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This action comes on the heels of a recent court decision
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which would add 2,200 acres of ski terrain to Vail Resort and destroy 885 acres
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are planned to be built in the CAT III expansion. Additional expansion will see
12.2 miles of new roads and ski ways in the previously roadless area and will
destroy a wildlife corridor between the Eagle's Nest and Holy Cross Wilderness
The ELF also says the CAT III expansion by VA "will ruin the
last best lynx habitat in the state [of Colorado]," a concern that even Colorado
Division of Wildlife biologists admit would be the result of CAT III. "If
there is any critical lynx habitat in the state, this is it," reads an interagency
memo to the U.S Forest Service (USFS) by Robert Laske, regional manager for the
Division of Wildlife. The memo refers to the destruction of at least 182 acres
of wilderness within the Two Elks Roadless Area (TERA) where lynx tracks were
seen in 1991.
rapidly declining lynx population has been the cause of another long and bitter
court battle that environmentalist hopefully will win, giving full protection
to lynx in the lower 48 states under the Endangered Species Act. Lynx populations
in the lower 48 are estimated to be less than 400 animals with about one hundred
in Montana, 75 to 100 in Washington, maybe 50 in Idaho, 20 to 50 in Maine, and
scattered individuals in Minnesota, Wyoming, Oregon, Colorado, and possibly Michigan.
evidence of lynx in Colorado has been documented in what is traditionally their
southernmost range, but Division of Wildlife field supervisor Lee Carlson believes
there are as few as six lynx in the state. "We don't think they're extinct,
but they're probably going extinct if we don't do something." The last known
lynx to reside in Colorado were a pair trapped in Vail in 1973. One died and the
other escaped. A lawyer representing environmentalists opposed to CAT III adds,
"The only reason the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has not found
any lynx back there [in the TERA] is because they haven't looked."
commercial trapping of lynx continues in Alaska, Montana, and Canada, the major
threat to the lynx's continued existence in the lower 48 states is habitat destruction
and human intrusion. Logging, oil, gas, agricultural, and recreational industries
are all responsible for invading and desecrating the lynx's last stronghold. "Currently
there are no standards nor guidelines for logging (or other activities) in lynx
habitat in any of our national forests," says Jasper Carlton of the Biodiversity
Legal Foundation, one of the groups that have sued the USFWS to list the lynx
under the Endangered Species Act.
The USFWS has declared that ski development
and other winter recreation such as that in Vail, Colorado, harm lynx directly,
as these developments not only destroy lynx habitat but also open up exclusive
lynx territory to competitive predators less affected by human activities. But
some wildlife agencies in states with suspected or known lynx populations oppose
federal protection for the lynx because of the impact such a listing might have
on timber, oil, and gas development, cattle grazing, road building, ski expansions,
and hunting and fishing access.
The elusive and shy lynx requires older
forests with downed trees for their dens, for protection from severe weather,
and as covered corridors that link their dens to habitats of the snowshoe hare,
their principle prey. Lynx live at elevations above 4,000 feet where there is
snow most of the year. Like other forest carnivores, lynx are an "indicator"
species, meaning their presence represents ecological health and balance in the
forests they inhabit.
Since 1991, environmentalists have petitioned to have
the lynx listed under the ESA, but the USFWS rejected the petitions arguing there
was "insufficient evidence" to justify the action. In 1993, a court
settlement forced the USFWS to consider the lynx listing in the lower 48 states,
a consideration it decided not to act on in December 1997 despite the recommendations
of its own biologists. When 15 environmental organizations sued the USFWS for
its refusal to list the lynx, the government agency finally responded by recommending
listing the lynx as "threatened" rather than "endangered,"
a status that would extend fewer protections than full endangered status. A listing
is expected by July 1999 when the USFWS is bound by law to enact lynx protection.
the lynx as threatened rather than endangered is a political appeasement to economic
interests who fear full ESA protection of lynx would severely curtail their commercial
activities in lynx habitat. Nowhere is this more evident than in Vail. Responding
to the U.S. Forest Service's approval in Fall 1997 of the Vail CAT III expansion
into prime lynx habitat, Colorado's Division of Wildlife biologist Jim Toolen
said: "The politics involved in all of this are way beyond anything I feel
comfortable dealing with."
The USFS approved CAT III knowing that the
impending ESA protection of lynx habitat in Colorado would prohibit it. Dr. Gary
Koehler, acknowledged by the USFS as one of the nation's leading lynx experts,
says CAT III could doom lynx in Colorado and, at a minimum, would "hamper
lynx recovery efforts" in the state as the majority of lynx sightings in
Colorado have been in the Vail area. While such actions by the USFS possibly constitute
violations of the National Environmental Policy Act, they definitely go against
the USFS's own Forest Plan standards which supposedly protect wildlife. In Vail
where CAT III violated those standards, the USFS simply altered the standards
rather than prohibited the planned expansion.
Local environmentalists like
forest and range ecologist Rocky Smith believe that in the battle between the
lynx and Vail ski expansion, the long-furred wildcat loses. "The USFS seems
much more interested in protecting Vail's pocket-book than in protecting extremely
valuable eco-logical resources." It is estimated that it will take 12,000
logging truckloads to haul away the six million board feet of virgin spruce and
fir from the VA invaded Two Elks Roadless Area. The VA will only pay the USFS
one to two cents on every dollar it makes for the "use" of our public
national forests.
