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Charlie Coffey, O.C.
Executive Vice President
Government Affairs & Business Development
RBC Financial Group
Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP)
Annual Congress
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Toronto, Ontario
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Louise, what a special treat to be introduced by the Royal Winnipeg Ballet's Director of Development. Given your recent return from the trip of a lifetime to India (which must mean a backlog of priorities on your desk), it's great that you managed to attend the AFP Congress. I've heard of your work with Communications Canada (while I was in Winnipeg), Canadian Heritage and the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, not to mention your fundraising experience and various community leadership associations and now, you're a "development" asset to the RWB team. I hope to catch up with the Company in Ottawa this January, as I'm told the performance of Dracula is literally "bloody good ballet"! Thanks very much for bringing back some marvelous memories
Welcome to this management academy called First in Good Governance - with eyes on accountability, ethics, transparency and integrity. Since this is the last session of the day, there's no way I'll hold your captive attention for 90 minutes. Besides, an interactive approach is infinitely more enjoyable. So here's the plan my remarks are designed to offer a stimulus to the topic and discussion - afterwards, I invite you to share some of your stories about first in good governance. We want to hear from Louise Pujo (RWB), Heather Ferguson (The Hearing Foundation of Canada), Kenneth Aucoin (University College), Sheree Allison (Big Brothers Big Sisters/Boys & Girls Club), Hailee Morrison (Pathways to Education) and others. By the way, my remarks will be posted on the RBC web site this week (www.rbc.com)....and I did bring a few copies with me.
Let's get started as many of you are aware, the Institute on Governance (IOG) "is a Canadian, non-profit think tank founded in 1990 to explore, share and promote responsible and responsive governance in Canada and abroad." Here's an excerpt from its October 2005 newsletter:
"Since Enron, we've had one corporate scandal after another, including WorldCom, Parmalat, Hollinger and Nortel. As a result, good governance has become a priority item for many business boards of directors. The public sector has followed suit, showing a new zeal for governance. Auditor generals have taken to reporting on the governance of their audit 'clients'. Ministers have been called to account for perceived failures of governance in Crown corporations. Non-profit Board chairs and executive directors have headed in droves to seminars by governance 'experts'. The Gomery Commission's activities have drawn further attention to flaws in public governance."
The message from the President in the IOG newsletter goes on to state: "Business remedies are not always relevant to 'public purpose organizations', organizations which embrace both governmental agencies and the non-profit sector. In business, the focus of recent governance discourse has included director independence; the need to separate the role of the CEO and the board chair; the need for a robust audit committee; and, for corporations doing business in the USA, the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). However, 'director independence' is of little concern to organizations whose ownership is in public hands. In most Crown agencies, the role of chair and CEO are already separate. Most public (and non-profit) organizations have no interest in the provisions of SOX. Moreover, what one doesn't see in the business literature on good governance is much attention to issues such as the legitimacy of board members, their ability to represent their constituency effectively, or the challenge of improving governance where an organization has multiple accountabilities. It's time we started defining standards and principles for sound governance in a public (and non-profit) setting."
I, for one, couldn't agree more. While there's learning to be shared among all sectors, it's time to hear and read more about Canada's top 25 non-profit and public boards, not just the top 25 corporate boards in Canada, as listed recently in Canadian Business Magazine (August 2005). With that preamble, I want to share some insights and stories about First in Good Governance - with a focus on accountability, ethics, transparency and integrity. When referring to integrity, especially in the context of governance, I'm often reminded of what Warren Buffet, likely the world's most successful investor, said: "In looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if they don't have the first, the other two will kill you."
Listen to this quote from Ann Florini, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution and ask yourself if it applies to your organization: "NGOs are a bunch of people whose currency of power is information and the ability to make arguments and persuade people to change how things are done to have that kind of power you have to have access to information." I'm pleased that Renae Addis and Neil Uttamsingh of RBC Community Investment in Ontario have joined us this afternoon, as it will be added value to hear a corporate perspective on the question of access to information - for example, is RBC perceived to be approachable - willing to share information?
There's a terrific new book entitled The Source: Twelve Principles of Governance That Power Exceptional Boards, which defines governance "not as dry, obligatory compliance, but as a creative and collaborative process that supports chief executives, engages board members, and furthers the causes they all serve - (enabling) non-profit boards to operate at the highest and best use of their collective capacity." It suggests that "the difference between responsible and exceptional boards lies in thoughtfulness and intentionality, action and engagement, knowledge and communication." I couldn't help but reflect on RBC's commitment to cultivating a strong governance culture and creating shareholder value through our Code of Conduct, Charter of the Board of Directors, our annual Corporate Responsibility Report and Public Accountability Statement.
As I describe the twelve principles, determine which ones your board is leveraging and watch for the words accountability, ethics, transparency and integrity that are used throughout:
Speaking of continuous learning or as the Japanese say "kaizan", here's more research and some stories that should convince us all to take a closer look at being first in good governance, with eyes on accountability, ethics, transparency and integrity.
In 2003, a fascinating study was released entitled Transparency in the Networked Economy. The study examined the experience of 28 companies such as Wal-Mart, British Airways, Sony and the World Trade Organization. In his speech to the Western Frontier International Group Governance Reform in Canada Conference on November 9, 2004 in Winnipeg, Minister Reg Alcock, President of the Treasury Board referred to the study and some of the key drivers that make the world a more transparent place - key drivers that include:
The Minister also stated that "one of the conclusions in the study is that more transparent and participatory forms of governance will enable organizations to become better attuned to stakeholder concerns and more broadly accountable to these expectations." This is first in good governance at work and with the federal election campaign in full swing, it will be interesting to see how good governance plays in the minds of the public and in the casting of votes across the country.
