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Recurring revenue business model: Pretransition considerations
Review factors to think about before transitioning to a managed services model, including pre-assessment, efficiency, financial backing and training.
For IT channel companies, a managed services or a cloud services business model offers an alluring benefit: a recurring revenue stream. The opportunity to achieve a steady cash flow is a welcome change for value-added resellers (VARs) and solution providers that are subject to fluctuating business, as well as to the increasing commoditization of hardware and software. However, experts agree that before IT channel companies adopt a recurring revenue business model, there are several things they should do to help ensure success in their new line of business.
Assess your current business
"One of the things we recommend before transitioning into a new business model is doing an assessment of your current business model," said Carolyn April, director of industry analysis at CompTIA. "Before jumping into something new, make sure that what you do currently is done most efficiently -- that you are getting all the margin you can possibly wring out of a line of business." This means evaluating everything, including costs, operations and accounting.
"It's better to shore up that business and address leaks before you start something new. Really get your ship in order so that you're in a good position to pay attention to the new models that are out there," April said.
Carolyn Aprildirector of industry analysis, CompTIA
Tom McDonald, president at NSI, a managed services provider (MSP) based in Naugatuck, Conn., said that there were a number of processes and standardizations that his company had to apply internally for the transition from product sales to a recurring revenue business model. "We should have performed the changes before [the transition]! But in our case, it was as we went, and the longer we took, the harder it was," he said.
"We had to document and get better at how we control all of the things we can control. We needed to eliminate as many risks as possible," McDonald explained. "We don't want [customers] calling us to come and fix stuff, because that's an additional expense. We wanted to change from being reactive and getting paid to go on-site, to getting paid and not going on-site."
Become as efficient as possible
According to the December 2012 CompTIA report Trends in Managed Services Operations, "it behooves the MSP to automate as many of the technical monitoring and management processes that they can in order to keep human intervention on basic tasks to a minimum, thereby containing costs as well as expanding capacity to handle larger volumes of customers."
Lawrence McNutt, CEO at SOS, a Sacramento, Calif.-based network and voice solutions provider, agreed. "It's been this whole transition to continue reinventing ourselves to be more efficient with managed services. Some of the things that were critical for us were having rigorous processes for managing, ticketing, being proactive, but also maintaining the ability to respond to emergencies, because they do occur. We had to balance project time for emergencies and maintenance for the health and feeding of the network," he said.
Get financial backing if needed
While assessing their current business model, IT channel companies should also consider their financial standing. "Just like any purchase or venture, make sure that you can afford [to move to a managed services model]," CompTIA's April said. "If you're on shaky ground [and] you're barely paying the bills with your current business, then you're not in the position healthwise to launch into something new, because you're not going to make a profit for quite a while. You need to have financing you can count on to keep you afloat while you make the transition."
This may mean doing something that, according to April, many VARs and solution providers are "loath to do."
"I recommend getting a line of credit. The banks are lending again. That's another way to have a safety net for the time that you're making the transition to recurring revenue and you're not seeing the revenue that you're used to," she said.
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Finally, before transforming their business, IT channel companies should obtain some type of business training. According to the CompTIA report, nearly four in 10 IT channel companies not yet offering managed services say they'd benefit from business training specifically geared toward best practices in managed services.
April pointed out that CompTIA offers vendor-neutral managed services training. "But vendors are also a source for training," she said. "Companies should talk to key vendor partners that they work with today [about training options]."
Industry peer groups also offer an opportunity to obtain valuable insights. For NSI's McDonald, the No. 1 thing that helped him was joining a Mastermind Peer Group within the Ingram Micro VentureTech Network. The Mastermind Peer Group, which meets quarterly, consists of MSPs across the country and Canada. Members of the group review one another's financials and help one another with the structure of their business. McDonald said the group has allowed him to see business issues he'd never seen before or to see them faster. "And they hold me accountable, which is extremely important. As a group we help each other," he said.
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These days I'm pretty busy just living my life but I do take time everyday to reflect on where I came from and where I am now. Most days I am in awe of the life I lead today compared to even a couple of years ago. I'm here to tell you, if you doubt that you can flip your whole life upside down, inside out and survive it, that you absolutely can. And, in fact, you will be a much better, happier person for doing it. Your friends and family may fight you every inch of the way but at some point even they will admit that you are a better person now than you used to be. Will it be hard? Yes, of course. Everything worth doing is hard. Will it get worse before it gets better? Yep, most likely it will. Can you do it? I have no doubt.
Why am I so confident in you? Because I did it and I was just like you are right now. Scared, terrified even. Absolutely sure that I'd lose everyone and everything that meant anything to me. Convinced that I'd have to live in my car and eat food from the dollar store to survive. Afraid that no one would ever love me again and pretty sure that I'd never be taken seriously as my real self. I was the kind of person that would say, "well, that's ok for other people but not for me". I have too much to lose. I'm too this, too that. Too old, too fat, too dependent on my partner, too scared, too weak. I didn't think it would be worth all of the turmoil I'd have to put myself and my family through. I was wrong. Very wrong.
I'm not telling you what to do. That's your decision to make. But I want you to know that you can do it. You absolutely CAN do anything you want to do. I did it and so can you. I'm not special.
Actually, I am special. And so are you.
You see, people like us, the misfits and maladjusted freaks of society are the most amazing people. We're superheros. We grow up being taught that who we are is wrong and we get beaten down into submission until we can't take it any longer. I look at the general population now and I feel pity for them. They don't know what it's like to grow up the way we did and have to pull ourselves out of the abyss and rise above our upbringing. I am stronger than they will ever be because of what I've been through. They whine and moan about their aches and pains and every day worries while we're out here reinventing ourselves into the superheroes we were born to be. Once you find your truth you are unstoppable. Take your truth where it leads you and don't let fear stop you. Feel the fear but do it any way. Fear is False Evidence Appearing Real. Fear is a liar. You're not weak or worthless. Quite the opposite. You're one of the strongest people on the planet and you are special in ways others can't even imagine. Whatever your deal is that makes you feel like a misfit, turn that shit around and make it your greatest strength. Think of all of the crap you've had to deal with in life because you're not like all of the sheep in the world. You're not a sheep. You're a fucking lion. You're a fucking superhero. All that crap has made you stronger and stronger. Your muscles are popping out every where from all the heavy lifting you've done in life. Now put it to good use and start living your wildest dreams. Be your own hero and I bet even the person closest to you that tells you this is crazy will thank you for it one day.


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Let me sit you down and tell you a little story.
"Once upon a time Midlife Gamer toddled out in the world and stumbled upon many a strange person. In the hope of finding some interesting things out, Midlife Gamer started asking these people question upon question hoping that someone would answer. It turned out that many did answer and thus started a whole bunch of friendships that would last beyond the ages."
Now my story telling might not be of any fine calibre but I know a man who should know a thing or two about putting a good story into videogames. He is Dave Grossman of Telltale Games.
Marconi: First of all, who are you and what is your involvement with Telltale Games?
Dave Grossman: I'm Dave Grossman, and I'm Telltale's director of design. This means I'm responsible for anything relating to game design or to writing, and also that other people do all of the actual work.
M: Now to make sure that the Midlife Gamer community is satisfied I must ask something we ask everyone here at MLG. What is your favourite biscuit (also called a cookie outside of the UK) and beverage?
DG: There are so many delicious cookies/biscuits it's hard to choose just one. I'm partial to oatmeal raisin cookies, lemon coolers, and vanilla wafers. A friend of mine made some lemon sage cookies last week that were amazing. I really shouldn't be answering these questions before lunch, it's making me really hungry. My favorite beverage is plain old black coffee.
