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The Hunger Games at Work: How to Sound Very Fantastic This Week
It's said that we speak an average of 16,000 words each day. That's a lot of talking. As communicators, we appreciate fine words and clever turns of phrases. But on this day after a long holiday, still recovering from a turkey and pumpkin pie stupor and constant conversation with distant relatives, I challenge you to insert into your dialogue or work- day imagination at least two of the quotes below from the blockbuster movie The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
On the surface, there's little we can find in common between the roles of Katniss, Peeta, President Snow and Haymitch Abernathy and our role as communicators. But scratch just a little beneath that surface and you may find that the lines below could be very helpful as you get your week off to a fiery start:
"No waving and smiling this time. I want you to look straight ahead as if the audience and this whole event are beneath you." (possible scene: you are at a meeting with new competitors)
"Remember who the real enemy is." (scene: at the meeting above you realize your competitors are not really your enemies)
"You've given them an opportunity. They just have to be brave enough to take it." (scene: you give your team a challenging project to take on)
"Chins up, smiles on!" (scene: instead of ending your meeting with "OK, that's all" you decide to shock the attendees with this uplifting, inspirational decree)
"From now on, your job is to be a distraction so people forget what the real problems are." (scene: you're moved from PR to HR)
"So far I'm not overwhelmed by our choices." (scene: you're at a business lunch at a restaurant with limited, unappealing menu choices)
"I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now, and live in it forever." (scene: the media loves your story idea and you are inundated with interview requests)
"This is no place for a Girl on fire." (scene: Katniss or someone similar to her shows up to your afternoon meeting)
"Convince me." (scene: the response from your boss after asking for a bigger PR budget in 2014)
You might be thinking your job is not scripted nor are you an actor in a major motion picture. But after testing these quotes on your unsuspecting colleagues and peers you'll realize that the Hunger Games isn't as fantastical as originally thought.
– Diane Schwartz
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The Give and Take of Media Relations
It's not everyday that PR is taken to task for sending unsolicited emails to reporters. Oh, wait – it is every day that this happens. And sometimes the magnifying glass is placed directly over the Public Relations trade, as is the case this week with an unflattering article by The New York Times' Haggler (Pulitzer Prize winning reporter David Segal) that took to task emails the columnist received and persistently tracked back to an industry vendor's media database. It doesn't help that the headline is"Swatting at a Storm of Public Relations Spam."
Whether fair or not, this sort of coverage sets us up for the defensive. Even with fantastic media databases, dedicated PR reps tracking down the right beat reporters, and guerilla PR efforts targeted by time, day, demo and topic, no media relations effort is perfect. And to blame a database for an incorrect email campaign is akin to blaming the tools, not the carpenter, for shoddy construction. But we can all agree that a bad PR pitch is a bad PR pitch in whatever form, format or formality it's received.
Email remains the "killer app" for communicating with our stakeholders. By "killer" it can also mean relationship killer. The result of targeting the wrong reporter too many times, or the right reporter with the wrong pitch, usually is one of nonchalance — of just ignoring, deleting, opting out. The Haggler is an extreme version of one recipient revolting, perhaps for the sake of writing a column about it.
At the PR News Writing Bootcamp last week in Chicago, a panel of reporters reviewed mock email pitches from an audience of PR pros and implored the audience to keep their email pitches simple, short and crafted with an obvious reason for the reporter to care. The journalists on this panel — from Chicago newspapers and a mommy blog — were characteristically cynical. They are inundated with email pitches daily, and as with press releases, you have 7 seconds, at most, to get their attention. The panelists advised to think of an email pitch like it's a movie trailer: grab the viewer's attention but don't give away the plot.
Assuming you have a story to tell, you still need to give the reporter something. Here are a few somethings to consider:
- An exclusive interview with the CEO or top executive
- An interesting infographic or chart/graphic
- New research or data to bolster the proposed article
- A video clip
- An invitation to a press-only event
- Links (not attachments) to information that will help the reporter do her job better
- If not an exclusive interview, a commitment to an executive interview at the reporter's convenience
Before you send out your next email pitch, make sure "the give" is in there. Media Relations is the art and science of give and take.
- Diane Schwartz
Twitter: @dianeschwartz
PS: I'll be at the PR NewsMedia Relations Conference on Dec 12 at the National Press Club. If you're attending, DM on Twitter so we can set up a time to chat in person.
Perception Versus Reality in PR
Earlier in my career I worked with an editor for a media magazine who moved into PR after the magazine went defunct. We've kept in touch, him pitching stories to me for media-company clients, and me always trusting his judgment and willing to take a call.
Why was I so willing? Because he's a thoughtful PR guy who helps connect me to interesting people and to stories my audience wants to read.
I was thinking about that guy the other day and my thought process then extended to stereotypes—of PR people and reporters.
I've learned a lot of things in 12 months covering the PR business, and my experiences have proven many of those common stereotypes wrong. I thought I'd outline a few of the stereotypes and take a look at how perception differs from reality for both reporters and PR people.
How reporters see themselves
• Journalists see themselves iconoclasts—but not Quixotic ones.
• Reporters think they're fundamentally moral—in the words of the old expression, "comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable."
• They view themselves as wise and hard-boiled.
• They identify with skepticism—they would never accept gullibility.
• They see themselves as real and down-to-earth, unpretentious, even in fashion. Journalists invented business casual as a dress code.
How reporters see PR people
• Sometimes reporters call PR people flacks, and it's not meant as a compliment.
• The columnist Mike Lupica (among many other journalists) calls PR people "mouthpieces."
• Reporters see PR people as mostly blocking access, not providing it.
• Reporters think PR people cause their sources to speak in "talking points," not provide real information.
• Reporters very often see PR people as bossy, officious and shallow in their most benign incarnation, and sometimes obnoxious or worse.
Some stereotype-busting things I've learned
• PR is one of the most intensive practice-oriented professions I've been associated with. Like law and other professions, PR pros split their skills into various practices—crisis management, media relations, corporate social responsibility and more, and they're incredibly conscientious about education and advancing their skills.
