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Federal Agencies Are Engaged in Numerous Woody Biomass Utilization Activities, but Significant Obstacles May Impede Their Efforts
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In an effort to reduce the risk of wildland fires, many federal land managers--including the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management--are placing greater emphasis on thinning forests and rangelands to help reduce the buildup of potentially hazardous fuels. These thinning efforts generate considerable quantities of woody material, including many smaller trees, limbs, and brush--referred to as woody biomass--that currently have little or no commercial value. GAO was asked to determine (1) which federal agencies are involved in efforts to promote the use of woody biomass, and the actions they are undertaking; (2) how these agencies coordinate their activities; and (3) what the agencies see as obstacles to increasing the use of woody biomass, and the extent to which they are addressing the obstacles. This testimony is based on GAO's report Natural Resources: Federal Agencies Are Engaged in Various Efforts to Promote the Utilization of Woody Biomass, but Significant Obstacles to Its Use Remain (GAO- 05-373), being released today.
Most woody biomass utilization activities are implemented by the Departments of Agriculture (USDA), Energy (DOE), and the Interior and include awarding grants to businesses, schools, Indian tribes, and others; conducting research; and providing education. Most of USDA's woody biomass utilization activities are undertaken by the Forest Service and include grants for woody biomass utilization, research into the use of woody biomass in wood products, and education on potential uses for woody biomass. DOE's woody biomass activities focus on research into using the material for renewable energy, while Interior's efforts consist primarily of education and outreach. Other agencies also provide technical assistance or fund research activities. Federal agencies coordinate their woody biomass activities through formal and informal mechanisms. Although the agencies have established two interagency groups to coordinate their activities, most officials we spoke with emphasized informal communication--through e-mails, participation in conferences, and other means--as the primary vehicle for interagency coordination. Internally, DOE coordinates its woody biomass activities through its Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, while Interior and the Forest Service--the USDA agency with the most woody biomass activities--have appointed officials to oversee, and have issued guidance on, their woody biomass activities. The obstacles to using woody biomass cited most often by agency officials were the difficulty of using woody biomass cost-effectively and the lack of a reliable supply of the material; agency activities generally are targeted toward addressing these obstacles. Some officials told us their agencies are limited in their ability to address these obstacles and that incentives--such as subsidies and tax credits--beyond the agencies' authority are needed. However, others disagreed with this approach for a variety of reasons, including the concern that expanding the market for woody biomass could lead to adverse ecological consequences if the demand for woody biomass leads to excessive thinning.
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TAKING OUT TUMORS WITH THEIR OWN DNA: Genetic research has shown cancers to be nearly as diverse as the individuals they colonize. But new drugs, targeted to specific tumors, are starting to make cancer killing a very personal endeavor.
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The first discovery of a cancer gene marker—the BRAF oncogene for melanoma and colorectal malignancies—back in 2002 changed the way many researchers thought about cancer treatment. Rather than approach the disease based on what region of the body it stemmed from, scientists began to identify cancers in terms of their genetic signatures. Researchers now recognize more than 200 kinds of cancer—all genetically unique.
And pinpointing a genetic signature, such as EGFR mutations in lung cancer or HER2 mutations in breast cancer, can guide therapy decisions. Narrowing the treatment to a particular tumor cell type makes for a more effective—and less harmful—oncolytic approach. But a new class of cancer therapy is going even further by combining targeted treatments with personalized immune therapy.
The first of these therapies to be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Provenge, hit the U.S. market in April, delivering a personalized punch to patients' prostate tumors. Provenge, and other immunologically based treatments under development do not prevent disease the way the HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine staves off cervical cancer by using a weakened or dead virus. Instead, the vaccines use killed autologous tumor cells from the patient to activate the immune system.
Treating cancer immunologically is a "truly personalized therapy," says Larry Kwak, a professor and chair of the Department of Lymphoma/Myeloma at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. "Every cancer cell is heterogeneous from a genetic standpoint," Kwak says. "We had about 140,000 patients diagnosed with lymphoma, leukemia or myeloma in America in 2009. We'd require a separate vaccine for each person," he says.
"Even though you have two patients with the same kind of lymphoma, the immunological signature is different. You have to treat each patient's tumor cells individually," he adds.
Arming the immune system
Kwak and his group have developed a vaccine using this individual immunological approach to treat follicular lymphoma, the most common of the nonaggressive non-Hodgkins lymphomas. The drug uses a double-barreled approach, packing cytotoxic agents, along with creation of a strong idiopathic (patient-specific) immune response.
To create the individual vaccine, a receptor protein is extracted from the patient's malignant B cell lymphocytes and purified in large amounts. This idiopathic protein is added to an adjuvant growth factor, keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH)—a protein derived from a giant sea mollusk found off the California coast—known to provoke a strong immune response. Added to the mix is a delivery agent, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), that promotes the production of white blood cells; the vaccinal mix is then injected back into the patient. Because the vaccine causes the body to mount an immune response directed against a unique tumor, the therapy is much more effective than gene-targeted or more general chemotherapy alone.
Results for the first of the drug's Phase III clinical trials showed that in combination with targeted therapy, median time to relapse for patients receiving the vaccine was 44.2 months, whereas those who received the placebo went an average of 30.6 months before relapse. At least one patient has been in remission for more than a decade. The vaccine, called BiovaxID, is undergoing further phase III clinical trials, sponsored by Biovest International, Inc.*
Other personalized cancer vaccines are in the research pipeline, including a melanoma vaccine being developed at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) as well as a bladder cancer vaccine.
Picking the right patients
Despite the successes of these tailored immunological attacks on follicular lymphoma, not every lymphoma patient is likely to be a good match for the treatment. The method falls down in the presence of proliferative disease or a malignancy that has not already responded to chemotherapy.
"Minimal disease state is key," Kwak says. "We don't have success giving the vaccine against well-established tumors." Big tumors, or several tumors dispersed throughout the body, present an overcapacity problem. The body can only create a finite number of antibody-producing white blood cells in a given time period. The more tumor cells there are—and the more rapidly they're dividing and proliferating—the more antibodies are needed. And the immune system cannot always keep pace.
Because the individually tailored vaccine method is so different from mass-manufactured vaccines—those developed to combat infectious diseases such as smallpox—the search continues for a viable production model. Although some companies can manufacture the customized vaccines, getting volumes up to an efficient level has been a challenge so far.


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AKRON -- If the weather cooperates, and that's a big if, there could be a barn-burner finish in the 2012 World Golf Championships Bridgestone Invitational.
Jim Furyk, bidding for a wire-to-wire win, carded an even-par 70 in Saturday's third round and is at 11-under-par 199 through 54 holes.
That's good for a one-stroke lead over Louis Oosthuizen, whose 2-under 68 on Saturday left the 2010 British Open champion at 10-under 200.
At 7-under 203 and in the hunt for the $1.4 million winner's check is Keegan Bradley. The 2011 PGA Championship titlist finished with a 3-under 67 Saturday.
If the players above them falter in the final round, 2011 U.S. Open winner Rory McIlroy and wily veteran Steve Stricker are at 6-under 204 and capable of pouncing.
Mother Nature will have her say, too.
With the forecast calling for wind, rain and potentially severe thunderstorms, tournament officials pushed up Sunday's tee times to an 8 a.m. start. Playing in threesomes rather than twosomes, the leaders will go off at about 10 a.m.
"It will be a test of patience if we have to wait, but you also have to be prepared and ready to go," Furyk said.
Furyk was steady as she goes Saturday with a birdie on the par-5 second hole, bogey on the par-3 12th hole and 16 pars on his scorecard.
"I think my ball-striking was every bit as good (Saturday) and maybe even a touch better than it was Thursday and Friday, but I just didn't attack as well with the short irons," Furyk said.
Oosthuizen said the 7,400-yard South Course played tougher Saturday because the wind came up and dried out greens, making them less receptive to approach shots than in the first two rounds.
