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Prominent Religious Leaders Call for NYU to Remove Coca-Cola Products & Board Member
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New York University: Dump Coke, Dump Diller
Prominent Religious Leaders Call for NYU to Remove Coca-Cola Products & Board Member
March 17, 2014
Dear President Sexton and Members of the University Senate,
For some years now, members of the faith community have been aware of the terrible record of the Coca-Cola Company with respect to labor, human rights, and environmental issues. Coca-Cola, as you know, also plays a major role in the controversy surrounding childhood obesity, high blood pressure, and diabetes epidemics.
We have recently learned that Barry Diller, a member of The Coca-Cola Company's Board of Directors, is also a member of NYU's Board of Trustees and a very large stockholder in Coca-Cola. As a board member and a stockholder, Mr. Diller himself, as well Coca-Cola, must be held accountable. NYU took the moral high road from 2005-2009 by removing all Coke products and banning the marketing of Coca-Cola beverages, but brought Coke back on campus based on false premises and in violation of the University Senate Resolution which led to its removal in the first place. Shortly thereafter, Mr. Diller purchased another $20 million of Coca-Cola stock and now owns some $160,000,000 worth.
Since Coca-Cola returned to NYU, there have been a number of books, reports, news articles, documentary films, lawsuits and websites documenting this company's sordid past and present criminal and other unethical conduct. Charges of Coca-Cola's complicity in violence against union leaders and members of their families in Colombia and the company's actions to prevent any legitimate independent investigation lead to Coke's ban in 2005. Since then the company has become embroiled in numerous other human rights lawsuits filed on behalf of current and fired Black and Latino workers for racial discrimination and for violence in Guatemala. The "New York Daily News" reported on lawsuits describing Coca-Cola plants in New York City and Westchester County as "cesspools of racial discrimination." NYU should once again remove all Coca-Cola products from campus indefinitely and publicly censure Mr. Diller or demand his resignation from NYU's board.
A campaign is growing among students, the faith community, and human rights groups to hold Coca-Cola accountable. I am available to discuss this matter with anyone at NYU or beyond.
Rev. David W. Dyson
Pastor Emeritus, Lafayette Ave. Presbyterian Church
Rev. Dr. Donna Schaper
Senior Minister, Judson Memorial Church
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The Rev. Dr. Donna Schaper, formerly at Coral Gables Congregational Church in Miami and before that at Yale University, is Senior Minister for the landmark Judson Memorial Church surrounded by New York University in Greenwich Village. She began this post in 2005 and will be ordained 40 years in 2014. As an elder, she is passionately concerned about leaving the next generation well prepared for all they have to face.
Schaper's purpose in life is to provide spiritual nurture for public capacity. She likes to "kick hope into high gear" and show people what is possible through the magnificence of human community strategically focused and spiritually filled. Her plan at Judson is to be a steward of an extraordinary legacy and to carry the church into the 21st century in terms of organization, vision, resources and courage. Writing about Rev. Schaper, The Huffington Post reported that, "A current project at Judson Memorial Church is the New Sanctuary Movement, a place where immigrants about to be detained or deported can be sheltered. She also works on 'Bailout', giving human beings a hand in a hard time. Bailout Theater meets every Wednesday at Judson with a free meal and great entertainment."
Schaper is no stranger to controversy, having led her Miami congregation through an institutional transformation that opened it to gays, Jews, anti-war protests and significant membership growth. Her 31 published books tell the tale of her interfaith marriage, her pioneer as an ordained woman, her quiet spirituality and noisy activism. One of the first women trained by Saul Alinsky, the founder of community organization strategies, Schaper has focused on issues of political and economic development and interfaith and open rituals, which support action for social change.
Rev. David Dyson, upon his retirement as pastor of Lafayette Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, New York in 2011, was described by The Brooklyn Paper as a "spunky Fort Greene pastor and labor organizer who transformed his church into a center for social justice." The article, "Rev. 'Call me Dave' Dyson retires at Lafayette Ave Presbyterian," says Dave made headlines in the church press by "openly flouting the Presbyterian's rule against hiring gays as church officers, an act that is considered "ecclesiastical civil disobedience."
Pastor Dave "pushed his members to fight for gay rights and worker's issues and rallied against the use of eminent domain to pave the way for Atlantic Yards." His labor activism included serving as a boycott coordinator for the United Farm Workers in California and driver and bodyguard for famed farm worker leader Cesar Chavez. After his work on the J P Stevens Boycott fighting for southern textile workers, Dave co-founded the National Labor Committee, which was instrumental in creating the anti-sweatshop movement. Later he served as Executive Minister of the Riverside Church.
When asked by The New York Times what he admired he responded, "Chavez, like King, was a deeply spiritual person, and both of them saw the figure of Jesus in both of their lives not as someone to be put on a pedestal and worshipped, but as someone to be followed, whose example should be followed. And who did Jesus hang out with? The oppressed and working class of his day."
Correspondence, Commentary, Corrections
Correspondence, Commentary, Corrections
WestView News March 2014
Dear Editor,
It's no secret that NYU's land grabbing schemes have upset many residents and NYU faculty. But other issues involving scandals and lack of ethics by administrators and board members continue to plague NYU and besmirch its reputation. Both President John Sexton and NYU Trustee Barry Diller have exhibited unbridled greed and dishonesty in the face of exorbitant tuition rates and reprehensible corporate crimes.
In 2005, NYU pledged to protect human rights by kicking Coca-Cola off campus in light of revelations of Coke's complicity in human rights abuses and ongoing cover-ups from Latin America to India and the U.S. NYU brought Coke back in 2009 because it embarrassed the old boys' network and didn't fit in with the interests of CocaCola board member Diller, who has amassed $160,000,000 of Coca-Cola stock. It's time for NYU to dump Coke, dump Diller and reaffirm its commitment to human rights and social justice.
Ray Rogers
The WestView News is distributed to 20,000 residents and businesses in Greenwich Village.
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Scandals and Lack of Ethics Plague NYU
Scandals and Lack of Ethics Plague NYU
What happened at New York University?
NYU was once a leader on human rights. In 2005, the University Senate banned the sale of Coca-Cola beverages on campus, citing allegations of Coke's complicity in widespread labor and human rights abuses in Colombia. These abuses included the torture and murder of union leaders and members of their families who organized against the company's brutal labor policies. NYU joined dozens of other colleges and universities in kicking Coke off their campuses.
Four years later, NYU turned away from their commitment to human rights and invited Coca-Cola back on campus. Jeff Olshansky, co-chair of NYU Law Students for Economic Justice at the time said, "NYU made a promise to these Colombian workers and to human rights and they broke that promise."
The decision to bring back Coca-Cola caught many by surprise. Coke had done nothing to change its ways in Latin America, so why would NYU turn its back on Colombian workers? Could it have something to do with NYU Trustee Barry Diller? Diller sits on both the NYU Board of Trustees and on the Board of The Coca-Cola Company. He's also Chair of lAC/Interactive Corp. He purchased $20 million of Coca-Cola stock just weeks after NYU surprisingly reversed its ban on "Killer Coke." Coincidence? Hardly!
When he bought more Coca-Cola stock between 2010 and 2012, Diller was fined $480,000, according to The Wall Street Journal, "for violating merger reporting rules … " As of November 15, 2013, Diller owns 4,000,000 shares of Coke valued at $160,880,000. It's laughable that Coca-Cola calls Diller an "independent director."
Diller's Maserati, $1 Million Office Carpet and $469 Million Pay Grab
In 2010, CNET News reported that as Diller stepped down as CEO ofI AC/lnteractive while remaining as board chair, some lAC employees were blogging about their discontent over his obscene expenditures and abuse of company money that included his $1 million office carpeting, his spending thousands of dollars ofIAC money on personal travel daily and his company car being upgraded from a Mercedes to a Maserati.
As early as 2006, in a New York Times editorial, "America's Laziest Man?" Nicholas Kristoff described how Diller was plundering IAC/ Interactive. Diller owned 2% of IAC at the time but controlled 56% of its voting stock. The board and compensation committee he controlled authorized paying him $469 million in 2005, by all accounts a voracious money grab and not in the interest of IAC/ Interactive shareholders. "Let's hope that that Mr. Diller will .. .learn the concept of shame," Mr. Kristoff said.
Unfortunately, trustee Barry Diller, like other selfish, selfabsorbed honchos at NYU doesn't understand the concepts of greed and shame.
NYU Trustees: Greed & Shady Dealings
The unethical actions of NYU and Barry Diller's support of Coca-Cola shouldn't surprise anyone in light of revelations of recent scandals besmirching the university that involve President John Sexton, top administrators and the Board of Trustees.
Pam Martens pointed out in Wall Street on Parade (6/23/13) that the scandal at NYU whereby tens of millions of dollars are funneled into the bank accounts of Sexton's friends and the Board of Trustees has the same cast of characters involved in the "NYSE- Grasso- Gate" big money scandal that rocked the New York Stock Exchange in 2003.
