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This is a gross abuse of the game. It gives the New Recruit "victims" a poor first experience and reduces the chances of them sticking around. As farmers move up the scoreboard it also harms the competitive nature of Conquer Club - the scoreboard is meant to measure skill in the game, not "harvesting" techniques.
In accordance with the desires and feedback of the majority of the community, our rules and as a new leaf for 2009, it is our New Years resolution to make Newbie Farming forbidden. Members who continue this practice will receive point resets and then progressively longer website bans.
This does not mean you will get in trouble for joining a game here and there with many new recruits. We are only talking about the systematic targeting of new recruits.
We have taken the following measures to stop Newbie Farming:
- For New Recruits, we filtered out game options from the join page if they reduce the chance of new players reaching their 1st promotion (see here here and here).
- We shut down any usergroups with a focus on Newbie Farming.
- We are sending individual warnings to the Farmers Guild and select other users who have practiced farming in the past. These should be arriving soon.
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In Spanish photographer Jon Uriarte's series The Men Under the Influence, he photographs men wearing the clothes of their girlfriends or wives. The images are composed in the space shared by the couple. Uriarte displays ideas of gender through clothing, as the men wear outfits that would be considered feminine, including dresses and strappy sandals. In a short statement about the series, he writes:
This work addresses the recent change in roles in heterosexual relationships from the relations of our predecessors and how those changes have affected men in particular. The photos attempt to capture men's sense of loss of reference, now that women have taken a step forward and have finally come into their own as equal partners.
While I don't agree entirely with some of the sentiments in this statement, I do appreciate the gender-bending nature of it. The socially-constructed roles of men and women tie our identities to an arbitrary notion that we each have to be a certain way just because of our gender. Clothing is a way we can outwardly express ourselves and our choices. I like seeing these men, looking unaffected by their attire (and even comfortable), sitting in the the place where they share their homes and their lives. (via feature shoot)
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Paging all fashionistas, DIY sewers, handmade hobbyists, and vintage enthusiasts! We have a HUGE announcement to make. Our second book is coming out this year, entitled BurdaStyle Sewing Vintage Modern: Mastering Iconic Looks from the 1920s to 1980s. In fact, it's already available for pre-order at sites including Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, and IndieBound.
I just received my advance copy today and am SO thrilled that we finally get to let the cat out of the bag. Taking a cue from our members' love of retro-chic style, working on creating the designs and projects featured in this book has truly been a labor of love. It's so surreal to think that all those countless hours of work have finally resulted in a beautiful, tangible object to share with the BurdaStyle community and beyond.
While fashion fads come and go, the classic styles in this book are truly timeless – from Jackie O.'s signature sheath dress to a Madonna-esque '80s bustier. Similar to The BurdaStyle Sewing Handbook, this book comes with five customizable master patterns that yield literally endless variations. Starting with basic forms for dresses, pants, skirts, and shirts (and yes, we even have menswear projects!), you can transform from one look to the next with our easy-to-follow instructions.
In addition to sewing and patternmaking tips, you'll also get a crash course in vintage fashion. Each chapter focuses on a different era including signature silhouettes, designers you should know, must-have accessories, and style icons.
The book comes out on December 11, 2012, but help us start spreading the word today! This is a perfect guide for every sewer, from beginners to experts, and offers enviable vintage looks with modern sensibilities.
Jamie Lau is BurdaStyle's Editorial and E-commerce Manager and the Co-Author and Lead Designer of the forthcoming book BurdaStyle Sewing Vintage Modern: Mastering Iconic Looks From the 1920s to 1980s. A self-taught seamstress, she now designs for her eponymous fashion label and teaches sewing courses in New York City, where she resides.


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Oh, the sweet joys of fall. Cooler weather, changing leaves, comfy sweaters and pumpkin-flavored everything make it a season worth loving. The friendly folks in the village to the north seem to agree. Every year since 1986, they have honored the autumn in style with the annual Corrales Harvest Festival. The jubilee offers tractor and pony rides, a pet parade, wine and beer tastings, live entertainment, a corn maze and a mechanical bull. Spend the day tomorrow and Sunday meandering through food and vendor tents, or stop by the Old Church to experience the mercado antiguo, featuring Spanish arts and crafts, chile ristra stringing, music, and a display of antique photos, maps and documents. Tickets to this bucolic celebration are $5 for adults and $2 for kids ages 5-11. Village of Corrales, Corrales • 9 am-5 pm • $2-$5 • ALL-AGES!


