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The following is a guest post by Simon Campbell. His bio is at the end of the article.
So, you've decided that it's time to take your business online in hopes of achieving social media marketing success. Welcome to the here and now; we're glad you could make it. However, don't expect to become an instantly successful, revered brand just because you create a few social media accounts. There's more to it than just showing up.
The first—and biggest—issue you face as a social marketer is figuring out what you want from social media. Without understanding exactly what your goals are with your campaign, it's going to be nearly impossible to achieve ultimate and lasting success.
Let's have a look at some social media-specific goals and see if they tie into what you personally want out of your campaign.
Figuring out your social marketing goals and achieving them
More traffic?
Do you want more traffic out of your campaign? Of course you do. However, it's important to realize that social media traffic isn't like basic website traffic. Social traffic can be derived in a multitude of ways, from friends of friends and ads to hashtags and searches. But even with more ways to gather it, traffic on social sites is more fickle. You want to earn click-throughs and opt-ins by actually offering people exactly what they need. As a marketer, you have to be a problem solver who offers incentives to people in exchange for their action.
To gain this traffic, you're going to need:
- Quality, pertinent ads directed at your niche
- Rewards offered for people to take a clear action
- Interesting material that's released regularly
- A professional-looking atmosphere
- A clearly defined mission
- A consistent brand voice
More "Buzz"?
Becoming the hot-button topic may be your goal as a marketer. If so, you have to understand that social media "flash-in-the-pan" success is actually a curse. Sure, a topic you release that plays to the masses might be very popular for a while, but unless you're specifically catering to your niche, the buzz is ultimately going to die down and none of that traffic is going to stick around.
Being the proverbial one-hit wonder isn't how you want to generate your buzz. So if you're looking to create buzz-worthy material, try:
- Directly solving a problem for your niche
- Creating entertaining, interactive and engaging material
- Sticking to high-quality material that speaks directly to people
- Asking people to share your material and adding incentives to do so
More brand exposure?
One of the drawbacks of social marketing is that there's a lot of competition within your niche, no matter how obscure it is. This is where increased brand exposure can really help out. Becoming a widely popular and trusted brand will bring more people to your brand more often, and that eventually equates to more leads, more customers, and more revenue (more about that below). But getting that brand exposure can be awfully tricky.
Brand exposure isn't only about throwing your brand's name in everyone's face. It's also about:
- Offering quality products/services to customers
- Providing engaging and interactive material
- Addressing questions and concerns of your base
- Providing quality customer support
- Continually solving the direct problems of your niche
- Consistently presenting a professional, likeable image
If you can do these things, you can begin to increase your brand exposure by developing a solid reputation.
More customers?
Having more customers is obviously a main goal of every social business, but getting these customers can sometimes seem like pulling teeth. Getting someone to Like, share or comment on something is the easy part. It's actually getting them into the sales funnel and converting them that's difficult.
You're going to need a solid angle to develop leads and to directly convert more of these leads to customers. You can run it like a process, which includes:
- Creating an opt-in feature (contest, promotion, game, etc) that offers incentive in exchange for an email/mobile number
- Directly messaging your new leads to gauge their level of interest
- Replying to the interested parties with a succinct and entertaining message that provides a clear and strong call to action
- Developing an enticing landing page that sells the product for you
- Offering an easy to navigate, streamlined page that makes it easy for customers to purchase from you
More revenue?
Increasing your revenue through social media marketing is obviously a goal, but it's one that's tough to measure. Most people will have advertising campaigns outside of social media, so measuring ROI from social specific efforts may require metrics that are completely separate. For actually earning more revenue though, this can be accomplished by accurately and carefully carrying out an effective social campaign.
By using what's listed above, you can play the role of a problem solver to your niche, develop more trust and a broader base, and ultimately pick up more fans and customers. If you can do those things, your revenue is going to increase.
If the abovementioned items are things you want out of social media marketing, then it's important to understand how you go about achieving these goals. Take the information provided and work to transform your social campaigns into successful ventures, and remember that social media advertising is a lot different than conventional methods.
Simon Campbell is a writer from a Facebook ad campaign tool – Qwaya. He loves to write different topics about social media and participates in some communities and forums. If you have more social media marketing questions, feel free to ask Simon on Twitter.


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I've seen two news items today that made me really happy. How often can you say such a thing?Here they are: thing 1 being, a tiny little coal town in Eastern Kentucky (holla!) passed a city ordinance to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation. Thus far, Vicco is "the smallest municipality in Kentucky, and possibly the country, to enact such an ordinance." If you haven't read this piece yet, take the link over. You'll be glad you did. I mean, mullets are involved. Seriously. And s … [Read more...]