The cast is led by three prominent members of NYU's Board of Trustees: Martin Lipton, Chair; and Vice Chairs Kenneth Langone and Laurence Fink. At that time, Langone was sued for "breach of his fiduciary duty" by then Attorney General Eliot Spitzer.
While the Rich Play — NYU Students Pay
Martens, in her story, flashes forward to NYU in 2013, a "nonprofit" subsidized by the taxpayer, now accused of "financing obscene perks for its president, John Sexton," including a "luxurious Fire Island beach house … courtesy of NYU," and his cronies.
"The board of trustees has raised [Sexton's] salary to nearly $1.5 million, with a $2.5 million 'length of service' bonus to come in 2015, and has guaranteed him retirement benefits of $800,000 a year," according to The New York Times (6/17/13). "The university also provides him an apartment by Washington Square."
Martens reports that, according to a finance executive at NYU, the university has made 168 loans to faculty and administrators totaling at least $72 million. Such goings on led Professor David Rubin to raise this question, " … how many parents are happy paying top tuition dollars that they know will go to line the pockets of Team Sexton?" One mother commented to The New York Times:
"It is outrageous that NYU is giving these administrators forgivable loans for vacation homes. How can they live in luxury on the backs of their students and the parents that sacrifice for them?"
Caught: Citibank and Jack Lew Prosper While Miring Students In Debt
According to Gary Tomei in West View News (6/13), Jack Lew, NYU's former Executive VP of Operations from 2001- 2006 and now President Obama's treasury secretary, received a yearly salary of $840,339 from NYU and a $100,000 employment signing bonus. It appears that he was given very favorable mortgage loans of $1.5 million and $500,000. The latter loan was forgiven. But there is a whole lot more to this story.
Lew walked away with $685,000 in "severance pay" to take a more profitable job at Citigroup. According to NYU Local, " … the university made Citigroup a 'preferred lender' which would lead students to believe the bank offered the lowest rate. But Citi didn't, in fact, offer the lowest rates and the university was later to have pushed Citigroup loans in exchange for cash and other incentives. The loans were deemed deceptive and at times illegal by the Attorney General and NYU paid out $1.4 million to students; Citigroup paid $2 million."
Tomei echoed the concerns of many, asking, "When large numbers of students are struggling with high tuition and an inordinate amount of debt, why is the university paying its administrators huge sums of money and also advancing them huge loans which in some cases are not repaid because they are forgiven by the university? According to reports, seven loans of more than $1 million each were made to the school's top administrators, including $5.73 million to Law School Dean Richard Revesz. This is in addition to his $1.04 million salary."
Under the unscrupulous leadership of Sexton, Lipton, Langone and Fink, New York University has become a playground for the super- rich at the expense of students, staff, adjuncts and faculty.
'The unethical actions of NYU and Barry Diller's support of Coca-Cola shouldn't surprise anyone in light of revelations of recent scandals besmirching the university that involve President John Sexton, top administrators and the Board of Trustees.' Nick Pinto reported in the Village Voice (2/20-26/13), " … NYU has a startlingly high tuition and extremely scarce financial aid … Newsweek called NYU the fourth least-affordable school in the country … generates a staggering amount of student debt … graduates owe 40 percent more than the national average." So far, five schools at NYU have voted no-confidence in Sexton, who has agreed to retire in 2016 when his ridiculously repulsive pension is vested. Many believe he should leave now!
NYU could begin to clean up its act and improve its image by removing Coca-Cola, Barry Diller and some other members of its Board of Trustees.
New York Coca-Cola Plants: 'Cesspools of Racial Discrimination'
Since 2009, after NYU brought Coca-Cola back on campus, numerous books, reports, documentary films and lawsuits have exposed the Company's widespread labor, human rights and environmental abuses. And right here in NYU's own backyard, Coca-Cola is facing many lawsuits by black and Latino workers charging racial discrimination.
Unfortunately, Coca-Cola has a long history of racial discrimination, which persists to this day. Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1968, called for a boycott of Coke. In 2001, Coca-Cola paid $192.5 million, the largest racial discrimination settlement in U.S. history. In 2012, the New York Daily News reported that numerous lawsuits describe Coke's plants in New York as "cesspools of racial discrimination" where black and Latino workers who speak up against abuse are retaliated against with unfair discipline, suspensions without pay and often fired.
Before Sandra Walker and Yvette Butler were unjustly terminated from their jobs at The Coca-Cola Company-owned bottling plant in New York City, they already had three strikes against them – they are black, they are women, and they dared to speak up against the abuses inflicted upon them. They, like labor leaders in Colombia, need the support of students and faculty at NYU.
Try to understand the pain of being a victim of discrimination and the resulting unfair treatment, nightmares, panic attacks, constant stress and emotional turmoil. Learn more about Coca-Cola's human rights abuses from Latin America to India to the United States and Yvette's and Sandra's stories and that of many other victims of Coke's abuses at:
Coca-Cola Victim Yvette Butler
Brooklyn, New York resident Yvette Butler, in retaliation for speaking up, was unjustly fired from her job. "As a result, I lost my home and with three children had to move into a city homeless shelter for 13 months. I endured offensive racial comments and harassment on the job, as well as unfair and dangerous work assignments." Yvette still suffers from depression and anxiety from the mistreatment at the hands of supervisors, managers and co-workers.
Coca-Cola Victim Sandra Walker
Queens, New York resident Sandra Walker was suspended, but found innocent of charges that she told a supervisor, "You're a dead man," after witnesses proved she told the supervisor, You're a racist." Yet Sandra was never reimbursed for five weeks lost pay. "I complained about recurring abuses. This led to me being interrogated by persons from Coke's Human Resources Dept. in Atlanta. I was asked such irrational questions as, 'Sandra, do you have any personal friends who are HIV Positive?' Then I was terminated."
It's time for New York University to dump Coke, dump Diller and reaffirm its commitment to human rights and social justice!
NYU Administrators and University Senate Members
Letter to NYU Administrators and University Senate Members
February 18, 2014
Dear NYU Administrators and University Senate Members,
In a Washington Square News article, "University revisits past ban on Coca-Cola" by John Ambrosio (2/12/14), inaccurate and misleading statements were attributed to NYU spokesman Philip Lentz and University Senate member Arthur Tannenbaum. To set the record straight, following is my response to both Mr. Lentz and Mr. Tannenbaum.
Mr. Tannenbaum said, "I had no reason or stake in protecting Coca-Cola and never met Mr. Diller. I didn't know he was on the board at that time." Mr. Tannenbaum's position that he "had no reason or stake in protecting Coca-Cola" is highly questionable. What is not questionable is, "I didn't know he [Barry Diller] was on the board at the time." Mr. Tannenbaum is either suffering a lapse of memory or is knowingly lying.
On March 19, 2008, I sent Mr. Tannenbaum a letter and I later spoke to him by telephone about the unfairness of the University Senate scheduling a vote to rescind the ban on Coca-Cola. We only conversed by phone because Mr. Tannenbaum was very adamant in his refusals to meet with me.
In a conversation in 2008, when I stated to Mr. Tannenbaum that a key factor in his role in lifting the ban might have something to do with the fact that Barry Diller, an NYU Trustee, also serves on Coca-Cola's Board of Directors, he became irate and denied such. One thing is clear: during the process of lifting the ban and well before the ban was lifted, Mr. Tannenbaum knew that Barry Diller served on both boards simultaneously and still does.
During that period, I reiterated to Mr. Tannenbaum the sentiments that were relayed to him in a letter dated April 7, 2008, and signed by alumni who had worked to have Coca-Cola kicked off campus. Why, I wondered, was Arthur Tannenbaum and some members of the University Senate so anxious to introduce a new resolution to rescind the ban based on a false premise and repeated lies by Coca-Cola?
As was pointed out in that April 7 letter to Mr. Tannenbaum, Coca-Cola has never "satisfied the conditions outlined in the Resolution passed by the University Senate on November 3, 2005" that The Coca-Cola Company agree to an independent investigation into allegations of the company's complicity in human rights violations against SINALTRAINAL union leaders in Colombia.
Just weeks after NYU shockingly lifted its ban on Coca-Cola, Mr. Diller purchased $20-million of Coca-Cola stock. Seven months later, he purchased another $27.6-million worth. Mr. Diller now owns more than $160,000,000 of Coca-Cola Company stock. Is it any wonder that Barry Diller does not speak out against Coke's injustices? Are NYU administrators and the old boys' network at NYU helping to shield The Coca-Cola Company and its top policymakers, including its board of directors, from accountability?
The article stated that Mr. Lentz said, "…the decision to lift the ban was based on the corporation's submission to the demands made when the ban was issued." Mr. Lentz then says, "[The] University Senate revisited the issue in 2009 and lifted the ban after Coke agreed to an independent assessment of its labor relations in Colombia by the International Labor Organization [ILO]…the information distributed by KillerCoke.org strongly mischaracterizes how these decisions were made."
