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ScaleMatrix offers IaaS, PaaS and SaaS and managed services options to channel partners. The company's partner program has three tiers:
- Spiff Program: A basic referral that thanks resellers for introducing ScaleMatrix products and services to prospective customers.
- Agent Program: The program, ScaleMatrix says, provides competitive compensation rates, and offers Agents a wide portfolio of colocation, cloud, and managed services offers to add to their portfolios.
- Partner Program: In addition to leveraging ScaleMatrix data centers, partners can build new, recurring revenue streams from the products and services sold in conjunction with the ScaleMatrix Channel team.
That sounds simple enough. But the really interesting part of ScaleMatrix's partner program strategy involves a growing portfolio of services built atop CA Technologies' software. For starters, ScaleMatrix leveraged CA AppLogic to stand up its cloud services platform. Next, ScaleMatrix is deploying CA ARCserve -- the backup and recovery platform -- as a cloud service.
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Kirk and Spock may not need a Vulcan mind meld to share cognition: Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute scientists have found that our cold reasoning and hot feelings may be more intimately connected than previously thought.
"We tend to believe we have rational parts, like Spock, and separate emotional parts, like Kirk. But our research suggests that's not true," said Read Montague, director of the Human Neuroimaging Laboratory at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, who led the study. "We're all a combination of logical Spock and intuitive Kirk. Cold computations and feelings are coupled in our brains, and this connection is dynamic: when one changes, so does the other. This work may open the way to computational models of emotional processing."
Montague's group used a simple fairness probe called the ultimatum game in the experiment. In the game, one player is endowed with an amount of money, such as $20, and offers any split of this amount with his or her partner. If the second player accepts the offer, the money is divided according to the proposed split; if not, no one gets anything.
"It's a take-it-or-leave-it game," said Montague. "And humans are exquisitely sensitive to the perceived fairness of the offered split."
In this large neuroimaging study, the 127 subjects played the role of responder to the proposals.
"If responders just want to make money, they should act like cold, rational agents and accept all non-zero offers," Montague said. "Yet feelings can get in the way. If people feel an offer is unfair, they'll reject it against their own best interests. We wanted to know how we might manipulate these feelings in a fashion that we could connect to the computations going on in the brain." Montague leads the Computational Psychiatry Unit, at
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Artec welcomes brilliant minds of the future
16 May 2012
Recently the offices of the company Artec were visited by a rather unusual group. Children? No, it would be difficult to call them children, since their heads are occupied with thoughts and ideas that not every adult's brain could accommodate. Students of the "Logos" educational center – not an ordinary school - came to become acquainted with the technologies and traditions of Artec. Logos is a place where future top-flight specialists in physics and mathematics are trained. The fundamental working principles of the center were formed based on many years of practical experience with gifted children.
The Artec team, in turn, supported the initiative of the organizers of the center and greeted the students as potential colleagues. Judging by the attentive faces in the audience during discussions of the scanning technologies and principles involved in working with our devices, and by the active questioning by the students, it is clear that the main goal of the meeting was attained – the students were intrigued by the activity of the company. And who knows, perhaps in the future one of them will come up with an absolutely new algorithm or will invent a new principle of scanning.
The students got to know the life of the company from within, and even practiced scanning. Moreover, upon leaving each young genius took with him a flash drive containing a 3D copy of himself produced by Artec staff. The 3D portraits of the students can be seen in the gallery of the company's web site.
The students were satisfied with the trip and returned to their studies inspired by what they saw, with new ideas and a desire to implement them.
In the future, Artec is considering continuing contact with "Logos" and other educational centers. After all, it is there, in the favorable and creative environment of youth, that the birth of the Teslas and Einsteins of the 21st century is taking place!
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Stem cells taken from amniotic fluid were used to restore gut structure and function following intestinal damage in rodents, in new research published in the journal Gut. The findings pave the way for a new form of cell therapy to reverse serious damage from inflammation in the intestines of babies.
The study, funded by Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity, investigated a new way to treat necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), where severe inflammation destroys tissues in the gut. NEC is the most common gastrointestinal surgical emergency in newborn babies, with mortality rates of around 15 to 30 per cent in the UK.
While breast milk and probiotics can help to reduce the incidence of the disease, no medical treatments are currently available other than surgery once NEC sets in. Surgical removal of the dead tissue shortens the bowel and can lead to intestinal failure, with some babies eventually needing ongoing parenteral nutrition (feeding via an intravenous line) or an intestinal transplant.
In the study, led by the UCL Institute of Child Health, amniotic fluid stem (AFS) cells were harvested from rodent amniotic fluid and given to rats with NEC. Other rats with the same condition were given bone marrow stem cells taken from their femurs, or fed as normal with no treatment, to compare the clinical outcomes of different treatments.
NEC-affected rats injected with AFS cells showed significantly higher survival rates a week after being treated, compared to the other two groups. Inspection of their intestines, including with micro magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), showed the inflammation to be significantly reduced, with fewer dead cells, greater self-renewal of the gut tissue and better overall intestinal function.
While bone marrow stem cells have been known to help reverse colonic damage in irritable bowel disease by regenerating tissue, the beneficial effects from stem cell therapy in NEC appear to work
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Alistair Overeem has been out of action since a February TKO loss to Antonio Silva. Silva will fight for the UFC heavyweight title this month and it looks like Overeem may be ready to return at the end of August, although against who is unknown:
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5/15/13 12:15 AM by Toquinho
Love him or hate him. Reem fights are mostly great fights and kos, win or lose. Would be a loss if he left.. Both financially for the ufc and entertainment for the fans
5/15/13 12:11 AM by MMALOGIC
Overeem has some of the best HL's of being knocked out.Without steroids overeem is bellator level fighter.
