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Doctoral Worskhop Schedule
Saturday, October 6, 2012
- 8:30 – 9:00
- Breakfast
- 9:00 – 9:30
- Introductions
Jaeyong Song, Seoul National University
Jaeyong Song received his Ph.D. at the Wharton School. Before joining Seoul National University (SNU), he was a professor at Columbia and Yonsei. He serves as vice president of Korea Academy Society of Business Administration (KASBA) and president of Association of Korean Management Scholars. He won best dissertation Awards from Academy of Management and European International Business Association. He won Chazen Teaching Innovation Award at Columbia Business School, SNU Teaching Award, and the best performing professor award from Yonsei University. He received the best paper awards from KASBA, Korean Academy of Management, and Korean Academy of International business. His papers were published in Management Science, Harvard Business Review, Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Journal of Management, Journal of International Business Studies, and Research Policy. He serves as an editorial board member of Journal of International Business Studies, Long Range Planning, and Global Strategy Journal.
Atul Nerkar, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Atul Nerkar is the Jeffrey A. Allred Scholar and Professor in the Strategy Area of the Kenan-Flagler Business School of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was a faculty member at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the Graduate School of Business of Columbia University. He has been an Associate Editor at Management Science and currently serves as a Department Editor at the IEEE Transactions in Engineering Management. He also serves on the editorial board of the Strategic Management Journal. Atul Nerkar's research has appeared in journals such as the Journal of Business Venturing, Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, and Management Science and International Journal of Industrial Organization. He won the McKinsey and Company Best Conference Paper Award at the Strategic Management Society Meeting in 2001. Atul Nerkar has a PhD in Management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
- 9:30 – 10:30
- Developing and Defending Your Research Proposal
Ram Ranganathan, University of Texas at Austin
Ram Ranganathan is an Assistant Professor of Strategy in the Management Department in the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas – Austin. He received his Ph.D. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. His research examines firm strategy in settings of technological change, with a particular focus on how inter-firm collaborative networks, external stakeholders and intermediaries influence firms' responses to technological change. His research has appeared in the Academy of Management Journal and Organization Science. Prior to entering academia, Ram worked as a management consultant in Southern California, and as a software engineer in Bengaluru, India.
Prithwiraj Choudhury, Harvard University
Prithwiraj (Raj) Choudhury is an Assistant Professor in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at the Harvard Business School. He was an Assistant Professor at Wharton prior to joining HBS. His research is focused on human capital and innovation, especially on the mobility of knowledge workers, skilled migration, the role of context in shaping human capital and productivity of knowledge workers. In 2010, he was awarded the Haynes Prize by the Academy of International Business. He earned a DBA from the Harvard Business School where he received the Wyss Doctoral Research Award. He also has degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology and the Indian Institute of Management. Prior to academia, he worked as an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company and as a Regional Business Manager at Microsoft Corporation.
- 10:30 – 10:45
- Coffee Break
- 10:45 – 12:00
- Planning for Publication
Will Mitchell, University of Toronto
Will Mitchell is Professor of Business Administration in Strategy and the J. Rex Fuqua Professor of International Management at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business. He is a faculty associate of Duke's Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Health Sector Management Program, and Global Health Initiative. Will Mitchell teaches corporate strategy, business dynamics, and health sector strategy in the MBA, MMS, Ph.D., and Executive Education programs at Duke, as well as in partnership programs in Africa and elsewhere. He studies business dynamics, focusing on how businesses in developed and emerging markets change as the competitive environments change and, in turn, how the business changes contribute to ongoing corporate success or failure. Will Mitchell is a former SMS board member, a member of the SMS Fellows Group, a co-editor of SMJ, an editorial board member of several strategy-related journals in North America, Asia, and Europe, and a board member of Neuland Laboratories, Ltd.
Stephen B Tallman, University of Richmond
Stephen B. Tallman is the E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Professor of Business at the University of Richmond. He earned his Ph.D. in strategy and international business from UCLA in 1988. He served as chair of the International Management Division of the AoM (1998-99) and of the Global Strategy Interest Group of the SMS (2001-2005). He was elected to the Fellows of the AIB in 2008. He has served on the editorial review boards of several journals, including SMJ, and became an Associate Editor of SMJ in 2007. He is currently co-editor of Global Strategy Journal. He has authored or edited three books relating to international strategy, and has published numerous book chapters and journal articles in a variety of outlets including AMR, AMJ, SMJ, JMS, CMR, MIR, JIM, and JIBS. His research interests include global outsourcing, international diversification, industry clusters, knowledge transfer in multinational firms, and international alliances and joint ventures. He has been on the faculty of the University of Hawaii and the University of Utah, and the Cranfield School of Management, and has taught at Warwick University Business School, Judge Institute of Management at Cambridge University, Thunderbird AGSIM, INSEAD, and SDA Bocconi, among others.
Timothy Folta, University of Connecticut
Timothy B. Folta is the Thomas John and Bette Wolff Family Chair of Strategic Entrepreneurship at University of Connecticut. His research and teaching examine both entrepreneurship and corporate strategy, analyzing decisions around entry, exit, and diversification. Tim has held leadership positions in the academy, including serving as a member of the executive committees of the Business Policy and Strategy (BPS) Division (2003-2005) and the Entrepreneurship Division (2015-present). His research has garnered a number of awards, including the 2012 IDEA Foundational Paper Award by the Entrepreneurship Division at the Academy of Management; the 2006 Office of Advocacy, U.S. Small Business Administration Award for the best conference paper exploring the importance of small business to the U.S. economy or a public policy issue of importance to the entrepreneurial community; and Best Paper prizes at the Academy of Management annual conference in 1994 and 1992. He has published in several leading journals, and is Associate Editor of Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal (2011-present), co-Editor of a 2016 volume of Advances in Strategic Management, and served on the editorial boards of Journal of Business Venturing, Strategic Management Journal, and Strategy Science. He has been a Fellow at the University of Strasbourg Institute for Advanced Study (2012-2016) and a Visiting Professor at LUISS University (2008-2014). Prior to his UConn appointment, he held the Brock Family Chair of Strategic Management at Purdue University.
- 12:00 – 13:15
- Lunch
- 13:15 – 15:40
- Interactive Roundtables on Research Proposals
Jeffrey Reuer, University of Colorado, Boulder
Jeffrey J. Reuer is the Guggenheim Endowed Chair and Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado. He is a Fellow of the SMS and the first recipient of the SMS Emerging Scholar Award. He is an Associate Editor of the Strategic Management Journal and a co-editor of a SMJ special issue on the interplay of competition and cooperation, as well as a co-editor of a special issue on international collaborations at the Global Strategy Journal. He was a co-founder of the Cooperative Strategies Interest Group and was a program chair of two SMS conferences. He has also been active in the SMS as a chair of the Doctoral Workshop, an organizer of pre-conference sessions, and a judge for the SMS Best Conference Paper Prize. His research uses organizational economics to investigate firms' external corporate development activities. Recent projects are on the governance and design of alliances, collaborative strategies, and applications of information economics and real options theory to various corporate and international strategy problems.