It is true that Coca-Cola's CEO Neville Isdell told shareholders at its annual meeting in 2006 that, "We have a document from the ILO signed by the ILO…We have a document. We have an agreement and they are going to investigate past and prior practices…"
It is also true that in an April 10, 2006 letter [page 1] [page 2] to the University of Michigan, Donald Knauss, then-President of Coca-Cola North America stated: "On March 2nd, the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF) announced that it requested the International Labor Organization (ILO) to investigate and evaluate past and present labor relations and workers' rights practices of the Coca-Cola bottling operations in Colombia…Our company supports the IUF in this effort and, in fact, sent our own request for an investigation to the ILO…On March 24, the ILO agreed to conduct the investigation and evaluation and is beginning the process of finalizing its scope, protocol and timing…Questions concerning the ILO investigation and evaluation should be directed to Ms. Sally Paxton, Executive Director, Social Dialogue (011-41-22-799-6332)."
What is also true is that both Mr. Isdell and Mr. Knauss lied. Ms. Paxton from ILO's headquarters in Geneva very emphatically told me that the ILO never agreed, under any circumstances, to investigate past labor practices of Coca-Cola in Colombia or any allegations of murder or other violence against union leaders representing Coca-Cola workers there. In the documentary film, "The Coca-Cola Case," produced by the National Film Board of Canada, there is a scene filmed in Colombia in which an ILO representative is being interviewed. He stated that the ILO was not doing any such investigation.
In complete contradiction to Mr. Isdell and Mr. Knauss, Ron Oswald, General Secretary of the IUF, when asked by British author Mark Thomas about Mr. Isdrell's statement, said, "Well, he was wrong and they know he was wrong…we did not ask them [ILO] to do an investigation into criminal and murderous events…I don't think they have the competence to do that, frankly…there are still calls for Coke to agree to an independent investigation of those incidents and that's something we thought Coke should have agreed to many years ago."
In 2007, the Sydney (Australia) Morning Herald reported: "Employers led by Coca-Cola executive [Ed Potter] stopped the International Labour Organisation examining violations of workplace rights in Colombia…" (Potter, Director of Global Workplace Rights for The Coca-Cola Company, for about two decades has served as the U.S. employer representative to the ILO and is the international business spokesman on the Applications of Conventions and Recommendations Committee at the annual ILO conference).
I don't know if Mr. Lentz was aware of this "investigation" charade concocted by Coca-Cola, but Arthur Tannenbaum and Barry Diller certainly knew about it. The assessment Mr. Lentz refers to has no resemblance to the "investigation" that Coca-Cola's top executives claimed the ILO, the IUF and The Coca-cola Company had agreed to and what the University Senate Resolution demanded.
It's long past time that New York University get the facts straight, live up to its mistakes and rectify this miscarriage of justice perpetrated by Coca-Cola and which NYU either swallowed hook, line and sinker or was an accomplice in. That is owed to the victims of Coca-Cola's human rights abuses, past and present, and to the students and faculty members who worked so hard on passage of the resolution aimed at stopping violence and protecting human rights.
I'll repeat what I said in my previous letter to NYU administrators and University Senate members: You should consider the potential ramifications of NYU continuing to side with scofflaw Coca-Cola and it would be in the best interests of the university to act quickly and rectify this matter.
For those of you who missed my earlier letter and accompanying campaign brochure entitled "Scandals and Lack of Ethics Plague NYU" or missed last Wednesday's Washington Square News article, please visit the home page of www.KillerCoke.org and click on the button, "NYU: Dump Coke, Dump Diller" on the right side of the menu.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
Peace & Justice,
Ray Rogers
Campaign to Stop Killer Coke
Corporate Campaign, Inc.
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University Revisits Past Ban on Coca-Cola
University Revisits Past
Ban on Coca-Cola
By John Ambrosio, Washington Square News, February 12, 2014
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Five years after NYU lifted its ban on Coca-Cola products, union activist and Corporate Campaign, Inc. director Ray Rogers brings the debate over the soft drink company's labor practices back into the public eye. Rogers sent a letter and a critical pamphlet to 130 university administrators last week, imploring them to reinstate the ban on Coke products.
"We are reaching out to you hoping that NYU will do the right thing again and remove all Coke vending machines and products from campus facilities," Rogers said in the letter.
Rogers said the ban, which lasted from 2005 to 2009, was placed due to accusations that Coke was committing human rights violations in Colombia. He said the embargo was lifted prematurely and at the behest of those with interests in Coke's profit margin in both his recent letter and on his website, Killer Coke.
Specifically Rogers said, Arthur Tannenbaum, the University Senate member who introduced the resolution lifting the ban, attempted to protect the interests of Coke and Barry Diller, a member of both the Board of Coke and the NYU Board of Trustees.
NYU spokesman Philip Lentz refuted these claims. Lentz said the decision to lift the ban was based on the corporation's submitting to the demands made when the ban was issued.
"[The] University Senate revisited the issue in 2009 and lifted the ban after Coke agreed to an independent assessment of its labor relations in Colombia by the International Labor Organization," Lentz said. "The information distributed by KillerCoke.org strongly mischaracterizes how these decisions were made."
Tannenbaum also responded to the allegations and said financial gain played no part in his decision to introduce the resolution.
"I had no reason or stake in protecting Coca-Cola and never met Mr. Diller," Tannenbaum said. "I didn't know he was on the board at that time. My only objective was to be fair and impartial to all parties. The senate made the decision both times."
Justin Lee, the chair of the Student Senators Council in 2009, said at the time that the decision to lift the ban, which passed 28 to 22, was somewhat disappointing to those who had supported the embargo. In a WSN article published on Feb. 9, 2009, Lee said people in the council who lifted the ban were tired of extensively talking about the issue and felt the ILO report was the best report they would receive. Lee said if there had been another independent investigation, then the council may not have settled for the ILO's report.
Some supporters, including Rogers, were disappointed NYU lifted the ban because the ILO investigation did not address the accusations that Coke was linked to the killing of Colombian union leaders in the 1990s. Rogers said statements made by Coke executives suggested these murders would be a part of the ILO investigation.
GLS sophomore Ashley Slater said this discussion is closely tied to money.
"If the ban was enforced once again, who's to say that NYU won't just lift it after a couple of years when they believe the clamor of the event has died down and the students involved have graduated," Slater said.
Rogers said he is concerned over the worsening human rights violations in Colombia.
"My main complaint is that what the original resolution was asking for was never met," Rogers said.
CAS senior and current chair of the SSC Mariam Ehrari said she would vote to ban Coke if Rogers' current allegations are true.
"If this were to be introduced as an issue, I think we would discuss it and act on it," said Ehrari.
Rogers said he is going to put pressure on the university administration until they re-establish the ban.
"The NYU administration is going to pay a price one way or another if they keep Coke," Rogers said. "If nobody wants to heed the warning, then all I can do is say I warned them."
A version of this article appeared in the Wednesday, Feb. 12 print edition. John Ambrosio is a contributing writer. Email him at email@example.com.
Letter to NYU Administrators and University Senate Leaders
Letter to NYU Administrators and University Senate Leaders,
February 3, 2014
Dear NYU Administrators and University Senate Leaders,
We are reaching out to you hoping that NYU will do the right thing again and remove all Coca-Cola vending machines and products from campus facilities. The attached brochure entitled "Scandals and Lack of Ethics Plague NYU," makes it very clear why we are revisiting the Coca-Cola issue at the university.
As part of this new campaign to remove Coke from your campus, we will be distributing hundreds of thousands of copies of the brochure via the Internet and social media, along with printed copies to the public. We are also establishing a special website to focus on ethical questions relating to NYU and Coca-Cola. This will help concerned students, their parents, alumni and NYU faculty and staff better understand and wrestle with the issues at hand.
You should consider the potential ramifications of NYU administrators continuing to side with scofflaw Coca-Cola very seriously.
Scores of colleges and universities including, most recently, the City University of New York (CUNY), one of the world's largest university systems, and College of the Atlantic off the coast of Maine, one of the nation's smallest colleges, removed all Coca-Cola products from their campuses as a direct result of the campaign and the issues documented on KillerCoke.org and StopCokeDiscrimination.org.
These issues include serious human rights abuses that Coca-Cola is involved in from Latin America to Asia and right here in New York City and New York State.
Since NYU's wrongful decision to return Coke back to campus in 2009 after banning it for four years, numerous books, documentaries, articles, reports and lawsuits have spotlighted Coca-Cola's reprehensible human rights and environmental transgressions resulting in many more schools banning the sale and marketing of Coca-Cola products from their campuses. For a quick overview of the Campaign to Stop Killer Coke and many of the issues involved, you might want to view the 43-slide PowerPoint Presentation, "Coca-Cola: American Icon or Corporate Criminal?".
