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April 2004
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Behind the Product
Training is an Integral Part of Successful Sales and Marketing
by Alan B. Goldberg
The old cliché "knowledge is power" couldn't be more evident when applied to educating building professionals about millwork products. Changing design specifications, increased consumer demand and more focus on aesthetics in a highly competitive market have added to the necessity of proper and effective training for dealers and distributors.
Fortunately, there are many exceptional training programs. Here is a description of a few of them.
InstallationMasters™ Training and Certification Program
The InstallationMasters™ Training and Certification Program is the culmination of four years of consultation with installers, manufacturers, suppliers and other industry experts. It was developed around the ASTM consensus standard practice E 2112 method for residential and light commercial construction in a range of materials and techniques, according to Dave Moyer, vice president of certification services for York, Pa.-based Architectural Testing Inc. (ATI), the program administrator.
Owned and managed by the InstallationMasters Institute, the program was initially developed by the American Architectural Manufactu-rers Association (AAMA) to establish and teach nationally recognized quality standards for the installation of exterior windows and doors. Topics include product installation techniques, safety, site inspection, material protection, product removal, codes, standards and specifications, components and materials and quality control. Attendees are taught by specially-trained instructors from certain areas of expertise. A 360-page comprehensive training manual is included with the program.
Eligible certification candidates who pass a final exam are nationally certified and receive a photo identification card as proof of their technical knowledge. They must qualify for accreditation through a rigorous train-the-trainer curriculum. As standard industry approved practices change, the program will be updated accordingly.
Hurd University
Window and door manufacturers, like the InstallationMasters Program, recognize that training is important.
For years, Hurd Millwork of Medford, Wis., has held sales and service training sessions for distributors. In March of this year the company introduced its new comprehensive training program called Hurd University.
"It is a training program concept that affirms our commitment to our distributor partners and their success in working with us," said Brett Waldhart, communications/training coordinator.
According to Waldhart, Hurd University in its entirety is a progression of training sessions that will give attendees extensive knowledge about Hurd and its products.
Courses are introductory and advanced. In the basic training courses, topics include a history of Hurd, procedures, product features and benefits, best practices and effective competitive selling. Advanced courses are designed for every level of experience. The majority of the basic training is done off campus so "we can target more distributors, more often," said Waldhart.
The company is also offering the AAMA InstallationMasters Program to builders and contractors who, upon completion, will be "industry" certified in installation practices. Web-based training capabilities and other advanced courses will be offered in the future.
Peachtree Academy
This two-and-one-half-day program given by Tom Bychinski, corporate training development manager for Peachtree Doors & Windows of Norcross, Ga., combines a number of elements to make it entertaining and effective.
"I have a teaching background and I do whatever I can to make this an enjoyable and learning experience," said Bychinski. "I make use of game shows—Jeopardy, Let's Make A Deal, Family Feud—to teach product features and selling skills. We divide everyone into teams and have them give a sales presentation, which is critiqued for everyone's benefit."
Many topics are covered including products, product catalogs and electronic pricing. The sessions also include informal meetings with marketing, product and customer-service people and a tour of the plant.
"Our classes are on a one-to-one interactive [level] because we believe effective training (in basic skills) and establishing a level of expertise is essential if our distributors and dealers are going to be successful," Bychinski said.
The average size of a class is 44-50.
"We fill these classes because everyone recognizes their value," he added.
The company also offers Advanced Peachtree Academy, which covers advanced selling techniques and converting competitive products. Part of the training in the advanced class includes using a lap top to do exercises that involve actual field application.
The attendees are given blueprints from a home, which can include as many as 18 windows, and they have to establish estimates. According to Bychinski, the maximum class size is 34 because of the complexity of the subject.
Force 5 Program
Window and door manufacturers aren't the only companies that know training is a vital part of business. Component manufacturers and software manufacturers also know the significance of training its customers.
Endura Products of Greensboro, N.C., has been delivering a simple message to its prehanger customers: a door of the highest quality, craftsmanship and beauty will not perform without the proper system specifications, components, assembly and installation.
Through its Force 5 program, the company provides extensive training on the assembly of high-performance doors, which includes critical issues such as improper closure, moisture, damage and air infiltration.
The training is a three-step process. The first is a meeting with purchasing managers and shop personnel to explain how various types of components impact the assembly of their unit, for example how one-piece mulls machined according to exact specifications will fit together perfectly in the shop to ensure proper assembly consistently.
In the second step, prehangers create entire door systems from a variety of Endura's sills, frames, headers, astragals and weather seals. Custom door system specifications are created from basic information on the door panels—dimensions, composition and configuration. Specifications include exact dimensions for each component, correct margins between door panel and jamb, sill, header and astragal. Then the unit is built from these specifications and tested to verify that the intended performance levels are achieved.
In the third step, an Endura representative visits the prehanger to explain the correct method for assembling the unit. Using a door sample, a copy of the specs and printed assembly instructions, the representative performs shop training with the general manager, shop manager and employees.
"This is an on-going process," said John Eagleton, Endura's national account manager. "Our reps make quarterly visits to ensure that units continue to be assembled according to specs and to answer any questions."
Software Training from WoodWare
For more than 20 years, WoodWare Systems has provided industry-specific software and technology solutions for the window, door and millwork industry. One of the keys to success for millwork distributors and manufacturers, according to Mike Owens, vice president of sales and marketing, is the emphasis on end-user training.
