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The Blog Has a New Home!
Daniel Davis email@example.com Tags: thought-leadership engagement social-business employees customers insights socbiz spotlight collaboration socialbusinessspotlight 3 Comments 23,904 Visits
Think of this not as a farewell but as us just moving across the street. The Social Business Insights blog is now the Social Business Spotlight blog and has a new home at www.ibm.com/blogs/social-business . Our mission hasn't changed – we are...Modified by Samantha Klein email@example.com
IBM, Twitter and Digital Engagement
Daniel Davis firstname.lastname@example.com Tags: employees engagement newwaytowork socbiz digital-engagement social-media customers twitter social-business futureofwork 2 Comments 10,089 Visits
Digital engagement was a hot topic at SXSW 2015. Last week I blogged about an employee advocacy roundtable where IBM's Amber Armstrong and others spoke of the need to trust employees to be the voice of your brand. That theme came up again in...Modified by Daniel Davis firstname.lastname@example.com
Innovate, Understand, Engage
Daniel Davis email@example.com Tags: security engagement strategy social-business employees integration newwaytowork software interconnect2015 socbiz innovation customers andrew-warzecha warzecha ibminterconnect interconnect 5,503 Visits
At IBM InterConnect 2015, Andrew Warzecha, VP of Strategy at IBM, presented Data, Cloud, and Mobile/Social Engagement: IBM Software Group's Strategy. A topic as big as that might seem difficult to cover in a single conference session, but Warzecha summed...Modified by Daniel Davis email@example.com
Sports Teams Show the Way to Customer Engagement
Daniel Davis firstname.lastname@example.com Tags: sports customer-engagement customers social-business loyalty socbiz brand_loyalty engagement brand fans 5,294 Visits
Sports are big business. That's not anything new or surprising — it's been a fact of the sports world for decades. From ticket sales to merchandise to premium TV and streaming subscriptions, pro (in particular, but not exclusively) sports...Modified by Samantha Klein firstname.lastname@example.com
Insights on Engagement with Social, Mobile and Analytics
Daniel Davis firstname.lastname@example.com Tags: watson wayblazer social_business mobile insights maria_winans ibm_watson airlines employees airfrance engagement travel ibminsight socbiz social-business analytics winans customers 5,157 Visits
"The true potential of mobile and social in the enterprise is realized only when these technologies are combined with analytics to deliver relevant insights to the right people, at the right time, in the right place." -  ...
To Reach Customers, Think Like a Customer
Daniel Davis firstname.lastname@example.com Tags: experiences customers insight ibminsight privacy insight2014 marketing henrietta_akpata sarah_grzybowski 5,303 Visits
By now we've all heard the story of the retailer that got into a bit of hot water by targeting pregnant women with specific ads that in one case in particular ended up revealing to a father that his daughter was pregnant. Way back in 2002, according to...Modified by Daniel Davis firstname.lastname@example.com
Five Ways to Turn Enthusiastic Customers into Marketers
Rob Fuggetta firstname.lastname@example.com Tags: marketers brand_advocates socbiz rob_fuggetta influencer zuberance_answers seo zuberance customers advocates 7,912 Visits
Rob Fuggetta, Founder/CEO, Zuberance and author, "Brand Advocates: Turning Enthusiastic Customers into Marketers" (John H. Wiley & Sons, Inc.) Your company has a powerful yet under-utilized marketing weapon: its...Modified by Daniel Davis firstname.lastname@example.com
Made Delicious with IBM
Daniel Davis email@example.com Tags: smarter_commerce socbiz sales chocolate_poetry_slam customers social_business lindt_&_sprüngli lindt_chocolates online_sales poetry lindt poetry_slam poems customer_experience customer_loyalty chocolate online_store customer_engagement social_commerce 1 Comment 9,014 Visits
Chocolate Day is July 7 according to some calendars, and what better excuse to treat yourself to a box of sweet deliciousness? No need to head to the store, though—you can order your favorites from wherever you're reading this blog. Online shopping...Modified by Samantha Klein firstname.lastname@example.com
Own the Right Conversation
Daniel Davis firstname.lastname@example.com Tags: social_commerce pluck customers socbiz smarter_commerce customer_experience customer_engagement social_business brand_loyalty 7,877 Visits
"If you sell pens, don't try to own the online conversation around pens – own the conversation around writing." That bit of wisdom was one of many shared by Don Roedner, Director of Marketing at Pluck , at Smarter Commerce Global...
Innovating at the speed of life
Rebecca Wissinger firstname.lastname@example.com Tags: fuelcaster development social+business scgs allstate customers social-business customer+experience smarter-commerce commerce apps stardriver customer-experience cx smarter+commerce innovation social drivewise experience strategy innovating smarter-commerce-global-s... 4 Comments 7,771 Visits
A key theme in today's social world is that innovative, exceptional customer experiences are critical to business success. When people think of insurance companies, they don't tend to associate them with innovation or...Modified by Rebecca Wissinger firstname.lastname@example.com
Online Chat service from Savings Bank powered by IBM Sametime
Marlon Machado email@example.com Tags: finanz-informatik customer-service customers call-center sametime sametime-web-chat 2 Comments 4,032 Visits
Savings Bank, one of Finanz Informatik's many customers, just unveiled a brand new service they call Online Chat that allows customers to communicate with their financial advisors. The service is based on the IBM Sametime Web Chat client and it integrates...
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IBM Study: CIOs Have a New Boss - Customers
ARMONK, N.Y. , March 13, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- With consumers engaging more directly with businesses through mobile and social media, more than 60 percent of CIOs will focus more heavily on improving the customer experience and getting closer to customers,...
