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From the moment I published the names of the three finalists for the DeKalb school chief job on Tuesday, the e-mails began: "Is this the best we can do?" "Can you find out if other candidates turned DeKalb down and this is what we were stuck with?" "None of these three is qualified. We ought to start over."
On the other hand, I have also heard many comparisons to famous winning coaches who came to big schools from smaller ones and turned around losing athletic programs.
The fact is that all three candidates do come from much smaller systems. However, that doesn't mean they have small ideas or that their leadership skills cannot transfer to a system 10 times greater in enrollment.
I have seen city managers, newspaper editors and school superintendents with seemingly ideal credentials fail, and I have seen people with unremarkable backgrounds succeed so I don't think we can tell much from a curriculum vitae.
The candidates meet the public tonight — which is a very unusual event. Shouldn't we at least wait until we hear them speak before dismissing them as too green for the DeKalb leadership post?
Here is an AJC story about the concerns over the qualifications of Lillie Cox, Arthur Culver and Gloria Davis (No favoritism in listing them. I went with alphabetical.):
State Sen. Emanuel Jones, D-Decatur, who chairs a legislative committee tasked with helping the school system keep its accreditation, is skeptical about the qualifications of the finalists.
"The first thing that jumped out at me is that all three of them come from small systems, minuscule in comparison," Jones said. "What was the board thinking? Are these the best who applied?"
The finalists announced earlier this week are: Gloria Davis of Decatur (Ill.) Public Schools with 8,700 students; Arthur R. Culver of Champaign (Ill.) Community School District No. 4 with 8,900 students; and Lillie M. Cox of Hickory (N.C.) Public Schools with less than 5,000 students.
"We need someone with experience running one of the largest school systems in the country," Jones said. "They have to hit the ground running. With everything we're facing, there's no time for on-the-job training."
But Tom Bowen, chairman of the DeKalb school board, said district size doesn't matter.
"We were looking for people with proven leadership ability, a track record of improving academic achievement and raw talent," Bowen said. "We think that's what we have here."
Bowen said more than 50 applicants were screened for the job and several of them came from school districts at or near the size of DeKalb's.
"We want proven success, not a magic number," Bowen said.
A meeting is scheduled for Thursday night at which the three finalists will be questioned in a public forum. After that, Bowen said that the board expects to make its decision in several weeks.
Lynn Deutsch, who has two children in DeKalb's school system, said she plans to be at the meeting. She said she's concerned about the small districts the finalists are drawn from.
"I'm going to the meeting with an open mind," Deutsch said. "But I've got to say that I'm concerned about the finalists. I mean, are their management skills really transferable from such small districts? Have they delved into a situation where every decision can be political? Have any of them ever gotten a district out of anything like the troubles we're seeing?"
David Schutten, president of the Organization of DeKalb Educators, said he's been hearing nonstop from members who say they, too, are skeptical about the qualifications of the candidates.
"We have a lot of problems here and I'm frankly surprised by the [board's] choices," Schutten said. "There's a lot to do and not a lot of time for someone to get up to speed. We have to get [students'] scores up. … And, frankly, there's a big morale problem with the staff."
–From Maureen Downey, for the AJC Get Schooled blog
March 31st, 2011
10:23 am
Does size matter? – Well, most women will say "yes."
March 31st, 2011
10:26 am
I was misquoted. What I actually said was that I was going to the meeting with an open mind and that I believe that management skills are transferable. I did say I was worried about how political the DeKalb school system is. I have no idea where the question at the end of my quote even came from.
March 31st, 2011
10:28 am
May I also add, that given the importance of what is happening in DeKalb schools, I wish that the AJC would let Megan M. continue to cover the system in full. Having reporters new to the issues in DeKalb makes it harder.
March 31st, 2011
10:31 am
At some point any leader of a large organization has had to make the leap from being in charge of a smaller organization to being in charge of a larger one. It's kind of like a governor of a state being elected president–for better or for worse of course. Just like any weighty decision involving people, their personalities, our assessment of their capabilities etc., choosing is an inexact science and always involves something of a leap of faith. Just like when a highly experienced politician runs for higher office, I think if they had a candidate from a large school district, many people would be saying that DeKalb was doing nothing but bringing in a jaded, entrenched, consummate insider to implement more of the same old same old. I don't think we can dismiss someone's candidacy because they are in charge of a smaller district. Since they have actually been put in charge, I think it's far more revealing to to try and see a pattern of competence, incompetence, an underlying philosophy etc. in what they've done with their postion thus far.
March 31st, 2011
10:46 am
GODSPEED to whomever the DCBOE selects as its new superintendent of schools.
March 31st, 2011
10:49 am
I get the concerns with the size of school systems pervious candidates supervised. However, I think we should be more concerned with their track records regarding:
1. Nepotism – A huge huge problem running rampant in Deklab and what, in my opinion, is the root of many of the problems.
2. Problem children – I would like to know what policies they encouraged and had in place for dealing with problem children that do not care to learn.
3. Redistricting – We should know their thoughts on redistricting and thoughts on busing children to even out economic disparities. Personally, I would rather see a candidate that focuses on making neighborhood schools stronger than throwing in the towel and busing children, which never works.
4. Lawsuits – I would like to know how a candidate deals with a system with constant lawsuits and a system that is more concerned with being politically correct then doing what is best for the children.
5. Balls – I put this on here because I am tired of living in a district that walks on eggshells to make sure they are always politically correct. I want a candidate to make hard and unpopular decisions that will benefit the system as a whole and not just one area. Take for example the recent accusations of racism when trying to close many schools in south Dekalb. It was a numbers game period and I want a leader that will close schools as needed to keep the whole county from loosing money.
March 31st, 2011
11:03 am
It will be atrick to find the right scope of management–how much you need to do yourself and how much you can entrust to your subordinates. The twin dangers are trusting too much and micromanaging. Someone with big-district experience will have already made some of these mistakes and maybe learned from those. Then again, big-district experience might mean that someone has already compromised on their ideals, while a small-district person might still believe in the best possible outcome. DeKalb surely needs someone who believes in something.
March 31st, 2011
11:21 am
I am really looking forward to tonight's public hearing. I'm hoping to hear responses of substance as opposed to rehearsed sound-bites that include all the right jargon but nothing real.
March 31st, 2011
11:25 am
…and, I second Lynn's comment about coverage of DeKalb issues…this is a critical point for DCSS, and we need reporters who understand the history and culture of the system. Misquoting someone who is "in the know" like Lynn is pretty inexcusable…the AJC shouldn't be feeding into the skeptics' frenzy.
March 31st, 2011
11:30 am
The whole reason for having an administrative hierarchy is to spare the top decision-maker the necessity of making any except the top decisions. He/she either makes policy, or else approves or vetoes policies made by administrative underlings. A big school system would have more under-administrators than a small school system would. Given a proper organization in school administration generally, I don't see why the size of the school district matters.
To illustrate: President Obama isn't the smartest person in the United States. He is indeed far and distant from that status. And yet he functions within the normal responsibilities of that office. (Whether he is or isn't qualified to hold that office is another matter entirely.) He seems to like using pretexts to beat up on weaker countries, but he isn't the first president guilty of that vice. He seems to approve of foolish foreign and domestic policies, but likewise so have many other presidents. Obama is the first black president, and he might be a fraud-in-office, but he is far from being the first fool to be elected. So apparently a cohesive administrative organization can make the strictly essential requirements of the Top Administrator into a very forgiving matter.