According to Owens, there is a lot of preparation before the initial training session. A company training team learns about the customer's business needs through on-site visits. Classroom-style training is used to teach customers about the company's unique Var-I-Frame™ Product Configurator approach to product record-building, which is customized to handle each individual account's products. Each account begins the process of building its own records within its own version of the WoodWare System.
Trainers assist with remote access to customer systems using Internet capabilities. Further training sessions are held at the customer's site, which include hands-on training for various business functions such as generating quotes, entering sales orders, creating purchase orders, creating statements and financial reports and many other day-to-day functions.
When the company "goes live," trainers are at the user site to be sure there is a smooth transition. There are a number of add-on modules—the RF Barcode modules, the Warehouse Management System, WebConnect modules, DataView documents—that are held at the customer's site.
Whether the company is a window, door, component or software manufacturer, their recognition that distributor and dealer training is critical is evident by the interest in and the number of programs that are available.
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Meat, Climate Change, and Industry Tripe
Apr. 9, 2015
Washington Post food-politics columnist Ezra Klein has taken a stand: people should eat less meat, because of its vast greenhouse gas footprint. To make his case, Ezra cited the FAO's landmark "Livestock's Long Shadow" report, which found that global meat production is responsible for 18 percent of total greenhouse gas emissions.
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Our nation is enslaved to an industrial food system that is making us sick and fat. It abuses workers (with many cases of modern day slavery), is inhumane to animals, pollutes our drinking water with manure and pesticides, and contributes to climate change. Eating is a religious act. These foods do not reflect Jewish values of humane treatment of animals, workers rights, protecting the environment and human health.
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Through brilliant analogies between Sacred texts' episodes and the current food system, one of the US delegates at Terra Madre pictures the Ark of Taste as the 21st century Noah's Ark.
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It was a night like most others. We sat at the dinner table, chatting about our days and about how many bites the kids had to eat before they could be excused to consume some other food product not called dinner – even if it was just a peach or a banana, as long as it wasn't "dinner" they couldn't wait to eat it. As usual, toward the end, I hopped up to start a bath for the kids. Earlier today, I was on a field trip with my oldest and noticed her ponytail was bumpy so I tried to fix it only to find out her hair was a little bit crunchy/crusty, then I thought "Hmmm when was the last time this kid washed her hair? Jumping in the pool, followed by an outdoor shower or swimming in the ocean doesn't count." I remember the days of thinking it did count, but I am a mother now. It doesn't count. Shampoo and conditioner must be involved.
So… I started a bath.
The kids jumped in. They are just on the edge of not being able to bathe together because they spend more time yelling to me about who is doing what wrong when and why they hate each other and less time washing themselves. But sometimes a mom needs a few minutes of silence and so we are sticking with this for now. Until it backfires.
Hubby and I sat down on the couch, one room away, to watch an episode of Weeds while the kids bathed. It all seemed nice and family friendly-ish enough. As family friendly as watching Weeds gets. Then I heard one kid say "Why did you throw that in the toilet?!?!" really loud so that I would hear and he would get in trouble. While the offender stood in the doorway, naked, barely able to defend himself from his sin.
One kid had gotten out of the tub to poop. I know she will hate me one day for telling you this, but it is what it is – a bath makes the girl poop. And the boy had gotten out of the bath to get a "toy" to play with, but it turns out his "toy" was a large clump of dried playdoh. No idea where it came from or why he thought it would be a fun thing to take the time to get out of the bath, drip on the floor for and then retrieve only to return to the bath to play with. But he did. And then he threw it at his sister's head. He missed. She ducked. It sailed over her head and landed – in the toilet – with the poop that my lovely daughter didn't flush.
And here is where it gets ugly.
I walk into the bathroom after the sounds of what I can only imagine is melodrama – it couldn't be that bad, right??! But indeed – there is a large- in fact, the exact size of the toilet hole size of playdoh in the toilet. And there is poop in there too. And some pee.
I stand there, ready to scream, swear, flip out and my husband would say I did all of the above but I claim he is wrong.
I reach my bare arm into the poop and pee filled toilet to try to get to the said playdoh that I have been informed is in there, right under the toilet paper. Instead of getting it, I push it down inadvertently and it is lodged. Stuck. Not moving.
I pull my arm out, covered in pee and remnants of soaking wet toilet paper, reeking of poop and realize I have to keep trying to figure this problem out myself. My husband is still laying on the couch watching Weeds afterall and one of us has to be able to tell the other one what happened while we were in the other room retrieving playdoh from the toilet. It's not like it has "pause" or "stop". Or does it? He just didn't want to get involved.
So, I did the next rational thing any mother would do and I furiously marched to the kitchen, grabbed the grilling tongs and returned to the bathroom to try to retrieve the ball of rock-hard playdoh that had lodged itself in the toilet. I yanked, I pulled, I got poop on my hands, and didn't succeed. At all. My husband laughed.
The problem is still not solved. It's still there. He is convinced that with time and lots of soaking, the rock hard mass of playdoh will turn to mush and we'll be able to use our toilet again. I am not so sure.
The bright side is that it was 7 o'clock and I told my kids "Get out of the bathtub, put your pajamas on and go to bed!" in my mean mommy voice (my husband called it the fear of death voice, but I disagree) and they have been asleep since 7:15.