On November 3, 2005, Peter Burrows of BusinessWeek magazine wrote: "Today's Good Governance Award goes to the board of Hewlett-Packard. That's not a sentence I would have foreseen myself writing but yesterday, HP announced that board members from now on would need to win a majority of shareholder votes to be re-elected to the board. If they don't, they're required to submit their resignation. OK, we're not talking about a perfect democracy here; the board retains the right to refuse that resignation, and thereby keep Mr. or Mrs. Unpopular on board. But either way, this is a bold step towards making directors more accountable. If more companies followed suit, it could help corporations finally get out of the doghouse of public opinion they built for themselves thanks to the scandals of the late 1990s. This is first in good governance at work
As published in the January/February 2005 edition of Atlantic Business Magazine: "A truly effective Board needs to be as competent in dealing with adversity as it is in handling growth and success, Rex Anthony says, the chairman of FPI Limited, a Newfoundland and Labrador-based seafood company. The corporate governance committee regularly reviews directors' performances with bi-annual surveys, which ask for direct, 'brutally frank' evaluations of the Board. Anthony says this kind of honesty is the cornerstone of good governance. "We've had some challenges, and we might not always agree but it's easy to deal with when you have a Board that's not afraid to speak its mind." This is first in good governance at work
And finally, here's an example of the impact of governance with a unique twist. Professor Sylvia Bashevkin, Principal of University College in Toronto, wrote a compelling paper this year, "Assessing Urban Citizenship in the Context of Municipal Restructuring: The Case of Women in London and Toronto. "This paper is among the first to assess the urban citizenship implications of disparate metropolitan governance changes. Using the concept of citizen representation as its main conceptual anchor, the study examines longitudinal patterns in two cities that underwent divergent institutional and political leadership experiences during the late 1990s and following. The study concludes that institutional and leadership shifts can hold immediate and meaningful consequences for urban citizenship." This is also first in good governance at work
When I consider Sylvia Bashevkin's paper, plus the other research and stories, print headlines pop into my mind: "Women still missing at the table", "Governance: One size doesn't fit all", "Everybody is in a state of self-examination" and "Board diversity - the need to embrace it." And I may as well tell you what I often encourage people to do. Check out a company or organization web site to find out if a link to governance is on the home page. This speaks volumes about leadership in good governance. In addition or alternatively, do a Google search on a company or organization to see what's been said and done about its commitment to governance. Commitment and communication of that commitment makes a significant difference.
In closing, you may be familiar with the article, Six ways to put Canada first. It was part of a national call to action on June 28, 2005 entitled "Canada First: Taking the Lead in a Transforming Global Economy." It begins like this:
"To build consensus around a national strategy, we must do more than put the interests of the country ahead of those of individual citizens, businesses, interest groups and governments. We must agree to be bold in our vision for the country, to seek to put Canada first among nations in areas that are key drivers of national prosperity." Not surprisingly, the first of the six ways is first in good governance.
Although the authors — Richard L. George, Thomas d'Aquino, Dominic D'Alessandro, Paul Desmarais, Jr., Jacques Lamarre, Gwyn Morgan and Gordon Nixon - are the chief executives respectively of Suncor Energy Inc., the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, Manulife Financial, Power Corporation of Canada, SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., EnCana Corporation and RBC Financial Group, my reason for referring to this piece has more to do with each and every one of you. At the end of the day, good governance is much more than the sum of it parts - it's about breaking the mould in leadership - the brand of leadership that the seven CEOs display in the article and in business. A first in good governance call to action article could also be written by seven women CEOs, seven heads of Crown corporations, seven heads of hospitals or universities or seven CEOs of non-profit organizations. I say, why not?
When you return to the office after the conference, think about the leadership possibilities in your organization, in terms of what you can do to push the envelope on good governance. And remember that "people often rise to great heights the same way kites do. Against the wind. Not with it."
Special thanks to Jill Palmer for inviting me to share part of this AFP Congress day with you now let's hear what you have to say about first in good governance!
*Excerpted from The Source: Twelve Principles of Governance That Power Exceptional Boards. Washington, DC: BoardSource 2005, www.boardsource.org
Governance and Non-profit Board Links:
Transparency in the Networked Economy: Rise of the Transparency Network was produced for the Digital 4Sight's Leadership in the Networked Economy (LNE) research program.
Institute on Governance
BOARDSOURCE: Building effective non-profit boards
Charity Village.com - Canada's supersite for the non-profit sector http://www.charityvillage.com/cv/guides/guide4.asp
Charity Channel - Connecting non-profit professionals worldwide http://charitychannel.com/enewsletters/nbgr/
Ivey Business Journal, November/December 2005 http://www.iveybusinessjournal.com/topics.asp?intTopic_ID=7
Assessing Urban Citizenship in the Context of Municipal. Restructuring: The Case of Women in London and Toronto
Canada First! Taking the Lead in a Transforming Global Economy. A Statement of the Executive Committee Canadian Council of Chief Executives


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Giant balloons, floats, marching bands and clowns with confetti brought smiles to thousands of revelers Thursday eager to catch a glimpse of a parade as steeped in Thanksgiving Day.
NEW YORK � Giant balloons, floats, marching bands and clowns with confetti brought smiles to thousands of revelers Thursday eager to catch a glimpse of a parade as steeped in Thanksgiving Day tradition as turkey and pumpkin pie.
Thousands lined the streets of Manhattan for the 83rd annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, while crowds gathered nationwide for parades in cities such as Detroit and Philadelphia.
Katie Stam, Miss America 2009, waved to crowds from a Statue of Liberty float she shared with Meb Keflezighi, the first American in 11 years to win the New York City Marathon.
Shailesh Dighe and his family came to the fabled New York City parade to snap pictures of celebrities including rapper Jay Sean and singer-actress Keke Palmer. Despite the crowds, Dighe said the parade is "totally worth it."
"When you watch it on TV, you don't get that feeling," said Dighe, who splits his time between Manhattan and Princeton, N.J.
For the first time, the parade route bypassed Broadway, which cuts a diagonal slice through Manhattan, as it made its way south from the Upper West Side to the finish at Macy's flagship store in Herald Square.
The new route traverses the grid of the city's streets and avenues, includes turns around five corners, and is slightly longer than in previous years.
Johanna Castillo, 38, of Guttenberg, N.J., said the new route seemed to better accommodate the crowds.
"I was very blessed to get here at the time I did and find a spot" a half-hour before parade time, said Castillo, who arrived with her two children.
Elsewhere, thousands gathered in Detroit for the 83rd annual America's Thanksgiving Parade. The country's longest-run Thanksgiving Day parade is being held in Philadelphia for its 90th year.
Dense fog delayed some flights Thursday for Thanksgiving travelers headed to the Washington and Baltimore areas.
The Federal Aviation Administration says the fog prompted a ground stop for flights arriving Thursday morning at all three Washington-area airports. Departing flights were apparently not affected. The FAA lifted its ground stop by 10:30 a.m.


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LETTER- Shifflett didn't abuse his widow
What a disgrace it is that someone feels it is necessary to degrade and write slander as in the letter from Faye L. Branham published in the Hook June 12 ["What about presumed innocence?"] on the murder of Roger Shifflett.
You did not live in the home of Roger Shifflett and Barbara Shifflett, his wife at the time he was murdered. It should be pointed out to you, Ms. Branham, that you most certainly did not do your homework very well.
Please refer to June 1988 copies of the Daily Progress wherein Barbara Shifflett (Morris) said, "His memory is something I'll never get over. For right now, I'm just trying to get a normal routine going. What I remember most about my husband was his love for me and the kids. Everything he did was to make life easier for us."
She vowed to never give up hope that her husband's killer would one day be discovered. Now I ask you: Does this sound like Ms. Shifflett (Morris) was abused by Mr. Shifflett?
In your letter, you ask when it became a crime to marry a widow close to a year after her spouse was killed. I would like to point out to you that Mr. Alvin Morris is not a suspect of a crime for marrying the widow of Roger Shifflett, but was arrested on a charge for the murder of Roger Shifflett.
