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The BP oil spill, the 2008 global financial collapse, and revelations of scandalous working conditions at Chinese electronics supplier Foxconn show why so many are suspicious of promises of corporate responsibility. But slowly and fitfully, corporations are changing. It's not just because of the high cost of making amends and a fear of negative publicity. Consumers are demanding better corporate behavior, and an increasing number of executives are eager to make their organizations more of a force for good. But corporations can't act in responsible ways if no "treehuggers" are working inside the system to lead the effort. For more than two decades, Timothy J. Mohin has worked to improve working conditions, clean up factories, and battle climate change—all while being employed by some of the biggest companies in the world. In Changing Business from the Inside Out he's written the first practical, authoritative insider's guide to creating a career in corporate responsibility. Mohin describes how to get started and what the day-to-day experience of being "the designated driver at the corporate cocktail party" is really like. He recounts colorful case studies from his own career, provides advice on how CSR workers can have greater impact, and even looks into how employees in other corporate functions can make a difference. He details the programs and processes needed to support a comprehensive CSR effort, but perhaps most importantly, he identifies the personal and professional skills needed to navigate corporate politics and get buy-in from sometimes skeptical colleagues. With more than 80 percent of the Fortune 500 now publishing "sustainability reports," a new career path has been forged in corporate responsibility. From strategy to data mining to supply chains and communication, this book is the "operator's manual" for this new career path.
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Welcome to St. Anthony of Padua Church in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. St. Anthony is one of the oldest Catholic churches in Lancaster. Our parish was founded in 1870. The church was completed and dedicated in 1875. At that time the congregation was German speaking. All the Masses were celebrated in Latin and the sermons were preached in German. After World War I, the use of the German language was discontinued. During the 1920s a growing Italian population joined the parish. At that time, the Mass in the Lower Church included some Italian. St. Anthony of Padua has always welcomed and accommodated parishioners of varied ethnic backgrounds.
The upper church was restored in 1987 and the lower church was restored in 2002. St. Anthony has helped Catholic immigrants establish themselves by having Mass in the lower church in other languages. During the 1960s and 1970s Mass was celebrated in Spanish. Mass was celebrated in Vietnamese from 1986 until June 2015.
We are glad that you have chosen to visit St. Anthony of Padua in Lancaster. Our parish is a continuation of the life of Christ in the lives of our parish members. May the Lords grace and peace remain with you today and always.
Current Schedule
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Holy Day Vigil – 6:30 p.m.
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Weekday MassMonday through Saturday 8:00 a.m.
Reconcilliation (Confession)
Saturdays: 3:15–4:00 p.m., 5:30 p.m.
Our Lady of Perpetual Help NovenaTuesday evenings: 7:00 p.m.
Liturgy of the Word for Children—During the 9:30 a.m. Mass, September through May. Grades 1–4
Parish Religious Education—Sunday mornings from 8:15 to 10:30 a.m. September through MayIncludes 9:30 a.m. Mass
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) Mondays at 7:00 p.m. in the lower church meeting room
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The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi volleyball team will wrap-up its pre-conference schedule this weekend as it takes part in the Hampton Inn Invitational hosted by the College of Charleston. The Islanders will face North Florida in a 9 a.m. match and the host Cougars at 1 p.m. on Friday at the TD Arena before matches against UNC Wilmington at 9 a.m. and Wyoming at 1 p.m. on Saturday to complete action in the tourney.
The team comes into the weekend with a 6-5 record after a tough, 3-2 win over UTPA on Tuesday night. College of Charleston is 4-6 on the season while UNC Wilmington is 5-6, UNF is 4-4 and Wyoming is 6-4 this year. It will be the first-ever meeting against College of Charleston, UNC Wilmington and North Florida while the Islanders are 0-1 all-time against Wyoming.
Texas A&M – Corpus Christi will be led into the weekend by Brianna Brink and Brooke Alverson. Brink leads the team with a team-high 96 kills while Alverson is tops in hitting percentage at .234 and is second with 89 kills. Logen Bourque is leading the Islanders with 372 assists and Micah Nolan has a team-high 209 digs while Brink is second with 103. Alverson and Nolan are tied for the team lead with 13 service aces this season.
Live stats will be available for all matches while live video will be available for the Islanders contest against the host team. All coverage can be found by visiting www.CofCSports.com. The official athletic website, www.GoIslanders.com, will also do a CoverItLive! event for each of the matches during the weekend. Fans can follow by visiting the website, with a link available here.
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Life's A Beach: Eavesdropping In The Sand
"Sweetie, do you know what that is?" No response. "Look at that bird! You know what they call it?" Still no response. "It's a seagull!"
Loyal readers probably are aware that I'm an old-school outdoorsman who prefers a map and compass to GPS, gorp rather than an energy bar and silence instead of cellphone chatter.
Don't get me wrong: I use a modern, lightweight pack and sleeping bag, hike in clothing made from the latest waterproof, breathable materials and paddle in kayaks made with Kevlar and carbon-fiber.
But I don't like to rely on electronics and would rather blame my own ineptitude than a dead battery or lost signal when things go awry on the trail or open water, as they often do.
Still, I get a kind of reverse-vicarious thrill while poking through racks and display cases at outdoor outfitters, as well as flipping through catalogues and magazines, to check out the latest gear I won't be buying.
Some of the stuff does seem useful, but a lot is just plain ridiculous.
With this in mind, I have devised a quiz for discerning outdoor enthusiasts. Your assignment: Guess which of the following describe actual products, and which are my own fanciful creations. Give yourself one point for every correct answer. The answers are at the end.
1. The Mnemic-Pro Optical Recorder. This wireless camera, designed for high-altitude expeditions and whitewater excursions when conditions preclude use of traditional digital or SLR devices, downloads images and video directly to the cerebellum, where they can be safely stored for later transfer to a computer hard drive. Required mplant surgery required.
2. Omnitrax Removable Boot Soles. A new concept from the brand that brought you the unconventional FiveFingers footwear, the Omnitrax Removable Sole System offers boot manufacturers interchangeable, removable soles that snap on and off to mutate tread and grip on the ground for varying conditions.