Please feel free to contact me should you have any questions. I'm available to meet to discuss resolving the NYU/Coca-Cola issue. I believe it would be in the best interests of the university to act quickly.
Peace & Justice,
Ray Rogers
Campaign to Stop Killer Coke
Corporate Campaign, Inc.
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The Ecology Action Centre and our partners have been working to improve awareness and build support for programs and initiatives in Halifax which address the critical issue of the impact of outdoor and free-roaming cats on birds. The rationale for this work arose from studies published in 2013 by Environment Canada which identified cats as the number one cause of human-related direct mortality (habitat loss, for example, is considered an indirect cause) to birds across Canada, with estimates of bird deaths from 1.7 - 4.1 million in Halifax alone.
Many jurisdictions have addressed the multiple issues that have stemmed from cat overpopulation, with the implementation of 'responsible pet ownership' programs for owned cats, which have positive impacts for human, and environmental health, wildlife populations, and which benefit the welfare of domestic cats by incentivizing and promoting education of responsible care for the owned cat population. These programs protect cats from becoming stray, lost, or abandoned, and from entering feral populations in the first place.
Through this work, we aim to build support for a multi-pronged, collaborative approach that addresses this critical issue long term. Most populous municipalities across Canada have adopted municipal level education, and incentivized program measures including identification, registration and supervised outdoor access provisions. We promote similar programs to be adopted in Halifax, where these programs can provide for improved value and responsibility towards owned cats. Without identified owners, such municipal measures don't apply to un-owned cats, but work conjunctively to complement programs for the feral or stray populations (such as spay/neuter and adoption programs). We promote comprehensive solutions that can make HRM a safe and healthy community for humans, the environment, domestic pets, and wildlife.
Allied Cats
Research by Environment and Climate Change Canada found that the top human-related impacts on birds are due to predation by free-roaming cats (feral and owned outdoor cats). The Allied Cats project, funded by Environment and Climate Change Canada's EcoAction and Habitat Stewardship Programs, is aimed at generating a network of cats that lead healthy, safe, and happy lives indoors, or with controlled outdoor access via a "catio" or on a leash, under the watchful eye of their humans.
Allied Cats are helping to protect millions of birds and other wildlife that are otherwise injured or killed in Canada each year by free-roaming cats. Keeping your cat indoors protects your cat and, in turn, protects our community birds and other wildlife that are vulnerable to outdoor cats. Learn more about this project, and how you and your cat can become a bird ally here.
Recent Projects
Safe in the City
Safe in the City, funded by Environment and Climate Change Canada's EcoAction Community Funding Program, worked directly with cat owners to reduce the threats that free-roaming cats pose to birds in urban centres. We worked with cat owners and local community leaders and vets to identify positive ways to help address the issues. This project allowed us to better understand how community members are keeping cats and wildlife safe in the city. The project also provided cat owners with Cat Cam and GPS opportunities for cats interested in showing their humans where they go.
Discover resources that help keep both cats and birds safe in our resources section.
Past Projects
Birds and Coffee
Many of our songbirds travel long distances each year to overwinter in Central and South America, returning here each spring to nest. The sad news is that many songbirds are declining in numbers. JUDES and the Ecology Action Centre hosted discussions across the province about coffee farming practices that can help conserve our songbirds, including screening the film Birdsong and Coffee: A Wake-up Call.
Bird Collisions
In the spring and fall migration seasons of 2009, our team of volunteers set out to see how many bird fatalities were caused by downtown office buildings. Read about our findings here.
Birds in the Park
It has been shown that exposure to outdoor activities and to nature greatly reduces ADHD, stress levels, obesity, asthma, and general health problems in children. It has also been shown that children are smarter when they spend time outside: a study in California found that children who spent class time in the outdoors scored about 25% higher on science tests. With this in mind, Point Pleasant Childcare asked us to create an information booklet on some of the species that live in Point Pleasant Park. The booklet focused on focused on species that are easily seen, and also included information on mammals, insects, amphibians and plants found in the park. It was tailored to a four-year-old's mentality with the intention of helping educators give their students a positive nature experience to be carried into adulthood. The publication has since been adapted for use by other daycares.
Birds are Back Celebrity Challenge
Each spring, migratory birds make an epic journey from their wintering grounds in places such as Brazil, Trinidad, and Texas, back to Nova Scotia. To welcome them, EAC organized the Birds are Back Celebrity Challenge in the Spring of 2009, a public education program to raise awareness about the decline of migratory birds.
For Our Birds Conference
In order to better understand the state of birds in Nova Scotia, the EAC helped organize For Our Birds 2008 Conference in November 2008 (the conference outcomes are available here). Over 140 participants identified a number of actions to reverse the declines. The birds need your help, too!
More Information
The Impact of Domestic Cats on Birds: Making Sense of the Science Brochure
Canadian Federation of Humane Societies Cats in Canada Report 2017
The State of Canada's Birds 2012 Report
The impact of free-ranging domestic cats on wildlife of the United States (Nature Communications)
Estimated number of Birds Killed by House Cats (Felis catus) in Canada
A synthesis of human-related avian mortality in Canada
Contact Us
- Patti Green, Bird Conservation Outreach Coordinator
We work closely with a number of community partners to help preserve Nova Scotia's resident and migrating bird species. Partnering with Bird Studies Canada, Nova Scotia Bird Society, Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre, and Nature Nova Scotia, and Nature Canada, our projects aim to address the joint issue of declining bird species and cat welfare through education, policy change, and community outreach.
Get Involved
- Learn nine simple actions you can take to protect birds.
- Learn how to keep your cat healthy and safe while preventing bird deaths.
- We welcome new members! If you are interested in joining the Bird Conservation Committee please contact us by email.


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News & Notes
UPCOMING WORKSHOP: Scottsdale Artists' School
"Oil Painting Essentials"
Scottsdale, Arizona
February 11th-15th, 2019
Click here for more information
Gregg's new book, OIL PAINTING ESSENTIALS is now available in bookstores across the country and online at Penguin Random House or on Amazon.com.
Gregg's ebook, "Life Drawing: Line and Empathy", is now available to download at his Gumroad store.
In a recent issue of The Art Student's League's publication, 'Lines from the League', Gregg writes about his early days of painting. Click here and scroll to page 15 to read it.
The Arts Students League has posted a short video of one of Gregg's portrait demonstrations. Watch it here
Click here to watch a short film about Gregg painting on the streets of New York City, directed by his daughter, Lucy Kreutz


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Salesforce have announced forthcoming changes to Social Studio's Facebook listening functionality. This will impact how you currently use Social Studio's Engage and Analyze functions.
Facebook recently announced a change which affects all social listening tools, as part of a privacy initiative. From October 16, 2017, it will no longer be possible for social listening tools to listen to posts on Facebook pages – unless you own the page.
What does this mean? For the time being, Facebook posts on pages you don't own will not be available in Social Studio Analyze reports. For your owned Facebook pages, you'll continue to be able to use Social Studio Publish and Engage to manage and engage with posts and messages.
Historical data which has been gathered prior to October 16 will remain available, but any new posts from that date onwards won't be gathered.
What's next? We believe that Facebook are developing a new insights tool which will provide some functionality for understanding Facebook audiences through social listening tools. We'll post on our blog as we learn more.
If you have questions about how this affects your use of Social Studio, we're happy to help – please contact us.
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Lynn C. Kuhn of Quakertown died Sunday, May 27, 2012, in her home. She was 59.
She was the widow of Charles A. 'Chuck' Kuhn.
She was a graduate of Temple University in 1974 with a degree as a registered nurse. She worked at Grand View Hospital for a number of years.
Born in Philadelphia, she was a daughter of the late Sidney and Sara (Mandeloff) Goldstein.
She was a member of Rocky Ridge Mennonite Church, Quakertown.
Lynn is survived by a sister, Susan Bornstein and her husband, Steve, of Fairfax Station, Va.; a niece, Abby; and nephew, David.
Funeral services will be 2:30 p.m. Thursday, May 31, in Rocky Ridge Mennonite Church, Quakertown, where friends may call from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Jeffrey A. Naugle Funeral
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Stop the Negative Self Talk
I want to talk about negative self talk. I do that with my clients in my practice all the time because this is so common. Click here for the full article.


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Themis Trading's Joe Saluzzi On How To Fix Wall Street's 'Plumbing'
When your sink is clogged, you call a plumber.
When Wall Street gets clogged, you might want to talk to Joe Saluzzi, partner and co-founder of Themis Trading and co-author of Broken Markets: How High Frequency Trading and Predatory Practices on Wall Street are Destroying Investor Confidence and Your Portfolio.
Saluzzi believes that Wall Street's plumbing (the way orders are routed and filled) has become a serious problem for traders. He has been fighting for change and recently came on Benzinga's PreMarket Prep to discuss the issue.
