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Alibaba Targets Russia
June 08, 2015
Alibaba, China's biggest online commerce company, is beginning to make moves in Russia. According to a recent article in the American financial news and services website, TheStreet, Inc., Alibaba is looking to continue its growth by increasing its presence in the Russian eCommerce market.
Alibaba has solid market control in China's eCommerce industry, but it's looking to flex its muscles in the global playing field by creating a stronger presence in Russia. Russia's emerging $14.5 billion eCommerce market has a few local players, like Ulmart and Ozan, but Alibaba has the opportunity to dominate the market if it gets in early before other players begin to emerge.
Alibaba first launched a global marketplace, AliExpress, in 2010 and has since introduced a Russian-language site aimed at Russian customers. Over the past three years, Alibaba has partnered with payment solutions and delivery services companies to improve logistics in Russia. In May, Alibaba registered the URL www.alibaba.com.ru.
To read the full article, see Alibaba Is Making Moves in Russia.
Russia presents an interesting opportunity for eCommerce companies looking to expand their global reach. Russia's eCommerce market lacks any dominant players, so if eCommerce companies can understand the local market and consumers, localize and translate their content and websites, and navigate the political environment they can compete for market control in the region, like Alibaba is looking to do.
As you begin to focus your sights on the Russian market and develop a strategy for Russian localization, be aware that the new Russian Localization Law will go into effect in September 2015. This will affect any company with mobile applications or websites that collect personal information from Russian citizens. The new rule states that companies that acquire personal data from Russian citizens will be required to first process and store such personal information on servers in Russia. To read more information on this new law, please see: Russia's Strict Data Collection Law, Effective in September.
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How to format a hard drive in windows 8 ?
If you want to format a hard drive in Windows 8, refer to the tutorial below.
Formatting a hard drive erases all the information in the disk.
It tests the disk to make sure all sectors are reliable, marks bad sectors and try to recover those; creates internal address tables that it
later uses to locate information.
As it erases all the data so,it also removes all the corrupted files and viruses from that drive.
There are the steps given below to format a hard drive in Windows 8 Consumer Priview .
1.Open My Computer by pressing Windows + E .
2.Right click to the drive which you want to format and from the option select format .
3.It opens a dialogue box containing the name of the drive and some other relevant informations,
which you have selected for formatting.
Select the Quick Format using NTFS(Default) file system and click START .
4.It shows a warning saying " Formatting will erase ALL the data on the disk" .
Click OK to continue.
5.It takes a while to complete the formatting process.
When the formatting is done it's open up a dialogue box saying "Format Complete" .
6. Click OK and again open My Computer icon.
Now you can see that the drive has been formatted.
You can also uncheck the box saying Quick Format to format normally. Then it will take more time to format that drive, but it is better for your hard drive than the quicker one. Sometimes you may be unable to Quick Format your hard drive because of some corrupted files or it may happen due to some viruses.
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13-year-old stowaway boy, Daniel Oikhena went back to school on Monday, 16 September after he was examined by doctors and a psychologist and was found to be sound. Seeing the boy now is more difficult than seeing a governor. This is so because the state government had taken up the responsibility to ensure that he gets good education. Apart from the plain clothes security operatives that were observed around him, his teachers were always around as if they were instructed to monitor him 24 hours.
When Daniel's mother, Evelyn, was asked about the whereabouts of her son, she said:
"It is even difficult for me to see him some times because he is undergoing some training and that is being taken care of by the state government. I no longer have powers over him. It was even recently that I was able to see him.
They decided to allow me see him because they were preparing him to go back to school.
The only thing I can say now is that the father and his people are bothering my life. They think the state government gave me money and, rather than think about the welfare of the boy, they think it is all about money. They accused me of saying my husband was sick or was even dead but I never said all that and God knows".
She continued:
All I said was that he left us and moved to another house. I have told them I was not given any money. What the state government is doing is to give him good education because my son said he wants to be educated and that is why they are sending him to school. He used to be in a private school but he stopped due to the fact that we had no money because his father was not with us.
But I thank God for his mercy and that is why it is painful, rather for the father to be grateful to God that the son survived in that aircraft, all they have been accusing me is money from government. I am just saying it because if anything happens to me, they should be held responsible since they want to kill me for something I know nothing about. Right from day one, I have been running up and down about Daniel's matter, none of them cared about what I went through with my children. My daughters are supposed to have gone back to school now but due to no money they have not gone back. Their father does not care about that and it is very sad really".
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The school in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York, was placed on lockdown after the weapon, a .22 calibre handgun, and up to 20 rounds of ammunition were discovered. Students were told to turn off the classroom lights and hide behind the teacher's desk until the weapon was secured.
The boy's mother, Deborah Farley, 53, was later arrested and charged with criminal possession of a weapon, endangering the welfare of a child and other weapons-related crimes.
It is not clear whether the boy knew that the weapon was in his bag when he set off for Wave Preparatory Elementary School on Thursday morning.
WABC News in New York reported that Ms Farley told detectives during questioning that she put the weapon in her son's bag and forgot about it.
But the boy's father told the New York Daily News that his son had likely taken the weapon to school to fend off bullies.
Walter Orozo, 55, said: "He was afraid for his life. He was afraid to go to school. The kids were picking and picking on him, but the school wouldn't do anything to protect him.
"My wife, she complained to the school but the school wouldn't protect him. The school did nothing."
Ms Farley is said to have realised that the weapon was in her son's bag shortly after dropping him off. She went to the school and pulled her son out of class, telling teachers that he had a dentist appointment.
But after speaking to her child she learned that he had given another weapon from his backpack, a flare gun, to his friend. She then alerted the school who called police and put the building on lockdown.
Police are said to have found further ammunition at the family home.
The incident, coming just weeks after the massacre at Sandy Hook elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, prompted fear at the school.
When parents arrived to pick up their children they were met by more than a dozen police officers and handed a notice which read: "Due to an incident today there was need to secure all students in their classrooms.
"This procedure is called a lockdown. Our school-based support team is prepared to assist you with any emotional needs as a result of today's lockdown."
Lawrence Clark, 49, said he was unhappy at the lack of information from the school. He told the New York Times: "I live 30 seconds from the school, and I just found out about this... from my brother-in-law's Facebook page. And he lives in Utica.
"This school sends out texts and e-mails about all this stupid stuff, like parent-teacher conferences. But I didn't find out about this until just now?"
His eight-year-old daughter Shakyla Howard said: "They made us turn off the lights and hide behind the teacher's desk. I almost cried. I was afraid we were going to get shot."
Another mother, Jessica Cox , 25, told the Daily News: "I asked one of the cops what happened, and he just said 'Nothing to be worried about'.
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New Members Elected to the GMA
At the annual membership meeting of the Gospel Music Association (GMA) held during GMA Week in April, seven new directors were elected to the GMA Board of Directors by the GMA membership and new Vice Presidents were named, announced John W. Styll, president of the GMA.
The newest directors of the GMA board will serve two-year terms, beginning with their first meeting in June. They are:
Larry Blackwell, Jr., vice president of gospel music for EMI Gospel, Karen Clark, manager of the Nashville Music Private Banking Division at SunTrust Bank, David Crace, a senior vice president of EMI CMG, Jim Cumbee, president of non-broadcast media for Salem Communications Tim Marshall, senior vice president of artist relations for Word Records, Dale Mathews, president of Brentwood-Benson Publishing , Don Moen, artist, songwriter, and worship leader, as well as Integrity Label Group President
Later, the Board of Directors elected four new vice presidents to join the board:
Demmette Guidry, vice president/general manager of Urban Records Group Music World/Sanctuary Urban Group Inc., Cheryl Moore, director of Christian retail marketing of Verity/Zomba, Luis R. Fernandez Jr., senior sales manager for Latin America for Integrity International Group, Nina Williams, vice president of label operations for Provident Label Group.
Founded in 1964, the 4,500-member Gospel Music Association is dedicated to exposing, promoting and celebrating the gospel through music. The GMA represents all styles of gospel music including contemporary pop, rock, urban gospel, praise & worship, Southern gospel, country and children¡¦s gospel music. The GMA produces the GMA Music Awards, which recognizes achievement in all genres of gospel music and are voted on by members of the GMA.
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iPhone prices in major markets: Cheapest and most expensive
iClarified has compiled this table of iPhone prices in all the major markets on launch day. And it makes interesting reading, especially in noting the wild fluctuations. However, the article implies that sales taxes have been stripped out. But this is not so. Look at the UK price for the 128GB iPhone 6 Plus. The quoted £789 or $1,281 is the price including 20 percent VAT.
The net figure, which is the real comparison with the US pre-tax price, is thus £657 or around $1,060. This is some $110 more expensive than the US price and, given the recent wild fluctuations in currency rates and Apple'e oft quoted "higher cost of doing business in Europe", this is actually quite reasonable. It isn't Apple's fault that European governments, including Britain's, impose sales taxes of 20 percent or more.
If you want to keep up to date with this and other trends, download the iClarified app from the App Store.


