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Historic Coca Cola bottles discontinuedAfter decades, Coca Cola will no longer be available in 6.5 ounce glass bottles. The last factory using the bottles produced its last batch on Tuesday.
The catch behind Coca-Cola's switch to plant-based bottlesYou may have seen the recent news that Coca-Cola is ramping up its production of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) made with plant-based glycol instead of petroleum-derived glycol.
Alex Bogusky Takes on Coca-Cola, Soda CompaniesFor years, his former agency, CP&B, was employed by Coca-Cola (working on the Coke Zero brand). In a similar fashion, Mr. Bogusky created advertising for Burger King and later launched a book called the "9 Inch Diet" and condemned fast-food companies.
DSD Logistics: Coca-Cola RefreshmentsWhen the Coca-Cola Co. bought the North American operations of bottler Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) in February 2010, the result was a lot more uniformity across the business, including its direct-store-delivery operations, one of the biggest DSD ...
Coca-Cola, PepsiCo to post calorie counts on vending machinesOct. 8 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. soft drink companies led by Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo Inc. have agreed to put calorie counts on vending machinesoft drinks and encourage low-calorie drinks as sugary beverages come under increasing scrutiny.
Is Coca-Cola a Good Stock to Buy?Warren Buffett really likes The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO). Berkshire Hathaway has had a large position in the stock for decades, as Buffett identified it as his classic case of a value stock with a "moat" in the form of its strong brand name and ...
Coca Cola installs Kinect controller in vending machine, dancing ensuesIn a marketing move that is decidedly Pavlovian in scope, Coca Cola has recently installed a new - and remarkably large - model of vending machine in a South Korean shopping mall.
McDowell's, Coca-Cola support creativity at Inception 2012McDowell's and Coca-Cola Nigeria, major sponsors of Inception 2012, strengthened their continuous support for youth creativity and development with the summer beach party.
DSD Logistics: Coca-Cola RefreshmentWhen the Coca-Cola Co. bought the North American operations of bottler Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) in February 2010, the result was a lot more uniformity across the business, including its direct-store-delivery operations, one of the biggest DSD ...
Coca-Cola Field / Buffalo BisonsThe stadium gained its current name of Coca-Cola Field entering the 2009 campaign, as the team changed affiliations to the New York Mets.
Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola November 2012 LineupDizzy's Club Coca-Cola is thrilled to continue the Hot Fives Special-$5 cover, $5 menu and $5 drinks-most nights at the Late Night Session set, a great way for patrons to hear some of the most talented young lions of jazz while enjoying spectacular ...
Coca-Cola signs an endorsement agreement with Salman KhanJAMMU, Oct 9: Coca-Cola India, the country's leading beverage company, today announced that it has entered into an endorsement agreement with megastar Salman Khan, for its brand Thums Up.
Arambulo, 2 others top Coca-Cola kartingMANILA, Philippines - Dylan Arambulo of Fern-C Racing posted a double victory while Tai Zulberti of City Kart and Flynn Jackes of TRS-Castrol Kids topped their respective divisions in the Coca-Cola Karting Super Series at Clark International Speedway ...
Tristan Wilds To Co-Host Coca-Cola Online Pre-Show for AMAsTristan Wilds chills out backstage with stylist Brad Goreski, Lance Bass, and singer Kimberly Cole during the 2012 American Music Awards nominations press conference held at the JW Marriott Los Angeles at L.A.
MCREYNOLDS: Charlotte Tough On Some Top DriversThe majority of the Coca-Cola 600 is run in the night, but it's still a fairly significant difference in weather conditions.
Argus Raises Price Target on Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE)Shares of Coca-Cola Enterprises traded down 0.22% during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting $32.03. Coca-Cola Enterprises has a one year low of $24.20 and a one year high of $32.29.
Diageo, 3M, Coca-Cola to Speak at JUMP New YorkSpeakers presenting include: Christy Amador, Global Digital Marketing Manager, The Coca-Cola Company; Venky Balakrishnan, VP, Global Marketing, Diageo; David Rogers, Executive Director, Columbia Business School Brand Center and Hugh Murphy, ...
Matt Kenseth, Jack Roush still winning combinationThat win - in the Coca-Cola 600 - came more than 12 years ago. This weekend, Kenseth, who will leave Roush Fenway Racing for Joe Gibbs Racing next season, can bookend his tenure with the organization with a victory at Charlotte in Saturday night's ...
Most Valuable Global Brands: Coca-Cola, Apple, and IBMCoca-Cola, Apple, and IBM became the three most valuable brands in 2012, according to Interbrand's 13th annual Best Global Brands report.
Titiksha Public School wbeat Venketeshwara Public School in Coca-Cola ...New Delhi: Manas's blistering half-century helped Titiksha Public School, Rohini beat Venkateshwara Public School, Dwarka Sec.
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Last night she used her elbow.
Have you ever had your IT Band "roll" over? Here I am laying on my left side with the PT's elbow deep into the IT Band when she "rolls" it over and suddenly I am screaming bloody murder and flattened on my stomach on the bench in pure agony. Meanwhile she is laughing.
This happened 2 more times.
She kept asking me why I was so quiet. Cuz I am biting my tongue in pain!?!?! haha!
The good news is that I am much looser than a week ago. I can bend over and touch my toes now (a first). I need to do my alignment lunges more often and I need to continue to keep up with the foam roller.
I drank two beers after that session and I go in again for round #3 next week, same time, same elbow.

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July, July pudding and pie!
So guys, super sorry that I'm mega late on this. But I felt like I just can't leave this Crate out of the equation, it was AMAZING. The theme was Wanderlust and it contained a LOTR bag… GOOD LORD HOLD MY ONE RING TO RULE THEM ALL.