Prashant Kale, Rice University
Prashant Kale is currently Associate Professor of Strategic Management with the Jones School of Management, Rice University. He is also a Research Fellow with the Mack Center for Technological Innovation at the Wharton School and a Faculty Associate with the William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan. Prashant Kale does research in the areas of corporate strategy, strategic alliances and acquisitions, and some of his current projects examine issues such as "how do companies choose whether to ally or acquire", "how do acquisitions create value in emerging markets", and "how do companies build alliance capability". His research has received awards from the Academy of Management and the Strategic Management Society, and his has been published in journals such as the Strategic Management Journal, Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review,
Nandini Lahiri, American University
Nandini Lahiri is Associate Professor of Management at the Kogod School of Business at American University. Her research lies at the intersection of strategy, international business and technology. She studies the implications of geographic and vertical scope of firms in the context of alliances, R&D and innovation. Her research has been published or is forthcoming in the Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal and Organization Science. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. Her dissertation won the Business Policy and Strategy Best Dissertation Award at the Academy of Management and was a finalist for the Farmer Dissertation Award and the Gunnar Hedlund Dissertation Award awarded by the Academy of International Business and European Academy of International Business, respectively. At Temple, she teaches business and global strategy in the MBA programs.
Mariko Sakakibara, University of California-Los Angeles
Mariko Sakakibara is Professor in the Strategy Area of the Anderson School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles. She has been an Area Editor at the Journal of International Business Studies and on the editorial board of Research Policy. She received her Ph.D. in Business Economics and MBA from Harvard University. Prior to coming to the United States as a Fulbright Scholar, she was deputy director of Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry. Her research interest includes innovation, alliances, intellectual property rights, entrepreneurship, international business and national competitiveness. Her research has been published in Journals such as the American Economic Review, RAND Journal of Economics, Strategic Management Journal, Research Policy and Review of Economics and Statistics. She is also a co-author with Michael Porter and Hirotaka Takeuchi of the book, Can Japan Compete?, which was selected as one of the Books of the Year in 2000 by The Economist.
Joanne Oxley, University of Toronto
Joanne Oxley joined the Rotman School of Management faculty at the University of Toronto in 2004. She teaches strategy and international business courses in the MBA, Executive MBA, and PhD programs and is currently PhD Coordinator for the Strategic Management Area. Joanne Oxley received her PhD from the University of California at Berkeley and has previously served on the faculty of the University of Michigan. Joanne Oxley's research interests lie at the intersection of strategy and international business. She has published in Strategic Management Journal, Management Science, Organization Science, the Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, Journal of International Business Studies, and Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, among others. Many of these publications focus on topics related to international alliances and collaborative strategies. Joanne Oxley is an Associate Editor at Management Science and serves on several editorial boards.
- 15:40 – 16:00
- Coffee Break
- 16:00 – 17:20
- Job Seeking and Career Strategies
Edward Zajac, Northwestern University
Ed Zajac is the James F. Beré Professor of Management and Organizations at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. He is an elected Fellow of both the Academy of Management and the Strategic Management Society. Ed Zajac's research, teaching, and consulting focuses on strategic change, alliances, and corporate governance. He has been recognized as one of the "most highly cited researchers" worldwide in the Institute of Scientific Information's yearly list of highly cited researchers (representing less than one-half of one percent of all published researchers). This year he received the Distinguished Scholar Award from the Organization and Management Theory Division of the Academy of Management, and he was also recently awarded an honorary doctorate from the Free University of Berlin. He served for many years as Co-Editor of the Strategic Management Journal.
Gautam Ahuja, University of Michigan
Gautam Ahuja is the Harvey C. Fruehauf Professor of Business Administration and Strategy at the University of Michigan. His research interests focus on competitive analysis, technology strategy, and the implications of globalization and the use of mergers, acquisitions and alliances in these contexts. Gautam Ahuja's research has received several international awards including the Free Press Award for outstanding research in Strategic Management (1997). He has also received numerous teaching awards and honors throughout his career. He has served or is serving as Associate Editor for Management Science, a Senior Editor for Organization Science and as a member of the Editorial Board for Academy of Management Review, Administrative Science Quarterly, and Strategic Organization
Xavier Martin, Tilburg University
Xavier Martin (Ph.D., University of Michigan) is Professor of Strategy, International Business and Innovation at Tilburg University (The Netherlands). His research examines how corporate strategies, interfirm relationships, and knowledge-based assets affect each other and jointly affect firm performance, with specific attention to international contexts. His papers have appeared in SMJ, ASQ, AMJ, Organization Science, Management Science, JIBS and Research Policy, among others. In addition to multiple SMS Best Paper/Best Student Paper awards, Xavier Martin is a recipient of the Best International Paper Award (now Dexter Award) from the Academy of Management and both the Haynes Prize for Best Paper and the Richard N. Farmer Best Dissertation Award from the Academy of International Business, as well as several teaching awards. He serves on the editorial board of SMJ, among others. He is a former chair of the Competitive Strategy Interest Group of the Strategic Management Society and formerly served on the SMS board.
Gary Dushnitsky, London Business School
Gary Dushnitsky is an Associate Professor of Strategy & Entrepreneurship and Academic Director of the Deloitte Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the London Business School. He also serves as a Senior Fellow at The Mack Center for Technological Innovation at The Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania). Gary Dushnitsky's work focuses on the economics of entrepreneurship and innovation. He explores the shifting landscape of entrepreneurial finance, exploring such topics as corporate venture capital, crowdfunding, and angel investors. His research appeared in leading academic journals, including Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, and Nature Biotechnology. He received several academic distinctions including the 2013 SMS Emerging Scholar Award, the 2009 Kauffmann Junior Faculty Fellowship, and several best dissertation prizes. Gary serves as a senior editor at the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal and Organization Science, and is an elected officer of the International Strategic Management Society.
- 17:20 – 17:30
- Break
- 17:30 – 18:50
- Reception


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Here at NY Foodie Family, we have been super late to the podcast game. We had heard so much about the podcast Serial, but only recently, as in a couple of weeks ago, listened to our first podcast. Who knew there were so many podcasts out there?!! And that we'd become such podcast addicts?!!! After listening to so many different podcasts we have determined two things that can make or break it for us. The first is the hosts. They have to be fun and engaging! It also helps if they stay on topic. Listening to some podcasts, the hosts go way off-topic and lose focus. The second is the content. The podcast has to be about something we are interested in listening to and/or learning about. We are also discovering that there are few quality family and children's podcasts out there. New podcasts are being introduced every day. So stay tuned for more reviews as we continue our podcast obsession!
Our Favorites:
Happier with Gretchen Rubin – (Self-Help, Health) – I am a big fan of Gretchen Rubin and have read her books The Happiness Project, Happier at Home and Better Than Before, all of which I enjoyed. She co-hosts this podcast with her younger sister Elizabeth and the two discuss a lot of the topics from the previously mentioned books, with a focus on being and living happier. They give real-life examples, take reader questions and give realistic tips and strategies. This is one of my favorite podcasts that I listen to on my own (though the Weekend Chef could probably get something out of it if he listened to it!).
The Nosh Show: A Fast Food & Junk Food Podcast – (Arts, Food, Business, Shopping, Health, Fitness & Nutrition) – This podcast features four guys who each write their own junk food/fast food featured blogs. Each podcast runs close to an hour and is filled with segments including "Nosh or Not" in which they discuss whether they'd try new products, plus reviews of recent foods that they've tried and news of new fast food and junk food products. I like that this is a podcast that we can listen to as a family (which we did on our recent trip to Arlington).