The fight to keep VA out of the Two Elks began years ago
when the cor-poration first proposed CAT III, a follow-up to its CAT I and CAT
II expansions that began in the 1960s. Currently atop Vail Mountain, numerous
winter recreation activities are served including ice skating, tubing, sledding,
a half pipe for snowboarders, and snowmobiling. VA's expansion on what it calls
"Adventure Ridge" would add facilities that would serve an estimated
220,000 more skiers annually. Also planned are year-round facilities, including
an in-line skating arena, new restaurants, and an outdoor climbing wall. Such
activities violate the National Forest Ski Area Permit Act which allows only "ski
operations and appropriate ancillary facilities," but, as VA has proven,
economic interests can always override regulatory laws and public opposition.
1997 when the USFS solicited public comments on CAT III, it received 400 letters
opposed to the expansion and only 5 letters of support, all from ski industry-supported
individuals. When Eagle County Commis-sioners held three of their own public hearings
on CAT III in spring 1998, voices of opposition dominated all the meetings. It
was estimated that public opinion was 90 percent against the expansion. Yet in
May, county commissioners unanimously voted in favor of CAT III. A Colorado Ski
Country USA spokesman defended the expansion saying, "It's not unlike Universal
Studios adding a new ride every year...the Colorado ski industry is competing
against Las Vegas, Orlando (Disney World), and cruise vacations."
June 1998, environmentalists filed a lawsuit against VA to prevent CAT III, arguing
that it would destroy elk calving grounds, habitat for the boreal owl marten and
mountain lion, and would interfere with plans to re-introduce lynx into Colorado.
By September, the U.S. District Court ruled in favor of VA and refused to issue
a preliminary injunction to stay the planned expansion while opponents ap-pealed
the USFWS decision allowing CAT III. On October 14, 1998, the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the 10th Circuit in Denver also rejected a request for an emergency injunction,
thereby clearing the way for the actual beginning of construction south of the
existing ski area.
On October 16, 1998, VA began cutting trees in the TERA
with the knowledge that by the time USFS permission for CAT III was appealed by
environmentalists, the contested habitat for lynx, elk, marten and other wildlife
would already be destroyed. With no avenues left open for legal recourse, the
ELF swung into action and within 48 hours of the first tree falling in the TERA,
Vail Associates Inc. found themselves the target of what has been called the largest
raid by environmental guerrillas since Crazy Horse and his Lakota warriors burned
down Fort Kearny and chased out gold miners, winning what is now called Red Cloud's
It wasn't just environmentalists who were upset with VA's actions in
Colorado. Local residents have long complained about this corporate ski giant's
behavior that has created an economic monopoly. In Vail, Colorado, VA operated
31 chair lifts, 8 hotels, 82 restaurants, and many other ski-related businesses
in the surrounding area, including three other ski resorts it recently bought
out. "Vail Resorts used to be the 800-pound gorilla; they are now the 4,000-pound
gorilla," says Robert McLaurin, Vail's town manager.
With Colorado
as the nation's most popular ski area, VA has dominated the industry by buying
out competitors and recently starting a joint venture with the state's largest
sporting goods chain. Lift tickets at VA's ski areas rank the highest price in
the nation at $61 each. Last winter, $1.6 million was made, comprising a large
portion of Colorado's ski industry revenues which totaled more than $4 billion
in the last two seasons. "The corporate world is buying up everything and
trying to monopolize it," says Geoff Wells, an independent ski store manager
who was prevented from opening a ski store in Vail by VA.
While the ELF
may have cost VA $12 million in economic damage, such an amount is just a drop
in the bucket to this corporate giant which has invested $200 million into Vail
Resort's commercial operations in Colorado in the last two years alone, including
helping to establish direct flights into Vail from 13 American cities. Vail has
long been a play-ground for the world's wealthy elite, but VA's corporate behavior
has begun to create stark class divisions and subsequent economic growth has driven
property values sky high. An acre of private land in Vail now averages $1 million.
growth in Vail signals a threat not only to the TERA, but to all the surrounding
forest lands-both public and private. VA recently admitted that it has an option
to buy 2,000 acres of private land just one mile from the CAT III expansion on
Vail's frontside. VA has been investigating the possibility of building a new
ski base area here with village-to-village gondolas and luxury condominiums to
add to its already 1,300 residential condos. "Consideration of this development
exacerbates cumulative impacts, particularly with respect to the lynx movement
corridor and elk winter range issues," says VA's own privately-hired biologist.
now across public national forests in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana,
Maine, Minnesota, Michigan, and Colorado, wilderness habitat that may very well
be the last refuge for forest predators like the lynx is being destroyed. With
government support, these environmental crimes are being committed before the
ecological impact on endangered wildlife can be measured, let alone prevented.
The logical conclusion is simply that the USFS and USFWS cannot be trusted to
protect these rare magnificent animals.
The USFS and USFWS have failed in
obligation to protect the lynx and other endangered wildlife. Regard-less of any
of the economic consequence ESA protection will have on private industry, both
agencies are mandated by law to protect wildlife in danger of extinction. Yet
the USFS which oversees the continuing destruction of lynx habitat, the USFWS
which is bowing to political pressure by not extending full ESA protection to
the lynx, and state wildlife agencies who have resisted taking the necessary actions
to save the lynx, continue to serve industry before wildlife and public interests.
many of us have ever gazed into the eyes of a wild lynx? How many of us, let alone
our grandchildren, ever will if we continue to wage war upon them with the steel
trap, bulldozer, and chain saw? These shy predators are not disappearing. We know
exactly where they are going as the last of the old growth forests they depend
on for habitat is commercially developed. If we do not do something now, even
scientists and biologists are projecting that the lynx and many other familiar
races of wildlife in the lower 48 states will become extinct. And for what? A
Rocky Mountain lynx pelt goes for $75 on the international fur market, just a
little more than a lift ticket on Vail Mountain.
