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Marketing has been around since the invention of money, and probably for a while before that. But, while some principles and ideas stay constant from one eon and era to the next, there are times when technology can be game-changing and new rules need to be written.
That's been true throughout history, as things like billboards, television ads, and even web banners all revolutionized the advertising and marketing industry. It's even truer today, with the proliferation of mobile marketing.
What we're getting at here is that you have to understand what works, and what doesn't, with respect to mobile marketing if you're going to get results and avoid angering customers. To that end, here are seven good rules to follow:
#1: Respect Privacy – mobile phones and tablets are very personal things. That makes an intrusion of privacy (usually in the form of an unwanted tag or push notification) seem all the more threatening. Be very sensitive with what you share, and know that buyers will back away quickly if they feel like their privacy is being threatened.
#2: Don't Discriminate Between Platforms – there's a good chance that sizable portions of your customer base use at least two different mobile platforms (iPhone and Android), and possibly several more. Knowing that, make your marketing easily accessible across all major devices.
#3: Think on Your Feet – mobile marketing lets you reach out to customers quickly, even more quickly than you could with email. That means that if you aren't contacting them with timely offers, you can bet one of your competitors will be.
#4: React Instead of Predicting – although it's good to put mobile campaigns into action quickly, you shouldn't make long-term plans or predictions about the future. After all, buyers can surprise you, and the key to high-ROI mobile marketing over time is to study trends and react to them, not to make your own predictions.
#5: Be Direct, But Not Pushy – your customers know that you're after their business, and may even appreciate the occasional targeted offer or discount. However, if you bother them too often, you can bet the relationship and subscription will be ended very quickly.
#6: Aim for Simple and Realistic – the best mobile marketing campaigns are structured around quick, impulsive actions. Ask buyers to do something that's simple, straightforward, and realistic. Shoot for more than that and response rates will suffer.
#7: Save the Relationship, Not the Sale – believe it or not, your first priority should be to make a sale; it should be to preserve and enhance the relationship you have with the customer. You can always ask them to buy again later, but only if they are still willing to look at messages from your company.
Make no mistake: mobile marketing is a whole different animal. Have you been following the rules, and getting the results you are hoping for?
We are currently closing in on three decades of history for the Internet, and boy have things changed over the years.
Not only were the first websites incredibly simple, but many of them would be considered positively garish by today's standards. Huge fonts, flashing banners, and endless animations were once considered standard online. On the one hand, it's funny to think about… but on the other hand, we are just glad that part of web design history is over.
But, while web design has grown in leaps and bounds over the years, we do still find companies sticking to old tactics and outdated ideas on the Internet. In the same way that no executive should be wearing a bell bottom suit in 2015, neither should your website be displaying any of these old-school defects:
Complicated layouts and pages – once upon time, websites were a novelty (and they took a long time to load). That meant users would spend a while looking at them in trying to understand what they were all about. Now, however, you have a few seconds, at most, to get to the point. Make sure your website is easy to understand at first glance.
One-dimensional design – there aren't just more websites than ever, there are more devices to access them with. Surveys show that the majority of web surfers are using phones and tablets, so put a responsive web design in place that makes it easy for them to find and use your content.
Slow-loading websites – when dial-up connections went away, so did our patience for websites that load slowly. Get a web presence that is properly coded, and invest in quality hosting, so that visitors won't get bored while they are waiting for your pages to load.
Long blocks of text – surfing the web isn't just a leisure activity anymore, which is why nobody wants to read a huge block of uninterrupted text. Break new ideas into separate pages, and get into the habit of using subheadings, bulleted list, and other separators to make it easier to scan.
Stale content – you aren't just trying to get people to notice your shiny new website, you're competing for attention. Visitors to your website like to see current, up-to-date thoughts. For that matter, so does Google. Make sure you edit and refresh your content – including photos – on a regular basis.
Missing links – social media isn't just the fastest-growing area of the web, it's practically a way of life for many people. If users can't find links to your Facebook, Twitter, and Google + accounts, you're missing out on a huge opportunity for customer engagement.
Complicated forms and calls to action – in the old days, a customer might call a phone number to place an order, or be willing to fill out page after page of information (like shoppers used to do on the backs of catalogs). Now, if someone is interested in what you have to offer, you have to make it easy for them to follow up and respond. Even an e-commerce site doesn't need endless forms, so streamline your user experience to make it simple for first-time visitors to do business with you or find out more.
If your website seems like a relic from the past, know that nostalgia probably isn't going to help your sales. Call or email us today to see how we can bring your business into the 21st century (and improve your bottom line at the same time).
In the third post of our blog marketing series, we want to show you what happens when you continually add fresh content to your blog, make sure it's search-optimized, and start to develop a following.
Many marketers tend to (mistakenly) assume that attracting lots of traffic will automatically increase their revenue. It's a good start, but bringing visitors to your website alone won't do much to grow sales. If you truly want to profit from a healthy blog, you have to know how to monetize the interest you're getting.
End Each Post With an Offer – the easiest way to generate revenue from your blog is to simply ask visitors to take the next step while they're already reading your content. That could be downloading a white paper, scheduling a free consultation, or even making a purchase. What matters is that your offer is compelling, and that it lines up well with the content you are providing in your blog.
Advertise on Your Own Blog – while some marketers like to add outside advertising to their blogs, that isn't likely to generate much money for you unless you have a very popular blog in a very targeted niche. Instead, we recommend that you add your own advertising messages to your blog's sidebar, with the intention of getting visitors to click through to product pages, discount codes, and other offers.
Position Yourself as an Expert – the biggest benefit to successful blogging is also the least obvious. The more insightful content you add to your website, the more you position yourself as the expert in your field and industry. Over time, this can lead to more leads, more referral opportunities, and even higher fees and revenues. Don't discount the value of being a recognized authority based on an informative blog.
To be successful, every business needs to have the mindset to do whatever it takes to connect with your consumer online. In the case of home builders, you've got to have an impressive site to showcase your art. An accompanying mobile or a responsive site will help land customers that check out your company on a mobile device. Once you've got an attractive site, it's important to focus on other ways to draw people into your brand.
Blogging is an important component of any brand's online presence. With fresh, relevant content on your site, essentially, Google will see you as more authoritative and that will increase your online reach potential. Beyond the Google math and more importantly, blogging is a personal, immediate way to communicate with potential home buyers online. Your consumer can get information and news without any added pressure to purchase.
Here are some topic ideas to get you started:
Behind the Scenes:
Potential home buyers are interested in your company and how you do your work. Update them on upcoming developments, the building process and the design process. Are you involved in a lot of green building with high energy efficiency standards? Do you know specifics on how much manpower and material goes into a specific home? This is a good opportunity to go into detail on topics that you wouldn't have time for otherwise.
Showcase Finished Products:
Taking the time to feature a location you've just finished is both an easy topic (you already have all that data at your fingertips), but also a great way to bring attention in.
Special Events:
Do you have a new community you're opening? What about a sale or event at a model home? This is a great way to get the news out – and if you're the only one talking about new homes in that community, you're sure to get noticed.
Local Events:
What's going on around your communities? You have an ear to the ground in the places home buyers are looking, so share what attracts you to the area and post news! It creates a real sense of community for your readers already moved in and others following you as well.
Homeowner Tips:
What if there's no news to share? As a builder, you have an internal database of information first time homebuyers need. Whether it's a brief explanation of mortgage terminology or, suggestions on preparing a home for winter, your insider information is perfect for the slow times.
We hope these ideas help jumpstart your blog. Home buying is one of the largest financial decisions a person can make. The more information you put out, the better chance you have to earn the buyers trust and secure the sale.
In a recent post, we reminded readers and clients that blogging isn't dead… if anything, it's more important than ever to your search engine optimization and Internet marketing efforts.
However, a lot of businesses aren't using their blogs as effectively as they could be. Part of the reason might be because blogging isn't a cutting-edge topic anymore, the way social media and mobile marketing is. That's true, but it doesn't take away from the importance of a healthy blog.
The other reason probably has to do with the fact that a lot of companies simply don't know how to make the most of their blogs. That's understandable, but it's not enough reason to give up. Today, we are going to give you some easy tips that can help you get the biggest marketing impact from your company's blog…
Post Regularly – having a blog won't do anything for you if you don't regularly post new content. At a minimum, you should be adding new articles once or twice a week; even more often is preferable. That signals to readers – and search engines – that you are an ongoing and current source of new ideas.
Sell Ideas, Not Products – speaking of ideas, the focus of your blog should be on advice, insights, and concepts. Once you have someone's attention, you can get them interested in what you have to offer. Begin your posts with a marketing pitch, however, and you'll quickly lose the attention of readers.
Share More Than Text – most of your blog posts will probably be written, of course, but don't forget that you can use images, video, and even audio or custom graphics to explain or accompany an idea. Visual content is great because it's easy to understand, not to mention share over social networks.
Promote Your Blog Via Social Media – social media and blogging go hand-in-hand. When you add a new post to your website, make sure you're promoting it via Facebook, Twitter, and Google +. That helps drive traffic to your blog and provide value to those who are following you on social channels.
Invite Feedback – posting to your blog isn't just about spreading your thoughts, it's also about getting feedback from readers. So, make sure to enable comments and invite visitors to submit their own thoughts. If you get lots of lively discussion moving back and forth, you'll have the basis for plenty of future topics.
Learn From Your Best Posts and Ideas – like most things in life, 80% of your blog comments and traffic will come from 20% of your posts. So, if you hit on a winning idea or concept, feel free to revisit it, update the thought, or generate a related post. The spin-off article you come up with might be even more popular.
Your blog can be a source of new information, a hub of social activity, and the centerpiece of your search engine optimization plan. Are you getting the right kinds of results from your posts? If not, it's time to put these tips to work on your website.
Small businesses often face an interesting marketing dilemma: Customers really like working with them on the one hand, but love the convenience and low prices that big, well-known chains and corporations can offer on the other.
The Internet can balance things out a little bit, but there's no question that the larger players in any industry almost always have a distinct advantage when it comes to marketing themselves. How can you, as a small business owner or manager, take advantage of the fact that the public is on your side and attract new customers in a cost-effective way?
Here are a handful of easy-to-follow web design tips that can help you do just that:
Simplify everything. For all of their great design features and functionalities, buyers don't necessarily love the complexity of big websites. If you can keep your web presence simple and straightforward – showing visitors what you do and why they should work with you – you'll be more likely to get new buyers to give you a try.
Allow for easy ordering and inquiries. The more hoops someone has to jump through to do business with your company, the easier it is for them to decide to just stick with their existing source or vendor (often a bigger business). Make it as easy as possible to open an account, place an order, or contact your company directly if needed.
Provide lots of info. Don't make visitors guess about what they're in for if they place an order with your company. Give them lots of information that tells them what will happen, how much they'll be charged and when, what sort of questions they'll have to answer, and so on. This is another way to reduce the barriers (real or imagined) that could stop someone from working with you.
Give rock-solid guarantees. With offers like a "money-back guarantee," customers have little to risk when it comes to deciding whether or not to give you a try. As a smaller business, you should know exactly how good your products and services are. Advertise that, and then don't be afraid to stand behind what you sell.
Be friendly and personal. Lots of small business owners like to hide the fact that they're small. While that's sometimes wise, you can sometimes make a better impression by highlighting your personal touch. The most obvious way to do this is by including a little bit of personal or biographical information on your website. When people know and like you, they want to help you succeed – something few people will ever say or feel about a bigger business.
Having a small business might not always seem like an advantage, but it certainly can be. The fact that so many people like to root for the "little guy," especially when it comes to spending their money, is a powerful factor in your favor. Set up your small business website in the right way, and you can tilt the odds of winning new customers into your favor.
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"Outsourced" UCSF Tech Workers And CWA UPTE Unionists Protest Outsourcing Of Public Worker Jobs
UCSF Bosses and UC Regents and UC President Napolitano are outsourcing high tech jobs at UCSF for more profits. Governor Jerry Brown and his appointments on the Regents are using H1B workers to outsource US jobs from a public university.
"Outsourced" UCSF Tech Workers And CWA UPTE Unionists Protest Outsourcing Of Public Worker Jobs
UCSF tech workers on February 28, 2017 spoke out about the outsourcing of their jobs to India and the use of H-1B immigrant workers to train replacement of their jobs to India. The UC Regents and managers say they will save $30 million over 5 years. Workers also reported that UC managers will receive bonuses from the university for outsourcing their job and saving money. The tech workers who are exempt from union membership were joined by UPTE CWA Local 9119 members who supported their fight against contracting out and outsourcing of many jobs at UCSF.
The workers also discussed the refusal of the Democrats who control the governorship and legislature to opposed the outsourcing. Gavin Newsom is on the Board of Regents yet there was not opposition to the outsourcing. Also Senator Feinstein whose husband Dick Blum on the Regents Board refused to respond to tech workers who wrote to her to get support. The University gets billions of dollars from the Federal government.
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Are U.S. jobs vulnerable to workers with H-1B visas? UCSF Tech Workers Outsourced To India
60 Minutes investigates how some businesses have fired American workers and replaced them with cheaper labor: temporary, foreign workers with H-1B visas
Mar 19
Bill Whitaker
The following is a script from "You're Fired," which aired on March 19, 2017. Bill Whitaker is the correspondent. Sam Hornblower and Ira Rosen, producers.
Protecting American jobs was a signature theme of President Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" campaign. A frequent target of candidate Trump was the H-1B visa program. The program, created more than 25 years ago, allows American companies to fill gaps in the workforce from overseas with highly skilled employees, who can't be found in the U.S. Many businesses use the program as intended, but we discovered more and more are taking advantage of loopholes in the law to fire American workers and replace them with younger, cheaper, temporary foreign workers with H-1B visas. But before the American workers walk out the door they often face the humiliating prospect of having to train the people taking their jobs.
Displaced American workers protest outside the UCSF Medical Center CBS NEWS
Last October, Robert Harrison, a senior telecom engineer at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center, was called to a meeting at the university with about 80 of his IT co-workers.
"It's gonna be a matter of time before everybody else feels the same burden, the same pinch, the same hurt that we're feeling right here at UCSF. It's a matter of time." Robert Harrison
Bill Whitaker: What did they say to you?
Robert Harrison: We are sorry to inform you that as of Feb. 28, you'll no longer have a job. We're going to outsource your position to this company in India.
Bill Whitaker: To a company in India.
Robert Harrison: Yes, sir.
Robert Harrison CBS NEWS
Harrison was told he could stay on the job, get paid for four more months, and get a bonus if he trained his replacement.
Robert Harrison: And now I'm being told that I h-- not only gonna lose my job, but also have to train these people to take my job.
Bill Whitaker: Are you angry?
Robert Harrison: Pissed. That exceeds angry. I'm really not a violent guy. I love people. But I've envisioned myself just backhanding the guy as he's sitting next to me, trying to learn what I know. And I was like, God, please don't let them send anybody to sit next to me, to shadow me. I don't want to do this. I really don't.
"I think, for once, we're gonna stand up as Americans and say enough is enough. We're not gonna take it anymore." Kurt Ho
Harrison and his colleagues staged a protest outside the Medical Center. His fellow worker, senior systems administrator Kurt Ho is losing his job too. He had just trained his replacement from India.
Kurt Ho: I think, for once, we're gonna stand up as Americans and say enough is enough. We're not gonna take it anymore.
Sara Blackwell: Thank you for standing up for what you believe in.
Their rally was organized by this woman: Florida attorney Sara Blackwell.
Sara Blackwell: This is about the companies making the decision that you are worthless to them.
She represents hundreds of U.S. workers who were fired and replaced by foreign workers with H-1B visas.
Sara Blackwell: When you tell someone their real reason for getting rid of these jobs is for cheap foreign labor that should offend everyone.
Bill Whitaker: They have to train the worker who's going to take their job?
Sara Blackwell: Right. They are told by their company: if you don't train this person in a way that we approve of them being trained, then you don't get your severance.
The UCSF Medical Center is a highly regarded state-run institution. Administrators say outsourcing the IT jobs could save $30 million taxpayer over the next five years. That's a fraction of the university's $5.8 billion annual budget, but to Robert Harrison, it's his job.
Robert Harrison: I can't wrap my mind around training somebody to take my position. You know, it's my livelihood. How am I supposed to feel?
Bill Whitaker: I've heard some workers say this is like digging your own grave. Is that what it feels like?
Robert Harrison: It feels worse than that. It feels like not only am I digging the grave, but I'm getting ready to stab myself in the gut and fall into the grave.
H-1B creator: 1998 loophole in law is a "travesty"
When the H-1B visa was created in 1990, it was intended to help the U.S. attract and hold onto the best and brightest foreign graduates – like engineers and scientists – and provide a pathway to citizenship. At the time, members of Congress promised U.S. workers would be protected.
(On the floor of the House in 1990)
Bruce Morrison: This legislation protects American jobs.
Former Congressman Bruce Morrison, then Chairman of the Immigration Committee, authored the bill.
"The H-1B has been hijacked, as the main highway to bring people from abroad and displace Americans." Bruce Morrison
Bill Whitaker: You came up with this legislation. What do you think of what it has become?
Bruce Morrison: I'm outraged.
Bruce Morrison: The H-1B has been hijacked, as the main highway to bring people from abroad and displace Americans.
Businesses insist the visas are absolutely necessary to compete for the best global talent and that even more H-1B workers are needed to fill job shortages. Nearly every major high-tech company, including Apple, Google, Facebook, has employees here on H-1B visas. Media companies too, including CBS.
Bill Whitaker: The argument you hear from the high tech firms is that they can't find enough qualified American workers.
Bruce Morrison: Well, there are a lot of qualified American workers, but the companies will do better financially if they hire the foreign worker rather than the American.
Bill Whitaker: The American workers are just as skilled as you are? Perhaps even more skilled?
Rajesh: Yes. That's true—
Rajesh works at a major Wall Street bank on an H-1B visa. To protect his job, and personal safety, he asked that we change his appearance and name.
He was placed at the bank by one of the growing number of outsourcing companies. Most of these global staffing firms are based in India, they've become multibillion dollar enterprises supplying American companies with H-1B workers, like Rajesh, to replace American workers. Rajesh said he was never told in India he'd be taking Americans' jobs.
Rajesh (Translator): I have to take all of their knowledge in –basically I have to steal it. That's my job description.
Bill Whitaker: And the American worker is let go?
Rajesh (Translator): Yeah. The American workers-- lose their job and-- they also-- cry while leaving the job.
Bill Whitaker: They cry?
Rajesh (Translator): They've been working there for 20 years, and suddenly I have taken their job. If I lose a job I can go back to India. But where can they go?
Bill Whitaker: You must know that when most native-born Americans see this going on, they blame you.
Rajesh (Translator): Yes, but I am not the enemy. The main villains are the Indian companies and their American Corporate clients. They are exploiting us.
Bill Whitaker: Why can't we just say we're going to give jobs to Americans first?
Bruce Morrison: Well, that's what the statute says, but—
Bill Whitaker: But?
Bruce Morrison: They put in a loophole. And the loophole says, "If ya pay over $60,000, ya can do that." And besides that, you don't have to try to find Americans. Well, $60,000 is not high pay for this kind of work. People doing this work today easily make $120,000-140,000.
Bill Whitaker: Who put in that loophole?
Bruce Morrison: Well, the-- it was done by Congress. But obviously the industry lobbied for it. It's really a travesty that should never have been allowed to happen.
Craig Diangelo: It wasn't called "training your replacement" -- it was called "knowledge transfer."
Craig Diangelo worked for Northeast Utilities – now called Eversource – and was one of 220 IT workers replaced by H-1B visa employees. Diangelo says his replacement, a worker from India, told him he was making half Diangelo's salary with no benefits.
Craig Diangelo: I didn't get laid off for lack of work. I got laid off because somebody cheaper could do my job.
Bill Whitaker: So, to anyone who would say, "You're anti-immigrant."
Dawn Collins: No!
Jay Palmer: That's a lie.
Craig Diangelo: That's a lie. You don't want to have any animosity toward them, because they're looking for a better way of life.
<60-visa-preview.jpg>60 Minutes interviewed a group of American workers who all had to their train replacements. CBS NEWS
We met with this group of workers, who all had to train replacements.
Leo Perrero had just received high-performance reviews from Disney. When he was called into a personnel meeting, he expected a raise and a promotion.
Bill Whitaker: And instead—
Leo Perrero: I was given the news that in 90 days my job was over and I had to train my replacement.
Leo Perrero: Never in my life did I imagine until this happened at Disney that I could be sitting at my desk and somebody would be flown in from another country—
Dawn Collins: Right.
Leo Perrero: Sit at my same desk and chair and take over what I was doing.
Leo Perrero: It was the most humiliating and demoralizing thing I've ever gone through in my life.
The issue was getting little notice until it caught the attention of the Trump campaign.
<60ot-0319-motw-1273143-640x360.jpg>60 MINUTES OVERTIME
The legal loophole that's costing Americans jobs
Trump: Love you, Thank you…
Mr. Trump himself had hired foreign fashion models on H-1b visas for his New York modeling agency. But when he saw how the theme of protecting American jobs resonated with his followers, he put Sara Blackwell and fired workers, like Leo Perrero on center stage.
"It was the most humiliating and demoralizing thing I've ever gone through in my life." Leo Perrero
Trump Rally: Feb. 28 – Madison Alabama
Sara Blackwell: And there's two reasons - there's two words of why this is happening: corporate greed.
Attacking the H-1B visa program fit perfectly with Mr. Trump's message and tapped into America's simmering anger at the corporate and political status quo.
Trump: Can you believe that? You get laid off and they won't give them severance pay unless they train the people that are replacing you. I mean that's, that's actually demeaning maybe more than anything else.
Bill Whitaker: What are these H-1B visa workers bringing to the table?
Mukesh Aghi: I think they're bringing a much different skill level.
Mukesh Aghi is president of the U.S.-India Business Council. He has been an executive at India-based outsourcing companies and he was president of IBM India. About 70 percent of the 85,000 H-1B visas given out each year go to workers from India. He says the H-1B visa is just one part of a burgeoning U.S.-India trade relationship that benefits both countries.
Mukesh Aghi: India has become a buyer of U.S. Defense equipment. It's a two-way trade which is taking place. So, we can't look at H-1B in isolation itself.
Bill Whitaker: You really believe that the Indian workers are better educated, better skilled, have skills workers do not have?
Mukesh Aghi: No. No. I'm not saying that. I have all the respect to the U.S. worker—
Bill Whitaker: So why are they getting the jobs and the Americans are losing them? Why are they not being done by American workers?
Mukesh Aghi: Well, I think you have to ask the-- the companies who are taking those decisions.
Bill Whitaker: 'Cause it's cheaper.
Mukesh Aghi: That's one factor. Every company is out there to make money with the cheapest possible way itself.
Bill Whitaker: And that's what's happening.
Mukesh Aghi: Well, I would say so.
Bruce Morrison: The workers being brought in don't know anything more than the workers they're replacing. They know less. And that's why they have to be retrained or trained by the American workers who are being laid off. This is not about skills, this is about costs.
But saving money on labor was not the law's intended purpose. Robert Harrison says the money saved can't replace the dedication of his IT team.
Robert Harrison: So our jobs, they're not menial jobs. They're very important. Somebody's child is laying in the Children's Hospital fighting for their life, and they depend on us. I see parents laying up all night long in the room with their child who's fighting for their life. And you're gonna bring somebody in here that has no clue, has no sympathy, don't know the urgency to make sure that everything those people need is supplied? Right now? It's not going to happen.
Craig Diangelo says at Northeast Utilities the fired workers pressured to stay and train their replacements launched a quiet protest.
Craig Diangelo: Every one of us that would be let go had an American flag sticking out the cubicles row after row after row. As we were let go--those flags were taken down. I was the last person let go. I went in and I took the last picture. There were no more flags left. You have a queasiness in your stomach when you look around and you're saying, "This-- this-- this can't be possible. This didn't happen."
But it did happen, to Craig and Dawn and Leo and workers at hundreds of companies across the country. Former head of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, now president of the University of California, faced a huge public outcry when she got rid of those 80 IT jobs at the Medical Center. She declined to give us an on camera interview, but stated publicly that the university, quote "didn't use the H-1B process in the right way." She instructed the Indian-outsourcing company to stop using H-1B workers.
But that comes too late for Kurt Ho and Robert Harrison. Three weeks ago they packed up – their final day at the Medical Center.
Robert Harrison: It's gonna be a matter of time before everybody else feels the same burden, the same pinch, the same hurt that we're feeling right here at UCSF. It's a matter of time.
UCSF tech worker Robert Harrison talked about the people he went to stop the outsourcing. UC bosses, the UC Regents including Gavin Newsom and UC President Napolitano all supported the outsourcing of public university jobs.
Lisa Milos, a UCSF worker with a sign against outsourcing of jobs. She also talked about outsourcing of interpreter jobs to Costa Rica by UC bosses and Regents.
UC President Napolitano who was handpicked by the Democrats like Diane Feinstein and Governor Brown continues to militarize the university, privatize and outsource jobs.

