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The Memphis Newspaper Guild makes it official – filing grievances against Gannett, the new owner of The Commercial Appeal, over the first significant changes in how the paper is put out. Those changes involve abolishing copy editing positions and making them part of the new job of digital producers.
A Nashville-based investment group has made its first purchase in Memphis. Priam Capital has purchased the Grove Park Building at 4515 Poplar Ave. in East Memphis from GPCTN Investment Co. LLC for $8.6 million.
Ioby (In Our Backyards), a nonprofit civic crowd-resourcing platform, is kicking off its second annual "Trick Out My Trip" campaign in Memphis Monday, July 25, to address transportation challenges.
Boyle Investment Co. is wrapping up construction on a critical corner of Schilling Farms that will bring more retail and encourage more office users to consider the development. The three adjacent projects fill in the southern quadrant of Schilling Boulevard and Winchester Road, a small part of the sprawling 443-acre, city-within-a-city in Collierville.
158 Madison Ave. Memphis, TN 38103
Sale Amount: $1.1 million
Sale Date: June 13, 2016
Buyer: Wessman Holdings
Before the Tuesday, July 19, Memphis City Council vote approving the Overton Park compromise, council member Worth Morgan commended fellow council member Bill Morrison for taking up the torch of trying to find a consensus between the Memphis Zoo and the Overton Park Conservancy.
Memphis City Council members unanimously approved Tuesday, July 19, the plan to create 415 new parking places for the Memphis Zoo at its front entrance and end zoo overflow parking on the Overton Park Greensward by January 2019.
The shopping center at 6450 Poplar Ave. is fully constructed with tenants opening as soon as next month.
The Memphis Zoo and the Overton Park Conservancy reached agreement Monday, July 18, on a compromise to end the zoo's overflow parking on the Greensward that fills in some of the blanks left in Mayor Jim Strickland's proposal and changes some of the terms.
Robert Shaw won't say that big banks don't have their place in the industry. He knows better.
A group of 16 ministers and religious leaders prayed for peace Monday, July 18, in the lobby of City Hall, the day after three Baton Rouge, La., police officers were killed and three others wounded in an ambush.
"Larger banks do a lot of things very well," said Shaw, CEO of Paragon Bank. "But community banks can do things on a more personal basis."
Memphis-based Holiday Deli & Ham Co. has brought on new investors and added new members to its board of directors, as the fast-casual restaurant known for its deli sandwiches positions itself for a rebrand and new growth.
Four and a half hours after it began Sunday, July 10, the city's most significant and largest Black Lives Matter protest ended with police in riot gear slowly walking a group of around 100 protesters off the Hernando DeSoto Bridge to Front Street.
Four and a half hours after it began Sunday, July 10, the city's most significant and largest Black Lives Matter protest ended with police in riot gear slowly walking a group of around 100 protesters off the Hernando DeSoto Bridge and south on Front Street.
West Tennessee Historical Society will meet Monday, July 11, in Memphis University School's Wunderlich Auditorium, 6191 Park Ave. Nora Tucker, manager and curator of the Blues Foundation's Blues Hall of Fame, is the guest speaker. Visit wths-tn.org for details.
Livable Memphis and the Memphis Area Transit Authority have partnered to improve Memphis' bus-riding experience. Together, the groups raised $20,500 to install 24 new seats at bus stops not currently supported by conventional bus shelters.
BRIDGES president and CEO Cynthia Ham will host a lunch and learn discussion about the importance of youth-led social change in Memphis on Thursday, July 14, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Bridges, 477 N. Fifth St. Free, secure parking at Fifth and A.W. Willis Avenue. RSVP to firstname.lastname@example.com or 901-260-3724 by Tuesday, July 12.
You might call it the calm before the storm. The Aug. 4 election, for which early voting starts July 15, is calmer than usual for the election cycle before a November presidential general election – the only election that more than half of Shelby County voters regularly show up for.
The future of the Pinch District looks to be Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland's first venture beyond being "brilliant at the basics."
On Nov. 4, 2014, voters in six of Shelby County's seven municipalities approved wine sales in food stores effective July 1, 2016. The next day, Josh Hammond, president of Buster's Liquors & Wines, put the gears in motion to acquire the restaurant adjacent to his Highland Street spirits store.
Efforts to install a new bike share program in Memphis by next year are gaining traction, and organizers are envisioning a much more connected Memphis in the years to come.
Nonprofit upstart Explore Bike Share expects to launch its bike share system in Memphis in 2017, with approximately 600 bikes at 60 stations planned within the Interstate 240 loop.
495 N. Watkins St.Memphis, TN 38104Details: Crosstown Concourse has signed another tenant. Memphis-based nexAir, one of the largest distributors of atmospheric gases and welding supplies in the U.S., will lease 33,000 square feet at the mixed-use tower.
The Shelby County Commission probably has enough votes to approve the funding in the county budget the Shelby County Schools system wants, which includes $24.7 million on new funding.
Yet after about four hours of discussion, the commission didn't take votes on any budget resolutions or the county property tax rate resolution Monday.
Kroger has plans for a fuel center at 1411 Poplar Ave., across from its Crosstown supermarket.
The company has applied for a $500,001 building permit for construction of a fuel center, according to data from The Daily News Online, memphisdailynews.com.
2015: Andrea Miller is named the new president of LeMoyne-Owen College, making her the first woman to lead the city's only historically black college. Miller is selected by the college's board of trustees in a meeting on campus that lasts several hours as students, alumni and other supporters wait on the lawn outside Brownlee Hall for the announcement.
Loeb Properties has kicked Overton Square's status as an entertainment destination up a notch with a newly released art map that highlights public art alongside restaurants and retail.
Loeb Properties commissioned Memphis College of Art students to design the map as part of a semester-long Design Lab course where students learned how to fulfill a project for a client.
Shelby County shoppers excited about the imminent arrival of specialty grocer Trader Joe's in Germantown, which caused a stir when the company made its plans official in September, will have to wait a little longer for the doors to open.
The Overton Park Conservancy's annual Day of Merrymaking Saturday, June 4, will share the park greensward with the overflow parking area for the Memphis Zoo.
The merrymaking's hot air balloon ride and beer garden join a spring-to-summer political mix that includes some recent polling by the zoo as well as the regular Saturday presence of protestors who oppose zoo parking on the greensward.
4572 Poplar Ave. Memphis, TN 38117
Permit Amount: $10.5 million
Project Cost: $15.5 million
Completion: Fall 2017
The developer of the Poplar Commons shopping center, which will open in fall 2017, has applied for its first batch of construction permits for the 135,000-square-foot center.
The largest permit Seritage Growth Partners is seeking is $10.5 million for a single-story retail building at 4572 Poplar Ave., labeled as building 1.
2140-2150 Poplar Avenue Holdings LLC, a company of Maryland-based CW Capital Asset Management LLC, sold a Collierville shopping center in a May 20 warranty deed to PHC Country Club Collections LLC for $3.5 million.
Start Co. will offer small-business mentoring sessions Tuesday, May 31, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, 3030 Poplar Ave. This free program offers one-on-one counseling about starting or managing a small business. Visit memphislibrary.org for details.
ServiceMaster is looking to relocate its headquarters into a Class A office building, and Memphis just doesn't have room.
"For the past two years, we've been using those phrases," said Ron Kastner, senior vice president with CBRE.
Laser Quest, a longtime tenant in the Poplar Plaza shopping center, is set to close on Sunday, May 29.
"We have been a proud part of the Memphis community for the last 20 years and as a company continue to grow," said Phillips Aldis, director of sales and marketing for the laser-tag chain headquartered in Canada.