M: Can you tell us a little about Telltale and how it was formed as a company? What were the aims of Telltale in the early years and are these ideas that still remain?
DG: Telltale was formed in 2004 by a small group of people who had mostly been working at LucasArts on the cancelled Sam & Max Freelance Police project. The studio was started with the specific goal of creating episodic, downloadable, story-centric games, and that is still very much our focus. We refine the specifics all the time, but the underlying ideas remain.
M: The name of the company says a lot about the kind of games you are making. When creating a game or taking on a franchise, is the development and depth of story your main priority?
DG: Story and characters are the first priority, yes, and they drive everything else that we do. When we're designing a bit of gameplay, we're always thinking, what is it about this piece that is advancing the narrative or exposing something about the characters? If we can't come up with a good answer, it's time to try a different direction for that section.
M: Even though the history of the company is plotted with episodic adventure games your first game was a Texas Hole 'Em simulation. Was it always your intention to make adventure games and use this as a test? Or did the poker game put you off making sim / arcade games?
DG: Before we were ready to tackle full-on episodic development, we needed to build out our game engine and other core technology, as well as our production pipelines. The poker game was a way to focus those efforts narrowly on things that mattered most to us: characters and acting. Sitting the cast at a poker table gave us a lively scenario for them to act and react to each other, without us having to worry about things like navigation, scene tracking and so on until the next project. (For those who have not seen it, Telltale Texas Hold 'Em is not so much a poker simulator as it is a scene about people playing poker together. The interesting part is not the poker but the table talk. Crude by our current standards, but interesting.)
M: What benefits do the players and developers get when playing / working with a title that is, from a cynical perspective, not complete on release?
DG: Ha! Your cynicism is impressive. An episodic game series is a lot like a television series. If you were one of the eight zillion people watching Lost every week, half of the fun came in between the episodes, when you were speculating with your friends about what various things meant and what would happen next. It's the same with Tales of Monkey Island – some of the threads on our forums from while that series was running are just as entertaining as what's in the games. And all of the back-and-forth between us and the audience while the series is running makes for a much closer relationship with that audience, which is fun for everybody. And that's the main point – building a relationship between the developers and the audience over time, instead of just dropping a game and not calling again for three years.
M: Most recently Telltale has taken on the Monkey Island franchise, adding it to a roster that includes Wallace and Gromit, Sam and Max and CSI. Do you feel it was an obvious choice for Lucas Arts to give Telltale Games the Monkey Island license?
DG: We probably employ more designers, writers and artists who had already worked on the Monkey Island franchise than any other studio in the world, LucasArts included. So I do think it was an obvious choice for them to trust us with the license.
M: Are there any other Lucas Arts franchises that you would like to work on? Is this something that the company is likely to pursue?
DG: I always get into some kind of trouble when I answer that question in any way. So I won't.
M: With some of the franchises previously mentioned, what steps do you take to make your products not only faithful to the original fans but also make your games stand out from the other franchised products on the market?
DG: Making our games feel true to the franchise is enormously important to us, both as developers and as fans ourselves. The fact that we are fans ourselves is always a good first step, and we've never worked with a franchise for which there weren't already some loyal devotees in the studio. We also always do a lot of research to try to identify the elements that are at the heart of the property, and we work with the creators and get feedback wherever possible. That last has been very good for us over the years. With Sam & Max, for example, we already had a fair amount of experience with the characters, but we also had a good, established working relationship with Steve Purcell, who helped us get everything pointed in the right direction at the outset. When we were making Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, the Chapman Brothers were so involved with the production it was like they had a second job – they were critiquing puzzles, editing all of the scripts, doing all of the voice recording themselves, and so on. And on Wallace & Gromit we faced the obvious hurdle that we're not British, so we worked closely with an editor in England who had some experience with the license, and over the course of many iterations he helped us get the language and the humour right. Aardman also gave us plenty of feedback, and we flew our designers over to do all of the voice recording in England so the characters would sound right. This all has its own rewards, but I also think that the fact that we care enough to do it right helps our games stand out from some of the other franchised titles out there.
M: To date you have been mostly self-publishing your titles. What freedom does this allow you? What restrictions does this create?
DG: Self-publishing obviously means we have a lot of control over what titles we're going to do, and what creative decisions we make when we do them. It also makes it a little easier, or at least more possible, to keep to a strict episodic release schedule – the less we have to worry about the effects of someone else's pipeline, the better. On the other hand, it means we're taking a bigger risk with any title we do, and also we don't have a publisher to rely on for marketing and other kinds of support – essentially, being a developer AND a publisher doubles our responsibilities. We think it's worth it, though.
M: Most of your titles are now delivered through digital methods, do you think your games would do as well if they were released as a physical disc?
DG: We release a first run digitally, but then when the season is over we usually collect the games together and put them out on a physical disc, pretty much how you would with a season of a TV show. So we get the best of both worlds!
M: Will digital delivery ever replace physical releases?
DG: Sure. Or mostly, anyway. The music industry is a good example to look at, with digital delivery rapidly becoming the dominant mode. It's not a question of if, but when.
M: Are there any plans to port your titles to handheld platforms?
DG: Our latest title, Puzzle Agent, is coming out for the iPhone and iPad.
M: Finally what is in the pipeline for Telltale? We hear that there are Jurassic Park and Back to the Future titles coming up…
DG: You hear correctly! So, uh, yeah, speaking of working with franchises that people in our studio are huge fans of, we're doing a Back to the Future series and a Jurassic Park series. And they're in the pipeline. Look for them this winter!
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I have been on the slopes since I was nine years old, and I've seen many snowy mountains in Austria, Switzerland, the French Alpes, Germany and even inItaly. But I had never been skiing in Norway before. Why not I wondered. Norway is only a short flight from Amsterdam and has many ski and snowboard options. I flew to Kvitfjell to find out.
The Olympic Town
Kvitfjell was build for the Lillehammer Olympics in 1994. After that, an investor bought the place and he made sure it continued it's main purpose as a ski resort. But Kvitfjell is not just famous for the winter Olympics, the town is turned upside down for the World Cup ski competition. Every year people from all over the world come to Kvitfjell at the beginning of March, to watch the brave athletes ski down the famous black piste at 130 km per hour. It's broadcasted around the world.
I was about to experience the actual black piste with a crazy steep decline of 64% at some parts. But first it was time to explore the rest of the ski area. Kvitfjell decided to expand last year so I was exited to see the newly opened westside of the mountain. With 1039 meter above sea level, you will reach the highest part of the mountain. In total there are 34km of ski slopes that vary from easy to advanced. It's a great ski area for families with children from three years old as there are many nice green and blue slopes to learn the basics. I must warn you though, what they call blue at Kvitfjell, kinda means red in other countries!
A traditional Norwegian farm in the middle of the piste
The hotel
It's a small town so there are only 2 hotels. The biggest and best hotel is Gudbrandsgaard Hotel. Prices starting from NOK 1190 up to to NOK 2190 per double room per night/2 persons, and includes a buffet breakfast. The hotel holds up to 79 guests and has a spa that includes a large swimming pool and a gym. After an intensive day of skiing, your body can use a warm jacuzzi, let me tell you! The hotel has a charming and traditional Norwegian interior and four floors. The rooms are quite spacious and look out on the piste or forest. It had snowed so much when I arrived, that the snow fell into the room as I opened my window!
There are several food options in the hotel. There is an exclusive wine cellar where you will find some exclusive wines plus you can book the place for a special dinner. The hotel's main restaurant is called Prepperiet and includes a cozy fireplace. The food, again, was amazing. Best pumpkin soon and ravioli I've ever had. And trust me, I've eaten a lot of soups in my life. The breakfast and lunch buffet area is located on the first floor and is simple, yet inviting. The breakfast is for champions and the veggies during lunchtime are crispy. Happy Elke.