Serial – (News & Politics) – Hosted by Sarah Koenig, this podcast follows her as she looks into the 1999 murder case of Hae Min Lee. Lee's ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed was charged with the murder and was sent to prison for life plus 30 years, despite his claims of innocence. In weekly installments, Koenig investigates this murder case, speaking with Syed as well as key witnesses during the trial. I think this was one of the podcasts that contributed to the popularity of podcasts. We are late to this and know this is really old in the world of podcasts, but we're still hooked!
New Podcast Reviews:
Girls in Heels – (Society & Culture, Personal Journals) – Episode #1: Girls in Hells #1 (August 25, 2015) – This podcast is hosted by radio veteran Cooper Lawrence and Real Housewives of New Jersey (RHONJ) twins Teresa Aprea and Nicole Napolitano. I was not familiar with Cooper Lawrence prior to this podcast and have only seen the twins a handful of times on the RHONJ (we got rid of cable and I have been in all Real Housewives withdrawal). This 38 minute episode began with approximately 6 minutes of them talking about what/how they should choose their theme song. Then another five minutes or so was spent talking about the shoes they were wearing. The rest of the show was spent talking about a BBQ that the twins attended that was hosted by Joe Giudice and how his girls are dealing with their mom (Teresa) being in prison.
Summary: While I found the little bits about filming the RHONJ interesting, overall this was just not worth my time.
Lady Lovin' – (Society & Culture, Personal Journals) – Episode #1: Cheaters (August 24, 2015)
What drew me to this fairly new podcast was Lo Bosworth. I was introduced to her on MTV's Laguna Beach, as Lauren Conrad's BFF. While I was never a big fan of hers on the show, this podcast had me curious. This podcast is hosted by Lo Bosworth, DJ/writer, Jilly Hendrix, and comedian/writer, Greta Titelman. This first episode was about cheating, so it was a subject that I found difficult to connect with. The episode began with each host giving an update on what was going on in their lives. They then chat about and stick pretty closely to the featured topic, regaling the listener with personal anecdotes. They end the episode with "Sexploration," a segment in which they "delve" into their sexual quandaries. This episode featured the fetish feedism. Yeah, you just have to listen for yourself.
Summary: This podcast was entertaining like chatting with your girlfriends. Not for the prudish, with lots of cursing and sex talk. Unfortunately, none of the other podcast topics are especially relevant to a married mother with children like myself (online dating, weddings and safe sex). So, although entertaining, unlikely I will be listening to more episodes.
The Mighty Mommy's Quick and Dirty Tips for Practical Parenting – (Kids & Family, Society & Culture) Episode 344 – 10 Essential Parenting Strategies for When Life's Got You Down (September 13, 2015)
Host Cheryl Butler is the mother of 8 children. In this 13 minute podcast she provides 10 parenting strategies for when "life's got you down." Her strategies include "Accept It and Let It Go," "Find Your Happy Place" and "Refuel Your Tank." Butler provides examples and when relevant, research to support each strategy.
Summary: I found this podcast topic relevant and Butler's strategies useful. However, I found it very difficult to connect with her, as it sounds as if she's reading from a paper and not having a "conversation" with the listener. I am going to try to listen to a few more of these podcasts since they are short and informative.
Munchies – (Podcasts) – Episode #1: Danny Bowien – Failure Makes Everything Easier (September 16, 2015)
The title of this podcast doesn't really give you a good idea of what it's about. This podcast is going to explore food culture and the culinary world by talking to famous chefs and celebrities. There is currently only one episode of this podcast in which the host, editor-in-chief of Munchies, Helen Hollyman, interviews chef Danny Bowien. Prior to listening to this podcast, I was unfamiliar with this chef who co-founded Mission Chinese Food and Mission Burger. In this 23 minute podcast, I learned that Bowien was adopted as a child from South Korea and learned a little more about his childhood growing up in Oklahoma. In a short period of time I feel like I really got to know this chef that before I knew nothing about.
Summary: As a food lover, I have subscribed to this podcast and will be listening to more episodes!
Do you have any podcast recommendations for us?

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By Brennan Atkins and Noah Barnes
The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has dabbled in aliens, sentient raccoons, wizards, royalty, secret agents and even tree people.
Now, after more than 10 years, we get the most exotic thing from the MCU yet.
A female lead – it's about time!
"Captain Marvel" is the latest superhero flick directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck and includes Brie Larson as Captain Marvel, Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, Ben Mendelsohn as Talos, and Jude Law as Yon-Rogg.
This film is set in the '90s, making it a prequel to most Marvel films with the exception of "Captain America: The First Avenger." In this film, the Avengers have yet to assemble, and the world hasn't been exposed to superhumans in any way so far.
Captain Marvel is a character who is hard to love. That isn't to say that she is bad – certainly better than most DC film characters – but one half of her is charismatic and conflicted, while the other half is a blank slate.
You can tell when Larson is having fun with the world, and can hear it in her voice. Unfortunately, you can also hear when she isn't putting in her all. There are literally points in the movie where she is seemingly staring off into the distance.
How exciting.
We get to see a younger Fury who has a less cynical view of the world, and this is a refreshing take on the same recurring character since the very first movie in the MCU, "Iron Man." Marvel uses a de-aging effect on Fury's face, and it's hard to tell you are actually watching a 70-year-old man.
One thing that makes this film stand out from the rest is the idea that it isn't just as simple as having "good" and "bad" guys. The Kree and Skrulls are at war – both sides have their reasons for fighting.
There are quality characters, interesting settings, and unique concepts, but all in all, it's still a bit messy.
All three acts feel as if they are from different movies, and this leads to a problem in pacing. Parts of the movie feel as if they go on far too long, and there are also ideas we only get a glimpse of, which could have been interesting if built upon.
The movie serves as another set up to the highly anticipated "Avengers: End Game," and it doesn't do a great job of doing even that. We don't learn much more other than her personality and that she has powers. The movie feels like it's trying to be more important in the universe than it actually is, which is a shame because Marvel has stated that she is the strongest character in the MCU.
There has been a great deal of controversy regarding this movie. Both sides are frankly, idiotic. This movie isn't fueled by political correctness, and just like any other film it can be criticized by anyone.
Larson has said things that not everyone would agree with, but hundreds of people work on a project like this, and to berate the whole movie over one's opinion is somewhat childish.
We feel as if Marvel movies get a lot of hate, but more times than not they are just fun, action movies – "popcorn" movies if you will. However, this is the last film before "Avengers: End-Game," something that has been building for over 10 years, and it feels like the stakes should have been higher.
"Captain Marvel" isn't a masterpiece and isn't even one of Marvel's best, but it's certainly not as boring as "Ant-Man and the Wasp."
Grade: C+
Captain Marvel isn't a marvel, but it's a Marvel Film.


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Olympic Race Update: Where The U.S. Teams Stand in the Road to Tokyo
For the first time in what seems like months, the headliners on the World Tour get a week off. The last time April Ross and Alix Klineman took a week off? Between Four-Stars in Ostrava and Warsaw.
Even then, it's hardly a true week off. There's a 10-plus – at the minimum – travel day home, enough time changes to make returning to normalcy after jet lag a several day-long process – and then you're back at LAX, on another 10-plus – at the minimum – travel day to the next tournament.
It's enough of a process that Ross and Klineman, who hadn't been able to take the time to see where they were in the Olympic standings, had no idea where they stood. They had a good idea, though: A silver at World Champs and a gold at the Gstaad Major, supplemented by golds in Itapema and Yangzhou and a silver in Tokyo, is an avalanche of points.
