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As I shared in the first part of this post, its inspiration is a recent survey by Rydex|SGI AdvisorBenchmarking, shared on AdvisorOne, that evaluated the marketing methods being used by RIAs in 2011 versus 2010. The survey found a notable decrease in advisors' recent use of social media—as many early adopters have seen only limited success thus far—as well as a decline in the use of blogs and newsletters. Many categories held relatively stable, such as seminar marketing, client appreciation events and direct mail. Yet the one surprising category with the biggest rise from 2010 to 2011: online search.
Ultimately, advisory firms that want to succeed at marketing in the digital world must take action on the following four steps:
1) Have a clearly defined target market. If you can't explain exactly who would be searching for you, what problems that person would be facing and what solutions you can provide, you'll never be found amid the sea of other financial planners who all basically say they do the same thing. This is why ultimately, most professionals will need a well-defined niche to succeed in the digital world, unless they have the size and scale to be a regionally or nationally dominant firm with a substantive marketing budget.
2) Create relevant content. People use the internet to search for the answers to their problems all the time. The key is to create content that answers and solves the problems your target clients face—so that when they search for the answers to their problems, they find you (and your content).
3) Make the content findable. The internet is a pretty crowded place. It's not enough to just create the content and wait for people to find you. It's also necessary to help get the content out there, so people will be able to find it when they want to. This means distributing it through multiple channels, from email signup lists to social media platforms to a blog. It also means making the content able to be easily shared, so that people who find your content can share it with others they know who might be trying to solve the same problem. Your prospects could refer you to other prospects before they even become a client.
4) Give a good experience when people show up. It's not enough to just have the content and help people find it; the reality is that when people find you this way, your website is the first impression they'll have of you and your firm, so it needs to be a good one. This means not only does the content itself have to be good and relevant, but the website itself has to be visually and aesthetically appealing and draw people in. As recent research has shown, out of the first 7 things your prospects notice on your website in forming a first impression, the actual content ranks a mere 6th.
By taking these steps, you can improve the results of your online search capabilities and inbound marketing, to capitalize on the world of the future where you don't find the clients—the clients find you. But only if your content is relevant enough and findable enough that it can reach them.
So what do you think? Have you gotten any new clients because they found you through your website or your content? If you type your own name or the name of your firm into Google, can you find your own firm? If your clients typed their problems into a search engine, would your firm come up as the solution?


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"We've been called a lot of things, as you know. But pop has always marked the spot on the Deerhoof treasure map."
So says Deerhoof drummer Greg Saunier, though it's a little hard to believe, considering the band's past form. Since their beginnings as an out-there San Francisco noise band, 'pop' must be the only word that hasn't been used to describe Deerhoof. Their albums aren't ones where the singles choose themselves and they certainly don't contain the sort of songs that would be easy to replicate in an X Factor audition. Can you even imagine what Cowell would make of Tokyo-born Satomi Matsuzaki's shrill, girlish chirp of a voice? Pete Waterman would struggle to package Deerhoof as a pop group.
Which, obviously, is why they're so loved. Deerhoof's records are so unconventional, they deserve gushing reviews for their ambition alone. They're one of music's great paradoxes, with each of their songs sounding unmistakably their own, despite the band having established few, if any, defining characteristics in the almost-20 years they've been on the go. Deerhoof sound like Deerhoof – there's no other way of putting it than that.
However, in the context of Deerhoof (it's impossible to think of them in any other) Breakup Songs is certainly one of their more immediate albums. Which isn't to say it's an easy listen – it's conventional in the minds of those who consider 'Ice Cream' by Battles a novelty record, akin to 'Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini'. But when we say that 'There's That Grin's 16-bit strut sounds like something Mike Skinner could have turned into a hit, and suggest that 'To Fly Or Not To Fly' almost – as in really, really, very nearly, for at least the first 30 seconds – sounds like Pendulum, you'll understand that this is a different Deerhoof to the one we heard on last year's itchy, unsure-of-itself Deerhoof vs Evil.
It's instantly more attention-grabbing, with the playfully abrasive guitar and beats of opener 'Breakup Songs' sounding like a piece of industrial machinery made out of Lego. Its textural simplicity is offset by swerving tempo changes, so while you can call it 'accessible' all you want, it's only accessible by Deerhoof standards.
The band come closer to chart-bothering later on in Breakup Song. The rumba rhythms in the verses of 'The Trouble With Candyhands' could make it onto an advert for continental lager, while its chorus has a cheerfully light jazz chord pattern over which Matsuzaki glides through her refrain, "Then you bring me flowers". If this was split up into two songs, and neither of them was called 'The Trouble With Candyhands', you'd almost be tempted to tip one of them for a single release. But no, even at their poppiest, Deerhoof are intransigently odd.
And frankly, that's absolutely fine, because there's so much fun to be had with Breakup Song, it doesn't matter a bit that Deerhoof aren't the pop group they claim to be. The jerking garage rock of 'We Do Parties' is far better than any guitar band you might find in the top ten these days, painting pictures of awkward teenagers doing the robot at indie discos. The growling bass and cyberspace-age synths of 'Zero Seconds Pause' meanwhile make for a fantastic juxtaposition, the track itself sounding like two different pieces of music being played simultaneously, the fact that they seem to work together a mere coincidence. Likewise, 'Bad Kids To The Front's squeaky ping-ponging keyboard patterns won't win it an Ivor Novello award, but they're easily as hyper-stimulating as 'Fête d'Adieu's rough-and-smooth guitars are gracefully, gorgeously unglamorous.
Needless to say, Breakup Song is as original and uncompromising as anything else Deerhoof have done. It's a little bit catchier than usual in places, but it's not going to be a top 40 smash and it certainly ain't what you'd call pop music. It's simply another great album by an indescribably great band. If only actual pop music was always as interesting as this.
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Unfortunately, events have conspired to rob me of my blogging juice for today, but all is not lost. There is a great article by historian Tony Kaye that looks to debunk one of the central claims of the opposition to the #IdleNoMore movement, and I think instead of reading what I would say about it, you should read this:
Canada belongs to a significant group of countries whose modern nationality is a result of British expansion overseas. The colonial history of Canada and the West African country of Ghana, for example, have their beginnings with the British Crown. British agents used treaty making in each region as legal justifications to themselves and their competitors that specific native leaders would "Cede and Surrender" their traditional rights over land in exchange for the Protection of the English Monarch. In both colonies, the altruism of "protection" in the treaties hid the British plan to gain control over the region without the expense of projecting its full military force.
Years after colonial rule in Ghana ended in 1957, generations of scholars, politicians and activists from throughout the world examined the accusations of wrongdoing among chiefs under British rule. Not a single voice concluded that chiefs were the only cause of the scandals. Nor did they advocate that increased accountability would have protected people from injustice. Instead, scholars contextualized abuses of power among chiefs within the more important discussion about the effect of colonial rule in Ghana.
