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Wash. Post's Cohen Embraces "Leading From Behind" Smear Of Obama
Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen legitimized the debunked right-wing claim that President Obama ceded leadership on Libya to other nations, choosing instead to "lead from behind."
Cohen wrote that Obama egregiously lied in the third presidential debate when he suggested that "he had America take the lead in Libya" :
If, however you choose a president by [honesty] alone, then you have a tough time ahead of you. Both candidates lied.
Obama might have been the more egregious of the two. He strongly suggested that he had America take the lead in Libya, organizing the air campaign that brought down Moammar Gaddafi. In fact, the French took the lead and the United States followed, which gave rise the phrase "leading from behind" -- an indictable offense, if you ask me.
Cohen echoed a right-wing media claim based on a May New Yorker article examining President Obama's foreign policy record. In that article, Ryan Lizza quoted an unnamed Obama adviser who described the U.S. role during the successful campaign to oust former Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi as "leading from behind." Right-wing media figures have long claimed that quotation illustrated weakness in Obama's foreign policy.
But contrary to this claim from Cohen and the right-wing media, Lizza himself has said that the "leading from behind" phrase was not an expression of weakness by the Obama administration. Rather, the quote referred to the Obama administration's successful effort to lead "a coalition in the U.N. to get military authorization to topple Gadhafi."
Lizza explained to a conservative activist:
So the quote actually is the opposite of what you are saying. It actually refers to the strategy that Obama used in the U.N. to get all of the nations to support the U.S.' use of force resolution, because after the Bush years it was really hard for the U.S. to go to the U.N. and get support for the use of force because Bush was really, really unpopular.

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After sweeping through the Midwest with blinding snow, a major winter storm brought a rare white Christmas to parts of the South and set off damaging tornadoes. The Weather Channel's Jim Cantore reports.
Crews scrambled to restore power Wednesday after a string of Christmas tornadoes tore across the South, toppling trees, ripping off roofs, and dropping one-inch hailstones.
The National Weather Service said there were a record 34 tornadoes reported in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama on Tuesday.
A state of emergency was declared in Mississippi, where homes, roads and businesses were damaged in at least nine counties. Eight people were injured but expected to survive, officials said.
A tornado watch was issued Wednesday for the eastern Carolinas until 5:00 p.m. ET.
At one point late Tuesday, holiday celebrations went dark for at least 150,000 customers in Alabama; electricity had been restored to all but 8,500 by the next morning, according to Alabama Power.
The worst of the tornadoes hit Tuesday afternoon in Mobile, Ala.
Rick Cauley, who was hosting relatives for Christmas, got everyone in the house to a shelter at the high school down the block.
"As luck would have it, that's where the tornado hit," Cauley told The Associated Press. "The pressure dropped and the ears started popping and it got crazy for a second."
The school was damaged, but the family was fine.
Mobile Press-Register reporter John Sharp wrote that he hunkered down in his bathtub in the fetal position while the power flickered off and the twister roared around his building.
When he walked outside, he was stunned. The roof of a small shopping center had caved in, and several cars in a restaurant parking lot were destroyed.
Hundreds more flights canceled as Christmas storm moves east
"Visibly, it was like a bomb has gone off at The Loop," he wrote. "A one-way street sign was literally sawed into half. The Dauphin Island Parkway/Airport Boulevard sign was flattened. Power lines were lying on the ground.
"It's a Christmas miracle no one was killed," he added.
Mobile's Trinity Episcopal Church lost a large section of its roof and a wall, but officials were looking on the bright side. Hours before the tornado touched down, there were 500 people in the church for Christmas Eve services.
"Thank God this didn't happen last night," senior warden Scott Rye said.
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley released a statement thanking first responders for their holiday efforts.
Christmas storms spread snow, tornadoes across US, snarling travel
"The people of Alabama are strong," he said. "We will recover together."
Yuletide twisters are unusual, but they happen. Ten storm systems in the last 50 years have spawned a holiday tornado, National Weather Service spokesman Chris Vaccaro told the AP.
In 1982, 29 tornadoes in Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee and Mississippi killed three people and injured 32 over Christmas.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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An update to running aterm (or any other X app) rootless, without a DOS console on Cygwin
A while ago, I wrote up a quick guide about running X/Windows applications (specifically, aterm) without root windows on Windows, using Cygwin. Recently I tried to set it up again and I realized that some of the information is slightly out of date. I'm also endeavoring to write a better guide. I'm assuming that you have, at the very least, a decent understanding of building things from source. The process under Cygwin is pretty much the same as under any other *nix, but there are a few quirks. On the whole, it's a whole lot easier than it used to be. This guide is primarily geared towards running aterm with a transparent background on a windows machine so that you can have a decent client for the Cygwin commandline, instead of the crappy Windows one.
I'm assuming that you already have Cygwin installed. If you don't, you can get it from here. In addition to whatever other packages you have selected to customize your install, you also need development packages (gcc and friends), Xorg packages (headers, includes, and libraries), and a few graphics libraries (for aterm):
- Devel
- gcc-core
- gcc-g++
- libXaw3d-devel (for xv)
- libjpeg-devel (for aterm)
- libpng12-devel (for aterm)
- Libs
- jpeg (for aterm)
- libXaw3d-devel
- libXaw3d-7
- libfreetype6
- libjpeg-devel
- libjpeg62 (for aterm)
- libjpeg6b (for aterm)
- libpng12 (for aterm)
- libpng12-devel (for aterm)
- libtiff5 (for aterm, xv)
- zlib-devel (for aterm)
- zlib0 (for aterm)
- Utils
- bzip2 (to handle .bz2 files)
- libX11-devel
- xinit
- xsetroot (if xv doesn't work for you)
After Cygwin finishes installing those packages, grab the sources for libAfterImage, aterm, and xv. Unpack the sources perform the requisite steps to build and install from source (./configure, make, and make install should work if all goes well).
If you get "parse error before XErrorEvent" errors while building libAfterImage, make sure that you didn't forget to select the X11 development package.
gcc on Cygwin expects –rdynamic and not -rdynamic. If you're seeing these errors, edit the Makefiles under src and src/graphics within the aterm source directory. Change the "-rdynamic" to "–rdynamic". The changes should be on line 54 for both files.
Under the tiff directory within the xv sources, there is a file called RANLIB.csh. Edit this file and make sure that you ONLY have the following line in there:
ranlib $1 >& /dev/null
Otherwise the build process will fail. Additionally, you need to edit xv.h. This file lives right at the root of your xv source directory. If you do not perform the following change, you'll get errors from gcc complaining that "sys_errlist has previously been defined". Change line 119 of xv.h to:
/*extern char *sys_errlist[]; */ /* this too... */
What you're doing is commenting out the definition for sys_errlist so that it doesn't conflict with what has already been defined in the Cygwin header files. These changes should be the only ones you need to get xv compiling and running.
Now you need to set up two batch files. One to start up X rootlessly, and another to start up aterm. Before you do that, make sure you add C:\cygwin\usr\bin and C:\cygwin\X11R6\usr\bin to your PATH variable. You can do this by going to My Computer > Properties > Advanced > Environment Variables. If you don't do this, you'll get "cygwin1.dll not found" errors while trying to run these batch files. The X windows binaries used to live in C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin, but have since been moved to C:\cygwin\usr\bin. Therefore, the start-up batch-file now looks like this:
C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\run.exe C:\cygwin\usr\bin\xwin.exe -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-dup-error C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\run.exe C:\cygwin\usr\local\bin\xv.exe -display :0 -root -quit -be -max /cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\ Settings/vivin/My\ Documents/My\ Pictures/Wallpapers/01707_spectrumofthesky_1920x1200.jpg
The first line starts up the X windowing system. The second line sets the wallpaper using aterm. You now need another batch file to run aterm, and that looks like this:
C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\run.exe C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --login -i -c "aterm -sh 80 -tr -trsb -fade 20 -tint gray -sb -st -sr -sl 1000 -tn xterm"
This file starts aterm with the background image at 50% brightness, transparent background, transparent scrollbar, 20% fading on losing focus, gray tint, scrollbar, trough-less scrollbar, scrollbar on the right, 1000 scrollback lines, and with xterm terminal emulation. Like I mentioned in my original guide. xv will sometimes fail to start with xwin. If that is the case, you can modify aterm.bat to look like this:
C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\run.exe C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --login -i -c "xv -display :0 -root -quit -be -max /cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\ Settings/vivin/My\ Documents/My\ Pictures/Wallpapers/01707_spectrumofthesky_1920x1200.jpg && aterm -sh 80 -tr -trsb -fade 20 -tint gray -sb -st -sr -sl 1000 -tn xterm"
Slightly inefficient, but it works. Now if you have a dual-monitor display, you'll notice that the background image is stretched across both screens when you run aterm. This is probably not what you want. To fix this problem you need to change a few invocation options for xv. For this to work properly (meaning, not look crappy) both screens should be running at the same resolution:
xv -display :0 -root -quit -be -maxpect -rmode 1 /cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\ Settings/vivin/My\ Documents/My\ Pictures/Wallpapers/01707_spectrumofthesky_1920x1200.jpg
Notice the -maxpect and -rmode 1 options. -maxpect expands the image to fill the screen while maintaining the aspect ratio, while -rmode 1 sets the display mode on xv to tiled. So you should now have your wallpaper displaying on both screens now (under X) without being distorted.
Here's what it looks like on my machine:
This is on a dual-monitor setup with both screens running at 1920×1200 resolution. I've set X's background to be the same as my windows Wallpaper so that it looks cooler. Notice how the background image (inside aterm) is not stretched, but tiled across the two screens. That's all there is to it. Seems like a bit of work, but I think it's worth it. My main reason for going through all this trouble was to get a decent terminal running in windows. I guess I could have just used xterm, but aterm looks so much nicer, doesn't it?


