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I woke up to our driver, Jesse yelling. I overheard him informing John that the bus was having trouble. Luckily Set Your Goals was traveling in close proximity and picked us up so we could still go to the water park. Jesse stayed behind to get the bus fixed and the rest of us road on SYG's bus and played Ultimate Werewolf again. We then got to Amarillo, TX and met up with Every Avenue who joined us at Splash water park for the day. I enjoyed myself on the slides, lazy river and in the wave pool. I spent a majority of my day with Selena, Kristin and Steph. I am tanner than I have been in years. It feels good. Jesse got back to the hotel with the bus and he didn't sleep at all. He is currently being a champ and driving so we can make it to our show tomorrow on time.
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Do You Have the Right Platforms?
What goes around comes around, right? Who would have thought that in the second decade of the 2000's, we'd be loving our platforms again the way we did in the 70's?
While platforms may be a part of the fashion scene again, we have another type platform that is more important in terms of our social media marketing - a "platform" is "a type of software or technology that enables users to build, integrate or facilitate community, interaction and user-generated content." (according to www.wikianswers.com) While each of us has our favorites, choosing the platforms that will best reach your consumer should be your ultimate goal. Remember creating your social media plan? Refer to it to guide you through your decisions.
Based on data and personal experience, the following platforms are must haves:
- LinkedIn - Used primarily for professional interaction. Connect and communicate with people in your industry, and share ideas. This is also a great platform for finding new talent when you need to add to your existing team. On Jan 5, 2013, LinkedIn announced that is has reached the 200 million member mark. This study by Lab42 gives an interesting infographic on how those members are interacting with the site.
- Twitter - Twitter is misunderstood by many who think it is simply 140 characters worth of "what's going o right now." Twitter gives business the ability to send information out to followers that takes little time, but can produce great results. It's also a way for your customers to connect with you - more than 175 million tweets are sent daily, and 56% of customers tweets to companies are being ignored.
- Facebook - If you are trying to get your business's name in front of consumers, Facebook is the place to be! 80% of consumers prefer to connect with brands through Facebook over other social networking sites.
- YouTube - Think people like videos? With one hour of video uploaded to YouTube every second, you'd better believe it! Check out this website, www.onehourpersecond.com, for perspective (just make sure your volume is not up to high!), grab your video camera and start filming! Create your own channel where you can posts videos of events going on at your facility, classes that you may be running, and tips to share with your customers. This allows engagement with your customers both inside and outside your walls, strengthening their loyalty and trust in your brand.
There are other platforms, too, that can be used based on your goals. Some of the most widely used are:
While these sites have gained popularity and are very well-known, there are new site being created all the time. To keep up to date with the newest social media news, visit www.mashable.com.
What platforms is your business currently using, and how effective have your efforts been? Please let me, Kelli Hatton, know your thoughts and experiences!
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In the second round of the Franklin Templeton Shootout from Tiburon Golf Club, the Kenny Perry/Sean O'Hair team leads at 19 under.
In the second of the 2012 Franklin Templeton Shootout, Steve Stricker holes a 40-foot bunker shot on the par-3 fifth hole for a birdie two.
By Brian Wacker, PGATOUR.COM
LA QUINTA, Calif. -- Meen Whee Kim has a one-shot lead through the first two rounds of q-school after shooting a course-record tying 9-under 63 Friday on PGA West's Stadium Course.
Another Kim, however, could make even bigger headlines.
Si Woo Kim is tied for 14th and at 17 years, 5 months and 6 days on Monday would be the youngest player ever to reach the PGA TOUR via q-school. In 2001, Ty Tryon became the youngest player to reach the TOUR via that route. He was 17 years, 6 months, 1 day old when he tied for 23rd.
Should Kim earn his card, though, he wouldn't be able to take up membership until June 28th of next year when he turns 18. He could play no more than 12 PGA TOUR events as a non-member on sponsor exemptions or Monday qualifiers prior to that date.
Alone is second, meanwhile, is Vaughn Taylor, who shot a 64 on the Tournament Course.
Taylor is looking to secure his card via q-school for the second straight year after never finishing outside the top 100 on the money list from 2004 to 2010. Last year, he finished 148th before tying for fifth here. This year, he was 139th in earnings.
Other notables in good shape to finish in the top 25 and earn a card include Robert Karlsson ( who overcame an admitted case of the yips this year ), who is tied for fifth at 10 under, and Billy Horschel, who is one of nine players tied for 14th at 8 under.
Camilo Villegas is another stroke back after a 67 on the Tournament Course.
This is the first time Villegas has played in the final stage of q-school after failing to finish in the top 125 on the money list for the first time in his career.
"One thing is working hard with a purpose, but another is working hard without a purpose," Villegas said of his struggles earlier this season. "A little bit of that happened with me and when that happened the good results went away, and when they go away the smiles go away and you're miserable. You have a great life, but you're miserable. Then you realize, 'Why am I being so hard on myself?' and you start playing good golf again and the smiles come back.
"I just wasn't having as much fun as I should have been."
A second-round 67 gave Villegas plenty to smile about, and in a tie for 23rd through the first two days puts him in position to regain his card.
A few notables haven't been so fortunate: Billy Mayfair (5 under/T-39), Shaun Micheel (5 under/T-39), Nick O'Hern (4 under/T-59), James Nitties (3 under/T-71), Billy Hurley III (3 under/T-71), Patrick Cantlay (1 under/T-94), Tim Petrovic (even/T-110), Alex Cejka (1 over/T-127), Steve Flesch (1 over/T-127) and Todd Hamilton (2 over/T-142) are all on the outside looking in at the moment.
Charlie Beljan leads at 12 under despite having to be hospitalized after his round.
By Brian Wacker, PGATOUR.COM
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Charlie Beljan was loaded into an ambulance via stretcher after completing his second round at the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic, where he suffered from shortness of breath, an elevated heart rate, high blood pressure and numbness in his arms.
Beljan, who shot an 8-under 64 to take a three-shot lead halfway through the event, was taken to nearby Celebration Hospital, where he was undergoing tests and hoping to be released Friday night.