The take-home message here is that what Canada is doing to its chiefs – focussing on 'wrongdoing' by chiefs (which is, more often than not, ludicrously hypocritical), is precisely the behaviour that has been modeled by other colonial states. Examination after the fact reveals that it is colonialism, not 'corruption', that best explains the issues facing colonized people.
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text: SN Magazine: May 2013 Read the May Digital Edition View Digital Edition Change is never easy, including in school nutrition. The May issue of School Nutrition, SNA's award-winning flagship publication, explores how directors across the country have managed transitions and how they are looking forward while demonstrating that attitude is the real key to success. The issue also takes a look back at the highlights from March's Legislative Action Conference, as well as at some whole-grain gains being enjoyed in both large and small districts as operators and industry work to add whole grains to recipes and products while still garnering kid acceptance. For most school districts, even those ahead of the curve, implementation of the new federal meal pattern for school lunch was a difficult transition. Despite some enormous challenges, school nutrition operators are looking forward with enthusiasm. Never a Dull Moment profiles some directors who are successfully managing change and reveals their accomplishments and advice. Bitter winds gusted across the nation's capital just days after bitter words were exchanged on Capitol Hill following yet another failure of bipartisan compromise regarding the nation's debt woes. However, neither snow nor sequester could slow the momentum of school nutrition professionals advocating for practical changes to school meal regulations at SNA's 41st Legislative Action Conference. Take a look at the highlights of this March event in Our Work Continues. Operators and industry make strides in adding whole grains to recipes and products without sacrificing kid appeal. Check out Winning the Whole-Grain Campaign for some of the whole-grain gains being enjoyed in both large and small districts. Bonus Web Content: Some of the operators interviewed for this article offer their recipes for such student favorites as Squash Macaroni and Cheese and whole-wheat dinner rolls.


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Draft Phase II Removal Action Workplan for the Soils at the ECCL Site.
Public review period March 21, 2014 through April 20, 2014.
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An environmental investigation involving soil excavation at the Emeryville Center of Community Life site near the intersection of 53rd Street and San Pablo Avenue is expected to occur the week of Feb. 3.
Soil trenching will be conducted at 4727 San Pablo Ave. to investigate the source of methane vapors discovered in soil gas samples recovered in recent inspections. The work is the latest step in an ongoing investigation performed by a licensed contractor following strict safety procedures.
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The Emery Unified School District (EUSD) has appointed Dave Gallaher as construction manager for the Emeryville Center of Community Life (ECCL) project.
Gallaher, with 33 years experience in private and public sector management in design, construction, and maintenance of school and industrial facilities, replaces Roy Miller, who is retiring as EUSD district architect and principal liaison for the ECCL project.
An independent consultant, Gallaher was previously employed as chief facilities officer at Hayward Unified School District, director of facilities development for Temecula Valley Unified School District, construction project manager for Mt. Diablo Unified School District, and project manager and facilities planner for Chevron.
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"The ECCL project and the district are in good hands with Dave Gallaher as construction manager," said EUSD Superintendent Dr. Debbra Lindo. "His experience is extremely relevant and invaluable for a city/school project like the ECCL."
Gallaher is an interim replacement for Miller and will act as liaison for the City and District with ECCL contractors and architects. The District will issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a permanent construction management firm to oversee the building of the facility after June, 2014. The District will also begin a search for a full service Community Schools Manager to focus on ECCL services and programs when the facility is completed.
The ECCL is nearing final approvals and the start of construction. Final design was approved earlier this year and demolition of the site's old buildings is underway. Final Division of State Architect (DSA) building permits are expected in early 2014, paving the way for construction contracts and a Joint Occupancy Agreement between the City and EUSD to be finalized.The Emeryville Center of Community Life (ECCL) is a multi-use city-school campus and community center offering K-12 education, continual learning, recreational, health and social services for all Emeryville citizens. It's an urban version of the old town square, a public space that provides opportunities for residents to interact, socialize and learn. The ECCL project, conceived and in planning for more than a decade, has been developed after more than 20 community design workshops resulting in nearly 50 hours of opinions and comments.
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"Emeryville's Center of Community Life Is Coming!"
"Thank You, Emeryville, City of Emeryville and Emery Unified School District."
Signs recently posted near the intersections of San Pablo Avenue with 53rd Street and with 47th Street signal the start of construction of the Emeryville Center of Community Life (ECCL).
After a dozen years of planning, initial construction activities for the ECCL city/school project are underway. These activities involve abatement and demolition of the existing school buildings by lead builder Turner Construction.
ECCL design work received approvals from the School Board and the City Council this past spring and blueprints are now under review by the Division of State Architect. Mitigation measures under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) have been identified and are incorporated in the project construction scope of work. The project recently achieved an important financial milestone with final assurance of the availability of remaining funds from the City of Emeryville. In addition, a Joint Occupancy Agreement between the City and EUSD is under consideration and is expected to be approved soon.
In the coming weeks, residents can expect to see abatement activities occurring at the site and then more extensive demolition work in December and in the early months of 2014. In addition to the signage at the perimeter of the project, construction fences are being installed.
EUSD Architect Roy Miller calls the project "trailblazing." Special state legislation was required to make the partnership between the City of Emeryville and EUSD legally possible. The passage of AB 1080 in 2009 by the California legislature, introduced by Assembly Member Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) on behalf of EUSD, modified joint occupancy legal descriptions authorizing more extensive joint occupancy of buildings by school districts and other institutional partners.
The Emeryville Center of Community Life (ECCL) is a multi-use city-school campus and community center offering K-12 education, continual learning, recreational, health and social services for all Emeryville citizens. It's an urban version of the old town square, a public space that provides opportunities for residents to interact, socialize and learn. Construction is expected to be completed in fall 2015.
In planning stages for nearly 12 years, the final design and scope of the ECCL was achieved by collecting feedback from more than 20 community design workshops resulting in nearly 50 hours of opinions and comments.
EUSD is in the process of developing Full-service Community School curricula and programs in collaboration with the City of Emeryville that will complement the new facilities when the ECCL is completed in the fall of 2015.
The Emery Unified School District (EUSD) has reluctantly accepted the resignation of District Architect Roy Miller.
Miller, an 11-year veteran of EUSD and principal liaison among the District, City of Emeryville and architects and engineers working on the 12-year Emeryville Center of Community Life (ECCL) city/school project, has decided to retire on Jan 11, 2014.
On behalf of the Board of Trustees and the entire District, we want to thank Roy for his years of service given to the community and the students, said District Superintendent Debbra Lindo. His dedication as a public servant and steward of the ECCL project has been instrumental in the realization of the ECCL dream. He truly deserves our respect and admiration for his seemingly tireless efforts to nurture the seed of an idea and coordinate the final design and approvals for this important civic endeavor.
A key figure in the long and unchartered process of managing the development of the citizen-conceived ECCL city /school project, Miller describes the ECCL as trailblazing. The ECCL is nothing less than groundbreaking, said Miller, EUSD and the city started out with a vision, a new way of bringing public resources to bear on the quality of life and quality of education in the community. Its been an honor and an opportunity to work closely with city and school officials.