March 31st, 2011
11:31 am
By "qualified" in the above comment, I meant "constitutionally eligible."
March 31st, 2011
11:43 am
Look, really it makes me no nevermind. I am not nor will never be a resident of Dekalb county. I care about education issues overall, but understand the local control and how citizens get what they put in.
But because the system is SO corrupt and disorganized, having someone who can 'hit the ground running' is ALSO very important. He or she will need to not only clean house but have a source of candidates to replace those people from outside the system. I hope one of the candidates works out but if this goes bad, Dekalb doesn't have much more bottom left in it. Just saying.
March 31st, 2011
11:48 am
If stakeholders cannot make the meeting then watch it on TV or streaming. No need for people to use the media as their only source of information on this issue. See for yourselves and then contact your board members.
March 31st, 2011
11:56 am
Although Maureen makes a good point, neither the DCSS nor the school board inspires confidence. However, there may not have been many qualified candidates who were interested in taking on the problems faced by DCSS. No matter who is hired, things are likely to get worse before they get better. That is, if they ever get better.
March 31st, 2011
12:06 pm
As I mentioned, I was underwhelmed by the candidates initially because of the size of the school systems where they serve. I took the time to review their bios and felt a little better. I also performed a few searches on Google more more general information.
Seeing and hearing them in person will definitely help me get a better feel for each candidate. I want to know how they have handled challenges such as those currently faced by our school system. I want to know their instructional philosophies, specifically strategies for reaching students in Title 1 schools along with any provisions that might make for addresssing high achieving students in low academically performing schools. I want to know if they have been involved in flattening school system staffing along with general organizational strategies in this era of budget constraints. I want to understand how they have dealt with dwindling tax revenues in their current districts along with some of the tough decisions they've had to make. IMO, this would be a start of getting some insight on each candidate.
Too bad Michael Young, currently of Grady isn't a candidate for this job. He has a track record of making the tough decisions regarding budgets and addressing weak staffers while improving the delivery of services. That is the profile of a good candidate.
March 31st, 2011
12:18 pm
The people of DeKalb (all people, whether parents or not) have a large stake in the success of the school system. Everyone needs to ensure that the best decision is made.
If you don't like the final decision and you do not participate, it is your fault!
March 31st, 2011
12:26 pm
That's it – we are now even.
Yes, I lost our wager on the Charter Schools Commission lawsuit. No, I don't mind the occasional loss of a mouthful of Warsteiner and keyboard over a "Cupcake Menace – Ha Ha, that was good" headline. But, you need to understand I just dropped a $500 German bier stein on a previously unblemished hardwood floor.
Sorry if this is off-topic, but I have not yet found the inner strength to actually read your post.
March 31st, 2011
12:28 pm
For me it wasn't the size of the districts that they came from but their generic soundbites in the article. Close your eyes and they are just another part of the machine.
I am a big fan of "small, but mighty," but they just don't seem exceptional.
March 31st, 2011
12:31 pm
What I said was that I was going to the meeting with an open mind. And that I believed that management skills were transferable. I mentioned the politics issue.
I did not say/ask Have any of them ever gotten a district out of anything like the troubles we're seeing?"
It isn't a big deal, but it did kind of twist what I said to fit the overall gist of the story.
March 31st, 2011
12:50 pm
I realize this posting doesn't pertain to the topic. I found this article interesting, http://www.educationnews.org/commentaries/insights_on_education/152755.html
Sounds similar to some of the information Attentive Parent has shared.
March 31st, 2011
1:20 pm
Maureen, point well made. Case in point, there is a small school district about 30 miles from Hickory, NC, whose superintendent not long ago became a state superintendent. Talking about going from small to large, gosh.
March 31st, 2011
2:21 pm
Maybe board member, Jay Cunningham will apply, sigh! The real issue is the incompentent School Board. Dekalb's School Board is comprised of couple of uneducated and ignorate members who sit and make decisions for educators. I just don't understand how one can be on a board that oversees and make decisions for thousands of degreed educators when they themselves are uneducated.
My point is how do they know what to look for in the resumes of PhD candidates. I'm blown away by this and don't know why it's acceptable. There should be some minimum educational standard for board members beyound a GED and/or HS diploma. In many cases, there is nothing wrong with this level of education, but to have oversight of one of the largest school districts in the country with no degree. This guy can hardly read or talk!
March 31st, 2011
2:40 pm
Oh the drama…You can't fix this situation without requiring new leadership ethics…HONESTY AND INTEGRITY …
The problem is ongoing…in all aspects of leadership in our US democratic society. We might as well be ruled by dictators and rulers.
Few, like Medoff, ever serve the time for their corrupt leadership.
Until our society has experienced enough and there is an uprising and demand for ethical leadership …expect more of the same.
March 31st, 2011
2:48 pm
It is difficult to find leadership that does not fold under the bribery of the dishonest city folk.
Good luck…there are few left that value ethical leadership . These big buildings, flash and illusions of grandeur seem to blind most every time the take the position of leadership.
The problem…those doing the "manipulative choosing" are more than likely involved in much of the corruption.
March 31st, 2011
2:56 pm
Ed Johnson
March 31st, 2011
1:20 pm
"Maureen, point well made. Case in point, there is a small school district about 30 miles from Hickory, NC, whose superintendent not long ago became a state superintendent. Talking about going from small to large, gosh."
I see your point that it doesn't really matter what the size of the district is where a candidate for superintendent may come from because COMPETENT leadership is competent leadership no matter what the size, but on the other hand….In unique situation like these where everything is on the line, maybe it might not be such a bad idea to consider bringing in a candidate who has a proven track record of being a "turnaround specialist" in a large, highly-populated urban school district where every single move made will be politicized and under the microscopic glare of a top-10 television market news media. There's a HUGE and stark difference between small school districts like Hickory, NC and monsters like Atlanta and Dekalb where every decision is blogged about nearly 24-hours-a-day. In these cases it might be better to go with a highly-qualified superintendent from a large urban district who can command the respect and attention of the big city media and the respective unruly school boards in Atlanta & DeKalb, than to go with a small-town superintendent who may run a higher risk of being torn apart, chewed up, spit out and sent running back home to momma by the proverbial political & media sharks in a top-10 market.
March 31st, 2011
3:14 pm
Does anyone really think the white female has a chance of getting hired?
A mostly black school board and a black superintendent are accused of racism by black parents in the county who disagree with them. Imagine what it would be like for a white female if she did get hired!
March 31st, 2011
3:51 pm
I will add to Ernest's comment…Ethical smart leadership decisions transcend the job…ie the CEO leaving Grady. It is important that new superintendants are ethical problem solvers and ethics are the same..or should be…everywhere and problems solvers can identify and solve problems in most any business.
March 31st, 2011
4:36 pm
To me, the only significant question is whether they have the fortitude and the willingness to make very unpopular choices even if it ultimately puts them at significant risk of losing their job? We need someone with Balls as Kat T said and we especially need someone who realizes that in order to turn this system around, they are going to have to do things that piss off just about everyone but which are in the best interest of educating our kids.