Laura Lendermon is amazed at how the body works. As a former college athlete and lifelong runner, she's familiar with the aches and pains athletes experience. As a doctor, she's knowledgeable on a much deeper level of the magic of the human body.
The company that had the only bid Tuesday, May 17, on the old Central Police Building at 128 Adams Avenue still has to close on the deal with the city of Memphis.
It's time for a map of Memphis that includes more than highways and vehicular roads.
The Memphis area has reached enough critical mass with bike lanes, greenways, greenlines and similar features that it is time to put that network on a map and put the streets in the background.
It looks like the dry rub will be in order for Memphis in May's barbecue weekend with a shower or two keeping the dust down in Tom Lee Park Wednesday.
If you can see it through the smoke, Mud Island might strike a first-tme observer as a marked contrast to all of the activity in Tom Lee Park that goes right up to the bluff's edge.
'Cooper-Young Pup Crawl, benefiting the Humane Society of Memphis & Shelby County, is scheduled for Thursday, May 12, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Ten Cooper-Young restaurants will offer canine-themed drinks for the evening and will donate 10 percent of sales from Pup Crawlers. Participants should first stop at the gazebo at Cooper Street and Young Avenue for a free wristband to ensure their sales are counted. Visit memphishumane.org.
Central Defense Staffing will host a job fair Wednesday, May 11, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at The Landers Center, 4560 Venture Drive in Southaven. CDS is seeking to fill hundreds of positions for all shifts at accounts in North Mississippi. Applicants should come prepared for an interview. For more information and details on available positions, call 901-473-6385.
The Orpheum Theatre will present Woody Allen's "Bullets Over Broadway" Tuesday through Sunday, May 10-15, at the theater, 203 S. Main St. Buy tickets at orpheum-memphis.com.
This is a 12-month-a-year basketball town. There's the season, possibly a post season, which by NBA standards is a second season. (Yep, they are still playing.) And then there is the rest of the year when whatever has been about to boil over behind the façade of sports clichés finally begins to spill out into the open.
Alright, Memphis, grab your calendars! Whether you want to book it over to the Ruby Bridges Reading Festival or just baste in the scent of barbecue, there's plenty to do this week. Here's our roundup...
Cooper-Young Pup Crawl, benefiting the Humane Society of Memphis & Shelby County, is scheduled for Thursday, May 12, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Ten Cooper-Young restaurants will offer special canine-themed drinks for the evening and will donate 10 percent of sales from Pup Crawlers. Participants should first stop at the gazebo at Cooper Street and Young Avenue for a free wristband to ensure their sales are counted. Visit memphishumane.org.
One of the last remaining hotels near Memphis International Airport has sold in foreclosure for the second time in less than five years.
Chuck Pinkowski, a local hotel consultant with Pinkowski & Co., said that a multimillion-dollar renovation couldn't save the Holiday Inn from a declining hotel market.
All roads in Overton Park except the one in front of the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art will be one-way streets Saturday, May 7, as the Overton Park Conservancy tries out some traffic and parking remedies on a busy day in the park.
Oak Hall will hold its 29th annual Run for St. Jude this weekend.
The run is set for Sunday, May 1, at 3 p.m. Since the race's inception in 1997, Oak Hall has raised more than $2 million for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Memphis College of Art will host an MFA Open House for prospective students on Friday, April 29, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Nesin Graduate School, 477 S. Main St. The event will take place concurrently with an opening reception for "Hueman: MFA Thesis Exhibition." Visit mca.edu.
Morton Museum of Collierville History will host an opening reception for "Portrait of Collierville: 1940-1945," featuring research by 63 St. George's Independent School students, on Thursday, April 21, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at 196 N. Main St. in Collierville. The students' research centered on the ways Collierville contributed to the World War II effort and was affected by the war. Visit colliervillemuseum.org.
Creative Aging will host its 2016 Senior Fun Day on Thursday, April 21, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Memphis Jewish Community Center, 6560 Poplar Ave. Enjoy refreshments, manicures and a variety of games. Tickets are $5 cash or check at the door. Visit creativeagingmidsouth.org.
Lisa Clay is cooking up an expansion-fueled future to go along with the sandwiches, smoothies and other staples of her nearly 10-year-old Lisa's Lunchbox restaurant concept.
A week ago, the board of the Overton Park Conservancy had a visitor at its meeting – Richard Smith, the Memphis Zoo's representative in the ongoing private mediation talks between the conservancy and the zoo.
Start Co. will offer small-business mentoring sessions Tuesday, April 19, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, 3030 Poplar Ave. This free program offers one-on-one counseling about starting or managing a small business. Visit memphislibrary.org for details.
Let's get this week started, Memphis! Here's our roundup of local happenings you need to know about, from the dreaded federal income tax filing day, to the scheduled end of the Tennessee Legislature for this session, to a couple of big round-ball games at FedExForum beginning Friday.
It was just four weeks ago that all of this talk about change at the top of the Tiger basketball chart was put to rest. Coach Josh Pastner's performance was reviewed by the University of Memphis administration and he was staying at least for another season. Four weeks to the day of that announcement, Pastner is the new coach at Georgia Tech and we are in the first day of the Tubby Smith era at the U of M.
Two young developers are filling a niche by renovating, redoing, building and selling homes in the core of the city.
Griffin Elkington and Brian Green, principals of Elkington Green, are focusing on established areas of Memphis such as Crestview, Midtown, High Point and the University of Memphis area where residential properties have maintained a similar feel for generations.
The Bo-Keys will perform an album release concert for "Heartache by the Number," on Thursday, April 21, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, 926 E. McLemore Ave. Admission is $10 at the door. Visit staxmuseum.com for details.
Paul Young gets a lot more attention these days than he did when he was the first director of the city-county Office of Sustainability. The attention comes with being the city director of Housing and Community Development where virtually all of the funding comes from the federal government.That federal funding has changed the face of public housing in the city in the last 25 years. There is only one large public housing project left in the city as a result of the federal funding and its use by Young's predecessor, Robert Lipscomb.And what Lipscomb did with the job combined with being the executive director of the Memphis Housing Authority is why a lot of people want to get to know Paul Young these days.Our centerpiece story by Madeline Faber in Tuesday's edition makes clear that Young has no desire to wield that kind of power. And it is unlikely anyone in the near future will have the kind of autonomy Lipscomb did.But beyond that there is still the flow of a lot of federal dollars and Young has some ideas based on his experience in government and finance prior to coming to HCD – everything in government is initials.It's a much different experience than Lipscomb's. Lipscomb coined the phrase "ending public housing as we know it" and at times that slogan wasn't followed with a lot of detail about what came after public housing was demolished, especially with the first of the projects to fall.The last public housing project, Foote Homes, will be demolished on Young's watch which makes his tenure important if more limited than Lipscomb's tenure.
The Memphis development community is looking inward and upward to increase density in the urban core. New construction is happening across all four commercial real estate sectors, with long-anticipated projects like Trader Joe's and the redevelopment of Central Station finally coming to fruition. Construction and operating costs continue to be a challenge as new projects hit the top of their class to command higher rents.
If a crowd shows up some place other than the Greensward, is it a busy spring in Overton Park?
The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art is undergoing renovations in preparation for its 100th anniversary celebration next month.
On the surface, it might seem unclear why Memphians outside the immediate vicinity should care about what's going on in the Memphis medical district, an area home to more than 16,000 people and 8,000 students.