None of this has been easy, continued Miller. State legislation was required to make the partnership between the City of Emeryville and EUSD legal. But weve been told by many city and school officials across that state that they are appreciative of what weve done and the doors weve opened to make new things possible.
The ECCL project is a city center incorporating elementary, intermediate and high school facilities with a library, health clinic and public meeting areas. It is designed to be the heart of the city a meeting place and hub of civic and educational activity. In planning stages for more than a decade, the final design and scope of the ECCL was achieved by collecting feedback from more than 20 community design workshops resulting in nearly 50 hours of opinions and comments.
Millers duties will be split into two positions. EUSD will seek an interim replacement to manage the construction of the ECCL facility. The District will issue a request for proposal for a Construction Management firm to ultimately oversee the building and completion of the facility. And the district will begin a search for a full service Community Schools Director to focus on ECCL services and programs when the facility is completed in 2015.
The ECCL is nearing final approval and the start of construction. Final design was approved earlier this year and mitigation measures under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) have been identified. A Joint Occupancy Agreement between the City and EUSD is under consideration and is expected to be approved soon.
"We are saddened by Roy's departure," said EUSD Board President Melodi Dice. "But we are grateful for the immense contributions he has so unselfishly given EUSD and the entire city. We wish Roy a well-deserved and happy retirement."
"There is still a lot to do," said Miller. "But the major pieces of the puzzle are in place. I'm positive that this is the right direction for the community."
The Emeryville Center of Community Life (ECCL) is a multi-use city-school campus and community center offering K-12 education, continual learning, recreational, health and social services for all Emeryville citizens. It's an urban version of the old town square, a public space that provides opportunities for residents to interact, socialize and learn. Construction is expected to be completed in fall 2015.
The Emeryville Center of Community Life achieved a milestone recently when the California State Board of Education approved a Joint Occupancy Partnership Proposal between the Emery Unified School District and the City of Emeryville.
The formalization of the partnership between Emery Unified School District (EUSD) and the City of Emeryville is a critical step toward realization of a shared city-school campus and community center.
Formal approval of the partnership proposal moves us closer to breaking ground for the ECCL, said Debbra Lindo, EUSD Superintendent. Our goal is to create a city center facility that incorporates elementary, intermediate and high school facilities with a library, public meeting areas, a new health clinic and other community services spaces. Research by educators, urban planners, and architects shows that community needs are best met when schools become hubs of civic and educational activity the heart of a city.
This Joint Occupancy approval was recently preceded by completion of the design of the ECCL project. After more than 10 years of public discussion, the final design and scope of the ECCL was achieved by collecting feedback from more than 20 community design workshops resulting in nearly 50 hours of opinions and comments. The information from this broad spectrum of Emeryville citizens and school personnel has been incorporated into the final design and site planning.
Approval of the Joint Occupancy partnership by the State Board of Education came pursuant to requirements created by the passage of AB 1080 in 2009 by the California Assembly. The legislation, introduced by Assembly Member Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) on behalf of EUSD, modified joint-occupancy legal descriptions authorizing more extensive joint occupancy of buildings by school districts and other institutional users who had entered into joint occupancy partnerships for that purpose.
The school as a center of community life concept has deep historic roots in American culture, said Supt. Lindo. EUSD is in the process of developing a Full-service Community School curriculum that will complement the new facilities when the ECCL is completed in the fall of 2015.
An Initial Study prepared by the District was undertaken for the purpose of deciding whether the Emeryville Center of Community Life project may have a significant effect on the environment. On the basis of the Initial Study, District staff has concluded that the project will not have a significant effect on the environment and, therefore, has prepared a Mitigated Negative Declaration. Below is the Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration and the appendices to that document.
March 29, 2013
By Michael Karpman
While agreements for the shared use of city and school district facilities are prevalent nationwide, the City of Emeryville, Calif., has taken this approach to a new level with its ambitious plan to build the Emeryville Center of Community Life. The project, which is scheduled to be completed by 2015, will bring together school and community services at one centrally located campus. Local leaders envision a one-stop location where families not only send their children to school, but also have access to afterschool programs, health and family support services, a library, child care and prekindergarten programs, a wide range of recreation opportunities, college classes, and job training courses. City and school district officials have worked together for more than a decade to make this bold vision a reality.
From Joint Use to Integrated Services
The concept of joint use is not new to the City of Emeryville and Emery Unified School District (EUSD), which had previously developed agreements to utilize school sports fields, gyms, pools, classrooms, and other facilities for city recreation programming. Yet in 2001, the bankruptcy and state takeover of EUSD prompted city and school board leaders to identify ways to operate more efficiently and effectively, and the city has loaned the district money as it worked with the state to overcome its financial difficulties.
The concept of joint use is not new to the City of Emeryville and Emery Unified School District (EUSD), which had previously developed agreements to utilize school sports fields, gyms, pools, classrooms, and other facilities for city recreation programming. Yet in 2001, the bankruptcy and state takeover of EUSD prompted city and school board leaders to identify ways to operate more efficiently and effectively, and the city has loaned the district money as it worked with the state to overcome its financial difficulties.
A joint master planning process for education and youth services brought community residents and leaders together to develop a more coordinated and cost-effective approach for serving children, youth and families. In particular, local officials determined that the district should bring elementary and secondary school facilities to one campus, thereby reducing overhead costs associated with operating the existing set of buildings for the city's small student population.
Co-locating additional community resources would provide what city officials describe as "cradle-to-cradle" services that meet the needs of families at every stage of life and create new opportunities for adults to mentor youth and for older students to mentor younger students. The completed Center will also include courtyards, plazas, playgrounds, and multi-use sports fields, making it a vibrant hub of community life.
Assets and Challenges
Emeryville is fortunate to have many unique assets upon which to draw as it pursues this major project. The city is situated in a 1.2-mile urban area between Oakland and Berkeley, and has a population of about 10,000 residents. Yet the number of individuals in the city swells to 30,000 during the day as workers commute to the many corporate offices in the city, which include the headquarters of Pixar Animation Studios, as well as offices for Bayer, Novartis and State Farm. These companies provide the city with a strong commercial tax base, and the chamber of commerce has played a key role in generating support for local plans from the business community.
The city has also faced its own challenges in promoting equity for its diverse youth population and in identifying an appropriate location for the Center in a region where property values are high and land is scarce. Ultimately, the city decided to redevelop the site of the existing high school, building upward by incorporating a multi-story design. The district is currently leasing an unused school building in Oakland for its high school students as the Center is under construction.
Much of the funding for the project derives from a large school district bond measure passed by nearly 80 percent of local voters, with additional funds sought from grants and state school construction funding. While the state's closure of local redevelopment agencies was a major setback, it has not stopped the project from moving forward.
The city and EUSD have developed or are in the process of developing memoranda of understanding for building, governing and operating the Center, including agreements for joint use of Center facilities. Partnerships with Alameda County Health Department, Berkeley City College and other organizations will make it possible to offer the wide variety of education, health, and recreation services that the community envisions for the Center.