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Help Smaller customers implement LTFS Effectively
LTFS has been widely accepted by tape users across the globe. As a quick background LTFS presents the data on tape to the end user in a file system format. The simple drivers installed on the system also allow users to use standard copy commands, including...
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Yes, the Social Intranet is a new reality. But…
Scott Hebner email@example.com Tags: social-business understand empower consumer-engagement socbiz trust jive social-collaboration client-success consumers connections collaboration-solutions collaboration collaboration-tools social-intranet think influencers intranet jive-white-paper business white-paper customers social success customer-engagement ibm 1 Comment 10,852 Visits
I love to study what the market is talking about. As they say, knowledge is gold in today's knowledge economy. Well, yesterday I read a paper distributed by Jive: " The Intranet Is Dead: Long Live the Social Intranet. " It made me...Modified by Scott Hebner firstname.lastname@example.com
Social Business - The New Engines of Business Innovation
Scott Hebner firstname.lastname@example.com Tags: web study retail crowdsourcing ibmsocbiz connections institute_for_business_va... customers ibm knowledge-based socbiz social hebner collective_knowledge online customer_activated_enterp... business economy c-suite social_business think 2 Comments 12,159 Visits
Lately I've been thinking a lot about the transformative value of Social Business. It's clear that every business is becoming a social business – whether they realize it or not – as a result of the unmistakable fact that leaders,...Modified by Scott Hebner firstname.lastname@example.com
'Customer focus' means little without action
Derek Franks email@example.com Tags: merchandising customers elana_anderson merchandisers consumer-products marketing cp jay_henderson cpg retail consumers retailers demandtec analytics 2,681 Visits
Derek Franks Consultant, IBM Center for Applied Insights The IBM CAI blog has moved - please bookmark and follow the new blog at http://www.ibmcai.com I came across this Smarter Commerce video a couple of weeks...
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Get an early look at IBM Impact 2013: Session Preview Tool is live!
Ryan Boyles email@example.com Tags: ibmmobile customers soa bpm mobile sessions tool ibmimpact worklight preview 3,901 Visits
Guest post by Felicia Haggarty, Impact event team Check out the Session Preview tool and get an early preview of the great sessions we have to offer! Impact 2013 may be 9 weeks away, but we are building a curriculum that allows you to immerse...
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Change the game. An interview with Marie Wieck, Impact keynote speaker and General Manager, IBM Software Group
Shaku Selvakumar email@example.com Tags: c_suite puresystems change expert_integrated_systems technology customers ceo bizagility ibmimpact huffington_post cio cloud business_partners developers business_agility innovation bodymedia leadership mobile 8,002 Visits
Marie L Wieck is general manager for the Application and Integration Middleware business unit in IBM Software. In this role, she leads an organization of more than 7,000 software development, marketing, services, and sales professionals. She has...
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Launch of Smarter Commerce Consulting
Paul Papas email@example.com Tags: paul_papas smarter_commerce customers supply_chain cmo analytics 1,041 Visits
Today, we're launching the Smarter Commerce initiative , a new practice in IBM Global Business Services, and a set of offerings and services from across IBM designed to help our clients increase the value they generate for their customers in a world that is...
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Intelligence is not Intimacy
Saul Berman email@example.com Tags: customer_intimacy customer_analytics social_media crm_strategy saul_berman customers 906 Visits
Customer intimacy, that Holy Grail of Customer strategy, has recently taken on a new reality with the proliferation of mobile broadband, social media & social networks, as well as the growth of customer analytics. But just knowing things about customers –...
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Kick back and relax at the Pulse 2010 Client Hospitality Lounge Community Blog
Tiffany Winman firstname.lastname@example.com Tags: references hospitality customers pulse2010 clients lounge pulse ibmpulse pulse-2010 1,593 Visits
One of the hopping places at Pulse for the last two years has been the Pulse Client Hospitality Lounge. Conference attendees hang out there to relax between sessions, sink into one of the comfortable sofas, and grab a snack or cold beverage while checking...
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Fall 2015 VOLUME XXI NUMBER 4 ISSN 1945-0559
FALL 2015: "The False Linearity of Seeing"
The Fall 2015 issue, "The False Linearity of Seeing," is available now.
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With poems by Graham Akhurst, Ace Boggess, Jennifer Freed, Alamgir Hashmi, Rage Hezekiah, Marcia Hurlow, Mercedes Lawry, George Looney, Tendai Rinos Mwanaka, Simon Perchik, Suzannah Spaar and others.
We are pleased to publish Laurence Coe's poem, "Before," winner of the 2015 Maine Postmark Poetry Competition sponsored by the Belfast Poetry Festival, and Prajakta Jamindar and Tabish Ahmed, winners of the Mood Indigo IIT Bombay "Just About Write" literary competition.
Front Cover image: Femme en pied by Ivan de Monbrison. Back Cover: A Delicate Dance by Carol Deprez.
Artwork and Photos by Michael Burgholzer, Thomas Gillaspy, Karen Greenbaum-Maya, Stewart Manley, Ivan de Monbrison, Bonnie Thompson Enes, Molly Touchie, and Kathy Weinberg.
Books reviewed:
Ellen Jane Powers: Salty Liquor by Gary Rainford
Michael Brown: Strata by Helen Eriksson, translated by Jan Teeland and Wendy Klein
Valerie Lawson: Figments by Gerald George
Graham Akhurst is an Aboriginal writer from the Kokomini of Northern Queensland.
Prerna Bakshi is a Macao-based poet of Indian origin. She tweets at @bprerna.
Brad Bennett has noticed that we published a bunch of his haiku over the years.