Start Co. will offer small-business mentoring sessions Tuesday, April 5, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, 3030 Poplar Ave. This free program offers one-on-one counseling about starting or managing a small business. Visit memphislibrary.org for details.
Germantown Community Library will host Night of the Doctor on Monday, April 4, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at GCL, 1925 Exeter Road. Join fellow Whovians for an evening of Doctor Who-themed events and crafts for children, teens and adults. Dress up and arrive at 6:15 to participate in the costume contest. Pre-registration not required. Call 757-7323 for details.
For the first time in its 80-year history, the William R. Moore School of Technology has expanded beyond its Poplar Avenue campus.
The trade school, now known as Moore Tech, opened its new School of Welding at 475 N. Bellevue Blvd. Thursday, March 31, in a renovated building that was once a furniture store.
Residents of the Memphis Medical District have begun filing in to the Premier Palace ballroom on Madison Avenue, along with area stakeholders, planners and other attendees who have business interests in the area.
You've heard of the mediation process surrounding the long-term use of the Overton Park Greensward by the Memphis Zoo for its overflow parking.It appears there is now a less formal mediation process underway when it comes to the use of the greensward during the park's spring peak season which is now underway.
East Memphis' most prominent office towers, Clark Tower and the iBank Tower, are anchors in a strategy to make the Poplar Avenue-facing corner more walkable and memorable.
Late last year, In-Rel Properties purchased the iBank Tower, bringing both towers under the same ownership for the first time. The Florida-based real estate group plans to unite the 16-acre office campus with increased connections to the surrounding East Memphis restaurants and retail.
483 Manassas St. Memphis, TN 38105
Sale Amount: $6 million
Sale Date: March 17, 2016
Buyer: ALSAC
Seller: Michael Nussbaum and Joyce Nussbaum
Sixteen bus route changes will take effect in May at the Memphis Area Transit Authority.
The changes, which were approved at the March 29 meeting of the MATA board of commissioners, mark the first significant batch of route changes since MATA CEO Ron Garrison took the position in 2014.
Satellite Healthcare is preparing to open its fourth Memphis dialysis center, Satellite Healthcare Chickasaw Gardens, at 2980 Poplar Ave.
When time ran out Wednesday on the state Senate's state and local government committee in Nashville, de-annexation legislation was still on the tracks as the Tennessee Legislature draws closer to adjournment for the year.
495 Tennessee St. Memphis, TN 38103
Permit Amount: $18.8 million
Owner: 495 Tennessee LLC
Tenant: Brewery Master Tenant
With only eight hours' notice, the City Council passed a resolution giving Memphis Zoological Society authority over the Greensward in Overton Park. The Council, in an 11-1 vote, ignored the wishes of about 100 community members present, 35 speakers, and hundreds of emails and telephone calls. What's clear about this vote is that power has shifted.
A $3.5 million building permit application has been filed for the future Germantown home of Trader Joe's at 2130 Exeter Road.
1525 Three Place, 3365-3378 One Place Memphis, TN 38116
Sale Amount: $1.2 million
Buyer: Gregory Realty
Seller: One Place Associates
A medical office building at the corner of White Station Road and Poplar Avenue has sold for $1.2 million. In a warranty deed signed Feb, 29, Tennessee-based 5210 LLC sold the property at 5210 Poplar to Tennessee-based Banc3 Holdings Inc.
1966: On the front page of The Daily News, Memphis State University begins season ticket sales for the Tigers' 1966 season with 5,000 more prime seats available. The student section at Memphis Memorial Stadium is moved to the east side of the stadium from its former location on the same side as the season ticket holders. Season tickets at a rate of $20 per ticket – $3 less than buying individual tickets to the five home games – can also be bought for the first time through Dixiemart and Corondolet stores, along with 200 other retailers, by using the charge accounts for those stores. And there is the "Tiger Note" method through the big three local banks – First National, National Bank of Commerce and Union Planters – as well as Murdock Insurance Corp. Tickets can be ordered on credit through the four institutions and paid later with no interest or carrying charges.
East Memphis Proper is about to look a lot different. Nordstrom Rack is opening a Memphis store and it will be built where the Sears store stands now in the Laurelwood shopping center.Sears closes in mid-April and the 1958 structure will be demolished for a new retail center to be called Poplar Commons.Nordstrom Rack is 33,000 square feet of a 135,000 square foot shopping center.Out parcels tend to be the changing face of commercial development on Poplar Avenue.There are some notable exceptions like the nearby Oak Court Mall which was a significant change of scenery from what was once the Siena College campus.Further west on Poplar, the Poplar Plaza shopping center – the city's first suburban shopping center – is still recognizable in its original form if you know what used to be there.
Can You Feel It? Tuesday is election day in Memphis and across the state in this presidential election year. And all indications are the turnout locally should be above the 24 percent mark we've been at in the last two presidential election years.
Pugh's Flowers co-owner Michael Pugh might have seemed out of place a few weeks ago when he stood in front of an audience of marketing professionals to address the Memphis Public Relations Society of America's Memphis chapter.
With six new members, the Memphis City Council's committee sessions so far this year have included several briefings about various parts of city government and council procedures.
But when the council Rules Committee meets Monday, Feb. 29, there could be a move by some council members to change the rules that have allowed citizens to speak at the end of council meetings on any topic they wish.
Germantown-based Trezevant Realty Corp. has deep roots in the Mid-South commercial real estate market, and the uptick in the economy has more projects moving full-steam ahead.
The prized retail stretch of Poplar Avenue between Perkins Road and Interstate 240 is shaking up in a way the area hasn't seen in several decades. Within the next two years, more than 230,000 square feet will be made available in what has historically been a tight trade area.
The Trump balloons were a late arrival to the Shelby County Republican party's annual Lincoln Day Gala, the local party's largest annual fundraiser.
They were an unsubtle accent in a room of 500 people where unabashed hand-to-hand campaigning kept the buzz of conversation at a steady level for most of the evening.
More than most weeks, David Lusk is especially ready for Friday this week. Eight months after renovation work began, Lusk is ready to host a public celebration officially unveiling his longtime art gallery's new home at 97 Tillman St. on Feb. 26.
After months of dispute and compromise, the Germantown Board of Mayor and Aldermen unanimously approved the 10-acre TraVure planned development.
Opponents and supporters of the project agreed that it was precedent-setting, but they agreed on little else during a two-hour debate on Feb. 22 at Germantown City Hall.
David Lusk Gallery is opening its new facility at 97 Tillman St. later this month.
The opening celebration Feb. 26 starts at 6 p.m. with artwork that shows the history of the building. That new space is located on Tillman between Walnut Grove Road and Poplar Avenue.
Jeff Green leaves the Grizzlies for the Clippers and Lance Stephenson leaves the Clippers for the Grizzlies.That was the trade at the NBA's Thursday afternoon deadline that caused much of Thursday's deadline buzz as well as lots of social media reaction.Some of the reaction was tempered by the other part, a protected lottery pick for the Grizz as well.
Ryan Anderson sums up the homebuilding profession as taking one of two approaches.
The first is the old-school craftsman who builds a high-quality product. It's a nice house with a lot of details. As a one-person business, that craftsman might have a strong focus on the finished product but isn't able to juggle all the tasks necessary to operate a business, from tracking budgets, ordering materials and handling schedules, to communicating with clients and chasing new work.
Ryan Anderson sums up the homebuilding profession as taking one of two approaches.
The Memphis Area Transit Authority begins a series of public meetings Tuesday, Feb. 9, on a set of proposed route changes that would take effect May 1 if approved by the MATA board.