July's box includes:
- 'The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue' by Mackenzi Lee (with an exclusive cover, letter and signed bookplate for Owlcrate)
- 'Newt Scamander' Pocket POP Keychain by FUNKO
- Cute little 'Urban Cities' notebook (Ooly)
- A Darker Shade of Music inspired pocket mirror (Made by Miss Phi)
- Looking for Alaska Art print (By Shailey Ann Designs)
- Owl Bag Tag… what a HOOT! no? (by Mudpuppy)
- LOTR inspired Drawstring Backpack (Owlcrate)
- Airplane badge (Owlcrate)
- Map linking to the The Gentleman's Guide
I have read the book contained within July's Owlcrate and it was great! I will be posting my review in the next day or two, it was fun and different from anything I have read before. It was nice to read something that was exciting to read, however quite laid back?
If anyone else has read it let me know what you think for sure! The theme for August is Wicked!
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I spent Easter in Italy, and though I'd tried to learn some of the language, I wasn't exactly fluent and had difficulty making myself understood. It helped me to imagine the frustration felt by the children with severe learning difficulties at my special school, and gave me an insight into the causes of their "challenging" behaviour, reinforcing my belief that most of it has its roots in communication problems.
First of all, the words I taught myself were just the basics: please, thank you, toilet and hello. Exactly the ones we teach our children, either by sign or speech. They helped me, but were limiting; I couldn't comment, explain or describe anything, but at least I was able to get what I needed.
Or so I thought.
Sleep, of course, is a basic human requirement, but after two nights at a hotel where dozens of 17-year-old Italians were on their holidays, I just wasn't getting any. They were up all night. They called to each other, phoned each other and chatted, laughed, smoked, drank and shouted. On the third night, I put up with it until midnight; then my companion and I decided we must do something. This was when I felt as helpless as the children at my school when they are trying to tell us they have a stone in their shoe or a headache and can't get through.
The night staff at the hotel spoke only Italian. We spoke English, but had a little French and Spanish between us, so what should we do? My first thought was to tackle the youngsters directly. We spoke to them, mostly in English, but using the little Italian we knew, asking them please to be quiet. No response. Except a few giggles. What a sight we must have been, two middle-aged English ladies in their pyjamas hopping up and down in anger. How else could we let our feelings be known? I went down to reception and tried to sign, gesture and use what language I could to let the staff know that we weren't able to sleep. No response.
I went back to the room and discussed further tactics with my companion. As happens with the children I teach, we considered more extreme behaviour in order to get attention and to get what we wanted. Should we scream and shout? Should we go down to the lobby in our pyjamas, dragging our blankets, and curl up on one of the nice settees? What about self injury? What if they saw us bleary-eyed next morning and we were run over by a Vespa because we were too tired to notice it?Surely then they would realise that we needed sleep. As the noise continued and the feeling of powerlessness grew, I felt more and more frustrated. If I'd had missiles I would have thrown them at the youngsters, and the hotel staff. As it was, I felt like wrecking the room, jumping out of the window or running around the hotel shrieking just to relieve the frustration and to get noticed.
Luckily, the youngsters moved on and we got some sleep. The following week I was home, talking English again to people who understood me - and signing up for Italian at night school. The children I teach are not so lucky. Many of them remain trapped, with that deep feeling of frustration and anger caused by their not getting attention when they want it, not always having their needs met and not being understood. So now whenever I have to take a deep breath and listen again to Sarah trying to tell me what happened on EastEnders last night, or deal with the aftermath of a child who has lost it and wrecked the classroom, I will try to remember my Roman holiday and be a little more patient. That's paziente.
Maria Corby is deputy head of a special school for pupils with severe and multiple learning difficulties. She writes under a pseudonym


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Strategic Plan for Community Transformation
August 2017
- 1.1.1 Mission
- 1.1.2 Vision
- 2.1 Core Principles for Approaching Community Transformation
- 2.2 Approach to Poverty Alleviation
- 2.3 Committee Responsibilities
- 2.3.1 Kenyan Committees
- 2.3.2 US Committees
Spring of Hope International (SOHI) is a 501.C3 non-profit organization registered in Spokane, Washington. The organization is dedicated to improving living conditions and promoting Christian spiritual growth among the people of the Karachuonyo region of Kenya and beyond. This is a rural region of approximately 50 square miles with a population of about 50,000. Extreme poverty, disease, and death are commonplace. Since its inception 13 years ago, SOHI has partnered with the hard-working people in this impoverished rural community empowering them to improve their lives. Thousands of lives have been touched. SOHI's mission, vision, and approach are focused on the organization being a catalyst to help local Kenyan communities develop affordable, self-reliant and sustainable solutions to their challenges.
SOHI is a Christian-based non-profit organization. As such, our motivation and the inspiration for our work in Kenya is grounded in our love for Christ and our desire to be His hands and feet in the world to demonstrate and communicate His love and accomplish His purposes. Jesus cared about and ministered to people's physical, emotional, and most importantly their spiritual needs. The fundamental objective of His coming to earth was to provide the means for all mankind to be reconciled to God and fellow mankind. SOHI seeks to emulate that level of love with the people we serve.
1.1.1 Mission
Empowering African Communities with the mindset and resources to alleviate extreme poverty
1.1.2 Vision
To nurture Christ-centered community transformation in Africa
Holistic and Sustainable growth are the key ingredients in SOHI's approach to poverty alleviation. The organization's foundational premises for addressing poverty are:
• Progress must be accomplished through empowerment of the local people.
• Transformation efforts should be holistic, thereby addressing all key aspects of society life rather than a single element; such as clean water alone, and
• Transformation should be sustainable with initiatives producing positive results that can be self-sufficient and transferable to other local communities.
History has shown that, except in the case of extreme emergency where immediate life-saving relief is required, handouts by themselves hinder, rather than facilitate sustainably improved community living conditions. This is because "handout-based charity" creates dependency and stifles the confidence and belief of the local people that they can improve their situation. Furthermore, well-intentioned "spot fixes" consistently fail to result in lasting solutions. Thus, long term partnership and commitment to community-lead transformation is the optimal approach to help the hurting.
The following list of core principles were derived from years of experience in the region as well as concepts from the book, "Mindset Change for Community Transformation" written by Bishop Titus Masika. This book chronicles the dramatic reduction of poverty that occurred in the Yatta community in central Kenya. As stated by Bishop Masika, "Community development is about people, not projects."
