power, and that of the Nation, to contain and resolve painful contradictions and grow through them; and in this way, too, a multicultural America could emerge.
It has been a real pleasure for me to come to the CHER 2013 conference held in Lausanne. I first would like to thank Christine Musselin, as the CHER president, and Gaële Goastellec, as the conference organiser, for their invitation to think more systematically about the question of the potential impact of University, Higher Education and Research on the well-being of societies. This theme is particularly important to me as over the last years, my research has converged around the issue of societal well-being on the one hand, and on peer review on the other. I am thrilled that the CHER invitation has given me the opportunity to make connections between two of my main research lines, which have been pursued largely independently of one another until today.
This paper considers changes in the symbolic boundaries of French society under the influence of neoliberalism. As compared to the early nineties, stronger boundaries toward the poor and Blacks are now being drawn while North-African immigrants and their offsprings continue to be largely perceived as outside the community of those who deserve recognition and protection. Moreover, while the social reproduction of upper-middle class privileges has largely remained unchanged, there is a blurring of the symbolic boundaries separating the middle and working class as the latter has undergone strong individualization. Also, the youth is now bearing the brunt of France's non-adaptation to changes in the economy and is increasingly marginalized. The result is a dramatic change in the overall contours of the French symbolic community, with a narrowed definition of cultural membership, and this, against a background of growing inequality, unemployment, and intolerance in a more open and deregulated labor market.
We are grateful to Matteo Bortolini for initiating a symposium around Social Knowledge in the Making (SKM). As a collective project, this book was with us for several years and was a welcomed opportunity for stimulating dialogue between the three co-editors. It is with pleasure that we now respond to Matteo's invitation to reflect on the fate of the adventure two years after the book's publication. We address how it has been received, whether the reception has met our expectations, and respond to the specific reactions of Kelly Moore, Johannes Angermuller, and Kristoffer Kropp published in this symposium. We appreciate that these talented sociologists of the social sciences and the humanities took on the challenge of engaging our work.
This essay engages with Wimmer's Ethnic Boundary Making to consider how cultural processes feed into inequality. It describes the strengths of the book, relates it to my early work, and draws on Lamont, Beljean, and Clair (forthcoming), to describe two types of identification processes (racialization and stigmatization) and two types of rationalization processes (standardization and evaluation) that contribute to an understanding of the relationship between symbolic and social boundaries. It stresses similarities and differences between approaches and suggests possible points for convergence.
This edition is a collection of papers commissioned for the 2014 Aspen Strategy Group Summer Workshop. On the occasion of the 30th year anniversary of the Aspen Strategy Group (founded in 1984), the Summer Workshop in Aspen, Colorado convened a nonpartisan group of preeminent U.S.-Russia policy experts, academics, journalists, and business leaders. The group's policy discussions were guided by the papers found in this volume, whose scope ranges from exploring the history of the U.S.-Russia relationship, current developments in the Sino-Russian relationship, the NATO and European responses to Russian aggression in Eastern Europe, energy considerations, areas of potential U.S.-Russia cooperation, and finally, the broader question of U.S. national security and interests in the European region.
Although classical international relations theorists largely agreed that public opinion about foreign policy is shaped by moral sentiments, public opinion scholars have yet to explore the content of these moral values, and American IR theorists have tended to exclusively associate morality with liberal idealism. Integrating the study of American foreign policy attitudes with Moral Foundations Theory from social psychology, we present original survey data showing that the five established moral values in psychology—harm/care, fairness/reciprocity, authority/respect, ingroup/loyalty, and purity/sanctity—are strongly and systematically associated with foreign policy attitudes. The "individualizing" foundations of harm/care and fairness/reciprocity are particularly important drivers of cooperative internationalism and the "binding" foundations of authority/respect, ingroup/loyalty, and purity/sanctity of militant internationalism. Hawks and hardliners have morals too, just a different set of moral values than the Enlightenment ones emphasized by liberal idealists.

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Communicate key messages around UV awareness, drive footfall into opticians and increase social media fans and engagement
We increased website hits and brand awareness in just three weeks ahead of Mother's Day using media relations, blogger outreach and social media.
Why mental health first aid should be taught in every school - https://t.co/qFsxGlJICD via @Independent https://t.co/PqDOpcmtfL
The second #JuniorDoctorStrike is still under way.. https://t.co/UpziekkRem via @nhenews https://t.co/wd6LxOuNo1
Here's 15 'healthy' products which aren't actually all that healthy.. https://t.co/xOLlXQotW7 https://t.co/kRXc2crm9A
This year has seen a number of super effective PR campaigns, from well thought strategies, to quick wit. Here's our roundup of favourites from 2015.
As 2015 draws to a close weve reflected on our accomplishments over the year and are looking forward to a busy 2016.
With Google's algorithms becoming more and more sophisticated, knowing your user is becoming increasingly important to improve your search rankings.
SEO has historically influenced web searches with artificial tricks and backdoor wizardry but this practice is no more. SEO has since evolved into content-orientated activity – an opportunity that PRs should be jumping on for their clients.
Sky News has released a video of the refugee crisis using 360⁰ video, allowing the user to click and drag the screen to get a full view of the scene.
We're really excited at Gravitas HQ about the imminent launch of the John Lewis Christmas advert and can't wait to see the teaser which airs tomorrow (Friday) at 8am.
Halloween campaigns can be amazing if done correctly, but more often than not they can be over-egged and just a little bit unnecessary.
