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- D – Desire: convince customers that they want and desire the product or service and that it will satisfy their needs.
- E a�� Evaluation: demonstrate that your company, your site and your product look (and are) credible and trustworthy
- A – Action: lead customers towards taking action and/or purchasing.
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The first step in successfully marketing a product or service is getting attention; that is, getting potential consumers to notice your product.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Authorities charged four new suspects Tuesday in the massacre of seven people in a drug den, and now say one of the worst mass murders in city history might have been caused by an argument over a car.
Four other men were cleared in June, just before going to trial in the December 2000 "Lex Street massacre." Authorities initially believed the slaying was meant to wipe out rival drug dealers.
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The city faces at least one lawsuit.
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The Lions totaled 788 yards against the Bears 575, so any offensive edge ostensibly belongs to Detroit. But Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford has never won at Soldier Field. And he gets beat up a lot when he plays there.
He has been forced out of Bears games with knee (2009) and shoulder (2010) injuries. Last year he got into a fight with cornerback D.J. Moore after throwing one of his four interceptions and was fined 7,500. He was sacked five times in the 2009 game.
In the 2011 game two, the Lions turned the ball over six times total and Stafford was sacked twice, finishing with a 46.3 passer rating. It didnt matter that the Lions vastly out-gained the Bears; they lost the ball on their first two possessions in three of the four quarters.
And Detroit is 2-3 for a reason.
We havent put enough sevens on the board early in the game, thats for sure, Stafford said. We have a lot of yards early and often in game but havent put touchdowns on the board. Thats something were still working on and giving it everything weve got to try and get sevens early.
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The 5,000 passing yards of Stafford last year really isnt the key in this matchup. Neither is All-World wideout Calvin Johnson for that matter. Stafford scored with a 73-yard pass to Calvin Johnson between safeties Chris Harris and Brandon Meriweather in the Detroit game last year. It was the last start for Meriweather and next-to-last for Harris, was released a couple weeks later.
The point there is that the Bears Stafford shredded last year are not the ones hell see Monday night. The safety play with Chris Conte and Major Wright has been solid behind a pass rush that has had three or more sacks in all but the Dallas game.
The Bears are unlikely to put up the two defensive and one return TD that keyed the win in Soldier Field last year. But either are the Lions likely to get an 88-yard rushing TD against a Bears front that is No. 1 in the NFL allowing just 65.8 yards per game. The Lions are 19th with 99.8 rushing yards per game and have not established a run game with Mikel Leshoure.
Keeping score
The Lions were able to blitz Philadelphia with a fourth-quarter spurt but the Bears are not the Eagles, and the Bears are allowing just 14.2 points per game.
Holding the Lions and a receiving corps of Johnson, Nate Burleson and Titus Young, plus tight ends Brandon Pettigrew and Tony Scheffler to fewer than 15 points will be a chore, and the Lions are scoring 25.2 on average.
But no team has scored more than Green Bays 23 on the Bears and it is difficult to see Stafford and Detroit topping that without a run game, which the Lions dont have.
Last year, they had a lot of offensive firepower, linebacker Lance Briggs said. This year, they still have that firepower but just lost some close games and won some close games, especially as of late. Theyre a dangerous team and we already know its going to be a battle. It always is. But its one we have to win.


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Early in March, Facebook made some company page updates in an effort to make social statistics more meaningful.
Did you notice a slight drop in your Facebook likes these past couple of weeks? That's because Facebook decided to delete the "likes" from both memorialized and deactivated Facebook accounts. (Hey, if those deactivated accounts are reactivated, you'll get your like back.) Your company page shouldn't see a drastic drop, though, so don't be alarmed. Over at Exclusive Concepts, we saw about a 2 percent drop on our page. But it's good to take note of the change to get a sense of how many no-value likes you had.
There was also an unexpected benefit to this; we saw an increase in our post reach in the weeks following. Perhaps targeting of audiences has improved from this change? I think it may have.
Your Instagram account may have seen a similar drop. At the end of 2014, Instagram began catching on to spammy, fake accounts (like their parent company, they became more vigilant about removing unwanted accounts). They've gotten much better at identifying offending accounts, so it's likely that your social numbers will continue to be impacted by this ongoing tango.
Same goes for Twitter: there's no real rhyme or reason for why follower counts fluctuate the way they do, but oh do they go up and down! After some digging, the most logical explanation I can find is the use of hashtags in your tweets. These will often lead to automated follower services/bots that artificially latch on to an account before being removed from Twitter a few days later.
What else is next?
Be on the lookout for upcoming changes in the Facebook Messenger App — Facebook's new announcement includes a big shift for businesses. You will have the option to use their messenger app to directly communicate with your customers as a new form of customer service. (Look out for a future post on crisis communication which will tell you: don't fight or argue with your customers! Now your customer service interactions can be made public faster than ever before!)
These changes could be huge for online retailers. Users will also have the option to link the app to their debit cards, allowing for actual transactions to be made.
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Judging by what we hear at our practice, a double chin is among the most annoying aesthetic concerns for many of our patients — both men and women. Why annoying? Because for many people, a double chin has nothing to do with weight gain. For some, it's an inherited physical feature. In other cases, fat begins accumulating as they age.
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The Treatment: The CoolMini applicator fits snugly under the chin thanks to its unique design. CoolSculpting chills fat cells to the point that they begin dying, without harming the skin or other tissues. This is a noninvasive procedure — no injections, no incisions. The procedure takes about an hour, and in many cases, 2 treatment sessions are needed to get the desired results.
The Results: Once the fat cells die, they're gone for good. Because CoolSculpting triggers a natural metabolic process to remove those cells, it can take several weeks for the final results to show up.
These before-and-after photos show the patient 12 weeks after her second treatment with the CoolMini applicator. Photos courtesy of ZELTIQ®.
The Cost: At the Plastic Surgery Group, the cost for CoolSculpting is $750 per area, with discounts available when multiple areas are treated. Body contouring with CoolSculpting uses applicators designed specifically for the targeted treatment area. Keep in mind that your final cost will depend on how many treatments are necessary to reach your goal.
The Treatment: KYBELLA is an injectable treatment that reduces submental fat using a substance that naturally occurs in the body called deoxycholic acid, which helps break down dietary fat. The number of injections made during a treatment session is customized based on your specific needs and the results you want. The injection sites are marked to ensure precision during your treatment, which usually takes somewhere between 15 to 30 minutes. Multiple treatment sessions, scheduled at least 30 days apart, are usually needed to get the optimal results.