"The Center will be the nexus of the community...the commons of Emeryville which brings all of the city's stakeholders together under one roof for education, socialization, fitness, and play," said Community Services Director Cindy Montero.
The following images illustrate 'snapshots' of the current design as well as several key interior spaces.
For more detailed information please check out the full presentation: Community Design Development Presentation (April 20, 2013) 5 MB, pdf format
Gateway to Emeryville View of the Community Multi-use room and K-8 entry from the corner of San Pablo Avenue and 53rd Street
High School Entrance View along 47th Street. Community and School Library at the corner of San Pablo (street level) High School Classrooms on 2nd level
Community Commons View from 2nd level terrace illustrating a musical performance at the community stage during non-school hours
Community Commons View of the Community Commons during school hours and K-5 recess. The Community Canvas is visible to the left of the image.
K-8 Building Overlooks the Athletic Fields to the west. The School Multi-use room and dining terrace are visible to the right of the image. The K-8 school entrance is at the left of the image along with a portion of the Community Canvas beyond
School Multi-Use Moveable walls allow flexibility for the space to be reconfigured to suit a variety of functions. Glass walls provide views toward the athletic fields (left) and Community Commons (right)
School and Community Library serves both school and community. A library classroom / community meeting room and a computer center are visible beyond the reading room while a community cafe connects to the library and courtyard (not visible - behind this view)
Commuity Welcome Center A light-filled two-story space serves as a one-stop resource center and provides information on Community Service programs as well as access to the Teen Activity Center on the plaza level and Family Resource Center and School-based health clinic on the floor above. The Welcome Center opens onto the landscaped Community Plaza with access to the Community Multi-use space and Senior Lounge.
Typical Science Classroom provides a rich, technology-based environment for project-based science learning. Ample light, open and lockable storage and overhead retracting electrical power enable maximum space flexibility.
On April 20 2013, The Nexus Partners presented the Design Development at a Community Meeting held at Ralph Hawley School. Members of the community were invited to share ideas for incorporating learning elements, cultural meaning and local history into the Community Canvas and other site features. To view the presentation click the links below. As soon as it becomes available we will post the results of the Community Interactive voting
On April 10 2013, The Nexus Partners presented the Design Development to the School Board for a first reading. To view the presentation click the links below
The Nexus Partners will be holding community presentation to discuss the developing design of the ECCL and receive community comments. The presentation will occur on Saturday April 20, 2013 from 10am-12pm at the Ralph Hawley School Multi Purpose Room, located at 1275 61st. St. in Emeryville. Please encourage neighbors friends to attend. Light refreshments and daycare for young children will be provided. See you then!
A key milestone has been reached! The ECCL Schematic Design has been approved by both the EUSD Board of Trustees and the City School Committee. These approvals keep the project design on schedule for an August 2015 opening date and allow Nexus Partners and its technical team to proceed into the Design Development phase with a scheduled approval date of this work in March-April 2013. Links to both presentations can be found in the Archives & Reports section or through the links below:
Thank you to all who participated in the 8th Community Workshop to shape the ECCL! The workshop was well represented by youth and students who also participated in the presentation of materials to the Community. A wide range of images of other buildings and community centers around the world were presented to the participants in order to understand what types of architectural language and composition might be appropriate for the ECCL. Using interactive voting, the paritcipants weighed in on what resonated positively and what did not. From this exercise, the design team will be able to work more effectively to develop an architecture that the community and users will find most pleasing. The image set and the Community voting results are provided below. Additional materials will be uploaded here as they become available including community voting responses to the conceptual design presentation and additional areas of concern requiring further development.
Members of the Emeryville Community as well as users and staff reviewed the approved City / Schools Conceptual Design and also weighed in on the emerging conversation of what the ECCL should look like through the use of interactive voting technology. The materials presented are now posted below as well as in the Archives & Reports section.
Community Design Workshop 7 - Conceptual Design Presentation
ECCL Conceptual Design - Site Organization and Massing (above)
To view materials from the previous Community Design Workshops please check the Archives.
Please click the link below to view the March 1, 2012 City Schools Presentation. The committee will be considering the approval of the final conceptual design for the ECCL, setting the stage for the Schematic Design process to commence. The schematic design process begins where conceptual design ends, and is a continuation of the design process with much more community input ahead. While general building placement and general massing on the site will be considered fixed as of the completion of Conceptual design much more design work is ahead. Schematic design begins the process that many consider to be "real architect rue". It is in this stage that the Nexus Partners will, with your ongoing input, begin to study the aesthetics ("look and feel" of the buildings), and outdoor landscape as well as developing the interior spaces and more technical requirements of the facility.
Thank you to all who participated in the 6th Community Workshop to shape the ECCL! Joe Feldman led us through a discussion of "small schools" - what they are and how this concept applies to the ECCL. The materials presented are posted below as well as in the Archives & Reports section. To view materials from the previous Community Design Workshops please check the Archives.
Hayin Kim led a community conversation about Community Programs: Understanding a Community School Approach. The materials presented are posted below as well as in the Archives & Reports section. To view materials from the previous Community Design Workshops please check the Archives.
Nexus Partners presented the proposed Conceptual Design to the City / School Committee on October 6, 2011. The design team worked to incorporate and address the many ideas discussed in Community Design Workshops 1 & 2. The file is rather large (12mb), so please be patient when downloading. Conceptual Design Presentation
Together with support and guidance from the City of Emeryville , the Emery Unified School District (EUSD), and the Citizens' Oversight Committee (C.O.C.) The Nexus Partners have undertaken the development of this site to permit a greater level of participation by the Emeryville community in the shaping of the future Emeryville Center of Community Life (ECCL). The Nexus Partners is comprised of three design firms: MKThink , Concordia , and dsk.
This site will evolve rapidly as information becomes available and as the community voice takes its rightful place in the conversation. With your patience and your input we will try to make this website as user friendly as possible and the information it shares transparent to all. Keep in mind this site is a work in progress and if additional tools can be added to support enhanced information sharing and encourage greater participation we will make every reasonable attempt to make this site responsive to your needs. If you have any thoughts or comments about how we can improve this interface, please contact us.
If you would like to share your opinions please do so - we want to encourage broad participation. By clicking here or the link "Join the Conversation" in the navigation pane of this page you will be directed to a site hosted by Ning which provides a platform for two-way community conversations, a blog and a community forum, and image & video sharing. We will work to integrate this site with other familiar social networking sites to facilitate your preferred method of communicating and staying informed.
This website is designed specifically for you to interact with other members of the Emeryville community as well as the design and consultant team, city & school leaders that will help direct the ECCL design toward the solution that is both right-sized and valued by the community it will serve. To participate in the Ning site you will need to create a user profile and answer a few simple demographic questions. If you need instructions to join for the first time click here. Once you've created your user profile you will not need to go through this process again.
To stay up to date with current and future activities related to the ECCL there are several resources available. Click the 'At-A-Glance Calendar' link to view the range of anticipated work and associated timelines.