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I recently started on Humira (adalimumab). I've had three injections. My RA symptoms are much better, but I have another concern. Before I started on the Humira I had been trying to lose some weight and was doing very well. I've lost 27 pounds. Now it seems like I'm hungry a lot during the day. Can Humira cause an increase in appetite or is it just that my will power needs an adjustment?
I have not heard of appetite changes due to Humira. The medicine itself should not cause weight fluctuations. It is possible, however, that you are feeling better overall and this has caused increased hunger, which might have been suppressed due to overall illness. One the one hand, feeling better is a good thing, but you now need to be aware of the potential for overeating.
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The report starts from the assumption that in network industries economies of scale existing on the supply side and network externalities prevailing on the side of demand tend to limit opportunities of competition and favor industrial concentration. Under these circumstances, one may ask how much interest there is in liberalising these industries, since it must be expected that after some years they may re-develop into quasi-monopolies. How may we prevent such a development ? The objective of the report is to answer these questions by pointing out the advantages and the limits of a liberalisation of network industries. A key element is market access which, therefore, must be at the center of any regulatory approach. The report provides an analytical framework for regulatory action aimed at safeguarding market access, in particular in cases where market access is controlled by a few enterprises holding market dominating positions. The report concludes by putting market access and monopolization problems of network industries in the perspective of economic globalisation.
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CONTROVERSIAL plans to transform Tranmere Rovers' former training ground into a housing estate are expected to be approved by Wirral's planning committee next week.
The club has asked Wirral Council for permission to sell its Ingleborough Road site in Birkenhead, to make way for development of 90 houses.
The scheme, recommended for approval by planning officers on Wednesday, goes hand-in-hand with a parallel application to create four full-sized football pitches plus one junior academy pitch and one training area on land near the Solar Campus in Leasowe Road, Leasowe.
The schemes have the support of the club's supporters' trust, who recently said development would be in the interests of the community, the club and supporters.
But campaigners say the proposals are 'disrespectful' to the memories of Wirral soldiers killed in the First World War, who have been honoured with a plaque. They have campaigned for the last four years against the plan.
Ingleborough field is a dedicated memorial to 88 former students of Birkenhead Institute who lost their lives in the First World War, among them the renowned war poet Wilfred Owen, who was educated at the school.
Eighty-eight trees representing the fallen soldiers were planted around the field as a "living memorial" to them in the 1920s. The development proposals include a memorial plaque to the 88 men.
A decision over the scheme has been delayed three times in the last two years, Rovers' also withdrew their original application in February 2012 before later re-submitting it.
Among the campaigners is Dean Johnson. He told the Globe: "The council seems Hell-bent on getting this through.
"There are people living near Ingleborough who don't want this application to be approved. The plans just seem to have been cobbled together.
"Ingleborough is a memorial for 2014 and these plans are disrespectful. The sale of the land would be a short-term fix for Tranmere, but wouldn't solve their problems long-term."
Mr Johnson continued: "The Birkenhead Institute Old Boys have made a concerted effort over the last year to stop this development from going ahead.
"It's been such a personal issue that's caused so much upset and has really galvanised us.
"We have even offered to buy the field and have tried to speak to the club about this, but have been ignored.
"The Open golf has shone a great light on Wirral, but the treatment of Ingleborough is the other side of the coin.
"It's downright disrespectful and reflects badly on Wirral. There's been no sensitive discussion. It's just been a fight."
The Globe has contacted Tranmere Rovers and is awaiting its response.
A council spokesperson said: "It would not be appropriate to comment ahead of the Planning Committee meeting where these plans – and all representations received in relation to them – will be given full consideration."


