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Primary Duties and Responsibilities: •Reporting to the Director of Operations, responsible for the promotion of all home certification and builder education programs and the elevation of the Earth Advantage brand. •Designed and produced collateral materials in support of builder and realtor education programs. •Developed annual marketing plans for strategic partners and outlined advertising and public relations goals for strategic alliances. •Conducted qualitative and quantitative market research studies to determine market share and positioning, test new programs, and understand buying criteria. •Mounted trade shows, home tours and other off-site marketing events. •Prepared and managed an annual marketing budget of $300,000. •Directed strategic positioning of trademarked name and logo development/design for new company, Earth Advantage Institute. •Developed name, logo, and introductory marketing plan for new program offering, Builder 2030. 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It was one of the very first things I was told when I entered J School – while the delivery medium was a broadcast one, the key to effective broadcasting is to make it personal. Despite the fact that when I worked in radio I was sending messages to tens or hundreds of thousands of people, the key was to make each one must think that we were talking only to them. It's something that I'm mindful of every time I press send on a tweet – does what I'm broadcasting – because that's effectively what I'm doing – have the potential to start a personal conversation with my 'listeners'?
Now I know that in the same way that it wasn't always possible to achieve it when I was on radio, I don't always achieve it with my tweets. But I try. And, it's a lesson that businesses need to learn when developing their social media strategies. Rather than broadcasting they need to understand who their target audience is and target the tweets, Facebook updates, LinkedIn group posts and Google + updates accordingly.
Attending #140Conf12 in New York earlier this week I was reminded of the importance of integrity, credibility and humanity in social media. In a world where so much of corporate communications is electronic it would be good to remember that people, ultimately, buy from people. Isn't it time your business started personal conversations with your audience, rather than simply using social media to broadcast your message?
Agreed! The beautiful thing is that now you can get a response. In radio or broadcast media that was virtually impossible.
This is exactly where I think Twitter and Google+ are ahead of the game. Both instant forms of communication, and G+ adds visual "hangouts."
Its a great time for social media, and I hope to have more companies take advantage of what they can offer!

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Updated: 10:15 p.m. Sunday, July 31, 2011 | Posted: 8:41 p.m. Saturday, May 28, 2011
By Andrew Abramson and Joel Engelhardt
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Months before West Palm Beach is poised to switch its police officers to a digital radio system, The Palm Beach Post has learned that reports sharply critical of the project have remained out of sight of decision-makers.
At stake is what officers say is their most important tool - key to life-or-death decisions as well as their own survival.
Just last weekend near PGA National, a Palm Beach Gardens officer, his radio sputtering, couldn't communicate with the county helicopter tracking the suspect in a bloody stabbing.
For years, a West Palm technical team reported its alarm over national incidents and poor performance in some local tests, but the team has been shut out of public debate.
With concerns about the long-delayed OpenSky radio system bubbling up in April 2010, West Palm City Commissioner Bill Moss sought an "honest and credible evaluation."
A report came, but Moss never saw it. It remained locked away in city hall with an earlier, equally critical report, known to only a few insiders until uncovered this month by The Post.
The OpenSky system is already operating in Jupiter, Palm Beach, Juno Beach and Palm Beach Gardens, where officials say it works fine. That contention is undermined by the West Palm critique.
Even West Palm's existing analog system "easily outperforms the OpenSky system in all of the fundamental aspects of what a public safety radio system must do," wrote Lee Menke, systems support manager, after a failed OpenSky test in 2009.
At that time, Police Chief Delsa Bush silenced the technical team, ordering that it play no role in the conversion, even though the system is based on computer technology.
Since the city joined Palm Beach Gardens and Palm Beach in buying an OpenSky system in 2006, West Palm has paid $3.6 million to install equipment and about $465,000 to maintain it, even though it has not been put to use.
City commissioners are weighing a $1.6 million purchase of 400 radios, the final step before a scheduled September launch.
The sharply critical reports described dead spots, calls that didn't go through, jury-rigged connections, poor coverage and the difficulty of operating a proprietary system as most agencies move toward an open platform that eases communication between agencies.
The reports warn that OpenSky carries hidden costs in add-ons to compensate for poor coverage. Cities in a consortium, formed to cut costs, vigorously dispute any higher costs with OpenSky, saying the system has worked in Palm Beach Gardens since 2009 and Palm Beach since last year and will cut annual maintenance costs in half.
Bush, the city's project manager, last week labeled the reports "speculation and innuendo," although she conceded she had never read them. She said she placed her trust in Ernie Carr, a Palm Beach Gardens police colonel overseeing the OpenSky system for the nonprofit Municipal Public Safety Communications Consortium. He said he, too, had never seen the reports.
After reviewing the reports, the consortium's chairman, Atlantis Police Chief Robert Mangold, said they were "filled with unsubstantiated statements, innuendos, misrepresentations and outright falsehoods."
Menke's reports get personal. He wrote that the consortium responded to his technical team's concerns with "vindictiveness, spitefulness and vengeance."
A representative of Harris Corp., the owner of OpenSky, said in a statement that the company stands by its product.
Bush's devotion to OpenSky made her an issue in the recent mayoral race, with former Commissioner Molly Douglas vowing to fire Bush because she believed OpenSky put "officers at risk."
At a recent workshop, several West Palm Beach commissioners demanded that the city's in-house computer experts be heard. Mayor Jeri Muoio said the next workshop, yet to be scheduled, will allow them to speak.