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As a reminder, it was Zero Hedge who broke the news in March about the location of JPM's vault, namely that it can be found 90 feet below street level at 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza (located over half a mile away on Liberty and William Streets). Which is relevant, because as the FDNY reports, and as the video clip below vividly confirms (with the Federal Hall National Memorial distinctly visible in the background), the fire response was focused on the area on Broad street between the New York Stock Exchange and what is now the 15 Broad Street block.
So did a sweeping fire "take place" (in broad daylight and in front of video camera armed streetwalkers) providing the fire brigade a pretext to abscond with JPM's gold on orders from above, or merely give JPM an alibi to say it's gold is "gone… all gone" or rather "burned… all burned" (leaving aside the propensity of a fire to propagate in the confined oxygen constraints to be found on top of the Manhattan bedrock and far below street level)? No. For the simple reason that 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza is over two blocks away from where the fire did take place as can be seen on the map below:
In other words, if there was a "fire" in JPM's vault, the response would have been not at 15 Broad Street, but over half a mile away at the perfectly fire-accessible Liberty Street (between the NY Fed and 1 CMP), across from the real JPM vault fire doors which can be seen in the following interactive image:
And yes: those who may suggest that any amount of gold tonnage may have been quietly moved over two blocks by the Fire Brigade have never actually carried the not-so-light-bars of gold themselves, especially not in broad daylight.
So why the confusion?
It appears the confusion stems from the Fire Brigade's designation of the fire as taking place at "JP Morgan's building" which indeed is where the Fire Brigade was located. However, it is the 23 Wall Street building, also known as the "JPMorgan building" formerly owned by JPM, and subsequently owned by Morgan Guaranty Trust Company, best known for being the site of the September 16, 1920 Wall Street bombing, when 38 people were killed and 400 injured. Ironically, as was then reported, "because the Morgan building was so well known, many assumed that the target of the assumed anarchist bombing was actually the bank itself."
For modern generations, 23 Wall Street may be better known as the (incorrect) facade of the NYSE as represented in The Dark Knight Rises.
Of course, JPM has long since moved on from its landmark location just across from the NYSE, and now can be located at its Park Avenue headquarters (with its Bear Stearns annex), and of course, at 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza.
So what is now housed in the 15 Broad/23 Wall Street block to where the FDNY was responding, if not any JPM? 23 Wall and 15 Broad Street were sold in 2003 for $100 million to Africa Israel & Boymelgreen (there is likely a far more interesting story surrounding Africa Israel and Boymelgreen here than there is about the "fire in JPM's vault"). The two buildings have become a condominium development, Downtown by Philippe Starck, named for French designer Philippe Starck, one of a growing number of residential buildings in the Financial District. Starck made the roof of 23 Wall into a garden and pool, accessible to the residents of the development.
Could there be a vault in the Downtown residential building, and could the FDNY have been responding to a fire in such a "commercial vault"? Of course: as anyone who has ventured into the skyscraper forest of New York's Financial District knows, there is an underground vault in virtually every building.
Source: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-07-21/did-raging-fire-burn-down-jpmorgans-gold-vault


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Eufloria blooming on PSN in June
The official PlayStation Blog has announced that the indie strategy game Eufloria is coming to PlayStaion Network in June.
The official PlayStation Blog has revealed that Eufloria, the acclaimed indie strategy game previously only available for PC, will soon be coming to the PlayStation Store.
Eufloria is all about "exploring and conquering procedurally generated asteroid fields," and "using their raw resources to grow seedlings and battle neighboring enemy forces." Developer Omni-Labs describes it as a "game of intergalactic guerrilla gardening" in which players will participate in epic battles against "enemy plant life."
- New units: A new plant will automate troop movements, while a new tree type helps terraform asteroids (both visually and to change the attributes of the seedlings grown on it)
- Improved gameplay: Including rebalanced levels, improved AI, and a new 2x game speed that works like a fast-forward button
- New collectibles: Ancient Artifacts add flavor to the universe, as well as full Trophy support, natch
- More music: Including 100 additional minutes of completely new music by ambient specialist Milieu (the OST is particularly gorgeous)
- Enhanced graphics: Smoother, faster visuals with much more environmental and color diversity
- Updated controls: Completely redone PS3-specific interface and controls
This upcoming indie release on the PlayStation Network is the latest title to benefit from Sony Computer Entertainment of America's Pub Fund program, which was created specifically to help independent developers bring titles to PSN without a publisher. Downloadables Joe Danger, Hoard, and Explodemon! are some previous Pub Fund beneficiaries.