3. iPad in your Pack — Tap on a Google map without removing your iPad or tablet from your pack using the Portal Series from Osprey. Portal series bag offers flip-open access to a touchscreen device. A padded tablet sleeve and a touch-through TPU window allow instant connection to screens.
4. TrailConnex 24/7 Automatic Satellite Facebook Poster/Twitter Feed. The 24/7 keeps you connected to social media by sending friends and followers regular updates of your latitude, longitude and elevation. Optional features include transmitter to send signal for emergency evacuation.
5. Inflatable Pack Lightener. Photo-voltaic cells activate production of lighter-than-air hydrogen, which fills internal bladders, thereby reducing weight of backpack. Standard model eliminates equivalent of 10 pounds of weight; deluxe model, 20 pounds.
6. Bait 'Em 907 Bear Bait. Alaska's Bear Bait and Moose Lure Company's Sweet Surrender is 100 times sweeter than sugar. The powerful flavor and scent is highly concentrated. Use sparingly on the bait of your choice (old bread, dog food, popcorn). Bring old bait to life with an extremely concentrated sweet flavor. One pound will sweeten four to five 55-gallon drums. Scents available include Insane Banana, Blueberry Muffin, Orange Cream, Raspberry Delight, Strawberry Cream and Cotton Candy.
7. Wearable sleeping bag. Now in its fourth generation, the Selk'bag Sleepwear System offers a new Lite version that is 30 percent lower in weight than Selk'bag 3G. Rated to 45 degrees Fahrenheit, the uncommonly comfortable Selk'bag 4G Lite is an excellent solution for those who are uncomfortable in traditional mummy or rectangular sleeping bags. Perfect for a variety of adventures, the Selk'bag is used by outdoor enthusiasts the world over for immaculate comfort, or even in your RV, camper, SUV, or dorm room.
8. The Victoria's Secret Camo Collection. Fleece-lined and goose down intimate apparel for that special outdoorswoman in your life, designed to wear while lounging around base camp or scaling high summits.
9. The Extreme Turkey Hunting DVD. This video features over two action-packed hours of hunting footage from across the USA. You'll see over 20 turkey hunts with gun, bow, and crossbow called in by both young and experienced hunters. You will witness big gobblers strutting into range time and time again. You'll learn tips and techniques to become a more successful turkey hunter.
10. Level Trailz Pack Ballast/Handicapping System. Tired of one hiker in a group always taking the lead and forcing others to scramble to keep up? The Level Trails Pack Ballast/Handicapping System consists of lead ingots to be placed discreetly in faster hiker's backpacks. Comes in 5-, 10- and 20-pound models.
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10: Congratulations! You are a certified gearhead who obviously spends more time tinkering with gadgets and obsessing over tenths-of-an-ounce differences in equipment weight than you do in the wild.
5-9: You are devoted, but not a slave to, high-tech – a good person to have on an expedition, capable of repairing a valve on a butane stove but not making the rest of us feel like Luddite dolts.
4-8: You like creature comforts and don't mind shelling out big bucks for freeze-dried fettucine alfredo, but every so often still enjoy a good old Snickers bar.
1-3: You are a former Eagle Scout who knows how to start a fire by rubbing two sticks together, but are far too polite to criticize anyone who uses waterproof matches.
0: Congratulations! You are a certified mountain man/mountain woman who has been hiking in the same hobnail boots for 37 years, carries gear in an external frame pack and sports lederhosen and knickers.
"Sweetie, do you know what that is?" No response. "Look at that bird! You know what they call it?" Still no response. "It's a seagull!"
All right, technically my buddy Spyros "Spy" Barres and I weren't hanging 10 toes off the end off boards while riding waves at Westerly's Fenway Beach on Thursday, but we were surfing.
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Philip Palaveev hangs out his shingle with a new consulting model for RIAs and a money-back guarantee
The former Moss Adams star will still serve the Fusion constituency but The Ensemble Practice LLC will let him spread his wings, too
The way Philip Palaveev puts it is that he gained his academic grounding in the advisory business doing research for Moss Adams LP and learned about humans from his recent stint as the staff consultant to the advisors in the Fusion Advisor Network.
Now the Seattle-based consultant is doing things his way combining elements of both as he launches The Ensemble Practice LLC from an office that overlooks Lake Union where the rowing teams of the University of Seattle do battle on a daily basis. Jonathan McQuade and Victoria Godyn are joining him in his new venture.
The new business will continue to serve advisors in the Fusion Advisor Network much as it did before the threesome spun off in July. National Financial Partners acquired Fusion in early July. See: Former Moss Adams star begins to taste success in the 'real' world.
James Poer, President NFP Advisor Services Group says that he believes the relationship will work well in its new form. See: National Financial Partners buys longtime partner Fusion signaling a shift away from the 'roll-up' model.
"Fusion and NFP Advisor Services Group have a long-standing relationship with Philip and we look forward to continuing to work closely with him through a mutually beneficial consulting arrangement." See: What exactly is Fusion Advisor Network and who did it draw to Las Vegas last week.
Ensemble effort
Palaveev, 39, says he is very glad he didn't have to choose between the two.
"If it meant leaving Fusion behind, God knows what decision I would have made." He characterizes Fusion metaphorically as his best friend and Fusion founder, Stuart Silverman, as literally his best friend.
"You can't have multiple wives but you can have more friends," Palaveev adds.
At the center of the new business plan is The Ensemble Institute, which is a series of business management classes held over a number of years. Ensemble firms are ones with more than one practicing principal and The Ensemble Practice is targeting them because data shows that they tend to grow more rapidly than solo firms. See: How a swath of billion-dollar-plus RIAs are posing a threat to indie advisors.
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The concept may capture firms in an underserved niche, according to Timothy Welsh, president of Nexus Strategy of Larkspur, Calif.
"The consulting offering includes not only the strategy but also the implementation component, for firms that have established a presence but need advice and guidance to get to the next level somewhere between the $1 million to $10 million in revenue range," he says. "This market has traditionally been underserved as the top management consulting firms don't play in the advisor space and the smaller, individual coaches focus on sole practitioners or firms just starting up."