"The real issue is not necessarily high-frequency trading but how the system has been built to basically allow a subset of traders who have access to speed -- whether it's location, data feed, special different information coming through -- to take advantage of the system, to game that system," Saluzzi told Benzinga.
Saluzzi was on a subcommittee for the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. He was asked to define 'high-frequency trading' (or HFT for short), but found that it was more difficult that anyone could imagine.
"High-frequency trading -- in itself, no one can even define the thing," said Saluzzi. "It's such a nebulous name. We couldn't even come up with a good definition."
Saluzzi, whose clients include mutual funds and hedge funds, think that it's time to start looking at these plumbing issues.
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"Let's start to get rid of some of the conflicts of interest," he added. "We think the market should help itself."
Case-in-point: Saluzzi doesn't want to see a 4,000 page rule proposal.
"That would take years and would probably be worse than what we have right now," he said. "We need to tweak around the edges."
Decimals Changed Everything, But They Are Not The Problem
Saluzzi acknowledged that decimals and sub-decimals changed everything, but he does not believe that they are a part of the problem.
"When decimalization came out, it was a good thing," said Saluzzi. "However, they never really kind of figured out that all stocks are different. What's good for Bank of America that trades at a penny a share spread and 50 million shares a day may not be good for XYZ stock that trades 50,000 shares a day.
"Maybe you need a little bit wider spread there to encourage more liquidity… There's nothing wrong with a decimal. That probably makes a lot more sense than an eighth or a quarter."
That said, Saluzzi thinks that decimalization with minimum fills or minimum increments might have been a better idea.
"What we're recommending, and we hope the regulators are listening -- don't allow people to sub-penny you within that spread," he said. "If I have a 10 cent bid offered at 15 cents, and someone can step in for a sub-penny, you've defeated the purpose entirely of the program."
Check out the video below for a recap of Joe Saluzzi's guest appearance on Benzinga's #PreMarket Prep show:
Disclosure: At the time of this writing, Louis Bedigian had no position in the equities mentioned in this report.
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When Myriad began representing the Cook Islands, many North American consumers had limited knowledge of the Cook Islands location and experience. Myriad created the Where in the World are the Cook Islands campaign.
The Brief
- Raise awareness of the destination and the experience
- Engage consumers in a compelling way that would allow them to learn more about the destination
- Stimulate excitement and interest in travel to the Cook Islands
- Cultivate a database of qualified travelers
- Myriad's "Where in the World are the Cook Islands" campaign guided consumers to FindTheCookIslands.com to learn about the destination through an online game, enter the sweepstakes to win a trip, view wholesaler packages and opt in for further information
- Wholesaler partners were invited to participate with offers included on the microsite. Leads were forwarded to the wholesalers for conversion
- The campaign was promoted in media including TripAdvisor, iExplore, Where I've Been, Expedia, Yahoo!, Kayak, Amazon, AirNZ.com
- The PR campaign resulted in extensive print media and social media coverage including In Know Traveler, The Chicago Tribune, Real Weddings, Huell Howser Productions, Hip Compass Escapes as well as Facebook and Twitter
- 20,515,696 impressions
- 29,987 unique registrations
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Talk With a Dog Groomer
Colleen Riley
Animal Behavior College sat down with professional dog groomer Colleen Riley. Colleen has been grooming dogs from her home and at grooming salons since she was 14. Watch the first part of a three-part video series "Talk With a Dog Groomer: Colleen Riley."
My name is Colleen Riley. I'm a Program Manager for the Dog Grooming Program. I've been working here for going on four years. Outside of here, I'm an actual dog groomer. I go to a grooming salon and they set up appointments for me so when I leave here, I get straight there and I get started on my dogs. I've been working there for about six months. Before that, I was working at another salon for five years. But I've been grooming since I was 14 because I got a little Westie, a West Highland Terrier, and he requires a lot of grooming so I would do that myself.
When did you decide to become a pet groomer?
Growing up, I always loved working with animals. I wasn't sure what part of the animal industry I wanted to work in. So I started with the dog training and then from there I went into exotic training. And then I needed to figure out an easier career because it's not that easy getting into the training career so I found my passion in dog grooming. I really enjoy teaching dog grooming, learning it. I work with other groomers and they're always teaching me new things and I teach them new things. It's a really good creative outlet.
Well again, I got my West Highland Terrier and I worked with a dog groomer. Once I realized I wanted to make this into my career, I found a brick-and-mortar dog grooming school and I started there and got my certificate. And then I started from the bottom again and worked my way up in the grooming salon. From there, I met other groomers who taught me more stuff.
What's the best way to become a pet groomer? School? Certification? Volunteering?
I recommend all of it. I think the more education, the better. The more experience, the better. Getting the certificate will help you in the long run because you'll always have that and you'll have that on your resume and it proves you went to school for it. But experience, that's how you build your skill level.
Of course, doing research, finding a school that would work with their schedule, and again experience. They can go to their friends' dogs they can practice on, rescues they can work with while they go to school. The schooling is really important because it teaches you safety and handling—the basics you would need to complete the full groom, especially when it comes to the breed cuts. But once you learn the basics, you can go from there and modify it yourself on how you like to groom. You create your own style.
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What are the advantages of Animal Behavior College versus getting experience on your own?
Going through a school like this, I think we help give people like the foot in the door. We have students that sign up who've never worked with animals. Don't even know where to begin. So we teach them the basics and then we introduce them to other groomers. If they build professional relationships with those groomers, they then network and they can meet other groomers, they can get better ideas. That's really when they can really learn if this is something they want to do or maybe they want to go to the training career instead.
Well we have different stages in the program where we teach them the history of dogs and why they get specific haircuts and how the grooming salons even got started. We go into more detail with the specific tools and toolkit that they'll be using so they can kind of have an understanding of all the different kind of tools out there.
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Then we go into safety and health while they're in the grooming salon, which is really important because the main concern is the safety and health of the animal. Then, we go into more detail with bathing, brushing, all the different types of shampoos and perfumes out there, how to hold your tools properly, how to work your tools, how to keep them clean, and the specific haircuts for specific breeds, why they get those specific cuts, and how to read the guidelines. So when you're in the grooming salon and let's say you're not quite sure how to complete a haircut, you can pull up a sheet of what the haircut is supposed to look and you'll understand what the lines mean.
We got into more detail about building your own business–how to create your own grooming salon and the difference between mobile grooming and owning a grooming salon or working in a grooming salon for someone. Also, how to calculate how much money you should be making and the different types of ways the owners of grooming salons can pay you. And then of course, you get the hands-on experience where you go into a grooming salon and you learn what it's like to be in that busy salon. The mentors teach you everything from cleaning to bathing the dog to trimming the dog to checking in and out clients. You also get the experience of working with other dog groomers as well.
How many hours do you need to complete?
It's a minimum of 100 hours. It kind of just depends on the skill level of the student. It also depends on how much practice they get before going into a grooming salon. While they go through the stages, it's required that they do homework. We recommend getting in as much practice in before you go into the grooming salon so when you're in there, the mentor sees you are motivated and you do want to learn this. You have a little bit more confidence and they can move you forward faster. A lot of our students build professional relationships with the mentors. They either continue volunteering for the mentors or, sometimes, the mentors will hire them on to teach them more afterwards.


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Euthanasia campaigner Paula Westoby has died at her home.
The 83-year-old Dunedin grandmother made headlines in December 2008 when she had "DO NOT RESUSCITATE" tattooed on her chest.
The outspoken convener of the voluntary euthanasia support group Exit International was a supporter of Sean Davison, who helped his cancer-ridden mother die.
Exit International founder Philip Nitschke praised Ms Westoby, who died this week, for her work in euthanasia and was saddened to hear of her death.
"We had no idea this was going to happen."
The pair had been in regular email contact about going to South Africa to visit Davison.
"Mum thrived on death ... it was the only thing that kept her going," Jonathan Westoby said from Auckland yesterday.
He said he was contacted on Monday morning by a Dunedin funeral home to say his mother had telephoned them about possible funeral arrangements.
Mr Westoby contacted his Dunedin-based brother, Simon, who found their mother in her flat.
St John was called, with staff later confirming her dead at the scene, and police were contacted.
The home was initially treated as a crime scene but her death has since been referred to the coroner.
A post-mortem examination was expected to be done today.
A service will be held at Gillions Chapel in Dunedin on Friday at 9.30am.


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Ireland hope to float above the 'Waterline'.Posted: February 25, 2012 Filed under: Ireland | Tags: Busted, Eurosong 2012, Eurovision Song Contest 2012, Jedward, Lipstick, Waterline, Westlife, When You're Looking Like That Leave a comment
Last night, Ireland held their national final and the winner was, rather predictably, Jedward with the song Waterline. I thought Donna MacCaul might provide an upset with Mercy, but it was the complete lack of presentation that stifled her chances. Surprisingly though, the voting was a bit of a race but in the end, Jedward charmed both the televoters and the regional juries into giving them the top score so they are off to represent the Emerald Isle for the second consective year, the first act ever to do so in the history of the country's participation.
