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January 13, 2014
Border Patrol agents are using new robot technology to catch illegal activities inside tunnels at the Arizona-Mexico border. Agents in the Tucson sector will demonstrate on Tuesday how so-called "tunnel robots" will be used to detect any tunnels that could be used by illegal border-crossers.
The agents will be joined by tunnel experts at a drainage tunnel in Nogales.
US Customs and Border Protection says criminal organizations in Mexico are increasingly turning to tunnel systems as border security above ground tightens.
The agency says the tunnels are typically used to transport people, drugs, weapons and other illegal materials.
More than 75 such underground passages have been found along the border since 2008, concentrated largely in California and Arizona.
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Through the miracle of Facebook, I've enjoyed the great pleasure of renewing my acquaintance with an old friend of my sister's, Bruce Donnola. No, my sister's name is not "Bruce Donnola," but I'm too tired to get myself out of that messy sentence construction. "Bruce Donnola" is actually the name of . . . nevermind. Growing up, Bruce was once very much my long-haired elder, but I've closed the gap over the years. He recently sent to me a brief essay that was intended for my defunct but most awesome blog, FATHERSREAD.com, which, alas, died on the vine. The blog didn't get the response I'd hoped for, but more importantly I learned that I just didn't have the time to give it the energy necessary to succeed. Disappointing, but lessons learned. I still care deeply about the gender gap in reading, about boys and reading.
Here's the father's story that Bruce sent. I scanned it quickly upon first reading, the way hurried people read emails, and thought it was good. Then I reread it, taking my time, and just now reread it again with deepening appreciation. I gradually recognized how many deep, important truths about boys and reading were contained in this subtle narrative. The comic books, the reading for information, the parental disappointment (and, at times, disaprroval), and the boy himself — an alert, active mind picking his way curiously through the pages and statistics and cereal boxes.
My wife worries that our eleven-year-old son doesn't read. This has been going on for a few years now. It started in second grade when we bought him easy readers like Danny and the Dinosaur. We read that to him many times, imagining that he would eventually enjoy finding a quiet time to sit and reread it on his own, just like us grownups. But Cisco never had the slightest interest. He enjoyed having us read to him (thankfully, he still does). But he would not read books from cover to cover on his own. "He won't even read Danny and the Dinosaur," my wife despaired.
That disinclination has remained unchanged over the last three-plus years. But my response to my wife has always been the same: Cisco does read — he just doesn't read books from start to finish, unless they're assigned in school. He pulls out books on things he's interested in — Star Wars, Leggos, dogs. What he does on an almost daily basis is open a book, flip through the pages looking at photos, stop when something grabs him, read a caption, maybe a paragraph or two, then move on. He does this with books, with comic books, with toy catalogs and most recently with newspapers.
My son is totally hyperactive, with little patience or desire to sit still. The way my son reads is part of the way he is. But the truth is that I was not hyperactive as a kid, yet my reading habits were much the same as his. Despite growing up in a highly literate household where everyone read constantly, much of it heavy literature (my mom's favorite author was William Faulkner, my oldest brother loved James Joyce), the truth is that I barely read any books from start to finish unless they were assigned in school. Just like my son.
Yet I read constantly.
I read comic books the way some people eat potato chips. I couldn't get enough of them, bought every new issue of (mostly) DC Comics every month and reread old issues dozens of times. I had a huge collection of Classics Illustrated and, despite the derision often accorded them, developed a love for the great stories of western literature that remains to this day.
I also read other frivolous things as a kid. I had a subscription to Mad Magazine, with contents that ranged from silly to brilliant. I LOVED Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine, a periodical that mostly focused on old horror films from the 1930s and 40s, with a strong appreciation of earlier silent films. It was also filled with truly horrendous puns which any boy would appreciate (it came from Horrorwood, Karloffornia). This wonderful and ridiculous magazine led me into a lifelong love of cinema history.
I also read Peanuts voraciously — in fact, I probably learned the word "voraciously" by reading Peanuts. I remember often going to my parents holding a Peanuts paperback, asking what certain words meant, trying to understand jokes about Beethoven, psychiatry, or World War I fighter pilots. The intelligence, wit, and incredible comic timing of Peanuts in the 1960s are still a marvel to me. How many words are in any given four-panel Peanuts strip? Yet how much depth is contained in those words?
I also found joy reading ephemeral things like toy catalogs. I literally spent hours poring through the legendary Johnson Smith catalogs, with their X-ray specs, trick black soap and plastic vomit. Each item that was for sale was described in probably one or two sentences. But I savored each one of those brief descriptions over and over, as if they were a perfect haiku. All the possibilities of the mysterious world ahead seemed to lay in that booklet of magic tricks and practical jokes.
I could go on but the point is simple: what a boy reads is not the issue. The number of words he reads is not the issue. The issue, assuming there is no reading disability and assuming he is in a home where the parents read, is: does he have access to the books, magazines, comics, catalogs, baseball cards — whatever — that are about things he loves?
I didn't really start reading books from beginning to end until I was a teenager, and truly it was not until I was eighteen or so that I really fell in love with literature. But the foundation had been laid in my childhood: in a house of book lovers, with good and great books shelved and piles up in every room, my parents quietly encouraged me to read by providing every silly book, comic, magazine or useless piece of printed ephemera, no matter how few words or how unchallenging, that I craved. The result was I had fun reading. The result was I have always loved to read.
So now in my son's room you will find, once you recover from seeing the astonishing mess, two bookcases packed with books that range from early readers to teenage titles; a few stacks of old comic books, mostly from my childhood era (unlike today's comics, they were actually meant for kids); Leggos magazines, which are mailed to us free every other month; a couple of DK Eyewitness books on Star Wars that look like they've survived the Clone Wars; two books on dogs recently taken out of the school library (hint-hint); a horrible new teen music magazine (he's got the hots for Victoria Justice), and at his bedside a copy of Danny and the Dinosaur. One night recently he pulled it out on his own and decided to read it before bed. And there it remains, reread many times since. At his age, eleven years old, it presents no challenge to his intelligence and no challenge to his reading abilities. He simply likes to read it because it makes him happy.

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The scrimmage will be held at the college's Ekdal J. Buys athletic fields which are north of Holland Municipal Stadium. The scrimmage will begin at 10 a.m. Admission is free.
With a pre-season roster of 133 players, coach Dean Kreps and his staff have been busy preparing the defending Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) champion Flying Dutchmen for the college's 95th year of gridiron action.
The Flying Dutchmen will open their season Saturday, Sept. 11 hosting first-time opponent John Carroll, Ohio for the traditional Community Day game.