While a specific release date hasn't been revealed yet, Eufloria will retail for $9.99 when it hits the PlayStation Store sometime in "the latter half" of June.
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Jeff Mattas posted a new article, Eufloria blooming on PSN in June.
The official PlayStation Blog has announced that the indie strategy game Eufloria is coming to PlayStaion Network in June.


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Harvard Theatre Collection
The Collections
- Overview of the Harvard Theatre Collection
- Existing Strengths of the Collection
- Local History
- Modern Books and Periodicals
- Audio and Visual Material
- Out-of-Scope Categories
- Searching the Harvard Theatre Collection
- The Harvard Theatre Collection: A Guide for Researchers
Overview of the Harvard Theatre Collection
The Harvard Theatre Collection, which was founded in 1901 through the efforts of Prof. George Pierce Baker, was the first collection of its kind to be established in this country, and it stands as one of the largest performing arts collections in the world, the oldest theatre collection in the world of international significance. A department of the Houghton Library, the rare book and manuscript library of the Harvard College Library, the Theatre Collection is located on the main floor of the Nathan Marsh Pusey Library, which is situated in Harvard Yard adjacent to Widener Library. The Harvard Theatre Collection's offices and the Edward Sheldon Exhibition Galleries are open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on weekdays. Reader access to HTC collections is available through the Houghton Library Reading Room.
The Harvard Theatre Collection includes documentary material pertaining to the history of the performing arts, including the fields of theater, dance and ballet, and opera and musical theater, as well as many forms of popular entertainment, such as magic and conjuring, music hall and variety, pantomime and extravaganza, puppetry, toy theater, circuses and menageries, fairgrounds, pageants and outdoor drama, festivals and spectacles, film, and minstrelsy.
It also includes large numbers of rare books, manuscripts, prompt books, letters, contracts and documents, musical scores, original scene and costume designs, portraits, drawings, engravings and prints, caricatures, albums and extra-illustrated books, and audio and visual recordings, together with vast collections of programs and playbills, posters, play texts and libretti, engravings and prints, photographs, and sheet music, as well as figurines, medals and tokens, tickets and passes, souvenirs, personal artifacts and memorabilia, and extensive files of clippings, articles and pamphlets. The collection also includes a large number of archives of personal and organizational papers, which preserve the legacies of many significant figures and institutions in the performing arts.
The facilities and services of the reading room are freely available to all researchers, regardless of their institutional affiliations; it is always highly advisable to make an appointment in advance, however. Reproduction services are provided through the Harvard College Library, subject to the curator's approval. Harvard's library catalogues are freely available online.
The Theatre Collection presents several exhibitions annually, drawing on its permanent holdings. The Edward Sheldon Exhibition Rooms are open to the public without charge. Note cards, posters, and exhibition checklists are available for purchase in the Reading Room or by mail.
Each year the Theatre Collection sponsors four month-long visiting fellowships for research in theater and dance history.
Primarily through the generosity of those who have endowed acquisition funds and who have contributed valuable material, the Harvard Theatre Collection continues to grow actively.
- Contact Houghton Reference for information regarding access and use of the collections.
Existing Strengths of the Collection
Since the time of its formation a century ago, the Harvard Theatre Collection has had a broad scope but certain general areas of particular strength, based both on physical format and subject. Among these areas are the following:
- Play texts of all dramatic and theatrical literature, including manuscripts, acting editions, and promptbooks (see more on the Shakespeare Promptbooks Collection)
- Original manuscripts, letters, legal agreements, and other documents
- Original works of art related to performance, including portraits, stage scenes, and stage and costume designs
- Historical theatrical literature, including biographies, histories, and other books and pamphlets about theatre and the performing arts
- Playbills, programs, posters, tickets, souvenirs, clippings, and other printed material that results from performance
- Visual material such as photographs and engravings showing performers, scenes from theatrical works, theatre buildings, etc. (see more on the Angus McBean Photographic Archive)
As the collection developed through significant donations and purchases, the following additional areas of strength have also characterized the collection: historical ballet and dance; Russian ballet; American ballet and modern dance; visual material; archival collections of theatrical production organizations, theatres, dramatic authors, and actors; collections of original art work by specific designers, artists, and photographers; Asian masks and puppets; and international theatre, particularly of Western Europe and Russia.
Local History
Special consideration has always been given to theatrical material that has a local connection. The Theatre Collection is well established as the "collection of record" for theatre in Boston and New England, and already houses archives of a number of student theatrical organizations (such as the Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club and the Hasty Pudding Theatricals), local institutions founded from within the Harvard community (such as the Poets' Theatre), affiliated producing companies (such as the American Repertory Theatre), the work of many Harvard alumni in the performing arts, and the records of many historical Boston-area theatres and performing organizations.
