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David Jones, chief executive of Havas and founder of One Young World.
David Jones, chief executive of Havas and founder of One Young World, believes passionately that capitalism is changing and that business leaders need to alter their behaviour to stay ahead of the game.
caught up with him to find out more.
David Jones bounds into our studio a little late, apologising profusely but eyes sparkling with excitement. He turns to Nick, the company's PR director and says: "She said yes." He grins at me. "I've just signed up another counsellor for One Young World [Havas's young people's leaders forum]. It's very exciting." I ask who. "Can't say at the moment, let's give her 24 hours to change her mind," he laughs. Jones is sharp-suited, relaxed and self-effacing.
Photographer Ray asks which music he would like on, Jones hands over his new playlist – a collection of tunes from his recent family holiday in Brazil. As the shoot set-up continues, we begin the interview and within seconds the brain and the vision that has led to Jones becoming the youngest chief exec in the history of advertising shines through. He believes with every fibre of his being that business has to change and put social responsibility at its core. His book,
Who Cares Wins: Why good business is better business
, brings all these thoughts together in a digestible format. It is visionary and very good, and he smiles when I say I've enjoyed it.
"I thought that people would buy it, be impressed by the endorsements [Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Arianna Huffington are two] and then just put it on the shelf. But loads of people have actually read it," he says.
It is a thought-provoking read. Jones talks about a changing world and a new form of capitalism. He has defined three ages: the first is The Age of Image, from roughly 1990 to 2000.
"That was about companies not changing anything but saying, 'hey if we pretend we're a nice, better, greener, more sustainable company, people will buy stuff from us'. He cites BP as the poster child for this. "If you are in the oil business, don't change your logo to a flower and pretend to be one of the world's most sustainable companies. It was the worst example of image-only change."
Then from 2000 to 2010 is The Age of Advantage "where people genuinely set about trying to turn this into a form of competitive advantage – such as Marks & Spencer with Plan A." The third age, which Jones believes we have just entered, is The Age of Damage.
"People are now empowered by social media to hold business and leaders accountable so if you behave in the wrong way – whether you are the head of an Arab Spring country or News International – then people can sanction you. That has taken corporate social responsibility out of the silo and put it in the P&L statement. Business cannot avoid this. In the future if you do not do good you will find it harder and harder to compete and do well."
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Jones believes there are two big drivers of this new form of capitalism – technology and the millennial generation.
"The millennials are an amazing generation of young people who are better informed, more responsible and know more about the digital and social revolution than anyone. And the power technology brings is amazing, too. When Bank of America and Verizon introduced convenience fees, people didn't like it, there was a backlash in social media – and 24 hours later they both overturned their decision.
The new rules of social media have informed the new rules of running a business today – transparency, authenticity and speed.
When faced with a problem, the old rule was often 'don't respond to it' as you will turn it into a bigger issue but that is now one of the biggest mistakes you can make. The new rule is 'presume this is going to be a global issue within five minutes'."
Jones recalls a corporate scandal in 2009 when two Domino's employees posted a video of them in a kitchen doing some pretty horrible things to a pizza (search on YouTube for Domino's pizza video scandal).
"Domino's believed that the video wouldn't become a big deal," recalls Jones. "But the story was on every major news channel and the share price plummeted." But the company learnt from it and launched "the transparent campaign", sharing research which said that people thought their pizzas tasted horrible.
"At first people thought they were mad," Jones smiles. "The old rule was, if people say bad things about your product, change the product but don't share that with anyone. But Domino's made that their main campaign focus; they also changed the photography of their product, stopped retouching it and showed it how it was. The share price, since they launched the transparency campaign, has risen by 233 per cent. We are seeing more and more examples of this – businesses being rewarded if they behave in the right way."
Good timing?
That's a salutary lesson, of course, in how to react to a crisis in this new world but is the time really right for businesses to be proactively embedding social responsibility in their companies when the world economy is in meltdown and leaders are working day and night to make it survive?
"The reason the global economy is in meltdown is because of the pursuit of irresponsible profit. We had a model where short-term irresponsible profit was the be-all and end-all, and the pursuit of profit for profit's sake led us to that, so it's the cause of the issue. It's a bit like if you smoke and get cancer – the tumour is the current economic issue. You can remove the tumour but if you don't change your behaviour and stop smoking, you'll get another one.
"If you drill down and take that to a specific individual business level then this is not about having a successful business and then a 'doing good' sideline because it is fashionable. This is about putting social responsibility at your core if you want to be more successful. If you put social responsibility at the core of your business and look at every aspect of what you are doing, a lot of things about being more sustainable as a company will save you money – Walmart saved $320m (£204m) purely by reducing their packaging. It's about competitive advantage.