Topics such as differentiating your firm in the marketplace, career paths and compensation, partnership agreements and business development training for associates and staff. The Institute targets firms that are going through a transformation from successful practice to systematized business. The first session of The Ensemble Institute will be held in Denver January 2013, and will bring together 15 ensemble firms who are looking to improve their business through a data-driven, practical approach.
The training is expected to take place over about four years and it'll cost in the range of $7,000 to $12,000 per year for a firm. A firm can send as many principals as they like to the training sessions. To embolden advisors to hazard this kind of outlay, Palaveev is introducing a unique money-back guarantee such that somebody will make at least enough extra profit to cover its cost — or be reimbursed.
But what if a practice does poorly because it executes good advice poorly.
"We'll take that risk and we'll be very selective about which firms we work with."
Peer to peer
Palaveev has chosen to emphasize the classroom model because he finds that, in fact, advisors learn much more from each other than from consultants and that he plans to go to some pains to find good advisors for that reason.
"As much as I'm arrogant, I believe we'll learn a lot from our clients," he says.
Palaveev is also stretching it over years because otherwise he finds it doesn't have a real effect on an advisory firm's success. And he wants to make it a management consulting approach rather than a coaching approach. he believe coaching tends to be too canned and predictable — and ultimately not so successful.
"The most successful advisors are not franchises so coaching doesn't fit them very well. We work with your firm, not with you."


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Modern ResolutionsJanuary 17th, 2013 | Published in Events, Uncategorized
The Modern would like to thank all the Modern Resolutionists who participated in the Modern Resolutions event in December. The fire dancers, personal trainers, Radio Boise, and the Record Exchange all made this an evening to remember And I must say, Edward's Greenhouse knocked our socks off with their bed of flowers.
The Boise Sesqui-Shop, a shop put together to help celebrate Boise's 150th birthday, made a fun presentation, too. If you haven't had the chance, I suggest that you scurry down to have a peek at their shop on 10th and Main Street. http://www.facebook.com/BoiseArtsandHistory/app_100265896690345
1st Floor Courtyard:
116 – Record Exchange / Duck Club / Radio Boise / Treefort Music Festival
117 – Hyde Park Books / The Cabin
118 – Tarot Cards by Kathy Ackaret
2nd Floor CourtYard:
233 – Bricolage / Social Good Network /
234 – Graeber and Company / Think Boise First
235 – Boise 150 / Sustainable Futures
236 – In Retrospect
237 – Victoria Greener Photography
239 – Peaceful Belly Farms
240 – Active & Fit / My Fit Foods / Catch your Balance
241 – Story Story Night
242 – Renu MediSpa / Jayden Deluca Foundation
Live music from HillFolk Noir
Fire/LED Dancers
Story Story Night
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September 6, 2008
Bitter pit in apples is a common problem that shows up as small dark, bruise-like spots near the end of the apple. The condition is caused by a lack of calcium uptake by the fruit. To control, mix one tablespoon of calcium nitrate in one gallon of water and spray leaves of tree. This should be done in early spring just after bloom.
Winter squash is ready to harvest when the stem begins to shrivel. Pick before the first frost; cure by letting it sit in the sun for at least 3 days, turn daily. Squash will keep for up to 5 months if stored in a cool dry place.
Mosaic Virus on squash and cucumber plants is spread by aphids and cucumber beetles. The disease causes leaves to become rough and mottled. Plants can be stunted and fruit can turn whitish. It's best to remove and discard diseased plants; do not add them to your compost pile.
Leave grass clippings on the lawn when you mow. They provide nitrogen, and help retain moisture. Mow lawn frequently. Cutting more than 1/3 of the height off at any one time stresses the lawn leaving it more vulnerable to pests and disease.
Deep water trees twice during the summer, even when they are planted in the lawn. Use a soaker or drip hose around the drip line of the tree; let it drip slowly for two to three hours. Mature fruit trees should be watered everythreeto four weeks; young fruit trees need to be watered every twoweeks. Some mature ornamental or street trees may not need any water, check the variety to be sure.
For our complete list of September Gardening Tips, click on www.mastergardeners.org/tips/september.html
What to plant now
Transplants: arugula, beets, Swiss chard, broccoli, cauliflower, Asian greens, spinach, and many varieties of lettuce. Local nurseries should have a good supply of most of these.
Seeds: arugula, beets, carrots, Swiss chard, fava beans, peas, garlic, potatoes, radishes, spinach, and lettuce.
To find a list of cool season vegetables that do well in Santa Clara County, go to www.mastergardeners.org/picks/cool.html or call the hotline at 408.282.3105.
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Years ago I worked in a large company on the operations team. We were responsible for all production issues for the 6,000 people and the assorted machines, devices, and applications that come with a large workforce. There was a department that was aligned with our group that focused on engineering and various development groups that built different applications. The engineering group was good at working closely with the production team to ensure smooth deployments, but they weren't on call and would at times respond slowly to develop solutions when problems occurred. They were, however, better than the development groups who often sent code to be deployed, and accepted bug reports back, but provided little support or assistance for problems with their code.
I ran across this link from a DevOps person called You Write It, You Support It in the Brent Ozar, PLF newsletter. The piece makes a case for the problems that occur with some deployments, like a lack of, or surplus, of logging, switches to turn features on/off, error handling, and more. It's a pretty good description of typical problems I've often seen, and it calls for developers to support the features that they write, even in production systems.
I like this idea, though I don't think that it should be a continuous expectation with developers required to support their code forever. I would like to see developers giving their code a "warranty" of sorts, perhaps a couple months of priority support when code is deployed into live environments with developers taking responsibility and responding to calls, even after hours.
There are arguments to be made that developers' time is better spent enhancing applications and applying their creativity to new ideas, but this leads to a human frailty. Too often we view a job finished as a job completed, and that's not always the case. Doing a job well means more than completion. It implies a level of craftsmanship and pride in the finished product, both from the developer and the client.