As the largest of six cities remaining in a consortium that started in 1999 with 33 municipalities, West Palm Beach pays a proportionally larger share of the system's annual costs. If it pulls out, the remaining cities - Palm Beach Gardens, Jupiter, Juno Beach, Palm Beach and Atlantis - would pay significantly more.
Although West Palm Administrator Ed Mitchell said he never saw either in-house report, the second report states that he was the one who asked for it. Instead it languished unseen by the politicians charged with deciding the system's fate.
Moss and other city commissioners bristled that they weren't privy to the reports. "I don't know why anybody would be afraid of our technical people getting involved in our equipment," Moss said.
OpenSky has had some high-profile failures but claims some success nationally:
In Oakland County, Mich., however, OpenSky opened to rave reviews this month from public officials. Menke's report details problems the Oakland County technical workers were having with OpenSky in 2009.
Back in West Palm, in September 2009, a full-scale test involving on-duty officers was halted because of "an officer safety issue." Menke wrote that OpenSky couldn't outperform the city's existing radio system. "Unfortunately, the performance of the OpenSky system was dismal to the point of embarrassment," his report said.
Bush, however, presented that failed test in a different light. In June 2010, she told commissioners that the test "did what it was supposed to do in identifying problems before we went live with the system."
After the 2009 test, Harris replaced, at its own cost, 130 poorly performing city radios - a $450,000 expense - and erected an $85,000 tower to improve coverage in western areas.
At the workshop, Bush told commissioners that the cost of dropping out of the consortium and developing a new system would be $30 million to $40 million. Menke's reports outlined several far cheaper options. But Menke said he did not attend the meeting, under orders to stay out of OpenSky discussions.
Worried about behavior
The consortium removed Menke from its board in November 2009, later to be replaced by Bush.
Bush said she told Menke to stay away because he had turned confrontational, particularly toward Carr. Menke's removal followed a trip to Oakland County, Mich., to study OpenSky problems there. Animosity grew during the trip between consortium members and the West Palm Beach team, Carr said.
Menke said he was removed after he refused to give Carr a preliminary look at a presentation about the Michigan trip for the consortium board. He never made the presentation.
It all began in 1999, when the 33 municipalities in Palm Beach County refused to join the county in establishing a radio system. The county's system went live in August 2000, and three large cities - Boca Raton, Delray Beach and Boynton Beach - left the consortium for the county.
The three have their own towers and antennas but rely on the county's networking equipment. They pay the county $60,000 a year and have open communications with the sheriff's office and other cities on that system. The consortium is charging West Palm Beach about $170,000 a year.
The consortium, however, went forward, seeking bids in 2000 and selecting OpenSky in 2003, owned at the time by M/A-Com. It didn't sign a contract until 2006, but by that time the system that looked cutting-edge in the mid-1990s no longer was, said Louisiana radio consultant Nick Tusa.
"After you've sat on an RFP (request for proposals) for that long, certainly, somebody around then should have said, 'Does this still make sense?' Because the landscape around them had changed," Tusa said.
While Bush and Mitchell said they know the system works because officials in Palm Beach Gardens and Palm Beach say so, West Palm continued to have issues with coverage and building penetration, forcing Harris to add the western tower.
In Palm Beach, fire trucks have been outfitted with $8,000 boosters to assure that firefighters can communicate when OpenSky's signals do not penetrate buildings.
That's not unusual, said the consortium's Kevin O'Connor, a Gardens officer who oversees technical matters. It's far less costly to add boosters, amplifiers and cell towers than to expand coverage with 300-foot antenna towers that cost more than $500,000. The consortium plans 16 tower sites for its six cities, while the county system covers the entire county with 10 sites.
Despite sharp criticism of West Palm Beach's testing regimen, the city went forward in February with what it deemed the system's final test - a voice-only, daytime test, which already are optimal conditions for communications. It was designed by the consortium but observed by a private consultant. Menke had urged that the final tests be designed by independent consultants.
Test a success?
Bush called the February test a smashing success. The testing triggered the addition to the consortium in late March of Jupiter, Juno Beach and Atlantis. Jupiter went live with a system using Palm Beach Gardens' towers on May 5 and reports no problems, Chief Frank Kitzerow said. Town officials said they subjected OpenSky to rigorous testing and found that OpenSky far outperformed its older system.
Despite a declaration of success, West Palm's February tests identified 13 buildings, including a school, hospitals and shopping areas, where radio signals did not penetrate, requiring amplifiers.
Consortium members say building owners must bear the expense for the amplifiers, about $2,500 each. Depending on quality and engineering, experts said, adding amplifiers for one building can cost as much as $50,000.
West Palm recently spent $50,000 to outfit city hall and the police station with amplifiers because OpenSky didn't penetrate those dense buildings. Bush and Carr say the city never had signal strength in those buildings, a statement disputed by the city's radio consultant, J.C. Nezbeth.
The city, Muoio said, will not spend any more money on OpenSky until all sides are heard, even naysayers. "If that is stifled," she said, "I'm not happy.
"It's such an important decision we have to make. It's the lives of our officers. It's the money of our taxpayers. It's concerning."
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Somebody tazered enda when he got too close to Hillary
Hmm, AA say Dawson street closed due to an 'incident' aswell…
jaysis, sounds like the whole of city centre has been closed off due to collision on Dawson/Nassau St. or is it a ruse??
Called In to open the skylights and let the build up of hot air escape safely..
Ming Flanagan and the Ceann Comhairle both hurt while fighting at the bicycle shed
Fatality involving a bus, at the Dawson Street, Nassau Street junction.
Ah god, RTE News have just confirmed :(
Its raining, and there were no taxis..