The family of Roger Shifflett has been very saddened at his unsolved murder for 20 long years, and is saddened by someone who writes slander.
Dorothy McAllister
The author is sister to Roger Shifflett–editor.


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Following the emergence of allegations that he cheated on wife Sandra Bullock, Jesse James – who often appeared quite reserved next to his Academy Award-winning wife – has been thrust into the spotlight. AccessHollywood.com takes a look at the man who's married to America's big screen sweetheart.
Jesse Gregory James, 40, is best known as the CEO of West Coast Choppers, which builds custom bikes. He also hosts Spike TV's "Jesse James is a Dead Man," which shows Jesse performing death-defying stunts. He formerly hosted Discovery Channel's "Monster Garage."
Jesse started West Coast Choppers in 1992, when he was still in high school. The shop, located in Long Beach, Calif., makes around 15 custom built bikes a year, which sell for approximately $150,000 each. Some of Jesse's celebrity clients include Kid Rock, Keanu Reeves, Shaquille O'Neal, wrestling star Goldberg and model/actor Tyson Beckford.
Non-gearhead reality show fans will also recognize him from NBC's "The Celebrity Apprentice 2," where he came in third behind professional poker player Annie Duke and show winner, TV personality Joan Rivers. During his time on "The Celebrity Apprentice," Jesse raised $20,000 for the Long Beach Education Foundation.
But before Jesse made the rounds on reality TV and walked red carpets with Sandra, he was a bodyguard for heavy metal bands such as Danzig, Slayer and alternative rock band Soundgarden.
He married Sandra on July 16, 2005 after they met when the actress arranged for her godson to take a tour of "Monster Garage."
Jesse has three children, a son and a daughter with his first wife, Karla James, and a second daughter with former adult film star Janine Lindemulder. Lindemulder lost her bid to gain more visitations with their 5-year-old daughter, Sunny, in December 2009. Lindemulder's visitation rights with their daughter are currently limited to daytime hours.
Jesse also made headlines in February when he was reunited with his dog, Cinnabun, who was missing for three weeks.
On March 17, Jesse grabbed his biggest headlines ever when Michelle "Bombshell" McGee, claimed to In Touch magazine that she had an 11-month affair with Jesse, including while Sandra was shooting "The Blind Side."
Jesse called "the vast majority" of the infidelity claims that surfaced last week "untrue and unfounded" in a statement to Access Hollywood.
"I will not dignify these private matters with any further public comment. There is only one person to blame for this whole situation, and that is me." Jesse said in the statement responding to the infidelity allegations. "It's because of my poor judgment that I deserve everything bad that is coming my way. This has caused my wife and kids pain and embarrassment beyond comprehension and I am extremely saddened to have brought this on them. I am truly very sorry for the grief I have caused them. I hope one day they can find it in their hearts to forgive me."
Just before news of the alleged affair broke, Sandra reportedly left the home she shares with Jesse and pulled out of the London premiere of "The Blind Side."
Following the allegations, Jesse was seen dropping his kids off at school and he returned to work at West Coast Choppers on Saturday – sporting his wedding ring the whole time. Sandra though, has not been seen since news of the alleged affair with Michelle "Bombshell" McGee surfaced.
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Happy 98th Birthday Anniversary, Dad!
Today is the 98th Anniversary of the birth date of my father, Pete Smith! This photo was at half that - his 49th birthday, in 1964.
This is the way I remember him, full of life! Great photo to use, again.
Families are Forever! ;-)


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Neon Gobies in Atlantic Coral Reef
Two neon gobies have been added to our Atlantic Coral Reef exhibit!
Generally, neon gobies only grow to be about 1 inch in length.
Did you know? Gobies are cleaner fish! These animals can oftentimes be observed in grouped "cleaning stations" throughout the reef, where larger fish like damselfish or grunts can stop by for a quick parasite removal.
Gilded Triggerfish in Blacktip Reef
If you've tuned into Shark Cam lately, chances are you've spotted Blacktip Reef's gilded triggerfish!
The gilded triggerfish, also known as the blue-throated triggerfish, can be found throughout the reefs of the Indo-Pacific. This is one of approximately 40 species of triggerfish identified worldwide.
Triggerfish are normally shy and solitary, but they can be very aggressive. Some may charge or attack intruders. When hiding from predators, triggerfish lock themselves into small openings with their trigger fin and bite down on the coral or rock to ensure their safety.
Be sure to check back every Friday to find out what's happening!


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Aaron Dykes
September 9, 2009
President Obama isn't the only high profile politician undergoing a campaign to indoctrinate America's youth.
Mr. 9/11 himself, former NY Mayor Rudy Giuliani– the man Joe Biden pointedly called 'unqualified' for the presidency– is now helping to push a course for public schools on the subject of… well, what else could Giuliani speak to– 9/11.
With the eighth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks coming up on Friday, NY1 News reported:
"A new pilot multimedia program called "The September 11th Education Program" was unveiled today in Downtown Manhattan for students in sixth through 12th grades.
The seven teaching units are designed to help students understand the impact and legacy of the nation's largest terrorist attacks.
Two DVDs supply interviews with survivors, rescuers, victims' relatives, and political leaders including Secretary of State Hilary Clinton and former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who was on hand for today's announcement."
Of course, Ron Paul assigned him a 'reading list' after Giuliani proved to be completely ignorant of even the CIA's soft explanation of 'blowback' in regards to 9/11 attacks. Giuliani, it seems, only understands 9/11 in terms of 'the terrorists want our freedoms.'
Unfortunately, that explanation wouldn't even pass a 3rd grade exam, so why is he helping push for what is sure to be an 'official story'-centered re-education course on the tragic attacks? One can only assume that public skepticism of the government's account has become overwhelming, and that America's most vulnerable minds need a little nudging back towards 'the terrorists did it' mantra before government lies become completely see-through.
It is clear such a September 11th education is best classed as "fiction."
I would recommend, instead, a thorough reading of Mr. Sheen's recently submitted "20 Minutes with the President" — proof that even the 9/11 Commissioners can't believe the "official story" swill regurgitated & regurgitated by Mr. Giuliani and so many others in his camp.
Let's only hope that he stops short of re-educating us all over again on a campaign trail for the governorship, or, horor-of-horrors, another bid for the presidency itself.
This article was posted: Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at 10:05 am


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Coming Back with Wes Moore premiered May 13, 2014
Coming Back with Wes Moore, a series produced by best-selling author and Army combat veteran Wes Moore, aired in three parts. The three episode series tells the story of Wes Moore's search for answers to some of the most difficult questions related to returning from war. Moore's journey takes him into the personal lives of soldiers as they attempt to reintegrate back into society, establish new identities, and – for many – find a new mission.