Most, though, are like Ross and Klineman: They genuinely don't know where they stand. Neither do most fans.
So, on this rare off week, here's a rundown of the current United States Olympic standings, with the most important remaining events on the FIVB calendar.
Before we begin, however, a few quick notes:
- How the Olympic rankings work: The best 12 finishes from the 2019 and half of the 2020 season — those leading up to Tokyo — are taken into account. So if you play 15 events, you take your best 12 and drop your worst three. This means that the Olympic standings and the FIVB rankings will almost always be different. The FIVB rankings are only based on your best four of the six most recent finishes. So while one team might be leading in the Olympic race, they may be down in the world rankings. Confusing, I know, but what would an Olympic race be without a little added unnecessary Beautiful Mind games?
Onto the rankings.
(1) Tri Bourne, Trevor Crabb
- Finishes: 11
- Points: 5,600
- Notes: Bourne and Crabb might be the biggest surprise in the U.S. After taking more than a year off battling an autoimmune disease, Bourne returned to form almost immediately. He picked up his childhood bud in Crabb, began split-blocking, shifted Crabb over to the right — and the two immediately jumped to the top of the Olympic standings. A fourth at World Champs was an enormous point gain for the Hawai'ians, but they're almost certain to be surpassed by Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena in the coming weeks. Bourne broke his hand at the Vienna Major, and will be ready, at the earliest, for the World Tour Finals in Rome in the beginning of September. They're still in a good spot, however, as there are only two events left in the 2019 season worth playing — the Moscow Four-Star, which coincides with the AVP Manhattan Beach Open, and Rome — and Dalhausser and Lucena are skipping one, and Bourne and Crabb might be healthy for the second.
(2) Phil Dalhausser, Nick Lucena
- Finishes: 9
- Points: 4,880
- Notes: Dalhausser and Lucena have had an odd year, relative to the dominance that is always expected of any team with Dalhausser. But that's just the way the World Tour is. The only team truly dominant is Anders Mol and Christian Sorum. And besides, their results aren't bad at all, when you don't compare them to previous seasons. Sure, they haven't made a podium since Doha in March, but they've logged four top-10s in their past five events, including a fifth at the points-heavy World Champs, a ninth in Gstaad and a fourth in Vienna. Those might not seem great, but remember: Olympics are decided on points, not medals, and the 420 they took from Vienna is 60 more than the silver from Doha. They're steadily climbing.
(3) Jake Gibb, Taylor Crabb
- Finishes: 8
- Points: 3,860
- Notes: Weird year for these two. Easily the most dominant team on the AVP Tour this season, with wins in Huntington and Austin, a third in New York and a second in Seattle, they have yet to finish better than ninth on the FIVB in a Four-Star or better. They have a good shot to gain points in Moscow, with only Billy Allen and Stafford Slick making the trip, but with only one Major remaining this year, in Rome, they'll need a good finish, and a stumble from the top two teams, to pick up major ground. The good news is that they're only adding finishes, while Bourne and Crabb will soon hit the 12-finish threshold, so they'll only be gaining ground.
(4) Billy Allen, Stafford Slick
- Finishes: 7
- Points: 2,800
- Notes: These guys are an outside shot, but they have a shot nonetheless. They might only have one top-10 in a Four-Star or above this season, but their one top-10 is a biggie: A ninth at World Champs, where points are given out like candy. That ninth, for example, is worth nearly double that of their recent bronze at the Edmonton Three-Star. So they're still in the hunt, which is why they're skipping the Manhattan Beach Open and heading to Moscow instead.
(1) April Ross, Alix Klineman
- Finishes: 11
- Points: 8,160
- Notes: How safe are these two at the moment? Safe enough that they — gasp — took a week off and skipped Espinho, and they're staying home for Manhattan rather than flying to Moscow for another Four-Star. It would take something Herculean from the rest of the Americans to knock off Ross and Klineman at this point, and they're only getting better, too. This is as close to a lock as a team can get (knocks on wood).
(2) Kerri Walsh Jennings, Brooke Sweat
- Finishes: 14
- Points: 6,540
- Notes: Walsh Jennings and Sweat took a similar route to what Walsh Jennings and Misty May Treanor once did: Front-loading the Olympic schedule. Walsh Jennings and May Treanor used to shore up their Olympic berth almost a year before the actual Olympics, making it a much less stressful leadup to the Games. Her and Sweat haven't quite shored it up, but they've logged their 12 finishes, meaning they can now add new ones and drop the bad ones. It's an enviable position to be in, especially with nine solid finishes already. It puts the pressure on the teams below them to get basically fifth or better in every tournament, which is no easy task on this tour.
(3) Kelly Claes, Sarah Sponcil
- Finishes: 11
- Points: 5,720
- Notes: Claes deserves an incredible amount of respect for what has been a magnificent run with Sponcil thus far. I'm not sure how many people would have predicted that, a year into the Olympic qualification process, she'd be in third, partnered with a different Sarah. But that's exactly where she is, with a game that is proving to be keeping speed with the best in the world on a consistent basis. Sponcil, too, is one of the more impressive human beings in the country. After winning two straight national championships with UCLA, she went straight from Gulf Shores onto the World Tour — and now she's in a good position in the Olympic race. If nothing else, this team is one of the more inspiring in the U.S.
(4) Kelley Larsen, Emily Stockman
- Finishes: 11
- Points: 5,440
- Notes: This might be the streakiest team in the U.S. Olympic race. They'll take a silver in a Four-Star and win AVP Seattle in an excellent two-week stretch — and then take back-to-back 17ths in the next two weeks. That's the way it goes on the World Tour sometimes, but especially with these two in particular. They have four 17ths to their name, but also a silver and a big fifth at the Vienna Major. The good news for Stockman and Larsen is that, given their recent stretch of finishes, their FIVB ranking is up, meaning they should be, blessedly, out of country quotas and qualifiers for at least a few events.
(5) Summer Ross, Sara Hughes
- Finishes: 8
- Points: 4,080
- Notes: If a year or so ago you'd have taken a poll, asking beach volleyball fans who would be the top two teams in the Olympic race at this point, the most common, if not unanimous, answer would have been Ross and Klineman and Hughes and Ross. Which is why we play the game. With as much travel as world tour athletes put on their bodies, and with how much competing that they do, adversity is bound to happen, and it did, with Ross pulling out of a few tournaments to heal up a back injury. But they're really not in as bad a spot as many might think. They have eight finishes, so they only need four more. And if they can have a good tournament in Rome — if they play — and tack on another at the Chetumal Four-Star in November, they'll be up to 10 with another seven months of Olympic qualification to go. It's wild that, this late into the Olympic race, there are legitimately five teams in contention.
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Today I'm sharing a sneak peek from a new restaurant photo shoot I did recently called Stix and Stones.
Located at the outdoor mall in Burr Ridge, IL, Stix & Stones is a rustic-chic spot with a very casual and authentic vibe. When you walk in, you're greeted with their open kitchen that has a giant wood-fired oven used to cook all of their pizzas and sandwiches. You have the option of cozying up in a booth, sitting at a giant round table or grabbing a table near the large windows. There's also outdoor seating in the summer.