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Well, I'm late to the party, but here goes: I'm not eating at Chick-fil-A anymore. Which is ok, really. Much as I loved their impeccable service, clean indoor play facility, and killer sweet tea, their breakfast chicken biscuits were not helping my diet.This conversation has been in full swing for more than a week now, so there's not much I can add that hasn't been said already, by people smarter than me. (And, well, by some people who just happen to own a computer). Sound arguments have been … [Read more...]


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Lululemon + Jill Kennedy Yoga + The Life iS aRt SERIES
The first event in THE Life iS aRt SERIES:
Sunday, April 15th, 9:30 AM at Lululemon Athletica in Calabasas.
EpicEveryDay is excited to announce the first event in the "Life iS ART"series with Jill Kennedy Yoga and Lululemon Athletica. Jill Kennedy truly lives EpicEveryDay and shares her passion for life with her students and friends all day, everyday. Read Lululemon's manifesto on it's iconic red bags and every statement speaks to doing something EpicEveryDay.
A picture, a painting, a song are all beautiful things, but truly, the most beautiful thing in this world is the way we move through it. Our life is art. Each individual is a their own Picasso.
The "Life iS aRt SERIES" is is a celebration of our life, our art.


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Slowdown at Sprint? Bill Mann (TMF Otter)
August 20, 1999
Fear of a downturn at Sprint Corp. (NYSE: FON) fueled a rash of revised profit estimates and a downgrade to "outperform" by Lehman Brothers. By midmorning, Sprint shares had dropped more than 7% and trading was halted by the NYSE due to an order imbalance.
Sprint recently offered a "Nickel Nights" plan to its consumer customers, a move which was quickly matched by Qwest (Nasdaq: QWST) and MCI WorldCom (Nasdaq: WCOM). Sprint derives the highest percentage of its revenue from residential usage, relying more on this segment than any other of the top-tier long distance carriers. Several analysts voiced concerns over Sprint's ability to wage a price war over residential customers without causing significant harm to overall profitability.
Analysts cut both short-term and long-term profit estimates, with Lehman Brothers reducing fiscal 1999 by $0.06 to $1.74 and fiscal 2000 by $0.15 to $1.99. Linda Meltzer of Warburg Dillon Read wrote that Sprint "is experiencing some competitive pricing pressures in the low-end small-to-medium (SME) business market and higher losses at Global One, while ION losses are further impacting our 2000 estimates." (Global One is Sprint's troubled co-branded international services collaboration with Telecom de France (NYSE: FTE) and Deutsche Telekom (NYSE: DT), while ION is its new bandwidth on demand offering.)
Unlike its major competitors, Sprint remains vulnerable to the future viability of the incremental cost model (per minute charges) for long-distance telecommunications. In both the domestic and international arenas, carriers have seen their once gold-plated rate structure eroded by increased competition and deregulatory pressures. Some international routes have seen retail rates drop by over 70% in the past year, while domestic long distance rates continue to fall as well.
This rate erosion has hastened the pace of telecommunications mergers, as companies seek to expand their offerings to attract new revenue streams. Already, larger client companies have access to certain flat-rate monthly pricing plans; Voice over IP and other alternative telecommunications protocols are quickly achieving quality levels and economic scalability that increase the threat to the cost-per-minute model.
Sprint has long been viewed -- and rumored -- as a prime takeover or merger candidate, either with one of the "Baby Bells" such as BellSouth (NYSE: BLS) or with one of the large, international telecoms such as Deutsche Telekom. Today's increased weakness could put Sprint in play as potential suitors continue to be attracted by its enormous customer base, particularly in the residential and small business arena. However, Sprint has remained aloof and bucked the trend set by its rivals.


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The 2012 Vauxhall/Opel Ampera allocation is reportedly 70-percent pre-sold, and Opel's CEO has already given significant information and hints about the second-generation Ampera to go on sale in 2015.
This news came from the UK's Autocar last week, in which Opel CEO Nick Reilly spoke of plans to gain greater acceptance for the limited-availability cars, even as he said the Ampera's replacement will cost less, be more radically styled, and an implicitly better-executed design.
"We have an education job to do on the technology in the Vauxhall Ampera, but that will come in time," Reilly said. "We hope that this first car will establish itself as a market leader, and we'll be able to capitalise on that with a cheaper, more expressively designed second-generation model."
Reilly said among 10,000 units pending for 2012, fleet accounts have spoken for 75 percent of the 7,000 Amperas pre-sold thus far.
The first-generation car is on sale now, and the UK offers consumers a £5,000 ($8,142) grant, which yields a net selling price of £28,995 ($47,215).