I got a bus from Ballsbridge to town, about 40 mins ago there were about 12-15 speeding garda vehicles heading back in the direction of the summit in the rds, when I got to Dawson street it was closed off, an ambulance or two, two fire engines and some garda around a stopped bus. They seemed to be talking to one chap on an empty bus. This ambulance going (admittedly only one) going into the Dail and I'm hearing sirens in the city right now. Is their something big going on or are they just speeding in that direction to escort political figures out of the rds?
During last year's budget the Dáil sat for a five days (first time in 14 years) and a TD was hospitalised by the end of it.
A guy got killed by a bus at corner of Dawson and Nassau. About 20 mins ago. Gruesome stuff. I'm presuming it was the bus. Unclear. Total wipe out scenario. Very sad. RIP
Some pretty crass comments on here in light of what happened. Perhaps people should think before they type….RIP to the poor unfortunate person killed….
In fairness none of the posters knew a feller had been killed by a bus and since they have there haven't been any more posts.
But far be it from me to stop you climbing on your high horse.
Well unsurprisingly ambulances going anywhere are usually bad news.
My comments above were before knowing someone was killed. Sounds like a shocking incident, RIP for the man and hope witnesses and driver are ok. Mad night in the city I would imagine with Clinton visit and Anti War Movement protesting on Dame st
Jesus Christ. It's an ambulance. It's always bad news for someone. Morons.
There are degrees of bad news, of which this one is extremely bad.
On the other hand it might have just been a TD with his knob stuck in a Dyson hoover extension.
How's the view from up their on your high horse.
No, sorry pal. Having a problem with people laughing at ambulances does not make me self righteous. Having a problem with people laughing at ambulances makes me normal.
Unfortunately it seems really necessary we need to point out that nobody is/was making fun of that specific incident or any other injured person. It's ambulance outside the Dail. Hence a few lame jokes.
So the ambulance was taking a shortcut through the Dail? Very good.
The Dawson / Nassau street incident seems to be the result of a scuffle that spilled out on to the road.


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Policy-makers in Jerusalem want us to believe that the new tax hikes and budget cuts were formulated out of pure economic necessity, after the best brains sat down together and unequivocally concluded that the money has to come from raising VAT, an across-the-board budget cut, a tax on the wealthy, and a tax on smokers. Just before publishing the measures, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made sure that "Globes" readers would read that he is "strengthening the National Economics Council advisory committee ahead of drawing up an economic plan". For this purpose, he appointed new members to the committee, including even former National Labor Court President Steve Adler. If the defender of Israel's workers, Judge Adler, is among Netanyahu's economic advisers, we can relax.
In practice, Israel's state budget is not really drawn up by advisory committees or even in the grey rooms of the Ministry of Finance's Budget Department. It is easy to complain about the "Treasury boys", but at the end of the day, they only move the blanket from one side to the other, according to the known rules of the game, on the basis of the good old order. This order divides the population into four groups: the poor, the middle class, the rich, and the haredim (ultra-orthodox).
They try to avoid touching the rich (and the companies tax), whether because of an ideology that says they create the growth that ultimately trickles down to the rest of the people; or because of the need to benefit a sector that knows how to return a favor, or because of the fact that there are far fewer rich than poor, so that it doesn't how much taxes are raised for the rich – salvation will not come from them.
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The Confederation of the Indian industry has urged the Indian government to continue its emphasis on improving agriculture, the rural economy, roads and railways and the country's power infrastructure in order to maintain high growth. The first item on the confederation's agenda is for the government to focus strongly on the rural economy. This includes improving rural housing, developing a farm policy based on public-private partnership and offering incentives for corporate involvement in agriculture production and processing. The confederation has also recommended improving rural connectivity to help farmers market their produce effectively and get maximum returns. The confederation also came out with its pre-budget memorandum recently, in which it has also outlined a number of agricultural reforms the government should address including boosting rural roads and rural housing. "Rural housing loans of banks as well as housing finance companies should be counted as a part of the priority sector loans and advances," the memorandum said. According to the memorandum, in order for the Indian economy to sustain a 7 percent or more growth over the next decade, the agricultural sector needs to increase its growth from the current rate of 3 percent. The confederation asked the government to encourage the private sector to invest in agricultural reforms. "Larger amounts of private investments should be mobilised for water management, storage, transportation, information technology, post-harvest mechanisation, etc., to supplement government investment," said the confederation. "Private companies should be allowed to invest in wasteland development, so that they can plant trees for their own requirements on a sustainable basis," the confederation added. For the railways, the confederation recommended that a 5 percent tax should be levied across-the-board on passenger fares to create a Railway Development Fund. The confederation also said that the government should give a matching grant and create an independent Railways Tariff Regulatory Authority. For civil aviation, the confederation recommended the liberalization of foreign direct investment in air transport services and rationalization of aviation turbine fuel prices. It also recommended fiscal reforms in the power sector. For taxation, the confederation asked for a reduction in corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 30 percent, with the removal of the surcharge of 2.5 percent. In indirect taxation, the confederation said that the government should continue with the reduced peak customs duty at 20 percent without any further reduction. It also said that the duty on raw materials, intermediates and components should be reduced by 5 to 10 percentage points wherever possible so that the duty are at least 5 percent lower than the finished products. "In general, scrap zero percent customs duties except for life saving drugs and security related items, and those agreed to through multilateral or bilateral agreements, "said the confederation. "This includes the import of capital goods under zero percent category for project imports and others." On the small and medium enterprises, the confederation suggested the revamping of the financing system and the enactment of a small industries development bill, introduction of a limited partnership act. The confederation's new president Sunil Kant Munjal said in a statement that government must lay special emphasis on the youth of the country. "A mechanism must be developed to enhance the skill levels of Indian people; make them more employable," he said.