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Shot at Chapman University in Southern California in November 2008, both Fashion Stylist Tiffani Rae and Makeup Artist Uzmee Krakovski had a great time working their magic on the JanSport models during the 2009 College Lifestyle Campaign. An enthusiastic Uzmee says, "Everything went on schedule during our two day shoot. I did natural, simple makeup and hair for about eight girls and guys, taking about five to seven minutes for each one."
Take a PEEK at some of the other images from the JanSport photo shoot.
Idaho based advertising photographer David Stoecklein was the creative mind behind the photography for the shoot. Click HERE to check out his portfolio.
Set Producer for the JanSport shoot E.B. Kaufmann loved working with Tiffani and Uzmee. "They were very professional and seemed to know their way around the set. They did a great job."
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Mathias Delplanque
sound performance
Saturday 19 January 2013, 6 pm
proposed by Umut Ungan
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Saturday 19 January 2013, 6 pm
proposed by Umut Ungan
Mathias Delplanque (born in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in 1973) lives and works in Nantes (France).
His works (developed on records, performances or sound installations, and being either based on field recordings or containing instrumental parts) all directly deal with the question of the relation between space and music: music as architecture, spaces made out of sound etc…
Initially a pure sequenced studio production, Mathias's music transformed with the years into a more improvised and flexible creation. Showing a real interest in live electronic music, he developed a very personal approach of electronic improvisation, based on the use of multiple controllers that engage the body in the production of electronic performances. His live creations generally combine electronic sounds and acoustic instruments treated and sampled in real time.
Mathias Delplanque won several grants (Cultures France, CNC, DRAC Pays de La Loire, Franco-American Jazz Exchange, French Embassy in India…), and made several artistic residencies in various countries (France, Canada, India, USA…). He runs the label Bruit Clair, dedicated to electronic music and sound art.


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I have a new favorite campground. Withrow Springs State Park is a little under an hour from our apartment in central Fayetteville, AR but it's totally worth the drive.
We camped on December 1st and ended up having the whole campground to ourselves. It was a bit scary in the middle of the night when we met a scavenging possom and had to scare him off with sparklers and dancing (shh, don't tell the ranger we had fireworks!). We went to celebrate Brooke's birthday, but you're going to see a lot of camping posts in the future because it's our New Years resolution to camp once a month for the whole year.
One of the most fun parts of the trip was that we cooked everything we ate over our wood fire. My dad chopped us a bunch of logs and collected two big bundles of sticks for us. I made some girl scout style firestarters and we were set. On the left up there is our potatoes just after I pulled them off of the fire to scoop them into our potato salad bowl. The other things we made were: bratworst, yellow cake (from scratch! over a fire!), and bacon and eggs. Then of course there were the morning s'mores you can see me making in the middle, above.
We had tons of fun camping and I can't wait to go again in January (even though it's going to be pretty chilly!).


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Friday, March 08, 2013
Pledge Hammer: Day 5
Well, this is it, kids -- the final day of our big pledge drive here at DXM.
If you haven't given yet and feel like you can and want to, you know what to do.
There are three ways you can put your cash toward the this site and its humble proprietor. The first: Just click the Paypal electronic tip link in the right-hand sidebar of this screen and donate away. You can also use the Paypal tip jar to pay-what-you-want for a digital copy of my book, Dead Star Twilight, for iPad or Kindle. Go here to begin your instant download. Remember, it's a full length book and it can be yours for whatever you feel like putting toward it. The last way you can give is by buying a physical copy of Dead Star Twilight from Amazon. To purchase the paperback, just click here. (Buying the book gives the least amount of money to the site since I only get a small cut; I want to sell book but I also need to make that clear for people interested in giving to the site.)
A very big and special thank-you to Matthew Leskey, Janean Stepp and Barbara Lancaster. Your generosity is honestly jaw-dropping and it's so very appreciated.
We're really close to the completely arbitrary goal that I set for this little drive, so if you think you can throw a little toward my wise-assery, please do.
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text: Best Buy has announced a new promotion that will occur every Friday in October that will have a phone on each major U.S. carrier (Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile) on sale for the low, low price of free. Taking advantage of "Free Phone Fridays"requires a "new, upgrade, or add-a-line activation with two-year agreement." The promise is for at least one "high-end, in-demand" smartphone per week, but things will kick off this Friday with a dual helping of the Samsung Fascinate on Verizon and the HTC Aria on AT&T. Hit the read link for more details, as well as the phones for Sprint and T-Mobile. [Best Buy Mobile]