Each episode focuses on a different stage of coming home: "Coming Back," "Fitting In" and "Moving Forward."
Earl's Ambition
Earl is determined to remake his Baltimore neighborhood – the Oliver.
Taylor's Dream
Taylor has a dream to play on the University of Tampa junior varsity baseball team.
Stacy's Recognition
Stacy Pearsall's goal is to give recognition to veterans by taking their portrait.
Star's Separation
Star Lopez serves at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul while trying to stay connected back home.
Brad's Recurring Nightmare
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Abstract: This document contains a description of the main purposes and characteristics of Lsd. It discusses the problems related to the use of simulations in social sciences and describes how Lsd tackles these problems. In general, the use of simulations is constrained by two kinds of problems: difficulties in building the programs and difficulties to make use of other people's programs. Lsd proposes a system to facilitate both aspects of the use of simulation models. This document is mainly concerned with the use of simulations by unskilled computer users, and describes in detail how Lsd can be successfully used to explore and use a model without requiring any programming knowledge. Though it is not the main concern of the document, there are also few hints on the aspect of simulation program building. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8105
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Abstract: In this work, it is proposed to consider the evolution of markets for technological innovative products as a co-evolutionary process, where the product characteristics are the results of the interaction between producers technological advances and buyers' preferences evolution. A methodological discussion identifies some necessary properties for a model to study this issue. A model of technological competition is developed, and its results discussed, to test a possible implementation of the supply side of the co-evolutionary process. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8106
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Armed with camcorders and Velcro, a group of activists hope to prove that mountain lions call Connecticut home despite assurances by the state that the big cats are out-of-towners.
Armed with camcorders and Velcro, a group of activists hope to prove that mountain lions call Connecticut home despite assurances by the state that the big cats are out-of-towners.
The Republican American and The Hartford Courant report that the group, Cougars of the Valley, is raising money to buy equipment to prove their case. It wants to place high-definition camcorders in wooded areas and put Velcro on trees for the cats to rub against and perhaps leave behind fur and droppings for DNA testing.
"The people of Connecticut need to band together and we are going to prove without a shadow of a doubt that mountain lions are here," said Bo Ottmann, founder and director of Cougars of the Valley. "We just need time, that's all."
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says the eastern mountain lion has been extinct for decades.
Residents have reported seeing mountain lions — also known as cougars, pumas and panthers — when they have spotted other animals such as bobcats or coyotes, according to the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
A mountain lion was seen in Greenwich and killed on the Wilbur Cross Parkway in Milford last year, inflaming a controversy over whether the animals are roaming Connecticut. State environmental officials said DNA tests showed it was from South Dakota.
"There definitely was an increase in reports following news of the Greenwich-Milford mountain lion," said Dennis Schain, spokesman of the state Department of Energy and Environmental Policy. "There was a real spike."
Ottman said that based on the number of reported sightings, as many as 50 mountain lions could be prowling Connecticut. He does not accept the position by state environmental officials that the cougar killed last year was from South Dakota.
"If anybody thinks otherwise, that this thing travels 1,800 miles without setting up their own territory, they're crazy," he said.
Despite the state position that mountain lions are not native to Connecticut, Schain said the work by Cougars of the Valley is worthwhile.
"We would welcome this project," he said. "It would provide additional information and evidence one way or the other."


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1. Handle The Tempo
Southern Miss went with a no-huddle approach throughout the game, but never seemed to crank things up to a break-neck pace in Arkansas' 24-3 win. The Golden Eagles did most of their damage with draws and other run plays, getting a season-high 119 yards against Arkansas. The Razorbacks handled it all in stride, though, keeping USM out of the end zone and limiting it to 254 yards. It was the third straight week Arkansas held its opponent below the 300-yard mark.
2. Curb Mental Errors
Arkansas worked through its share of problems once again Saturday. QB Brandon Allen threw an interception the play after the Razorbacks forced a USM turnover. WR Javontee Herndon muffed a punt (although he avoided a turnover by scrambling to recover the ball). CB Tevin Mitchel was flagged for a facemask penalty, while S Eric Bennett was called for pass interference in the end zone. Bret Bielema said Arkansas wasn't "clean in a lot of different things," but still picked up a critical win.
3. Run, Run, Run
Check, check and check. Arkansas had its share of problems early, but most can be attributed to the fact Southern Miss knew the Razorbacks weren't ready to test AJ Derby's arm. Arkansas settled in and controlled the second half thanks to its run game (Jonathan Williams had 116 yards, Alex Collins had 115). The Razorbacks closed in typical fashion, running the ball on 22 of its final 24 plays to make sure it wrapped up another win. Arkansas had 258 yards on 56 rushing attempts.
4. Force USM Mistakes
USM had an NCAA-high 10 turnovers entering Saturday's game and the Razorbacks extended the woes in the first half. DE Trey Flowers slipped into coverage and got his hands on an Allan Bridgford pass. CB Will Hines got an interception later, tracking down an errant throw from Bridgford. Neither turnover led to Arkansas points, but they helped the Razorbacks keep Southern Miss out of the end zone.
5. No Lulls
There's no doubt Arkansas' offense was in a funk throughout much of the first half, but the reason was predictable. Losing a starting quarterback is rarely easy. The Razorbacks were very conservative during AJ Derby's first few series and it showed in Arkansas' inability to move the ball. But the Hogs regrouped at halftime and were much better after the break. It led to two second-half touchdown drives that helped Arkansas slip out of Razorback Stadium with another win.
Coaches' Corner
• Offensive coordinator Jim Chaney on the run-heavy play calling:
"I feel like we'll go into the game with full throttle bore and do what we've got to do to win the football game. I felt like on Saturday I didn't need to prove any points. The defense was playing fantastic. We needed to continue to do what we do and to operate within our system and ensure victory. I felt like we did that."
• Defensive coordinator Chris Ash on his group's fourth-quarter performance:
"Good teams do that. Good teams have to be able to put their foot on somebody's throat at the end of the game and be able to make sure they have no ray of hope. Fortunately, we were able to do that Saturday."
• Defensive line coach Charlie Partridge on DT Robert Thomas' performance:
"I think the fun thing for me is he's just giving credit to being a good, fundamental football player. That example right there (on second-and-goal at 2) where he had the tackle for a loss, he did a great job with his steps and his hands, and it led to a good play. All that does is let the other kids learn, if they do it that way, they've got a chance to make those kind of plays, too."
• Running backs coach Joel Thomas on FB Kiero Small in the Wildcat formation:
"He had a good first day. Obviously, when you start doing stuff like that it starts to open up another can of worms. We've just got to make sure we do enough not to overload him. We want to get him downhill and continue to see where we can get him the ball in his hands and help our offense."
