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Students will enjoy pizza and popsicles with President Gogue in Auburn's new Recreation and Wellness Center.
The Division of Student Affairs is rolling out the red carpet for Welcome Week with this year's theme, "Take '13."
"The theme is a play off a movie or the production of a movie," said Amanda Cyr, 2013 Welcome Week director. "As a student, you have multiple opportunities during your college career. We hope that Welcome Week can direct you to your final take."
Every fall, new and returning students receive a warm welcome to the Plains with Welcome Week, a weeklong event that provides students with various programming to assist them in making Auburn University their home away from home.
Through a series of 100-plus events, Aug. 17 through 24, students are celebrating the beginning of a new school year as they navigate campus, explore the community, connect with fellow students and browse involvement opportunities. The sponsored activities are free and often include food.
"Welcome Week provides a unique opportunity to get acclimated with Auburn's campus in a lot of different ways," senior Rob Garcia said. "Students can engage in many different facets of the university's campus."
Students will have access to this year's schedule at the touch of their fingertips when they download the mobile application, Guidebook. This application is available on all mobile platforms and will host the year's events in a user-friendly format where students can choose events that they want to participate in.
In addition to the paperless schedule, another change students may notice is a fresh and revamped experience.
"We are only repeating one event this year that you've seen in previous years," Cyr said. "Everything is new and diverse, and we will be reaching out to different types of students."
The activities support: academics and academic services; campus and community awareness and services; athletics; Auburn University traditions; cultural diversity; social opportunities; student involvement, leadership and service; and health, wellness and recreation.
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A fashion accessory mix features rings, bracelets and anklets that enable the wearers to display their favorite Sqwishland characters for a new look in classic charms. The ring will support one Sqwishlander; the bracelet, as many as seven.
Also new is a Do-It-Yourself Avatar assortment of 30 unpainted Sqwishland denizens; customers can use markers to personalize them in whatever ways they wish. "Kids love to customize things, and with our new line, they can determine the color of the hair, skin and clothes of our Sqwishland characters," said Brand's Craig Goodman. They're designed for 2" capsule vending.
Casting light on hitherto uncharted regions of Sqwishland is the Giant Swamp mix, initially containing 10 appropriate creatures. These include a snake, a frog, a duckbilled platypus, a turtle, and several other mammals, reptiles, amphibians and fish.
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To a croc this big, anything that ventures near a watering hole is a potential meal.
Crocodiles can't easily chase down prey.
They are ambush hunters that prefer their prey to come to them.
It's feast or famine for the crocodiles, so they gorge when food is plentiful.
And the biggest meal of the year is about to arrive.
Searching for water and green grass, millions of zebras, wildebeests and antelopes join one of the largest mass migrations on the planet.
Rivers are one of the few reliable sources of water, but they are also home to crocodiles.
The herd gathers at the river's edge.
They're suspicious and the crocs don't want to scare them off, so the crocs lay low, hoping to lure as many into the river as possible.
The croc can stay underwater for up to two hours at a time.
It works its way to the edge.
Waiting for the right moment.
Inches from a kill, but it misses.
Spooking the first row of animals.
However, there are hundreds of thousands more that need to cross.
The croc just has to retreat and bide his time.


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By Eric Stevick Herald Writer
EVERETT — A language barrier didn't stop police from catching up with a suspect accused of stealing a purse from a woman who was pushing her baby's stroller in south Everett earlier this week.
The victim called police through a Spanish-language line after her purse was taken Tuesday afternoon in the 800 block of 112th Street SW.
When the call was disconnected, she had a friend serve as a translator.
Police asked a series of questions that resulted in a description of the suspect and what had happened.
The thief was described as a young black man wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt with a skull logo around the zipper, a light-colored hat and white tennis shoes.
Police initially thought that the woman made motions indicating the suspect wore shorts, but police later believed that the suspect wore saggy, baggy pants that fell down while he was running away from her.
The woman explained that she was pushing her 1-year-old baby in the stroller to check her locked mailbox of her apartment complex when the thief grabbed her purse and ran.
He reached over the child and pushed the stroller into the woman to prevent her from chasing him, court papers said.
He stood a few feet away while he took her wallet, phone, cash, iPhone, debit card and other items before throwing the purse at her.
She told police he laughed at her and told her he didn't speak Spanish.
He wasn't laughing for long.
Snohomish County sheriff's deputies and Everett police set up containment. A police dog led them to the suspect, 23, around 4th Avenue W and Everett Mall Way. He was found in possession of some of her belongings.
He was booked into the Snohomish County Jail for investigation of robbery and theft.
Deputies asked for a judge to think about the potential danger of the robbery when setting bail.
"Please consider the fact that in this act, (he) not only frightened (the woman) but also placed a child's safety in danger by reaching over the child to take the purse, then forcibly jostled the child when using the stroller in the commission of the crime," according to a police affidavit.
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Question: I relocated overseas for my job and want to rent out my house while I'm gone. Who can I get to help me do this and what should I watch out for?
Answer: Being a landlord is not without its difficulties. But with proper planning, and a little luck, it can be very rewarding.
As an absentee landlord, you'll need to find a licensed real estate broker to help market and lease the property. You'll want to look for a broker with plenty of experience in screening potential tenants and managing properties. The most important part of renting a property is finding good tenants.
I recommend reviewing their credit histories. But remember that people are more than a credit score. The Great Recession forced many consumers into bankruptcy and foreclosure, so don't let that automatically disqualify a prospect. But you should find out the circumstances behind the problem and whether the issues still exist.
Do background checks to see if they had prior evictions or other warning signs that they might not be the best people to live in your home. Be picky. It's much better to leave your home vacant a few extra weeks than spend months evicting a bad tenant and repairing the house.
Once you have rented the home, make sure your property manager gets all repairs done quickly and keeps the tenant happy. By showing that you care about the house, your tenant most likely will take better care of it, too. If your tenant does miss a payment, it's best to take swift action. While I do recommend trying to work with your tenant during a temporary hardship, don't let him or her take advantage of you.


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File this under: Best Friday Gift Ever. Ever since Iggy Azalea's "Fancy" became a smash (rising to the summit on the Hot 100 this week), fans have gone nuts–making witty jokes about Reba McEntire's 1990 hit by the same name. Sure the styles and themes are vastly different, and doesn't look like it could work on paper. But boy were we wrong! A new succinctly fan-produced mashup of the two songs has us itching for a proper collaboration.
The internet gods are smiling down upon us right now, blessing us with this pop perfection (as we hit repeat for the 100th time today). Azalea's hip-hop spun verses are overlaid onto McEntire's pop-country tale, a chilling story about a mother who gives her daughter another chance at life by selling her to the highest bidder. Fancy is her name, and she heads into the city to make a name for herself, as a prostitute. That might seem like a sad life, but it ends up being the best thing for her. She ends up becoming a world renown and top-selling actress.
This concoction could have not come at a better time, as Azalea's "Fancy" and her feature on Ariana Grande's "Problem" lifts the rising star on par with The Beatles. The rapper is only the second act to clutch the top two spots on Billboard's Hot 100 tally at the same time. History is made!
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Wednesday, March 10 2010 - Legal Response to 9/11
Citizen's Arrest of Alleged War Criminal George W. Bush in Canada: Trial Underway
SPS versus "W" in Court Hearings in Calgary
By Carol Brouillet
Prior to Bush's visit, the group Lawyers Against the War asked Canadian officials to bar entry or try Bush for his suspected crimes since Canadian Law prohibits "people suspected of any involvement in torture or other war crimes and crimes against humanity from entering Canada for any period and for any purpose. The most recent report of the War Crimes Program affirms the necessity of barring war crimes suspects from Canada: 'The most effective way to deny safe haven to people involved or complicit in war crimes or crimes against humanity is to prevent them from coming to Canada.'"
Lawyers Against the War and protesters implored the government to do their duty and arrest Bush. "Dac" was carrying papers detailing the evidence against George W. Bush, which he had planned to serve him with on behalf of the victims and the people of the world, and he raised his hands to show that he was "non-violent." Dac was then thrown down, stomped on, kicked, handcuffed and led off to be brutalized in a Calgary jail.