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The Altra Instinct 1.5 (not 2.0? Hmm.) is a zero-drop, amply cushioned shoe with a toe box wide enough for your toes to have a party. This update to the immensely popular original Instinct [1.0] is an excellent example of what so many shoe makers should have been doing for years: That is, Altra allowed the cushioning but ignored the heel lift. Let's hear it for zero drop!
Consequently, Altra is nurturing an almost cult-like (the cool kind, not the weird kind) following of "Maniacs" who absolutely love their foot-shaped shoes. "Awesome" appears in the review vocabulary fairly often. And, I can understand the mania.
My experience with another Altra shoe, the Adam, prepared me for the distinctive extra midfoot and toe box room that I now enjoy in the Instinct 1.5. But, as anyone would expect, the Instinct has even more features to offer than the barely-there Adam.
Pulling on the surprisingly lightweight, albeit husky, Instinct; I immediately noted the super comfy ankle cuff. Also, the asymmetric lacing design allowed me to secure the upper easily without feeling that it tightened in the wrong areas. I wiggled my toes and stood up for a walk around the room.
I bounced on my forefeet, leaned backwards on my heels, skipped to the fireplace, and bounded onto the coffee table. (Okay, I didn't jump on the coffee table. But, I wanted to!)
The Instinct 1.5 felt good!
Cushioning? What?
Being that I tend to wear shoes with much less cushioning these days, you might imagine that I'd have reservations about running in shoes with this much padding between the ground and my feet. After all, the Altra site indicates that the Instinct 1.5's stack height is 22mm. So, yeah, you'd be right in your imaginings. You know me well.
Now, imagine my surprise when I first ran in the Instinct 1.5 and noted a degree of ground feel not too far off from that of the Merrell Road Glove! These are not a pair of squishy-cloud shoes.
Seriously, the smart folks at Altra respect the ground and decided to make Instinct wearers respect it, too. Thus, their rendition of Dual-Layer EVA over a rubber outsole conveys a density similar to what we're feeling in other minimally-centric shoes these days.
'Course, there's more of it, the EVA cushioning. So, please don't think I am saying that the ground feels the same in Instincts as it does in Road Gloves. It's just that the feeling is similar.
Since I'm being all honest and open with you, I'll admit, too, that I had doubts about the Instinct 1.5's ability to flex properly while facilitating a proper run. I mean, look at it. I defy you to roll it up into a ball. Before my first run, I pictured myself clopping across the pavement like a horse in these bulky shoes.
Well, score another point for the Altra design team, because they know exactly where their shoes need to flex in order to make a natural stride attainable. The FootPod™ outsole lives up to it's description on the Altra site:
...This outsole maps the bones and tendons of the human foot. With canted lugs mapping your foot, this unique outsole provides a natural, all-purpose traction system for a variety of surfaces from road to treadmill to dirt paths.
Similarly, the unobtrusive toe spring amplifies the smooth transition from ground to air and back during rapid leg turnover. I don't see that feature in the photos of the original Instinct. So, I expect that this is a nicety of version 1.5.
Yes, I was surprised by how easily I practiced a forefoot or midfoot strike in the Instincts. For a traditionally cushioned shoe, the Instincts provide the flex a runner needs on flat surfaces. (Trails? No, not for me. I'll pick something else)
Insole Options
If you've already read anything about Altra, you know that they typically provide two different removable insoles (sock liners, foot beds, etc.) with their shoes. There's a strengthening insole — for those who like it flat — and a sculpted insole — for those who like something under their arches.
I chose to run first without any additional insoles, mostly because I just wanted to see how the shoes performed with as little cushioning as possible. You can see the inside of the shoe sans insole pictured above.
The insole-free run was comfortable enough underfoot. But, I found that subtracting the extra millimeters that the optional insole usually occupies created an even higher toe box. This turned out to be a little too much for my low-volume feet to handle. So, I sustained a blister on the top of my toe.
Since that run, I've used the 3mm strengthening insole whenever I wear the Instincts. It's fine.
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Are you looking for a zero-drop, well-cushioned running shoe with plenty of room for your toes?
If you answer "yes" to at least two and a half parts of that question, then you've just spent a lot of time reading about a shoe you should have already ordered.
I'll elaborate: The big factor here is cushioning. If you've been running in Skoras or something from the Merrell barefoot line, you've been running in shoes with a bit of cushioning. The Instinct 1.5 will give you more of that cushioning. Do you want that for longer runs, perhaps?
Now, suppose you've been running in, um, something like the Brooks Pure whatever. And, you want to see how it feels to run in a zero-drop shoe. The Instinct 1.5 would be an excellent choice for you. It has cushioning, but not the especially squishy Brooks cushioning. And, clearly, the Instinct has that zero-drop element.
I wear my Instincts in a US men's size 12, which corresponds to the sizes I wear in Merrell Road Gloves and New Balance Minimus. So, I guess that means the Instinct fits standard.
Other than the actual Altra store, you could order them from a number of reputable online retailers — NaturalRunningStore.com is a fine place to start your Instinct-buying adventure.
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By Lorri Freifeld
Companies such as FedEx, The Hartford, and Union Pacific offer some of their leaders the opportunity to climb Mt. Everest. But the trek does not require parkas, ice axes, or karabiners. Nor will participants feel the least bit cold.
They must, however, make life-and-death decisions about who gets how much oxygen, correctly calculate the weather when the weather station is knocked out, and determine what to do when one of the team begins to experience hypothermia.
Welcome to the Leadership and Team Simulation: Everest V2, a simulation co-created by Bryant University (RI) Trustee Professor of Management Michael Roberto, D.B.A. Drawing inspiration from Roberto's research on the failures of a May 1996 Mt. Everest climb that resulted in the death of five mountaineers, the simulation aims to teach leadership and team dynamics. "I've found that when you take executives out of the usual business setting, it's very compelling for them," Roberto says. "We wanted something focused on team dynamics and leading teams. We wanted to do something different, so we could measure performance."
Roberto had written several case studies on the Mt. Everest tragedy and other non-traditional business failures such as the Columbia Shuttle crash and the BP oil spill when Harvard Business Publishing approached him to develop a simulation. It knew his current work and work he had done previously at Harvard. He brought in a Harvard Business School colleague he had worked with, Amy Edmondson. Roberto and his colleagues worked with West Coast software developer Forio Business Simulations on the Web-based simulation, which took one year to develop.