5/14/13 11:03 PM by UGCTT_zackthewop
Travis Browne IMO Both had recent losses to big footMakes sense
5/14/13 10:59 PM by ironyuppie
5/14/13 10:55 PM by FLMikeATT
no longer interested in the Reem personally.He showed he is too cocky and cares too much for beach muscle to be a serious UFC contender
5/14/13 10:39 PM by OnlyTheStrongSurvive
Most satisfying ko ever
5/14/13 10:03 PM by UGCTT_FryedTakayama
I love watching this :)
5/14/13 9:52 PM by YOURDADDYDEVILANDLORD
Damn, I bet it would be tough for him without juice mentally, especially assuming he was clean for the Bigfoot fight, and I believe he was because of the scrutiny and testing. Getting beat clean would have to get him mentally somewhat, I think.
5/14/13 9:13 PM by T Bag
Is this enough time for Reem to get his levels sorted out?
5/14/13 9:11 PM by HELWIG
"Top-tier heavyweight Alistair Overeem's" ????????? Did I miss something? When did Overeem EVER prove to be "top-tier" in the HW division of MMA? Without a titanic dose of performance enhancing drugs, the guy is a solid B-level LHW. Not an insult either. I followed his entire career from the time he was bear-mauled by Hoffman. His best win is a shit dec over Werdum when Werdum was the lineal HW champ. BF/Cain unifies every major HW title in MMA history with the current UFC title and likely will stay that way for the forseeable future.


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COLUMNIST - LAT'S DANIELS "NOT AN ATTRACTIVE WOMAN": Last Sunday was a landmark coming out party for a sports figure at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA. No, not David Beckham. Try Christine Daniels (formerly Mike Penner), transvestite sports writer for the LOSS ANGELES TIMES.
Daniels covered her first in-person event since making the decision to publicly change gender three months ago.
Daniels describes the scene: "(David Beckham) arrived wearing a silver-gray Burberry suit, surrounded by a phalanx of assistants and yes-people…I arrived wearing a golden-hued top from Ross and a multi-colored paisley skirt from Ames and a pair of open-toed tan heels from Aerosoles, surrounded by nobody…
"It was a big deal for me because I'd waited more than 25 years for this moment, dreaming about how it might play out if it ever came to be, if and when and fingers tightly crossed."
SAN BERNARDINO SUN columnist Paul Oberjuerge was on the scene to give an in-person account: "It seemed almost as we're all going along with someone's dress-up role playing.
"I hate to be judgmental about these things, but Christine is not an attractive woman. Which probably isn't a surprise when you're 50 and have spent your in-the-world life as a fairly drab guy. Who has a fairly prominent Adam's apple (not all of us do) … Who also isn't exactly petite. Maybe 6-1, 200?
"So … she looks like a guy in a dress, pretty much. Except anyone paying any attention isn't going to be fooled — as some people are by veteran transvestites.
"The thing is, and maybe this is cruel, but there were women in that room who were born women in body as well as soul. And the difference between them and Christine was, in my mind, fairly stark."


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My 3 1/2 year-old son continues to want to breastfeed even though the milk has dried up. It's been like this for about six months and I'm wondering if he'll eventually want to stop. I tell him "the milkies have dried up" and he says "no they haven't." So we continue on. We nurse in the morning and it's a bit painful as there is no lubricant.
Should I tell him that the time has come to "no more milkies?" We have a wonderful bond, we've co-slept since day on and both my husband and I are stay-at-home parents, working part-time from home.
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Yes, it can be quite painful to nurse when you are not exclusively nursing. First, I would ask that are you sure the milk has dried up? Children are very good at extracting milk when we think we might be empty. Second, perhaps your son needs more touch, cuddling, physical proximity. We think they are big boys at 3.5 years, but they still need a lot of physical closeness. Third, weaning has to be mutually respectful. Whoever says "no" rules. If you are uncomfortable nursing, please honour your feelings and simple say, "My breasts are empty. Lets sit here, cuddle and read a story instead." Boundaries are important for everyone.
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September 10, 2011
Fostering Media Connections for Foster Children Globally
The Foster care system globally is getting a helping hand from Ryan Blankshire who talks about her project here with colleague Eytan Altman. Ryan's goal is to give the Foster Care system and issues, much more coverage than they currently have.
September 10, 2011 in America The Free, Europe, On Education, On Journalism, Videos, WBTW | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
September 07, 2011
SOCAP 2011 Co-Founder Kevin Jones Zooms in on Razer Scooter
Co-Founder of SOCAP, Kevin Jones who tries out a Razor (mine!) for the first time, kicks off the annual event.
September 7, 2011 in America The Free, Conference Highlights, Events, Magic Sauce Media, On Innovation, On Technology, San Francisco, Videos, WBTW, Web 2.0 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
August 22, 2011
The Music Doesn't STOP in Budapest!
I feel as if I'm about ten, have just come back from music camp and my life is full of endless possibilities. It's as if I fell upon a candy fountain oozing with different vibes and rhythms from around the world, and they're firing out rainbows of melodies, each one asking me to be part of its creation.
This isn't a mash-up and I'm not even online. All day, I wandered the streets of Budapest getting fed, not with food, but with song. The soul is so full after a day of song that it forgets about food, even with plenty of it around.
With Vienna only a couple of hours away, I felt as if I could have been within its walls, the music permeatration was so intense. Yet, it's not Vienna, but -- some would say -- its less cultured cousin, Budapest, split by the Danube River so that Budapest doesn't even call its city its own entirely - one side gets Buda and the other gets Pest.