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One of my favorite things about this place is that they make their dough and mozzarella from scratch everyday and have several fridges full of gorgeous, fresh produce. They serve a variety of pizzas, sandwiches and beautifully crafted salads. You really can't go wrong at a spot like this, because they have something for everyone. They also serve craft beers highlighting local breweries and they even have some wine on tap too!
Be sure to stop by and check it out! Mike and I are actually heading there this week to break up the week-night routine and practice the art of "calling it a day."
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With the new RHS Chatsworth Flower Show just next week, we thought it appropriate to look back to the history of the first conservatory; 'Paxton's Great Conservatory' built in 1840.
The Great Conservatory from 1836 to 1840, taking four years to complete due to its vast size and impressive detailing. The building was 84m long, 37m wide and 19m high, making it the largest glass building in England. It was filled with exotic palms, flourishing trees, aquatic plants, rocks, mosses, ferns and brilliantly coloured flowers.
During the 1840's they used different methods to provide and maintain the Conservatory's tropical climate. They used eight underground boilers fuelled by coal which arrived underground by rail wagons. In Winter, it would take 300 tons of coal to fuel the boilers, making it costly and unsustainable. In 2003, the Coal Hole and Tunnel was opened to visitors.
After the First World War, there was not enough coal to heat the conservatory and many of the plants died. Due to the expense of restoring and maintaining the building, the Great Conservatory was demolished in 1920. The remains now lie under Chatsworth Maze which was discovered in 1962, originally within the walls of the former Great Conservatory.
We look forward to visiting RHS Chatsworth Flower Show to see the gardens where Joseph Paxton worked for several years as Head Gardener. The show will be a celebration, bringing Paxton's engineering back to life telling the story of his life and achievements.
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The Solomon Islands caretaker Prime Minister Rick Hou says the government is looking again at the lease for bauxite mining operator, APID and its associate BinTan Mining Solomon Islands.
This comes after the environmental destruction caused by a bauxite carrier running aground in Kangava Bay on Rennell Island, which led to 100 tonnes of heavy fuel oil flowing into the bay.
Mr Hou said both mining companies, along with the shipping company, are responsible for the clean-up.
Furthermore he said the mining companies may be barred from Rennell.
"The decision on the company mining lease and development consent will be done when all assessments I have instructed have been completed," he said.
"We have laws in this country and regardless of the inadequacies in some areas they still form the basis upon which decisions relating to the mining lease and development consent must be addressed."
Mr Hou said Solomon Islands has earned little from the more than 64 loads of bauxite ore that have been shipped off Rennell since the mine started operations.


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You Want Me to Write about WHAT?
I've been a writer on the side for several years now. Officially, that is. Unofficially I've been writing since I was…well, a lot younger than I am now (let's not get hung up on details). I've gone through the stages where I wrote tried to figure out what to write and who to write it for. I've scoffed at some genres then been knocked on my butt when I found out how well some of those genres sold. Through it all I have been write about one thing – writing a book about basket weaving is not going to make me rich! 🙂
A while back I read a study that indicated the majority of e-readers were owned by women. It wasn't a big majority, but anything over 50% counts. Conversely, the majority of tablets were owned by men (or in my case owned by me but used by my children to play games on). That made me begin to understand why some of the genres were so successful (e.g. romance and it's many shades). So all I had to do was write romance-ish books, right? Well… not exactly.
My wife recently picked up 50 Shades of Grey. I was torn on the decision. On the one hand it's a book with loads of bad reviews, written by a writer that made me grimace when I sampled the blurb and some of the text within, and it's very poorly edited. Professionally speaking, I just couldn't condone it. But then there's the sheer volume of copies sold, not to mention the promising secondhand mention of the affect its had upon women reading it (one friend recommend I "nip down to the shops and get some plastic ties, cuffs & a whip"). With advice like that, how could I deny her?
To continue the tangent, my wife is most of the way through it and her opinion of it is that it's not her thing (the BDSM), the writing seems immature or inexperienced, and there are countless mistakes throughout that are driving her crazy. But she's still reading it. And no, I haven't needed the ties, cuffs, or whip.
So I asked her what the deal was. The movie Magic Mike was a big success amongst women and the most regular review is that there's too much plot and not enough dancing. Similarly, books like 50 Shades are light (at best) on plot and long on smut. Is this a sign that (like usual) most men have no clue what women want? Do you ladies want sexy, fun, light, and humorous entertainment without the burden of plot and story behind it? Oh sure, there needs to be enough to make it look good if somebody should glance over and ask about it. Think of it as a beard covering the steamy parts hidden within.
I asked my wife that same question and I got a half smile and a shrug. That's it. What the heck is that? How do I, and other writers, provide the kinds of things you'd like without being able to get any clear guidance or data? Maybe that's just my man-brain and the quest for something that makes sense, but throw us a bone here. Ladies, you've been dating and marrying us for years. You know by now us guys don't do well picking up subtlety. Help us help you…
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August 24, 2012 at 10:19
I'm a lady and I have a Kindle Fire (there's an idea right there).
My favorite authors are John le Carré and Annie Proulx – hardly any sex at all.
But then again, I also like Vladimir Nabokov – all sorts of elegantly written sexual perversion in Lolita, Ada etc.. If there were a formula, every book would be a best-seller.
PS – I enjoyed your well-written article, if that helps 🙂
August 29, 2012 at 06:19
I think you will never be able to write the right thing to the masses. Long gone are the days of one size fits all or producing for the mass. Books are very personable, therefire, it is ok to write for a specific audience or a targeted audience. Some women like plot, some women dont give a darn about plot.
If you as the writer feel good about a subject area, you really like it, you pour yourself into the writing part, then people will read it ferociously. I think its that simple. If you try to please a large portion of people you will end up frustrated. Just write.
As far as 50 Shades is concerned I have not read the book and do not plan on reading it because I dont have an interst in bondage or s&m, but some women and men do. So you see, there is a market for almost every subject. I just happen to love all things apocalyptic and almost anything dealing with aliens or humans with extraordinary powers.
September 18, 2012 at 20:45
A good writer can bring any subject matter to life. The only thing I, and fellow writer friends, have gotten out of this book…are endless "my inner-goddess jokes".


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Finally started work on book four of the Threads of Fate series. Tentatively titled, Wrath of a Blood God, it focuses primarily on the giant axeman Moon, who I introduced in Verge of Darkness. 500 years earlier, the witch-woman Hjotra, led the Nordir through the great gates to a new world, as they fled the…
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December 21st, 2018
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After an absence of well over a year due to the demands of the pesky day job, it's certainly liberating to be back doing what I enjoy the most. Letting my imagination run riot and writing stories! I have finally completed and released Books two and three of the Threads of Fate series. Book two…
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Just started work on a short story titled: The Kings' Banquet. It is set in the aftermath of the events alluded to in Verge of Darkness: The defeat and expulsion of the Gualich soul eaters by the original band of heroes. It introduces Belash the Axeman and Kyung-Su of the twin blades -- the forebears,…
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It took 17 years, but Celine Dion is back at No. 1. The album 'Courage,' released by Columbia Records, is the belting diva's fifth overall chart-topping release, and first since 'A New Day Has Come' in 2002, when George W Bush was in his first term and 'A Beautiful Mind' was in movie theatres.
Dion has released eight albums since then, in a mixture of French and English, but was blocked from the top spot on the Billboard 200 by artists like Linkin Park (2003), Alicia Keys (2007) and Eminem (2013).