Roberto admits creating this type of simulation was challenging. "It's one thing when you are doing a strategy or marketing simulation—something that's quantitative. It's much more difficult when it revolves around behavior and trying to anticipate behavior." He notes that typically in business schools, simulations are semester long, where every week, the participant makes business decisions and gets results per quarter. "But you're not going to get executives to do that," he notes. "You need something compact that you can do in a few hours."
As a result, the team built paper-based beta tests first, Roberto says. "We wanted the simulation to be not too hard and not too easy. Faculty members around the world tested it with hundreds of MBA students."
In the simulation, teams of five have to climb Mt. Everest. They move up from base camp to the summit. One person is designated as the leader, and the other four have specific roles, including: a photographer looking to get pictures from the summit, a physician doing research on high-altitude sickness, an environmentalist looking to clean up the mountain, and a marathoner looking to test his endurance. Each role has a specific goal and objective. The roles can be randomly assigned, or the company can specify ahead of time which learner takes on which role. "The goal for each team is to reach the summit and avoid rescue," Roberto explains. "But during the simulation, students discover there are many challenges, including: weather; shortages of food, oxygen, and medical supplies; and the health and mental acuity of the climbers. Reaching the summit requires difficult group and individual decisions, and not everyone will succeed."
The simulation can be done with everyone in the same room, working on a laptop or tablet. Or it can be done virtually, with learners communicating via phone or the text chat function built into the simulation. The platform is Web-based, so there is no downloading. Players just get a user name and password. They have access to pore through the results for some time after the simulation.
"It's a half-day experience," Roberto says, "with the simulation taking approximately three to four hours." There is an introductory video, which includes an interview with climber James Clarke, instructions on how to play, and what to expect from the climb. "At the end, players engage in a debrief on the effectiveness of the leader and the team," Roberto says. "There are survey questions embedded in the simulation, and participants determine what percentage of the goals were achieved—there is a point system, so they can determine what was achieved personally and overall as a team." The simulation also can be stopped in the middle to have a mini-debrief, so the team can talk about techniques it might use to improve performance in the second half of the simulation.
At the corporate rate, the simulation license costs $100 to $150 per person. If a company chooses to do it as part of an executive program at the school with Roberto facilitating, the cost is much less, he says.
While the simulation is not customizable for individual companies, it does lead to different dynamics depending on whether a company has an intact team participate or brings together learners from different functions and divisions within the organization. For example, with an intact team, the current leader might automatically assume the leader role, and the other team members might defer to him or her. That might lead to bad decision-making or at least prevent some team members from speaking up and bringing up a key point to consider.
"A little bit of dysfunction is a good thing in this type of simulation," Roberto says. "That way you have a conversation about why some teams do well and others do not." He believes it's helpful to have 20 people—four teams—from one company do the simulation, so there are results they can compare to and benchmark against.
In addition, for reinforcement purposes, the simulation is most successful as part of a leadership development program, Roberto says. "FedEx brings the same group of people together over 12 to 18 months, so they are seeing me and other professionals throughout that time, and they are reminded of the lessons learned from the simulation. The simulation works best if I have the whole day with the team, not just the three to four hours of playing time. I'll do exercises on playing devil's advocate and how to break teams into sub-groups, for example. This helps to reinforce the messages learned in the simulation."
Roberto says there has been "an explosion of simulations now that have become more effective, more realistic, richer, and more enabled by technology. The one rule to remember is: The clearer a simulation is, the more powerful it is."
To see a video about the Everest V2 simulation, visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFOqM1B6nuE


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Payment Card Business Still Offers Variety of Opportunities for Growth
Cards are one of the most diverse payments instruments in existence today. There are legions of credit card holders and a growing number of debit card users, and the popularity of gift cards shows no sign of waning. This is on top of more-specialized instruments, such as payroll cards and cards linked to consumer-directed healthcare accounts, that are gaining the attention of more and more financial institutions and their clients.
Opportunities abound for banks and other issuers in a space that is sometimes viewed as too mature or too saturated -- especially on the credit card side. However, many banks are proving that through the use of technology -- both established and new -- there still are uncharted paths to be discovered in the card business.
According to Richard Winston, director of North American payments with Chicago-based Accenture, the question that arises -- particularly with regard to credit cards -- is how to identify and retain the most-profitable customers while also delivering distinct services to them. This becomes even more challenging, he says, as banks also strive to do so while increasing cost efficiencies on their end.
"I've been hearing for the past 20 years that the card space has matured," comments Rajive Johri, president and director, First National Bank of Omaha ($18 billion in assets). "The industry has actually become more efficient in processing and marketing. It's still a very competitive space. There's a huge amount of room for credit products to grow, such as the healthcare area."
New York-based JPMorgan Chase's ($1.2 trillion in assets) Frank Dombroski, VP, commercial card solutions, prefers to think of the card space as having reached a plateau. For this reason, he says, it is more important than ever for issuers to be innovative in their approach to cards.
"Now it's going to take innovation to look at the next level. There are still significant growth opportunities, especially in the commercial space," Dombroski says. "The way commercial cards have been used up to now was for 'walk around' payments where you pay with plastic for on-the-spot buying. Growth is in leveraging cards as settlement tools for any kind of procurement."


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Genre: Horror
Date: 3/20/2018
Bloods And Crypts
Once again, America is under siege. A
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Main page » Roofings » Smoking shelters » Smoking shelter, smoking cabin, roofing model K » Roofing, smoking shelter, smoking cabin K4 b/b - 420cm x 216cm
Smoking canopy, smoking shelter, smoking cabin K4 b/b - galvanized steel, powder coated in color of your choice
Hot-dip galvanized flat roof steel construction with weatherproof corrugated metal roof in variable sizes, selectable side walls and pre-tested type statics.Shapely smoking shelter with good visibility from all sides, perfectly suitable for people or two-wheelers, made of galvanized steel profiles and safety glass. Supporting frame construction made of sectional tubes. Flat roof (purlin-less roof system) made of circumferential beveled profile (150 mm) with internal bitumen-coated rain gutter. Roof covering made of profiled metal sheet, galvanized on both sides and color-coated similar to RAL 9002 gray-white. Drainage is through the rear right corner post by means of a water spout to the rear (water outlet approx. 120 mm above the floor).
Anti-corrosion protection: The entire structure is galvanized, primed and color-coated or painted with environmentally friendly two-component paint.
Corrosivity protection class: C4 medium (corrosivity based on DIN EN ISO 12944-2)
Roof sheet (soffit): RAL 9002 Grey white
Steel structure: RAL color of your choice (except pearl and signal colors)
Variable sizes and numerous options for rear and side walls - including printable toughened safety glass - create weatherproof canopies for vehicles, materials or comfortable lounges. Individual coloring, implemented in min. C4 medium quality, supports your CI concepts and design wishes.