The Results: As with the CoolMini, the results emerge gradually as fat cells die after treatment. Ultimately, most patients enjoy a contoured neck line with more definition in their profiles.
Photos courtesy of KYTHERA®.
The Cost: At The Plastic Surgery Group, we charge $2,500 for KYBELLA, which includes 2 treatments spaced about 1 month apart. For further information, we've written about the cost of KYBELLA in an earlier blog post.
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A performance block, also known as the yips, choke, glitch or monster, is a potentially career-ending, mentally crushing condition that causes a player to freeze and forget how to perform movements that were once simple and routine. It is experienced as a trauma; complete with fear, rising blood pressure, sweaty palms, anxiety, and tension.
|Left to right: Dr. David Grand, Mackey Sasser, Rob Polishook, Dr. Alan Goldberg at Shea Stadium before a game (2006)
Performance blocks, aka yips, choking, glitch, slumps, and the monster, usually rear its ugly head under pressure and seemingly completely out of the blue. Years ago, the infamous Steve Blass of the Pittsburgh Pirates coined his experiences with the yips as the "The Monster!"
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The tour company specialises in Ecotourism experiences on Sydney's Northern Beaches and within Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, New South Wales. EcoTreasures have been lucky to host a range of international study tour students visiting Sydney this winter, who have been participating in the initiative. The students arrive in Australia for short stays of generally 7-14 days, which consist of English lessons and Australian tour experiences. EcoTreasures owner, Damien McClellan, has been happy to host the students on his tours and to incorporate a new element into the half-day adventure, with a purpose to clean up marine debris that accumulates in the natural environment known to be a prime habitat for Little Penguins.
Mr McClellan has been very proud to run these tours, which highlight a range of environmental awareness messages, and mentions, "when we visit the little penguin habit at Collins Beach in Sydney Harbour National Park we conduct a beach clean-up. The students always put in 110% and we remove as much marine debris from the catchment as possible. We are all giving back to the location we are appreciating for it's natural beauty, and I'm proud of all these international guests caring for Australia's environment."
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It's the time of year to look back on everything you have done and think about ways you can do things even better in the year ahead. That being said, here are 5 tips to help you promote your website.
If you haven't got a branded email address already, it may be time to do so. It is easy to get one set up that uses the same domain name as your website. Then whenever you hand out a business card with your email address on, or whenever you email someone, your domain name is front and centre in people's eyes and minds. It also looks professional and more serious than firstname.lastname@example.com!
Your email signature is an opportunity to give people helpful information. Include a link to your website together with any other contact information that is appropriate. If you have a special offer, you might consider adding a line about it here too. Do not abuse your email signature though. Too many links and images will make it appear like spam to many mail servers, which will stop your messages getting through.
If you create content on social media that does not link to anything on your website, then do not expect your website to get any visits. Instead use social media to spread your message, not as the medium for your message. Write content on your own site that you can then share via social media. If you have a blog, make good use of it writing useful pieces that people will want to read and share themselves.
Continuing with social media for a moment, remember to engage and be engaging. Read and respond to other people's (and businesses') posts. Not only will it improve your brand image if you are helpful, but people will generally be more willing to read and share your content when you do post something of your own.
Lastly, if you have an amazing offer, or a competition, or a bit of industry news or anything else you want people to see, remember to tell them about it. You might be at a networking meeting, down the pub (a rarity these days) or at an event. Take the opportunity to tell them about whatever it is and direct them to your website for more information. Anyone that is interested will visit your site. It is all about giving people a reason to visit.
These are just some of the things you can do to help promote your business website, but there are many more. What will you do new in 2016?
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Remember my last post about Fairypants? Well, they're expanding their range to include loose, mineral-based eyeshadows (completely vegan, of course!) and were very kind to send me a sample pot! I was smitten the moment I opened my parcel, the company always take so much care with their packaging! Out tumbled my eyeshadow sample in Olivia, a sweet and lots of glittery heart-shaped confetti. Things like that always make my day.All the shades in the range are named after one of Shakespeare's female characters, which was fitting since I just handed in an essay about feminism and Hamlet. But let's not get into that. Olivia is a pale, shimmery green in the pot that easily builds into a deeper colour when applied. The packaging hasn't been finalised yet, but I trust it will be impeccably designed, like all of Fairypants' products are. For now, all I can comment on is the jar, which is faff-free, easy to handle and a nice portable size. If you're into carrying your make-up around with you, that is, which I'm not but seems to be something lots of people do.
The product itself is one I can't fault. It applies easily with a brush and stays on all day (up to 12 hours for me!) when used with a basic primer. I used my ELF Mineral Eyeshadow Primer, which has really been growing on me. While I expected quite a bit of fallout with a loose eyeshadow, I actually found that dabbing the product onto my lid with the brush rather than sweeping it resulted in almost none! Either way, any fallout is easily removed with a quick once-over using a powder brush. The colour is very light at first, but I've found that it builds up to a deeper shade very quickly, so the product can really be used in a way to suit anyone, which I find is always a plus.
Here you can see it applied on my lids. How bad is my skin!? I didn't want to edit much because I wanted the colour to be realistic, so do ignore those imperfections…
My only negative point would be that I find green eyeshadow doesn't really suit me, so that isn't really a criticism at all. When these shadows are released, I'll definitely be purchasing some of the other colours, especially the smokey-grey Desdemona shade!
Have you used any loose eyeshadows lately?
Once these products are released, they will be available on the Fairypants website.
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Synopsis (from Goodreads)
Pages: 272
Publisher; Hot Key Books
Released: 2nd of June 2016
Seventeen-year-old Sunny's always been a little bit of a pushover. But when she's sent a picture of her boyfriend kissing another girl, she knows she's got to act. What follows is a mad, twelve-hour dash around London - starting at 8pm in Crystal Palace (so far away from civilisation you can't even get the Tube there) then sweeping through Camden, Shoreditch, Soho, Kensington, Notting Hill . . . and ending up at 8am in Alexandra Palace.
Along the way Sunny meets a whole host of characters she never dreamed she'd have anything in common with - least of all the devilishly handsome (and somewhat vain) French 'twins' (they're really cousins) Jean Luc and Vic. But as this love-letter to London shows, a city is only a sum of its parts, and really it's the people living there who make up its life and soul. And, as Sunny discovers, everyone - from friends, apparent-enemies, famous bands and even rickshaw drivers - is willing to help a girl on a mission to get her romantic retribution.
