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The Lewiston Democratic Committee announces a change in date and location for the Democratic caucus for the nomination of candidates to run for two open trustee positions in the Village of Lewiston. The caucus will now take place beginning at 7 p.m. Monday, May 2, in the community room of the Historical Square apartments, located at 920 Mohawk St. The community room is located midway in the complex, adjacent to the swimming pool.
The Village of Lewiston election will be held June 21.
At the caucus, Niagara County Democratic Chairman Nicholas Forster will appoint William Gallagher village Democratic caucus chairman.
The caucus is open to all village residents who are enrolled members of the Democratic Party. One must bring photo identification to be eligible to vote.


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Alberta backs push to dismantle inter-provincial trade barriers; stronger disaster mitigation
Alberta is standing with other western provinces to push the federal government into dismantling inter-provincial trade barriers and creating stronger disaster mitigation strategies.
Those were two of several topics discussed by the premiers of six western provinces and territories on Wednesday during a meeting in Iqualuit, Nunavut, said Alberta Premier Dave Hancock.
Hancock said Alberta, British Columbia Premier Christy Clark and Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, have agreed to send a letter to all premiers asking them to put the idea of a domestic free trade zone on the agenda for next month's Council of the Federation meeting in Charlottetown, P.E.I.
"Canada's Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) is over 20-years-old," Hancock said in an interview Thursday.
"It needs to be updated and modernized and while we've seen some progress, it's slow because you're negotiating things that are in, rather than what the exclusions are so it's a very important discussion for us."
The trade barriers are estimated to cost the country $50 billion per year. Federal Industry Minister James Moore said recently that a new internal trade deal to replace the AIT was his top priority.
Hancock said inter-provincial trade barriers are a significant problem for industry, especially when it comes to labour mobility.
"For example, a company in Alberta that wants to do business somewhere else has to re-register. There's all kinds of regulatory barriers."
On the other side, Hancock said the trade enforcement mechanisms also need work because if governments are inappropriately subsidizing industries, "it leads to competitive issues."
"I know the steel industry in Alberta and Saskatchewan is concerned about an uneven playing field so that's something Premier Wall and I have been talking about and wanted to raise here."
A "big topic of discussion" was also federal disaster mitigation funding. After last June's flooding in southern Alberta and flooding this summer in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, the provincial leaders want to push the federal government "to work more closely with us on mitigation funding."
"The current policies allow you to rebuild to the current state but certainly with the devastation in Alberta last year and flooding in Saskatchewan and Manitoba this year, we need stronger mitigation strategies." Hancock said Alberta will spend $200 million over the next five years on flood mitigation and "while we appreciate the federal contribution, it doesn't go as far as it needs to."
The premiers are calling on the federal government to broaden the definition of a "disaster event" to include multiple smaller events that have large, cumulative impacts as well maintain its longstanding 90-10 cost-sharing arrangement for disaster recovery and allow communities to rebuild to a higher, more resilient standard.
Other topics discussed included engaging northern "off the grid" communities on energy development, rail transportation for resources, addressing aboriginal child welfare and labour market issues including the recent changes to the federal temporary foreign worker program.


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Too bad what Greg the Architect is saying about SOA Management, while funny, is true. There are vendors in our space that have never once allowed their platform to be publicly benchmarked -- and with good reason: time after time we've seen their products fall over in anything but the simplest proof of concept.
Unfortunately, this leaves you, the customer, having to do your own benchmark comparison. Without independent analysis (your own, or that of others), you can't trust a vendor's word on their scalability. The scenarios they test against may be far different than the real-world scenarios you face -- if you don't benchmark vendors in your environment you could be making a big mistake.
Just one simple example of how you can go wrong... Let's say you know you are going to have 100 transactions per second that you need audited (e.g. for SOX compliance). The vendor might assure you that yes, they can audit 100 transactions per second. That should meet your needs, right?
Wrong. Let's say your transactions are composed of (on average) 6 separate tiers or services (e.g. two services each call three other services). In this case, for SOX compliance, you need to ensure that the vendor can audit 600 transactions per second since you actually need to audit every step of the transaction.
SOA What? The moral of the story is that if you are evaluating SOA management or runtime governance vendors, see if they can produce 3rd party objective evidence of how their product performs versus others. If they can't, make sure you budget enough time in your PoC to ensure that the vendor can meet both your current and future performance needs.
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Jay Shimshack's research is guided by three questions:
- Which programs, policies, and regulations achieve their stated objectives?
- Which programs, policies, and regulations are socially efficient?
- What economic incentives drive responses to programs, policies, and regulations?
In other words, Shimshack explores: What policies work? What policies are socially efficient? Why do successful policies work and why do unsuccessful policies fail?
Specific research interests include the law and economics of environmental regulation; the choice of environmental policy instruments; the economics of corporate social responsibility; and the benefits and costs of environmental and health policies. Professor Shimshack has made research contributions to our understanding of environmental monitoring and enforcement, the economics of food safety, information and transparency as policy, corporate environmental behavior, and other policy-relevant topics. Research hallmarks include unique datasets and plausible causal inference with observational data.
Published Papers:
- "Enforcement spillovers: Lessons from strategic interactions in regulation and product markets," w/ M. Evans and S. Gilpatric. Journal of Law and Economics (JLE). Forthcoming, accepted 2018. Preprint Working Paper.
- "Disaster preparedness and disaster response: Evidence from sales of emergency supplies before and after hurricanes," w/ T. Beatty and R. Volpe. Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economics (JAERE). Forthcoming, accepted 2018. Preprint Working Paper.
- "Valuing Marine Diversity in the Gulf of Mexico: Evidence from the Proposed Boundary Expansion of the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary," w/ S. Stefanski. Marine Resource Economics. 31(2) (April 2016): 211-232. Preprint Working Paper.
- "Environmental Disclosure: Evidence from Newsweek's Green Companies Ranking," w/ T. Lyon. Business and Society. 54(5) (September 2015): 632-675. Preprint Working Paper.
- "Environmental Enforcement and Compliance: Lessons from Pollution, Safety, and Tax Settings," w/James Alm. Foundations and Trends in Microeconomics. 10 (December 2014): 209-274. Preprint Working Paper.
- "The Economics of Environmental Monitoring and Enforcement: A Review," Annual Review of Resource Economics. 6 (October 2014): 339–60. Preprint Working Paper.
- "Air Pollution and Children's Health: a Cohort Analysis," w/ Timothy Beatty. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. 7(1) (January 2014): 39-57. Preprint Working Paper.
- "Economic Perspectives on Corporate Social Responsibility," w/ Markus Kitzmueller. Journal of Economic Literature. 50(1) (March 2012): 51-84. Preprint Working Paper.
- "Absolute Humidity, Temperature, and Influenza Mortality: 30 Years of County-Level Evidence from the United States," w/ Alan Barreca. Amer. Jour. of Epidemiology. 176 (2012): S114-S122. Preprint Working Paper.
- "School Buses, Diesel Emissions, and Respiratory Health," w/ Timothy Beatty. Journal of Health Economics 30(5) (September 2011): 987-999. Preprint Working Paper.
- "The Effectiveness of Environmental Monitoring and Enforcement: A Review of the Empirical Evidence," w/ W, Gray. Review of Environmental Econ. and Policy. 5(1) (Winter 2011): 3-24. Preprint Working Paper.
- "Mercury Advisories and Household Health Trade-offs," w/ M.B. Ward. Journal of Health Economics 29(5) (September 2010): 674-685. Preprint Working Paper.
- "The Impact of Climate Change Information: New Evidence from the Stock Market," w/ Timothy Beatty. B.E. Journals of Economic Analysis and Policy (Contributions). 10:1 (2010): Article 105. Preprint Working Paper.
- "Public & Private Enforcement: Substitutes or Complements?" w/ C. Langpap." Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 59(3) (May 2010): 235-249. Preprint Working Paper.
- "Mandatory Information Disclosure in the Electricity Industry," w/ M. Delmas and M. Montes. Economic Inquiry 48(2) (April 2010): 483-498. Preprint Working Paper.
- "Enforcement and Over-compliance," with M.B. Ward. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 55(1) (January 2008): 90-105. Preprint Working Paper.
- "Curbside Recycling in the Presence of Alternatives," with T.K.M. Beatty and P. Berck. Economic Inquiry 45(4) (October 2007): 739-755. Preprint Working Paper.
- "Mercury Advisories: Information, Education, and Fish Consumption," with M.B. Ward and T.K.M. Beatty. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 53(2) (March 2007): 158-179. Preprint Working Paper.
- "Regulator Reputation, Enforcement, and Environmental Compliance," with M.B. Ward. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 50(3) (November 2005):519-540. Preprint Working Paper.
"The Effects of the Private-Label Invasion in Food Industries," with M.B. Ward, J. M. Perloff, and J.M. Harris. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 84(4) (November 2002): 961-973. Preprint Working Paper.
Working Papers:
- "Disaster Preparedness and Disaster Response: Evidence from bottled water sales before and after tropical cyclones," w/ T. Beatty and R. Volpe.
- "Enforcement spillovers: Lessons from strategic interactions in regulation and product markets," w/ M. Evans and S. Gilpatric.
- "Cancer and industrial facilities in China," w/ X. Zhang and H. Yin.
- "Quantitatively measuring deterrence: empirical tools for assessing the impact of environmental
monitoring and enforcement actions." Forthcoming.
- "Monitoring, enforcement, and the choice of environmental policy instruments," w/ M. Cohen. Forthcoming.