• PR people (at our PR News events, at any rate) are engaging, courteous, smart and intensely focused on improving their skills.
• Reporters, in fact, can be amazingly gullible. Recently, word got back to me that some industry executive said all you had to do to get good press from us was to take one of our people out to dinner. I don't believe that's true at all, but I know from first-hand observation that in lots of other cases, it is.
• Journalistic skepticism sometimes morphs into raw cynicism.
• Reporters are rarely fashionable. In fact, it's usually the opposite, truth be told.
—Tony Silber
9 Tips for Public Speakers Who Hate Public Speaking
Butterflies in your stomach. Dry mouth. Fantasy of escaping through the back door. It's inevitable: at some point in your career, you'll need to speak in front of an audience. Whether at a small meeting, a conference, a general session, on a panel, or on your own. For most of us, it's about getting out of our comfort zone. If it's any consolation, the number-one fear of Americans is Public Speaking. Death is the number-2 fear. So you are not alone (until you die). Based on my own experiences and interviews with countless public speakers over the past year, I offer these nines tips to help you get through your next speaking gig with flying colors:
1. Research your audience: why are they there, what are their job responsibilities, how knowledgeable are they of the topic you'll be speaking about? If possible, ask the event producer to survey the audience in advance w/a few questions that will help you tailor your presentation.
2. Avoid death by PowerPoint. Put another way, don't talk them to sleep. Slides are important but they should be springboards to your speech and not littered with words and cheesy clip art. Large point size, consistent style and about half the slide blank are the rules. Show some video if you can – but not of cute puppies or kittens, unless you're speaking to an animal rights group.
3. Master your content:. a corollary to tip #1, speak of what you know. You'll be more relaxed and confident if you know your material. If you're asked to speak about a topic that is complicated and not in your wheelhouse, decline the invite.
4. Interact with your audience. Build a quick community with the attendees and encourage questions.
5. Limit talking about yourself. You know the speaker bio provided to the audience in advance? They already know who you are. Make it about them.
6. Wear your storytelling hat. There's nothing better than a story to illustrate your point. That is what the audience will remember. Bring one great story to your speech – not 3 mediocre ones – and you will connect with your audience.
7. Own your content. I was listening to a speaker recently whose entire presentation was about quoting other authors and experts and not sharing an original thought. Find something unique and original to say to your audience. There's a reason you were asked to take the stage.
8. Remember social media. Be careful what you say and how you say it. One off-color quote can go viral on social media and affect your reputation and your organization's.
9. Don't picture your audience naked. This is an old bit of advice predicated on the notion that the naked attendee is more vulnerable than you and so you have the upper hand. This advice doesn't hold true — better to picture your audience thinking positive thoughts about you, and cheering you on. The crowd wants you to succeed, they are rooting for you. That's the naked truth.
What tips would you add to this list?
– Diane Schwartz
CEO PR Gaffe of the Week, Barilla Edition
What is it about CEOs? How can so many of them be so smart and so accomplished, and yet still say so many bad or dumb things?
It's enough to keep a communications team up at night—and if they get to sleep, they have anxiety-driven nightmares.
Just this week, Guido Barilla, the CEO of one of the leading pasta makers in the world, brought a boycott down on his company for remarks that were viewed as homophobic. Within a few hours of the news, according to the guardian.com, the hashtag "boicotta-barilla" was trending on Twitter.
"For us, the concept of the sacred family remains one of the basic values of the company," Barilla said in a radio interview when asked whether he'd use gay people in advertising. "I would not do it, but not out of a lack of respect for homosexuals who have the right to do what they want without bothering others. I don't see things like they do and I think the family that we speak to is a classic family."
This all comes just months after Chick-Fil-A CEO Dan Cathy renewed an old controversy he created in 2012 by tweeting his dissatisfaction with the Supreme Court decision to overturn the Defense of Marriage Act.
Also this year, Abercrombie and Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries brought negative attention on himself and his company when older comments surfaced where he said he only wants good looking people to buy his clothes.
And American Apparel CEO Dov Charney seems to be just minutes away at any given time from another lawsuit.
In fact, if you Google phrases like "When CEOs say dumb things," you come up with a goldmine of journalism on the topic. Here are examples from BuzzFeed, the Atlantic, and CEO.com.
I think CEOs are smart, for sure—but they're also human. And once people get to the top of their profession, they're a) accustomed to thinking they're always right, and b) used to subordinates telling them they're always right. That leads very quickly to hubris and arrogance for most people, excepting only those who are really disciplined and have a very solid sense of self.
What's a communicator to do? Here are a few options:
• Engage the executives in your company in media training. Not in sporadic episodes, but sustained programs. Don't do it yourself. Bring in experts.
• Challenge the boss. Oftentimes, you'll be putting your job at risk, but heck, it can't be good for you or your company if you merely go along and get along.
• Know your executives. Know what their personal perspectives are. Respect those views, but help them understand that those views and the company's marketing messaging are two different things.
• Offer yourself as a sounding board to flippant top executives—have them bounce their public statements off you first. And if they reject that idea, then it might be time to think about your own reputation and find an environment that is more receptive to good PR counsel.
—Tony Silber
On the Art of Critical Listening
I was quoted in the newspaper the other day. The quote was technically inaccurate—I didn't say what the reporter wrote that I said. But it was correct in the substance. In effect, the reporter understood my meaning, and got it right, but wasn't writing down or transcribing my words verbatim. The quote was an approximation, rebuilt by the writer.
Was it okay? All's well that ends well? No, not really. It can't be. My view from years of work in journalism is that if you use a direct quote, it has to be what the person said. As a reporter and editor, I've cleaned up quotes, and taken out repeated words, and eliminated sentence fragments that come up when people speak extemporaneously and change their direction as they go. I've even clarified quotes, inserting nouns when the speaker used pronouns.
But that's different from "reconstructing" a quote because you didn't write it down—or you weren't listening carefully.