What I Have to Say
I've loved Sarra Manning for quite a while, despite not having to get around to reading quite all of her books yet and I have to say, this book could only have been written by her. Who else could write about a young black girl travelling around various parts of London at all hours of the night, joined by, among other things, two french guys and a broom.
There were motorbikes, rickshaws, stolon bikes and of course the good old tube involved in this mad dash as Sunny tried to track down her boyfriend so that she can dump him. It shows her journey from a quiet people-pleaser, to a badass bike thief and every stop along the way.
I think you can tell why I love this books. It's an adventure from start to finish that you can get absorbed in, There's nothing really more to say, it's just an awesome wild romp set in London.
And the broom is the best part.
My thanks go to Netgalley and Hot Key Books for providing me with this copy for review.


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Oil and gas exploration company Borders & Southern, B&S, expects to start work this month on two projects concerning its licenses in the offshore South Falkland basin, reports from London 'Offshore'.
Last April the company discovered gas/condensate with a well on the Darwin prospect. B&S plans to reprocess a 3D seismic survey performed in 2008, and to acquire about 1,100 sq km of new 3D seismic.
Both surveys will be merged to assist with interpretation of key play fairways and maturation of B&S' prospect portfolio. To date it has identified nine Early Cretaceous structures with potential reserves in the range of 120-720 MMbbl recoverable, and various other leads.
Many are within 3-10 km of the Darwin discovery. In addition, there are numerous Late Cretaceous and Tertiary prospects reported.
During 4Q 2012, the company commissioned E&P, part of the ThyssenKrupp Group, to perform a screening feasibility study for development of Darwin East and West.
The conclusion was that both are technically viable as standalone projects, phased, or combined as a parallel development with total production up to 56,000 b/d of condensate. Despite the harsh environment and lack of infrastructure in the Falklands area, development appears feasible using currently proven technology.
The most likely scenario would be sub-sea wells tied back to an FPSO for processing and storage of the condensate with gas re-injected into the reservoir to maximize liquids recovery. Condensate stored on the FPSO could be offloaded to shuttle tankers. Potentially, development could take three years from project sanction to first production.
Capex estimates range from 2.73 billion dollars for Darwin East as a standalone project using a purchased FPSO, to 1.585 billion if the FPSO were leased. A combined Darwin East and West development could cost 3.77 billion with a purchased FPSO, or 2.435 billion if the vessel were leased.
Another study by an independent consultant suggests a 200 MMbbl development would be commercial at an oil price of 65 dollars bbl, while a 100 MMbbl development would require oil price of at least 85 dollars bbl.
The next step for B&S is to prove up recoverable volumes in Darwin via appraisal drilling and to confirm the predicted flow rates with a well test.
Oh dear Nestor Kirchner - you tore up that Falkland Hydrocarbons deal with the UK denying the Argentine a share in the spoils.Feb 18th, 2013 - 05:03 pm 0
Yes, but his mom will be in Hades to keep him company, she pegged it yesterday at the age of 92.
She who spawned this boss-eyed crook can now go and kick him in the knackers for ballsing it up for everybody in AR. If you believe in that sort of thing!
What a "highly professional Ramping" article!
And what does the "Market" say to it?
BS shares down 5,91% today….
Brainwash anybody?
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Re: st: Automatically increasing graph hight to accommodate longnotes?
"Raymond P. Guiteras" <email@example.com>
Re: st: Automatically increasing graph hight to accommodate longnotes?
Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:47:41 -0400
Hi Maarten,
Thank you very much for your pointer to Mr. Wiggins's talk. I think that will be very helpful for standardizing my graphs.
However, unless I am missing something, I don't think it provides guidance as to how to solve my particular problem. That is, I can use a scheme to increase my graph height to some fixed number Y, but what I would really like to do is have Y vary based on the length of the note. As I mentioned, I can store the length of the note (either number of characters or number of lines) in local macros using my little auto-wrap code below.
Is there a standard height for each line of a note? If I knew that, perhaps a solution would be to increase the graph height by that amount for each line after the second one (the standard graph permits 2 lines of notes before you run past the boundary).
Once I figure that out, I will definitely incorporate it into a scheme!
Maarten buis wrote:
--- "Raymond P. Guiteras" <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
I often append very long notes to Stata graphs and would like to
increase the graph height to accommodate these notes. This is fairly
straightforward on a case-by-case basis using --ysize()--. However, I
Vince Wiggins gave a talk titled "Scheming your way to consistent
would like to be slightly more efficient by somehow automating this process, so that it is not necessary to fiddle with the argument of
the --ysize()-- command should the length of the note change.
Does anyone have suggestions for how to proceed?
It may be useful to mention that I can store the number of lines the note takes up in a local macro (e.g. `b' in the sample code below).
graphs" at the UK Stata Users' Group Meeting in 2006 that might be
useful. You can download the talk at:
Hope this helps,
Ps. Stata Users' Group Meetings are a great way of picking up tips and
tricks, and a way to meet some of the persons you only know as an email
adress on statalist. The next meeting is on Saturday March 29 in
Warsaw. Other upcomming meetings are announced here:
http://www.stata.com/meeting/ (and ofcourse on the statalist).
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The Anti-Discrimination Board's 2014 seminar program is about to kick off, with the first seminar on grievance handling to be held on Wednesday March 19.
In 2012-13, 11% of complaints to the Board related to victimisation, which occurs when a person is treated unfairly for making a complaint, either within their organisation or with an external agency such as the Board. A fair grievance procedure and training for staff who will be implementing it is crucial for organisations that want to avoid costly discrimination complaints and treat all their employees fairly.
This year we have two new seminars. One is
Respect and responsibilities,which is aimed at staff who need raised awareness around respectful workplace cultures and their responsibilities to ensure a harassment-free workplace. The second is
Hot topics, which gives the lowdown on a number of current issues: age discrimination, victimisation and how to develop effective policies and procedures.
Another seminar that you can't afford to miss is on
The challenge of social media. The dividing line between work-related and private communications has become increasingly blurred with the use of so many different kinds of media, and this can have consequences for employers and their employees. Our seminar will help you avoid the problems that can arise.
Also included are more seminars on aspects of the grievance process, preventing bullying and harassment, managing age diversity, fair management of people with psychiatric disabilities and recent case law that may affect you.