Although 'Courage' is Dion's first release in English since 2013, before the streaming boom, she relied on another chart advancement that has come into vogue to boost her sales: bundling albums with tickets to her live tour.
'Courage' sold 109,000 albums and had only 4 million streams, according to Nielsen, for a total of 113,000 units by the industry's current math.
The next closest album was also a new release: Canadian rapper and singer Tory Lanez's 'Chixtape 5,' built on samples of 2000s R&B hits by artists like Ashanti and Jagged Edge, had the week's highest streaming tally (94 million) and sold 9,000 copies as a full album for a total of 83,000 units.
Post Malone's 'Hollywood's Bleeding,' a consistent streaming favourite, is No. 3 in its 11th week of release, earning another 82 million streams, while last week's No. 1, 'What You See Is What You Get' by country singer Luke Combs, fell to No. 5.
At No. 4 is 'Lover' by Taylor Swift, who saw her album activity rise 48 per cent — the largest percentage uptick since the album's release in late August — during a hectic, headline-filled week.
On November 14, she escalated her public battle over the rights to her first six albums with executive Scooter Braun via social media, just days before she was nominated for three Grammys (fewer than some expected).
The week culminated in Swift headlining the American Music Awards on Sunday, where she was named artist of the decade and collected three trophies.
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Fireplace found dumped in local cemetery
Illegal dumping is blighting the maintenance of St Peter and Paul's Cemetery in Portlaoise, with one thoughtless dumper even disposing of a fireplace in the corner of the graveyard.
This piece of recklessness was revealed at the recent meeting of the Portlaoise Municipal District in Laois County Hall.
Proposing a notice of motion, Cllr Willie Aird asked Laois County Council to indicate its plans for the collection of waste material in St Peter and Paul's Cemetery.
He received a written response from Ms Martina Bracken, of the council's environment section.
Ms Bracken said that Laois County Council are working with the Portlaoise Cemetery Committee in relation to the upkeep and maintenance of St Peter and Paul's Cemetery.
These works include the removal of waste materials from the Portlaoise cemetery, Ms Bracken revealed.
Remarked Cllr Aird: "Any date when it will be sorted? It seems to be going on a long time."
He continued: " There's an awful lot of stuff up there, it needs to be collected every week or every fortnight."
He said the cemetery was a destination for a lot of people, some on a daily basis and many going at least once a week.
Saying that it had previously taken him three months to get a leaky tap fixed in the cemetery, he told the meeting that resolving the issue of maintenance shouldn't have to be dragged on for weeks.
Supporting the motion, Cllr Noel Tuohy said a lot of progress had been made in the cemetery, but waste was still a problem with "illegal dumping rearing its ugly head".
"I saw a fireplace dumped in the corner of the cemetery," he said.
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I found a knowledgeable expert on family violence, who began decades ago and has made some very important advances.
Her name is Erin Pizzy, and she sounds reasonable and sincere.
So why is she vilified by feminists? Or is this just a misconception?
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Continuing to grow the rural Alberta advantage
By Bruce Hinkley, MLA for Wetaskiwin-Camrose
Our government believes rural Alberta is key to the economy of the province and we have invested heavily in rural Alberta. Here are some of those investments as made by various ministries.
Advanced Education has invested $21 million for the new Northern Lakes College campus in High Prairie; supported state of the art Dairy Learning Centre at Lakeland College in Vermilion; provided $3.3 million for mental health services at colleges and universities across the province, froze tuition rates to make post-secondary education more affordable and moved funding to the University of Calgary's veterinary medicine program.
Economic Development and Trade has invested $30 million over two years for CARES (small community development); created an environment for Amazon to locate its warehouse in Balzac creating 750 jobs; created environment for Cavendish Farms to invest $380 million in a new potato processing facility in Lethbridge, which has already spurred more agriculture investment; invested $4 million in roads and infrastructure to encourage Petfood to build its $250 million processing facility in Parkland County, creating 200 full time jobs; supported the expansion and development of the Alberta's Industrial Heartland; supported Unmanned Aerial Vehicle testing facility at Foremost with a $300,000 investment; and doubled the size of Alberta Agriculture's food processing facility in Leduc - it is now the largest facility of its kind in the world.
Justice has announced a new Red Deer court house which is now in the design phase and is an investment of $97 million over four years; opened a new $5 million Fort Vermilion court house; and is providing support for policing outside major cities.
The Health Ministry is building a new hospital in High Prairie; a new Urgent Care centre in Sylvan Lake; a new hospital for Edson; a new dialysis facility in Lac La Biche, new satellite dialysis facilities in Hinton and Whitecourt; and announced $20 million to install lifts on ambulance vehicles to reduce injuries to reduce injuries to paramedics.
Energy continues its ongoing efforts to build a pipeline to tidewater; a new royalty to encourage new drilling; clean up abandoned oil and gas facilities that will protect the environment and landowners; and put a cap on power prices at 6.8 cents.
Transportation and Infrastucture reinstated the Strategic Transportation Infrastructure Program, investing $37 million in 50 communities for 87 municipal roads and bridges; invested $474 million in water and wastewater grants for Water For Life program in rural Alberta over four years; under the water and wastewater program communities under 45,000 and municipalities with a population under 1,000 pay only 25% of the program, the rest is paid by the provincial government; accessed $192 million of federal funding for transportation projects; committed $25 million a year to connect water to First Nations communities; invested $41 million in water and wastewater pipeline doubling from Sylvan Lake to Red Deer; invested $158 million on the new Peace River Bridge to keep industry moving; invested $5 billion in provincial highway networks, which are throughout rural Alberta; announced the twinning of Highway 15 bridge to Fort Saskatchewan to improve transportation flow to this key economic region.
Environment and Parks/Climate Change Office created Castle Mountain Park; restored $20 million for provincial parks; increased policing for public lands to ensure they don't become a dumping ground for old refrigerators, or ripped up by off highway vehicles; purple fuel is the only exemption in the carbon levy; created municipal and on-farm solar projects to encourage energy efficiency;
invested money into rural communities with the Alberta Flood Resiliency plan.
Children's Services implemented a $25/day daycare; and increased the Alberta Child Benefit.
Agriculture and Forestry supported farmers hit by bovine TB with $16 million to ensure the industry was able to regain its footing; expanded FireSmart program to ensure towns and cities can keep their communities safe from fire; expanded the brewers grant program, which has been so successful local brewers have increased from 21 to 68; and $10 million in grants through on-farm
energy programs to ensure firms become more energy efficient.
Education has opened 50 schools this fall; expanded the school nutrition program to all school boards; eliminated the $1,000 fee for the agriculture program, Green Certificate, it is now free for all students; expanded the Dual Credit program to allow students in rural schools to take college programs; and increased funding to ensure 12,000 new students had teachers.
Culture and Tourism announced $40 million for the new Reynolds Museum expansion in Wetaskiwin; $38 million for Community Facility Enhancement Program grants, used by communities across the province to upgrade halls, build playgrounds and other community facilities; support Culture Days, Open Farm Days and Rural Culinary Tourism; and support Film and Television grants
so programs like Heartland can be filmed in Alberta.
Indigenous Relations is investing $151 million of Indigenous Climate Leadership funds to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and allow communities to save money; $120 million for off reserve housing; $110 million to improve water for all reserves; encourage Indigenous persons to apply for agencies, boards and commissions; we are using the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples to work towards reconciliation.