The existing type static for high wind loads and snow loads saves you time and money.
Wind and snow loads Sk = 1.9 kN/ m2
The characteristic Sk value in the snowiest zones (3) in Germany is greater-equal 1.10 kN/m2.
The constructions are also permissible for wind load zones I - III and are thus approved throughout Germany.
Width: 4195 mm
Depth: 2165 mm
Height: 2510 mm
Clear height: 2360 mm
Technical specifications:
Number of wall elements: 8
Construction: welded
Roof type: Trapezoidal sheet metal
Drainage: Via water spout
Surface: Hot-dip galvanized and color coated - RAL color of your choice
Pipe diameter: 60 mm
Back wall type: Single-pane safety glass (ESG)
Side wall type: Single-pane safety glass (ESG)
Snow load: 1,90 kN/m²
Weight: 800 kg
Wind load zone: Zone 1 to 3
Warranty: 5 years
Glass design silk screen printing:
The wall elements made of toughened safety glass (ESG) are printed with stripes, grids, ornaments, coats of arms, logos, photos etc.
There are no limits to your design. They also offer the ideal free space for advertising, notices, pictograms, etc.
Please select the desired glass design in the selection field.
An extended visualization including all glass designs of the K model series can be found in our online configurator:
Delivery options:
- Completely assembled - roofing is positioned completely assembled with the crane truck on site at the customer's installation location. Truck crane checklist - please click on link!
- Kit delivery - If the installation site is in a place not accessible by crane truck.
Options for foundation, base plates, fastening:
The following options are available for fastening to the ground or for the foundation:
- Fastening to existing foundation - for doweling onto foundation points or floor slabs provided by the customer.
- Paved ground - For this purpose you will receive extended support pillars, which are set in concrete and are suitable for overpaving. You will achieve a secure hold and the height of the roofing will be maintained
Including reinforced concrete base plate:
With prefabricated reinforced concrete floor slab. This eliminates the need for expensive and time-consuming foundation work. The base plate is placed at ground level on the sand or gravel bed prepared by you. With the neutrally designed base plate, you also ensure a visually attractive overall effect. 4720x2360x140 mm (approx. 3800 kg)
Precast reinforced concrete slab with textured top surface, slip resistance class of concrete surface: R13. Additional stone joint grid 300x300 mm. End faces smooth with formwork, underside smoothed by hand, edge break all around. Including statically required reinforcement up to 15 kg/m2. Including 4 transportation anchors.
Green roofing system: (optional)
Modular, sustainable green rooftop. Create real added value for people and nature. The system is composed of modules that can be easily and safely integrated into the trapezoidal profile of our roofs. The modules consist of special trays, which are equipped with resistant sedum plants.
Lighting InLight+ with VersoVolt: (optional)
Charge during the day, illuminate at night - the InLight+ integrates seamlessly into the trapezoidal sheet metal of the roof structure and is vandal-proof. Thanks to energy-efficient LED lighting with an intelligent presence detector, it saves energy, dims when not in use and lights up all night in winter. The photovoltaic system (VersoVolt) on the roof powers the lighting autonomously, without the need for ground work for a power grid connection.
You can find more information here: inlight-versovolt-kirchberger.pdf
Possibilities of unloading and assembly on site:
- Self-unloading - you have the possibility to unload the goods on site by yourself, so we do not need a crane truck.
- Unloading by crane truck - delivery and unloading on site by crane truck, without assembly.
- Unloading by crane truck incl. assembly on site - roofing is unloaded by us, positioned and professionally assembled on site and doweled to the ground.
Frame color at choice: color of profiles (except roof trapezoidal sheet metal)
Please specify the desired RAL color in the input field. You can find an overview of all RAL colors here - please click on the link.
Matching accessories: (please scroll all the way down)
- Lighting - InLight - Fully integrated lighting system with motion sensor and efficient LED technology.
- Lighting with photovoltaic - identical inLight with solar panel incl post and base plate for dowelling. Independent from the power grid. The built-in battery has a capacity of 432 Wh.
- Heating - infrared radiant heater, specially designed for roofing systems. The flexibly attachable radio button (battery-free) facilitates installation. The time control supports the sustainable operation of the heater.
- "ALPIN" version for high snow load: (On request) - Snow loads up to Sk= 6 kN/m² - By using reinforced profiles, our roofings can also be designed for high snow loads.
- Ashtrays - Various models and designs
- Bar table - Different models and designs
Notes in case of assembly by us:
The required foundations are to be provided by the customer according to our specifications.
With the order confirmation you will receive a foundation plan, whereby we assume normal soil conditions (2 kg/sq cm) for the dimensioning.
It is necessary to ensure that the holes of at least 100 mm can be drilled into the floor slab without reinforcement.
There are no utility lines in the area of the ground anchoring.
When quoting, we assume no longitudinal or transverse slope to the extent that adjustment of the design is required.
In the specific case, we will be happy to offer you a slope adjustment (for an additional charge) upon request.
Foundations to be constructed must be on the same level and horizontal without slope, with a maximum height difference of +/- 5 mm.
Dowelling by our installation team on paved or asphalt surfaces (tar, bitumen, etc.) is not permitted.
The packaging material necessary for the truck transport (wood, PE foil, cardboard, etc.) will be disposed of by you on site.
Delivery time:
approx. 6-8 weeks after order confirmation
Exclusion from exchange:
Items that are coated according to RAL colors, custom-made, or individually manufactured are excluded from exchange (return).
Shipping costs vary depending on EU country.
Delivery to non EU countries please ask by email.


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Gerald R. Ford Speech - State of the Union 1975
Gerald R. Ford Speech, State of the Union 1975
Twenty-six years ago, a freshman Congressman, a young fellow with lots of idealism who was out to change the world, stood before Sam Rayburn in the well of the House and solemnly swore to the same oath that all of you took yesterday - an unforgettable experience, and I congratulate you all. Two days later, that same freshman stood at the back of this great Chamber--over there someplace--as President Truman, all charged up by his single-handed election victory, reported as the Constitution requires on the state of the Union.