Trade shows are the perfect platform to showcase your business and what you have to offer. Follow our tips to become Master of the trade show and harness the opportunities presented for your business.
The PRCA 2015 conference has urged PRs "not to underestimate the power of local newspapers". They are more trusted and positive than the nationals. We agree and share our six-pack-strategy to celebrate this overdue recognition.
As part of its #ShareACoke campaign, Coca Cola has developed an emoji for Twitter, making it the first brand ever to buy an emoji on the social media website.
Cheltenham Literature Festival today lifts the lid on Alzheimer's and asks can fictional representations help us understand the experiences of sufferers and their families?
A socially savvy company should take steps to maximise its employees' LinkedIn profiles for the greater good of the business.
Will the new plastic bag tariff now being charged by English supermarkets change shoppers' habits and reduce wastage...
Is Jeremy Corbyn a social engagement supremo?
It's the breakthrough we've all been waiting for, says Brian Naylor, who has Age-Related Macular Disease (AMD). Surgeons are trialling a medical breakthrough that could cure blindness.
Blogs are big business and gold dust for brands who want to reach out to new audiences, via a channel whose followers trust and respect them.
To become an evaluation pro you should channel your inner J.K. Rowling – it's widely believed that she wrote the last chapter of Harry Potter before any of the books were even published to keep her on track. She knew where she was heading.
Encouraging thoughts for the PR industry come from journalist David Leake, ex Northcliffe Newspapers and freelancer for the national Sundays.
The newspaper industry had two choices when reeling from the digital invasion – lay down and die or join the invaders.
E-cigarettes have been cleared by Public Health England to not pose significant harm to health, being 95% less harmful than smoking standard cigarettes.
After a busy day of face-to-face media briefings in London, in popped an email from a new health journalist describing Gravitas PR as the new "go-to" health contact for her page.
Can communications strategies designed to restore the battered image of insurance providers help other unloved service economies like utility, train and budget airline operators?
Exciting news - we've been appointed to handle press for the 100% Optical show in 2016.
Persuading people to engage with 'dull' eye-health issues and their opticians takes real marketing muscle. We flexed ours by inspiring opticians to do entertaining high-street education. The results won 233 million readers and a 33% spike in social media fans.
Due to the success of last year's Think About Your Eyes roadshow we've hit the road once again to get everyone in the UK to practise safe sun this summer.
Talk of Facebook algorithms, monetised pins on Pinterest and Instagram adverts means PR can no longer hope to achieve the right results for brands without looking at paid media.
Live-streaming through apps like Periscope is the latest development in social media. Early adopters have mixed opinions on how it can help or hinder brands but whatever side you fall the power of Periscope cannot be denied.
For a lot of brands, whatever your size, a crisis can be a case of 'when' rather than 'if'. In a digital world where news breaks on social media first how can you successfully steer your brand through a crisis?
There's always time to brush up on your PR skills so take a look at our pick of the best books that can polish existing knowledge or teach you something new.
There are lessons for every company over the way Thomas Cook mishandled the tragic deaths of Bobby and Christi Shepherd, who were poisoned by carbon monoxide fumes from a faulty boiler on holiday in Corfu.
It's no exaggeration that things move fast in the world of social and digital media - here's our round-up of the latest industry chatter.
The future of renewable energy and reducing carbon emissions has received a boost with crowdsourcing schemes.
If the UK invented democracy and the internet, couldn't it also invent a low carbon economy of smart ideas to tackle global climate change?
Nothing lands on the desk quite like a well-produced printed publication. The impact and engagement are uniquely irresistible. The feel, the smell, the touch all pervade. Print-on-paper has been around for a very long time, it has served us well and it still resonates with us.
On 1 April, we saw an update to the Mental Health Act 1983 – the first one since 2008. Some of the biggest changes we'll see are doctors giving patients and carers more involvement in discussions regarding their own care, focusing on personalised care as well as supporting the 'Closing the Gap: Priorities for essential change in mental health' campaign to eliminate discrimination and stigma around mental health. But what should employers be doing in light of these changes?
The election bidding war begins over the NHS. For a precis of Tory and Labour pledges, see below this colourful piece from our guest-blogger Frank Talker. Send us your own alternative plan – we may publish it!
CIPR President Sarah Pinch is a busy woman – alongside her Presidential role she also runs her own agency and is the Non-Executive Director of the Health and Safety Executive.
On 20 March the UK saw its first eclipse since 1999 and, despite reports of clouds blocking the view, those who saw it said it was breath-taking.
Once your social media campaigns have amassed a large following how do you keep that following interested and engaged in your activity? For our four key tips, we looked at Adidas Originals.
Twitter is moving the way of Facebook and looking to mass sell tweets to help businesses better profile and understand their customers.
Much has been made of the new look Greater Manchester NHS since it was announced it will have control of its own budget from 2016 – and a new report this week claims the model to be the perfect blueprint for saving our poor, cash-strapped health service.
A report by the Academy of Royal Colleges says exercise should be prescribed in place of drugs to prevent a range of illnesses but how can GPs approach this with patients?
The reputational damage to the Royal Cornwall Hospital NHS Trust over its dermatitis debacle is good news for Cinderella, if not the hospital and the tax-payer.
Facebook has announced plans on its blog to roll out a new support platform for users who share suicidal thoughts on the site.
We sat down with social media consultant Jonathan Pollinger to chat about the latest trends online and the best places to keep on top of the changing rules and newest platforms.