Daya Bhat is a freelance translator also interested in painting, reading and blogging.
Ace Boggess is an ex-con, ex-husband, ex-reporter, and completely exhausted by all the things he isn't anymore.
Michael Burgholzer, a programmer, has published poems and photographs in German language and American literary journals.
Peter Burzynski is a PhD student in Creative Writing-Poetry at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
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We are pleased to announce our nominees for the Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses series. Published every year since 1976, the Pushcart Prize is the most honored literary project in America.
Moon for Migrants by Fabienne Sylvia Josaphat, Winter 2015, Get You Some Wings
Crawford County, 1968 by Alyse Alyse Richmond, Spring 2015, Pixelated and Wanting
Mr. Stripey by Linda Wojtowick, Spring 2015, Pixelated and Wanting
If Only Life Were Like Language by Paul Hostovsky, Summer 2015, Outliers with Boundaries
Handicapped Sailor by Richard Dey, Summer 2015, Outliers with Boundaries
My first real boyfriend was a cadaver by Erinn Batykefer, Fall 2015, The False Linearity of Seeing
Congratulations all, and best of luck!
We are pleased to announce our nominees for the Independent Best American Poetry Awards: Acadia and Sky Woman by Barbara Robidaux and Moon for Migrants by Fabienne Sylvia Josaphat. Barbara Robidoux is a student at the Institute of American Indian Arts in New Mexico. Fabienne Sylvia Josaphat has an MFA from Florida International U.
The anthologized poems will be published online as an extension of MiPOesias.
We have also nominated Moon for Migrants by Fabienne Sylvia Josaphat, Sexually Transmitted Leadership by Tendai Rinos Mwanaka, and Macaroni (Song for Bomkauf) by Jenson Leonard for the Bettering American Poetry anthology to be published in print by BlazeVOX books in February 2016.
Moon for Migrants and Sexually Transmitted Leadership appeared in our Winter 2015 issue, Get You Some Wings. We don't put all our poems on the website, so Tendai's poem only appeared in the print edition. Tendai R. Mwanaka has two books coming in 2015: A Dark Energy (Aignos) and Zimbabwe: The Urgency of Now (Langaa RPCIG).
Macaroni (Song for Bomkauf) appeared in print in our Fall 2015 issue, The False Linearity of Seeing. Jenson Leonard is engaged in exploration of the esoteric and liminal spaces of the marginalized, particularly via the black body and the confines of the white literary establishment.
SUMMER 2015: "Outliers with Boundaries"
The Summer 2015 issue, "Outliers with Boundaries," is available now.
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Featuring translations by Frederick Lowe and J. Kates, poems by Erin Batykefer, Ray Skjelbred, Paul Hostovsky, Kathleen McCann, Sonja Johanson, Noel Sloboda, Susan Eisenberg, K.S. Hardy, Noel Sloboda, Jenny Qi, Joannie Stangeland, Sanjeev Sethi, and others.
We are pleased to publish Rachel Contreni Flynn's poem, Blue Canoe, winner of the 2015 Maine Literary Awards Poetry Short Works Competition. Congratulations, Rachel!
Front Cover image: Nautilus by Peter Ingrasselino. Back Cover image: no plastic ties need apply by Bonnie Thompson Enes.
Photos by Michael Burgholzer,Carol Deprez, Kathleen Gunton, Tendai Rinos Mwanaka , Steve Patterson, Sammy Saladino Jr., Deborah Singer, and Kathy Weinberg .
Books reviewed:
Michael Brown: Dawnland Voices: An Anthology of Indigenous Writing from New England edited by Siobhan Senier
Carl Little: In Praise of Usefulness by Angela Patten
Valerie Lawson: A Ladder of Cranes by Tom Sexton
Erinn Batykefer has an MFA from the University of Wisconsin and is a Programming Librarian at New Canaan Library, and Co-founder & Managing Editor, The Library as Incubator Project.
Lana Bella lives bi-continental in the US and the coastal town of Nha Trang, Vietnam.
Brad Bennett's haiku are regularly published in Off the Coast.
Michael Burgholzer, a programmer, has published poems and photographs.
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Off the Coast is pleased to present Rachel Contreni Flynn's poem, Blue Canoe, which won the Poetry Short Works Competition at the 2015 Maine Literary Awards sponsored by the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance. Congratulations, Rachel!
The Maine Literary Awards is an annual competition sponsored and coordinated by the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance. Nominations are open to all Maine residents, including seasonal residents. The statewide competition is for published books, as well as drama, short works (either published or unpublished), and student writing. Maine writers may self-nominate, or be nominated by others.
For more information, visit MWPA's website.
SPRING 2015: "Pixelated and Wanting"
The Spring 2015 issue, "Pixelated and Wanting," is available now.
With poems by Gaylord Brewer, Nancy Hewitt, Paul Hostovsky, Jill McDonough, E. B. Paige, Simon Perchik, J.D. Scrimgeour, Karen Skolfield, Linda Wojtowick, and others.
Front Cover image: Clutches Onto Gristle by Eleanor Leone Bennett. Back Cover image: Boogie Woogie by Stanley Horowitz.
Photos by Susanna Case, Louis Staeble, Lavinia Roberts, Michael Burgholzer, Allen Forrest, Jeannie Roberts, Stephen Ajadi, Brad Garber, Rebecca Oet, and Sherman Poultney.
Books reviewed:
Carl Little: The Fool Sings by Weslea Sidon
Moira Richards: Handing Out Apples in Eden by Malisa Garlieb
Stephen Ajadi, Nigerian artist and architect, won the 2012 Yakubu Gowon National Prize for Writing.