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The recent roller-coaster ride of the stock market and renewed fears of a double-dip recession have this autumn already feeling all too familiar. Three years ago, the credit markets and Wall Street were in a freefall and thanks to a ritzy incentive trip by American International Group, luxury travel and incentive meetings were under assault by the government and media.
The recession and ensuing aftermath from the AIG Effect led to the worst downturn in hotel industry history, and the luxury segment is still fighting to recoup what was lost in group business pricing.
Now instead of the AIG Effect, we've got the crumby DOJ Impact, or Muffin-Gate, or whatever you want to call it. As the economy and industry continue to teeter between recovery and recession, the last thing the hotel industry needs is a public outcry against group business.
But that's exactly what is happening after a report showed the Department of Justice's spending on 2008 and 2009 conferences, including the salacious sounding $16 muffins served at the nearby Capital Hilton in Washington D.C. Hilton has responded, saying the price tag was for the entire breakfast offering, not just the muffin. The DOJ has since concurred, but the issue won't die.
It's become political, and government watchdog and right-leaning sites continue to keep the story alive. How long will it be until we hear from the left about $23 crackers and cheese served at a Republican debate or some other official function? It's just another example of the political gridlock stymieing this country.
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Arthur Rankin Jr., animator, director, and producer of perennial television holiday hits like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman, has died at the age of 89, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Credited with involvement in over 1,000 television programs, Rankin and his partner Jules Bass (Bass is 78) were pioneers in the field of stop-motion animation at their production company Videocraft International (now called Rankin/Bass Productions). The painstaking process of shooting single cells of objects, which are moved incrementally to create the illusion of motion, allowed them to create classic animated features that also included The Little Drummer Boy (1968) and Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970).
Rankin also produced the 1980's animated series Thundercats, the Jackson 5ive animated series in 1971-72, as well as directing the animated version of The Hobbit (1977) which premiered on NBC.
However, audiences knew Rankin/Bass best for 1964's Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, which is the longest running Christmas special on television, and Frosty the Snowman, which premiered in 1969. Both shows were re-broadcast by CBS this past December and were the two highest-rated programs of the evening.
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The school board is interviewing two finalists, Robert Callaghan and Paula Wright for the job.
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Pop's most pretentious starlet.
Late last month, the music video for Lady Gaga's latest single, "Paparazzi," arrived online, leaked ahead of its scheduled premiere. This shouldn't have been particularly remarkable, except this was no ordinary music video. "Paparazzi" is eight minutes long, and it features 10 costume changes, dozens of extras, Swedish dialogue, and a creepy, convoluted plot you might call neon noir. The centerpiece is a dance number that makes ingeniously spastic use of a wheelchair, crutches, and crippled limbs. Clearly, Lady Gaga didn't intend for "Paparazzi" to debut on anything so humble as a 480-by-360-pixel YouTube screen—this is her "November Rain," not her "Chocolate Rain." She quickly Twittered her frustration: "Stop leaking my motherf—ing videos."
Lady Gaga is something of an anomaly: a pretentious pop starlet. To hear her tell it, she isn't the anonymous hookup facilitator you might assume from her robotically decadent techno hits but, rather, a savvy media manipulator engaged in an elaborate, Warholian pop-art project. She sprinkles interviews with references to Warhol's "deeply shallow" aphorism, David Bowie, Leigh Bowery, and The Night Porter. Her outlandish, architectural outfits are meant to evoke the avant-garde designs of Thierry Mugler and Hussein Chalayan. She even has her own Factory-style crew of collaborators, which she calls the Haus of Gaga. That none of this is readily apparent in her actual songs might be part of the point. Her pretentiousness—the heady name-dropping, the high-concept video, the wild get-ups—hangs halolike around her music, encouraging us to consider the songs in a different and more radiant light.
Ironically, Lady Gaga's formative influence was as unpretentious as they come. When Gaga, 23, was just an Upper West Side girl named Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, she was a Britney Spears obsessive. She would sing Spears karaoke in her bedroom and make pilgrimages to the street outside the TRL studios, she's recalled, "just to see Britney's fingernail in the window." But she didn't disavow her when she grew older and found a cooler set of artists to worship. Gaga's adolescent infatuation with Britney Spears was, in part, anthropological: She's talked about how she loved not only Britney's music but the hysterical devotion it inspired in her own 'tween peers. That seems crucial to understanding Gaga's mission today. She wants to restore an aura of magic and mystery to the pop star—a reasonable reaction to seeing your first idol so brutally stripped of her pixie dust.
Gaga's highbrow bibliography and performance-art theatricality are key to this aura-building, but it's to her credit that she doesn't attempt a regal remove from the debased celebrity culture that trampled all over her favorite Mouseketeer. Instead, Gaga dives into the mud and wrestles with it. We see this in the canny way she plays off of the troubled legacy of her '90s teen-pop heroes. Whereas Britney debuted as a towheaded virgin whose career went on to encompass her public deflowering, Gaga debuted already-defiled: "Just Dance" is about stumbling drunkenly around a nightclub and turning your shirt inside out without knowing it. In this way, Gaga wrote her public meltdown into her very first single while remaining a deft guardian of her actual private life—a teasing pre-emptive strike. In "Poker Face," a celebration of mind games and bedroom power plays, and "Paparazzi," which compares love to stalkerish picture-hunting, Gaga plays a girl completely in control and completely comfortable among the dizzying, superficial signifiers of tabloid-era femininity.
This control is most evident in the way Gaga explores and exhibits sexuality. Every half-naked starlet calls her patent-leather thongs "empowering" or argues that her raunchy odes to sexual compliance are, in fact, proof of strength. Gaga trots out similar lines, but there's something fresher at work with her, too. She talks in interviews about wanting to die husbandless, surrounded by stage props, and about wanting to scare boys rather than arouse them. She wears skimpy clothes, but they blunt, distort, and sharpen the curves of her body—the gender sabotage she admires in Bowie and Grace Jones airlifted to 2009. On the cover of the new Rolling Stone, Gaga appears naked beneath a massive canopy of frizzed-out hair, sprouting bubbles from her skin, with her lips painted to resemble the severely exaggerated pucker of a blow-up doll. The image captures something essential about Lady Gaga: She's an exquisite horror.