During his round, however, Beljan had to sit down several times. He called for paramedics on the 10th hole but decided to play on.
The 28-year-old rookie is 12 under through 36 holes and is projected to move from 139th to 65th on the money list, which would secure his PGA TOUR card for next year.
"I think he's scared," Beljan's caddie, Rick Adcox, said. "He kept saying he thought he was going to die."
Medical personnel walked with him for much of his back nine. Adcox said Beljan had asked for medical attention earlier on Friday on the practice tee prior to his round.
"A couple times I thought he might pass out," Adcox said. "He just said, 'I'm gonna keep going until I pass out or they take me off,' and I kept saying it doesn't matter to me, it's only a golf tournament."
It was a courageous round given the circumstances. Beljan dropped to his knees on several occasions, trying to catch his breath. After he finished his round, he broke down in tears.
"He was trying to keep upright," playing partner Ed Loar said. "Hopefully he'll be all right. It was pretty bizarre."
Despite his struggles, Belgian was 8 under through his first 11 holes and flirting with a 59.
On the 17th, he told his caddie, "I just want to get finished." He did that with a an up-and-down for par on the 18th after a poor second shot before struggling to reach the scoring area, where he signed his scorecard. Shortly thereafter he was taken to the hospital.
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Charlie Beljan has separated himself from the pack here at the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic, leading by two at 12 under with five holes left in his round.
But he's experiencing shortness of breath and an elevated heart rate. Beljan suffers from asthma and it's believe to be related to that, according to officials. Stay tuned. For now, though, a member of the medical staff is on hand with Beljan to keep an eye on him.
Meanwhile, Henrik Stenson is two shots back and is 6 under through 16 holes today on the Palm Course.
Behind them is where the logjam begins. Eight players are tied at 9 under with a couple of them still on the golf course. Among that group? Camilo Villegas, Kevin Chappell and Mark Anderson, all of whom entered the week outside the top 125 on the money list.
Another seven players are a stroke behind that at 8 under, including Tommy Gainey, who is looking for his second win in as many starts.
Camilo Villegas holes a 25-foot birdie putt on the par-4 ninth hole.
By Brian Wacker, PGATOUR.COM
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Not everyone was sold on the belly putter.
Mark Anderson, who opened the year using one, shelved it midseason for a conventional one. That decision didn't last long, though, with Anderson putting it back in his bag last week.
It turned out to be a timely move. Anderson shot 67 Friday at the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic, where he's one of a number of players hovering near the lead at 9 under halfway through the season-ending tournament.
"I went back to the short putter because it felt really great and I made a lot of putts with it," Anderson said. "The last month or two I've hit the ball very well, but I just haven't made the putts. So it was kind of a last minute do or die deal."
At 170th on the money list coming into the week, Anderson needed a big week to have any hope of securing his card for next year.
The last time Anderson, who hasn't always used a belly putter, put one in his bag was at the end of last year's Web.com Tour season. He finished second at the Miccosukee Championship, then tied for seventh a week later at the Winn-Dixie Jacksonville Open Presented by Planters.
"I know I can putt well with it," he said.
Friday, he missed just two putts inside 10 feet, and he made a couple beyond that range, too, on his way to 27 total putts after hitting 14 greens in regulation.
Said Anderson: "I know I can putt well with the short putter, but in the meantime while I can still putt with it, I'm going to use it."
By Brian Wacker, PGATOUR.COM
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- This season started out promising enough for Charles Howell III.
Howell tied for second at the Sony Open in Hawaii and looked like his first win in five years might not be far behind. Not so much.
"I played like a dog the rest of the year pretty much," said Howell, who at one point in the middle of the year missed nine of 14 cuts.
That changed a few weeks ago, though. Howell tied for 11th at the Frys.com Open and followed with a tie for seventh at The McGladrey Classic.
"I went into the Fall Series to try to get some confidence going to prepare in the off season to play better for next year," Howell said.
He seems to have found some.
Friday, Howell shot a 67 to get to 9 under halfway through the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic. Through the first two rounds here, Howell has hit 29 of 36 fairways.
"It was a struggle this year," Howell admitted. "I've played a little bit better than I thought I would the last few weeks, but I'm getting some confidence back, which is always good. And I'm much more positive going into my off-season practice than I was if I had ended just right after the FedExCup."


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(Washington, DC) -- The YouTube account of one of the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing reportedly shows videos saved in categories labeled "terrorists" and "Islam." The "Washington Post" says the videos on Tamerlan Tsarvnaev's account labeled under "terrorists" were removed from YouTube after the account of the person who posted it was terminated. The "Post" says other favorite videos include one that denounces a mystical branch of Islam called Sufism and another dedicated to a prophecy that's embraced by Islamic extremists like al-Qaeda.
According to an article from Adam Serwer of Mother Jones magazine, the now-deceased suspect in Monday's Boston Marathon bombing, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, appears to have created a YouTube video touting a religious prophecy tied to al-Qaida on his YouTube page.
Serwer reports the YouTube page with the screen name muazseyfullah belongs to Tamerlan Tsarnaev, brother of the other Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The page includes various other videos about Islam. However, one in particular is about the "The Emergence of Prophecy: The Black Flags From Khorasan," which has been adopted by al-Qaida and other extremist Islamic elements.
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These are special instructions for using the MyEclipse update site to upgrade from MyEclipse 3.8.x (3.8.0/1/2) to 3.8.3. If you have a release of MyEclipse prior to 3.8.0 GA installed, please do not use the update site. Instead, use one of the downloadable platform-specific installers or the manual installation distribution. The update site is specifically built for upgrading only from 3.8.x to 3.8.3.
The reason we're providing a unique update site rather than using our default one is that we needed you to read and follow these specific instructions to work around a couple of bugs in the Eclipse 3.0 platform update mechanism, specifically (Eclipse Bugs #70783/70176/72653).
If you do not follow these instructions, you run a serious risk that the update will not be configured properly.