Hello, Kirsty here, the latest Gravitas PR recruit! I'm now into my second month as Account Executive at Gravitas PR and I have probably learnt more here in that short time than I have done in the last year.
We've been social long before Twitter was spawned, says Gary Paragpuri, former editor of C&D and ex- pharmacist. Gary, who led the building of the UK's biggest, most active online pharmacy community, says the art of social engagement is reciprocity. If your social media goal is to coalesce disparate customers into a community that is affiliated to your brand, read on.
It's Cervical Cancer Prevention Week and charity Jo's Trust is running a fab social media campaign to encourage women to get tested.
Gary Paragpuri, former editor of C&D and ex-pharmacist, led the building of the UK's biggest, most active online pharmacy community. In the first of our series of expert blogs he explains why even the smallest trusted local health professional can engage far more deeply with its community by capturing and uniting people with common interests and earning their loyalty on social media.
We caught up with freelance journalist Rebecca Wright to see what really gets the women's consumer media interested.
Today marks a milestone for the UK as we celebrate 750 years living as a democracy, and whilst we still have a long way to go with regards to our politics, there is something else that might be worth celebrating.
Social media security has become a key issue following recent events surrounding US Military Twitter account @CENTCOM.
Wondering where to take your PR plans this year? Get one of these trends right and you'll be on the path to PR success. Incorporate them all and you'll have 2015 sussed.
Do you know any bed blockers? Chances are, you do, and you may not even realise it. The reason I'm so sure is that my Nan is currently a bed-blocker, and it took me a while to spot the problem.
Meditation is no longer seen as something hippy dippy types do instead of working – it's a way we can all cope with overwhelming pressure.
Some of the more sensational coverage of A&E waiting times surely needs re-balancing.
Health monitoring technology is proving to be a big trend at this year's Consumer Technology Show.
It's the time of year when we've all decided we hate ourselves so much that everything about us must change. So we make New Year resolutions and cry when we've failed at them all by the first week of February and have to wait a whole 11 months to try again.
As 2014 draws to a close, our clients and contacts are dwelling on what's worked and what's not over the year.
Social media is an ever-changing beast and we're constantly being asked by our clients to tame it.
Whatever your political persuasion, the recent Autumn Statement delivered by The Chancellor, George Osborne, was an impressive example of effective political PR.
In an effort to simplify and clarify responsibility over product safety, The European Commission is planning new regulations for all products aside of food and pharmaceuticals.
NHS patients are about to flex their muscle with new rights on personal care budgets. Health providers need to handle a potential sales and marketing land-grab. Our six-point communications plan offers some useful manoeuvers.
In a time between the end of my master's degree and applying for scary real jobs, I find myself getting some valuable work experience at Gravitas PR.
A growing number of businesses and government bodies are applying "nudge theory" to make their PR, marketing and comms strategies more effective in changing people's behaviours and consumer choices. Is it time you thought about it too? This article may open your eyes.
In a recent letter to The Guardian 71 senior NHS leaders warned that the NHS will become "unsustainable" unless politicians set out clearly how they will modernise and fund the service. They stated that "the services we commission and run are not designed to cope with the care needs of the 21st century," due to an ageing population, the growth in the numbers of those with lifestyle-related conditions and healthcare costs running 4% above normal inflation at a time when the NHS is expected to deliver huge budget savings.
All smiles for Kay and the team as Gravitas took home 3 PRCA DARE awards last night from the awards ceremony in Bristol.
In a recent interview with The Telegraph (29 May 2014) the new chief executive of the NHS, Simon Stevens, called for an end to the mass centralisation of services and outlined the case for more care to be provided in community hospitals. This was reported by The Guardian and others as a "reversal" of current policy, but is it? Have those who have campaigned against hospitals closures or the downgrading of services won the argument? Well, not quite, as what Stevens outlined was more an evolution in policy than a reversal.
Listening to the experts at May's OTC Bulletin conference on e-cigarettes, I sense the fate of this new market lies as much in our class prejudices as anything.
It's double-awards time for our client Essilor. Weeks after they bagged Optician magazine's Campaign of the Year award, we are shortlisted in three PRCA DARE awards for the same campaign: #thinkaboutyoureyes.
All of us at some time will have watched with a mix of horror - and a degree of glad-it-is-not-me sympathy - as a floundering Chief Executive or company spokesperson gets eviscerated by the media during the midst of a corporate crisis which has engulfed them. Corporate and personal reputations can be shattered in moments and take years to repair at great expense. In extreme cases, businesses go bust.
Attending the SMART Conference last week served as a reminder of the enthusiasm and drive shown by all working in the pharmacy sector to provide an excellent experience to those it serves.
It's all about me me me...
I recently read a fascinating piece from The Marketing Society that identified insights from behavioural science to increase charitable giving. As a former charity PR myself, I started thinking about how similar tactics could be used to boost a charity's media coverage.
Many of our clients are rightly into this new game. They are nudging individuals to get health checks and eye-tests, or try a new product or service and they are targeting relevant people at those touch points in life when they're most receptive.
Whether it's digital or offline content, writing remains an important skill for PR pros. And nothing irritates us more than when 'impact words' lose their meaning by being overused. Here we examine some of the worst offenders.
Im told people like lists so Im starting 2014 with one of my own.
It can have escaped no one's attention that Nigella Lawson has come in for a bit of a media battering recently. First the revelations about her unhappy marriage, with Nigella held up as the unlikely poster girl for domestic abuse, followed by the high profile court case and admissions of drug taking.