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NZ Statement: Convention on Rights of Persons w Disabilities
Statement delivered by Minister for Disability Issues and Whanau
Ora 10 June 2014
Seventh session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The Honourable Tariana Turia
Statement delivered by
Minister for Disability Issues and Whanau Ora
10 June 2014
Ka rere atu nga mihi ki te hau kainga, te tangata whenua, tena koutou katoa.
I am delighted to be representing New Zealand at this Seventh session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. New Zealand strongly reaffirms its support for the full implementation of the Convention.
New Zealand is proud of our longstanding commitment to the realisation of the rights of persons with disabilities. New Zealand played an integral role in the drafting of the Convention and helped to ensure that disabled persons and the organisations which represented them were involved in the drafting process.
People with disabilities frequently tell us, 'nothing about us, without us' – it is a calling towards inclusivity and participation that we take very seriously.
The New Zealand Government recently developed a four year Disability Action Plan in partnership with Disabled People's Organisations. Focus areas include increasing employment and education opportunities, ensuring personal safety, increasing access in all areas of life and transforming our disability support system. The inclusion of Disabled People's Organisations in its development was essential in order to produce a well-informed and comprehensive plan and they will continue to play a role in on-going development and monitoring.
I wish to take this opportunity to commend Disabled People's Organisations throughout the world for their tireless work and to specifically acknowledge their role in empowering persons with disabilities. In New Zealand, they undertake a variety of functions, including independent monitoring of issues related to the Convention which are of concern to them.
There are two particular groups of disabled persons that I wish to highlight briefly in my statement today – Youth and Indigenous persons with disabilities. They are two very important, but often less heard from groups.
Youth are important in every society. In New Zealand, I'm proud to say that most young persons with disabilities are now growing up in an environment where they have the reasonable expectation that they have the same rights as everyone else – they can to go to a mainstream school, have a job, leave home and have a relationship.
There are still challenges, but I think that the fact that young disabled persons now expect equality and speak up when their rights are not met is a very positive thing. It is a step in the right direction and a result of changes in policy and practice in New Zealand.
New Zealand's indigenous people, Māori, are disproportionately affected by disability. A report released in 2006 showed that more than 95000 disabled citizens in New Zealand are indigenous. It also revealed that Māori uptake of some disability supports lag behind that of non-Māori.
In 2010, New Zealand Government adopted the Whānau Ora approach– an approach which empowers families to take charge of their own lives and requires government agencies to work holistically to support them. Māori who live with disability have the right to live as Māori, to participate in their communities and have the same access to opportunities as everyone else.
The international community needs to ensure that processes and policies are in place to enable all persons with disabilities to grow and develop, and to be valued members of equal and inclusive societies.
An inclusive and ambitious post 2015 development agenda is critical to achieving this objective. New Zealand is committed to ensuring that all voices are heard in the consultation process, and that the post-2015 development agenda is inclusive of persons with disabilities. Persons with disabilities have been disproportionately represented among those left behind under the Millennium Development Goals. We cannot let this happen again.
Chairperson, I am delighted to announce today that New Zealand will put forward a candidate for the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities for the 2017 – 2020 term, Robert Martin.
Robert is an exceptional candidate. He was placed in a range of institutional care options and foster homes when he was very young.
In Robert's own words, he had no choice in these environments.
Robert has created a life where he has moved gradually from limited choice and control and having people do many things for him, to where he is a highly respected member of his local community.
Robert has shown a strong commitment to the rights of people with an intellectual disability worldwide through his involvement with Inclusion International and as an advocate and international speaker on disability issues.
Chairperson, I wish to conclude by reiterating New Zealand's commitment to the full realisation of the rights of persons with disabilities enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and the principles of inclusion and equality that underpin those rights.
1. To view the presentation of this statement click on this link. http://webtv.un.org/meetings-events/
2. Under meetings and events you will find the 1st meeting on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Conference of States Parties, 7th session) 10 Jun 2014 - Theme: Incorporating the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) provisions into the post-2015 development agenda Youth with disabilities and National implementation and monitoring. Click on this and the United Nations Webcast should appear.
3. Scroll through to approx. 1:55:00 where Minister Turia speaks immediately after the representative from Senegal. Minister Turia's presentation continues until 2:01:00.
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(Denver, Colo. -- Aug. 23, 2006) EPA has extended the time period for the public to comment on the proposed Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) for the Billings/Laurel Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) Area to November 3. The EPA proposal will fill the gaps in the SO2 State Implementation Plan (SIP) that was disapproved in part in May 2002 and May 2003.
The proposed federal plan, in combination with the State's plan, will keep air quality within the health limits for sulfur dioxide. Sulfur dioxide in the air is an irritant which may cause breathing difficulty in people with asthma, worsen respiratory illness and contribute to other human health and environmental problems.
Interested parties may submit written comments on EPA's proposed FIP. Written comments should reference Docket ID No. EPA-R08-OAR-2006-0098 and must be received on or before November 3, 2006. Written comments may be submitted in any of the following ways:
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Watching her spine in a scene of her film 'An Education', the actress vowed never to drop a huge amount of weight again.
British actress Carey Mulligan was left disgusted with her appearance after watching her breakthrough movie "An Education", because she was so thin. The rising star landed the role in the acclaimed film after appearing in London's West End in "The Seagull", during which she restricted her diet to soup, breakfast cereal, and salads.
But Mulligan insists she did not enjoy sporting a tiny frame, and admits she was shocked when she could see the outline of her spine when watching the film for the first time. She tells Britain's Elle magazine, "(During The Seagull) I had Weetabix for breakfast, soup for lunch and salad for dinner. 'No, I will not have that glass of wine! Put that pizza away!' It was not fun. I look back and it's really, really not worth depriving yourself. I was very thin at the beginning of 'An Education' and I remember the scene where I'm dancing and you can see my spine. Yuk!"
And the star has vowed never to drop a huge amount of weight again - so young fans aren't tempted to follow her example. She adds, "I would never want to be so thin that someone would think it was a good idea to be thin, and make themselves miserable. I know this sounds w**ky (cliched), but I would never want to set a bad example, basically."