Modern Books and Periodicals
The Theatre Collection collects certain modern books and periodicals, but since the material in the collection does not circulate and may not be removed from the reading room, it does not represent the principal collection of modern books on the performing arts. The modern books and reference books in the Theatre Collection are selected for their usefulness to researchers and the library staff in conjunction with the historical material in the collections.
In general, the Theatre Collection's modern books on the performing arts fall into the following categories:
- Contemporary (i.e., "early," authoritative) editions of modern drama
- Modern scholarly editions or facsimiles of play-texts of all kinds
- Books that supplement the collections of rare material for the use of researchers and staff
- Primary reference sources, such as encyclopedias, directories, and catalogues
- Books that seem, for any of a number of reasons, destined to become rare or endangered in the future
The general collections of Widener Library, Lamont Library, and at Harvard Depository, form much more comprehensive collections that are acquired for the purposes of study and teaching. By contrast, it is frequently not in readers' interest for books to be stored in closed stacks where they cannot be browsed, or in collections with limited hours of access, where books are not available for circulation, and where photocopying services are limited.
Audio and Visual Material
The Theatre Collection collects certain audio and visual media that are related to its holdings. Mainly these consist of studio or live recordings of stage works, or films based on stage productions of plays, operas, ballets, or other forms of stage performance other than non-theatrical concert or popular music. Some material represents unique archival recordings whose use may be restricted.
These recordings may be used within the Theatre Collection's reading room, condition permitting, but they are not lent or circulated. Some of this material cannot be played, but is preserved for its value as historical documentation and as documentary artifacts. Most audio and visual recordings are found in other collections, such as the Morse Media Library and the Loeb Music Library.
Out-of-Scope Categories
It is impossible and inadvisable to make any categorical statement concerning subjects or formats that are outside the scope of the Theatre Collection. By its nature it is a varied and eclectic collection, and new avenues are suggested by what becomes available in the marketplace or in the form of offered donations, as well as current research interests or evolving institutional priorities. However, the following areas are, in general, outside the scope or collecting policy of the collection:
- Modern books on theatrical subjects, except copies of particular scarcity or value, or which complement historical material in the Theatre Collection
- Modern books on the performing arts intended for a juvenile reader or school use
- Modern books on the history of non-theatrical music, whether popular or concert music (other than popular printed sheet music)
- Musical scores of non-theatrical works (other than popular printed sheet music, a long-standing strength of the collection)
- Modern books on the practice or theory of stagecraft, acting, teaching, or other subjects related to pedagogy of the performing arts
- Modern books on theatrical criticism, theory, and analysis, other than selected archives of papers of writers or critics
- Modern books about student, juvenile, or amateur theatre, other than selected archives
- Modern plays written specifically for student, juvenile, or amateur performance
- Film prints, other than items that happen to form a part of a theatrical archive, and as distinct from documentation of the history of film
- Recordings of broadcast and recorded performances (e.g., radio, television, and film), except where there may be some connection with the live theatre as well
- Sports
- Fashion
- Scrapbooks or albums, unless of exceptional historical interest
- Photocopies, reproductions, or archives of research papers, unless of exceptional significance and broad research value
- Actual costumes, stage sets, curtains, backdrops, machinery, or large stage properties, other than stage set models (whose quantity is limited by considerations of space)
- Literary material from certain non-Western cultures for which there are culturally-centered collections at Harvard that are better able to offer cataloguing and scholarly support (e.g., Asian material, Judaica)
- Material that is damaged, incomplete, or in poor condition, or which requires extensive conservation
However, there are existing exceptions in each of these categories, and it is possible that desireable material will be offered in the future that would be considered to strengthen or complement these holdings.
Searching the Harvard Theatre Collection
If you are specifically looking for materials in this collection: in HOLLIS Classic (Harvard's online catalog) Expanded Search you can limit your search to Location = Theatre Collection; in OASIS (Online Archival Search Information System) in Quick Search, you can type "Harvard Theatre Collection" (including quotation marks); in VIA (Visual Information Access), in Repository, you can enter Harvard Theatre Collection.
Note that in addition to material catalogued in HOLLIS Classic, OASIS, and VIA, the Theatre Collection houses numerous series of ephemera, prints, playbills, sheet music, clippings, designs, manuscripts, and photographs that can only be searched directly by Houghton Library staff. Items in these various series may be arranged by personal name, production title, theatre, subject: typically, the more details the reader can provide, the more productive our search will be.