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The most expensive average ticket is to a Seattle Seahawks game at $438.09.
Since 2011, a Chiefs' ticket was found to have the eighth-best value with an average cost to see a home victory at $267.33. The Cincinnati Bengals, at $204.40, provided the best value.
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HOUSTON, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Drilling contractor Transocean Ltd on Wednesday expressed optimism about a recovery in offshore drilling activity this year, despite reporting its third quarterly loss in a row.
Companies that provide services and equipment for oil and gas exploration and production, among the worst hit by the 2014 oil price downturn, have grown optimistic about the future as oil prices recently have bounced back.
In recent quarters, companies that focus on providing services to onshore shale producers have posted the biggest gains, while those exposed to offshore drilling have continued to face headwinds as those higher-cost projects require sustained oil-price gains to turn a profit.
U.S. benchmark oil has traded above $60 a barrel for much of the year, up from less than $55 a barrel this time last year.
"Today's outlook is certainly more encouraging than it was a year ago," said Chief Executive Jeremy Thigpen, pointing to improvement in utilization and day rates for its harsh-environment rigs and increased tendering activity in the ultra-deepwater area.
The company reported a fourth-quarter loss of 24 cents a share, excluding items, and a drop in revenue to $629 million, from $974 million a year ago.
Transocean's revenue was affected by a fatal accident on the Petrobras 10000 drillship in December, which resulted in drillship downtime during an investigation.
Shares of the company were up 2.7 percent at $9.34 at midday in New York trading.
Wall Street analysts generally described the results as neutral, but some saw the company's optimistic outlook and new contract awards as positive.
"Transocean begins the year with positive momentum," analysts from Barclays wrote in a note on Wednesday.
Transocean also was upbeat about activity in Latin America picking up, as countries such as Brazil and Mexico have recently auctioned offshore blocks to encourage new exploration and drilling activities. It said one customer is expected to move a rig from the United States to Mexico later this year.
"That's a great segue for us to enter that market," said Roddie Mackenzie, vice president of marketing and contracts. (Reporting by Liz Hampton; Editing by Steve Orlofsky)


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There are many reasons why people make music. For most, singing and playing an instrument is an act of enjoyment.
When leading a group of volunteer singers and instrumentalists, remember to keep it fun and enjoyable. A volunteer is giving of their time and ability because they enjoy the process of making music. Don't let your high quality music standards rob people of this joy.
You truly can have a great sounding choir and orchestra and make the process enjoyable for all. Trust me, you can have it both ways.


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Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Its been awhile!
A lot of time has passed since I last wrote! My free time has gone down to none.....and the little time I do have is spent sleeping. Oldest is "sick" right now so I actually have a little time to write. Things have been going good the kids have settled in and our routine is pretty stable. The baby has gained a ton of weight and there are no longer any developmental concerns. Middle has drastically improved his speech since getting tubes in his ears and has really started to pick up on things. Oldest is still having difficulty and is currently going through a psych eval. I found out today they are leaning towards RAD, evaluator decides to not wait to finish the testing and is recommending counseling start immediately. They have a hearing next week but Ive been told by GAL and caseworker no one is recommending they return to mom at this point. A friend of the family has intervened to get custody of just the oldest....this "friend" is also supposedly a pedophile that the kids have spent alot of time with......hmmmmm anyone else see the connections. Suddenly the RAD and current behavior issues are making sense! We will see what happens but it looks like my boys will at least be here through the holidays :)
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Groupon Hit As Analysts Question Model
Groupon shares slid Monday as several Wall Street analysts questioned the stability of the company's business following a revision of its fourth-quarter results, Dan Gallagher reports on digits. Photo: AP.
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Label: Mystic 2012
Review by: Urban "Wally" Wallstrom
Christ, the agony, the agnoy!! Please make the headbanging stop as I simply don't know how much longer my poor neck can take the whiplashing. One of Poland's most recognizable and certainly best "Brutal Metal" acts alongside Vader and Behemoth are now returning with a slow, epic, sounding platter served with the usual blood and darkness. Let me tell you why I enjoy this in favour of most brutal albums out there at the moment. It's simply not all about "speed" and sickening screams/vocals rather than pretty slow and doomy metal with ultra-crunching riffs and vocals that are more 'spooky/talky' than 'screamy'.
Yep, it's definitely the way I prefer my Black-metal and thus why I also enjoy the early albums by Samael. It's obviously not meant to attract the average hard rock listener as it's frankly too disturbing and not to mention underground for most folks. However, I can see why people mostly found of "doom" could possible jump on the Christ Agony train and head for destination: hell. The lyrics are utterly dark and satanic and you'll actually feel right at home.
The band, featuring drummer Inferno (Behemoth) and bassist/vocalist Reyash (Vader, Witchmaster) sits nicely on the black throne of metal in their homeland Poland as they consider themselves emperors of the dark culture. And if you seek an audience with the band, you're better be prepeard to fall to your knees or you shall know the wrath of 10.000's of satanic followers. Ehem, yeah, the hardcore fans believe they are the custodians of a mighty empire and are sure to be completely bonkers. Epic/slow, doomy/black - it's nontheless a vicious attack.