"You needed to manage your shot to the green quite well to almost miss the wind," Oosthuizen said.
The 29-year-old South African has two wins on the European Tour this year and gave himself a chance to win the Masters before he was beaten by Bubba Watson's miracle shot in a playoff.
He said he's looking forward to going head-to-head today with Furyk and Bradley in the final threesome.
"I just want to try to get my ball in the fairway and give myself as many birdie opportunities as I can," Oosthuizen said. "This is a great spot to be in, to test myself in an event almost as big as a major and on a great track."
Bradley was in the hunt here last year until he shot a 6-over 41 on the inward nine on Sunday to finish tied for 15th. The following week, he became a major winner at the PGA Championship, bettering Northeast Ohio native Jason Dufner in a three-hole playoff at the Atlanta Athletic Club.
"I love so much being in contention. This is fun for me," Bradley said. "This feeling is very similar to the one I had here last year."
McIlroy came to Firestone this week with high hopes of snapping a slump in which he has missed the 36-hole cuts in three of his last five events, including the U.S. Open.
With rounds of 70-67-67 under his belt on the South Course, the 23-year-old native of North Ireland seems to be doing that just in time to be heard from Sunday and later this week on the Ocean Course at Kiawah (S.C) Island in the PGA Championship.
"I feel like I'm definitely moving in the right direction," McIlroy said.
Out of the running and playing only for pride in the final round will be Tiger Woods (even-par 210), Watson (1-over 271), defending champion Adam Scott (2-over 212) and Phil Mickelson (212).


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The Making of Bad Beaver Farm, Ellsworth
A New Hampshire couple's getaway shows the thrift and creativity of Yankee ingenuity.
- By: Carol Leonard
My husband, Tom, and I originally thought we would build on a parcel of land situated on a wild river in Ellsworth, Maine. But, as fate and a tenacious realtor named Casper would have it, we ended up with the unbelievable good fortune a year later of being able to purchase a 400-acre tract of wilderness across the road from our original piece. This land had been a cattle farm in the early 1900s, no remaining structures, but a large, still-cleared hay field, forests, streams, three (encroaching) beaver flowages/trout ponds. We named the land Bad Beaver Farm and so far we have built the most cunnin' cabin.
Tom and I made a pact that we would be mindful stewards of this land and be as respectful of our gift as consciously possible. In the summer of 2006, we put in a road to reach the field where we plan to build our permanent home. We slogged through the mud, chainsawed the trees, cut lengths for firewood, brought up Tom's huge, old Mobark chipper, chipped all the brush, reeked of gasoline, fought off black flies and mosquitoes the size of small pigeons. We slept in smelly, mildewed clothes. Even our dogs permanently stank of stagnant vernal pools. Once we got to the field, we had the road graveled with gravel from the land (there are many glacial gravel deposits scattered throughout the forests.) We seeded the banks of the drive with conservation mix (this winter the deer and moose have grazed every single clover plant to the ground.)
We brought in electricity. Yes, there was a miniscule discussion about being off the grid. I lived off the grid for several years in the late Sixties, so I really don't have a driving ambition to recreate that lifestyle, unless forced to by current political idiocy. We hired an independent hydro-electric contractor (everyone up here in DownEast Maine is named either "Bud" or "Buddy.") The poles were wired to the entrance to the field where Tom and I put the remaining electric underground. We dug a trench with an excavator, slogged through the rain and clay and breathed in toxic fumes, gluing the PVC conduit together. Tom blew the string for the lines through 350 ft. of conduit with a leaf blower!
We decided to build a cabin first (well, actually, it started out as a screen house and then morphed into a 22x24x20-foot-high structure — my fault.) Our pact with each other was that it had to be constructed with no out-of-pocket money! It had to be entirely built with all salvaged materials we had scrounged or hauled back from the dump for the last twelve years. Fortunately, Tom is a builder — and a pack rat. All the stuff he had piled in our front field at home in New Hampshire, that I had complained about for years as being white trashy, now was found gold! We decided to build our little fishing cabin hidden in a lovely copse of trees, an old oak grove/wind break, in the middle of the field.
We hauled huge beams that Tom brought home from a construction job on a borrowed flatbed trailer. We excavated 6 holes for pre-cast cement pilings. (Note: No live trees were downed in this project. The cabin is built in the midst of some magnificent oaks. One is literally rubbing on the west fascia — much to Tom's consternation.) Tom had already trucked up his old 1972 LULL to the land, so it was a cinch to lift the beams and set them in place. Tom's father, Leo, a highway engineer, helped tremendously in this phase of the project, in the placement of the foundation beams. The beams were too long, but before Tom could saw them off, I said, "Honey, this looks kinda small — couldn't we just cantilever a screen porch over the east side overlooking the pond?" Yup. Now the cabin had grown exponentially.
Because the cabin footprint had now increased by 8 feet, the gable ends also grew (funny how that happens.) Now it was 20 feet to the ridge beam — so of course this allowed for a second story sleeping loft and the new screen porch. We placed plywood on the deck and I was busy applying my mechanical drafting skills that I learned at Yestermorrow. I arranged all the window sashes that we had hauled up in the most pleasing/fabulous/light conscious design possible, painted them all deep green — and basically left it up to Tom to build the frames and make it all work.
Repurposed windows came from unlikely sources:
~ On the South facing gable is the front entrance. The front doors are vintage French double doors that Tom dragged home from the Hopkinton dump. These doors have two side-lights that I rescued from my brother, David's barn before he moved. This entryway gets great wintertime sun. Up in the open gable are two ganged antique diamond-paned glass windows that came from Saint John the Divine Catholic cathedral in Lowell, MA.
~ On the West side (driveway side) are two ganged double-hung 9 over 6 windows mooched from our forester's barn, left over from when he retrofitted his house. These are next to the woodstove. In the "kitchen area" (I have this in quotations — because we don't have running water — yet). Supposedly the well is going in next week, but when I asked (yet another) Buddy-the-well-driller if he was still on schedule, he replied, "Prub-ly." Above where the kitchen sink is theoretically going to be are two ganged double hung windows from Tom's parents' barn of unknown origin.
~ On the North facing gable is a huge double casement window that Tom salvaged from a job. On one side is a smaller casement that came out of a New Hampshire neighbor's bathroom. We couldn't find a match for the other side for the longest time, until one day Tom found the perfect casement in a dumpster. Up in the sleeping loft are two double hungs, nondescript, but they provide great cross ventilation. The sleeping loft windows are in the tops of the trees.
~ On the East side (pond side) are two very large mullioned windows that I also reclaimed from my brother's barn. Since these are in the screen porch, Tom hinged them awning-style and they swing out and hook up via a pulley system. Also on this side are vintage double doors that open onto the screen porch. These doors have tremendous sentimental value. They came out of Tom's parent's farmhouse where the boys grew up; probably these were the original doors. The house is a classic New Englander where the front door opens directly to the stairway to the second floor. In the winter, when the four brothers were young, they would open those double doors, position themselves at the top of the stairs on their flying saucers, fly down the stairs, out the front door and across the lawn on the snow.
As I have said, I left it to Tom to figure out the framing part. He is a true genius. He framed all the walls on the deck and then raised them up with pump wall jacks. I have to admit that the 2x4s were store bought. The way I squared that is I emptied out Tom's change drawer that he had emptied his pants pockets into after work for the past twelve years. The change weighed 140 pounds. I put it in a rolling suitcase and rolled it up the handicap ramp at the bank. The bank tellers looked delirious to see me coming. Some of it I had to bring home to wash in the dishwasher because it was too disgusting with sawdust. Guess how much 140 pounds of change comes too? $1,500.00. That covered the cost of all the 2x4s and then some. (Like the cute acorn exterior light fixtures I found at Lowe's.)