The fixed route changes include adding trips after 5 p.m. to Route 4 to the Castalia area; restoring the 4:06 p.m. westbound trip on Route 34; and increasing midday buses on the Route 50 Poplar Avenue service.
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Samsung says smartphone industry success owes to strong marketing
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PanARMENIAN.Net - According to multiple in-court reports, Samsung opened up week three of the second Apple v. Samsung patent trial by forwarded its argument that the Korean company's massive success in the smartphone industry owes to strong marketing, not alleged copying of Apple's patented iPhone features, AppleInsider reports.
Executive Youngmi Kim, a senior UI designer who has worked on Samsung's user experience team since 2004 vehemently denied the notion that her company's software borrowed from Apple's designs.
When asked if Samsung stole "slide-to-unlock" from Apple, Kim said, "Absolutely not. If we were to work on the same thing as Apple, that would not give us any advantage in terms of differentiating our products, so that would not make any sense."
Kim was also questioned about internal papers — referred to by some as "copy cat" documents — comparing Samsung's phone unlocking mechanism with Apple's. According to the designer, the documents from 2010 are irrelevant as Samsung's implementation was fixed by 2009.
In addition to patent talk, much of Monday's proceedings revolved around a strategy to prove marketing, not allegedly aped features, pushed Samsung to the top of the smartphone charts.
According to testimony from Samsung America's chief marketing officer Todd Pendleton, the company had a major branding problem when it came to smartphones. Pendleton said that when he joined Samsung in 2011, he did not know the company even had a smartphone lineup.
"I think people knew Samsung for televisions," Pendleton said. "But in terms of smartphones, there was no recognition for what our product was or what it stood for."
He went on to claim Samsung's smartphone offerings were better than Apple's at the time, despite owning a fourth-place marketshare behind HTC and BlackBerry. Marketing, said Pendleton, was one of the main sales drivers that ultimately netted Samsung a huge share of the industry.
Most notable among the various campaigns was the introduction of "The Next Big Thing" blitz that parodied the iPhone's marketing strategy. These ads were the topic of an email conversationbetween Apple SVP of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller and the company's go-to ad agency TBWA/Media Arts Lab. Both agreed Samsung's campaign was cause for concern, AppleInsider says.
Pendleton also revealed that a tactic used by Samsung marketing was the disruption of major iPhone launches. During cross examination, Apple counsel presented an email from former Samsung executive Dale Sohn, who wrote, "Beating Apple is no longer merely an objective. It is our survival strategy."
"There will be a tsunami when iPhone 5 is coming," Sohn said, adding that Samsung needed a response to offset Apple's momentum. Pendleton admitted that his company had a plan in place to disrupt the new iPhone's launch. The exact scheme was not detailed, though the company did run a series of print and TV ads at the time mocking both Apple's handset and customers.
Finally, Samsung called up Google engineers to testify that certain features seen in its phones, like data syncing, are core functions of the Android operating system. This is the second time the case's defense attorneys called on Google to prove certain features alleged to infringe on Apple patents were created by the Mountain View, Calif. tech giant. The move is, in effect, using Google as a shield to Apple's claims.
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Hi Ian and Andrew.
Your stuff is too hard (and a bit dreary, if I'm honest).
The universe started out as something ever so teeny which after all this time is as big as it is. The best guess is that it is a 'field' of some sort and the only thing we can say for certain is that it has a remarkable capacity for expansion. There is no evidence that at any point, God or anyone else added any condiments or spices, the field is all there is.
We 'know' that stuff is made of particles, they in turn are made of the field hence they too have a remarkable capacity for expansion. So why isn't everything getting bigger? Well the universe of course is, but in the maelstrom of it's early stages it turns out that some of the eddies and vortices got tangled up in knots and formed matter. The matter doesn't get any bigger, because the knot doesn't, but the field associated with it is part of the universe which is still 'exploding'.
The knots clatter about making waves in the field, particular events being associated with their own wave. For instance; forcing a tangle of knots like a proton into a tangle like a nucleus will take such and such a kick creating a so and so wave, or gluon as some people like to call them.
Rather than being warped, as Einstein suggested, the field is condensed wherever there is a bunch of knots, matter, and rarefied where there isn't. Hence waves and particles passing matter are refracted. Since particles are two or more knots tumbling over each other they are doubly refracted; as a knot goes one way it is refracted by the field, as it swings around it's partner and goes the other way it is still refracted by the field, so the particle feels a force towards the matter that is the source of the condensed field, which is gravity. Mass, rather than being the degree to which an object warps spacetime, is how much field it puts out increasing the local density.
That, more or less, is the bunniverse, without the bunnies. As Andrew quite rightly points out, it is only a model, but I don't know of any phenomenon that falsifies it and will probably ignore any that are brought to my attention. I would like to know what they are though.
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No need to comment on your note, Will, as you are just describing your own metaphorical way of looking at the physics. Ian in contrast is promoting some stronger opinions which invite a bit of analysis and response. I agree that the topic he raised is unlikely to be of interest to most, but it is about real science unlike the 'synchronicity' topic for the next Meet Up. No surprise that real science, which is the basis of our future technological progress, is often less entertaining than pseudo-science which is more like fiction.
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Hello Andrew
"No need to comment on your note, Will, as you are just describing your own metaphorical way of looking at the physics. Ian in contrast is promoting some stronger opinions which invite a bit of analysis and response."
I'm not so sure that what we are doing is all that different. Certainly Ian and I, and you for that matter, have different takes on the subject, but frankly, once you have done the measurements, who isn't describing their own metaphorical way of looking at the physics?
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Nice question: why be hard on Ian? The easy response is just that he is confident enough to stick his head above the parapet and so invites being shot at.
The best minds in modern physics, such as Einstein and Feynman, were challenged and perplexed by QM. There are now 14 or more different interpretations, there is no consensus from the scientific community because of lack of, or even the physical impossibility of obtaining, relevant experimental data. The maths is difficult. So it is fair to use mental imagery as an aid to understanding at least the broad outlines.
Actually I think that the decoherence view promoted by Ian is in the same sort of category as the 'knot model' that you have mentioned, except that of course that the decoherence model is solid science. Neither of them can be used to justify and interpret the precise mathematical formulae that describe Nature so well. (That is what i have tried to argue in relation to decoherence and Ian has so far not produced any reference to the contrary.)
I sometimes wonder if the interpretation of quantum physics into concepts that we can understand might be intrinsically too difficult. Maybe every attempt at envisaging the quantum world in terms of stuff that is recognisable to us, in terms that our 3d organic brains can understand, is doomed to failure. Whilst mathematical descriptions that are not limited by conventional analogies may succeed.
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Good salespeople are out there.
They are the ones who do their homework, understand the prospect, and actually listen.
But they don't seem to be the ones calling me.
The ones calling me are the ones who not only have no idea who I am, but they say things such as "enterprise solutions" about five seconds after I answer the phone.
Solutions to WHAT, exactly? And I'm not alone.
A client recently lamented about how much time gets wasted with bad B2B sales calls. Another friend with a new position at a large, well-known company said he couldn't believe the crazy calls he's getting.
It's Not Easy Calling Strangers
Business development is a difficult job, but that's no excuse. It's time to expect more from those making these calls.
My company, 360Connext, and I both have a fairly decent social media presence. Our website is out there, too. It would take about 10 seconds to look these up and determine if we are even remotely close to the bulls eye of the target market. Lately, however, I've been receiving calls about tools to better manage my call center (don't have one, never have); enterprise IT department overhead (what IT department?); and my favorite – someone pitched me to hire a customer service speaker for my organization. If I needed one, I'm pretty sure I'd hire me first.