March 31st, 2011
5:11 pm
@Will the last Democrat please turn out the lights…..
1. No offense, but you describe how and why Atlanta got its current superintendent.
2. The Atlanta school board is not now the problem, no matter SACS. The current APS superindendency is and always has been the problem. Fire 90% of a district's principals to only replace them with "Yes" people then stand back and watch CRCT cheating and other unsavory behaviors become inevitable and eventually emerge.
3. So-called "urban" districts are a misnomer, a social barrier all too often self-imposed. Show me a kid having "urban" as an inherent characteristic of being a human being.
March 31st, 2011
5:45 pm
The big problem here is the large mega school districts. These 100,000 student school districts need to be broken up then are unmanageable as school districts. They just become fifedoms for theft by administrators and clerks. No K-12 district should be over 20,000 Students. Most should be less than 10,000 Students. More ideal are 1 or 2 High Schools in a District with a Supt. making $150K. You can have 2-3 smaller Districts sharing a Vo-tech School, an Alternative School, a special needs school. Districts can form buying Co-ops to get better purchasing power. No need to have all these admin. positions. Most of the country does not have these mega districts. Look at the top performing districts and schools in the country, they are small. I know I went to one.
March 31st, 2011
6:09 pm
Size doesn't matter, but credentials do. The old adages "time in the saddle", "years behind the wheel", and "practice makes perfect" come to mind. I was hopeful DCSS would short-list candidates with more years as superintendent in their former districts.
Actually coming from a small district may be a benefit to DeKalb's taxpayers. I imagine one who is used to only a handful of central office personnel managing federal mandates, instruction, and such would feel like they've been slapped in the face with an eraser when they see for themselves just how bloated the DCSS central office is.
March 31st, 2011
8:34 pm
But…someone with years of experience and a proven track record also has to be willing to come to DeKalb. I imagine that, if that candidate existed, he/she would have been in the top 3.
March 31st, 2011
9:06 pm
Size matters!!! Especially in salary!
March 31st, 2011
9:13 pm
"Does size matter?" Yep. People who did not attend, did not watch on PDS24, or did not watch online the meeting of the three finalist, please do not complain anymore. Stakeholder apathy (based on the audience size) is what is wrong with DCSS, not the board, not the schools, but the stakeholder community. You will end up with the person who showed much charisma, yet you need the one who was last woman standing. Charisma talked and got handclaps, but that is what Lewis had-charisma- and see where thay got DCSS.
March 31st, 2011
9:23 pm
DeKalb, Clayton, and APS deserve what they get……the students will suffer..believe me. The WORST school districts in America are run by the WORST school boards who hire the WORST superintendents, who promote and name the WORST principals' supervisors, and the WORST principals are hired, who, in turn, hire the WORST teachers available….and the beat goes on and on and on and on………………………………………………………………..
March 31st, 2011
9:31 pm
All three had good points. No savior emerged. Davis seems personable, but lacks substance. Culver has 12 years experience as a superintendent, but I'm not sure DeKalb pays a lot more than he is making, and he may scare the board because he seems stron- willed. Cox seemed really nice and I think she would be good as an assistant. I can't see her tackling DeKalb's giant mess after only 18 months as a superintendent.
March 31st, 2011
10:01 pm
Say What
Agree with you about the crowd and apathy. Disagree about Cox. Fresh meat for the board, I am afraid.
March 31st, 2011
11:29 pm
say what?, please don't conclude there was stakeholder apathy merely on the live audience size. Given this was announced 48 hours prior to this session, I spoke with many who wanted to be there that had existing obligations. Since it was televised on PDS 24, it also allowed countless stakeholders to watch from the comfort of their home and not have to drive home late (it ended around 9:15 pm).
April 1st, 2011
3:30 am
School board competence is critical and a big problem for Dekalb and Atlanta. Atlanta's school board did not supervise and hold Beverly Hall accountable at all, especially on the major issues and
they are going to continue to pay dearly for their negligence.
She consistently over burdened the finances of the district during her tenure and the board is clueless, but they are getting ready to be enlightened as soon as she gets out of here! We are probably broke with a hugh deficit!
She never brought proposals to close any schools and there are too many buildings open, some with as little as 200 students in the seats, the number of educational reform models that are not working has also costed the district millions with little in return.
Rezoning the schools for efficient use was barely mentioned and the north elite hasn't moved one inch near the south end of the city(i.e. Brandon, Jackson, Smith, Morningside are all land locked with kindergarten centers off site) basically maintaining segregation at all cost and it is costly. Including her proposal for a new Buckhead high school that is significantly over priced for what may be needed. The solution for a lot of these concerns is to shift the zones and students and use the buildings that exist. There was no response to the demographic changes in the city at all. The district has lost more than 100,000 students down now to 49,000. So why do we still have more than 85 buildings open and no significant decrease in staff?
She has contracted out every service that she could with terrible outcomes. Who is monitoring the contract performance, nobody! I've never even heard the board ask for any kind of performance reporting on all these contracts. The current contract janitorial services are awful and the buildings are not clean. They only empty waste baskets, dust wipe and clean the restrooms somewhat. They don't speak english so you can't tell them anything and they understand and no APS staff is monitoring them on any given day any way. Atlanta tax dollars are not at work effectively at all.
Sodexho food services is also awful as the food served in the cafeteria is terrible. Pizza served most days and sometimes with collard greens and french bread! Complaints fall on deaf ears as the food has been awful since day one. The contracts are not saving money and there is little oversight of the work by APS.
The number of lawsuits in the district is crazy and self inflicted, especially in the special education department and has also cost millions, and the board rarely ask Beverly Hall anything. It wasn't even included as part of her performance evaluation and special education as well as 504 services for students have suffered badly under her tenure.
There hasn't been any real financial accountability by the board where Hall is concerned and the students and staff are suffering. Schools aren't getting the monies that they need for basic supplies and staff will not see any cost of living raises in a very long time thanks to her mismanagement of the district's revenues.
Atlanta has always had very good funding and financial management with no problems in paying employees step and cost of living increments until now which ultimately decreases retirement pension funds. Even the current economy wouldn't have had such a significant affect if she had the foresight to respond to the demographic changes in the city and shown fiscal responsibility all around. Since she got her $350K salary with bonuses and pension contributions annually she wasn't effected by the current economic tsunami to ever be concerned about the staff or students of the Atlanta Pubic Schools thanks to the negligent board of education.
April 1st, 2011
7:19 am
@Ernest, For those who did not attend and watched at home, hopefully they will go to the school's website and complete the e-comment.
Participation is key to the success of this process. Have a good weekend and spring break.
April 1st, 2011
7:30 am
My guess, the top notch candidates took one look at Dekalb's dysfunctional board, the central office bloat, the mess left behind by Lewis, and decided thanks, but no thanks.
No, what Dekalb needs is a turnaround manager. Someone who has a proven track record of turning lemons into lemonaide. I would not have ruled out a corporate type who has taken a troubled company and brought it back into solvency. Most often, these types are good for the short term heavy lifting, but their skills do not lend themselves to a long term relationship. I would have found this person, given them a 4-5 year contract with the mandate to clean up the mess, take out the trash, and groom his/her successor.
April 1st, 2011
9:56 am
@say what?, no disagreements from me on your last post! Hope you have a great weekend and spring break also….