Community and Social Services has increased funding to FCSS by $25 million, the first increase in years. Increased FCSS funding helps 320 communities deliver community-based programming for children, families and seniors in need.
Increased funding to Women's Shelters by $10 million; increased funding for PDD and AISH to ensure Albertans get the support they need; increased Albertans'access to service dogs. Invested $250,000 for a new training pilot and supporting more schools to train dogs. Making it easier for ownertrained dogs to get public access.
Municipal Affairs has provided stable capital infrastructure programs during the downturn in Alberta's economy; supported rural and regional libraries with capital and operating grants; helping rural municipalities create Intermunicipal Collaboration Agreements by providing resources and templates.
Status of Women created "Ready for Her" program which encourages women to become more involved in running for political office; created grant programs to and encourage more women in leadership programs.
Service Alberta is helping small towns apply for federal broadband money; announced new RFP for new provincial internet provider; improved First Responder Radio Service; engaging Albertans on ways to improve condominium living and banned door to door sales.
Seniors and Housing invested $1.2 billion in affordable house over five years; invested in 59 Rural Seniors Lodge Projects, including 19 now under construction; 31% of all affordable housing is in rural Alberta; 33% of all operating funding goes to rural areas; 97% of all social housing in rural Alberta is run by Alberta Government; and half of all loans for the Seniors Home Adaptation and Repair Program are in rural Alberta.
Labour introduced Farm Safety Legislation (zero farms have been closed due to Occupational Health and Safety interference; and no 4Hs have been shut down either. Wonder who thought they would be? However, more farm workers have received WCB compensation for injuries than before); have introduced legislation to protect gas and convenience store workers; expanded skill training programs in rural Alberta to ensure all unemployed, or underemployed Albertans, can get back to work.
Treasury Board and Finance has cut salaries and terminated bonus at Alberta's Agencies Boards and Commissions. Some salaries were more than $500,000/year. Introduced conflict of interest guidelines for ABCs; changed rules to make it easier for restaurants and cafes to open outdoor patio spaces; ended corporate and union donations to political parties; and cut small business tax by 33%.
Until next time take care.
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"Toward the Amphitheater"
Rob McDonald
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Every now and then we are blessed with really wonderful photography by someone who understands the difference between tools and vision. Such an exhibit is the show currently at the Athenaeum in Alexandria by Rob McDonald, Native Ground.
The above image, "Toward the Amphitheater" from Lillian Smith's home - a camp for girls that she ran with her partner, Paula Snelling in Clayton Georgia is one of many of the exquisite images in the show
These beautiful images are created using very simple, and to some degree primitive photographic tools to express a very sophisticated vision. The images are almost like memories, sufficiently defined to know what they are but not so sharp as to reveal every detail. They leave something for the viewer to interpret. That ambiguity is one of the qualities that make them so compelling.
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So, you may have noticed things have become a little sporadic around here in regards to posting (and answering comments in a timely manner!). The reason for that is that I have been pretty busy moving house this past week, and now I'm in my new flat it's looking like we're not going to have any Wi-Fi set up for a couple of weeks (I'm currently camped out at my mum and dad's using their Wi-Fi to post this!).
I'm going to try and post the odd thing (using my parents' Wi-Fi again), but I thought I'd just do a quick post to let you all know that things might be a little quiet around here for the next couple of weeks. I'll still be answering comments on my phone, and checking out other blogs though, so try not to miss me too much!


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The Perpetual Cycle of Stale Amazon Inventory
- Nov 25, 2015 | Marcus DeHart
My family loves bananas, but getting a good banana in the peak of ripeness is tricky. We tend to buy large bunches so we all can enjoy them, but we buy them a bit on the green side so they last longer. Inevitably, we end up with a handful with black spots, which, to my daughters, means they're already bad. As a penny-pinching dad, I usually eat the mushy ones, so they won't go to waste. Inevitably one or two bananas are so far gone that even I won't touch them (banana bread is another story!).
Hopefully, that's not what your inventory at Amazon's fulfillment centers feels like to you. If it is, then you know the heartache of deciding what to do with stale inventory. In "4 Ways FBA Sellers Can Avoid Amazon's Long-Term Storage Fees," I recommended options for managing stale inventory including adjusting prices, offering promotions, and advertising with Sponsored Products. In "Why and How To Keep Your Amazon Inventory Fresh" I suggested a tiered approach based on the age of your inventory. In this post I want to show you two features of the beta Inventory Dashboard that can help you stay on top of your aging inventory to avoid letting it get stale.
Manage Excess Inventory
The new Inventory Dashboard in Seller Central has a card called Manage Excess Inventory that gives you a snapshot of excess products sitting on the shelf. It provides a breakdown of total units, excess units, units sold, and days of supply. By default, if you have anything with more than 90 days of supply in the fulfillment centers, it will show up as excess inventory. The dashboard only shows you the top three offenders, but you can click the View All button to switch to the Manage Excess Inventory tab and review all of your excess inventory.
The cool thing about this list is that you can take action on these listings right here. If you don't like 90 days as the default days of supply, you can increase or decrease the number of days to fit your business model. The "edit listing" drop-down menu on the right gives you options for advertising, improving keywords, lowering your price, and creating a removal order.
If you're using the Amazon Sponsored Products, the "Advertise listing" option will prompt you to select an existing campaign to add the product to or create a new campaign. You can sort these products by Estimate Excess or Days of Supply, making it easier to prioritize which products you want to focus on based on your business strategy.
FBA Inventory Age
You can gain some additional insight into your aging inventory through the FBA Inventory Age tab of the Inventory Planning Dashboard. This view offers two filter options that can help you choose a strategy for each product. The Low Traffic filter shows you products that shoppers are having a hard time finding. These are prime candidates for advertising with Sponsored Products. If you apply this filter you can add them to an advertising campaign one by one or in bulk using the action drop-down menu.
When applied, the Low Conversion filter shows you products that shoppers are finding but choosing not to buy. You can select all of them and match the lowest price from the action drop-down menu, or you can adjust pricing one at a time.
Develop a Strategy
Like bananas, no one wants to get stuck with stale inventory. For products with high margins, you might be able to tolerate letting your inventory sit around longer. They will also be better candidates for price reductions or advertising. For low-cost products, it might make more sense to have Amazon return them to you or dispose of them.
These are also key factors to consider before you send your inventory to Amazon. Healthy inventory will sell through on a regular cycle. Figure out the cycle for each of your products and pace your shipments so you don't end up with brown, mushy bananas.


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Posted: Feb 16, 2019
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – The Amherst College women's track & field team earned first place finishes in the triple jump, 60m hurdles and 400m dash to record 99 points and place fourth overall at Saturday's Middlebury Team Challenge at the Virtue Field House.
Amherst returns to action next Saturday, Feb. 23 when they travel to Bowdoin to compete in the 2019 New England Division III Indoor Championship beginning at 9 a.m.
- Samantha Tichelaar '22, Rubii Tamen '19, Anna Madden '22 and Sophia Friedman '21 teamed up in the 4x200m relay to register a 1:45.45 mark and place second overall - a new Amherst program record in the event.
- Katie Crum '21 crossed the finish line in 5:37.14 in the one mile run to place 10th overall. Maya Bhandar '20 was next on the Mammoths with a 5:40.43 mark (12th place), while Eline Laurent '22 earned a time of 5:43.95 (14th place).