Felice Aull began writing poetry in her 60s and has published a chapbook, The Music Behind Me (Alabaster Leaves, 2012).
Jan Ball's chapbooks, Accompanying Spouse (2011) and Chapter of Faults (2014), were published by Finishing Line.
Brad Bennett's haiku have been widely published.
Eleanor Leonne Bennett has won first places with National Geographic,The World Photography Organisation, and more. Her website is eleanorleonnebennett.com.
Gaylord Brewer has a cookbook/memoir The Poet's Guide to Food, Drink, & Desire (Stephen F. Austin University, 2015) and a ninth book of poems, Country of Ghost (Red Hen, 2015) ... More...
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WINTER 2015: "Get You Some Wings"
The Winter 2015 issue, "Get You Some Wings," is available now.
With poems by Clint Smith, Brad Bennett, Fabienne Sylvia Josaphat, Leonore Hildebrandt, Penelope Scambly Schott, Ruth Moon Kempher, Simon Perchik, Larry Thomas, and others.
Front Cover image: Indigo Meditation by Iryna Lialko. Back Cover image: Carnival of Emotions on Crossing of Times also by Iryna Lialko.
Photos by Michael Peterson, Andres Badillo, Christopher Woods, Dr. Ernest Williamson III, Peter Ingrasselino, Timothy Gerken, Allen Forrest, and Meredith Abenaim.
Books reviewed:
David Rachlin: Later The House Stood Empty by Melina Draper
Richard Aston: For the Living Dead: New and Selected Poems by Eric Greinke
Ellen Jane Powers: Tea in Heliopolis by Hedy Habra
Valerie Lawson: The Next Unknown by Leonore Hildebrandt
Carl Little: The Lost Child—Ozark Poems by Wesley McNair
David Rachlin: The Wall & Beyond by Joanna Kurowska
Meredith Abenaim has a traveler's soul and fantasies of living in a Woody Allen film.
Ayobami Adebayo's first novel, Stay With Me, will be published by Kwani in 2015.
Amanda Allen has a degree in Photographic Technology and is now studying Language, Literature, and Writing at Oxford.
Arunima O.P. Kannur has a Master's in English literature.
Jody Azzouni exhibits her published work at azzouni.com
Andres Badillo has a collection of 66 portraits of poets.
Brad Bennett's haiku have been in numerous publications.... More...
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Off the Coast in Best IndieLit New England anthology
We learned this week that two poems from Off the Coast, "The White Camels of Somalia" by Danny Earle Simmons and "Ntarama, Rwanda" by Inga Schmidt were selected for inclusion in the Best Indie Lit New England, Volume Two anthology from Black Key Press.
Danny Earl Simmons is a friend of the Linn-Benton Community College Poetry Club and an active member of Albany Civic Theater. "White Camels" appeared in the Fall 2013 issue, This Metonymic Chain. Inga Schmidt was a 2013 winner of the Association of Writers & Writing Programs' Intro Journals Project. "Ntarama, Rwanda" appeared in the Spring 2014 issue, Tunneling Toward the Sun.
FALL 2014: "Charged With Anticipation"
The Fall 2014 issue, "Charged With Anticipation," is available now. To order your copy, click here.
With poems by Karen Greenbaum-Maya, Lois Marie Harrod, Richard Kostelanetz, Milla van der Have, Brad Bennett, Teresa Sutton, Derek Via, Doug McGlothlin, and others.
Front Cover image: Longing by Malinda Fillingim. Back Cover image: Blue Koi by Rachel Avenia.
Photos by Bonnie Thompson Enes, and Karen Greenbaum Maya.
Books reviewed:
Midge Goldberg: I Can Almost See the Clouds of Dust, by Melissa Balmain
Richard Aston: Alternative Medicine, by Rafael Campo
Moira Richards: Mend & Hone, by Elizabeth Howort, Dawn Gorman, Leslie LaChance, Janlori Goldman
Moira Richards: Migrations, by Phyllia Beck Katz
Carl Little: Graffiti Calculus, A Poem by Mary-Sherman Willis
Emma Suárez-Báez holds a Masters Degree in Bilingual Education and works with children and teachers at P.S. 340 in Bronx, New York....... More...
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Off the Coast has teamed up with Mood Indigo IIT to help promote their Just About Write literary contests for this year's Mood Indigo Festival, to be held December 26-29 in Bombay, India.
For more information click here.
Off the Coast was at the Belfast Poetry Festival on Saturday, October 18, where we presented a retrospective of 20 years of Off the Coast at the Visual Arts Night at the The Hutchinson Center.
Also at the festival, editor Valerie Lawson was on the panel Building the Poetry Community: Inviting Collaboration with moderator Joel Lipman.
We published the winning poem from the Maine Postmark Poetry Contest, "Mill," by Kristin Lindquist, in the Fall 2014 issue of Off the Coast. The contest is associated with the festival.
I can only mine
the landscape for so much:
oak's gnarled branches
blocking a mountain view,
roar of mill's waterfall
filling my ears,
SUMMER 2014: "Everything to Purpose"
The Summer 2014 issue, "Everything to Purpose," is available now. Order your copy here.
With poems by Ace Boggess, Jennifer Campbell, Duane Caylor, Lillian Kwok, Mercedes Lawry, Brad Rose, Lee Sharkey, Noel Sloboda, Karin Spitfire, Brendan Walsh, and others.
Front Cover image: High Key by Paul Bonneau. Back Cover image: The Fog by Judy Taylor.
Photos by Chrystal Berche, Susanna Case, Peter Ingrasselino, Peter MacQuarrie, Tendai Rinos Mwanaka, Rose Swartz, and Kathy Weinberg.