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Left: Studebaker Brothers first South Bend porduction facillity, corner of Michigan and Jefferson Streets. Right: Aerial view of the Studebaker Plant in it's heyday. Date of photograph unknown.
"In 1852 the Studebaker brothers built their first small business. It was a blacksmith shop located in the heart of South Bend but soon they began building farm wagons and the business grew slowly until the Civil War. (Over the years the company's name changed several times. ) The Civil War's demand for wagons, ambulances, etc. put a strain on Stubebaker's production and they began to look for labor outside of the city. They also moved their manufacturing facilities to the southwest end of town, encompassing an area between Western Avenue and Sample Street, and Main Street to Walnut Street. By the 1870's the westward migration required sturdy covered wagons and farm wagons and Studebaker was a major manufacturer with sales offices all throughout the West. The need for more workers caused the company to go overseas to find a workforce. Many who came were German or Polish. The company continued to make farm wagons until shortly after 1900 when they began to make automobiles. The company grew steadily through the 1930's, reaching its peak near the World War II years. Military demand for trucks and other vehicles created a demand for more workers. This demand was met by many ethnic groups, including African Americans trying to escape the hardships of the deep South. By 1950 the company was beginning to suffer many economic troubles, and in 1966 the company closed. -Courtsey St. Joseph County Public Library -
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Building 84 (1923) as seen from the Conrail tracks. Looking southest. Building 84 was a massive structure, six floors and basement. 524,376 square feet and was the body trim fabrication and assembly building.
Inside Building 84. Pictured is part of the assembly line where Champion automobiles were manufactured.
Another view of Building 84, from the Conrail tracks that pass by the old Oliver Plow works. It illustrates on just how close these two former industrial giants were. You are looking toward the east.
Studebaker Administration Office Building 62 (1908). Left: The one time nerve center of the Studebaker Corporation. Executive Offices were located on the 4th Floor. Right: Today the building house the Corporate Offices of the South Bend School Corporation.
Left: Studebaker Corporation Buildings 30 (1878) and 30A (1890). Located on Lafayette Street south of Building 113 (1946) and north of Buildings 33 (1890), 34 (1890), 35 (1890) and 108 (1942) (All Demolished). Their original use is unknown. During the 1950's and 1960's they housed Plant Protection and the Plant Fire Department. Right: Studebaker Plant Protection Fire Department. Exact date of this photo is unknown. It is believed that is is late 1950's, early 1960's. The truck is turning north on Lafayette Street. Photo courtesy of the Studebaker National Museum Archives.
Studebaker Corporation Buildings 33 (1890), 34 (1890), 35 (1890) and 108 (1942). These building were the originally part of the wagon manfacturing . Building 108 (right side of photo) was the Avanti Doll Up area. These building sat south of Building 30 and 30A, west side of Lafayette Street. They were some of the first structures to be demolished.
Studebaker Corporation Buildings 47 (1897), 47A (1922), 48 (1893) and 48A (1922) These building were the original harness and saddle shops. These were all four story buildings and towards the end, they produced convertible and Avanti bodies. Buildings sat along the east side of Lafayette Street. In this picture, you are looking north. Buildings no longer exist, demolished years ago.
Studebaker Corporation Building 113 (1946). Paint lab and body parts sub-assembly. South facade of the building, looking northwest from Lafayette Street.
Studebaker Corporation Building 72 (1917-18). Motor machining and assembly. During the early 1950's they produced 1500 engines a day. Today it houses South Bend Lathe. Photo looking east from Sample and Chapin Street.
Gate House, Studebaker Corporation Building 72 (1917-18). Former guard house. The building to the left of the photo was Building 95 (1928) Industrial Relations Department. Building 84 can be seen in the background.
Left: Building 78 (1919). This massive building, 368,100 square feet, housed several departments, including Store Rooms, Press Room Die Shops, Frame Assembly Line, Plant Engineering, Tool Room, Specialty Parts Manufacturing. This building sits behind Building 72, south of Sample Street. Right: Building 78 another view. This view is of the north wall of building 78, looking towards the east.
Building 85 (1923) is the building towards the background of the picture. The Foundry. This foundry was capable of pouring 400 tons per day. Also pictured in the foreground is what is left of an extensive network of railroad tracks that once ran through the plant. Huckins Tool (to the right of the photo) is pictured. This building is not noted on a map of the plant. Where this building is was shown as Building 96 (1928) built as a "drive-away" building and later used as the transporation department garage.
Building 85, looking towards the east. Again note the "S" on the top of the building.
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Analyzing the Macro Economy: Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply
Aggregate demand is the amount of demand there is for goods and services in an economy over a period of time.
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BJ the Chicago Kid recently got the great news that he was nominated for three Grammy Awards, and in celebration dropped a new track, "Uncle Marvin". Featuring Marvin Gaye himself, the soulful track had BJ crooning about his lover over a sample of Gaye's "Cleo's Apartment".
Wasting no time, BJ has already released a video to go with the track, directed by Scholastic Vision. In the visual, we get a look at BJ hanging out with his friends, drinking and smoking in a red-tinted apartment. Hopefully this means we'll get some more music from the Kid very soon. Watch "Uncle Marvin" below and let us know what you think!