The Board's seminars, held in both Sydney and Newcastle, provide an excellent opportunity for managers and human resources professionals to get together to share experiences, strategies and ideas, and discuss issues with the Board's staff. Register now!
More information and registration...
The distinction between work-related and private communications has become increasingly blurred with the advent of social media. This can have consequences for employers and employees in terms of discrimination, harassment and bullying.
In a recent case before the Fair Work Commission, a human resources manager and long-term employee of a car dealership was dismissed after her boss found a private Facebook message she had sent to his estranged wife.
The HR manager, who was a longstanding friend of the estranged wife, confided in the message the employer was not popular with his employees and was considered to be a 'tosser' by most people in the motor vehicle world.
The employer read the message after using his wife's password to access her Facebook account. He then wrote to the HR Manager accusing her of discussing work matters in the Facebook message, disclosing confidential information, breaching the standard of trust and confidence inherent in her position and failing to act in good faith. She was dismissed two days later.
The company had a social media policy which forbade employees from making derogatory comments about colleagues and the company. However the HR manager argued that her message was not covered by the policy because it was private.
The Fair Work Commissioner agreed. He said that a policy which attempted to ban private communications between employees and third parties in their own time using their own equipment did not have a sufficient connection with the employment relationship to form the basis for a dismissal.
The commissioner stated that an employer has no right to control the personal lives of employees to that extent and the HR Manager's private comments did not justify her sacking when all the circumstances were considered. The employer's discovery that an employee has a low opinion of them may damage their relationship, but there would have to be some evidence that the employee's opinion had a damaging effect on the workplace, other employees or the business.
In this case, the HR manager had an impeccable 18 year employment record with the dealership and her comments were not made on a Facebook wall that was accessible to friends of either party, or as a tweet that was publicly accessible. It was clearly intended to be part of a private conversation between the two women.
The commissioner felt that a warning would have been a reasonable response in the circumstances and awarded the HR Managers six months' salary in compensation. Reinstatement was not possible because the necessary trust and confidence between employer and employee had broken down.
If you would like to learn more about how to prevent discrimination and harassment using social media, come to our seminar
The challenge of social media.
10.10 Wilkinson-Reed v Launtoy Pty Ltd T/A Launceston Toyota [2014] FWC 644 (24 January 2014)
The Anti-Discrimination Board's Senior Workplace Relations Consultants travel far and wide to promote awareness about rights and responsibilities under anti-discrimination law.
The Board's Margaret White recently travelled to Nyngan in north-western NSW to provide training at the Tritton Copper Mine, owned by Straits Resources. The mine is the major employer in the outback region.
After a lengthy journey involving a flight then a hired car, Margaret led training sessions for the entire management team at the mine. She also trained a group of Contact Officers, staff members who would be able to give information about the company's grievance handling system to fellow employees.
'At the Board we adapt our training to suit each different industry, so the information is easy for people to apply,' Margaret said. 'We'll include legal cases that are relevant to that industry, plus examples and role plays that could easily occur in real life. That promotes a more in–depth understanding – and the better the understanding, the less likely it is that problems will arise.'
According to Margaret, the fly-in-fly-out nature of mining employment raises particular issues in terms of anti-discrimination law. "Because a lot of the accommodation is provided by the employer, it blurs the definition of what is work-related and what isn't. For example, you may be sharing a room with someone who is bullying you because of your race, and it could become the employer's responsibility even though it is occurring after hours.'
'Another issue is carer's responsibilities discrimination. If your partner is sick and the children need to be picked up after school, and they live on the other side of the country, it's not just a matter of going home early or taking a day off – you might be gone for days on end. So that may affect what it is reasonable to expect of the employer.'
'It's great that Straits Resources are making sure their staff are well informed about their rights and responsibilities, and the particular issues that may arise in their situation,' Margaret said. 'It is an interesting industry to work with, and I hope that other companies will follow Straits' example.'
Photo: Margaret White (centre) with Tritton's Human Resources Manager Cameron Knight and HR Adviser Melissa Bain.
Disability discrimination remains most common type of complaint According to the Anti-Discrimination Board's annual report for 2012-13 released in November 2013, disability discrimination was the most common ground of complaint for the fifth year in a row (26% of total complaints). It was the most common type of complaint in most of the areas we cover, but particularly in employment and in goods and services.
Other types of complaints such as race and age discrimination have gone down as a proportion of the total as workplaces and service providers become more aware of the need to prevent them, but disability discrimination remains a complex problem to address.
However, race discrimination remains the second most common type of complaint (19%), followed by victimisation (11%), sexual harassment (9%) and sex discrimination (including pregnancy and breastfeeding) (8%).
Victimisation occurs when a person is treated unfairly because they have made a complaint, whether within their organisation or with an external agency such as the Board. The fact that this constitutes a relatively high proportion of our complaints suggests that there is significant room for improvement in awareness about how to deal with complaints and procedures for handling them.
Employment-related complaints continued to be the single largest area of complaint (53.5%). More than half of these complaints related to a detrimental work environment or harassment in the workplace. Nearly a third of all workplace complaints involved a state or local government entity. The provision of goods and services was the second largest area of complaint (24.7%).
21% of complaints finalised in 2014 were resolved by negotiation, or during or after a conciliation conference. 15.3% were referred to the Administrative Decisions Tribunal, as they were not conciliable.
The President referred one complaint of serious homosexual vilification to the Attorney-General for consideration for prosecution as an offence. 34% of finalised complaints were declined, and 10% of these were referred to the Administrative Decisions Tribunal. Complaints may be declined if they lack substance, are misconceived or are not covered by the Anti-Discrimination Act.
More information about our work in 2012-13...
The President of the Anti-Discrimination Board, Dr Stepan Kerkyasharian AO, has been reappointed for the next two years.
Dr Kerkyasharian was previously also the Chair of the Community Relations Commission of NSW, and resigned from the Commission in 2014. He had held that position since 1989 through the Commission and its predecessor, the Ethnic Affairs Commission, and was previously the foundation head of SBS Radio. He has been lauded many times for his crucial role in fostering community harmony in NSW.
Dr Kerkyasharian was appointed as President of the Board in 2003. He continues to lead the staff and work with current statutory Board members Peter Wertheim AM, Dr Eman Sharobeem and William Won-Hong Seung to provide the community of NSW with direction, education and support in matters of discrimination.