Monday, March 8, 2010, he will have his opportunity to put forward his case and present evidence, with support, testimony and affidavits on his behalf from respected scholars, including David Ray Griffin, Peter Dale Scott, and Michel Chossudovsky, as well as from former US Congresswoman, outspoken human rights advocate, and former Green Party Presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney. Professor Anthony J. Hall, author of The American Empire and the Fourth World and founding coordinator of Globalization Studies at the University of Lethbridge, stated last December:
"Splitting the Sky's action in Calgary highlights the abject failure of law enforcement agencies to do their job. It highlights the unwillingness of police and those who direct them to apply the law equitably and independently…
"As the Nuremberg principles make clear, the implicated law enforcement officers cannot claim in their defense that they were merely following orders in deciding to arrest Splitting the Sky rather than George W. Bush.
"I propose that the trial of Splitting the Sky presents a platform for the elaboration of a new set of juridical rules and protocols to be known as The Calgary Principles.
"It has been six decades since the UN general assembly agreed to a succinct refinement of the principles that emerged from the trial of some of the top Nazis, as well as their juridical, medical, and industrialist accomplices. During those decades, there has been an intensification of the culture of impunity that immunizes those at the top of the hierarchy of wealth and power from any legal accountability for their crimes.
"Like the Tokyo trials of the defeated leadership of imperial Japan, the Nuremberg Trials were a classic example of victors' justice.
"As long as the power politics of victors' justice continues to protect the likes of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, the rule of law remains a fraud. Under present conditions, the rule of law is a sad hoax designed to disguise the role of law enforcement agencies as protectors of the ill-gotten wealth often stripped from the branches of humanity that Frantz Fanon once labeled 'the wretched of the earth.'
"The elaboration of the Calgary Principles will have to entail the quest for new language and juridical concepts to capture the full extent and complexity of international crime in the twenty-first century…
"Consider, for instance, the nature of the crime that takes place when whole populations are sentenced to endless futures of disproportionately high rates of genetic deformity through the saturation of their mother lands with depleted uranium. Consider the nature of a crime that would see a drug company covertly introduce a new disease strain in order to market a prepared antidote of vaccine to cure the disease it had disseminated.
"What names, what prohibitions, and what punishments do we need to respond to and discourage crimes that infect populations, deform populations, and even destroy whole ecosystems, making the renewal of all kinds of life, including human life, impossible to sustain?
"Hence it can be said that these days the most important agencies of the military-industrial complex and the national security state are the media conglomerates. These agencies of propaganda for an aggressive war bombard us on a daily basis with mental missiles of psychological warfare.
"The constant barrage of messages we receive that peace is to be found in war, that freedom is to be found in slavery, that wealth is to be found in indebtedness, and that truth is to be found in lies, is pulling humanity away from our fragile inheritance of reason, rationality, and enlightened discourse on the real menaces we face…"
Splitting the Sky's action mirrors the actions of countless people in countless demonstrations that are taking place across the world where lives, land, forests, lakes, jobs, homes, species, and communities are threatened by powerful forces, making decisions in luxury and comfort, protected by men with guns from citizens trying to make their voices heard to protect that which they love and care deeply about. The trial will illustrate whether or not Canada is ruled by laws or by fear. Whatever happens, the struggle for truth, justice, and peace will continue.
For Anthony J. Hall's entire article and speech, see http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=16377.
More details about Splitting the Sky are posted at http://www.splittingthesky.net/.
Splitting the Sky and Anthony J. Hall will also be featured on Carol Brouillet's new weekly radio show "Community Currency" Thursday March 11, 2010, 5 pm - 6 pm EST, on the Progressive Radio Network.
Anthony Hall sent the following earlier this week:
Citizens Respond to the Organized Crime of War Profiteers: Background and Context on Splitting the Sky versus George W. Bush
Here is Professor Anthony J. Hall's interview with Scott Stockdale for the Canadian Charger. Please post and disseminate as you see fit.
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"Anthony J. Hall gives context and background on the trial of Mohawk activist, Splitting the Sky. STS attempted a citizens arrest on George W. Bush in Calgary, AB, Canada on March 17th 2009."
PART 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADXeKVmNZ2E
PART 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBdDAuqIXmw
PART 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvgsGwlxA18
PART 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTV_OPSVqC4
PART 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WaIH90BSFY
And Joshua Blakeney sent the following report on the first day of trial:
Judge Manfred Delong Meets Splitting the Sky
by Joshua Blakeney
Today the trial of Splitting the Sky commenced. Splitting the Sky attempted a citizens' arrest on credibly accused war criminal George W. Bush on March 17, 2009, and was arrested and jailed for doing so by police. Try as its representatives might to disguise their motivations with the kind PR spin doctoring we witnessed in the court today, the Calgary Police, the RCMP and its contractors were under the Harper government's strict political orders to protect the Alberta home turf of the current minority government that came to power as the holder of the Bushite franchise in Canada. Some have termed this historic proceeding as "The Trial of Splitting the Sky versus George W. Bush" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP6DSMCXKLg). From what I witnessed firsthand on day one, the government attempt to manage this highly volatile convergence of law and politics was an exciting affair.
The morning's proceedings were mostly filled with the testaments of the policemen involved in protecting Bush and arresting STS. Amazingly, when one of the policeman was asked why he had arrested the Mohawk activist, the official contended that he "was protecting STS" from Bush's henchmen. He went on to say that Bush's protectors carry "lethal weapons" and that they would in all have used them to kill the accused man. Rather than seek further information on Bush's private-Blackwater-style militia, the lawyers on both sides of the case passed over this startling revelation.
The presiding magistrate, Judge Manfred Delong, initially appeared, in my view, to be siding with the Crown prosecutor against STS's lawyer, Charles Davison. Davison's initial submission asked the court to allow for a distinction between "Obstructing a Police Officer" and "Preventing a Police Officer from Performing his Duty." Davison's argument was disallowed by Judge Delong. From that point on, Mr. Davison appeared to be improvising in a defence on which the hopes of many in the anti-war activists are riding.
Certainly the turning point of the day came when STS took the stand to testify in his usual flamboyant, surprising and erudite manner. STS reminded the court that it was the same laws which the minority government eschewed vis-a-vis Bush which were invoked to keep British peace activist George Galloway MP out of Canada last March. STS opined: "All Galloway had been doing was bringing medical aide to Palestinians in Gaza, 2000 of whom Israel had massacred, but they barred Galloway from Canada using the same laws which they should have used to ban George W. Bush."
My perception was that until STS testified, Judge Delong was more inclined to the Crown's side of the argument, namely that the police were "keeping the peace" in a law-abiding manner by arresting STS. Once STS had outlined his justifications for seeking the arrest of Bush, the judge perked up markedly. Charles Davison's main contentions revolved around the characterization of STS's understanding at the moment he attempted the citizen's arrest. STS informed the court that three documents most influenced his decision to arrest Bush. The first was a statement disseminated prior to Bush's lecture date by Lawyers Against the War. It was directed to a number of law enforcement officials right up to Prime Minister Stephen Harper. In a concise yet rich and detailed intervention, LAW detailed why George W. Bush was inadmissible to Canada under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and Canada's Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act (see: http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=12668).
The second document submitted to the court was a letter of solidarity written by former US Attorney-General Ramsay Clark. Over three decades Clark and STS have developed a deep and fruitful collaboration going back to the days when the latter was charged with killing a jail guard in the Attica prison debacle of 1971. The third document to be placed before the Court is entitled "Bush League Justice: Should George W. Bush be Arrested in Calgary, AB, and Tried for International Crimes." It was authored by STS's friend and colleague, Anthony J. Hall (http://www.voltairenet.org/article159233.html#article159233). I noticed that Judge DeLong, who had been particularly statue-like and expressionless prior to reading Hall's essay, suddenly metamorphosed into an engaged human being apparently interested in this highly significant case in Canada's history.
Not long after the period when Judge Delong had listened to STS's impassioned oratory and viewed Professor Hall's essay, the court was adjourned. The judge concluded by stating he was willing to stay until Thursday (i.e. for the full four days allotted for the trial) plus an extra day if necessary. The Judge's looking ahead to a week-long trial can be deemed a victory for STS and his supporters as a five day event should allow for more evidence to be brought to light in a legal proceeding which is certainly one of the most significant trials ever to take place in Calgary. Judge Delong has been presented with a chance to create a beacon of a hope in a world afflicted with the prospect of never ending military strife as set in motion by the Cheney-Bush regime's fraudulent Global War on Terror.