The cost of the battery is reported to account for £7000 ($11,400) of the Ampera's selling price, and it is estimated its production cost will be lopped in half by 2015.
Considering that GM has a no-talk-about-future-production policy for the Volt in the U.S., the degree of revelation from its European CEO is significant. If this report is reliable, and we have no reason to believe it is not, what he says about the Ampera being improved and launched in 2015 could be considered fodder to speculate what this means for the U.S. Volt.
Speculation about the Volt's future selling price based on Euro/UK price decreases may not be as well founded however. Reasons why the prices are what they are in Europe and the UK are due to some factors that affect U.S. prices (like production cost), as well as factors unique to those export markets.
Part of the reason European and UK prices are higher, aside from the Value Added Tax which is not going away, is import costs. To eventually bring prices lower, it is expected economies of scale and saving money by building the vehicles in Europe and the UK will bring costs and selling price down.
For now, the Volt are Ampera are built at Detroit-Hamtramck and shipped over, partially eroding their net lifetime fuel and emissions savings in the process.
Vauxhall/Opel intends to gauge sales and market viability before committing to manufacturing domestically.
Reilly called the first-generation Ampera a "non-profit car," but a worthy sacrifice toward gaining a leg up in the development of range-extended vehicles.
Assuming progress goes as planned, the Volt/Ampera will be manufactured somewhere in Europe for the Opel line, and Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port on Merseyside plant is the leading contender to win the contract for the UK-built cars.
Autocar reported also on the Ampera's future styling. It said "insiders" have said the built-in-a-hurry first-gen Ampera is a bit more conservative than some might have liked, as it is essentially a restyled Volt built following the GM bankruptcy. We do not know if "insiders" is a cloaked reference to an off-the-record comment by Reilly, or others at GM.
The Vaxhall Zafira Tourer Concept may lend inspiration for the makeover of the 2015 Ampera sedan.
In any case, it is being said that the Ampera's cutting-edge technology and unique branding will be better showcased in the second-generation 2015 model, which will take styling cues from the Vauxhall Zafira Tourer Concept.
That vehicle was shown this year at the Geneva motor show, and the UK publication described it as having "a more familiar Vauxhall family look" as well as a design that highlights advanced development.
We are unsure exactly what interior or exterior styling cues from the crossover type concept would lends themselves well to an advanced-tech sporty compact sedan, or that the Zafira Tourer even looks more high-tech to our American eyes, but this is the story as it was told.
Reilly did say the Ampera's powertrain is scalable to make it workable in a variety of other vehicle types. This statement prompted speculation that a range of Amperas could be in the offing.
As we said earlier, this Autocar report could be fodder to guess what it will mean for the U.S. Volt's future pricing and specifications.
That was the case yesterday in Australia where it was reported that the rarely mentioned Holden Volt's price could drop by generation two. Its pricing has not even been disclosed yet for Oz, but it is believed the Volt could ring up for almost as much as the $61,990AUD ($63,493USD) Caprice. This was the word from an Australian publication that also caught wind of Autocar's UK report, and interpreted it as news for the Holden-badged Volt.
We attempted to get more information on the Holden Volt yesterday, but while GM replied to other questions, its spokesman neglected to talk about Holden.
As for supply to Europe and the UK, even though GM's EREVs are only just now going on sale, Reilly said there will not be enough of them.
"It looks like we'll get an allocation of 10,000 cars next year, but the demand is so strong that we are trying to get some more."
As GM-Volt readers know, we have tried to get GM to comment on just such a scenario – that is, whether it could or would increase production if needed after an extra shift comes online at Detroit-Hamtramck later this year, and it is well on its way to producing 60,000 worldwide Volts and Amperas next year.
GM responded that it was not able to discuss such hypothetical matters.
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Sept. 12, 2003
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Three members of Tennessee's men's tennis team saw their first action of the season Friday at the Air Force Academy Fall Invitational. Junior Mark Dietrich and sophomore Rawl Martin both went a perfect two-for-two in singles competition, while freshman Johnny Thornton made his debut as a Volunteer.
The Vols have joined players from the Air Force Falcons and Denver University Pioneers for a weekend of hard court round-robin action high in the Rocky Mountains at the United States Air Force Academy.
"I think it was a good day all-around for the guys under fairly difficult conditions-playing at altitude," Tennessee head coach Michael Fancutt said. "It's good to challenge them with different conditions and different scenarios to play under. Particularly, Raw Martin and Mark Dietrich played very well [Friday.]"
Dietrich, the Vols' top representative at the event, opened his season by defeating Air Force sophomore Nejc Smole by a score of 7-6(7), 3-6, 10-7. Later in the afternoon, Dietrich toppled Denver senior Hans Peter Gaber 7-6(1), 6-3.