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The truth of the matter is nothing worthwhile is free. While you can find free web hosting online by scrolling through virtual server hosting reviews, free hosting isn't a good as it follows the old axiom, "you get what you pay for". But, with this being said, one of the main VPS keys is the price structure associated with them.
As previously mentioned, VPS are what the Cloud, what Cloud Hosting, is based on. The solution is highly scalable and extremely cost effective (you only pay for the services you use). This combination is great for growing websites, professional bloggers or small to medium sized businesses that simply don't have the money to spend on a few dedicated servers however know they need specific Cloud Hosting resource allocations. It has to be noted, price will vary dependent on provider, chosen Cloud solution operating systems and resource allocation, but a great VPS provider, like our friends over at Solar VPS start their Linux VPS at $17.50 per month. $17.50 per month is a small price to pay for a professional WordPress website or ecommerce site which could potentially bring in hefty numbers due to ad revenues and sales.With all this being true, why would a small to medium sized business want to invest their money in dedicated servers over a Windows VPS or an Amazon VPS?
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With VPS reviews singing the praises of Linux and Windows Virtual Private Servers, why in the world would a professional blogger, an ecommerce website or a small to medium sized business invest their money in dedicated servers? The answer: Resources, Power and Privacy.
First things first, a VPS is shared hosting. Cloud hosting, unless you are utilizing a private Cloud infrastructure, is shared hosting. Think of the previously mentioned pie. Whereas VPS hosting is shared web hosting, dedicated servers are stand-alone hosting. Think of the pie again however this time, don't cut the pie into slices. With a dedicated server, the entire pie is yours to utilize. This means you can have greater hosting resources (unmetered dedicated servers come to mind) and at the same time, know your web hosting space is your own space, not to be shared with anyone else. In a world full of frights and perils, Windows Dedicated Servers and Linux Dedicated Servers provide the end user with security and lots of resources.
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The truth of the matter is, dedicated servers are more expensive to purchase and maintain then their virtual private server counterparts. It goes without saying but since dedicated servers utilize an entire server and provide greater resource allocations for the end user, dedicated servers are more costly than Linux or Windows VPS Cloud Hosting. Although dedicated servers tend to be more pricey than their cloud computing brethren, dedicated servers are great for larger companies, enterprise level businesses and small to medium sized businesses growing at an exponential rate.
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Wicked business2012 Wednesday, November 28, 2012 Another just plain fun read! If you like the Stephanie Plumb books, you'll like this series too. Diesel, one of Ranger's employees, breaks out on his own set of adventures. They are full of the same madcap mayhem we see with Stephanie, Morelli and Ranger, but these add a layer of magic and mystical powers. Lizzy is a pastry chef in Salem Massachusetts who also happens to be a "finder". Her talent is sensing special properties of inanimate objects. Lizzy and Diesel are off on a mission to find another one of a set of magical stones before Wulf or any other bad guys can get it. (His full name is Gerwulf Grimoire, and he's Diesel's evil cousin.) The cast of characters continues on and on. There's Glo, who works at the bakery, has a magic broom, and is trying very hard to learn magic spells. There's Ms. Wortley, who owns Ye Olde Exotica Shoppe for all your wizarding and spellcasting needs. There's Carl, Diesel's pet monkey who has an amazing vocabulary for a monkey. And yes, there's a cat! This is the second in the series, be sure to start with Wicked appetite so you don't miss a thing! Link to this series: |
A Peculiar Treasure(1939) Monday, November 26, 2012 From the 1920s to the 1960s, Edna Ferber was one of America's most popular writers, turning out a string of best-selling novels, such as So Big (Pulitzer Prize winner), Show Boat, Come and Get It, and Giant, many of which became equally successful plays and films. Ferber herself also wrote successful plays (Stage Door, The Royal Family) with theatrical legend George S. Kauffmann, and was peripheral member of the famed Algonquin Round Table of notable wits. All of this is quite interesting enough, but what makes Ferber's memoir of particular appeal is that she grew up in Appleton. In the book, Ferber offers a glowing account of life in turn-of-the-century Appleton, from working in her father's dry goods store on College Avenue to her first paying job ($3.00 a week) as a reporter for the Appleton Daily Crescent (later the Post-Crescent), which provided the opportunity to interview another former Appletonian, the great escape artist Harry Houdini. A Peculiar Treasure is an appealing account of another era, and of a talented, tough, and sometimes prickly woman who rose from a small Midwestern town to international success. |
Russian Winter2010 Wednesday, November 21, 2012 Russian Winter is a novel about jewels, ballet, love, betrayal, and secrets. It centers on Russian ballerina Nina Revskaya, The Butterfly, a star of the Bolshoi Ballet in communist Russia. The tale weaves back and forth from her life in Russia to present day America, where she is auctioning all of her jewels. Drew Brooks, an associate director at the auction house, finds herself unusually intrigued by the unknown backstory on the jewels (a backstory that Nina is not eager to share), and when Russian professor Gregori Solodin donates an amber necklace that belongs to a suite of The Butterfly's jewels, they begin to unravel the mystery that surrounds them, a mystery that has great personal meaning for Solodin. Kalotay beautifully captures life behind-the-scenes in the ballet world as well as the fear and uncertainty of the Stalinist regime. I will admit that I found this book a little hard to get into, but I am glad I persevered. Once it takes off it is a haunting tale of humanity at its best and worst. |