For more specific information related to current work and work products click the links labeled "Facilities Development", "Relationship Development" and "Project Supports" at the top of the page
The following images were prepared by the Nexus Partners during the architectural selection process in 2009. For a link to the abbreviated presentation click here. These images in no way represent a final design solution, but rather ideas that were explored during the design team selection process in 2009 and are offered here in the interest of sharing early ideas with a broader community audience. The Nexus Partners looks forward to a more direct community engagement process to advance the design further.
1. View from the community terrace overlooking the commons. Click on the image for a 3D animation that leads to this view
2. View from within the community library overlooking the commons. Click on the image for a 3D animation that leads to this view
3. A day in the life of the ECCL - How can we avoid designing single purpose spaces that are often left empty and unused during the week. We are thinking of ways to extend the utilization of every space to avoid unused rooms to the greatest extent possible. See how these three images suggest how this can happen: School Use during weekday daytime hours - View from the second level terrace serving learning studios overlooking the commons. Click on the image for a 3D animation that leads to this view
4. A day in the life of the ECCL - Public access after school hours - afternoon weekdays & weekends - View from the second level terrace serving after school community classes and activities overlooking the commons. Click on the image for a 3D animation that leads to this view
5. A day in the life of the ECCL - Public access after school hours - evenings / weekdays & weekends - View from the second level terrace overlooking the commons hosting a community event. Click on the image for a 3D animation that leads to this view
Many cities today struggle with the realities of modern times: transient populations, busy schedules, long commutes, reliance on technological conveniences, distrust of the unfamiliar, and the challenges of economic disparity and population displacement. The consequent habit that results, a kind of urban anonymity and isolation within the density of the place, often takes us away from knowing our neighbors and feeling individually responsible for our collective community.
The significant advancements in Emeryville over the last decade or so could potentially take us down this path of urban detachment, inaccessibility, and isolation. However, the City of Emeryville also consciously and intentionally believes that, even in our most challenging times, it is through our relationships and with a clear understanding of our common humanity that we have been able to carve an innovative and imaginative path to a better future.
It is because of these convictions that we seize this moment as an opportunity to pause, reflect on our history, consider our resources, and imagine the community that we want to become. At the core of this vision is our collective commitment to interrupting an otherwise inevitable trajectory towards that dense urban anonymous environment that no one wishes to create. Instead of traveling that route, we intend to realize our dream of an Emeryville that is finely aligned with our deeply held beliefs about the factors that build a high quality civic environment.
Today we seek to accentuate what makes Emeryville a different kind of modern city. We wish to create a city where you can chat with your elected representatives, a city that thrives with the participation of its local businesses, a city defined by its residents and their relationships, a city that acknowledges and works on the difficult challenges of inequity and racial complexity, a city that invests in its future through its young people, a city that respects the experience and expertise embodied in its seniors, and a city that understands and lives by the saying that it takes a village.
We recognize though many other cities struggle with these questions, there are a few models to follow. We believe that our honesty and dedication to this vision, however, equips us to pursue original and creative ideas, processes, and outcomes. We invite you, citizens and businesses of Emeryville, to join us in these efforts.
The Emeryville Center of Community Life is a joint project of the City of Emeryville and the Emery Unified School District. When completed the complex will include significant new square footage plus additional renovated square footage. It will be constructed at the site of the existing Emery Secondary School, replacing and/or incorporating the existing one story school facility with a new multi-story, multi-use campus. The site has potential to incorporate an elementary school, secondary school, community center, and space for social service providers.
While still to be designed, outdoor spaces would include multi-use sports fields, playgrounds, a community courtyard, and a series of paths and plazas. The new Center is envisioned to incorporate a range of sustainable features including passive elements such as daylighting and natural ventilation, as well as active systems such as water conserving fixtures and photovoltaic solar panels to generate energy on site. When completed, it truly will become the heart of the diverse and vibrant community that is Emeryville.
Key Outcomes
A unique and special place where schools, community services, arts and recreation programs are integrated to serve the entire Emeryville Community.
A place that will transform the quality of life for all citizens of Emeryville by offering educational, recreational, cultural and social opportunities, and a variety of services and programs to support lifelong learning and healthy lifestyles.
Public access to facilities and services for art, music and dance, job training, after school activities, fitness, technology, and health and social services.
A continuum of services for everyone from infants to senior


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The American political system could use some help, but one thing it doesn't need is telephone voting.
From Boulder, Colorado comes a movement which calls itself "Voting by Phone." Founder and director Evan Ravitz argues that "the timing is right, both from a technological standpoint and politically" for Americans to cast their votes on election day at home instead of at local polling stations.
The idea has its supporters from around the country, among some scientists, scholars and politicians who believe it is now technically feasible and would help "revive democracy." They cite the fact that only about 36 percent of the 186 million Americans eligible to vote last November bothered to do so, a fact which vote-by-phone advocates say imperils our political future.
Under the nationwide plan proposed by the Boulder group, all registered voters would be given 14-digit voter identification numbers. Voters would call a toll-free number from touch-tone phones, punch in their ID numbers and vote on candidates and ballot issues by punching other numbers.
"There's no doubt in my mind that a cost-effective, user-friendly system could be designed," Joseph Pelton told a reporter for Knight-Ridder newspapers. Pelton is director of the University of Colorado's graduate telecommunications program and a technical advisor to Voting by Phone. "Remember that, 20 years ago, people thought it would be crazy to trust your money to a bank machine. Now everybody uses them," he says.
Bill Kimberling, deputy director of the Federal Election Commission's National Clearinghouse on Election Administration, is skeptical. Citing the likelihood of voter fraud and problems of security and privacy, Kimberling says, "I think these people have been watching Star Trek a little too much."
Whether or not the science exists to resolve the technical, security, and privacy questions, I have other reservations about the whole idea. I see no reason at all to make voting any easier than it currently is; in fact, good arguments can be made that it ought to be made even tougher.
It isn't low voter turnout that endangers democracy. Here's a partial list of what does endanger it: politicians who lie, politicians who steal, politicians who create rapacious bureaucracies, voters who don't know what they are doing, and people who think that freedom and democracy will be preserved by pulling levers or punching ballot cards or making phone calls.
Within the Congress itself, voter turnout is extremely high. The great majority of congressmen show up whenever they are asked to cast an aye or a nay. For a lot of those votes, I think freedom and democracy would have been enhanced if most congressmen had stayed home.
The right to vote, frankly, is too important to be cheapened and wasted by anyone who does not understand the issues and the candidates. (Don't anyone write a letter to the editor claiming that I think only people who agree with me should vote; I'm not saying that at all.) The uninformed would be doing their duty for democracy if they either became informed, or left the decisions at the ballot box up to those who are. How did the idea that voting for the sake of voting is a virtue ever get started anyhow?
Freedom and democracy are also endangered by people who vote for a living instead of working for one. They want to use the political process to get something at everyone else's expense, so they vote for the candidates who promise them subsidies, handouts and special privileges. They are actually eroding both freedom and democracy by endorsing more power and resources in the hands of government. I don't want these people to have it so easy that all they have to do is pick up a phone to pick my pocket.