Martin, meanwhile, looked impressive in both of his singles outings. The Memphis native made short work of Denver sophomore Brian West, recording a 6-2, 6-1 victory. He then surrendered only two games during a quick 6-0, 6-2 dismantling of Pioneer junior Jason Tan.
Thornton, a lifelong Tennessee fan who realized a dream when he signed with the Vols this spring, began his collegiate career with a 6-4, 6-4 loss at the hands of Air Force senior Justin Mancinelli. Thornton's next opponent was Falcon senior Tyler McClung, who managed to outplay the young Vol 6-0, 6-1.
Play continues Saturday, with the event's top-two players, Dietrich and Air Force sophomore Shannon Buck, slated to face-off in third-round singles action. Dietrich is presently listed as the nation's No. 37-ranked collegiate singles player, while Buck is ranked No. 45. Both netters enjoyed breakout seasons a year ago, with Dietrich being named to the All-SEC second team, and Buck becoming the second man in Air Force Academy history to be selected to the field of 64 at the 2003 NCAA Division I Men's Singles Championships.
The competition has adopted a match format slightly different from traditional NCAA procedure. Singles matches consist of two complete sets, with a 10-point tiebreaker serving as the third set if necessary. Doubles contests are played under an eight-game pro set format. Matches are played indoors at the Cadet Gymnasium Tennis Courts and outdoors at the Air Force Academy Tennis Courts.
Tennessee is not taking part in doubles action this weekend.
With both of its senior netters currently sidelined with injuries, Tennessee has announced that it will not take part in the Southern Intercollegiate Championships Sept. 19-22, in Athens, Ga.
The Volunteers' coaching and training staffs will instead focus on getting Simon Rea (elbow) and Wade Orr (back) back to form for the adidas Invitational, which takes place Sept. 25-28 in Peachtree City, Ga.
At least one Vol netter, Dietrich, will travel to Costa Mesa, Calif., next week for the Diadora Pro-Championship. Rea was also scheduled to compete at the USTA Professional Futures Circuit event, but will have his elbow examined in Knoxville before making a decision about whether or not to play. Rea is Tennessee's top-ranked singles player, listed at No. 12 in the country.


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Born of Osiris Spoof 'The Expendables' in Video for "The Other Half of Me"
Born of Osiris have premiered the video for "The Other Half of Me." The clip, directed by Ramon Boutviseth, shows the band spoofing the movie 'The Expendables.'
"The Other Half of Me" comes off Born of Osiris' recent album, 'Soul Sphere.'
Check out the video below and let us know what you think in the comments!
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|Left: First day of Preschool / Right: Last day of School
I remember feeling so afraid to send him to preschool but it was such a positive thing in our lives. Geddy became a potty trained expert during this year and his language skills really exploded. It also gave me a much needed break twice a week and a truly loved it. Such wonderful, positive, stimulation that my vibrant boy really benefited from.
I am so grateful for Geddy's amazing teachers and their thoughtfulness.
For his last day, they did a wonderful musical performance with a little graduation ceremony at the end. The teacher described Geddy as "a vibrant, ball of energy" and everyone laughed because it fit so well. And best of all was seeing Geddy's face, bursting with pride when he accepted his "diploma". He really is one extraordinary kid. I feel so blessed to have him as a son. You can watch the full performance below, if you really want to.
One of my favorite parts is when Geddy put on his graduation cap, he looked at Chad in the audience and said "Look, I have a hat just like you!" (Chad graduated from college this year and Geddy got to see the graduation ceremony for his Daddy!). It made my heart explode. We love you, Little Dude! Great job!
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"Underworld: Awakening" Unleashes New Trailer
Posted Wednesday November 2, 2011 4:04 PM GMT
It doesn't hit theaters until after the New Year, but Sony's Screen Gems has released the new trailer for "Underworld: Awakening."
Starring Kate Beckinsale, Stephen Rea, Michael Ealy, Theo James, India Eisley and Charles Dance, the much-awaited follow-up will be taking over 3D, 2D and IMAX 3D cinemas beginning January 20.
The beautiful Beckinsale will return in her lead role as the vampire warrioress Selene, who escapes imprisonment to find herself in a world where humans have discovered the existence of both Vampire and Lycan clans.
"Underworld: Awakening" is directed by Mans Marlind and Bjorn Stein off of a screenplay by Beckinsale's husband, Len Wiseman.
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Vehicles entered: An Aurora woman reported March 25 that someone entered her unlocked vehicle parked on Dora Lane and took her GPS valued at $90. On March 20, an Aurora woman reported someone entered her unlocked car on Aurora Hill Drive and took her purse, iPod, camera, GPS, iPod speaker, tennis shoes, books, cigarettes and medication. No value of the items was given.