Tom made fast friends with our forester, Dave Warren of Surry. Dave knows a tremendous amount about the Maine forests. He also had stacks and stacks of sawn lumber from our local woods in his back field. Tom finagled a deal with Dave to exchange the boards for our cabin in return for installing Dave and Jeannie's new kitchen and bathroom. It worked out swell. We covered the frame with Dave's funky pine boards before the walls were jacked up. Tom taught me how to use an air nail-gun. At first I had lots of "shiners," but soon I was keeping up with the best of them. To temporarily finish it off, Tom covered all the walls with a weatherproof "rain-jacket" material that really does keep the elements out, even now in the dead of winter.
I didn't care much for the pumping up of the gable ends. It made me squirrelly nervous. The whole structure wobbled ominously when it got about half way up. Tom said to keep jacking for godsake, so I just closed my eyes, took a deep breath and trusted him that the whole damn thing wasn't going to come crashing down and squash us like Junebugs. Once the walls were erect Tom braced them with twist-outs. When the last gable was up, Tom put a small fir at the peak for good luck.
We were only able to work on our cabin on weekends. Tom's left-hand man from his construction crew in NH, Liam "Casey" O'Brian, came up to Bad Beaver to help with the roof — thank god. I never could have done it. The ridge pole is a huge 10x16x24' long composite beam that had been sitting outside, marinating, in our field for a couple of years. It was swollen with moisture, so it must've weighed about 1000 pounds. There is a fabulous oak tree smack in front of the cabin, directly in the way, so the LULL was of no help here.
Tom put a bowing plank across from the sleeping loft to the Catholic window and was trying to slide the ridge beam across to the notch in the gable end. I was down below taking pictures and praying. Casey was at the other gable/loft end, when the beam fell and hit Casey. Judas Priest! I had visions of Casey permanently in a wheelchair. Casey is a quick, wiry guy, an avid rock climber. Somehow he managed to twist out of the way of the crashing behemoth, the beam only just grazing his left shoulder.
I thought at this point we would go to Plan B, but no, those two kept right at it. No stinking, 1000 -pound beam was going to outsmart them. Tom tied a rope around the beam, threw it over the gable end, and told me to go outside and hold the rope. I said if the beam fell again and I was holding this stupid measly rope, it would catapult me into the beaver pond. In retrospect, I think Tom thought all the screaming was not helpful.
Because I was outside, I never did get to see how those two managed to get the beam in place, but they did. There it sits, comfortably in its notches. I see it overhead, first thing when I open my eyes every morning. The killer beam that almost took out Casey. I have a great photo of the two of them afterward, sitting on the porch drinking a beer, looking totally exhausted.
Tom and Casey managed to get the entire roof done in one weekend. They worked like dogs. They got the roof rafters in place, then we covered those with more of Dave's funky pine boards. Casey was outside with a skillsaw, cutting the boards to length. Tom was balanced up on the roof rafters nailing the boards in place. I was running in between the two of them, from Casey cutting, up a ladder to the sleeping loft, handing the boards up to Tom on the roof, then scrambling back down the ladder again to Casey. Every damn board. By the end of the day my thighs and arm muscles were screaming/burning. I was about to complain when I looked up at Tom miserably sweating buckets in the blazing sun. I decided to keep my pain to myself.
We placed a great louvered cupola with a curved verdigris copper roof that Tom brought back from a job as a crown on the new roof. I had an old copper ram weathervane kicking around the house (I did, honest.) He, Hector the Protector, is now up there pointing out the direction of the wind with his butt. It is cunnin.
Next, Tom bought a turn-of-the-century Maine SHINGLE MILL to make our own shingles from the cedar trees on our land. The intention is to sheath all the exterior walls with homemade cedar shingles. The only problem I see with this plan is that the shingle mill itself looks like a Dickinsonian nightmare way to lose several fingers. Huge maniacally spinning blades. No guards. There was a telling sign on the mill when Tom purchased it. It says:
NO (You get the idea) AROUND IN GENERAL
Now our cabin was weather tight and we could move our focus indoors. I painted the floor a sage green from some leftover paint I had in the cellar. Tom's brother, Lee — who is an electrical engineer — spent a weekend with us wiring the cabin. They decided to use metal clad cable instead of the standard Romex. This cable gives the exposed wiring a wonderful vintage look of an old fire hazard hunting camp. As a surprise, Lee wired a great rustic wrought iron twigs and leaves chandelier over our dining space.
Tom built "cupboard stairs" up to the sleeping loft. They are just steep enough to allow our two dogs to be able to make it up to bed with us. We put a railing up in the loft that came from a deck that Tom renovated. I capped that with a fabulous antique newel post that I had liberated from a friend's barn in New Hampshire many years ago. Tom installed an old refurbished ceiling fan he had junking around in his shop. Mostly now that fan blows the heat from the woodstove down from the sleeping loft where it gets to be about 110 degrees.
All appliances and furnishings are second-hand/hand-me-downs from sympathetic relatives and friends. The best score was some ratty overstuffed furniture˜a couch and two hugely fat overstuffed chairs˜which my sister-in-law was throwing out. I re-covered them with sophisticated slipcovers and now they look impressive. My mom gave us a "cabin warming" present of a beautiful rug with fish and squirrels, acorns and pinecones. Actually, everyone got into the spirit and commitment to cheapness. Tom and I found we had to politely refuse a lot of pure junk gleaned from people's cellars and barns.
But the end result is adorable. I LOVE our little cabin! I am totally, madly in love with it. We're still uncertain about the design of the real house, but we'll spend time in the cabin to get used to the cycles of the sun for solar gain and the seasons and the weather. Tom has already cleared the space for the barn (40 x 60'), so apparently that's next.
It is all very exciting. This spring we are putting in running water to the kitchen sink. Tom is digging a gray water system for that. And we are building the outhouse — finally! Last week Tom dragged home the most glorious, previously owned, ostentatious mahogany double-sidelight front entryway door that will be the door to our outhouse. This is sure to be the grandest crapper in all of Down East Maine.
Carol Leonard is a writer and a midwife, her husband, Tom Lajoie, is a phenomenal economy of motion builder.
- By: Carol Leonard


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21 Jump Street; The show that fashion forgot
April 29th, 2012
There are times we look back upon with a certain nostalgia. We feel a certain wistfulness for "what was", a sense of "those were the days".
Something tells me the days of 21 Jump Street (1987-1991) won't soon be one of those eras.
As I sat down to collect photos for this piece, I was struck with an overwhelming thought; Ew. Oftentimes when we look back upon some of the classic television shows or movies of past years we find something redeeming. Something that we can draw parallels with in contrast to today's culture. While the 70′s and 80′s often reemerge in predictable ways in modern fashion, we're left with more "what not to wear" moments than exciting reinterpretations when opening the fashion vaults of 21 Jump Street.
Now, the fact that these images are of Johnny Depp will distract many a viewer from the frightening reality that it looks as though Billy Idol and NKOTB were in a tragic science experiment gone wrong (similar to that of "The Fly"). The truth is, Depp could get away with wearing a trash bag and birkenstocks. Replace the face in these photos with that of your highschool PE teacher and you'll see what I mean. Quasi fashion becomes "did I really need to see that"?
In the true spirit of old fashion looks reinvented, here is one of our looks as inspired by the ghosts of 21 Jump Street.
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Jun 28, 2012
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We watched decision making in all long time certainly and please remember folks chief Justice Roberts.
Appointed by President Bush again you just never know which direction these -- justices will go but they take the law extraordinarily seriously.
As do we as we're watching it affect the markets and -- back up off the floor but still down about a 133 points.
Let's get to -- dance steps it -- the CME pointed out right away.
Europe is still -- very much the European summit in Brussels kicked off today as the Euro hits a three week low so.
Don't forget to factor -- there's a stronger dollar today that's affecting stocks Ashley Webster on the ground in Brussels.