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Selvije Bajrami, a journalist from Pristina who participated in the 2011 Balkan Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence, wins a United Nations' journalism award.
Bajrami took first prize in the print category of the Anti-Corruption Journalism Award
Pristina-based journalist and 2011 fellow Selvije Bajrami won first prize in the print category of the Anti-Corruption Journalism Award, sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in cooperation with the Association of Professional Journalists (AGPK) and the Kosovo Anti-Corruption Agency.
Bajrami was awarded for her print work for Kosovan daily newspaper Zeri; second prize went to Parim Olluri, a journalist working for Koha Ditore, another daily paper. The awards were announced during a ceremony held in Pristina on December 9, 2011.
The first prize in the television category went to Arta Avdiu from Radio Television Kosovo and second to Kastriot Jahaj from the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN).
Shengjyl Osmani, also from BIRN, won first prize for best news article.
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More sexism in politics? Mon dieu
So, female French journalists have signed a petition denouncing sexism from male politicians.
A front page of the Liberation newspaper this week read "get your paws off me". Forty female reporters gave examples of the sexist and demeaning behaviour they endured while working. Mon Dieu. How unbelievable that such sexism would exist in the corridors of power. Hang on. We can't exactly tut tut here. We had Tom Barry mistaking Leinster House for Coppers when he pulled Aine Collins into his lap during the debate for the Protection of Life During Pregnancy bill, followed swiftly by Fine Gael dismissing it as "a bit of horse play". Like cool the jets everyone, we're only having a laugh. Where's your sense of humour? Fix me a drink after you've located your funny bone.


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>New Zealand Wine
When you think of New Zealand, what comes to mind first? Sheep? Lush landscapes? Perhaps Lord of the Rings (many scenes were filmed here)? For many, the first thought that comes to mind is wine, and rightfully so. Due to its temperate maritime climate and rich volcanic soils, this island country is a large producer of a number of both red and white wines, with different regions specializing in different varieties.
On our recent trip, we had the pleasure of tasting a broad selection of wines from vineyards throughout the country. From the time we stepped aboard our Air New Zealand flight, where we were greeted with a wine guide and menu (complete with descriptions, pictures, and regional summaries for each offering), to the time we reboarded for the flight home, and every meal in between (with the exception of breakfasts, of course), there was scarcely a meal with which a glass of vino was not expertly paired. Whether you fancy a glass of fresh, fragrant sauvignon blanc, or a soft, fruity pinot noir, or anything in between, New Zealand surely has a wine for you. Here, our top three favorite wines (in no particular order):
1. Elephant Hill Chardonnay: a unanimous favorite amongst our group during a wine tasting at the vineyard, this combination of pink grapefruit, citrus blossom, and nectarine complement the sharply focused palate of spicy Meyer lemon, green apple, and hazelnut. This delightful wine pairs well with seafood, poultry, pork, and mild cheeses.
2. Craggy Range Pinot Noir: enjoyed alongside a delicious meal of lamb chops, potatoes, and bok choy aboard our transpacific Air New Zealand flight, this pinot boasts fragrant aromatics of red fruits, plums, flowers, spice, and earth. In addition to lamb, this wine is a great match with salmon, game birds, and pork.
3. Cloudy Bay Te Koko Sauvignon Blanc: from the famous Marlborough region, this unique and intriguing sauvignon is a personal favorite of our equally unique and intriguing Southern World guide, Tim Reid. It's delicious flavors of lemon thyme, mandarin blossom, and stonefruit combine harmoniously with ginger spice, and nutty and savory tones, underlined by tropical notes, creating a wine that pairs wonderfully with seafood and game birds, or may be thoroughly enjoyed on its own.
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I started the probiotic Align a little less than two weeks ago and it is certainly too soon to tell whether it is aiding/helping or not. I am confused about all the probiotics available and since my GI gave me a sample package of Align, I will stick to it for the time being.
I don't use fish oil since I love to eat fish and eat it three times a week. I love smoked salmon or cooked salmon a lot, also broiled catfish (with no breading or topping - just the catfish filet) and the best of it is that I can eat it also in flares.
I personally have never really looked into supplements and probiotics before and I'm just getting started to explore all the options.
Probiotics are different strains of helpful bacteria and yeasts that we take as supplements to help populate our digestive tracts with good bugs. A lot of IBDers have an imbalance of good and bad bacteria in their tracts, so taking supplements helps to regain the balance.
There are so many different probiotic brands, and everyone has different experiences with them. It is useful to get recommendations from people on what they take, but if one brand doesn't work for you, don't give up, just try a different type. What I've noticed is that brands that contain a good variety of bacteria strains are more helpful, as well as ones that contain a large quantity of bacteria.
Some brands that have helped me are Florastor, FloraQ2, and VSL#3. Unfortunately all 3 brands are on the expensive side, but they all helped reduce my UC symptoms. Fewer bms, better digestion of foods, less gas, less pain in my gut.
If you go to just about any health food store (Whole Foods, Nature's, Wild Oats, Sunflower Markets, GNC, or a local food co-op), they'll have a decent selection. Just ask the supplements person to point you in the right direction. Something else you can do is to do a search of the HealingWell forums to get ideas. The search function is located just below the site banner...just type in probiotics...you'll find tons of info. you could also ask your doc, although many don't know about pro-bs or believe in their usefulness.
Good luck on the search.
Thanks so much to everyone who replied - It's very confusing when there is so much available out there, it's so helpful to hear from people what actually worked for them.
I'm printing all of your answers and taking them with me to the health food store later today!
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Broad spectrum antibiotics that are often over-prescribed are the biggest culprit that affects healthy gut ecology. Even non-IBDers often experience digestive upset when taking them.
Other things that either kill off good gut flora or encourage overgrowth of bad gut flora are birth control pills, steroids that suppress the immune system, antacids and anti-ulcer meds, poor diet and diets high in sugars and simple starches. Bottle-fed infants who don't benefit from an infusion of good gut flora from the mother's breastmilk and people with diabetes are also at higher risk.
Omega-3 supplementation, probiotics and other natural supplements I've seen recommended on this forum don't conflict with pharmaceuticals.
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Personal experience has told me this. There are numerous people here at HW that will concur.
I looked for some literature to provide a more substantial and scientific answer for you. I couldn't find any general info sites, but a couple of specific brand sites verify that probiotics need replenishing or they go away.
http://www.vsl3.com/VSL3/about-faq.asp#faq-13 question: How long does VSL#3 take to work?
http://www.activia.us.com/pdf/Act_scientific_summary.pdf?v1 topic: Clinically proven to survive in the GI tract
I assume that any kind of psyllium tablets would require the same consideration?
I was told at the health food store that probiotics should be taken 2 hours away from medication as well - does this mean I'll be trying to remember different pills every couple of hours??