As long as federal and
state governments fail to enforce their own laws to protect rare and endangered
wildlife, we can be grateful that the ELF is willing to take action to protect
the lynx nation's homelands. While FBI and ATF agents from the domestic terrorism
division pour over the west looking for ELF volunteers, they ignore the criminal
actions of Vail Associates and other private interests waging war in this continent's
last 2 percent of undeveloped and roadless wilderness. Those unbiased by media
and industry disinformation will have no problem recognizing who the real eco-terrorists
are in the last ancient forest lands where the refugees from the fiercely wild
lynx nation still roam.


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A large Irish family loses a son to suicide, and the family gathers together to mourn his loss. In between, there is a lot of background information that the narrator, one of the sisters, reflects upon. This is not a happy book. There is a good bit of dysfunction within the family. I know that this is a prize winning novel, and I appreciate that, but the vagueness and veiled hints throughout the book make it a confusing read at times. Why do prize winning novels always have to be so "artsy"? I had to piece together the story between the lines. As an English major, I understand how to do this, but when I read for pleasure, I do not wish to work that hard.
I was dismayed on every level by this bleak and overwritten book. I love good writing, but in this case I felt like someone was holding my head and forcing me to look. The writing was constantly drawing attention to itself when I wanted to look away. The ebullient flood of words describing every moment, however inconsequential, made me feel vertiginous. Given that the narrator (as opposed to the author) of The Gathering is supposed to be unbearably bitter and emotionally shut down, it also rang false for this narrator to be so expressive in prose style.
Unpleasant all around. While I'm at it, let me mention that I'm also very tired of child abuse being exploited as a plot device. Cheap, cheap, cheap.
This is a ok book its the story of Veronica Hegarty she is organising her brother Liams funeral in Dublin.
She has to retrieve his body from Brighton.
Liam was the black sheep of the family.
Only Veronica knows why he turned out the way he did. This is a sad book about the dynamics of this family.
Too rambling and disjointed for me - couldn't make myself finish.
Unfortunately, The Gathering didn't really do it for me. The Irish setting of the book was played up a lot on the cover and in some of the endorsements on the back of the book, but the Hegartys didn't seem to embody the "Irish family" as claimed. Now, to be fair, I don't exactly have a whole lot of knowledge in the subject, but I do feel like you could have taken out the heritage of the Hegartys and have the exact same story.
There were two aspects of this book I really enjoyed, and the book ends up with a star for each. The first is the way Anne Enright writes memories. The narrator in this book will describe a memory she has, and then admit that she knows the memory can't have happened the way she thought it did because of some detail she remembers. This is how memories work in real life–I'm sure we all have memories we can recall with absolute certainty, only to remember things couldn't have actually happened that way because we remember other circumstances surrounding the event, yet in our minds that memory remains firmly in place. That can be quite a frustrating experience, to feel you're right about something when the facts you yourself remember contradict you, and I felt that throughout the course of this book. The first half of this book is composed mainly of memories, and for the first fifty pages, I was firmly hooked on this story for that simple fact alone.
The second aspect that I enjoyed was the writing itself. Each sentence was like a poem in and of itself. Even at moments in the book when terrible things were happening, the way each sentence was written was nothing short of beautiful. It's the kind of writing that just begs to be made into an audio book to fall asleep to.
Unfortunately, the rest of the book fell short for me. Many of the memories that the narrator recalls seems to have no actual significance for her family or the plot of the book. It takes an entire half of the book to get to the point where you can even begin to realize what the story is about, and by that point I was already lost. Nothing seems to get resolved from that point on, and instead the narrator just keeps plodding along.
This is the epitome of a two star book for me. It's certainly not terrible, but it's not really close to reaching an enjoyable level either.
Final Impression: The writing in this book is gorgeous and at times haunting, but it doesn't really stand on anything else. It takes too long for the "big reveal" moment to actually happen, and by that time I didn't really have quite the level of emotional attachment to the Hegarty family as I would have liked. 2/5 stars.
Review originally posted on my blog at Book.Blog.Bake.
At its best Enright's prose style is excitingly original, a blend of defensive social satire with extreme precision in evoking sounds, smells, and atmosphere and a great ability to make rapid and telling transitions from past to present, concrete to abstract, narrative to reflection. However, these qualities emerge for the most part in sections peripheral to the main story.... When, on the other hand, she slides into melodrama and literary formula, The Gathering does indeed sound like at least nine other writers and by no means the best.
Her prose often ravishes and sometimes repels: reading her can be like staring into the lustrous surface of a lake, trying to discern the dangers lurking beneath. . . Bringing together the skills she has honed along the way, Enright carries off her illusions without props or dei ex machina, bravely engaging with the carnival horrors of everyday life.
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As nine members of the Hegarty clan gather for the wake of their drowned brother Liam, his sister Veronica remembers the secret he shared with her about what happened in their grandmother's house thirty years ago, a betrayal that spans three generations. "The nine surviving children of the Hegarty clan are gathering in Dublin for the wake of their wayward brother, Liam, drowned in the sea. His sister, Veronica, collects the body and keeps the dead man company, guarding the secret she shares with him - something that happened in their grandmother's house in the winter of 1968. As Enright traces the line of betrayal and redemption through three generations, she shows how memories warp and secrets fester."--BOOK JACKET.… (more)
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The development team at Cryptic Studios announces that it is briefly taking down its MMO Neverwinter in order to implement a rollback linked to an in-game bug that some players exploited in order to get access to free Astral Diamonds using the Open Beta Gateway.