When the bipartisan applause stopped, President Truman said, "I am happy to report to this 81st Congress that the state of the Union is good. Our Nation is better able than ever before to meet the needs of the American people, and to give them their fair chance in the pursuit of happiness. [It] is foremost among the nations of the world in the search for peace."Today, that freshman Member from Michigan stands where Mr. Truman stood, and I must say to you that the state of the Union is not good: Millions of Americans are out of work. Recession and inflation are eroding the money of millions more. Prices are too high, and sales are too slow. This year's Federal deficit will be about $30 billion; next year's probably $45 billion. The national debt will rise to over $500 billion. Our plant capacity and productivity are not increasing fast enough. We depend on others for essential energy. Some people question their Government's ability to make hard decisions and stick with them; they expect Washington politics as usual. Yet, what President Truman said on January 5, 1949, is even more true in 1975. We are better able to meet our people's needs. All Americans do have a fairer chance to pursue happiness. Not only are we still the foremost nation in the pursuit of peace but today's prospects of attaining it are infinitely brighter. There were 59 million Americans employed at the start of 1949; now there are more than 85 million Americans who have jobs. In comparable dollars, the average income of the American family has doubled during the past 26 years. Now, I want to speak very bluntly. I've got bad news, and I don't expect much, if any, applause. The American people want action, and it will take both the Congress and the President to give them what they want. Progress and solutions can be achieved, and they will be achieved. My message today is not intended to address all of the complex needs of America. I will send separate messages making specific recommendations for domestic legislation, such as the extension of general revenue sharing and the Voting Rights Act. The moment has come to move in a new direction. We can do this by fashioning a new partnership between the Congress on the one hand, the White House on the other, and the people we both represent. Let us mobilize the most powerful and most creative industrial nation that ever existed on this Earth to put all our people to work. The emphasis on our economic efforts must now shift from inflation to jobs. To bolster business and industry and to create new jobs, I propose a 1-year tax reduction of $16 billion. Three-quarters would go to individuals and one-quarter to promote business investment. This cash rebate to individuals amounts to 12 percent of 1974 tax payments--a total cut of $12 billion, with a maximum of $1,000 per return. I call on the Congress to act by April 1. If you do--and I hope you will--the Treasury can send the first check for half of the rebate in May and the second by September. The other one-fourth of the cut, about $4 billion, will go to business, including farms, to promote expansion and to create more jobs. The 1-year reduction for businesses would be in the form of a liberalized investment tax credit increasing the rate to 12 percent for all businesses. This tax cut does not include the more fundamental reforms needed in our tax system. But it points us in the right direction--allowing taxpayers rather than the Government to spend their pay. Cutting taxes now is essential if we are to turn the economy around. A tax cut offers the best hope of creating more jobs. Unfortunately, it will increase the size of the budget deficit. Therefore, it is more important than ever that we take steps to control the growth of Federal expenditures. Part of our trouble is that we have been self-indulgent. For decades, we have been voting ever-increasing levels of Government benefits, and now the bill has come due. We have been adding so many new programs that the size and the growth of the Federal budget has taken on a life of its own. One characteristic of these programs is that their cost increases automatically every year because the number of people eligible for most of the benefits increases every year. When these programs are enacted, there is no dollar amount set. No one knows what they will cost. All we know is that whatever they cost last year, they will cost more next year. It is a question of simple arithmetic. Unless we check the excessive growth of Federal expenditures or impose on ourselves matching increases in taxes, we will continue to run huge inflationary deficits in the Federal budget. If we project the current built-in momentum of Federal spending through the next 15 years, State, Federal, and local government expenditures could easily comprise half of our gross national product. This compares with less than a third in 1975. I have just concluded the process of preparing the budget submissions for fiscal year 1976. In that budget, I will propose legislation to restrain the growth of a number of existing programs. I have also concluded that no new spending programs can be initiated this year, except for energy. Further, I will not hesitate to veto any new spending programs adopted by the Congress. As an additional step toward putting the Federal Government's house in order, I recommend a 5-percent limit on Federal pay increases in 1975. In all Government programs tied to the Consumer Price Index--including social security, civil service and military retirement pay, and food stamps--I also propose a 1-year maximum increase of 5 percent. None of these recommended ceiling limitations, over which Congress has final authority, are easy to propose, because in most cases they involve anticipated payments to many, many deserving people. Nonetheless, it must be done. I must emphasize that I am not asking to eliminate, to reduce, to freeze these payments. I am merely recommending that we slow down the rate at which these payments increase and these programs grow. Only a reduction in the growth of spending can keep Federal borrowing down and reduce the damage to the private sector from high interest rates. Only a reduction in spending can make it possible for the Federal Reserve System to avoid an inflationary growth in the money supply and thus restore balance to our economy. A major reduction in the growth of Federal spending can help dispel the uncertainty that so many feel about our economy and put us on the way to curing our economic ills. If we don't act to slow down the rate of increase in Federal spending, the United States Treasury will be legally obligated to spend more than $360 billion in fiscal year 1976, even if no new programs are enacted. These are not matters of conjecture or prediction, but again, a matter of simple arithmetic. The size of these numbers and their implications for our everyday life and the health of our economic system are shocking. I submitted to the last Congress a list of budget deferrals and rescissions. There will be more cuts recommended in the budget that I will submit. Even so, the level of outlays for fiscal year 1976 is still much, much too high. Not only is it too high for this year but the decisions we make now will inevitably have a major and growing impact on expenditure levels in future years. I think this is a very fundamental issue that we, the Congress and I, must jointly solve. Economic disruptions we and others are experiencing stem in part from the fact that the world price of petroleum has quadrupled in the last year. But in all honesty, we cannot put all of the blame on the oil-exporting nations. We, the United States, are not blameless. Our growing dependence upon foreign sources has been adding to our vulnerability for years and years, and we did nothing to prepare ourselves for such an event as the embargo of 1973. During the 1960's, this country had a surplus capacity of crude oil which we were able to make available to our trading partners whenever there was a disruption of supply. This surplus capacity enabled us to influence both supplies and prices of crude oil throughout the world. Our excess capacity neutralized any effort at establishing an effective cartel, and thus the rest of the world was assured of adequate supplies of oil at reasonable prices. By 1970, our surplus capacity had vanished, and as a consequence, the latent power of the oil cartel could emerge in full force. Europe and Japan, both heavily dependent on imported oil, now struggle to keep their economies in balance. Even the United States, our country, which is far more self-sufficient than most other industrial countries, has been put under serious pressure. I am proposing a program which will begin to restore our country's surplus capacity in total energy. In this way, we will be able to assure ourselves reliable and adequate energy and help foster a new world energy stability for other major consuming nations. But this Nation and, in fact, the world must face the prospect of energy difficulties between now and 1985. This program will impose