My first and only memory of the place was in the mid-eighties and music was first and foremost in my mind, even in an era when East Europe was mostly gray and full of restrictions. I was very young and had not yet been exposed to composition -- REAL composition that is, despite the fact that both art and music teachers had tried. We were in some traditional old world restaurant eating goose & duck and drinking Cabernet before I knew you could have orgasms on the stuff. Around us swam violin players who played throughout the entire meal, one which lasted six hours long and ended with a $25 bill including several deep, luscious reds.
I remembered the violin because both players were so damn good. Every form of expression, whether it be on the keyboard, or on a blank white canvas, happens for me at a visceral level. Back then however, I wouldn't have known a great violin player from a good one and yet, I was stopped in my tracks.
The musicians forced me to stop eating and pay attention. They forced me to understand composition. They forced me to cry at their nearly perfect musical offering. They forced me to hear their texture, whether I was in the mood or ready to understand it or not.
Exceptional talent forces great things on you when you're ready to listen, which I almost always have been, other shortcomings aside.
Exceptional talent stops you in your tracks and then somehow, you're fundamentally changed because you listened and because you heard what they had to say.
Budapest spoke to me all day, starting with folk music at the top of the hill in some enclave within Buda Castle. It was "okay" (better than average), most definitely 'local' but more than anything else, the musicians were committed. God, I love that word. (it's probably because I live on the west coast of America now where I feel as if I'm swimming among the least committed people I've ever settled down with and that's after spending time "settling" in 11 countries).
After the "okay but very committed" folk music performance, I fell upon traditional music which included the top Hungarian dancers from around the world, each one doing a chosen number within a three hour period. All of them were, yes...you got it, committed.
Each in their native custume attire, they flew out on stage ready to perform, none of them fearful or worried about people shooting them with a still or video camera, none of them caring where their "performance -- their committed performance" would show up.
In the states, where the Internet and social media reign, its amazing how much performers care about the potential publicity a 2 minute clip would lose in revenue despite how much publicity and connection it would generate. Then there's their publicists, agents, handlers and middle men.
The Hungarian performers said "bring it on," as their committed selves showed up and played 200% in front of the camera and when the light was no longer green. I get that Hungarian culture doesn't embrace entrepreneurship and so you could argue that their lack of loving green paper has kept them behind socially and economically.
Having an entrepeneur spirit myself, there's no question when I saw a tent loaded with interesting pottery created by the Secondary Technical-Vocational School of Folk Arts and Secondary Academic Grammar School, that I was annoyed that the art was not for sale when every other tent was collecting money for their 'creations.' Let them sell I, I thought. "Teach them entrepreneurship. Profits from their pottery could go towards a future dream," I said to the late thirty-something very blue-eyed woman who struggled with my response. (Below, their beautiful masterpieces)
I knew she understood some of what I said but also knew that my plea was one that would be noted but not transferred into something actionable in the next 60 days, and so I made my pitch, told her the work was stunning and moved on.
From folk to traditional to guitar (one called the ZITHER, which had me mezmorized in the same way that the Indonesian gamelan does does), to world music and Mbaye Ndiaye & the Afro Magic Band, which has its roots from Senegal but did a nice job blending African, reggae, jazz and global fusion together.
Within the hour, I was up on stage dancing with their lead drummer (solo btw) and shortly thereafter dancing with Gabor stage right, a blue-eyed Russian, who while may have been adorable, had so much alcohol on his breath that I had to politely decline after our first attempt at a cha cha to a slow-ish African jazz number.
The performers went out of their way to bring the children on stage and coach them on not just how to dance, but how to move by feeling their way to the rhythm simply by listening. It was fascinating and I loved every minute of it.
I was sorry to see Mbaye Ndiaye pack up...their energy and spirit only made me crave more of it. And so, I meandered over to another area of the massive hill which houses the castle only to discover more folk dancing and guitar, soon to be followed by traditional Gypsy (also spelled Gipsy) music which carried on for another 3 hours.
While it may be hard to dance on uneven cobblestone ground that is well over 500 years old, it was even harder not to try. I ran into a Scientologist who looked like Joseph (yes, Jesus' Joseph) who was selling corn on the cob while simultaneously trying to convert me in VERY broken English, all while tapping his foot to the Gypsy band.
I had already gleefully become ten again and full before I left the castle, when I suddenly fell upon more live music. I was on a search for one of the old world bars, bistros, cafes or restaurants recommended by my host, friends and a bunch of online pals who sent me great suggestions via Twitter and Facebook.
I had crossed the chain bridge, hung a right looking for the decadent chocolate stand on the street (she must only set up on Friday and Saturday nights I quietly cursed), knowing that I had been thinking about that dark chocolate pistachio and cranberry creation for half the day. I asked for directions from a local cafe to two different locations and was told it was a 25 minute walk.
The backpack was heavy with camera lenses and a fabulous set of hand-painted coasters I picked up with a local artist along the way, yet I was in it for the haul, so re-adjusted my bag and foot bandaids (necessary for any Europe trip where you're wearing sandals and plan to do a lot of walking) and began my journey towards my Hungarian bistro on the other side of town.
And then I heard it. Clapping. Voices. Cello. Violin. The violin...ahhh, it purred. This was no ordinary violinist, something I could tell from four blocks away. I was told to scout down Lakatos and hear him play if he was in town for a performance but little did I know that I'd get a surprise I hadn't anticipated: Zoltan Maga accompanied by the Vac Symphony Orchestra, playing outside the Szent Istvan Bazilika, a church named for Saint Stephen I, the first King of Hungary.