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During the first week of July 1947 an aircraft crashed into a ranch near Roswell NM. The rest of the story has become alien history...or is it?!
New Mexico is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. Inhabited by Native American populations for many centuries, it has also been part of the Imperial Spanish viceroyalty of New Spain, part of Mexico, and a U.S. territory. Among U.S. states, New Mexico has the highest percentage of Hispanics at 45% (2008 estimate), being descendants of Spanish colonists and recent immigrants from Latin America. It also has the third-highest percentage of Native Americans after Alaska and Oklahoma, and the fifth-highest total number of Native Americans after California, Oklahoma, Arizona, and Texas. The tribes represented in the state consist of mostly Navajo and Pueblo peoples. As a result, the demographics and culture of the state are unique for their strong Spanish, Mexican, and Native American cultural influences. At a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth most sparsely inhabited U.S. state.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_mexico]


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FX trade was again relatively quiet in N.Y. on Tuesday, with a lack of first tier data limiting directional cues. Wholesale sales data were softer than expected, though this data series rarely has much impact on the dollar. Major USD pairings were held inside famililar and narrow ranges, though overall, the greenback lost some ground. EUR-USD moved briefly under 1.3835 before touching highs over 103870, while USD-JPY slipped under 103.00 on the back of weaker U.S. equities. Chilly diplomacy between the U.S. and Russia concerning the Ukraine may have kept stocks, and yields down through the session, likely weighing on the dollar generally.
EUR-USD found buyers under 1.3835 into the N.Y. open, and pulled back up near 1.3860 by mid-morning. Light stops were reported at 1.3825, though were never really in danger. The euro later peaked near 1.3875, though it appears the recent rally may be running out of steam. Key will be holding the 1.3800 mark, where a break there may result in a filling in of the post-U.S. jobs report gap up from 1.3720.
USD-JPY posted intra day lows of 102.94, after touching 103.34 highs early in the session. The modest downdraft came as Wall Street turned negative on the day, though bidding interest was seen again under the 103.00 level. The pairing bounced to 103.12 highs from there, though struggled to gain altitude in light of the softer afternoon risk backdrop.
Cable slipped under 1.66 into the N.Y. open, but found good support from there, recovering over 1.6645 into the London close. BoE Governor Carney reaffirmed dovish stance during parliamentary testimony of MPC members. Carney argued that the CPI outlook has become increasing benign, and that inflation expectations remain anchored. He repeated that policy normalization would start with interest rate rises before QE assets are sold.
EUR-CHF drifted back under 1.2200 in recent sessions as geopolitical risk remains over the Ukraine, which is returning support to the safe haven franc. This leaves the rebound high at 1.2214, though there remains some distance from the fresh cycle low of 1.2104 that was seen on Monday, which is the lowest level seen since June last year.
USD-CAD peaked at 1.1131 in London trade, matching the previous day's high, and up from the 1.1100 area at the North American close. Solid offers remained in place from 1.1130, with investment funds the sellers of note. The risk backdrop was fairly neutral this morning, and steadying oil prices, and firmer gold supported the CAD to a degree. USD-CAD tripped light stops at 1.1095 on its way to intra day lows of 1.1072. Activity overall was light, and standing bids noted at 1.1070-50 effectively put a floor under the pairing.


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Tips for taking an Online Test
We are coming up to the end of the semester and I just wanted to share some best practices when it comes time to take an online test.
The following tips will help you prepare yourself and your computer for taking a test in Blackboard. While this information is not guaranteed to prevent all technical issues, you can minimize your chance of experiencing a problem if you employ the tips below.
Before You Begin
- Take your test in a quiet area that is free from distractions.
- Set aside enough time to complete the test. Do not wait until the last minute. Plan enough time to contact your instructor if anything goes wrong.
- Allow yourself plenty of time before the closing time of the test. If you enter the test ten minutes before the closing time, you will be locked out.
- Use a computer plugged in directly to your internet router. Do not use a wireless or satellite connection if possible.
- We recommend using Firefox to take all tests.
During the Test
- Do not double-click any of the buttons in the test. Blackboard uses single-clicks only. Double-clicking will not make the server process your request faster – it will only cause you to get kicked out.
- Once you have entered the test, do not click the "back" button on your browser or other areas on the screen.
- Read the Test Instructions section at the top of the test. This area tells you the time limit (if any), how many attempts you are allowed, and if you are able to backtrack (for one-at-a-time question presentation).
- If your test is presented one question at a time, do NOT click the "back" button on your browser to go to a previous question. If backtracking is allowed, the test will provide a button to go to previous question.
- Use the scroll wheel on your mouse as little as possible, or find a mouse that does not have a scroll wheel. If you scroll the wheel right after clicking an answer choice, you may inadvertently change your answer on a question. Click the answer choice and then click some blank space on the page to make sure your answer choice was marked correctly.
- Do not rush through the test and click several buttons at once. Always wait for your browser's status bar to say "done" whenever you click a button to move to another question or save your answers.
- Do not switch between multiple windows or tabs, or open other programs. If your instructor allows you to use your notes, print them out before taking the test.
- If all the questions are presented at once, save your answers every 15 minutes.