Which leads me to my point. In journalism or PR—indeed all communications—listening is a technique. In PR, it could be about understanding the context and underlying objective of a campaign, not just what the client's RFP said, or what the CEO indicated at the Monday meeting. It is something close to intuition, even if that can be tricky. There is a skill to training your ear to listen, even as you're taking notes.
The process is fascinating, really. I remember early on, when I'd have one of those old-style reporter's notebooks, furiously scribbling, standing up, as the mayor (or whomever) rattled off a comment. I got so good at it that I could listen, and engage critically, responding to what was said, and not just merely transcribing. And at the same time, I could sense in real time when a quote was good enough to take it down verbatim.
And that's the crux. As a communications professional, great engagement and great results can only come from truly listening—call it critical listening—and being able to separate the fluff from the substance. On the fly.
An example: Just last week, I attended a conference, but spent more time than I should have tending to matters back at the office. When it came time to write a cohesive report on the event, I kind of surprised myself, because all the while I had been doing critical listening. I was tuned to the speakers and the comments that mattered the most. The report wasn't half bad.
—Tony Silber
Where You Sit is What You See
I picked up a sound piece of advice the other night, during a college admissions event my daughter and I attended. Among the questions the prospective students asked of the alumni panel was whether the class sizes are so big that you can't see, hear and learn in them. The very articulate Class of 2010 alumnus responded with a great piece of advice that was applicable to me — and you, I imagine. She said: "Just sit in the front of the room." (Ah, if only it were that easy. Especially in college, when you really aren't sure if you'll be staying for the whole class, and what about your friends who wouldn't dare sit in the front row?)
The high school senior who asked the question nodded affirmatively, but you could see that the sound advice flowed right over her head. I believe she was hoping for a literal answer, such as "Yes, it sucks, but you deal with it."
The takeaway for me was an affirmation that just changing where you sit changes your perspective, improves your visibility, eliminates distractions, and gets you noticed. To take the advice further, instead of sitting in the back of the room (or being anonymous in your organization, or among your customers), move yourself to get closer, to be seen, and to hear things more clearly. By sitting (or getting closer), you'll pick up on details that could make a big difference in your viewpoint. Our marketplaces are bigger than any college classroom; if you're in the way, way back then you're missing out on the conversation.
I didn't expect to learn much from this college event – it was really for my daughter, not me. Which shows you can learn some life lessons from unexpected places and times. Just sit closer, and listen.
Diane Schwartz
What Content Marketing Means to PR and Traditional Media (and Traditional Journalists, Too)
When I started out in journalism—in daily newspapers—every so often you'd have a colleague opt out of the reporter's life and move into PR instead. It always seemed like a loss, because some of those colleagues were the most capable among us.
But journalism's loss was PR's gain. Today, in 2013, that's perhaps more true than ever, because of the disruption of the traditional media world. Let's be honest with what's happening: The newspaper industry—the industry dedicated to putting news on a paper product, which is printed and distributed every morning—is dying. Print newspapers probably will be gone in a generation or less. The print-magazine industry is less challenged than newspapers, but the trend is clear. Think about what's happened.
• It's not just that new technologies have massively changed media-consumption patterns and expectations.
• It's not just that the Internet has destroyed many forms of revenue-producing classified advertising, which once was a staple of newspaper businesses.
• It's not just that it's become an extraordinary challenge to invest resources in highly qualified journalists to produce news, when that news is then redistributed online for free within minutes. How do you make money in that environment?
• It's not just that newspapers have become an inefficient and outdated vehicle for local advertising. Local ad revenue is soaring, but it's online, and going to contextual and ROI-oriented technology companies like Facebook and Google.
• And it's not just that paid reader circulation—an essential part of the revenue model for newspapers and magazines—is unpredictable, at best, online.
It's all those things, combined. And the pace of change is accelerating. One outcome has been a wave of downsizings in the newspaper and magazine worlds, with more journalists moving into PR. And ironically, what many of them are doing now is—wait for it—creating journalism! They're just doing it for all different kinds of brands, not just media brands. They're serving brand communities, not geographic or industry-specific communities.
As media has changed, so has marketing and communications. The most significant change currently in brand communications is content marketing, where brands engage audiences through traditional journalism techniques—they tell interesting and relevant stories that readers like. This storytelling doesn't work if it's product pitching in disguise. It's more sophisticated than that. And usually, it's the PR staff that handles content marketing.
Is content marketing a threat to journalism? No. No more so than the bottom-feeder media companies that for 100 years neglected journalism and viewed content as "the space between the ads."
What is happening is this: As marketers increasingly engage in content marketing—online, on social media, in video—they make PR stronger. They become a new source of competition for traditional media companies. And they also provide a new source of employment for those professional journalists who've found that career opportunities, good incomes and professional growth are no longer as plentiful in traditional media.
Maybe those folks who went into PR when I was starting out were just a bit ahead of the trend line.
—Tony Silber
9 Tips To Master Before Your Next Media Interview
When UPS wanted to make the public aware of its sustainability and energy-saving practices, the PR team knew it needed to tell an interesting story to showcase its efforts. It has always stuck with me that UPS drivers don't make left turns (or at least, 95% of the time, they don't turn left). By turning right and not idling, UPS has been able to cut CO2 emissions by 100,000 metric tons and has saved 10 million gallons of fuel since 2004. The media loves stories like these, and I bet every company has a story to tell that's illustrative and memorable. The hard part, it turns out, is not in identifying your story but in telling it smartly to the media. There are so many things that can go wrong on the road to positive coverage.
Jerry Doyle of CommCore Consulting Group spends most of his days training C-suite execs and PR pros on how to talk to the media, how to tell a story that resonates and how to stay on message. At a PR News Media Training Workshop in NY on Sept 10, he reiterated the importance of sticking to your message while respecting the reporter's time and intelligence. He asked the workshop attendees: "What do you do when a reporter asks you a question?" So many times, the interviewee changes the topic, or veers in another direction instead of actually answering the question. When you don't answer the question, says Doyle, "it's a tell" – in other words, skeptical journalists get more skeptical and the questions harden.