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It's my mistake for attending or presenting at conferences or joining professional membership organizations. They got the list! And that's all they need to start calling. I believe as a presenter, attendee, or member on a list, we should expect our information will be respected.
Have you ever bought anything from the hard-driving, never-comes-up-for-air sales pitch? I sure haven't. B2B sales is still about people. If I don't feel you care one iota about me, then I'll find someone who does.
Here is a quick list of ways salespeople could do a better job with this type of calling:
- Look up the prospect first. The Internet is full of good stuff such as company websites, LinkedIn profiles, and Twitter feeds. Find out if this prospect is who you think they are. If not, move along. Fish where the fish are.
- Ask yourself, what problem are you solving? Before launching into your pitch, find out if your prospect feels that pain.
- Respect that it's an intrusion. Don't launch into a five minute speech the minute the phone is answered.
- LISTEN. Ask questions.
- Customize the follow-up email. Add a detail or two about the conversation and for goodness sake, spell the names correctly! Triple check if you need to.
None of these ideas are new or even very savvy. There are many experts in B2B sales who may advise differently. My lens, though, is about how to have fewer ruined days.
If salespeople respected the process and the person a bit more, I'd bet we'd all have better days. Don't you think it's time to ditch the cold call and create relationships instead?
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There's nothing I dislike more than receiving cold calls… and they're never targeted! Typically, the person on the other end is reading from a script and like you said in your post, they launch into a speech (I don't give them more than 10 seconds, let alone five minutes) and don't listen. Hopefully, this will be a wake-up call. Maybe we should read your blog post to the next telemarketer who calls. 😉
EdenSpodek For all the do not call lists and all the hatred against telemarketing, it continues to be used because it does work.
The best telemarketing call I ever received came around 1998. They called my home and started their spiel about selling me a subscription to the local newspaper. I informed them I was managing editor of said paper, and after a moment of silence, the telemarketer said, "Well, nobody's used that one on me. I'll let you off the hook," and hung up the phone. 🙂
EdenSpodek That would be SO FUNNY! Just launch into reading this! LOL!
jeanniecw ClayMorgan LOL! Agreed! Telemarketing works like email spam. Most people hate both but enough people respond to justify their annoyance. Unfortunately, to Jeannie and Gini's points, telemarketing is very time consuming and there are more efficient ways to drive sales.
John_Trader1 You bet, chap.
jasonkonopinski I like "chap," hadn't heard of that one. When someone refers to me as "boss," "chief," or "bud" I always repond by calling them "slugger." They don't seem to like that too much but it proves my point.
John_Trader1 jasonkonopinski LOL! We had a client who called one of our young male account managers "Champ" whenever he saw him. 🙂
John_Trader1 Great point, Sport.
Love it!
Too many sales orgs allow the lead generation process to be serparate from the biz dev or professional sales rep. How many of your calls might have been from lead gen cold-calling companies that were hired as outsourced lead providers? A horrible way to approach the first step in a relationship, as you point out
briancrouch I agree!
jeanniecw Aaand, that will teach me to comment via small phone screen. Didn't even see that typo.
I completely believe in creating relationships! The most successful sales people I know are the ones who build a relationship by getting to know the client. From old-timers who carried customer files in their car and would refresh themselves by reading the notes before the meeting to today's "always on call due to technology" sales people, there is a common denominator. When I listen to them on the phone with a client, half, if not most of, the conversation is about life updates. The business portion is short and to the point.
susancellura Great point about relating to someone's real life, not just business. Our favorite people care about US.
ginidietrich Seriously. I could hardly believe it when she said that. I asked her "do you know what I do for a living" and stumped her completely. Embarrassing for her! But honestly, it doesn't take much. I love EdenSpodek's idea to read this post to them when they call! I keep chuckling over the idea of that!
jeanniecw ginidietrich I'm glad I made you laugh Jeannie. I usually spend more time in awe of the wit expressed by several of the other Spin Sucks' community members most of the time.
I actually asked a salesperson not to call me about a service I was inquiring about on behalf of a client recently. As promised, I did get back to him when we were ready to progress to the next stage.
EdenSpodek jeanniecw ginidietrich I think you have a divide between old biz / social biz there…. old biz doesn't understand that social biz is all about developing a relationship (not a product or service) and being there. Seinfeld has a great lesson on that!
Craig McBreen "do a bit of research" – be still my heart. That's exactly what I'm talking about. I have no doubt you're one of the good ones. ginidietrich
jeanniecw Craig McBreen ginidietrich Agreed – a little bit of research goes a long way and helps build relationships.
yvettepistorio jeanniecw Craig McBreen ginidietrich If someone says "hey, I think you might find this useful" they'll get 1 minute from me. And if in that minute they back it up they'll get more of my time.
I find when I extend the same courtesy that it works both ways.
There is a lot of common sense truth to this, Jeannie. I think one thing that gets lost for these enterprise-solution-peddlers is the fact that although the time and effort spent in establishing a relationship with a potential customer doesn't immediately bring in revenue, it has a huge payoff (potentially) in the long run. As with many things in life, patience is a virtue.
biggreenpen The cold truth: most people you talk to aren't ready to buy yet. Biz dev / marketing that can't deal with that will find itself in trouble!
Tinu I'm amazed at how "cold" some of the cold calling really is. And it's a great point about referrals – when I'm not exactly right I point business to those I trust. Thanks for adding that!
🙂 My pleasure.
I am just about to start kicking out some sales and this was great to read. I am sure I can use all the help I can get! I am an amazing sales women, but most of my customers come in NEEDING a product I am selling. This will be the first time I am reaching out to those that may not be sure what they need.
Marketing Gal I really believe a *little* research can go a long way. Good luck!
"Business development is a difficult job, but that's no excuse." Harsh, but true! I needed to hear that. Great article, Jeannie!
devanmarie Thanks, Devan. It's true!