Why We Broke Up(2011) Monday, November 19, 2012 The short version: The story of a break up from the very beginning of the relationship, starring authentic characters and presented in a unique format--each chapter starts with an object from a box of mementos Min collected and is giving to her ex-boyfriend, Ed. For more details, read on. Minerva Green is being driven to the home of her ex-boyfriend Ed by her best friend Al to deliver a box of mementos she collected over the course of their short relationship. Each chapter of Daniel Handler's Why We Broke Up begins with a painting of an object from the box and is followed by Min's written explanation to Ed of what the object and its significance is. Frequently, these objects are launching points for the narrative of their relationship. The movie ticket leads into the story of their first date and the poster Ed steals from the theater continues the story of that day. Other items are one-offs, with a single story attached to them. It's a fun and unique way to tell this story, and Handler writes very convincingly as a young woman in high school. Despite the structure of the book around these objects, the story flows easily. Ed and Min meet at a party that Ed wasn't invited to, have an instant attraction, and exchange numbers. They are from different social circles, Ed being a captain on the basketball team and Min spending most of her time with a small group of film aficionados. She wants to be a film director. He wants to win the state championship. There are times while reading the story that Min feels like a friend who you realize cannot see that this is not a long-term relationship, which is a big credit to Handler's ability to make her, Ed, the other characters, and the details of their relationship so authentic and Min's love for Ed so genuine. One element of Handler's writing I enjoyed involved Min withholding the information about an object until late into her writing about it. There's a suspense of curiosity that builds around the object--How does that play a significant role in her story?--and it's a fun change to the formula of a chapter. I'm struggling to think what readers I'd recommend this to. It would appeal to both teen and adult readers who like realistic fiction, obviously, but they would also have to enjoy a story that breaks the mold. |
Redirect the surprising new science of psychological change (2011) Monday, November 19, 2012 This is definitely one of my favorites; it is not, however, a self-help book (if you peruse Amazon reviews, many readers' expectations were defied and disappointed by that fact – most likely due to a misinterpretation of the sub-title). Rather, Redirect presents the practice of story-editing to effect successful interventions in personal and social issues. The first chapter describes story-editing and how it can help turn negative thinking patterns into healthier ones (there are clear parallels to cognitive-behavioral therapy). This act of redirecting or, in some cases, making sense of a situation, can be accomplished through three different methods: "the writing exercise, in which people reinterpret a problem by writing about it; story prompting, in which people are directed down a particular narrative path with the hope that it will bump them out of a self-defeating thinking pattern"; and the "do good, be good approach, which involves changing people's behavior first… In other words, people's behavior shapes the personal narratives they develop" (17). Don't be fooled, though; this book is not positive thinking, touchy-feely fluff; it investigates numerous scientific studies and also points out the lack of a scientific framework and analysis for many popular interventions (for example, the D.A.R.E. program). Quite notable to me in the first chapter was the author's look at CISD (Critical Incident Stress Debriefing), commonly used for a time with first-responders. The author points out that controlled studies have repeatedly found that CISD worsens the stress and outcomes in an individual who was peripherally or directly involved in a traumatic event. "In short, one reason CISD fails is that it makes it harder for people to take that step back and gain some perspective on what happened. Forcing people to talk about the traumatic event right after it happened can even solidify memories of it, which makes it harder for people to reinterpret the event as time goes by" (13-14; emphasis mine). Each successive chapter focuses on one specific issue – parenting, teen violence, academic improvement, teen pregnancy, drug and alcohol abuse, etc. – and investigates current, popular interventions and their non- or even ill-effect, contrasting them with simple story-editing interventions. The author repeatedly points out the importance of scientific, validly constructed intervention strategies that incorporate control populations to produce accurate evaluations of efficacy. The story-editing interventions are designed and implemented along such guidelines, producing results that are extremely valuable and encouraging. One of my favorites was an extremely simple intervention with struggling college freshman who sat through a one-time, thirty-minute "session in which students learned that lots of people struggle academically at first but then improve their grades. [There was] no attempt to delve into participants' academic history, inquire about their study habits, or counsel them on how to manage stress. In fact, participants didn't even know that the purpose of the study was to help them improve their academic performance" (16). The results -- compared not only to the no-intervention control group, but also a control group enrolled in the standard, intensive study-skills program that many colleges employ for such students -- were astounding: very small measurable difference between the control group and the study skills group, but the story-editing-intervention students experienced huge academic improvement over the course of their college careers. "…These results are particularly dramatic considering how small and seemingly inconsequential the intervention was – the students took part in a thirty-minute psychology experiment in which they were shown some statistics and saw brief videotapes about other people's grades" (17). Other passages I found particularly interesting:
I'll leave it to you to read the book if you want to know the author's stated findings on that last bullet point. |
Lost at Sea: The Jon Ronson Mysteries(2012) Thursday, November 15, 2012 The short version: This is an excellent collection of articles by the author of The Men Who Stare at Goats and The Psychopath Test that will satisfy fans of those books, as well as those who enjoy off-beat journalism and stories like those that air on This American Life. For more details, read on. Lost at Sea collects past articles by writer Jon Ronson. I like Ronson, having read and enjoyed both Them: Adventures with Extremists and The Psychopath Test, in addition to enjoying his appearances on This American Life. His reading voice is infused with curiosity and mystique. On his recent Daily Show visit, Ronson was dubbed by Jon Stewart an "investigative satirist," which is wrong. His articles and essays do carry humor, but he doesn't mock his subjects. It just happens that Ronson is drawn to odd, outside of the mainstream subjects. Like a sports writer follows sports, Ronson follows potentially cult-like groups, conspiracy theories and theorists, celebrities gone awry, and such. A few examples from Lost at Sea. "The Name's Ronson, Jon Ronson," documents his attempt to live a James Bond film via a road trip in an authentic Aston Martin. "A Message from God," concerns the Church of England's Alpha Course, a controversial Christian conversion course aimed at Agnostics that some call brainwashing. "Stanley Kubrick's Boxes" documents his search through the deceased reclusive auteur's extensive and detailed archive. "Santa's Little Conspirators" takes him to North Pole, Alaska, shortly after a Columbine-like plot was foiled where he finds sixth graders responding to letters sent To: Santa, North Pole. "Is She for Real?" questions the authenticity of Sylvia Brown's psychic predictions, which Ronson attempts to ask Brown about directly while on a cruise with her. The title story, "Lost at Sea" is one of those investigations of potential conspiracy, as Ronson investigates Disney Cruise Lines's seeming lack of effort to uncover what happened to a young woman who disappeared from one of their ships. Ronson's articles are fantastic. A writer who puts himself in his stories, he knows true objectivity is impossible, yet gives space for the various viewpoints he presents without mocking his subjects. There is an element of British humor on occasion, that display of cringe-worthy discomfort when he presses a question you might be thinking as the reader, but couldn't bring yourself into such a conflict in reality. This is a very satisfying collection of Ronson's articles that will appeal to fans of his books, and those of Sarah Vowell (to whom this book is dedicated), Jack Hitt, and listeners of This American Life. |