In preparing for your next media interview, keep these tips in mind:
- Always be tuned into WIIFM: "what's in it for me" (the reporter and his/her audience): make your comments relevant to the interview and compelling to the audience.
- Pick a message/point and state it 3 times during the interview: any less or any more than that and your message will get lost.
- Research the reporter before the interview: who is she, what does she cover, what were her last 3 stories?
- Google yourself and your company: that's what the reporter is doing before the interview, so don't be caught off-guard by recent coverage of your company (or you).
- Assume you'll be asked difficult questions: be prepared to answer them.
- Tell a story or provide an analogy: nothing's better than a short, interesting story to illustrate your point, and for complicated issues a simple analogy is much appreciated by the reporter.
- Always answer the question: Better to say "I will look into that" than "no comment".
- Have a bridging strategy: at times, you'll need to bridge the conversation to get to your point. Practice bridging.
- Make sure your last words are good ones: often the last question is the reporter's lead, the sound bite on TV or the most memorable answer, so make sure you end the interview on your high note.
A reporter is usually not trying to stump you, but no reporter worth his salt is going to throw softballs throughout the interview. If you can master the 9 tips above, you and your brand won't suffer a black eye.
- Diane Schwartz, @dianeschwartz
Privacy is an Anachronism in PR and Elsewhere: Act Accordingly
In an episode of "Family Guy," Stewie is hobnobbing at a party when he announces that "you're going to love this" as a prelude to a politically incorrect joke.
But before he says anything, he goes outside the door to see if the coast is clear. Then he runs out to the street to see if anybody is listening. Ditto at the beach and, for good measure, cow pasture.
Convinced he's well out of earshot, Stewie scurries back to the party and says, "So these two black guys walk into a bar…" Of course, the instant he starts to tell the joke a black man pops out of a potted plant nearby and asks, "Hey, what are you guys talking about?"
I was reminded of the episode when I saw the picture of Senator John McCain playing poker on his iPhone during the Senate committee hearing on foreign relations discussing the potential use of force against Syria.
The picture, which was reportedly taken by a Washington Post photographer, is yet another indication of how we're all just a click (or tweet) away from living in our own personal "Truman Show."
McCain probably thought he could squeeze in a few hands of online poker during the hearing and nobody would be the wiser.
Big mistake.
McCain, who tried to make light of the situation with a less-than-funny tweet, is probably still wiping the egg off his face. One of the most vocal supporters for the U.S. to take action against Syria, McCain's gaffe during the hearing could cost him some credibility.
Call it a cautionary tale for communicators and the people they represent.
We've all heard the expression, "The Mic Is Always Hot."
Now PR execs can deposit another aphorism into the memory bank: "The Camera Is Always On."
As hand-held devices get more and more sophisticated and micro cameras become ubiquitous, PR pros need to be metaphysically aware of the growing potential of embarrassing themselves, their brands or their clients—and all of it being caught on camera or video.
As we adjust to an increasingly digital age, the only place that a PR pro (or senior executive) can speak freely is probably a hermetically sealed tank, and even that may be questionable.
The point here is not for communicators (and their clients) to play mum when they're out in public or not be themselves; that wouldn't come off too well with constituents. Plus, it would be bad for business.
But, unlike, say, five years ago, communicators can no longer take for granted that if they're in a sealed-off environment their actions (like playing with their iPhone during an important meeting or making vituperative comments) will not somehow get recorded for the masses to misconstrue and/or ridicule.
Privacy may be going the way of the Edsel, of course, but you're still in control of your actions. When you're in the public domain, focus on the work at hand and don't slide into behavior that would embarrass your mother. Don't let the cameras win.
Follow Mathew Schwartz: @mpsjourno1


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Glasgow businessman Billy Peterkin has been killed in a road crash in Spain.
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LatinaLista — With a last name like "Zack," most people don't realize that the president-elect of the American Bar Association (ABA) is Latino, Cuban-American to be exact. Mr. Zack will be the first president in the ABA's 131-year history who happens to be both Latino and Jewish.
Yet, being a trailblazer is nothing new to Mr. Zack. In a career spanning 35 years, he was the first Hispanic American and youngest president of the Florida Bar and a founding member of the Cuban American Bar Association. He is a specialist in civil trial law, as well as eminent domain, corporate and international law. Among his most high-profile cases, he represented former Vice President Al Gore in the trial of Bush v. Gore in 2000.
A proponent of diversity in the legal profession, Mr. Zack believes there is a "pipeline problem" with attracting students of color to law school. He says he wants to partner with other bar associations, including the Hispanic American Bar Association, the Cuban American Bar Association and the National Bar Association to encourage more minorities to attend law school and tell high school students why they should consider law school as a career choice.
In addition to promoting law school among youth, Mr. Zack enters the ABA presidency with a focus on several other issues important to him: Hispanic legal rights, civil rights, immigration and civics education.
In the following post, Mr. Zack shares the reasons why it's important that everyone has a firm understanding of our Constitution and why he is challenging the nation's lawyers and judges to do their part in promoting civics education.
To me, the answer to "why civic education matters" is a deeply personal one. It's about my life story and that of my family's. It's our particular story, but it's also an experience we share with many other American immigrants.
I was born in 1947 and raised in Havana, Cuba. My mother is Cuban.
In the early 1900s my grandfather had come to Cuba from Russia, looking for a better life, searching for freedom, hoping for the right to practice his religion and beliefs without persecution. For many years, he found that. He raised a family, worked hard and prospered.
Unfortunately, there came a time when that changed for my family in Cuba.
When I was 13, we left Cuba to come to the United States. My grandfather became a refugee for the second time, once again having to flee his home in search of that better life.
At that young age, I learned a lesson I have never forgotten.
The Cuban and United States Constitutions may have been virtually identical on paper. However, without a thorough understanding and a complete commitment to the spirit those written words represented, neither that Cuban constitution, nor any other, was enough to protect its citizens and guarantee their rights and liberties. That was my family's experience nearly a half century ago, a mere 90 miles from American soil.
It's just as true today.
As the great American jurist Learned Hand so aptly put it, ""Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can even do much to help it."