Books reviewed:
David A. Rachlin: I Can Almost See the Clouds of Dust by Yu Xiang
Carl Little: Same Old Story by Dawn Potter
Gerald George: In Someone Else's House
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Ellen Jane Powers: Tracing the Lines by Susanna Lang
Michael Brown: A Little Patch of Shepherd's-Thyme: Prose Passages of Thomas Hardy Arranged as Verse by Jonathan Bracker
Carl Little: What You Should Know: A Field Guide to Three Sisters Farm by Russell Libby
George Magoon: The Lobsterman's Dream by Larry D. Thomas with woodcuts by Clarence Wolfshobl
Alexis Beale won third place in the 2014 MCPL Teen Advisory Group Poetry Competition and will attend the University of Maryland in the fall.
Chrystal Berche often pairs three-minute gesture drawings with still life photography and creates a final image in Photoshop.
Ace Boggess is the author of two books of poetry: The Prisoners (Brick Road Poetry Press, 2014) and The Beautiful Girl Whose Wish Was Not Fulfilled (Highwire Press, 2003).
Paul Bonneau in 2011 was awarded first place in the Impressionism Landscape category by the jurors of the American Art Award.
Barbara Caceres completed a nonfiction writing program... More...
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Off the Coast Seeks Submissions of Poetry and Art/Graphics/Photos
Our next deadline for submissions is December 15 for an open theme issue.
Click here for guidelines.
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-- The School of Advanced Air and Space Studies graduated its 21st class this week, when 59 students received Master of Philosophy in Military Strategy degrees.
The class is comprised of officers from each branch of service as well as international students from Britain, India, Germany, France, Australia and the Netherlands.
In addition to the 59 students receiving masters degrees, SAASS awarded Doctor of Philosophy in Military Strategy degrees to two former SAASS graduates. Col. Timothy Schultz, the commandant and dean of SAASS, said that this "represents a major new achievement for (Air University) and demonstrates its recent elevation to a doctoral-granting university."
SAASS, an Air Force graduate school, seeks to produce strategists through advanced education in the art and science of air, space and cyberspace power to defend the United States and protect its interests. This mission is critical, according to Schultz.
"Our mission is to 'educate strategists for the (Air Force) and the nation,' and our graduates should emerge from their rigorous year-long immersion in the theory and practice of military strategy with a new understanding of the relationship between power and statecraft," Schultz said. "SAASS enables them to develop the critical thinking skills and intellectual perspective to evaluate and employ national power in the dynamic modern environment."
As Airmen are faced with an ever-changing landscape of technological shifts and austere budget environments, Professional Military Education is more important than ever, according to Schultz.
"The Air University Board of Visitors recently affirmed with the secretary of the Air Force that 'intellectual capital is combat capital.' That captures our purpose quite well. Gen. Jimmy Doolittle, one of the outstanding combat Airmen and strategists in airpower history and who also possessed a Ph.D., got it right when he said, 'If we should have to fight, we should be prepared to do so from the neck up instead of from the neck down.'
Technological superiority is insufficient; America expects its AF to be led by men and women who can outthink our adversaries," Schultz said. "Those are the men and women we strive to produce from SAASS."
Lt. Col. Christopher MacAulay, the SAASS student class leader, and his classmates have experienced the benefits of PME, and the "intellectual capital" that students gain, first hand.
"In my mind, SAASS is a very unique PME and general education experience. Instead of teaching specific material, the SAASS methodology, curriculum, and professors expose the student to a wide range of disciplines and discussions, creating an environment that shapes how a person thinks," he said. "Opening the aperture to what and how a person thinks creates opportunity for previously unthought of solutions and ideas to be put forward in the hopes that better strategy develops."
Shultz, who will relinquish command of SAASS this month, said that working with the school has been a great privilege and he was proud of this year's graduating class.
"It has been a deep responsibility and privilege to work with our outstanding faculty and students to shape the development of future leaders for our Air Force as well as our joint partners and allies," Schultz said. "The human mind is the most powerful weapon in all of history, and educating Airmen to expand the life of the mind and seek informed, innovative strategies for an unknown future is absolutely critical. I was blessed to play a role in the noble, essential mission of SAASS."
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This was the first time we tried to visit Pico Arieiro to get above the clouds but instead we ended up in a stormcloud there. I still got out and took a few photos which was pretty hard since the ND grad filter was covered in raindrops in seconds.
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BEAUTIFUL! (I couldn't find a better word)
Did you took that beautiful photo in Madeira, the azorean island?
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Heel erg mooi!!! Een pad, dat verdwijnt in de mist.
Wow.. this remionded me so much of the mountains of my hometown.
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I would love to see more of this beautiful art from you
Age old as in the other person made their part ages ago . . . i'm just super late. ewe;
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Since Denver CO and Seattle WA are the only two big cities to legalize not just medical marijuana, but the recreational use of pot, will 2104 see a post-soaked STUPOR Bowl??
What do you think the word "bowl" really means, silly?
Weed and circuses — the Statist's dream world.
Since no smoking is allowed in the stadiums, one might wonder whether this will have any effect.
However, an article here on FR said the pot shops can't keep the Marijuana infused Candy Canes, Brownies, and Cookies on the shelves.
I'm not sure whether FOOD sales at the stadium will be 'up' or 'down'. I guess when they run out of the Candy Canes, they will go for peanuts, chips, and hot dogs.
Or has Michelle Obama outlawed hot dogs ?
Don't do drugs ... unless you want to see your team in the Superbowl.
Been batting around a few. My favorite is the Dave's Not Here Bowl.