Planet Tad(2012) Monday, November 12, 2012 A hilarious take on a 7th grade boy's life from the pen of Tim Carvell, head writer at The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. The book is in diary format and follows Tad on various adventures & life lessons throughout the year. Whether he is fighting with his younger sister, Sophie, disagreeing with his utterly uncool parents, or getting into trouble with his friends Chuck & Kevin, Tad's observations and escapades deliver solid laughter. A typical day in Tad's life goes something like this: "JANUARY 11 [mood: annoyed] Today, Mr. Parker had us diagram sentences again. I told him that I didn't want to have to keep doing this, because the only job where you have to diagram sentences is middle-school teacher, and I plan on being something better than that. He didn't say anything. He just got very quiet and gave us all a pop quiz on diagramming sentences. I got a D." Clearly, anyone who is (or was) a teenager can relate to Tad. He is a very likable and insightful kid - without any knowledge of either trait, which makes him even more endearing. Parents, if you have a child who is a reluctant reader, especially if they are a middle or high school boy, get this book in their hands! If my review doesn't sell it to them, point out that parts of this book were originally published in MAD magazine. That ought to hook them. And if you, like me, are an adult or teen who appreciates the type of humor Carvell doles out with amazing skill, don't hesitate to read this for yourself. |
Better Than Chocolate2012 Wednesday, November 7, 2012 Welcome to Icicle Falls, home of the Sweet Dreams Chocolate Company, which has been run by the Sterling Family for generations. Samantha Sterling has just been given a heavy burden. Her recently deceased step-father, Waldo, has left the company near ruin and it is up to her as the eldest daughter and newly appointed CEO, to save the family business. To make things worse, there's a new bank manager in town, the handsome Blake Preston who has given Samantha less than two months to repay the company's debt. Can Samantha and her family save the chocolate factory in time? You will have to read the book to find out! This book has all the ingredients of a great read—humor, a bit of suspense, and a healthy dose of romance. And who can forget the chocolate, all the chocolate... |
Dodger(2012) Monday, November 5, 2012 Dodger is a tosher, a cheeky, enterprising young man who knows the sewers of London like the back of his hand. He searches in tunnels below ground to find lost treasures like coins or rings, always hoping to find the mystical Tosharoon—a conglomeration of treasures wrapped up in mud, and worse. One night while toshing Dodger hears the screams of a young lady in distress from the street above and rushes to her rescue, rising up from the tunnel and defeating the thugs who were beating her. As he ministers to this well-dressed girl with a mysterious accent he meets the reformer Henry Mayhew and a writer named Charlie Dickens. The new hero's decision to investigate the mystery of the girl's background so he can keep her safe leads him to become involved in the world of aristocrats, Fleet Street journalism, and the Peelers. Terry Pratchett includes his usual satire of government, news reporting, and life at various levels of society, as well as his typical humor. The parallels between Ankh-Morpork and Queen Victoria's London become clearer as the story progresses. While the characters are not as fully developed as those in the series (difficult to do in one book) it's easy to see a connection between Sir Robert Peel (head of the Metropolitan Police) and Sam Vimes, for example. Fans of Charles Dickens or Terry Pratchett will enjoy this alternate history, as will those interested in English literature and Victorian London. While listed as a teen book, adults will definitely enjoy it as well. I listened to the audio, where Stephen Briggs did his usual outstanding job narrating the story. |
Where'd You Go, Bernadette?(2012) Friday, November 2, 2012 Maria Semple relates the tale of where Bernadette went and why using emails, letters, reports, articles, and other short pieces created by or relating to the characters. Interspersed are passages of Bernadette's daughter Bee's narration. With all the variation in modes of writing, I was surprised at how smoothly this story read. Also available as downloadable audiobook in WMA format. |
The Shining(1977) Wednesday, October 31, 2012 I first read this book when it was hot off the press in 1977. I finished it one morning right before going in to work at an Owensboro, KY department store. It was hard to get my mind on work after experiencing the traumatic events at the Overlook Hotel. For those who may not know the story of the Shining, it is about a troubled family looking to find a geographical cure to their problems (including dad's drinking) by moving to a isolated hotel where they will be caretakers over the winter. The hotel is haunted. But the story isn't about the ghosts; it's about how the evil of the hotel exaggerates and takes over the family's emotional and psychological states. The mom tries to hold it together, but she does not understand where her son is coming from (he is psychic, i.e.-"shines"). Dad is basically a good man, but struggles with anger. He wants to drink, but is on the wagon. The hotel bar beckons, complete with a friendly ghostly crowd. He tries to be strong, but cannot hold out. This causes him to neglect his family. Guilt (and psychosis) causes him to turn on them. But when it comes to actually killing his son, he destroys himself to save the child. If you have only seen the movie, well, you saw a good movie with great acting and a classic scene (even though there is no hatchet in the book).But the book delivers on a deeper level. I highly recommend reading (or re-reading) The Shining and just ENJOYING being held captive by a master story teller. |
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Livingston DOES NOT OFFICIALLY support Linux, nor do they offer binaries
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What you need to do (more or less) is:
Download the source code for RADIUS 2.0
Compile it yourself on your DEC Alpha
Install the binary (radiusd) in /etc
This should work for your situation. It is also possible that the
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In the future, please don't ask questions of this list that aren't
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> I tried to install Livingston's RADIUS on my DEC Alpha
> running RedHat Linux 4.2. However , it keeps asking me
> for alpha_2.0 program. I have CD-ROM which came along
> with PM3 I purchased recently containing RADIUS.