Imagine the scene: a gorgeous, ancient white-stoned church named after a Hungarian King on a warm summer night.
The moon was out, glistening over hundreds of people sitting outside, sprawled on chairs and the ground while an orchestra of cellos, violins, tubas, saxophones and clarinets played. Zoltan Maga's passion was addictive as his talent for the violin led the way, together with the conductor and nothing -- I mean nothing -- could have distracted you from the two hours of musical joy.
What I failed to remember is the influence of Austrian music greats at the time when Hungary used to be part of the Austro-Hungarian empire. Because of that, people appreciate classical music and embrace it. The country combines composers (Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn) coming from Austria/Germany with strong Hungarian folk and gypsy blends.
AND, Hungary has its own greats, the most famous being Liszt, followed by Bartok, two of the all-time greats. Kodaly is probably next followed by Kurtag and Ligeti, who are two of the most prominent classical composers from the last 60 years -- both Hungarian.
To top it off, they have an amazing number of top-rank conductors: Ormandy, Szell, Dorati, Solti, Reiner, Kertesz, and Fischer. And then there's their pianists: Kocsis, Schiff, Fricsay.
Crikey, it's no wonder I felt like ten, that the world has endless possibilities and that incredible talent was following me around the city all day -- and night.
Thanks Budapest for the incredible memories and the musical talent, all of which was infused with so much passion and commitment that it made me dream of practicing piano again and the idea of searching for a saxophone teacher as soon I got home.
Below, Zoltan Krulik and the Makam Band!
August 22, 2011 in Entertainment/Media, Europe, Music, On Spirituality, Reflections, Videos, WBTW | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
June 30, 2011
Xerox's Ursula Burns and Forrester's George Colony on Innovation & Leadership
For those who are unfamiliar with the name Ursula Burns, she's a woman with a fascinating story. She started as a mechanical engineering intern in 1980 with Xerox Corporation and nearly 30 years later after leading several business teams, and acting as senior VP and President, is now Xerox's Chairman and CEO.
Sure, she is the first African-American woman CEO to head a Fortune 500 company and also the first woman to succeed another woman as head of a Fortune 500 company (another remarkable story), but "who" she is and her very direct personality, candor and warmth as a CEO is what makes her so special, not this historical fact alone.
In many ways, she is not the "traditional CEO stereotype" or personality if there is such a thing. What comes through in watching her on-stage, from afar, from her profiles in the media and from meeting her in person, is her authenticity, her passion, her human way of approaching complex problems and her acute insights into what to do when things go south.
In a fireside chat with Forrester's CEO George Colony at the Churchill Club in Palo Alto this week, she was spot on when she spoke of leadership and what it takes to be successful. "When you screw up, fix problems and fix them fast," she said. "You have to be fearless, make decisions and understand the difference between urgent and important." And, oh yeah, she adds, "you have to be nice."
When George responded with, "what about Ellison and Jobs?" two renowned leaders in the world of technology who are not known as "playing by the nice" rules (the very two examples I was thinking when she made the statement), she said "I don't care." Go Ursula! Among other examples, she brought up her attitude about honor and respect and how her kids would only address George as Mr. Colony not George.
Ursula says that she spends about 50% of her time making sure people are "tuned" correctly. A consistent message from the best leaders is hiring well and inspiring those hires to execute strategically and consistently. Having a motivated and aligned team around you is key.
That brings us to innovation, where you can't avoid but bringing up Apple. Says George of Jobs, "Jobs is once every 100 years. He's an Edison. It's not just about the fact that Apple knows how to innovate, but more importantly, how to streamline and simplify - taking the obvious and making it simple."
That coupled with great leadership is what not just makes Apple pur but consistently successful to a level that has led to decades of a cult following that seems unstoppable.
George spoke of Forrester's innovation network. In the value chain, there are different roles...you could look at Forrester as a broker, Apple as a transformer. Both are instrumental and key in the process. If the transformer happens to be outside the organization, then so be it and P&G has demonstrated that through in their own products and design efforts. The Innovation Network says we must 'expand the network.'
Ursula agrees with the outsourcing model and that to try and be and do everything internally is very limiting. She says, "there's more value on going outside the network for things you don't do really well. The value chain of research has fundamentally changed. Partner or parish is the reality in the research world today."
Access is what it's about and you can get better ideas and people by partnering. She has a lot of respect for failing she noted, but added that she meant for her research team, not her engineers.
George shared his thoughts on cloud computing: "If you think it's all about the cloud, you're wrong citing the App-Internet is where things are heading. He has teams dedicated to this area, where they're looking at the future of how powerful devices will work more seamlessly with powerful apps and what this will mean for productivity and innovation across multiple industries.
On future predictions, Ursula adds, "the big transformation in the future is not access. We have access to whatever we want and a lot of it." Her fear is that we have so much access yet may not necessarily understand or know what we're looking for. The real miracle will be in how we interface with all that data, a problem many of Silicon Valley's developers are trying to solve in some way or another.
I see an emphasis on interface & manipulation of data again and again with the kinds of things that start-ups who pitch me on a regular basis are working on. Sadly, I also see a lot of start-ups working on services that focus more on access and data rather than solving the curation problem. (see Steven Rosenbaum's new book Curation Nation).
Below is a four part video that covers George and Ursula's Churchill fireside chat, one which felt remarkably like an informal living room discussion. The authenticity and insights to probe deeper into real world problems, not just business ones, also came out as they discussed education and the energy crisis.