Here are the update steps:
First, you need to specify the update site manually by navigating to
Help > Software Updates > Find and Install ... > "Search for new features to install" > "New Remote Site..."
Enter a name you like (ie. MyEclipse 3.8.3 Update Site) with a URL of
and select "OK"
Check the new update site entry that is created and once Eclipse queries it and refreshes, select Next.
On the next wizard panel, select the line for MyEclipse 3.8.3 and select Next.
On the next wizard panel, select the terms of the license agreement and select Next.
On the final panel select Finish and then Install when you're advised that the feature is not signed.
Once the installation completes, you'll be presented with a dialog asking you if you want to restart.
If you're using Eclipse 3.0 (not 3.0.1)
Select *No*.
Once the dialog closes, immediately exit Eclipse.
In order to work around the Eclipse update bug referenced above, you now need to start Eclipse with the
-clean option for the first restart after the upgrade. You can do this by modifying the alias you normally use to start Eclipse and passing it the commandline argument -clean. An example for a default Windows installation is shown below:
"C:\Program Files\eclipse-3.0\eclipse\eclipse.exe" -clean
Once you've verified that MyEclipse has been upgraded successfully, you may remove the -clean argument for subsequent startups.
If you are using Eclipse 3.0.1 (not 3.0)
Select *Yes* and let the workbench restart normally since the bugs mentioned above have been addressed in 3.0.1.
For both cases
When Eclipse restarts, MyEclipse 3.8.3 will be successfully installed. You can verify its presence by selecting Help > About Eclipse and then clicking on the MyEclipse icon to display the features installed.
If for some reason you let Eclipse 3.0 restart itself rather than selecting "No" as instructed, simply exit the workbench, delete the log file at <workspace-location>/.metadata/.log and restart with
the -clean option to correct the installation.
We apologize for not being able to use our normal update site, but testing of it proved that these steps were needed in order to work around the Eclipse 3.0 update bugs and ensure a proper installation.
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From my experience, MobileMe has an inherent problem with sync data "residue."
Most of my technical issues with the service's calendar, contact, and bookmarks synchronization features have resulted from Apple's cloud service not adequately cleaning up after itself. In my case, this resulted in massive event duplication in my web calendar and on my iPhone, and MobileMe would randomly sync data from months prior. In short, it was a real mess.
During a recent tech support chat with a MobileMe representative at Apple, I learned of an undocumented way to completely nuke all sync data from their servers. And it's easy as pie.
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Foreign mining companies — including Northern Dynasty and Rio Tinto — want to gouge one of the world's largest open-pit gold and copper mines out of Alaska's incomparable Bristol Bay wilderness.
Near my home in Utah, Rio Tinto's massive Bingham Canyon Mine is one of the biggest man-made excavations on Earth and has rendered a large area of local groundwater too polluted for human consumption. Now, Rio Tinto and Northern Dynasty want to build an even bigger mine — the Pebble Mine — at the headwaters of our planet's greatest wild salmon river systems. It's an environmental tragedy waiting to happen.
-Robert Redford, Conservationist and NRDC Trustee
The Pebble Mine would be gouged out of an American paradise — filled with salmon, bears, moose, caribou, wolverines and whales — that has sustained Native communities for thousands of years.
This gargantuan gold and copper operation would produce an estimated 10 billion tons of contaminated waste — 3,000 pounds for every person on Earth. All this in an active earthquake zone at the headwaters of the largest sockeye salmon runs in the world. The threat to Bristol Bay just below is undeniable.
Our worldwide campaign has already generated more than one million petitions against the Pebble Mine.
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The school in response has decided to raise money to help the family financially. On Feb. 24 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. WNIS held a takeout lasagna plate fundraiser.
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Online Registration: 1K Memory Walk | 5K Run/Walk Registration Form (PDF)
On Saturday, March 23, the 2nd annual Spunky Shaylah 5K and 1K Inspiration walk honors Shaylah Dame and the Shaylah Dame Skatepark. | Download Flier
Shaylah was 12 years old when she was hit by two cars while crossing the street near Clay Madsen Recreation Center. The city named the sakte park the Shaylah Dame Skatepark behind the Recreation Center in her honor.
Celebrate Shaylah's passion for life and love by participating in the benefit-driven 1K Inspiration Walk, 5K Fun Run/Walk, or both! Feel free to show your spunk during the 5K - wear a spunky outfit, run with a team, show your spirit! This event is a fun run/walk and will not be a timed event.
Pre-registration ends March 20.For a small donation, decorate a flag to honor who inspires you and celebrate them during the 1K Inspiration Walk. Contact the Clay Madsen Recreation Center for more information at 512-218-3220.
The first 300 registrants will be guaranteed a Spunky Shaylah 5K/1K shirt.
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Saturday, March 23, 2013Time: 8 a.m. 1K Inspiration Walk | 8:30 a.m. Spunky Shaylah 5KWhere: Shaylah Dame Skate Park, behind Clay Madsen Recreation Center, 1600 Gattis School Road
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Blossoming with diamonds, this glowing green onyx oversized cocktail ring will have everyone green with envy. Diamonds surround the center stone for a bold yet modern look. Sleek silver lines balance the dramatic clear quartz layered over green onyx gemstone.
Precious MetalsAvailable in Sterling Silver with 18K Yellow Gold Accents.
Gemstones Pictured in Clear Quartz over Green Onyx. Also available in Clear Quartz over Ruby Red Quartz, Blue Quartz over Hematite Approximate carats as pictured: 16.20ct, 0.61ct Dia
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Sudoku puzzles on Linux
Some regard Sudoku as the 21st
century Rubik's Cube. We'll
show you how to get started
with Sudoku in Linux.
Sudoko is the game this year. No
matter where you are, on the
subway or in the park, you'll find
people poring over little boxes with
numbers. Germany's Game Manufacturer's
Association went so far as to say
that Sudoku would be next year's megatrend.
All of this hype has prompted toy
manufacturers to exhibit no less than ten
different Suduko clones disguised as
new games.