"You'll also find that you will get more customers because people will think you are a better kind of business and better talent will want to work for you. All the research about the millennials says they would rather work for a company whose values they believe in than one that pays them more. One of the biggest issues the banking and financial sector is having at the moment is that people don't want to go and work there."
Body of evidence
Jones tells me about two pieces of research – a study by Accenture showing that companies which are more sustainable outperform others quite substantially over both three- and five-year periods, and about Havas's Meaningful Brands tracker, which works out who would care if your brand disappeared tomorrow.
"There are about 30 to 40 different criteria that go into ranking you," he explains. "And the most valued brands and best share price performances are coming from the most sustainable companies.
"I believe massively in capitalism, it can be a brilliant model. I think the problem is that we have had irresponsible capitalism. To simplify it, if you look at the last century you have the NGOs and charities with great intentions and poor executions, and businesses that had brilliant execution and often poor intention. I think this century both can and needs to be about businesses having both great intentions and great execution.
"Business is such a phenomenally efficient organism – if the biggest businesses in the world set out to be really socially responsible, the impact on the world would be so much greater than politicians and charities combined."
Walking the talk
Jones has a busy day job, running global ad agency Havas – a huge, highly successful and demanding business which operates in 100 countries, employs 15,000 people and last year saw a 5.9 per cent increase in revenue to €1.6bn (£1.3bn). I wonder how he has embedded social responsibility in his own organisation.
"One of the most difficult things about social responsibility is to decide where to act. If you draw one circle with the issues people care about and then draw another one with what is the genuine, credible role for your business, the overlap of those two things is where I believe you should play. At Havas our focus is on the future, communications and digital, along with a massive interest in young people. We are good at creating brands, organising events and getting media coverage. I thought if we brought all of this together and created a platform for the world's most brilliant young people to effect positive change they would be able to do so much more."
So in 2009 Jones and UK group chairman of Euro RSCG (part of Havas Group) Kate Robertson – "a wonderful, amazing person" – founded One Young World, which held its first event in London in 2010. The events bring together 1,300 young people from 175 countries and combine them with a council of luminaries that currently include Bob Geldof, Kofi Annan, Pete Cashmore and the aforementioned, just signed supermodel Natalia Vodianova. The idea is that, rather than just being a lone, brilliant 17-year-old, young people can be a One Young World ambassador and connect with others to bring positive change. There are 375 tangible projects on the go, including a housing project in Nicaragua and an empowerment scheme for vulnerable girls in Liberia.
"It probably takes about a third of our lives [his and Robertson's] and is incredibly rewarding but it's also something that our clients will look at and go, 'OK, these guys get social responsibility and social media. If they can do it for themselves they can probably help us with that', so it also has a business benefit as well."
But how did he make this happen? "At the time, I wasn't CEO of the whole holding company and there were people in the industry who would've liked this to be the banana skin that my career slipped on. We launched in the middle of a recession and our bottom-up funding model was tricky – it's not for profit but also not for influence. It would have been easy to get $1m (£640,000) from a soft drinks company and say you're 'the soft drink of One Young World'. But those companies would then have an expectation. There were 20 times in that first year where I thought, 'I am going to have to tell Kate we can't do it'. Fortunately I didn't have to make that call.
"Today there is a lot of support but when we started there was cynicism. People didn't understand that if we're the people who best understand the new world, that makes us a much better company. And it's worked. Havas is now at the forefront of the digital and communications industry. There's a revolution going on and, if you are willing to change and think differently, it's the most amazing time to be in business."
David Jones on...
As a brand, Apple is incredible but they are one of the worst in terms of sustainability – the reason they lost millions in a day with the iPhone 4 problems is because they didn't follow transparency, authenticity and speed. They have a huge opportunity to reposition – imagine using all that creativity to become the most socially responsible business.
Burt's Bees
A great example of a business created on a platform of social responsibility. Founded as a company making home-spun natural products, it acts transparently, produces products in an environmentally sensitive way and is an active member of the community. It aims to be a zero- waste business by 2020.
Their 'don't buy new, buy our clothing secondhand on eBay' campaign was brilliant. You could think Patagonia are mad because they'd sell less product. But consumers looked at them and went: 'If that's how they behave, imagine how sustainably they must source their product. I like that company's recycling policy, I'd like to buy more from them."
Who Cares Wins: Why good business is better business
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The Africa Museum
In this richly-painted Mission House of the Sisters of Saint Peter Claver, masks and fetishes from Central Africa are on show. In addition, there are wood carvings, household utensils, jewellery and musical instruments.