The toilet is yet to be unclogged though.
And my hands and arms still smell like poop.
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President, Murphy CFO
After military service, Mike built a a nine-year career at the corporate office of The Home Depot serving as an internal consultant focused on process improvement. He held several different roles of increasing responsibility that included accounting, finance, strategy, process improvement (six sigma) and operations. Mike managed the quantitative analysis team that was responsible for global pricing, product placement and yield management for all Tool Rental locations. In this role he led the cultural change in management philosophy to a centralized, data-driven approach resulting in increased control, efficiency and profitability.
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Six Sigma Black Belt. Georgia Institute of Technology. Atlanta, Georgia.
Master's in Business Administration (MBA), Finance. Georgia State University. Atlanta, Georgia.
Bachelor's in Business Administration (BBA), Accounting. Kennesaw State University. Kennesaw, Georgia.


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Today's date: May 2, 2016
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He was born September 20, 1928, in Adrian, to Leonard and Grace (DeGroot) Schutz. He served his country in the United States Army.
Harold married Joanne Peters on September 4, 1954, in Milbank, SD. After their marriage, the couple lived near Adrian. Harold was a prominent farmer.
He was a member of St. Adrian Catholic Church where he served on the Finance Committee & taught high school religious education. Harold was active in the community. He was Chairman of the Adrian Cooperative Elevator Board; and Secretary of the Little Rock Township Board. He was also an avid outdoorsman. He enjoyed spending time hunting in the west and fishing in Canada.
Harold is survived by his wife, Joanne Schutz, Prior Lake; two sons, Ron (Janet) Schutz, Medina; and Jeff (Sherrill) Schutz, Alexandria; two daughters, Jeanne (Jeff) Reed, Alexandria; and Jennifer Wocelka, Savage; eleven grandchildren; Matthew (Liam Henderson) Schutz, Erik (Erin) Schutz, Kristin Schutz, Teresa (Jeff) Esler, Brent (Diane) Schutz, Sarah, Anthony & Will Reed and Sam & Sydney Wocelka; and a great granddaughter, Sloane Esler.
He was preceded in death by his parents; daughter, Mary Kay; infant great grandchildren, Jacob & Emma; and a brother, Donald.
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I agree with your statements below, however to get in a router configured in
the same performance 'league' as a pix with ACLs (and potentially the
firewall feature set to do stateful inspection), you need to get a fully
loaded 7200 VXR series (or equivelent from a vendor other than Cisco) which
will drive the price to the point where the PIX is more cost effective.
I don't know that the logging is much better or more intuitive on a PIX than
on a router ACL unless you're using the CSPM (Cisco Secure Policy Manager),
which doesn't change the information produced by the logging, but does make
it easier to analyze.
As far as the IDS code, are you referring to the IDS module available as an
add-on, or are you referring to the 'fixup protocol' feature for certain
applications?- the IDS module available for the PIX is very limited compared
with the 'external' solutions offered by Cisco and others.
Regarding your last statement- the PIX uses security levels to identify what
is 'allowed' for default transmission. However, you have to specify the
address translation parameters for communication to take place from a
high-security interface to a low-security interface; you have to configure
the ingress ACL to deny access for defined translations. For transmission
from a low-security interface to a high-security interface you need to
specify permissions as well as define an ingress ACL to permit access for
defined translations. I'll concede that this is a little bit of a different
approach than most stateful-inspection firewalls, but when you get the hang
of it, it's actually a very effective way to make a firewall implementation
match your policy. (Keep in mind that these statements don't necessarily
apply to the 'legacy' configuration for the PIX which uses the "conduit"
statement to configure permissioning).
I didn't want to get too much into focus on the PIX- the point of my
previous reply was that focusing too much on going 'best-of-breed' on a
particular component of an enterprise security solution is a 'rookie
mistake'. Stick to the policy, go with a layered approach, and select
'appropriate' technology for each layer that meets the requirements stated
in the policy.
I don't jump into these discussions very often- I just saw this one going in
the wrong direction and was trying to help- I hope I have. My intention was
not to stir up a discussion on the details and opinions of any particular
Best Regards,
Dom Genzano
-----Original Message-----
From: d'Ambly, Jeff [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 1:24 PM
To: 'Dom Genzano'; 'email@example.com'
Subject: RE: Hardware Firewall vs Software Firewall
With the advent of turbo access-loist the performance is not degraded on a
router, whne compared with a pix. The main reason to use the PIX is the
logs. The pix gernertes much better logs than the routers. It is easier to
track what is going on. Plus the PIX has some IDS code in it and dose match
quite a few attacks. Also because of the way the PIX handles interfaces it
forces you to seperate your subnetss into diffrent areas, and create trust
-----Original Message-----
From: Dom Genzano [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com]
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 4:35 PM
To: Phil Kramer; email@example.com
Subject: RE: Hardware Firewall vs Software Firewall
Are you comparing a PIX firewall to a router with ACLs?- wow.... not sure I
can even start to help you out there....