Developers should write code that works. If it doesn't, then it's not really finished and should be fixed. With that contract in place, we usually find that the developer spends a bit more time ensuring the product is built in a quality way that reduces the need for much support.
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COLUMBIA COUNTY, Ga. (WRDW) -- The score is now neighbors two gun ranges zero after a Planning and Zoning Commission meeting in Columbia County.
One property is in Harlem, the other in Grovetown.
Neighbors have been fighting the one in Grovetown for years. About a dozen people who live near the Newmantown Gun Club showed up Thursday night to try to keep the property from being rezoned for a gun range. They say the noise is a disturbance, but the biggest issue is safety after they found bullet holes in homes nearby.
In June deputies issued a cease and desist order for the property. The owner appealed and it was continued until Thursday night's meeting.
Neighbors showed up ready for a fight, but got a surprise. The appeal was removed from the agenda and the application for rezoning was withdrawn.
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The commission accepted that with the condition the owner can't reapply for at least six months. They also told neighbors to call the sheriff's office if needed.
"Situations like this where somebody has taken advantage of the system and stepped around the system frankly makes it difficult for everybody involved," said Planning and Zoning Vice Chair Jim Cox.
Another group of neighbors showed up to fight a proposed range near Harlem.
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EVANS, Ga. (WRDW) -- A gun range went under fire Thursday night at the Columbia County Planning Commission.
Paul Blankenship operates a gun range on his private property, but code enforcement and neighbors said it's not zoned for that.
In June, code enforcement sent a cease and desist order for violating multiple codes because it's not properly zoned as a gun range.
Neighbors say it's a nuisance and a safety concern.
"It's like a bomb going off," said Jerry Braun about the gunshots she hears everyday.
She and her husband are both veterans and her husband suffers from PTSD. They say it has gotten much worse since the range opened next door in 2010.
"He's taking it so hard because of his combat wounds," she said in tears.
The Brauns say they sold Paul Blankenship the property with the understanding he would build a house.
"There's no way in God's green earth that we would have sold that land to him if we had known he was putting a firing range in there," she said.
Around a dozen neighbors showed up at the Columbia County Zoning and Planning Commission Thursday night to fight against Blankenship's appeal to reopen the Gun Club.
"Grovetown doesn't want this, I don't want this, my neighborhood doesn't want this and it needs to stop," said neighbor Bobbie Bauserman.
An attorney for Blankenship says they aren't violating any codes because the range is not for commercial use.
"The range has been used historically by Mr. Blankenship personally," said Attorney James Overstreet.
Neighbors quickly disputed that fact.
"I've heard that Mr. Blankenship uses this for his personal situation. That's not true. Show the video," said Bauserman.
The video showed tents set up and cars parked at the range along with constant gunfire.
"It happens several days a week, hours at a time, day after day, weekends, holidays, anytime," said Bauserman.
They also showed pictures and video of bullet holes in nearby trailers on a neighbors property saying safety is an issue as well.
"Anybody traveling down Newmantown road or along the roads off Newmantown Road is at risk. It's just that simple," said Bauserman.
Right now it's zoned residential, but the range is planning to apply for a special permit. Neighbors say they just want it gone.
In the end the issue was tabled for 60 days. That is what Blankenship's attorney had asked for originally, but neighbors say they consider it a win as well giving them more time to rally the troops before they come back on November 7th.


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Florida Green Power Dispute Puts Spotlight on Marketing Costs
A dispute over the costs of a green power program offered by Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) has drawn attention to the costs associated with managing and promoting such programs. In late July, the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) terminated FPL's Sunshine Energy Program after an audit revealed that only 20% of the $11.4 million collected from customers was applied to developing renewable energy facilities, with the remainder allegedly going toward marketing and administrative costs. Established in December 2003, the program was run by Green Mountain Energy Company and collected voluntary contributions of $9.75 per month from more than 38,000 customers to promote the development of renewable energy. See the Florida PSC press release.
In late August, Green Mountain defended itself, claiming that half of the program revenue was spent on renewable energy projects, while marketing costs were less than $1.50 per FPL customer (although they did consume about half of the funds provided to Green Mountain). Green Mountain says it created customer demand for more than 1.2 billion kilowatt-hours of renewable energy and also built 450 kilowatts of new solar energy projects, all at less than half the national average price per kilowatt-hour for green power programs and at a lower cost than other Florida green power programs. As noted by Green Mountain, the program's success has placed it in the "top ten" lists for utility green pricing programs for the past four years. DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory ranked the program fourth in the nation for total sales and sixth for total number of participants in 2007, and the program has landed in the top-ten rankings for at least one of those two categories since 2004. See the press release (PDF 106 KB), discussion paper (PDF 194 KB), and presentation (PDF 356 KB) from Green Mountain Energy Company, as well as the NREL top-ten rankings. Download Adobe Reader.
So what is an appropriate amount of money to spend on marketing of such programs? A report issued by NREL last year, "Trends in Utility Green Pricing Programs," found significant variability in the costs reported by the largest utilities. The report notes that the top performers generally devoted more funds toward marketing, spending an average of 24% of program premiums on marketing and administration, which is about half that of the FPL program. In terms of expenses per utility customer, however, the average marketing costs were about 28 cents per year. Multiplied by five years, that yields $1.40 per customer, which is in line with Green Mountain's spending. The report also notes that many utilities absorb their green power marketing costs into their general marketing budget. All of which should provide plenty to talk about at the 2008 National Renewable Energy Marketing Conference, which comes to Denver, Colorado, on October 26-29. See pages 18-22 (PDF pages 27-31) of the NREL report (PDF 786 KB) and visit the conference Web site.


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Algorithmically Assisted Editorial Insight for Professional Publishers
Publishers of professional content have a significant advantage over public search engines. As I've noted in the past, professional publishers do more than merely index content for a search engine. Professional human editors – often with the same degrees and credentials as the practitioners who rely on them – summarize, explain, link and topically classify content. Editors who are lawyers and accountants synthesize concepts from multiple sources of law into actionable content for lawyers and accountants, who further contextualize that content to resolve their client's issues. Editors who are physicians – many still practice medicine – synthesize findings from clinical trials and review thousands of articles in medical literature. Practicing physicians rely on the physician-editors' insights to generate better patient outcomes as part of evidence-based medicine.