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Although La Crescenta native Rich Toyon dedicates countless hours every week to his job as a production designer for the entertainment industry, he still finds time to remain active in his community. Toyon stands firm behind his belief that a person does not need to be elected as a community official to make positive changes in his surroundings.
While balancing family, work and his volunteer endeavors, Toyon, served as a La Crescenta Town Councilmember in 2005. He no longer has time to attend weekly meetings as a councilmember, but that hasn't stopped him from being a community leader, he said. Toyon is president of La Crescenta's land preservation group V.O.I.C.E. and also volunteers for the Foothills Design Committee, the Crescenta Valley Arts Capital and the Haramoknga American Indian Cultural Center.
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Marketing Masters Interview with Gary ElwoodShawn Mahdavi March 12, 2012
This is another content packed interview with a veteran real estate marketer and technology leader. Gary Elwood is super passionate and you can tell on this call because he immediately jumps right into talking about maximizing your ROI, mobile marketing, and how to get the phone to ring. He's developed powerful technologies that have been helping real estate professional for years so enjoy our time together.
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Gary is President and CEO of Proquest Technologies and Senior Editor of "The Real Estate Insider" e-News, which goes out to over 287,000 real estate agents across the United States and Canada – twice monthly.
Gary has been consulting real estate agents and lenders for over 16 years and his biggest claim to fame is that he's educated, taught and coached more agents on how to profitably use call capture marketing in their real estate businesses than anyone else on the face of the planet.
Not only is his opt-in newsletter read by nearly 300,000 agents monthly, but his company has personally coached and advised over 26,000 paying clients. Currently 8 of his clients are in the top 100 in the world according the Wall Street Journal and a study done by the Baylor University School of Business proved conclusively that the methods Gary teaches are dollar-for-dollar the single most profit marketing strategy in existence for real estate agents today…right now…in today's market.
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Toyota raises annual profit forecast
Toyota has raised its forecast for annual profit as a weak yen and a recovery in sales in the US continue to boost its growth.
It now expects to make a net profit of 1.48tn yen ($14.8bn; £9.8bn) for the current financial year, up from its earlier projection of 1.37tn yen.
The carmaker raised the outlook as it said earnings for the April to June quarter had jumped 93% from a year ago.
Many Japanese firms have seen a surge in profits thanks to the weakening yen.
The yen has fallen by nearly 25% against the US dollar since November, after the government unveiled a series of aggressive policy moves.
A weak currency not only makes Japanese goods more affordable to foreign buyers but also helps to boost profits of exporters when they repatriate their foreign earnings back home.
'Profit improvement'
On Friday, Toyota reported a net profit of 562bn yen in the three months to the end of June, up from 290bn yen during the same period last year.
The company said that cost cutting measures had also helped to lift its earnings during the quarter.
"Operating income increased due to the impact of foreign exchange rates and our global efforts for profit improvement, through cost reduction activities such as companywide value analysis," Takuo Sasaki, chief marketing officer for Toyota, said in a statement.
He added that the "enhancement of the model mix and pricing" had also helped to boost profits.
Toyota also set a worldwide production target of 10.1 million vehicles for the 2013 calendar year, which would be a record across the industry.
Race to the top
It kept its sales goal for the year at 9.96 million vehicles, making it a close race with US rival General Motors for the title of world's top carmaker.
Toyota said it sold 1.3 million vehicles in the US, its biggest market, in the January to July period, up 8% from a year ago.
The US accounts for nearly a quarter of Toyota's global sales.
However, Toyota saw slower-than-expected growth in Southeast Asia, its third biggest market after North America and Japan.
Toyota sold about 539,000 vehicles in the region in the January-June period which was the same as last year, but 15% below the industry-wide growth.


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Surely during your time on planet Earth you've encountered the common phrase, "history repeats itself." Maybe you heard it in a history class, in a book, or maybe on TV. You probably pondered the notion for a brief moment before discarding it back to the annals of history from whence it came. Truth be told, so did I the first time I heard it; I figured it was just an interesting quote with no relevance to the modern world or my own life. After all, look at all the modern advancements in technology and medicine and engineering and science and art. How could history possibly be repeating itself? The sad truth is that most people don't realize exactly how closely the social and political landscape of antiquity is still motivating societies around the world and driving political intrigue today.
In this blog, I seek to examine a modern geopolitical imperative by examining exactly how history has been repeating itself for millennia, shaping the modern world in which we live, and how it will shape the world of tomorrow, one current event at a time. I will discuss the opinions of famous geopolitical analysts, tie in current events, and make conjectures on the future of our world based on historical precedent.
So why write this blog? I was inspired to action by my love of ancient Roman history and 21st-century geopolitics, and felt that society's erroneous misconceptions on issues such as China's booming economy, turmoil in the Middle East, the decline of Cold War superpowers, and others could be remedied through a more thorough historical examination of the events and social movements that spurred change. I hope you'll join me in this adventure in studying the world.


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First Assembly of God
Joliet, IL
Category: Children's Pastor & Children's Ministry
Posted on: March 10, 2015
First Assembly of God in Joliet, Illinois began when a group of people devoted to Christ gathered to worship. With a long history of faithful service and Godly leadership, even despite times of immense economic hardship, the church has continued to grow and thrive. The current lead pastor, Jim Arnold, arrived in 2009, and during his leadership, a brand new vision was launched. Throughout its remarkably long history, the story of First Assembly is simple and consistent. It's a story of believers working together to lead people closer to Jesus Christ through loving God, loving people, and serving the world.
First Assembly is seeking a Pastor of Children's Ministry who will direct and oversee all children's ministry efforts. The individual will provide the_noemailanization, structure, and tools for all children's ministry section leaders, will train volunteers for serving in the children's ministry, and will be responsible for the efforts to lead children and families at First Assembly closer to Jesus Christ. The Pastor of Children's Ministry will consult with the leadership and oversee curriculum options that will enhance the children's ministry of First Assembly. The individual will oversee all children's ministry programming and events and will oversee and coordinate all child-care needs and best practices for First Assembly. The Pastor of Children's Ministry provides leadership, training, support and oversight to all Children's Ministry staff, including an Early Childhood Ministries Administrator (nursery and preschool) and numerous student and adult volunteer leaders/workers. The Children's Pastor coordinates under the leadership of the Family Life Ministries Pastors and is responsible for the implementation and development of programming for the spiritual formation of children and equipping parents to fulfill their calling as the primary spiritual leaders of their children.
The successful candidate will have a bachelor's degree (preferred), preferably in a related field, and will have a minimum of 3 to 5 years of church staff experience (preferred). The individual will have a proven track record of strategically planning, executing, and managing a growing and dynamic children's ministry, as well as experience developing teams of volunteer leaders who are equipped to run a weekly, thriving children's ministry. The ideal candidate must have a collaborative leadership style and exceptional_noemailmunication skills, both inter-personally and speaking to large groups of all ages. The ability to lead, in both functional and operational programs, in a team-based leadership environment is a requirement for employment. If the candidate does not maintain ministerial credentials with the Assemblies of God (AG), he/she must be willing to begin the pursuit of AG ministerial credentials within a reasonable amount of time as a condition of continued employment. Salary_noemailmensurate with education and experience, and includes a benefits package.
First Assembly serves and represents the_noemailmunities Joliet, Plainfield, Shorewood, Minooka, and others in Will and Kendall County in Illinois. The Joliet area is the site of a modern day renaissance. Once an industrial city, the_noemailmunity has reinvented itself as a tourist destination with a robust and diversified economy. Joliet is the 14TH fastest growing city of populations over 100,000 in the U.S. As the county seat of Will County, Illinois, it is situated southwest of Chicago on the leading edge of the metropolitan area. Will County is 1ST in population growth of all Illinois counties. Joliet is less than an hour from downtown Chicago by car or_noemailmuter rail.
Point of Contact is Tiffany Francis, Pastor of Family Life at tfrancis@firstassemblyjoliet_noemail or (815) 436-8200.