If you prefer a low-budget version, you
can just let your Linux computer design
the puzzles for you and then print them
out, filling in the squares at your own
leisure. Unlimited gaming is guaranteed,
as a 9 by 9 puzzle gives you over 6 x
1021 different combinations [1]. In fact,
you would need several lives to exhaust
all of these possibilities. For more on Sudoku,
check out the Wikipedia article
[2]. Many newspaper websites give you
Sudoku puzzles online, and there are
two Sudoku puzzles (beginner and expert
level) for you to try out at the end of
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Dell renews its quest for the ultimate developer machine.
Sneaky New Linux Attack Discovered in the Wild
Innovative back door looks like normal SSH traffic.
CeBIT Call for Papers
One of CeBITs most successful forums opens the new year with a new name. The popular Open Source Forum continues in 2014 under the name Special Conference: Open Source. This year, the forum will be bigger and offer a wider range of possibilities for sponsors.
Linus Announces Linux Kernel 3.12
New release offers better graphics drivers and expands filesystem support.
Dark Alliance Reinvents Email Security
New mail protocol will shut out the NSA and prevent snooping on metadata.
DDos Attack Map Charts Denial of Service
A new web application helps users visualize distributed denial-of-service attacks.
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Ubuntu 13.10 takes a step toward convergence, with lots of mobility, but Mir only partly here.
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Friday Dec 6 | KAIT-TV Jonesboro
Terri Easley KENNETT, MO -- Two people face drug charges after police said they found a "large amount of meth" in their car.
Should sexual orientation be a protected class (like race and gender) to prevent discrimination?
Could you have a romantic liaison with someone of opposite political beliefs to you?
SEMO Food Bank feeds 500 families
KENNETT, MO - Thanksgiving came a little early for some of the neediest in Region 8. The SEMO Food Bank hosted a mobile food pantry in Kennett Monday to provide needy families with food to celebrate the holiday.
KENNETT, MO - The winter weather mix hit Kennett for the first time Monday. Freezing rain and sleet covered the city for most of the afternoon, but the roads were drivable.
Missouri seat belts are not being used enough
KENNETT, MO - Missourians are still not wearing their seat belts. According to the Associated Press, the Department of Transportation says seat belt use in the state has remained static at 79 percent compared to the national average of 85 percent.
Authorities investigating after bone fragments found inside burnt home
DUNKLIN COUNTY, MO - The state fire marshal's office is investigating after bone fragments were found inside a burnt home.
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We observed 18 inexperienced volunteers attempt to put out fires with 10 test units. What we found was that in the heat of the moment reading the directions on the extinguisher was an after-thought. As a result, improper technique was the norm. The take home point is to know how to use a fire extinguisher before you are in a situation where you have to use it.
Fire extinguishers are labeled according to the type of fire on which they may be used. Fires involving wood or cloth, flammable liquids, electrical current or a combination of those will each react differently to extinguishers. Using the wrong type of extinguisher on a particular type of fire could be dangerous and make matters even worse.
Simply Remember the P-A-S-S Word!
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In an Aug. 16, 2012 file photo, dead mosquitos are lined up waiting to be sorted at the Dallas County mosquito lab in Dallas. At least 40 people have died from the virus in Texas. / (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
Gadsden County Health Department officials released a statement Monday confirming their first case of West Nile Virus in a human this year.
The infection is just one of the more than 2,600 confirmed human cases of the virus this year alone.
According to a Wednesday press briefing by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the 2012 West Nile virus outbreak is on track to be the deadliest year since the disease first appeared in 1999. This year marks the highest number of reported cases through the second week of September in nine years.
The mosquito-borne West Nile virus was first detected in the U.S. in New York City in 1999. Since then, the CDC has received more than 30,000 reported cases of the virus in humans.
While there have not been any reported human cases of West Nile in Leon County this year, the Leon County Health Department issued a press release on Wednesday stating that three horses in the Fort Braden and Woodville areas have tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis, another mosquito-borne disease.
Leon County Department of Public Health Administrator, Homer Rice said Leon County has been issuing public safety precautions as a method of quelling the spread of mosquito-borne diseases this year.
We have a mosquito control division ready to tackle any major issues with mosquitos this year but were really stressing simple prevention techniques, Rice said. Its a much easier and cost-effective way of preventing the outbreak of diseases like West Nile because thats something nobody wants to deal with.
According to Rice, the best way to prevent the transmission of mosquito-borne diseases is through the use of basic insect repellents containing the chemical DEET and by wearing long pants and long-sleeved shirts in the early morning and in the evening.
The majority of the day its fine to wear shorts and t-shirts and its really too hot to be wearing heavy clothing anyway, said Rice. But mosquitos are most active in the early morning and in the evening when it tends to be a little cooler and these are the times students need to be careful.
The Leon County Health Department has also issued a release asking residents to drain any untreated standing water that may have accumulated on their property such as in garbage cans, buckets and pets water bowls.
As long as people are taking these little steps to protect themselves, I dont foresee mosquito-borne diseases becoming out of control in our area, Rice said.


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Interview Details really quick and informal phone interivew with a recruiter, then went into the office and met with same lady and went over my resume and job search in more detail, asked some behavioral type interview questions and some kind of put me on the spot but nothing too tough, had chance at end to ask questions and she gave me info on training, the job, her experience, which was nice becasue i was pretty confused on what what they did by just looking at the website. everyone was really casually dressed, like in jeans and i was in a suite so i felt a little out of place at first but they said that was was most peole wore for interviews and not to worry. then i shadowed one of the sales guys which was cool to see how the technology worked but no one answered on the cold calls so i didnt really get to hear him pitch to a new company. he did some negotiating with current customers which i really liked and then some other account managment stuff which he called "putting out fires", he was telling me about he did lead sourcing and mistakes he made when he started and was funny, the whole team was pumped about this happy hour for this team outing and they all seemed to be friends and seemed like a place i could really see myself fitting in at. branch supervisor met with briefly at the end and he was a little intimidating at first,straight to the point but seemed like he would be a efficient manager and someone i would want to work for. final part was a background check and a final phone interview with the Senior Director in Chicago which at first was pretty laidback and informal but he seemed pretty skeptical and i wasnt sure if he liked me or not.
