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August 06, 2008
Rob Bovett J.D. ran for the position of Lincoln County district attorney. He has worked as Lincoln County's assistant county counsel since 1992. Bovett has also served as legal counsel for the Lincoln Interagency Narcotics Team and for the Oregon Narcotics Enforcement Association.
Aaron Baar B.A. has been named vice president of media for Gigi's Playhouse Chicago, a nonprofit center for children with Down syndrome and their families.
Dorothy Cofield J.D. has been elected to the board of directors of the Oregon Ballet Theatre and also serves on the development committee. She is the principal and owner of Cofield Law Office, specializing in land use law in matters such as takings, Measure 37, and urban and rural development appeals.
Mitchell Elrod B.A. entered the insurance business in 1992 and is now vice president of sales for a division of Hilb, Rogal & Hobbs. When he married Yvette Rose in 2002 in Lake Tahoe, classmates David Watts B.S. and Christina Watts B.A. attended. Elrod, his wife, and their daughter, Raynee, live in Amboy, Washington.
Ruthe Farmer B.A. is attending the University of Oxford Saïd Business School's one-year M.B.A. program, specializing in social entrepreneurship. Specifically, she is working in the area of gender equity in technology and engineering. She serves on the boards of the Learning Innovation & Technology Consortium and the National Girls Collaborative Project Champions. Her Oxford blog can be found at Ruthe Goes to Oxford.
Victor Hoffer J.D. has received the statewide Community Service Award from the Oregon Department of Human Services, Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Systems. Hoffer, a member of the Oregon Attorney General's Office Elder Abuse Task Force, teaches throughout the state on the recognition and prevention of elder abuse. He is a senior paramedic and also practices law in Mount Angel.
John Kaempf J.D. has been appointed to the board of directors of Catholic Charities. Kaempf is a trial lawyer whose specialties include defending churches and other religious entities in lawsuits, including abuse claims. Since 2006, he has also served on the executive board of directors for the Catholic Youth Organization (CYO/Camp Howard). Kaempf is a shareholder with Bullivant Houser Bailey in its Portland office.
Marybeth Stewart Ley B.S. and her husband were living in London when their daughter, Zephyr, arrived six and a half weeks early via emergency Caesarean section (see Births). Zephyr was very healthy, and when she was five months old, the family moved back home to California. Ley, retired from her career as a technical writer, plans to continue as an at-home mom and wife. Her husband, Paul, is an auto parts dealer.
Walter Lukken J.D. has been nominated by President George W. Bush to chair the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Currently, Lukken serves as commissioner and acting chair of the commission. He previously was a professional staff member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Arts & Sciences 15th Reunion Oct. 2-5, 2008
Law School 15th Reunion Oct. 24-26, 2008
James Mapp J.D. has been appointed presiding judge of the El Mirage (Arizona) City Court. Before taking the bench, he was assistant attorney general for the city of El Mirage.
John Riutta B.A., after working in marketing and new product development at Leupold for 10 years, is self-employed as a freelance writer. He is also finishing up the Oregon Executive M.B.A. program. Recreationally, he is an avid bird watcher, reflections upon which can be found on his website at Born Again Bird Watcher.
David Rorden J.D. has been elected vice president of the Washington state chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. NAELA deals with the legal needs of the elderly, including long-term care, estate planning, and health care decision-making. Rorden has been a member of the group's board of directors since January 2006.
Marcela Pena B.S. has earned a second B.S. degree, this time in architecture, from Portland State University. Her website has turned a new leaf … check it out at American Sustainability.
Maya Adams-Smith B.A. received her M.F.A. degree from Clemson University in December 2007. Her thesis exhibition of porcelain sculpture, entitled "Hooked," was on display in Clemson's Lee Art Gallery in November.
William Fig J.D. has become a partner at the Portland law firm Sussman Shank. His practice focuses on business litigation, construction law, environmental litigation, and consumer debtor/creditor matters. Fig holds a specialty certificate in environmental law with a focus on hazardous wastes.
Lisa Johnson-Porter J.D. has joined the Lake Oswego firm Carr Schwartz Butterfield as an associate attorney. Her work includes matters related to real property transactions and construction, and also commercial litigation with an emphasis in employment law, personal injury, and insurance defense.
Mara McClelland B.A. is an interior designer living and working in New York City.
Marina Hadjioannou B.S. and husband Chris Waters (see also Marriages) live in Indianapolis and run a translation and interpretation company together, Indianapolis Interpreters.
Michelle Kerin J.D. has been elected to the board of trustees for the International School, a Portland school dedicated to providing children with a comprehensive education through fluency in more than one language. Kerin is a shareholder with the Portland law firm of Farleigh Witt.
Jacob Seljan B.S. is vice president of risk analytics at U.S. Bancorp and his wife, Hilary Crook, is an attorney at Thomson West Publishing.
Monica Vilhauer B.A. has accepted a tenure-track position in philosophy at Roanoke College in Roanoke, Virginia, to begin this fall.
Sheri Browning J.D. has joined the Portland firm Lindsay, Hart, Neil & Weigler as of counsel. She specializes in medical and legal malpractice.
Willard Chi J.D. was featured in the Oregonian's online article "Coffee Break" on September 25, 2007. He is a partner and one of the founding members of the Lake Oswego firm Marandas Chi Okamura and is the chair-elect of the Oregon State Bar's New Lawyers Division.
Darren Drabek B.A. last year left his position as a high school guidance counselor to return to work at Skidmore College, where he is an academic counselor and international student coordinator. He works with a growing international student population at Skidmore, which, like Lewis & Clark, has been tapped by the Davis Foundation to enroll more graduates of the worldwide network of United World Colleges. He traveled to Swaziland in October 2007 to interview prospective applicants at the United World College of Southern Africa. Though he doesn't travel as much as in years past, he says, the passport stays close at hand. He invites anyone visiting Saratoga Springs for the summer horse racing, NYC Ballet, or Philadelphia Orchestra to drop him a note. (See also Births.)
Samuel Jordan B.A. has spent the last few years getting used to life in northern New Jersey, where he finds unexpected treasures: a depth of history, natural areas that thrive despite the urban buildup, and people from all walks of life who challenge and broaden his worldview. Of his job monitoring special education programs in some of the nation's most challenged school districts for the New Jersey Department of Education, he says, "It has certainly opened my eyes wide to the disparities that continue to exist in our public education system." On the personal side, "My wife and I find this area to be like a continual tour–there is so much to see, whether it is in New York or New Jersey, that one could spend every weekend exploring. I can't say I miss the pace of the Northwest, but this place is certainly engaging!"