2.1 Core Principles for Approaching Community Transformation
Four core principles adopted by SOHI provide a roadmap against which all initiatives for assistance and empowerment are assessed.
- Core Principle # 1: Mindset change is essential to community transformation. This principle applies to all aspects of human life because a new or revised dream or vision for a better future provides a compass to guide the path forward. Having no compass or doing things in the same way they have been done for generations results in random wandering and/or no changed conditions. For community transformation to occur in rural Kenya, several fundamental changes in perspective will be helpful. Some key perspective changes are:
- From little or no hope for the future (futility) TO belief that life can and will improve.
- From fear that God may not be concerned with Kenyans' local circumstances TO certainty that God cares deeply about the people (individuals and community). He does not intend or desire for them to struggle to survive; instead, He intends for them to thrive through faith in Him and confidence that He will be the power behind transformation. God is the engine; the people are the vehicle for change.
- From individuals' feelings that they are victims and powerless to elicit change TO assurance that each person has God-given abilities and resources that can be used to improve their circumstances.
- From a church that loves God deeply but may not fully realize that they are God's children and agents for change TO a church that is excited and motivated to be leading the way for the entire region to improve physical, emotional, and spiritual living conditions. And in doing so, sharing God's love with the lost and enlisting them to be part of His army.
- From waiting passively for "someone" to do something to make things better TO stepping out and acting confidently and courageously to affect positive changes.
- Core Principle # 2: Community transformation must be a grassroots movement starting with individuals. As visualized in the graphic below, people living in poverty often hope and/or expect that the government will initiate and implement changes that will reduce or eliminate their suffering. Unfortunately, history has proven that this is seldom the case. Successful transformation from poverty is best implemented when individuals catch a vision of a better future and take action to make it happen—with the help of God.
The Mindset Change Approach is essentially the concept promoted by Bishop Masika that proved to be successful in Yatta and other communities in Africa. It is characterized by the following steps:
- Individuals catch the vision, begin acting, and share with families.
- Families work together to identify needs, resources, and implement positive change causing actions.
- Community members witness transformation taking place and join the army of change agents.
- Government removes "red tape" (bureaucratic roadblocks), encourages and supports transformative actions, and may provide some infrastructure and resources.
- Core Principle # 3: Simultaneous progress in all primary aspects of society life is foundational to holistic community transformation. These areas involve physical, intellectual, and spiritual facets of personal and community life that will lead to a healthier lifestyle and the alleviation of poverty. These focus areas include:
- Access to clean water is an essential physical factor that is crucial to physical health. Without healthy bodies, people cannot work or learn efficiently or effectively. This is a critical problem within the Karachuonyo Region since clean water is typically 300+ feet below ground. As a result, families without access to clean water resort to drinking pathogen laden water from ponds and rivers.
- Economic development is needed to provide the means for physical life improvements. In the current subsistence farming communities, agricultural irrigation is currently essentially non-existent. Thus, frequent chronic droughts devastate crops leaving farmers with dangerously little to eat and a lack of economic income to purchase necessities.As an initial step in economic development, irrigation, sourced by the collection of rainwater in hand dug water pans, will permit year-round farming and reliable crops for food security. This action will improve peoples' physical and emotional health and foster increased productivity and learning capacity. It will also result in crop yields greater than basic family survival needs. This excess can be sold thereby providing economic resources within the community for educational improvements, improved family living conditions, and starting new economic enterprises.
- Education of young people is essential for sustaining community development and imparting hope for a better future. Education of the youth, combined with its ensuing hope and vision, are the mechanism by which healthy and sustainable change will continue into the next generations of family and community leaders.
- Spiritual development provides the force behind community transformation. This power is the Spirit of God working in and through His people. Without hope people perish! This lasting hope can only be found when people put their faith in God. The church should be the catalyst to change with pastors preaching and exemplifying mindset change and the congregations leading the community by action and word.
- Access to clean water is an essential physical factor that is crucial to physical health. Without healthy bodies, people cannot work or learn efficiently or effectively. This is a critical problem within the Karachuonyo Region since clean water is typically 300+ feet below ground. As a result, families without access to clean water resort to drinking pathogen laden water from ponds and rivers.
- Core Principle # 4: Kenyans must lead community transformation–NGOs cannot. Transformation efforts that are not community led typically do not have the buy-in or ownership of the local people that must implement, sustain, and cultivate positive change. Thus, these efforts typically flounder or die.
- SOHI strives to be a junior partner with Kenyan leadership and the community owning and leading the changes. SOHI's primary roles are:
- Praying, loving, and encouraging.
- Assisting with the identification of technology solutions for resolving community identified needs.
- Assisting with planning and implementation of community initiatives.
- Providing training and education.
- Providing resources for sustainable transformation initiatives where appropriate.
- SOHI strives to be a junior partner with Kenyan leadership and the community owning and leading the changes. SOHI's primary roles are:
2.2 Approach to Poverty Alleviation
SOHI in collaboration with community leaders has identified four aspects of community life, termed Focus Areas, that are considered essential. The four Focus Areas that have been adopted include: Clean Water (and sanitation), Education, Economic Development, and Spiritual Development. These four areas, when addressed simultaneously within and by the community, will improve the physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being of the people and reduce poverty in a holistic way.
The Kenyan community, with the help of SOHI, has assembled four committees corresponding with the focus areas. They are made up of individuals with leadership talents, passion, and abilities to lead transformation initiatives in their respective focus areas. SOHI has assembled parallel "sister" committees in the United States to collaborate with the local committees. The functional model diagram, below, provides a visual representation of the parallel committees' inter-relationship.
Each Kenya-based committee, is supported by a corresponding committee in the US. Kenyan committees are largely made up of community appointed individuals with vision and recognized leadership abilities. Typically, two members participate from each of the four locations: West Kanyaluo, South Kanyaluo, East Kanyaluo, and Kanyipir. US committees are made up of typically 3 – 6 individuals that: 1) understand and are passionate about the work SOHI is doing in Kenya, 2) feel called to support the efforts within a specific focus area, have experience and/or expertise that will be beneficial to the committee's efforts, and 3) have the ability and willingness to commit time to participating on the work of the committee. Important to the success of this model are SOHI Kenyan employees, local to the region, who act as liaisons to facilitate communication between the US and Kenyan sister committees for each focus area. These individuals also act as the primary advocates and conduits for implementation of community transformation initiatives.