Interview Question – tell me about a time you were unmotived to get a job done Answer Question
Negotiation Details – gave me an offer and i accepted. im not sure if you can negotiate or not but i really wanted the job so i didnt push my luck.
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Interview process was pretty straight forward. First a phone interview where the interviewer spoke too fast I had to ask her numerous times to please repeat herself. All I could hear was typing in the background and she seemed to not pay any attention to what I was telling her. Received an e-mail stating they wanted to meet in person. 2 hour time period where I met with the same recruiter and had the same issues. She could answer any of the questions I had for her on the company which came off as really unprofessional. Met with the manager who was a little more personable. Spoke about my current/past jobs more than getting to know my personality and interest in the position they were looking for.
From what I've heard you only get hired in if you know someone. Environment was very unprofessional and lacked passion for what their jobs really were.
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Reason for Declining – Unprofessional
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First contacted by internal recruitment agency staffed on site. Given advice by recruiters to wear a suit, and prompt interview. Two interviews followed. First was technical, second was a meeting with more of a manager.
The first interview was done by a typical Microsoft technical guy who asked relatively easy questions which gradually got a little more difficult until they were unanswerable. Second interview was with his boss, who had no real questions of me, but seemed to want me to tapdance or do something else to impress him or make him feel important. He had not even looked at my resume before I had arrived. I got dressed up, as requested, and took a day off from my current job to be there, but they were not prepared to interview me, and seemed relatively disinterested in the whole thing from the start. He had a surprisingly negative attitude about their business and seemed to expect me to have ideas on how to improve their processes, which is hard since their business is relatively new, and I have had no exposure to it.
I was cold contacted by their recruiters on LinkedIn, so I was not actively seeking a job, just somewhat curious about their environment. Sales people there are packed together in big rooms like sardines. I was told programmers have even less space. I was not told anything with regard to what they were looking for... I think they might have disliked me, personally, from the very beginning because there was not much conversation on their end. I'm a relatively large guy, and it might be that I would not have fit into their tiny spaces.
I usually do not perform well in interviews, I'm a software developer, and this was no exception. But I feel that these interviews were more like practice on their part (they also were not good communicators) and it was unlikely they were going to hire anyone at that time anyway.
Interview Question – Lots of off-putting statements by second interviewer like, "What do you got for me?" and "you got a thing for startups?" View Answer
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I applied through college or university and the process took 4+ weeks - interviewed at Echo Global Logistics in December 2012.
Interview Details Phone interview of about 10-15 minutes. Then in person interview with the same recruiter. That day also includes about 30 minutes of job shadowing and an interview with a manager. Then you get an offer letter to begin the training program. There is no drug test but there is a background check.
Interview Question – The manager asked, "why should I hire you? Why should I take that risk?" Other than that it was pretty much straightforward interviewing. No real curve balls but it does depend on who you interview with. It is a large company so it could be different. View Answer
Negotiation Details – There is no negotiation phase. You get an offer for 35,000 base plus commission. The problem is that you have to hit a 16k book before you can get commission. That takes about 2-3 years. Also, once you get the commission you lose the base salary.
Accepted Offer
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I applied through a recruiter and the process took 1+ week - interviewed at Echo Global Logistics.
Interview Details The interview process was fast, easy & very unintimidating. I received a phone call after recruiters found my resume online. We chatted briefly before I was set up for an interview for later that week. I was greeted promptly and escorted to a meeting room where I met with HR, and the department manager. The interview lasted about 40 minutes and I was offered the job 2 days later.
Interview Question – None of the questions were difficult or unexpected. I did sense that the group I was possibly joining wasn't very cohesive; that assumption was correct. Answer Question
Negotiation Details – There really wasn't any negotiating. Echo refused to give a salary range so I dug my heels in & refused to give a number as well during the interview. The offer was about what I expected with the possibility of bonuses.
No Offer
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I applied online and the process took 3 weeks - interviewed at Echo Global Logistics.
Interview Details Applied online, got a call for an interview about two weeks later. Had phone interview with recruiter that went very well, then had the second phone interview with a different recruiter the next week which also went very well. They said they wanted me to come interview at their office asap so I went there the next week feeling pretty confident. Had 1:1 interviews with two different sales rep managers both of which were very unprofessional. One of the managers didn't even ask questions related to the job I was applying for and barely kept eye contact with me. Very odd interview experience. Said they would call me first thing Monday, didn't hear back for 3 weeks.
Interview Question – What isn't on your resume that you would like to tell us about. Answer Question
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I applied online - interviewed at Echo Global Logistics in September 2012.
Interview Details The process included a phone interview and then two one-on-one interviews. One was with someone from HR the other was with the branch manager. I then shaddowed someone in the position that I had applied for. Overall it was a pretty quick and easy process but the job looked boring.
Interview Question – Mostly your basics, no curveballs really Answer Question
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I applied through college or university and the process took 2 weeks - interviewed at Echo Global Logistics in June 2012.
Interview Details Had two quick phone interviews with two different people which were fine.Then came in for an in person interview and to shadow one of the account managers. Shadowing the account manager was fine, he seemed pretty cool but what he was doing seemed so boring and monotonous - basically just tracking packages and reporting to businesses where their shipments were.The manager that interviewed me asked me typical questions "why should we choose you?", "where do you see yourself in five years", "how do you deal with frustration", etc. He came off as a really cynical jerk.
Interview Question – How will you deal with rejection? View Answer
Reason for Declining – There's not much thought or anything interesting in this position. You have to make about 100 cold calls a day to find any small business that wants "cheaper shipping". You have to cold call for about a year to build a customer base. This is not where I want to waste my hard earned degree on.
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Interview Details It was easy
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A witness appeal has been launched after a gang tried to rob two men in Southend on July 1.