That's why we, as Americans, must have a better understanding and appreciation of our Constitution. We must rededicate ourselves to learning about our constitutional system--not just the words on parchment, but the fundamental principles and values those words represent.
Principles and values such as the separation of powers, checks and balances, judicial review, the rule of law, and constitutional democracy--majority rule that protects minority rights.
Such a rededication requires a shared commitment to civic education. This will take a concerted effort. We must begin where the need is most urgent and the impact can be the greatest--in our nation's schools.
Unfortunately, leading experts point to the inadequate state of civic education. In a landmark report, the Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools has warned, "School-based civic education is in decline."
Although nearly 40 state constitutions cite the civic mission of schools as the rationale for establishing their public school systems, many high schools now teach only a single semester course on American government.
Less than one-third of 12th graders were proficient or higher on the most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress test on civics (known as the "nation's report card"), able to at least demonstrate "competency over challenging subject matter."
Fortunately, we're not alone in the effort to promote civic learning. Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, for one, has taken on the mission to advance the cause of civic education in recent years.
She cautions, however, "I don't know how long we can survive as a nation if we don't teach every generation how our government is structured and works. I regard that as a very important thing for our public schools to teach. It's critical for every generation to learn it. You don't inherit that knowledge through the gene pool."
Yet another distinguished American who has served on our nation's highest court, Justice David Souter, is also dedicated to civic education. In August he spoke about this subject to members of the American Bar Association at our annual meeting in Chicago.
His blunt message, "Civic education in the United States is not good enough." Why civic education matters? "I believe civic educational reform is, literally, essential to the continued vitality of American constitutional government as we know it." Justice Souter's message came with a call to action, for both the organized bar and individual lawyers.
As president-elect of the American Bar Association, I'm pledging my support, and that of our professional association's, to answer that call to action. Moreover, I encourage all lawyers and judges to be personally and actively engaged in civic education in their communities and schools.
Indeed, to preserve our cherished constitutional values, to never take them for granted, all Americans need to support the civic mission of our schools. That's why civic education matters.
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U.S. District Court Chief Judge Rudolph Randa announced Wednesday he will move into semi-retirement, but it appears that's conditional on President Bush's nominee to replace him being confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
Randa, 66, chief judge for five years, sent a letter to President Bush on Tuesday notifying the president that he "will take senior status, effective upon Senate confirmation and President George W. Bush's appointment of his successor."
Randa declined to comment, keeping his tradition of not talking to reporters.
Given the contentious relationship between the Republican White House and Democrat-controlled Senate, it's unclear what the chances are for a Bush nominee to make it through confirmation.
In Wisconsin, candidates for federal judge and U.S. attorney pass through a bipartisan commission of 11, appointed by U.S. Sens. Herb Kohl and Russ Feingold, both Democrats, Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner and the state bar association.
The commission is expected to take about three months to select finalists, who will meet with the senators and congressman and then be forwarded to the White House, said Tom Schreibel, chief of staff for Sensenbrenner. A federal judicial appointment is for life.
Senior status judges receive the same pay as a regular judge and typically maintain staff and an office but carry a smaller caseload.
Randa was born in 1940 in Milwaukee. A graduate of Riverside High School, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and UW Law School, he served in Vietnam for two years, earning the Bronze Star, according to a bio from his office.
He served as an assistant city attorney in Milwaukee, circuit court judge and state appeals court judge before moving to the federal bench 15 years ago. He was appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1992.
Randa has come under fire from some for ordering now-exonerated state purchasing official Georgia Thompson jailed late last year while she appealed a conviction for steering a travel contract to a company whose officers had donated to Gov. Jim Doyle's campaign.
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Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) discusses why he confronts elementary, middle and high school students with the question: Where do you stand on the issue of abortion?
Bishop Thomas Olmstead offically revokes St. Joseph's Hospital of its status as a Catholic hospital because it dared to save the life of a young mother of four – with an emergency abortion.
A woman births her fourth child at home, against the wishes of her doctor, after having had three prior c-sections and being told she'd need to have another; The ACLU urges the superintendent of the California school district where a young teen committed suicide from anti-gay bullying, to do something about it; and reproductive justice advocates in Minnesota fear they are in for a rough haul this upcoming legislative session.
In November 2009, a young mother of four was given a life saving, emergency abortion from doctors at St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona. Bishop Thomas Olmstead of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix called it "immoral" and is now threatening the hospital president in an effort to make sure they never save a pregnant woman's life again.
The media's and the public's treatment of Elizabeth Edward's decisions mirrors our society's treatment of women's decisions writ large: Do they really know what they're doing?
Sisters of Life take an oath to work "to enhance the sacredness of human life," a vow making them the world's only religious order to make opposition to abortion their sole raison d'être.
Afternoon Roundup: No More "Female at Birth" Policy for Golf Association, Judge Disses Christian University's Anti-Choice Claims
LPGA ditches their "female at birth" policy, Speaker John Boehner has some frighteningly invasive anti-choice legislative plans in store for Americans, BPA may be responsible for infertility problems in women and is the Pope inspiring more religious mind expansion as it relates to condoms and birth control?
A Lame Duck Congress lives up to its name when it comes to fair pay, William Saletan tells women we should compromise our bodily autonomy because two guys have decided it's a good idea, contraception should be covered for women in the U.S. and more..
Will Congress be voting for fair pay? Will women soon have access to certified professional midwives in Illinois? And are women in the U.S. really getting the message that we're at risk of contracting HIV?
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LONDON: Nissan, the car manufacturer, is further developing its approach to branded content via a partnership with Google, the online giant.
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The channel will also have footage of Nissan's GT Academy activity – which sees selected video-gamers progress to become real racing drivers.
The other side of the deal will see the YouTube brand appearing alongside the Nismo.TV logo on Nissan cars competing in races such as the Blancpain Endurance and LeMans Series.
"Through tie-ups with someone like YouTube we aim to make Nissan the most accessible brand in the sport," said Darren Cox, Nissan director of global, motorsport.