April 1st, 2011
10:03 am
You know, if the DeKalb BOE does select a new Supt. and that new selectee is Black, what's gonna change from the way it is now? Nothing, because blacks take care of blacks, no matter the situation. The same underqualified people who are now screwing up the system will stay on to do the same poor job of running a major school system as has been the case for the last thirty years. Why hire someone else when the interim overpaid underqualified person can perform as poorly as a new person and we could save money, although that's a poor, poor way to save money.
April 1st, 2011
11:50 am
@Maureen Downey
April 1st, 2011
10:07 am
@A Conservative Voice: And whites don't care of whites?
In your hurry, you left out "take"
Maureen, you're trying to muddy the waters here. We're talking about a real serious situation. There are thousands of school children whose lives are being affected along with the economic future of DeKalb County and it's people and it's as plain as the nose on your face that what's not been working for the past thirty years will continue not working if we continue on the same path as before. The administrations and the DeKalb BOE for the last thirty years have absolutely ruined what was once a mighty fine school system and with another black superintendent, I certainly don't think anything of substance is gonna happen to turn it around. You know, you can talk about the "good old boys" all you want, but at least they didn't ruin our school systems and run our county finances into the ground. Look around you and open your eyes at what's happening in all of metro Atlanta (except Decatur ). A major shift is needed to right a bunch of ships that are very close to sinking to the bottom.
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L ADPS - Case Western Reserve University, USA - scheduling and data path allocation - Papachristou, C.A. et al.: "A Linear Program Driven Scheduling and Allocation Method Followed by an Interconnect Optimization Algorithm", Proc. of the 27th DAC, pp. 77-83, June 1990. ALPS/LYRA/ARYL - Tsing Hua University - scheduling and data path allocation - Lee, J-H: et al.: "A New Integer Linear Programming Formulation of the Scheduling Problem in Data Path Synthesis", Proc. of ICCAD89, pp. 20-23, November 1989. BDSYN - University of California, Berkeley, USA - FSM synthesis from DECSIM language for multilevel combination-logic realization - Brayton, R.: "Multiple-level Logic Optimization System", Proc. of IEEE ICCAD, Santa Clara, Nov. 1986 BECOME - AT & T Bell Labs, USA - FSM synthesis from C-like language for PLA, PLD and standard cell realization - Wei, R-S.: "BECOME: Behavior Level Circuit Synthesis Based on Structure Mapping", Proc. of 25th ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference, pp. 409-414, IEEE, 1988 BOLD - logic optimization - Bartlett, K. "Synthesis and Optimization of Multilevel Logic Under Timing Constraints", IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design, Vol 5, No 10, October 1986 BRIDGE - AT & T Bell Labs, USA - High-level synthesis FDL2-language descriptions - Tseng: "Bridge: A Versatile Behavioral Synthesis System", Proc. of 25th ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference, pp. 415-420, IEEE, 1988 CADDY - Karlsruhe University, Germany - behavioral synthesis using VHDL as the input/output language, based on data-flow analysis; automated component selection (allocation), scheduling, and assignment. Different architechture styles are supported, such as multiplexers vs busses and two-phase vs single phase clocks. - Camposano, R.: "Synthesing Circuits From Behavioral Descriptions", IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design, Vol. 8, No. 2, February 1989 Rosenstiel, W., Kraemer, H.: "Scheduling and Assignment in High-Level Synthesis", in 'High-Level VLSI-Synthesis' R. Camposano, W. Wolf Ed. Kluwer, 1991 Gutberlet P., Mueller J., Kraemer H., Rosenstiel W.: "Automatic Module Allocation in High-level Synthesis", Proc. of 1st EURO-DAC, 1992 CALLAS - Siemens, Germany - highlevel, algortihmic and logic synthesis (contains CADDY, see above) - Koster, M. et al.: "ASIC Design Using the High-Level Synthesis System CALLAS: A Case Study", Proc. IEEE International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD '90), pp. 141-146, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Sept. 17-19, 1990 CAMAD - Linkoping University, Sweden - scheduling, data path allocation and iteration from a Pascal subset - Peng, Z.: "CAMAD: A Unified Data Path/ Control Synthesis Environment", Proc. of the IFIP Working Conference on Design Methodologies for VLSI and Computer Architecture, pp. 53-67, Sept. 1988. CARLOS - Karlsruhe University, Germany - multilevel logic optimization for CMOS realizations - Mathony, H-J.: "CARLOS: An Automated Multilevel Logic Design System for CMOS Semi-Custom Integrated Circuits", IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design, Vol 7, No 3, pp. 346-355, March 1988 CATHEDRAL - Univ. of Leuve, Phillips and Siemens, Belgium - synthesis of DSP-circuits from algorithm descriptions - De Man, H.: "Architecture-Driven Synthesis Techiques for VLSI Implementation of DSP Algorithms", Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 78, NO. 2, pp. 319, February 1990 CATREE - Univ. of Waterloo, Canada - scheduling and data path allocation - Gebotys, C.H.: "VLSI Design Synthesis with Testability", Proc. of the 25th DAC, pp. 16-21, June 1988 CHARM - AT & T Bell Labs., USA - data-path synthesis - Woo, N-S.: "A Global, Dynamic Register Allocation and Binding for a Data Path Synthesis System", Proc. of the 27th DAC, pp. 505-510, June 1990. CMU-DA (2) - Carnagie-Mellon University, USA - behavioral synthesis from ISPS - Thomas, D.: "Linking the Behavioral and Structural Domains of Representation for Digital System Design", IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design, pp. 103-110, Vol. 6, No. 1, January 1987 CONES - AT & T Bell Labs, USA - FSM synthesis, produces 2-level logic realizations (truth-table) - Stroud, C.E.: "CONES: A System for Automated Synthesis of VLSI and programmable logic from behavioral models", Proc. of IEEE ICCAD, Santa Clara, Nov. 1986. DAGAR - University of Texas, Austin, USA. - scheduling and data-path allocation - Raj. V.K.: "DAGAR: An Automatic Pipelined Microarchitecture Synthesis System", Proc. of ICCD '89, pp. 428-431, October 1989. DELHI - IIT - design iteration, scheduling and data path allocation - Balakrishnan, M. et al.: "Integrated Scheduling and Binding: A Synthesis Approach for Design Space Exploration", Proc. of the 26th DAC, pp. 68-74, June 1989 DESIGN AUTOMATION ASSISTANT (DAA) - AT & T Bell Labs, USA - expert system for data path synthesis - Kowalski, T.J. "The VLSI Desig Automation Assistant: An Architecture Compiler", Silicon Compilation, pp. 122-152, Addison-Wesley, 1988 ELF - Carleton University, Canada - scheduling and data path allocation - Girczyc, E.F. et al.: "Applicability of a Subset of Ada as an Algorithmic Hardware Description Language for Graph-Based Hardware Compilation", IEEE Trans. on CAD, pp. 134-142, April 1985. EUCLID - Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands - logic synthesis - Berkelaar, Michel R.C.M. and Theeuwen, J.F.M., "Real Area-Powe-Delay Trade-off in the EUCLID Logic Synthesis System" , proceedings of the Custom Integrated Circuits Conference 1990, Boston MA USA, pp 14.3.1 ff EXLOG - NEC