Between 1.30am and 2am, three men approached the pair in Clarence Road before threatening them and demanding their mobile phones and wallets.
Despite the threats, the would-be crooks made off with none of the items they demanded.
One of the trio is described as white, about 6ft 4ins tall, aged between 22 and 28, of muscular build with spiked brown hair and an Essex accent.
Another member of the gang is described as white, between 5ft 6ins to 5ft 9ins tall with short cropped black hair and a tattoo on his neck.
A description of the third suspect is not available at present.
Anyone with information about the incident should contact Pc Mark Sawyer on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.


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Sing Hallelujah
The third-oldest remaining black church in the country is being resurrected by an intrepid group of Portlanders, reviving a hist
- By: Monica Wood
- Photography by: Jeff Scher
First miracle: the thing is still standing. Built in Portland by a group of free black citizens tired of being relegated to the gallery of local churches, the Abyssinian Meeting House began its long, hazardous life in 1828.
On Sundays, the building served as an unaffiliated church whose membership included leaders in the Underground Railroad, former slaves, fiery preachers, and abolitionists. On weekdays it housed one of the first public schools for African-American children in the country; and on most evenings, for nearly a hundred years, its congregation flocked here for lectures, concerts, and socials. During the Great Fire of 1866, the building's sturdy bones and light-filled interior escaped certain doom when the original builder's son, a Portland firefighter, soaked the roof with wet blankets as the rest of the block burned to ash. After that, the church at the foot of Munjoy Hill served another half century as a storied gathering place for the city's black community.
Death by inferno doesn't seem half-bad, compared with the structure's more modern near-miss. Beginning in the 1920s, long before claiming its rightful spot on the National Register of Historic Places, the Abyssinian endured a second incarnation as a tenement. Indecorously chopped into soulless apartments, the third-oldest surviving African-American church in the country all but perished of urban neglect, devolving over the course of the twentieth century into a derelict eyesore that the city finally seized over unpaid taxes.
There it sat, an ignoble monument to a history that nobody, apparently, knew or cared much about. Nobody, that is, until Deborah Cummings Khadraoui, a seventh-generation Mainer back in Portland to visit her parents, drove over to Newbury Street to eye the building she'd read about in a Portland Press Herald editorial. The boarded-up windows and glass-strewn perimeter filled her with equal parts hope and dismay. At the time, in the mid-nineties, she had a young daughter and a job in Atlanta, but the call of the Meeting House was still audible after 170 years. Oh, Debbie, she remembers saying to herself. Here we go. She never returned to Atlanta. That was miracle number two.
A freelance consultant in economic and community development, Khadraoui knew how to get a ball rolling. Plus, she had a secret weapon: Her dad, Leonard Cummings, a prominent name among Maine's black leadership. "My father is my father," she says, and so Cummings helped his daughter assemble the Committee to Restore the Abyssinian Meeting House, packing it with Munjoy Hill neighbors, a couple of historians, interested friends, and members of their own large, close family. After a couple of wrangling years persuading the state to officially recognize the building's historic value, the committee bought the building back from the City of Portland for the symbolic sum of $250 — the price of the original lot.
The committee began its sentimental journey close to home, engaging a youth group to rake away truckloads of debris, asking the city to make an Abyssinian Week proclamation, and connecting with local and state preservation groups. From there, they extended their reach all the way to the National Park Service, which listed the Abyssinian Meeting House as the first officially recognized Underground Railroad site in Maine. A financial boost from the 1772 Foundation literally raised the roof, allowing the committee to hire preservation contractors who salvaged the original king-post trusses where they could and replicated the rest.
The result of that first phase of renovation is a weather-tight roof over a handsome, muscular truss system that makes you want to sing hallelujah. A vaulted plaster ceiling (a copy of the original) will eventually follow. "We've done everything ourselves," says Leonard Cummings, a robust septuagenarian who serves as the committee's chair. He sounds both proud and weary of the committee's pay-as-you-go strategy. "A nickel at a time. A dollar at a time. And with every grant and donation, we've kept people working." In other words, one of the goals of phase one was to reveal the project as a boon to the city.
"Because of the building's condition, it used to be a harder sell," says committee treasurer David Paul, who has shared a warm, longstanding friendship with Cummings. Paul grew up on Munjoy Hill and loves history in all its forms, including his own Irish-immigrant heritage. In this joint effort the men seem to have juiced each other's already fervent enthusiasms.
"People want to know where the money's going," Paul says, "and you can see it now." The completed roof system takes his imagination back to a nineteenth-century neighborhood filled not only with free blacks, but with Irish, Jewish, and Italian immigrants who composed the city's bustling East End. "This history belongs to all of us," he enthuses. "You can't come in here now and not get a feeling."
Part of that "feeling" is simple surprise. The existence of a vibrant black community in one of the northern-most reaches of pre-Civil War America comes as a revelation even to the locals. And yet, Portland's black families go back deep into the eighteenth century, according to Gregory Farmer, a historian working with the committee.
"Portland was a port of call, and lots of black mariners stayed on," he says. Some came from places as near as Canada and as far as the West Indies and Cape Verde, settling in with the resident population of black citizens, some of whom descended from original colonists. "It was an enclave of about six hundred people," Farmer explains, "large enough to be a real presence in the city." Most were in the maritime trades — dockhands, hack drivers, cart haulers. The waterfront was much closer then (much of the current Old Port was built over fill), and "from the water you could see the meeting house, visible to any black passenger — legal or not — coming into port."