The Art Gallery
Since 1990 the baroque village manor has been the home of the Art Gallery. Five to six exhibitions are shown annually, dedicated to present-day and 20th century art. The main focus of the collection is on Swiss Surrealism and Phantastic, as well as art from Zug and Central Switzerland. Since 1996 international artists have been engaged to work for the Museum for a certain number of years. To date Tadashi Kawamata (Japan), Richard Tuttle (USA) and Pavel Pepperstein (Russia). Kawamata has creat
The Castle Museum
From 1st October 2012 the Museum Burg Zug will be closed for refurbishment and the setting-up of a new permanent exhibition.
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The beginnings of the castle settlement go back to the 11th century. In around 1200 the Counts of Kyburg, founders of Zug, built the tower. Over the centuries the castle has changed from being a fortification to a residence. From the end of the 14th century right up until 1945 it was owned priv
The Fishing Museum
Since the end of the 19th century there has been a hatchery and a fishing museum in Zug. The name Zug comes from Fischzug meaning fish draught. From December to May one can observe the eggs and spawn of the fine Rötel (red trout) from Lake Zug, as well as whitefish, pike and brown trout. The hatching glass a renowned Zug invention dating back to 1882 can be seen here along with curiosities like bridal wreaths made out of fish scales and human fish.
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This Museum appeals equally to children, teenagers and adults. Apart from displaying objects in glass cases, it also offers audio-visual descriptions of the Early Ages, with life-like displays and models of settlements: for example, a reindeer-hunters camp in the Ice Age, a pile-village in the New Stone Age or a sacrificial scene on a Roman tomb. The highlight of the Museum is the scale-model of a house from the Bronze Age, and there is a special gallery for children, with games and books.


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NOAA rejects Northeast Seafood Coalition request to adjust Gulf of Maine harbor porpoise closure |
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has rejected a request by the Northeast Seafood Coalition (NSC) to alter the boundary and timing of the harbor porpoise closure area in the Gulf of Maine.
The NSC made the request due to the projected economic losses the fishery would incur from the timing and location of the closure, and stated that their proposal, "provides a far greater degree of protection to harbor porpoise while having less of an economic impact to the struggling dayboat gillnet fleet." NMFS originally announced the closure of an area of the Gulf of Maine for the purpose of protecting harbor porpoises in April 2012, as a result of a high number of harbor porpoise takes.
Saving Seafood issued a special report on the harbor porpoise situation last May.
NOAA Fisheries' charge of low compliance rates has been controversial among fishermen. NOAA requires, in specific fishing seasons, an instrument called a "pinger," a small device attached to the top of the gillnet that emits a high frequency "ping" every four seconds. The ping warns the porpoise that something is in the area.NOAA has claimed that the cause of a high porpoise bycatch is the low percentage of fishing boats that are fully compliant with pinger regulations. Fishermen have argued that the pingers are temperamental and that NOAA's calculation of compliance rates is too inflexible. Pingers that run out of battery power, break, or are lost while deployed are considered non-compliant. Fishermen have stated that if they are missing one pinger out of one hundred nets, they are deemed to be in non-compliance. Additional Resources
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May 20, 2013 -- Fishing is a profession often passed down from one generation to the next. Many lobstermen in Maine fish the same bottom their fathers and grandfathers fished, and the same holds true of fishermen father offshore as well. Yet increasingly, anecdotal evidence has suggested that the old faithful fishing spots are no longer quite so reliable.


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We are pleased to present our Corporate Social Responsibility Report for the 2011 fiscal year, which focuses on Garrigues' triple bottom line: economic, social and environmental. It has now been six years since the firm first promised to keep this annual date with its stakeholders and, for those of us at thehelm, it makes us proud to keep to our word once again.
From an economic angle, Garrigues' combined revenues in 2011 hit the €368.9 million-mark, a slight increase (0.7%) on 2010 and up by more than 17.2% on 2008.On the social front, we continued with our policy of awards and scholarships and furthering the training of young lawyers (with the creation of two new university chairs), our legal research, corporate outreach initiatives and pro bono work, to provide free tax and legal services to not-for-profit organizations and entities.
In the environmental arena, embedded in all the firm's activities is our Eco-Efficiency Program, an array of environmental awareness-raising and action initiatives and procedures which is proving to be another area in which we are becoming more efficient with each passing year.
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Looking on the bright side, above and beyond specific results, we believe that every crisis brings opportunities and that we must therefore be constantly on the lookout to identify them. It is our belief that this crisis will enable us to emerge stronger, more secure, and better prepared. To this end, more sothan ever, we are falling back on our values and principles, while strengthening even further, if possible, the commitments that have always formed the bedrock of the way we work.