Jason Ludeman B.S. completed his M.B.A. at the University of Montana in May 2007. Highlights included serving as president of the Graduate Business Student Association, and being chosen Outstanding M.B.A. Student by the faculty.
Karla Raettig J.D. has joined the National Wildlife Federation as a legislative representative. Raettig previously worked for the Environmental Integrity Project.
Ian Richardson J.D. has returned as a partner to the Eugene firm Gleaves Swearingen Potter Scott. Richardson practices in the areas of business law, estate planning, and nonprofit organizations.
Edward Riffle J.D. is deputy chief of the contract and fiscal law department for the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate at the Multinational Security Transition Command–Iraq, in Baghdad. Upon release from active duty, Riffle will return to his practice as litigation attorney for the firm of Bullard, Brown & Beal in Fullerton, California.
Ben Wood J.D. joined Planned Parenthood of Columbia/Willamette in November 2007 as vice president of external affairs. He previously worked for Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare as vice president of business development and communications.
Arts & Sciences 10th Reunion Oct. 2-5, 2008
Law School 10th Reunion Oct. 24-26, 2008
Noel Aquino B.A. can't believe it's been 10 years since she graduated! She has been working on her master's in education and her teaching credential at the University of Phoenix, though "I'd much rather be earning it at LC. I like teaching the little ones. Till then, I am substitute teaching." She lives in West Covina, California.
Richard Bailey J.D. has joined Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt as senior counsel in their Portland office. He made the move from Davis Wright Tremaine, where he was of counsel. Bailey also worked as general counsel and vice president of operations at Hestia Community Development, a Michigan-based residential developer and building company. At Schwabe, Bailey is involved in the firm's real estate practice group, specializing in advising on real estate development and finance transactions.
Bonnie Crawford B.A. finished the Ironman Triathlon in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, in June 2007–a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike ride, and a marathon (26.2-mile run), all of which had to be completed in less than 17 hours. She was honored at the race as the "Biggest Loser," having lost more than 170 pounds before the event. She believes she's the first woman to win this honor. When not training, she works as a project manager in downtown Portland and loves playing board games, traveling with husband Preston Crawford B.A. '97, and hanging out with their four cats.
Kevin Finkle B.A. and Kathleen Finkle B.A. '00, married since 2005, have bought a home in southeast Portland. They perform locally with White Rhino Marimba, and Kevin also performs with Fools in Paradise. If you're in town, stop by and say hi.
Molly McAllister B.A. is working as a veterinarian at a small-animal clinic in Lake Oswego and doing wildlife rehab work and environmental education with the Portland Audubon Society. Her two dogs love their home in Sellwood and she is happy to be back in Portland.
Rosanne Scott B.A. has been working in the mental health field ever since graduation. She's been living in Portland and bought a mid-century modern home five years ago. Last summer she and her boyfriend got married after eight and a half years of dating. Scott has fond memories of her 1996 overseas trip to Scotland and can't believe it's been almost a decade since graduation!
Coby Dolan J.D. has joined the Washington, D.C., staff of Debra Wasserman Schultz, U.S. Representative from Florida, as senior policy advisor. Dolan previously worked for the Ocean Conservancy as a staff attorney.
Rebecca Moran B.A. is on call 24 hours a day as a volunteer pilot for the Flying Medical Service, based in Arusha, Tanzania. She makes both routine and emergency flights, ferrying medical personnel and clinics to outlying areas and taking patients in emergency situations to hospitals when needed.
Zeenie Scholz B.A. is director of marketing at the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Stop by and visit her if you are passing through town.


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Justin Bieber Involved in Even More Graffiti Drama
Justin Bieber needs to put the cans of spray paint down, to back away from the wall and to stop tagging buildings in other countries. Seriously.
The singer, who was in a heap of trouble for putting graffiti on a building he did not have permission to tag while on tour in South America, has been accused of defacing a wall of a luxe resort in Australia with graffiti. We're shaking our heads.
The Biebs is in Oz for his world tour and performed at the Brisbane Entertainment Center in Brisbane on Tuesday, Nov. 26. He was crashing out at the swanky QT Gold Coast Hotel in Surfer's Paradise and spent the wee hours of the AM today (Nov. 27) tagging the wall next to the hotel's tennis courts, according to reports.
He posted some art on Facebook, and it's believed to be this.
While in Brazil, the Biebs sought and received permission to graffiti a specific location, but due to Belieber chaos, which always follows him, his security detail opted to tag another location -- one he did not have permission to touch, which got him into trouble.
The Biebs needs to stop doing stuff like this in other countries, since it's getting him into hot water!

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Phylogeny, the history of the evolution of a species or group, especially in reference to lines of descent and relationships among broad groups of organisms.
Fundamental to phylogeny is the proposition, universally accepted in the scientific community, that plants or animals of different species descended from common ancestors. The evidence for such relationships, however, is nearly always incomplete, for the vast majority of species that have ever lived are extinct, and relatively few of their remains have been preserved in the fossil record. Most phylogenies therefore are hypotheses and are based on indirect evidence. Different phylogenies often emerge using the same evidence. Nevertheless, there is universal agreement that the tree of life is the result of organic descent from earlier ancestors and that true phylogenies are discoverable, at least in principle.
Taxonomic systems
Taxonomy, the science of classifying organisms, is based on phylogeny. Early taxonomic systems had no theoretical basis; organisms were grouped according to apparent similarity. Since the publication in 1859 of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, however, taxonomy has been based on the accepted propositions of evolutionary descent and relationship.
The data and conclusions of phylogeny show clearly that the tree of life is the product of a historical process of evolution and that degrees of resemblance within and between groups correspond to degrees of relationship by descent from common ancestors. A fully developed phylogeny is essential for the devising of a taxonomy that reflects the natural relationships within the world of living things.
Evidence for specific phylogenies
Biologists who postulate phylogenies derive their most-useful evidence from the fields of paleontology, comparative anatomy, comparative embryology, and molecular genetics. Studies of the molecular structure of genes and of the geographic distribution of flora and fauna are also useful. The fossil record is often used to determine the phylogeny of groups containing hard body parts; it is also used to date divergence times of species in phylogenies that have been constructed on the basis of molecular evidence.