As a teenager, I used to know everything about all the US manufactured cars, I used to watch the Oscars and Miss America Pageant. I even kept up with the World Series.
A while later, and in my 20s, I even kept up with the US Olympics and even with who's playing the Super Bowl, and sometimes even watched it.
Today, I keep up with none of them. Nor do I really care what they respectively do. This isn't the same country, or world for that matter.
It's been a long, long time since I last used marijuana but it is my understanding that fewer and fewer people are smoking it. "Vaping" is growing in popularity as well as ingesting marijuana. With an "e-joint" the only byproduct is steam. No lingering smell. It would be pretty easy to get away with vaping in public. I saw people using e-cigarettes at the airport recently. Nobody paid them any mind.
NFL Woodstock XLVIII
Who knows. 2104 is still a long way off.
Sheesh! There was no stupor in Seattle last night!
Of course not. "Vaping" doesn't stink. I'm a huge fan of the e-cigs. They let the nicotine addicts feed their chemical cravings and oral fixations, even right next to me at the bar, and yet leave me completely in peace.
Thanks for posting that! It happened so fast it took me a minute to realize that except for that play by Sherman we would have lost. As soon as that happened I could hear fireworks going off in the neighborhood. This place is PUMPED!
"What do you think the word bowl really means, silly?"
The word Super Bowl; might have new meaning!!!
Pot bowl
Bong bowl
Stupor works good
The teams are from pot cities, but the game is in New Jersey.
They probably also used taxpayer money to build their respective playpens.
Remember to go to services before the game-Pike's Market Starbucks!
If your pot is soaked, you probably can't get it lit.
OH that sounds fun! We have a condo in Pioneer Square and can hear the roar from 1st and Yessler.
I had to do an errand about 3rd quarter and never have seen Seattle with so little traffic.
We had dinner ands drinks at Pikes on the second floor; we can't remember the name.
I've seen things I'd never imagined as possible in the 50 years since I graduated from high school. But a Grateful Dead audience at a Superbowl game? FarOut.
The two best teams in th NFL are from states where mj is legal. Look for legalization efforts to intensify in Buffalo and the Twin Cities.
Wow Man Bowl
Groovy Bowl
LOL! SF and Boston, too.
All the more reason to have pot candy canes instead of trying to 'smoke it up'. The original reference to the the sellout of pot candy was during the last game in Denver.
Your comment was valid. Watch the Super Bowl for pot brownies, candy canes, and Manning saying OMAHA a bunch.
Dude, wait ... what?
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Manatees of the Ocklawaha River, Florida
An Information, Opinion, & Sources Report
Compiled by Ocklawahaman Paul Nosca
With the assistance of A Cruising Down the River Captain Erika Ritter
Original Article Posted to Internet: 21 July 2011
This Webpage Created: 20 November 2011
This Webpage Last Revised: 20 May 2015
As of 12-31-14, FWC reported a total of 371 manatee DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES so far during 2014 in Florida!
As of 12-31-13, FWC reported an all-time record total of 829 manatee DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES during 2013 in Florida!
This count most likely DOES NOT include 2013's unborn calves.
There were 392 manatee deaths from all causes in all of 2012.
There were 453 manatee deaths from all causes in all of 2011.
NOTE: Some of the credible written works by others (i.e., magazine/newspaper articles, web pages, etc.) that are referenced in this report
would not be considered "peer-reviewed" scientific documentation.
Click-on individual photos to enlarge them!
MANATEE sightings during 2015 in/near the Eureka (river mile 33) area of the Ocklawaha River (that we actually witnessed)
5-18-15: THREE manatees were seen by Ocklawahaman 1700 hrs EDT at river mile 35.
MANATEE sightings during 2015 in the Upper Ocklawaha River Basin of Lake County that we are aware of
4-7-15: Reliable sources have reported the sightings of at least TWO manatees in Lake County, Florida lakes connected to the Upper Ocklawaha Basin.
MANATEE sightings during 2015 in Silver River that we are aware of
3-29-15: A reliable source has reported the sighting of TWO manatees in the Silver River/Silver Springs.
MANATEE sightings during 2014 in/near the Eureka (river mile 33) area of the Ocklawaha River (that we actually witnessed)
6-12-14: SIX manatees (4 adults & 2 calves/juveniles) were seen by Ocklawahaman 1800 hrs EDT at river mile 35.
NOTE: From that day's photos that I emailed to the Save The Manatee Club, the USGS has tentatively identified two manatees: (1) BS336, Snorty a.k.a. Dragon and (2) BS558, Duke.
6-10-14: A single manatee was seen by Ocklawahaman 0940 hrs EDT at river mile 34.
2014-06-12 1806 hrs EDT
MANATEE sightings during 2013 in/near the Eureka (river mile 33) area of the Ocklawaha River (that we actually witnessed)
4-23-13: A single manatee was seen by Ocklawahaman.
11-25-13: A single manatee was seen by Captain Erika Ritter & Mrs. Connie Mercer (with her two nephews).
2013-04-23 1539 hrs EDT
2013-04-23 1558 hrs EDT
MANATEE sightings during 2013 in Silver River that we are aware of
3-28-13: A reliable source has reported the sighting of a manatee in the Silver River.
MANATEE sightings during 2012 in/near the Eureka (river mile 33) area of the Ocklawaha River (that we actually witnessed)
5-23-12: A single manatee was seen by Captain Erika & Mr. Frank Pattie.
5-30-12: A single manatee was seen by Ocklawahaman (there may have been a second smaller manatee also).
5-31-12: Two manatees (an adult & a juvenile) were seen by both Captain Erika & Ocklawahaman.