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The entrance to Machu Picchu will be included in the cost for the Inca Trail tour (do check that when you're booking the tour). The tour company should be okay with and able to arrange for you taking transport back a day later. (I don't think they'll give you a discount for not taking transport, and arranging transport yourself can be costly.) Accommodation in Aguas Calientes for that night is something you'd probably best arrange yourself (there's a ton of options), although the tour company would no doubt be willing to do that for you and take a cut.
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A ONCE-popular bowling green could be turned into flats if another club does not take it on, neighbours fear.
Anne Mayoh, aged 78, and her older brother Arnold Coleman, aged 80, spent much of their childhood and adult life at the Howcroft bowling green, watching matches and having the occasional game with friends.
So when the bowling green closed along with the Howcroft Inn, many residents were devastated.
In May, 2012, a planning application to turn the pub into student accommodation — which 62 residents, including Mrs Mayoh, petitioned against — was rejected by a planning committee.
But a further application to change the pub into self-contained apartments was granted, and Mrs Mayoh, of nearby St George's Court, and Mr Coleman believe the bowling green could meet the same fate if no one comes forward to restore the green to its former glory.
Civil engineers George Cox and Sons, which owns the land, has a large "to let" banner on the wall facing Topp Way — but so far no bowling association has taken an interest in it, despite the company offering it for "peppercorn rent".
Mrs Mayoh said: "I know it's a sign of the times that no one has taken it on, but my biggest fear is that in the end flats or student accommodation will be built on the land.
"I just wish someone somewhere would give it a bit of investment and TLC.
"I was born in this area so I have seen the bowling green back in the days when it was the place to be.
"There used to be regular matches played there, and in the summer there would be a beer festival and Morris dancers entertaining the locals.
"I used to go there with my dad and my brother, and when I had my kids they came with me to watch the bowls. More recently before it closed down we'd go and play a game."
Ken Hayes, president of Bolton Flat Green Bowling Club, added: "As I see it, the problem within the Crown game is a combination of local government cutbacks, an ageing player population and a sense of apathy within the organisation of the game.
"Crown green has always been a relatively inexpensive game, subsidised by local authorities and social clubs of all shades.
"Nowadays however, financial reality is forcing the costs up, and some greens, like Howcroft, are under threat."
John Walsh, development director at George Cox and Sons Ltd, said: "Unfortunately as no one has come forward we are concerned that the work required to bring it back up to a good playing standard may prove too onerous if not undertaken in the near future."