I can honestly say, it's the best food i've had around a skiresort!
One thing I MUST mention is the food in Kvitvjell. If you've been skiing before, you know that lunch on the slopes is usually greasy and fat. Fries, pasta, cakes and sausages are some of the dishes you will find at most ski resorts. In Kvitfjell it's different. ients and I can honestly say, it's the best food i've had around a skiresort! You have a few options;
- Fôr
This restaurant is just 200 meters from the hotel and serves modern style Norwegian food. It's run by a few cool dudes (if I may call them that, because they looked like die hard snowboarders). I was lucky to enjoy a five course dinner and although ordered vegetarian food, I didn't end up with a simple pasta on my plate. From soup to the mushroom risotto, it was all beautifully set up and sooo tasty.
- Tyrihanstunet
This charming and traditional Norwegian place, is right on the piste and a great stopover to have a nutritious lunch. I ate the shrimp sandwich and it was huge! If you are a coffee addict, this is also the place because they serve the best coffee on the piste.
- Plaza Café
Situated next to the skishop is the Plaza Café. Come here for quality burgers, spaghetti, salads and drinks.
- Koia
For gluhwein, gourmet sausages and beer you come to this 300 (!) year old loghouse.
Lunch at Tyrihanstunet
The 300 year old Koia house is perfect for a après ski
Ski Conditions (and my experience on the World Cup slope!)
Because of the heavy snow throughout the night, fresh powder was everywhere and made the ski conditions top notch! It was like sliding through soft clouds and even though the sun didn't shine, it was such a great run to experience. There are a few options to go off piste but I recommend these to the more advanced skiërs. I had to try the infamous world cup piste of course, and although I was a little nervous, I managed to get down without falling. What a confident boost! The World Cup piste is 3,5 km in length, black and very popular with the skiers that I'd like to call; speedy conzales.
Go a little off piste and find stunning paths like these!
I loved it! But skiing in Norway is a little different from what you might be used to in Austria for example. Après Ski is something they've definitely heard of, but it's not the main objective here. People really come to Kvitfjell to enjoy the scenery, have a lovely family break or come over to improve their skills. People from Denmark, Sweden and Norway are amongst the biggest group of tourist that visit Kvitfjell but people from The Netherlands and Germany are also showing interest. In my opinion it's the ideal place for families and couples because it's perfect to combine with a weekend in Oslo, as it's only a 3 hour train ride from the capital!
So if you're looking for something a little different from what you are used to, enjoy a relaxed atmosfeer and great gastronomy, Kvitfjell is your town!
For more info about Kvitfjell and it's surroundings, visit their website.
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Room to Grow is a Montessori-inspired in-home daycare center for ages 2 to 5 in Portland, Oregon. Their mission is to "provide a safe space for your child to expand their new world through play, crafts, reading, and song."
Room to Grow proprietor Rachel Ivey, ever the self-effacing charmer, used the phrase "hipster free-range child care" when describing the vibe that she was looking for in a logo for her new in-home business. To that end, I worked with Rachel to select two friendly, organic-looking typefaces, (Paris Serif by La Goupil Paris and Wee Todd by Typadelic,) tweaked the letterforms a bit, and then illustrated an ivy vine encircling the wordmark as a nod to Rachel's last name. The logo colors were selected to match and complement the home's exterior paint job.


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Twitter enabled any person to reach anyone in the world directly with 140 characters of text. And, of course, you know it's now being used as a news source for millions of people throughout the world. News always breaks on Twitter before it breaks on television.
But WHY is the ability to reach the world directly in real time limited to text?
Why can't anyone in the world open an app on their smart phone, click one button – and INSTANTLY be streaming live to the world?
Why can't anyone open their phone, see a quick summary of all the people/brands they're following streaming right now — and tune into the one they want to consume in real time?
The massive opportunity I see is the ability to stream live to the world, direct from your mobile phone with the click of a button. Imagine a Twitter like platform, for live video.
Imagine a real time video feed of Syria with analysis from a local witnessing the events. Or Tahrir Square, Super Bowl, Mardi Gras, or any other major event of interest. A whole new breed of reporters would emerge — the people AT the location when something is happening in real time. Traditional media could even tap into these sources so as not to have to send video equipment to the location.
It's not a technology issue. Major media brands such as CNN, ESPN, and NBC already stream news and content live online. There is Ustream and Google Hangouts On Air, which indeed can do the trick. But only uber geeks use those platforms (from my experience).
The reason such a real time peer-to-peer video platform doesn't already exist is largely due to ease of use, along with the demand side of the equation. People aren't going to broadcast live, if no one is watching. The classic chicken and egg problem.
That said, I'm convinced a few influential people could kickstart such a platform. Someone such as Gary Vaynerchuk would draw quite an audience if he streamed 15 or 30 minutes every day or two. Or niche online media outlets such as GeekWire, for that matter. How about it Todd and John? Why not broadcast a 30 minute daily show, or weekly recap?
What's needed is a drop dead simple way for anyone to record live to the world from a smart phone with one click. It needs to JUST WORK – without any hassle or crashing. To start, you'd just enable people to share their broadcast link on Facebook or Twitter – but over time, a way to follow the people, or eventually brands, you were interested in – and have a quick and easy way to figure out when the people you care about are broadcasting.
In every single vertical, we are seeing a shift to P2P. I'm not sure when it will happen, but I'm convinced live streaming from your phone is the next phase of news.
Drew Meyers is the co-founder of Oh Hey World. Global nomad originating in Seattle. Ex-Zillow community builder. Social Entrepreneur. Microfinance advocate. Travel addict. Fan of Red Hot Chili Peppers and Kiva. Find him on Twitter @drewmeyers.


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City of Longmont, Colorado
The Project
The City of Longmont sought to maximize transit‐oriented development (TOD) opportunities in an area south of downtown Longmont. The key components of the analysis included (1) a site capacity analysis of the 1st and Main transit site to determine potential ranges for the amount of supportable TOD; (2) a financial model documenting revenues and expenditures for the City over a 25-year period including estimates of tax increment attributable to the redevelopment; and (3) a strategy for land assemblage, execution of the vision, and next steps to attract public/private partnerships to implement a TOD at the 1st and Main site.
Our Role
EPS teamed with a planning firm, the City, and the Regional Transportation District (RTD) to develop a number of site plans that accommodated the needs of RTD and also respected the vision the City had established for revitalization. The development options provided alternative concepts for office, retail, multifamily housing, and structured parking. EPS provided recommendations regarding the highest and best use for the site from both a market and placemaking perspective. These recommendations were based on market analysis completed by EPS and financial pro forma that evaluated the feasibility of constructing alternative types of development. EPS provided both the City and RTD with greater clarity regarding the vision for the station area and a more concrete set of steps that can be taken to move that vision to action.
Components of the analysis were used as inputs in a residual land value model that provided that City with an estimate of potential revenues that could be generated by future land sales. City Council supported the vision and financial analysis and is moving forward with an infrastructure master plan for the area.


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Professional Community for Car Dealers, Marketing, Advertising and Sales Leaders
When we first built our company in 2013, we had a big fear. It was a sense of urgency that drove us to make aggressive moves, hire talented people when we didn't have the revenue to support them, and drink lots of coffee to stay ahead of the competition. The fear came from the certainty that automotive social media vendors would catch wind about the true power of social media to drive local car buyers to the dealers' websites and produce an extremely high return on investment.