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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - For all the hopes that China's forthcoming leadership change will herald a new wave of market reforms, foreign bankers don't expect to get the level playing field they crave any time soon.
Trends are positive, but progress can be frustratingly slow.
"My outlook is basically optimistic, particularly in the medium term. The near term is always always uncertain," Christian Murck, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in China and independent director of J.P. Morgan Chase (China) Ltd, told Reuters.
A lighter regulatory touch on bond writing, derivatives and funding channels are seen as crucial to foreign banks' growth in China.
But the best they can hope for in the short term is that the new faces in the Communist Party's standing committee adopt a broadly pro-reform stance that gradually works through to front-line regulators, whose discretion on licensing and product approval can mean the difference between feast and famine.
"The attitudes that they take towards whether market reform needs to be accelerated again is absolutely crucial," Murck said.
Foreign banks in China had their best year ever in 2011. After-tax profits grew 115 percent to 16.7 billion yuan ($2.68 billion) in 2011, according to a survey of 41 banks by accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC).
Onerous regulation and unequal treatment compared to domestic rivals still restrain their growth. Foreign banks' assets rose by 24 percent last year, but their share of China's total banking assets remained under 2 percent.
"Officials would like to say it's a level playing field for the foreign banks, but in fact that's still not exactly the case," said a senior financial services professional with experience working with foreign banks in China, who requested anonymity for fear of offending the Chinese authorities.
"Every year they do relax things a bit more. They give you one or two more products every year, but not all in one go," he added.
Foreign banks consistently struggle to fund their lending in China. They are subject to the same 75 percent loan-to-deposit ratio that governs their local counterparts. But attracting deposits is a much greater challenge due to the slow and difficult process of receiving approvals to open new branches.
"Our branch network is nowhere near complete. We need to expand further to meet the demands of our clients," said an Asian banker, who declined to be identified because he is not authorized to speak to media.
"It's like, how many years do we need to wait to open a branch here?"
Consequently, most foreign banks rely on their offshore head offices for a large portion of their funding. But China's tight capital controls mean that increases in capital, via debt or equity, require regulatory approval.
China expanded the aggregate long-term debt quota for foreign banks earlier this year, but banks still want more. The State Administration of Foreign Exchange has cut short-term debt quotas in recent years, according to the European Chamber of Commerce's 2012 position paper on financial services.
Chinese authorities want foreign banks to rely on local sources of funding. But the chamber noted that China's onshore forex funding markets are still immature. A foreign bank whose offshore parent could borrow dollars at the Libor rate may pay 30-40 basis points more to borrow dollars onshore.
Gaining access to the lucrative bond underwriting business ranks at the top of foreign banks' wish list, according to PWC's survey. China's bond market has nearly doubled in size since the end of 2009, with total bonds outstanding reaching 24.1 trillion yuan at the end of September.
But as of mid-2011, only three foreign banks - HSBC, Standard Chartered, and JP Morgan - were approved to underwrite Chinese government bonds, which make up the largest share of the market. That compares to 57 domestic banks.
New rules brought in last year established a process to allow foreign firms to underwrite commercial paper and medium-term notes in the corporate bond market - the fastest growing segment of China's bond market. But so far only HSBC has been approved, though it is not permitted to serve as lead underwriter.
Foreign banks would also like to leverage their expertise in derivatives, a strictly regulated area, to sell structured products in China aimed at corporate treasurers or wealthy individuals. These investment products use derivatives like options or swaps to connect the value of the product to movements in interest rates, currencies, commodities, or equities. But approvals to roll out such products can often take months or years. ($1 = 6.2372 Chinese yuan)
Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore


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School Sports
Lady Tigers start season as winners
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- Published on 25 August 2012
- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
Ashton Sharp, the Lady Tiger's libero goes low to dig the volleyball for the team during their game against Como-Pickton. The ladies started the season with wins against Como and Paul Pewitt. For more information, see the Aug. 23 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald.


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Monday, April 02, 2012
CONTACT: Richard Penny, (425) 352-3395, firstname.lastname@example.com
BOTHELL, Wash. – The University of Washington Bothell welcomes home 17 MBA students, who recently returned from a meaningful accredited study tour of Thailand and Cambodia.
Throughout the two-week study tour, the MBA students identified and gained a much deeper understanding of the trends, opportunities and challenges that globalization presents to governments, businesses and societies.
Program Director James Reinnoldt is a UW Bothell faculty member with 25 years business experience in Asia, says the topic of globalization is quite interesting in itself in a classroom setting, but nothing compares to real-life experience.
"The opportunity for the students to actually visit companies that are deeply involved in global business provides a whole new dimension to their learning," Reinnoldt says.
During the trip, students made visits to and heard briefings from representatives from a variety of companies including the regional Starbucks headquarters, Wonder World Toys, a Ford-Mazda manufacturing facility, a local social media and communications agency, a seafood processing facility, an aerospace manufacturing firm, and a large industrial estate and export trade zone.
Jessica Evans, MBA student and senior account supervisor at Edelman, say globalization provides impressive opportunities to countries like Thailand and Cambodia.
"How each country is optimizing the growing manufacturing, services and tourism industries, and the global impact that those investments are having is particularly fascinating," Evans says.
Prior to the trip, the students raised nearly $5,000, which they allocated to many charitable organizations. A portion will help construct a school in a rural Cambodian village, a charity for land mine victims, supplies for local schools, as well as towards the construction of highly efficient vertical gardens that the students helped build in a rural village.
About UW Bothell: The University of Washington Bothell combines the benefits of a small campus with the resources and prestige of a world-renowned university. Offering over 30 degrees, options, certificates and concentrations, its curriculum emphasizes close student-faculty interaction, collaboration among students, and hands-on learning. For more information, visit www.uwb.edu.


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Thanks to Professor Dru (Drusilla Pair) of the Find Your Folks blog who created this video of Ol' Myrt here demonstrating the new Flip-Pal mobile scanner I got at the Atlanta Family History Expo. The scanner get's it name because you can remove the lid, then flip the scanner as shown above, when scanning things from old photo albums, diaries and such. Notice that the bottom has a clear opening, so you can see through the scanning mechanism to the document to be scanned.
How does it work?
The scanner runs on AA batteries of any type including rechargables, though they do not recommend mixing battery types.
There is a 1.7 inch screen showing what has been scanned.
Everything is saved on an SD card, which is easily transferred to your computer via an SD slot. If your computer doesn't have an SD slot, the Flip-Pal ships with a small USB adapter, as I demonstrate in the video.
The SD card that comes with your Flip-Pal has a "stitching" program that permits scanning segments of larger documents. The Flip-Pal website explains "The software is on the SD card, but the actual stitching is done on the computer. You can copy any of the Flip-Pal™ Toolbox software programs to your computer. That way you can use them without the SD card attached. The amount of computer space used is quite small by today's standards."
This scanner is one of of Ol' Myrt's all-time favorite techie things for genealogists and scrapbookers.
Happy family tree climbing!
Myrt :)
Your friend in genealogy.


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Today I found a nice series on creativity – Everything Is A Remix – via Scott.
Creativity requires influence
Ideas are made of other ideas
Multiple discovery. Copying is creativity. Ideas are combined
[…] copying is one of the best ways of learning, growing, evaluating, and exploring
See also:
- Plot Device by Red Giant
- Make Innovation Ideas Happen
- Creative bursts
- We do not know where we get our ideas from!
- The simple halfstep principle for innovation by Jorge
- Paradoxes of Creativity by Roger
- 29 ways to stay creative by Moleskine
- Movie Poster Cliches by Christophe
- The Mojito Method by Jurgen
- Creativity and game design "Whip Speech" from 1988 by Jay
- Be more creative by stealing and recombining ideas that already exist by Marelisa
- Networked knowledge and combinatorial creativity by Maria
- Creative thinking technique #1 by Mitch
- Learn by copy by Jason
- Movies Similar To Games


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New Leahi Health Location Downtown
By Martha Cheng
Inside Leahi Health downtown, Surfer Bowl (furikake, kale, brown rice, ginger tahini dressing) and Jack Johnson (kombucha, almond milk, kale, spinach)
Kale and kombucha lovers rejoice! Leahi Health has opened a second location downtown, making it so much easier to combat Monday blues with leafy greens. This new spot actually has some decent kitchen space, so in addition to veggie bowls and a grilled cheese sandwich, it also offers daily specials like an egg fritatta and taro lemon tarts. Pair it with a kombucha smoothie that doesn't actually taste like kombucha (a plus for me). Die hards who love the vinegary tang can also get the housemade kombucha straight up. Current flavor of the day: guava ginger.
A healthy addition downtown? Kale yeah.
Leahi Health
Smoothies $5 (small) and $7 (large). Most items $8 to $10.
1111 Bishop St. (lower level of the Remington College Building)


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The maker of KIND bars sued the maker of Clif bars alleging that the packaging of the Clif MOJO bar infringes the trade dress used for KIND bars. Plaintiff moved for a preliminary injunction, but the court denied the motion. But in its analysis, the court considered the relevance of a Twitter user's impression of the products. Plaintiff submitted a tweet as evidence in which the user wrote, "I was about to pick up one of those [Clif MOJO bars] because I thought it was a Kind Bar at the vitamin shop …." The court found that this type of initial interest confusion was actionable and therefore the tweet supported plaintiff's argument.
KIND LLC v. Clif Bar & Company, 2014 WL 2619817 (S.D.N.Y. June 12, 2014)
Evan Brown is an attorney in Chicago, advising clients on matters dealing with trademark protection and enforcement, technology, the internet and new media. Contact him.