The once-flourishing green cause has all the appearances of beginning to wilt.
Come New Years Day we shall make resolutions - but for January 1 itself. Then on January 2 we shall do the same, and on January 3, too, and so on right through the year.
At a time when people are busy Christmas shopping, partying or just looking forward to the holiday season, getting consumers to pay attention and react can be tricky.
Are traditional media and social media warring factions or can they work hand in hand? Does the changing media landscape offer a big PR opportunity?
If the headlines are to be believed we might as well just give up.
A much-cherished principle among protesters is that it's those who shout loudest and wave the biggest placards who get the best coverage.
So the US Government has had a shutdown, welcome to my world Mr President.
Ever considered why you would bother producing digital content at all? Read on...
Today it is 65 years since the start of the NHS. Nobody appears to be in the mood for a party. But perhaps we should be celebrating.
Silly season is going to be a little bit more interesting this year.
David Cameron No, not quite... In true Ascot form he was pipped at the post by the Care Quality Commissions (CQC) media manager, Anna Jefferson.
After 14 years of market domination, Pfizer is to lose its UK Viagra patent this month. Probably one of the most talked about and sought after drugs since penicillin was discovered, this little blue pill has hit the headlines for many reasons during its reign.
Take a look at this memo recently sent to senior staff by a head office which, to protect the identity of our source, shall remain nameless: 'The company intends to get all its ducks in a row before engaging in the heavy lifting involved in restructuring headcount management.
Have you ever bought a product based on a friends recommendation? The likely answer to this question is yes.
For a masterclass in brand intimacy follow Jo Malone.
This week the team at Gravitas has been busy opening new-look pharmacies for LloydsPharmacy, drawing the crowds in to watch loyal customers cut the ribbon. A good celebrity helped...
When Angelina Jolie spoke out about her double mastectomy it surely raised awareness amongst women worldwide of the risks of breast cancer.
It took Virgin Media two days to respond to a Facebook storm over a wrongly-issued broadband bill - a lifetime in social media. So this weeks PR tip is to create a rapid-response social media plan.
Its nigh on three weeks since public health was placed in the hands of local authorities.
Margaret Thatcher and her politics will continue to polarise opinion for years to come, but few doubted what she stood for or what her brand was. Our tip for the week is: have a mission statement and stick to it.
The front pages today are awash with a picture of a young girl dodging a kiss from Prince William. Is this just cute or a good PR tactic?
Lasts nights Horizon programme showed even the best brains can be overwhelmed in the heat of a crisis.
If there is any clear message at all to emerge from the baffling miasma surrounding the fiendishly complex new system of press regulation it is this: Let the blogger beware.
Gravitas has been tasked with raising heart health awareness by new client Vitagenus.
Gravitas has expanded its presence in the veterinary sector with two new clients wins, adding to its continuing support for British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA) Congress.
The crowds have left Cheltenham and as horses and jockeys recover, its got us thinking about how a good comms strategy gets you first pass the post.
Next Wednesday sees the return of national No Smoking Day and here at Gravitas, weve been encouraging people to head into their local pharmacy to quit.
Todays result in the Eastleigh by-elections has got the Twitterati cramming in their opinions in 140 characters but for those who want to say more, blogs are better.
Chances are youre full of cold and stressed about putting the housework off?
Its the aftermath of Valentines Day and the Gravitas team is thinking of the relationships we hold with those dear to us, one of those being the one we have with the media.
This weeks Francis report into the Mid Staffs hospitals scandal stressed the importance of communication.
Public relations consultancy Gravitas has come off the 2013 starting blocks strongly with new clients that boost its activity in the healthcare and environment sectors.
As we wave goodbye to January, ask yourself this - did you keep to your New Year resolution? Did you vow to drink less or work out more only to fail a few weeks in?
The words 'triple-dip recession almost sound like an amazing dessert but the reality is this is something the UK could face, as latest figures show the economy could re-enter recession. Can trade shows provide a way forward for businesses?
The Tesco horsemeat saga has gripped the nation this week, leaving our biggest retailer stacking up apology adverts while de-stacking the burger shelves. What should firms do to limt the damage when crises hit?
Gravitas Public Relations has leapt from the 2013 starting blocks with two new client wins - strengthening its presence in the healthcare and environment sectors.
Hippies moaning and bending into funny positions used to spring to mind when yoga was mentioned but since starting a course a month ago I've found practising 'downward facing dog' and 'child's pose' to be the highlight of my week.
Nigh on £500,000, one year's free health insurance and a hefty contribution to crisis management (or PR as the Beeb called it) has been deemed a 'cavalier' use of public money by MPs.
Wow; what a news day. As I sat down to blog about the pope entering the cyber-world of Twitter - lol - I read that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are, or is it is LMAO, expecting.
So the long-awaited Leveson report has been published. It depends who you speak to whether or not the recommendations are proportionate or not.
As we go to press on this newsletter, look out for giant red hearts being splashed across the regional media and in the windows of independent pharmacies.
We say hats off to the charity WellChild which celebrated the courage of seriously ill children and the dedication of their carers at their recent London awards ceremony.
We have added a top-notch skincare range to our growing portfolio of products for people wanting to look 10 years younger, safely.
Developments that push the boundaries of the health and green economies always grab our attention. Here we list three we particularly like:
What do we know of Jeremy Hunt, newly responsible for the NHS, and is the outlook better with him in charge?