In keeping with the "Core Principles of Community Transformation", Kenyan committees lead community transformation initiatives working closely with their corresponding US counterparts as well as the other focus area committees. It should be noted that efforts in all four focus areas are interrelated and that great synergy can be realized through collaboration between committees.
SOHI's goal is to systematically promote healthy organic growth of community life improvements across the entire region. As one community is empowered, local community members become the catalyst, trainers, and leaders for continuing the work in neighboring areas. SOHI will continue to expand its support organically across the region. Empowerment spreads as
SOHI's help comes with an expectation that the recipients will freely share what is learned with their neighbors. Indeed, this is already becoming a reality in the Kanyaluo Location and beyond.
2.3 Committee Responsibilities.
Because of the different attributes and needs in each focus area, the different committees operate somewhat differently within the guidelines of the core principles discussed previously. Following are some common functions and activities that fall within the responsibility of committees.
2.3.1 Kenyan Committees
• Establish a charter that guides the responsibility and objectives of the committee.
• Determine and prioritize the greatest areas of need within the focus area.
• Identify community-based solutions.
• Identify local resources that can be utilized to implement solutions.
• Prepare plans for moving forward on initiatives. Share needs and plans with US committees for thoughts, ideas, and assistance.
• Train, encourage, and inspire community members to engage in plan implementation.
• Mobilize the community to get involved in community transformation efforts.
• Interface with the government on efforts and initiatives affecting the community. Acquire assistance where possible.
• Oversee sustainable solution initiative implementation.
2.3.2 US Committees
• Generate and propose simple, transferrable, sustainable ideas and technology solutions for community identified needs. Present these to the corresponding Kenya committee.
• Prepare research, analyses, studies, calculations.
• Arrange and/or perform training in Kenya.
• Develop tools/aids for planning, tracking progress, and pursuing funding.
• Apply for grants for special projects.
• Establish partnerships with NGOs to strengthen the resources and capabilities of SOHI.
• Spread the word about SOHI's work to generate new support in the US.
• Help raise funds for specific initiatives within the focus area or SOHI's work in general.
• Submit an annual budget for work within the focus area.
• Submit funding requests to SOHI board for special needs.
• Recruit for and participate in vision trips to Kenya.


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A day or two after Memorial Day, Sam Peyton, a black, 40 year old activist who I'd had contact with prior to and after the St. Louis Open Carry walk in October, 2014, contacted me on Facebook about an incident at the St. Louis Zoo.
You can read his words of what happened right here: http://tinyurl.com/obcqc9w, but essentially he was threatened with having the police called on him if he and his EMPTY holster didn't leave the Zoo.
We talked about what happened, then decided on a two-pronged approach: he would contact the Zoo and ask about what kind of training the Zoo security people received (essentially an open records request which has still NOT been responded to), and I would contact Zoo management, not as Jeffry Smith - gun rights activist, but as Jeff Smith - inquisitive potential patron.
I called and left a message for Wyndel Hill, Zoo VP of Internal Relations, on Thursday or Friday (5/28 or 5/29/15) in which I stated that I understood that the Zoo had "No Guns" signage, and that I'd like to speak with him or someone else about it.
While I was awaiting a response, on Friday (5/29/15) I sent the following note (still unresponded to) to Susan Gallagher, head of Public Relations for the Zoo:
Ms. Gallagher,
I spoke with Steve Barth the other day, and he told me that I should direct my communications to you, at least initially.
I'll be visiting St. Louis in June, and it is my intention to visit the Zoo. Recently I've been told of something which concerns me greatly, which is that supposedly "No guns" signage has been posted at the Zoo entrances, evidently meant to inform patrons that they may not have a gun while in the Zoo.
This troubles me in a number of ways, including my belief that a firearm left in a car is a great deal more likely to be stolen, and ultimately misused, than one kept with its owner.
Would you please tell me the following:
1) Is what I have been told correct – the Zoo has posted "No guns" signage?
2) If #1 is accurate, under what authority has the Zoo posted such signage?
3) If #1 is accurate, who should I communicate with about getting the policy changed? Please provide the appropriate e-mail address(es)/phone number(s).
4) What municipality is the Zoo located within?
Thank you very much, and I look forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience.
Jeff Smith


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Yet the fourth-seeded Terrapins (26-7) arrived here as a prohibitive underdog, attempting to advance to another regional final with a win in Saturday afternoon's game at Webster Bank Arena against No. 1 seed
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The Terrapins coaches reiterated the game plan in preparation for Saturday's matchup, and it's partially how other teams —
"I think, similar to last time, we've got to lock in on defense, and that will lead to our offense," Maryland junior forward Alyssa Thomas said. "Last time, I think we did a really good job defending them, so we've just got to keep that up."
In the December game — the first all-time meeting between the schools — Maryland limited Connecticut to 38 percent shooting. That was the Huskies' second-lowest percentage this season, and it helped the Terrapins whittle the margin to seven with 12:59 left in regulation before Connecticut scored eight in a row to pull away.
The Terrapins also forced 17 turnovers, three more than Connecticut averages. In their four losses this season — three to Notre Dame and one to Baylor — the Huskies committed more turnovers than their opponent, including a season-high 35 in a 96-87 loss in triple overtime to the Fighting Irish on March 4.
No other team in the country has been able to frustrate Connecticut like Notre Dame, which is 6-1 against the Huskies in the past two seasons. The Fighting Irish forced more turnovers than it committed in each of those wins, which is key since Notre Dame had a lower shooting percentage than Connecticut in five of the six victories.
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The Terrapins, meanwhile, had issues scoring in the last game against Connecticut. Maryland's point total that evening was its lowest of the season, and it came one game after starting guard Laurin Mincy suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament.