Professional customers simply cannot keep up with the stream of content. Public search engines, despite sophisticated relevance-ranking algorithms, still present answer sets of thousands and hundreds of thousands of documents. The flood of content is only going to get bigger. It is harder for editors to keep up with the flood. This is where automation and algorithms can step in. Computer-assisted content enrichment is far more sophisticated than it used to be. Computers can literally write the news when the content is predictable. Citations to primary sources of law in content can be automatically transformed to active hypertext links. Algorithms can summarize documents, thus making it easier for editors to determine the most important points in a document. That summary might not be readable, but it might give an editor a head start in creating a meaningful summary that is meaningful to professional customers. Algorithms can topically classify documents and document fragments. That topical classification can be used for browsing, searching, linking and relevance ranking. Again, the topics assigned by algorithms might not reach the level of precision needed by professional customers, but it can be used to route content to editors and speed up the process for them to assign a more precise topical classification.
I still do not see algorithms replacing editors. But there is an interesting possibility with "low value" content. For example, officially unpublished opinions do not have precedential value. The volume of these opinions is high. Human editors cannot invest valuable resources in summarizing those opinions compared to appellate court opinions. This is an example where automated methods might be sufficient for a customer's research needs. Of course, automated content enrichment methods could be used to identify for editors those officially unpublished decisions that might be of particular interest. Closer attention is needed into the value of each type of content for professional customers and what combination of human and algorithmic enhancements are necessary to make it actionable.
I am convinced that professional publishers must strike a balance between applying algorithms and editors to content. What is clear is that technology is advancing and what tasks are delegated to computers versus editors will always be in flux. Any thoughts?


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Bad news!
If he brings in the necessary changes then I am happy to have him as a manager, but its all dependant on a number of things.
Not selling our best players/ Bringing in a bit of real quality (more players like Caz)/ Wage structure change/ continues proving he can get the best out his defences/ Change tactics when things are not going our way.
The last one I do not expect to happen at all, and I have a feeling our current defensive ability is merely a blip of form when finally needed. The other aspects though I think are changes that are possible and should be on the cards.Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
Le Pruneau Le Pruneau May 3, 2013 19:59 Flag
Not selling your best players??!!!
I just HATE to be the one to break this to you, but that ship has LOOOONG since sailed!!!!
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Le Pruneau, retorts that a child would find funny are really not befitting of you. Surely you can offer more? Like some reasonable points to debate? Why are you PYSL?
You really believe we will continue to operate in the manner we do for the rest of time?
You dont think there will be a change in how arsenal operate?
Or you just think that we have sold all our best players and will never buy another player who will be good enough or of interest for another big team?


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Google Unveiling Personal Health Records Service
Sounds like we'll finally get a look at Google's much-discussed-but-as-yet-unseen plans to get into the health records business. Today's the day the company will pull the curtain back on the online service, the WSJ reports.
Patients will be able to enter basic medical data into an online repository, and invite their doctors to electronically submit information as well, the WSJ says. In a rare win, Microsoft beat Google to the punch last fall when it launched its HealthVault project. Steve Case, late of AOL, is playing here too, with his Revolution Health outfit.
But all of these efforts — even that of golden-tinged Google — are up against the fact that only 14% of medical practices keep records electronically, the WSJ notes. The real moment for these services will come once larger numbers of docs finally shift to electronic records that can easily be transferred to personal health records like those being launched by Google and others.
It's unclear for the moment when the Google service will be available to the consumers. The company recently said it was launching a pilot project for several thousand Cleveland Clinic patients whose records are already stored electronically.
Health Blog Questions of the Day: Patients, would you be comfortable putting your health info on Google's servers? Docs, would you go along with patients' requests to add info from your files to their Google accounts?


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Even beyond the Freedom Tower and new Trade Center buildings rising out of the ground, Lower Manhattan has changed dramatically since September 11. The block in front of the Stock Exchange is emptier, but Wall Street is more crowded. While bollards and bomb-proofing schemes abound, the biggest architectural changes in the Financial District over the last ten years weren't caused by the War on Terror.
Certainly, security concerns reshaped the neighborhood. In the initial years after September 11, government buildings got the most visible alterations. The Federal Building was surrounded by concrete barriers, its driveway guarded against truck bombs by elevated steel gates, guards, and mirror-scope examinations of the undersides of vehicles. The heavy fortifications of Jersey barriers and concrete planters around public buildings contrasted with private buildings: the most prominent skyscraper on Wall Street at the time was defended by two unarmed security guards, their back to a huge glass wall and an open atrium at the base of the tower. Delivery trucks pulled up next to the building, double parking at will.
A decade later, however, private property owners are on board too, and stylish "bollards"—the architectural term for those stumpy posts set into the sidewalk to stop trucks from driving through the front door of a building—surround buildings from the World Financial Center to the Upper West Side's Jewish Community Center.
Likewise, building has changed. The shortcomings of the World Trade Center's design come to mind whenever I see a new building rising: before the façade goes on, there are bigger steel beams, more cross-bracing, and thick concrete walls at the base. The murmuring irony, of course, is that changes to the New York City building code still don't apply to the towers now being built at the World Trade Center site under the Port Authority's own rules.
But the biggest changes are on Wall Street, where it seems that half the office buildings have become residential condominiums. After September 11 businesses shuttered or moved, and vacancy rates soared. Government support (through Liberty Bonds and the city's Residential Grant Program) encouraged the conversion of commercial offices to luxury apartments. A generation of bankers and traders have decided Lower Manhattan is a neighborhood in which to live as well as work. According to the city, two-thirds of Lower Manhattan's 25,000 new residents live in converted offices.
Even the famous low-rise JP Morgan Building at the corner of Wall and Broad Street is now part of a condo designed by Philippe Starck. This was the site of the earlier Financial District bombing, when a horse-drawn cart was allegedly detonated by Italian anarchists on September 16, 1902. (The 91st anniversary is next week.)