Players of the Game
Offense — RB Jonathan Williams (16 carries, 116 yards, TD)
Arkansas was desperate for a spark after halftime and Williams provided it with his 45-yard touchdown run early in the third quarter. The big play gave the Hogs a 14-point cushion. Williams has broken a run of 45 yards or more in each game this season. He eventually topped the 100-yard mark for the third straight game.
Defense — DE Chris Smith (Career-high 3 sacks)
Arkansas' defensive line has been productive every week and Smith was the star Saturday with a career-high three sacks. Two of Smith's sacks came on back-to-back plays late in the first half, helping the Razorbacks preserve their 10-3 lead. Smith has climbed into a tie for seventh on Arkansas' career sacks chart in the win (17 ½).
Special Teams — P Sam Irwin-Hill (Averaged 45.3 yards a punt)
The Australian split punting duties with Zach Hocker, but had a better day booting the ball. He averaged 45.3 yards on his three punts and was especially effective rolling to his right, placing two attempts inside Southern Miss' 20-yard line. Backing the Golden Eagles up proved valuable. USM didn't score on either possession.
That Figures
4 — Number of Arkansas pass plays in the fourth quarter of its three games this season. QB AJ Derby went 1-for-1 with a 16-yard completion Saturday, adding to Arkansas' small passing totals. The Razorbacks ran the ball on 41 straight fourth quarter plays dating back to its season opener until Derby's completion.
4.5 — Chris Smith's sack total this season, which is tied for the NCAA lead after three weeks. Smith is joined by Kentucky's Za'Darius Smith, Maryland's Marcus Whitfield and Louisiana Tech's IK Enemkpali with 4 ½ sacks so far this season.
69 — Arkansas' passing yards in the 24-3 win, which was the program's lowest total since throwing for 62 yards in a 31-26 loss at LSU in 2006. The Razorbacks are averaging 141.3 passing yards a game this season, which ranks 112th in the NCAA.
2007 — The last time Arkansas held three straight opponents below the 300-yard mark. The Razorbacks actually held four straight — Chattanooga (172), Auburn (290), Ole Miss (294) and Florida International (281) — below 300 yards that season. Arkansas has accomplished the feat against Louisiana-Lafayette, Samford and Southern Miss in 2013. It has helped Arkansas rank 6th in total defense.
Injury Report
QB Brandon Allen's right shoulder injury will garner plenty of headlines this week as the Razorbacks prepare for their first road trip — and rightfully so. But there are other injuries to keep track of as well. OT Grady Ollison (ankle) went down in the second quarter and was replaced by freshman Denver Kirkland, who could be in line for his first start Saturday if the sophomore doesn't return. CB Jared Collins suffered a head injury a little later and appeared to collapse near the sideline after a punt. If his injury keeps him out Saturday, Arkansas' depth at cornerback will be tested.
Up Next
Arkansas (3-0) will begin preparation for its biggest test to date next Saturday, traveling to Piscataway, N.J., to play Rutgers (2-1). The game has been scheduled for a 2:30 p.m. kickoff and will be televised by ESPN.
It's the second game in a home-and-home series between the schools. Rutgers beat Arkansas 35-26 last season, getting a career-high five touchdown passes from quarterback Gary Nova in the win. Nova is questionable for Saturday's game, however, after suffering a concussion in the 28-10 win against Eastern Michigan.
Running back Paul James has been key to Rutgers' offense in 2013, leading the NCAA in rushing (493 yards and 6 TDs). The Scarlet Knights also have been stingy defensively, ranking fifth in the nation in rushing defense (59.3 yards).


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Morenci's "most coachable kids" pleased their coaches Saturday with a second tournament championship.
The seven- and eight-year-old pitching machine league all-stars won the Sand Creek tournament Saturday after winning the Hudson tournament the previous weekend.
"They're very coachable kids," said Billy Williams, one of three all-star coaches. "They listen really well and they're just doing 100 percent of what you tell them. They're the most coachable kids I've ever seen."
Morenci was slow to get going at the Hudson tournament and trailed by seven runs in the last inning in the opening game against Sand Creek.
It was the bottom of the batting order that finally got the team going. The remainder of the squad responded and Morenci won 13-12.
After that, Hudson fell in a pair of five-inning mercy losses.
"The defense was unbelievable," Coach Williams said. "They play as a team so well."
Daelyn Merillat and Mason Williams combined for a pair of double plays.
At Sand Creek, Morenci opened with a 15-7 win against Onsted, then dropped Hudson in a mercy-shortened game.
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2014 Cross Country: Earned Second Team All-Conference after finishing 12 at the A-Sun Championships with a time of 18:11.2...Posted a 20:55.7 mark to place 51st at the NCAA South Regionals...Ran a time of 18:10.5 at the Greater Louisville Classic...Finished with a time of 18:21.1 at the Commodore Classic...
2014 Track and Field: Placed third at the Emory Crossplex Invitational in the 3000m with a time of 10:20.11… Finished fourth at the TSU Invite in the 5000m with a time of 18:09.90… Placed fourth at the Atlantic Sun Indoor Championships in the 5000m with a time of 17:34.56... Finished third with 10:01.63 at the Shamrock Invite in the 3000 meters, also marking a personal best… Placed third at the Kentucky Relays in the 5000 meters (17:26.09)… Recorded a personal best in the 1500 meters at the Georgia Invitational with 4:42.77, placing third… Finished sixth in the 5000 meters at the A-Sun Outdoor Championships (17:21.04).
2013 Cross Country: Finished 40th at the Belmont Opener in the 5K crossing the line in 19:33.2s… Finished 27th at the Erik Anderson/Runners Soul XC Invitational in the 6K with a time of 24:07.3s.
2013 Track and Field: Finished first in the distance medley relay at the TSU Invite completing the race in 11:55.41s... Picked up second place in the 5000m at the UNF Spring Break Invitational with a time of 17:43.99s... Obtained a personal best in the 2000m steeplechase with her time of 7:04.64s at the Vanderbilt Black and Gold Invite... Also landed a personal record in the 5000m finishing in 17:01.26s at the Raleigh Relays... Finished third at the 2013 Billy Hayes Invitational in the 3000m crossing the line in 10:06.44s... Grabbed a personal best in the 3000m steeplechase with a time of 11:00.19s at the A-Sun Outdoor Championships, also awarding her fourth place in the event... Also at the championships, she landed fourth place in the 5000m finishing in 17:38.87s.
2012 Cross Country: Earned Second Team All-Conference enroute to helping Lipscomb win the A-Sun title by finishing 14th at the conference championship… Finished 17th at season opening FGCU Invite in 19:46.80… Finished 116th at Toledo BubbleBuster in 14:52.00… Finished 39th at Crimson Classic in 18:42.06… Finished 79th at NCAA South Regional in 21:48.10.