Fast forward to the middle of 2015 and as we approach our two-year anniversary, we're happy to say that there are only a handful (two that we know of for certain) who have adopted a proper combination of public posts and dark posts through targeted advertising that accomplishes the goal of selling more cars. The rest are still stuck in the same old social media strategies that have produced very little for the last five years.
When I say that we're happy about it, that's the business owner in me. The "car guy" portion is disgusted. How in the world can companies continue to peddle worthless social media products to car dealers? Social media has the data. Through sites like Facebook, dealers can target hand-raisers with relevant messages that bring them to the most important pages on a dealer's website: inventory, specials, and landing pages.
Why are we still seeing generic brand posts? Why are dealers being asked to pay thousands of dollars per month on PPC advertising when they can use social media dark posts to send great traffic at a fraction of the cost? Why aren't more vendors hopping on the bandwagon that's been going for nearly three years now?
It took a conversation with a friend who works at an OEM-level vendor to find the answer. "We know it works, but it's not scalable."
Oooooh. I get it now. It's not ignorance about the fact that these strategies work that keeps vendors from utilizing them. It's a focus on the financial component, the profit margin, that makes it less appealing to the vendor even though it's more effective for the dealers.
In a way, it's my fault. I haven't posted enough about it over the last two years in fear that we'll let the cat out of the bag. In a way, it's the dealers' fault. If you're here reading this, chances are you do not fall into that category since you're clearly researching the subject, but the majority of dealers are keeping these social media vendors going by buying mediocre products. They don't have a need to roll up their sleeves and work on the unscalable ROI-based aspect of social media marketing because they're doing just fine selling the stuff that doesn't work.
I should be rejoicing. I should be counting my blessings and acknowledging that this is what has allowed us to grow our company so well over the last year and a half. I'm not. I'm annoyed. The car business deserves better than what these vendors are pushing. I've been a vendor for nearly a decade but in the battle for where my heart is, I'm still a car guy. That's why this makes me so frustrated.
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Steamboat Monroe
In his History of Monroe County, Michigan, Talcott E. Wing summarized the happenings between 1825 and 1834 in the rapidly growing port of Monroe. One of the events he recorded occurred on July 22, 1825 when a bateau arrived at the Monroe wharf from the River Thames, with 150 bushels of wheat for grinding after a trip of 180 miles. The Canadians shipped the wheat for grinding to Monroe because a drought in the vicinity of the Thames had lowered water power and prevented grinding the grists there.
Talcott Wing pointed out that history had come full circle in relations with the River Thames Canadians. Just twelve years before, the British and Native Americans had caused citizens to flee from Frenchtown in the depths of winter to save their lives and the lives of their families. Now just twelve years later, Monroe citizens were enjoying independence and comfort and they could do a good deed for their former enemies by charging them reasonable amounts of toll for the grists.
On September 16, 1825, a 70-foot-long pine pump log arrived at the River Raisin from the River St. Clair. Six yoke of oxen hauled the log from the River Raisin and delivered it to James Hale, who was building a distillery in what later would be Monroe's first ward. [1]
In the late 1830's and early 1840's, steamboats established routes between the Maumee River and many Lake Erie ports, including Buffalo, Cleveland, Sandusky, and Monroe. Eventually they expanded beyond Detroit to ports on the upper lakes like Chicago and Milwaukee. Geographically blessed by its location on Lake Erie's shore, Monroe grew into a bustling port and the citizens of Monroe grew accustomed to steam engine whistles and the hustle bustle of unloading, transporting, and delivering cargos from other lake ports. Some of the captains of the growing list of great lakes steamers chose Monroe as their home port and several of the new lake steamships were either built at Monroe or owned and financed by Monroe entrepreneurs. Monroe played an important part in firmly establishing steam boat traffic and prosperity on Lake Erie.
Captain Harry Whitaker and the James Monroe
Captain Harry Whitaker, born on March 26, 1801, enjoyed a reputation among his contemporaries as one of the most successful steamship captains on the Great Lakes. He built and commanded the James Monroe, built in Monroe, Michigan Territory, one of the first steamships on the Great Lakes. Captain Whitaker spent several years in Monroe, making many friends and leaving a deep imprint on Monroe history before he left to captain other ships and live in New York, and finally Detroit. The 1850 United States Federal Census shows that Harry Whitaker, age 49, lived in Buffalo, New York with his wife Maria, 41, his son Charles, 22, and his daughters Delia, 20, and Maria 13. By 1880, he had moved back to Detroit
Talcott E. Wing in his History of Monroe County, Michigan, wrote that Captain Whitaker told him that since the beginning of his career, he had commanded 18 steamers, some of them for only a short time, but he never lost a life or a pound of freight. He first shipped on the sloop Huntington, earning $6.00 a month. In 1821, he served as wheelsman on the Walk-in-the-Water and in 1824, he commanded the schooner Macedonia and in 1828, the steamers Peacock and Pioneer. In 1834 he commanded the steamer Monroe.
The Buffalo Whig described the Monroe as a "fine high pressure boat of about three hundred and fifty tones burthen superbly finished and furnished and in point of safety, convenience and speed, and beauty is exceeded by few if any." The Monroe was originally owned by the River Raisin Steam Boat Company and was built in Monroe Michigan Territory in 1834.
The Western Star, a Buffalo newspaper, reported that on Monday, October 6, 1834, the splendid steam boat Monroe, Captain Whitaker entered the harbor for the first time the Thursday morning before. "She is indeed a splendid boat and shows well for the spirit of enterprise which actualizes our neighbors of the far west."
On Wednesday, October 8, 1834, the Buffalo Whig noted that the new steam boat Monroe, Captain H. Whittaker, came into port for the first time on Thursday morning of the week before. The Whig account said that the Monroe was owned by the River Raisin Steam Boat Company and was built at Monroe, Michigan Territory. The Whig reported that the Monroe was 145 feet in length, its beam measured 47 feet and it had 350 runs burden. Her Gentlemen's Cabin had 33 berths, Ladies 33 berths, 12 berths and four state rooms. Forward 33 berths, 51 berths, and steerage 20 berths.
"This boat is certainly of fine appearance, and is very handsomely finished. She came in in the morning during a heavy gale, which she had buffeted the whole night. Her captain informs us he has seldom seen a worse night upon the lake. The sea stove a boat suspended astern, and carried it away, making a full breach into the cabin windows and over the deck at the same time. With such a christening, and acquitting herself well, as she did, her reputation as a sea boat is established. Barker & Holt, Agents."
In 1835, George William Featherstonhaugh, the first official geologist of the United States, traveled aboard the steamer Monroe from Mackinac to Green Bay as part of a trip into the Michigan and Wisconsin Territories. He noted that as the Monroe put out into the bay, the "lofty island, the old French fort conspicuous in the distance, the American fort a dazzling whiteness just above the town and numerous groups of Indians standing hear their lodges to view the departure of the steamer which moved on in gallant style with four Kentish buglers playing a lively air, concurred to produce one of those rare effects which a traveler sometimes witnesses.[2]
In 1837, the Milwaukee Sentinel claimed that in July 1836 the Monroe had earned the distinction of being the first steamboat to enter Milwaukee Harbor, and in 1834 she was the second steamer to visit Sault Ste. Marie. She called between the Lake Michigan ports of Green Bay and Milwaukee, Sault Ste. Marie, Mackinaw and down Lake Huron and Lake Erie to Buffalo.
The James Monroe experienced many owners and a varied history before it was lost off Cattaraugus, New York in 1845. Its owners included Detroit shippers William Brewster and Andrew F. McReynolds and several others from Buffalo. In 1835, the James Monroe collided with a stone scow in Erie Harbor, in 1837 it went ashore at Point Abino in Lake Erie, and it was rebuilt as a bark in 1843.