- Clocking a time of 9.01 seconds, sophomore Ella Rossa secured the top spot in the 60m hurdles, while Lauren Lamb '21 finished third with a 9.73 seconds mark.
- The Mammoths dominated the 400m dash, placing four runners inside the top-five. Madden paced Amherst with a first place finish (59.83), followed by Friedman (1:00.25 – second), Juanita Jaramillo '22 (1:01.86 – fourth), Tichelaar (1:02.24 – fifth) and Isabelle Lobo '22 (1:02.78 – seventh).
- With a time of 1:50.21, Lexi Perez Stern '19 finished third in the 600m run.
- Crossing the finish line in 8.35 seconds in the 60m dash finals, Dana Frishman'21 clinched second overall.
- Katherine Hom '19 placed 10th in the 200m dash with a 28.68 seconds mark.
- Finishing back-to-back in the 3000m run, Haley Greene '21 clocked a time of 10:50.46 to place third, while Olivia Polischeck '21 logged a 11:00.71 mark to earn fourth.
- Frishman led the Mammoths in the long jump, clinching third with a 5.13m mark, while Kasia Krosniak '21 placed eighth overall (4.64m).
- Taking gold in the triple jump, Lamb posted a distance of 10.54m to earn first overall. Emily Flaherty '19 finished sixth (9.93m), while Yrenly Yuan '19 placed eighth (9.85m).


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A reprieve is under consideration for Uckfield police station, it was revealed last night (May 3).
Nearly three years ago, Sussex Police announced the proposed closure of the New Town building with an intention to open at least a police "front counter" in the town centre.
Now, according to Cllr James Anderson, Trust Independent, North Ward, the police are considering turning the existing building into a base for response units and a hub for the area.
He said he had received the information from the police earlier in the day.
Cllr Anderson told the town council's general purposes committee:
"Speaking to Sussex Police today, as far as I am aware, they are considering keeping Uckfield police station and turning it into a response unit and a hub.
"It could be we need to go back to them and clarify what they are actually looking at.
"The latest is that they are going to keep it, bring it up to modern standards and use it as a hub, rather than use the likes of Hailsham or Eastbourne because we are more central."
Cllr Anderson added that if Sussex Police continued to look for other premises, Uckfield Civic Centre "would be a great place".
Concerns over the amount of parking required
He said the police were looking for a considerable number of parking spaces for some of the options, which caused him concern.
New town clerk, Holly Goring, introduced the debate and said the council had been approached by Sussex Police who were considering various options to find alternative premises in the town.
"They wish to retain a presence in the town," she said.
The options ranged from a small set-up of a front counter with a small back office to a much larger facility with office space for around 30 work stations. Details of the options are given in a full towards the end of this article.
During the debate, there was general agreement among the committee that the council should continue to work with the police to find whether suitable space could be found on the ground floor of the Civic Centre.
The feeling was that it could be difficult to accommodate anything larger than a front counter, which would be open to the public, and a small "back office".
However, councillors accepted giving the police a home would provide additional income.
The town clerk's report to the general purposes committee stated:
Front counter open 10 until 2
"It must be stressed that these options are currently being considered by Sussex Police in light of the additional information that they are working to." The proposals would include:
- The front counter is open to the public from 10am to 2pm, Monday to Friday;
- The front counter must remain within Uckfield Town Centre area, whereas police teams could be located within a reasonable distance of the town centre;
- For each option, Sussex Police are more than happy to share front counter/reception facilities;
- They would provide their own IT server/wiring, wi-fi and telephony;
- Each option would require 24/7 access (although for option (i) 24/7 access would only be required to the back office);
- A blue light and yellow phone would be located on an external wall, close to the front counter area to allow public contact out of hours;
- They are looking to lease space, preferably space shared with partner agencies to allow for shared revenue costs and improved partnership working.
The town clerk's report said sharing the Civic Centre with the police would demonstrate the council's support of community safety in the town, would bring in "much needed" income in these "pressing financial times" and appropriate space could be made available on the ground floor.
Parking, access and security would need to be considered in more detail with Sussex Police.
Details of the police requirements were given as
• Elections for the Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner are held on Thursday. Candidates are listed towards the end of the comment piece.
Members of the general purposes committee attending the meeting were:
Chair: Cllr Ian Smith, Independent, Ridgewood
Vice-chair: Cllr Paul Meakin, Liberal Democrat, Central
Cllr James Anderson, Trust Independent, North
Cllr Jacqueline Beckford, Liberal Democrat, Ridgewood
Cllr Keith Everett, Independent, Ridgewood
Cllr Paul Sparks, Liberal Democrat, North
Cllr Diane Ward, Trust Independent, Central
Apologies for absence were received from
Cllr Helen Firth, Conservative, Central
Cllr Louise Eastwood, Trust Independent, North
See also:
Survey for Uckfield rail commuters
Win an iPhone with Kordio
Uckfield-based ACRES helps people to continue learning
Find local businesses in our Uckfield Directory
How to advertise on UckfieldNews.com


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National Volunteer Week doesn't start until April 23, 2017, but we thought we'd get an early start recognizing one of the many volunteers who make Meals on Wheels (MOW) possible.
Meet Larry Soward, a MOW volunteer for three years.
After retiring in 2009, Larry moved from Austin to Houston and learned from a friend, who delivered MOW in Baytown, what a valuable and rewarding program it was for volunteers.
"MOW not only gave me something to do," Larry said, "it gave me the opportunity to give back."
Larry is passionate that seniors get their meals on time.
"I also like that I am able to form friendships with the clients. Knowing that they depend on me each day makes me feel like I am making a big difference," he said. "A client told me last week, the best part of my day is when you come."
The most rewarding part to volunteering for Larry is getting to know our seniors and building relationships with them.
"I also enjoy working alongside MOW staff. Each day I get to see how committed they are to serving the seniors," he said.
Helping people, he said, has been a lifelong commitment.
"I have always been drawn to help people. It's a great responsibility to serve others and I feel like with my small acts of kindness I am making a difference in someone else's life."


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Atlantic City Council Worried About Losing Marijuana Revenue
Will Atlantic City, as well as other NJ towns, support marijuana sales? This is not a slam dunk for Gov. Murphy.
As for Atlantic City, elected leadership wants to make sure it get's a nice piece of the action.
Will Atlantic City truly benefit from cannabis sales and cultivation?
Legalizing adult use of recreational cannabis.
- Retailers would collect 3 % tax
- Growers would collect 2% tax
- Wholesalers would collect 1% tax
City Council of Atlantic City wants weed tax to stay in AC, primarily for property-tax relief. Atlantic City taxpayers are wary. The city has already lost control of much needed luxury taxes that include hotel room and parking fees. That's about $90 million each year being sucked out of the city.
In Summer 2018, AC got snookered again with the sports betting tax. And yes, while Atlantic City got hosed, the infamous CRDA, Casino Reinvestment Development Authority, jumped the line and took a nice share for themselves. The CRDA always gets to wet it's beak.
Adding insult to injury, NJ towns with horse racing tracks and sports betting, enjoy a nice piece of that tax revenue.
The proposed legal pot bill allows for municipalities to impose an additional tax on top of the $42 per ounce, as detailed in the legislation.
Council President Marty Small says he said that while he is personally against legalizing marijuana. But, he'll change his mind for the right price.


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