> I turned the CD-ROM upside down inside out
> in my drive, but couldn't find a trace of this program.
> I red Livingston's FAQ on RADIUS but they don't
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eur usd daily forecast
eur usd currently trading at 1.3544 with loss on daily chart.on chart look like euro is topped out at 1.3650 and that is top and major resistance.for tomorrow outlook remain negative for euro and traders must go short near 1.3600 with stoploss of 50 pips and expect correction upto 1.3425 which monthly average and in bearish scenario may show up 1.3230 in this week.
on daily chart eur/usd daily rsi moved down from 70 mark suggesting upcoming correction?
gbp usd daily forecast
gbp/usd currency pair trading at 1.5737 with gains for 4 feb 2013.todays gbp usd low was 1.5693 while high was 1.5750 and trading near highs.for tomorrow outlook is positive for pound and gaining strength back.so stay long with stoploss just below 1.5690 and expect 1.5795 to 1.5850 on upside as target levels.
gbp usd daily macd is with bearish crossover while rsi is formed bullish divergence.
usd jpy daily forecast
usd jpy currency pair currently trading at 92.58 with loss for 4 feb 2013.today and yesterday we seen negative closing for dollar against yen and that might suggest traders and investors taking profit out of the table.on downside 92 is weekly average and 90.35 is monthly average both these will be corrective targets and on upside 93.2 remain top and strong resistance as well as stoploss for shorts.
usd jpy daily rsi slowly forming bearish divergence which is signals upcoming bearish rally for usd/jpy pair.
usd chf daily forecast
usd chf currency pair on daily chart trading at 0.9078 with loss.today we seen highs of 0.9116 while low was 0.9072 and trading at low which suggest bearish sentiment for dollar against swiss franc.signals are weak for usd/chf and traders must hold shorts with trailing stoploss of 0.9120 and expect 0.9040 to 0.8980 in next 1-2 session.
usd chf daily indicators also resumed downtrend and in upcoming time fall may get dips as swiss franc getting strength back technically as well as fundamentally.
usd cad daily forecast
usd cad currency pair trading at 0.9981 with gains.today usd/cad hit low of 0.9947 while high was 0.9992 and currently trading at day high.on daily chart after fall given some consolidation and now showing signs of absolute reversal.so expect 1.0020 to 1.0050 in next 1-2 session.on downside 0.9940 remain support and stoploss must below that for all intraday to short term long positions in usd/cad.
on daily chart,usd/cad daily rsi taking support at 50 which is also strong reversal sign on technical basis.
usd sek daily forecast
usd sek currency pair currently trading at 6.3151 with gains today usd/sek low was 6.2963 while high was 6.3362.trading in between just now but momentum clearly building for dollar and we may see technical bounce back here upto 6.3455 to 6.3735 so traders mat take advantage of that but with strict stoploss just below 6.2930.
on indicators side,usd sek daily rsi is off the low and now came above 30 which is also buy signal?


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Restroom Panic
100,000 - 500,000 downloads
- Entertaining and fun
- Challenging
- Exercises attention
- Nothing special
Assign everyone to their right restroom and don't get it wrong
Restroom Panic, previously called Occupied, is a simple but fun casual game where the story is the following: there's a large queue at the restroom and the movie is about to start so you need to help people find the restrooms by swiping left or right quickly. The characters that will appear are: woman, man, baby, android, dog.
There are 4 game modes: Panic, casual, holiday and Impossible. The first two modes are available for playing directly, the holiday mode asks you for a Like and the Impossible mode needs an extra download. At first it might seem pretty easy and not interesting but the difficulty seriously increases and it's quite a challenge to play for a long time without making a mistake, as the restrooms keep changing the positions and new ones keep appearing.
Fundu Games is the developer of Restroom Panic and other apps like the Alien Smasher or Word Panic. This one's an original game for everyone in which you need to coordinate yourself and keep your attention as well as your reflexes active. Give it a go and don't enter the wrong restroom!
GAME PLAY: The Movie is about to start and there is a large queue at the restroom(toilet) in a Mega Mall. Help people find their matching restrooms by swiping them left or right.