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Law Students Take the Pro Bono Pledge
Chicago Law students will have more reasons to go into the Chicago community and to start using their lawyering skills early with the Law School's new Pro Bono Program.
As part of the program, students were encouraged recently to take the Pro Bono Pledge, a promise to complete at least 50 hours of law-related volunteer work before they graduate. Qualifying volunteer work must be law related and cannot be completed for academic credit or for other compensation. The work also must be supervised by an attorney or a Law School faculty member. If students complete the pledge, they will receive special recognition at graduation.
As part of the Pro Bono Program, the Office of Career Services will provide guidance to students searching for pro bono opportunities to complete their pledge. Speakers from local organizations will be invited to the Law School to present information and volunteering prospects.
"We're of the opinion that students begin their professional careers when they enter law school," said Susan J. Curry, Director of Public Interest Law and Policy. "A student's law school days are a critical time to start giving back to the community."
Students are being encouraged to take the Pro Bono Pledge, in addition, because it will help their careers. The volunteer work will expose them to networking opportunities and skills-building job experiences, Curry said, as well as show their commitment to assisting individuals, groups, or causes that are underrepresented in the legal system.
At least 75 Chicago Law students signed the pledge at the program's kick-off event. Students indicated interest in pursuing volunteer opportunities related to civil rights work, LGBT issues, and immigrant children, among other areas.
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The Regional Transportation District (RTD) broke ground this morning on the Northwest Rail Line's Westminster Segment, the third FasTracks commuter rail line to get underway as part of the innovative Eagle P3 Project.
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The first segment of the Northwest Rail Line runs six miles between Denver Union Station and the planned Westminster Station, located in South Westminster near 71st Avenue and Irving Street. The Northwest Rail Line, approved by voters in 2004 as part of the overall FasTracks system, continues through Westminster to Boulder and Longmont. The Westminster Station and rail line is part of the $2.1 billion Eagle P3 Project, a 34-year public-private partnership with Denver Transit Partners to build, operate, maintain and privately finance the FasTracks commuter rail system. It is under full construction toward a 2016 opening and includes the East Rail Line to Denver International Airport and the Gold Line to Arvada and Wheat Ridge.
"We are breaking ground on more than just a rail line, we are planting the seeds for opportunities and growth for tomorrow," said Lee Kemp, chair of the RTD Board of Directors. "The Northwest Rail Line will produce new jobs, both during construction and long after the line is completed."
The start of work comes after RTD and the City of Westminster put the final touches on an intergovernmental agreement under which the city will invest additional money in the station area. Upgrades include a parking garage, enhanced accessibility and a community plaza. Westminster is capitalizing on the station location to revitalize this portion of South Westminster with plans for a transit-oriented development that includes a regional park made possible through flood control improvements along Little Dry Creek. Westminster Mayor Nancy McNally said the project will help revitalize the area where Westminster was settled more than 100 years ago.
"In addition to the commuter rail, a massive redevelopment will take place in this part of the city that will completely transform this neighborhood," Mayor McNally said. "This 135-acre site will become a vibrant, mixed-use neighborhood with a large community park and plenty of open space areas – a great place to live, work and play!"
The groundbreaking included six members of the public planting garden stakes in the holes dug by the speakers. But instead of tomatoes, beans or peppers, these garden stakes were labeled Mobility, Jobs, Connections, Community, Smart Growth and Quality of Life. That's in keeping with the theme of "Planting Progress: Local Business, Local Jobs, Local People."
"The history of Westminster is the story of apple and cherry orchards gracing these hills more than a century ago," said Larry Hoy, RTD Director for District J, which includes Westminster. "Today, we're going to have a planting for something different, but just as fruitful."
FasTracks is a voter-approved rapid transit program that will build 122 miles of commuter rail and light rail, 18 miles of bus rapid transit service, add 21,000 new parking spaces, redevelop Denver Union Station and redirect bus service to better connect the eight-county District. FasTracks is projected to create thousands of construction and related jobs during the height of construction and will pump billions of dollars into the regional economy over the next 20 years.
For more information about FasTracks, visit www.rtd-fastracks.com.