Hi actually what they tell us.
Watson you want -- -- -- a huge -- here like literally three minutes ago and you wanna know why it's physically scored against Germany in the semifinal of the Euro 2012 football championships.
A lot of the -- journalists here in the news cafe watching the game -- just kinda tells you as we sit and wait behind find out.
What the EU leaders have managed to us -- out on this first day of meetings.
In fact they going to be in a working session for the next step out an -- also the which point we hope that so we'll get a press conference and get some details.
The most pressing issue for the EU leaders is Italy and Spain -- the huge amount of -- that.
These countries have -- the fear that their economies could collapse under the weight to their own debt and the inability to be able to borrow money at any reasonable rate.
The question -- always comes down to Germany what will be what would Germany be prepared to negotiate.
We've heard -- locals say nine a lot to many many things.
But we have told a little bit of softening whether there will be Euro bombs on not German math finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said look we may negotiate for Euro bonds.
But we have to have some stuff also some preconditions.
Stronger economic reforms and perhaps -- creation.
Of the European -- budget czar that's according to him so wait and see whether.
Germany will loosen up a little bit perhaps -- wheel and deal -- little bit more.
Who knows maybe a mrs.
Merkel -- prime minister Mario Monti have a ban on today's game.
It Italy wins -- -- Euro bonds and vice Versa we'll have to wait and see but we won't get any details.
For at least another Alan lists that certainly -- happy Italian journalists here right now.
Oh a lot of Bob -- that's incredible view night Kelly and I only say that because I don't know those Jersey so I -- Italian soccer Jersey not a -- -- -- -- -- Ashley thanks very -- this and actually just.
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Oct 31, 2012
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Developments in Washington now for United States senators have sent a letter to the Obama administration demanding the White House released surveillance video.
Of the deadly terrorist attack last month in Libya.
The saying the American people deserve to know all the facts about the attack which resulted in the murder of four Americans including ambassador Chris Stevens.
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That warnings C two attacks on our consulate -- warnings by our.
Ambassador Chris Stevens the last message she wrote before he was murdered was talking about the security -- -- -- necessary.
Why didn't the president United States know about it.
Maybe it was one of the briefings that he didn't -- but the point is the president should have known about it action should have been taken.
Our next guest also signed that letter New Hampshire senator Kelly -- -- as a member of the armed services committee.
The senator out what is your major concern.
My major concern is that the American people deserve to know answers as to what happened and -- Ghazi.
Before we know that there were two prior tax on the consulate including one in June where there was a hole blown in the security perimeter that forty people -- go through.
The British the British ambassador was attacked and in fact.
His convoy and our people went -- helped him actually twenty minutes after the attack then they were sent away.
Meaning we didn't keep adequate security at our consulate so the British left the French left the Red Cross slept why wasn't our consulate secured.
What did the president know about the prior tax on the consulate.
We have written to the president because a group of us have written about a half dozen letters and he in the administration so far.
They have not answered our letters about prior security.
During yet why we're request -- forces since denied to those four brave Americans there.
Who were murdered and finally afterwards why did they tell the American people that this was a spontaneous reaction to a video.
When that was not true in -- emails went to the White House within two hours letting them know is attacked to a terrorist event.
So this is really disturbing the American people deserve the truth and frankly.
-- -- ardea half a dozen letters John they've not answered us they're stonewalling us and I think they're trying to run out the clock -- this election.
And by the way this is not a Republican issue this is about the American people knowing the truth when four brave Americans have been murdered Milan get the -- I'll get to the politics.
Seven in just a minute but I wanted to ask you this question because Senator McCain made a point this morning that really struck me he said you know a year and a half ago not quite.
When that that top secret raid took out Osama bin lot.
Within less than 24 hours we knew everything about it we knew things we probably shouldn't have known or didn't need to know.
And we knew all about it.
Why do we know so little about what happened in -- Ghazi and how we responded to.
-- what what worries me the most is that this didn't fit the administration's narrative -- -- the president kept running saying al-Qaeda.
Is on the run we got Osama bin Laden.
And I don't think they wanted to come out call -- what it was a terrorist attack whereas when it came to revealing seal team six and also some very.
Important intelligence programs that put people at -- when it made them look good.
All of those details were forthcoming even if they -- gonna -- our national security so I think that's a very important issue one other very important issue by the way.
Apparently we have so I Tunisian individual in custody.
That was captured in Turkey.
My colleague Lindsey Graham this wrote a letter to the Tunisian ambassador.
That we get access to that individual apparently we haven't had access to the person who's been identified in in the video as having Ben.
At the consulate during the attack.
You senator Graham Senator McCain and senator Ron Johnson all signed this letter all Republicans Democrats often say that Republicans are using this politicizing national security.
Over this been -- attack -- -- There's absolutely nothing political -- for brave Americans have been murdered.
In a terrorist event.
And we need to get to the bottom -- to make sure Americans are protected.
And by the way with al-Qaeda on the rise as much as the president says that we need to make sure that the American people are protected.
That is our foremost responsibility in the commander in chief the president United States has to answer these questions this is incredibly important.
What's been most shocking in fact I'm glad that fox has been covering this is that.
More mainstream media outlets aren't asking these hard questions that need to be asked important questions that the president should know.
Obviously he knows what he knows was he told about -- prior tax.
Why was this representation made by the administration that it was a reaction to the video.
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A Sideways View of the World
February 7, 2011
Today's OTB features an excerpt from my friend Vitaliy Katsenelson's recently published The Little Book of Sideways Markets. Vitaliy is CIO at Investment Management Associates, a value investment firm in Denver, and he is a prolific and engaging writer (you can find and subscribe to his articles at http://ContrarianEdge.com). I had the pleasure of writing the foreword to Vitaliy's book, and here is a brief excerpt:
"Markets go from long periods of appreciation to long periods of stagnation. These cycles last on average 17 years. If you bought an index in the United States in 1966, it was 1982 before you saw a new high – that was the last secular sideways market in the United States (until the current one). Investing in that market was difficult, to say the least. But buying in the beginning of the next secular bull market in 1982 and holding until 1999 saw an almost 13 times return. Investing was simple, and the rising markets made geniuses out of many investors and investment professionals.
"Since early 2000, markets in much of the developed world have basically been down to flat. Once again, we are in a difficult period. Genius is in short supply.
" 'But why?' I am often asked. Why don't markets just continue to go up, as so many pundits say that "over the long term" they do? I agree that over the very long term markets do go up. And therein is the problem: Most people are not in the market for that long – 40 to 90 years. Maybe it's the human desire to live forever that has many focused on that super-long-term market performance that looks so good.
"In the meantime, we are in a market environment where investors have to be more actively engaged in their investments than before during a bull market when the rising tide lifted all ships. The Little Book of Sideways Markets is a life preserver that will help you navigate these perilous waters. Wear it well and wisely."
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Welcome to the first week of Fall classes (which begin on Aug. 26). Please remember that, any student who misses the first day of class without advance notice to the department office at 620-2651 or email@example.com will, at the discretion of the instructor, be administratively removed from the missed class. It remains the student's responsibility to determine his or her enrollment status in any class missed on the first day.
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The Public Relations Student Society of America begins its fall membership drive during the first week of classes. If you're in PR, you need to consider joining the premiere association for communication majors. Dues are $65 for a year's membership and includes access to the national website for internships, employment, and scholarships. Look for membership applications in the communication department beginning next week.