One thing I can clear up is that the way router memory and processing deals
with ACLs is very inefficient compared to most stateful inspection firewalls
deal with their rule set- this is why the performance is 'generally' much
Also, a proxy firewall, while inherently more secure, is not always all it's
cracked up to be. Theoretically, a proxy firewall has the advantage of
being able to recognize and determine 'legal' application calls, sequences,
etc; thereby disallowing inappropriate activity. However, most proxy
firewalls allow too much 'slack' in their application support because they
either can't implement the specific application parameters or purposely
don't because it's too difficult to pin down what is 'appropriate' in terms
of an application (this is the reason that most IDS systems report so many
false positives); performance comes into play as well in these tradeoffs.
Also, by virtue of being an 'application-based' system, many of these proxy
firewall systems are vulnerable themselves.
We have found, through real-world experience, that the best combination for
security and functionality is a stateful-inspection firewall system with the
appropriate IDS systems inside it and a properly configured perimeter router
implementation outside of it. Generally, we have found this to be the case,
but we have done some specific implementations of proxy technology where it
was appropriate to the specific application(s) being run.
Saying that "all these stateful inspection/packet filter technologies work
at too low a level" sounds like you may be missing the forest for the trees-
these technologies are often effectively deployed in a comprehensive
mult-layer solutions for enterprise security.
-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Kramer [mailto:email@example.com]
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 11:23 PM
To: firstname.lastname@example.com
Subject: Re: Hardware Firewall vs Software Firewall
My personal opinion is not hardware vs software, but what firewall is most
secure. You can talk about PIX, CheckPoint, Linux with IPtables, IPchains
and IPfilters but from a security point of view a pure application proxy is
more secure. How many people can notice a 20 ms pause? If you want speed
get a router with ACLS, that's what PIX is. All these stateful
inspection/packet filter technolgies work at too low a level (layers 2-4) to
provide enterprise security. For web servers, mail servers etc. you need
layer 7 checking.
Phil Kramer, SANS GSEC
Systems Solutions Technologies, LLC
Phone: 615-646-5766
email: email@example.com
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Bausch & Lomb's shareholders voted to approve the proposed merger with affiliates of Warburg Pincus LLC at a special meeting of shareholders.
At the merger's closing, each outstanding share of common and Class B stock of B&L will be cancelled and converted into the right to receive $65 in cash, without interest, less any applicable withholding taxes. The transaction is expected to close early in the fourth quarter.
Before the shareholder vote, four proxy advisory firms gave their approval to the merger, stating that the deal offered the best value for investors. A previous merger bid from Advanced Medical Optics had been withdrawn, as reported in the September News Spectrum.
"We are pleased with the outcome of today's vote," said Ronald L. Zarrella, chairman and CEO of B&L, after the vote. "On behalf of the Bausch & Lomb Board and management team, I want to thank our shareholders, customers and dedicated employees for their support throughout this process. We look forward to promptly completing the transaction."
In response to concerns that contact lens wearers may not be practicing healthy lens care habits as revealed by the recent Eye on Innovations survey from the Contact Lens Council, Advanced Medical Optics has launched its Elevate Your Eye (EYE) Care, a global educational campaign designed to educate lens wearers about proper lens cleaning techniques and to encourage patients to partner with their eyecare professionals for continued eye health. AMO says the goal of the campaign is to help patients maximize the benefits of contact lens wear while minimizing the likelihood of infection. As part of the campaign, AMO has developed an "EyePod" video Podcast series instructing patients about proper lens care techniques and how to use certain lens care products. The podcasts, additional eyecare information and a mechanism for consumers to post comments and questions are available at www.yourhealthyeyes.com.
MTV reality star Lauren Conrad is the official spokesperson of the EYE Care campaign. According to Simmons Market Research, nearly half of all lens wearers fall between the ages of 18 to 34 years, and AMO enlisted Conrad's support to reach this important demographic.
"Through the EYE Care campaign, we are partnering with eyecare professionals to help patients understand the simple steps to keep their eyes healthy and free from infection, including the importance of using a solution with a rub and rinse regimen," said David W. Hansen, OD, FAAO, director, professional services for AMO.
CooperVision has made key changes to its management structure, including several promotions of key personnel: Thomas R. Shone to president, CooperVision U.S.; Steve Reiman to vice president of strategic accounts; and Mark W. Bertolin to vice president of sales development and technology. Jeffrey A. McLean will continue as president of the Americas, but he will also oversee distribution and packaging throughout the United States, Canada, Latin America, Mexico and South America.
In his new role, Shone will be responsible for the sales, marketing, customer service and professional relations functions within the organization. Reiman will focus his efforts on serving regional and mid-sized optometric businesses, while Bertolin will focus on sales development as well as the ongoing advancement of customer support technologies.
The National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus has recommended that Bausch & Lomb, Inc. discontinue claims that suggest that ReNu MultiPlus is the top-selling or most "trusted" among contact lens wearers.
In a statement, B&L said that while it is "disappointed by NAD's finding that the selection and use by consumers of a medical device does not equate with consumer trust of the product, Bausch & Lomb will be guided by NAD's recommendations in its future advertising."
In question were Internet and brochure advertising claims made by B&L for its ReNu Multi-Plus multi-purpose solution. The following claims were challenged by Alcon Laboratories, Inc.: "ReNu MultiPlus Solution is a solution for soft contact lenses. It is the #1 selling Multi-purpose formula in the U.S." and ReNu Multi-Plus "has been trusted by over 20 million contact lens wearers and their eye care professionals."