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- Kristen {a little ditty} said...
Ooh, those soaps are a nice idea. I've not seen those before. Really like that fact from ABC about buying American, very cool.
- Thursday, December 01, 2011
I'm struggling to find a bough for the mantle that's made in America (and lead-free). Any ideas? I've found only a very few companies that make artificial trees in America, but haven't found a single one that also makes Christmas boughs, swags, and wreaths in America. I'll keep my eye on this post to see if you or your sister have any thoughts. Thanks.
- Thursday, December 01, 2011
great blog
- Thursday, December 01, 2011
- Meg {henninglove} said...
i am so in agreement with you alissa! why don't we shop more american and bring jobs back into our country. it is crazy that is we spent $64 each then how many more jobs will be available in america. lets think more about our shopping instead of just buying the presents, lets think about where they are
- Thursday, December 01, 2011
- julandmatt said...
WE've been watching the ABC series too and I always yell 'tell me what to buy without going to the website....make it easy on me'.....WEll, here you are making it easy for us.
Thank you!!!
JUlie - Thursday, December 01, 2011
- JenniferOlstonPoetry said...
Props Alissa! I love the idea of Made In America, we all need to rally for that. Made In America, means more jobs, more money stays here, and less trade deficit for us. So much to gain from buying Made in America! Thank you for bringing this to the forefront.
- Thursday, December 01, 2011
- lorenabr said...
Nice idea!
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- Jessica L. said...
This is partially why I love the holidays and colder weather....I love seeing everyone in scarves, hats, and coats....It also seems like a time when everyone is more cheerful and nicer to each other....Love the holidays, fall, and winter!-Jessica
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- Shannon Marie said...
I am so glad that you've started this series. Not only am I interested in finding great gifts for the holiday season, but I'm also very passionate about stimulating the American economy! Can't wait to read more posts! Have a great weekend.
- Friday, December 02, 2011
- easily done simply said...
I love this post idea! I already bought my dad a Stormy Kromer hat for Christmas. He's going to love it!
- Monday, December 05, 2011
- Dawn VanCedarField said...
Shop BrunswickManor.net for great AFFORDABLE Christmas gifts! American made with American source materials. Truly 100% American! Also, patterns and recipes are handed down through many generations in my family. Just like Grandma's...handmade with love! Read our story.
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^ 2Jl\J/ Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community for Over SO Years ^AR. IPROMCLE S^^—^Zr VOL.55 NO.23 JUNE 9,1077-SIVAN23 Begin-s Associate j Indicates tittle ;: Change In Policy A WASHINGTON, (JTA) - ;,- The personal representative I of prospective ' Israeli \ Premier Menachem Begin i outlined June 2 Israel's ]■' future course for a Middle f' - East settlement that ap- j, . peared strikingly similar to jr the positions taken by f Jerusalem . governments ;•; ' .since the Six-Day War. (, Shmuel-Katz; the likely /' Minister of Information in i Israel's next government, -!_ said that "any government j headed by Begin will accept i. United Nations Security Council resolution 242 in all its parts and abide by that resolution in the terms of the intrepretation given to it by successive Israeli govern¬ ments." He stressed that "what the . government will not agree to ' is, to be pushed or squeezed into interpretations by the Arabs — or the French or Soviets for that matter. (CONTINUED ON PAGE B) LONDON (WNS) - Leaders of three major Anglo- Jewish organizations have urged the British govern¬ ment to take a more active role in combatting the use of the Arab boycott here. In a memorandum to Prime Minister James Callaghan, Lord Fisher of Camden, president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, Eric Moonman, chairman of the British Zionist Federation and Fred Worms, president of B'nai B'rith in the .United Kingdom, called for an immediate -end • to Foreign Office complicity in the boycott and for a change in the advice the Department of Trade gives to businessmen threatened by the boycott. PARIS (WNS) — Israel displayed two of;its'Kfir fighter planes at the International Air show at Le Bourget Airport here. Also on display was the new 1124 Arava STOL with its newly-developed wings and the Westwind executive jet. A model of the new Israeli- built missile boat, the Dvora, equipped with Gabriel surface missiles was also shown. Al Schwimmer, president of Israel Aircraft Industries (IAD, said Israel will export half a billion dollars worth of aircraft missiles and arms systems this year. TEL AVIV (WNS) - Mrs. Leah Rabin paid her IL 250,000 fine for retaining a bank account in the United States in violation of Israel law June 1, one day before the deadline set by the judge was to expire. Disclosure of the joint account in Washington, D.C, which Premier Yitzhak Rabin had failed to close when Rabin's term as ambassador to the U.S. ended, caused Rabin to resign as leader of the Labor Party, The. Premier was not charged with the violation. Soviet Treason Charge