June 30, 2011 in America The Free, Events, On Innovation, On Technology, On Women, TravelingGeeks, Videos, WBTW | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
June 24, 2011
Social Media Cop in Toronto Fights Graffiti by Embracing It & Its CreatorsToronto cop Scott Mills has made huge strides in not just cutting down violence but helping youth in the greater Toronto area. He wears several hats, one of which is Graffiti BMX Cop on Twitter where he has nearly 2,800 followers including some of the graffiti artists he has helped.
Below, the Webdoc team sits with him before his 140Conf presentation at the 92nd Y in New York City to mix and mash all of his stories into one using their platform.
Scott takes a positive approach to graffiti in Toronto and works with kids. He is also a social media advisor to IT Committee and over @CSIWorld. Here are some webdocs that were created to tell his story, which includes a series of photos, text and video. Listen to the video below of an interview we did with him on-site at The 140 Conference New York.
Here's the Webdoc on Scott's story, which includes links, audio, video, photos and more.
Below is a Webdoc one of the graffiti artists Kedre Browne aka Bubzart created.
Disclosure: I provide some consulting to Webdoc.
June 24, 2011 in America The Free, Client Announcements, Client Media Kudos, Conference Highlights, Events, On People & Life, On Technology, Social Media, Videos, WBTW, Web 2.0 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Ex-Prisoners Talk About Power of Voice & Social Media: #140ConfBelow, ex-prisoners talk to the 140Conf audience about how they use social media and the impact it has had on their lives and the community they have built around them since they left prison.
June 24, 2011 in America The Free, Conference Highlights, Events, On People & Life, Social Media, Videos, WBTW | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Bombshell Coach Gigi Belmonico Says Forget the Twitter Popularity GameBombshell coach Gigi Belmonico says forget the Twitter popularity game....
Now, see how you can slightly customize the same video with a little branding using Webdoc without any effort at all. Version below.
Disclosure: I provide consulting to Webdoc.
June 24, 2011 in America The Free, On Women, Social Media, Videos, WBTW | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
June 23, 2011
The Today Show's Ann Curry: Make Social Media WORK for GOOD: #140Conf
Last week in New York, I watched NBC's Ann Curry address the 140Conf audience about the impact of social media in her own life and why she thinks it's important and not just for journalism.
Incorporating a Twitter comment, Ann's handle and her own insights in the below Webdoc, you can get a clearer, richer idea of her story....and her personality.
Disclosure: I provide some consulting to Webdoc.
June 23, 2011 in America The Free, Conference Highlights, Events, On Journalism, On People & Life, On Technology, On the Future, Social Media, Videos, WBTW | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
NY Times Jennifer Preston Chats With NPR's Andy Carvin About Reporting LifeLast week at the 140Conf in New York, New York Times' Jennifer Preston interviewed NPR's Andy Carvin about his reporting life using social media, video, audio and more and what his aggressive and "fast coverage" means to journalism as we know it and politics as know it. Their conversation below.
June 23, 2011 in America The Free, Conference Highlights, Events, On Journalism, Social Media, Travel, Videos, WBTW, Web 2.0 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
June 22, 2011
AOL's Tim Armstrong: Using New Media To Help On & OfflineIn New York earlier this week, AOL's Tim Armstrong talked for 15 minutes on how you can use new media to not just help people and make a difference online, but in the physical "offline world" as well. He uses examples from his own community efforts in the video I shot of his "message" below.
The webdoc below shows Tim in action, surrounded by the AOL brand, a tweet about his talk on-site at 140 Conference from an attendee, weaving in his discussion about localizing content and community through Patch.com which he created to address the need for news at a regional level in a way not done effectively by old school newspapers.
Disclosure: I provide some consulting to Webdoc.
June 22, 2011 in America The Free, Conference Highlights, Events, Social Media, Videos, WBTW, Web 2.0 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack


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Professor of the History of Religion and Education
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Stephen joined the Institute of Education at Worcester in 2008, becoming Professor of the History of Religion and Education in 2013. Since publishing his PhD thesis as Faith on the Home Frontin 2005, Stephen has developed research interests in the role of religion in society. He has particular expertise in the interface between the histories of religion, education and childhood across the twentieth century.
Since publishing his PhD thesis as Faith on the Home Front in 2005, Stephen has developed research interests in the role of religion in society. He has particular expertise in the interface between the histories of religion, education and childhood across the twentieth century.
Awarded a prestigious Research Project Grant by the Leverhulme Trust in 2013, for a project entitled Faith on the Air: religious educational broadcasting history, c.1920-, Stephen is leading detailed research on this for a period of three years (2014-16), working alongside Dr Amanda Bloore.
In his on-going work, Stephen is a leading contributor to developing perspectives on the history of religious education particularly focused upon a period of notable change, during the1960s and 1970s.
Stephen�s work at the University of Worcester utilises this research in various ways: directly, in teaching across courses on issues in religion and education, but also in developing critical and historical perspectives upon education policy and practice. He is keen that the histories of religion and education should be studied in their own right, but is committed to demonstrating how historical perspectives may inform the present.
Since 2008 Stephen has been engaged in a number of funded research projects as Co-principal Investigator:
- The Hidden History of Curriculum Change in Religious Education in English schools, 1969-1979 (funded by the British Academy)
- The Hidden History of Religious Education: The Life-Histories of R.E. Professionals in the Midlands from the long 1960s to the 1980s (funded by the Westhill Trust).
- The impact of A-level Religious Studies on the values and outlook of 16-19 year olds (funded by the St. Gabriel�s and the St Peter�s Saltley Trusts in)
Since 2009, Stephen has also been an Associate Fellow of the Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit.