During the inquiry, B&L altered the claim to "ReNu MultiPlus Contact Lens Solution, There is a reason why the proven formula in ReNu MultiPlus Solution is the #1 selling contact lens formula."
In its decision, NAD noted that Alcon's Opti-Free Express is currently the leading selling manufacturer brand of multipurpose solution in the United States, and that the exact formulation found in ReNu Multi-Plus is also sold to consumers under private label brands which, in aggregate, exceed sales of Opti-Free Express.
The question before NAD was whether the originally challenged claim and the subsequently modified claim are truthful, accurate and not misleading. After the investigation, NAD recommended that the original claim and modified claim be discontinued. NAD noted that the decision doesn't preclude B&L from making a qualified claim that the formula sold under the brand name together with the same formula as private label store brands is the #1 selling contact lens formula in the United States.
Although NAD found sufficient evidence to support qualified claims regarding sales/use data and recommendations to consumers by practitioners, it concluded that the evidence was insufficient to support the claim that ReNu MultiPlus "has been trusted by over 20 million contact lens wearers and their eye care professionals." Accordingly, NAD recommended that the advertiser discontinue the claim.
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Board Responsibilities I Committee Liaison Responsibilities I Financial Responsibilities I ALA Policy
Authorization: Article IV of the Bylaws of the Young Adult Library Services Association establishes the duties and responsibilities of members of the Board of Directors.
- Jointly determine current and future programs and activities in accordance with YALSA objectives (Bylaws, Article II)
- Jointly determine YALSA policies
- Attend all regular meetings of the Board that are held during the Midwinter Meetings and Annual Conferences of the Association. Meetings may also take place via phone or virtual contact throughout the year as needed.
- Attend the Board Planning Session at the Midwinter Meeting
- Serve as liaisons to specified YALSA committees/juries/taskforces/advisory boards as assigned by the YALSA President.
- Respond in a timely manner to all emails requiring Board consideration and approval, as requested by the YALSA President; understand that silence signifies consent in such situations
- Read and digest all agendas, board documents and other relevant information prior to Board meetings; be thoroughly prepared to discuss all items at meetings, particularly items related to committees and groups to which each Board member is the liaison.
- Participate in Board discussions during and between meetings
- Continue to improve understanding of key YALSA policies and procedures as well as ALA policies and procedures, including the Operating Agreement.
- Continue to expand knowledge of parliamentary procedure. The official resource that ALA governance uses is The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure.
- Continue reading about nonprofit governance and leadership. Work with the Executive Director to identify appropriate professional materials, such as workshops, books, etc.
- Subscribe to, monitor and/or participate in discussions on YALSA's discussion lists to stay abreast of YALSA news, member needs and trends in the field.
- Consider subscribing to, monitoring and/or participating on appropriate YA library related discussion lists.
- Suggest possible candidates to the Governance Nominating Committee who can make significant contributions to the work of the Board and YALSA.
- Serve as an example for members by registering for events such as Teen Read Week™, voting in ALA elections, writing letters to the editor, etc.
- Continue to develop leadership skills and knowledge of association governance through attendance at workshops, reading professional materials, etc.
- Read and be familiar with YALSA's key documents, such as the Strategic Plan, Business Plan and Handbook, which are online at www.ala.org/yalsa.
- Become familiar with YALSA's electronic resources.
- Know each YALSA staff person's role and which staff person to go to for your different needs.
- Attend the following meetings at Annual
- YALSA Leadership Development Meeting (only if you liaise with a selection or award committee)
- All Board of Director's Meetings
- Joint ALSCYALSA Membership Reception (Midwinter)
- YALSA Membership Meeting (Annual)
- YALSA 101 Program
- Throughout all conferences make the effort to talk to members and listen to any concerns, especially new ones, and make them feel welcome.
- Be on the lookout for any members with good leadership potential and encourage them to chair a committee or run for office.
- Consider attending YALSA's ticketed events, such as the Printz reception, Edwards brunch, etc., and ALA events, such as the Inaugural Banquet, as you are able.
- Advocate for public policies that help the organization achieve its mission. Advocacy may include engaging in the legislative process, writing letters to the editor, attending and speaking at public meetings and other activities that further public policy goals.
- Use the advocacy checklist to determine which advocacy activities to complete for each year that you serve on the board.
II. Committee Liaison Responsibilities
Board liaison assignments will be distributed at the Annual Conference. The President will notify both incoming and current Board members and committee chairs of the Board liaison assignments at the Annual Conference .
Preconference Responsibilities
- Contact committee chairs within one month of initial assignment
- Receive and carefully review copies of the quarterly committee chair reports
- Contact chairs as necessary to ensure that quarterly reports are submitted on time
- Review any Requests for Board Actions in advance of submission for consideration by the full Board
Between Conferences Responsibilities
- Communicate with committee chairs as needed between conferences, utilizing all available communication tools, with at least one follow-up contact prior to each conference
- Initiate and participate in phone and in-person conversations with Chairs and members of committees and task force to which Board member is the assigned liaison as appropriate and necessary
- Serve as conduits from their respective committees to other parts of the organization.