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The long-awaited movie museum in Hollywood moves another step closer to fruition with the announcement today by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that it has raised its first $100 million in its goal to generate $250 million toward the new institution.
The academy also announced its vision for the museum, slated to open in 2016, by architects Renzo Piano and Zoltan Pali, which will include the complete restoration of the old May Co. building -- a 1938 Streamline Moderne structure -- located on Wilshire and Fairfax. It was purchased by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and its 300,000 square feet of space will house the academy museum.
The two architects announced that they intend to add a "spherical glass addition" to the back of the original building, which will house a state-of-the-art theater and will replace an extension made to the structure back in 1946.
"The design for the museum will finally enable this wonderful building to be animated and contribute to the city after sitting empty for so long," Piano said in a statement. "Our design will preserve the May Company building's historic public profile while simultaneously signaling that the building is taking on a new life that celebrates both the industry and art form that this city created and gave to the world."


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'Tis the Season for Mad Props
Love it or hate it the holidays are here again. Whether you'll be stuffing your face with turkey and Nibblets, organic locally grown roasted butternut squash and Tofurkey, latkes and sufganiyot, candy canes and sugar plums, or a bottle of 2-buck Chuck, this next month will be filled with plenty of reason to summon your cheer face. We want to start the season of joy off on the right foot by giving you all mad props… well, lots of ways to get mad props anyway.
5 props for everyone you get to share in the joy of Blip.fm:
We think the holidays are better with friends. That why we're putting the season of giving into high gear by quintupling (that means 5x) the number of props you get for every friend who joins Blip.fm (via one of your invitations). You give the gift of Blip.fm and we give the gift of mad props. Beginning at midnight on December 1 (PDT) and continuing for the whole month of December, you get 5 props for every new DJ that signs up via one of your invitations. You can use the automated import feature, the manual email invite, or use the invite link (all of which can be found on the right column of your http://blip.fm/home page, look for "Invite friends to join Blip.fm"). But make sure they use an invite link because we can't give you retroactive props if they don't use one of your invitations.
1 prop for every blip between December 25 and New Years Day (12:00 AM PDT):
Yep, you heard that right. We might be crazy for doing this, we don't really know, but for one week only at the end of December, every single blip will bag you props. How's that for the spirit of giving? We figure this might help alleviate the pain of not getting what you wanted from Santa (or your Babushka, if you roll like that).
10 props just for filling out your profile:
We didn't want to leave anyone out, so for those who don't have any more friends to invite and those who won't be around to blip the last week of the year, we came up with a way to get 10 props for almost no work at all. Simply fill out your account settings (Name, birthday, gender, and postal code) and upload a profile picture and we'll give you 10 props. That's it. We're going to start playing around with location based stuff and we need more people to give us their info; this way you're giving us something too… doesn't that make you feel festive? On December 1st you'll see a "postal code" field pop up under your account settings, as soon as you see it you can get the free props.
5 Blip.fm hoodies for the DJs who get the most props (from other DJs) in the month of December:
Read this one carefully 'cause we don't want any confusion. Starting on December 1 (midnight PDT), we'll be counting all the props that you get from other DJs (when they hit the thumbs-up icon, shown as the number at the top left of your profile picture in the right hand column at http://blip.fm/home); this does NOT include the props you get for blipping or invitations, that's your props bank, that's different. The five DJs who get the most props between midnight on December 1, 2008 and midnight on January 1, 2009 will be getting an official Blip.fm hoodie. Cuddle up with Blip.fm this winter, we'll keep you warm.
1 $100 gift card for Amazon or iTunes for the DJ who gets the most props in the month of December:
The DJ who gets the most props (again, from other DJs) in the month of December gets not only a Blip.fm hoodie, but also a gift card to his or her choice of Amazon or iTunes. This is our cheap-ass attempt at a grand prize, but you can think of it like a stocking stuffer that doesn't suck.
Get ready for mad props this holiday season, the entire month of December. Enjoy the many sessions of leftovers and food comas, and keep the glee flowing.
EDIT: Just to be clear, the props you get for inviting DJs and filling out your profile are more props *to give out*, they are like the 10 props you start out with when you joined Blip.fm, they are not the same as props you have *earned* from other DJs. Only props earned from other DJs show up on your public profile (above your profile picture), and only those props count toward the hoodie and gift card.