Most of the data used in making phylogenetic judgments have come from comparative anatomy and from embryology, although those are rapidly being surpassed by systems constructed using molecular data. In comparing features common to different species, anatomists try to distinguish between homologies, or similarities inherited from a common ancestor, and analogies, or similarities that arise in response to similar habits and living conditions.
Biochemical investigations carried out in the latter half of the 20th and the early part of the 21st century contributed valuable data to phylogenetic studies. By counting differences in the sequence of units that make up protein and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) molecules, researchers have devised a tool for measuring the degree to which different species have diverged since evolving from a common ancestor. Because mitochondrial DNA has very high mutation rates compared with nuclear DNA, it has been useful for establishing relationships among groups that have diverged recently. Essentially, the application of molecular genetics to systematics is similar to the use of radioisotopes in geologic dating: molecules change at different rates, with some, such as mitochondrial DNA, evolving rapidly and others, such as ribosomal RNA, evolving slowly. An important assumption then in using molecules for phylogeny reconstruction is to select the appropriate gene for the age of the taxon under study.
Phenetics versus cladistics
The methodology of phylogenetic work rests on two approaches at present: numerical taxonomy (phenetics) and phylogenetic systematics (cladistics). The most-direct difference between the two methods is that phenetics classifies species by using as many characteristics as possible and arranges them by similarity regardless of any evolutionary relationships.
The phenetics approach, which arose in the 1950s, based classification strictly on similarities between organisms and emphasized numerical analyses of a set of phenotypic characteristics (that is, biological characters that are observable). In the name of objectivity, one simply counted common characters without respect to ancestry, and divisions were made on the basis of totals: the more characters in common, the closer the classification. However, in phenetics, the shared history between one organism and another, such as the archosaur ancestry of both crocodiles and birds, was simply irrelevant. Other problems, such as the precise definition of a "character" (that is, an observable feature, or trait, of an organism), required subjective decisions, thereby reducing the credibility of phenetics as an objective approach to phylogeny. Although the tabulation of common characters remains very important in developing a species's phylogeny, taxonomists have moved away from phenetics as a viable approach.
Cladistics, on the other hand, does not base species classification on an assemblage of all shared characters between one species and another. It bases the classification of a group of species solely on their most-recent common ancestor. Taken from work by German zoologist Willi Hennig in the 1950s, cladistics uses only shared derived characters—that is, selected characteristics that infer monophyly (descent from a single species) or those that are expressed in all descendants of a common ancestor. Such uniquely shared historical (or derived) characteristics are called synapomorphies.
For example, suppose that there is an original species marked by character A, and from that three species eventually evolve. The original species first breaks into two successor groups, in one of which A evolves into the character a; that successor group then breaks into two daughter groups, both of which have a. The other original successor group retains A throughout, with no further division. In that case, a is a synapomorphy, since the two species with a evolved from an ancestral species that had a uniquely. Therefore, the possessors of a must be classified more closely to each other than to the third species. Consequently, by means of cladistics, crocodiles and birds are classified together, before they can be jointly linked to lizards. (For additional information on the philosophical underpinnings of phenetics and cladistics, see biology, philosophy of: taxonomy).
Major evolutionary steps
The phylogeny of life, as drawn from fossils and living species, indicates that the earliest organisms were probably the result of a long chemical evolution, in which random reactions in the primeval seas and atmosphere produced amino acids and then proteins. It is supposed that droplets containing proteins then formed membranes by binding molecules to their surface and that those membrane-bound proteins became organisms when they developed the capacity to reproduce. It is not certain whether those earliest self-reproducing organisms were proteins, nucleic acid–protein associations, or viruses. There is general agreement that they were heterotrophic organisms—i.e., they required nourishment in the form of organic matter from early seas. Later, autotrophic forms appeared, having the ability to make their own food from inorganic matter. Those organisms were the earliest bacteria; they could store energy as food and release energy as needed through respiration.
Cyanobacteria, algae, and other early forms of life
Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) are thought to have been the next evolutionary step in that they used photosynthetic pigments to manufacture their own food supply and therefore were not totally dependent on their environment for nutrients. After the cyanobacteria there appeared an extensive array of algae, molds, protozoans, plants, and animals. Three groups of algae can be dismissed with passing mention, as they arose from uncertain ancestors and have given rise to no further groups. Those groups are the chrysophytes (golden algae, chiefly diatoms), the pyrrophytes (cryptomonads and dinoflagellates), and the rhodophytes (red algae).
Three more groups—the chlorophytes, the euglenoids, and the phaeophytes—have greater phylogenetic importance. The chlorophytes (green algae) almost certainly gave rise to the land plants—i.e., the bryophytes and the tracheophytes, or vascular plants (including all the higher plants). The euglenoids—a group of mostly unicellular flagellates; that is, they are single-celled and possess one to many flagella [hairlike structures] for locomotion and sensation at some time in the life cycle—suggest a broad connection between plants and animals at that primitive level. The choanoflagellates, or collared flagellates, are protozoans that may be single-celled or colonial; those organisms are important because they are the closest living relatives of the sponges, the most primitive of the metazoans (the multicellular animals). Biologists continue to explore the possibility that the choanoflagellates gave rise to the metazoans. Other theories of animal evolutions include their descent from one or more groups of protozoans.
Evolution of land plants
Land plants contain two major groups, bryophytes and tracheophytes, which differ in many ways but which share distinctive characteristics for adaptation to dry land. Those include housing the plant embryo in maternal tissue.
Bryophytes are descended from green algae and include mosses, liverworts, and hornworts. Only small quantities of water are needed for their reproduction, so that the sperm may travel to the eggs. The fertilized egg matures within the maternal tissue. The plant is protected from desiccation by a waxy cuticle.
All the dominant plants on Earth are included in the tracheophytes. The tracheophytes' development of large plant bodies was made possible by vascular parts that carry water and food inside those plants and by a dominant sporophyte stage (the nonsexual phase in the alternation of generations in the life cycle of certain plants and algae) with a microscopic-sized gametophyte (the sexual phase in the alternation of generations). Tracheophytes' tissues have differentiated into leaves, stems, and roots and, in the highest plants, into seeds and flowers.