- Support chairs in responding to challenging situations and growth opportunities as they arise
At Conferences Responsibilities
- Provide the YALSA Board with brief reports of committee activities and issues as needed at each conference;
- Introduce yourself to each chair person and as many committee members as possible
- Initiate and participate in in-person conversations with Chairs and members of committees as appropriate and necessary
Post-Conference Responsibilities
- Receive and carefully review copies quarterly committee chair reports
- Communicate Board actions from the Annual Conference that impact committees, task forces and others to which Board member is the assigned liaison
- Contact chairs as necessary to ensure that quarterly reports are submitted on time
III. Financial Responsibilities
Meetings: all Board members, as per not-for-profit best practice, do not receive financial compensation for serving on the Board or for attending meetings, which take place at ALA's Midwinter Meeting and Annual Conference. That includes conference registration, travel and hotel. The individual is on his/her own to cover the cost of that. There is an exception for the President for YALSA's Symposium and ticketed events. As part of negotiations with the hotel, YALSA obtains a small number of free hotel rooms (sliding scale based on attendance), and YALSA tries to reserve one of those for the President. Additionally, the President must speak at several ticketed events at conferences, and as a speaker he/she is not charged the ticket fee.
Donations: all Board members, per the Board Member Contract, are asked to donate to YALSA annually at a level that is meaningful to them.
YALSA covers the cost of the following for board members:
- Annual membership in BoardSource
- Association and not-for-profit leadership materials and trainings
- When available, grant funds can be used in certain instances to cover the cost of travel, hotel, registration, etc. to send a board member to present at a state, regional or non-library conference about a grant related project
- For Executive Committee Members only: all costs related to attending the Division President Elect's Training & Fall Executive Committee meeting in Chicago each October
- For the President only: all costs related to attending National Library Legislative Day
IV. ALA Policy Guides and Division Aids
A member of a division Board is involved in setting policy. The following publications include background in ALA and division matters. Copies are available from the YALSA Office upon request and via the YALSA webpage:
- ALA Policies, Procedures and Position statements
- ALA Constitution and Bylaws (in the ALA Handbook of Organization)
- YALSA Bylaws (PDF)
- YALSA Handbook of Organization
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Variety is reporting that Palomar Pictures and Foundation Features are recruiting the "Hard Core Logo" director to take on their large scale supernatural thriller "Dark Highway." The picture follows a man on the run from a pursuer, who's trying to reach a certain location while he struggles to find out if his current situation is real or imaginary. If that doesn't make much sense, check out the article, it doesn't read much better.
The project is budgeted at $25-million, which, looking at McDonald's resume, could be the most he's ever worked with in his career. Producer Sigurjon Sighvatsson, who's also behind the middling action thriller "The Killer Elite," says in the piece "I'm excited to bring Bruce to an international mainstream audience. It will be great to see him direct this elevated drama." Hopefully McDonald can pull off something great for that kind of money.
While his early independent films "Highway 61" and "Roadkill" seem to have quite a following, lately he's directed smaller scale fare like the Ellen Page thriller "The Tracey Fragments," the Broken Social Scene concert docudrama "This Movie Is Broken" along with various episodes of popular shows like "Degrassi: The Next Generation" and "Queer as Folk." His latest film, a sequel to the Quentin Tarantino-approved "Hard Core Logo," is playing TIFF this week, but without much buzz surrounding it. Then again his recent TIFF entries, the horror film "Pontypool" and rock drama "Trigger," picked up some decent reviews, so maybe he's still got it.
Perhaps this is the sort of project McDonald needs to get back on track, and we're all for giving an independent spirit a shot at a film with a budget. "Dark Highway" is currently casting, with production set to begin early next year.


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my team study tubers (potatoes, onions, yams, and others like that) and tried to a potato clock. a tuber is a eatable root. Most tubers have many acids in them. they produce energy because they have all those acids in them it creates a chemical reaction between copper and zinc or magnesium. in our project we tried to make a potato clock. We couldn't get the clock to work with potatoes or with yams but we did create 4.0 volts. i was in-charge of studding why tuber produce energy. this is the website i used.
Senn, Rob. "How Do Potatoes Produce Electricity?" EHow. Demand Media, 17 June 2010. Web. 18 Apr. 2012. <http://www.ehow.com/about_6640109_do-potatoes-produce-electricity_.html>.
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In the last two years.
Taylor Swift would like to clarify one thing. She is offended that people think of her as a "clingy, insane, desperate girlfriend".
The "I Knew You Were Trouble" singer, who in the last two years has only dated Conor Kennedy and One Direction's Harry Styles, told Vanity Fair that she has been made into "a fictional character" who constantly chases men.
Here are some of the highlights from her interview (she always agreed for a friend of hers to be interviewed as well) with Vanity Fair.
Taylor's friend talks about her Harry Styles relationship: "'He wore her down,' the source says of Styles, who allegedly 'chased' Swift for a year. 'He was all, like, 'You're amazing—I want to be with you. I want to do this.'' The relationship fell apart after he texted Swift to alert her of a picture on the Internet of him kissing a friend good-bye. They were 'making out like with their hands all up in each other's hair,' says the source. After Swift ended the relationship, he pursued her for the better part of a year until she finally took him back. 'But the whole time she says she feels like he's looking at every girl,' the source continues. And then when they were in London together he 'disappears one night and after that it was like he just didn't want to keep going.'"
On how the media portrays her: "For a female to write about her feelings, and then be portrayed as some clingy, insane, desperate girlfriend in need of making you marry her and have kids with her, I think that's taking something that potentially should be celebrated—a woman writing about her feelings in a confessional way—that's taking it and turning it and twisting it into something that is frankly a little sexist."