"Innovation is what Nissan does best and with YouTube we can go out there and break the rules when it comes to engaging with our audience," he added.
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|Reviews for Koh's Reckoning
| NeverBeforeOrAgain chapter 1 . 1/4
I really love your Zutara stories! I can only hope that in time you chose to write another one. Thank you.
| Guest chapter 8 . 4/19/2015
personally a bit disappointed with azulas charactet arc, seeingthe wau she reacted at her mothers death in btrs (and the ace portrayal of her recovery in the prologue), i thoguht she would show more signs of recovery and at least some sort of allusion to her remptiob. dont get me wrong this was quite an interesting story but i feel like azula wasnot given justice, simply writing her off as a crazy somewhat diminishes her (espcially how wonderfully complex and subtly developed she was at the end of btrs, even during it). otherwise it was a good zutara epic.
| Guest chapter 8 . 1/30/2015
Wonderful storyline and I loved seeing more Zutara fabulous
| ladyjane025 chapter 8 . 8/19/2014
Love live Zutara, agreed. This almost seemed like cannon. Well done.
| Guest chapter 8 . 7/17/2014
This story is pure gold and I am actually tempted to print this one and its predecessor out for my personal keeping (I wouldn't sell it so don't worry about the whole profit thing haha). I loved it start to finish and couldn't put my phone down, and I love the way you write each of the characters. I also love your attention to detail-the way the tense changes to present in the Spirit World because time passes differently; the way their souls aren't affected by their bodily scars; the way Toph is overwhelmed by her sight; and so much more-and I absolutely love Toph in general, so I love her role in all this. Also the way you went in depth with Koh? GOLD, MAN, GOLD! I am such a big fan. You're so inpiring ahhhhh! :')
| PurseMonger chapter 8 . 5/2/2014
This was really well done. I liked that you gave Toph a chance to see and that you gave Karuk and Ummi a happy ending. Mostly though, I like how you dealt with Aang getting over Katara. I've always figured it would take him a long time and risking her life was a good way for him to see that he needs to move on.
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| engineergirl86 chapter 8 . 7/27/2013
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| engineergirl86 chapter 2 . 7/26/2013
This is really good!
| MayGirl85 chapter 8 . 7/6/2013
Nice ending. Very merciful. Makes me wonder who the parents are, as in - are they the creators of your world? Just a thought. Great story.
| MayGirl85 chapter 7 . 7/6/2013
Wow. Nice. So what happened to koh?
| MayGirl85 chapter 6 . 7/6/2013
Interesting to have Koh as the Avatar's brother. Very good plot twist. And as having the one face he cannot have. I wonder if their parents are still in the spirit world? Koh'll get a spanking!
| MayGirl85 chapter 5 . 7/6/2013
Nice. Love Toph's exploration of the world and color described as stuff in the middle.
| MayGirl85 chapter 4 . 7/6/2013
Go Katara. That's what I'd be thinking. Prison break!
| matyre chapter 8 . 5/1/2013
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Frances Bean Cobain turns 19 years old today, making us all feel very old
When Kurt Cobain took his own life in 1994, after the initial shock and sorrow faded away, what I was left with was a deep concern and sympathy for his baby daughter, Frances Bean, who was only a year old at the time. Not only would she grow up without a father in her life (and constantly be under the gloomy shadow that Cobain still casts over the music world at large), but she would be under the care of Courtney Love, who herself has proven to be rather unstable and erratic in her lifestyle and parenting choices (and having Michael Stipe and Drew Barrymore as godparents has to be quite a trip as well). Despite all of that, Frances is, incredibly, turning 19 years old today.
For the most part, Cobain has stayed out of the public spotlight as best she could, occasionally popping up in random photo spreads and interviews with Teen Vogue and Elle, as well as being in the midlle of the well-publicized custody battles between Love and her grandparents. She also served as an intern for Rolling Stone in 2008, a situation where it seemed that the struggling magazine was taking advantage of the Cobain name to serve their own selfish purposes and raise their declining reputation.
But now that she has approached the end of her teenage years, Frances is casting off her youthful restraint and discretion, and has recently appeared in two high-profile fashion spreads; one is a provocative spread for former Dior Homme designer Hedi Slimane, and the other is a more glamorous set of shots for photographer Rocky Schenck. The image of Cobain that emerges in these photographs is one of a young lady that is anxious to make her own mark on the world at large, yet also expresses an inherent edginess and angst within her that surely is a result of Frances' burdensome past.
Whatever direction she decides to take her life, I wish her only the best. I would hate for the poor decisions that both her parents have made in their own lives to prevent or hinder her from accomplishing any of the dreams she holds dear. I'm sure the somber specter of her father will linger around her for her entire life, and plenty of people will try and discredit or invalidate her accomplishments simply because of her last name. But hopefully she finds her own unique path, one that proves to be rewarding and fulfilling, and gives her life lasting meaning beyond being the daughter of two troubled songwriters. Happy 19th Birthday to you, Frances! May you celebrate many, many more.
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"You'd better eat your vegetables." How many times have you heard that in your life? Yeah, too many to count. We happen to love the green stuff, but we sure do know plenty of folks who aren't crazy about veggies. Of course, most of those people might change their minds after trying Tryst Cafe's beer-battered green beans. Even after a dip in the fryer, these babies (locally grown and organic, like most of Tryst's food) keep their snappy crispness and brilliant green color. The light beer batter is flavorful and crunchy and, most important, used sparingly enough that you see plenty of the bean and you don't feel weighted down with the grease-and-batter overload you get with so many deep-fried appetizers. The plate of beans comes with a quartet of dipping sauces, but you know what? You don't really need these accessories. In fact, the time it takes to choose a sauce and then dip your bean in it is time lost in the scramble to eat as many of these treats as possible before your friends beat you to it.
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A few years ago, the Rangers made a blockbuster deal in which one of the key acquisitions was a young lefthander coming off a shoulder injury. They're hoping Matt Harrison fares better than Justin Thompson did.