Academic Qualifications:
PhD (Birmingham)
PGCert (Teaching and Learning in Higher Education) (Liverpool)
MA (Birmingham)
B.Ed (Hons) Religious and Theological Studies and Education (Birmingham)
Stephen's blog can be found at http://religiohistored.wordpress.com/
Stephen regularly tweets @religiohistored
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Stephen is currently Research Degrees Coordinator for the Institute of Education.
Professor Parker is currently supervising the following MPhil/PhD students:
Branwen Bingle � Children�s literature and the idea of the teacher (part-time)
Jody Crutchley � The British empire and education curriculum in Elementary Schools (full-time)
Danielle Evans � the contribution of religious education to community relations (part-time)
Elizabeth Newton � A teachers� history of Religious Education (full-time)
Rachael Shillitoe � Broadcast collective worship for children (full-time,Leverhulme Trust-funded)
Marie Stephenson � Ethical leadership in the not-for-profit sector (part-time)
Sarah Carr � Professional learning in vocational contexts (part-time, fully-funded)
Professor Parker would be pleased to receive enquiries about supervision on any aspect of the history of religion and education; religion, education and society; and the application of historical methodologies to contemporary issues in education and religion.
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Professional Bodies
Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS)
Fellow of the Royal Society for Arts (FRSA)
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
Member of the International Seminar on Religious Education and Values
Member of Association of University Lecturers in Religious Education
Member of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain
Member of Ecclesiastical History Society.
Member of the Church of England Record Society.
- Publications
Books and edited volumes:
Parker, S.G., Freathy, R.J.K., and Aldridge, D. (eds) (2015), The Future of Religious Education in England. Journal of Beliefs and Values, 36:1
Parker, S.G. Freathy, R.J.K., Francis, L.J. (2015) History, Remembrance and Religious Education. Oxford: Peter Lang.
Parker, S.G., Lawson, T. (2012) God and War: the Church of England and Armed Conflict in the Twentieth-century. Aldershot: Ashgate.
Parker, S.G., Freathy R.J.K., Francis, L.J. (2012). Religious Education and Freedom of Religion and Belief. Oxford: Peter Lang.
Campbell, W.S., Parker, S.G. (2011). Faith in Education. Journal of Beliefs and Values, 32: 2.
Parker, S.G. (2005). Faith on the Home Front: Aspects of Church Life and Popular Religion in Birmingham, 1939 � 1945. Oxford: Peter Lang.
Book Chapters:
Freathy, R.J.K., Parker, S., Doney, J (2015) Raiders of the Lost Archive: methodological reflections on the hidden history of Religious Education in England. In Parker, S.G. Freathy, R.J.K., Francis, L.J. History, Remembrance and Religious Education. Oxford: Peter Lang.
Freathy, R.J.K and Parker, S. (2015) Introduction. In Parker, S.G. Freathy, R.J.K., Francis, L.J. History, Remembrance and Religious Education. Oxford: Peter Lang.
Freathy, R.J.K., Parker, S.G. (2012) Freedom from Religious Beliefs: Humanists and Religious Education in England in the 1960s and 70s. In Parker, S.G. and Freathy R.J.K. (eds) Religious Education and Freedom of Religion and Belief. Bern: Peter Lang.
Parker, S., Freathy, R., Francis, L.J. (2012). Introduction in Parker S, Freathy R.,Francis L.J. (eds.) Religious Education and Freedom of Religion and Belief, Oxford: Peter Lang, 1-3.
Lawson, T., Parker, S.G. (2012) God and War: a century in the politics of religion. In Parker, S.G. and Lawson, T. (eds). God and War: the Church of England and Armed Conflict in the Twentieth-century. Aldershot: Ashgate.
Parker, S.G. (2012) Reinvigorating Christian Britain: the spiritual opportunities of the war, national identity, and the hope of Religious Education. In Parker, S.G. and Lawson, T. (eds) God and War: the Church of England and Armed Conflict in the Twentieth-century. Aldershot: Ashgate.
Snape, M. F., Parker, S.G. (2001) Keeping Faith and Coping: belief, popular religiosity and the British people. In Liddle, P., Bourne, J. and Whitehead, I. (eds.) (2001) The Great World War (Volume 2): the people�s experience. London: Harper Collins.
Journal articles:
Doney, J., Parker, S.G. and Freathy, R.J.K. (under review) Enriching the Historiography of Education with Oral Life Histories: The case of Religious Education, History of Education: Journal of the History of Education Society.
Parker, S.G., Freathy, R. and Aldridge, D. (in press 2015) The future of Religious Education: crisis, reform and iconoclasm, Journal of Beliefs and Values. 36:1, pp.1-4�http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13617672.2015.1016286
Freathy, R.J.K., Parker. S.G. (in press 2015) Prospects and problems for religious education in England, 1967-1970: curriculum reform in political context, Journal of Beliefs and Values. 36:1, pp.5-30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13617672.2015.1016285
Parker, S.G. (2015) Mediatizing childhood religion: the BBC, John G. Williams, and collective worship for schools in England, c.1940-1975, Paedagogica Historica: international journal of the history of education http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00309230.2015.1013559
Freathy, R.J.K, Parker, S.G., Schweitzer, F., and Simojoki. H. (2014) Towards international comparative research on the professionalisation of Religious
Education, Journal of Beliefs & Values: Studies in Religion & Education, 35:2, 225-241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13617672.2014.976953
Freathy, R.J.K., Parker, S.G. (2013) �Secularists, Humanists and religious education: religious crisis and curriculum change, 1963-1975�, History of Education: journal of the History of Education Society, 42: 2, 222�256.