TechTalk: Thinking of next summer
So, you're just back from this summer's hiatus and we hope it was a fun and productive one. If not, it might be smart to plan in advance for that next vacation. Here are some nifty websites you might want to check out. The first is coolworks.com. It lists opportunities from all around the world that might satisfy your desire for adventure and travel. Some of the work stints are as short as a month or two and feature work in national parks (Alaska even!) or overseas. Many offer room and board either free or at an extremely reduced rate. Another, workaway.info, provides opportunities to travel around the world in exchange for a few hours of work each day. WWOOF (Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms) gives applicants a chance to work on anything from a mango farm to a rice paddy in exchange for room and board; wwoofusa.org. Get planning out as many of these are already taking applications for next summer
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Students needed to help with Jax events
Jacksonville's Office of Special Events produces events which enhance the quality of life and culture for the City of Jacksonville and its visitors. Right now it's seeking talented, enthusiastic and dynamic communication students who are looking to expand their knowledge and gain valuable experience for two upcoming events. The first is the NBA pre-season exhibition game, Orlando Magic vs. New Orleans Pelicans, on Wednesday, Oct. 9. The event will feature a salute to the military community and include a family-friendly interactive fan experience before the game. An invitation-only dinner reception will be hosted Tuesday, Oct. 8, for community business leaders and sponsors of the event. The second is the Florida vs. Georgia football game. The weekend kicks off Wednesday, Oct. 30, with the opening of the very popular RV City and the fun continues through game day on Saturday, Nov. 2. Live entertainment, interactive games, activities, food, and tailgating are just a few reasons to celebrate the countdown to Jacksonville's biggest rivalry kickoff. Student participation in these events will involve the types of tasks that can be placed on a resume. Please note that they are NOT internship experiences, as involvement in the events will be time-limited. For more information, visit the city's web site or contact Gregory Bruce at email@example.com or 904-630-1212 ext. 2101.
Volunteers wanted in the Amazon, Fiji and Africa
This summer you can live like a local and commute to remote communities in the Amazon, Fiji and Africa through a special two-week program through Volunteer Eco Students Abroad (VESA). You can teach children English, provide a village with access to fresh water and sanitation, restore a primary school or conduct conservation work during your first week. Spend your second week on the adventure tour of a lifetime visiting unique destinations in the country. If that's of interest to you, VESA is holding an information meeting Thursday, Aug. 29, in the University Center at UNF, Room 1095. Meetings will be held on the hour beginning at noon and ending with a 5 p.m. session. For more information and to apply online, go to www.vesabroad.com.
PRSSA events scheduled
The Public Relations Student Society of America has already begun its fall membership drive. If you're in PR, you need to consider joining this association for communication majors. Dues are $65 for a year's membership and includes access to the national website for internships, employment, and scholarships. Look for membership applications in the communication department. Here's a list of upcoming PRSSA meetings scheduled so far:
Learn how to pitch an idea to investors
UNF's Small Business Development Center is holding a free special event on Tuesday, Sept. 17, designed to put together UNF and investors. CoWork Jax FastPitch! will feature current and former UNF student business owners who will each give a five-minute presentation about their creations. The audience -- fellow students, faculty/staff, community members and potential investors – will then have a short time for questions and answers with each business owner. If you've ever thought of starting your own business this might be an event to attend to get an idea about how people can pitch their ideas to investors. You can also network with Jacksonville's investors and business community. The FastPitch event will be held on Sept. in UNF's Student Union Auditorium. Networking will take place from 6 to 6:30 p.m., the pitches from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. and networking again from 7:30 to 8 p.m. For more information, go to www.sbdc.unf.edu.
TechTalk: Pandora for podcasting
If you're a person who loves listening to podcasts, there's a new app for you. Swell, a podcast app for iPhone, utilizes a Pandora-like listening system to learn what type of content you like and introduce you to more of it. The app gives you access to content from NPR, ABC News, American Public Media, TED Talks, and more. Start with a particular show or launch a topic stream like news, comedy, business, or sports. Over time, the app's algorithm learns what you like. A simple swipe skips to the next podcast, and with every swipe your infinite content stream becomes more and more personalized to your tastes. To see more of what it can offer, go to http://www.swell.am/.
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· Fall graduation deadline
· Washington Post offers summer internships
· Tweet why you love UNF and win prizes
· PRSSA schedules first meeting
· Advertising Club interest meeting
· Got questions about an online class? Here's answers
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· TechTalk: Zeega offers a new way to tell a story
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The deadline to apply for Fall graduation is next Friday, September 13. Graduation applications are available online or from One Stop Student Services. You may apply online in myWings by signing into Student Self-Service, then selecting Student Records, then Graduation Application. Failure to apply for graduation by the deadline may affect your ability to graduate and can result in the delay of your diploma and transcripts.
Washington Post offers summer internships
The Washington Post is looking for college students for 12-week paid internships as reporters on the local, financial, sports, style and editorial desks, as well as internships for visual journalists, multiplatform and interactivity producers and web designers. Although the internships won't occur until summer 2014, applications must be received by Nov. 4. For more information, go to the Washington Post internship page, http://intern.washpost.com/.
Tweet why you love UNF and win prizes
UNF's Department of Public Relations is kicking off the fall semester with the "Why Do You Love UNF?" Contest open to students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends. The week-long contest will take place Monday, Sept. 9, through Friday, Sept. 13, with prizes to be given away to a few lucky winners each day, including a Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Tablet and an Asus Memo Pad HD 7, provided by TigerDirect. To enter the contest, first you need to follow the University on Twitter @UNFfans, tweet why you love UNF, in words or with a photo, and include the hashtag #loveUNF. You will then be entered into a random drawing for several daily prizes. All contest winners will be announced via the University's Official Twitter page, @UNFfans.
PRSSA schedules first meeting
The initial meeting of UNF's Public Relations Student Society of America will be held next Tuesday, Sept. 10, at 5 p.m. in the Communication Department Conference Room, Building 14D room 2014. This meeting is to welcome back members, recruit new members and discuss interest in attending the national PRSSA conference in Philadelphia on Oct. 25-29.
Advertising Club interest meeting
The Advertising Club's first interest meeting will be held next Wednesday, Sept. 11, at 6 p.m. in the Communication Department Conference Room, Building 14D room 2014.
Got questions about an online class? Here's answers
If you're taking an online class and have questions about the technology, here's a special Blackboard website designed to give you answers. Here you'll find how to participate in a collaborative session and many other items. To access the answers, go to http://support.blackboardcollaborate.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=8336.
TechTalk: Zeega offers a new way to tell a story
Zeega is an open-source HTML5 platform for inventing new forms of interactive storytelling. The platform enables anyone to easily author beautiful immersive experiences combining personal content with media curated from across the web. You can use all kind of media from any cloud storage and use content from your own computer to create interactive stories that can be shared in easy steps. Just choose your media from the cloud, or upload your own media, and drag them onto slides. You can combine or overlap images and GIFs on individual slides, and add text to personalize your story. Once you're done, press play and the music you chose will play continuously as you click through your story. You can then share your Zeega on Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr. Check it out at: http://zeega.com/.
Sept. 11, 2013
· Spinnaker Radio looking for students to host radio shows
· Business clubs open to communication students
· Do you have a history of volunteerism? Nominate yourself
· TechTalk: Yeevo is a free social video app
Spinnaker Radio looking for students to host radio shows
Spinnaker Radio is currently looking for students with thoughtful and inventive ideas to host a weekly radio show. On-air DJs will host a one-hour block once a week during which they will be expected to play music, generate thought-provoking discussion, or provide other forms of creative formatting. This is a great opportunity for students to learn more about college radio, to meet new people, and to gather experience in an educational environment. If interested, please send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com and firstname.lastname@example.com and/or stop by the radio station in building 58E, room 2202.
Business clubs open to communication students
The Coggin College of Business is the home of numerous student organizations, many of which are open to communication as well as business students. The UNF Rotaract Club, a Rotary-affiliated club whose mission is to help emerging leaders develop their skills, has numerous activities throughout the semester. For more information, email email@example.com. Alpha Kappa Psi is a professional business fraternity where students can learn business leadership and management skills. For more information, email firstname.lastname@example.com. And the UNF affiliate of the American Marketing Association is always seeking communication members (firstname.lastname@example.com). But these are only three of the numerous clubs available through Coggin. To see all the available business clubs, check out this webpage. Both internship supervisors and potential employers like to see evidence that a student took part in organizations!