The team says that all those who were guilty of exploit were banned from the game but that because of the damage done to the game's economy, the state of the world will be reset to a snapshot from 5:20 PM Sunday Pacific Time.
The game is expected to be up and running again before midnight and all gamers will get a gift to compensate them for their lost Neverwinter progress.
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We want you, our Guests, to have the most amazing camping experience of your lives! Relax, have fun, stay safe, and enjoy camping at its best.
Check-In / Check-Out Times
Check-In: Sites 1pm / Cabins 4pm Check-OUT:: 11:00am for all Campsites, Cabins, and Rentals.
All rates, including cabins, are based on 2 Adults and 2 children occupancy. Each additional adult is $10/night and each child is $6/night.
A limit of 2 dogs with a pet fee of $2.50 per dog per site, $5.00 per cabin per night. We are unable to accept the following breeds or any mix of these breeds: Pit bulls, Staffordshire Terrier, American Bulldog, Bull Terrier, or Rottweilers. We are also unable to allow any dog that shows signs of aggression, regardless of breed. Please keep your pets on a 6 ft or shorter leash at all times and clean up after them.
To protect our forest and your vacation spot, we do not permit firewood, of any kind, from anywhere, to be brought into the campground by the camper. We define firewood as any type of wood you would burn in a campfire or woodstove including: kindling, pallets, and construction boards. Our approved firewood is reasonably priced and is available for purchase at the camp store or office.
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Max occupancy per site: 6 (2 Adults + 4 children) OR (4 Adults + 2 Children) NOT 6 ADULTS One camping unit and one vehicle allowed per site. Extra vehicles may be allowed but must be parked in the overflow parking lot. Tents are not permitted on a campsite with an RV unit, unless it is a small 2-person pup tent intended for children. Tent campers are only permitted one tent per campsite, unless the second tent is a small 2-person pup tent intended for children.
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Campfires: Please keep campfires contained in provided fireplace and no higher than a few inches above the fireplace. All fires must be completely extinguished by midnight. Quiet Hours: Our quiet hours are from 10:00 PM to 8:00 AM. Please respect the tranquility of neighboring campers.
May only be consumed at your campsite in moderation. Alcohol is prohibited in public areas.
Visitors are welcome, up to two per site, but must register at the office, obtain a car pass and pay the required visitor's fee before entering the park. Visiting hours are from 9:00AM to 8:00PM. Visitors will not be allowed when the campground is full, i.e. Holiday Weekends.


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Second Runner Up for Best Film, Best Cinematography, Best Costumes, Best Use of Line of Dialogue, Audience Award Group B.
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Saturday, December 4, 2010
Photo Exhibition -Opening Reception News
Our Photography Exhibition, called "At Home Wherever Your Heart Takes You", is now open in downtown Vancouver at the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland, at 1177 West Hastings Street, Suite 1600, Vancouver, BC Canada. (more details here)
The Opening Reception was hugely enjoyable and fun. We were happy to see a sizeable number of guests -- and we thank them all for coming. Some of them were friends, others artists, connoisseurs, gallery goers, and also media. The cheerful, congenial atmosphere, created by Polish Consul General, Krzysztof Czapla, our gracious host, added to the joyful air of festivity and excitement.
We heard many gratifying expressions of praise from our guests about the artistic aspects of our photography and the unusual locations. But the comment most frequently heard was the tremendous surprise at the amazing technical quality of our photographs. Some guests simply said they wouldn't have thought it possible to achieve such dynamics in colour and sharpness, and to include so much detail, typically not present in shaded areas or highlights.
Since we always strive to push quality levels ever higher and higher, such comments confirmed that our countless hours of hard work are obviously paying off... Many pictures on display were originally used in our two Caribbean books Tropical Homes of the Eastern Caribbean, and Exotic Gardens of the Eastern Caribbean. Therefore both books were also displayed for our guests to enjoy and browse.
At the end of the reception, three lucky winners received colorful "Caribbean Highlights" wall calendars - our latest production. Everybody greatly enjoyed the evening, sipping refreshments, discussing photography and our two Caribbean books. We also made some new friends, which is always a pleasure.
The Exhibition continues until January 4th, 2011, during Consulate opening hours.
Here is a link to more photographs from the opening reception for you to enjoy.
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Our first ever musical tribute to a terrible film.
I bet they go all the way to the floor.
You can't shame this guy.
Hugh Jackman has the enviable skill of being able to cross over between the 'Wolverine' and Broadway crowds.
Poor people were so god damn miserable in early nineteenth century France, they just had to sing about it.
Tom Hooper said that he was offered the job of directing drunken Tony Stark & pals, but turned Marvel down. He may direct a film version of the hit Broadway musical 'Les Miserables' instead.


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Club Meeting are on the third Wednesday of every month
Meeting are held at the Kennebec County Admin building 125 State Street, Augusta, Maine
Always check and listening to the 146.670 local repeater for any updates or changes
The Date for the annual Windsor Ham fest Sponsored by the AARA is
Saturday September 12, 2015
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Windsor Ham Fest talkin will be on the Link system and the 146.70 Repeaters.
The Ham Fest is located at the Windsor Fair grounds, Windsor Maine
Follow Rt 17 east from Augusta towards Rockland. About 10 Miles from Augusta take the left turn onto Rt 32 North, The Fair Ground is about 1/2 mile on Left.
Exam testing will start at 10 AM.