6-24-12: A single manatee was seen by Captain Erika (& her 6 passengers) during T.S. Debby rains.
9-5-12: A single manatee was seen by Ocklawahaman, Captain Erika, & Mr. Frank Pattie.
10-2-12: A single manatee was seen by Ocklawahaman.
We have also found an online report about a lone manatee that was seen back on 4-27-12 (maybe closer to the Silver River inflow [river mile 51]).
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Signs (with wording very similar to the paragraph just above) were posted at the Kenwood, Paynes Landing, Eureka East (CR-316),
Eureka West (CR-316), Gores Landing, & Rays/Ocala Boat Basin (SR-40) boat ramps in June 2012. They were requested by Capt. Erika Ritter.
Captain Erika Ritter & Ocklawahaman Paul Nosca had the rare opportunity to observe as many as five Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus latirostris) together in the middle Ocklawaha River near Eureka during the last couple weeks of April 2011. The Eureka area is about 33 river miles upstream from the St. Johns River & about 21 river miles upstream from the Kirkpatrick (Rodman) Dam. Manatees--probably including these five & maybe even a couple more--were also reportedly seen up to 23 miles further upriver at Silver Springs (which is the 73-degree F supreme headwater of the Ocklawaha) or the Silver River during several different months of 2011.
Additional observations of one or two manatees at a time have been reported occasionally by Ritter, Nosca, & others from 2008 to 2011 along the middle Ocklawaha River & Silver River.
Manatee sightings near Eureka in 2011 began about March 6th & continued sporadically until approximately November 2nd. By the beginning of March or November in that year, the daily average water temperature for this segment of the mainstream Ocklawaha had reached some 70 to 72 degrees F--the river's flow having either just warmed or cooled from where it had been for the previous couple of months.
Manatees apparently are able to swim upstream without any great difficulty against the swift 1-mph current of the middle Ocklawaha River. An experienced canoeist or kayaker paddling their watercraft cannot follow manatees that are traveling upriver without soon falling far behind. The manatees appear to move, unhurriedly, towards the current at perhaps 4 to 5 mph. Maximum upstream speed of a man-powered canoe or kayak on the middle Ocklawaha is about 3 mph.
One of the five manatees seen in April 2011 was "Bertram" who is identifiable by his number 47 freeze-brand. He has an interesting life history to read about which is available online. In short, "Bertram" is about 20 years old & has been taken out of the St. Johns River Basin at least twice for "rehab" at Sea World near Orlando. "Bartram" is the name of his twin brother.
http://savethemanatee.org/news_feature_sightings_10-11.html from 2011:
"Ocklawaha River, Florida: In April of this year, Paul R. Nosca and Captain Erika Ritter spotted five manatees on the Ocklawaha River, which flows north from central Florida until it joins the St. Johns River near Palatka. They reported that the manatees were feeding and swimming for about an hour and that one of them had a #47 tattoo. Adoptive parents of Phyllis from Blue Spring will be delighted to know that #47 is Bertram, one of her two twins born in 1991."
In order for them to migrate upstream on the Ocklawaha River, manatees have to enter Rodman Reservoir via the Cross Florida Barge Canal through the Henry H. Buckman Lock (lock tender phone# 386-329-3575) which reopened for navigational & manatee safe passage in 2005. Florida Department of Environmental Protection lock tender employees at Buckman manually record both IN & OUT the amount of migrating manatee individuals during the year. This maintained written log of manatee traffic is not computerized as of latest communication.
It could be presumed that manatees might traverse the Cross Florida Barge Canal anytime that the water temperature is maybe 72 degrees F or warmer. In 2012 the water temperature of the adjacent St. Johns River first increased to about 72 degrees F near the middle of March.
NOTE: Daily & recent water temperatures of the St. Johns River just downstream of the mouth of the Cross Florida Barge Canal (which leads to the Buckman Lock) can be read at the webpage of the "USGS 02244040 ST. JOHNS R AT BUFFALO BLUFF NEAR SATSUMA, FL" stream-flow gage:
You may have to enter a new "Begin date" & "End date" at that webpage!
"CAUTION MANATEE AREA" sign at the eastern (to St. Johns River side) approach to Buckman Lock
During 2013: As of 4-25-13, 6 manatees had been reported as traveling IN or OUT through Buckman Lock.
During 2012: As of 3-31-12, 26 manatees had been reported as traveling IN or OUT through Buckman Lock.
East gate (to St. Johns River side) of Buckman Lock
A renown Pulitzer prize winning newspaperman & outdoors writer, who passed away in 2009, had been quoted by proponents of retaining Rodman Reservoir (in their introductory newsletter which is available as a hardcopy) as having written:
"The tiny trickle of the old Oklawaha would have barely covered the backs of some of the 13-foot, 3000 pound manatees."
"They would be easy victims of many accidental manatee deaths from any outboard boat that tried to navigate the river. They better stay in the big water."
Although manatees seem to be warmly clothed in whale-like blubber, they in fact require small protected waters of 68 degrees F & warmer such as natural artesian springs & spring runs for survival during the winter.
Laist, D.; C. Taylor; & J. Reynolds (2013): http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0058978
The manatee is listed as an "endangered species" & is fully protected under both federal & state law.
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) spreadsheet file of Ocklawaha River / Rodman Reservoir manatee sightings from 1974 into 2012:
NOTE: This spreadsheet is available for viewing at the bottom of this webpage.
The remainder of this report presents a "suggested reading" list of other available documentation containing information about (or related to) the historical, current, or possible future usage of the Ocklawaha River by manatees. Ocklawahaman recommends that these previously published source documents should be read (at least in part) by any who are truly interested in the Manatees of the Ocklawaha River, Florida.