Do you have a history of volunteerism? Nominate yourself
Nominations are being accepted for the Albert D. Ernest, Jr. Caring Award and the Halamandaris Caring Internship at the Heart of America Foundation in Washington D.C. These awards recognize students who demonstrate the spirit of caring and volunteerism. Faculty may nominate students for either or both awards. Students may self-nominate with faculty support. For additional information and application forms, click here. The application deadline is Friday, Oct. 11. Contact: Nancy Boerem at email@example.com or (904) 620-2150.
The deadline to apply for Fall graduation is Friday, Sept. 13. Graduation applications are available online or from One Stop Student Services. You may apply online in myWings by signing into Student Self-Service, then selecting Student Records, then Graduation Application. Failure to apply for graduation by the deadline may affect your ability to graduate and can result in the delay of your diploma and transcripts.
UNF's Department of Public Relations is kicking off the fall semester with the "Why Do You Love UNF?" Contest open to students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends. The week-long contest will take placetodaythrough Fridaywith prizes to be given away to a few lucky winners each day, including a Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Tablet and an Asus Memo Pad HD 7, provided by TigerDirect. To enter the contest, first you need to follow the University on Twitter @UNFfans, tweet why you love UNF, in words or with a photo, and include the hashtag #loveUNF. You will then be entered into a random drawing for several daily prizes. All contest winners will be announced via the University's Official Twitter page, @UNFfans.
The Advertising Club's first interest meeting will be held Wednesdayat 6 p.m. in the Communication Department Conference Room, Building 14D room 2014.
TechTalk: YEVVO is a free social video app
YEVVO is a free social iPhone app for live social video broadcasting from one mobile device to an unlimited number of mobile devices. It's like Twitter, but for real-time live video streams in HD. Imagine that your typical tweet is instead a live video stream that users can consumer and share in real time. Each time a user goes live, the user's friends and followers are pushed a notification to join the live broadcast. It just debuted last month and developers already promised exciting updates. Think of YEVVO as a tool for sharing live video within a community, whether that be a concerts, a news conference or a personal moment. Could be an interesting tool for video communicators.
· Capital Semester in Washington DC
· UNF Student-Parent Scholarships
· Osprey Career Fair set for end of September
· New App Turns Text into Video
CommStudentUpdate is a weekly service outlining both academic news and community events of interest to communication students. In addition, it offers a weekly look at new technology students can use both personally and in the classroom. Stay connected to UNF's Department of Communication page on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/unfcomm.
Academics, Internships, Deadlines
Capital Semester in Washington DC
Application Deadline: Nov. 5, 2013
Sponsored by the Fund for American Studies, Capital Semester combines substantive journalism and communication internships, courses for academic credit, career development activities, site briefings and lecture led by top policy experts and journalists. This fast-paced, 15-week residential program provides undergraduate students from around the world with opportunities to gain the edge in today competitive job market while experiencing the excitement of Washington first-hand. Classes are taught by faculty from George Mason University. Scholarships are available. Students registering by Oct. 1 will receive a 5 percent discount on their tuitions. Detailed information can be found at: www.DCinternships.org/CSPJ.
UNF Student-Parent Scholarships
The Child Development Research Center is offering scholarships to student-parents who have a child attending the center or is registered to attend prior to the scholarship deadline. Student Government and The Women's Center are also offering scholarships for parents that are pursuing a career while raising children. Eligibility and instructions are highlighted in the application forms. All application forms can be obtained in Building 49, Child Development Research Center office.Contact: Erica Calorel at email@example.com or (904) 620-2372. Website: http://www.unf.edu/cdrc.
Osprey Career Fair set for end of September
The Osprey Career Fair is UNF's largest recruiting event on campus with employers from a variety of industries looking for students for internships, co-ops, part-time jobs, and full-time employment opportunities. This year the fair will be held on Friday, Sept. 27, from noon to 4 p.m. in the Adam W. Herbert University Center. Put it on your calendar now!
Technology Update
New App Turns Text into Video
Wibbitz.com is a new news application that turns text-based articles into short videos using RSS feeds and smart algorithms, complete with natural voice narration and infographics. The publishers of Wibbitz say their mission is to create a new experience for mobile content. The app, available for iPhone and iPad users, essentially re-packages text into short informative videos users can view on the go. To check out the new app, go to www.wibbitz.com.
Submissions to CommStudentUpdate may be made through email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
· Celebrate National Punctuation Day!
· PRSSA hosts event at Career Services today
· Wall Street Journal seeking interns
· UNF sponsors numerous study-abroad trips
· Osprey Snapshot of the Week submissions
· Letter to a Young Journalist
· Leave no trace online
Special Update
Celebrate National Punctuation Day!
Today is National Punctuation Day. A comma here, an exclamation mark there. Why are these little symbols so important? In honor of these special symbols, which can make or break your writing, the Poynter Institute, a premier writing program in St. Petersburg, is offering an online webinar, Tools, not Rules, for Reading and Writing. But this webinar is not just for journalists -- it's for anyone who creates written messages; journalists, public relations professionals, advertisers and others. It will be held today at 2 p.m., however, if you're not available for the actual broadcast, you'll always be able to access it online in a recorded format. If you're having trouble with AP style and punctuation, this might be the webinar for you. To find out more, go to: http://www.newsu.org/punctuation-day.
PRSSA hosts event at Career Services today
PRSSA will be hosting an event in Career Services during which Ryan Traher will be taking professional head shots for students' social media profiles and ePortfolios at 4 p.m. Following the head shots, resume critiques and guest speakers will begin at 5 p.m. Our guest speakers will include: Mary Harvey, founder and CEO of Agency a la Carte, and Tanya Stewart, career coach and consultant.
Wall Street Journal seeking interns
Application Deadline: Nov. 1, 2013
The Wall Street Journal's U.S.-based internships are aimed at undergraduates, recent graduates or graduate students who intend a career in journalism. The internships are for 10-week periods and pay $700 a week. Summer internships generally take place in June, July and August, though start dates can be flexible in certain circumstances. The application for summer internships must be received no later than Nov. 1. The selection process for summer internships is completed by the end of December. Applications for the fall, winter and spring internships are reviewed and selected on a rolling basis. Applications should now be submitted through our online job posting system found atwww.dowjones.com/careers.
UNF sponsors numerous study-abroad trips
UNF's International Center is the spot to go on campus to find out about the dozens of study-abroad opportunities offered for credit. Not only do the university's faculty members offer such experiences, professors at other state universities and programs throughout the country offer programs through which you can receive credit at UNF. For example, Florida International University offers a study-abroad for journalism and mass communication in Spain while the University of Central Florida offers a communication study-abroad in Salzburg, Austria. For more information, go to: http://www.unf.edu/intlctr/Study_Abroad_Resources.aspx.
Osprey Snapshot of the Week submissions
UNF's Department of Public Relations is seeking photos to be featured as the "Osprey Snapshot of the Week," which is posted every Friday on UNF's official Facebook and Twitter pages. Faculty, staff and students are invited to submit photos of campus life and UNF-related events for consideration at email@example.com. For more information, contact: Sherry Hays at email@example.com or (904) 620-2192
Also of Interest
Letter to a Young Journalist
What things do you know now that you wish you had starting out as a young journalist? That's the question one journalism student posed for a veteran editor. The response is wonderful and enlightening for people just starting in the profession: When I was starting out, I was afraid the politician I was profiling would realize I didn't understand property taxes; that the hockey coach I had to interview would out me for not knowing a hat trick from a helmet; that the commercial fisherman would think me unworthy of sharing his story ... (more)
Leave no trace online
Don't like the idea of anyone snooping on your Internet activities? Now there's an app that works to do just that by sending military-grade encrypted texts, pictures, audio and video messages. With Wickr every message you send through the iPhone and Android app is highly encrypted. Plus, the message sender has complete control over who can read the messages, where they can be read, and for how long. And whenever you want, you can destroy all remnants of those messages, leaving no trace. To learn more about Wickr and seen how it works, go to: https://www.mywickr.com/en/index.php.