Against Sharansky Concerns State Dept. Gordon Zacks Appointed To National UJA Post Glen Cove, N. Y., May21 —- Leonard R. ' Strelitz- of Norfolk, Va., was elected today general .chairman of the United Jewish Appeal (UJA) for the 1978.campaign at the UJA's Executive Committee retreat at Glen Cove, N.Y. As one of Mr. Strelitz's- first acts as general chairman, he ap¬ pointed Gordon Zacks of Columbus to be vice- chairman of the UJA. At his inauguration, before 150 national and community campaign leaders, Strelitz declared; "UJA's success is not measured by yesterday's accomplishments, but by what we do today and plan for tomorrow — especially in 1978, which marks our 30th year of partriership.with the people of Israel.", Strelitz has played a vital role in Jewish communal life ' for over a decade. He has served for several years as a UJA national 'chairman. Before, that, .he was president and chairman of the United .Jewish Fund of Norfolk, Va. ^. Strelita is President of Hayhes 'Furniture Company* and Sydnor & Hundley with retail furniture stores in -Virginia. Zacks, the new vice- chairman, is former chairman of the UJA Young Leadership " Cabinet, " a national chairman of the UJA, and a member of its Executive Committee. A widely sought after speaker, he is a member of the Executive Committee of the American Israel ' Public Affairs Committee and is vice-president of the Columbus Jewish Federation, He is president of the R. G. Gordon Zacks Barry Company, manu¬ facturers of leisure' foot¬ wear. (Copyright, 1977. JTA, Inc.) By Joseph Polakoff WASHINGTON, (JTA) - The State Department said June 2 that it was "deeply, concerned" about the report from the Soviet Union that Anatoly Sharansky, a leading Moscow ■ Jewish activist, has been charged with treason. Department spokesman -John Trattner said that "Sharansky is well- known and respected in the United States for hisefforts- on behalf of human rights." Department officials said that Secretary of State Cyrus Vance has, raised the issue of Sharansky with Soviet authorities at "a very senior level." The Department said "our concern" has been made known to the Soviets "through diplomatic channels." Neither level of authority was identified. Trattner indicated that the U.S. has been in contact with Soviet authorities about Sharansky since the 29-year- arrested in'Moscow' March 15 shortly after ah Izvestia article accused him of working for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Sharansky was linked at the time with two officials at- the-American Embassy in Moscow, both1 Jews. They are Joseph Presel, a career foreign service officer who is a first secretary at the Embassy and Melvin Levit'sky, PresePs predecessor who is'now, in Washington. ■ Trattner, responding to questions, said that "if charges should be made against our employes, they will be dealt with as they arise." Meanwhile, 24, Congress¬ men have signed a letter drafted by Rep. Sidney Yates (D.Ui:) to Soviet Communist Party Secretary Leonid Brezhnev protesting "in the strongest possible terms" .the moves to put Sharansky on trial for treason. The letter said "better co-operation bet¬ ween our governments will ' be fostered" if Sharansky is allowed to emigrate^ to Israel. Sharansky's wife is already in Israel where she was allowed to emigrate immediately after (he couple was married. If Sharansky is put on trial for treason, which carries a death penalty, i t will be the first such trial since the Leningrad hijack trial in [CONTINUEDON PAGE 12) Joyce Zacks To Chair 1978 Women's Division Joyce Zacks has been named^chairwoman of the 1978 Womens Division United Jewish Fund Cam¬ paign, it was announced today by Ernest Stern, president of the Columbus Jewish Federation. ■ "Joyce has demonstrated her vibrant, innovative and general campaign chairman of the, 1978 United Jewish Fund Campaign. "The Womens Division makes a major contribution to our overall campaign effort and helps greatly in providing the funds necessary for meeting humanitarian needs and rendering essential effective., leadership during,- services: I am flighted that many' years of association with our Womens Division," stated B. Lee Skilken, Joyce Zacks Food Becomes Secondary To Senior Citizens By Lauri Zofan Chronicle News Editor ' (Editor's note:' This is the first in a series of forthcoming articles on the elderly residents of the Columbus Jewish community.) A normal assumption is that the noise and laughter coming out of The Jewish Center during .'the; week is caused, by Center pre¬ schoolers. But those who haven't taken the time to investigate what actually takes place at the Center's facility will be surprised to discover that ■ another generation is responsible for much of thecommotion! Monday through Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. the adult lounge of the Center overflows with a vast array of senior citizens. The initial , reason for the ' Senior Citizen Day, held May 17, was a big event at the Center's congregate meals site. Ben Mandelkorn, executive vice president of the Columbus Jewish Federation (left photo 1. to r,) is shown socializing with Robert Friedman and Jacob Efraim, regular participants in the program. Efraim has the distinction of being the oldest participant at age 93. The photo at right shows Bexley's Mayor David Madison en¬ joying hjs conversation with some of the senior citizens. Involving Columbus Elderly (N.I.C.E.) congregate meals site, but the real reason most .gathe^ng is the Nijtrijtiop ",of the seniors are therp goes far deeper than food alone. N.I.C^E. is a program designed to serve noon meals in a community setting to persons 60 years or older.