Tomorrow is the second day of the trial and STS's lawyer may be calling Professor Anthony J. Hall to the stand to testify. Cynthia McKinney will arrive in Calgary on Tuesday evening. It is hoped the the court will give this indefatigable freedom fighter the green light to testify on Wednesday.
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Samsung Electronics has announced the development of 32GB DDR3 registered dual Inline memory modules (RDIMMs) that use 3D through silicon via (TSV) package technology.
Its 30nm-class technology leverages module performance and power features to deliver what it calls a greener memory solution than the preceding 40nm-class based modules. Engineering samples have been released for evaluation.
The new 32GB RDIMM with 3D TSV package technology is based on Samsung's 30nm-class 4Gb DDR3. It can transmit at speeds of up to 1,333Mbps, a 70% gain over preceding quad-rank 32GB RDIMMs with operational speeds of 800Mbps.
The 32GB-module consumes a mere 4.5 watts per hour - the lowest power consumption level among memory modules adopted for use in enterprise servers, Samasung said.
Compared to the 30nm-class 32GB load-reduced, dual-inline memory module (LRDIMM), which offers advantages in constructing 32GB or higher memory solutions, the new 32GB module provides approximately 30% additional energy savings.
- Wireless broadband developments in Southeast Asia markets
As of 2013, the 10 ASEAN nations had a total of over 700 million mobile subscriptions, with the CAGR from 2003-2013 reaching 24%. This Digitimes Research Special Report analyzes the various mobile broadband markets in ASEAN and looks at the respective trends in 4G LTE development for those markets.
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Alumni Notebook: Porter homers twice in loss, Cal State East Bay wins three out of four
April 24, 2013
Chris Porter, a 2011 Nevada Union graduate, slammed two home runs for the Cal State East Bay Pioneers this past week as they won three out of four games against Cal State Dominguez Hills.
Porter started in one game last week at catcher, batting eighth in the lineup, and went 2-for-3 at the plate with two home runs, finishing with four RBIs and two runs scored. The Pioneers trailed 2-0 when Porter connected for a three-run bomb to left field in the bottom of the fourth inning to give his team a one-run lead. With the game tied 4-4 in the bottom of the sixth inning, Porter slugged another homer, a solo shot, to put his team back on top. Cal State Dominguez Hills went on to score two unearned runs for a 5-4 victory. Cal State East Bay won the other three games of the series, outscoring its opponent 21-13.
The Pioneers (27-15) open a four-game series at San Francisco State beginning Friday.
Josh Roenicke (Nevada Union '01) Minnesota Twins– Roenicke and the Twins are on a four-game winning streak after winning a pair of games versus the Angels and the White Sox.
In Sunday's 5-3 win over the Chicago White Sox the Twins rallied for four runs in the top of the seventh inning to take a 5-2 lead. Roenicke entered the game in the bottom half of the seventh for Minnesota and pitched one inning, allowing one home run and striking out a batter.
The Twins (8-7) host the Miami Marlins for two games beginning today.
Dusty Zeisler (Nevada Union '12) Holy Names University– Zeisler's Hawks struggled last week as they were swept in four games by Pt. Loma Nazerene.
Zeisler started at short stop batting eighth and went 4-for-14 at the plate with three RBIs and three walks for the series playing in all four games. In Friday's 9-2 loss Zeisler was 2-for-4 at the plate with an RBI-single. Holy Names best chance for a win came on Saturday when they hit a two-run homer to tie the game 6-6 in the bottom of the ninth, but the Hawks lost 8-6 in 14 innings as Zeisler finished 1-for-5 at the plate with a walk. In the final game he went 1-for-3 at the plate with an RBI-single.
Holy Names (12-30) begins a four-game series at Academy of Art beginning Friday.
Zach Welz (Bear River '11); Solano Community College– Welz and the Solano Falcons went 3-0 last week defeating Napa and winning twice against Contra Costa, once at home and once on the road.
In Tuesday's 5-0 shutout win over Napa, Welz started in right field batting clean up and finished 1-for-4 with an RBI-double. In Thursday's 9-0 rout of Contra Costa, Welz was 0-for-4 at the dish and scored a run. The Falcons had their toughest game on Saturday as they hung on for a 5-4 victory at Contra Costa. Welz was 1-for-3 batting with an RBI-double and a walk as his team scored a pair of runs in the top of the third inning to take a 3-2 lead. Solano added another run in the fifth and seventh before allowing a pair of runs in the bottom of the eighth.
Solano (20-12) finishes its regular season with a pair of games against Laney beginning Tuesday.
Ethan McGill (Nevada Union '11) Yuba City College– The Niners went 1-2 last week losing at Mendocino and splitting a pair of games versus Marin.
In Tuesday's 11-10 heartbreaking loss at Mendocino, McGill started at first base batting third and finished 2-for-5 at the plate with a double and a triple for four RBIs and scored a run. Menocino jumped out in front early rallying for seven runs in the bottom half of the first inning. Yuba chipped away at the 7-0 deficit scoring four runs in the top of the second and four more in the top of the seventh to pull within one run trailing 9-8. Mendocino answered with two run runs in the bottom of the seventh to push its lead back to three runs as McGill's eighth inning RBI-double wasn't enough for the win. In Thursday's 2-1 loss at Marin the Niners were held to just five hits and McGill went 2-for-4 at the plate. Yuba finally came through on Saturday with a big 12-3 home win over Marin where McGill was not in the lineup.
The Niners (17-17) wrap up their season with a pair of game versus Los Medanos beginning Tuesday.
Alyssa Reina (Bear River '12); North Dakota State University — The Lady Bison swept a three-game series against Wort Wayne last week outscoring their opponent 15-6.
Reina started at first base batting sixth and finished the series 2-for-10 at the plate, including a 2-for-4 performance in the second game with a two-run home run in the top of the sixth inning and an RBI-single in the seventh to help her team to a 4-1 victory. In the final game of the series Reina went 0-for-3 batting with a walk and scored a run. The Lady Bison rallied to score six runs in the top of the seventh inning and held on for an 8-4 win.
North Dakota State (22-13, 9-0) begins a three-game series versus South Dakota State on Tuesday.
Karly Harris (Nevada Union '10); Dominican University of California– The Lady Penguins split two games last week versus BYU-Hawaii.
Harris pitched a complete-game in an 8-7 loss on Saturday as she only allowed eight hits and three earned runs while walking two and fanning six batters. Her team never held the lead and committed four costly errors, which proved to be a deciding factor. The Lady Penguins were error-free in the second game of the double-header as they won 6-1 with Harris resting.
Dominican (9-41) opens a four-game series at Cal Baptist University beginning Friday.
Maddie Phelps, (Bear River '12); Sierra College— Maddie Phelps earned two wins and a save this past week improving her season totals to 16-4 with an 2.24 ERA and conference record to 11-3 with an 1.86 ERA.
Phelps pitched a complete game 11-3 win on Tuesday against American River College. She pitched six innings yielding six hits and one earned run while only walking one and striking out three batters.
In the first game of Saturday's doubleheader against Modesto College, Phelps pitched six shutout innings and yielded five hits while striking out five and walking none in an 8-0 win. Phelps made a relief appearance in the second game against Modesto College and earned a three inning save as she gave up only two hits, no walks, four strikeouts and no runs in a 7-1 victory. She entered the game in the fifth inning and greeted Modesto with three consecutive strikeouts.
Sierra College (27-9-1 overall, 17-3 Big 8 Conference) travels to Sacramento City College for a game on Tuesday which will determine the Big 8 Conference title as both teams are tied for first place with 17-3 records.
Kendal Butterfield (Nevada Union '10); Colorado State — The Lady Rams went 2-1 in a three-game series hosting Fresno State last week.
Colorado State its first game in walk off fashion as it rallied for two runs in the bottom of the seventh for a 3-2 victory. Butterfield started in left field batting second and went 0-2 at the plate with a walk. In Saturday's second game Butterfield was 1-for-3 batting with a run scored as her Lady Rams won 7-4. The Lady Bulldogs had their way in the final game on Sunday only allowing two hits in a 5-0 victory. Butterfield was 0-for-2 at the plate.