Walk-In's are always welcome
Vendors Will be at the HamFest. If you are looking for something new this would be a good time to purchase it.


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The Orlando Magic and Miami Heat meet Wednesday to close out regular season
By Arthur Shendell on April 17th, 2013
The Miami Heat and Orlando Magic will meet Wednesday to close out the NBA regular season. The teams are moving in opposite directions; the Heat have their eye on a championship while the Magic are in a rebuilding stage. The Heat are … Continue reading
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The Challenge: Rain-X required an updated web site that meets brand expectations and provides necessary information to visitors as well as the ability to purchase Rain-X products online. Among the site requirements were a Blade Selector Guide, where visitors can find the correct wiper blade for their vehicles, and the Retail Locator, a searchable database of Rain-X retailers in the United States. The site required the design to meet updated brand guidelines and added search engine optimization on brand keywords as a priority.
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The Distance Learning Committee (DLC) meets on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month from 1:05 - 2:35 PM in LTC-261. Co-chairs are Mary Johnson (faculty, x6369) and Meghan Chen (Dean, Library & Learning Resources, x5658).
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Published on May. 30, 2013
The NBA on Thursday announced three fines for violating its anti-flopping rules during Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals. The violators: LeBron James, Lance Stephenson and David West.
West and James collaborated on the rare double flop during Game 4.
Stephenson was caught for his flop after a run-in with Ray Allen.
The penalty for all three offenders: $5,000.
Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals is tonight at 8:30 ET.
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September 4, 2015
How Instagram Images Enrich the Email Experience
Social media is an active channel for marketers, in fact, 76% of emails today contain a social media button, while only 14% of emails contain social images. This infographic by Curalate and Movable Ink, shows how marketers can better leverage Instagram images …More...
November 18, 2013
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Visa Checkout Expands Global Availability to Merchants
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Our inspiration for starting Glitter Guide was to encourage you to live your passion, discover the secrets to a healthy lifestyle, and develop your own sense of style. We're always working to inspire you with chic, fun, and glittery ideas. We share stories of women entrepreneurs, give you peeks into fabulous closets and home tours, and find new, creative ideas for entertaining. We thought it would be fun to feature a play on our 5 Things To Try This Weekend with 5 Ways To Sparkle! In this feature, we'll highlight real women, along with five things that inspire them and make them shine from the inside out.
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For the first time, Dallas is giving away one of her original works! This sparkly piece will be custom framed. To win, follow Dallas (@dallasshaw01) and Glitter Guide (@glitterguide) on Twitter. Then tweet us one way that you sparkle and use the hashtag #glittergirl
We will pick a favorite one week from today!
Photography: Laura Novak
Add some glam to your walls!
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May 10 2012
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WASHINGTON, D.C.--At the invitation of Senator Susan Collins, Israeli Defense Force (IDF) officials will visit the Maine Military Authority in Limestone on Monday, May 14. Israeli officials, led by the IDF's chief of tactical wheeled vehicles, will meet with MMA officials and conduct a site survey as Israel considers the purchase of tactical wheeled vehicles. MMA has refurbished more than 14,000 Humvees in the past, and it is one of several organizations competing for an IDF contract to provide Humvees during the next three years.
Senator Collins, who is a member of both the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, extended an invitation to Ambassador Michael Oren, Israel's envoy to the United States, after she learned that Israel is looking to procure additional Humvees.
"The talented workforce at Maine Military Authority has a long history of producing high-quality vehicles for use by the Army and the Army National Guard. I am delighted that that I was able to bring MMA to the Ambassador's attention and to serve as an advocate for the great work performed at MMA. I am certain that the opportunity to compete for a Humvee contract with the Israeli Ministry of Defense will help maintain our nation's most important relationship in the Middle East. And, should MMA win the contract, it would be an important economic victory for Maine, and especially Aroostook County."


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Dostoyevsky, Kant, Sartre and the standard Woody Allen May-December romance. Reaffirms Allen's belief that intellect wins the ladies. Do you have a moral curfew? If you could go back in time, would you baby Hitler to save millions of … Continue reading
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So, we were out in the pasture last night to check the gals and their babies. This poor gal had a cut on her foot so she wasn't feeling up to par. With a little medication and some salve...she is on the road to recovery.
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This series that introduces iuMAP, a web-based social enterprise directory developed by Ayllu and launched in media partnership with NextBillion. The purpose of the series is gathering feedback from the NextBillion community as the map unfolds and to share some of the information we've collected and analyzed. You can help triple iuMAP's size by submitting social enterprises and giving feedback. Read the previous entries of the series here.
This post is the fourth entry in a series focused on microfranchising, a common way many social enterprises distribute their products. There has been some great discussion of microfranchising recently (such as this SSIR article). This series provides an overview of different types of microfranchising, profile many enterprises that are employing the method, and provide information for both investors and those looking for funding. The last post focused on infrastructure-based franchising. This post focuses on another model- conversion franchising.
What is conversion franchising?
For social enterprises that have a business model that provides an improved version of a product already being provided to their target customers, conversion franchising may be a viable option.
Conversion franchising transforms pre-existing, independently-owned businesses into members of a standardized network. Scalability and profitability may be enhanced because potential franchisees already have a physical location, business experience, and regular customers. Not surprisingly, several benefits accrue to a potential franchisor including:
The franchisee potentially benefits from an increase in income, access to business training, a streamlined distribution network often including volume discounts on products, and a strong franchisor brand.