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LAKE CITY, Fla. - The Lake City Police Department found the man accused of stabbing his 36-year-old girlfriend to death. The statewide search for 31-year-old Carlis Lindsey III is over.
Police said Lindsey was going to surrender to authorities on Sunday. They had his home surrounded when Lindsey escaped and broke into his neighbor's house. While officials had the neighbor's home surrounded, police said Lindsey swallowed multiple pills from the medicine cabinet. He was transported to North Florida Regional Medical Center, where he's being treated.
Police said Lindsey will be charged in the death of Chaquasha Avinger, a mother of three. Avinger was stabbed multiple times about midnight Friday, on Northeast Jackson Avenue near Fronie Street. Police said her 3-week-old baby was in the car when Avinger was stabbed and her body was left in the street.
Police accused Lindsey of stabbing Avinger, dropping their baby at the grandmother's house, then taking off in Avinger's rental car.
Police have not released information on Lindsey's condition. Channel 4 is continuing to follow this story.
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Cecilia Bitz
Seattle Campus
Applies weather and climate models to solve problems in atmospheric sciences. Includes visualization of atmospheric phenomena and Earth's energy and hydrologic cycles; and basics in numerical modeling and high-performance computing. Prerequisite: MATH 126; PHYS 122; either ATMS 101, ATM S 111, ATM S 211, ATM S 301, ASTR 150, ASTR 321, or ESS 201. Offered: W.
Class description
The atmosphere is part of a complex system that is often best investigated with models. Atmospheric models offer the opportunity to probe real phenomena, and models can be used as a learning tool to explore ideas though "what if" experimentation. This course will provide an overview of what weather and climate models entail, and how these models are used in the atmospheric sciences. Students will learn to run state-of-the-art models used for research in the atmospheric sciences. The course will cover techniques to visualize and analyze atmospheric phenomena. Students will be introduced to numerical methods and high-performance computing.
Student learning goals
How weather and climate models are applied to solving problems in atmospheric sciences.
Modeling and visualization of model output as resources for professional careers in the environmental sciences.
Basics in numerical methods and high-performance computing.
Means of exploring the atmosphere with models, to aid our understanding more traditionally taught with equations
Empower undergraduates with research skills for independent learning and to assist with university research projects.
General method of instruction
I will lecture roughly twice per week and once per week we will go to the computing lab where I will teach students to use high-performance computers.
Recommended preparation
MATH 124-126, PHYS 121-122, and ONE of the following ATMS 101,111,211,301; ASTR 150,321; or ESS 201. A little knowledge of unix would help, but a short tutorial will be offered to students who need it. Students can get a head-start at http://info.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Teaching/Unix/
Class assignments and grading
Weekly exercises will involve running, analyzing, and interpreting models. When running a model for the first time in the course, designing a reasonable experiment, successfully setting it up and running the model will be the main goal of an exercise. In subsequent weeks, students will be judged on their interpretation of the results.Thus homework will be evaluated for a combination of following instructions, application of scientific method, and analysis of results. Exams will test students' understanding of reading and lecture materials. The course grade will be weighted 50% from homework and 50% from the midterm and final exam.