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SUNY Canton Announces Timeline to Re-open Buildings to Students and Faculty
SUNY Canton President Joseph L. Kennedy announced today the re-opening timeline for nearly all campus buildings that were closed as a precaution following last Friday's fire in Cook Hall.
The New York State Department of Health has released air, swipe and field test results on the buildings that confirm they are safe to re-occupy. Cook Hall is the only building that will not re-open next week.
"Throughout this process, we have been exceedingly cautious in order to ensure the safety of our students, faculty and staff," said President Kennedy. "Although there was only one building that actually sustained fire damage, we wanted to make sure the others did not sustain any smoke damage or have any air quality concerns. There has been a barrage of tests to confirm that there are no health concerns, problems or safety concerns in any of those buildings."
Students will be allowed to return to campus on Sunday (Feb. 19) and all classes will resume Monday (Feb. 20). Individual courses may be subject to time and location changes, particularly the science labs normally conducted in Cook Hall that have been relocated to St. Lawrence University.
The following buildings will re-open at 9 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 19:
- Heritage Residence Hall
- Rushton Residence Hall
The following buildings will re-open at 7 a.m. Monday, Feb. 20:
- Payson Hall
- Wicks Hall
- Faculty Office Building (FOB)
- Richard W. Miller Campus Center
"Each of these buildings is safe and secure," confirmed Kennedy. "Students will be allowed access to their rooms and belongings when the return on Sunday. With the exception of the Cook Hall offices, faculty and staff will be allowed access to their offices as well."
Cook Hall will remain unavailable. A time for allowing access to the building has not yet been determined. Faculty members with offices in Cook Hall have been relocated. Classes scheduled in Cook Hall have also been relocated.
"There are an incredible number of people we would like to thank for assisting us in getting back on our feet so quickly," said Kennedy. "Without their outstanding efforts and dedication, we would not be announcing the re-opening of our campus today. There are many individuals who have not seen their families for a week, and we can't thank them enough."
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The Mining Process
Site Evaluation and Preparation
Site evaluation and preparation requires planning to meet permitting requirements. Guidelines for clearing trees and vegetation; stripping, transporting, and storing topsoil and overburden; constructing fences, berms, buffer zones, roadways, and sediment traps; and constructing or installing permanent or portable processing equipment are followed.
Mining and Processing
Mining of crushed stone or sand and gravel is dependent on the geologic characteristics and the extent and thickness of the natural deposit. Open-pit mining and quarrying are most commonly used, although some stone is mined underground. Sand and gravel deposits above the water table are excavated with bulldozers, front-end loaders, tractor scrapers, and draglines. Deposits below the water table, including stream and lake bed deposits may be excavated with draglines or from barges using hydraulic or ladder dredges. Mining and quarrying stone generally require drilling and blasting, after which the rock is then transported to a processing facility on trucks and conveyors.
Processing plants are generally constructed on the site of extraction. Processing of mined or quarried rock requires primary and possible secondary crushing, depending on the sizes of aggregate needed. After crushing, the crushed stone and sand and gravel usually are sorted to size, moved by conveyors to bins or stockpiled.
The goal of reclamation is to return the land to a beneficial use. By planning reclamation before the aggregate is extracted, it can be mined with how the quarry will look when it is reclaimed. This can make it easier to turn quarries into scenic, lake-front property, wildlife parks, golf courses, office parks, roller coaster rides and the many other items a quarry can eventually become. Parts of the mine can be reclaimed while continuing on-going mining operations in some instances.
Reclamation procedures depend on the configuration and character of the area. Progressive reclamation typically involves the following three steps: terracing the pit or face walls during or after extraction, final shaping of the area by replacing and reconfiguring the overburden, and landscaping. Reclamation plans are most effective if operators and planners select a strategy that satisfies the land use needs of the community and at the same time provides an economic incentive for the operator.


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Among the 10 just-spun tracks on 94 Rock:
Guns N' Roses "Paradise City"
ZZ Top "Got Me Under Pressure"
Judas Priest "Genocide"
The Doors "Alabama Song"
AC/DC "You Shook Me All Night Long"
Some things in Albuquerque never ever change. I remember waiting, ready to pounce on the record button on my radio/cassette player. I was tuned into 94 Rock, and I was wanted to tape "Enter Sandman" by Metallica. I think I was 11, so it was the early '90s. I thought that song was baaaaaaaaaaad.
TJ Trout would have been with the station five or six years at that point. After a quarter century with the station's morning show, he's retiring to a beach in Delaware. Wednesday, Dec. 21, will be his last day. I got a chance to hang out with him and talk shop for the feature this week. We discussed his history as the most well-known radio personality in Albuquerque and the future of radio.


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Gotta love this video. It starts out innocently enough with a bit of Jet-style garage rock, then the beat drops and everything goes sideways.
Boom Boom Satellites formed back in 1990, when college friends Michiyuki Kawashima and Masayuki Nakano began tooling around. By 1998, BBS had released its debut album 7 Ignitions/Auto Re-Birth, performed at a half dozen major European music festivals, and had begun a three-month tour opening for Moby. Since then, the electronica duo has produced six studio albums, a dozen singles, and a variety of compilation and live albums. They've also produced numerous songs for anime series and OVA's including Appleseed and Bōnen no Zamudo (which is actually how I found them).
Europe's Melody Maker Magazine has compared their sound to the Chemical Brothers and The Prodigy. Officially classified as Big Beat, their music is heavily influenced by Jazz and has a definite rock/punk edge to it—like The Scissor Sisters (another awesome band) at 100-plus bpm or Spineshank without the poser Nu-Metal attitude.
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Dallas, city (1990 pop. 1,006,877), seat of Dallas co., N Tex., on the Trinity River near the junction of its three forks; inc. 1871. The second largest Texas city, after Houston, and the eighth largest U.S. city, Dallas is a commercial, industrial, and financial center. Its manufactures include aerospace and electronic equipment, cosmetics, textiles, chemicals, and leather goods, as well as aircraft, automobiles, and other transportation equipment. The Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area (known as the Metroplex) is a leader in high-technology industries—its computer manufactures have given the area the nickname
"Silicon Prairie"
— and receives many defense contracts. Oil is refined, and there are meatpacking plants. Its banks and insurance company headquarters make Dallas the Southwest's center for those industries. Publishing and printing are also important. The Dallas–Fort Worth airport is one of the busiest in the nation; regional airlines continue to use Love Field.
Founded c.1841, Dallas was early populated by French artisans and gentlemen who abandoned a nearby Fourierist community, La Réunion. The city was named in 1846 after Vice President George M. Dallas. Developing as a cotton market in the 1870s, Dallas later became known as a center for retail stores, including Neiman-Marcus Co., which was founded in 1907. The oil industry boomed in the 1930s; aircraft production in the 1940s. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. Rapid metropolitan-area growth in the 1980s was evidenced by construction of postmodern office buildings that dramatically changed the city's skyline. North Dallas, sprawling, affluent, and almost entirely white, continues to expand.
Southern Methodist Univ., a branch of the Univ. of Texas, the Univ. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, a theological seminary, and Texas A&M Univ.'s Baylor College of Dentistry are in the Dallas area. A fashion center, the city is also known for its museums (e.g., Dallas Museum of Art, Nasher Sculpture Center, Perot Museum of Science and Nature), and for its interest in music, literature, and drama (the Dallas Theatre Center boasts the only public theater designed by Frank Lloyd Wright). In the 1980s, Dallas helped revitalize its downtown through the creation of an "arts district," which includes the Dallas Museum of Art (1984) and the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center (1989). The Texas State Fair and the annual Cotton Bowl football game are held in the art deco Fair Park. The city is home to the Mavericks (basketball) and Stars (hockey); the Cowboys (football, in Arlington) and Texas Rangers (baseball, in Arlington) play in nearby suburbs.
See S. Acheson, Dallas Yesterday (1977); P. M. Seib, Dallas: Chasing the Urban Dream (1985); D. Tomlinson and D. Dillon, Dallas Architecture, 1936–1986 (1985).