burdens on all of us with the aim of reducing our consumption of energy and increasing our production. Great attention has been paid to the considerations of fairness, and I can assure you that the burdens will not fall more harshly on those less able to bear them. I am recommending a plan to make us invulnerable to cutoffs of foreign oil. It will require sacrifices, but it--and this is most important--it will work. I have set the following national energy goals to assure that our future is as secure and as productive as our past: First, we must reduce oil imports by 1 million barrels per day by the end of this year and by 2 million barrels per day by the end of 1977. Second, we must end vulnerability to economic disruption by foreign suppliers by 1985. Third, we must develop our energy technology and resources so that the United States has the ability to supply a significant share of the energy needs of the free world by the end of this century. To attain these objectives, we need immediate action to cut imports. Unfortunately, in the short term there are only a limited number of actions which can increase domestic supply. I will press for all of them. I urge quick action on the necessary legislation to allow commercial production at the Elk Hills, California, Naval Petroleum Reserve. In order that we make greater use of domestic coal resources, I am submitting amendments to the Energy Supply and Environmental Coordination Act which will greatly increase the number of powerplants that can be promptly converted to coal. Obviously, voluntary conservation continues to be essential, but tougher programs are needed--and needed now. Therefore, I am using Presidential powers to raise the fee on all imported crude oil and petroleum products. The crude oil fee level will be increased $1 per barrel on February 1, by $2 per barrel on March 1, and by $3 per barrel on April 1. I will take actions to reduce undue hardships on any geographical region. To that end, I am requesting the Congress to act within 90 days on a more comprehensive energy tax program. It includes: excise taxes and import fees totaling $2 per barrel on product imports and on all crude oil; deregulation of new natural gas and enactment of a natural gas excise tax. I plan to take Presidential initiative to decontrol the price of domestic crude oil on April 1. I urge the Congress to enact a windfall profits tax by that date to ensure that oil producers do not profit unduly. The sooner Congress acts, the more effective the oil conservation program will be and the quicker the Federal revenues can be returned to our people. I am prepared to use Presidential authority to limit imports, as necessary, to guarantee success. I want you to know that before deciding on my energy conservation program, I considered rationing and higher gasoline taxes as alternatives. In my judgment, neither would achieve the desired results and both would produce unacceptable inequities. A massive program must be initiated to increase energy supply to cut demand, and provide new standby emergency programs to achieve the independence we want by 1985. The largest part of increased oil production must come from new frontier areas on the Outer Continental Shelf and from the Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4 in Alaska. It is the intent of this Administration to move ahead with exploration, leasing, and production on those frontier areas of the Outer Continental Shelf where the environmental risks are acceptable. Use of our most abundant domestic resource--coal--is severely limited. We must strike a reasonable compromise on environmental concerns with coal. I am submitting Clean Air [Act] amendments which will allow greater coal use without sacrificing clean air goals. I vetoed the strip mining legislation passed by the last Congress. With appropriate changes, I will sign a revised version when it comes to the White House. I am proposing a number of actions to energize our nuclear power program. I will submit legislation to expedite nuclear leasing [licensing] and the rapid selection of sites. In recent months, utilities have cancelled or postponed over 60 percent of planned nuclear expansion and 30 percent of planned additions to non-nuclear capacity. Financing problems for that industry are worsening. I am therefore recommending that the 1-year investment tax credit of 12 percent be extended an additional 2 years to specifically speed the construction of powerplants that do not use natural gas or oil. I am also submitting proposals for selective reform of State utility commission regulations. To provide the critical stability for our domestic energy production in the face of world price uncertainty, I will request legislation to authorize and require tariffs, import quotas, or price floors to protect our energy prices at levels which will achieve energy independence. Increasing energy supplies is not enough. We must take additional steps to cut long-term consumption. I therefore propose to the Congress: legislation to make thermal efficiency standards mandatory for all new buildings in the United States; a new tax credit of up to $150 for those homeowners who install insulation equipment; the establishment of an energy conservation program to help low-income families purchase insulation supplies; legislation to modify and defer automotive pollution standards for 5 years, which will enable us to improve automobile gas mileage by 40 percent by 1980. These proposals and actions, cumulatively, can reduce our dependence on foreign energy supplies from 3 to 5 million barrels per day by 1985. To make the United States invulnerable to foreign disruption, I propose standby emergency legislation and a strategic storage program of 1 billion barrels of oil for domestic needs and 300 million barrels for national defense purposes. I will ask for the funds needed for energy research and development activities. I have established a goal of 1 million barrels of synthetic fuels and shale oil production per day by 1985 together with an incentive program to achieve it. I have a very deep belief in America's capabilities. Within the next 10 years, my program envisions: 200 major nuclear powerplants; 250 major new coal mines; 150 major coal-fired powerplants; 30 major new [oil] refineries; 20 major new synthetic fuel plants; the drilling of many thousands of new oil wells; the insulation of 18 million homes; and the manufacturing and the sale of millions of new automobiles, trucks, and buses that use much less fuel. I happen to believe that we can do it. In another crisis--the one in 1942--President Franklin D. Roosevelt said this country would build 60,000 [50,000] military aircraft. By 1943, production in that program had reached 125,000 aircraft annually. They did it then. We can do it now. If the Congress and the American people will work with me to attain these targets, they will be achieved and will be surpassed. From adversity, let us seize opportunity. Revenues of some $30 billion from higher energy taxes designed to encourage conservation must be refunded to the American people in a manner which corrects distortions in our tax system wrought by inflation. People have been pushed into higher tax brackets by inflation, with consequent reduction in their actual spending power. Business taxes are similarly distorted because inflation exaggerates reported profits, resulting in excessive taxes. Accordingly, I propose that future individual income taxes be reduced by $16.5 billion. This will be done by raising the low-income allowance and reducing tax rates. This continuing tax cut will primarily benefit lower- and middle-income taxpayers. For example, a typical family of four with a gross income of $5,600 now pays $185 in Federal income taxes. Under this tax cut plan, they would pay nothing. A family of four with a gross income of $12,500 now pays $1,260 in Federal taxes. My proposal reduces that total by $300. Families grossing $20,000 would receive a reduction of $210. Those with the very lowest incomes, who can least afford higher costs, must also be compensated. I propose a payment of $80 to every person 18 years of age and older in that very limited category. State and local governments will receive $2 billion in additional revenue sharing to offset their increased energy costs. To offset inflationary distortions and to generate more economic activity, the corporate tax rate will be reduced from 48 percent to 42 percent. Now let me turn, if I might, to the international dimension of the present crisis. At no time in our peacetime history has the state of the Nation depended more heavily on the state of the world. And seldom, if ever, has the state of the world depended more heavily on the state of our Nation. The economic distress is global. We will not solve it at home unless we help to remedy the profound economic dislocation abroad. World trade and monetary structure provides markets, energy, food, and vital raw materials--for all nations. This international system is now in jeopardy. This Nation can be proud of