Juvenile complaints: Someone reported March 22 that a group of juveniles was playing basketball on a Collica Cove court at 9:13 p.m. after the grounds were closed. The youths were gone upon an officer's arrival. On March 22, a Woodview Trail resident reported juveniles riding skateboards in the road and impeding traffic. An officer found all of the youths were wearing helmets and riding safely.
Dog complaints: A Sherwood Drive resident reported March 22 at 12:27 a.m. that a neighborhood dog was barking for 45 minutes. An officer located the canine's owner and it was brought inside. On March 23, a Woodland Trace woman reported she had a loose dog contained on her property. The animal control contractor was called, but before he could arrive the dog's owner picked up the animal.
Disorderly conduct: A South Chillicothe Road retailer reported March 26 that a male customer was irate about not receiving a discount and threw a pair of shoes into a bin. He and his mother were located and warned by police.
Scaring geese away: An Aberdeen Lane resident reported March 24 that a man in a golf cart was shooting an air gun which made a loud bang. An officer found it was a device used to scare away geese, but it does not discharge anything.
Cell phone found: Someone turned in a cell phone found March 19 at Woodhaven Court and Woodview Trail. Its owner was located.
Suspicious vehicles: A suspicious vehicle was reported March 25 in a Shawnee Trail parking lot. An officer found it was a patron of the business who came out to smoke in his car. On March 25, a Lloyd Avenue resident reported a suspicious vehicle off and on for the past few weeks. An officer found it was a woman who comes to a neighborhood park to walk in the mornings. On March 23, an Eggleston Road resident reported a suspicious vehicle driving in the area for some time. An officer could not locate the suspect.
Rear-end crash: A Streetsboro man was cited March 19 for assured clear distance after police said he struck an Aurora woman's vehicle from behind at Woodhaven Court and Woodview Trail. No injuries resulted.
Lost control: An Aurora woman lost control of her vehicle on West Garfield Road while trying to avoid rear-ending another vehicle March 20 and went into a woods at near West Pioneer Trail. No injuries resulted and no citation was issued.
Lot crash: Police said a Reminderville man struck another vehicle March 20 in an Aurora Commons parking lot. No injuries resulted.
Failure to yield: A Hiram woman was cited for failure to yield March 20 after she turned left from West Garfield Road into a driveway and was struck by a Garfield Heights man's vehicle. No injuries resulted.
Lost control: An Aurora man who was southbound on Page Road on March 21 went off the left side of the road, struck the driver's side mirror on a tree and drove through a wooden fence on Bartlett Road. No injuries resulted and no citation was issued.
Lot crash: Police said March 24 that a collision involving two Ravenna women occurred in a parking lot on South Chillicothe Road while they were trying to park. No injuries resulted.


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RTEMS Shell User's Guide
part [id [id ... ] ]
When invoked with no arguments, this command prints information on the set of Classic API Partitions currently active in the system.
If invoked with a set of object ids as arguments, then just those objects are included in the information printed.
This command returns 0 on success and non-zero if an error is encountered.
The following is an example of using the
part command
on a system with no user extensions.
SHLL [/] $ part ID NAME ATTR STARTADDR LENGTH BUF_SIZE USED_BLOCKS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This command is included in the default shell command set.
When building a custom command set, define
CONFIGURE_SHELL_COMMAND_PART to have this
command included.
This command can be excluded from the shell command set by
CONFIGURE_SHELL_NO_COMMAND_PART when all
shell commands have been configured.
part is implemented by a C language function
which has the following prototype:
int rtems_shell_rtems_main_part( int argc, char **argv );
The configuration structure for the
part has the
following prototype:
extern rtems_shell_cmd_t rtems_shell_PART_Command;
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The Malaysian businessman, who owns Air Asia and Formula One's Team Lotus, was at Loftus Road on Saturday for QPR's 4-0 opening day Premier League defeat against Bolton.
Fernandes is hoping to agree a deal to buy Rangers with major shareholder Lakshmi Mittal, who owns a 33 per cent stake in the west London club.
The pair are attempting to buy out Ecclestone's 66 per cent stake. If successful, they are expected to restore Amit Bhatia - who resigned as chairman in May in protest at the club's decision to significantly raise ticket prices - to the board.
Meanwhile, former Brazil World Cup-winning captain Dunga, has instructed lawyers to recover a £750,000 loan he claims he made to QPR in 2006 when the club were under previous ownership.
Dunga said: "I am fully confident in the English system of justice."