Friend Palmer of Detroit happened to be a passenger on the steamer the United States in the winter of 1845, when its Captain Whitaker performed an astonishing feat in the history of navigation. While the United States made the passage between Detroit and Buffalo on March 10, 1845, it encountered a five-mile-wide mass of rotten ice. Suddenly, the steamer struck solid ice. Quick thinking Captain Whitaker got all the passengers on the upper deck and had them run in a body from one side of the steamer to the other. This action gave the United States a rolling motion and then Captain Whitaker backed up the steamer and then let her drive with a full head of steam into the sheet of ice. Captain Whitaker continued the maneuver for two days within full sight of Buffalo before he finally worked the United States free to steam her way to Detroit. [3]
Captain Whitaker Builds the A.D. Patchin
The Buffalo Daily Courier & Pilot of Friday, September 4, 1846, described the new A.D. Patchin as being unsurpassed "for beauty, symmetry of proportion, and about the trimmest craft that floats these waters." On January 13, 1847, the Cleveland Herald Weekly highlighted some A.D. Patchin details, reporting that she weighed 873.78 tons and cost $65,000 dollars. She appeared on the list of new vessels built on Lake Erie during 1846. The A.D. Patchin stranded and broke up near South Wagoshene Light in Lake Michigan on September 17, 1850. On May 15, 1851, the steamer Lexington rescued her machinery.[4]
Captain Whitaker and the Baltic
As well as being the owner and master of Great Lakes ships, Captain Whitaker also invented ship improvements. A story in the Buffalo Daily Republic of Friday, March 3, 1854, informed readers that the old steamer Baltic had been converted to a propeller with Captain Whitaker's invention of side screw wheels. Lake captains were interested in this invention which if successful would revolutionize the building of lake craft. Captain Arthur Edwards owned the Baltic and Captain Averill, formerly of the propeller Charter, was its present captain.
The Democracy of Buffalo in a story dated Monday July 10, 1854, featured Captain Whitaker's memoranda of his side propeller invention and its operation. Captain Whitaker kept a log of a Baltic trip from Buffalo to Cleveland with his side propellers operating instead of a paddle wheel. He compared the Baltic's performance with a propeller with the performance of the Michigan, which operated with a paddle wheel and reported that the Baltic beat the Michigan by about one mile an hour.
Captain Whitaker summed up his invention by pointing out that the Baltic's success proved that "even if two engines and two propellers were used, they would give boats of the Mississippi and its tributaries, the entire room of the deck and hull for freight, and save from one to two hundred tons' weight of engines. All large, sharp, passenger boats, should have from four to six propellers to give them a very high rate of speed."
Talcott Wing concluded his sketch of Captain Whitaker by noting that he died on June 30, 1890 in his 87th year in full possession of his faculties and in the enjoyment of a good old age. He is buried in Woodmere Cemetery in Detroit.
Other Monroe Lake Captains and Steamers
Besides Captain Whitaker, other captains and steamers built or owned vessels of excellent construction and quality at Monroe.
Captain George Washington Strong
George Washington "G.W." Strong was born on April 10, 1800 and died in Kalamazoo on February 29, 1892 at age 91. He was a pioneer steamboat captain of Lake Erie. The husband of Hannah Blackman Vickers, one of his sons, Captain George Albert Strong, was also a ship captain.
A story in the Monroe Democrat dated Thursday, March 3, 1892, characterized Captain Strong as "one of Monroe's oldest and most thorough citizens." His family brought his body from Kalamazoo and his funeral services were held from the house of his daughter Mrs. Helen Deffenbaugh with Reverend L.B. Bissell officiating. He is buried in Woodland Cemetery in Monroe.
George W. Strong owned a sidewheel steamer called the Helen Strong and his son Captain Albert Strong commanded it. F.N. Jones built the wooden sidewheel steamer Helen Strong at Monroe, Michigan in 1845 for George W. Strong who also lived in Monroe. The Helen Strong had one deck, one mast, and measured 142 feet in length, 19 feet 10-inch beam, and eight feet in depth with 207.41 tonnage.
On November 19, 1846, the Helen Strong carrying dry goods and passengers blew ashore in a gale about four miles above Barcelona, New York, just east of Twenty Mile Creek in Lake Erie. Two lives out of 60 were lost and the Helen Strong was disabled.[5]
Captain G.W. Strong and the Macomb
Weeks, Allen, and several others from Detroit originally owned the Macomb, a wooden sidewheel steamer built at Mt. Clemens, Michigan, in 1837, but eventually George W. Strong bought the two- masted ship. The Macomb measured 91 feet, six inches with a 17'6" beam, a depth of 6'9", and tonnage of 101.73.
On October 10, 1837, the Macomb was enrolled at Detroit and a little over two weeks later she ran from Detroit to Port Huron on her maiden trip. In 1838 and 1839 she had two owners: C. Clemens and others from Mt. Clemens and Sylvester F. Atwood of Mt. Clemens. On May 21, 1839, she was lengthened at Detroit and she measured 107'2"x 17'6" x 6'9", 104.07 tons. She ran Detroit-Toledo, Ohio and Fort Gratiot. In 1841, the Macomb ran Detroit-Perrysburg, Monroe & Toledo. On November 19, 1842, she ran ashore at the mouth of the Huron (Clinton) River.
On May 8, 1843, G.W. Strong of Monroe, Michigan owned the Macomb. On November 19, 1843, the Macomb ran ashore near Malden. The passengers were taken off and the Macomb was salvaged and laid up at Monroe, Michigan.
In 1845, the Macomb was rebuilt as a schooner or tug boat, possibly the Algonac, 42.38 tons.[6]
Captain George Albert Strong
Captain George Albert Strong, the son of George Washington Strong and Hannah Backus, was born in 1824 in Vermont and he was a steamboat captain before the Civil War. He enlisted as a captain for three years in Company I, 15th Michigan Volunteer Infantry. He died on board the Union Army chartered hospital river transport "War Eagle" from wounds he received at the Battle of Shiloh on April 6, 1862. He is buried in Woodland Cemetery, Monroe.
Captain Alonzo D. Perkins
Alonzo D. Perkins was born in Bath, Maine. He married Katherine Norman and they had three children: Thomas, Norman, and Marianne Perkins Nims. He was the captain of Great Lakes vessels: western Metropolis, Morning Star, Southerner, Constitution, Anthony Wayne, Arrow, and Evening Star. He is buried in Woodland Cemetery in Monroe, Michigan.