There are three classes of medicine in our health system and to date this structure appears to be pretty straightforward and has worked pretty well.
We asked our clients and contacts what drives them today when selecting a communications agency and this is what they said:
Between airport capacity and simpler planning laws, we can expect a lot more hoo-ha in the green agenda, following George Osborne's new measures to jump-start the economy.
My mum, my two sisters and I all signed up in our local park last Sunday for Race for Life 2012. None of us are 'natural-born runners' (whatever that means), so teamwork really matters. Encouragement is often underestimated but hearing 'you can do it' when running can give you the strength to finish. Nothing carries you more than the encouragement of those around you.
The drug shortages crisis that has plagued the UK for the past two years has been tackled by the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for pharmacy in a long-awaited paper. Read its full recommendations here.
My seven-year-old daughter is still my baby girl in my eyes. She'll always be so - that's the effect girls have on their Dads - but without wanting Victorian, I'm worried about mixed messages.
"He's stolen my idea" I wailed today, hearing Philip Delves Broughton, author of Life's A Pitch, debating with writer and journalist Viv Groskop debate whether you can apply lessons from the business world to real life, on the Today Programme.
Support, determination and self-belief – three critical aspects needed when training for a marathon. This is what I discovered when I ran April's Brighton marathon – the same week I joined Gravitas Public Relations as an Account executive.
Speak up when leader's leave of absence risks rumour disease, says KAY WILLIAMSON
Far and wide rippled the relief when Antonio Horta-Osorio resumed the helm at Lloyds.
Jan 9 is the day most Brits break their New Year's resolutions.
Helping my local community is an important part of my personal life and co-ordinating our annual craft fair is something I've done these last 15 years. Our annual craft fair is the culmination of a lot of hard work and effort by many people who ensure the Christmas spirit flows freely.


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18 December 2015
US private equity firm Genstar Capital has reportedly hired investment bank Jefferies to run an auction for 2012-purchase eResearch Technology, which could value the business at more than $1.5bn.
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14 April 2015
Dallas-based Trinity Hunt Partners has bought a majority shareholding of wholesale car sales company America's Auto Auction (AAA).
19 February 2015
Lower mid-market buyout house CenterGate Capital has bought oil and gas property marketing and advisory business The Oil & Gas Asset Clearinghouse.
8 January 2015
Chicago-based private equity firm CHS Capital has reportedly put its laundry business WASH Multifamily Laundry Systems on the block in a sale which could see it reach $900m including debt.
10 December 2014
Private equity firms Cinven and EQT are said to have reached the second round of bidding for on-board baggage and cargo systems company Telair
22 October 2014
The institutional shareholders of stone wool insulation company Paroc Group have agreed to sell the company to private equity major CVC Capital Partners for an enterprise value of around €700m.
9 October 2014
Oilfield services giant Schlumberg is reportedly attracting the interest of a number of private equity firms with the auction of its tools rental unit Thomas Tools.
17 September 2014
US private equity major Warburg Pincus has reportedly taken part in a $260m funding round for Chinese second-hand car auction website Youxipai.com.
3 June 2014
Online live auction marketplace Invaluable has picked up $33.75m in new funding thanks to a Series D round from New York-based Insight Venture Partners.
6 November 2013
A gang of private equity giants are said to be circling Leonard Green-backed Brickman Group, the largest commercial landscaping company in the US, for a deal which could fetch $1.5bn.
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Minneapolis-St Paul MSP Airport Concourse G Map Overview
Minneapolis-St Paul Concourse G Bars, Cafes, Restaurants & Stores
|Mens and womens apparel, accessories and casual footwear. Everything you forgot to pack!
|Gate/Area: G22
|Hours: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
|Phone: 612.727.1158
|BOSE headsets can provide a concert hall...or a sanctuary. Quiet Comfort15 acoustic noise cancelling headsets. SoundLink Mobile Bluetooth Speakers.
|Gate/Area: G7
|Hours: 6 a.m. - 9 p.m.
|Phone: 612-727-2609
Caribou Coffee - Cafe
|Caribous mission is to provide an experience that makes the day better! Caribou offers the highest quality coffee
|Gate/Area: Terminal 1, Concourse G
|Hours: M-F 4:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday 4:30 a.m. to 9 p
|Phone: 612-727-1653
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|Gate/Area: G4
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|Hours: 5 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Cibo Food Hall - Store
|A walk through dining and retail destination offering pizza by the slice, burgers made to order, hot and cold bars priced by the pound, a frozen yogurt bar, grab and go sandwiches
|Gate/Area: G1
Gate/Area: G6
|Hours: 5 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Flybar - Bar
|Flybar is a 10 seat gem profiling a great wine list, a selection of local beers, and craft cocktails. Rounding out the menu are fresh salads and paninis.
|Gate/Area: G9
|Hours: 6 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Grand Avenue - Store
|Trendy fun and unique fashion accessories arranged by color making your perfect accessories fun and easy to find.
|Gate/Area: G15
|Hours: 7 a.m.to 8 p.m.
|Phone: 612.727.1956
|Rustic menu using locally sourced farm fresh ingredients. Regionally brewed beer and chef-crafted cocktails.
|Gate/Area: G17
|Hours: 5 a.m. to 10 p.m.
|A raw bar and brasserie inspired by Provencal cuisine. Created by Chef Russell Klein, Mimosa features the flavors and textures of simple French country cooking.