Also without sophomore point guard Brene Moseley, who tore her ACL in October, Maryland was only beginning to assemble a regular rotation in which Thomas has been asked to handle the ball much more than in her first two seasons. In adjusting to her new duties, the two-time
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Why McCain's Ad Strategy is Brilliant (and I'm Serious)
Yes, I'm completely serious. McCain's new ad and campaign strategy is brilliant – evil, of course – but brilliant nonetheless. On the surface they seem juvenile and mock-able, which they are of course, but from a long-term strategy goal for John McCain, this new campaign approach is dangerously effective. No, I'm not being snarky. And you know I'm no concern troll.
My essential thesis is this:
John McCain's entire series of negative, sophmoric, attack ads are part of a coordinated strategy to firm up the Republican base of support by turning them against Barack Obama. And it's working.
Remember the first few weeks of the campaign? McCain tried to make a case for himself, but it wasn't working. He was showing up in front of green screens, nothing was going right for the guy. Then Steve Schmidt and the gang show up and what starts to happen? Attacking Barack Obama all-the-time, non-stop. Almost nothing pro-McCain. As the Times reported today:
After spending much of the summer searching for an effective line of attack against Senator Barack Obama, Senator John McCain is beginning a newly aggressive campaign to define Mr. Obama as arrogant, out of touch and unprepared for the presidency.
On Wednesday alone, the McCain campaign released a new advertisement suggesting — and not in a good way — that Mr. Obama was a celebrity along the lines of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. Republicans tried to portray Mr. Obama as a candidate who believed the race was all about him, relying on what Democrats said was a completely inaccurate quotation.
The Republican National Committee began an anti-Obama Web site called "Audacity Watch," a play on the title of Mr. Obama's book "The Audacity of Hope." And, in a concerted volley of television interviews, news releases and e-mail, campaign representatives attacked him on a wide range of issues, including tax policies and energy proposals.
The moves are the McCain campaign's most full-throttled effort to define Mr. Obama negatively, on its own terms, by creating a narrative intended to turn the public off to an opponent. (emphasis mine)
We laugh and laugh about it, but in the meantime, McCain's poll numbers in national polls have consolidated in the mid-40s.
Battleground state polls are starting to show effect today. Today's Quinnipiac polls show some worrying trends as well (though Obama is still ahead). In Florida, for example:
Independent voters in the state have shifted toward McCain — 46 percent support him compared with 41 percent who prefer Obama. In the same poll taken last month, Obama led among independents, 47 percent to 37 percent.
And in the national bloodstream? The general meme of "presumptuous" or "celebrity" Obama – are they starting to leak out there? Well, take a look at today's Politico:
Perhaps one of the clearest indications emerged Tuesday from the world of late-night comedy, when David Letterman offered his "Top Ten Signs Barack Obama is Overconfident." The examples included Obama proposing to change the name of Oklahoma to "Oklobama," and measuring his head for Mount Rushmore.
And the snickers about Obama's perceived smugness may have a very real political impact as McCain launched its most forceful effort yet to define him negatively. It released a TV ad Wednesday describing Obama as the "biggest celebrity in the world," comparable to Paris Hilton and Britney Spears, stars who are famous for attitude rather than accomplishments.
The harsher treatment from comedians and columnists – coupled with the shift by McCain from attacking on policy to character issues – underscores the fine line that Obama is walking between confident and cocky. Once at pains to present himself as presidential, Obama now faces criticism for doing it too well.
Now, let's take a step back and see where John McCain was:
1) First, we have a candidate who was not exactly beloved in the Republican party.
2) Second, he was having a great deal of trouble firming up his base and getting them excited enough to even bother to vote.
3) Third, he tried moving towards them on policy, but that's proven to be a bit of a dud as none of them trust or believe him.
So, a major candidate without a strong base of support in his own party, and almost no way to encourage Republicans to vote FOR him.
The solution? Turn them against Barack Obama in a big way, and in doing so, consolidate a passionate base that, with enough stoking of the flames, will hate the liberal black candidate the Democrats have put up and will do whatever they can to vote against him.
He's presumptuous, an empty suit celebrity along the lines of young white girls like Britney Spears and Paris Hilton? Even worse. Man, we have to vote against that guy!
And what starts to happen? A guy like James Dobson, who previously said "no way" to voting for McCain "under any circumstances," now says:
"Neither of the candidates is consistent with my views," Dr. Dobson said, speaking as a private citizen. "But Senator McCain is certainly closer to them than Senator Obama by a wide margin.
And so they jump to some nasty attacks over and over:
Obama would rather lose a war, Obama is a celebrity, Obama is an empty suit, Obama won't visit the troops.
Repeat after me. Get Rush and the gang to repeat it (they are). Over and over again.
And what's starting to happen? Polls are solidifying. The right-wing base is starting to gel. You see "movement among independents" (many of them who were disaffected Republicans apt to lean right anyway, but these attacks are persuading them).
This is part of step one in McCain's strategy: SOLIDIFY THE BASE. That's what he's doing this summer. In the fall you'll start to see him pivot and try to go after the swing voters in hopes of getting 50.1%, but in the meantime, he's been very successful at firming up his base, and these ads are an essential part to that strategy.
The NYTimes calls it the "low road?" Perfect! The GOP base hates the NYTimes. Hell, the NYTimes went after Hillary late in the primaries when she was getting nasty (and more effective).
And what's the Obama campaign doing in all this? Taking the "high road."
Axelrod says "This isn't the McCain we expected." Robert Gibbs: "McCain is an honorable man, running an increasingly dishonorable campaign. Barack Obama: "You need to ask him what he's for, not what he's against."
We have a perfect storm for the GOP: an unpopular president, a declining economy, and a war everyone wants to see end – not to mention, an inherently weak candidate. The ONLY way they can win is to tear down Obama enough to firm up their base, then find a way to pivot and make themselves seem appealing to those last few percentage points. And that's exactly what they're doing. And the Obama campaign is letting them.