In explaining the evolution of tracheophytes, it has been suggested that a mutant form of green algae developed a primitive rootlike function with which to supply itself with water and minerals. The progeny of that organism eventually developed bundles of vascular tissues, a stem and leaves, and a cuticle for protection. The early vascular plants are called psilophytes. The development of seeds arose from the retention of the embryo inside maternal tissue. Early seed ferns gave rise to the gymnosperm group, including pines, spruces, and firs. Flowering plants, known as angiosperms, probably came from the gymnosperm phase and have two subgroups: the dicotyledons (which have a pair of leaves, or cotyledons, in the embryo of the seed) and the monocotyledons (which have only one leaf in the embryo of the seed).
Animal evolution
Discussion of the origin of multicellular animals (metazoans) was long dominated by German embryologist Ernst Haeckel's theory that the original metazoan ancestor was a spherical protozoan that was structurally similar to the cnidarians (e.g., jellyfish and corals). Currently there are two alternative explanations. The first traces metazoans back to flagellates. Flagellates are the presumed ancestors of flattened ciliated animals (planulas) that eventually led to cnidarians, ctenophores (the comb jellies), and flatworms. Another theory hypothesizes that multinucleated protozoans, dividing into subcells, were the original metazoans, which developed into simple flatworms. Fossil evidence of Ediacara fauna, dating from 630 million to 542 million years ago, suggests that the earliest multicellular life originated as soft-bodied aquatic animals such as jellyfish and worms.
Lower metazoan forms developed the first symmetrical arrangement of body parts about a main axis, thus establishing the bilateral symmetry that characterizes most animals; major exceptions are the echinoderms (e.g., starfish and sea cucumbers). The development of tissues into an outer ectoderm (providing protection and carrying sense apparatus), a middle mesoderm (muscle, cartilage, bone, and other supportive tissue), and an inner endoderm (serving digestion and reproduction needs) was an important phase. Another important trend was cephalization (head formation). The anterior end of the body generally holds the central nervous system, the sense organs, and the mouth.
Two current theories postulate the lineage of the higher metazoans. The monophyletic sequence suggests that four groups evolved from lower forms to higher: Ameria (unsegmented animals), which includes flatworms, cnidarians, ctenophores, and mollusks; Polymeria (segmented animals), which includes annelids and arthropods; Oligomeria (reduced segmentation), which includes insects and echinoderms; and Chordonia (chordates), which includes all vertebrates. The alternative diphyletic theory has been proposed by many zoologists. It contends that the higher metazoans had two lines of descent; one led to annelids, arthropods, and mollusks, and the other led to echinoderms and chordates. Both groups emanated from an ancient flatworm.
Humans are included in the chordates. Three basic structures are shared by all chordates: a dorsal nerve tube (brain and spinal cord in vertebrates), a notochord (supporting rod under the nerve tube), and a pharynx (cone-shaped passageway leading from the oral and nasal cavities in the head to the esophagus and larynx) perforated by gill slits, at least during the embryonic stage.
Applications of phylogeny
An exciting development in phylogenetics is the application of phylogenies to various modern problems. In medicine, phylogenies have been used to trace the origins and transmission rates of infectious diseases such as AIDS, influenza, and dengue. Phylogenies developed from molecular genetics have been particularly useful in conservation biology for identifying the evolutionary distinctiveness of endangered species, parentage in captive breeding programs, and levels of hybridization and inbreeding across species. Phylogenetic analyses have also been used as admissible evidence in criminal court cases involving the determination of purposeful viral transmission.
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community ecology: The study of coevolutionPhylogenetic studies have shown that the loss of nectar production in yuccas and the evolution of active pollination in yucca moths are novel traits that have arisen through coevolution, as the relatives of yuccas produce nectar, and the relatives of yucca moths, the
taxonomy: Evaluating taxonomic characters…other than to their own phylogenetic relatives (the other petrels, fulmars, and albatrosses; and the guillemots, terns, gulls, and shorebirds, respectively), this would show the extent of their convergence, which is certainly great, but it would not be a reason for combining them in a separate group. In recent years…
protist: Fossil protists and eukaryotic evolution…about the possible degrees of phylogenetic closeness between the various protists has been frustrated by the lack of appropriate fossil material. Nonetheless, the discovery of extinct protists (i.e., of the parts that were capable of becoming fossilized: cell, cyst, or spore walls; internal or external skeletons of appropriate preservable materials;…
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National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Jerry Moran is not ready to commit to giving Mississippi state Sen. Chris McDaniel an endorsement if he wins the state's Republican primary.
Asked on MSNBC's "Daily Rundown" Friday about whether the NRSC would endorse McDaniel, the intra-party challenger to incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran, Moran, a Republican senator from Kansas, only said he expected Cochran to win what has become an intensely nasty and personal fight between the two candidates.
"I'll leave that for another day," Moran said, when asked if the NRSC would support McDaniel's bid if he were the nominee.
If national Republicans do not back a McDaniel's general-election bid, it could open the door for Democrats in a deep-red state. Former center-left Rep. Travis Childers is expected to secure the nomination, and Democrats believe he could compete against McDaniel.
Without the support and resources of the NRSC, Childers' odds could improve even further. That would be a huge problem for the GOP as it has sights set on taking a Senate majority — an endeavor that will require swinging six seats while holding on to all the ones they already control.
Moran's comments come after local authorities have made multiple arrests in the past week of activists who allegedly conspired to obtain a photo of Cochran's unsuspecting wife in a nursing home for use in a blog post attacking the senator. In his interview Friday, Moran hinted he was upset about the personal attacks on Cochran and his wife and expected more news to emerge about the photo.
"What I would say is that the scandal that's brewing there — there will be a lot of news out of Mississippi over the coming days," Moran said. "I would say that Sen. Cochran is a highly respected, great representative for the state of Mississippi, has represented them well, and he has high favorable numbers in Mississippi. The only way you can defeat someone like Sen. Cochran in Mississippi is this kind of personal aspect."
MSNBC host Chuck Todd asked Moran twice more if the NRSC would support a McDaniel bid. Both times, Moran said he would have to look at all the facts of the scandal before addressing the question.
The Cochran campaign has accused the McDaniel campaign of being involved in the scheme to obtain the photo, a charge the McDaniel team denies. Cochran's team has pointed to the McDaniel campaign's shifting story about when it found out about the video, as well as its ties with some of the people arrested.