Surely, the right to vote is precious and vital enough to be worth the effort of a trip to the polling place. Anyone who won't do that much for democracy isn't qualified to play the game.
Politicians who bemoan ever lower voter turnout shouldn't be so critical of non-voters. If a non-voter's excuse is that he doesn't know what he should to vote intelligently, he should be thanked for avoiding decisions he's unprepared to make and encouraged to educate himself. If a non-voter is simply disgusted with lies and broken promises, or just doesn't want to choose between Scarface and Machine Gun Kelly, then maybe it's the politicians who should listen and learn; the non-voters are trying to tell them something.
Sure, it would be nice if more people voted--but only if they know what they're doing and if they're not doing it to rip off society for their pet programs. There's nothing about voting by telephone that makes people smarter or more honest, and there's nothing about stuffing the ballot box with more votes that assures either freedom or democracy.
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A friend and I went to look at a litter from a breeder he's interested in. Lab puppies, if it matters, from a breeding and line my friend wants and has hunted with before. Either another buyer backed out, or the litter was bigger than expected (11 puppies I think,) or there were too many females or not enough males, and my friend got bumped up on the waiting list.
There was one female available. She was physically the smallest of the litter, maybe half the size of the biggest pup and 3/4 of most of the rest of the litter. She seemed to be a well adjusted dog. While she wasn't the boldest of the litter that Hicntry advocates for a breeding program, she wasn't timid or shy. At dinner time when the bigger pups crowded her out, she crawled over/under them into the food bowl to eat. Funny, actually. She seemed to look people in the eye and wasn't fearful of anything.
He calls his Dad while he's looking at them, all excited, and his dad gets on his case about buying the "runt" of the litter, "they always have health problems, the breeder should have drowned it, wait til you're at the front of the line, etc..." Now, his Dad has raised a litter, maybe two, of puppies in his life, and aside from keeping a lab as a pet and duck dog isn't exactly an expert.
Now, I've heard from more than one person (including two veterinarians before) that in many cases, there is one or two pups, where you need to let nature take its course. They are referring to ones that require constant attention to bring them through their infancy alive, that the mother rejects. They are often physically malformed or otherwise notably different. That's what this particular Vet referred to as the "Runt."
I've also heard people that refer to the smallest pup as the runt, with no connotation to the term other than size.
I guess we'll never know if this was one where the breeder worked to bring it to viability, or was simply just small. He did mention one pup that "didn't make it" but that could be still born or the mother rolled on it during birth or an outright rejection. The breeder said he "liked her spunk." He didn't say that the Dam wanted to reject the puppy. We didn't think to ask. I tend to think not, given the dogs general attitude, but I'm on my first dog, so what do I know?
So, how do those of you that breed define "runt?"


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The update on attach process developed for migrating zones to a different system can also be used to patch zones. This method allows the global zone to be available more quickly. The system administrator can then control which zones are updated first and get those zones running before less critical zones are updated and booted.
The following process updates all patches so that the zone looks like a newly installed zone on the system:
Before applying a patch bundle to the global zone, detach all of the non-global zones.
Apply the patch bundle to the global zone.
After the bundle has been applied and the system has been rebooted, use the zoneadm attach command with the -U option to bring the non-global zones up to the same patch level as the global zone.
Any packages installed inside the zone but not installed in the global zone are ignored and not affected.
See Solaris 10 10/09: Zones Parallel Patching to Reduce Patching Time for a fast patching solution that utilizes the patchadd utility.


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WASHINGTON — A scrum of reporters gathered outside Sen. Joe Manchin's office Tuesday afternoon waiting for any sign of movement on his embattled background checks amendment while inside he met privately with negotiating partner Sen. Pat Toomey and former Rep. Gabby Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly.
Giffords' gun control group, Americans for Responsible Solutions, has been credited with helping to bring Toomey and Manchin together to draft a provision to expand background checks. (Read Sunday's tick-tock of how Toomey became involved here.)
Giffords survived an assassination attempt in 2011, but suffered major brain trauma. The four principles met privately for about 10 minutes before Toomey and Manchin escorted them from the Hart office building onto the underground subway and to the Capitol. Giffords then met with Democrats during their weekly lunch in an attempt to persuade red state hold outs.
Toomey didn't say much as the four walked together, letting Manchin act as spokesperson. Asked how Giffords could help move things along, Manchin said, "They're helping just by being here and talking to our colleagues. We're close but we could use their help."
The latest count has 52 senators in support of the Toomey-Manchin background checks amendment, but if Republicans force a cloture vote on each amendment as they are threatening, then they'd need 60 votes to overcome a filibuster. The bill would require checks on commercial sales at gun shows and over the Internet, but not between private individuals.
Toomey said he's continuing to have discussions with his Republican colleagues. In those talks, as reported in today's Morning Call, he encourages them to read the text of the amendment.
"I think they're a lot more likely to come out and support it. ," he said.
So far the only Republicans committing their support are Toomey, Susan Collins of Maine and Mark Kirk of Illinois. John McCain of Arizona is a strong maybe. Arizona's other senator, Jeff Flake, who was also considered a maybe, said Monday night he would not support it.
Mark Kelly, at a breakfast with reporters on Tuesday morning, threatened to campaign against Flake in 2018 if he doesn't support background checks.
"Friendship is one thing, saving people's lives -- especially first-graders -- is another," Kelly said.


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Today, I'm working at the Western Washington University archaeology lab, but since I wrote about that for Day of Digital Humanities a few months ago, I thought instead I'd write about the work I do with my company where I create software and tutorials for archaeologists.
9-12pm Worked through a Database Tutorial
This morning I finished up working through the tutorial for FileMaker Pro 12, a database management system (DBMS). I've heard great things about Filemaker from other archaeologists who have used it to create custom databases for recording archaeological sites. Compared to some other DBMS, Filemaker's interface is very simple, and the program has some nice features, like tight integration and easy portability for iOS devices (e.g. iPhones, iPods, iPads) through the FileMaker Go app. This past year, I attended two conferences where several archaeologists demonstrated the Filemaker databases they built for academic projects. In particular, the Center for Digital Archaeology built their impressive Codifi app using FileMaker. Although I've yet to hear of any CRM companies who use Filemaker, I think it should work as a short term solution for a friend of mine to use this summer on field projects. In fact, I built a simple relational database for archaeological survey this morning based on the Intermountain Antiquities Computer System (IMACS) and Filemaker made it pretty simple for me to transfer the database to an iPad.
Although Filemaker seems great so far, I'm hesitant to rely on the whims of two different companies, Filemaker and Apple, to ensure that I will be able to access my data when I need it. I interned briefly at Digital Antiquity (the organization that runs the Digital Archaeological Record data repository) and know that archaeologists who trusted their data to propriety database systems regretted it later when the database companies went under, leaving archaeologists with datasets that were difficult to access on new computers that couldn't run the older database software. If the archaeologists were cautious, they might have translated their databases into less flexible but more stable preservation file formats, like plain-text comma separated value (CSV) files, but in many cases that didn't happen. Because of that experience, I always try to ask myself "how can I get data back out of here?" whenever I use a new piece of software.