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Corporate Communications
About Us
The mission of the City of Fayetteville's Corporate Communications Department is to inform and engage citizens, strengthen and expand the City's reputation and foster community pride and cooperation. Our vision is to be a transparent provider of timely and accurate information to the public. Corporate Communications is the public relations arm of the organization.
The staff facilitates public records requests, media releases, branding initiatives, social media communications, advertising, public service announcements, marketing plans, City publications, and timely information dissemination to the citizens of Fayetteville. The department also manages the City's website, broadcasts City Council meetings, plans events, helps with community outreach, and conducts the Citizens' Academy. Additionally, the team has won numerous awards for its publications and marketing and communications plans.
Award-Winning Communications Staff
The City of Fayetteville were among 28 North Carolina governments to earn recognition in the 12th North Carolina City & County Communicators' (NC3C) Excellence in Communications Awards. The Corporate Communications Department won 5 awards, to include the City and County's collaborative efforts in the Hurricane Florence Joint Information Center, the City's e-newsletter, employee newsletter and mobile app.
The awards were presented Thursday, April 11, 2019 at NC3C's annual Spring Conference in Durham. A total of 248 entries was received. The local organizations won the following awards:
- First Place, Crisis Communications, Cumberland County/City of Fayetteville Hurricane Florence Joint Information Center efforts
- First Place, Printed Publication, CAFR or Similar Financial Report, City of Fayetteville Budget In Brief FY2019
- First Place, Communication Technology, Digital External Newsletter, City of Fayetteville City Happenings Digital E-Newsletter
- Second Place, Communication Technology, Digital Employee Newsletter, City of Fayetteville's Fayetteville Frontline Employee Newsletter
- Second Place, Communication Technology, Other Technologies, City of Fayetteville's Mobile App
Judges for the NC3C Excellence in Communications Awards were communication professionals from the Texas Association of Municipal Information Officers and a variety of communications industries across the state.
The purpose of North Carolina City & County Communicators is to encourage professional development and networking among local governmental communications professionals. The organization was formed in March 2007 and is made up of government professional communicators from around the state. For more information about NC3C, visit the website www.nc3c.com.
FayTV-Produced Videos
Fayetteville in 5
City Conversations
City Update
- 2017 Strategic Communications Plan (.pdf)
- E-Mail Signature Policy (.pdf)
- Government Access Channel/FayTV Policy (.pdf)
- Media Relations/Public Information Request Policy (.pdf)
- Social Media Policy (.pdf)
- Website Policy (.pdf)
Kevin V. Arata, Corporate Communications Director
Kevin is the Corporate Communications Director for the City of Fayetteville, where he has worked since April 2015. He retired from the Army after 29 years of service, just prior to coming to work for the City, with his most recent assignment at Fort Bragg as the Director of Public Affairs for XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg. He is originally from Hyde Park, New York and has lived in North Carolina since 2010 when he was first stationed at Fort Bragg. He now resides in Fayetteville with his wife.
Kevin's background is in Public Affairs, the field in which he worked for the last 15 years of his Army career, while the earlier period of his Army time was spent serving as an Infantry officer. He has also been stationed in Louisiana, Kentucky, Georgia, New York, Kansas, Germany, and Virginia, and has served two tours in Afghanistan and one tour in Iraq. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy and his Master of Arts in Speech Communication from the University of Georgia.
|Arata, Kevin
|Corporate Communications Director
|Corporate Communications
|(910) 433-1978
|Johnson, Andrew
|Graphic Production Supervisor
|Corporate Communications
|(910) 433-1758
|Johnson, Maine
|Public Information Specialist - Social Media
|Corporate Communications
|(910) 433-1298
|Kropp, Sherri
|Television Production Specialist
|Corporate Communications
|(910) 433-1470
|Laurie, Anne
|Senior Administrative Assistant
|Corporate Communications
|(910) 433-1451
|MacRoberts, Gavin
|Public Information Specialist - Multimedia
|Corporate Communications
|(910) 433-1488
|Mayner, Kenneth
|Chief Branding Officer
|Corporate Communications
|(910) 433-1751
|Webb, Nacarla
|Public Information Specialist - Media Relations
|Corporate Communications
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The recent and popular Hipstamatic war photos depict contemporary soldiers, battlefields and civilian turmoil as reminiscent of wars long since passed. War photos move us by depicting human drama taken to its extreme, and these images, shot with a smartphone and "filtered" to look old, create a sense of simulated nostalgia, further tugging at our collective heart strings. And I think that these photos reveal much more.
Hipstamatic war photographs ran on the front page of the New York Times [the full set] last November, and, of course, fake-vintage photos of everyday life are filling our Facebook, Tumblr and Twitter streams. I recently analyzed this trend ina long essay called The Faux-Vintage Photo, which is generating a terrific response. I argue that we like faux-vintage photographs because they provide a "nostalgia for the present"; our lives in the present can be seen as like the past: more important and real in a grasp for authenticity.
If faux-vintage photography is rooted in authenticity, then what is more real than war? If the proliferation of Hipstamatic photographs has anything to do with a reaction to our increasingly plastic, simulated, Disneyfied and McDonaldized worlds, then what is more gritty than Afghanistan in conflict? In a moment where there is a shortage of and a demand for authenticity (the gentrification of inner-cities, "decay porn" and so on), war may serve as the last and perhaps ultimate bastion of authenticity. However, as I will argue below, war itself is in a crisis of authenticity, creating rich potential for its faux-vintage documentation. Read More »


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Before I started reading The Selection by Kiera Cass, a friend of mine related it to watching The Bachelor. Now, I have never (and will never) watch this horrible excuse for entertainment, but I must admit that I kind of liked the premise as it applied in this book. Maybe adding a dose of political intrigue would make "reality television" more palatable…or maybe it would make it even worse than it already is. Who knows? But the combination of a competition to win the heart of a prince and a "dystopian-lite" society at war was definitely enough to pique and keep my interest when it came to The Selection. The gorgeous cover didn't hurt, either. (I am a sucker for pretty book cover.)
America Singer lives in the young nation of Illéa (made up of what used to be the countries of North America). The world she lives in is based on castes, and America's status as a musician places her closer to the bottom than the top. Life is not always easy, but her love for Aspen, a young man in a caste lower than hers, gets her through the hard times and gives her some measure of hope for the future. That hope, however, is about to be tested by circumstances well beyond America's control…
In Illéa, a monarchy reigns supreme, and it is time for the young Prince Maxon to choose a bride. But he does not choose from other royal families. No, Prince Maxon must choose a true daughter of Illéa, a "commoner" with ties to this young country…and he must make his choice a public spectacle. Thirty-five girls from around the country are selected to compete for the heart of the Prince—and a chance to one day be Queen. They will live in the palace for the duration of the Selection, their castes will be elevated, and their families will be well paid. For most girls, this would be the chance of a lifetime. But America Singer is not most girls…
America does not want to be a part of the Selection, but her family and even Aspen convince her to at least submit an application. After all, what are the odds that she'll even be chosen? Well, as it turns out, pretty good. When America's name is called for the Selection, her entire world changes. She becomes an instant celebrity (something she's not exactly comfortable with), and she's forced to leave her family and the only boy she's ever loved…all to compete for the hand of a man she knows will never hold her heart.
But life in the palace isn't exactly what America expected. Sure, it's more glamorous and extravagant than anything she's ever experienced—and the food is truly spectacular—but America is surprised by how quickly she adapts, makes friends, and even grows closer to Prince Maxon. She realizes that his life isn't quite as easy as it is portrayed on television—what with invading rebels from the north and south, trying to keep a young country intact, war as a constant threat, and choosing a future wife in front of a national audience. No pressure there at all. Maybe America was too quick to judge Maxon as a poor-little-rich-boy who never had to work to survive. Maybe she could grow to love this young man who is becoming such a dear friend to her. And maybe events will unfold that throw Illéa, America, Maxon, the Selection, and everything else into even more of a tailspin.
The Selection is an excellent book for readers who like their dystopian literature with a heavy dose of romance, especially a juicy love triangle (or, in this case, whatever type of polygon has 30+ sides). Give this book to fans of Ally Condie's Matched trilogy, Lauren Oliver's Delirium trilogy, and, yes, even Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games trilogy.
I, for one, was more intrigued by the historical and political aspects of this book than I was the romance. (We can probably blame that political science degree that I've never really used.) I loved the lessons on the history of Illéa, and I hope to learn much more about how this young monarchy came about in the next book. Based on what little we learned about what led to the breakup of the United States in The Selection, I would say the events are entirely plausible, so I'm eager to see what the author does with the mysterious history of the U.S. and how it relates to Illéa's current circumstances.
The next book in this series, The Elite, will be published sometime in 2013, and there's not a lot of information available yet on the plot of this book, but I have no doubt that it will be just as gripping as The Selection.
In the meantime, you can find out more about this series and author Kiera Cass at http://www.kieracass.com/, or you can follow the author on Twitter @kieracass. FYI, according to the author's webpage, The Selection is being turned into a TV show by the CW network. It won't be out this fall, but it could be out as early as this coming spring. I don't quite know how I feel about that, but I've got plenty of time to think about it.
If you're still not convinced to give The Selection a try, check out this book trailer from HarperTeen, and enjoy!