Ireland 2012: Waterline performed by Jedward
Honestly, its not as punchy as Lipstick and exposes their rather weak vocals. However, the song is extremely catchy and is great in its studio version. It sounds like a cross between early noughties punk rock act Busted and Westlife's When You're Looking Like That with a touch of Disney charm. It marks a progression in Jedward's sound and I think its great that they decided not to play it safe by sending a 'Lipstick Part 2′. How will it do in Baku? Well, if they make like 2011 and polish their performance, work on the more demanding vocal delivery that Waterline requires and change out of those awful bee-like costumes, I think Ireland can do some business.


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Enda Stevens has been challenged to use his Pompey switch to kick-start his international aspirations.
The left-back this week arrived at Fratton Park eager for regular first-team football.
The manager will get the best out of him. He is one of those lads who is at a point in his career now he realises he can achieve whatever he wantsLeam Richardson
Capped three times by the Republic of Ireland under-21s, Stevens had found himself a free agent after his release by Aston Villa.
The 24-year-old's path originally crossed with Paul Cook when both were based in the League of Ireland's premier division.
Now Stevens finds himself under the tutelage of the ex-Sligo Rovers boss.
And assistant manager Leam Richardson revealed the defender has been told he can once again break into the international set-up.
Richardson said: 'Enda brings great balance to the team. He's a good left-back with bags of ability.
'We think he can really kick on and achieve good things in his career.
'The manager will get the best out of him. He is one of those lads who is at a point in his career now and he realises he can achieve whatever he wants.
'The manager has spoken to him about playing for Ireland – and I don't think it is unachievable for somebody like Enda.
'He has the tools to do that if he gets his head down.
'Firstly – let me make it clear – he must play regularly for a successful Portsmouth Football Club and then the rest will follow.
'And I think he has got that in him.
'He was very good at Doncaster last season, while was also on loan there the previous year when they were in the Championship.
'Now I think he has realised he needs to settle down somewhere, get a regular shirt and kick on his career.'
After arriving at Villa in the summer of 2012, Stevens went on to make nine appearances.
Seven of those arrived in the Premier League, but he slipped out of favour and made his last appearance in January 2013.
Since then there have been loan spells at Doncaster (twice), Notts County and Northampton.
Now Stevens has arrived at Pompey, strengthening a squad which lost Dan Butler and Nicky Shorey as left-backs at the season's end.
Cook is still on the look-out for a right-back – one of several areas of his team which requires bolstering.
Meanwhile, the Blues' new left-back will be asked to fit into a 4-2-3-1 system and different style of play.
Richardson added: 'Enda will be asked to attack.
'Myself and the manager like our full-backs to be expansive, to have lots of energy to get up and down the pitch.
'He will have to be fit, he knows that. He knows he will have to come back in top form – and again he has the tools to do that.'


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by jonrosenberg on October 16, 2007 01:37pm
This morning, we were excited to learn that two of Microsoft's Shared Source licenses have been approved by the OSI. It's been an interesting and educational couple of months since we submitted these licenses (we announced our intent in July, and submitted on August 10th.) I personally enjoyed hearing the wide diversity of opinions from the community, including the legal professionals who weighed in on the discussion.
During the discussion period, we were pleased to respond to the communities requests for additional clarity in the licenses by renaming them to the Microsoft Public License and the Microsoft Reciprocal License. In the process of the license discussion, we also heard additional calls for more clarity in our communication regarding the wide range of Shared Source licensing options available from Microsoft. Some Shared Source licenses clearly meet the open source definition and others do not. In the future, we will continue to solicit feedback from the community to ensure crisp delineation of these different license types on our website.
As we continue to work with the open source community, we look forward to ongoing feedback on how to improve our participation and provide greater transparency to all of our customers and partners. I'd like to thank Russ Nelson and Michael Tiemann for their guidance throughout this process and I would like to thank all the members of the community who contributed to this discussion on the license-discuss alias. I think you're going to see a lot of great code come out under these two open source licenses and we are happy to be able to call them, "OSI Approved."
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It's amazing what you can create with a little wood, +Cabot Woodcare stain and a +RYOBI Power Tools AirStrike! The other day I quickly created this beautiful Rustic Star to go with our Christmas decor and I love how it turned out!
- (5) 3/4″ wide x 18″ long square dowels
- Cabot Premium Wood Finish in Riverbed
- Rag
- Ryobi AirStrike (another brad nail gun will work…but this is my favorite!)
- 1″ brads
- 35 count strand of lights
First you will use a rag to stain your dowels and let it dry. After it is dry, use your nail gun to nail the wooden dowels together in a star shape. (Sorry, no photos, I needed two hands!!) Finally wrap your lights around the star, plug in and enjoy!
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Brighton is a thriving hub for tech recruitment
While London has historically been hailed as the tech capital of the UK, the combination of sky-high living prices, housing costs and jam-packed public transport networks are driving tech professionals in droves to transfer their skills to regional tech hubs across the UK.
In light of this shift, Search Technology & Transformation has singled out Brighton as the next best option for industry specialists looking to relocate from the capital, predicting a boom in growth to what is already a buoyant and thriving regional tech market.
According to Tech Nation, the national network for ambitious tech entrepreneurs, Brighton is where 'the arts fuse with technology'. It estimates that over 14,300 vacancies opened up in the seaside haven in 2017, with approximately 13,000 people now employed in digital jobs.
Meanwhile, research published in Business Matters – the UK's leading SME business magazine shows that approximately one in five tech employees are considering an exodus from London to regional tech hubs where they can enjoy a better quality of life, lower living costs and more affordable housing.
According to the data, the primary reasons behind why London tech workers would consider a move from the capital to a regional city are:
Quality of life (64%)
Lower living costs (51%)
Affordability of housing (47%)
Higher disposable income (45%)
Given significant growth within Brighton's tech landscape, Search Technology & Transformation has named 'London by the Sea' as an emerging hub for recruitment within the sector, citing a host of opportunities for growth on the horizon.
Matt Novis, Divisional Manager at Search Technology & Transformation in Brighton, said: "This city is characterised by its vibrant creativity and collaborative nature, which makes for a unique and alternative take on technology as a whole."
"Home to a wide range of digital advertising and marketing agencies, design studios and gaming studios, Brighton continues to develop and grow across the tech spectrum. As such, there is a wealth of opportunities for professionals who wish to propel their careers within the sector whilst enjoying an excellent quality of life. "
"Brighton is a city where creativity, ambition and entrepreneurship thrive, which is undoubtedly why we have multiple SMEs and digital agencies cropping up at every corner to disrupt the tech giants, along with the cities which host them. Given the wealth of existing and emerging opportunities, I can truly say that it's an exciting time to be a tech recruiter in Brighton."
"What's more is that our team is growing, and we are looking for driven and ambitious individuals to help bolster our presence and tap into this fast-growing market. If you would like to join our team, please feel free to contact me directly," he concluded.


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There is good advertising and then there is what I call badvertising!
The ads below are not necessarily the worst of the worst out there from my perspective but represent a sample cross section for me to critique and apply my Sales and Marketing for "You" methodology to. What I want to do is present a selection of ads which I will then critique and propose new taglines and strategies for. In doing so I will have the opportunity to discuss many of the salient principles of sales and marketing that I have already written about which tie into advertising such as positioning, messaging, wording, competitive advantage, differentiation, needs, knowing your customer, speaking their language and selling a lifestyle or experience based on their values.
The truth is that there is no formula for coming up with creative advertising ideas and catchy slogans, let alone a repeatable strategy to create truly inspiring ads that resonate with, become part of and shape the cultural zeitgeist. The advertising greats of the past as well as present masters - not to mention successful artists of every genre! - use the same technique that I am going to apply on the ads below: creative thinking. All this means is that you sit back, brainstorm and work on those ideas that "pop up" that resonate with your heart, mind and gut.
This made up ad by UK communications regulator Ofcom exemplifies a typical features-based ad that is the lowest common denominator of advertising as far as I am concerned. This is more of an informative than persuasive approach because all a company does is tout features such as price and, in this case "unlimited downloads" without explaining a crucial question the customer will ask: What's in it for me (WIIFM)? You should always try and connect a feature to benefits by explaining to a customer what a specific feature means for them. Don't leave that thinking up to your customer because they may or may not be able to make the connection themselves! Ultimately, you want to connect features and benefits to customer needs, experience, lifestyle and values.
Let's say price is a required feature for such an ad in this industry because it is something that every customer asks about as a staring point. That is often the case with products or services in which there is not much room for competitive differentiation. What is the next thing a customer reads? "Broadband." How about we apply some imagination here and think about what having the Internet means in terms of a customer's experience. Could we say "The world from 15 / month?" and then explain we mean the worldwide web? Perhaps that would be too much and some customers might be put off thinking we are trying to fool them. However, this is the kind of thinking we are looking for, something that turns the ordinary into extraordinary. One of the advertising masters I admire today says, "advertising is poison gas" which to me means that it should be interruptive and invasive to the extreme!