For more complete guidance on locating materials in the Harvard theatre collection, please go to The Harvard Theatre Collection: A Guide for Researchers.


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Canonical wants nVidia to add *additional* extensions in order for Mir to be able to have the features mentioned in the blog by Thomas (which Wayland already supports, using the existing EGL implementation).
There is another thread here in the forums (relating to Mir/Wayland) where an Xorg/Wayland developer (or two) mentioned that all Wayland needs is a proper EGL implementation, if i remember correctly, he also said the nvidia driver wouldn't need KMS either - just EGL/extensions (but not the extensions that Thomas/Mir-dev is talknig about - since they aren't (currently?) apart of the EGL specification.


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The BBC has launched a new Facebook app, allowing you to play the next Doctor Who, inserting your name and mugshot into the opening credits.
HTML5 video technology is used and accounts for the very slick results.
The app is fronted on the main Facebook page and ties in to the fiftieth anniversary of the Doctor and the celebratory episode airing on November 23.
As a result of having to 'like' the Facebook page in order to become the Doctor, the page now has over 3.5m fans and is hoovering up user data as even non-fans like myself want to see how they might look as the saviour of our universe.
Doctor Who has been an incredible success for the Beeb and back before the relaunch of the series in 2003 it was difficult to see how a programme often regarded as naff could have managed it.
The success of the rebrand can be partly attributed to the marketing of the show, and the digital footprint of Doctor Who today is impressive.
Its website is rich with content and the Doctor is, of course, very active on social. Ahead of, and during, the reveal of Peter Capaldi as the new Doctor (I still have Zoe Ball's get-excited-now bark of 'Peter Capaldi' ringing in my ears) Twitter and Facebook went crazy. Here's a great article on the success of the launch and the avoidance of spoilers.
The YouTube trailer for the anniversary special has had 2.5m views in only a week, and the signs point to impressive 'noise' on the night. I've embedded it below, for your enjoyment.
The #savetheday hashtag is also starting to pick up social mentions ahead of the airing, which is also being broadcast in cinemas in the UK and US.
Go take a look at the Facebook app and add some suitable Doctor Who nostalgia/trivia in our comments below.
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We made this. Very proud bunch of Whovian Realisers :)
As a big Doctor Who fan I can't wait to have a go with this!
Great blog what a great idea a brill link for all fans
excellent article. looking forward to the next post!
It's a really nice app well done Release Digital!
I think many Facebook apps don't get nearly the same level of engagement as they did a few years ago, but creating one for a really passionate niche audience like this means it's going to get a lot of traction.
My favourite part was the share screen at the end, which offered multiple options beyond Facebook sharing.


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Two clothbound, slipcased volumes | 2,400 pages
The five novels in The Leatherstocking Tales, Cooper's great saga of the American frontier, narrate the conflict of nations (Indian, English, French, and American) amid the dense woods, desolate prairies, and transcendent landscapes of the New World. Leatherstocking, or Natty Bumppo, first appears in The Pioneers as an aged hunter living on the fringe of a New York settlement at the end of the eighteenth century. The Last of the Mohicans looks back to the earlier time of the French and Indian Wars, when Natty and his two companions Chingachgook and Uncas attempt a daring rescue and seek to forestall the plan of the French to unleash a wave of terror. The Prairie takes up Natty in his eighties, driven by the continuous march of civilization to his last refuge on the Great Plains.
American readers couldn't get enough of the Leatherstocking saga and Cooper brought him back in The Pathfinder. During the Seven Years' War, just after the events narrated in The Last of the Mohicans, Natty heads for a British outpost on the Great Lakes, where the French and their Indian allies are plotting a treacherous ambush—and, for the first time, Natty falls in love. The Deerslayer brings the saga full circle and follows the young Leatherstocking on his first warpath. Honorable to friend and foe alike, Natty emerges as Cooper's noblest figure of the American frontier.
Each volume contains authoritative and unabridged texts, helpful notes, and a detailed and informative chronology of the writer's life.