The Yabun festival, held on January 26 at Victoria Park, is the largest single day Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander festival in Australia and draws between 10,000 and 15,000 people. The theme of this year's festival was "Survive".
Presented by Koori Radio 93.7FM and organised by the Gadigal Information Service, Yabun is an important Indigenous music event which showcases the huge wealth of creative talent in the community.
This year's performers included Bart Willoughby Band, Emma Donovan and the Puttbacks, Kutcha Edwards, Leah Flanagan, The Renegades of Munk and King Brown.
Yabun also includes a 'Speakout tent" with speakers addressing contemporary issues, a movie night and a wide range of stalls providing information to the community, as well as others selling delicious food.
The Board's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Outreach program shared a stall with NSW Fair Trading on the day. This is a great opportunity for the Board's staff to answer questions, distribute information and network with other agencies.
Questions received by the team during the day related mainly to race and disability discrimination in service provision. Many other people took factsheets, brochures and promotional materials and in some cases said they would call the Board's Enquiry Service.
For Noni Ross, working at the Anti-Discrimination Board is an opportunity to assist the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community to address their ongoing experience of discrimination in a meaningful way.
A Murri woman whose family is originally from Queensland, Noni recently joined the Board's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Outreach team as Education Officer. She was previously a Customer Service Officer at NSW Fair Trading, informing the community about consumer rights.
'Discrimination is still a big issue in the Aboriginal community, and working at the Board gives me the opportunity to do something different, and help people to resolve discrimination problems actively,' she said.
As well as running stalls at community events and answering phone enquiries, Noni recently spoke at two workshops for Aboriginal young people at the Royal National Park.
The workshops were part of the Young Mob Leadership program, which is run by World Vision. The program aims to enable urban Indigenous youth to gain skills in public speaking and leadership, improve confidence and self-esteem and learn more about their Indigenous culture.
'The kids had a lot to say,' Noni said. 'They experience a lot of stereotyping of Aboriginal people and there were interesting discussions about how to react to that – what are the different responses if you react to discrimination with anger versus trying to be more educative, and which is most effective.'
A young man was employed by a major store as a casual shelf packer, but when he turned 18 and was entitled to the adult pay rate, he was offered fewer shifts. He complained about this to the store's local management and was told that this was because fewer shifts were available due to a drop-off in demand. However he said that other employees were still being given work.
The man made a complaint of age discrimination to the Board, after which he was given no shifts for several months. He said that when he rang the store to ask about work, the person he spoke to said they had been told not to speak to him or give him any shifts because he had made a complaint.
The store management denied that this had occurred, and said that they did offer the man work at another location. He said he didn't want this as it was less convenient and he knew there was work at his previous location.
A conciliation conference was held at which the store representatives had a positive approach. After the conciliation an agreement was reached that the store would pay the man $3,500 for economic and non-economic loss. The man continued to work at the store, and the local manager with whom he had his initial difficulties was moved to another store.
A woman had worked as a systems manager for a university for some years. She took time off to have her first baby and after her maternity leave ended she asked to return to work part time for three days a week.
Her request for part time work was refused, so she suggested a short-term job-share arrangement until she could return full time. She pointed out that there had been part-time or job-share arrangements in the past for similar roles, but this request was also refused.
She was then offered a project-based role which she could do part-time. She didn't want this because she thought it was more junior and had less prestige as it was less challenging and narrower in focus. Although the pay was the same, she would have been answerable to someone she had supervised before her maternity leave.
The woman lodged a complaint of carer's responsibilities discrimination. At conciliation, she explained that she was really passionate about her job and wanted to get back to work full-time, but couldn't get child care for the entire week. She could only get three days and was on a waiting list for the other two days.
The university representatives argued that it was an inherent requirement of her position to work full-time. They were concerned there wouldn't be a supervisor available if there was a system crash.
The complainant said she thought she could get a fourth day of child care fairly soon and could work from home on the fifth day or be on call. She pointed out that the person filling the role during her maternity leave had worked on another project for three weeks without having someone cover the role, so it clearly could function within someone being available all the time.
The university agreed to consider her role on the basis of four days a week. This was accepted and it was agreed that the complainant would return for three days a week until she got child care for the fourth day. The university also offered to supply additional technology to assist her to work from home and be on call.
A man who used a wheelchair could access the downstairs bar of his local club but not the restaurant, which was upstairs. He lived in a rural area and the club was one of the only social facilities available to him.
He asked the club to provide access to the upstairs area. The management investigated the option of a stair lift, but the stairs were not wide enough to do this and still be safe for other people using the stairs. The manager said that it was too expensive to install a separate lift, and the man's mother made a complaint to the Board on his behalf.
A new manager then arrived at the club and when the Board contacted him he was more receptive to the idea of installing a lift. This would provide benefits for other patrons and staff as well as the complainant, including people using mobility devices, people with prams and people moving large or heavy items.
After investigating the expense and the engineering aspects, the club submitted a development application and this was eventually approved. The complaint was resolved when it was agreed that the lift would be fully operational by a certain date.
An elderly woman lodged a complaint against a local council because she could not access their new swimming pool complex using her mobility scooter. She couldn't use the front entrance and when she came in using the side entrance, the staff would comment on her being in the way and tell her she shouldn't have her scooter in there. She therefore felt discouraged from using the pool.
The Board wrote to the council asking about their policies and training. The council replied that they were not discouraging the woman, and they had just built the pool to be accessible and were very keen for residents to use it, especially people with mobility problems.
The council's general manager apologised if the woman felt excluded and emphasised that she was very welcome. They explained that the council had a policy on disability access to its services, and council staff had recently undergone disability awareness training.
The woman was happy with this response as she considered it was meaningful and acknowledged her concerns. She advised that she considered the complaint resolved as she could now access the pool complex without feeling out of place or stared at.
An Aboriginal man who worked in a government service alleged that he had been racially abused by a colleague, and this was corroborated by a witness. He had previously lodged an internal complaint about disputes with this man but there had been no result. He wanted redress in the form of an apology and cultural awareness training.
The colleague denied that he had abused the man. He claimed that he was also Aboriginal and therefore couldn't be racist, which offended the complainant further.
There was some debate about the date on which the alleged incident had occurred, as the employer said it did not seem from their records that the complainant, the respondent and the witness were rostered on the same shift at the time of the alleged incident. The employer suggested that the complainant had made up the complaint in order to harass the respondent.