Parker, S.G., Freathy, R.J.K. (2012) �Ethnic diversity, Christian hegemony and the emergence of multi-faith religious education in the 1970s�, History of Education: journal of the History of Education Society, 41: 3, 381�404. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0046760X.2011.620013
Parker, S.G., Freathy, R.J.K. (2011) �Context, Complexity and Contestation: Birmingham�s Agreed Syllabuses since the 1960s�, Journal of Beliefs and Values: Studies in Religion and Education, 32: 2, 247 � 263. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13617672.2011.600823
Freathy, R.J.K., Parker, S.G. (2010) �The necessity of historical inquiry in educational research: the case of religious education�, British Journal of Religious Education, 32: 3, 229 � 243. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01416200.2010.498612
Parker, S. G. (2010) �'Teach them to pray Auntie�: Children's Hour Prayers at the BBC, 1940-1961'�, History of Education: journal of the History of Education Society, Vol. 39: 5, 659-676. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00467601003685741
Parker, S.G. (2009b) �Theorizing sacred space in educational contexts: a case study of three English Midlands Sixth Form Colleges�, Journal of Beliefs and Values, 30:1, 29-39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13617670902784527
Parker, S.G. (2009a) ��Blessed are the pacifists�: E.W. Barnes of Birmingham and Pacifism, 1914-1945�, Midland History, Vol. 34: 2, 204�219. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/175638109X417369
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Beaken, R. (2012). Cosmo Lang: Archbishop in War and Crisis. London: IB Tauris. At http://www.cercles.com/review/r66/Beaken.html#_ftn1, May 2013.
Revell, L. (2012)� Islam and Education: the manipulation and misrepresentation of a religion Stoke-on-Trent: Trentham Books, Journal of Beliefs and Values, 34, 1, 2013, pp.125-127.
Green, S.J.D (2011). The Passing of Protestant England: secularisation and social change, c. 1920-1960. Cambridge: CUP in the Journal of British Studies, vol. 51, 3, 2012, pp.769-770.
King, Ursula (2009) The Search for Spirituality: our global quest for meaning and fulfilment, Norwich: Canterbury Press at: http://www.shapworkingparty.org.uk/reviews.html published February, 2010.
Shapiro, Joan Poliner and Gross, Steven Jay (2007) Ethical Educational Leadership in Turbulent Times (Re-solving Moral Dilemmas). London: Routledge at: http://escalate.ac.uk/5018 published April 2010.�
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Life After Death and Personhood, Dialogue: A Journal of Religion and Philosophy, Issue 29: November 2007
First Thoughts on Spirituality in the Sixth Form College, Farmington Fellowship Report, 2008. See: http://www.farmington.ac.uk/documents/reports/framed/phil_spir.html
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Understanding the professionalization of Religious Education: towards an international comparative perspective, Association of University Lecturers in Religious Education, St. Mary�s University, London, September 2015.
Religious Education, the Church of England, and Church-State Relations, 1965-1970 and George Hamilton Archibald, Gender, and the Professionalization of Sunday-school teaching, History of Education Society, Going Un-Christian�? University of Exeter, November 2013.
School Worship, John G. Williams and the Idea of Childhood Piety at the BBC, International Association for Media History, July 2013.
J.G. Williams, School Worship and the Idea of Childhood Piety at the BBC, Institute for Historical Research, June 2013.
The Aussie and the Schoolmistress: reforming RE and contesting English religious identity in the long 1960s, History of Education Society: rulers, rebels and reformers, November 2012.
The Christian Education Movement, 1964-1980 and Religious Education and the Mary Whitehouse Experience, International Seminar on Religious Education and Values, Turku Finland, July 2012.
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It will be good to hear from Scott again!
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Where would we be without our faithful, furry companions? In addition to the love and courage they bring to our everyday lives, animals can also be a source of tremendous inspiration. In China this month, one remarkable stray dog earned the cheers of thousands when it completed an amazing test of endurance, speed and strength.
The scrappy little canine, called Xiao Sa, ran nearly 2000 kilometers in a cross-country bicycle race lasting 24 days. Bow-WOW!
Xiao Sa joined the cyclists in Sichuan province after Zhang Heng, 22, offered her some food during a pit stop.
"She was lying, tired, on the street," Zhang told reporters, according to website DogHeirs.com. "So we fed her, and then she followed our team."
Once Zhang and his friends realized Xiao Sa wouldn't quit, they embraced her as a race mascot. Zhang also began microblogging about Xiao Sa's determination. When some of the human racers needed a break from the road, Xiao Sa kept on running. They estimate that she ran between 50 and 60 km each day.
"Many people stopped cycling in some sections, then took the bus, but the dog made it," said Zhang. "[Her] perseverance moved us a lot."
Exceptions were made whenever the route got too steep or dangerous. Zhang strapped a special carrier to the back of his bicycle and made Xiao Sa hitch a ride whenever conditions became unsafe for paws.
Xiao Sa's inspirational story soon spread across China and the world, attracting 40,000 Weibo followers and even earning the remarkable stray a spot on Chinese television.
Now that the race is over, Zhang hopes to adopt Xiao Sa. "I would like to take the dog home and take care of her," he said, calling Xiao Sa his buddy and friend. "She has been a stray on the road for a long time. She needs a home."
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Great story!!!
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amazing,thank you for sharing
So utterly unbelievable.
Just flabbergasting. And wonderful!
I only hope the Chinese dog brokers can resist stealing her away and cooking her -- offering her up for about $1,000 per bite and saying "her flesh will give you magical running skills..."
great story, hope he was able to adopt her :)
What a great story! Hope he kept her :))
Quite a bond b/w the Heng and Xiao Sa, and I hope he makes good on his thought to adopt her. She's earned a home.