- According to Betsy Lines, the Center site (CONTINUEDON PAGE 10) Joyce lias accepted~tliis vital leadership position," he added. -. "I feel an intense sense of- challange in accepting the new position" Mrs. Zacks said. "As a native of- Columbus, long involved with the Columbus Jewish community, I appreciate the importance of a strong community with quality social ■ services and educational agencies. "I am confident that our community understands the nature and depth of the human problems facing the citizens of Israel and the needy here in Columbus, and that the 1978 Womens Division campaign must surpass any other." She pointed out that "the women of our community have their individual Jewish "respon¬ sibilities, just as the men, to meeting human needs through a gift to the cam¬ paign. I am confident they will do their share." '- ■ ■ j Mrs. Zacks has been ac¬ tive in the Womens Division for many years. She has served as chairwoman of the Add-a-Diamond, Gold Circle and Keynoter Units and as chairwoman of the'Women's Division Worker's Training Day. In addition, she has been active in leadership development and in promoting and attending missions to Israel. In the general community she has been active with' Children's Hospital, the Heart Fund, Buckeye Boys Ranch and several political campaigns. 4
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"It is an interest that's dear to my heart," he said. "For the past 50 years, millions of dollars have been frittered away in making fire safety education a fun event without serious meaning. That continues today, and as a result, the U.S. continues to have one of the worst fire records in the world. Parents who have never learned the important lessons of fire safety are unable to convey the dangers to their children."
Although noted for his weather reports on network television, Dr. Field did a series of news reports in the late 1980s that said it is often safer to live in a foreign city than many major U.S. cities.
In an effort to better educate the public, Dr. Field released a DVD in 2006 called "Fire is..."
"As a whole, schools in general end with fire safety lessons in elementary grades and most of that is by a single visit of the fire truck and Spot the fire dog coming into the class," Dr. Field said. "To compound the problem, such lessons as "Stop-Drop" have become the key to such education. The last time I visited a grade school class to talk about fire safety, I asked 'What is the first thing to do when the smoke detector goes off in you house and your home is on fire?' In unison, the kids responded with 'Stop, drop and roll' instead of to get out immediately."
Still a part time resident of New Jersey, Dr. Field, along with the help of the nation's fire chief's, distributed 36,000 copies of his DVD to fire departments across the United States. This documentary uses real life footage, some of which came from his reporting in the 1980s, to make his points. He noted that seniors and children are the most at risk in a fire.
"Fire education in this country has been a total failure," he said. "If you are really interested in looking into it, the facts will amaze you. New York state for example has a state law that calls for an hour of fire education each month. The way the law is complied with is to hold a fire drill, and that takes care of the education. Yet fires rarely happen in schools. They happen in homes."
Dr. Fields said that during his documentaries in the 1980s, he learned that New York City, which houses the county's largest fire department, had only five firefighters assigned to education.
"The NYC school system had over a million kids. There was no way in hell that they could deal with fire education," Dr. Field said. "Its not just here in the tri-state area. More than half the states in the U.S. have no laws mandating fire education, so there is none. In the last year or two, FEMA has given millions in grants for fire education and its just one big joke."
Dr. Field pointed to the Seton Hall fire of the late 1990s as an example of ignorance and the lack of understanding about the danger of fire.
"In this country, if you fall asleep while smoking and drinking and set a building on fire that kills people it will be deemed an accident and the Red Cross will come in with clothes and food," Dr. Field said. "In Japan, which has a far better fire record than the U.S., you would be lynched for destroying heirlooms and driven out of the neighborhood. I interviewed a number of the students after the fire at Seton Hall. Not a single one ever remembered fire safety education in high school or at any time, and some of them recalled either coloring books or fire trucks coming to school or watching animated films of Spot or Smokey Bear. Well that's exactly the way kids are being taught today. Also, most of the kids I spoke to raced out of the dorm through smoke and fire to the main entrance to which they were accustomed to using, when they should have gone through other fire exits which were free of smoke. They had no idea of how to behave when there is a fire."
Even Dr. Field said he was ignorant of fire safety when he neared the age of retirement.