Conversion franchising has been used to network pharmaceutical sellers in Ghana (Careshops Ghana), midwives in Peru (Redplan Salud), internet cafes in Brazil (CDI LAN), and rural service kiosks in India (Drishtee), among others.
What Does It Take to Succeed?
The benefits of conversion franchising do not accrue automatically. One of the major positives of this model is that the franchisee is not starting from scratch but already has a business in the franchise field. However, this can also be one of the biggest challenges, because the existing practices of the franchisee do not always fit the needs of the franchisor. If incentives are not designed correctly, franchisees may pick and choose which of the franchisor's rules to adopt, or may try to use their previous connections to compete with the franchisor on supplies or other inputs.
The franchisor must strike a balance between implementing standard practices and customizing parts of the business model to suit the local context. This can be difficult to accomplish when the individual and aggregate needs of conversion franchisees cannot be reliably anticipated. The demise of CareShops Ghana demonstrates this well.
CareShops Ghana: Confronting the Pitfalls of Conversion Franchising
CareShops Ghana was a conversion franchisor founded to enhance "access to non-prescription drugs with significant health impact such as malaria and diarrhea medication ...by improving the service quality and drug supply chains of Ghana's chemical sellers." CareShops was launched by the Ghana Social Marketing Foundation under the auspices of its for-profit subsidiary, Ghana Social Marketing Foundation Enterprises Limited (GSMFEL). Many Ghanaians, particularly in rural areas, have limited access to healthcare facilities and experience poor service and uncertain availability of medication. Consequently, those who cannot see trained health professionals will seek the council of licensed chemical sellers (LCS).
CareShops provided its franchisees with a streamlined distribution network that included on-site delivery, extensive business training, and a strong branding scheme supported by the renovation of franchisee stores. In turn, the financial success of Careshops' model was contingent upon several factors, such as
Unfortunately, all of these factors would present challenges to CareShops' sustainability.
In the end, CareShops Ghana could not change these practices and failed because the cost of capital associated with sustaining a failing business was too high.
Drishtee: A Model of Progress in Conversion Franchising
Drishtee, a social enterprise based in India, uses entrepreneur-managed kiosks to provide a wide range of fee-based products and services ranging from insurance and microcredit to seeds and phone cards. Each kiosk has a different suite of offerings, chosen from Drishtee's thirty templates. These products are complemented by local services and goods that Drishtee doesn't supply, like printing and stationery. Established as a for-profit in 2000, Drishtee reached break-even in 2005 and profitability in 2006, and has been hovering around profitability since then.
Drishtee's foray into conversion franchising came with the advent of rural retail points (RRPS) in 2008, which converted village shops selling fast moving consumer goods (FMCGs), like packaged food and hygiene products into Drishtee franchises. As with other models, franchisees benefited from the franchisor's distribution system.
On the surface, it's tough to tease out the differences between CareShops and Drishtee. What enabled one to survive while the other struggled? Although several factors contributed to Drishtee's success, a few are particularly relevant as points of comparison to CareShops.
Lessons Learned
Despite its troubles, CareShops established a need and demand for business training among franchisees. Additionally, it demonstrated the effectiveness of the microfranchise format as a platform for providing "behavior changing" education and support. Drishtee's business model exhibits some of the key principles outlined by the Acumen Fund, including the following:
See Acumen's working paper entitled "Microfranchising at the Base of the Pyramid" for additional details.
Although it is difficult to make a definitive statement about the success of conversion franchising as a way to create profitable, scalable business models, the early successes of social enterprises like Drishtee, Redplan Salud, and CDI LAN are certainly encouraging.


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Print & New Media Advertising Account Executives
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Valpak is one of the leading direct marketing companies in North America.
We are seeking Print & New Media Advertising Account Executives in Western New York.
Print & New Media Advertising Account Executive
Valpak, a subsidiary of Atlanta-based Cox Enterprises (
) is seeking several qualified account executives for the Buffalo area. If you have a passion for finding the best local businesses in town and working with them to create customized advertising solutions, we want to talk to you. Use your business connections and your talent for getting to decision-makers to build a successful sales career.
Valpak in addition to its traditional print products, is one of the leading online products with over 25,000 clients online (
). Valpak offers great digital, local, mobile and social solutions to our clients. The successful candidate will be outgoing, persistent, driven and prepared to call on retailers, restaurants, home improvement businesses and more.
Include prospecting for new business to closing sales
Identify the best local businesses & cultivate effective sales strategies
Prepare proposals/contracts with potential clients
Meet and exceed individual revenue goals
Minimal travel required
Excellent customer service skills
Must be self-motivated and able to work independently, with minimal supervision
Strong knowledge of Erie, Niagara, and Genesee Counties and their local businesses
Organized and committed to maintaining customer relationship management data
Marketing or public relations experience also a plus
Experience or knowledge of social media, mobile marketing, daily deals and local businesses preferred
Excellent written, verbal and presentations skills
Digital sales experience preferred but not required
This is a full time position however; with strong sales & marketing experience, part time will be considered.
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EPA Recognizes California State University as One of Nation's Top Green Power Purchasers
(February 13, 2007) — California State University (CSU) today announced that it appears on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) list of Top 10 college and university green power purchasers in EPA's Green Power Partnership. CSUis being recognized for its voluntary purchase of over 78 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of green power, representing 11 percent of the university's annual electricity usage.
The EPA released its updated Top 10 list ranking earlier this week, and the CSU was ranked fourth. The list highlights the EPA's green power partners that have completed the largest annual voluntary green power purchases through December 31, 2006. The EPA's top partner lists are available at http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/partners/top10ed.htm.