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The event will take place on Saturday May 3rd at the usual place. Contact the event chief Larry Rohr, (804) 233-2295, for more info.
The Fan District Softball League (1975-94) established a Hall of Fame in 1986. The first class was elected by the 12-team league's designated franchise representatives prior to the annual All-Star game/picnic. To be eligible then one had to have retired. Ten names were selected.
The same rule held true in 1987, but by 1988 a few of those who had been inducted into the Hall had unretired. So, in 1988 it was opened up to anyone who seemed deserving and those already in the Hall got to vote, as well.
For 1989 no one was voted in. In 1990, '91 and '92 additional names were added. In all, 41 players and two umpires were tapped. The list leans heavily toward those who made significant contributions to the league's lore in the early years of play.
Those in the FDSL HoF are: Ricardo Adams, Herbie Atkinson, Howard Awad, Boogie Bailey, Yogi Bair, Jay Barrows, Otto Brauer, Ernie Brooks, Hank Brown, Bobby Cassell, Jack Colan, Willie Collins, Dickie deTreville, Jack deTreville, Henry Ford (depicted on the right), Danny Gammon, Donald Greshham, James Jackson, Dennis Johnson (depicted top left as the batter), Mike Kittle, Leo Koury, Jim Letizia, Junie Loving, Tony Martin, Kenny Meyer, Cliff Mowells, Buddy Noble, Randy Noble, Henry Pollard, Artie Probst, Terry Rea, John Richardson, Jerry Robinson, Larry Rohr (depicted above as the pitcher), Billy Snead, Jim Story, Hook Shepherd, Pudy Stallard, Durwood Usry, Jumpy White, Barry Winn, Chuck Wrenn.
Art by F.T. Rea, the illustrations are from the old Sports Fan (1977-81).


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Welcome to the "How not to" guide!
In this edition we are going to look at the Tooting 24 hour Self Transcendence track race and how not to run for 24 hours! In this brief guide I will show you a few top tips to help you on your way to spectacularly crash out of any long distance endurance race!
That`s right my running friends, you too can experience that gut wrenching feeling when you call it a day in just a few easy steps!
Step 1
Now this one takes a little bit of commitment but with my help I`m sure we can get you on your way to that DNF you've always wanted!
Food poisoning - You really need to aim for about 2-3 days of this about 2-3 days before your big race. I went for 2 solid days of food poisoning 3 days before. It worked pretty well.
Now I have found what works for me but I`m sure with a bit of experimentation you will be able to find many, many more ways to get food poisoning. Lets not linger on this too long as I don't want to influence your choices to much. Congratulations you now have significantly reduced the fuel left in your system! Great job! Now the best news is by using this top tip you get the added bonus of not sleeping well which leads us smoothly onto step 2!
Step 2
Sleep deprivation - Not sleeping well is a fantastic way to really drain the body to make sure you have very little left in the tank for the race. Its a great way to help slow recovery and gives you that all over "Done in" feeling before even running a step! Yes! The great thing about this tip is it is so easy to do even for a first time DNF`er, all it takes it to go out the night before and get in at 1am and then pretend to sleep for the next 6 hours before getting up....simples! You can even practice this one in advance to make sure you really get it down before the big day.
Step 3
This tip, my final one in this edition is a great one for grinding yourself right into the ground! I have split it into two separate sections to sit correctly with how to mess up both halves of your race -
Stuff your face - For the first half I would highly recommend stuffing your face with as much as you can cram in, leaving you feeling listless, bloated and for the fully committed, sick.
When someone hands you that DNF on a plate, eat it!
The only disadvantage to this technique is that if the food stays in it will keep you going for longer, no DNF`er worth their lack of salt wants that!
Stay weak buddy, I`ve got your back!
Starvation - After all that stuffing you should really go the other way. Now unfortunately for you as the bloating, listlessness and sickness disperse you are going to have a "good" few hours of "great" running due to the side effect of eating. Don`t panic! This hell will only last a few hours if you stick with me!
Simply, stop eating!
Now comes the moment you have trained for young Grasshopper. Run, walk, sprint, do whatever you can to completely screw yourself into the floor as quickly as you can. Make sure you also keep reminding yourself just how much time you would have to keep going. I`ve found this really helps to speed things along!
Before you know it you will be crawling into that cold, damp tent, snuggled under your towel blanket....heaven!!
So there you have it! 3 simple steps to help you pick up that much coveted DNF!
Well that was fun wasn't it?!
All joking aside I discovered that running on a track for 24 hours is a lot harder than people give it credit for! The relentless, monotony (I`m really selling it aren't I) of running around in 400m circles is tough. You can see everything. The start, the finish, the aid station, the tents, the good, the bad, the ugly.
I guess if I`m honest about the whole situation it was my mind that gave up.
After doing so much more walking than I expected I just couldn't see myself hobbling for the next 10 hours just to rack up some extra numbers and further my injuries.
It wasn't all doom and gloom though and I still gave in with a smile.
Rich Cranswick was there to lap me many, many times and shout encouragement/abuse (delete as appropriate) as he rocked is way to over 100 miles! Almost every hour he did a "Bonus Chicken lap" where he was joined by Ultra Chicken for a squeaky 400 meters. I even had the honor of escorting Ultra Chicken for a lap myself.....Good times!
I underestimated just how hard it was going to be mentally, 200 laps around an athletics track really took its toll. Ill get you next time Tooting, we have unfinished business.
Thats right......Next time!
Huge thank you as always to all the nutters who follow me and keep me going in the dark times, you guys rock! Thanks to the organizers, volunteers and other runners for such a great experience. Thank you to my Lady for trekking across London to sit in the cold and watch this fool run around in circles.
Lastly a massive, massive thank you to Mummysaurus - My driver, my crew, my support, my ass kicker, my comforter, my food and water distributor but most of all...my Mum.
Crewing for this kind of thing is tough and please don't ever let me forget it! :D You did a fantastic job, just let me know when its your turn! ;P
For now its time to rest and get ready for Fowlmead in 3 weeks time........No rest for the stoooopid eh?!
Peace, tea and biscuits