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(Adds AP Photo.) By JIM ARMSTRONG AP Sports Writer American pitcher Brad Penny was released by the Softbank Hawks after appearing in just one game for the Pacific League team, becoming the latest in a long list of former major league players to struggle to adjust to Japan's unique brand of baseball. The Hawks cut Penny on Tuesday, granting the player's request to be released. In his one appearance in Japan against the Rakuten Eagles on April 4, the veteran right-hander gave up six runs, four earned, on seven hits while walking three in 3 1-3 innings for a 10.80 ERA. The 33-year-old Penny, who went 11-11 for the Detroit Tigers in 2011, signed a one-year, $3 million contract in February to play for the Hawks. The Japan Series champion Hawks lost three top-of-the rotation pitchers in the offseason and needed to make a statement to their fans by signing a marquee pitcher. But Penny complained of soreness in his shoulder and said he had trouble adjusting to the softer pitching mound at Japanese stadiums. Japanese media reported that Penny refused to take part in team practices and meetings. Given his major league pedigree, the team was willing to let Penny work out on his own. Penny had a hard time adjusting to living and playing in Japan. While many former major leaguers thrive in Japan, the transition is always easy. ''It takes a certain kind of ballplayer to make it in Japan,'' said author Robert Whiting, who has written several books on Japanese baseball. ''I guess Penny wasn't one of those players. It's a sad day when $3 million isn't enough to keep you in Japan.'' Many of the best foreign players in Japan are ones that weren't established major leaguers before they came over. Tuffy Rhodes, Randy Bass and Alex Ramirez are among the most successful players to make the switch to Japan. Penny isn't the only former major league player to struggle in Japan. When it comes to playing in Japan, former Los Angeles Dodgers infielder Jim Lefebvre, who played here from 1973-1976 summed it up best: ''If you want to succeed in Japan, you have to forget everything you learned in the United States and pretend you are a rookie. Do everything they tell you and you just might make it.'' Following is a capsule look at some other players whose forays into Japanese baseball were cut short by an inability to adapt to the Japanese way. --- -Kevin Mitchell - After a solid career with several major league teams, including the New York Mets and the San Francisco Giants, Mitchell opted to play in Japan after the strike-shortened 1994 season joining the then Daiei Hawks. The veteran outfielder arrived in Japan to much fanfare after signing a record $4.5 million one-year deal. He hit a grand slam on opening day in 1995, but angered management when he abruptly left the team in midseason to get treatment for knee problems. -Dan Miceli - After posting a 6-6 record with a respectable 3.59 ERA for the Houston Astros in 2004, Miceli signed with the Yomiuri Giants in 2005. The Central League team was hoping the veteran right-hander would be a solid late-inning pitcher, but he lost his first two games and became the fastest player to be released in Giants' history, lasting just four games. To make matters worse, Japan's sports newspapers ran front-page photos of a smiling Miceli taking in the sights of Tokyo on a rickshaw the day after he was released. -Joe Pepitone - The former New York Yankees player and author of ''Joe, You Coulda Made Us Proud,'' was hardly a source of pride in Japan where he was widely known as one of the biggest busts in Japanese baseball. Pepitone accepted an offer of $70,000 to play for the Yakult Atoms in 1973, but he hit .163 with one home run and two RBIs in just 14 games. Pepitone gained a reputation for missing games and claiming injury only to be spotted at discos in Tokyo's bustling late-night entertainment districts. His behavior led the Japanese to adopt his name into their vernacular as a word meaning to ''slack off.'' -Brian Bannister - The son of major league All-Star Floyd Bannister. After a brief big league career with the New York Mets and Kansas City Royals, Bannister joined Yomiuri for the 2011 season, but left Japan after the earthquake and tsunami, citing fears over the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. After being placed on the restricted list for the Giants, the 31-year-old pitcher retired stating he had no further plans to play in either Japan or the United States.
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Driver Engineer Kelvin Jones retired on February 5, 2016, after 28 years of service to Lakeland. His retirement ceremony was very well attended with many colleagues, family members, and friends in attendance to wish him well on the new chapter of his life. His biography shares:
Kelvin Jones has been a member of the Lakeland Fire Department (LFD) since February 2, 1988. He has given 28 years of service to the people of Lakeland as a Firefighter and Paramedic. Kelvin joined the department as a Firefighter and promoted to Driver Engineer on January 4, 1997, which he retires as today.
Kelvin has an impressive background in working to help others in his community. Prior to his work in the fire service, Kelvin served in the United States Air Force (USAF). He served four years of active duty and then went on to pursue work with the Seaboard Coastline Railroad, which brought him to Lakeland. In making that move, Kelvin transitioned into the role of Reservist with the United States Air Force in 1986. Kelvin served as an Air Evacuation Medic while a Reservist and his work in the military would go on to influence his work helping others as an emergency responder.
Kelvin is a decorated military veteran who served in Desert Storm from November 1990 through March 1991. Kelvin would go on to continue work in the military and at LFD for the next two decades. In 2003 Kelvin retired from the Air Force Reserves as a Master Sergeant.
Equally as impressive as his tenure at the Lakeland Fire Department and in the United States Air Force is Kelvin's work as a Registered Nurse, which he still actively works as at Heart of Florida Hospital and the Walt Disney World Wellness Center.
A Florida native, through and through, Kelvin grew up in Tampa, FL and is a graduate of East Bay High School. Kelvin has an Associate's degree in Nursing from Polk State College and an Associate's degree from the College of the Air Force.
Celebrating Kelvin's retirement along with him today are Kelvin's supportive and proud parents, Samuel and Nettie Jones. He is also joined by his lovely wife Shirley and several of their children. Kelvin truly appreciates and enjoys the company of his large and growing family of five sons, one daughter, and a combined fifteen grandchildren in his and Shirley's blended family.
Kelvin also participates in his community and gives back through his work as a member of the Lakeland Masonic Lodge. Upon retirement, Kelvin looks forward to filling his free time by spending time with his family and enjoying his hobbies of fishing, traveling, and camping in style in his RV. He even looks forward to using his time in retirement to pursue a Pilot's License and a Master's degree in Nursing so that he can someday serve as a nursing instructor.
Kelvin shares a quote that has deeply impacted him since a 2003 church service in which he heard it, which explains: "There are two types of people; Actors and Reactors. Which one are you?" and challenges others to live their lives with purpose as he feels he has his.
The Lakeland Fire Department celebrates Kelvin's 28 years of service and profoundly thanks him for his dedication to the people of Lakeland. Kelvin's many years of selfless service are deeply appreciated.
Firefighter Ritenour is being awarded the honor for his heroic efforts in saving motorists at the scene of a violent car accident while off duty.
Firefighters inherently have the qualities you would expect in a hero. Helping others is what they do, and a lot of the skills and qualities they use on duty are used off duty as well. Cody was nominated for the City of Lakeland's Heroism Award based on an his actions off duty in helping at the scene of a violent car accident. He will be recognized at the City of Lakeland Commission meeting on April 6, 2015. The account is best summarized by the nomination narrative:
"On February 15th, 2015 at approximately 9 AM, an unfortunate head-on collision took place in Osceola County on State Road 60. Cody Ritenour, a Lakeland Fire Department (LFD) Firefighter and Paramedic was several vehicles behind the incident when it occurred, while traveling home after completing his shift.
Upon noticing there was commotion up ahead, Cody made his way to the accident scene and found that bystanders had pulled a four year old girl and a six year old boy from one of the involved vehicles; it was quickly filling with smoke from an engine compartment fire. The driver of the vehicle was entrapped and was unresponsive. The fire was spreading quickly and with no way to put it out, Cody decided to instead attempt to get the victim out. He was unable to open the front doors without extrication equipment due to the severity of the crash. He made access into the vehicle through the back seat where he tried to free the entangled victim, yet was unsuccessful. The flames overcame the firewall and entered into the interior of the vehicle where the heat and smoke forced Cody to retreat.
Unable to continue helping the driver, Cody applied his training and experience in the field and turned his attention to the young children involved. He noticed that the four year old girl was unresponsive but was breathing and had a pulse and that the six year old had suffered serious injuries but was alert. The driver of the other vehicle had minor injuries and was ambulatory. Cody sprang into action by calling 9-1-1, identified himself, and reported there was a vehicle fire and an unresponsive pediatric that will most likely need a helicopter (later, while working with the first arriving officer he confirmed that the helicopter was indeed requested).
Cody continued patient care after hanging up with the emergency operators by accessing the children's vitals and listening to lung sounds with his personal stethoscope until further support could arrive. Cody directed several bystanders to assist him with the children until fire and EMS crews arrived. Once they arrived, Cody again identified himself and gave them the details of the scene. Cody assisted EMS with patient care and packaging the children for transport. A landing zone was established by crews on scene and two helicopters landed on State Road 60 to fly the children to Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children for Trauma Care in Orlando.
We cannot express enough how incredibly proud we are of Firefighter Ritenour. Not only did he risk his own life by attempting to save the driver of the accident from a burning vehicle, but he also put his training to work and took command of the scene. Cody triaged the victims and was able to assemble the necessary resources to give the remaining victims the care they needed and a fighting chance at survival.