Captain Perkins commanded the Constitution. Launched and enrolled at Cleveland, Ohio, in June and July 1837. The Constitution passed through several owners before October 8,1847, when John Vail, Buffalo; Isaac Pheatt, Toledo, OH and Edward Bronson, Monroe, Michigan, assumed ownership of her. In 1848, Tunis Van Brunt of the Detroit District was listed as her sole owner, with Captain A.B. Perkins her master. In 1849 she was abandoned, and her machinery installed in the steamer J.D. Morton.[7]
The Southerner
The Southerner was built at Monroe in 1847 by A.C. Keating and owned by Benjamin F. Field and others. Captain A.D. Perkins commanded her. She was a wooden side wheeler with one deck. In 1847, she was enrolled new at Detroit and ran the rest of the season unfinished in the Monroe trade hauling freight in connection with the Southern Railroad. In 1847-1848 she went on layup and received an upper cabin for passenger service in the Buffalo, Toledo, and Monroe trade. In 1852, she was enrolled in Cleveland and served on the Cleveland and Detroit Line and in 1853 she served on the Dunkirk, Cleveland, Sandusky, and Toledo line with the New York and Erie Railroad. On October 28, 1853, she broke in two and washed ashore off Ashtabula Harbor on Lake Erie at a total loss.[8]
Anthony Wayne
Anthony Wayne was owned by Fifield & Sterling and Captain A.D. Perkins commanded her. She was built in 1837 in Perrysburgh, Ohio and launched on May 20, 1837 to run the Perrysburgh-Toledo, Ohio, Buffalo, New York route. By 1844 she had Monroe owners. On April 28, 1850, her boiler exploded and she sunk off Vermilion, Ohio in Lake Erie with the loss of 38 lives.[9]
The Arrow
Captain A.D. Perkins and Ira Davis commanded the Arrow which was built at Trenton, Michigan. She was enrolled on June 19, 1848 at Detroit and began service between Sandusky and the Lake Erie island in 1849. Between 1851-1857 she ran between Detroit and Toledo and in 1857 she ran from Buffalo, New York to Chippewa, Ontario. In 1858 she was transferred to Green Bay, Wisconsin to run ports on the east shore of Lake Michigan. In 1863, Charles T. Harley and others of Detroit formed the Lake Superior Forwarding Company at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan and ran the Arrow from Chicago to Lake Superior ports. In 1864 she was condemned at Green Bay.[10]
Captain Selah Dustin
In 1847, Captain Selah Dustin, purchased an interest in the John Owen which ran between Detroit and Toledo stopping at Monroe. There was no railroad competition at the time, so Captain Dustin made a great deal of money.
A few years later, Captain Dustin commanded the Dart, which also plied the Detroit, Monroe, Toledo route. In 1854, when the Detroit, Monroe & Toledo Railroad was built, the Dart was placed on the upriver route, making trips between Detroit and Port Huron. For two years, the Dart didn't have any competition and made money for her owners, but in 1856 Captain E.B. Ward noticed the Dart's profitability and he began operating a boat on the route. This action provoked a war of rates between the Dart and the Ward boat. Both captains gradually reduced the fare to Port Huron to 25 cents a round trip and Captain Ward installed a band for the patrons on his boat. Eventually, both captains included meals to entice passengers.
When the fare wars began, Captain Dustin was worth about $50,000, an amount that couldn't compete with Captain Ward's fortune. The fare wars and the sinking of his fruit boat operating between Chicago and St. Joseph, Michigan bankrupted him and he retired from the Great Lakes. He died in St. Mary's Hospital in Detroit on August 13, 1888 at age 71, and he is buried in Woodmere Cemetery in Detroit.
A Few Steamers Stopping at Monroe, 1830s, 1840s
- DeWitt Clinton. Stolham Wing from Monroe and Carlos Colton owners. Captains Brown and Ludlow commanded her.
- Griffith. William V. Studdiford owned her and Captain Roby was master.
- James Wolcott. Governeur Morris and Selah Dustin commanded her.
- General Macomb. Captains Choate and Atwood commanded her.
- Arrow. Captain A.D. Perkins and Ira Davis commanded her.
- General Brady. Captain Burtis, master.
- Indian Chief. J.J. Godfroy
- John Owen. Ira Davis, captain.
- John Hollister. Selah Dustin, captain.
[1] Talcott E. Wing, Editor. History of Monroe, Michigan. New York: Munsell & Company Publishers, 1890, p. 136.
[2] Lost Passenger Steamships of Lake Michigan, Ted St. Mane
[3] Friend Palmer. Early Days in Detroit. Detroit: Hunt & June, 1906. P. 32
[4] Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library. Great Lakes Maritime History Collection.
[5] Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library. Great Lakes Maritime History Collection. From the collection of C. Patrick Labadie.
[6] Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library. Great Lakes Maritime History http://greatlakeships.org/2900909/data?n=1Collection.
[7] Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library. Great Lakes Maritime History
[8] Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library. Great Lakes Maritime History
[9] Alpena County George H. Fletcher Public Library Great Lakes Maritime History
[10] Alpena County George H. Fletcher Library, Great Lakes Maritime History


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- Oscar DardenLicensing InstructorOscar DardenLicensing Instructor
Being a Real Estate Broker has given me the opportunity to use my talents, experiences and education in one career. I have recently earned the designation of Realtor Emeritus. As an instructor for the CB Real Estate School I'm able to share with students what I have learned during forty years of working in the real estate industry. When I'm not selling or teaching I enjoy hands on hobbies such as rebuilding computers, automobiles, and rehabbing or renovating properties.
Classroom Experience:
"I took the test yesterday and was able to pass it with confidence, and I owe it a lot to Oscar's lectures and his ability to really get the point across."
"Oscar happily explained subjects that we were confused about thoroughly."
"Oscar shared so much real world experiences and a working knowledge of the Real Estate Industry, which I really appreciated."
"Oscar Darden was beyond an instructor with his wealth of knowledge and experience within this industry. I feel very fortunate to have chosen this location for my studies."
"Excellent instructor. A lot of real life experience, funny, down-to-earth, definitely kept us on point. I really appreciate all his knowledge and expertise."
"I loved my instructor, Oscar Darden, he was so professional, provided an abundance of information, and a shared a lot of his experience with us. I loved it. Every minute of it."
"I love how he transferred all his experience into teaching us."
- Wynnone DudekLicensing InstructorWynnone DudekLicensing Instructor
The things that drew me to real estate are being an independent contractor and having control of my own business. But most of all, the genuine satisfaction from helping clients find the perfect home or sell their property at a great price. Adding to my love of real estate, I have a huge love for teaching real estate classes. Here are my top 10 reasons why:
- Sharing experiences.
- Sharing my enthusiasm for the subject matter.
- I feel very rewarded when that little light bulb goes off.
- Guiding students to success, both individually and through group work.
- To feel like my work has a purpose (outside of the income).
- My acting career never took off (just kidding).
- My students constantly surprise me.
- The feeling of accomplishment when seeing the growth of student's knowledge, confidence and skills.
- It keeps me learning new things every day.
- I'm told that I'm good at it.
When I'm out of the classroom I love spending time with my 3 fabulous grandchildren, hanging out with my husband, friends, and my four-legged tail-waggers.
Classroom Experience:
"I just completed the 90 hour course and am so grateful for the skill and guidance of Wynnone."
"She provided pertinent examples to explain the material and brought a sense of real life application to the class."
"Wynnone was open to all questions, no matter how insignificant. She always made you feel like you 'could get this'!"
- Dennis SladekLicensing InstructorDennis SladekLicensing Instructor
Over the years, I have found that a career in real estate is stimulating, exciting and always changing. No two transactions are ever the same!
Ushering in new licensees and helping them prepare them for their real estate career is very rewarding for/to me.
When I'm not teaching licensing classes I enjoy working with electronics, playing tennis and bowling. I am currently the President and Trustee of Amateur Radio Chicago, a forward thinking Amateur Radio Club with a dedication to the advancement of digital radio communications.
As a native of Chicago, my favorite food is Pizza! I like to eat pizza, any kind of pizza. Preferably Chicago style deep dish with extra sauce.
Classroom Experience:
"Dennis was amazing and extraordinarily knowledgeable."
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While teaching I always learn something new, and I meet wonderful people who want to earn the opportunity to sell the American Dream! One of the things I love about being an active Real Estate Broker is helping families find their dream home. There's nothing better than seeing their faces at the closing when they receive the keys to their new home. When I'm not working, I love to spend time with family and friends. I also love to cook and sew, and am just learning how to quilt.