2012 Track and Field: Took home second in the distance medley relay at the Tennessee State Invitational with a time of 12:50.33s... Also at the meet, she placed second in the mile run with her finishing time of 5:15.91s, her personal record for the mile... Placed sixth at Hoosier Hills in the 3000m after crossing the finish line in 10:05.96s... Competed at the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship taking home 12th in the 3000m finishing in 10:17.56s... Garnered a third-place finish in the 3000m steeplechase at the Auburn Tiger Track Classic with her time of 11:07.91s... Also placed seventh at the A-Sun Outdoor Championships in the 3000m steeplechase finishing in 11:31.02s.
Prep: Ran for Jordan Sneva at Stanwood High School... All-State of Washington in 2009 and 2010... Part of three-time district and league champs... School-record holder in the five-kilometer cross country event with an 18:11s mark... Student Peer Tutor of the Year in high school.
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In the 1990s, it was a good fun to watch the great confrontation between RISC processors (found then mostly on servers and workstations) and CISC processors (primarily x86 chips found in client-side desktops and laptops). RISC servers were massive workhorses, driving enterprise servers as well as most of the major Internet hosts. They could run numerous threads in parallel at blazing speed, they were incredibly reliable, and they enjoyed an architectural purity that made them the darling of pundits, researchers, and academics. They could also run in 64-bit mode, so you could take a mongo RISC box and host a good-sized database all in RAM. At the time, that was a fabulous concept and it made RISC the architecture.
CISC was viewed as a poorly designed, overly complex instruction-set architecture that ran on small machines and struggled to stay in the RISC ballpark. Plus, it barely did parallel. However, CISC had an inexorable and insatiable aspect to it as Intel kept pushing the architecture into new areas. Systems with Intel and AMD processors began eating up the workstation market, especially computationally oriented workstations intended for developers and scientists. When inexpensive GPUs teamed up with x86 processors, the graphics-oriented workstation vendors (especially SGI) were chased up the food chain and ultimately out of the market. SPARC and HP workstations followed next. And then, as servers migrated from big boxes to clusters of inexpensive x86 boxes, the rout of RISC architectures became almost complete. MIPS is now mostly embedded, HP's PA-RISC is gone, SPARC lives on in a fraction of Oracle's servers. IBM Power is perhaps the largest unconquered architecture: It's very much alive in Big Blue's machines and in gaming consoles.
(To be fair, though, RISC did score an architectural triumph in the heart of CISC. Intel x86 processors use a RISC-based instruction execution unit. CISC instructions are converted to an internal RISC format before being executed.)
A computing market with CISC dominating PCs and servers, and RISC occupying small niches and fringes has been the lay of the land for the last five to ten years. But now comes a new RISC competitor for x86 that enters the arena touting the same low cost and wide adoption on small devices that Intel and AMD used 15 years ago.
That architecture is ARM, the RISC-based silicon found in most mobile phones today. ARM brings many interesting benefits. The first of which is a huge installed market. At one time, ARM held a 98% market share in phones. It still remains the leading chip in phones, and it leads media players, and other consumer devices. The licensing company, ARM holdings, received royalties on more than two-billion ARM processors last year. That's a lot of chips and a lot of existing software.
What makes ARM attractive to vendors is its low energy consumption, simple RISC architecture, and large installed base. To truly challenge x86, the architecture must make the leap from the small devices it favors now to PCs and eventually servers.
That transition appears to be beginning. Earlier this year, Microsoft announced that Windows 8 will ship on two hardware platforms: x86 and ARM. That is a substantial endorsement. In high-performance computing, ARM is showing up as well. At Supercomputing '11 in Seattle this week, Nvidia announced new hardware boards for CPU/GPU computing in which the CPU is ARM, not x86. The new hardware, code-named "Mont Blanc," is driven by the observation that, "In most current [CPU/GPU] systems, CPUs alone consume the lion's share of the energy, often 40% or more. By comparison, the Mont Blanc architecture will rely on energy-efficient compute accelerators and ARM processors used in embedded and mobile devices to achieve a 4x-to10x increase in energy efficiency by 2014," according to Alex Ramirez of Nvidia. That's a substantial benefit.
Intel has known about the threat of low-power, high-performance CPUs for a long time; and it tried to enter that space with the Intel Atom processor, made up of one or two stripped down x86 cores. Atom chips were a success in the netbook market, but were not power-efficient enough to be able to move more deeply into the regions dominated by ARM; namely, smaller power-sensitive devices.
As the Atom demonstrates, the IA-32 architecture is not easy to implement at low power levels with good performance. So, ARM may find its path upwards fairly open for the time being. However, Intel has faced challenges before and prevailed. Its extraordinary lead in production and fabrication, plus its longtime commitment to research, make it a formidable player that won't stand around long watching an upstart threatening to take market share.
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Recent changes to company law have imposed new obligations on UK companies, as well as those holding interests in UK companies.
From 6 April 2016, all UK companies that are not already subject to similar requirements must produce a register of 'persons with significant control' - or PSC register - containing details of the ultimate beneficial owners of the company.
This information must be filed with Companies House, where it will be held in a public register, with the stated aim of improving the level of transparency of UK companies. The information must be provided to Companies House from 30 June 2016.
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With fewer than five days until release, the absence of a demo for MLB 10 The Show raises uncomfortable speculation. An Sony San Diego Studio representative says that the demo is complete, but Sony hasn't approved it.
In an Operation Sports forum thread asking where a demo was, "Chris," identified as a lead animator for MLB 10 The Show, said more or less to ask Sony.
"We said there will be a demo....and there will be a demo. The simple fact is....The demo HAS been completed....the demo HAS been submitted for approval and posting. We, as devs of the game, have absolutely ZERO control as to when it gets approved or posted."
Pasta Padre, citing unidentified sources, says there will be no pre-release demo of The Show and speculates that an in-store demo program with Best Buy might have something to do with it.
But by now, this is kind of a moot point. First, MLB 2K10 is not releasing its demo on the PS3 until March 4, two days after both games release. So there is no competitive disadvantage on that console. And the MLB The Show franchise has been such a strong performer that PS3 owners with any interest in baseball are likely to buy it.
A demo's purpose would be to convince last year's players, especially Road to the Show simmers, that this year's version has more features. Or it would be meant to convince fence sitters to make the buy. Either are likely a minority of the game's installation base.
Still, for those of us who enjoy the game, it'd be nice to get a free sample ahead of time, like you get at the ice cream store. We're probably going to buy it, but it's a nice freebie.
MLB '10: The Show Demo Has Been Submitted, Waiting on Sony, Not SCEA [Operation Sports]


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ADL: Standing-up to Israel Haters at The Economist
by: Timothy Villareal on January 25th, 2014 | 10 Comments »
This week the Anti-Defamation League issued an important press release condemning a patently anti-Semitic cartoon published in the globally-renowned magazine The Economist. As you can see above, the cartoon characterizes President Obama being shackled by Congress – and the congressional seal has two Jewish Stars of David.