Corporation, Japan - expert system, synthesizes gate level circuits from FDL descriptions - M. Watanabe, et al.,: "EXLOG: An Expert System for Logic Synthesis in Full-Custom VLSI Design", Proc. of 2nd Int. Conf. Application of Artificial Intelligence, August 1987. FACE/PISYN - General Electric, USA - FACE: high-level synthesis tools and a tool framework, PISYN: synthesis of pipelined architecture DSP systems (mostly) - Smith, W.D. et al.: "FACE Core Environment: The Model and it's Application in CAE/CAD Tool Development", Proc. of the 26th DAC, pp. 466-471, June 1989. FLAMEL - Stanford University, USA - data path and control-logic synthesis from Pascal description - Trickey, H. "Flamel: A High-Level Hardware Compiler", IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design, Vol 6, No 2, March 1987. HAL - Carleton University, Canada - data path synthesis - Paulin, P.: "Force-Directed Scheduling for the Behavioral Synthesis of ASIC's", IEEE Transaction on Computer-Aided Design, pp. 661, Vol. 8, No. 6, June 1989. HARP - NTT, Japan - scheduling and data path-allocation from FORTRAN - Tanaka, T. et al.: "HARP: Fortran to Silicon", IEEE Trans. on CAD, pp. 649-660, June 1989. HYPER - UCB, USA - synthesis for realtime applications (scheduling, allocation, module binding, controller design) - Chu, C-M. et al.: "HYPER: An Interactive Synthesis Environment for Real Time Applications", Proc. of ICCD '89, pp. 432-435, October 1989 IMBSL/RLEXT - Univ. of Illinois, USA - data-path allocation, RTL-level design - Knapp D.W.: "Manual Rescheduling and Incremental Repair of Register Level Data Paths", Proc. of ICCAD '89, pp.58-61, November 1989. LSS (Logic Synthesis System) - IBM, USA - logic synthesis and optimization from many RTL-languages - Darringer, J. et al. "LSS: A System for Production Logic Synthesis", IBM Journal of Research and Developement, vol. 28, No. 5, pp. 272-280, Sept 1984. MAHA - University of Southern California, USA - data path synthesis - Parker, A.C. "MAHA: A Program for Data Path Synthesis", Proc. 23rd ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference, pp. 252-258, IEEE 1986. MIMOLA - University of Dortmund, Germany - scheduling, data-path allocation and controller design - Marwedel, P. "Matching System And Component Behavior in MIMOLA Synthesis Tools", Proc. of EDAC '90, pp. 146-156, March 1990. OLYMPUS/HERCULES - Stanford University, USA - behavioral synthesis from C-language (HERCULES), logic and physical synthesis - De Micheli, G.: "HERCULES - A System for High-Level Synthesis", Proceedings of the 25th ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference, pp. 483-488, IEEE 1988 SEHWA - University of Southern California, USA - pipeline-realizations from behavioral descriptions - Park, N. "SEWHA: A Program for Synthesis of Pipelines", Proc. 23rd ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference, pp. 454-460, IEEE 1986. SIEMENS' SYNTHESIS SYSTEM - Siemens, Germany - partitioning, data path allocation and scheduling - Scheichenzuber, J. et al.: "Global Hardware Synthesis from Behavioral Dataflow Descriptions", Proc. of the 27th DAC, pp. 456-461, June 1990. SIS (formerly MIS (II/MV)) - University of California, Berkeley, USA - synthesis and verification system for sequential logic - E. M. Sentovich, K. J. Singh, L. Lavagno, C. Moon, R. Murgai, A. Saldanha, H. Savoj, P. R. Stephan, R. K. Brayton, A. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli: "SIS: A System for Sequential Circuit Synthesis", Tech report UCB/ERL M92/41, University of California, Berkeley, CA, May 1992 SOCRATES - General Electric, University of Colorado, USA - expert system - logic optimization and mapping for different technologies - de Geus, A.J., "The Socrates Logic Synthesis and Optimization System", Design Systems for VLSI Circuits, pp. 473-498, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1987. SPAID - Universty of Waterloo, Canada - DSP-synthesis for silicon compiler realizations - Haroun, B.: "Architectural Synthesis for DSP Silicon Compilers", IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design, pp. 431-447, Vol. 8, No 4, April 1989. SYNFUL - Bell-Northern Research, Canada - RTL and FSM synthesis for a production environment - G. Ward, "Logic Synthesis at BNR: A SYNFUL Story", Proceedings Canadian Conference on Very Large Scale Integration, October 1990. SYSTEM ARCHITECT'S WORKBENCH - Carnagie-Mellon University, USA - behavioral synthesis - Thomas, D. "The System Architect's Workbench", Proceedings of the 25th ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference, pp. 337-343, IEEE 1988 UCB'S SYNTHESIS SYSTEM - UCB, USA - transformations, scheduling and data path allocation - Devadas, S.: "Algorithms for Hardware Allocation in Data Path Synthesis", IEEE Trans. on CAD, pp. 768-781, July 89 V COMPILER - IBM, USA - scheduling and data path allocation from V-language - Berstis, V: "The V Compiler: Automatic Hardware Design", IEEE Design and Test, pp. 8-17, April 1989. VSS - Univ. of California at Irvine, USA - transformations, scheduling and data path allocation from VHDL to MILO - Lis, J. et al.: "Synthesis from VHDL", Proc. ICCD'88, pp. 378-381, October 1988. YORKTOWN SILICON COMPILER - IBM T.J.Watson Research Centre, USA - data path synthesis, logic synthesis etc. - Brayton, R.K., et al. "The Yorktown Silicon Compiler", Silicon Compilation, pp. 204-311, Addison-Wesley, 1988
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Colleen Anunu could tell something was off as soon as she lifted the piping-hot cup of Honduran coffee to her lips.
A worker sprays fungicide on coffee plants affected by a tree-killing fungus known as roya at a coffee cooperative in El Salvador. Reuters
The Central American country's coffee beans usually produce flavors with "a lot of fruit" and "really heavy developed sugars," says Ms. Anunu, lead buyer at Gimme! Coffee, a roaster and cafe chain based in Ithaca, N.Y.
But at the March tasting in the western highlands of Honduras, "the coffee was very underdeveloped," she says.
The culprit: an orange-colored fungus called roya, or coffee-leaf rust, that is the scourge of growers across Latin America.
The fungus is hurting production and is expected to cause crop losses of $500 million and cost 374,000 jobs in Central America this year, the International Coffee Organization says.
An orange-colored fungus called coffee-leaf rust has swept through coffee fields from Mexico to Panama, where some of the world's rarest beans are grown, driving up prices. WSJ's Leslie Josephs reports via #WorldStream
Roya is making some of the world's most desired coffee beans scarcer and driving up their prices. Some varieties of Guatemalan coffees now cost about 70 cents more per pound than the global benchmark contract traded on IntercontinentalExchange Inc. ICE -0.12% Intercontinental Exchange Inc. U.S.: NYSE $203.80 -0.25 -0.12% Sept. 19, 2014 4:03 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 832,001 AFTER HOURS $203.80 0.00 % Sept. 19, 2014 5:35 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 42,943 P/E Ratio 47.01 Market Cap $23.12 Billion Dividend Yield 1.28% Rev. per Employee $775,164 09/19/14 ICE Seeks Participants in Comm... 09/15/14 Office Depot to Move Stock Lis... 09/07/14 Researcher Argues for Preservi... More quote details and news » 's exchange, up from a premium of 60 cents a year ago, says Andrew Miller, owner of Café Imports, a Minneapolis coffee importer.