Get scrappy Obama, no more worrying about "looking Presidential." The high road is for suckers and we thought you knew this. Winning is really quite simple:
"John McCain is Bush's 3rd Term" and "John McCain is Completely Out of Touch and Knows Nothing about the Economy"
Repeat it over and over. Not just Obama, but a coordinated surrogate strategy with really tough talking points. Call his ads "pathetic" and what you'd expect from someone "who has nothing to offer but a 3rd Bush term and knows nothing about the economy."
Frame HIM instead of allowing yourself to be framed. Because don't be fooled Obama folks or Kossacks, that's what's starting to happen.
Victory may still be ours, but a landslide is increasingly unlikely and victory will be tougher to achieve. We have a very small window, a VERY small window to start pushing back aggressively. And accusing McCain of taking the "low road" won't do it. We need to get in the muck and define him.
Offense. It's what's for dinner.
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"We have a very small window, a VERY small window to start pushing back aggressively. And accusing McCain of taking the "low road" won't do it. We need to get in the muck and define him."
Good luck with that.
I don't happen to own a radio or TV station, so all I can do is preach to the choir on liberal blogs on the intertubes. Apparently you have some greater communications resources at your disposal that will allow you to reach the masses, as well as the persuadable voters. Please update us and let us know where to look as your media campaign unfolds, and as you begin to "define" McCain.
Comment by some dude | July 31, 2008 |
Great analysis. But please forward to Obama camp.
Comment by Grace Jensen | July 31, 2008 |
Glad to see that McCain's "base has been solidifying" within 36 hours of an ad being released.
You have Super Spidey Sense with polls. I quake at your brilliance
Comment by Chester | July 31, 2008 |
Great commentary. I keep begging the Obama campaign and Democrats in general to go on the offensive and stop responding with these weak, generous defenses, but it's depressing how little any of them take this seriously. Why do they keep calling McCain "honorable"? He's lying, uttering vicious smears, flipflopping on a daily basis, and constantly slamming Obama, as are his proxies in the Republican Party apparatus *and* the establishment media (just look at the newest claptrap from Maureen Dowd, Dana Milbank, Jake Tapper, etc.), but neither the Obama folks or the Democrats are calling McCain on any of it. In addition to debunking the McCain smears about Obama's canceled visit to Landstuhl, why didn't Obama and other Democrats blast the media on McCain's repeated failure to vote on behalf of the troops? There should have been a week-long blitz on this stuff. Every single day we should have heard, "McCain says he supports the troops but he votes with President Bush against them over and over." EVERY SINGLE DAY we should be hearing this. Yet instead we get weak responses, the Obama campaign is letting the *media* do the debunking, and McCain just gets to keep repeating the smear and look as if he really does care more about the troops. Obama's people may not believe this kind of stuff sticks, but it does. I just pray they will wake up before it's too late….
Comment by eddie's father | July 31, 2008 |
People forget that camp Obama never panicked when the poll was against them in the primary…20 points behind Hillary they never panicked. The press, media talking heads write him off as a loser but we see what happen…with McCain they know what they are doing…Summer is time to set up the apparatus to win in fall…watch starting from the convention till election day what they will do to McCain…While i believe that independent progressive groups like Moveon and labor groups should strike back hard at McCain…Team Obama do not panic as they already develop their strategy and will keep to it.
Comment by Stan | July 31, 2008 |
Also i think that people are underestimating Barack…the guy is African American leading a white named McCain in the poll and in primary he defeated the feared Clinton Machine…common people it is summer people are not paying attention yet but watch out for fall…by the way i agree with Stan's comment @ #9
Comment by Emmy | July 31, 2008 |
I agree with this article entirely. It seems to me the new McCain ads are going to be effective with the swing voters. I think Obama's team needs to constantly hammer McCain with the idea that he is leading a DISHONORABLE effort to gain the White House. Attack him at his strength is Rove's method and this is how to do it. Don't pull punches, don't diddle around with flacid pokes, be tough and firm. A couple on his greater team tried the dishonorable idea but they were nearly appologetic when the said it. I tell you it drives me nuts to see the dems' reticence at striking back.
Comment by Michael | July 31, 2008 |
I agree with this analysis and have been talking about it with people for several weeks. McCain can have something of a free run at raising Obama's negatives because, after all, he black, educated, charismatic, etc.
These kinds of messages work directly with those who want to believe them, but also — and more importantly — impact the low-information independence voter, who makes decisions not on policy but an overall 'feeling'. For McCain, that's a positive because of his biography. For Obama, that's a negative because he is black.
Obama's only effective line of negative attack would be something like "McCain — a man of contrasts":
1) He's a war hero, but voted against better care for our troops.
2) He was a prisoner of war, but wants to keep the entire country a prisoner of the war in Iraq.
3) He's a supposed 'straight-talker', but changed his mind on tax cuts for the rich — now he's in favor of it — and for potentially damaging our coasts with risky, expensive off-shore drilling — he used to be against it.
4) He's for campaign finance reform, but only after he was caught himself in the Keating 5 scandal.
I hard-hitting series of these kinds of ads would help with independents, who are ready for a change.
Comment by Dan L. | July 31, 2008 |
It's sad to see a repeat of the previous election; it happened to Kerry and one would think the democrats and their leadership would now have a clear and formidable attack & counter-attack strategy of their own. During the previuous election, Kerry was rumored to have cautioned democrats to desist from attacking Bush. Many voices echoed sentiments similar to those in this lead article, but the democrats and the candidate were oblivious to and, perhaps, dismissive of such voices.
What is also worring is democrats leave their own to fry and roast in the heat of the republican smear– their (democrats') attitude to republicans' vitriol attack on another democrat is: It is your show; it is your election; Fend for, and defend yourself. Contrast democrats' passive response to malicious & brazenly untrue attacks on Obama with the republicans' reponse to the mere suggestion McCain has issues with fidelity (even republicans who do not necessarily applaud McCain's candidacy came to his defense and squashed the story).
It is very sad because those who are close to, and manage Obama's campaing probably dismiss our voices as those by people who do not understand how politics work. One would think that smear that doomed Kerry's bid is a stark and clear lesson to democrats; one would think the dying days of Clinton-Obama duel would be a quick reminder to Obama handlers of the effectiveness of the republican/Rove's "play book."