· Media Week connects you with media professionals
· Internship applications now online for Dow Jones
· PRSSA focusing on sports communication
· Applications now being accepted for communication scholarship
· This device traps online ads
· New internship app
Media Week connects you with media professionals
UNF's Department of Communication is hosting Media Week from Oct. 14 to Oct. 18 to provide students and faculty with insights from professionals in advertising, public relations, journalism and production. Media professionals will visit communication classes, engage students in specialized Q-and-A sessions, and participate in a panel on the state of the media industry.
Media professionals will guest lecture in 18 classes, including multimedia storytelling, advertising campaigns, public relations cases, law and ethics of communication, and mass communication research. Guest lecturers include John Burr, editor-in-chief of the Jacksonville Business Journal; Ron Littlepage, columnist for the Florida Times-Union; Christine Bowley, executive producer at WTEV/WAWS-TV; Cynthia Weiss, senior marketing communication specialist at Mayo Clinic; and Katie Evans, a member of the ad platform team at Twitter, Roxie Lute, public relations manager with Beason4 Media Group; and Monica Earle, morning show producer at Cox Media Group.
In addition, communication students can attend track-specific breakout sessions with media professionals. The professionals will talk about their fields and answer students' questions regarding the skills needed to be successful. Media professionals attending include Kristi Dosh, sports business reporter for ESPN; John Apostol, Web developer for iDrive Marketing; and Heather Smith, social media manager at Anton West Advertising.
Media Week will conclude with a panel discussion on the current state of the media industry. This event is open to the public. Participants include Jim Dalton, president of the Dalton Agency; Jeff McCurry, president of St. John Partners; Jason Mudd, CEO of Axia Public Relations; and Marilyn Young, editor of the Financial News and Daily Record.
A day-by-day schedule of Media Week events can be found on the Department of Communication website: http://www.unf.edu/coas/communication/mediaweek.aspx
For more information about Media Week, please contact Dr. John Parmelee, professor and chair of the Department of Communication, at 904-620-3867 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Internship applications now online for Dow Jones
College juniors, seniors and graduate students are invited to apply to the Dow Jones News Fund for summer 2014 internships in digital, news and sports editing and business reporting. The application deadline is Nov. 1. More than 60 media companies hired 120 interns in 2013. Interns will be trained at numerous universities then report to newsrooms throughout the country where they'll be paid a minimum of $350 per week. Students who return to school after an internship will receive a $1,000 scholarship. Students with questions can visit the Dow Jones website for details or email firstname.lastname@example.com
PRSSA focusing on sports communication
PRSSA's next event will focus on sports communication and numerous guest speakers will discuss their experience in the sports field as a communication professional. Speakers include Assistant Director of Athletic Communication Colleen O'Connell with UNF Athletics and Director of Videography/Media Relations Brian DeLettre with the Jacksonville Suns. The meeting will be held Tuesday, Oct. 8, at 7 p.m. in the second-floor auditorium of the Student Union (Building 58W, Room 2704).
Applications now being accepted for communication scholarship
Applications are now being accepted for the Oscar Patterson Scholarship, named in honor of the former chair of the Department of Communication at UNF. This scholarship will provide $500 during the 2014-2015 academic year. The award will go to one undergraduate in the Department of Communication who demonstrates academic excellence as well as financial need. More information is available at the front desk in the main communication office. To be considered for the award, students must submit the required materials on or before Jan. 24, 2014.
This device traps online ads
Advertising students beware. This device might just change how you -- as professionals -- interact with the Internet. From CNN: "Depending whom you ask, Chad Russell and Charles Butkus' invention is either a step forward for the Internet -- or a death knell for free content. Their AdTrap device intercepts online advertisements before they reach any devices that access your Internet connection" ... (more)
New internship app
Internships.com has announced a new partnership with Nokia to power Internships Lens, a free AR-based mobile app for Lumia Windows-based smartphones. Internships Lens can help you find an internship, whether it's your first internship as a freshman in college or you're an upperclassman. Aim your smartphone at a nearby commercial building and you'll be able to see available internship. Internship Lens is similar to another app created by Nokia called JobLens that also uses augmented reality -- but this time to pinpoint jobs. Click here to watch the video and learn more.
· Advertising Club to hold its first meeting today
· Begin applying for Spring 2014 Campaigns classes
· UNF schedules Student Leadership Summit
· Interested in law school? It's your day
· Distinguished Voices Lecture Series tickets available
· Moonwalk with Joshua Foer
· Social media a source of internship news
· Instant gratification allowed for online consumers
Advertising Club holds first meeting today
The Department of Communication's Advertising Club will hold its first general meeting of the semester today (Wednesday, Oct. 9) from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the departmental conference room on the second floor. If you're interested in joining this club, please attend this first meeting.
Begin applying for Spring 2014 Campaigns classes
Application Deadline: Oct. 31 by 3p.m.
Students interested in applying for a Public Relations or Advertising Campaigns class should begin applying for admittance into the course. To apply, they should print out their internal transcript from My Wings – Student Records. On the front of your transcripts write your cell phone number and UNF email address as well as the total number of hours you will have completed by the end of the Fall 2013 semester (include both your UNF and transferred hours). Take that transcript to the main office in the Department of Communication by Oct. 31. Campaign classes for Spring 2014 are:
Campaigns (ADV 4800) sections and times for Spring 2014:
· 10150 McMahan – Monday 3 – 5:45 p.m.
· 10759 Colvin – Tuesday/Thursday 12:15 – 1:30 p.m.
· 12511 Colvin – Tuesday/Thursday 3:05 – 4:20 p.m.
Campaigns (PUR 4800) sections and times for Spring 2014:
· 12107 Perkins – Monday/Wednesday 9 - 10:15 a.m.
· 12108 Perkins – Monday/Wednesday 10:30 - 11:45 a.m.
· 11136 Doggett – Monday/Wednesday 10:50 – 12:05 p.m.
· 12510 Colvin – Tuesday/Thursday 12:15 – 1:30 p.m.
· 12512 Colvin – Tuesday/Thursday 3:05 - 4:20 p.m.
UNF schedules Student Leadership Summit
The UNF Student Leadership Summit is a flagship program of the Taylor Leadership Institute, a department within the Division of Student and International Affairs. Funded through the Student Services Fee, this event is free and open to all UNF students. Held this year on Friday, Oct. 11, the Leadership Summit empowers students to develop meaningful interactions with community organizations and connect with "real world" venues to practice leadership on and off campus. Pre-registration is required to attend. For more information, please contact the Taylor Leadership Institute at email@example.com or call (904) 620-5934. This is a wonderful event to put on your resume once you've attended!
Interested in law school? It's your day
Pre-Law Day for UNF students interested in attending law school will be held Thursday, Oct. 10, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The day begins at 10 a.m. with a Law School Fair in the third-floor ballroom of the Student Union. Representatives from some 20 law schools will be present to speak with students about their programs. The fair will last until 1 p.m. The keynote speaker, Charles Gallagher, Boston College professor of history and the author of a book on the Vatican, will present from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. For more information, email firstname.lastname@example.com or call (904) 620-2955.
Distinguished Voices Lecture Series tickets available
E-tickets are now available for the Distinguished Voices Lecture Series, featuring Ambassador Dennis Ross, a scholar and diplomat with more than two decades of experience in Soviet and Middle East policy and the author of several influential books on the peace process, most recently "Myths, Illusions and Peace: Finding a New Direction for America in the Middle East." The lecture will take place Tuesday, Oct. 29, in Building 43, Herbert University Center Banquet Hall, Room 1044. All Distinguished Voices lectures are free and open to the public and require a ticket. Tickets are available at www.unf.edu/lectures.