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Of the many cool things that Marvel did at Comic-Con, I was most intrigued by the Ant-Man test footage. The basic premise of Ant-Man (a man who can shrink to the size of an ant fights crime) is not guaranteed to work on film. But the word on the street says director Edgar Wright nailed out the big/small transition effects, and I want to see for myself. Marvel executive Victoria Alonso implies that I will probably get my wish. Alonso told our partners at Omelete (roughly translated):
"What we showed at Comic-Con was a work in progress. We're working on finishing it, and I think you might see it. Not sure where, but we always listen to the fans. And if the fans demand it we make sure they get it. I don't know if we are going to post it online, but I don't have [any reason] to believe we may not."
So please demand it. For my sake. Hit the jump for more from Alonso, including confirmation that Wright will direct and a comment on the Viggo Mortensen/Doctor Strange rumor.
Without a star for a secondary Marvel superhero, Wright has been the key selling point for the Ant-Man movie. But since Wright first started development on Ant-Man several years ago, it was unclear if the project would ever get in front of cameras. But Alonso is optimistic that Wright will direct Ant-Man after he wraps on The World's End:
"Edgar is on board to do it. He's going to do one movie before… He wrote a great script and we're hoping that he will come and work with us."
Recently, it was suggested that Ant-Man could shoot as early as next year in London for a 2014 release.
Alonso also addressed the rumor that Viggo Mortensen may appear as Doctor Strange in Thor: The Dark World, albeit with less optimism:
"We would love to work with Viggo Mortensen. I've been trying that for years. But I don't know if Viggo is even acting anymore. I thought he wasn't acting anymore. It would be great to work with him in the future, but we don't have him signed, no."
The notion that Mortensen retired from acting looks to be a few years out of date, and Mortensen is actively working. But it seems Marvel may actually need to have a conversation with the actor before they are able to sign him to one of those nine-picture deals.


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Wall Street got off to a relatively strong start this week, though investors kept their focus primarily on the Federal Reserve's two-day policy meeting. In other economic news, the housing industry came into focus as hombuilder sentiment, building permits and housing starts were reported. The NAHB/Wells Fargo homebuilder sentiment index soared to 52 in June, marking the first reading above 50 since April 2006 and the biggest jump since 2002. Building permits and housing starts data, however, were somewhat underwhelming [see The Cheapest ETF for Every Investment Objective].
Building Permits and Housing Starts Miss the Mark
The Census Bureau reported that building permits came in at 0.97 million permits for the month of May, slightly below analysts' expectations of 0.98 million permits. In the previous recording, building permits came in well above expectations, with the metric coming in at 1.02 million compared to the forecasted 0.94 million.
Yesterday's housing starts data also came in below expectations, with only 0.91 million new residential buildings beginning construction in the month of May. Analysts had expected housing starts to come in at 0.95 million. In April, housing starts also came in below expectations, at 0.85 million [see also Sector ETFs: Biggest Winners & Losers YTD].
Below, we highlight the trailing six-month building permits and housing data (note that the units are in millions):google.load('visualization', '1', {packages: ['corechart']}); function drawVisualization() { // Create and populate the data table. var data = google.visualization.arrayToDataTable([ ['Date', 'Building Permits', 'Housing Starts'], ['Dec 12', 0.90, 0.95], ['Jan 13', 0.93, 0.89], ['Feb 13', 0.95, 0.92], ['Mar 13', 0.90, 1.04], ['Apr 13', 1.02, 0.85], ['May 13', 0.97, 0.91] ]); // Create and draw the visualization. new google.visualization.ColumnChart(document.getElementById('visualization84785')). draw(data, {title:"Building Permits and Housing Starts Data", width:680, height:400, vAxis: {title: "Units (in Millions)"}, hAxis: {title: "Month"}} ); } google.setOnLoadCallback(drawVisualization);
Homebuilding ETFs Performance Recap
Though there have been some hits and misses on the housing data front, overall the industry has showed tremendous strength in recent years. As such, building and construction ETFs have fared quite well. Year-to-date, the SPDR Homebuilders ETF (XHB, A+), the largest fund covering this sector, has gained over 14%, and over the trailing 26-week period it has climbed 19.2%.
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Three Membership Renewal Tips you can Use
When you are hunting for a way to improve results, testing is a great way to optimize your marketing efforts. And this is particularly the case with membership renewals.
As I have reviewed testing data from several membership organizations, I have spotted some outcomes that you may want to consider if you are looking for better renewal rates.
1. Test Where the Notice is Sent: If you have not had a response from your pre-expire renewal efforts, consider sending renewal notices to both the bill-to and ship-to address in your database. If you normally send renewals to the bill-to address, you may find that the notice needs the push or approval of the ship-to user to get through the system. If you normally send the notice to the ship-to address, you may find there is a new staff person in the organization that the bill paying department can identify. Either way, with one organization we have seen a 20 percent lift in post expire response rates for the notice going to both addresses.
2. Track Renewals by Member Segments: We often look at the aggregate renewal rate for our organizations and think all is well when we see a number of 80 or 90 percent. But a renewals rate is the cumulative effect of many separate renewals from each segment of a membership. By tracking these segments independently, you can determine where an intervention or improvement might be needed. For example, when tracking renewal rates by each state, we see variations in renewals by up to 50 points (90 percent for the top state compared to 40 percent for the bottom state). Membership category renewal rates can vary by 40 points. And continuing members compared to first year members can vary by 30 points or more. Tracking these variations shows where additional resources and efforts may be needed.
3. Evaluate the Timing of Renewals: When you start and when you end your renewal efforts will also impact your final numbers. If you offer an automatic credit card renewal or electronic funds transfer option, these options can be presented before your renewal series begins. Groups that offer these payment options find that they may have a 10 point increase (85 percent renewal rate compared to a 75 percent renewal rate) from members who participate in these programs compared to non-participating members. Early renewals that come in the form of a "Thank You" instead of a request for payment have produced increased renewals. And our 2011 Benchmarking Report highlighted that over 50 percent of responding membership organizations continue renewals for four or more months past expiration. In fact, "associations with an increase in membership over the past five years are significantly more likely than associations with a five-year decline in membership to report that they do not stop contact for renewals (25% to 16%)."
Because renewals generate a high overall response rate, testing can produce very solid statistical outcomes and those outcomes can have a big impact on your organization.
Please share in the comments section below any tips that you have that might help organizations improve renewal efforts.
2 comments:
- Dan said...
Great post Tony. I can't be reminded enough of these tips.
- March 22, 2012 at 10:58 AM
- Tony Rossell said...
Thanks Dan. I find that it is easy for renewals to become stagnant. It is easy to do the same thing month after month without testing and trying new things. But frequently, I find that a test in a renewal program outperforms the control. So it is important to try new ideas. Tony
- March 22, 2012 at 11:21 AM
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Smith County, TXHome Menu
Smith County Employee Handbook(s) and Policies
It is the purpose of these handbook(s) and policies to establish and maintain a uniform system for managing personnel matters, to comply with applicable employment laws, and to provide for the standards, terms, and conditions of employment with Smith County in a clear and comprehensive fashion to maximize the efficiency and orderliness of operations.
It is further intended, by adoption and periodic amendment of these policies and procedures that they serve as a guide for employees, Department Heads, and Elected Officials of Smith County in their routine work activities and relationships to the extent that the objectives of both Smith County and individual employees can be achieved.
- Check Request Policy
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- Information Technology Policy and Procedures
- No Smoking and No Tobacco Use Policy
- Overtime and Compensatory Time Policy
- Post-Retirement Employment Policy
- Sick Leave Pool Policy
- Tobacco-Free Environment Enforcement Order (Effective 4-15-14)
- Travel Policy
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Kerry was employed as a Journey Level carpenter, and a member of the Carpenter's Union. He was also a Journal Level Machinist, and had been employed at Oakland Naval Medical Center for many years. He was about to go to work on the Bay Bridge as a Pile Driver. He is the father of two sons, and a daughter and was very involved in their lives. The all white jury found Kerry guilty of 2nd degree murder and Judge Horner sentenced him to the maximum 66 years to life. It is worth noting that the presiding Judge (Judge Horner), also oversaw the trial of the Oakland Knight Riders a group of Oakland Police Officers accused of beating and robbing African American males. Kerry's attorney, Richard Hove was suspended and on probation while representing him. Hove did not disclose that his father was a judge and a friend to the Judge on Kerry's case, Jeffrey Horner. The Judge knew, or should have known of the status of Richard Hove, who was disbarred in 2008.
This was a misuse of public funds by those sworn to uphold the law, and a case of Judicial misconduct. . It is important that we support the Rights of Every American, whether it is the Second, fourth, or thirteenth Amendment. We are not asking for anything extraordinary in the case. The person who shot and killed Anthony Blake is still out there. In this case there is no justice for the Victim and an innocent man is in prison. We are asking for Justice for Kerry and relief for our family.
We have a right to live as Free Persons in Our Own Country!
Anita Wills
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An Injustice to One is an Injustice to All! As an American Citizen our rights are guaranteed in the Constitution, yet some citizens are deemed more worthy of rights than others. There is no...
An Injustice to One is an Injustice to All! As an American Citizen our rights are guaranteed in the Constitution, yet some citizens are deemed more worthy of rights than others. There is no qualification in the Constitution and should be none in the Courts. Kerry's right to a fair trial were denied when an All White Jury was chosen, when he was denied the right to question a witness; when the Homicide Investigator and witness against him perjured themselves, and the courts turned a blind eye; when evidence of his innocence was withheld by the District Attorney. Kerry, unlike many African American's refused to take a Plea for a crime he did not commit. Everyone should be concerned about this Wrongful, Malicious Conviction.
Oakland Tribune Reporter Glenn Chapman refused to print any information from family refuting the claims he made. Kerry was not a Felon at the time of this conviction and was working as a Carpenter, and a member of the Carpenters' Union. The other young man, was pressured into testifying against Kerry by the Police and DA. He and Kerry were more than a block away from the shooting of Anthony Blake. One of the witnesses testified that they saw a Cadillac pull up and four shots were fired in the direction of the Martinique. The DA and Judge were looking for a conviction someone who they could tarnish after losing a case against the Oakland Riders, a group of rogue Policemen harassing black males in Oakland. The Main Officer testifying against Kerry, although not charged was identified as a member of the Knight Rider. After the trial Homicide Detective Brian Maderia was promoted to Lieutenant and even starred in a Documentary about Oakland Street Gangs. Madeira testified that Kerry was a Gang Member (at 31 years old), and a Drug Dealer, and had lied to his family about being employed. Kerry is, and was a working member of dues paying and taxpaying, member of the Carpenter's Union.
Deposition from Witness of Drive-by Shooting on MacArthur Blvd., in front of Martinique Bar. When the shooting took place, Kerry and Jahmani Jones were on Maple and MacArthur near Georgia Street.
Deposition taken from Arnold Colbert in which Police changed his wording to fit their scenario. This statement contradicts what the Police Stated happened and was not presented at trial.
Map of MacArthur & Maple Street near the Martinique Bar - Kerry was standing South on Maple, more than a block away from the victim. Who witnesses state was shot by a drive-by shooter.