As ADL National Director Abe Foxman said of the cartoon:
This was nothing less than a visual representation of the age-old anti-Semitic canard of Jewish control. And it conjures up yet another classic anti-Semitic myth — the accusation that Jews have "dual loyalty" and will act only on behalf of Israel to the detriment of their own country. This is the stuff of the "Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion," recycled for a modern-day audience with a wink and a nod to Professors Mearsheimer and Walt and Jimmy Carter.
Mr. Foxman's assessment of the cartoon is spot on, though I would not put former President Carter in the same club as Walt and Mearsheimer, both of whom not only committed one of the worst slanders against the pro-Israel American Jewish community when they published their screed "The Israel Lobby" back in 2007, but have committed massive malpractice of their field: political science.
Seven years after the publication of that wretched book, which is now apparently included in the syllabi of many international relations courses on college campuses, we seem to be approaching an entire generation – on the left and the right – imbued with a "blame the Jews" mentality. Apparently some of them have landed jobs at The Economist.
It's not surprising that right-wingers would be prone to such conspiracy theorizing and scapegoating. What is tragic is that the left has embraced the Walt-Mearsheimer thesis, even though the two professors are right-wingers. Mearsheimer, for example, is a staunch proponent of nuclear weapons proliferation – hardly a liberal cause.
It goes to show that the unrelenting drive within simple minds to find a scapegoat for a nation's problems is an equal opportunity disease, spanning the political spectrum.
All citizens, be they people in positions of influence or not, who encourage and indeed cultivate this drive, are throwing rhetorical soot on the inviolable First Amendment rights of all Americans, regardless of religion, to persuade others on behalf of whatever foreign policy platforms they believe in.
American liberalism demands that if one takes issue with the content of their fellow citizens' policy prescriptions, domestic or foreign, that one challenge them on the merits of the arguments.
American liberalism does not demand that if one disagrees with the content of their fellow citizens' policy prescriptions that one has an obligation to attack, undermine, or otherwise attempt to scandalize, the latter's First Amendment rights. That is precisely how the band of AIPAC haters, no doubt emboldened by the Walts and Mearsheimers, are behaving.
If you don't like the way a member of the United States Congress is voting on Israel, for pete's sake put your name on the ballot to challenge that person, and use your own First Amendment rights to convince your fellow citizens that you would do a better job on the issue.
That's the democratic way to do it.
To attack the First Amendment rights of your fellow citizens, or impugn the democratic political process wherein members of Congress grapple with serious war and peace policy decisions from competiting perspectives and constituencies, is nothing but throwing red meat to the simple-minded.
Such an act has nothing whatsoever to do with liberalism.


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So to bring you up to speed here, Browns tight end Kellen Winslow says that he's been disrespected by his team; Cleveland general manager Phil Savage says Winslow has a big yap and deserved to be suspended; and everyone involved is airing their grievances through the media. Meanwhile, the Browns medical staff, badly outnumbered and armed only with sterilized sponges and a few bottles of Lysol, are currently battling a formidable bacteria army in and around the team's locker room facility. And that's your Cleveland Browns recap! Winslow's appeal of his one-game suspension has been pushed back to Tuesday, meaning that he will miss Sunday's game in Jacksonville, so adjust your fantasy rosters accordingly. Winslow is seeking to recoup his $235,294 game check from last Sunday, lost when the Browns suspended him for one game for "conduct detrimental to the team." The ruling, however, will not likely end the controversy surrounding Winslow and his medical condition. Sports' weirdest controversy centers around Winslow's condition, at first believed to be some sort of swelling of the testicles, then identified as a staph infection. When Winslow wanted to speak out about the true nature of his condition — and what he perceived as insensitivity by the Browns toward him while he was in the hospital — the team slapped him with the rather large penalty. At this point it's not even certain that Winslow actually had a staph infection. But one thing is certain: Staph has become an epidemic in NFL locker rooms, and most teams, like the Browns, are going to great lengths to keep it quiet. This certain strain of staph — or, Staphylococcus aureus, as it should be referred to at formal dinner parties — is a bacterial infection that's resistant to the broad-spectrum antibiotics commonly used to treat it. It's something that until 10 years ago cropped up mainly in hospitals or nursing homes, but recently a certain strain has emerged in the professional sports community. "Modern professional athletes have been taking antibiotics since they were kids, and quite simply, many of them have become resistant," said Alice Barron, director of OrthoSport Physical Therapy in Elkridge, Md., who was formerly on the athletic training staff at Stanford University. "Infections in pro sports settings have run rampant, period. You're seeing it now with healthier people." In two of the more higher profile cases, Tom Brady has had setbacks in his rehabilitation due to knee infections, and on Thursday it was revealed that Peyton Manning had a staph infection that delayed his recovery from a knee injury this season.
"Staph or MRSA infections develop from person-to-person contact, shared towels, soaps, improperly cleaned whirlpools and sports equipment," said Ron Courson, head athletic trainer at the University of Georgia in Athens. "Such infections usually appear first as pimples, pustules and boils. "The pustules may be confused with insect bites in early states. The infections may also be associated with previous existing turf burns or abrasions. Without proper referral and care, more serious infections may cause pneumonia, bloodstream infections or surgical wound infections."
Winslow says that he spoke out about his condition to, in part, protect his teammates. But Savage appeared on WTAM radio in Cleveland on Thursday saying that Winslow "really called into question the integrity of our medical staff and our organization. "After all of us had been through since 2005, the comments really called into question the integrity of our medical staff and the organization as a whole," Savage said. "To compromise that trust after the Browns had stood by Kellen through the motorcycle episode and knowing without question we had done everything in our power to combat this staph infection problem, it just showed a lack of professional restraint. "The Browns are bigger than one person, bigger than Randy Lerner, bigger than Romeo Crennel, bigger than me and bigger than any player on this team. "We couldn't and won't allow one person to tear down the organization, so we had to do something." Who is right here? Does it matter? There's a bigger problem at large than Winslow or the Browns; the NFL has itself a nice little epidemic, and needs to step up and address the problem. Official Statement On Community-Acquired MRSA Infections [National Athletic Trainers' Association] Winslow Case Set For Tuesday As Savage, Rosenhaus State Their Cases [Cleveland Plain Dealer]


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A few years ago, U.S. tobacco farms were considered a dying breed. With the number of American smokers on a steep decline, federal subsidies on their way out, and public smoking areas getting sealed off like a crime scene, this came as little surprise. The total number of U.S. acres under production for tobacco shrank from more than one million in 1974 to 297,000 in 2005. Then in 2006, in a strange turn of events, U.S. tobacco leaf production increased substantially: 21 percent higher than the 2005 harvest, which had been the worst in over a century. One explanation for this turnaround may be the skyrocketing demand for organic tobacco.