However, the employer approached the locally held conciliation conference with a positive attitude. They acknowledged the complainant's distress and admitted that there were factions in the organisation which needed to be addressed. The complainant also approached the conference positively and felt his concerns had been listened to.
The employer agreed to cultural awareness training but did not feel that an apology would be possible or meaningful, given previous incidents with this respondent. The senior representative at the conference also invited the complainant to contact him at any time if he had any further problems. This was accepted by the complainant.
A woman who did project work for a government department was not part of a group that was being promoted under an affirmative action program. She alleged that she had been told to undertake mandatory training which would be free for people in the group but not for people who weren't in the group.
She said that later she was asked to assist with the work of people who had been promoted above her but were less experienced than she was. She felt that her work was not being valued, and this was supported by some staff who were members of the group being promoted. At this point the complainant resigned from her position and lodged a complaint of race discrimination.
The department denied that the course was compulsory, and that the woman would have to pay for it. Initial consideration of the issues did not bring about resolution, but the issue was ultimately resolved through discussion at a conciliation conference.
The respondent acknowledged the complainant's concerns and showed recognition of the frustrations she experienced, and the complainant was satisfied by this. The complaint was resolved when the department agreed to pay the woman $5,000 in compensation.
A Jewish man was working casually for a cleaning company in a position which required him to work at different locations. He told his employer he was unable to work beyond a certain distance from home on Fridays as he had to get home by sunset for ethno-religious reasons.
The company said they could offer the man a different job at another location, but then the company was restructured and he said he then felt he had to quit as he felt he had been blacklisted. He said he then applied for another job with the same company and he was told he had been marked 'review suitability if reapplies'.
The man made a complaint of race discrimination, and the complaint was settled on a minor amount of financial compensation and the removal of the "review suitability" on his file.
A transgender woman had worked as a nurse for twenty years, both before, during and after her transition from male to female.
She alleged that she was subjected to sexual harassment at work while identifying as male, including negative comments, touching, inappropriate calls and messages and requests for sex, and no action was taken when she complained to management.
The woman went on leave as she was unfit for work because of the stress caused by this behaviour and an assault that occurred outside the workplace. When she returned to work she worked in a different unit, but by then she had transitioned to female and her new colleagues refused to acknowledge her new gender and refused to call by her new name.
The woman lodged complaints of sexual harassment and transgender discrimination. She alleged that her employer failed to respond to the complaints she made, failed to provide training for staff, and was vicariously responsible for the harassment she experienced.
At conciliation, the woman was assisted by a representative from her union and explained how much she had been hurt by the actions of staff and how much they could benefit from more training. Her employer responded positively and a settlement was reached.
The settlement involved: compensation of $5,000 as an ex gratia payment to acknowledge her distress, hurt and humiliation; a written apology; and training for all employees and managers in the woman's section to on anti-discrimination legislation, practices and guidelines, with a specific focus on gender diversity. The woman would also be given the opportunity to review the training package to confirm that it covered all the important issues. The woman also resigned from her position.


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Here are some of my favorite pictures of my momma and me from back in the day. I thank God for a mother who loves me unconditionally and has spent countless hours praying for me and still does. I hope and pray that I can live up to the godly example she has set.
Happy Mother's Day, Momma!
You taught me everything I know about how to be a mom, and I don't know what I would do without you. I love you. :)
{My mom pregnant with me on Christmas Day 1982. She's holding the teddy bear that my grandfather gave me for Christmas, the same day (hours before) he passed away suddenly from a heart attack.}
{My mom's first Mother's Day 1983}


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|Domain Knowledge to have the knowledge and technical skills required to be and to remain productive.
|Communication Skills & Employability to apply technical knowledge and skills as electronics and communication engineers to provide effective solutions in industrial and governmental organizations.
|Life Long Learning & Social Concern tso achieve success with awareness of entrepreneurship skills and have the ability for lifelong learning by pursuing professional development to meet the emerging and evolving demands to have a successful career.
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|An ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data
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|An ability to design a engineering system, component or process to meet desired needs
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|An ability to function on an inter-disciplinary team
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|An ability to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems
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|An understanding of professional and ethical responsibility
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|An ability to communicate effectively
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|The broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global societal context
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|An ability to engage in life-long learning
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We live nearby so will be on hand to personally welcome you to your holiday home and introduce you to what it has to offer. We will provide a welcome basket and are happy to arrange a free pre-arrival supermarket delivery unpacking service so that bottle of wine can be pre-chilled for you to unwind immediately!
"Six Apples" is a wonderful place for children of all ages to run around, make a noise and have fun whether on the swings, in the garden or at the local attractions.
We can provide 1 travel cot, a highchair and some toys - all free of charge.
Please note that although the swimming pool is fenced off, we do ask parents/carers to exercise extreme care and remember to keep the gate locked when not in use.
Only one pet at a time by prior arrangement
Just so you know what to pack, here's a list of everything we provide but if there's anything else you may need, just ask and we'll try to sort everything out so you just concentrate on the relaxing!
All kitchen utensils, crockery, cutlery etc
Iron and ironing board
Washing machine
Tumble drier
DVD player
FREE Wifi
Ipod docking station
Double oven
Bed linen
Hand and bath towels
Pool towels
Dishwasher tablets
Washing powder
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Preventing chronic disease through digital behavior change.
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Preventing chronic disease through digital behavior change.
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At Omada Health the main product is a program that includes professional health coaching, robust peer support, an engaging and interactive health curriculum, and smart tech to monitor and enhance progress.
Here's a selection of some of the work I've done at Omada Health. If you scroll down you can see earlier work of when Omada product was still called Prevent.
Like a lot of startups, at some point the product and team grows to a certain size where you realize that in order to have a cohesive and consistent product that is scaleable, you need to make sure all the designers and engineers are speaking the same language. After setting the general brand guidelines, I worked on creating a design system and regularly paired with a front-end engineer to implement it in our codebase for all teams to use.
GROUP BOARDThe group is an important part of the Omada program. These are the people our participants start their journey with and can talk to about their struggles and share their experience as they move through the program together. We're trying to improve the discussion board to help them quickly navigate through topics relevant to them.
MICROSURVEYSIn order to gather more feedback from our participants to help improve their experience, we created a microsurvey within the app where they can quickly share their preference and while giving us valuable data it immediately gets them access to relevant resources.