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Whisper it: the UK punk-rock scene is currently at its healthiest for about three decades, and there's not even a safety pin in sight nor a jubilee on the horizon. Instead, the likes of Gallows, Lovvers and Nottingham all-girl trio The Smears are kicking up a whole different kind of fuss thanks to a combination of ballsy attitude, chaotic unpredictability and, of course, a spittle-drenched barrel of tunes.
The Smears - that's Emma (guitar/vocals), Natalie a.k.a. Miss Caulton (bass) and Colette a.k.a. C Doll (drums) - have been building up a healthy following on the Midlands underground circuit for the last three years. Now, with a new management deal and single release in the pipeline, the rest of the country is about to discover what we've been getting all excited about in Robin Hood country.
Sat in a swanky bar next to Nottingham Playhouse in the city's exclusive Park area, C Doll and Miss Caulton sink glasses of red wine while we await the arrival of their singer from the toils of her day job. It's two days before the band play the monthly DiS Nottingham show, at the city's Junktion 7 venue.
Your live show has gained a reputation for being compulsive and generally quite mesmerising, yet there still aren't many recordings available of the band. Will you be concentrating more on recording in the future?
Miss Caulton: I think it's because we are primarily a live band. We tend to do everything as if we're playing a show anyway. I just love the buzz of playing live. To me, playing live is the perfect end to a shitty day – sometimes I get to the point where I just don't want to come offstage. I think that's why we've concentrated all our efforts so far into getting the live show right first. You should try it sometime!
So is going into the studio your least favourite thing about being in a band?
Miss Caulton: No, I'd say that's got to be having no money!
C-Doll: We've got a band fund that we started, to try to raise money so we could do more shows outside of the Midlands, but it rarely gets above mere pennies...
Miss Caulton: ...And a lot of that is because we rarely get paid what we think we deserve, and in a lot of cases what we've been promised by certain promoters.
C-Doll: Without naming names, there are certain promoters in this city who should be ashamed of themselves. They book us because they know we regularly bring a good-sized crowd, charge people on the door, charge extortionate drinks prices then don't give you as much as a 'thanks' at the end of the night. I think that's where we've been quite naive in the past, but hopefully with our new manager things will change...(at which point guitarist and singer Emma walks in)
Emma: Worst thing about being in a band? Getting ripped off, definitely.
Although Nottingham has a vibrant music scene and a good of really good bands, no one has really made it big on a national scale for a long time. Do you see yourselves having to move away from the city eventually?
Emma: I think one of the biggest drawbacks here is that most of the Nottingham bands are trying really hard to create a scene in the city, and sometimes that can get in the way of what you really should be trying to achieve on a more wider scale. We were probably guilty of that to start with, and I think that's why it's taken us so long to get noticed anywhere else.
Miss Caulton: I like the Nottingham scene, probably because of the whole diversity of it. I mean, you can hear a band for the first time and know straight away where they come from because all the other bands in that city sound exactly the same, but here you really don't get that.
Emma: The only gripe I've got with Nottingham is that some people in bands can be very nasty and unnecessarily critical of people in other bands, whereas in Leicester, for example, they all seem to bend over backwards to help one another out.
Tell me about your songs. They seem to be inspired by bad experiences with certain members of the opposite sex. True or false?
Emma: To an extent I suppose you could say that, but at the same time we don't want to be seen as some boring girl band that just whinges about some ex-boyfriend or another, either. I like to be very cryptic about what - and certainly who - I'm singing about. Sometimes it may be obvious, but not that often...
What influenced you to form a punk band in the first place?
Emma: I started a band back home in Liverpool but it never really got off the ground, so when I came to Nottingham to study that gave me the incentive to start a band again. My main reason for studying was to be able to get a student loan so I could afford to buy a half-decent guitar and have enough spare time to learn to play it.
Miss Caulton: Around the same time, I put a poster up asking for girls only to play in a punk band as I'd been playing in indie bands really badly and I was sick of playing with boys. My poster just said something along the lines of, "I don't care if you're shit at playing music, as long as you're a girl you're in!", and Emma answered straight away.
Emma: We could never find the right drummer at first, though. I think we got through five drummers before C-Doll joined.
You're currently being courted by one or two labels about the possibility of a single release in the near future. Have you decided which songs you want to put out on the record?
Emma: We're putting a record out in March through Org Records. 'Bring It On', definitely, will be the a-side. Possibly 'Pink Pop' will be on there as well.
If a record label wanted to sign you on a long-term, six-figure deal but imposed certain terms and conditions such as asking you to change your image or record cover versions, would you do it?
Miss Caulton: Six-figure?! No I wouldn't... Maybe if it was a little bit more I probably would!
C-Doll: Not with the cover versions though, at any cost!
Emma: But free clothes are always a bonus!
You've played several high-profile shows with some of the first wave of punk rock's finest, most notably Charlie Harper and UK Subs. What was that like?
Miss Caulton: Charlie is great. He wrote a song for us and we're supposed to be writing him one back. Their audience can be quite intimidating, though.
Emma: The last time we played with them it was really nerve-wracking, almost as if someone had placed a twelve-foot high barrier between us and the crowd...
Miss Caulton: ...But we won in the end!
Emma: It wasn't as if people walked out or anything, they just stood there with their arms folded showing no emotion.
What about reactions from the music press? Are there any that particularly stand out?
Emma: Yeah there is one, and it's not from the music press as such - most of those have been really positive. No, this one was from the Nottingham Evening Post, and it was just such a badly written piece of crap that seemed to concentrate on what we were wearing rather than what we sounded like. To me, whether something is positive or negative, if it's badly written or out of context with what we're about then it's not worth the paper it's written on.
Does it worry you that people may not take you seriously because you're three girls playing punk-rock rather than three blokes?
Emma: There's no point worrying about it.
Miss Caulton: That's who we are, that's how we dress. Deal with it.
Do you see yourselves as being role models for other girls who might want to form bands?
Emma: I'd like to think so, yes. We get girls coming up to us a lot at our shows asking what it's like being in a band and where they should start, and my answer is usually along the lines of, "Stop wearing those fuck-me boots and start wearing some Fuck You boots!"
The Smears are expected to be playing at several festivals this summer and recommend that you also DiScover Dead Souls, Yes My Ninjas and Swallow.
They are also confirmed to play the following dates:
10 Baslow The Devonshire Arms (Overload Festival)
25 Northampton The Racecourse Frontroom
31 Norwich TBC
13 Rescue Rooms Nottingham
'Bring It On' is out on 19th March as part of Org Records' Org-an-ised singles series.
For more information on The Smears visit their MySpace.