The higher cost means gourmet coffee drinkers aren't seeing the full benefit of a steep price drop in the past year. The drop has allowed big roasters like Kraft Foods Group Inc., KRFT -0.92% Kraft Foods Group Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq $56.91 -0.53 -0.92% Sept. 19, 2014 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4.97M AFTER HOURS $56.71 -0.20 -0.35% Sept. 19, 2014 7:39 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 200,676 P/E Ratio 13.98 Market Cap $33.80 Billion Dividend Yield 3.69% Rev. per Employee $804,356 More quote details and news » J.M. Smucker Co. SJM -0.03% J.M. Smucker Co. U.S.: NYSE $100.19 -0.03 -0.03% Sept. 19, 2014 4:03 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 646,935 AFTER HOURS $100.19 0.00 % Sept. 19, 2014 4:55 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 99,645 P/E Ratio 18.78 Market Cap $10.20 Billion Dividend Yield 2.56% Rev. per Employee $1,169,320 09/02/14 Arabica-Coffee Futures Hit 4-M... 08/28/14 Dunkin Donuts to Launch First ... 08/27/14 Coffee Futures End at Three-Mo... More quote details and news » and Starbucks Corp. SBUX +0.45% Starbucks Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq $76.07 +0.34 +0.45% Sept. 19, 2014 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 5.76M AFTER HOURS $75.98 -0.09 -0.12% Sept. 19, 2014 5:41 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 256,306 P/E Ratio 233.49 Market Cap $57.14 Billion Dividend Yield 1.37% Rev. per Employee $88,236 09/17/14 Wake Up and Smell the Pricetag... 09/16/14 G-20 Plans to Overhaul Interna... 09/12/14 Starbucks Holder Unloaded Big ... More quote details and news » to cut prices. Arabica coffee futures have fallen 19% to $1.44 a pound in the past year, largely due to a bumper Brazil crop.
The fungus has swept through coffee fields from Mexico to Panama, where some of the world's rarest and most expensive beans are grown. Roya thrives on the leaves of coffee trees, choking off the source of nutrition for the coffee cherries that encase beans. Afflicted trees produce fewer cherries, and harvested beans are sapped of flavors like "Meyer lemon" and "sugar sprinkle" that draw gourmet roasters like Ms. Anunu.
"It was just so aggressive," says Aida Batlle, a fifth-generation coffee farmer in western El Salvador. The rust resisted three fungicide sprayings on her farms.
Across Central America, production is expected to shrink 16% in the growing season that runs from October to September from a year earlier, the ICO forecasts.
Central American countries produce roughly 10% of the global coffee supply—and some of the world's sweetest coffee. In a sign of the threat to that supply, Starbucks, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc., GMCR -1.83% Keurig Green Mountain Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq $134.96 -2.52 -1.83% Sept. 19, 2014 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2.72M AFTER HOURS $135.00 +0.04 +0.03% Sept. 19, 2014 6:16 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 694,965 P/E Ratio 35.80 Market Cap $21.92 Billion Dividend Yield 0.74% Rev. per Employee $723,697 09/03/14 The Heated Litigation Over Ari... 08/21/14 New Coffee Brewer Tests Keurig... 08/19/14 Google's IPO, 10 Years Later: ... More quote details and news » Folgers maker J.M. Smucker and other big coffee sellers met in April with government agencies and agronomists in Guatemala City for what was billed as an "emergency" summit.
The companies didn't agree to an immediate course of action. For now, regional governments are leading the fight against roya by spending millions of dollars to supply farmers with fungicides.
Coffee-leaf rust, a destructive disease, is spreading throughout Central America, denting supplies and diminishing the quality of gourmet coffee beans.
Scientists and farmers say roya will be an even bigger threat next year as the condition of infected trees worsens and the fungus spreads to new farms.
Agencies like the World Bank's International Finance Corp. are considering measures such as low-cost loans to help farmers pay for farming supplies and new rust-resistant plants.
"We obviously have some significant business interest in securing the coffee supply chain," says Lindsey Bolger, the head coffee buyer for Green Mountain who attended the April meeting.
It is difficult for farmers to save a crop once roya is detected on most of the leaves, says Timothy Schilling, executive director of World Coffee Research, a nonprofit group funded by big coffee companies.
If the fungus destroys more than half of a tree's leaves, its owner likely will have to cut the tree off at the stump. Such trees then can't produce coffee beans for three years.
In Colombia, unusually rainy weather in 2008 fueled an outbreak of rust that later grew into an epidemic.
Colombia is Latin America's second-largest coffee grower after Brazil, but output plunged and prices surged to a 14-year high in 2011.
In the past five years, Colombian growers have replaced about half of their coffee-growing acreage with rust-resistant plants, according to the Colombian Federation of Coffee Growers, an industry group.
This year, coffee production in Colombia is expected to rebound to at least 10 million bags, up 30% from 2012, the group says. Before heavy rains and rust hit, Colombia produced more than 11 million bags a year.
Gourmet coffee roasters say they can make up for some of the Central American shortfall by buying beans from Colombia and Brazil.
Those two countries produce more than one-third of the world's coffee beans.
The overall coffee market's steep price drop in the past year means farmers will have less money to fight the disease.
For Ms. Anunu, rust means she has to look harder for the perfect bean. "It's a lot of work," she says.
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Big Island Business Report 2014
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The Next Big Thing
Hawaii Island is fast becoming the place for innovation.
Hawaii Island, known colloquially as "The Big Island" has been long thought of as a place to go when you want to slow down, but look a little closer and you'll see that, while it's still a great place to unwind, the Island is actually outpacing areas around the globe when it comes to innovation.
You probably already know about the vast beauty and natural resources of the Island, but did you know that it's also home to exciting new innovations? The work that's being done here is being recognized, and it's time we all took note. Work on Mauna Kea even recently won a Nobel Prize for physics.
Gone are the days when the sugar plantations dominated the economic playing field. Now, the Island is fast becoming the place to be for researchers, astronomers, educators and developers.
"Our size is certainly a challenge, but let's not forget the tremendous opportunities that come with that size," says Jacqui Hoover, executive director for the Hawaii Island Economic Development Board and president of the Hawaii Leeward Planning Conference. "We are seeing the economic and industry sectors diversify, which brings all other diversification opportunities and challenges."
What does this mean for Hawaii Island? It means that it's evolving. The local community is progressing with the times and actually exceeding standards by setting the bar for others. It's also providing the infrastructure that will allow local children to not only get their education on the Island, but also to find burgeoning careers in new fields that were once only available if they left home.
What does this mean for the global community? It means they may want to start paying attention. The research and innovation happening here is being looked at as a model for places around the world as an example of how they can improve their strategies.
"Hawaii Island is a unique place that is the perfect incubator for trying out all types of innovative ideas and to know that they can work in so many different locales," says Vivian Landrum, president/CEO of the Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce. "We have 11 of the 13 climate zones here. You can travel around the island and find a locale that can mirror almost anywhere else in the world."