significant achievements in recent years in solving problems and crises. The Berlin agreement, the SALT agreements, our new relationship with China, the unprecedented efforts in the Middle East are immensely encouraging. But the world is not free from crisis. In a world of 150 nations, where nuclear technology is proliferating and regional conflicts continue, international security cannot be taken for granted. So, let there be no mistake about it: International cooperation is a vital factor of our lives today. This is not a moment for the American people to turn inward. More than ever before, our own well-being depends on America's determination and America's leadership in the whole wide world. We are a great Nation--spiritually, politically, militarily, diplomatically, and economically. America's commitment to international security has sustained the safety of allies and friends in many areas-- in the Middle East, in Europe, and in Asia. Our turning away would unleash new instabilities, new dangers around the globe, which, in turn, would threaten our own security. At the end of World War II, we turned a similar challenge into an historic opportunity and, I might add, an historic achievement. An old order was in disarray; political and economic institutions were shattered. In that period, this Nation and its partners built new institutions, new mechanisms of mutual support and cooperation. Today, as then, we face an historic opportunity. If we act imaginatively and boldly, as we acted then, this period will in retrospect be seen as one of the great creative moments of our Nation's history. The whole world is watching to see how we respond. A resurgent American economy would do more to restore the confidence of the world in its own future than anything else we can do. The program that this Congress passes can demonstrate to the world that we have started to put our own house in order. If we can show that this Nation is able and willing to help other nations meet the common challenge, it can demonstrate that the United States will fulfill its responsibilities as a leader among nations. Quite frankly, at stake is the future of industrialized democracies, which have perceived their destiny in common and sustained it in common for 30 years. The developing nations are also at a turning point. The poorest nations see their hopes of feeding their hungry and developing their societies shattered by the economic crisis. 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Effective diplomacy is also essential in preventing conflict, in building world understanding. The Vladivostok negotiations with the Soviet Union represent a major step in moderating strategic arms competition. My recent discussions with the leaders of the Atlantic community, Japan, and South Korea have contributed to meeting the common challenge. But we have serious problems before us that require cooperation between the President and the Congress. By the Constitution and tradition, the execution of foreign policy is the responsibility of the President. In recent years, under the stress of the Vietnam war, legislative restrictions on the President's ability to execute foreign policy and military decisions have proliferated. As a Member of the Congress, I opposed some and I approved others. As President, I welcome the advice and cooperation of the House and the Senate. 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Who are they? A gaggle of D.C.'s most talented teens! The members of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts concert choir joined Bono and The Edge for their Tiny Desk performance.
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Kirsten: We're youngins. You know, we are young, so we're still learning and stuff, but it's just a wow moment.
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Kirsten: [He was] really chill, like down down to earth. And I love how they weren't big headed, because I know how sometimes when you're in the presence of someone with a higher status, it could be really intimidating. And I didn't feel like any of us felt intimidation from them. It was just really like a learning experience. They were like, 'Well, what do you think will fit good in this part?'
Jevon: One of our friends, by accident, didn't get the words right. So he accidentally sung the wrong thing. And Bono was like, 'Oh, wait, what did you do?' He was like, 'I like that, man.'
It was fun. It was funny because we all knew it was an accident, but then we kind of went along with it and Bono liked it. So we just did it.
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Javon: I guess I just like the feeling that I can make someone's day with the gift that God gave me. Ever since I was younger, I just loved singing for people and making people feel better and just encouraging people.
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Not even Olympians are immune from America's homeownership crisis. The Associated Press reported this week that the parents of U.S. Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte are facing foreclosure in Florida, while the mother of gold medal gymnast Gabby Douglas filed for bankruptcy in Virginia last year, she said, "to protect my home."
I don't know the circumstances behind these families' financial challenges. But the fact that families who had the discipline, commitment, and drive to raise Olympic gold medalists did not have the systems or information needed to remain successful homeowners reaffirms that the promise of American opportunity is at grave risk.
Roughly four million American families lost their homes to foreclosure between the beginning of 2007 and early 2012. Some 11 million are struggling with "underwater" mortgages, meaning that they owe more than their home is worth. That's just under a quarter of all U.S. homes with a mortgage. For most, a perfect storm of financial industry misconduct, inadequate consumer protections, falling home prices, and record unemployment are at the core of the problem.
The Lochte and Douglas families are fortunate. Their kids are now stars who will soon be paid millions in endorsement proceeds—Gabby's already on the cover of a Corn Flakes box.
But for most Americans, the solutions require broader action. An alliance of consumer protection, fair lending, and housing experts have developed a Compact for Home Opportunity, with over two dozen practical, tested solutions for preventing needless foreclosures, restoring neighborhoods, and rebuilding the American dream. The Compact is powered by Home for Good, a national campaign driven by people concerned about the enduring foreclosure and housing crisis.
The Compact's solutions range from increased access to housing counseling, to reducing loan principal to fair market value, to increased fair housing and lending protections. Some states, notably California, have adopted important elements of the Compact. But a more robust, national approach is needed.
Home for Good is pushing housing issues back into the presidential contest, and onto the national agenda, demanding that candidates and policymakers take a stand on the causes and solutions to the crisis. With foreclosures and bankruptcy intruding even into the Olympic games, their call is increasingly hard to ignore.


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I would like to re-announce to the Community the latest on the tribute suite to BoXXi. We have now voted and with input from BoXXi and from the community it is decided that instead of building a suite from an existing BoXXi work ( fruitloops ) , we will now complete what would have been BoXXi's 100th submussion to WC.
The skin the commiunity has chosen will be One Hundered.
I have uploaded the source to https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.aspx?skinid=955&libid=18
I now ask the following for volunteers for the following:
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Application skins ( Rainlendar/Sysmetric )
I would like to take this opportunity to invite any and all skinners , coders , testers and anyone that can help out to contribute to help out . If you have code or graphics you would like to build your skin around , or to allow this project to use , it would be appreciated.
If someone on the IRC channel has a 24x7 connection , it would be appreciated if a channel #onehundred could be created so we can come in and chat about our ideas.
I would also like to ask that this thread be stickied / an article created for it.
I'll edit this post as we get more into the project.
It needs no reminding , but this is Our tribute to BoXXi.
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I recently called for businesses to broaden their perspective of Social Media from an experimental stage of acting and reacting, to one of learning and leading through intelligence, participation, and also publishing. Creating social profiles and broadcasting tweets and status updates is elementary, whereas creating a meaningful presence through the development and dissemination of remarkable content is judicious.