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Starting at the Tourist Information Centre, on Station Road, this tour takes in Parks and Gardens, Cheap Cottages, hidden gems and the Spirella Building (where there are WCs) and ends up at The International Garden Cities Exhibition, where you can enjoy free hot drinks & mince pies and discover more about the history of Letchworth, Ebenezer Howard, and the Garden City Movement - and its legacy across the world.
The walking tour should take approximately 2-2.5 hours.
There is a small amount of walking on grass/uneven ground - you should wear sensible footwear if possible.
Includes FREE FairTrade tea & coffee at the Exhibition at the end of the tour.


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Middle School Announcements
5th/6th Grade Social TONIGHT!
Friday, February 9, 6:00-8:00 pm
The excitement is building for the Winter Olympics themed social. Please encourage your 5th or 6th grader to attend and invite other 5th and 6th grade friends. There will be food, a DJ, and lots of fun! Attire is casual. Costumes are optional: Olympic athlete or spectator.
Inside Out Exhibit Opening at the Jackson Hole Children's Museum
Friday, February 9, 3:30-5:30 pm
If your child has not already let you know....middle school scientists and artists have been working hard at putting together an exhibit for the Jackson Hole Children's Museum. The exhibit aims to teach children and museum-goers about the systems of the human body through art and scientific explanations. The exhibit was installed this past week by the 8th grade class. The Children's Museum is inviting all Journeys School middle school students and families to come celebrate the new exhibit on Friday, February 9th from 3:30-5:30 with an opening party. Light snacks and refreshments will be available. This will be an opportunity for students to showcase their learning and feel the significance of their work, so please mark your calendars! To be clear, this invite is for the exhibit opening, not for free exploration throughout the museum.
If Friday, February 9th does not work well for your family or you are excited to explore the entire museum, consider visiting the museum on Sunday, February 11th from 11:00-12:00 for a public exhibit opening. Student ambassadors will be present to welcome you to the exhibit and answer any questions.


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Desperate to inject some new blood into a wounded 0-4 season, the Giants on Thursday night agreed to a trade to acquire linebacker Jon Beason from the Panthers in exchange for a conditional late-round draft pick.
Beason will take a physical for the Giants on Friday, and if he passes, the deal will be completed.
That the Giants and Panthers would do business together is no surprise. Carolina's first-year general manager, Dave Gettleman, was a longtime front-office executive with the Giants and continues to have close ties to the Giants organization.
Beason, 28, might be damaged goods. He played in only four games last season before undergoing microfracture surgery on his right knee and has yet to regain his form this season. The Panthers replaced him last year with Luke Kuechly, a rising star at middle linebacker, and Beason this season had become expendable in Carolina. He recently lost his starting job on the weak side to Chase Blackburn, the former Giants linebacker.
When the Panthers thrashed the Giants, 38-0, in Week 3 this season, Blackburn started at weak side linebacker and Beason did not play.
Passing the physical is no sure-thing for Beason, who continues to have issues with his right knee following microfracture surgery last October.
"You have your good days, you have your bad days," Beason recently told the Charlotte Observer. "When you pound on it, obviously you have that little setback. You take a day off, and you feel better.''
The Giants have done everything but throw darts at a target to find a productive linebacker. This summer, they tried to resuscitate the career of former first-round pick Aaron Curry, who did not make the final roster, and then retired. Last season, they sent a fifth-round pick to the Bengals for Keith Rivers, another former high first-round pick who flamed out in Cincinnati. Rivers has yet to make an impact with the Giants. In 2010, they brought in Keith Bulluck, a former first-round pick of the Titans, who had one nondescript season.
Beason is another former first-round pick (2007 out of Miami) but at least he once was a productive NFL player. In his first four years, he made the Pro Bowl three times (2008-10), compiled the top four tackle seasons in Carolina franchise history and was extremely active as an undersized (6-foot, 237 pounds) middle linebacker.
In 2011, Beason became the highest–paid middle linebacker in the NFL, signing a five-year, $50 million contract, with $25 million in guaranteed money. The deal voids at the end of this season, and he's making $1 million this year.
He tore his Achilles tendon in the 2011 opener and was done for that season. He has been slow to return from the microfracture surgery he had last season.
The Giants lost their starting middle linebacker, newly acquired Dan Connor, to a neck injury in the season opener. Mark Herzlich has been starting in the middle ever since.


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The Best Beauty Sh!t We Got Last Week: Bright Under-Eyes, Fragrant Wrists, Can't Lose
There's yogurt and jelly in here, and you can't eat either.
Rebecca has written about how she uses beauty treatments (when I 'deign' to send them her way) as a substitute for physical contact, the weirdo! I suppose I'm the opposite – I like getting my hair cut, or a massage, or a facial because of the results, but I don't particularly enjoy the process because I find being touched by strangers mildly disconcerting and I'm not very good at small talk.
Also with any kind of treatment it's always wise to manage expectations – a facial is not going to give you a new face, it'll just make the one you have look a bit more glowy and feel a bit softer. A massage might banish those knots in your shoulders for a few hours, but once you're slumped at your desk it's quite likely they'll return. I really appreciate it when the person giving the treatment is honest about what you can expect from it.
This is why I enjoyed my speedy 15-minute facial at the Elemis counter in John Lewis so much. I was testing out the new Royal Rose Facial - part of a trio of regal treatments launched by the cult Brit brand to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. As well as the Royal Rose Facial, there's a King of Facials for chaps and the Royal Rose Hand Treatment, all of which use products that contain ingredients that would be found in a traditional English country garden.
The 15-minute version of the facial costs £20 and I was slightly disconcerted to find takes place on the shop floor (eek, public!), while the 30-minute treatment (£45) happens in the fancy, tranquil Elemis Spa Pod. My qualms about having my face, in all its make-up free, rosacea-covered glory, exposed in the middle of John Lewis' beauty floor on Oxford Street were immediately quelled when I saw that the treatment actually takes place behind a discreet little screen and once it all began it was surprisingly easy to zone out.
The 30 minute version of the Royal Rose facial happens in the Elemis Spa Pod
But what I meant to say two paragraphs ago was that my therapist, Louise, was refreshingly honest about what the facial would deliver. She told me what I'd already suspected – that no facial on earth will get rid of the thousands of tiny little red broken veins that cover my face. Oh well. She did recommend products that would minimize the chances of more appearing (and I KNOW I shouldn't drink red wine, or eat spicy food, or basically have any fun and that would help too, but quite frankly that's not going to happen. Foundation it is then!) And she explained that this particular facial used products that would gently clean my skin of London grub so it would look and feel healthier and fresher. I'm down with that.
She cleaned off all my make-up and tactfully scrubbed my grubby face, then used one of my all-time favourite products evereverever – Gentle Rose Exfoliating Gel – which smells like Turkish Delight, is pale pink and so unbelievably soft and friendly on sensitive skin. Various other toners and masks containing Queen Anne's Lace, Chamomile, Rosemary and Thyme (just like the show!) were applied and removed, lulling me into a happy, drowsy place.
The Elemis Royal Rose facial uses products that contain Rosemary and Thyme...
When the eye pads came off, I felt really rather bouncy and my skin, although terrifyingly naked, looked clean, smooth and moisturized. No, I did not have a new face, but I liked the one I have a whole lot more and for that, Elemis, I am grateful.
The Elemis Royal Therapies are available at John Lewis, Debenhams and Harvey Nichols stores nationwide and Elemis spas and salons. Enquiries: 0117 316 1888 and elemis.com