|Gate/Area: G1
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|Hours: 5:00am - 10:00pm
|An easygoing cafe offering a menu of globally inspired sandwiches. Chef Andrew Zimmern, renowned for his knowledge of world cuisine.
|Gate/Area: G2
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|An easygoing cafe offering a menu of globally inspired sandwiches. Chef Andrew Zimmern, renowned for his knowledge of world cuisine.
|Gate/Area: G18
|Hours: 5:00am-10:00pm
|Modern Japanese menu that celebrates fresh ingredients and traditional technique. Serving sushi, noodle dishes and dumplings.
|Gate/Area: Entrance to Concourse G
|Hours: 5 a.m. to 9 p.m.
|World famous sub sandwiches with your favorite toppings. 6 sandwiches under 6 grams of fat.
|Gate/Area: G1
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|A collaboration with Scott Nelson, owner of famed Matts Bar, which is often credited with inventing the Jucy Lucy, a famous South Minneapolis cheeseburger
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46 CFR 515.26 - Termination of financial responsibility.
No license shall remain in effect unless valid proof of financial responsibility is maintained on file with the Commission. Upon receipt of notice of termination of such financial responsibility, the Commission shall notify the concerned licensee by certified U.S. mail or other method reasonably calculated to provide actual notice, at its last known address, that the Commission shall, without hearing or other proceeding, revoke the license as of the termination date of the financial responsibility, unless the licensee shall have submitted valid replacement proof of financial responsibility before such termination date. Replacement financial responsibility must bear an effective date no later than the termination date of the expiring financial responsibility.
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Bakersfield College celebrates graduation, centennial
BAKERSFIELD - 100 years ago, the first 13 students at Bakersfield College saw the value of higher education. Now, 100 years later, Bakersfield College's class of 2014 is graduating.
More than 1,100 students have completed the necessary coursework to achieve an Associate of Arts or Associate of Science degree, and Bakersfield College is celebrating in a big way.
Bakersfield College's centennial commencement Friday evening will honor the achievements of the class of 2014, while celebrating the college's 100-year history of higher education in the area.
All Bakersfield College alumni and retirees are invited to attend commencement and walk in an honor lap before filling reserved seats in Memorial Stadium at 7 p.m.
Alumni and retirees are encouraged to wear their regalia or their finest Renegade red, and meet on the lawn near to the Field House (south of the Gym). Bakersfield College staff will be there to help honor lap participants line up for the event.
Bakersfield College president Dr. Sonya Christian will preside over the commencement, and will be joined by along with Kern Community College District Board of Trustees president John Rodgers and chancellor Sandra Serrano, to confer degrees on the students who have completed a course of study.
Among the class of 2014 is Charlynn McCarthy, who was born in 1949. Charlynn earned an Associate of Science in Web Development. Women outnumber men 774 to 384.
Most notably, 809 of the 1,158 associate degree recipients plan to transfer to four-year schools in the fall.
Following the presentation of degrees, the lights of Memorial Stadium will dim and guests will be treated to a fireworks show signifying the official end of Bakersfield College's centennial year. The processional will feature a special Bakersfield College treat as faculty and staff create a pathway for the class of 2014 to exit Memorial Stadium.
Bakersfield College's centennial commencement celebration is free, and no tickets are needed. Complete details about commencement are available online at www.bakersfieldcollege.edu. No balloons will be allowed in Memorial Stadium.
Middle schoolers compete in robotics event
Robotics teams from all over California battled it out in hopes of qualifying for the state competition in March.
Man arrested in sexual assault case
Officials with the Bakersfield Police Department said on Saturday night that they have made an arrest in a sexual assault case that took…
BPD: Man arrested for attempted murder
Officials with the Bakersfield Police Department said a man was arrested for an attempted murder case on Saturday.
BPD's DUI checkpoint nets 2 arrests, cites 32
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Michael Turner remembered
Newsarama has a nice roundup of comics people sharing their remembrances of Michael Turner. It's a little bit heartbreaking, but it's also nice to see so many people whose lives were touched by the man and his work.
Often people get lionized when they pass, but Turner genuinely was that nice. Fighting cancer for the majority of his career, and still, what people remember is how genuine and grateful the man was to his fans. That's a nice tribute.
The entire article is worth reading, but I'll excerpt a bit here from Aspen Comics' JT Krul:
Michael Turner had an aura about him. I know, it might sound corny, but those of you who had the pleasure to meet him know it's the absolute truth. His positive energy shined a bright light onto anyone and everyone he came into contact with. He was smart; he was funny. And, when he got really excited about comics or a story we were working on, he'd get this big grin, his eyes would light up, and he'd say, "Dude…sweet." He loved life and never let the darkness creeping around inside his body get the better of him. With all that admiration and success, it was also remarkable what a "regular" guy he was. Down-to-earth and humble, he never suffered from an excessive ego and truly appreciated each and every kind comment he received regarding his work.
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"The stupidest transition in history" is how my colleague Nathan Brown recently described the last fifteen months in Egypt. Few would disagree. At virtually every step, it seems that almost every player has made the wrong choice: the SCAF, the activists, the Muslim Brotherhood, the judiciary, political leaders... and even political analysts.
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While we are being engulfed by the presidential elections grey tornado…two young Egyptian women were busy making history during the British Open Squash Championship 2012.