"Green power" includes electricity that is partially or entirely generated from clean resources, such as solar, wind, geothermal, biogas, biomass and low-impact hydro. These types of energy are considered cleaner than conventional sources of electricity and produce lower carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, a greenhouse gas linked to global climate change. Green power purchases are also especially valuable because they accelerate the development of new renewable energy capacity nationwide.
"It is an honor to be on the EPA's list of Top 10 college and university green power purchasers in EPA's Green Power Partnership," said Len Pettis, chief of plant, energy and utilities for the CSU system. "Purchasing green power is part of the CSU's overall energy and sustainability policy and underscores our commitment to reduce the impact of global warming, to help achieve our energy independence goals, and to provide diversity in our energy supply."
Based on national average utility sub region emissions rates, the US EPA estimates that CSU's purchase is equivalent to avoiding the CO2 emissions of more than 6,191 cars per year, or avoiding the equivalent CO2 emissions associated with over 3.2 million gallons of gasoline annually.
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19 July 2015
My poem, "After Auden," is up at The Tishman Review. It was a finalist for the Edna St. Vincent Millay Prize, and I'm humbled to be in such good company. If you'd like to know more about the poem and the Auden it is after, check out the latest entry on my blog here.
23 June 2015
I am overjoyed to announce that my short story, "Three Is The Loneliest Crowd: Discussion Questions," won third place in Grist journal's ProForma contest. Keep your eyes here for further details!
3 June 2015
I've got four poems — including two from my Melancholy series — up at Escape Into Life. I can't thank Kathleen Kirk, the poetry editor, enough, especially for pairing my poems so beautifully with Ruben Cukier's artwork. If you'd like to see more of his work, you can find his website here.
12 April 2015
I'm humbled and honored to say that guest judge Robert Olen Butler selected my story, "Before She Was a Memory I Remember," for inclusion in Queen Ferry Press's The Best Small Fictions of 2015. The story originally appeared in The Journal of Compressed Creative Arts, and if you'd like to visit it before it moves house to the anthology, you can find it here. I'm sending my gratitude to Butler, and to Tara Masih, the series editor, and to Randall Brown, who gave the story a place to stay.
8 March 2015
My essay, "Counting the Lovelies," is now accepting visitors over at Tupelo Quarterly. I'm proud to announce that it was a finalist for the TQ6 Prose Open Contest. I often talk to my students about "break-through essays" (and poems and stories and everything that stands between the lines of genres), pieces in which their writing breaks through to another level and becomes new. "Counting the Lovelies" is definitely my break-through essay: with it, I finally found the courage to write all of the things I'd been terrified to write — and all of the things that terrify me. I'm grateful to the good people at Tupelo Quarterly for giving this essay a home.
10 February 2015
I'm thrilled-beyond-thrilled, humbled-beyond-humbled, and still in a state of disbelief-beyond-disbelief to say that Sherman Alexie chose my poem, "House Is An Enigma," originally published in Conduit magazine, for Best American Poetry 2015. You can read more about this on my blog, and you can order the issue of Conduit in which my poem appears here.
22 December 2014
The newest issue of Segue is out, and there are some things from me waiting there for you. There's the title poem from my currently-manuscripting-collection-in-progress, "Because of the House We Have Built for Our Language." There's a recording of me reading said poem with a head cold, between cough drops. There's also a little bit of thinking about poetry and language and OuLiPo and Spanish moss and the time I got in a lot of trouble for telling my mother that "god" spelled backwards is "dog." And there are all of the other poems and short stories and essays who are excellent company for my words. You can find the issue here, and my page here, and I thank you in advance for the visit.
1 December 2014
This morning marked the beginning of the Delirious Hem Advent Calendar, co-curated by the incredible Jessica Smith and the incredible Susana Gardner, who are as magical as a duo of poetry-powered pegasi (pegasuses? I'm going with pegasi). This year, the poems are in response to a call for poems about the rape culture so terrifyingly prevalent on college campuses. I'm proud to say that my poem appeared today because I am proud beyond proud to be part of this important — as in, vitally important and necessary — project. Before I offer the link, I want to offer some reading material to show just how and why this is important, vital, and necessary. Smith and Gardner conceived this year's project after this Rolling Stone article about rape at UVA shattered the structures of silence that institutions and the people who build them have raised around the subject of rape and sexual assault. But it's also part of an extended conversation about how rape culture extends into and continues under a terrifying silence in other communities, most notably in alt lit — it terrifies me to think that so many communities centered around language, around giving voice to our lives, are also centered around silence and threats against language that speaks openly about rape and sexual assault. On Delirious Hem, you'll find a series of links to articles about rape culture in alt lit, which are terrifying and chilling. You can find my poem here, and I hope you'll return to Delirious Hem for all twenty-five voices speaking out against violence.
25 November 2014:
I've got a short-short story, "Before She Was A Memory I Remember," up at Matter Press' Journal of Compressed Creative Arts about a mother's grief and the ways that life can, so quickly, disappear — and the way our narratives change after our deaths. At the bottom of the page, you'll find the word "DECOMPRESS" and my artist's statement, which I'm also posting here as a preview:
What surprising, fascinating stuff can you tell us about the origin, drafting, and/or final version of "Before She Was A Memory I Remember"?