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CMI Plant Reaches Safety Milestone
The employees at CMI's manufacturing plant in Towanda, Pa., have recorded more than 15 million work hours without a lost workday accident, company officials report. The last lost-time incident at the plant occurred on July 27, 1997–over 12 years ago.
"Achieving this safety milestone is rarely accomplished in building products manufacturing," says Matt Ameigh, CMI mill manager. "This is clearly an indication that our employees focus on maintaining a safe working environment not only for themselves but for their co-workers."
At the 273-acre site in Towanda, CMI produces molded door designs for its CraftMaster interior doors; MiraTEC treated exterior composite trim; and Extira treated exterior panels. CMI's employees reached this most recent safety milestone on August 19, 2009.
In addition to CMI's safe work hour accomplishment, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration recertified the facility as a Voluntary Protection Program Star Site in June. The program, designed to recognizes Safety Through Accountability and Recognition, is OSHA's highest safety honor and is reserved for a select few facilities across the United States, the company reports.
"By earning this exceptional recognition yet again, our employees continue to demonstrate that they make safety a priority every day, year after year," states Bob Merrill, CMI president and CEO. "Sustaining this high level of employee safety for more than 12 years doesn't happen by accident; it requires excellent teamwork, ongoing training and good planning."
To maintain its culture of safety, CMI employees participate in safety and health teams; develop behavior job analyses; identify and correct deficiencies; and attend mandatory monthly training meetings on chemical safety, hazard communication, fall protection, lift truck operation and recertification, emergency response and other critical workplace activities, it is noted..
Opened in 1966, the Towanda facility is CMI's largest manufacturing plant. Located on 273 acres in northeast Pennsylvania, the mill pioneered the development of pre-stained molded door designs in 1994, and remains the only facility worldwide to manufacture this product, according to company officials.


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Eight years later it is the conservatives who are looking for means to overthrow well entrenched centre-left foes. This week William Hague has crossed the ocean to Philadelphia in search of enlightenment from the Republican convention.
He is anxious to associate himself with George W Bush and to hitch his "common sense revolution" to the Republican hopeful's message of "compassionate conservatism".
Yesterday Mr Hague went as close as protocol allows to endorsing Mr Bush, and admitted that British Conservatives still had something to learn from the international links forged by Mr Clinton, Mr Blair and their fellow advocates of the third way.
"It is not for me to tell the voters of America how to vote, but let me say this: George W Bush is an impressive man with a proud record," Mr Hague told a meeting of international conservatives. "We wish him well."
Whether Mr Bush is even aware that the Conservative leader is in town has to be open to doubt. He does not arrive in Philadelphia until tonight, two days before his presidential nomination acceptance speech, and Mr Hague had no meetings scheduled with leading Republicans before he flew back to Britain last night.
The Conservative party hierarchy is in Philadelphia in force. Up to a dozen senior Tories are in town, and the shadow foreign secretary, Francis Maud, is expected later in the week.
Most intriguing of all, the shadow chancellor, Michael Portillo, arrived at the weekend on a "private visit", which took some Tory officials by surprise.
Mr Hague presided yesterday over a one-day meeting of the International Democratic Union, a global alliance of conservative parties. Perhaps symbolically, it was held at Valley Forge, where George Washington's rebel army endured the nadir of its fortunes.
He admitted that the centre-left had taught the conservatives several lessons during the 1990s.
"Perhaps because our victory over the old left was so complete, we allowed our selves to become complacent," he said.
"We were slow to see that the left was reinventing itself. They disowned their roots, repackaged themselves and chose new political leaders. They made a systematic attempt to occupy the centre ground of politics by imitating our language, adopting our issues, and pretending to be parties of the right."
Mr Hague backed Mr Bush's systematic attempt to make compassion "part of the conservative lexicon". "Here in Philadelphia this week they will call it 'Compassionate con servatism'. In Britain, we call it the common sense revolution," Mr Hague told his audience. "The Conservative party that everyone had written off three years ago is now vibrant and active, winning elections and setting the political agenda."
Mr Hague and his lieutenants are anxious to acquire some international lustre from their contacts with Mr Bush's Republicans, but the reality is that the links between senior Conservatives and their American counterparts are fairly fragmented and middle range, and do not yet rival those which exist between the Labour party and the Democrats.
Mr Hague met Mr Bush in Texas last year, but he is in much closer touch with the Republican nominee's younger brother, the Florida governor Jeb Bush, with whom he exchanges emails almost weekly.
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#1 Oct 15, 2012
Henry Trochesset was the only candidate in a contested race that failed to show up at the Courthouse debate tonight.
There must be a reason he's afraid of a debate. What else is he hiding other than the bankruptcy and the pending lawsuit against him?