Cody is a young man with less than two years of practical fire and medical training however he showed poise and composure beyond his years. At the time this recommendation was written it is unknown what the outcome of the children's injuries were or what the future holds for them but we are certain that they have a better chance of recovery due to the actions taken by Cody Ritenour on that day.
On behalf of the entire Lakeland Fire Department, we would like to formally recommend Cody Ritenour for his heroism and that he be recognized through the City of Lakeland's Heroism Award Committee for his actions that day, and for responding beyond his call of duty.
Lieutenant Joseph Delegge "
The award ceremony took place at the Resurrection Catholic Church Parish Hall, located at 3720 Old Road 37 in Lakeland on January 30, 2016.
Congratulations to Cody. His heroic and selfless actions are greatly appreciated by LFD and the entire Lakeland community.
Lakeland Fire Department's very own fire equipment supervisor Alan Jarvis has been selected as one of the top five Emergency Vehicle Technicians in the nation by Firehouse Magazine! The highly competitive award is given by Firehouse Magazine, a national leader in fire service news and information.
The EVT of the Year Award was created to recognize the dedication and professionalism of men and women committed to the safe operation of emergency apparatus and support of emergency responders and their communities. The work EVT's do is essential to the smooth operation of a fire department and is crucial in making sure emergency responders can get to those in need.
Alan has been highly valued and appreciated member of the department since 1988. The following nomination narrative outlines his hard work and the merits of his award:
"Alan Jarvis began his career with the Lakeland Fire Department as a Fire Equipment Mechanic on December 5, 1988. He served in that capacity until his promotion to Fire Equipment Supervisor on December 30, 2001. Alan is unique in that he is not only a highly certified mechanic, but also a certified firefighter. He has received many certifications that support the extensive mechanical work he performs and supervises for the department. He is Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) certified as a medium and heavy truck master technician. Additionally, Alan is a certified automobile master technician and an emergency vehicle master technician.
The Lakeland Fire Department is fortunate to have its own in-house Maintenance Division. Our maintenance personnel are dedicated solely to the maintenance and repair of fire department apparatus and equipment as a separate division from the City of Lakeland's fleet maintenance.
As the department's Fire Equipment Supervisor, Alan supervises the department's two Fire Equipment Mechanics as well as oversees the maintenance and repairs of all of the department's apparatus (16), staff vehicles (17), hundreds of pieces of firefighting equipment and all of the fire station emergency generators (8). Additionally, Alan and the team he supervises maintain all of the department's Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) equipment including its two ARFF trucks.
Alan also directly makes our department better and unique by overseeing the annual, National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) mandated testing of all of the department's Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA), hoses, pumps, and ladders; done entirely in house by him and his small team which adds incredible value to the department.
In addition to his many responsibilities, Alan serves on multiple technical committees for the city and fire department, including the department's safety committee, apparatus and equipment purchasing / replacement committees, and any other committee where the department needs his expertise.
Alan is exceptional not only on the job, but in his community. On his few days off, he is very involved with activities that promote our department and builds education and awareness of our citizenry. Most recently, Alan oversaw and restored a local children's museum exhibit and he and his team are currently working adamantly in their spare time to restore a 1939 Pirsch fire engine. Their efforts will result in preserving a vital piece of the department's rich history for future generations to enjoy.
Alan and his team also give back to the community by contributing their technical and mechanical skills in assisting with the repair and maintenance of electronic wheel chairs for elderly, handicapped citizens. They do this at no cost to those that they assist, and do so entirely on their personal time as a coordinated effort with VISTE (Volunteers in Service to the Elderly); all to assist the less fortunate who would otherwise not have the financial means to afford this service.
Alan has been an exemplary employee for the City of Lakeland Fire Department for 30 years. He has achieved numerous commendations for his service and high level of productivity. Alan is a positive role model who leads by example by always giving 110% and consistently displays a positive attitude, in the face of every situation. He is knowledgeable, friendly, trustworthy, valued, and admired. He is truly a servant leader that always puts the welfare and best interest of the citizens and the organization above his own.
Subsequently, I am honored to be able to nominate Alan Jarvis for the 2015 Emergency Vehicle Technician of the year award. This summary above doesn't begin to do him and how incredible he is justice but it provides a glimpse as to why the entire department, myself included, feel that he should be recognized as Firehouse's Emergency Vehicle Technician of the Year."
Congratulations to Big Al, as he is affectionately known at the department, on being recognized nationwide for your wonderful work. Thank you for your committed service to Lakeland and to the Lakeland Fire Department!
Read more about the award from Firehouse Magazine here.
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It's Going to Be a HOT Holiday: Presenting The Rescued Pets 2016 Calendar
Animal and firefighter lovers everywhere can rejoice this holiday season because SPCA Florida and the Lakeland Fire Department (LFD) are presenting the ultimate stocking stuffer – The Rescued Pets 2016 Calendar!
The calendar features SPCA Florida's rescued pets and real Lakeland firefighters beautifully photographed and presented each month of the year along with helpful information and safety tips from both organizations.
The high quality calendars are only $10.00 and make the perfect gift for the upcoming holidays. Sales begin today and can be purchased:
Online at www.spcaflorida.org or
In person at
Cash and checks are accepted at all sites. Credit cards are only accepted online at www.spcaflorida.organd at SPCA Florida's Medical Center, Adoption Center, and Administration buildings.
The calendar was created as part of SPCA Florida and LFD's partnership announced earlier in the year (goo.gl/snL1Oy). All proceeds from the calendar will go directly to helping animals rescued by the Lakeland Fire Department that are encountered on human emergency scenes. Thanks to the partnership of the two organizations and donations like yours through the purchase of this calendar, many animals have and will continue to be treated at SPCA Florida's Reva McClurg Animal Medical Center featuring a state-of-the-art hyperbaric chamber for pets. The funds collected from the sale of this calendar will also help with the purchase of new animal-specific rescue equipment for LFD apparatus.
This partnership is just another great way for SPCA Florida to expand on its mission of helping animals while the Lakeland Fire Department can show its compassion and care for all of the living creatures in its community.
The Lakeland Fire Department is very excited to announce that it will be unveiling its Commemorative Firefighter Sculpture and Reflection Area on Tuesday, December 8, 2015 from 10:30 am to 11:30 am. The dedication and unveiling ceremony will take place at the site of the artistic installation, located directly in front of Fire Station 1 at 701 E Main Street.
The project was envisioned by Lakeland's firefighters as a way to recognize and honor the sacrifice made by those that serve in the fire service. The Lakeland Fire Department is very fortunate to not have any line of duty deaths at the department so the sculpture is not intended as a memorial, but rather as a commemorative monument to recognize the sacrifice made by firefighters at the City of Lakeland in service to their community.
The sculpture and reflection area will honor their commitment, service, and enduring spirit to provide exceptional emergency service and care for those in need. This monument will be dedicated in gratitude, respect, and recognition of all of Lakeland's firefighters past, present, and future.
The project has been seven years in the making; with the first five years being a grassroots fundraising campaign. Firefighters of the department directly contributed approximately $70,000 of their personal funds through monthly contributions to raise the bulk of the funds needed. In the past two years community contributions were sought for additional funds and several organizations (listed at www.lakelandgov.net/LFD) contribute, in addition to the firefighters, to make the project a reality.
The Lakeland Fire Department's Commemorative Firefighter Sculpture and Reflection Area will live on in perpetuity through contributions from the Lakeland Firefighter Foundation Fund of the GiveWell Community Foundation. Donations are still welcome to help with the maintenance, upkeep, and future development of this project and other projects that will enrich the Lakeland community and create awareness of the local fire service. Donations can be directed to the Lakeland Firefighter Foundation Fund at http://www.givecf.org/ or by visiting http://www.lakelandgov.net/lfd and clicking Donate Now.