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we listen, how we remember
Bonnie Jones (b. 1977, South Korea)we listen, how we remember Baltimore, August 25, 2016 (history, sine tones, samples, objects, moving bodies)
A performance installation for the Walters Art Museum in the 3rd Floor Galleries of Migration Art, Byzantine, and Pre-Medieval objects. The piece starts with a text, a mediation on objects and their ability to hold and structure history. Various rooms of the galleries have objects acting as speakers, with samples or tones playing through the object.
The sine tones or pure tones are selected to establish tritones (diminished fifths) or what during the Renaissance was referred to as the "Devil's Interval" for is dissonant character. Later, that same dissonant struture would become the basis for the blues note, and other evolutions in jazz and blues. Careful selection and placement of samples are designed to foreground the literal museum space, for instance the sounds of industrial heating/cooling systems are played back into the space, in addition to evoking communication and connection through time by using shortwave radio samples and electronics.


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Editor's Note: EarthTechling is proud to repost this article courtesy of Green Car Reports. Author credit goes to Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield.
In the minds of many consumers, electric cars like the 2012 Nissan Leaf are over-priced, second-cars that are only capable of short trips around town.
We've proven that sentiment wrong ourselves,covering just over 15,000 miles in a year in our 2011 Nissan Leaf.
Recently however, we found out about a 2011 Nissan Leaf owner who has covered 36,000 miles in a little over 11 months, proving once and for all that electric cars can tackle much more than the occasional shopping trip.
Enter Steve Marsh, a financial controller at Taylor Shellfish in Washington state.
Faced with a 130-mile daily commute, Marsh decided to invest in the all-electric hatchback in an attempt to cut his weekly gas bill.
"I really bought it with the idea that there was a chance I could save money buying this car," he tells us. "My Honda Accord had over 300,000 miles on it and I started thinking about another car. I have driven more than 200,000 miles on every car we have owned so I looked at the Leaf expecting it to do the same."
The savings weren't quite what he predicted, but still impressive.
"I thought maybe my net cost of ownership would be nearly zero after taking into account the much lower operating costs – like getting gasoline for $0.80/gallon. I now know that this expectation was unreasonable, but after all the tax credits and no sales tax in the state of Washington, I feel it is like purchasing a $23,000 new car. So far, at 36,000 miles, I'm now under $20,000 in equivalent costs."
$99 deposit, test-driven later
Interestingly, although Marsh made the purchase decision based on financial reasoning, he still paid a $99 online reservation fee before even test-driving the car. Some time later, he was offered the chance of a test-drive when Nissan's 2011 Leaf tour arrived in Seattle.
"It was cold, no snow but it was really cold," he recounts. "My wife looked at it and said "It's a regular car!" She was expecting something small like the Smart Car. We drove it around the block, and that was the end of our tour."
As for the purchase experience?
Marsh praises his online purchase experience, which was free of the usual price-haggling that most car buyers are used to. Instead, he describes the experience as extremely positive.
130 mile commute
Unlike the majority of Americans, Marsh's daily commute is well beyond the 73-mile EPA-approved range of the Nissan Leaf.
For him however, his long commute isn't an issue.
"We bought the house when the kids were born," he explains. "We've lived here for 22 years, and now our kids are about to graduate from college. This house is paid for and this is the shortest commute I've had in my working life. It gives me a chance to wind down on the way home from work."
Charging a must
However, driving 130 miles in a day is no mean feat in the Leaf, especially freeway driving.
The only solution was for Marsh to get a charging station installed at his workplace.
"I approached Ecotality and they didn't want to place one where I work," Marsh recounts. "I approached one of the owners of my firm explaining there would be good PR for a shellfish company to be one of the first to install a public charging station. They agreed."
Initially, Marsh's colleagues were bemused by his new car choice.
"They offered to give me a couple AA batteries if it would help and so on," he laughs. "But recently one said it might turn out to be a good decision given the current gas prices and how trouble-free the Leaf has been for me."