While the developments made are certainly changing the world, perhaps what's most innovative is the style in which they're being done. The people on Hawaii Island aren't innovating for innovation's sake.
"We are very close to our community," says David Honma, senior vice president and Hawaiian region manager for First Hawaiian Bank.
"We are looking for things that everybody can benefit from."
They're doing it with the local community in mind, and they're doing it in ways that will preserve the integrity of the Island and the local culture in the process.
"We are setting up for organic growth so that we can keep growing and sustain that growth," says Barry Taniguchi, owner of KTA Superstores and former chair of the Mauna Kea Observatory Board. "A lot of us believe that there can be a balance between culture, the environment and science. We can work together."
Median Household Income (2011)
Hawaii Island: $46,186
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Hawaii Island: $51,454
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Washington, DC, June 15th, 2010 - An astonishing "71% of women shop for beauty and personal care items at Walmart every week", according to the 2010 Pink Report® Women & Walmart: Seeing Through the Eyes of the Beauty and Personal Care Consumer. The Benchmarking Company (TBC) publishes the Pink Report yearly as each edition explores of-the-moment issues affecting the beauty industry. The 2010 Pink Report focuses on how Walmart affects the beauty industry, and why and how women shop for beauty and personal care products at the world's largest retailer.
According to the research, her opinions on Walmart have changed and old truths no longer apply. Where once she may have been embarrassed to shop for her beauty or personal care items at Walmart, or wouldn't admit that she was a Walmart shopper, today - she loves Walmart, and is not afraid to admit it. Walmart is an important part of her shopping behavior, and with 18 new beauty truths, the 2010 Pink Report unveils her true thoughts on shopping for her favorite beauty and personal care items there. Today's beauty consumer has come undone, and she's operating under a whole new set of truths where convenience, price, value and most importantly - authenticity - are the keys to her wallet.
"Women & Walmart was so important to us because when 200 million people do something each week, it's critical that we understand what and why. Whether your brand is at Walmart or not, what is happening there and how consumers are spending their time and dollars inside the store is vital to the entire beauty and personal care industry," said TBC founder and creative director Alisa Maria Beyer. "My goal with this report was to give the folks on Madison Avenue an intimate look at Main Street USA to see what's really going on. It's easy to become out of touch with the real beauty consumer. It's important that we get back to her."
The Pink Report findings highlight that both Walmart and beauty brands can benefit from understanding several key themes that are impacting women's lives today as they make purchasing decisions about beauty brands.
Our new truths on how women view Walmart yields vital intelligence into the hearts and minds of women all across the country. For example, women view Walmart as their top destination for beauty and personal care purchases - 71% of women shop there for beauty and personal care products. And today, Walmart means more to women than just bargains or low prices: 67% of women strongly agree that Walmart offers premium brands for less.
The Pink Report also provides detailed statistics on:
How much money she spends at Walmart every time she shops there
What brands she's buying (or not!) and why
What she really thinks of generics
How she spends her time once she's inside the store
Will Walmart.com get her to click and shop?
Her true thoughts on the retailer as a beauty authority
Why she seeks out beauty products at other retailers besides Walmart
The 2010 Pink Report: Women & Walmart: Seeing Through the Eyes of the Beauty and Personal Care Consumer is essential reading for all beauty and personal care executives; marketing, brand and product managers; research and development specialists; advertising and public relations professionals, and anyone who wants to better understand how Walmart is poised to be the world's largest and most influential beauty retailer, and what it means to you.
"This report will blow away everything you thought you knew about both women and Walmart, and fuel creative thinking and branding to take you into the next decade of beauty buying," said Alisa. "For brands and retailers alike, the Pink Report includes vital insights and strategic observations on new opportunities, messaging and positioning for any brand that wishes to understand and embrace her new beauty truths."
I. Methodology
(How and why we decided to focus on Walmart)
2.1 Executive summary: philosophy and findings
2.2 Welcome to the new truth
Why Walmart?
Her truth is in the numbers
Walmart is no longer her secret shopping experience
Old truths need no longer apply
Beauty schizophrenia
Generally generic
Not necessarily the new
Should she trade or should she go?
II. Truth Be Told: Old Truths, New Truths and the Truth in Numbers
(What we know and what we learned about Walmart)
3.1 Every pretty penny counts
3.2 Put on your Walmart hat
3.3 Recessionista
3.4 Don't tempt her
3.5 She loves Walmart
3.6 She and Walmart go waaaay back
3.7 The hulking superstore
3.8 She's buying her beauty at Walmart
3.9 Playing favorites
3.10 Queens of convenience
3.11 Naturally confused
3.12 Under her skin every once in a while
3.13 If she's not shopping at Walmart
3.14 No separation anxiety here
3.15 Walmart.com
3.16 The coupon lives!
3.17 Walmart for all
3.18 Don't rush her
III. Beauty Spotlight - The Beauty Aisle
(Her shopping behavior in the beauty aisle)
4.1 Dollars and cents: her annual beauty spending at a glance
4.2 Where she buys beauty: Walmart and then some
4.3 Beauty aisle price check
4.4 A beautiful state of mind
4.5 Her beauty shopping experience
4.6 High impact
4.7 Top beauty brands she buys
4.8 Beauty by the dollar
IV. Beauty Spotlight - The Walmart Beauty Aisle
(Her shopping behavior in the Walmart beauty aisle)
5.1 The Walmart beauty buyer profile
5.2 Walmart beauty shopper: vital statistics
5.3 The Walmart shopper: what beauty she's buying
5.4 Walmart will-nots
5.5 Walmart vs. ?
5.6 Uninspired beauty
V. Beauty Spotlight - Beauty by the Ages
(Her buying behaviors by age)
6.1 Age and Walmart loyalty
6.2 Her views on Walmart, through the ages
6.3 Is she embarrassed?
6.4 How long has she shopped at Walmart?
6.5 Day by day
6.6 Does she splurge at Walmart?
6.7 Would you like a basket?
6.8 Who buys more?
6.9 Generically speaking
6.10 Not all beauty products are the same to her
6.11 Brand loyalty and age — mutually exclusive?
6.12 She's been a beauty buyer for a while
6.13 Beautiful perceptions
6.14 Extra cash and how she spends it
6.15 A beauty buyer and her money are soon parted
6.16 She's motivated, and she wants to buy
6.17 Naturally beautiful: will she go organic?
6.18 Beauty turnoffs
6.19 What won't she buy?
6.20 The savvy beauty buyer
6.21 Walmart.com and her
6.22 Facebook nation
6.23 Annual beauty expenditures
6.24 She's savvy, at every age
VI. Checkout Line
(Key takeaways and strategic recommendations)
7.1 What are Walmart's new truths?
Be a beautiful force
Think beyond the Blue Light Special
Clean up, aisle beauty
Change your channel
Go ahead, introduce yourself
If you test it, she will come
7.2 What are the beauty brander's new truths?
Familiarity breeds content
Don't jump off the Brooklyn Bridge
Value is more than just dollars
Who's the big deal?
Is she digging your experience?