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Two Years Before the Mast and Other Voyages
Clothbound, slipcased edition • 924 pages
In three sea-going travel narratives, Richard Henry Dana Jr. spans 25 years of maritime history. Two Years Before the Mast vividly portrays the daily routines and hardships of life at sea, the capriciousness and brutality of merchant ship captains and officers, and the beauty and danger of the southern oceans in winter. To Cuba and Back is an entertaining and enthusiastic account of a Caribbean trip, during which Dana toured Havana and a sugar plantation, attended a bullfight, and investigated the impact on Cuban society of slavery and autocratic Spanish rule. Journal of a Voyage Round the World provides fascinating vignettes of frontier life in California, missionary influence in Hawaii, the impact of the Taiping Rebellion and the Second Opium War on China—and on to Malaya, Ceylon, India, Egypt, and Europe.


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The Agency Council on Coordinated Transportation (ACCT) has developed customer complaint process guidelines for public transportation providers across Washington State.
The new guidelines offer an easy and accessible way for people with special needs to have their concerns addressed. This framework provides the necessary tools for improving options for people with special transportation needs.
To be eligible for funding, organizations and transportation providers applying for state paratransit/special-needs grants must demonstrate a way for customers to communicate their concerns to the provider. More information on the history and requirements of the customer complaint process is available here (pdf 840 kb).
Generic customer complaint policy - Meets compliance standards
Examples From Transportation Providers
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Customer comment policy from Link Transit (Wenatchee) (pdf 37kb)
Mason Transit (Shelton) policy on comment appeals (pdf 27 kb)
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Law School forum to build a coalition to overcome discrimination
Giving voice: overcoming Islamaphobia and homophobiaUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Cynthia D Quinn, (808) 956-6545
Dir, Comm & External Rel, William S Richardson School of Law
Dir, Comm & External Rel, William S Richardson School of Law
Posted: Dec 1, 2010
UH Mānoa Law School is co-sponsoring a panel discussion and conversation on the issues confronting the Muslim and gay communities. The discussion will take place on Thursday, December 2, from 6-8 p.m. at the William S. Richardson School of Law located at 2525 Dole Street.
This forum focuses on sharing thoughts over dinner to begin to build a coalition to work together to overcome misunderstanding and discrimination faced by both communities in the United States. This forum is hosted by the Law School's Lamba Law Student Association, the Law Student Bar Association, Japanese American Citizens League, and Student Equity Excellence & Diversity.
The forum will include speakers: Nagwa Ibrahim, Esq., board member of the Muslim Bar Association. She is also the co-director and producer of the documentary "Beyond the Bullet," a film about the nonviolent resistance movement in Palestine, and author of "The Origins of Muslim Racialization in U.S. Law," published in the UCLA Journal of Islamic and Near Eastern Law; Dr. Amanullah De Sondy, visiting assistant professor from the department of Religious Studies at the University of Miami whose main academic interest is concentrated on gender and sexuality in classical and modern Islam, specifically Islamic Masculinities. De Sondy earned his PhD in theology and religious studies at the University of Glasgow (Scotland), with a focus on Islamic Studies, and has been active in interfaith dialogue event; and Kathleen Sands, associate professor of American Studies at UH Mānoa, who specializes in many areas, including religion in America, religion and law, women in religion, Christian history, and theory of religion. She also sits on the editorial board of The Journal of Law and Religion.
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National Museum conservators conducted treatments on the chair used by former Prime Minister Ben Chifley. Labor politician Ben Chifley became Australia's 16th prime minister in 1945, and the chair was used by Chifley at the Hotel Kurrajong where he lived while in Canberra. Chifley chose to stay at Hotel Kurrajong rather than in the Prime Minister's official residence, the Lodge, believing it would save the taxpayers' money. As Hotel Kurrajong was remodelled, and experienced periods of closure in the following decades, the chair was placed in storage to be saved because of its reputed significance as one of Chifley's favourites.
During the 1980s, the Australian Labor Party donated the timeworn chair to the National Museum. In preparation for its display in the Landmarks gallery the chair required conservation treatment to stabilise the existing damage and restore it to its former appearance. Several techniques were used during this treatment. The separated leather parts were secured into position by stitching cotton thread through the existing stitch holes and the leather was gently pulled together. Using pre-existing holes ensured that the chair was not damaged further. Acid free tissue was used to pad out and shape the repaired leather where stuffing had been lost.
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The chair is wrapped in calico and then sealed in polyethylene sheeting for freezing.
The horse hair stuffing and organic materials contained within the chair are an attractive food source for pests. As a preventative measure to eradicate any pest infestation that might be present, the chair was frozen prior to treatment.
The chair before conservation treatment showing damage to the seat, arm rests and sides.
The damage to the leather arm chair includes splits to the leather, lost stuffing and damaged stitching. This damage is likely to have occurred after the chair was used by Chifley.