We might just end up with something along the lines of, "Unlimited art, science and entertainment from 15/ month". That way we can tuck "Unlimited Downloads" into the fine print along with "Free customer service" and "No connection fee" which don't seem like such big deals to me and can just as well be included as part of a standard package. How about "Stay connected from 15/ month" or even just "Connect from 15/ month"? Once again, broadband Internet is a feature but what we should ideally be advertising is what the customer is going to do or experience. At the very least, can we come up of a more novel way of saying what we are saying such as "Unlimited Online from $15/ month"?
There are two things wrong with this ad for Tummy Tuck jeans: the tagline is not persuasive enough and it talks about the wrong feature. I have written about how advertising is often about conveying a central idea with as much emotion and impact as possible but the problem here is that if you read the ad, what will strike you as being a truly revolutionary concept is the fact that these jeans apparently make you look 1 size smaller. Now that is something to advertise! Saying that your jeans will fit you does not seem like such a big deal and is not the same thing. If you did want to advertise along those lines, how about something more forceful like, "Throw away your other jeans" which is what you are going to want to do after wearing these.
How can we convey the fact of your looking one size smaller? How about "You are thinner than you think" - similar to Scotiabank's "You are richer than you think"! -, "I thought I was a 21!" or, more accurately, "This 21 looks like a 20!" Keep in mind that just like what I call "Held Back" Sales and Marketing, your advertising tag line – or your whole ad for that matter! - does not have to reveal everything about your product or service to your customer. You are simply trying to engage, interest and get your customer curious to the point that they act (visit your website, purchase, etc). My second tagline, therefore, just gets you thinking and creates a question in your mind that you must then read the rest of the ad in order to answer.
Another sample ad from the Government of Canada department(s) behind the Imagine Education in Canada brand that is so 90s! How many ads have you seen with a profound one-word tagline like "Think", "Dream", "Connect", "Believe" or HP's "Invent" (Nissan has a similar take on this them with "Shift_" followed by all kinds of things like "Perspective")? I think these supposedly profound motivational type messages were spawned from taglines along the lines of "Discover Your Dreams", "Love Your Life", "No Fear" and Nike's ubiquitous "Just Do It". The problem is that they only work when your product or service really is revolutionary or, quite frankly, has nothing to do with the tagline. Why this is so is something that is beyond the scope of the present discussion...
On a side note, a nice addition to this genre of motivational taglines is one of my personal favourites which is Lexus' "The Relentless Pursuit of Perfection" (here another variation by Lexus on their famous slogan!). At first glance this seems like a typical "we"-centric ad that is talking about the company instead of being "you"-centric which means the customer. However, I would like to think that this slogan represents an invitation by the company for the customer themselves to join Lexus in relentlessly pursuing perfection. In fact, purchasing a Lexus in itself is a sign of the customer's dedication to this concept. Is it too much to hope that this is what this message is meant to convey at least in part or is that kind of advertising still some years away?
Going back to "Imagine"... there are two reasons this word does not work here: firstly, is that it is not a standalone statement and secondly, linking it to "Hands-On Learning" is not such a big deal. If you were to say, "Imagine – Learning in Outer Space" then that is something people would sit up and pay attention to and the kind of effect you are aiming for ideally. Since that is not applicable here, how about <b>"Imagine - Learning That Is Fun"? This works well because the demographic this brand is targeting is children who – fortunately! - are not as jaded and sceptical as grown-ups about advertising and don't need to be oversold. Kids are also more imaginative and can take the concept of fun learning and by themselves create a picture perfect scenario in their minds of how cool that would be. Personally, I would ditch "Imagine" and instead say "Learning can be" followed by words like "Fun." "Engaging." "Fulfilling." underneath.
BMW wins points for using a public service appeal and conveying a powerful message visually but why would a car manufacture want to advertise accidents and talk about spare parts at all? On a complete side note, BMW deserves major credit for creating breakthrough iconic short films such as "The Hire" that revolutionized advertising and became an on-and-offline sensation propelling their protagonist Clive Owen to A-list superstardom (and by the way, they did what they were meant to which is increase BMW's revenues significantly!). While the idea of making a short movie to advertise a car may not seem that far-fetched or pioneering BMW's genius laying in creating high-quality productions by enlisting the best movie makers, directors and actors available.
In terms of the wording for this ad, how about "You could lose more than your licence"? That way we can avoid tying into the term "spare parts" altogether. Another problem with the original wording is the word "original": there is just something wrong with the way it is used and some readers may or may not get what the ad means at all the first time they read it. Ambiguity should be avoided unless it is a part of your strategy but for the sake of argument, if we want to stick with talking about spare parts then how about, simply, "Don't end up needing a spare part yourself"? This is somewhat the same approach as in my first suggestion and automatically implies that your car needs spare parts although you do not mention this outright.
This ad is for a software company called Synygy and there is so much wrong with it I don't know where to start! I'm serious, this is the kind of ad that sends shivers up my spine – in a bad way! - and gives me the creeps. The problems is that it takes a number of great ideas but does not execute them well. Rather, the whole thing to me seems like a hodgepodge of visual and messaging concepts that were taken from good ads and put together here by a team that did not really understand how to duplicate the effect of their building blocks (let alone create a new and fresh concept out of their starting materials). It is just the same as if you took different bits from various classical paintings and put them all together in an effort to create your own classic (hey, has anyone tried that?!).
Let's start with the picture; the problem with it is that the folks in it are too serious! Seriously. I mean, look at them: they are typical corporate folks who don't seem to be having anywhere near the amount of fun they should be. Does it make a different that they are salesfolks (Synygy is a Sales Compensation Management solution)? I don't know but I think what happened here is that Synygy used an ad agency that is good at producing software ads and this is what they came up with. They took a hilarious concept what could have worked great but were not able to have enough fun with it. Do you feeling like smiling or grimacing when you see this ad? There is just something not right about the whole thing. The wording is the same: it is almost funny but not quite (and shouldn't it be "...in your organization"??). One reason may be because being performance-driven is a very serious concept that is a core value in most businesspeople and almost sacred in the corporate world.
Ideally, I would have more fun people in the picture with a caption like, "Results-Oriented. Competitive. Nuts" Notice how the first two terms are also serious corporate terms and it is the use of the word "nuts" that gives the whole thing a funny angle and gives us permission to laugh. Also notice that "results-oriented" is the first thing a reader sees but this does not necessarily connect with the picture. This is intentional because we want to illicit their curiosity once again. Then they read "competitive" and this ties in better to the picture. So they move on expecting something along the same gradient and we have "nuts" which is like the unexpected punchline (to be perfectly honestly, I would personally use "Bonkers" or even "Insane" but that is probably too much for most advertising clients who are paying for the ad!). The concept of the ad would be to give Synygy a "marketing personality" that is fun and different and, as well, let a customer relate to their own team as a bunch of fun-loving go-getters.
Did somebody say McDonald's? Oh, I'm sorry, this is an American Express ad! Well, the tagline "Who's getting one?" spells M-c-D-O-N-A-L-D-S to me, I'm afraid. That is not to say that the bandwagon advertising appeal is wrong, just that it should be done right and for the right kind of product like Dr. Scholl's "Are You Gellin'?" Capital One Financial started this approach with credit cards by asking, "What's in Your Wallet?" and, frankly, I don't care if it worked for them or not (its success would of course be a reason for the good folks at AMEX to want to copy them!). The problem to me is that the bandwagon approach commoditizes your product. Therefore, while you do get the mass appeal aspect you are looking for, you lose out because you are positioning your product the same way you would say, a carton of milk.
The main text of the ad is what caught my attention and, once again, it diminishes the brand by touting a bunch of features just like the broadband ad I started this article off with. Now here's the thing: American Express are actually delivering a great new concept but they are not communicating it well. A reader has to get over their built-in features-and-benefits blocker – which most people have nowadays due to an incessant onslaught of sales, marketing and advertising over the decades, both good and bad! - as well as read between the lines to get to the heart of what is being said which should have been: "A charge card that is like a credit card, only better". The only good things about the ad as it stands is the colour palette - "Plum"! - and the "Ad Feedback" button which is an excellent idea and not one I have seen used before.
Advertising in fashion is an industry in and of itself and I don't feel bad including another fashion ad in my list of badvertising. There are two things wrong with this ad as well which are the concept and the wording. Firstly, once again, who cares about Liz Clairborne? Also, are we meant to know what she looked like in the past and what makes her different now? Shouldn't the ad be about the customer ("you")? What's wrong with "A New You" or "The New You"? Let's suppose that the ad is simply meant to target existing Liz Clairborne fans who follow the brand like celebrity-obsessed teens, shouldn't the ad simply read "The New Liz"? Why the extraneous "look of" which is clunky and extraneous? I guess these copywriters haven't heard of William Strunk and "The Elements of Syle" ("omit needless words"!!). Looking at it for the umpteenth time, I think what happened is that they were trying to avoid having to say "Liz's New Look" which is still better.