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If pollutants are sending you reeling
In the waters with which you are dealing
And you're looking to shed
Heavy metals, like lead,
You might find bananas appealing
Headline: Slippery Banana Peels Could Be A Savior For Polluted Water
Ok, so it's not really a headline, it's from NPR's health blog, "Shots". But it's cool. Eliza Barclay reports on a study which used minced banana peel as a natural matrix for concentrating heavy metals (copper and lead) for extraction from river water. Metals were 20 times more concentrated in the pulp, and after extraction the pulp could be re-used, up to 11 times without reduced effectiveness.


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Abby Wambach, along with Florida Youth Soccer, has launched this ONCE IN A LIFETIME innovative and fun fundraiser to benefit Florida's TOPSoccer*.
Every player has the chance to play soccer with Abby Wambach at the event!
EVERY PERSON WHO RAISES $250 will attend, with a parent or guardian, lunch with Abby Wambach on December 16th at the Indoor Sports Complex in South Florida. Lunch includes pictures and autographs followed by a Q&A. The Top 64 overall fundraisers, after lunch, WILL PLAY SOCCER WITH Abby Wambach!
To be eligible to have lunch with Abby and to play soccer with Abby, players must register and fundraise. It's as easy as 1-2-3:
1. Follow this link to our fundraising website: www.fysaplayhardplayfair.org
2. Click "Register" and complete the short registration
3. Follow the simple instructions emailed to you and email your player fundraising link to family and friends asking for donations of any amount to your personal fundraising account.
* FYSA TOPSoccer is a community-based training and team placement program for young athletes with disabilities, organized by youth soccer association volunteers. The program is designed to bring the opportunity of learning and playing soccer to any boy or girl, who has a mental or physical disability. The goal is to enable all young athletes with disabilities to become valued and successful members of the Florida Youth Soccer family.


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Top Ten Sesame Street Animation Inserts
Michael Wermuth, Jr. - Sesame Street is perhaps best known for its Muppets, but the show also has a large number of great animated inserts as well. The following is a list of my top ten Sesame Street animated inserts. Note that this list does not include The King of 8 or Ladybug Picnic, two inserts that fans may expect to see in such a list. That is because while they are good, I do not care for them as much as other people may.
10. Henson S Claymation
A clay animated segment from the first episode featuring a snake named Sam, a skunk named Sissy, several soldiers, and other S words. Jim Henson provides the voice of Sam the Snake (not to be confused with Sammy the Snake) and some of the soldiers.
This was one in a series of clay animated letter segments from the first season, featuring the voice of Jim Henson. This S segment is the only one I've seen, and I feel it is underrated. It is a shame, because this cartoon is good, and I imagine that the others (which focus on such letters as Q and U) must be good as well.
9. Wanda the Witch
Another segment that premiered in the first episode, "Wanda the Witch" told the story of the title character who walked a pet weasel to a well to get water to wash her wig. It was animated by Tee Collins, who also animated the similar "Nancy the Nanny Goat" segment.
8. Pinball Number Count #2
I know, you may be thinking, how can I pick only one individual Pinball Animation segments? Well, this one show the ball traveling through a carnival setting, and I like the haunted house part of the carnival that gets glimpsed for a few seconds.
7. The Alligator King
Bud Luckey did several great, memorable animated number segments for Sesame Street, including "Martian Beauty," "Ladybug Picnic," and others, but I think that his best is "The Alligator King." In it, an alligator king who is feeling down offers to give his crown to one of his seven sons, whichever one can cheer him up.
Side Note: I've been thinking, a couple of decades later, the video game Super Mario bros. 3 introduced King Koopa's seven kids, and they are reptiles like alligators. Hmmm, could Nintendo have been inspired by this Sesame Street animation?
6. Suzie Kabloozie and the letter F
The late-1990s introduced us to Suzie Kabloozie and her cat, Feff, who were both voiced by Ruth Buzzi. The segments were animated by Mo Williems. I believe that this segment is the first one, since at the end Suzie changes her cat's name from Jeff to Feff.
The plot tells the story of Suzie Kabloozie, who hates the letter F, until she gets her wish for all F items to disappear. Suzie Kabloozie would go on to appear in several segments for over a decade.
5. Felines
A funny parody of the song "Feelings", sung by a mouse about four different felines with different emotions (happy, sad, angry, and surprised).
4. The Nobel Ostrich
Animated by Bruce Bayard, The Nobel Ostrich is very much done in the style of a nature documentary, but animated. This cartoon talks about the ostrich, and features a cameo by an animated Big Bird (and I also spotted a mouse who resembles Mickey Mouse).
3. Jazz #7
I think Jazz #7 is my favorite of the Jazz Numbers animated segments from the first season. I really like the look of the wizard with the 7 on his robe and head. But of course the main highlight is what appears in all of the Jazz Numbers segments: the spies and race cars.
2. Typewriter: N-Nose
The animated talking typewriter is probably a character most fans remember when they think of Sesame Street animation, and the N-Nose segment is one of the best ones. The typewriter types the letter N and then the word "nose", and a large nose appears, sneezing him off-screen. Other great typewriter segments include "M-Magic", "U-Umbrella", and "A-Airplane."
1. Teeny Little Super Guy: Crossing the Street
The Teeny Little Super Guy is an animated illustration on a moving plastic cup, and the cast are also cup illustrations that can move, and they often use kitchen appliances as props. One of my favorites of the Teeny Little Super Guy segments is one in which Teeny Little Super Guy's friend RW gets a red hat for his birthday (a red lid is used for his hat), but then the wind blows it off his head and into the street, leading to Teeny Little Super Guy giving RW a lesson in street safety.
One thing that's a bit odd: RW's hat is just a lid, not an animated hat drawn on his head, but the Teeny Little Super Guy does wear an animated hat within the illustration.
Honorary Mention: Geometry of Circles
I'd like to give honorary mention to the "Geometry of Circles" segments, with music by Phillip Glass. It's a bit hard to describe the difference between them. They all feature a black background and involve one or more circles, often with certain patterns.
The Muppet Mindset by Ryan Dosier


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