In addition to the influx of new residents, there has been a stylistic shift in Lower Manhattan. Battery Park City famous for requiring designers use brick, stone, and cast iron details to mimic the style of Gramercy Park or West End Avenue. This was a source of much derision by postmodern architectural critics, who believed that this deception-by-historical-façade was inextricable from Battery Park City's identity.
The critics turned out to be wrong. The brick and granite was only window dressing, and today it has been stripped from Battery Park City's newest buildings. First, the environmentally prominent Solaire apartment tower replaced bricks with solar panels. Today, office buildings shimmer in glass and steel, in blatant disregard for the design standards mandated for decades in Battery Park City.
The modernist style is spreading. From the shimmering new towers that frame Broadway uptown, to condos in Brooklyn and Queens, historicist flourishes are out, right-angled steel and glass modernism is in. What does the new modernism mean?
While postmodern buildings looked backwards, albeit in a selective way, the current round of landmark buildings don't dwell on history. When Battery Park City was first being built on landfill from the original World Trade Center excavation, a sympathetic reporter argued that while critics lambasted the fake history being lacquered onto new buildings, "What's exciting about this landfill is that history is just beginning." Critics and boosters alike imagined history as nothing but a charming addition to the neighborhood. The history Battery Park City gained from being across the street from the Trade Center suggests otherwise.
But the shift from historicism to modernism in Lower Manhattan is more than a turn away from the past. Neo-modernism certainly doesn't maintain the progressive social program of the original European masters, who imagined better living for the masses through high rises with modern amenities. To the contrary, the most prominent exemplar of the new modernism is the Goldman Sachs World Headquarters in Battery Park City. Hardly a promise of accessibility to the masses, the Goldman building exudes a sense that the firm is untouchable: Floor-to-ceiling glass starting at the ground floor leaves Goldman highly visible but inaccessible, as the landmark mural by Julie Mehretu makes clear, tantalizing viewers from the outside, but unreachable in a private part of the entrance lobby. It is a confidence reflected in the similarly modernist Richard Meier building on Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza that has become notorious for its exhibitionist lifestyle: you can see us in flagrante, but we still won't pay any price for our transgressions. That overweening self-confidence is a recent development among the city's elites. Goldman's CEO Lloyd Blankfein's eventual hiring of a criminal defense attorney last month suggests the building represents not confidence, but hubris.
That willingness to flaunt it, blatantly, is borne of the power of New York's gentrification. It's unimaginable that Meier would have built his Grand Army Plaza building in 1970s Brooklyn, for instance.
Nor, for that matter, would JP Morgan himself have embraced the diaphanous glassiness of Goldman's contemporary counterpart to his early-twentieth century bank. Morgan, after all, proudly left the bomb blast's pockmarks in the stone façade exposed, supposedly to show how impenetrable the House of Morgan was.
Morgan built 23 Wall Street to symbolize unassailable stability. Goldman's new style suggests a blithe belief in their own noble immunity. In this way Morgan and Goldman's images are radically opposed. At first we couldn't forget September 11. Over the decade that followed, however, we tried to forget the difficult lessons history taught. Today, we're all paying the price.
Gregory Smithsimon, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Brooklyn College, is the author of "September 12: Community and Neighborhood Recovery at Ground Zero."


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In February 1993, the Oneida Indian Nation's Shako:wi Cultural Center was named in memory of Richard Chrisjohn (Wolf Clan).
Chrisjohn, whose Oneida names means "he gives", served for a time as a Nation Representative. His vision was for his people to see a revival of their native language and culture.
Aside from being a respected leader, Chrisjohn was a renowned silversmith and woodcarver. His creations are collected throughout the world, and Shako:wi Cultural Center is proud to display some of his prized pieces.
Chrisjohn's vision for his people is alive today thanks to the continued efforts of Nation Representative Ray Halbritter and Nation Council.
Learn more about the Oneida's efforts by visiting Shako:wi Cultural Center, located on Territory Road in Oneida.
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Setting a Cinco de Mayo table for two at The Paris House using the loveliest linens from the very talented April Cornell. We have been 'setting the scene' around here for years with the help of the colorful beautiful linens found in the April Cornell line. The adorable 'tablecloth' you see on our bistro table is in fact an Apron!! My children all ate early before baseball practice so I thought I would set a table for me and my sweet Mr. Bunny to enjoy some Mexican Cuisine and Tortilla Soup. This little table was in my apartment over 20 years ago when we were dating and we use to have the most romantic dinners together. I like to continue that tradition whenever I have the chance. It is so important to carve out time alone together even if the kids are home we can still find time for each other. The lovely tea towel has been generously gifted to us for a giveaway from April Cornell and one of our lucky readers will win it this Sunday evening!!!
You can see the adorable detail on the tea towel.
All of the clear glasses with blue trim were found in the markets of Todos Santos way off the beaten path in Mexico on one of our many trips to that area. The gorgeous painted 'Sangria Glasses' were purchased in San Jose Mexico on a shopping and eating trip! The artwork in the background is Oliver's masterpiece!
See our 'Gazing Ball' in the background that was purchased at the one and only Smith and Hawkins, a long time favorite of mine that sadly is no longer. There still are some of their items at Target!
This antique chair is my Great Grandmothers it is placed up against the 200 year old stone walls in our farmhouse. I have many wonderful books on Mexico in my home library that are filled with history, travel information, culture and recipes. ( the pillow was purchased in Eze France)
Do you have any plans for Cinco de Mayo? If so please let us know what you are cooking.
This table setting is perfect all summer long. All of these linens come in different sizes to fit your table and design needs.
Look how beautifully my painted glasses go with April's linens.
Ollie let me borrow his maraca that he brought back from Mexico. I loved the Margaritas at the Tropicana in San Jose. If you are in that area stop by and try one.
Mis en place, putting everything in its place to prepare and enjoy delicious Tortilla Soup.
My old wooden antique table makes a nice little serving table in the kitchen.