All members of the community are welcome at the ceremony and all are strongly encouraged to share this information and the attached invitation.
The Lakeland Fire Department (LFD) is excited to announce that the department's annual holiday toy drive kicks off today, November 30, 2015 and runs through Wednesday, December 16, 2015.
Community members are welcome to drop off a new, unwrapped toy at any of LFD's 7 fire stations. The toy drive will benefit the Children's Home Society of Greater Lakeland (https://www.chsfl.org) and the Dream Center of Lakeland (http://dreamcenterlakeland.org), who will distribute the collected gifts to Lakeland's children in need.
This is the third year in a row that the Lakeland Fire Department sponsors a toy drive and the event has been very successful in years past thanks to the donations of the community and firefighters that generously provide toys. In 2014, over $8,000 in toys were donated to children in Lakeland!
"Out of the many events our department sponsors and participates, this is one we all look forward to every year" says Fire Chief Gary Ballard. "The holidays are a time to reflect on our blessings and to give back to those in need. This annual toy drive helps hundreds of children in Lakeland by allowing them to enjoy the holidays by knowing that they are cared for by their community."
Station locations were toys can be dropped can be found here.
Citrus Center Colony, a mobile home community for residents 55 years of age and older, is located at 1111 W Beacon Rd. The community was recently in the news after a tragic fire fatality that occurred at the community on November 11, 2015. In light of the recent events, the Lakeland Fire Department and the American Red Cross want to perform this smoke alarm campaign while the issue of fire safety is fresh on residents' minds. Event organizers want to raise awareness among residence on the fact that mobile homes are more susceptible to severe damage from home fires, elderly adults are more likely to die in a fire, and that working smoke alarms are proven to save lives.
This effort is a result of a partnership between LFD and the American Red Cross who kicked off a national campaign in early 2015 to reduce deaths and injuries through the use of smoke alarms in neighborhoods. This will be the second time LFD and the American Red Cross partner to install smoke alarms. The first event took place in February 2015 and was a success.
During the smoke alarm installation program, firefighters and community volunteers will fan out to the approximately 200 homes inside the Citrus Center Colony mobile home community.
Installing smoke alarms in the homes of Lakeland residents who don't have them will increase their odds of surviving a home fire. According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), working smoke alarms are the key to saving lives from fire. "Smoke alarms are the most effective early warning device there is," says Public Education Officer, Janel Vasallo. "Just having a smoke alarm in your home cuts the chance of dying in a fire in half."
"Our goal is to make sure residents have the protection of a smoke alarm," says Rusty Brown of the American Red Cross, who helped coordinate the effort "because smoke alarms alone won't prevent every fire death, our project includes educating residents to have a home fire escape plan so they know what to do if the smoke alarm sounds."
The event will kick off at Fire Station 2 located at 2104 S. Florida Ave. at 9:00 AM.
Lakeland Receives New Fire Protection Rating; the Highest Achievable Level
Lakeland, FL - The Lakeland Fire Department (LFD) is proud to announce that its Insurance Service Office (ISO) Public Protection Classification (PPC) score has improved by an entire rating level from its previous score of a 2, awarded in January 2014, to the highest possible score of a 1. This increased score to the highest possible rating available may have an influence in reducing insurance rates for Lakeland residents and businesses. The score plays a role in how insurance companies - including the largest in the nation - figure rates and decision making in regards to who they underwrite for insurance. It also impacts economic development.
The score, based on a scale from 1 to 10, with 1 representing the highest level of fire suppression standards and 10 indicating no recognized fire protection, is produced by ISO through an extensive evaluation process. The department's services, response times, equipment, personnel, training efforts, community risk reduction, and more were evaluated to develop a final score. That score in turn provides both insurers and the fire department a comprehensive measure to rate the quality of the fire protection they provide. In Lakeland's case, it's new PPC score of a 1 indicates that the Lakeland Fire Department provides the highest level of service.
The improvements in the score were determined in a reevaluation audit that took place earlier in the year. Evaluators took into account LFD's addition of an Engine Company, Truck Company, and additional personnel added with the opening of Fire Station 7 in January 2015. The new station which was opened to better serve the southwest neighborhoods of Lakeland in turn helped benefit the entire City of Lakeland through the improved ISO PPC score. Additionally, gains that led to a PPC score of 1 were made in the evaluated categories of emergency communications and community outreach.
"The men and women of the Lakeland Fire Department worked very hard to achieve this accomplishment even in times of fiscal limitations where the department has been asked to do more with less. This is the first time in the history of the department, in the ISO era, that we have accomplished to reach the highest level of public protection classification. This translates to very real and positive outcomes for the citizens of Lakeland." said Training Chief John Almskog, who was instrumental in coordinating the review along with Assistant Chief of Operations Doug Riley and Battalion Chief Mike Williams.
ISO auditors visited in October 2015, during which Lakeland's Fire Department, Water Department, and Emergency Communications Center were evaluated to come up with the final determination. The official announcement of the new rating was made Monday, November 16, 2015 and the new score will be effective February 1, 2016.
Of the 614 ISO rated communities in Florida, only 19 have a level 1 classification placing Lakeland in the top 3rd percentile in regards to quality and fire protection of fire departments in the state. Nationwide, there are only 132 of 48,754 rated communities which have a score of 1, which the Lakeland Fire Department now has.
Now Hiring: The Lakeland Fire Department is Looking for the Best
The Lakeland Fire Department (LFD) is excited to announce that it will be accepting applications to fill vacant firefighter positions starting November 15, 2015 through November 30, 2015. The firefighters to be hired will fill positions left by recent retirements. At minimum, six firefighters will be hired.
The Lakeland Fire Department offers competitive pay and benefits, extensive professional development, and is an established public safety leader in the region. As a result it is a highly desirable fire department to work for, often receiving hundreds of applications in a short window of time when vacancies are opened. More information about necessary qualifications, how to apply, and pay and benefits is available at http://www.lakelandgov.net/lfd. An employment brochure and a 25 minute video production "Fully Involved: What it means to be a Lakeland Firefighter" is also available at the Lakeland Fire Department website to provide prospective applicants more information about why they should apply.
Qualified applicants are encouraged to apply at www.lakelandgov.net/employmentservices .
Applications are only accepted online. Diverse applicants representative of Lakeland's community that meet the firefighter employment requirements are strongly encouraged to apply.
LFD utilizes the National Testing Network (NTN) and requires a Candidate Physical Abilities Test (CPAT) of all applicants. The City of Lakeland is a drug-free work place and an equal opportunity employer.
More about the Lakeland Fire Department:
Established in 1916, the Lakeland Fire Department has a rich history and will celebrate its centennial with 100 years of service as a career fire department in August 2016. The department has seven stations serving approximately 100,000 people in the City of Lakeland. The department has 170 employees, of which 150 are emergency response personnel. In 2015, the department responded to over 22,000 service calls in its 84 square-mile response area, which includes the city limits as well as portions of unincorporated Lakeland.
The department offers a wide range of services which includes heavy rescue, technical rescue, fire prevention, fire code enforcement, fire investigation, aircraft rescue and firefighting, and in-house fleet maintenance; all in addition to a high level of fire suppression and emergency medical response that the department is known for. The Lakeland Fire Department is also passionate about being an active participant in its community and consistently giving back through philanthropic efforts and through non-emergency services such as community outreach and preventative public education.


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