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Geez, it just started. No arsing about*. Just straight into the votes. No montages. No bullshit. Just straight to the counting. Strange television.
Then after the first round of votes there's an interview with Greame Teasdale ABOUT THAT SUIT.
He seems a bit annoyed about 'that stinking brown suit'. He shouldn't be. It was pure genius. I didn't think I'd be talking about the suit this early. Geez, channel seven. Peaking too early. It's not even 8:30.
Round 2: Eddie Betts gets 2 votes and Cyril gets 1. In my world of beautiful footy, both would be favourites for tonight but you know, mid fielder medal and all that.
Round 3: They have members of the public reading the montages. Bringing it back to the fans or whatever. Usually they have old previous winners or Nobel laureates reading it but this year, it's people. Dunno if it's going to work. Dangerfield on 6 votes. Aaron Hall on an amazing 9 votes.
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Mr. Owen, a two-year employee of the agency and right-hand man to Chairman-CEO Ed Vick, was previously exec VP-world-wide director of marketing.
With the help of Mr. Owen, 45, and a team of other top managers recruited from outside Y&R, Mr. Vick already has achieved a dramatic turnaround at Y&R since taking the helm of U.S. advertising in 1994.
In addition to functioning as a "strategic adviser on branding issues" for clients including American Express Co., Andersen Consulting, AT&T Corp. and United Airlines, as Y&R's chief strategic officer, Mr. Owen's main responsibility will be to function that way on behalf of Y&R.
"The [challenge], as I see it, is that of helping to plan and implement the future operating structure and systems of Y&R Advertising," said Mr. Vick, who took on worldwide advertising duties last year. "We are not going to be happy to build this agency incrementally. We have to constantly rethink who we are and where we're headed."
Mr. Owen's career has been a low-profile one. While at San Francisco-based identity consultancy Landor Associates (owned by Y&R) from 1985 to the early 1990s, he created the ImagePower study that eventually became the Y&R Brand Asset Valuator. He left Landor to serve as exec VP-director of strategic development at Lintas Worldwide, New York, working on IBM Corp. and other clients, before joining Y&R at the request of Mr. Vick in 1994.
Mr. Owen also played a key role last summer when Y&R beat out three other AT&T agencies in a pitch for a new corporate campaign. A series of commercials created for that campaign will begin airing soon.
In 1996, Y&R achieved significant new-business gains, including United's international creative account and $120 million worldwide media buying; U.S. and European assignments from Campbell Soup Co.; and a large portion of Blockbuster


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Congratulations to Jay Fortney on his appointment as president and genral manager of the Charles Town Races. His achievements, at Penn National and Detroit Race Course, certainly justified hiring him to revitalize the local track.
We believe it's important for revitalization to happen, for two reasons. As the county's largest employer, the track provides jobs to many whose long concentration on thorough bred care means they couldn't be easilty absorbed into the genral work force.
And if the track prospers, it is more likely that Jefferson County will retain its rural character, since horses need pastures to run in, and feed grown and sold by local people.
But just because a positve outcome would result from revitalization doesn't mean it will happen. Charles Town's recent performance - dropping attendance, a falling handle - suggests this patient needs more than cosmetic surgery to regain full health.


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Whole Body Hypothermia for the Treatment of Perinatal Asphyxial Encephalopathy.
Recruitment to TOBY ended on 30th November 2006.
18 month Follow up was completed in autumn 2008.
1st October 2009
The TOBY Study results have now been published in the New England Journal of Medicine:
Moderate Hypothermia to Treat Perinatal Asphyxial Encephalopathy; Azzopardi D, Strohm B, Edwards A, Dyet L, Halliday H, Juszczak E, Kapellou O, Levene M, Marlow N, Porter E, Thoresen M, Whitelaw A, Brocklehurst P; N Engl J Med, 2009; 361:1349-1358.
This landmark randomised controlled trial was funded during the period 2002 to 2008, by the United Kingdom Medical Research Council (MRC). The MRC is also funding the TOBY Children Study over the next 4 years, which will follow up TOBY children at the age when they have started school.
View the TOBY Study Results Parents' Newsletter
The TOBY Children Study
TOBY children will be assessed at age 6 - 7 years, in order to find out whether the benefits of cooling that were apparent at 18 months are maintained in the longer term.
Visit the TOBY Children Study web pages.
General Summary
Perinatal asphyxia causing moderate or severe encephalopathy occurs in approximately 2/1000 births. In full term newborn infants, perinatal asphyxia may account for up to 30% of cases of cerebral palsy, and results in a significant health care and financial burden to the NHS. At present there is no specific treatment for asphyxia other than stabilisation with treatment to reduce seizures.
This study aims to determine whether the use of whole body cooling following perinatal asphyxia is a safe treatment that will improve survival and reduce neurological and neurodevelopmental impairments. Babies who have experienced moderate or severe asphyxia are randomly allocated to receive either standard intensive care, or intensive care with cooling.
Randomisation must take place before the baby is 6 hours of age, and the allocated treatment is commenced immediately. Cooled babies have their body temperature reduced to 33-34°C for 72 hours, followed by gradual rewarming.
Primary outcome is the combined rate of mortality and severe neurodevelopmental impairment in survivors at 18 months of age.
This randomised controlled trial is funded by the Medical Research Council.


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Don't Steam It, Lobster Cantonese It!05 August 2008 Labels: Asian Food, Chinese, Cooking, Entrees, Lobster, Seafood 7 comments
One advantage of living in New England is the seafood. Since we are on the coast, the price of seafood here is comparatively cheaper than let's say Nebraska. Every summer, dh and I always look forward to having lobster. Lobster can be bought all year round of course, but it is expensive. During the summer months, you can get lobster for $5.99/pound if it is on sale. The most popular way to cook lobster is to steam it (don't boil it!) and another popular restaurant dish is stuffed lobster. I use the steam method if I feel lazy and don't want to spend too much time prepping. But if I'm in the mood to cook (just like the other day), I cook lobster the Cantonese way.
This recipe is from Eileen Lo's Chinese Kitchen. The original recipe calls for fresh live lobsters to be chopped up. I tried this the first time but found it disconcerting. First, I felt guilty cutting up something that is still 'alive' and second, it grossed me out. So the next time that I cooked this dish, I steamed the lobsters for about 4 minutes so it's partially-cooked. You can also use shrimps in lieu of lobsters. Read more for the recipe.


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"Our greatest weariness comes from work not done."
Eric Hoffer
Sometimes the finished job isn't "pretty" but in the overall plan, change and pruning are an all important part. This week we tackled several yard jobs which need regular attention and the relief of having these complete is wonderful.
Today we bought a high pressure water cleaner, no motivation/reward was required to clean our stairs and path, unlike every other time when scrubbing brushes and buckets of water have been the tools!