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CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's new finance minister is a U.S.-educated economist who will need all his training to help pull his country out of an acute financial crisis aggravated by renewed political turmoil.
Ahmed Galal, managing director of the Cairo-based Economic Research Forum since 2007 and for 18 years a researcher at the World Bank, said he had accepted the post of finance minister in the army-backed government of Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi.
The budget deficit has widened dangerously over the last few months, pushing Egypt close to bankruptcy as it runs out of sources of finance. Economists say $12 billion in aid offered to Cairo by Gulf states last week will last only a few months unless new revenue is found or spending is slashed.
Economists expect the budget deficit to have swollen to about 15 percent of gross domestic product in the financial year that ended on June 30.
Galal, Egypt's sixth finance minister in less than three years, will struggle to convince his angry compatriots to accept economic austerity after 30 months of political chaos that has pushed many of them into poverty.
Those familiar with his academic work say it has focused not just on economic growth but on ensuring that the poor benefit.
"Dr Galal describes himself as an 'eclectic' economist. He has been a long and firm believer in the importance of inclusive growth and education in contributing to inclusion and competitiveness," said Amina Ghanem, a former deputy finance minister.
"Fiscal policy for him would not be a budget deficit number, it would be about growth, empowerment and human development," said Ghanem, who served under four finance ministers until shortly before Mohamed Mursi was elected president in mid-2012.
The army ousted Mursi, Egypt's first freely elected leader, on July 3 after millions of Egyptians poured into the streets to protest against the Islamist president and his government.
Galal received a doctorate in economics from Boston University in 1986 after graduating in business administration from Cairo University.
During his 18 years as an economist at the World Bank he concentrated on the Middle East and North Africa. He later headed two Cairo-based think-tanks, the Egyptian Center for Economic Studies and the Economic Research Forum.
In a July 2011 ERF paper, Galal said competitive markets should be allowed to allocate resources, improve production and encourage innovation, but should be regulated to prevent anti-competitive behavior and promote a more egalitarian society.
"Markets do not function in a vacuum and generally do not produce the best outcomes for society on their own," he wrote.
"Safeguards are necessary to protect consumers from exploitation and ensure that workers have the right to decent working conditions and fair pay."
Galal took the last government of Hosni Mubarak, who was ousted in a popular uprising in early 2011, to task for carving out special deals to please its supporters, such as land allocations and large contracts.
"The model relied excessively on market forces, without effective measures to curb abuse of market power, prevent corruption or reduce extreme poverty," he wrote.
Since the anti-Mubarak uprising, which drove away tourists and foreign investors, two of Egypt's main sources of foreign currency, the country has struggled to pay for imports.
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Depending on which trip you're on while in Mexico, you may find yourself travelling by:
Mexican 'chicken buses' have achieved legendary status in travel circles. Experience the ride for yourself!
Travelling with Intrepid is a little bit different. We endeavour to provide travellers with an authentic experience to remember, so we try to keep accommodation as unique and traditional as possible.
When travelling with us in Mexico you may find yourself staying in a:
Intrepid prefers smaller character-filled hotels and guesthouses than hotel chains. When on holiday in Mexico, enjoy staying in small hotels owned and run by friendly locals.
Australia: Not required
Belgium: Not required
Canada: Not required
Germany: Not required
Ireland: Not required
Netherlands: Not required
New Zealand: Not required
South Africa: Yes - in advance
Switzerland: Not required
United Kingdom: Not required
USA: Not required
Tipping is expected in most parts of Mexico. Service workers typically earn a low wage and rely on tips to earn a decent living. Add 10-15% to restaurant bills (if service charge is not already included), and leave a few dollars or pesos for housekeepers, porters, bartenders and guides.
Internet access is easily found in Mexico's large cities, metropolitan areas and places frequented by tourists, but less so in more remote areas.
Mobile phone coverage is good in Mexico, especially in large cities. Coverage may not be available in more remote areas, especially if travelling in mountainous regions. Ensure you have global roaming activated with your mobile carrier before you leave home if you wish to use your mobile while in Mexico.
It's likely that you will encounter different types of toilets while travelling in Mexico. Western-style flushable toilets are commonly found in high-end resorts, hotels and restaurants, while squat toilets are common in rural areas and homes. Be prepared by carrying your own supply of toilet paper and soap, as these aren't always provided.
Short trip on public transport = 3 pesos
Street food snack = 10-15 pesos
Bottle of beer = 20-25 pesos
Meal in mid-range restaurant = 50-100 pesos
Drinking tap water isn't recommended in Mexico. For environmental reasons, try to avoid buying bottled water. Fill a reusable water bottle or canteen with filtered water. It's also advisable to avoid ice in drinks and peel fruit and vegetables before eating.