The Lady Rams (20-20, 6-3) begin a three-game series at Boise State on Friday.
Courtney Ceo (Bear River '10); University of Oregon — The No. 5 ranked Lady Ducks took care of business last week winning a pair of non-conference games against Portland State.
In Tuesday's double-header Ceo started at shortstop batting second and went 3-for-3 with two runs scored ad Oregon cruised to a 5-0 victory while only surrendering two hits. In an 8-0 win in the second game, Ceo was 1-for-2 batting with two runs scored as the Lady Ducks' pitching struck out nine batters.
Oregon (38-6, 13-2) travels to take on No. 18 UCLA for a three-game series beginning Friday.
Stephanie Ceo (Bear River '12); University of Texas— The No. 6 Lady Longhorns went 1-2 last week versus No. 1 Oklahoma.
In Friday's 6-1 loss, Ceo was 0-for-3 at the plate as her team struck out 15 times. Texas bounced back on Saturday with a 4-2 in where Ceo went 0-for-2 batting. Her team rallied for three runs in the bottom of the fourth and only surrendered four hits for the game. In the series' finale on Sunday, Ceo went 0-for-3 at the plate as the Lady Longhorns collected five hits in a 5-3 loss.
Texas (39-6, 9-2) travels to take on Texas Tech for a three-game series beginning Friday.
Brianna Nicholson (Nevada Union '10); Cal State Stanislaus— The Lady Warriors won three out of four games in their series versus Cal State East Bay last week.
Cal State Stanislaus lost its first game 3-0 on Friday, but won the final three games as Nicholson started at first base batting seventh to finish 0-for-12 at the plate in the series with an RBI and a walk. The Lady Warriors won the second game 6-5 in 11 innings with an RBI-double to tie it and a scored the winning run on a wild pitch. In Saturday's 4-3 victory Cal State Stanislaus scored all four of its runs in the bottom of the seventh to walk off with the win. In the series' final game the lady Warriors pounded seven hits for a 5-1 win.
Cal State Stanislaus (16-32, 9-23) concludes its regular season with a four-game series at Cal State Dominguez Hills starting Friday.
Katie Mathis (Bear River '10); San Diego State — The Lady Aztecs went 2-2 last week defeating UC San Diego and taking one out of three at Boise State.
In Tuesday's 4-1 victory over UC San Diego, Mathis made an appearance as a pinch runner in the seventh inning and didn't score. In Saturday 5-3 loss at Boise State, Mathis entered the game as a pinch hitter and went 0-for-1 at the plate. The Lady Broncos won on a walk off three-run homer in the bottom of the seventh inning. San Diego State won its second game on Saturday 3-2 with the go-ahead run coming on a homer in the top of the eighth inning. Mathis pinch hit and went 0-for-1 batting. In the series' final game Mathis went 0-for-1 as a pinch hitter and Boise State won 5-3 on a two-run walk off homer in the bottom of the seventh inning.
San Diego State (28-16, 6-3) hosts Fresno State for a three-game series beginning Friday.
Spencer Biersdorff (Nevada Union '08); University of Colorado, Colorado Springs — The UCCS men's golf team improved by 13 strokes from the first round to the third round and won its first tournament of the season by nine shots with a score of 872 at Colorado State-Pueblo Wolf Pack Invitational Tuesday at the Walking Stick Golf Course.
Biersdorff tied for fifth in the individual results with a 219 (+3) in his first top-five finish of the season. He shot rounds of 76 (+4), 72 (par) and 71 (-1), which included a pair of eagles during the tournament as he averaged 4.42 strokes on par five holes.
The Mountain Lions resume today for the RMAC Championships at Estrella Golf Club in Goodyear, Ariz.
Jace Tiller (Nevada Union '12) Folsom Lake Community College– Tiller played in a pair of Big 8 tournaments as his Falcons finished runner up on Tuesday at Castle Oaks Golf Club and won first place Thursday at Spring Creek Country Club.
The Falcons most recent victory put them back in first atop the Big 8 Conference standings two points ahead of Santa Rosa. Tiller posted a team-best score of 74 on Tuesday as Folsom came in at second place losing by 10 strokes to Santa Rosa, 370-380. In Thursday's action Tiller posted a round of 75 as the Falcon's beat out Modesto and Santa Rosa by three strokes, 376-379.
Folsom's next conference tournament comes Tuesday at Rancho Murrieta Country Club.
Brandyn McCary (Nevada Union '02); Delta Ducks– McCary, a linebacker for the Delta Ducks minor league football team, played solid defense helping his team to a 47-14 victory over the Golden State Giants on Saturday.
McCary has two tackles on the season while his team's defense has racked up 11 sacks, six forced fumbles, seven interceptions and allows 11.4 points per game.
The Delta Ducks (5-0) sit in first place in the Pacific Coast Football League and play at the Solano Chiefs (0-5) on Saturday.
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A muscle biopsy involves removal of a plug of tissue usually by a needle to be later used for examination. Sometimes more than one needle insertion may be needed to obtain a large enough specimen. If there is a patchy condition expected an open biopsy may be used. Open biopsy involves a small incision through the skin and into the muscle, so that a sample of muscle tissue can be removed from the affected area. There may be some slight bruising or bleeding at the site but the risks are minimal with the procedure.
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And msurfgo really hit the nail on the head, all good points.
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i know that people that dont surf dont know wave etiquett. but this is coming from my standards that if i caught the wave some tourist thats going to push they're kid on a boogie board in the surf zone should be aware of surfers surfing around and that they should make sure before pushing they're kid on a wave to just glimpse and make sure that surfers arent cathing that wave. also i did apologize to the parents later in the afternoon when i saw them out. and i was pissed that the dad gave me some bs when he didnt know what he was talking about. but as i've said that i know tourists dont know wave etiquett but they should just look around them when boogie boarding just for they're own safety and even the surfers safety. and i know this due to when my cousins come down i tell them when they boogie board in the surf zones just to check to make sure no surfers are on that wave that they're going to catch.
yeah you would think that thr tourists would be smart enough to keep an eye out, but most of these people dont live near the ocean and thus wouldnt know how to react to a surfer coming at them. just like how they freak out at cabbage heads, who most us know are harmless. so just make sure you look down the line for anyone in the way and if someone is, kick out and tell them that they should move because people are surfing where they are swimming
dont be a **** and try to blame a collison on them. theyre too dumb to know any better :D
i try they call me me an a hole and tell me that i dont know waht im talking about so i then tel them that they're not locals and that i know what im talking about and i just leave for a few min and then come back out.
I had the same experience at carolina beach on a nice day three four weeks ago, only we didn't have a life guard;)


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Charlie Sheen Donates $1 Million to U.S. Troops
Perhaps in an attempt to atone for his past sins, Charlie Sheen announced today (July 16th) that he will donate 1% of the profits from his new FX show, "Anger Management," to the United Service Organization (USO).
The USO provides programs and services to U.S. troops and their families. With a pledge of 1% of the profits and a minimum of $1 million with no cap, the former "Two and a Half Men" star's donation will be the largest individual donation the USO has ever received.
The "Platoon" actor released a statement writing, "It's an honor for me to give back to these men and women of the military who have done so much for all of us. They put their lives on the line for us every day and I'm just happy that my work on 'Anger Management' can bring a little bit of relief to the troops and their families."
An entertainment facility for seriously injured troops in Bethesda, Maryland is the goal. The 46-year-old troubled star presents his first installment donation of $250,000 later this week.
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Belize City is more of a town than a city—few of the ramshackle buildings here are taller than a palm tree. Beyond the city centre streets give way to two-lane country roads where animals outnumber people. Any dining room downtown could leave the impression that everybody knows everybody else in this town, and certainly among the elite who can afford to dine out, that's probably true.
Although on paper Belize City looks like an ideal base for exploring the central part of the country—it's two hours or less by car to San Ignacio, Corozal Town, Dangriga, and even less to Altun Ha, Belmopan, and the Belize Zoo—many old Belize hands will advise you to get out of Belize City as quickly as you can. They point to the high crime rate, similar to or higher than the rate in an inner-city area of a large U.S. city, and to drugs and gang activity. They also note the relative lack of attractions in Belize City. There are no good beaches in or near the city, except for one man-made beach at the Old Belize facility west of town, built to attract cruise-ship visitors. Although you can sometimes spot manatees and porpoises in the harbour, and birding around the city is surprisingly good, still this is not the wild rain forest visitors come to see.