The Abyssinian's heyday coincided with a raging debate on slavery. Frederick Douglass knew the ministers associated with the meeting house and probably spoke here himself. William Lloyd Garrison also took to the pulpit, preaching the gospel of abolition. As a result, the Abyssinian's congregants harbored fugitive slaves, exploiting their merciful proximity to departing ships in one direction, and in the other, a Grand Trunk station where trains departed for Canada. A Portland Inquirer article from 1850, reporting on a recent meeting, captures the congregation's righteous passion: "The colored people are determined to resist to a man — and woman too — any attempt to take a fellow-being back to bondage… Not a man is to be taken from Portland. Our motto is 'Liberty or Death!' "
Below the sparkling new rooftop lies a boarded-up work in progress, the walls and floors now stripped to the skin. Arron Sturgis of Preservation Timber Framing undertook this scrupulous unmasking, exposing a handsome, solid, timber-frame structure "overbuilt" by talented craftsmen. At first, says Sturgis, the building seemed such a wreck, "most contractors would have gutted it. Instead, we peeled it like an onion." Chunks of hacked-up tie beams — a souvenir from the ham-handed tenement renovation — showed up in other parts of the building, puzzle pieces waiting to be reassembled. Sturgis admires the cohesive structure that survived its midlife ravaging. "They threw nothing away in the Depression era, lucky for us. The restoration will require far less conjecture than we expected." Existing wall studs show the form of the massive original windows, but other clues are far less obvious: a thread caught in an original carpet tack, traces of paint, a drawing gouged into wood by a long-gone schoolchild, bits of surviving roof trim. Farmer and Sturgis match these clues with church records, news articles, sketches, and maps of the time to recreate both a physical and social picture of the building. The pews turned up in a West Paris church, and because they'd been uniquely painted by the church's individual families, Farmer believes they eventually can be matched to specific congregants. "This building wants to be restored," Sturgis adds. "It can't wait to tell its story."
The story will cost well over a million dollars and require an endowment of another two million to fulfill the committee's dream of a museum and cultural center that will attract not only tourists but every teacher and schoolchild within reach. "I don't want another black-history month to go by without this building being part of it," says Pamela Cummings, Khadraoui's sister, currently volunteering as executive director. "I've got a committee of educators ready to go into the schools and make history personal and local. That building should be a source of pride."
All preservation is local, goes the well-worn adage of the heritage biz. But Trevor Johnson, a historian from the 1772 Foundation, sees something notably non-parochial in this grassroots committee: its use of technology, for starters — a notorious stumbling block for similar groups, which tend to attract older members inexperienced with cyberspace. You can find a well-crafted video about the project on YouTube, and Cummings is especially jazzed over the Abyssinian's inclusion in a new Google Earth "heritage map" assembled by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. But the committee's most distinguishing feature, Johnson notes, is its ability to raise money by making partnerships, "something hometown committees don't usually know how to do." Indeed, not only has the group connected strongly with local and national foundations, it has garnered interest from the corporate world, most recently from Maine-based Wright Express. "We support all kinds of community projects," says CEO Michael Dubyak, "but there is something especially satisfying about resurrecting a forgotten piece of African-American history that took place right here in Portland."
At a recent committee meeting, Cummings shows up in a jacket and tie, full of new plans. He demonstrates how Google Earth users can "fly" to African-American historic sites, from Paul Robeson's childhood home in Philly, to the Colored Musicians Club of Buffalo, to — ta dah! — the Abyssinian Meeting House in Portland, Maine. At each stop, browsers can study still shots or street-view images and discover nearby historic places that might inspire a day trip to cities or neighborhoods they might otherwise overlook. This kind of day-tripping is called "heritage tourism," a good fit for a city the size of Portland, which claims several sites on the Freedom Trail that would dovetail nicely with a visit to the Abyssinian. "We're going to start staffing the building to coincide with the tour boats coming in," Cummings announces to a group of board members and volunteers.
"And we can partner up with other businesses to make package deals," he adds, really lighting up now, describing meeting house visits that might include a hotel deal, a discounted restaurant meal, and a tour of a local brewery.
The committee currently holds regular open houses, where the curious can walk through the building, read information panels, ogle the roof system, examine notches in the floor left by the original pews. In fact, the committee will open the building to an interested party at almost any time, for there is a third miracle unfolding here, a push to acknowledge the state of Maine's role in the story of black America. As the restoration of the Abyssinian Meeting House unfolds, so does the investigation of its congregation: a group of ordinary mariners, laborers, artisans, teachers, students, shopkeepers, customers. A planned archeological dig in the cellar — a contractor's nightmare that features a flowing spring from which congregants once bottled water — should unearth more nuggets in an ever-brightening trove.
"We are the three p's," Cummings says, to adjourn the meeting. "Patience, persistence, and perseverance."
"Four p's," adds a voice from the group. "Prayer."
To which the building, awaiting its full reflowering, says: "Amen."
The Abyssinian Meeting House is located at 73 Newbury Street in Portland. It is not currently open to the public, though the Committee to Restore the Abyssinian Meeting House holds regular open houses and will arrange private tours with prior notice. 207-829-4995. www.abyme.org
- By: Monica Wood
- Photography by: Jeff Scher
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Upon receipt of the current DownEast issue I immediately go to the list of guest contributors, hoping to find Monica Wood's name listed. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading all her articles. When are you going to make her a contributing editor? :-))))


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Charles Pic: "It feels great to be back racing again after the long break. We have brought some new developments here to Spa with us, which we hope will prove to be another positive step forward. Today we had big plans for testing those on the track, but the conditions have proved frustrating for everyone as there has been very little let-up in the rain. This is not unusual for Spa though, so we have to look forward to what are expected to be two dry days remaining, when we should have a better chance to see the signs from our new components. On the positive side it is very nice to end the afternoon session in P1 on the timesheets. Unusual circumstances of course, but nice to see."
Timo Glock: "It has been so wet today that we have been able to do very little in the way of meaningful running. We have some experience of the wet tyres and some data for our new parts, but that is about it. We just have to hope that the forecast is correct and we really can look forward to some dry running for the next two days as it is very important for our new developments. It is good to be back on track though after the summer break."
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Jean-Eric Vergne: "This morning, as is usually the case in the rain, the car performed very well on the Extreme tyres. There were no problems and our lap times for me and Daniel were respectable. However, this afternoon, the rain was really too heavy to do anything worthwhile, so we only went out right at the end to do a practice start off the grid."
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This week's Origins News Roundup features highlights from a recent conference of evangelical theologians, exciting human fossil finds, tell-tale lice, and a few words from the Pope.