Not all generics are created equal
VII. Data Warehouse
(Survey questions)
8.1 Are you female?
8.2 How far away from your home is the closest Walmart?
8.3 Where do you typically shop for beauty and personal care items?
8.4 What words come to mind when thinking about Walmart?
8.5 Do you shop at Walmart?
8.6 If not, why don't you shop at Walmart?
8.7 What are the most important reasons you shop at Walmart?
8.8 Do you enjoy shopping at Walmart?
8.9 If not, why don't you enjoy shopping at Walmart?
8.10 Please estimate the percentage of your or your family's shopping that you personally do
8.11 Which members of your family do you specifically shop for?
8.12 How important are the following when shopping?
8.13 Please indicate which of the following statements reflect your views.
8.14 How long have you been a Walmart shopper?
8.15 What time of day do you generally shop at Walmart?
8.16 Once you have entered a Walmart, how long does your shopping trip usually last?
8.17 What days of the week do you generally shop at Walmart?
8.18 How often do you shop at Walmart?
8.19 Do you have a specific budget that you follow when shopping at Walmart?
8.20 Are you usually successful at keeping your Walmart purchases within your budget?
8.21 What typically causes you to spend more than your budgeted amount at Walmart?
8.22 How much money do you typically spend at Walmart each time you shop there?
8.23 When you shop at Walmart, do you generally ?
8.24 How do you usually feel upon entering Walmart?
8.25 Do you generally shop at Walmart alone or with someone?
8.26 What types of products do you purchase at Walmart?
8.27 Do you bring a shopping list to Walmart?
8.28 Do you review the circular from Walmart?
8.29 How do you usually feel when you are finished shopping at Walmart?
8.30 Why do you buy generic products at Walmart?
8.31 When thinking about your general spending habits as compared to a year ago, you are ?
8.32 What kind of beauty and personal care products do you purchase at Walmart?
8.33 Why do you purchase your beauty and personal care products at Walmart?
8.34 Have you purchased your beauty and personal care products at Walmart?
8.35 When did you start shopping for your beauty and personal care products at Walmart?
8.36 Why did you start shopping for your beauty and personal care products at Walmart?
8.37 Which of the following beauty brands do you shop for at Walmart?
8.38 Which of the following personal care brands do you shop for at Walmart?
8.39 Did you trade down (start buying a less-expensive product) in your beauty and personal care shopping within the past year?
8.40 When shopping at Walmart, at what point do you shop for your beauty and personal care products?
8.41 Please tell us how much you agree or disagree with the following statements.
8.42 Do you buy beauty brands at stores other than Walmart?
8.43 What brands do you buy when you are shopping at those places?
8.44 Why do you buy beauty items sold at stores other than Walmart?
8.45 Why don't you shop for beauty items at stores other than Walmart?
8.46 If you had an extra $50 per month, what would you spend it on?
8.47 What influences you the most when you are buying beauty and personal care products at Walmart?
8.48 For each of the following statements, check the box that most closely corresponds to your perspective
8.49 Do you spend more money on beauty and personal care products that are natural/organic?
8.50 Do you believe that a natural/organic product works better?
8.51 What is your favorite skin care brand sold at Walmart?
8.52 What is your favorite makeup brand sold at Walmart?
8.53 What is your favorite fragrance brand sold at Walmart?
8.54 When you are shopping for beauty and personal care products, what are your biggest turnoffs?
8.55 What kind of beauty and personal care products would you never purchase at Walmart?
8.56 Why won't you ever shop at Walmart for baby products?
8.57 Why won't you ever shop at Walmart for bath products?
8.58 Why won't you ever shop at Walmart for body and skin care products?
8.59 Why won't you ever shop at Walmart for eye makeup products?
8.60 Why won't you ever shop at Walmart for facial makeup products?
8.61 Why won't you ever shop at Walmart for facial skin care products?
8.62 Why won't you ever shop at Walmart for fragrance products?
8.63 Why won't you ever shop at Walmart for hair care
8.64 Why won't you ever shop at Walmart for hair dye and hair coloring products?
8.65 Why won't you ever shop at Walmart for nail products?
8.66 Why won't you ever shop at Walmart for oral care products?
8.67 Why won't you ever shop at Walmart for personal cleanliness products?
8.68 Why won't you ever shop at Walmart for shaving products?
8.69 Why won't you ever shop at Walmart for sunscreen and suntan products?
8.70 What is the most you have spent on each of these items?
8.71 What is an expensive price for each of these items?
8.72 Please tell us if you agree or disagree with the statement as it relates to shopping at Walmart
8.73 Have you ever visited Walmart.com?
8.74 Why haven't you visited Walmart.com?
8.75 Do you go to Walmart.com for product pricing and availability prior to shopping at Walmart?
8.76 When thinking about Walmart.com, please rank each of the following statements
8.77 Which of the following magazines have you read in the past three months?
8.78 What is your dress size?
8.79 Which soap operas do you follow?
8.80 Which of the following television shows do you love to watch?
8.81 Which of the following music genres do you listen to most often?
8.82 What kind of vehicle do you or your spouse drive?
8.83 Do you have a tattoo?
8.84 Do you attend a weekly religious service?
8.85 Do you have Facebook page?
8.86 What is your age?
8.87 How many children under the age of 18 do you have living in your house?
8.88 What was your total household income for 2009 (before taxes)?
8.89 Is yours a single- or a double-income household?
8.90 How much do you spend annually on beauty products (specifically color cosmetics and facial skin care products)?
8.91 What is your employment status?
8.92 What is the highest level of education you have completed?
8.93 Which best describes the area where you live?
8.94 Which best describes your ethnicity?
8.95 Please think about each of the following statements and indicate how much you agree or disagree with each
8.96 How did you hear about this survey?
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Lets start this off with a bang!
First up, and lady who needs no intro.. but I'll give her one anyway..
Suzy Wong aka Plush-Bots makes some awesomely cute and cuddly Plushformers.
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She has also been kind enough to post some basic simple patterns/ sewing tips for beginners ... AND (as if that wasn't cool enough)...is making a book!... Info can be found here suzywong.deviantart.com/journa…
In the cute and cuddly section there are these insanely detailed Needle felted TF's by GlassCamel.
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Not so good at sewing?... what about customizing another doll or plush to fit your needs? trillions customized a MLP to look like movie Bumblebee... two 80's cartoons combined!
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Translation: University of Paris 9
Location: Paris, France
Homepage: http://www.dauphine.fr/CRJBS/
Handle: RePEc:edi:sayp9fr
Areas or Functions: Economic and Game Theory,
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UFo video over Kernersville, North Carolina
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Source: MufonI was driving home west bound on market street and noticed six or more lights hovering and changing colors. Three of the lights ascended in tandem. They raised and lowered behind the tree tops from my view three or four times. I stopped my truck on the side of the road and watched them for approx. 2 minutes before I decided to video them with my cell phone. By that time there were only two left, but i did record them. They eventually faded away in the darknessNote: This video is distributed freely and constitutes as 'fair use' under section 107 of US Law.
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STEVENS POINT, Wis (WSAU) There was a fire inside an elevator mechanical room at Sentry Insurance in Stevens Point last night. The fire department believes a motor overheated, but the exact cause is still under investigation.
It happened around 9pm when the elevator car was on the 4th floor. There was only minor damage, and repairs should be completed today.
There were no injuries.