Bozman, N. 2013. "Change in the air, manatees in the water" webpage article (28 March 2013). "The Ocklawaha and Silver River News; Ocklawaha and Silver River Tours" webpage (last accessed 9/26/13). Ocala, FL. http://www.slickcharters.net/River-News/category/ocklawaha-silver/
Callahan, J. 2010. "Students get eyeful of sea cow at Silver River" article. Ocala Star-Banner newspaper (3 June 2010) that is available on an Ocala.com webpage. Ocala, FL.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). 2000. "Sea stats: manatees, Florida's gentle giants" pamphlet. Florida Marine Research Institute (St. Petersburg, FL), FWC, Tallahassee (TAL), FL. Available as a hardcopy.
Guest, D. (of Earthjustice). 2012. 60-day notice of intent to bring a citizen suit under the Endangered Species Act for violations of Section 7 (21 February 2012). Earthjustice, TAL, FL for Florida Defenders of the Environment, Gainesville, FL; & Florida Wildlife Federation, TAL, FL.
Habitat Working Group. 2007. Historical manatee habitat of the Ocklawaha River and effects of proposed restoration on manatee use; a white paper prepared by the Habitat Working Group. The Habitat Working Group, a subgroup of the Florida Manatee Recovery Team.
Available as a "Microsoft Word" document.
Hamaker, E. 1987. "Manatee sightings raise eyebrows at attraction" article. Ocala Star-Banner newspaper (4 July 1987, page 1A). Ocala, FL.
Laist, D.; C. Taylor; & J. Reynolds. 2013. Winter habitat preferences for Florida manatees and vulnerability to cold. PLOS ONE 8(3): e58978. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0058978. http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0058978
Laist, D. & J. Reynolds. 2005. "Florida manatees, warm water refuges, and an uncertain future" article. Coastal Management journal 33:279–295 (page 279-295).
McWhirter, J. 2012. "Dear Mr. Guest..." letter (12 April 2012). Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Atlanta, GA.
Muller & Associates, Inc. 2007. Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway management plan (15 June 2007). Prepared with Office of Greenways & Trails, Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP), TAL, FL.
Nosca, P. 2013. "The Springs of the Ocklawaha River, Florida: From Rodman Dam Upstream to Eureka Dam (River Miles 12 to 33)" webpage report. "Ocklawahaman" website. Paul Nosca, Eureka, FL.
O'Shea, T. J. and J. E. Reynolds, III. 2013. An investigation of factors promoting success or failure of releases of sirenians after being held in captivity, as pertinent to the proposed reintroduction of Antillean manatees (Trichechus manatus manatus) to Guadeloupe (31 July 2012) . Submitted to Parc National de la Guadeloupe Cité Guillard 97100 Basse-Terre. Last accessed 9/26/13.
Ritchie, B. 1995. "Another dead manatee found near dam" article. Gainesville Sun newspaper (25 August 1995, page 3B). Gainesville, FL.
Save The Manatee Club. 2011. "Meet the manatees: Bertram and Bartram; first recorded twins at Blue Spring State Park" article. Save The Manatee Club webpage (last accessed 11/15/11). Maitland, FL.
Smith, K. 1997. The effects of proposed restoration of the Ocklawaha River in the vicinity of the Rodman basin on manatees and manatee habitat; report for the Office of Greenways & Trails (July 1997). Prepared for Office of Greenways & Trails, FDEP, TAL, FL.
Taylor, C. R. 2006. A survey of Florida springs to determine accessibility to Florida manatees: Developing a sustainable thermal network. Marine Mammal Commission by Wildlife Trust, St. Petersburg, FL.
Thompson, P. et al. 2008. Petition for a rule to revise critical habitat for the Florida manatee, Wildlife Advocacy Project, Save the Manatee Club, Center for Biological Diversity, & Defenders of Wildlife (19 December 2008).
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) with FWC. 2008. Survey of Rodman Reservoir and middle-Ocklawaha River springs during spring 2008 draw-down conditions: FWC and FWS. USFWS. FWC, TAL, FL.
USFWS. 2010. 12-month finding on a petition to revise critical habitat for the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris). Issued 12 January 2010. North Florida Ecological Services Office webpage (last accessed 11/15/11), USFWS.
USFWS. 2012. "Sightings 1974 - 2012" [Rodman Reservoir manatees] online spreadsheet report. USFWS field office (10 August 2012), Jacksonville, FL. Available for viewing at the bottom of this webpage.
Williams, T. 2012. "Has one Florida dam's day finally come?" webpage article. Audubon Magazine (July-August 2012). National Audubon Society, NY, NY.
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Sami Zayn bound for glory
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Although Lavater's work spawned numerous imitators, this work remained the crucial text on physiognomy for the general reader through the nineteenth century. The extracts highlight the religious base of Lavater's theories, and the skills he deemed necessary for physiognomical analysis. We include guidelines for interpreting those two crucial physiognomical features, the forehead and eyes, and Lavater's reflections on the relationship between race, sex, and physiognomy.
Man [...] is in himself the most worthy subject of observation, as he likewise is himself the most worthy observer. Under whatever point of view he may be considered, what is more worthy of contemplation than himself? In him each species of life is conspicuous; yet never can his properties be wholly known, except by the aid of his external form, his body, his superficies. How spiritual, how incorporeal soever, his internal essence may be, still is he only visible and conceivable from the harmony of his constituent parts. From these he is inseparable. He exists and moves in the body he inhabits, as in his element. This material man must become the subject of observation. All the knowledge we can obtain of man must be gained through the medium of our senses. [...]
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