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Ashley Kate Adams, Dan Cooney, and More Announced for GAY BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN
The iStar Theatre Lab's Producing Artistic Director Tony Spinosa and Managing Director Laura Bultman, announced today announced final casting for Gay Bride of Frankenstein a new musical by Billy Butler and Dane Leeman. The musical which will be directed by 2011 New York Innovative Theatre (IT Award) nominee Rachel Klein is part of iStar Theatre Lab's inaugural season scheduled to take place July 16th through August 5th in New York City.
Called "Scooby Doo meets The Rocky Horror Picture Show" by Theatermania.com, this will be the latest go around for the rock and roll tuner which was a 2009 audience favorite at the New York Musical Theatre Festival and enjoyed subsequent presentations at Joe's Pub. "To be given the chance to sit down and incubate this show is a tremendous opportunity." says Gay Bride of Frankenstein composer/lyricist Billy Bultler "It's a dream come true to live and breath the material every day with a roomful of actors, writers and industry professionals in a safe environment, without the pressure of a deadline."
Gay Bride of Frankenstein which will feature the talents of Ashley Kate Adams (B'way - La Cage aux Folles), Dan Cooney (B'way Mamma Mia), Megan Kane (Junie B. Jones – Nat'l Tour), Wade Elkins (Blue Man Group – Chicago), Bradley Gale, Maggie Politi (Suessical – Nat'l Tour) and Derek Carly is a musical gothic fairy tale that follows the exploits of four high school friends on one Halloween night. Will the girl get the girl? Never has there been a Halloween love story like this with rock and roll, mystery, magic and a cartoon caper that will scare audiences silly.
"Gay Bride of Frankenstein is not only a fun romp, but also includes moving moments about love, acceptance and understanding who we really are and strive to be." said Laura Bultman, Managing Director of iStar Theatre Lab. "There is timely truth to the story. We are excited to watch the show develop with the help of the Lab's resources."
The iStar Theatre Lab is the brainchild of Director / Choreographer Tony Spinosa who recently served as Resident Director of the 2010 Tony Award winning revival of La Cage aux Folles on Broadway and two-time Cringe Festival winner for his work on Charlie Chang and the Mysterious Salami (2008) and Is That a Spear in Your Pocket? (2009). The 2012 iStar Theatre Lab in New York City will also include Veils the Arab Spring drama by Tom Coash directed by award-winning actress Camille Saviola.
The iStar Theatre Lab is a three-week workshop designed to provide mentorship and guidance in a risk-free environment for emerging or established artists who wish to develop and nurture their work. Artists who participate in the iStar Theater Lab benefit from a day-on day-off rehearsal structure which allows each participant to nurture ideas and explore his or her own work without the pressure of producing new pages every day. After three weeks of intensive work, each project is presented to the iStar Theatre Lab community in a closed session. The presentation is followed by a feedback session led by the iStar Theatre Lab's Producing Artistic Director and creative team.
iStar Theatre Lab is a nonprofit organization founded by Tony Spinosa in 2012. Through its program, the iStar Theatre Lab provides playwrights, directors, composers, and librettists with a safe creative space in which to cultivate their work. The Lab supports its writers by providing directors, choreographers, full casts, stage management, and other professionals who can encourage, support and enrich the projects. www.istartheatrelab.org


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- Mr Jason Kenny, the Minister of Immigration and Citizenship of Canada
Stop Deportation of Sepehr Hajipour to Iran, where he faces persecution
Sepehr, a 28 year old male living in Canada since Oct. 2009, came to Canada after 1988 the post- elections and movement was crushed brutally. Sepehr thought he was one the lucky ones when escaped persecution and sought asylum in Canada in Oct. 2009. Sepehr was an amateur Boxer in 91 KG category in Iran, and therefore was a popular and high profile person. During the 2009 post-election protests, Sepehr tried to help a pregnant woman who was being savagely beaten by the members of security forces. He was successful in rescuing the woman, but then he was in trouble. He was wanted and he went in to hiding, he managed to scrape and ended up in Canada, where he applied for refugee protection. Immediate Protection was denied to him by Immigration Refugee panel, on technicalities as Sepehr could not remember few details about dates and events. Since his refugee claim, it has come to light that Sepehr experiences brain damage resulting from repeated blows to the head as a former boxer. He has difficulty remember details of events and experiences. There are medical evidence and psychological evidences, however as the Honorable Minister of Immigration admitting the short fall of previous immigration act, the new evidences could not be presented when appealing a negative decision by an IRB panel, these evidences and those adduced and arrived after the decision was delivered, could not alleviate the injustices done in Sepher's case. He has an aunt and 2 cousins in Canada. He has been volunteering at a school for physically and mentally challenged youth since his arrival as a Teacher's Assistant. He was eventually hired by the Toronto District School Board as a part-time TA so that he may be paid for the work he does with these children. He has formed a very special bond with the children he works with, and many have written letters of support on his behalf. Sepehr has the love and support of the entire school community as colleagues, and even the parents of the children Sepehr works with have also written letters of support. Sepehr is detained at present by Canadian Border Security Authority and is awaited to be deported to Iran, where there would be a great danger awaiting him, as a consequences of his perceived political involvement and his high profile status.
- Mr Jason Kenny, the Minister of Immigration and Citizenship of Canada
Stop Deportation of Sepehr Hajipour to Iran, where he faces persecution
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Vera Mary Luchin, age 89, of Alliance, died at 8:11 a.m., Monday, Dec. 3, 2012, at Bel-Air Care Center. She was born June 2, 1923, in Alliance to Angelo and Sophie (Rinaldi) Luchin and was a lifelong Alliance resident.
Vera was employed as a clerk at the former Mahan's Music Store, the former Band Orch Music Store, and the former Gay Thomas Gift Shop. She also worked at Alliance City Hospital for five years.
She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Alliance.
Survivors include four nephews, Garry, Craig and Vincent Luchin, all of California, and David Luchin of Florida.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and a brother, David P. Luchin.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, at Cassaday-Turkle-Christian Funeral Home, with the Rev. Fr. Matthew Mankowski of St. Joseph Catholic Church officiating. Family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. Interment will be at Highland Memorial Park.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. John's Villa, P.O. Box 457, Carrollton, OH 44615.
Arrangements are by Cassaday-Turkle-Christian Funeral Home, 75 S. Union Ave., Alliance, OH 44601. Friends may register online at www.ctcfuneral.com. (12-4-12)


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Mark Staake and his nephew Tanner Ruane were recruited by a convicted killer Dana Martin who's obsessed with the Canadian star.
A scheme to kidnap and kill Justin Bieber and his bodyguards was revealed on Wednesday, December 12. Recently-released inmate Mark Staake and his nephew Tanner Ruane were arrested by cops in late November before they could execute the murder plan, reported Albuquerque TV station KRQE.
Staake was recruited by Dana Martin while at the state prison near Las Cruces, and Tanner was later contacted by Staake to help him. Martin was a convicted murderer serving two life sentences for raping and killing a 15-year-old girl in Vermont in 2000. He was allegedly obsessed with Bieber and had tattoo of the singer on his leg.
Staake and Tanner planned to take down Bieber in New York City, where he performed a sold-out concert at Madison Square Garden last month. Martin ordered them to go to Vermont first to kill two former acquaintances. He instructed them to strangle the victims with a paisley tie before castrating them.
The gristly murder plot was revealed by Martin himself to cops for unknown reason. Staake was apprehended in Vermont on outstanding warrants before he could do the deed. Ruane was arrested later on in NYC after he told Martin in a recorded phone call that he's disappointed he couldn't carry out the plan.
The Vermont State Police confirmed the arrest of Staake and Ruane to CBC News. The two men were being investigated for their participation in a criminal conspiracy to locate and murder individuals. The targets have been identified, but police could not confirm if one of them was Bieber to protect their identities.
Staake and Ruane were both held at the Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility. State police is reportedly in the process of extraditing Staake to New Mexico.
After news about the murder plot broke out, Bieber's manager Scooter Braun said in a statement to Us Weekyl, "We take every precaution to protect and insure the safety of Justin and his fans."