The full clip of Moran's appearance on MSNBC is below. His comments on the Mississippi Senate race begin around the 5:00 mark:


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Moisture-reolenishing shampoo for treated hair contains moisturizing substances and emollientes which give hair shine and softness, and make it easy to comb.
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LAS VEGAS — The road to Spain for the U.S. Men's Senior National Team begins Monday on the campus of UNLV. Nineteen players have gathered for four days of practices and an intrasquad scrimmage on Friday (9 p.m. ET, ESPN).
- NBA TV will air Real Training Camp Live on Tuesday at 3 p.m. ET.
At the end of the week, USA Basketball managing director Jerry Colangelo aims to cut the list down to 15. After that, the group will take 12 days off before reconvening on Aug. 14. They will play three exhibition games in Chicago and New York before heading abroad, cutting the roster down to 12 along the way.
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There's a lot more to do than just forming a final roster. Only five of the 18 players have National Team experience, either for the 2010 team that won the World Championship in Turkey or the 2012 team that won Olympic gold in London. Most of the others were in a mini-camp last year, but there's still a lot of adjusting and chemistry building to do.
The U.S. has won the last three major competitions and has a 36-game winning streak, but there have been some close calls along the way. In a single-elimination, 40-minute-game format, anything can happen.
Head coach Mike Krzyzewski will rely on what has been a successful formula over the last eight years. It's built on aggressive defense, speed, shooting and, of course, star power.
Like he did in 2010 (averaging 22.8 points per game on an effective field goal percentage of 65 percent), Kevin Durant will provide the star power. There's no one in the world that can match up with the reigning MVP, who is even more dangerous when shooting from a shorter 3-point distance.
But Durant will need help on both ends of the floor for the U.S. to win the World Cup, automatically qualify for the 2016 Olympics, and avoid having to play next summer. There are some locks for the roster (those who played in 2010 or 2012), but there will also be some interesting competitions for the remaining spots.
The U.S. also has had a pretty consistent template for its roster for the last three international competitions. It typically carries just three true big men, with both forward spots being manned by players that are nominal small forwards in the NBA, a group that includes Durant, Carmelo Anthony, Rudy Gay, Andre Iguodala and LeBron James.
Once again, point guard will be a position of strength, especially if Derrick Rose is close to 100 percent after recovering from knee surgery. Rose hasn't played competitively since last November, so he'll be the big story on Monday and a great reason to watch Real Training Camp on Tuesday.
As the starting point guard of the 2010 team, Rose should have the edge on the others in camp, meaning that All-Stars Kyrie Irving, Damian Lillard and John Wall could be competing for one or two roster spots, depending on whether USA brass sees Stephen Curry as point or shooting guard.
While the talent is strong in the backcourt, late decisions by Blake Griffin and Kevin Love to sit out the summer have left the U.S. thin up front. DeMarcus Cousins, Andre Drummond, Kenneth Faried and last-minute addition Paul Millsap should be competing for two roster spots behind 2012 returnee Anthony Davis.
Spain's frontline of Marc Gasol, Pau Gasol and Serge Ibaka could be waiting in the gold medal game on Sept. 14. But the hosts will have a tougher road to the World Cup final than the U.S., with Argentina, Brazil, France and Serbia all on their side of the bracket.
That's more than a month away, though. For the U.S., the first step takes place on Monday.


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Number of Medicare fee-for-service enrollees ages 65-75 with diabetes who received the HbA1C test in the past year
Number of Medicare fee-for-service enrollees age 65-75 with a medical visit in the past year with recorded diabetes
This measure requires access to the Health Care system for patients to be tested and then accurately diagnosed with diabetes. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated in 2007 that in the United States approximately 18 million people had diagnosed diabetes and approximately 6 million people had undiagnosed diabetes. This means that a county could report a high percentage of HbA1c testing, but simultaneously could have a large undiagnosed diabetic population.
Hemoglobin A1c testing: CPT codes 83036, 86037; CPT II codes 3046F, 3047F.
Diabetes diagnosis: two face-to-face encounters with different dates of service in an ambulatory setting or nonacute inpatient setting or one face-to-face encounter in an acute inpatient or emergency room setting during measurement year or prior year.
Diabetes definition used for numerator and denominator: ICD-9 codes: 250xx, 357.2x, 362.0x, 366.41, 648.0x: DRGs 294, 295; for Q4, MS-DRG codes 637, 638, 639.
Because every diabetic patient in this cohort should receive these tests, regardless of age, sex or race, statistical adjustments to correct for underlying population differences are not relevant.
The Dartmouth Atlas Project (DAP) began in 1993 as a study of health care markets in the United States, measuring variations in health care resources and their utilization by geographic areas: local hospital market areas, regional referral regions, and states. More recently, the research agenda has expanded to reporting on the resources and utilization among patients at specific hospitals. DAP research uses very large claims databases from the Medicare program and other sources to define where Americans seek care, what kind of care they receive, and to correlate increasing expenditures and the supply of health providers and services with health outcomes.
MethodologyIndicators are created from Medicare claims and administrative data. The percentage of Medicare deaths occurring in a hospital was computed using "death in a hospital" (discharge status B in the Medicare Provider Analysis and Review (MEDPAR) file) as the numerator event. For the percentage of Medicare deaths who were admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) in the last 6 months of life, the numerator event was "death in a hospital with admission to an ICU within 6 months of the death date, " using MEDPAR files. Rates were age, sex, and race adjusted and were expressed as a percentage of deaths. Medicare decedents are identified by their ZIP code of residence. Total ICU days measures intensive care days (which includes medical, surgical, trauma, and burn care) and coronary care days to produce a total ICU days measure. Intermediate care or step-down units are also included.
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I sure do! I just put it off as long as I can. Why? Well I could never find a cleaner that actually did what it was supposed to do. So how about CLR Bathroom & Kitchen Cleaner.
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Cleaning the bathroom for me is well the last thing on earth I like to do right up there with dishes! So what did we do? Buy a silly home that has 3 bathrooms. Yes you counted that right, 3 full bathrooms with toilets, tubs and sinks. The master bath is a very large bathroom with a garden tub and separate shower. Talk about a stupid move. Well it won't be forever as we hope to sell the home soon and move into something a little more just perfect for us with a lot less cleaning for me. Yippie!
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Ganglion cysts grow on the top of the wrist (dorsal ganglions). But they can also be found on the underside of the wrist (between the thumb and your pulse point), at the end joint of a finger or at the base of a finger.