Taylor's friend talks about her other boyfriends: "'It was like a pendulum for her, swinging back and forth,' the source says of Swift's exes, with all of whom age has been a problem. Conor Kennedy, 17 at the time, was 'just like a two-month thing,' the source continues, and Swift 'says he was awesome.' The source says, 'She dated Jake [Gyllenhaal] and John[Mayer] when she was really young and they were in their 30s, and she got really hurt. So it was like 'That hurt—this won't. But then it did.''"
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by Robyn Griggs Lawrence, Editor at Large
No party is complete without cake, and this delicious Sunshine Cake has been the crowning glory of every Summer Solstice party I've ever thrown. Sharon Kebschull Barrett, one of my favorite herbal chefs, developed this recipe for her 1999 book Desserts from an Herb Garden (one of my bibles). Lemony, with a surprising hint of rosemary, this cake just tastes like summer—and the bright yellow color celebrates the sun.
Sunshine Cake
Serves 12-24
2 cups bleached all-purpose flour
¾ teaspoon coarse salt
1 teaspoon rosemary leaves, minced
1 tablespoon lemon verbena, minced (or lemon zest)
½ cup nonfat or low-fat buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 eggs
1¼ cups granulated sugar
¾ cup heavy cream
1 cup confectioner's sugar
1 tablespoon half-and-half or milk
4 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease and flour a 10-cup Bundt pan.
Whisk together flour, salt, baking powder, rosemary, and lemon verbena; set aside. In a small bowl, whisk together buttermilk and vanilla; set aside.
In a large bowl, beat eggs on medium speed with sugar until thick; batter should fall in a ribbon when beaters are lifted. Alternately stir in (or use mixer on low speed) flour and buttermilk mixtures, beginning and ending with flour. Mix just until combined.
In another bowl with clean beaters, beat cream until stiff peaks form; gently fold into batter. Pour batter into prepared pan and smooth the top.
Bake 45 minutes, until the top just springs back when pressed. Cool 10 minutes in the pan, then turn cake out onto rack to cool completely.
Transfer cake to a serving platter. Whisk together confectioner's sugar, half-and-half and lemon juice; drizzle over cake.
Buttermilk-rich and bright with lemon flavor, this cake is the crowning glory of my Summer Solstice parties. Photo by Povy Kendal Atchison


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The industrialized world remains exposed to carcinogenic, hormone disrupting and disease promoting toxic ingredients in consumer products: personal care (PCP), cosmetics, food and household.
Although we believe that we are making informed purchases, the industries involved in the production of these products give highly misleading information.
At the same time the supposed regulatory agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), remains recklessly silent.
The FDA takes the passive yet dangerous position that the industry is responsible and accountable for the safety of its products.
Where have we seen this before? Does Wallstreet ring a bell?
Unregulated financial markets lead to the crash of the subprime mortgage industry leading to the 2008 financial crisis that we're still feeling the effects from.
The difference is that it's not our bank accounts being affected, it could be your best friend that comes down with breast cancer, or your father that develops prostate cancer.
This is not a doom and gloom article series. In this article I'll show the realities of what is going on within this industry and how these products can affect you. Than in the second article you will get actionable steps to preventing disease, avoiding exposures and maximizing your health through living a healthy lifestyle design.
Cancer Strikes Nearly 1 In Every 2 Men And More Than 1 In Every 3 Women
More than 1 in every 3 women and 1 in every 2 men will develop cancer. If you're a women reading this, you have a one in eight chance of getting breast cancer during your lifetime.
Many of the PCP that are commonly used by both men and women have been linked to the cause of cancer.
In 1989 the "Look Good… Feel Better" program began, which had the nobel vision of teaching cancer patients strategies to improve their self image following treatment.
This campaign was founded by the Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association now called the Personal Care Products Council (PCPC). The PCPC partnered with the National Cosmetology Association, to successfully give away roughly 1 million conventional PCP's each year to an estimated 30,000 breast cancer patients.
This campaign has been supported by the American Cancer Society (ACS), which trains volunteers and acts as professional authorities promoting the program and its products.
Upon review of the Look Good kit products, 10 of the 12 products contain toxic ingredients.
Estee Lauder's LightSource Transforming Moisture Lotion, Chanel's Sheer Lipstick, and Merle Norman Eye Color, for instance, all contain ingredients incriminated as carcinogenic contaminated with carcinogens, or demonstrated to be precursors of carcinogens. 1
The Look Good products also contain parabens, which have been linked as a probable cause of breast cancer and hormone disruptor.
You may be thinking, "how could they get away with this?" One reason could be that the unregulated cosmetic and PCP companies donate a a minimum of $100,000.00 to the ACS. The "Look Good… Feel Better" campaign as you know is supported by the ACS.
The taxpayer funded National Cancer Institute focuses its resources on diagnosis and treatment, rather than helping people live an anti-cancer, disease prevention, healthy lifestyle, or on research into prevention.
There Are More Than 475 Chemicals That You Could Be Exposed To Every Day From PCP!
A study published by Bionsen, a United Kingdom based company that sells aluminum free body products, found that the average women applies 515 chemicals to her face per day! 2
Below is picture that we created for you at DrJones.TV to show you realities behind the on slot of toxic exposures that we are seeing in this day and age. Notice that I had my team put pink for chemicals that are related to developing cancer and blue if they are related to fertility or fetal development.