For the past few months, I've also been building a custom archaeology data recording application for mobile devices using the Adobe Cordova/Phonegap framework.
The Phonegap framework allows me to use web languages like HTML, CSS, and javascript to create mobile applications that will run on multiple platforms, including iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry, and webOS. I'm already familiar with these coding languages from building websites and I like the idea of being as platform agnostic as possible. As an added plus, if my partner and I decide to make the application open-source, other archaeologists will be able to edit and customize the code more easily than if we wrote the app in C or Java. Phonegap and HTML5 do have their limitations though, so in case we run into issues that slow our app down too much to make it useful, we're also looking into porting the app to native code. For now though, Phonegap allows us to quickly prototype the application using languages we're familiar with.
1-3pm Videoconference with Chris at DigTech
I'm working on the PhoneGap application with Chris Webster of DigTech, LLC. Chris is a long-time shovelbum, project manager, and podcaster who recently started his own cultural resource management (CRM) archaeology company. Chris wants to do as much of his site recording digitally as possible in order to increase efficiency and data accuracy, spend less of his clients' money, and free up his archaeologists' time to do more research, analysis, and publication rather than data-entry. Chris has accomplished a lot of this by using various off-the-shelf applications like Tapforms and MementoDatabase, but decided that none of them were doing everything he wanted or needed to do for CRM archaeology.
Chris and I meet weekly to discuss projects and to collaborate on the application. Chris primarily works on the interface design: making sure that the app is useful in field situations, with large enough buttons, text, and easy access to vital data. I primarily handle the coding and database design, but Chris and I have also been challenging each other to learn more about computer programming as we go. Simply designing a database to hold archaeological data has forced us to carefully consider and try to anticipate the different needs an archaeologist might have for a database in the field: if sites can contain features and artifacts, but features can also contain artifacts, how do you map that relationship? How many controlled terms for material types do you need to offer to standardize and streamline recording without limiting an archaeologist's ability to add in an unexpected material type? Others have put much more thought into this area, but the end goal is to design databases that are specific enough to increase efficiency and accuracy while being general enough to compare data across sites, archaeologists, and regions. For Chris and I though, it's been useful mental exercise to think about these kinds of problems as we program.
Recently the app has started to resemble something that would be useful out in the field, but we still have a lot of work to do. Some of the field situations we need to adapt our app to handle are to expand beyond simple survey to being able to quickly and efficiently record rock art. We have a database up and working in the app and have tested recording coordinates using the mobile device's internal GPS (it's nowhere near submeter accuracy, but it's still handy), but we'd also like to add in some other features, like simple mapping, storing photographs, and making the data exporting work more easily.
3-4pm Wrote an email to a programmer to collect bids on fleshing out the application.
Because neither Chris nor I are professional programmers, we're contacting several people who are to see what they might charge to help us add features. We're not sure yet whether we'll fund that ourselves, release a beta version to fund further development, or seek funding through a crowdfunding website like Kickstarter. If you're an experienced programmer, we'd love to talk to you. You can contact us through our websites or at russell[at]diachronicdesign.com or chriswebster[at]digtech-llc.com
4-6pm Geeked out with other archaeologists over a new toy
A few other archaeologists and I have been eagerly awaiting a low-cost tablet with both an internal GPS and a >3mp camera that we can use for field recording. Today, Google announced the new version of their Nexus 7 tablet which met our requirements. I've been waiting awhile for that right combination of specs, so I bit the bullet and bought one. I'm really excited the Nexus 7 runs on android 4.3, which means I can finally run the FAIMS application on a real device; up until now I've had to emulate a Nexus 7 on my laptop, which is not ideal. From their website: "The Federated Archaeological Information Management System (FAIMS) Project is funded by the National eResearch Collaboration Tools and Resources (NeCTAR) program[…] an Australian Government program to build new infrastructure for Australian researchers." The researchers at the University of New South Wales and elsewhere have specifically designed for CRM data collection in Australia. I've been interested in the FAIMS project since speaking with Dr. Sobotkova at the 2012 SAA meeting in Sacramento and was very impressed when Dr. Crook showed me the progress they made when I saw FAIMS's booth at the 2013 SAA meeting in Honolulu. The FAIMS project has open-sourced their app, which I love, and a friend and I want to customize the app for an excavation project here in the United States. Now that I will have a new android device, I can finally move forward with playing with the app and (hopefully) pay things back by contributing some code or tutorials back to the project.
If you couldn't tell already, I'm generally pretty hopeful that technologies like databases, mobile devices, internet blogs, and social networks can help archaeologists record, analyze, and publish about archaeological sites more quickly, sustainability, and openly. I'm excited about all the other posts I've seen on Day of Archaeology today that involved everyone from academic archaeologists to CRM archaeologists, community members, students, authors, and more. I hope this post has been interesting and helped add to the diversity of the voices on this blog. I'm looking forward to reading more posts and can't wait until Day of Archaeology comes back around next year.


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David Brooks argues that President Obama is doing better than you'd expect in polls given the state of the economy because he possesses a very specific type of manliness: "ESPN masculinity." Brooks' New York Times column reveals that, like so many Washington people, he holds a very curious ideas about "masculinity," though we think his ideas about the culture of ESPN might be unique to the New York Times columnist.
The Atlantic Wire previously noted a strange phenomenon in Washington, D.C.: nerdy male political consultants who write speeches for a living yet somehow become icons of rugged masculinity. By the end of the 2008 election, for example, we knew the height, weight, and Ultimate Fighting techniques of John McCain's aide Steve Schmidt, the "barrel chest," "thick arms," and "poke-'em-in-the-snoot style" of speechwriter Mark Salter. But Brooks' analysis of Obama's manliness is particularly odd. At least McCain's aides were rated macho by using traditional metrics of manliness—bicep circumference or whatever. Brooks says Obama is manly like ESPN—that is, in a post-feminist way. Huh? What?
Writes Brooks:
The key is his post-boomer leadership style... Obama has displayed a kind of ESPN masculinity: postfeminist in his values, but also thoroughly traditional in style — hypercompetitive, restrained, not given to self-doubt, rarely self-indulgent. Administrations are undone by scandal and moments when they look pathetic, but this administration, guarded in all things, has rarely had those moments...
I'd say that Obama is a slight underdog this year: the scuffling economy will grind away at voters. But his leadership style is keeping him afloat. He has defined a version of manliness that is postboomer in policy but preboomer in manners and reticence.
First of all, this is a very good argument for why millennials need to get involved in politics: to drown out boomers' obsession with masculinity. (On the very same day, The Washington Post's Dana Milbank—unfortunately not a reader of The Atlantic Wire—dubbed Obama the "first female president." His evidence is that Obama gave the commencement address at Barnard College, a girls' school, and he said nice things about girls. Oh, and, "Heck, he even appeared in public wearing a gown.")