Find this delicious tortilla soup recipe by Colin Cowie here. We make it at The Paris House a lot, it is so nutritious and delicious.
Please leave a comment to win this lovely April Cornell Tea Towel. I just adore the sweet crochet detail on her skirt. I love to use tea towels as over sized napkins at each place setting. I can't stop smiling when I look at this happy lady who is just perfect for your fiesta tablescape.
We are going to draw the lucky winner Sunday evening at 10pm eastern time and hopefully get it to you by Cinco de Mayo!! It is perfect to use year round especially served with some fabulous margaritas poolside this summer.
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I will also be doing the drawing for the Toile Cake Pedestal Giveaway Thursday evening at 12 Eastern time and will announce the lucky winner. We are still taking a few orders for our toile pieces from the Country Living Magazine Feature.
We will post when we have time as we are planning an adorable Fairy Tale birthday party based on Hans Christian Anderson's "Thumbelina" and we are busy as can be getting ready for the event.
Not to mention that due to a yoga and running sports injury I can barely walk. I pulled something and decided to run 6 miles through the pain…not a good idea. Now I am hobbling around town, but at least I am doing it in 5 inch heels! I am ridiculously busy..please let me vent for a few minutes, can you all be my therapist LOL! I have been so busy that I have lost too much weight, can't sleep, my jeans were hanging off me today, this is not good…we all need to slow down a bit and listen to our bodies before it is too late. I am going to bed early tonight, stopping to eat healthy meals, cutting back on the strenuous workouts and yoga until my injury heals. I don't really know how to 'chill' I love being busy but I also love being healthy so I am going to take control of my crazy schedule. I will be slowing down a lot this summer to travel and be with family and friends. My friend 'D' has offered his Sauna to me so I can relax and get better faster, but I can't fit it in my schedule LOL… Instead of relaxing in his sauna I spent the day looking for live frogs all over New Jersey for the fairytale theme party I am planning, I mean whats a party without live frogs??? Tell me this…How do you relax? Are you a type A like me? Any tips are welcome here at The Paris House. On a very happy note I did a book reading for my children's book "The Frog and The Tadpole's Great Swamp Adventure" at Oliver's school on Monday for his 5th birthday, it was one of the happiest days of my life, truly magical, I will never ever forget it. I love love love love love being a mommy!
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Please stop by Tablescape Thursday to see the most beautiful table settings around, then visit the amazing group of cooks over at Foodie Friday and then for some pink loveliness swing by Pink Saturday!


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2002 Chevy S-10 LS Extended Cab 2WD 4Cyl 5 Speed
Low Miles, Good On Gas, Great Shape, Perfect Truck for Any Household!
Columbus, OH
Asking - $9,200
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- 2.2L 4Cyl Engine
- 5 Speed Manual Transmission
- Indigo Blue Metallic
- Power Windows
- Remote Keyless Entry
- Power/Heated Mirrors
- Power Steering/Brakes
- 24,700 Miles
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My wife and I are the original owners of the truck. I had to special order this truck because I couldn't find one that had Power Windows & Keyless Entry. Those are very rare options on a 4cyl, 5 speed S-10. The truck was NEVER smoked in, NEVER Modified, Never had animals in it, and NEVER been in an accident. I bought it the day it came off the transport. I changed the oil at the 500 mile mark and then again at about the 1,500 mile mark. All the other oil changes have been done every 2,800-3,300 miles. Since the truck has very low miles, it's still in great shape for a 4 year old truck. The over all condition is very good. The reason I don't say great or perfect is because unlike some people, I actually used my truck as a truck. The bed does have scratches as well as 2 scratches/scuffs on the outside of the tailgate. There are a few small spots of where paint has chipped in the bed, but there is no rust anywhere to be seen. There are also a few SMALL dents in the bed, most people won't even notice them or care. The outside paint is in great/good condition. It has been waxed twice a year and the paint shines like new, the pics show the shine! There are a few very minor nicks on the outside of the truck due to normal wear and tear, nothing out of the ordinary. The interior looks brand new, NO rips, tears or cracks anywhere! The Tires have about 50% tread left and are in great shape.
The gas mileage is pretty good. Over the past year or so, I have been checking my around town MPG and I have averaged 22-23 MPG. The few times I have taken highway trips, I got around 27-28 MPG. With the high gas prices, this truck is a blessing to have, it doesn't hurt your wallet like a full sized truck would. The S-10 has been a great truck to own. It pretty much drives like a car and believe it or not, it's great in snow (with the 3 sand bags in back). When traction is an issue, just start off in 2nd gear and your on your way. The ABS works great in wet weather conditions. This truck is mechanically sound, there is nothing wrong with the truck, everything works perfect. Just put gas in it and go. If you don't have the need for a big truck, have a small family and want to save on gas, then this truck is for you. I feel that we have priced our 2002 S-10 appropriately. Please check out the used car appraiser below.
*Update 2-26-06* New Front Rotors and Front Brake Pads were installed on 2-25-06 due to warped rotors.
The reason for selling this truck is because my wife and I are expecting our 2nd child and we need a bigger vehicle (Crew Cab) to accommodate our growing family.
If you are interested in this truck please either email or call me at:
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When does an environmental activist become a terrorist? That's the burning question at the core of this riveting documentary about Daniel McGowan, an Earth Liberation Front member who is serving a seven-year federal sentence for his role in a series of arsons. Though none of the carefully plotted fires claimed lives—just lumber company buildings, SUVs, and other structures—McGowan was prosecuted under federal anti-terrorism laws. This balanced, humanizing film tracks his case and reveals him to be thoughtful and principled, regretful but not entirely repentant—especially on the subject of the T-word. "It's property destruction," he says. "Call it what it is."
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LANSING - A pizza delivery driver gets the tip of a handgun pointed in his direction Sunday night in Lansing. Shortly before 10'clock police were called to the 400 block of Clifford Street. The pizza delivery driver tells police that he drove their to deliver an order. When he arrived a young man on the porch pointed a gun at him and demanded his money and food. He says two other men came forward to assist in the robbery.