I confess: my memory about the genesis of "Before She Was A Memory, I Remember" fails me. I want to say that it is based on a true story, but I'm not entirely sure if that, in itself, is a true story. I want to say that when I was a senior in high school, the local news anchors told the citizens of Birmingham, Alabama a story about another high school senior. I want to say she was a pretty cheerleader with a high G.P.A. and high prospects for a scholarship at Auburn University. I want to say she was in a school bus along with her classmates, traveling to a senior trip, perhaps at Oak Mountain State Park. I want to say that she and her classmates felt happy and free and hung their heads out of the window to prove it. I want to say there were trees. I want to say no one expected it. I want to say that we as a city mourned the pretty cheerleader, and learned that we should never trust joy or freedom that much. This story haunted me for years, so much so that I tried – and failed – to find evidence of it online. I asked my parents if they remembered, and neither were sure. I sat down to write a few days later and found my mind circling around the story again: this time, from the direction of memory and how it, too, is untrustworthy because of all of the ways it can fail us.
27 October 2014:
A few months ago, I was shocked, honored, and humbled to find out that my micro-essay, "About My Tenth Year As A Human Being," was named the winner of the Flash Nonfiction category of the Prime Number Magazine Awards. It's a piece about those inexplicable spaces in which adulthood and childhood clash, often violently, with each other. In this essay, that clash is physical: it's about experiencing puberty early. It's about having to deal with the Kotex transportation question when you're the only person in your grade allowed to carry a purse because you're the only person in your grade who has to deal with Kotex transportation. It's about learning how the human body changes, how it threatens itself and the life you've been living as a child, and how I as a child dealt with the fact that I not only was going through puberty, I was going through puberty with a severe case of endometriosis. You can read the essay online here, and stay tuned for more information about Prime Number Magazine Editors' Selection Volume 4, which will feature the winners of the Prime Number Magazine awards!
20 October 2014:
It was a very good Monday for me, and that's largely because my poem, "Of Blue Morning," appeared in Rhino 2014 Issue 1.2. You can catch a glimpse at my happy Monday here!
16 September 2014:
I'm proud, honored, and thrilled to say that my nonfiction chapbook, Geography V, is now available for pre-order, with a release date of October 15th. Geography V is a series of lyric essays examining not only how the relationships human beings build are fractured and fissured by distance, but how, in love, the self is so often distanced from the self. Here's what people are saying about the book:
Geography V tells a story of the dissolution of love with exquisite, poetic precision. Heartbreaking and eloquent, Emma Bolden writes beautifully and fearlessly about loss of innocence and trust, as well as love, personal authenticity, and resilience.
— Julianna Baggott, author of the Pure trilogy and Lizzie Borden in Love
Bolden is a cartographer of the heart, and Geography V is a roadmap across the interior–of a broken relationship, a complicated past and a woman you can't help but fall in love with.
— Chantel Acevedo, author of Love and Ghost Letters and A Falling Star
Geography V is a cartographical record of the heart as it goes up in flames. The lyricism and humor are as exquisite and berserk as love itself. I reached the last page and turned promptly back to the first. The words and distances expanded me on the inside. When I read any of Bolden's work, I forget to eat, to sleep, to get off the plane. After I read her, there is a part of me that hungers, goes sleepless, and never lands. She is one of the finest writers – in any genre – working in America today. Read this – I defy you to be unmoved.
— Hannah Dela Cruz Abrams, author of The Man Who Danced with Dolls and the memoir-in-progress The Following Sea Thank you, thank you, and again more thank yous to Teneice Durrant and the good people at Winged City Press for taking such good care of my words. You can order the book from the Winged City Press website.
12 September 2014:
I'm proud to have two poems up at Sequestrum magazine: "Melancholy Between Bedsheets" and "Instructions (as to Winnowing)"
1 September 2014:
It's a long Labor Day weekend, which means it's the perfect time to read some short fiction. Luckily, I have just the thing for you: I'm honored to have my short-short story, "Catechism," in the premiere issue of the Tahoma Literary Review. You can download the PDF here, and you can also order a Kindle version — or a print version! — here. If you're driving to a bar-b-que, there's a way to get the story without driving while reading, which is dangerous — you can check out the Tahoma Literary Review's SoundCloud page here, and a recording of my reading here.
25 August 2014:
It's been a good month, to say the least, and I'm incredibly honored, humbled, and proud to announce that my micro-essay, "About My Tenth Year As A Human Being," was named the winner of the Flash Nonfiction category of the Prime Number Magazine Awards. Judge Dinty Moore writes: "The author tells a complex, compelling coming of age story with humor and surprise primarily though a listing of intimate details. Clever, original, and emotionally-charged, with a distinctive voice." I'm also excited to say that my short-short story, "Before She Was A Memory I Remember," was a finalist in the Flash Fiction category. You can learn more about the contest — and Prime Number Magazine! — here.
21 August 2014:
I am proud-beyond-proud, honored-beyond-honored, and humbled-beyond-humbled to announce that my poem, "It was no more predictable," was chosen as the winner of the Spoon River Poetry Review's 2014 Editor's Prize Contest. This means that I'll be heading to Blooming, Illinois to read in the Lucia Getsi Reading Series in April of 2015. As an added bonus, my poem "My little apparition, my little ghost" (the title of which actually came from an episode of Celebrity Ghost Stories) was chosen as an Honorable Mention. You can find more information about the Prize and the Reading Series on the Spoon River Poetry Review's website.
13 August 2014:
TURN DOWN FOR WHAT Update: Read Stephen McClurg's awesomazing (yeah, I just made that word happen) refusal to turn down here! The marvelously amazing Chantel Acevedo and I kicked off our TURN DOWN FOR WHAT Writers Blog tour today. You can find Chantel's answers here and my answers here. Next week? Another round of shots, of course! At least, metaphorically — from Rachel Hawkins and Stephen McClurg.


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