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Every year, thousands of manuscripts stream into Gannett House, the oldest building on Harvard Law School's campus and the home of one of the most reputable legal journals in the country, the Harvard Law Review.
After a long process of selection and editing, only a few dozen of these manuscripts leave the building, squeezed tightly into the 2,000-page annual volume of the Harvard Law Review.
The selection of articles for publication in the Harvard Law Review and other legal journals often shapes the fates of academics trying to obtain tenure or prestigious government appointments.
Yet the Harvard Law Review and its peer publications differ from academic journals in other disciplines in one respect: they are edited and published by law students.
"As a second year law student I was deciding...the academic futures of many," said Harvard Law professor Alan M. Dershowitz, who graduated first in his class at Yale Law School and edited the Yale Law Journal. "We had enormous power."
Indeed, most other scholarly journals are peer-edited—reviewed by professional academics—but legal scholarship lies primarily in the hands of students. Eight out of the top ten most cited law journals are student-edited and affiliated with a law school, according to a 2012 Reuters report.
Some have contended that law students, who have typically only spent one or two years studying the law, are not equipped to select pieces. Others assert that the selection process is inherently biased—law students are more likely to select the works of their professors.
However, the laborious task of editing law reviews and historic precedent of student-reviewed journals may prevent peer-reviewed journals from ever entering the picture. With so many barriers to entry and a functioning, but imperfect system, legal experts say that the student-driven law review model is here to stay.
Not all Harvard Law School students are lucky enough to spend their time in Gannett House. More than 200 first year students compete in the writing competition that determines admission into the Review, and only 46 are accepted each year based on their writing and editing skills.
"Everyone knows that a law review student is a top student," said Gerald Lebovits, a Columbia Law School adjunct professor and a New York City judge, who was named one of the ten most published law professors by Business Insider.
Though students who run some of the most prestigious law reviews have advanced through multiple selection processes that value academic achievement and critical thinking capabilities, many scholars express doubt as to whether the students' judgment and understanding of the law is sufficient for such an important role.
"We were young, brash, arrogant kids," Dershowitz said, reflecting on his time at the Yale Law Review. "In retrospect, it was an enormous amount of authority for someone so young."
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Today's post comes from Marnie Craycroft. Be sure to read through to the bottom of the post to see her bio and link to her blog, Carrots are Orange.
We fell in love with resist painting this past fall working on Letters then again for Valentine's Day. The best part about resist painting is that your kids get a great sensory experience and get to be messy! In the end, the result always seems to be beautiful.
Here is how we created an Earth resist painting.
Our materials:
Our approach:
- a piece of blue card stock
- an Earth coloring page to use as an outline (this part is really optional because you could approach drawing the land randomly).
- A piece of white sticker paper
- Scissors
- Green paint
- A paint brush
- Sticker Letters or tape to make letters (optional)
- I printed the coloring page on a piece of white sticker paper
- I roughly cut the outline of the bodies of water
- I placed the sticker on the card stock
- We got out our painting gear
|My sweet son really wanted to add glitter so I let him and it turned out very cool
|I let my son place the letters
|Good fine motor development for preschoolers
|Place sticker letters wherever you and your child would like them placed on the card stock
|Let dry (the hard part), revisit and peal the sticker
|Display however and wherever you'd like
Editor's note: This post is a part of Show & Share Saturday, It's Playtime!, Natural Parenting Group's Monday Blog Hop, Teach Preschool's Earth Day Blog Hop, Link & Learn: Kids' Craft & Play Ideas, Kids' Co-Op, and Your Green Resource.


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Justin Choi is a serial entrepreneur who founded multiple fast-growing businesses that collectively employ over 100 people: Cie Studios, an award-winning digital agency that specializes in creating custom web and mobile apps for top brands; Cie Games, a venture-funded spinoff that builds leading casual games including Car Town, one of the top games on Facebook and iOS that has reached over 50 million players worldwide and featured partnerships with more than 40 major brands.
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Chris Rooke
SVP Strategy & Operations
Chris brings more than 15 years of digital, media and ad technology experience to his role as Senior Vice President Strategy and Operations. Prior to Nativo, Chris was SVP Global Business Development at SocialVibe where he built and led the functional teams responsible for publisher development, demand sales and client services. A member of the executive team, Chris crafted and executed the business and product strategy to exponentially expand the company's reach, diversify into new audience and content verticals, activate third party demand, and launch the first real-time exchange/SSP for rich media brand engagement across platforms. Chris and his team pioneered multiple industry firsts, while establishing a new category in digital advertising, consumer engagement, and monetization solutions for premium publishers.
Prior to SocialVibe, Chris was SVP Interactive Media at CBS Television and King World Productions where he transformed the company's network of sites into a profitable revenue center and business operation. Chris led all business development efforts to monetize the company's owned-and-operated digital properties. He built the company's first digital video network that grew to over 130 syndication partners, generating more than 165 million monthly views. Prior to his role as SVP of Interactive Media, Chris was VP of Domestic Sales at King World Productions and also served as Chair of the King World New Media Group, which implemented some of the company's first online and mobile initiatives.
Jay Freedman
Chief Revenue Officer
Freedman most recently led the Technology and Telecom Vertical at Yahoo and managed marquee advertisers such as AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Samsung.
Prior to his most recent position, Freedman led the launch of Genome from Yahoo, a leading audience-targeting platform that resulted from the acquisition of interclick. Prior to Genome's launch, he was SVP Sales at interclick (Nasdaq: "ICLK"). Freedman grew interclick from a small ad network to a leading technology platform that was acquired by Yahoo for $270 million, as interclick enabled Yahoo to dramatically improve data-targeted solutions and to optimize returns for advertisers.
"I joined Nativo because it is pioneering the next stage of digital advertising. Nativo has been hyper-focused on building an incredibly advanced platform that makes it easy for publishers to employ native advertising within a day and for advertisers to build and deploy native campaigns at scale within a matter of minutes. Native advertising is the evolution of content marketing and Nativo has built a superior technology platform to power the category, so the opportunity at Nativo is a perfect fit for me."