But more important, Obama is only like the culture of ESPN in the exact opposite way that Brooks means. Brooks says they're both "restrained," "rarely self-indulgent," and showing old-fashioned "reticence." But only a couple weeks ago, Obama was accused of doing exactly the opposite: "spiking the football" by not letting Americans forget who was in the White House the day Osama bin Laden died. According to some, the president was showing an unseemly bit of celebrating, bragging, credit-taking. "You know one thing about heroes? They don't brag," Sen. John McCain said.
And where does the idea of "spiking the football" come from? Football. Here is a top 10 list of end zone dancers. This top 10 list was compiled by, you guessed it, ESPN.
Brooks himself commented on whether Obama had spiked the bin Laden football on May 4. "I thought they went a little far," he said on PBS. "I think it's perfectly fine to jump around in the end zone and say hey, I did it." But then the Obama campaign ran a negative ad about it, accusing Mitt Romney of not being up to making the call. "And that's just the normal gangland campaign thinking, taking what is a good moment and then cheapening it with a stupid and cynical political jab."
Perhaps the idea of an ESPN Man was tempting given his success with other demographic coinages: Patio Man, Organization Kid, for example. But Brooks seems more familiar with the shopping habits of uppity liberals than he does the sports channel. In February, he said New York Knicks player Jeremy Lin was "anomalous" because he's "a religious person in professional sports." And Tuesday's ESPN analysis is off in other ways. It's hard to claim the network is "post feminist," or any kind of feminist, given its long history with sexual harassment. In January 2011, for example, it fired broadcaster Ron Franklin for calling a female coworker "sweet baby," plus an expletive. The sports blog Deadspin has a whole category for "ESPN Horndoggery," though the tag is on a single story from November headlined, "Former ESPN VP's 'I Didn't Masturbate In Front Of Erin Andrews' Lawsuit Causes Panic In Bristol And L.A."
What's even stranger about Brooks' analysis is that it compares Obama—constantly accused of fooling voters with vacuous platitudes about hope and change—to the only people on earth who are regularly cheered for saying even more vapid things: athletes with extensive media training. It wasn't about winning, I just wanted to go out there and try my best and put my faith in God and see what happens, says every athlete ever interviewed since, well, ever. Even your most hope-and-changey politician doesn't think voters are dumb enough to buy that.
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The Fiesta Movement is nigh! 100 little international-spec Ford Fiestas arrived at American ports this week and, looking at the photos, we're curious which emasculating color our own Andrew Didorosi will choose.
Will he pick the lipstick red color? What about the passion fruit pink or bright alien green? What about white, like Didorosi's favorite pair of Manolos? If we're going by Didorosi's favorite things, maybe the Cinnamon-colored one will bring up happy thoughts of sipping apple cinnamon lattes and window shopping for new bags. Of these fantastically feminine colors, which one should he chose?
Press Release: FIESTA MOVEMENT REACHES U.S. SHORES; FORD'S NEW SMALL CAR DEFIES DOWNTURN IN EUROPE AND ASIA
DEARBORN, Mich., March 26, 2009 – The arrival today on U.S. shores of 100 new Ford Fiestas marks an important step in the rollout of the first of Ford Motor Company's new generation of global small cars.
The European-built Fiestas arrived today at seaports in Baltimore and Oxnard, Calif., and will be loaned for six months to 100 young trendsetters chosen from more than 3,300 applicants as part of the "Fiesta Movement." Those picked to drive the European Fiesta will share their experiences online through social media sites such as Facebook, Flickr and YouTube to build buzz and anticipation for the vehicle's North American launch early next year.
The Fiesta already is a hit in Europe and Asia, where it went on sale last year and earlier this year, respectively. The new Fiesta already is the second-best selling vehicle of any make across Ford's 19 major European markets, and is headed for its best month yet in Europe in March. Early response from buyers in China and other Asia-Pacific markets already is outstripping company expectations.
"In the midst of the toughest economy many of us have ever seen, the Fiesta is becoming a legitimate global success story," said Jim Farley, Ford Group Vice President of Marketing and Communications. "The Fiesta Movement is all about introducing a new kind of small car to a new generation of buyers."
The 100 five-door Fiestas coming to the U.S. were built at Ford's Cologne Assembly Plant in Europe. For many U.S. customers, it will be their first chance to see and read about the small car that is one of three finalists for the World Car of the Year award that will be announced next month at the New York International Auto Show.
"We're really excited to be able to get our U.S. customers behind the wheel and experience this car," said Sam De La Garza, small car marketing manager. "It's all part of a plan to build excitement about the new Fiesta with the next generation of Ford customers."
Designed and developed as Ford's first global car, the Fiesta takes the nameplate's three-decade heritage to a new level with its eye-catching kinetic design, widely acclaimed driving dynamics and unexpected refinement.
Before coming to the U.S., special permission was granted by the EPA and the European-spec vehicles were modified for American drivers.
The language in the vehicles' instrument panel message center was changed from German to English and the speedometers were changed from kilometers to miles per hour. The voice piping from the Bluetooth-enabled vehicle, however, retains its British accent. All the Fiesta Movement vehicles feature keyless entry with push-button start, EasyFuel™ Capless Fuel-Filler System, 16" or 17" wheels, and many other features typically found on larger or premium vehicles.
Agents on a mission
Beginning in late spring, the chosen participants, or "Fiesta Movement" agents, will be asked to complete monthly missions in their vehicles, capture their experiences digitally and share them with Ford and others through social networks.
Ford is aiming the Fiesta Movement at Millennials, the next-generation consumer group born between 1979 and 1985 that will total 70 million new drivers in 2010 – the largest class of any generation. Making up 28 percent of the driving age population, the potential size of the market serves as an opportunity for Ford to connect with a group that hasn't yet established brand loyalty and is very connected to the use of technology and social networking.
For Millennials, social media is a part of everyday life. Statistics show that for those born after 1980, 62 percent of the content they consume comes from someone they know personally. The missions will be designed based on monthly themes that will take them to new places, to meet new people and to experience new things in their Fiesta.
Collecting data about how the car performs in the U.S. market is an integral part to the vehicle's launch. With this program, Ford aims to gather valuable customer input on how they perceive the vehicle prior to the next year's North American launch. It's the first opportunity Ford has ever had to get a wealth of feedback so early on prior to launch – unique in content and unfiltered from a multitude of sources.
The movement already is catching on, with more than 3,300 agent applications to the www.fiestamovement.com website and 580,000 views of applicant videos on YouTube.
About Fiesta
In Europe, the Fiesta name has long been synonymous with outstanding performance, design and value. The new Ford Fiesta takes that three-decade heritage to a new level with eye-catching styling and exemplary driving dynamics for U.S. consumers.
The vehicle is also winning awards, including being named Car of the Year 2009 by the authoritative What Car? magazine in the U.K. and was awarded a prestigious "red dot" award for international product design.
In 2010, the Fiesta will be produced at plants in Germany, Spain, Mexico, Thailand and China for sale in markets around the world. The Fiesta for the North American market will be built at Ford's assembly plant in Cuautitlan, Mexico.


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