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I hope Zhang was able to keep her.
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What to do when your savings don't match your retirement goals
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I'm starting over with no retirement. With this economy, there are lots of middle-aged people like me, who through company closings, stupid choices, divorce, etc. have little retirement savings and are seeing a need to kick things in overdrive for a healthy retirement. Personally, my goal is to buy a place, have it paid for, and build Social Security and savings over the next 15 years. I trusted someone, and they blew my life savings. It's my own fault. So I got to get this ball rolling. How do I do it on $10 an hour in an area you can get a home for under $50K?
Sandra is right. She's running a bit behind schedule. And, yes, she has a lot of company. Many 50-year-olds are recognizing that they don't have enough savings for the retirement that they expect and want.
Sandra has no time to waste. She needs to move on a number of fronts at the same time. She'll want to control her spending, acquire a home, and build up her retirement accounts.
First, it will be important for Sandra to keep close track of her spending. Every dollar that she doesn't spend now will be $2 or more that she can spend after she retires. Under normal circumstances, she might attempt to save 5% to 10% of her take home pay. Given her situation Sandra needs to try to push towards 15% or more.
Second, Sandra is wise to want a home without a mortgage by the time she retires. Accomplishing this could reduce her retirement income needs by 25%.
One advantage to the current recession is that it's easier for Sandra to find an affordable home and the interest rate on her mortgage will be lower.
She'll want to look for a fixed rate, 15-year mortgage. That will give her a couple of advantages. First, she'll have it paid off by the time she's 65. Second, she'll get a lower interest rate than on a 30-year mortgage. Finally, the monthly payment won't be much larger than a 30-year mortgage.
Sandra might also want to consider buying a home that would be big enough to take in a paying roommate or even a duplex that could provide an additional source of retirement income.
Next, Sandra will want to maximize her savings, and specifically her retirement accounts. The reason that she'll emphasize the retirement accounts is that they'll allow her to accumulate savings with a minimum of taxes. Also, in the case of the 401k plan, she may benefit from employer matching funds.
Sandra will probably want to know how much she needs to save. There is no "one size fits all" answer, but there is a way to estimate it. Sandra will begin by deciding how much income she'll want after she retires.
Once she has a target income, she can estimate how much savings she'll need to provide that amount of income. A simple rule of thumb is that for every dollar that you'd like to spend you need to save 15. If she can earn 7% per year, she can spend a dollar a year without touching her principal. So if she wants an income of $15k per year, she'll need to save $225k ($15,000 x 15).
How much does Sandra need to put away each month to have $1,000 waiting for her in 15 years? For each $1,000 at retirement in 15 years, Sandra will need to save $4.72 per month from now until then. So, if she felt that she needed to have a $225,000 nest egg at retirement, she'd need to save $1062 per month beginning now. She can find a calculator at Bankrate.com.
Sandra will need to make decisions on where to invest her savings. Two things could have a major impact on how well her plan works.
One threat that all long-term savers need to consider is inflation. We haven't seen much inflation since the late 1970's, but inflation is one way for the government to handle a debt problem, so it is a real concern.
There's no perfect way to "inflation proof" your savings. One thing that can help is to invest about 10% of your savings in things that would appreciate with inflation (i.e. gold, other minerals).
Also, Sandra needs to keep the proper time frame in mind. She may be retiring in 15 years, but she's likely to live another 30 or 40 years, so she'll want to invest for the long term.
Finally, here's a little encouragement. It will be tempting to think that the job is too big, too difficult, and freeze in place doing nothing. That's the single worst thing that Sandra can do. Yes, it would have been better to start years ago, but the next best time to start saving is today. Even if she can't make her goal, every dollar she accumulates will make her retirement easier.
Gary Foreman is a former financial planner and purchasing manager who founded The Dollar Stretcher.com website and newsletters in 1996. He's been featured in MSN Money, Yahoo Finance, Fox Business, The Nightly Business Report, US News Money and CreditCards.com. You can follow Gary on Twitter or visit Gary Foreman on Google+. Gary is also available for audio, video or print interviews. For more info see his media page.
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LONDON (07 October 2010) To mark World Menopause Day on 18th October 2010, the International Menopause Society (IMS) is launching new Recommendations for the management of postmenopausal vaginal atrophy, a distressing condition that will affect up to half of women after menopause. This new guidance is essential as, according to new research, one in two women with vaginal atrophy (VA) will live with their condition unnecessarily for over three years, despite effective treatments being available. The data suggests that this is largely due to poor awareness and understanding of the condition among women, and because VA is a taboo subject - even between a doctor and patient.
VA is characterised by symptoms including vaginal dryness, itching, increased tendency of infection and pain during sex. It occurs when the vaginal walls become thin, fragile and inflamed due to a reduction of oestrogen in the body. While VA has an obvious impact on sexual intimacy, it also has negative consequences for a womans personal relationships, self-esteem and overall quality of life. If left untreated, VA can lead to serious long-term urogenital problems, including incontinence. However, despite these negative implications, just one in four women will actually speak to her doctor about VA.1
Dr David Sturdee, President of the IMS and lead author of the Recommendations, said, It is unacceptable that women are living with VA for so long, when various safe and effective treatments are available. So, to mark World Menopause Day, the IMS is launching the new Recommendations and is calling upon doctors to proactively raise the topic of vaginal health with postmenopausal patients. Women with VA are also encouraged to seek medical advice, as there is absolutely no need for them to continue suffering in silence.
The Recommendations note that many women may not report VA symptoms to their doctor because of concerns about taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Some
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