George Carney
Senior Vice President, Sales
George Carney is Senior Vice President of Sales at Nativo. George brings more than 15 years of comprehensive experience in digital media, advertising and sales. An expert in sales management and team leadership, George has managed cross-functional teams to achieve ad sales objectives and create new advertising opportunities and solutions. George has also worked with some of the largest automotive, beverage, technology and entertainment companies, including: Honda, Toyota, Hyundai Motors, Miller-Coors, Disney, 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures, Microsoft, Mattel and Las Vegas Tourism (LVCVA). Additionally, he is an advisory board member to multiple startup companies in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Most recently George served as General Manager/Vice President Advertising Sales and Operation at RealNetworks, Inc., where he staffed and trained national sales and operations teams, and executed integrated sales and marketing efforts with international divisions. George also served as a Sales Manager at CMP Media where he worked for Computer Reseller News, and helped develop product and lead sales for the first internet media sales team for ChannelWEB. He was also a Sales Manager at Ziff Davis Publishing, where he vended advertising for PC Computing Magazine.
Jason Kalin
Senior Vice President, Business Development
Jason Kalin brings to Nativo extensive experience in sales management, strategic partnerships and startup companies including over 10 years of providing monetization solutions to publishers. Jason previously served as Vice President of Publisher Development at Visible Measures, the leading independent third-party measurement firm for Internet video publishers, advertisers, and viral marketers. Prior to Visible Measures, Jason was Vice President of Business Development at Marchex, a leading mobile and online advertising company. Jason was also an early employee and Director of Sales at IndustryBrains, a B2B online advertising solutions startup that was acquired by Marchex.
Oded Cohen
Senior Vice President, Engineering
Oded Cohen was an early key engineer at EyeBlaster/MediaMind who quickly advanced to Director, then VP specializing in infrastructure, research & development. Oded was hands-on from the early days of coding, to staffing up and running a 70+ person global team. Oded and his team built MediaMind from a small start-up into the 2nd largest ad serving company in the world, handling billions of transactions per day.
Oded most recently served as a VP of Engineering at DG (Nasdaq: "DGIT"), via the 2011 acquisition of MediaMind. "I'm very much looking forward to helping TrueAds change the world of online advertising. Nativo is the right size and right match for my experience, and most importantly the right opportunity. I am looking to advance the platform and take it to the next level."
Oded has a Master of Business Administration specialization in Strategy & Entrepreneurship and a Bachelor of Science in Electronic Engineering & Computer Science from Tel Aviv University.
David ibnAle
David is a veteran investor from Advanced Vixeid Partners with over eighteen years of experience as an equity investor in small and mid-sized technology companies.
Prior to the formation of AV Partners, David was a Managing Director and Head of Technology Investing for TPG Growth LLC, the growth equity and middle market investment platform of TPG, the global private investment firm. Prior to joining TPG Growth, Mr. ibnAle was a Partner at Francisco Partners, L.P., a technology-focused private equity investment firm. David began his investing career as an Associate at Summit Partners L.P. David received his BA in Public Policy and a MA in International Development Policy from Stanford University, and received an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
Serge Matta
Serge Matta serves as comScore's Chief Executive Officer. He is focused on developing comScore's global product and business strategy, enhancing client relationships and partnerships, and leading comScore's global employee base.
Mr. Matta has been with comScore since shortly after its inception in 1999. He served as President of comScore from June 2013 until March 2014, when he was appointed as CEO. Previously, he served as President of Commercial Solutions, leading comScore's commercial team. Prior to that role, he oversaw comScore's global telecom and mobile practice as President of comScore Mobile Solutions. He was instrumental in the expansion of comScore's telecom solutions globally, including the development and growth of comScore's syndicated and custom mobile measurement products for in-depth consumer insights. He began his comScore career in product management where he acquired and maintained a deep understanding of comScore products and technologies.
Mr. Matta is frequently invited to serve as a guest speaker, and frequently participates on panels at a variety of industry events including CTIA, CTAM, NCTA, US Telecom Board, Ad Tech, CTAM and e-Metrics.
Prior to comScore, Mr. Matta was with MicroStrategy where he was part of their consulting group. He holds an MBA from American University and is fluent in English, French and Arabic.
Ed Cluss
Ed is a founding partner with Signia Venture Partners, an early stage fund dedicated to helping passionate entrepreneurs realize their vision and build impactful, high-growth ventures. Besides Nativo, Ed is a board member at Cie Games, Mind Pirate, MomentFeed and Pepperdata. His past investments include Funzio (acquired by Gree) and Playdom (acquired by Disney). Earlier in his career he was CEO of InfoGear, developing and launching the original "iPhone" in 1997 (acquired by Cisco) and was also an executive with Aspect, the 2nd highest appreciating public stock company during his final 5 years with the company. Ed has BS and MS engineering degrees from MIT and received his MBA from the Harvard Business School.
Mark Terbeek
Mark is a partner with Greycroft Partners, based in the firm's Los Angeles office. Mark focuses on investment opportunities in the digital media sector with an emphasis on online video. Previously, Mark was a partner with MK Capital, a venture fund based in Los Angeles and Chicago.
Mark also co-founded Jamcracker Inc., an early SaaS pioneer where he served as its vice president of corporate development. He also worked at McKinsey & Co., a management-consulting firm. Mark has led investments and served on the boards of Machinima, ZEFR, AwesomenessTV, DramaFever, Bladelogic, Kontiki and VPNet Technologies and he was a Board Observer at Exodus Communications. Mark is a graduate of DePauw University and the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
Andy Wiedlin
Andy is a veteran of the digital media and content marketing space. Andy retired as BuzzFeed's first Chief Revenue Officer where he built a talented global sales team working with world-class brands to provide unique social advertising programs. As CRO, Andy grew BuzzFeed from less than $1 million in revenue to a profitable company with over $100 million in annual revenue and a valuation of $850M. During his tenure, no banner ads were harmed or sold at BuzzFeed.
Before joining BuzzFeed, Andy was the SVP of Sales at Huffington Post, VP of Sales at MySpace and VP of the Northwest Region at Yahoo!. He also spent 10 years working abroad, primarily in Japan and Australia.
Andy has a Master's Degree in Pacific International Affairs (with a focus on Marketing and Japanese Language) from the University of California, San Diego.
"I'm a big believer in the power of native advertising, and the next big opportunity is providing Native at Scale. Nativo is cracking the code on this quandary: it allows brands to create great custom content and scale it across a wide variety of publishers and platforms. Nativo helps brands scale native advertising in a way that works and is respectful to consumers."