It is my sincere hope that Obama handlers rethink their strategy; I am convinced that if Obama is ceaselessly rebutting or defending allegations, he will lose the election. It is also my hope Obama himself ceases playing into the "arrogance" stereotype. Yes, he has power of speech his rival does not match– he can speak to crowds. Nonetheless, if he does not refine his retail-politiking skills, he will lose a significant segment of voters. The preceding lead article is on target on a wide range of issues: Whispers of, "Obama is too arrogant," "the guy thinks he is already the President," "the guy walks into a room and has a hard time connecting with individuals one-on-one," are intensifying.
The window is not too wide. I hope someone close to the campaign takes notice and speaks frankly with the candidate about these matters.
Comment by Mekus | July 31, 2008 |
Here's an article which I believe has helped to explain why the media bias against Obama. Read it and I think you will agree.
Comment by SharonAustinTX | July 31, 2008 |
Here are some additional ways to go after McCain.
1. Mock McCain on the Off Shore Drilling Hoax
Premise: McCain doesn't agree to drill in Alaska. He states that its a national emergency. He states that he will always protect America from all threats foriegn and domestic. Well if he truly believes that Off Shore Oil Drilling will bring down prices and it will help the American people why not drill in Anwar.
Mocks: What do the polar bears have on McCain? Why would he turn his back on the American people for polar bears and caribou? If we are going to take risks with the environment for oil, don't the coasts of Florida and California mean to the American people than a tundra that 99.99% of American's have never visited?
Hammer: He doesn't want to drill in Anwar, because the Drill Now Campaign is a hoax and he thinks the American people are stupid enough to believe him. Even the Bush administration states that there will be no effect on prices.
According to McCain and Bush, the effect is psychological. Just to get elected, they are willing to say anything.
Solution: Drill now is not the answer. We need to need to be oil independent. Obama is investing $150 Billion over ten years to build our economic security by eliminating oil as our major engine for energy.
There is also another opportunity to erode John McCain's support from the right.
2. Mock McCain on National Security (National Security Republican Strategy)
Premise: Drill Now Campaign is dangerous to our national security. Russia, Venezuela, Iran, etc. all are trying to do us harm and undercut our economy and using oil revenue to do it.
Mock: Why is McCain trying to put this country in danger by sending $700 Billion of our dollars to people who want to kill us and want to do us harm? I thought he loved America and he probably does, but he is willing to fund Iran, Russia, and Venezuela.
I thought he loved America. He talks tough, but he want to continue to pay for their weapons, suicide bombers, military, and economic subterfuge with our oil purchases.
What do they have on him? He seems patriotic, but I just don't get it? (He would blow his top if this hit the media)
Solution: Drill now is not the answer. We need to be oil independent, not just energy independent. Obama is investing $150 Billion over ten years to build our economic security by eliminating oil as our major engine for energy.
Comment by Just for the Record | August 1, 2008 |
"John McCain's entire series of negative, sophmoric, attack ads are part of a coordinated strategy to firm up the Republican base of support by turning them against Barack Obama. And it's working."
This is exactly right. However Obama's strategy of increased voter registration, ground game voter turn out efforts, and local networking will mobilize those who he trusts to see beyond these obvious attacks. Please don't stress, I think Obama has more faith in the American electorate than McCain. Plus he has shown in his campaign against Senator Clinton that his team has mastered the "Math and Map" game.
Comment by Small d dem | August 1, 2008 |
The GOP base is not enough to win a national election in 2008.
Keep up with the times. It's not 2000 anymore.
Comment by Whispers | August 1, 2008 |
I agree, these ad are targeting not us all the facts all the time people, people with a computer better know as bloggers, youtube lovers, email debaters..but the older, Bush crowd whoes only form of communication is the 12:00pm news and the 6:00pm news, you know the ones,the ones who runs his ads in a snipet lope…I live in one of those areas and all they see is the lies, but by the time they get the truth they are in bed or the stories are on. What I call it is Prime Time Slime Not Caught By MSM till Bed Time.
I bet they will never move Keith O to a 6:00pm.
Or what I would like to see is and Fact Check segment with the guys for that site..wow would that be someting.
Comment by DISABLED FEMALE VET | August 1, 2008 |
hmm.. thank you very much. usefull information
Comment by Miley-Cyrus-Fan | August 1, 2008 |
Unhappily Obama cannot attack McCain and still be the One. The One who will 'change' the culture and allow all the downtrodden to 'hope' once again. McCain simply cannot be destroyed as Obama is being destroyed before all your disbelieving eyes. And all it took was for someone to say out loud that the would-be Emperor of the World really didn't have any clothes.
And how precisely did the 'Celeb' ad drive that stake through the Messiah's heart ? Why if it is so base and untrue is it resonating still ? Days after its release.
Maybe just maybe as that tiny voice keeps whispering to the true-believers —– Maybe it's TRUE . Maybe, that ad was too accurate rather than not accurate at all, and the people in error are YOU, not those who find the ad brilliant because it's true. Obama is clearly not a bubble-headed blonde bimbo. But that is not what the ad was saying. Maybe he is really just famous solely for being famous. Just like the others. A 'fad' and a shallow distraction .
Just like the others.
Comment by dougf | August 5, 2008 |
POW sums up McCain's integrity. Obama needs to attack it. Exactly how does having been a POW qualify you to be President? More than likely it qualifies you for the nut house. Obama needs to make McCain seem dangerous–unpredictable, quick tempered, vengeful, eager to lash out, likely to take us to war for emotional and perhaps psychological reasons unrelated to national interests.
Does the American voter want more wars? That's what you'll get with McCain and his experience as a POW.
Comment by JohnH | August 26, 2008 |
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Tundidor, 45, is charged with the April 2010 slaying of Nova Southeastern University professor Joseph Morrissey, and his 23-year-old son is expected to be the star prosecution witness in the trial.