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It's been too long to remember and write about our last vacation to Goa with family to celebrate my birthday (3rd august). Well, this time it wasn't just we both but our little one too and family. So, we rather choose to travel via train to see the scenic beauty and enjoy the train journey. I mostly prefer train journey or Domestic Airlines over buses along with family.
Now, why Goa? This smallest state in India is so damn beautiful & filled with charm that no one can resist coming here again and again, especially my husband. The serene beaches surrounded by tall coconut trees, scenic beauty, blue sky, mix culture, medieval yet modern feel, colourful shopping streets fairs... are something that attracts and appeals me about this place. Goa can surely be visited all seasons, but rains made our vacation even more memorable.
Some very popular beaches of Goa are Colva, Condolim, Anjuna, Baga Beach, Mirimar Beach, Calangute Beach, Dona Paula Beach, Palolem Beach, etc. The perfect ambience and cool breeze makes this a favourite honeymoon location, theme wedding destination and nature lovers spot.
My baby thoroughly enjoyed a beach walk over the silver baga beach.
This paradise has also lot more to offer like delicious sea food, flora & fauna, colourful shopping streets, fairs & festivals, many medieval historic monuments and fascinating nightlife.
What We Did In Goa This Time?
Most of the time we were indoor enjoying the hotel ambiance and the pool. My baby loved it to the core!! On the first and the last day of our 4 days tour I got a chance to do some street shopping and also visit the nearby beaches. Goa looks so beautiful in rainy season with all greenery around and the rustic smell of the soil makes it even more special. I have already visited Goa during summers, but I would personally prefer this place in winters or rainy.
Where We Stayed In Goa?
We choose to stay in Hotel La Vie Woods, Goa for the feel of Geneva? Yes, you heard that right! This boutique hotel is designed in Alpine architecture & Swiss chalets for international getaway. The Canadian aromatic hardwood gives that awesome minimal, raw, woody, tone to create perfect ambience. Not to forget the blue pool that we enjoyed the most.
Some More Features Of Hotel La Vie Woods
· Very close to Calangute beach (2 minutes walk)and Bagha Beach
· Cottage style villas
· Good well mannered, courteous, cooperative and friendly behaviour of staffs
· Approachable owner
· Lounge by the pool
· Delicious multi-cuisine meal available
· Free Wi-Fi
· Mini bar in the room
· Baby friendly hotel
· They made my birthday even more fun with surprises
Thank you Hubby for that Birthday vacation and Hotel La Vie Woods for making it extra special!
Do visit Goa to love your holidays and make them even more memorable. I am sure you will cherish all the things about Goa tour in the most delightful way.
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Business security solution vendor WatchGuard has promoted ANZ country manager Scott Robertson to the role of vice president, Asia Pacific sales.
Robertson has spent five years with the company, and in his new role will be responsible for South Korea, Japan, South East Asia, China and India in addition to Australia and New Zealand.
Joe Wang, CEO of WatchGuard Technologies, cites Robertson's consistent record of sales growth, his hands-on experience, and his 'unyielding commitment to channel partners' as the reasons for the appointment.
"Asia Pacific continues to be one of WatchGuard's high-growth markets," Wang says.
"Scott will prove to be a tremendous asset in growing our presence throughout Asia Pacific."
Robertson replaces Terry Haas; WatchGuard is currently recruiting for his ANZ replacement.


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This campy horror comedy centers around "W Industries", which is owned and operated by Bush, Cheney, & Rice. "W Industries" creates a chemo-virus with the ability to reanimate dead tissue. This virus is created in order to construct the ultimate super soldier, one that can keep fighting even after death. When the virus accidentally makes it's way into an underground strip club, and infects the head stripper (Jenna Jameson), all hell breaks lose. Soon an uncontrollable path of infection begins, turning everyone it comes into contact with into a blood-thirsty zombie mess.
This film is almost identical with "Zombies Zombies Zombies", starring Tiffany Shepis, and even though I am a huge T-Shep fan, I actually enjoyed Zombie Strippers a lot more. Jenna Jameson actually did an exceptional job of portraying a stripper turned Zombie slut, go figure. Ultimate Fighting competitor Jacob "Tito" Ortiz, also has a small cameo as the "Zombie fearing strip club bouncer", I just adore him, I wish his role in the film had been a bigger one. Robert Englund's performance as the dainty club owner was good, but we will always remember him as the nightmarish Freddy Krueger, no matter what role he plays.
This film has everything, gore for the gore hounds, female nudity for the guys, politic undertones for the political, and lots of comedy thrown in, giving it an overall ridiculous level of humor. I mean, you can't get any campier than having a Zombie Jenna Jameson shooting pool balls from her who-ha, or having zombie strippers orally castrating strip club patrons. It may be a bit too goofy & campy for some, and even though I'm not a huge horror comedy fan I did find it entertaining, and therefore I rate it 3.5 out of 5 stars.


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HONOLULU – The Rainbows pitching injuries are mounting. Freshman Quintin Torres-Costa is out indefinitely with a ligament tear in his left elbow.
UH is now faced with the prospect of finding healthy bodies to pitch in a five-game series against Gonzaga starting tomorrow.
"We've been dealt a rough hand, and a friend of mine told me with all our injuries to our pitching staff we're trying to win at blackjack with no face cards or aces…it's a hard thing to do."
The Rainbows have previously lost top starter Jarrett Arakawa for the season, as well as Andrew Jones.