Many Of The 287 Synthetic Chemicals Found In Umbilical Cord Blood Are From Unlabeled PCP
Each day at least 3 PCP are applied to the skin of of children and infants. Women use an average of 13 PCP's and six or more cosmetics while men use 10. Many of the products are applied to the skin several times per day.
Of the 10,500 personal care and cosmetic products that are sold in North America, few have been properly tested for the affects on the human nervous, immune, reproductive and endocrine system. Nearly none of them have been tested for synergistic effects within the body.
A recent lab analysis of 72 products, ranging from perfume fragrances to hairsprays, deodorants, and body lotions, found that three-quarters of them contained unlabelled phthalates, according to the Health Care Without Harm and the Environmental Working Group (EWG). 3
It's not just affecting our hormones, stress levels and disease progression, but it's affecting and effecting our children. The EWG tested the umbilical cord blood from newborns and found 287 synthetic chemicals where 180 of them were known to cause cancer in humans or animals. 4
This shows that the bio-accumulation of toxins within the mother is passing through directly to the fetus. Could this be one of the major underlying causes of autism in children? Where the child may be born healthy, but because their body burden is so high, a few more toxic exposures or vaccinations create a diseased state? Or could this put the child at greater risk of developing attention deficit disorder, depression, heart disease or even cancer later on in life?
Why Your Skin Is Not The Barrier You Think It Is
You are covered by around 10 square feet of skin! Your skin is on average one-tenth of an inch thick. Every square inch holds about twenty blood vessels, 650 sweat glands, and 1,000 nerve endings!
With how porous your skin is it actively absorbs much of what it comes in contact with.
What do you think poses a greater risk, food contaminated with pesticides and other industrial carcinogens or the carcinogens in PCP and cosmetics? If you answered the latter, you would be correct.
Why? Because consuming toxins and chemicals by mouth are passed into the gastrointestinal (GI) system. When the components are absorbed into blood within the walls of the GI track, it is passed through the liver. The liver can detoxify many of the environmental toxins through enzymatic reactions, breaking them down, before they enter the body.
In stark contrast the toxins and carcinogens found in PCP and cosmetics bypass the liver and enter directly into the blood stream. This can affect all the cells, tissues and organs within the body, without any protection.
In evidence presented at a 1978 Congressional hearing, the absorption of carcinogen nitrosodiethanolamine (NDELA), was shown to be over the 100 times greater when exposure occurred on the skin than through the mouth. This is particularly important as consumption of the closely related carcinogen diethylnitrosamine in nitrate-preserved bacon has been associated with up to four and sevenfold increased risk of childhood brain cancer and leukemia. 1
The problem isn't just one exposure. It's being exposed to toxins and chemicals over and over again that start to bio-accumulate and stockpile within the body. You are born with a toxic burden that is already at a certain level. Then as the days, weeks, months, and years pass we're talking about a massive level of exposure to these toxins.
I assume this is why one of the fastest growing populations of people that are seeking us out at Designer Health Centers are women that want to have babies or want to properly detox the cells of their body between children.
Dr Jones' Helpful Conclusion
The great news is that there are solutions. To a large degree you can protect yourself against the toxins and carcinogens found within personal-care products and cosmetics. In the next article I'm going to give you practical solutions on how to protect yourself and support the removal of these toxins out of your body.
Here is the reality:
Most all of the toxins found within personal-care products don't have very good research on the effects that they have within the human body.
The regulatory bodies within our industrialized nations (with America's FDA being the worst) is not doing much to protect us from these chemicals.
Unregulated industries have a history of leaving a tail of destruction in their path.
1 in every 3 women and 1 in every 2 men will develop cancer.
Many of the personal-care products that are commonly used by both sexes have been linked to the development of cancer and infertility.
Top brands contain ingredients incriminated as carcinogenic and hormone disrupting.
The National Cosmetology Association gives out more than 1 million cosmetics and personal-care products each year to about 30,000 breast cancer patients.
The personal care products and cosmetics industry is largely unregulated.
The average women puts applies over 515 chemicals to her face per day.
The Environmental Working Group sampled umbillical cord blood and found 287 synthetic chemicals with 180 of known to cause cancer in humans or animals.
The absorption a specific carcinogen has been shown to be 100 times greater through the skin than through the mouth.
I want to make sure that you, your family and your babies are the healthiest that they can possibly be. The next essential step is to read the next article by clicking the link below now. Feel free to print any of our articles off and share them with loved ones and friends.
To Maximizing You And Your Loved Ones Health,
Dr. Isaac H. Jones – Is a member of The Future of Health Now Scientific Board of Advisors.
1. Toxic Beauty – How Cosmetics and Personal-Care Products Endanger Your Health… And What You Can Do About It By Sameul S. Epstein, MD with Randall Fitzgerald 2009
2. Alastair Jamieson, Women put 515 chemicals on their face and body every day in beauty regime. The Telegraph Nov. 19 2009
3. Emily Gertz, Phthalates Raising Concerns. Mother Nature Network, May 4 2009
4. Columbus Dispach, Dirk VanderHart. Researchers Find 287 Chemicals Present In Umbilical-Cord Blood. Environmental Working Group. July 2005


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