All of that is true enough, and certainly any visitor to Belize City should take the usual precautions for travel in an impoverished urban area, which includes always taking a cab at night, but Belize City does have an energy and excitement to it. There are good restaurants, including the best Chinese and Indian food in the country, a vibrant arts community, and, outside some of the rougher parts of town on the South Side, nice residential areas and a number of pleasant hotels and B&Bs. Belize City also offers the most varied shopping in the country and is the only place to find sizeable supermarkets, department stores, and the Belizean version of big box stores. And there is always some little treasure to be discovered in a shop with mostly junk. All in all, it's far more interesting than any modern mall.
There's also an easygoing sociability in Belize City. People meet on the street, talk, joke, laugh, and argue. Despite the Belize City streetscape's sometimes sketchy appearance, people in the shops and on the street are incredibly friendly, polite, and helpful.
If you haven't spent time in Belize City, you simply won't understand Belize. Belize City is the commercial, social, sports, and cultural hub of the country. It's even the political hub, despite the fact that the capital, Belmopan, is an hour west. The current prime minister, Dean Barrow, a solicitor who came to power in February 2008, former prime ministers including Said Musa, many of the other ministers, and nearly all of the country's movers and shakers live in or near Belize City.
One longtime Belize resident, Phyllis Lane, who lives near San Ignacio, says that despite its problems she enjoys making day trips to the city and always encourages visitors to spend some time there: "Being a landlubber, I enjoy the boats, seabirds, and smell of the salt air, and of course the Swing Bridge, watching the fishermen on fishing boats sell their fish, and seeing what fish and sea creatures are for sale in the market. When I first came here I was amazed at the fish and meat stalls, at how they were out in the open, and weren't refrigerated like back home. I think it's good for tourists to see that there are other ways of living than what they are used to. Isn't that the point of travelling?"


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3rd Annual Queens World Film Festival - The Museum of the Moving Image
Hours: 6:00 pm
Ages: TE,AD
Price: $10; $6 students/seniors
36-01 35th Ave - 718-429-2579
Astoria, NY 11106
Description: This festival returns to screen 104 short films from around the world and around the corner. Films will also be screened at 3 locations, including the Jackson Cinema (Elmhurst) the Renaissance Charter School (Jackson Heights) and the Secret Theatre (LIC). Queens is the most ethnically diverse community in the world, with two major airports serving to connect New York City and the global community. The 3rd Annual Queens World Film Festival appreciates this diversity by promoting both local and international filmmakers positioning Queens as a destination for both filmmakers and film lovers. QWFF is a recipient of a 2013 Queens Council on the Arts /Department of Cultural Affairs grant and is proudly sponsored by Kaufman Astoria Studios, Amalgamated Bank and Manhattan Portage.


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PRINCETON, N.J. -- For the second consecutive season, Harvard senior Rachel Brown (San Diego) earned Ivy League Pitcher of the Year honors by a unanimous vote of the League's head coaches. Brown also capped off a four-year run with her fourth consecutive first-team All-Ivy honor and will now lead the Crimson into NCAA Regional play at Washington. Her teammate Jane Alexander (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Brown's Stephanie Thompson (Chino, Calif.) were voted the co-Players of the Year, while Penn pitcher Alexis Borden (Yorba Linda, Calif.) claimed Rookie of the Year honors.
Pitcher of the
Brown is just the fourth player to be named the League's Pitcher of the Year twice in the history of the award, which dates back to 1994, and the first to do so while donning a Harvard uniform. Since All-Ivy selections began in 1981, Brown is just the 13th player in League history to be a four-time first-team All-Ivy selection and the first since Penn's Annie Kinsey earned her fourth honor in 2008. She is the second Harvard player to earn four career All-Ivy first team honors, joining Tiffany Whitton (2000-03).
Brown dazzled in the circle this season, posting a 19-5 overall record to go along with a 1.34 ERA and 232 strikeouts in 172 innings of work. In the Ivy League Championship Series, Brown led the Crimson with a complete game shutout of Penn, 1-0, in game one and came back to earn the series clinching save in game two. She tossed 21 complete games and walked just 42 batters. Her 9.4 strikeouts per seven inning ranks seventh-best in the nation, while her 3.74 hits allowed per seven innings is the second-best mark in the country. Brown earned Ivy League Pitcher of the Week honors five times this season and has 12 such honors in her career, including three as a junior and two as a freshman and sophomore.
Co-Player of the
Alexander paced a Crimson offense that led the League in batting average and hits en route to claiming the program's second consecutive Ivy League title. In all games played, Alexander led the Ivy League with 60 hits on the year and also tied for the top mark in total bases (90), while placing second in runs scored (32), tied for first in doubles (13) and first in triples (4). She batted .408 during the regular season and added 23 RBI, three home runs and a .612 slugging percentage. In Ivy play, Alexander led the League in runs scored (20), triples (3) and stolen bases (6).
Dating back to 1985, Brown and Alexander become just the third pair to share Ivy League Player of the Year honors. Ties also occurred in 1993 with Shelby Marshall of Brown and Karen Drill of Princeton and in 2008 with Christina Khosravi of Penn and Jamie Lettire of Princeton. Alexander is Harvard's second consecutive Ivy League Player of the Year as Ellen Macadam took home the honor in 2011 and the Crimson's sixth winner overall.
Co-Player of the Year
Fourth in the nation in batting average, Thompson ended the year with a .477 average, which currently ranks second in Division I, and she led the Bears in hits (51), runs (27), home runs (9), RBI (27) and total bases (90). As Brown's starting shortstop, she posted a .920 fielding percentage and also posted a .571 on-base percentage, which ranks sixth in the nation. Thompson's .477 batting average led the League, as did her slugging percentage (.841), her on-base percentage (.571) and walks (25).
In just three years, Thompson ranks second in the Brown record book for career home runs (24), second in career batting average (.438), fourth in runs scored (91), third in hits (156), second in doubles (37), and fourth in RBI (82). She is Brown's fourth Ivy League Player of the Year and first since Katie King won the award in 1996. Thompson was also voted as the first-team All-Ivy shortstop.
Rookie of the
Borden had a stellar first year for the Quakers as she posted a 24-6 record to lead Penn to its first Ivy League Championship Series since 2007. Borden finished the year with a 1.46 earned run average and 193 strikeouts. She led the League in wins (24), innings pitched (196.2), games started (27) and appearances (34). In Ivy games, Borden had a 1.65 ERA and recorded 12 wins.
Dating back to 1985, Borden is Penn's third Ivy League Rookie of the Year, joining Dawn Kulp (1992) and Jess Lupardus (2008). Borden was also a unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection.
Sophomore Kasey Lange (Ladera Ranch, Calif.) and junior Ashley Heritage (College Station, Texas) join Brown and Alexander as Crimson players to be named to the All-Ivy first team. Slotting in at third base, Lange earned her second consecutive unanimous selection to the first team. The 2011 Ivy League Rookie of the Year, Lange batted .378 in regular-season action, while leading the League in RBI with 39. She also had six home runs and totaled 54 hits, tied for the second most in the League. Heritage, who earned second team honors a season ago, batted .295 and led the Crimson with 10 stolen bases. She also scored 21 runs and added four doubles.
Combining with Heritage to comprise the first team outfield is Cornell sophomore Lauren Bucolo (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Penn junior Brooke Coloma (Martinez, Calif.). Bucolo also batted .295 for the year, with six home runs, 22 RBI and 24 runs scored. In Ivy play, her 27 hits and 49 total bases led the League. It marks Bucolo's first career All-Ivy honor. Coloma, who earned Honorable Mention All-Ivy status as a sophomore, was second in the League with 34 RBI and also ranked tied for fourth with 19 walks. She batted .275 on the year and in Ivy games she led the League in RBI (20) while finishing tied for second in runs scored (18).