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Governance Defined
The term governance refers to the structures and processes through which decisions are made by governing boards, faculty, staff, and students related to both internal and external issues affecting a given institution. While many areas of community college governance resemble governance structures at four-year colleges and universities, the community college historic link to public K-12 school governance may be more or less pronounced depending upon the state or local setting (Cohen & Brawer, 2003).
Primary Models for Community College Organization
- Bureaucratic – organizational power structured like a pyramid where authority is delegated from top down, with students and faculty at the bottom of the pyramid
- Political – all organizational members are part of community and are in constant contact or conflict; whereby communication and power flows throughout the organization and between points instead of through specific offices or power structures
Organizational Structure – Governing Boards & Administration
Most two year institutions are organized at the state level in districts governed by an elected or government-appointed board of trustees; trustees are charged with hiring a president/chief executive officer, who is then responsible for hiring an administrative team tasked with executing the major functions of the organization. Typically, vice presidents or deans are appointed for each major unit including business affairs, human resources, academic affairs, and student affairs. Expansion of the vice presidential level of administration is largely dependent upon the size of the school or district.
District-centered community college systems will also have an additional layer of administration above the individual college. Typically, these include a system or district chancellor who reports to a governing board and oversees a staff of district-level vice chancellors responsible for external relations, academic affairs and institutional research, business affairs, and the like. Layers of administrative oversight vary from state to state. Several states have state-wide governance structures and all have a coordinating agency of some type.
The utility of centralizing governance has been debated for some time. Most advocates point to reaching economies of scale in centralizing administrative functions. Some, however, have suggested that greater centralization of administrative structures and the added layers of administration, further distancing the chief executive from lower-level administrators and staff, has led to greater depersonalization of the impacted organizations and lower staff and faculty morale (Cohen & Brawer, 121).
State influence has also dictated the actions of community college chief executives. Recently, the majority of community college presidents surveyed reported traveling to their respective state legislature while it was in session to advocate on behalf of their institution, and most speak to their state representative or state senator more than ten times a year. Clearly, although these community college presidents are directly answerable to their respective governing boards, engagement of decision makers who influence funding mechanisms influences the activity of community college chief executives (Cohen & Brawer, 129).
Basic Principles of Effective Governance Boards
- Board is principally involved in deciding ends (not means)
- Board should focus primarily on the future
- Institutional outcomes are measured by the college and monitored by the Board
- Board acts through policies
- Board acts only as a whole
- All authority delegated by the Board is delegated to the president
- Board's highest priority is student learning and student success
(Potter & Phelan, 2008)
Internal Governance
Over the past forty years, community colleges have been transformed from small organizations administrated by leaders with significant levels of authority to robust and complex organizations staffed by specialists in a variety of departments and administrative units. As institutions grew in size, a pyramid structure evolved which created tension between faculty and administrators over their roles in decision making and resource allocation. Student unrest and faculty militancy in the 1960s led to administrative decisions being made in based on compromise and reconciliation between contending forces (Richardson, Blocker, & Bender, 1972). In the 1990s, governance structures began to shift towards corporate models as stakeholders vocalized their expectations, technological innovation increased competition from the for-profit sector, and performance documentation intensified. (Alfred, 2008)
|Governing Boards
|Board of Trustees; Board of Regents; Board of Directors; Board of Governors
|Ability to provide feedback and informal assessment on educational/program quality; potentially high level of community engagement
|Politically motivated; uninformed decision-making; "rogue trustee" problems; not always representative of all external constituencies
|Faculty Senate; Faculty Assembly
|Curriculum development; shape institutional policy related to academic decisions
|Mixed involvement – sporadic/inconsistent vs. active (largely based on issue relevance and personal motivation; large number of adjunct faculty; unionized faculty
|Student Government;
Student Assembly
|Student input on institutional policy and resources; leadership opportunities for student development
|Difficult to get representation of diverse study body; traditionally students are less involved but increasing full-time traditional cohort has expectations of governance involvement
|Staff & Administration
|Staff Senate; Staff Council; Staff Assembly
|Financial decision-making and cost reduction; greater acceptance of decisions; increased staff morale
|Blurred lines of authority and power in decision-making; diverse institutional missions can create tension and resource competition
Future Challenges
Some have suggested governance at community colleges should focus on institutional culture, communication, and team-based leadership instead of traditional governance structures (Amey, E. Jessup-Anger, and J. Jessup-Anger, 10). In the same vein, many non-structural influences may impact institutional governance, such as trust, constituent involvement, and institutional culture. It is important to acknowledge these non-traditional avenues for organizational influence when entering a community college. Such non-traditional means may allow stakeholders to gain influence and a place at the decision-making table.
Operating outside the realm of traditional governance structures in the future will allow community college stakeholders to respond more directly to many of the challenges facing this institutional type. At organizations of this scale, which are required to respond quickly to market conditions, it is especially important to empower students, faculty, staff, trustees, and community members at every level of institutional leadership. Molding the governance of community colleges in to mobile and fluid structures will allow community colleges to remain on the forefront of their respective community needs.
The concept of a shared governance approach at community colleges tends to be an ideal rather than reality, especially given the large number of transient faculty employed by most institutions. However, with a new line of full-time faculty who are intentionally choosing to work in a community college, there is likely to be an increased desire for faculty to be involved with institutional decision making (Miller & Miles, 2008).
Over the past decade, significant changes (defined as elimination, establishment, or change in authority) to state-level boards have been made in nearly a dozen states, and were largely the result of lagging educational standards and financial economic constraints (Friedel, 2008). Increased demand for post-secondary education and financial shortfalls will continue to put pressure on both state and institutional governing bodies, and require leaders to adjust existing decision making processes in order to improve instiutional effectiveness and efficiency.
Helpful Websites
Association to Community College Trustees - http://www.acct.org
- Guide to Policy Governance - http://www.acct.org/resources/center/policyguide.php
- Guide to Trustee Roles and Responsibilities - http://www.acct.org/resources/center/roles-responsibilities.php
- Guide to Ethical Governance - http://www.acct.org/resources/center/ethicalguide.php
Community College Governance (by state)
- Maine - http://www.wccc.me.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=745&Itemid=120
- North Carolina - http://www.nccommunitycolleges.edu/External_Affairs/Organization.htm
- Virginia - http://www.vccs.edu/Portals/0/ContentAreas/PolicyManual/SEC2-A.pdf
- Wyoming - http://legisweb.state.wy.us/progeval/reports/1999/college.htm
American Association of Community Colleges - http://www.aacc.nche.edu
- Issues in Community College Governance - http://www.aacc.nche.edu/Resources/aaccprograms/pastprojects/Pages/issuesccgovernance.aspx
National Education Association - http://www.nea.org
- Statement on Community College Governance - http://www.nea.org/home/34767.htm
David Ayers, University of North Carolina--Greensboro
Addressing issues of governance and policy within North Carolina
Alfred, R. L. (2008). Governance in strategic context. New Directions in Community Colleges, 141, 79-90.
Amey, M. J., Jessup-Anger, E., & Jessup-Anger, J. (2008). Community college governance: What matters and why? New Directions in Community Colleges, 141, 5-14.
Cohen, A. M., & Brawer, F. B. (2008). The American Community College (5th ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Friedel, J. N. (2008). The effect of the community college workforce development mission on governance. New Directions in Community Colleges, 141, 45-56.
Garfield, T. K. (2008). Governance in a Union Environment. New Directions in Community Colleges, 141, 25-34.
Miller, M. T. & Miles, J. M. (2008). Internal governance in the community college: Models and quilts. New Directions in Community Colleges, 141, 35-44.
Potter, G. E. & Phelan, D. J. (2008). Governance over the years: a trustee's perspective. New Directions in Community Colleges, 141, 15-24.
Richardson, R. C., Blocker, C. E., & Bender, L. W. (1972). Governance for the two-year college. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
Schuetz, P. (2008). Key resources on community college governance. New Directions in Community Colleges, 141, 91-98.