#6 Oct 21, 2012
There is speculation that the reason Gean Leonard decided to not seek re-election was to avoid being unseated by a Republican. That, and he was tired of Joe Max Taylor still trying to run the department.
Since Joe Max retired, the plan has been for Henry Trochessett to be sheriff but it was unknown exactly where the Democrat/Republican balance was within the county so Freddie Poor decided to be the political sacrificial lamb to save Henry from being defeated and Joe Max Taylor losing control of the department.
Realizing how close the election was in 2008, it was decided that Henry, a lifelong Democrat should prepare to run on the Republican ballot in 2012 because that is the direction the county has taken.
Part of that preparation was being promoted to Major and given multiple divisions of the department to command. However, this is all just a smoke screen. If the divisions that Henry has been placed in charge of didn't have qualified people supervising them, Henry would be like a deer caught in the headlights of a 18-wheeler.
The bulk of Henry's law enforcement career has been being Joe Max Taylor's valet. During the years, Henry was tutored by Joe Max and has learned his management style, which is draconian.
For the first time in over 40 years voters will be given the opportunity to do away with the Good Ole Boy system that has been in effect at the sheriff's department and elect a sheriff who will operate the department in a fair and equatable manner for both the employees and the general public.
Please join me in voting for John W. Pruitt, Jr. to be the next sheriff of Galveston County.
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#7 Oct 21, 2012
You have shed alot of light on the county sherriff's department mr. Crow.
I too will be making a sound decision this week in voting for John Pruitt.
#9 Oct 22, 2012
Just like his idol Joe Max Taylor...
With ties to reputed mafia family, Todd Fertitta, it's no surprise to see the donations coming in to Henry's campaign account.
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#10 Oct 22, 2012
The mafia? We all know joe max is tied into the fertita/ maceo organized crime syndicate. He has no concern for justice. I had no clue trochesset was tied in those guys as well. This is bad very bad.
#12 Oct 24, 2012
Speaking of drugs, years ago, on another sheriff's watch, DEA agents caught a couple of deputies off loading bundles of marijuana from a shrimp boat that had been seized. The deputies were supposed to be guarding the boat. When questioned by the DEA agents as to what they were doing, the deputies said they were removing the marijuana for safekeeping.
Yeah right.... BUSTED!
If you ever wondered why the sheriff's position was so coveted it's because you have to be the sheriff to get to the real money.
Years ago, this same sheriff used to flip a lot of real estate, and, why not. If you are in charge of delinquent tax sales you have the inside information and can outbid anyone else.
That is, if the property was even listed.
#13 Oct 24, 2012
I know what sheriff you are talking about.. Are his initials JMT? The very same one that supports Henry T??
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#17 Oct 26, 2012
Glad I didn't vote straight republican.
Trochesset lost my vote reading all this information
#18 Oct 26, 2012
Neither is that great. Both are a step backward
#19 Oct 26, 2012
When you have a choice of the lesser of two evils, Trochesset is the evil I don't think we need.
#20 Oct 27, 2012
One thing is for sure, neither candidate knows anything about civil service. Besides, in qualifying counties, the sheriff has no say so whatsoever about the department having civil service. It is up to the county commissioners or the voters. However, with John Pruitt as sheriff, the playing field will be level. Promotions will be based on what a deputy knows and not who he knows and as long as people do their jobs, they will have a job.
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#21 Nov 1, 2012
I think all of y'all need to stop believing the hype about Henry. He is a good person with a good family. He is the best man for the job as sheriff point blank.
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#23 Nov 1, 2012
No I am not henrys nephew. Nor any relation to Henry. I just noticed this seemed to be a bash henry conversation so I want to defend him. An what does his nephew have to do with his campaign an him running for sheriff? If like you said he was busted at school then he is more than likely a minor an that makes it A) none of your business and B) just a teenager being a teenager. There is no preferential treatment going on. All this is, is people like you who have nothing better to do with your lives than slander a good mans name because you don't want him to become the next sheriff.
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#25 Nov 1, 2012
I highly doubt he was trying to market drugs to younger kids at school. And after all It was henrys nephew!!! Not his own child! Henry nor you can control everyone's actions family or not. Henry is a good man. His family are good honest hardworking people. He has my vote and I'm positive he WILL be the next sheriff of galveston county!!