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Arlington, Wash. • A county medical examiner has increased the death toll in the Washington state mudslide to 29.
That's one more victim than had been reported Tuesday, but the number officially identified by the Snohomish County medical examiner's office on Wednesday remains at 22.
And 20 people are still listed as missing from the March 22 slide that broke off a steep hill, roared across the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River and buried a community at Oso, about 55 miles north of Seattle.


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2009-11-21 39 -76
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Sat 21 Nov 2009 in 39,-76:
- Middle of the street near a playground in Laurel, MD.
- Sapph and family appeared to be the only participants for the meetup. Is it still a meetup if no one else comes?
It was Sapph's first expedition, so he had to drag along fiancee and step children. Yay for mini-hashers! All I've got is an iPhone, so finding the exact coordinates was difficult - in fact, I never got my GPS program to display the exact coordinates. Is there a range of uncertainty that is permitted and still call the expedition successful? It seemed pretty successful. :)


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Krauss performs at college outdoor theater
August 28, 2003
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Alison Krauss and Union Station perform at the Bakersfield College Outdoor Theater Aug. 29. It was the first time a concert has been held in the outdoor theater in recent years.
Krauss attracted a diverse group of fans from throughout California, according to the concert promoter, who pointed out how far some ticket holders had traveled to see her.
Krauss recently was nominated as Female Vocalist of the Year by the Country Music Association.


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West Brom goalkeeper Ben Foster one of the world's best, says boss Steve Clarke
Steve Clarke has put West Brom goalkeeper Ben Foster in the same bracket as some of the world's best in that position.
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Foster's opposite number at Manchester City, who visit the Hawthorns on Saturday afternoon, is Joe Hart and he has been named as the best in the business at the moment by Wayne Rooney and even Foster himself.
But West Brom manager Clarke has favourably compared Foster to some of the goalkeepers he has worked with as well as Hart.
"Joe Hart's the best goalkeeper in the country because he plays for England," said Clarke. "But Ben Foster is the best goalkeeper in the world in my opinion - because he plays for me.
"I have worked with goalkeepers like (Petr) Cech and Pepe Reina and Ben is right up there with them.
"He's slightly different, you'd say Petr was a real good technical keeper, Ben's a little more unorthodox.
"Yet he makes saves that maybe Cech wouldn't make. He's not a normal goalkeeper and has different ways of saving the ball.
"The bottom line is that he keeps the ball out of the net, and that's a great gift."
Foster has refused to be considered for England since May in 2011, a decision Clarke says has paid dividends for West Brom.
"It's a great decision for the club and a great one for Ben as he seems really comfortable in himself.
"He's certainly got the talent to play for England if that's what he decided to do.
"But he enjoys the international breaks when he can spend a bit of time with his family rather than being dragged all over the place.
"And in the summer he gets a chance to recharge his batteries properly instead of going to a major tournament."


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Department of Sociology & Criminal Justice
Sociology is the study of human society, social behavior and social change.
The SUNY Potsdam sociology program provides students with skills in analysis, critical thinking and communication, enabling students to pursue a wide variety of careers or continue learning on the graduate level.
Throughout their course work sociology students analyze social institutions; study social problems such as domestic violence, social inequality, crime and poverty, and the environment; and examine the role that race, gender and social status play in our daily lives. The Department offers both a major and minor in Sociology.
Criminal Justice Studies is the study of the criminal justice system: the perpetrators, agencies and actors involved in the processing and definition of crime, and the social, political and economic phenomena impacting each.
The SUNY Potsdam Criminal Justice Studies program provides a broad interdisciplinary, liberal arts orientation with course requirements in Philosophy, Politics and Sociology and the opportunity for students to elect to study course in Anthropology, Chemistry and Psychology. The Department offers both a major and minor in Criminal Justice.
The Department of Sociology & Criminal Justice also offers a minor in Human Services and plays an important role in the Women's and Gender Studies and Environmental Studies programs.


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Ever wonder what the differences between working at Google and Microsoft are? One of the things everybody seems to mention first is that at Google you get free food while at Microsoft you don't. That's really just a difference in perks between one and the other, but have you ever wondered what some of the other non-perk related differences are? We're able to get a few ideas of some of those differences thanks to a former Microsoft employee named Sergey Solyanik who left to go to Google, but now left Google to go back to Microsoft. He recently wrote up a pretty balanced post on some of the differences between the two companies and why he's going back to Microsoft.
One of the differences he sees is that at Google, they value "coolness" while at Microsoft, they tend to value "reliability." We're sure there's plenty of room to argue that statement, but in several ways, we can see what he means. Google does try to be "cool" and they try to portray an image of being young (they are, compared to Microsoft) and hip. Microsoft on the other hand has to focus a lot of attention on the reliability factor because people pay for most of the software that they develop. Once it ships and hits the shelves at the store, there's not a whole lot they can do to fix something if it breaks.
Sergey talks about the "coolness" factor and makes an observation saying, "This orientation towards cool, but not necessarily useful or essential software really affects the way the software engineering is done. Everything is pretty much run by the engineering – PMs and testers are conspicuously absent from the process. While they do exist in theory, there are too few of them to matter." The benefit to those at Google because of this though is that software ships quick.
He also said something that we agree with and that is that Google Docs really isn't a viable competitor to Microsoft Office because those who use Google Docs really wouldn't be the type to buy Microsoft Office anyways. He says, "Google as an organization is not geared-culturally – to delivering enterprise class reliability to its user applications." Certainly Google Docs has a lot of amazing features, but we can't see a major corporation using it over Microsoft Office because of the reliability factor.
At the end of the day, for Sergey Microsoft turned out to be the right place for him and that's why he left Google to return to Redmond. He says, "Since I've been an infrastructure person for most of my life, I value reliability far, far more than "coolness," so I could never really learn to love the technical work I was doing at Google.
If describing working for Google and Microsoft was as simple as saying one is cool and the other is reliable (we know it's not), who would you be working for?


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Landon's Joke to Go: 'The Snoring Traveler'
By the time Chuck pulled into a little town, every hotel room was taken. He finally pulled up to the very last hotel and went into the office.
"You've got to have a room somewhere," he pleaded. "Or just a bed – I don't care where."
"Well, I do have a double room with one occupant," admitted the manager, "and he might be glad to split the cost. But to tell you the truth, he snores so loudly that people in adjoining rooms have complained. I'm not sure it'd be worth it to you."
"No problem," the tired traveler assured him. "I'll take it."
The next morning Chuck came down to breakfast bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.
"How'd you sleep?" asked the manager.
"Never better."
The manager was impressed. "No problem with the other guy snoring, then?"
"Nope, I shut him up in no time," said Chuck.
"How'd you manage that?" asked the manager.
"He was already in bed, snoring away, when I came in the room," Chuck explained. "I went over, gave him a kiss on the cheek, said, 'Goodnight, beautiful,' and he sat up all night watching me."