Swipe people as fast as possible into their matching restrooms. The faster you assign the restrooms the more points you earn. The difficulty of the game increases as time progresses.New categories start appearing, moving, changing their positions.
Easy to pick up, tough to master!
There are easy casual mode for the beginner and a very difficult impossible mode. Got a little more time? Test your skill in the casual mode!
Live ranking system shows your latest world rank.
Share your score on facebook,twitter or scoreloop and compete with friends on our friend leaderboard and global leaderboard!
-- Major scoreloop crash fix for ICS
Some lists where this application appears: Reviewed by Anna Grace.
it open finally!!!!!
i cant even get this app to open please fix !!!
I have tried numerous times to open and every time it had not worked. I would give it 0 stars if I could. DO NOT DOWNLOAD waste of time and space! Please fix.
Love this game and was keen to play it but it doesn't work it closes every time I open it.....
Fundu! Force Close! Needs fixing!
Uninstalled so quick. Won't even open up all the way . Keeps force closing. DON'T INSTALL.
Just installed already force closed can't even open. If this your day job....quit. if not then get back to flipping burgers wish there was negative stars


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October 28, 2006
The Star Tribune discussed the career and contributions of Professor Bob Stein, who has returned to teach and practice, after serving as former Law School dean from 1979-1994, and faculty member from 1964-1999. Professor Stein is teaching estate planning at the Law School, and will teach a law school course on advancing the rule of law throughout the world and an undergraduate course about great cases that have shaped and shocked the nation. Professor Stein will also be of counsel at Gray Plant Mooty. He served as Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of the American Bar Association from 1994 to 2006.
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October 25, 2006
The Star Tribune cited Prentiss Cox, Associate Professor of Clinical Law, in an article entitled "Payday loans rise online—and so does debt." The article discusses the potential for hundreds of companies delivering money over the internet to bypass state laws on payday loans. Minnesota law limits payday loans to $350 and caps the interest rate at about 200 percent annually, or $23 on a loan of $300, whereas internet lenders grant loans as high as $1,000 and may charge interest rates of more than 1,000 percent annually, or $93 every two weeks on a $500 loan. According to Cox, payday companies that loan money to Minnesota residents should comply with state law regulating payday loans because use of the internet does not exempt lenders from adhering to state law regulating payday loans.
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October 16, 2006
On October 16, MPR quoted Professor Hill on the subject of the steps taken by United Healthcare in response to revelations of options backdating. Many companies, including United Healthcare, have been found or accused of backdating option grants in order to increase compensation for executives. Hill noted that while United Healthcare has taken steps to prevent such abuses in the future, simply putting mechanisms in place is not sufficient: execution is critical.
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October 9, 2006
Minnesota Public Radio News cited Professor Dan Burk in "Ad theft 'illegal,' experts say," which discusses illegal activity that may have occurred when Amy Klobuchar's communications director, Tara McGuiness, viewed a campaign ad for Republican Mark Kennedy that had not yet been made public. A blogger directed McGuiness to the ad. According to Professor Burk, three distinct areas of federal and state law may have been violated.
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October 5, 2006
TaxProf Blog has reported the SSRN (The Social Science Research Network) monthly rankings of 389 American and international law school faculties and 1500 law professors. In the category of recent downloads (October 1, 2005 through October 1, 2006), Professor Kristin Hickman falls within the top 25 of Tax Law professors. Congratulations, Professor Hickman!
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Profs. Shaffer and Goodwin to Speak in Abu Dhabi on Standard-Setting, International Harmonization and Development
Prof. Cox Speaks on MPR about Foreclosures
Prof. Shen Quoted in TIME on Direct Brain Interventions
Prof. Borrows Speaks on WTIP Radio on New White Earth Constitution
Prof. Shaffer Delivers Keynote Address at ASIL's Economic Law Interest Group Conference
Prof. Cotter Participates in Podcast on Patent Reform
Prof. Kirtley Predicts MN Supreme Court Ruling May "Cause a Lot of Mischief"
Prof. Hickman's Amicus Brief Highlighted by Bloomberg BNA
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It's probably not true that truth is stranger than fiction, but in the hands of a great biographer, it can be just as compelling. Novelists can create unique and unforgettable characters — there's never been anyone quite like Jane Eyre or Ignatius J. Reilly — but there's no shortage of fascinating literary protagonists who just happened to exist in real life.
This year brought us some brilliant biographies of world-famous leaders like Lyndon B. Johnson, Dwight Eisenhower and Winston Churchill, but this list focuses on books that chronicle the lives of some true originals from many different walks of life. From a spy turned chef to the highest-ranking black military leader in European history, the subjects of these biographies spent most of their lives well off the beaten path and gained fame for their stubborn refusal to conform to other people's expectations. You could say the same thing about the biographers. These books are written with extraordinary style and originality, by masters of the craft who can spin a tale as adroitly and memorably as any novelist out there.
NPR's book critics have been compiling their lists of best books of the year. Reviewer Michael Schaub has put together of his favorite biographies, and it includes books about President Obama, Julia Child and Lillian Hellman. But Schaub's favorite is the story of the man with this distinctive voice.
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COHEN: (Singing) There is a crack, a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in.
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Monday, December 13, 2010
Today I looked at my calendar and had a small panic attack. When did the beginning of December come and go? How is it possible that Christmas is just around the corner? Eep!
Holiday crafting is going slowly. Very slowly. Every year, I promise myself I'll start sooner in the year -- September, even! -- and then I start a million other things between then and December 4th, leaving me behind, just like always.
But, still, my sewing is coming along, and there's nothing better than giving a handmade gift.
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