Rick Thompson
In addition to being a board member of Nativo parent, Cie Digital Labs, Rick Thompson is a founding member and General Partner of Signia Capital Management. Rick is a successful serial entrepreneur, who co-founded and served as CEO and/or chairman of three successful Internet technology companies; Adify, FlyCast Communications, and Playdom. Rick was also on the founding team of Octel Communications.
Rick has investments and is a founding member in multiple mobile, social, and web media companies. Rick holds BS in Psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz and an M.B.A. degree from The Wharton School of Business.
Russ Fradin
Russ is a digital media industry veteran with more than 15 years experience in the online marketing world. Russ co-founded and was CEO of Adify (acquired by Cox for $300M in May 2008) and co-founded SocialShield. He was also SVP of BD at Wine.com, EVP of Corporate Development at comScore (NASDAQ:SCOR) and was among the first employees at Flycast (acquired by CMGi for $2.3B in January 2000).
Russ is also an active angel investor in the digital world and is on a number of Boards. Russ holds a BS in Economics from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
1. What is native advertising?
TrueAds advertising is the placement of branded content in the content feed of a publication. The placement is matched to the layout of the site but clearly labeled as an advertiser-promoted article. Examples of native ads are Promoted Tweets on Twitter and Sponsored Stories on Facebook.
2. What will advertiser-sponsored content look like?
Each placement of advertiser-sponsored content is formatted to be consistent with the layout of the site on which it appears. It is clearly marked as an advertiser-sponsored content. The advertiser's brand or product is listed as the content's author along with the brand or product's logo within the content.
3. Will the content be relevant to my site?
Relevancy is enforced in two ways. First, advertisers cannot choose the individual sites on which their content will appear. Nativo automatically matches the content to relevant sites based on the information contained in the content. Further, the Nativo platform will analyze initial read rates in the first few hours of the campaign. If your audience is not responding to the article, no further impressions will be delivered to your site. The content will only continue to appear on your site as long as your audience is responding to it.
4. What does your JavaScript do?
Our JavaScript code counts page views and visitors to your site and indexes your content. The index allows us to enforce relevancy and match the appropriate advertiser-sponsored content to your site. The JavaScript also renders the content on your site.
5. Will your JavaScript slow down my site?
To ensure that our code does not slow down your site, our JavaScript has been engineered to be extremely lightweight. Our content is served from multiple world-class data centers and content delivery networks (CDNs). A hardware-based request time limit ensures that there are no server delays and will never slow down your site.
6. Will my audience know that the content is sponsored?
Yes. Each placement is labeled as Nativo with a clear message that the content is sponsored. The logo of the advertiser's brand or product is shown with each TrueAds placement and the brand or product is listed as the content's author.
7. Does the content have a negative or positive impact on search engine optimization? (SEO)
The articles are dynamically served and inserted as an ad. Once the campaign reaches its end date or impression target, the article is gone from your site. It's not placed into your CMS. All articles and links served by Nativo include nofollow and noindex tags. The system is designed to not create a positive or negative impact on SEO.
8. Can I run my existing ad units around the Nativo placement?
Yes. As long as you do not modify our content, we don't limit the advertising you do around the Nativo placement.
9. How do I get started?
Contact us today and a publisher manager will reach out to you.
10. How can I manage my Nativo ad settings?
To find out more about how you can manage your Nativo ad settings as a consumer, click here.
True Native: contextually aligned, always in the editorial feed, with brand content consumed within each publication for maximum engagement.
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- All content is automatically reformatted to appear native
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Because the ads are placed in the content well of the site, consumers are more likely to engage with them. Consumers also spend an average of 90 seconds on the content landing page.
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What is Bluetooth Marketing?
Bluetooth marketing is a form of Proximity mobile marketing that allows businesses to send adverts to mobile/cell phones for free. This is achieved using an Ad-Pod which is a dedicated Bluetooth and Wifi sending device that enables the free transfer of content between mobile devices using the Bluetooth and Wifi signal. The transfer of the adverts is free for both the sender and receiver.
Ad-Pods have a suite of mobile marketing products that range from the Ad-Pod Pro which is the world's most efficient portable mobile marketing solution to:
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These solultions give you the flexibility to sendeco-friendly paperless adverts to over 2000 different makes and models of mobile phone. The solutions are extremely versatile and can be used in static locations such as shop windows, bus shelters and point of sale stands as well as being used in a vehicle or to be worn by roving promotions staff in the high street or at exhibitions and events.
The Ad-Pod product suite enables you to send all manner of digital content from animated images or videos to redeemable coupons. This type of interactive advertising allows you to engage with your customers using rich media to drive more traffic and footfall to your website or business.
Outdoor advertising is simple with an Ad-Pod because it can be used on the move, enabling you to take your business promotion to large outdoor events such as exhibitions and concerts.
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Retail Therapy for the Modern Shopper: Cisco at NRF 2012
This week I am delighted to once again be in the city that never sleeps: New York. In addition to enjoying the shopping and dining of New York, I am excited to be attending this year's 101st National Retail Federation Convention & Expo (NRF). With over 22,000 retail professionals from 82 countries attending to discuss the industry's most critical topics, this year's NRF promises to be full of innovations that will seamlessly integrate technology into everyday shopping.
Cisco will be demonstrating several new products of its own at NRF this week — Cisco StyleMe, Cisco Interactive Services for Retail, Cisco Architecture Experience Theater, Cisco Store in a Box, Cisco and Agilence Point-of-Sale Video Auditing, and Cisco Cius™ Tablet for Retail. With the combination of these and today's release of our survey revealing consumer's shopping behaviors, retailers will have a much easier time providing a more pleasant experience for the customer while increasing sales and employee productivity.
As a woman who loves fashion, I am particularly excited by the NRF demonstration of Cisco's StyleMe, a virtual fashion mirror that would allow me to explore the store's inventory database to find what I want, virtually try it on, and accessorize. While creating my outfit I can also capture images to send for approval by my personal fashionistas – my daughters.
How much more fun and easier can shopping get?
Not to mention, this virtual fashion mirror could help alleviate the annual anxiety of getting a new bathing suit – an experience many women dread.
To learn more about these exciting technologies and how they will affect your shopping experiences, please join us at NRF. You will find Cisco at booth 851. Hope to see you there!
For more information about StyleMe, check out Senior Director of Internet Business Solutions Group's Lisa Fretwell's blog: Cisco StyleMe: Virtual Fashion Mirror Inspires Sales Across All Age Groups
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