The delivery man gave up his cash and pizza, and the thieves ran away towards Hunter Park. No shots were fired and no one was hurt. The owner of the house says he was inside sleeping, and had not ordered anything.
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Ocean Spray Appoints Developing Markets Exec
Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. has announced the promotion and appointment of Keith Benoit to vice president, Global Partners, Developing Markets. Benoit was formerly the Director of International/Latin America Markets and Director of Special Markets. He will now be overseeing all business development in the Latin America and Asia Pacific regions, and will also manage Ocean Spray's North America alliance with PepsiCo.
"We are thrilled to promote Keith, who has proven to be a talented and dedicated member of our organization for 30 years," said Ocean Spray Chief Executive Officer Randy Papadellis. "In his new role, Keith will be responsible for identifying key partnerships and creating market-entry strategies, which are priorities for our cooperative's continued growth and success."
During his three decades with Ocean Spray, Benoit has worked in sales, marketing and general management roles across the company's beverage, foods, fresh, foodservice, PepsiCo North America and PepsiCo South America businesses. "Keith made significant and lasting strategic contributions in each position, while consistently meeting his annual operating plan budgets," added Papadellis.
Benoit earned his MBA from the McCallum Graduate School of Business at Bentley University and his Bachelor's Degree from Bridgewater State University. He lives in East Sandwich, Mass., with his wife and twin daughters.


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I was one of the lucky guys who got a new Gamma from my dealer. Thanks to Guenter, who did not try to keep me away from this model (he knew I''m a touring driver who likes to enjoy landscape during the ride. But this is not easy to do on a 500 Gamma). After a large revision at 60.000 km in 1996 with new crankshafts, pistons, in fact nearly every rotating part had to be renewed I decided to purchase a DR 750 for our holiday tours. But the Gamma ran absolutely faboulus again. In the late 80s - looong ago - I had weeks and weeks of time to spend on holidays, so I took my bike to drive across the south of europe for at least three times per year. Another notice: 1988, two days after buying the Gamma my pal and me adapted a Givi luggage system, which was of course not available for the 500 Gamma. Am I the only one who abused a this bike for touring? You may think this was risky. No problem for the chassis, it was stabile enough, even for two persons with a tent and other things! I never had problems with the Gamma on holidays - apart from the fuel consumption of course. But today it''s a great advantage to know every gas station in france and spain:-) My great mistake was to sell the bike in urgent need of money. The bike had more than 86.000 kilometers when I gave it away.
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Warm Weather May Trigger Migraines
March 9, 2009 -- Most migraine sufferers believe that weather changes can bring on their headaches, but the scientific proof has been lacking -- until now.
New research suggests that certain weather conditions may trigger migraines and other severe headaches. But frequent sufferers may be surprised by some of the findings.
The study reveals that:
- Regardless of the time of year, an increase in temperature was the biggest weather-related headache trigger. Researchers reported that every 9 degree Fahrenheit increase in temperature raised the headache risk by 7.5%.
- Low barometric air pressure is considered by some to be specific to migraines, but the study found no link between migraines and low-pressure systems. The researchers say lower pressure was associated with a small increase in risk for non-migraine headaches.
- Air pollution was not strongly associated with an increased risk for migraine or non-migraine headaches. But the automobile exhaust pollutant nitrogen dioxide did show a borderline effect on non-migraine headaches.
Weather, Pollution, and Migraines
The study is one of the largest ever to examine the impact of weather and air pollution on headaches.
But study lead author Kenneth J. Mukamal, MD, of Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard School of Public Health, tells WebMD that an even bigger study would be needed to understand the impact of air pollution on headaches.
"We are not saying that air pollution is not a headache trigger," he says. "What we can say with some confidence is that the effect is not enormous."
Mukamal and colleagues compared the medical records of 7,054 headache patients treated at a Boston hospital's emergency department over a seven-year period to official records of pollution levels and weather conditions in the days before treatment.
Specific weather conditions including temperature, barometric pressure, and humidity were also examined at other key time periods.
Although rising temperature was identified as the biggest weather-related headache trigger, the researchers concluded that the impact may not be clinically meaningful.
"This magnitude of excess risk is obviously modest and may not be an important factor in the clinical management of individual patients, given the many other potential triggers of migraine that patients face," they write.
The study was published in the journal Neurology and was supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health and Sciences and the Environmental Protection Agency.


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The Daily Startup: IT Automation Startup Chef Raises New Funding
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Chef, formerly known as Opscode Inc., is the latest venture-backed company to tackle IT automation. The company raised $32 million in a Series D round led by Scale Venture Partners–nearly double its previous funding–for software that automates some of the tedious manual tasks required to run a website or cloud service.
Practice Fusion Inc., which has become the country's most widely used provider of cloud-based electronic health records, has added $15 million to an already oversubscribed Series D round as the company goes about doubling its user base within the next year, its chief executive said. The add-on, led by new investor Qualcomm Ventures, brings the company's Series D round to $85 million and its total venture backing to $149 million, founder and CEO Ryan Howard said.
Also in today's VentureWire, A startup called Figure 1 Inc. raised 2 million Canadian dollars in seed funding led by Rho Canada Ventures and Version One Ventures to scale a new, photo-sharing app built especially for the needs of medical professionals, VentureWire has learned…Benchmark has raised an eighth fund of $425 million, according to a regulatory filing–about the same size as its last fund, which the firm raised in 2011…and Paris-based Gecko Biomedical SAS has launched with 8 million euros in Series A funding and a plan to advance wound-healing sealants and adhesives that capitalize on patient preference for minimally invasive surgery.
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Coachella City officials were on hand to unveil the 3.5 million dollar expansion to Bagdouma park this afternoon. Children who attended were the first to use the new playgrounds, walking paths and water features.
Coachella Mayor Edwardo Garcia says the community is succeeding with the opening of the park. He says he grew up on the other side of the fence where the park is and he used to walk to school and there was nothing but desert.
The upgraded park also has a football field and a soccer match took place directly after the ceremony on the brand new football field. Mayor Garcia says a second phase of the expansion will bring even more fields to the park.
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