Heading back to the infield, Cornell junior Kristen Towne (Brecksville, Ohio) got the nod from the coaches as the first team catcher. Town, who had 184 putouts on the year, a .976 fielding percentage and also caught six stealing, was a catalyst for the Big Red offense with a .304 batting average, 42 hits, 21 RBI, 25 runs scored and four home runs. Towne was an honorable mention selection as a sophomore.
At first base, Brown senior Kate Strobel
(Denver) earned her second consecutive All-Ivy first team honor.
The senior, who was an honorable mention selection as a utility
player her freshman season, led the Bears with 27 RBI and nine home
runs this year, while coming in second in hits (42), doubles (9)
and walks (17). She boasted a .975 fielding percent and a .496 on
base percentage. She concluded her career as Brown's all-time
leader in home runs (33) and ranks second in hits (159).
Yale junior Jennifer Ong (Pleasanton, Calif.) earned her first career All-Ivy honor as the second baseman on the 2012 All-Ivy first team. She started each of the Bulldogs' 46 games this season and led the squad in batting average (.351), hits (54) and on-base percentage (.409). Her batting average ranked fifth in the League, while her 54 hits were tied with Lange for the second most. She is the first Bulldog to be named to an All-Ivy first team since 2009 (Lauren Huddleston).
Penn sophomore Elysse Gorney (So., Orlando, Fla.) and Columbia sophomore Tristin Moone (Waterflow, N.M.) round out the All-Ivy first team at utility player and designated player, respectively. Gorney, who earned honorable mention status as a freshman, batted .309, had 47 hits, eight doubles, 17 RBI and scored 29 runs – the fourth most in the League. Moone hit .295, added four home runs and 15 RBI. She also had three doubles on the year.
Co-Players of the
Jane Alexander, Harvard (Sr., Palo Alto, Calif.)
Stephanie Thompson, Brown (Jr., Chino, Calif.)
Pitcher of the Year
Rachel Brown, Harvard (Sr., San Diego)*
Rookie of the Year
Alexis Borden, Penn (Fr., Yorba Linda, Calif.)
First Team
P – Rachel Brown, Harvard (Sr., San Diego)*
P – Alexis Borden, Penn (Fr., Yorba Linda, Calif.)*
C – Kristen Towne, Cornell (Jr., Brecksville, Ohio)
1B – Kate Strobel, Brown (Sr., Denver)
2B – Jennifer Ong, Yale (Jr., Pleasanton, Calif.)
3B – Kasey Lange, Harvard (So., Ladera Ranch, Calif.)*
SS – Stephanie Thompson, Brown (Jr., Chino, Calif.)
OF – Ashley Heritage, Harvard (Jr., College Station, Texas)
OF – Lauren Bucolo, Cornell (So., Palo Alto, Calif.)
OF – Brooke Coloma, Penn (Jr., Martinez, Calif.)
U – Elysse Gorney, Penn (So., Orlando, Fla.)
DP – Tristin Moone, Columbia (So., Waterflow, N.M.)
Second Team
P – Laura Ricciardone, Harvard (So., Slidell, La.)
P – Alyson Onyon, Cornell (So., Saratoga Springs, N.Y.)
C - Allison Scott, Harvard (So., Alpine, Calif.)
1B - Whitney Shaw, Harvard (Sr., San Francisco)
2B – Jenny Edwards, Cornell (Morton Grove, Ill.)
2B – Samantha Erosa, Penn (Jr., Bronx, N.Y.)
3B – Christy Nelson, Yale (Jr., San Diego)
SS - Jane Alexander, Harvard (Sr., Palo Alto, Calif.)
OF – Shelbi Olson, Harvard (So., Lenexa, Kan.)
OF – Stephanie Regan, Harvard (Jr., Humble, Texas)
OF – Sydney Turchin, Penn (Fr., Princeton Junction, N.J.)
U – Karina Rios, Penn (Fr., Cooper City, Fla.)
DP – Adrienne Hume, Harvard (Jacksonville, Fla.)
Honorable Mention
P - Alex Peyton, Princeton (Jr., Fullerton, Calif.)
P – Kristen Rumley, Dartmouth (Fr., Katy, Texas)
C – Liz Caggiano, Columbia (Fr., Bellaire, Texas)
1B – Kat Hicks, Dartmouth (Sr., Templeton, Calif.)
2B – Katherine Lantz, Harvard (Fr., Parkland, Fla.)
3B – Kayla Dahlerbruch, Penn (So., West Hills, Calif.)
SS – Meg Johnson, Yale (Sr., New Milford, Conn.)
OF - Tori Balta, Yale (So., Valencia, Calif.)
OF – Jessica Melendez, Penn (Jr., Miami)
OF – Kayla Shimoda, Columbia (Fr., Aiea, Hawai'i)
OF – Avery Silverstein, Brown (Jr., Woodbridge, Conn.)
DP – Cara Worden, Princeton (Fr., Santa Ana, Calif.)
* - denotes unanimous selection
^ - team expanded to 13 due to a tie in voting


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Robi Calling, the long awaited newly recorded music by multiple Na Hoku Hanohano Award winner "Sistah Robi," is pure, sublime, Robi Kahakalau. Among Hawaii's most versatile entertainers, Robi's sweet soulful vocals and luscious harmonies have been her much loved signature sound since she first stepped on stage as the lead female vocalist with the Hawaiian Style Band.
Robi once again included a taste of her favorite musical styles in Robi Calling – Hawaiian, Island Contemporary, Reggae, Tahitian, Rock and Jazz, for her fans to geat upon. Highlights include a youthful take on the Makaha Sons of Ni'ihau's beautiful "Ke'ala", "Na Moku 'Eha / Ka Lei E" which blends two traditional Hawaiian songs and the timeless Motown classic, "Cruisin'" presented as a velvety duet. Along with a talented array of hand-picked musicians, Robi has successfully created another solid collection of favorites with her 4th solo release, Robi Calling.


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As Instagram introduces live stories and Twitter undergoes a major facelift with key changes to its iOS app, one thing is clear – social media is one of the fastest changing areas of marketing communications.
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2016 saw a growth in the popularity of video as a content marketing format. From 360-degree videos to Facebook live, marketers are responding to audiences' shorter attention spans by making content more interactive and visual.
Traditionally, Public Relations was focussed on achieving results through earned media. With the increase in digital media and the public's ever-shorter attention span, to be effective PR cannot afford to limit itself to one particular type of communication.
Generating fresh content is easier than it looks!
Organisations all over the world are constantly looking for ways to promote their business.
There are several strategies that rely on good content, which include blog posts. While your website or blog site is bursting with new, fresh content, unfortunately soon enough it becomes hard to think of new topics that will engage your audience.
If you're in an active industry with real time news, there is always something to write about. With Election Day coming up, we can see real advantage for growing political, opinionated and inspirational content.
Below are Changeworks' top tips to use to make content creation easier and keep generating valuable and interesting content.
Infographic: Generating Fresh Content
No amount of promotion or SEO is going to drive ROI for your content if no one cares about it. Without demand for the information it provides, your content has little meaning. Start generating ideas that people want to learn about, or your content strategy will not succeed.
Written by Jordan Dalziel, Junior Account Executive at Changeworks Communications. The 19-year-old recently completed a Level 4 Diploma in Public Relations, with the support of the PRCA and her Changeworks colleagues.
33% of email recipients decide whether or not to open an email based on subject line alone. It is vital to craft subject lines that are compelling enough to get users to click through.
We have just started working with a new client which is solely based on email marketing campaigns, so we thought it was only right to share our insight of the tips we use to draft open worthy subject lines.
Changeworks' shares its Top 10 Milestones from 2007!
2017 is the year Changeworks Communications celebrates its 10th anniversary of operation. To continue the celebrations we are looking back at the past 10 years to when the company first set up.
The queues at gym doors around the country may be dwindling a little bit as we get towards the end of January but the numbers will remain up for a couple more months at least. Similarly, the weight-loss group meetings will be squeezing into village halls across the UK for a little while longer, trailing off after the obligatory six months or so…
Listening is an effective part of communicating, and a key component to strengthening relationships. Taking the time to actively listen to a client, colleague or supplier shows them that their thoughts are valued.
Sharing Team Success for 2016!
From your Changeworks team Sue, Claire, Jordan, Sarah-Jayne, Rory and Martine.