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#27 Nov 1, 2012
Ok I don't know who you are since you keep changing your screenname. I'm sure your the same person making it look like there's a million Pruitt supporters out there. But apparently you know nothing about the Trochesset family. First off it's spelt Duggan! And Duggan is not a cop at the school! Second like I said he's a TEENAGER! And that has nothing to do with henrys campaign and career. As far as Pruitts kids go I know nothing about them except they have been caught stealing henrys signs an putting Pruitts signs up all over the county without permission from the landowners and also not having disclaimers on all the signs. Unlikeyou, I don't go trying to dig up dirt on someone's family simply to ruin his chance of getting elected. Henry has ran a clean campaign even with all the mudslinging and now harassment from certain Pruitt supporters both towards Henry an henrys supporters at various polling locations. Like I said I'm positive he will win and I'll be smiling and you frowning on November 7th!!
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#29 Nov 1, 2012
No it's not ok at all! But we all make mistakes, and im certain you do not know the whole story or situation on what went on with that your accusing him of dealing you do not know for certain. Kids get caught with drugs at school everyday. It's a sad reality. But again that has nothing to do with henry an how much of a great sheriff he will be come January when he's sworn in.
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#31 Nov 3, 2012
He didnt graduate from Santa Fe dipshit.
#35 Nov 4, 2012
This little circle jerk of 1-2 people changing their names and then re-posting to self support is just pathetic. Grow up people, this is disgusting.
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#36 Nov 4, 2012
Trying to discredit tax paying voters by saying its one person I guess is what I would do if I was a politician like trochesset with a lot of dirty laundry in the closet with family members dealing drugs at the school house.
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#37 Nov 4, 2012
Isn't Santa Fe the kkk den??
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He said that a local man ran out of the water "white faced and terrified".
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A local resident, who did not want to be named, said Muriwai had always had sharks.
''Out the back of Oaia Island is a huge crater on the ocean floor and fishermen say they have seen huge sharks in the area and will not go diving there.''
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[Updated] Another record store leaving the East Village
Over at Flaming Pablum, Alex brings news that Norman's Sound & Vision on Cooper Square is leaving for Williamsburg in August.
Ugh. I enjoy rooting through the piles of CDs and what not at Norman's. Always found some kind of bargain.
As I've written ... as much as I hate to see record stores close, we are fortunate to have several good choices left in the neighborhood, such as...Kim's ... Good Records NYC ... Turntable Lab ... A-1 Records ... Other Music ... Academy Records ... Gimme Gimme ... Big City Records ... Rainbow Music...
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A reader tells us that the Norman's has already opened in Brooklyn at 555 Metropolitan Ave. Sure enough, here's a photo from the Norman's Facebook page...
Previously on EV Grieve:
There is now only one record store left on St. Mark's Place
12 comments:
- Shawn Chittle said...
Love A-1!
I shot a mini-doc on a DJ which included a few scenes in A-1...
- May 7, 2012 at 1:40 PM
damn that sucks
- May 7, 2012 at 3:14 PM
- esquared said...
Just commented on Alex's blog that I once sold ~40 CDs here and all I got for them was $15...
Also, in trying to save money, I would buy CD's at Disc-O-Rama on Union Square (now closed, but the one in 8th st. and McDougal is still alive and kicking) for the new releases because they're only $9.99 (+tax), which didn't really make sense, since I usually have to go through 100's of CDs before finding that elusive $9.99 new release, and by that time, I've already picked up a couple of CDs that I did not intentionally go there for to buy. Good times, good times.
- May 7, 2012 at 3:32 PM
brooklyn store looks much cleaner...
- May 7, 2012 at 3:52 PM
- Marty Wombacher said...
Glad to see they're still in business, but hate to see another record store closing in the city.
- May 7, 2012 at 6:17 PM
- May 7, 2012 at 9:58 PM
I believe Sounds is still open Thursdays-Sundays.
- May 7, 2012 at 10:13 PM
- Jill said...
Brooklyn gets everything.
- May 8, 2012 at 11:24 PM
they charge too much.
- May 8, 2012 at 11:25 PM
A shame, but at least they are staying in business. I am surprised that Norman has not been able to capitalize on the rise in vinyl sales more, but perhaps rent increased faster than vinyl sales could compensate.
- East Villager
- May 14, 2012 at 1:31 AM
Norman also did his part in supporting music because he runs a small indie label for underground artists, Ion....very cool music of Bill Laswell, Buckethead, etc...
- May 14, 2012 at 1:33 AM
Never liked A-1, rude attitude from the staff turned me off, acted like they were doing me a favor to be there, so I took my business elsewhere. Norman's was good for digging, but also check out the very friendly and well-curated Good Records. The 6th street stretch is a treasure trove of vinyl, with Good Records, Gimme Gimme Records, and Tropicalia in Furs all within a block of each other....
Kim's also has a great vinyl selection, if you can deal with the tripped-out staff and the security watching you like you're a criminal.
Finally, Other Music has excellent alternative new vinyl releases....
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