What lies ahead is an inflection point in the maturation of social media, publishing, marketing and communications. And, it all begins with the realization and the corresponding actions that businesses must become media in order to earn greater relevance and ultimately thought leadership within their respective markets.
Every Company is a Media Company: EC=MC
Good friend Tom Foremski is leading a powerful movement to rally companies towards a new media (r)evolution. As he has so astutely observed, every company is a media company or EC=MC:
Every company is a media company because every company publishes to its customers, its staff, its neighbors, its communities. It doesn't matter if a company makes diapers or steel girders, it must also be a media company and know how to use all the media technologies at its disposal.
While this has always been true to some extent, it is even more important today, because our media technologies have become so much more powerful.
It is no longer a one-way broadcast medium, everyone now has access to an online printing press that can potentially reach tens of millions of people.
Indeed, the future of marketing starts with publishing, and as such, brands must contribute to the evolution of social media in order to truly socialize media and galvanize communities to create more informed and active markets.
While traditional mass marketing doesn't vanish, the customary intermediaries whom we relied upon to broadly circulate our messages and intentions are now only part of the media cycle. With the proliferation of social networks and the channels they've constructed between people, social graphs are forming dedicated audiences willfully connected through context and interest.
Businesses can now weave social graphs of their own through the creation of social presences within the communities where customers, prospects and those who influence them, are actively sharing, consuming, and seeking relevant content and information. While many companies are just now realizing the immediate benefits of social participation and engagement, the rewards are far richer than the accumulation of followers or fans.
Time and attention are precious commodities and therefore require thoughtful commentary, involvement, contribution, and programming to spark actions and reactions and concurrently earn two-way alliances that ultimately form the relationships businesses need to cultivate communities and also inspire advocacy.
Social Objects are Conversational Catalysts
In Web 1.0, it was said that content was king. In social media, one could argue that context is now king, supported by a royal court of content producers and connectors united by a common desire to share information with purpose and utility.
In social media, content and context are packaged as social objects and they serve as the catalysts for conversation, intelligence, and sharing, and hopefully, word of mouth.
Essentially, social objects are the thoughtful blog posts we publish, the relevant updates we Tweet, the helpful tips we leave for others when they check-in, the useful videos we broadcast, the telling pictures we post, the constructive comments we voice, as well as every other pertinent message we syndicate throughout the statusphere.
Newton's third law of motion states that every action has a reaction equal in magnitude and opposite in direction.
With every social object we introduce, we merit an entitled response, which either validates or discredits the strategy and work that introduced and propelled our content online. The cause and effect of our objective and outcome are dictated by our mission and purpose. Social objects represent the voice, personality, and design of brands and also reflect the culture and virtues we hope to embody and convey. As a result, social objects can trigger the creation and proliferation of earned media, user-generated content that fortifies and spreads our story to each respective social network and enlivens interaction among desirable social graphs. The goal is to incite reactions that potentially further the social effect.
Social Objects can take the form of a myriad of other conversation catalysts including…
Earned media is the result of our owned, paid, and participatory media programs and is reflected in the blog posts, tweets, status updates, comments, and ultimately actions of our consumers, peers, and influencers. Earned media is ideally linked to owned media campaigns as well as proactive initiatives that attempt to incite viral and word of mouth activity.
Owned Media – media that is essentially, controlled by the brand. Owned objects are social objects produced by the company and introduced to each network in a variety of formats, text, video, audio, experiences, etc.
Paid Media represents the visibility we purchase, such as display ads, paid search, and sponsorships. When paired with owned and earned media programs, paid media serves as a hub for complementing, reinforcing, and polishing brand voice, directives, mission, and stature. While many argue over the future and fate of advertising, what's clear is that online paid presences can benefit initiatives where action and experiences are defined and promoted through the click path.
Participatory Media – Representing an extension of earned and owned media, participatory media takes the shape of a hosted hub where brand representatives and our communities can interact and collaborate. Go-to examples usually include Dell's IdeaStorm and Starbuck's "My Idea" network which resemble branded wikis designed to elicit responses, dictate direction, establish community-focused governances, etc. Participatory media equalizes the balance of power, providing a dedicated platform the gives voice to the consumer and a channel for their ideas to trigger transformation or change.
Sponsored Media – This new category fuses owned, paid, and earned media. Sponsored media is one that is championed by companies such as Izea, MyLikes, Ad.ly, Twittad, among others and is creating a new medium for packaging messages through trusted voices within highly visible and social channels. Sponsored media can take the form of paid tweets, blog posts, appearances, and featured objects on targeted profiles. And, whether you agree or disagree with the idea, the reality is that they work and they seem to benefit all parties involved, from brand to paid affiliates to their communities
Businesses are presented with a unique moment in time through interactive technologies to directly capture the attention of their audiences and ultimately stakeholders, through the creation, propagation, and connection of these social objects. However, access to new, expansive, and dynamic platforms does not guarantee our ability to earn and captivate audiences. Our ability to connect and reconnect is driven by our understanding of the unique needs and requirements of those consumers defining our markets and our mastery of the tools and services that form parallel contextual networks.
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Acclaimed songwriters (and longtime friends) Mary Chapin Carpenter and Shawn Colvin share the stage as an intimate duo, performing material spanning their vast catalogues as well as some of their favorite songs. They will perform Friday, Oct. 18, at 8 p.m., at the Historic Riviera Theatre, 67 Webster St., North Tonawanda.
Tickets, priced at $35 and $40, are now on sale at the venue and online at www.rivieratheatre.org. Charge by phone at 716-692-2413.
Chapin Carpenter has recorded 12 albums and has sold more than 13 million records. With hits including "Passionate Kisses" and "He Thinks He'll Keep Her," Carpenter has won five Grammy Awards (with 15 nominations), two CMA awards, two Academy of Country Music awards for her vocals, and was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in October. "Ashes and Roses," her current album, features a special duet with James Taylor on the track "Soul Companion." http://www.marychapincarpenter.com/
Shawn Colvin has won three Grammy Awards, including two for the hit single "Sunny Came Home," and has been nominated for another seven. She has released 10 albums, appeared on countless television and radio programs, had her songs featured in major motion pictures and created a remarkable canon of work. In June, Colvin released her eighth studio album, "All Fall Down." Recorded in Nashville and produced by her longtime friend Buddy Miller, it features a group of stellar musicians, including Alison Krauss, Emmylou Harris, Bill Frisell and Jakob Dylan. The album's release coincided with the publication of Shawn's memoir, "Diamond In The Rough," which looks back over a rich lifetime of highs and lows with stunning insight and candor. http://www.shawncolvin.com/