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Commonly Asked Licensing Questions
An Illinois Broker's License allows you to sell real estate throughout Illinois. To obtain a Broker's license you must successful complete a 75 hour Broker Pre-License course, and then the State Exam. The coursework includes:
The 60 Hour Broker Pre-Licensing Topics Course (Can be completed in a Class or Online)
The 15 Hour Applied Real Estate Principles Course (Must be presented in interactive classroom environment)
In Illinois, a person needs a Broker's License if they provide assistance which is in any way intended to result in the sale or lease of real estate.
There are 3 options for completing the required course with The Coldwell Banker Real Estate School:
- Day Classes (Express Class) meet for 10 days Monday thru Friday.
- Night Classes meet for 15 sessions, 3 nights a week for 4 hours each night.
- The Online/Classroom option allows you to complete the 60 hour course online, and then take the 15-hour interactive course in a classroom environment.
The classroom option is an all-inclusive package that provides professional classroom instruction, a comprehensive textbook and additional study materials for $599
The Online/Classroom option allows you to complete the 60-hour course online for $425, and then take the 15-hour interactive course separately for $125. We recommend that you do the 60-hour online course first, then register for the 15-hour course to complete the total 75 hours of required coursework. The total cost for the Online/Classroom option is $550.
The state exam is divided into two sections, the National Portion and the State Portion. The National portion has 100 multiple choice questions and the State portion has 40 multiple choice questions. You will have 3 ½ hours to complete the exam and the cost is $55.
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When you receive a pass on your "Score Report", CELEBRATE!! Then here's what you do: Be sure to keep the original "Score Report" and the 45 Day Permit given to you when you completed your exam in a safe place. You will need them when you affiliate with a Real Estate Brokerage Company. Once you have decided on a Brokerage Company, notify the Managing Broker of your intention. You will then need to provide the signed and dated "Score Report", 45 Day Permit Card and the original transcript you received from the Real Estate School where you completed your 75 Hour Broker Pre-Licensing Class. The Brokerage Company you choose to affiliate with should have a comprehensive program and action plan to help you to get your real estate business started. .
State Exams: You are given 4 opportunities in 4 years to pass the State Exam. Upon completion of the exam you will receive a "Score Report" which indicates your results. If you receive a fail report, be sure to review material you didn't know or were unsure of, and then schedule your re-take. You will only be required to repeat the portion(s) you failed. There's a $55 fee each time you take the State exam.
You have up to 4 years from the date on the Original Transcript you received from the Real Estate School where you completed your 75-Hour Broker Pre-License Class to take the state exam. Once you have taken the state exam you have 1 year to pass. The state gives you 4 opportunities to pass the exam.
Illinois has Real Estate License Reciprocity with a number of other states, a list of which can be found on the IDFPR web site. Please note that some states might require you to pass a state specific exam prior to qualifying for License Reciprocity.
It is possible to begin your real estate business as a part time agent, and this is an excellent topic to discuss with your Managing Broker. Your Managing Broker can be a wonderful source of guidance and direction in setting goals to work toward building a thriving real estate career.
If you allowed your license to expire, you have 2 years to the day to pay your renewal fees and any late renewal penalties. You also must complete any outstanding Continuing Education required by IDFPR. If your license has expired for more than for 2 years from the renewal date, you will need to obtain a new license by completing the 75 Hour Broker Pre-License Course.


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The Bantay Lansangan (Road Watch ) Experience: Improving the Philippine Road Sector through Vigilant Monitoring and Volunteerism
Bantay Lansangan (Road Watch) was a 30-month project aimed at monitoring and advocating reforms in the Philippine road sector. Started in November 2007, Bantay Lansangan was a multi-sector partnership of 23 organizations that mobilize the active participation of government, private sector, citizen groups, NGOs, and development partners to act collectively and strategically in monitoring the performance of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in its function of providing quality road sector services to the public.
The Bantay Lansangan membership includes representative organizations from road users, governance advocates, media, road service providers, national road asset managers, government partners, regulators and enforcers, centers of expertise, and development partners.
Public infrastructure is a vital component of local service delivery, a key thematic area of ANSA-EAP. This makes it important to study and document Bantay Lansangan as an approach to road sector reform that centers on constructive engagement between citizen groups and government.
This is a documentation of Bantay Lansangan. The paper looks at the project's conceptual design, operational framework, relationship between its secretariat and local partners, modes of partnership, and terms of engagement among partners, among others. The case study includes stories that describe the model and the experiences of local Bantay Lansangan partners in Iloilo, Kalinga, and Abra provinces. These stories help to illustrate the emerging experiences and insights of key Bantay Lansangan stakeholders.
This paper should be seen as an initial attempt to advance the agenda and capacity of citizen groups to monitor road construction projects and strengthen citizen group capacities in engaging government for good governance. Written in cooperation with Transparency and Accountability Network, Inc. (TAN), which provides secretariat support to Bantay Lansangan, this documentation is written in a compelling narrative style that depicts a holistic portrayal of Bantay Lansangan's experiences and results. The narrative describes Bantay Lansangan's processes, main actors, chronology, including perceived strengths and weaknesses, key issues and concerns as identified as such by project actors.
The narrative is based on actual experience and information. It has been written in a highly readable style suitable for a general audience and integrates and summarizes key information about Bantay Lansangan. The narrative is complete to the extent that it serves as the eyes and ears of a third party partner of TAN and Bantay Lansangan who wants to appreciate what happened and is happening with Bantay Lansangan.
The narrative includes key background information about the stakeholders, phases in the program's process, significant events and incidents, early indicators of both failures and successes, and key quotes from actors, emerging insights and lessons. When read, the narrative depicts the experiences of the main stakeholders of Bantay Lansangan.
The narrative does not end with a synthesis or concluding analysis. Instead, it ends by outlining observable, evidence-based trends and patterns that characterize the Bantay Lansangan experience so far, and by suggesting areas for further inquiry. Click here to get PDF


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PR(05)17: Liechtenstein fails to implement the electronic communications regulatory package
The EFTA Surveillance Authority delivered a reasoned opinion to Liechtenstein today for failing to implement into national law the new regulatory framework for electronic communications.
The regulatory package consists of a number of legislative measures aimed at further liberalising and harmonising the market for electronic communications networks and services in Europe. Broadcasting networks are now also subject to the same rules.
The reasoned opinion concerns in particular the following Directives:
- The Access Directive (2002/19/EC);
- The Authorisation Directive (2002/20/EC);
- The Framework Directive (2002/21/EC);
- The Universal Service Directive (2002/22/EC); and
- The Directive on competition in the markets for electronic communications networks and services (2002/77/EC).
The new regulatory framework entered into force in the EU on 25 July 2003. The European Commission took already a number of EU States to Court in April 2004 for failure to ensure timely transposition.
The incorporation of the new package into the EEA Agreement has been delayed. However, Liechtenstein should have transposed these Directives into national law before 1 November 2004. None of the said Directives have been taken into national law as of yet.
The purpose of a reasoned opinion is to give the State in question a last chance to take corrective measures before the Authority decides whether to bring the matter before the EFTA Court. Liechtenstein has been given three months to take the measures necessary to comply with the reasoned opinion.
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Stacey Reed Hanlon
Stacey Reed Hanlon is one of the Valley's funniest performers. As a veteran actress who got her improvising start in New York City, Reed has brought her natural knack for creating zany characters with strong personalities to Phoenix, helping found the Valley's longform improv theater The Torch Theatre.
Reed Hanlon, a 37-year-old Phoenix resident and client specialist at Standard Printing Company, has been performing improv in the Valley for almost 10 years, in notable troupes such as Mail Order Bride, Light Rail Pirates, JaxN Reed, and The Foundation. She's also an instructor at Valley Youth Theatre and The Torch Theatre, and does private musical theater coaching and improv troupe coaching. The talented improviser also has serious acting chops, having taken the stage for memorable gems such as A Bloody Mary Christmas at Space 55.