According to the Southeast Farm Press, organic tobacco is "the biggest growth area in U.S. tobacco production." The stuff fetches about twice the price as regular tobacco on the open market. "Any tobacco without pesticide residues is more attractive than conventional in the current market," said organic tobacco producer Micou Browne.
Browne's company, Organic Smoke Inc., bought twice as much leaf in the past year. But that won't be even half as much as what the Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Co., makers of the additive-free Natural American Spirit brand cigarettes, grew. Already the largest organic tobacco product manufacturer, Santa Fe continues to see its sales grow by more than 10 percent each year.
For centuries tobacco was a guaranteed cash crop in Southern states that produced it; how it was grown didn't matter. With U.S. demand falling and grain crops, fed by the growth of biofuels like ethanol, garnering equal dollar, the only way to make tobacco competitive again is to go organic. And that's only possible because of growing demand among eco-conscious smokers willing to pay premium price for what is perceived to be a superior product.
Santa Fe Spokesman Mark Smith says his company's recent success has just as much to do with the company's philosophy and values as it does good farming practices. Sante Fe prides itself on being "earth friendly" and "socially progressive." The company powers its facilities' electrical needs with renewables; "adopted" a portion of, and donated $150,000, to restore the Santa Fe River in New Mexico's capital city; and extends its benefits package to gay and lesbian domestic partnerships.
But what many smokers of American Spirits may not know, despite the company's professed dedication to operating "in as transparent a manner as possible," is that the company that makes their cigarettes is owned by the Reynolds American Inc., the second-largest US tobacco company and maker of popular brands such as Camel, Winston, and Salem. The CEO (at the time) of RJ Reynolds, the company that would evolve into Reynolds American, was among the tobacco executives who famously told Congress in 1994 they didn't believe nicotine was addictive.
The mass consumption of cigarettes, which is increasing globally by slightly more than one percent a year, can only be met through the exhaustion of natural resources, environments, and labor. Big companies like Reynolds American, which owns RJR and is itself 42 percent owned by British American Tobacco and manufactures about one of every three cigarettes sold in the US, tend to buy cheap leaf from developing countries where farm practices are lax and tobacco-control efforts are more easily suppressed.
In fact, by 2010 a projected 87 percent of tobacco will be grown in developing countries like South Korea, where more than 40 percent of annual deforestation is due to the production and curing of tobacco; Brazil, where pesticide sprayings have polluted fresh water; and Malawi, which has the highest incidence of child labor in Southern Africa (tobacco farms in Malawi that have a contract with multinationals, about 20 percent of the total, have a ban on child labor).
"It's a much different operation," Smith said, referring to Santa Fe's parent company, which controls 30 percent of the U.S. market as compared to Santa Fe's 0.6 percent. Santa Fe's organic brand is certified by the USDA (though other certification programs are stricter), and the company will soon be the only cigarette maker to be certified under the International Organization for Standardization for its environmental practices. This global federation of national standards-setting bodies oversees a voluntary set of guidelines often derided by environmentalists as being designed by industry for industry. Of their parent company, Smith says, "They're a major producer. To keep the cost structure there are some things they can't do. But we talk to their folks about how we do things and there is a lot of good rub-off from that."
Last November, RJR announced that it would immediately stop advertising all its brands in newspapers and consumer magazines. Because it is an independent subsidiary, however, Santa Fe continues to advertise in liberal publications such as Mother Jones and The Nation. Santa Fe also markets other RJR brands, too; whether they'll go on exploiting this self-created loophole they're not saying.
"In some ways, somebody might say, 'You guys are like the Ben & Jerry's of the tobacco industry,' and I guess in some ways we are," Smith said. "The smoker of a Marlboro or a Camel probably doesn't know the name of the company that produces it. They don't know if it's Philip Morris or RJ Reynolds. Our consumers know who makes the product."
In 1997 other tobacco companies were beginning to notice Santa Fe. Brown & Williamson, another tobacco company, commissioned a market-research study of competing brands, including American Spirit, to "gain an understanding of niche brands and the people who smoke them." The report found that smokers were drawn to the brand in part because it came from "a smaller company" that "cares more about its customers."
But in 2002, after nearly a decade of being independently owned, Reynolds American bought Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Co. Yet nowhere on the current packaging or advertisements is the bigger company even mentioned.
"I don't think [such labeling] is needed," Smith said. "We're owned by Reynolds American, but we're independent. We make our own decisions. I think if you were to do any kind of research you'd see that we were owned by a bigger company."
The decision to remain identifiably separate from Reynolds may have been informed by the 1997 market research. American Spirit customers were characterized as artists or activists, who drove "sensible/functional" cars like VW Jettas, read "hippie and intelligent/successful" magazines like the New Yorker or The Atlantic, and were likely to "hang out in Greenwich Village at a non-trendy bar" or "have friends over for dinner and drink microbrews."
This comically specific description shows that Reynolds is aware of the delicate ground it must tread when seeking to attract socially and environmentally conscious smokers: These are people who do not want to participate in typical consumer culture, let alone its destructive consequences.
In 2000, the FTC ordered Santa Fe to disclose on all relevant packaging that "No additives in our tobacco does NOT mean a safer cigarette." (Smith says he can't "emphaszie enough" that there is no such thing as a safer cigarette.) Even so, the inclusion of "natural" in the brand name, the depiction of a Native American on its logo, and the emerging use of organic practices all foster the notion that cigarettes have a place in a healthy and sustainable society.
"Some smokers have that perception," said Patricia McDaniel, a post-doctoral fellow at the University of California's Center for Tobacco Control Research & Education. "But the only way that might be true is if we actually smoked tobacco once a year in a ceremony [like the Native Americans] instead of in cigarette form."
In a paper McDaniel had published last year on smokers' perceptions of "natural" cigarettes, she concluded that "tobacco companies may be inclined to introduce natural brands as part of their burgeoning corporate social responsibility efforts" and that "such efforts may involve expanding the current concept of natural cigarettes, with their emphasis on no additives, into 'green' cigarettes—organic (pesticide-free), completely biodegradable, or manufactured using renewable energy." Indeed, market research shows that informing smokers of the chemical contents of most cigarettes results in shock and alarm, and also suggests that, for many smokers, this alarm can be allayed by a "natural" cigarette. In Germany, ads for "organic" cigarettes have been banned because regulators there decided they mislead consumers into thinking they're a healthier product.
Like a subliminal message, the soothing words of the environmental movement have become powerful enough to override the proven negative health effects of cigarettes and the government-mandated warning label. There's some sense of trust and reassurement hearing a company say, as Santa Fe does on its website, "Supporting sustainable agriculture is part of our commitment to reducing our footprint on the Earth, and protecting our natural resources." But McDaniel points to a "need to expand our definition of sustainable. It's all well and good to grow something organically and use renewable energy sources, but if it kills half the people who use it then it's not very sustainable."
Story by Bryan Farrell. This article originally appeared in Plenty in December 2008. The story was added to MNN.com.