Participants in the Omada program that track their meals regularly tend to do better in the program and lose more weight. To motivate them to track more meals we added Reactions after they track a meal to test if this form of positive reinforcement would increase their meal tracking.
My initial focus while working at Omada was working on the product previously known as Prevent. I was designing the Mobile (iOS and Android) and Web applications. Aside from that I worked on branding and design of the Welcome Kit and Activity Kits that get sent to our participants.
PREVENT MOBILE (ANDROID & iOS)
When I first joined my responsibility was mainly designing for the Android and iOS app. The goal was to get the mobile apps to feature parity with the web application. Not only did we manage to do that within a year, we improved upon the features and influenced the web product with the new food and activity trackers.
A collection of various other work I've done at Omada:
Preventing chronic disease through digital behavior change.
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Track your favorite TV shows and discover new ones.
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Simplifying education for students, teachers and businesses.
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About the Home Study
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Types of Adoptions
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Proud Member of the Joint Council on International Children's Services
Types of Adoptions
These are our Azerbaijan babies - five children adopted from Azerbaijan by different families in NC. When possible, we will introduce our clients to other local families who are pursuing a similar type of adoption - often creating long-lasting friendships for both the parents and the children!
Domestic Adoption
Domestic adoption refers to the adoption of a child living in the United States. It generally follows one of three routes:
The placement of a child through a public agency (such as the Department of Social Services) which primarily deals with children in the foster care system, older children, and children with "special needs."
The placement of a child through a licensed private adoption agency. Typically, private domestic agencies place newborn babies, although they can place older children as well.
The independent placement of a child by the child's birth parents directly with the prospective adoptive parents, often assisted by an attorney. This process requires the prospective parents to locate a child available for adoption.
Why domestic adoption?
Many people select domestic adoption because it is possible to adopt a newborn baby domestically. Also, you may have information about the prenatal care of the child, health of the birthmother, the medical history of the birthparents and an opportunity to meet your child's birthparents.
International Adoption
International adoption involves adopting a child from outside the United States. In a majority of international adoptions, children are adopted from orphanages, although sometimes they come from a foster care situation.
After you have selected your home study agency and child placing agency, the process of international adoption involves three things:
Begin the home study process.
Apply for approval from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (formerly INS) to bring the child home.
Prepare your dossier. The dossier is the packet of documents that is sent to the other country to support your request to adopt. You will work closely with your child-placing agency to prepare your dossier.
There can be a lot of paperwork involved, but it is manageable and your agency will help you every step of the way.
Why International Adoption?
People choose international adoption for a variety of reasons. They may feel an affinity for a certain country or culture. Some people take the humanitarian approach of wanting to give a home to a child from an orphanage in an impoverished area of the world. Others are more comfortable with no connection to the child's birthparents.
Factors to consider when deciding what type of adoption is best for you:
Time factor, how long you will have to wait
Health of the child
Age of the child
Ethnicity/race of the child
Knowledge of parental health, and the child's family health history
Ability to meet the birth parents
Comfort with international travel
Comfort with risk- both emotional and financial
Renee and Greg, Asheville
The staff at Nathanson Adoption Services were always courteous, professional, and quickly responsive to our needs and requests. They were the one part of the adoption process that never made us wait, and that's hard to find!
- Carina, Russia
Kelly and Pete, Huntersville
Pete and I want to thank you for all of your help with our adoptions. You were always there for us and your support and advice helped to make some difficult times a little easier. You are one of the very few people we met who is in the adoption business for the right reasons!
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Tuesday, June 22, 2010
For sale
At least if someone responds I will know that I will live to tell about it.
We have had our house up for sale for a while now and trying to clean it for showings, get all of the kids out of the house while they walk through AND maintain some sort of a nap schedule is going to do me in. I actually got a slap-on-the-hand call from our realty because I think I have said "no" one too many times to showing requests so I sucked it up and let them show the house yesterday.
At dinnertime.
When Mark was working late.
They came early.
Right after naptime, no diapers changed or snacks handed out, early.
No time to stuff the rest of our crap in every inconspicuous place and load the kids in the car early.
The realtor said she had twins so she understood but she didn't look like she understood and as the showing went on it was very clear that her nanny keeps very long hours.
So they are in the house for two minutes and someone stinks.
I'm trying to casually sniff behinds and once I figure out the offender I am then debating on what is better, changing a stinky toddler in a room they may pop into or letting him walk the house and hope that our potential buyers have no sense of smell. McKenna solved that debate for me by feeding the baby a price tag so I moved on to fishing it out of his mouth and Twin Mommy realtor starts asking me to come open doors that have child proof handles (more evidence of the amount of overtime her nanny must work).
So I'm carrying the baby, McKenna is hanging onto the back of my leg for dear life and Parker is following with what I assumed was a trail of flies at his diaper by this point.
By now we are pushing dinner time and since the price tag didn't fill Sawyer up I had to feed him. While feeding Sawyer, Ashlyn began a mini meltdown over mexican dip and Parker and McKenna began screeching and beating each other over a bubble wand, while standing on the chair that I was sitting on to feed the baby. Oh, and did I mention at this time they are taking pictures of the main floor from our loft, capturing this whole lovely scene??
At this point I tell them the kids come with the house. They barely smile because I'm assuming they are horrified by this whole scene and telling themselves they will never have children that act like this and all Twin Mommy can say is that this age is so fun. That is just what I was thinking.
They thanked me for my time and left quickly so they could get to their car and shake their heads over the insane asylum they just visited. I continued to feed Sawyer, untangled a bubble wand from my hair and calmed two toddlers with toys and a teenager with mexican dip and prayed that these people buy our home because we are never showing it to anyone again.
6 comments:
- Mother of Multiples said...
OMG...Kill me now..LMAO..that was the best..I needed to read that and see that others struggle with the whole "stranger in the house". Isnt it crazy how calm they can be until someone wants to come over..INSANE...I am visiting from Mott Multiples facebook page. THanks for your contributions to my page and I am now a follower..keep writing and I will keep reading..
- June 22, 2010 at 3:13 PM
- Steph said...
First off, I've only seen pics of your house from this blog but why are you moving. Your lake location looks amazing!
As for selling, we had our house on the market for 8 months this year! CRAZY. We have a small house - less than 1400 sq ft and 3 two year olds. We insisted on appt only showings. We NEVER said no (as we really needed to sell) but we did try to arrange the time either before or after nap time.