A few years ago, the Rangers made a blockbuster deal in which one of the key acquisitions was a young lefthander coming off a shoulder injury. They're hoping Matt Harrison fares better than Justin Thompson did.
Tommy Hunter could move through the ranks quickly.
Thomas Diamond swears two dates from 2007 will be forever seared into his brain.
First-round pick Blake Beavan has been pitching for the Rangers organization for barely a month, but the club has already made a significant change to his style.
Engel Beltre won't turn 18 until November, but he's already becoming something of a legend among the "Baby Rangers" acquired in a passel of deals at the trade deadline.
The best hitter, the best pitcher and one to keep an eye on.
After acquiring a haul of minor league players in three separate minor league deals, the Rangers still weren't exactly sure what they have. But the early outlook is good.
For Armando Galarraga, being healthy and well-rested has been a plus.
The Rangers ranked 28th of 30 teams in Baseball America's preseason list of organizational talent. Suffice to say, they are likely to move up in 2008.
The Rangers wanted to rebuild Edinson Volquez' confidence and his command. It looks like they are well on the way to accomplishing that.
Eric Hurley has been impressive, Chris Davis has taken a big leap forward with a 28-game hitting streak, and Joaquin Arias has not played as well as the Rangers had hoped.
The Rangers still may not be sure if Jason Botts is a major league hitter, but any questions about his dedication should be put to rest.
After all those months of scouting, all the Rangers had to do was take a 10-minute trip up the road to find righthander Blake Beavan, whom they drafted in the first round.
K.C. Herren, the club's second-round pick in 2004, had such a miserable season at low Class A Clinton in 2006 that he had to be busted back to short-season Spokane. He knew he had to turn things around quickly.
Johnny Whittleman, the Rangers' second-round pick in 2005, hit .227/.313/.343 in his first full pro season. It didn't deter him.
The Rangers sent righthander Frank Francisco back to the minor leagues at the end of spring training with a list of projects: command your breaking ball; field your position better; and hold runners.
Taylor Teagarden is making up for lost time. And he's doing it quickly.
The Rangers have reached a difficult juncture with righthander Edinson Volquez.
It just wouldn't be the Rangers if spring training didn't bring some kind of cataclysmic injury to a prized prospect.
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Before we contemplate what this year is going to mean in the life of the Detroit Tigers, we need to clear up what last year meant.
We need to clear it up because so many people got it so wrong.
This team was not some kind of cute little George Mason fairy tale. It wasn't Boise State. It wasn't the '93 Phillies.
This was not some once-in-a-millennium, magical run by a team playing over its helmets for one enchanted season.
No, sir. This team isn't going to climb out of its 2006 bubble now and go back to being what the Detroit Tigers used to be. Sorry. We hate to break it to you, if you're somebody who thought like that.
But last year, friends, was just the beginning. And the rest of the American League knows it, too.
"Enchanted?" laughed Twins GM Terry Ryan. "No, they weren't enchanted, whatever that means. That's a team that doesn't have any question marks. They don't have any holes. And I don't know that you can do any better than that."
"They're loaded," said Indians outfielder David Dellucci. "They're a fantasy baseball team."
For 12 years, the Tigers were an afterthought, a joke, a 119-loss season waiting to happen. But guess what was going on while you were busy listening to all of us baseball geniuses debating the state of the Red Sox and Yankees?
The Detroit Tigers built themselves a superpower. That's what.
Only a week ago, we were asking Indians GM Mark Shapiro about the possibility that his team could become this year's Tigers. He found that question kind of amusing.
"The biggest problem we'd have in being this year's Tigers," Shapiro replied, pithily, "is beating this year's Tigers.
"If they're healthy, and there are no unforeseen bumps in the road," Shapiro said, "they're the best team in the American League. They're the best team in baseball. I feel completely comfortable saying that."
Well, if he does, then we do, too. So we'll say it.
The Tigers are going to win the World Series. This year, they're going to get it right.
This October, they won't lead anybody's league in E-1's. This October, their dreams aren't going to get blown up by any 5-foot-8 shortstops, by any slips or slides on soggy grass, by any pitchers who had won one game in two months.
This October, the Tigers are going to finish what they started last year. Oh, they may have had themselves a magical season, all right. But we don't see any expiration date on their magic kit.
"For the first time in my career with the Detroit Tigers, we have a target on our back," said third baseman Brandon Inge, "instead of being dusted off everyone's shoulders, like, 'All right, we've got Detroit. Easy three. Let's take them and get out of here.' It's a better feeling. You play for that respect, and that's how you get it. So now let's find out what kind of team we really are."
And they will, too. This year is the test. This is the point, for any team, when it finds out how good it is. So the Tigers will find out there is a reason that only one team in the past three decades lost a World Series one year, then came back to win it the next.
That team was the 1988-89 Oakland A's, a team that endured a shocking loss to the Dodgers in its first World Series journey, then squashed the Giants in four games the next time around. And was back to its third straight World Series the following year.
Well, it's funny we should mention those A's, because an AL scout said this spring that's exactly what the 2007 Tigers remind him of -- a team that may have lost the World Series, but a team that's eminently capable of showing up in the next World Series. And the next one after that.
The Tigers wouldn't be the first team we have thought that about, of course. And 30 years of history tells us it's never as easy the second time around. But this group seems remarkably aware of that -- possibly because its manager has been pounding all of them over the head with that message since the day they showed up under the palm trees.
You think there is any chance -- any -- that Jim Leyland would let this team relax, or coast, or spend the next six months reminiscing about how cool last year was?
"There ain't no way," the manager said, "that's gonna happen."
What Leyland has been sermonizing about, in that lovable way of his, is one of his favorite concepts: Don't forget about what you did. Just stuff it in the top drawer of your memory bank and take it out some other time -- like maybe the year 2088.
"What he said was, 'Last year was last year, and this year is this year,' " said this team's Opening-Day starter, and emerging ace, Jeremy Bonderman. "And that's true. Nobody remembers yesterday. Everybody remembers today. He just wanted to make sure we all didn't get caught up in what we did last year."