You can catch Reed Hanlon on stage with Mail Order Bride, Light Rail Pirates and JaxN Reed at the 13th Annual Phoenix Improv Festival, taking place this Thursday, April 17 through Saturday, April 19, at the Herberger Theater Center in downtown Phoenix. Read on what drives her passion for theater, as well as to watch her talk about her favorite reasons for living in the Valley.
What brought you to Arizona?
I'm originally from Clinton, Ohio and went to college at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh to study English and French. I had always wanted to live in New York, and I moved there after college and worked in public relations for about seven years.
I met my boyfriend at the time, now my husband, whose parents had retired here. He moved here to be closer to family and really enjoyed the change of pace. I went through some professional changes in New York, and I missed him, so I decided to give Arizona a try and come out for a year, back in 2005. Here I am nine years later. I never would have thought I'd be living in Phoenix, and I never thought I would move across the country for a boy!
When did you first start acting?
Around age 9 or 10, I started taking acting classes after bugging my mom to do it. She probably obliged because she was sick of me listening to the musical Annie over and over again.
My mom was definitely influential in me listening to musicals and singing, since she's really musical herself. My teacher suggested I audition for something, and I was in my first play at 10. It was Winnie the Pooh at a professional children's theater, and I think "Fuzzy Bunny" was my name in the script. I did musicals and plays through high school and a little bit in college.
How did you first get interested in improv?
The theater troupe I was a part of in college started an improvisational off-shoot, and I had done some improv through acting classes and enjoyed that.
When I moved to New York, I saw an improv show at the Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB), and I left thinking, "This is awesome." It was improv as an art form, and I'd never seen that before – I'd only seen short-form improv, not improv in a scenic situation. I remember walking away thinking, "I wonder if I can do that."
I started taking classes at UCB, and I was so terrible. After I finished, I found out Armando Diaz, after which the improv format the "Armando" is named, was teaching his own courses. I took a few of his classes, and that was the turning point for me with improv. He came at it in a little different way, and I felt like I was finally starting to get it. I met people in his class from Chicago who were like-minded, and we ended up forming a troupe together in New York.
How did you get involved in the Arizona improv scene?
After I moved here, there was an ad on (audition notice site) Durantcom.com for an improv group called The Originals. Working with this troupe was great because we not only had fun on stage, we genuinely enjoyed each other as people. We spent tons of time together once we joined the troupe. It was great to be able to become a part of the improv community by performing with that troupe.
The Originals were doing short-form with a little bit of long-form, but I wanted more long-form improv. I started becoming more involved with the Phoenix Improv Festival, and ended up forming a new troupe, Light Rail Pirates. We're still going strong.
What makes a great performer, and what makes you a great performer?
I think the key to being a good performer is to be fully present and to trust yourself and your fellow performers, even if it's a manufactured trust. That's the hugest thing.
In a play, once you're off-book, the character can start to have a life of its own, and you just begin to live in the moment. When you're improvising, you should be in the same mindset, in that you're not "thinking" any more, you are just in the moment and allowing this relationship to happen between two people.
I almost equate it to when you learn a foreign language, where you start to think in that language, rather than simply translate.
What are your tips for staying fully present and in the moment?
Eye contact is huge. Being fully engaged and really listening to what the other person offers you is really important. It's not just listening to what someone is saying, but figuring out what they mean.
Do you have any tips for strong character development in improv?
Choosing an emotion is always a great way to go, because it will force you to have some type of relationship with whomever you're playing with.
How would you describe The Torch Theatre's improv instruction?
It's awesome, and it's become a nicely accessible program. You start with games and exercises that will get you started thinking in the right way, then you move into scene work, then you move into specific formats. It's a very natural progression and easy-to-digest way of learning improvisation.
I think The Torch does a really nice job of giving its students an opportunity to perform, because that is really where you're going to learn about where the audience is being responsive and how that changes your energy. I think that's really cool, because a lot of other theater programs don't have as many opportunities for students to perform.
How would you describe yourself as an instructor?
My goal as an instructor is to obviously make you better at what you're doing, but also to make you more confident with what you've already mastered. I think constructive criticism is huge, and I do it with love.
Why is long-form improv so appealing to you?
There are definitely merits to both short-form and long-form, but for me, long-form is more challenging than short-form. I see long-form as a more artistic type of expression than short-form because it does border on a play or something that's a little more thoughtful work, and you have a bigger pay-off.
Doing short-form, it feels good and you get laughs and that's great, but long-form is really a team sport. You have to support your fellow players, and at the end of it, you should be exhausted and have no clue what just happened.
What can people expect from the Phoenix Improv Festival?
We're having troupes from L.A., New York, Chicago, and Boston coming in. It's always cool to see troupes from other parts of the country and how their performances are different from what we do. Even though all of our troupes with The Torch Theatre are all really different, you kind of start to form a similar style, so it's nice to shake things up a little bit.
How would you say the Valley's improv scene stands out in the country?
It's very different in its mindset in that it's a very welcoming community of improvisers. People – hopefully – immediately feel welcome, whereas in New York, the improv scene is great, but it's competitive and political and definitely not a place where people are always supporting each other's efforts.
Here, it doesn't matter if you're a part of The Torch Theatre, or National Comedy Theatre, or Jester'Z, or Chaos Comedy, or any other improv troupe – there's a lot of cross-pollination, and we're all supporting each other. It's only in everybody's best interest to want everyone to succeed.
Also, other improv markets are really heavily male-dominated, while Phoenix and even Tucson have a lot of strong female performers and troupes. It's such a cool thing to see really strong female improvisers.
Why should people check out The Torch Theatre?
Improv is a relatively new art form in the scheme of art forms, and it's becoming much more mainstream. It's pretty amazing, because whatever we're creating exists for that one moment in time, and then it goes away. It's such a unique show for the performers and their audience to experience. We're in this room, and this thing is being created in front of our eyes, and it will never happen again.
Also, people should come to laugh and be entertained. It's a magical experience.
Who should take an improv class?
Anyone. We have people who want to improve their writing, or who want to improve their public speaking, or who want an excuse to do something goofy. And we have people who are professional performers who want to flesh out a way to creatively approach something. Really, anybody can be an improviser. We have a student who is literally a rocket scientist.
People approach improv from so many different ways, and that's where the magic happens, because there are so many different frames of reference. Even when you're playing a character, some element of you is in that character, for better or for worse, and that's what makes it so amazing.
Learn more about The Torch Theatre founder Bill Binder here on Phoenix People.


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Definition of public company
Public company, also known as public corporation, is a company whose shares are traded publicly and such a company has plenty of shareholders. The company offers its shares to the company as a public offering and the daily value of the company is evaluated because of daily trading that happens in the company.
Public company have plenty of advantages when compared to a private company that is the company can easily recover when facing losses by selling all of its shares. This of course will take place only by increasing the rigid rules and more Government inspection.
Features of a public company
The following are the features of a public company:
- A public company is created by keeping in mind the Act of the state.
- It is owned by the Government, and the Private corporations are not allowed to purchase shares in the Public Corporation
- The public company is managed by a Board of Directors that are selected from a group of people selected by the Government.
- The capital is financed by the Government.
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- It can have a unremitting survival despite the change in the Government.
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- If the company grows too much, it can lead to the company's bankruptcy.
A public company is answerable to the Government no matter what changes it decides to make with in the company. A public company has to abide by the rules that are laid out by the Securities and Exchange Commission, which includes disclosing financial statements to the shareholders who invest in the company.
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