We also never stayed in the house during the showing. It would creep me out and I didn't want strangers seeing my kids in the house - I know, I'm weird. Plus they say that the buyer really needs to envision themselves in the house which is hard to do if the owners are home(that's why they also recommend getting rid of all personal photos around the house). We tended to arrange play dates at other people's houses or at least go for a walk at the time of the showing. (Often times realtors were late and we would kind of hide at the end of the street and watch for them to come and go - not that we could "hide" very well w/ a triplet jogging stroller).
Luckily most showings were on weekends. We would clean the house after the kids went to bed Friday night. I know, we're such a fun couple. Every freakin Friday night for 8 months we cleaned the house spotless. I'm talking steam clean the floors, clean all the windows, remove fingerprints from stainless appliances, clean bathrooms... Then we'd try to do mostly outdoor play when the weather allowed or head over to a friends house on the weekends. We obviously would stay home sometimes which would lead to a messy house. If the showing was to be after nap we'd clean up again during nap. If not, we'd load the kids in the car or the stroller and then clean up while the kids waited.
Anyway, we survived. I was so happy when we took our hosue off the market. I swear I'm never moving again (we're moving to FL from CA next month and then never again). Good luck to you!
- June 22, 2010 at 4:48 PM
- Liz said...
Seriously, you are hilarious! Thank you for the 15 minute laugh!
- June 22, 2010 at 10:17 PM
- Nana said...
Does anyone know a publisher...you REALLY have to write a book.
- June 23, 2010 at 2:54 PM
- Heather said...
LOL! I totally understand the moment, though I haven't been trying to sell my house during the chaos. My sister-in-law recently sold her home with 5 small children (no twins) and her husband already out of state with his new job. It was nuts but they did it. . .
- June 23, 2010 at 10:04 PM
I did it! I have 7yo ASD (like a 2yo), 5yo, and 8mo. My DH works 4am-7pm. We did it and survived. It was ALOT of hard work. But you can survive.
- June 25, 2010 at 2:13 PM


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Louis Armstrong International Airport renovations
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(Gallery by Brett Duke, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune)
As the clock ticks down to Super Bowl Sunday in February, New Orleans is rolling out a red carpet for the throngs destined to converge on the city. A roster of improvements will stretch from the baggage claim at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to waiting taxicabs, from along Interstate 10 into the heart of the city, from hotels and restaurants to scores of store fronts.
More than $1.2 billion in public and private investments have burnished a place better known for its laissez-faire attitude toward upkeep. "It's like when you have company coming over," said Mark Romig, president and CEO of the New Orleans Tourism and Marketing Corp. "You clean the house up."
It's a polishing that New Orleans has undergone before, most notably in anticipation of the 1984 world's fair, Romig said. That event saw 7 million people converge on the city over the course of six months. Despite its woes – the $350 million exposition declared bankruptcy before it started – it had at least one lasting ancillary benefit, Romig said: the revitalization of the Central Business District, which back then had more than its share of abandoned blocks of warehouses and dark corners. Now, it's host to a burgeoning community of residents, museums and art galleries.
Other events have spurred renovations, including the Republican National Convention in 1988, Pope John Paul II's visit in 1987 and the 2002 Super Bowl, but Romig said those efforts paid more attention to window dressing than substantive improvements. This Super Bowl, officials said, is different: It's the first major event since the region suffered Hurricane Katrina's devastation.
"You're in the middle of seeing a great American city come basically back to life again," Mayor Mitch Landrieu said.
Repeat visitors will experience the changes as soon as they step off their airplanes. The airport, once a sleepy pit stop between Houston and Atlanta, is on the tail end of a $305 million upgrade. Its concourses last week smelled of fresh paint as crews worked on the finishing touches. A new color scheme of yellows, oranges and umbers is designed to convey a sense of warmth and richness, said architect Daniel Taylor, whose firm, Perez, led the design of much of the airport's interior. Curved plates that vaguely resemble tortilla chips line the ceilings, invoking a slow-moving river or a traveling flock of birds, Taylor said.
New restaurants and stores populate the airport's spaces, including a satellite of Dooky Chase's, that iconic Treme restaurant owned by renowned chef Leah Chase. And Zatarain's, a longstanding New Orleans food company, has opened its first-ever restaurant in the airport. A new rental car facility has risen out of the mud, and crews were busy pouring cement into a walkway that will lead from it to the airport next door. Inside, only Concourse A appeared to be in a major state of renovation last week, but Taylor was confident it would be finished in time for the Super Bowl.
New, strict regulations have been in effect since August to pressure New Orleans' aging taxi fleet to modernize its vehicles. In order to pass regular inspections, all cabs must be equipped with GPS devices, security cameras and credit card machines, among other stipulations. Landrieu's office said more than two-thirds of the fleet's 1,600 cabs have complied so far.
The state Department of Transportation and Development has sunk $13.2 million in state and federal funds into more than a dozen projects throughout the city. The rusted façade of the rail bridge at the Orleans-Jefferson Parish border will get a fresh coat of paint. State-managed roads will be re-striped. Work crews have gone so far as to clear away overgrown brush along I-10.
Eight French Quarter streets got an overhaul. A federal, state and city partnership called Paths to Progress ground down and repaved the surfaces. Sidewalks were rebuilt, their curbs made wheelchair accessible under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Workers are replacing the missing iconic blue tiles that bear each street's name. The total cost will come in around budget at $11.3 million, Paths to Progress spokeswoman Alex Wommack said. The program actually spent a little less than expected, allowing construction of two more pedestrian safety islands along North Peters Street. That work is expected to be finished by the Feb. 3 game, Wommack said.
The city has had to sweat it out to get some projects in before kickoff. The new streetcar line running along Loyola Avenue between Canal Street and Union Passenger Terminal, a $45 million project, was originally scheduled to open last spring. Now, city officials expect to start shuttling passengers by Jan. 28, less than a week before the big game.
Justine Augustine, the Regional Transit Authority's general manager, said crews working on the new line have run into 128 different obstructions -- an old ice cellar leaking ammonia, an enormous petrified Cyprus tree – but said he has no doubts about finishing before deadline.
Ditto for the $52 million worth of renovations going on at the Great Hall at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, said spokesman Tim Hemphill. The hall's 60,300 square feet will be set up as retail space for the NFL, opening on Jan. 25.
Staff writer Andrew Vanacore contributed to this story.