But Leyland also delivers that message in a way that lets these men know -- that lets the world know -- he understands exactly how far they traveled last year.
"I said when I took this job," he said, "that we had good players. We just didn't have a good team."
Now, however, they've crossed that threshold. They've arrived at a place only the best teams get to visit -- a place where confidence, talent and universal respect collide.
"Nobody remembers yesterday. Everybody remembers today."
-- Jeremy Bonderman
"We will not be a flash in the pan," Leyland said, firmly. "I'll tell you that right now. We've got a good team. We've got good players."
In fact -- and this is another scary development for the rest of the American League -- they have more good players than they had last year. The only guy who departed was left-handed reliever Jamie Walker. But they added one of the biggest offensive difference-makers in the sport, Gary Sheffield. Pretty good upgrade.
Try to find an area where this team has serious issues, at least on paper. Good luck.
Lineup: Bet you didn't know these guys scored more runs than the Red Sox and outhomered the Indians last year -- and now they've got their best October hitter, Sean Casey, for a full season, and they've plugged Sheffield into the No. 3 hole. And remember, they were so deep last year, their No. 9 hitter, Inge, missed leading the team in homers by one. "With our lineup, one through nine, I honestly feel there are no breaks in there," Inge said.
Rotation: You always wonder about staffs that had to pitch that extra month the year before. This team already has to cover for the loss of Kenny Rogers for at least half a season. So if a Justin Verlander or Jeremy Bonderman were to go down, you could find us backpedaling on this whole column. But this is still a deep group, thanks to the return of Mike Maroth, who missed half of last season after elbow surgery. And last June's No. 1 pick, future dominator Andrew Miller, could show up any minute, especially now that Rogers has created an ace-ian kind of vacancy. So for now, assuming the rest of these guys stay healthy, it's still tough to work up any serious trepidation about a rotation that led the big leagues in ERA and shutouts."Our starting staff" said Bonderman, "is almost like the Braves used to be."
Bullpen: As fun experiences go, facing this bullpen is right up there with, say, an appendectomy. From Jose Mesa to Wilfredo Ledezma to Joel Zumaya to Fernando Rodney, it's a nonstop radar-gun fest. Then Todd Jones marches in and carves you up with his cutter. Opponents hit only .242 against the whole bullpen last year -- meaning you had a better chance of getting a hit off Roy Oswalt, Curt Schilling or John Smoltz than you did against these smokeballers. "When it's coming in at 89 (mph) from one of those guys," quipped Blue Jays masher Vernon Wells, "it's an off-speed pitch."
The Manager: There might not be another locker room in the sport -- maybe in any pro sport -- where more players go out of their way to pay homage to the guy running the show than they do in this one. "He's awesome, man," said Bonderman, in answer to a basic question about whether Leyland has done or said anything different this year. "He can lighten you up in a hurry. But he'll jump on you when he has to, too."
The Farm System: Leyland admits he's more concerned this year than he was last year that, if the Tigers need help from their system, there isn't quite as much there. "I mean, we just can't reach down to the minor leagues and grab a few more Zumayas and Verlanders," he said. But other teams still rave about the Tigers' prospects. Even when you get past Miller, we could name quite a few teams who would consider Jair Jurrjens their best pitching prospect. And outfielder Cameron Maybin is on everybody's list of the top-10 phenoms in the game. "The one thing you have to do [to guard against falling back to the pack]," said GM Dave Dombrowski, "is, you've got to keep the talent coming."
Chemistry: There aren't many stories like this one. A group of players loses together for year after stinking year. Even loses 119 games one of those years. Then nearly a dozen of the same guys are still around to see the same team go to a World Series. But it happened in Detroit. And the transformation from flops to champs glued this cast together more powerfully than just about any other team you'll run across. "I've been around a lot of guys that will do extra because they're free agents, because they want to get paid," Jones said. "But I've never been around guys who want to do it because the other 24 are watching them, and [they] know what it took to get to the World Series last year. ... We care about each other, and that's a great place to be."
No Fear-Of-Yanks-And-Sox Disease: It's easy to have an inferiority complex when you play in the same league as those Yankees and Red Sox conglomerates. But if this team was so intimidated, how did it manage to wipe out the Yankees three games in a row last October after losing the opener of their LDS? "I remember I said, 'I want to play against the Yankees,' " said shortstop Carlos Guillen. "Once we won [Game 2]," said Bonderman, "we looked at them, and it was like, 'You've got to prove you can beat us.' ... We don't fear anybody. We respect everyone, but we show no fear."
October Inspiration: If the only thing worse than not getting to the World Series is losing the World Series, the Tigers could be one dangerous team this year. "I don't care about [just] getting there," said Inge. "Yeah, it's an honor to be there. And yeah, we deserved to be there. But to go there and not win, it just really, really left a bad taste in my mouth. I don't like it one bit. I know we can win. So there's a huge sense of unfinished business."
Now obviously, if the Tigers overload the trainer's room, all of this could change, especially in a division as treacherous as the AL Central. And there are a lot of key players here who probably know their health-insurance policy numbers by heart (Guillen, Magglio Ordonez, Ivan Rodriguez, Placido Polanco in particular).
So there will be many obstacles on the obstacle course. But this team seems to have caught on to that, too.
"I just wish people wouldn't just chalk up what guys did last year and throw in Sheffield and say, 'Well, that's it,' " Jones warned. "That's the hard part that people don't understand. You've got to get excited about the journey. You can't worry about the ending. You've still got to play the games out. And when you focus on the numbers, it's hard to concentrate on the journey."
But no journey can match last year's journey. So if the team on the field looks anything like the team on the paper over the next six months, we bet you won't hear words like "cute" or "magical" or "enchanted" to describe the Detroit Tigers anymore.
"Last year, I think everybody was really happy for us," Jones said. "That will be the difference. Everyone in baseball was pulling for us the first six weeks of the year, because they all figured we'd get over .500 and fade, and it would be a nice little cuddly story.
"But now," Jones chuckled, "they all want to beat our butts."
Jayson Stark is a senior writer for ESPN.com.


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