As the year comes to an end we would like to thank the clients and strategic partners we have worked with in 2016. Changeworks has had a very successful year and is looking forward to what 2017 may bring. Read More
Making your first impressions count is one of the most important qualities in the business world, especially in Public Relations. As well as looking smart and impressing your clients with terrific work, it is vital you present your personality well.
What you should and shouldn't do on social media.
Every marketing agency in the country advises their clients that they must have a digital presence. It is essential, companies are told, to have your name appearing regularly on the main social media platforms, including Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook.
It's that time of the year again when Halloween is celebrated by holding parties, dressing up and going 'trick-or-treating'.
On October 31st, countries from all over the world celebrate the famous tradition; thought to be the one night of the year when ghosts, witches and goolies are especially active.
There is always room for improvement – but let's celebrate success as well
Do you think you are doing a good job or even a great job? If the answer is yes then you can sit back and relax, rest on your laurels and give yourself a proverbial pat on the back.
Or not.
One thing you should acknowledge – no matter how accomplished you are at whatever you are doing – is that there is always room for improvement.
Team away days have helped us to improve our PR knowledge.
Getting your businesses' employees out of their working environment is a powerful and proven way to help communication and make connections in the workplace.
Wednesday nights sure have become more exciting with the Great British Bake Off returning to our screens. The 'Bake Off' showcases groups of extremely talented men and women who dedicate hours of their time to push themselves to be the ultimate star; watching the show has inspired us and we have definitely learnt a few lessons from watching the show.
With the 2016 Olympics well underway, we are recognising the similarities they have with marketing. Rio was chosen to be the summer Olympic host in 2009 which has been talked about ever since and we sure are being inspired by the sporting events.
Blogging is one of the greatest tools for learning how to become a better writer, connect with like-minded people, showcase your skills and build your brand. Whether you're a beginner blogger or you've been doing it for years, we are sure you are still looking for advice to improve.
Helping our clients plan for exhibitions is a significant part of the services we provide. When it comes to exhibition planning, successful PR isn't just about sending out a press release, we invest time in advance to research the media, create a message and develop a strategy.
There is a trend in this age of zero hours and minimum wage to take on graduates who are desperate for a first job and give them work that is well beyond their capabilities. The inevitable result is that the quality of work produced will not be to the standard that the employer is wanting and disagreements, disappointment and disillusionment will follow.
Twitter is one of the biggest online marketing phenomena in the business world; it has been growing faster than any other social network and is expected to grow at an even faster rate in the future. As a social platform, Twitter offers many benefits to businesses.
Do you want to make your SEO less complicated? You don't want to be suffocating yourself with statistics, KPIs, conversations, rankings and audits. We are all about data and tools that can make your business easier.
Creating meaningful and relevant content – wherever it may be used – is valuable for any business wanting to succeed. Incorporating repurposed content into your overall strategy is often overlooked, but a valuable approach in the business world.
Do you worry about the behaviours among your most important audiences because those behaviours are crucial to achieving your organisations objectives?
Here at Changeworks Communications we were delighted to see a small news item relating to a major event in the life of an extremely influential person who has literally changed – and even saved – over 100,000 lives.
One of the most rewarding experiences we can have in our lives is the connection we have with other people. Positive and supportive relationships can help us to feel motivated and more satisfied with our lives – we can improve our work, home and social lives.
This isn't going to be the first time when someone has talked about the importance of goals and it definitely won't be the last.
Putting the clichés aside, understanding the relevance of goal setting is essential to accomplishing great things in the PR world.
The most successful PR campaign of recent times or an embarrassing misfire that's left scientists with egg on their 'boatraces'? That's the question that many in PR circles are debating following the decision to name a research vessel after the UK's best known naturalist rather than Boaty McBoatface – the suggestion in a popular public vote.
Do you want to raise the profile of your company in a short space of time? If so, you should consider email marketing. It is one of the most impressive tools offering many advantages, especially when compared to other marketing channels.
Measuring how successful your PR efforts are has always been a challenge. There are thousands upon thousands of books and courses that look at the issue but their conclusions are often contradictory and confusing.
When creative business owners draw up a marketing plan, they usually include a social media and blogging strategy – but they often forget about Public Relations.
They say if you have a good story to tell in your press release that it will be published. That's a quaint thought but in the highly busy 21st century, where some editors are responsible for three publications at a time, the reality can be quite different.
The marketing industry has a language all of its own, so any new starters in the industry might be confused with all the technical jargon.
PR and marketing companies will expect you to know them and will often throw them around as casually as they would the word "food".
Manipulation is all too common in relationships. At the heart of such behaviour is the Drama Triangle. If manipulation is about filling an empty hole inside of you with power and control of others. The opposite of this is about taking responsibility for how it affects you and others.
Studies have suggested when people spot images; their eyes naturally drift down the page.
A picture is worth a thousand words, when it comes to grabbing your reader's attention. Short attention spans make lengthy explanations less effective, so what is the alternative?
Event planning isn't rocket science, but it requires an acute organization and constant attention to detail. If everything goes off without a hitch, it often goes without notice, but if something goes awry, it's a public display of failure.
1. Start Early: There is no such thing as having too much time to plan an event. For large-scale events, start planning four to five months in advance. For smaller events, one to two months is reasonable. Try to finalize all major contracts (venue and vendors) a full month before the event date.
Social media is the future of communication. It provides a range of internet tools which increase and enhance the sharing of information. Social media makes the transfer of text posts, photos, video, audio and general information sharing easier. Social media is used all over the world for personal and business users.
You know how it goes – you think that your website has become stale and hasn't had a face-lift in a while. It may be a couple of years since the overall look was altered or it may be even longer.
Communication is a two-way process of reaching mutual understandings within an organisation; employees exchange information, news, ideas and feelings but also create and share meaning. Communication is connecting and interacting with many people, within the business or with clients. Within a PR agency, communication is key: we can't operate without it.
I was asked once by a marketing man "How have you adapted to the digital age?" He obviously thought this potentially offensive, so not wanting to appear discriminatory or to be making crass judgements he immediately changed the question to "How have you embraced the digital age?"
In the brave new world of digital communications it is important to know whether you are abiding by accepted netiquette or if you are inadvertently upsetting the viewer or recipient of your information.
Our favourite time of the year is coming up. Blue Monday, the most depressing day of the year; it is seen as a special day, for those who focus on doing good for one another. This doesn't mean buying presents for people; it's acts of kindness.
Blue Monday crops up on the 3rd Monday of January every year, so this year it will take place on Monday 18 January.
This day is a time for people to give and not receive, some need cheering up from the dim, dark days, post-Christmas, back-to-work and school month of January. Oh and obviously it has to be a Monday!
It's always difficult to forecast the future, especially in a world of fast-moving and ever-evolving technology, but it is worth thinking ahead if you want to be prepared for any changes and developments that might affect you.
At Changeworks we reported some time ago that the then Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg had told listeners to his LBC radio phone-in that he takes his shoes off in the office and that got us thinking about office etiquette.
Yes, Christmas is nearly here and there are still three weeks of December left but at Changeworks our sights are set firmly on 2016.
Just as you buy a magazine from the newsagent in November and it's already dated January 2016 – some on sale at the end of December even have February on the cover! – in the world of PR and communications you really do have to think well ahead.
When you work in communications it is easy to believe that emotions have no place alongside efficiency, professionalism and productivity.
Okay, PR companies are not dogs, obviously, but the image illustrates the point. Let's assume that you have decided that your business or organisation needs to have a greater presence in the marketplace.
In a recent episode of Have I Got News For You, Private Eye editor Ian Hislop pointed out a split infinitive. Some people laughed, many didn't – perhaps they didn't know what one was – and his opposite number Paul Merton made a comment (deliberately sarcastic, of course) along the lines of how good it was to see Hislop focusing on something that was so incredibly important.
Okay, you've gone through the difficult process of selecting a PR agency and you are confident that you can work well together.
Hiring a public relations (PR) agency is a great way to help your business gain media coverage, increase its brand awareness and achieve its PR goals.