"I was typical of the average American who was totally ignorant of the danger of fire, and that is true for most American adults today," he said. "We were never taught the lessons of fire safety and prevention. Now all my grandkids are being taught the same ineffective way."
This is part of the reason he helped kick off the Fire Quiz program in Bayonne in 2006, as a means to better educate kids about the nature of fire.
The fact that the other school districts are picking up on the Fire Quiz program is very pleasing to him.
"I have received letters from fire departments concerning the free DVD, 'Fire is....' We have managed to get over 100,000 copies distributed through the aegis of MetLife Foundation, the Fallen Fires Foundation and Fire House Magazine," he said. "The Fire
Quiz is a great move in educating kids. It does involve some fun, but along with the reality DVD that I hope makes youngsters think twice about playing with fire and pointing out the true nature of fire, it's a step toward the future. In a sense, I am employing the same visuals that have misled the public when they see heroic firefighters dashing through flames on sets that are fully lit. Remember the movie, I think it was called 'Backdraft,' in which firefighters jumped and ran without protective helmets or masks? Well if television and movies can confuse and mislead, why not use the media to tell the truth about fire?"


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Prepare your student for multiple teachers. Just like in a traditional school, your virtual school student will have a different teacher for each subject in an online middle school. In addition, your child may have an advisory teacher who will help with setting goals and measuring overall performance.
Expect to communicate differently with teachers. During this period, the responsibility for communication begins to shift from teachers to students. To help support your child's transition to becoming an independent learner, you should encourage your middle schooler to call or send a message to the appropriate teacher when he or she has a question, needs assistance, or wants to share ...
While teenagers often think they are invincible, they still need some coaching to adapt successfully to the changes they'll face in high school. Although virtual school students can escape much of the teenage angst and drama endured by their bricks-and-mortar counterparts, they will still encounter many new experiences. The following suggestions should help you and your teen get a strong start as he or she transitions to online high school.
Prepare your student for raised academic expectations. High school classes are geared toward preparing students for college or the workplace, aka "the real world," so the demands increase significantly. Virtual school students should be ready to encounter:
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Watching your child's education develop before your eyes is a truly gratifying experience. Being able to witness the "aha!" moments when concepts are mastered and lessons completely understood is priceless for many parents.
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"The mission of Fast Food Free is to reduce the consumption of fast food through education and community awareness, resulting in healthier people and a better world," reads Koa's Web site. "Fast Food Free is important to me because of the health risk fast food poses to people, animal rights violations, and the effects the fast food industry has on the environment. Personally, my number one concern is how the fast food industry impacts the world we live in. I don't want kids growing up obese, I think it's awful for chickens to be packed in ...


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Johnson grew up in Selma, Alabama. As a boy, he says he marched for equality in peaceful protests led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
"When Dr. King would come in and start speaking -- being an 8, 9, 10 year old kid -- you sort of had the tendency to be playing around," Johnson remembered.
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Computer virus
A type of malware that passes itself around, including on the internet
A computer virus is a kind of malware that copies itself and can spread over several mediums, depending on the type. Many modern viruses have spread themselves over the internet. They are distinct from computer worms in that they need to attach themselves to some form of executable code (such as a .COM file, a .EXE file, Word macros, etc.) in order to function. Computer viruses can spread through files, floppy disk boot sectors and hard disk master boot records, document macros, and other means.
Many file and macro viruses have been posted with infected files on bulletin boards and websites. Some multi-partite viruses (viruses that spread using more than one manner) such as Melissa have e-mailed themselves to other people. However boot sector viruses and companion viruses have not spread on the internet.
Many of these virus writers did it for the lulz; they wanted to see how far the program would spread, or they wanted to see how many computers to fubar and b& from the internets (by having their hard drives erased, of course :) ).
The first virus for PC systems was Brain, a boot sector virus written in Pakistan.
Current status
Still going on.
- File viruses infect particular files (such as .EXE or .COM files) - It can infect strategic files to keep itself active every time the computer is turned on (i.e. Command.com on an MS-DOS computer).
- A boot sector virus typically infects boot sectors of floppy disks and the master boot record (partition sector) of hard drives. I.E. if you leave a floppy in a computer when you turn it on, whatever boot sector virus on the floppy will transfer itself to the MBR.
- Macro viruses infect Microsoft Word, Excel, etc. macros used in template files.
- A companion virus, instead of directly infecting a file, disguises itself as a file. I.E. when a user runs "program" DOS chooses the first extension as "program" - A virus would call itself "program.com" and run when the user believes he/she is selecting "program.exe" - The virus then turns command to "program.exe" so the user doesn't suspect anything fishy.