Moonwalk with Joshua Foer
Joshua Foer, author of "Moonwalking with Einstein," will be recounting his experience as winner of the U.S Memory Championship, and contender in the World Memory Championship on Monday, Oct. 14, at 7 p.m. in the Robinson Theater. He will discuss his training, methods and madness in becoming a top mental athlete. In his book, which is this year's selected text for the UNF Reads series, Foer draws on cutting-edge research, a surprising cultural history of remembering, and venerable tricks of the mentalist's trade to transform our understanding of human memory. The lecture will be followed by a Q & A and book signing
Social media a source of internship news
Social media has become a font of information for everything internship. There are numerous Twitter users you should be following if you are seeking internships and first-hand knowledge. For example, those of you who have taken the Pre-Internship class know of Lauren Berger. You can follow her and get internship tips at @InternQueen. There's also a @InternshipKing. You can also find information at @Internships and @InternshipsNews. On LinkedIn there's Intern Center and Intern World, among others. And, let's not forget Facebook. There's dozens of "Internship" groups on that social network where you can hook up with both other interns for tips and organizations looking for interns.
Instant gratification allowed for online consumers
The big online marketing news yesterday came from an announcement by Conde Nast, the publisher of numerous magazines, and MasterCard that the two giant companies would be partnering to allow digital users of Nast's magazines to instantly purchase items described in an article or showcased in an advertisement. All the digital magazine users will need to do is tap a shopping cart icon on the page to have the item immediately shipped to their home. The new service capitalizes on the idea that consumers will be more than happy to instantly gratify themselves -- no more time to think as a consumer reaches for a phone to dial a number of types in a website to purchase online. It's instant. The partnership, called ShopThis, will begin in the November tablet edition of Wired, due on Oct. 15.
· State of the Media conversation Friday
· Flu shots available
· Distiguished Voices lecure seris tickets available
· When does advertising go too far?
· Microsoft Office now has its own app
State of the Media conversation Friday
UNF's Department of Communcation will convene a panel discussion on the current state of the media industry. This event is open to the public. Participants include Jim Dalton, president of the Dalton Agency; Jeff McCurry, president of St. John Partners; Jason Mudd, CEO of Axia Public Relations; and Marilyn Young, editor of the Financial News and Daily Record. All students are invited to attend this panel, which will be held Friday from 10 to 11 a.m. in Building 14D (the communication building), Room 2001.
Flu shots available
It's that season again when many students are taken out of action with the flu. It's also the season when there's help. Flu shots are available for students, faculty and staff. The cost is $20. Come by Student Health Services in Building 39A, Brooks Addition, Room 2100, on the following days:
When does advertising go to far?
Is there a point at which the drive to net new consumers gets out of hand? At least some people think so. Check out this article from the UK's The Guardian on a new tactic called "prank advertising."
"To most people advertising is a simple way to preview products, movies, and services. What if advertising took a step further and forced your participation whether you like it or not? Such an advertising ploy is a new way of advertising, called prankvertising and to some, such lengths might be going too far." (Check out the entire article).
Microsoft Office now has its own app
Microsoft Office now has its own killer app. QuickOffice, which is available for the iPhone, iPad and devices that run Google's own Android operating system, is the best mobile app for Microsoft Office documents. It'ss a totally free app that lets users create, open, and edit Microsoft Office files and save them either locally on their device, or to Drive, Google's cloud service. All you need is a Google account (like Gmail).
· We need YOUR input!
· Spinnaker Media accepting applications for editor-in-chief
· Novelist comes to UNF to discuss writing
· Get that job (or internship) via social media
· Fundraising Professionals group seeks student members
· Last chance to apply for Spring 2014 Campaigns classes
· Are you a friend of your library?
· Buy a book at Neptune Beach
· Get to know NewsU for high-quality online classes
· Just the facts, please!
We need YOUR input!
The Department of Communication invites comments from students regarding last week's Media Week event. If you have ideas for how to make Media Week better next year, please e-mail Dr. John Parmelee at email@example.com
Spinnaker Media accepting applications for editor-in-chief
Spinnaker Media is looking for a student editor-in-chief for its magazine for the spring semester. The editor-in-chief is ultimately responsible for supervising all aspects of Spinnaker print publication and management: editorial content, art and design, advertising, budget and personnel. As the official liaison for the magazine, the editor-in-chief deals with university officials and other department administrators. The editor-in-chief also represents the interests of the magazine as an ex-officio member of the Spinnaker Media Advisory Board. The successful candidate should have an understanding of journalistic practices and good news judgment. Completed course work in communication ethics, communication law and advanced journalism is helpful but not required for the position. The position pays $8 per hour for 25 hours per week. To apply, go to www.unfjobs.org, complete an application, and attach it to the Spinnaker editor-in-chief posting. The application window closes Oct. 30.
Novelist comes to UNF to discuss writing
Writer Scott Turow will be speaking at UNF about his transition from attorney to author and finally to Hollywood as his movies were made into films. The free lecture is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 7 at 7 p.m.. Turow has written numerous novels including "Ordinary Heroes" and "Presumed Innocent." Although the presentation is free, tickets are required and can be ordered at www.unf.edu/lectures.
Get that job (or internship) via social media
Social media has become the hot spot to land that job out of college. Find out how to use tools such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn in a presentation by social media guru Jason Pratt. A graduate of UNF and the head of social media for the Mayo Clinic, Pratt's talk, "How to use social media to #GetThatJob," will take place on Nov. 12 at 6 p.m. in the Student Union. Put it on your calendar now!
Fundraising Professionals group seeks student members
UNF has a nationally recognized chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals on campus. For only $35 per year, individuals can join and jump start their careers. The AFP UNF Chapter hosts workshops that focus on special events/event management, social media, marketing/communications, board development/management, corporate relations, planned giving and more. For more information, contact Sarah Stewart, AFP UNF collegiate chapter president. For more information contact: Sarah Rose Stewart at email@example.com or (904) 620-1782. You can also visit the group's website at http://www.unf.edu/annualgiving/students/afpcollegiatechapter/AFP_Collegiate_Chapter.aspx.
Last chance to apply for Spring 2014 Campaigns classes
Application Deadline: Oct. 31 by 3 p.m.
Are you a friend of your library?
This is National Friends of Libraries Week. Many libraries around the country are holding membership drives. If you haven't already, become a member of the library nearest your home.
Buy a book at Neptune Beach
The Friends of the Beaches Branch Library, 600 N. Third, St., Neptune Beach, is holding a fundraiser book sale Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Some 30,000 books are being sold; none of them for more than $2. The money raised will go toward library programs.
Get to know NewsU for high-quality online classes
If you haven't become acquainted with the Poynter Institute's NewsU, it's time you did. NewsU is the online educational arm of the internationally know writing institute and contains hundreds of course -- some free and some not -- for all mass communicators. NewsU has recently added new courses from a reporting insights in "The Storyteller as an Investigator" from Alexandra Zayas, a winner of this year's Livingston Award for Young Journalists, to "Community Engagement and Future Trends: Lessons Learned from SXSW" from Hugh Forrest, the director of the annual festival. To sign up and check out all the courses offered at NewsU, go to http://www.newsu.org/.
Just the facts, please!
Seems like you never have the time to read that long news story? Well, here's an app that will ensure you get the facts in a micro-sized bite without having to digest the whole story. If you're time pressed but still a news junkie, there's Circa, a free app for both the iPhone and Android that shrinks long-form stories into just-the-facts-only news nuggets. Edited by former Reuters journalist Anthony De Rosa, breaks important stories into a headline and four-line summary. Each "story" leads to a stream of flashcard-like notes if you want more information.