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The Toolkit seeks to facilitate the sharing of knowledge and information among policymakers, law enforcers, judges, prosecutors, victim service providers and members of the civil society who are working at different level towards the same objectives. The goals are to prevent and combat trafficking, to protect and assist its victims, to promote international cooperation. Specifically, the Toolkit is intended to provide guidance, showcase promising practice and recommend resources regarding prevention of trafficking, victim identification and assistance by means of a legislative framework. This version is in Spanish. This publication also exists in Chinese, English and Russian. More information about human trafficking on the website of UNODC.
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When her good friend asks for help catering a party at her clothing store, Giada jumps at the chance to mix her two favorite things - food and fashion! She prepares a glamorous spread of bite-size beauties that are all super simple to make. Elegant crab salad in endives, colorful mini Italian clubs, bold espresso brownies, and more. (Episode: EI0706H)
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Marijuana...madness." Supposedly, marijuana caused crime, violence, insanity, and death. In 1970, U.S. drug law classified marijuana as having a high potential for abuse and no medical use. Marijuana was later found to have other health benefits. It can lower pressure within the eye. This helps treat glaucoma, an eye disease which can cause blindness. Marijuana also reduces nausea and vomiting in patients taking chemotherapy treatment for cancer. It...
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effects of marinol and xanaxI have HIV+ for 20 yrs. now, last July of '08 I started also taking Marinol and Xanax, after about two months I started having seizures about every three months. Could this be the cause? I also take Isentress, Truvada and Selzentry.
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Can a drug test differentiate between Marinol and the real thing?Hi Dr...i was wondering if a patient has a prescription for marinol and also uses marijuana, will/can a drug test be able to tell that you've actually smoked marijuana even tho you're using marinol? This is important to be because of work-related....
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Marinol+Sustivia+illegal drug testingDear Dr.At this time I am taking Sustivia, Combivir, Difulcan,Serzone, Xanax, and Marinol.My work place performsrandom drug testing. I am very worried about one or moreof these drugs giving me a false positive. Especiallythe Marinol and Sustivia. Am...
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Wasting Syndrome...mentioned above. Reducing nausea and vomiting helps increase food intake. Also, appetite stimulants including Megace and Marinol have been used. Megace, unfortunately, is associated with increases in body fat. Marinol (dronabinol) is... Read more »
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Business tech company SAP brings high-tech to the Super Bowl
NFL sponsor and tech giant SAP will help bring technology to the Super Bowl experience, providing updated, custom information for football fans. Both companies have provided real-time team and player stats throughout the season, and will continue to improve for future seasons.
Using its own NetBase analytics software, SAP is going to provide an interactive exhibit for football fans in New York City, running through next Sunday. The information provided is based on data collected from social analytics, compiled throughout the season, including positive and negative team sentiment, team support from fans, and social media buzzword tracking.
SAP and other big-money sports sponsors are getting creative to help boost return-on-investment and company brand exposure. The NFL uses SAP cloud computing software and both companies are in the second year of a multi-year business partnership.
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Tivo axes most of hardware team, shifting efforts to software
TiVo has laid off its hardware team as the company continues to transition into cloud-based streaming services, while the home entertainment industry continues to evolve. The company didn't officially say the hardware staff was laid off, with company executives noted the employees were "reassigned," though didn't mention if they were given a new role.
"We continue to balance appropriate levels of staffing and expertise necessary to support our existing hardware business and continue our innovation in hardware platforms and accessories with the need to allocate resources where strategic growth opportunities exist - and there is no doubt that we expect growth in the cloud-based delivery aspects of TiVo's business," said Steve Wymer, TiVo VP of Public Relations and corporate communications.
During the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas earlier this month, TiVo didn't announce any new direct-to-consumer products.
If TiVo is axing its hardware division, it's hard to imagine the company will continue on making set-top boxes and other hardware - even if company officials claim they plan to.
Hewlett-Packard snubs Windows 8, and will offer Windows 7 again
PC maker Hewlett-Packard will continue to sell Windows 7-powered PCs until Microsoft's tentative deadline of October 2014 to stop pre-installs, with options still available to interested consumers and business users. However, many OEMs are focusing more on promoting Windows 8 and 8.1, which provides better sales revenue from the touch-enabled devices.
Microsoft increasingly wants value-added resellers (VARs) and partners to push consumers directly to Windows 8 or 8.1 - but clients still have the option of downgrading from 8/8.1 to 7. However, customers not ready to embrace 8/8.1 are choosing the familiarity and stability of Windows 7, and that trend doesn't appear to be going away anytime soon.
Spotify allows artists to promote and sell their merchandise
Spotify is on a roll lately, where last week the music streaming outfit made music free on the web, and now the company is allowing artists to promote and sell their merchandise through Spotify.
Band t-shirts, posters and all sorts of other merchandise can be sold to Spotify users through the artist's page. Spotify could be doing this to look better in the eyes of music listeners and investors, as it provides artists lower royalty payments. Artists need to sign up to a Topspin account, and link it to their social media accounts, or e-mail Topspin to confirm the account is genuine.
What do you think of buying merchandise through Spotify? Is this something you would do, or are glad you can now do through Spotify? Let us know in the comments below!
Chinese government shows off its own Linux-based operating system
The Chinese government has unveiled its own custom software, the China Operating System (COS), which is aimed at competing against Microsoft Windows and Apple OS X. Based off Linux, COS is a government-funded OS co-designed by the Shanghai Liantong Network Communications Technology and the China Institute of Software at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (ISCAS).
The OS clearly mimics the Linux-based Google Android operating system, which is extremely popular on smartphones and tablets.