- A multipartite virus is a virus that can spread using multiple methods - i.e. Melissa mass e-mailed itself, but it also spread using Microsoft Word macros.
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New App For Magic Wall
For those of you using MagicWall to download ebooks, a new and improved app called axisReader has been released. The app will let you find and read books all in one app so you don't have to go to the website anymore. The app can be downloaded from the app zone on the Magic Wall website. You can use this app instead of Bluefire. At this time, we are having difficulty putting the new app on Kindles, but all other devices can use axisReader.
Summer Reading Program Schedule
The programs start on June 3rd and will end on July 26th. There will not be any sessions the week of July 4th.
Monday (Preschool)
11:10-11:50, 1:00-1:40
Tuesday (Preschool)
10:20-11:00, 11:10-11:50, 1:00-2:00
Wednesday (K,1,2)
9:30-10:30, 10:45-11:45, 1:00-2:00
Thursday (3,4,5)
10:45-11:45, 1:00-2:00
9:30-10:10 (Preschool)
1:00-2:00 (2,3,4,5)
Summer Reading Program
Children will explore all things underground this summer as Watertown Regional Library presents "Dig Into Reading" during the Summer reading program. Activities may include programs on dinosaurs or construction vehicles, animals that live underground or Ancient Egypt, caves rocks and more.
The 2013 Summer Reading Program is open to young people, preschool (3 or older) through 5th grade with prize drawings, story hours, and more. Registration for "Dig Into Reading" begins May 24th.
Library Board Agenda
160 6th Street NE
May 7, 2013, 5:00 p.m.
Marge Tauber South Dakota Room
1. Roll call
2. Approval of minutes from the April 8, 2013 regular meeting.
3. Presentation of financial reports for April
4. Approval of expenditures for April
5. Correspondence
6. Report of the Library Director
7. Committee reports
a) Approval of Capital Improvements Plan and Personnel requests for the 2014 budget
8. Old business
a) Plaque for the side of the donated cabinets
i) Examples of plaques and the layout
b) Consideration of quotes for snow blowing equipment
9. New business
a) Should the Policy for Out-of-County Cards be revised to allow the purchase of cards for more than a year at a time?
10. Executive session pursuant to SDCL 1-25-2 (personnel and contracts)
11. Open
12. Adjournment
Next meeting: May 7, 2013
Library Will Close at 6:00 PM
Due to the potential for poor driving conditions this evening, Tuesday, April 9, 2013 the library will close at 6:00 PM.
eBook Class
Tuesday, March 9th at 11:00 AM. Learn to use the two ebook collections the library has and setup your device to use them.
Summer Reading Schedule
Programs will run weekly June 3rd until July 26th. There will not be any programming July 1st through July 5th.
MONDAY (Pre) 11:05 - 12:00 1:00-2:00
TUESDAY (Pre)
10:20 - 10:55
11:05 - 11:45
1:00 - 1:40
9:30 - 10:30
10:45 - 11:45
1:00 - 2:00
THURSDAY (Pre, K)
10:45 - 11:45
1:00 - 2:00
FRIDAY (Pre, K)
9:30 - 10:15
10:30 - 11:15
1:00 - 2:15 (Grades 2-5)
Friends Book Sale
The Friends used book sale will be April 19-22, 2013 at the Watertown Mall next to Dunham's Sports. Please donate your gently used books, movies and music at the Watertown Mall, beginning Monday, April 15th. Take items inside the Mall to the drop off area next to Dunham's. Please do not bring items to the Library.
Library Board Agenda
160 6th Street NE
April 8, 2013, 4:30 p.m.
Marge Tauber South Dakota Room
1. Roll call
2. Executive session pursuant to SDCL 1-25-2
3. Approval of minutes from the March 5, 2013 regular meeting.
4. Presentation of financial reports for March
5. Approval of expenditures for March
6. Correspondence
7. Report of the Library Director
a) A technician from Minneapolis was here March 28th working on the furnace
b) Examples of meeting room use that staff members are having problems deciding to allow or not allow.
c) New website update
8. Committee reports
9. Old business
a) Plaque for the side of the donated cabinets
i) Text for the plaque: 1967 – 1991 Cabinets donated in memory of former City Librarian Marge Tauber by The Friends of the Watertown Regional Library, and her family and friends.
ii) After this amount of time is it still appropriate to have a "dedication"?
10. New business
a) Appointment of Budget Committee
b) Plumbing repair
c) Fines Fund Issue
11. Open
12. Adjournment
Next meeting: May 7, 2013
Digital Scrapbooking
April 4, 2013; 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Use technology to beautify, enhance, record, celebrate, and tell the stories of your life. Register at the circulation desk.


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