In asserting that Randy H. Tundidor, the son, is the real killer, attorney Christopher Pole described the younger man as "a crack addict, a hard-core desperate crack addict" who killed Morrissey during a robbery and then blamed his father in a deal with prosecutors to avoid the death penalty.
Of 108 fingerprints taken from the home where Morrissey lived with his wife and son, "there was not one latent print from this crime scene that matched Randy W. Tundidor, correct?" asked Pole of Marjorie Hanlon, a Plantation police crime scene technician.
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Wisconsin Sheep & Wool this weekend!
This is a super-duper quick last-minute post letting you all know that we'll be at the Wisconsin Sheep & Wool festival this weekend, September 10-12. Our booth is in Country Store West- come visit if you're in the area! It's seriously my favorite sheep festival of them all, there is so much to see and learn.
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Nearly all night the hunter lay awake. He had little food. He felt sorry he could not reach the buffalo. Before the sun rose, he hurried to the top of the hill. The buffalo stood just where it had, but it faced the east. Again he waited for it to move. He waited all day. When the sun went down, the buffalo still stood in the same place.
Nearly all night the young man lay awake. He had very little food indeed. The next morning he rose early, and came to the top of the hill, just as the sun came up. The buffalo was still standing in the same place; but now it faced the south. He waited all day. Then the sun went down.
Now the next morning, when he arose early, the buffalo stood in the same place; this time it faced the west. All day the young man waited, but the buffalo did not move.
Now the young man thought, "Why does not the buffalo move?" He saw it did not drink, did not eat, did not sleep. He thought some power must be influencing it.
Now the next morning, the young man hurried to the top of the hill. The sun had risen and everything was light. The buffalo was gone. Then he saw where the buffalo had stood there was a strange bush.
He went to the place; then he saw it was a plant. He looked for the tracks of the buffalo. He saw where it had turned to the east and to the south and to the west. In the center there was one track; out of it the small plant had grown. There was no track to show where the buffalo had left the place.
Then the hunter hurried to his village. He told the chiefs and the people of the strange buffalo and the plant. So all the chiefs and the people came to the place. They saw the tracks of the buffalo as he had stood, but there were no tracks of his coming or going.
So all the people knew that Wahkoda had given this strange plant to the people. They knew of other plants they might eat. They knew there was a time when each plant was ripe. So they watched the strange plant; they guarded it and protected it.
Then a flower appeared on the plant. Afterwards, at one of the joints, a new part of the plant pushed out. It had hair. At first the hair was green; then it was brown. Then the people thought, "Perhaps this fruit is ripe." But they did not dare touch it. They met together. They looked at the plant.
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So the people were willing, and the young man put his hand on the plant and then on its fruit. He grasped the fruit boldly. He said to the people, "It is solid. It is ripe." Then he pulled apart the husks, and said, "It is red."
He took a few of the grains and showed them to the people. He ate some. He did not die. So the people knew Wahkoda had sent this plant to them for food.
Now in the fall, when the prairie grass turned brown, the leaves of this plant turned brown also. Then the fruit was plucked, and put away. After the winter was over, the kernels were divided. There were four to each family.
Then the people moved the lodges to the place where the plant had grown. When the hills became green, they planted the seed of the strange plant. But first they built little mounds like the one out of which it grew. So the fruit grew and ripened. It had many colors; red, and yellow, and white, and blue.
Then the next year there were many plants and many ears of corn. So they sent to other tribes. They invited them to visit them and gave them of the new food. Thus the Omahas came to have corn.
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Monday, November 26, 2007
all I want for Christmas.....
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- Cottonista said...
I wanted a horse when I was little too. Don't remember ever getting that wish.... In fact, I don't remember getting very many of my wishes. I think your kids will probably be okay without the $270 horse and the Hot Wheels, after a few sessions with a therapist. ( :
- November 26, 2007 at 10:48 AM
OH for goodness sake....get her a HORSE...she only lives once!!! D wouldn't have a problem building a barn for it!!!
Your tree is BEAUTIFUL!!!!
- November 26, 2007 at 4:14 PM
- Cindy said...
Abbi has a real-live horse. Trust me ... spend the money on the fake to satisfy her horse cravings! And really! A toy drill!!! Dream big and get him the real thing, he may be the next Tim Allen!
- November 26, 2007 at 11:48 PM
i have to agree w/ cottonista!! is she by any chance joyce used-to-be bontrager? i have a couple of horsey girls also, and i got them into a cool mail pony club that i'd love to share w/ isabella if your interested.
- November 28, 2007 at 12:05 PM
- heather said...
Bobbie...or shall I say Aunt Bobbie....maybe you can get her the horse. :)
And Cindy do you still have the horse? Because we could come and ride it. :)
And Wanita, Yes it is Joyce used to be Bontrager. If you click on her picture you can see her cool blog. Email me more about the pony club.
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It still looks as though KittyCat's going to sprout all her teeth at one shot. The ridges are there, we can see individual teeth through her gums and those gums are stretched as tight as can be over the teeth. She's in awful pain from it, and fussy, and when the motrin takes the pain away she's all smiles and giggles and sweetness'n'light. The cutest thing I've ever seen or ever hope to see.
I'm also getting better at getting her down for bed. She's asleep now; rocked to sleep with L&O Criminal Intent and a smattering of the Antiques Roadshow. But PBS was starting to overstimulate her, so I had to switch back to the cops and crimes... who knew? Who could have possibly predicted that she is equally fascinated and lulled to sleep by criminal dramas? It couldn't have been all the times I fell asleep to these things while pregnant, right?
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On Valentines Day I made this heart shaped jelly toast for the PKs. I also bought and wrapped a few books and CDs for them. It was all stuff I probably would have bought anyway, but it was fun to wrap it up and have a little Valentines Day celebration. This is what I look like every morning at 7:30 AM.
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We also went to the Political Grandparents for my family birthday celebration.
Can I just tell you...they really know how to make a person feel special on their birthday.
They had my favorite cabbage rolls, my favorite wine, my favorite cake, gifts, cards...and Political Gram even made homemade candy mints that said "Happy Birthday". Unbelievable! It was like it was my wedding shower or something!
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