Here is an example of the bandwagon strategy I was giving American Express such a hard time about actually working. I said that it was best applied to commodities but I should have said that it applies to commodities or the further thing from a commodity (like a vacation in this case!). The reason is the same reason that the motivational-tagline approach I talked about above works for products that have nothing to do with the tagline. Here's why: if you connect a tagline to your picture then this connection should either be obvious or non-existent. If you create something where a tagline may or may not apply then you are creating ambiguity and doubt and giving your viewer a chance to start thinking about, judging and second-guessing your ad and therefore your product, service or business.
All in all this is the ad I would leave be as is if I had to chose one from all the advertisements I have talked about so far. You see the words "excellent adventure" - and hopefully don't think of Bill & Ted! - and a picture of gorgeous scenery and you likely juxtapose this with Seattle which does not need to be depicted because that is what a lot of people automatically associate Washington State with. The result is a basket of positive associations which is what you are looking for. The only main ingredient missing from this ad is a powerful hook; the only thing that comes close is the sticker which is kind of eye-catching unless you count the breathtaking landscape.
In terms of changing this ad I would get rid of the "Find Out More" which is salesy and redundant and also clear away the pictures at the bottom so as to focus exclusively on the landscape. Or, if I wanted to broaden the appeal of the ad to the mass market instead of just nature lovers – assuming not everyone loves nature! -, how about a number of pictures of different aspects of Washington State put together in a collage? In terms of the wording, how about combining the offer with the present tagline by saying, "Win An Excellent Adventure For Two" (let's throw in that second person to make it more exciting!). Or, going with what we have, how about, "Vacation? How About Excellent Adventure??" or, along the same lines, "Forget 'Vaction', think 'Excellent Adventure'". A final suggestion is using the leverage of pain avoidance - work! - by saying, "Tell Your Boss You Need Another Week".
I seem to be finding a lot of ads with two problems or maybe it has something to do with my brain! In any case, this Delta ad does not work for me because it explains away the picture in the tagline instead of letting the picture speak and create curiosity. What I mean is that you should take away the phrase "The Colours of Hawaii". Why do you need them? If you simply had a picture of the colourful flower wreath with the words "Five Times A Day" would that not have more impact? The whole purpose of an ad is to communicate an idea using creativity and imagination. Seeing the wreath and the caption would intrigue a reader and solicit the question, "What, five times a day??" Explaining it is what you are not meant to do here.
The second problem is the whole thing about Hawaii; to be honest, the typical person like myself has stopped seeing Hawaii as the bastion of endless beauty, wonder and mystery that it was perceived to be in decades past. Now it's more like, "Gosh, I'll never have the time or money to visit there!" That is why in this case I would recommend the good folks at Delta to focus on another aspect of what makes them a great airline. I'm assuming there are more Hawaii flights because it is an in-demand destination but those who fly there will probably figure that out themselves. The real question is why they should choose Delta over all the other airlines with suitable flight times and prices their travel agent – or website! - will suggest to them.
In answering that last question pertaining to Delta, here is another one of their ads that unfortunately just does not do it for me (yes, for two main reasons!). Firstly, can someone tell me what "Fly Out To The World" actually means? Am I missing something or is it a completely ridiculous phrase that an eighth grader could surpass in terms of sentence structure? What is wrong with "Visit The World" if that is the message you are trying to get across? Here again, we are at a loss for what the big deal is in saying that your airline will allow customers to travel to different parts of the globe. What Delta should be looking for is a differentiator which puts them above and beyond their competition or a gimmick that makes the ad itself memorable.
Working with what we have I would focus on the picture; apart from the slightly dated green suitcase – didn't Mark Twain say, "the greatest force in the universe is the compulsion to criticize someone else's copy"? - the photo bespeaks a lot of class and elegance. Could we use that as a positioning strategy with a tagline like "First Class" or even simply "Class"? If we don't use this approach by pitching a lifestyle that the customer aspires to then we again risk alienating the common person who cannot relate to classy $1000 suits and whatnot. I will end by saying that both of these Delta ads are nothing but pretty pictures with no real substance in terms of advertising bang.
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Not long ago, when I published a post featuring Ocean Brand™ Puttanesca Sauce, I promised that I would be following up with my own version of a Puttanesca pasta dish. That post is still in the offing but, in the meantime, I had the opportunity to try a variety at the Café Mezzaluna in Ottawa and I thought I would share it with you here. Typically, a Puttanesca sauce is served over spaghetti, or other pasta, but there is no reason why it can't be used elsewhere and, at Mezzalune, they served their version over thinly sliced veal. It was a pretty good idea, I thought, but it was, to my mind, not terribly well executed.
One curious feature of the dish was the absence of black olives. Olives and capers are both typically used but, if one is to be omitted, it is almost invariably the capers. The rich flavor of olive is, I feel, integral to the final result and the lack here was a real disappointment.
The veal was nicely cooked but it had a curious flavor a bit reminiscent of the aroma of freshly cured leather. I couldn't place this, at first, but then I realized it was the anchovy. Anchovy paste, or mashed fillets, are standard in the preparation of a Puttanesca sauce (and many other Italian dishes), but usually the flavor only operates in the background without giving the final dish any sort of 'fishy' taste. In this case, it was quite pronounced and I can't say I like it over much.
My last criticism was the acidity of the dish. I think fresh tomatoes were used and the result was a sauce that was very thin, brittle and sharp. It lacked the richness and rounded quality of a tomato sauce that has been cooked down for a longer period. I will be mindful of this, and the other mentioned criticisms, when I prepare my version shortly. I'll share the result with you in due course…


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I LOVE RECEPTIONS! I mean love LOVE. Yes, they are long. Yes, they are exhausting. But I could cupid shuffle all night long. If possible, I would wobble until my legs gave out. "Blurred Lines" IS. MY. JAM! You would think eventually receptions would get old, but it never does for me. I'm right there with my couples crying through the toasts and laughing as the guests really cut loose on the dance floor. Unfortunately, I don't often get to show how awesome the receptions are. Usually my slideshows only get a handful of reception images. And they don't normally make the "sneak peek" or my blog. SO. Today I am going to celebrate the reception! *Insert confetti throw*
Photographer's really have to pay attention to try to capture all the amazing moments that are happening. At receptions, I often feel like someone put me inside one of those booths with 300 $1 bills and turned the fan on high. I run around like crazy snatching at every moment I see unfolding so I can document the incredible life happening around me. I mean, think about it. A reception is essentially the biggest party you will ever have with all of your loved ones in one place. Of course that's a formula for some serious "moment magic".
For example, some of the very first amazing moments you will share as husband and wife.
Or when your friends and family express their overflowing love for you.
How about when grandma decides to show us millennials how it's really done on the dance floor.
Some receptions include some very special serenading by awesome friends...
...or from the bride or groom.
And it doesn't matter who the couple is, or what their family is like, at some point, things get a little crazy. Even a little weird. But I LOVE it.
I love it so much, I can even get caught up in it.
But don't worry. No matter what, I never stop shooting.
Your Atlanta Wedding Photographer,
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Hi friends,
Happy 2012! I hope that you have made some New Year Resolutions to aim for. I have and I plan to show you through my Blog how I am going with it. I will test my Will Power every week with my training and try and give myself goals to see me through the year in terms of my fitness.
In March I hope to complete my first Mountain Run event in the South Island and will be training for that which is just before the Rotorua Marathon. I want to do this event this year followed by the Gold Coast half marathon. Beyond that, I'm not too sure just yet but I will fit something/s in before the end of the year.
So far I have been for one little 6km run and went out with my buddies, Sharon and Other Sharon, to walk up One Tree Hill, Mt Smart, Mt Hobson and Mt Eden (in the rain!) and it was a tad tougher that normal given that we haven't done too much since Christmas.
Stay with me to see how I exercise my will power muscle and get myself back into shape. Feel free to join me on runs/walks.
Exercise my Will power: I got up at 6:00am and left my house at 6:30 to join the Sharons on our walk. I haven't had to get up early all over Christmas and so it was EXTRA hard today BUT I did it!
Until next time, take care.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Exercising My Will Power Muscle
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Mary of Mile 18
Mary lives with her family in the far north of British Columbia. The family is settling the land, and Mary and her brothers and sisters work hard to help their parents succeed. Each of the family members has jobs they must do, and everyone must earn their keep. When Mary finds an abandoned wolf cub, she begs her father to let her keep it. But her father is firm: everyone, even the animals on the farm, must earn their keep. He tells Mary she must take the cub into the woods and leave him. Mary does as she s told, and believes the cub is gone for good, but there are surprises in store for her yet.
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