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"It's tempting to think that the church needs to decide quickly which of these [original sin] scenarios is right, and which ones must be wrong. I believe the church is better served by taking its time, holding several different scenarios in tension for a while as we think through the implications of each."
Once we recognize that no one takes the text literally, and that we have often failed to account for the details in the text regarding the time of day, we can begin anew to try to understand the text as an ancient text rather than as a modern one. As such, we must begin with the idea that the text operates in the world of omens, not the world of physics and astronomy.
In this series, James Kidder provides an intriguing study on transitional fossils and the evolutionary history of modern humans. He begins by discussing the fossil record, explaining how new forms are classified. He then explains the physically distinguishing trait of humankind—bipedalism. From the discovery of Ardipithecus, the earliest known hominin, to the australopithecines, the most prolific hominin, Kidder focuses on the discovery, the anatomy, and the interpretation of these ancestral remains.
A deep love for scripture, coupled (ironically) with a lifelong struggle with religious doubt, led Robert Boyle to write several important books relating scientific and religious knowledge. We explore aspects of this fascinating interaction.
Old Testament scholar and BioLogos ECF grantee John H. Walton spent the first seven months of 2013 traveling around the United States and fifteen other countries lecturing on Genesis 1 - 3. In this series, we feature John's reflections on his world tour and the insights he gained from his conversations.
This series, by Old Testament scholar Richard S. Hess, was first published as an appendix to Christian Apologetics: A Comprehensive Case for Biblical Faith (Downers Grove: IVP Academic; Nottingham: Apollos, 2011).
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If your core value is serving God and you believe that anything but a literal interpretation of the Bible is disobedient to God, you can't hear any of the scientific arguments, and that was the way it was with me. Until I dealt with the loyalty question, I could not proceed to the science.
With a high-school level understanding of science and theology, I was convinced by this "either-or" argument and, to my knowledge, became the first Young Earth Creationist in my local Nazarene church. I knew the enemy and the enemy had a name. It was Evolution.
For concordists, the temptation is to interpret every Bible verse to match the current scientific picture. For non-concordists, the temptation is to interpret every Bible verse that appears to disagree with science as figurative.
We need to hear stories from others who have wrestled with evolution and Christian faith. What arguments made them change their views on science? How did they hold fast to their relationship with God? The essays in this series will eventually comprise a book, provisionally titled, "Evolving: Evangelicals Reflect on Evolution."
I had spent so much time using the Bible as evidence to prove my point that I hadn't bothered to consider its intended purpose. It was as if I had been given a nice new pair of shoes, but instead of wearing them and letting them take me where I needed to go, I had been using them to kill bugs, prop open doors, and fix wobbly table legs.
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Although committed to the principle of sola Scriptura, Calvin recognized that the Bible would have been written in terms its original recipients would have understood. Calvin inherited the medieval cosmology of his time, a way of viewing the world heavily influenced by Greek thought and one which was about to receive shocks from astronomers such as Copernicus and Galileo. But not just yet.
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I did two things on my seventy-fifth birthday. First I visited my wife's grave. Then I joined the army.
In Old Man's War, we learn that Earth has a surplus of senior citizens and a shortage of soldiers to fight all the hostile alien races trying to chase us out of space and back to our own ball of mud. The solution that the Colonial Defense Force (CDF) has come up with is to convince aging Earthers to join the army. Their minds are transferred to new bodies pumped full of genetic enhancements and handy technology, and they are sent off to war. Scalzi takes us along with recruit John Perry as he leaves everything he knows behind to fight the CDF's wars; going through basic training, fighting his first battles, and even a little romance. The author has admitted to playing on the pattern laid down by Robert Heinlein, but he managed to go beyond that inspiration to develop a new space opera universe where he has set multiple bestselling novels. This is a story that packs a lot of action and excitement, but also manages to subtly explore issues of aging, loss, humanity and the futility of war.
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Wed, May 9, 2012 at 5:20 PM
Thoughts on PF:RR and such
First let me say I absolutely Love the entire album, there's something for everyone and for every kind of mood you may be in. Okay, my favorite songs are Gun Shot, Hov Lane, Va Va Voom, Come On A Cone, Champion, Young Forever, I Am Your Leader, Marilyn Monroe, Masquerade, Whip It and Right By My Side. I'm really proud of Nicki, she did what she felt in her heart and wasn't worried about what...


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Please check out our acquisitions to date:
Laguna Esmeralda Reserve, Bolivia
El Zapotal and El Silencio, Chiapas, Mexico
Tinaja del Zapote, Sierra Gorda, Querétaro, Mexico
More Completed Acquisitions
Tropical Forest Forever Fund Mission: to fund the acquisition of mostly forested landscapes in Central and South America while supporting habitat preservation of endangered and threatened species. In some special circumstances, Canadian and other northern forest initiatives may be funded in an effort to connect a contiguous link between breeding and wintering grounds for special, at risk avifauna. At least 80% of the Fund proceeds shall be used for key habitat purchases, with 20% reserved for management expenses or land trust development. The principal donor requests that none of the funds be spent on non-grantee travel, salaries, and research initiatives. Land preservation initiatives will occur in countries which have diplomatic relations with the United States of America.
This new fund will allow GCBO to better serve bird populations at an international scale. Implementation of the Funds activities will be conducted via a Board of Directors appointed committee that is chaired by GCBO's Executive Director. If you would like to make a financial contribution to the TFFF Fund, please email Cecilia Riley at email@example.com.


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2011 Slough Awards
Environmental Services won two awards in February 2011 at the Columbia Slough Watershed Council's annual Slough Awards ceremony. The 230 ceremony attendees viewed these videos.
Terrestrial Ecology and Enhancement Strategy
Leadership Award
Claire Puchy, Science Fish and Wildlfile Program
Dave Helzer, Columbia Slough Watershed Group
Lower Columbia Slough Fish Study
Achievement Award
Chad Smith, Science, Fish and Wildlife Program