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Jose Mourinho believes Paul Pogba's £89 million ($111 million) transfer to Manchester United last summer will be viewed as a bargain in the future as price tags continue to rise.
Pogba became the world's most expensive player when he returned to Old Trafford from Juventus in 2016, but Mourinho doesn't expect him to hold the record for long.
"I think in a couple of years you will realize he was cheap," Mourinho said, as quoted by the Daily Mail. "A few years ago £25 million was a phenomenal player, now £25 million is not even a player, it is a prospect of a player.
Paul Pogba at Old Trafford, Manchester, August 19, 2016. Pogba is the world's most expensive footballer. Michael Steele/Getty
"I think next summer can bring a few surprises at this level and probably Paul will lose this status as the world's most expensive player, which will probably be a good thing.
"I am pretty sure that next summer some players with only half his quality will probably cost the same money or more, so I am waiting for that moment to release him from the scrutiny."
The 23-year-old midfielder took the title from Gareth Bale, who signed for Real Madrid in 2013 for £86 million ($107 million) from Tottenham Hotspur.
Pogba, who left United in 2012 in search of first-team football, has been a regular in Mourinho's team since returning to English football.
On Sunday, the French player took up a rare position on the bench for United in its FA Cup fourth round tie away to Blackburn Rovers. But, along with Zlatan Ibrahimovic, he was called upon in the second half, and the duo combined to send United into the quarterfinal.
Pogba and United now turn their attention to the Europa League, as it faces St-Etienne in the second leg of the round of 32, having won 3-1 at Old Trafford last week.
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***Buying Facebook and Twitter fans? Don't!***
"Don't pay for Facebook likes or Twitter followers," advises
Christie Ebanks of True Blue Communications. "Buying likes and
followers spikes your numbers, but it doesn't increase business."
In addition, buying fans actually weakens your credibility.
"Going from 500 fans to 50,000 in a few days may look suspicious
to your serious customers and stop their interacting with you,"
she warns. "Social media is building relationships. If you do
that, likes and follows will come."
Source: PR Daily News Feed, 3/21/16.
***E-mail: still online marketing's killer app***
A few years ago, it was widely speculated that e-mail would die
out because teens didn't use it — but that's not happening.
Teens are active e-mail users, and not just because their parents
set up their accounts for them.
Today e-mail remains the preferred communication channel for
communicating with brands and companies. All age groups see
e-mail as a part of everyday life. Nearly 68% of teens and 73% of
Millennials surveyed by Adestra said they prefer to receive
communications from businesses via e-mail.
Plus, 7 out of 10 marketers surveyed by Litmus believe e-mail
will still exist 10 years from now. Employees check their e-mail
an average of 9 times an hour during the work day. In 2015, over
205 billion e-mails were sent daily.
Source: 2016 Adestra Consumer Adoption & Usage Study;
Today@TargetMarketing, 5/4/2016.
***Avoid this flub when writing white papers***
Every white paper writer must avoid the #1 problem with white
papers: Too much selling. The solution is simple: Stop writing
sales pitches and calling them white papers.
Survey after survey points out that no white paper reader wants a
sales pitch. Business people want useful information to help them
understand an issue, solve a problem, or make a decision.
Unless you give those readers what they're looking for, your
white paper will sink like a stone.
Source: Gordon Graham e-newsletter, 3/23/16.
***Why you MUST have a "back end"***
Most of the world's most successful information marketers all
have one thing in common: They draw people in with an initial
low-priced offer (the "front end" offer). Then they sell more
products and more expensive products to their existing customers
(that's their "backend offers").
Why? "Simply put, it's a lot easier to sell something else to an
existing customer than it is to find and persuade a new customer
to buy something," says MaryEllen Tribby. "And that means you
should create a myriad of related offers to sell to your customer
Source: The CEO's Edge, 3/23/2016.
***How to determine whether a client is a good fit for you***
Writer Andy Andrews says his #1 rule for deciding whether to work
with a client is that they have to be somebody he can connect
with and like.
"Life is too short to spend time with people you don't like,"
says Andrews. "For a consulting relationship to be worth it, I
really need to connect with the leaders and their cause on a
deeper level. If it doesn't excite me … I pass."
Source: Andy Andrews blog, 3/24/2016.
***Making presentations that engage busy executives***
The key to giving presentations to audiences who are busy and
want quick solutions is to stay on topic. If you were invited to
give an update about something specific, do that before
covering anything else. They invited you because they felt you
could supply a missing piece of information, so answer that
specific request quickly.
Source: Ivy Executives Insights, 3/23/2016.
***5 tips for writing web site product pages***
>> Set the tone around the main demographic that is being
>> List out all features and pick which ones are different/better
than competing products.
>> Formatting is extremely important so a person can scan the
item instead of reading each word.
>> Make sure to boost engagement by saying I, You, We, throughout
the copy to make it feel more personalized.
>> Writing copy solely for search engines doesn't work as it
doesn't sell; optimizing for search engines while also engaging
readers is the balance that most copywriters look for.
Source: STC TechComm Today, 3/23/2016.
***Easy way to boost landing page conversion rates***
Want a call to action (CTA) that generates more clicks and
mail-in responses? Test. If you've been relying on "Read more,"
"Learn more," or "Continued" to entice readers to act, do an A/B
split test.
Test a CTA that offers a benefit such as "Get It Now," "Download
Your FREE Report," or "See It In Action." Also test the color of
your CTA copy or button. In one split test of red, yellow, green,
and ochre, ochre was the surprising winner.
Source: Today@TargetMarketing, 3/23/2016.
***B2B marketers must learn how to sell to millennials pronto***
A new survey by Sacunas reveals 73 percent of millennials are
involved in some aspect of purchasing decisions at their B2B
companies and at one-third of companies, a millennial (ages 20 to
35) is the sole decision maker. As a result, B2B marketers need
to understand what this shift means and begin to cater to this
What makes millennials different? Digital channels matter most:
56 percent of millennials report search engines, vendor web
sites, and social media are the most important sources of
information when researching new products.
The data shows the younger the millennial, the stronger the
preference for digital channels. Significantly for professionals
ages 20-24, 19 percent identify social media as the most
important when researching a new tool.
On the whole, 85 percent of millennials use social channels to
research products and services for their company. Surprisingly to
me, Facebook is the preferred choice for 40 percent, the survey
Source: Business Marketing SmartBrief, 3/25/2016.
***Do you know dick?***
It's true: To succeed, you must know D.I.C.K.:
** D = Devotion — this is most important to success; you must be
** I = Integrity — be honest and demand integrity from yourself
and your team/relationships; accountability is a must.
** C = Concentration — stay on tasks (whatever they are with
respect to your job function) and continue courses of action that
you can focus on.
** K = Knowledge — be intuitive; follow your gut; learn as much
as possible about the job/career and employer in order to become
Source: Randal Rymer, AIChE Engage, 5/4/2016.
***Quotation of the month***
"Good writing … involves the agony of turning profoundly difficult
thoughts into lucid form, then forcing them into the
tight-fitting uniform of language, making them visible and
–Pat Conroy
Source: The Writer, June 2002, p. 17.
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