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Raised in a Kansas suburb, Amy first studied painting and drawing at the KC Art Institute and then later, photography at Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara. She now lives in and works in the East Village of NYC with her husband Brian, and their many loving pets. Amy's work explores the ideologies of womanhood and the secret lives and fantasies of women. She approaches her subjects as more of a film director than photographer, and strives to promote self-esteem and a positive body image in women. Amy's work has been widely exhibited and her commercial clients include Sephora, Nars Cosmetics, Bloomingdales, Hallmark, Funky Lala, Woman's World and Parenting Magazine, among others.
Tips for Maternity Photography
Document your pregnancy
If you are willing and able to do multiple shoots, try documenting your growth. Take the first shot when you first become pregnant, then, beginning at month 3 (earlier or later depending on your body & when you begin to show) take one photo a month. Choose a specific place and angle- that way the only thing changing is your belly. In the end you can print them out, bind them together, and make a fun flipbook of your belly as it grows!
Choose the right photographer
First, ask your husband to be the photographer. Not only will these be special because of the pregnancy, but also an intimate experience for the two of you. I also recommend enlisting a close friend or hiring a photographer whom you're comfortable with to take additional photos. That way you can embrace the opportunity to have your husband in a few of the shots with you.
Have options for clothing
I always suggest bringing 3 different outfits:
- Bra & Panty set- this shot is for you and your husband. Show off your sexy new body, and embrace that part of the pregnancy. Lingerie will definitely show the most off.
- Yoga pants and a tank top- this will be great to show to your in-laws, co-workers, or anyone else who is anxious to see you pregnant. This is still form fitting, yet modest.
- A button down shirt (even one of your husbands!) and some boy-short type panties- always a classic look. This always seems to work beautifully for pregnancy photos. It also bridges the gap between lingerie and yoga pants.
Involve your other children
If you have other children, bring them into the photographs and encourage them to interact with you and your belly. Ask them to talk to their baby brother or sister- it will be not only special for you, but the interaction will make an amazing photo opportunity.
Play around with angles
Since most of the weight you'll gain is in your belly, shooting straight on often gives the illusion that you're not (or are hardly) pregnant! Turn to show your profile. Also, keep in mind that the photographer's eye level should be slightly below yours- shooting from above elongates and gives a slimming effect, while shooting from too far below, achieves the opposite result.
Shoot in Black & White
Black and white strips away any and all distractions in the image (background clutter, clashing colors, etc) and really brings the focus to you. It is classic, timeless, and always beautiful.
Make the location special
Shoot in the soon to be nursery, even if it isn't finished. This will be of special significance to you every time you view the photos. Another great option is your bedroom- the key is to shoot somewhere that you feel comfortable, relaxed and happy.
Consider the lighting
Position yourself near a window and turn off your flash. Window light provides beautiful natural light and helps you avoid the harsh light from a flash indoors. If you feel that you need additional light- bring in a lamp. Just keep in mind that different types of light bulbs will cause different color shifts in the photo- typical household light bulbs will cause a very warm shift which can be beautiful, but if you don't want that look, try shooting in black & white.
Wait as long as possible for the final shoot
The larger your belly, the more there will be to photograph! I typically suggest no sooner than 7 months, and if possible, within weeks of your due date. The bigger the better!
A few photo suggestions
A few shots that I always suggest are: one 3/4 length shot of yourself, meaning from your knees to just above your head, one a bit tighter- from the bottom of belly to top of your head, and one of just your belly. Shoot them all with your profile to the camera. Also, be adventurous and try different angels, sitting, standing, even lying on your side; however, if you're short on time- these are the three key shots to get.
Be creative!!
Embrace your curvy silhouette! Try shooting your profile while you are backlit against a window. Make sure your flash is off. You'll find a fun way to achieve the artistic and retro effect of silhouetting.
Don't be nervous
There is no right or wrong. Play some relaxing music and remove any distractions or extra people from the room. Create a serene environment where you can look at your belly, connect with your baby, and really embrace the joy of the moment. Avoid looking into the lens and smiling for every photo. Remember things do not have to be perfect! Relax, take a deep breath, and just be you! The more your personality is able to come thru, the more meaningful and personal the photographs will be. Make it fun- laughing and smiling naturally add to the photographs and the experience of taking them.
Learn more about Amy:
Podcast – Amy Postle pushes the boundaries of her art by evoking passion, beauty and emotion with color and black and white films.
Podcast – Amy Postle pushes the boundaries of her art by evoking passion, beauty and emotion with color and black and white films.
Visit Amy's website: http://www.amypostle.com


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EHC Spotlight: The Diabetes Multi-Center Research Consortium
Comparative effectiveness and effectiveness research includes two equally important arms of the Effective Health Care (EHC) Program: systematic reviews of existing evidence and the generation of new scientific evidence. One of the sources for newly generated evidence within the EHC Program is the DEcIDE (Developing Evidence to Inform Decisions about Effectiveness) Network, a collection of research centers created in 2005. The Network more recently has also created several consortia to meet the needs of significant priority conditions affecting large populations such as cancer and cardiovascular disease. One of these is the Diabetes Multi-Center Research Consortium (DMCRC), which was formed in 2008. Read the full story.
New Model Employed To Prioritize Research on Uterine Fibroids
A new collaborative process for identifying and prioritizing research questions surrounding uterine fibroids was piloted for the Effective Health Care (EHC) Program of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) in March 2010. The conference, "Research on the Comparative Management of Uterine Fibroid Disease," held in Rockville, Maryland, on March 4th, brought together a broad group of researchers and stakeholders to explore and prioritize the unanswered questions surrounding the evaluation, management, and treatment of uterine fibroids. Their discussions produced a prioritized research agenda that will be made available to the greater community of researchers, policymakers, and consumers concerned with women's reproductive health and uterine fibroid disease. Read the full story.
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Summary products and guides from the Effective Health Care (EHC) Program will sport a new look this spring following a collaborative redesign by the John M. Eisenberg Center for Clinical Decisions and Communications Science and the Office of Communication and Knowledge Transfer at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Read the full story.
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A landmark on the W.K. Vanderbilt estate, "Idle Hour," the "Clock Tower" marked the entrance to the farm area. There was a water tower on the top. The bell was the signal for the workers to begin and end their work day, and was also rung to alert the men of an emergency. 1966 Series Adelphi Historical Society
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June 1 marks the beginning the summer ozone season along Colorado's Front Range. Ozone Action Alerts are issued on days when meteorologists from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) expect weather conditions to lead to increased ground-level ozone concentrations in the metropolitan-Denver and Front Range region. The cities of Loveland, Fort Collins, and Greeley are included in the alert area.
Ozone that occurs at ground level is an important air pollutant. Elevated levels can cause symptoms in people that include stinging eyes and throat, chest pains, coughing and respiratory distress. Those at highest risk of symptoms due to elevated ozone levels include the elderly, young active children, and anyone with a pre-existing respiratory condition such as emphysema or asthma. Even healthy adults who spend a lot of time working or exercising outdoors may be affected by elevated ozone levels. During ozone alert days, people can lower their risk of developing symptoms by limiting prolonged outdoor exercise. Particularly sensitive individuals may even be advised to stay indoors.
Ozone is different from most other air pollution in that it is not emitted directly into the atmosphere. Instead, ozone forms in the lower atmosphere when other primary emissions react in the presence of heat and sunlight. Those emissions are volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides. The sources of these ozone forming emissions include cars and trucks, industrial operations, oil and gas wells, residential activities such as mowing lawns and using paints and stains, as well as from naturally-occurring sources such as volatile organics from evergreen trees.
Ozone alerts serve two important purposes: They provide specific health advice for people who may be affected by elevated ozone levels, and they inform the community about steps that can be taken to help reduce ozone during those times. Because ozone formation occurs when air emissions bake in the hot summer sun, citizens can help by taking voluntary steps to reduce these pollutants. Some suggestions for individual action include:
Ozone also occurs in the upper atmosphere at an altitude of 10 to 30 miles above the Earth's surface. This upper-level ozone is not a form of air pollution, and in fact blocks ultraviolet rays thereby protecting us from skin cancer, cataracts, and possibly immune system damage.
More information about ozone in our region is available at www.ozoneaware.org. A link on that website allows individuals to sign up to receive a daily email ozone level advisory Ozone air quality alerts are also published in most daily newspapers, on Fort Collins Cable Channel 14, and on most metro-area news channels.