Open source software isn't as prevalent in China, where the government wants to have better control of computer software. Other open source initiatives struggled to take off in China because user interface, input methods, application support, and speech recognition haven't been able to keep up with the demands of the country's estimated 564 million Internet users.
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Futuremark rolls out PCMark 8 Steam version
PC benchmark company Futuremark has rolled out a major update for PCMark 8, PCMark 8 v2.0.191, offering additional tests for image processing, video editing and spreadsheets. The Home, Creative and Work benchmarks have all received important updates, including a feature to allow Professional and Advanced Editions to run older versions of each test, which can be used for comparison purposes.
Futuremark wanted to ensure enterprise environments can also be quickly and accurately scored, along with an addition to boost drive performance analysis.
The Steam version of PCMark 8 will update automatically, while the standalone version requires users to download and install the update.
The download link is available here.
Adobe launches new 3D printing feature for Photoshop Creative Cloud
Tonight Adobe announced an exciting new feature for its Photoshop Creative Cloud software. The new 3D Printing feature allows users to create, color, and texture their 3D models and then button them up for 3D printing. Photoshop will also build support structure into the model to ensure everything prints exactly as planned.
As a heavy Photoshop user and avid 3D printing guru, this will definitely be something I try out in the coming weeks. While I think I may still prefer the tested methods of modeling an object and then prepping it for printing using a service such as NetFab, but who knows, Adobe could have just changed the game for experienced Photoshop users who are into 3D printing.
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Companies waiting to leave behind XP are only hurting themselves
Companies that haven't started migrating from Microsoft Windows XP to a newer operating system are running the risk of missing the XP end of support deadline on April 8. Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) support will no longer be offered as the 12-year-old operating system is not as secure as Windows 7 or Windows 8.
"Businesses may not realize the complexity of migrating to a new OS," said Brad Mendonsa, Clare Computer Solutions CEO, said in a statement. "Because the migration involves detailed planning, creating a budget specific to a company's needs, testing, implementation and training, it's important for companies to begin now."
San Francisco Bay Area IT firm Clare Computer Solutions provides these four reasons to migrate: some industries face legal consequences if they don't upgrade; Windows XP will face significant malware and other security threats; no more XP-compatible hardware is being produced; and businesses will pay a steep financial price trying to keep using an unsupported OS in the workplace.
Realistically, businesses should have started to migrate from XP sometime last year - and there are significant business operation issues if they don't migrate.
GoDaddy, Microsoft team up over Office 365 for small businesses
Microsoft has announced it has teamed up with web hosting and domain name company, GoDaddy, in a partnership that will see the two companies offering Microsoft's suite of productivity tools to small business customers.
This deal will also include the ability to easily connect users' domain names to Office e-mail services. It will also see the full suite of Microsoft's Office software, including shared calendars, cloud storage and instant messaging. What do you think of this move? Is it a step in the right direction for each company?
TweakTown DOTD: NVIDIA GeForce 332.21 WHQL drivers
We reported about NVIDIA's latest GeForce 332.21 WHQL drivers when they dropped, but in case you've missed out, we've made them today's Download of the Day. The new drivers can be downloaded right here.
The fresh GeForce 332.21 WHQL drivers include updated SLI profiles, the latest beta of GeForce ShadowPlay, and much more. If you are a GeForce owner, you owe it to yourself to grab the latest drivers. For more downloads, check out our new Downloads section.


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As Chief of the Pulmonology Service — a post I have held since 1986 — I oversee a very skilled team of specialists that coordinates the care of patients with pulmonary-related complications of cancer. I also oversee our service's training program and clinical practice, and am very involved in educating patients—particularly children, teens, and women — on the perils of smoking. I have also testified before the US Congress on the ill effects smoking has on children.
My research interest has been, and continues to be, identifying and characterizing the many causes of lung injury in a person with a weakened immune system (immunocompromised).
For 20 years I also served as head of the Division of General Medicine in the Department of Medicine. The division comprises the cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology and nutrition, general internal medicine, geriatrics, infectious diseases, pulmonary, and renal services.
On a national and international level, I have held or currently hold leadership roles in a number of societies including the American College of Chest Physicians; the New York State Thoracic Society; the Task Force on Women, Girls, Tobacco, and Lung Cancer; and the American Thoracic Society. Over the course of my career, I have written more than 120 journal articles and book chapters, and have given lectures all over the world on a host of topics.
In addition to my clinical and administrative duties, I greatly enjoy teaching and mentoring the next generation of doctors and nurses here at the hospital.
- Clinical Expertise: Pulmonary Diseases; Pulmonary Disease in the Immunocompromised Patient; Pulmonary Complications of Cancer and Therapy; Pulmonary Complications Associated with HIV Infection; Lung Cancer; Bronchoscopy
- Languages Spoken: English
- Education: MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Residencies: Harlem Hospital Center; The New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center
- Fellowships: Bronx Municipal Hospital Center
- Board Certifications: Internal Medicine; Pulmonary Disease
Visit PubMed for a full listing of Diane E. Stover's journal articlesPubmed is an online index of biomedical articles maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.
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As home to one of the world's top cancer research centers, Memorial Sloan Kettering is typically involved in more than 900 clinical trials at a given time. Currently, clinical trials focused on the conditions I treat are enrolling new patients. If you're interested in joining a clinical trial, click to learn about the trial's purpose, eligibility criteria, and how to get more information.Learn more
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