Major credit cards are widely accepted in tourist shopping areas and large hotels, but are less commonly accepted by smaller vendors, in remote towns and rural areas. Make sure you carry enough cash for purchases, since credit cards aren't always an option in Mexico.
ATMs are common in large cities and tourist hot spots like Cancun and Mexico City, and can be found in and near shopping centres and hotels. ATMs are less common in rural areas and smaller towns, so you're advised to prepare for this by having enough cash before travelling out of the city.
Absolutely. All passengers travelling with Intrepid are required to purchase travel insurance before the start of their trip. Your travel insurance details will be recorded by your leader on the first day of the trip. Due to the varying nature, availability and cost of health care around the world, travel insurance is very much an essential and necessary part of every journey.
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Please note these dates are for 2017. For a current list of public holidays in Mexico go to: http://www.worldtravelguide.net/mexico/public-holidays
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3. Always dispose of litter thoughtfully, including cigarette butts.
4. When bargaining at markets, stay calm, be reasonable and keep a smile on your face. It's meant to be fun!
5. Learn some local language and don't be afraid to use it - simple greetings will help break the ice.
6. Shop for locally made products. Supporting local artisans helps keep traditional crafts alive.
7. Refrain from supporting businesses that exploit or abuse endangered animals.
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5 Advanced Conversion Rate Optimization Methods To Increase Sales Online
In the past few years, Conversion Rate Optimization has become as essential to a business as SEO. If you're not optimizing – and your competitors are – you're missing opportunities to gain new customers.
While A/B testing is one piece of CRO, simply testing different variates of your site against each other is only one way for you to increase conversion rate. For most businesses, split testing will get you an initial lift but won't go the extra mile to get a higher conversion increase.
Here are 5 more advanced methods for you to personalize your site. To make things easy, I've included real-life examples of each along with the software you can use – enjoy!
1. Personalization
There is absolutely no question that personalizing your site will lead to higher, sustained conversion rates. Giving each customer exactly what they want at exactly the right moment is one of the most reliable ways for you to generate more sales.
Here's an excellent example from Gardener's Supply Company:
The company noticed that it's conversion rate was low from Pinterest users as compared to other sources of traffic. So, they worked with the team at Evergage to show a personalized banner to each visitor who came to their page from Pinterest and giving them a special offer.
This simple banner saw a 3x increase in conversion!
Generating 10% – 50% conversion increases is not uncommon for personalizing a site. And not only is the conversion lift significant, it's often sustainable, lasting for years (a lesser talked about fact in CRO is that A/B splits can have a shelf-life and stop converting as highly – that's a topic for another article).
If you're interested in personalizing your site, here's a few resources for you to try:
- Evergage: Generally the easiest to use, with a point and click editor that makes it easy for you to segment audiences.
- Optimizely: Makes it easy for you to create pages based on traffic sources – similar to Evergage but in my opinion not as robust in personalization
- Personyze: Focused on e-commerce. Makes it easy for you to offer different products to different users. different creative, etc. The software is not as easy to use as Evergage or Optimizely but it does have some advanced features for e-commerce.
2. Dynamic Pricing
For any e-commerce business to succeed, pricing must be competitive – I cannot find a clear study on this, but anecdotally I can tell you that your pricing strategy can easily affect your revenue and profit by 10% – 20%. Especially if you are selling a product in a competitive environment, you need to have a handle on your pricing strategy.
Let's say that you type into Google "laptop case":
Then, you decide that you want the pelican 1085 hardback case:
Which one are you going to get? This is a heavily researched question, but I'm going to bet that you'll go with the retailer with (1) the lowest price + shipping, (2) the best return policy, and (3) the best overall brand experience.
Even this simple example raises a number of interesting points:
- How do you price on intent and product? Clearly a commoditized sale (like this case, where the product is the same everywhere) has a far different pricing strategy than an intent-driven sale, where a customer comes directly to your website
- What do you optimize for? Conversion, profit, revenue, etc? Most people will simply say "profit" but this turns out not to be an easy question to answer – simply acquiring a customer will often have benefits (like long term customer value)
For most e-commerce merchants between $500K and $10M in revenue, simply optimizing price for conversion is going to be your best bet. There are a few platforms we recommend for doing this:
- Wiser: Software is easy to use. Unfortunately they do not offer plans for smaller size businesses but they are a great fit for clients with $1M+ in revenue.
- AppEagle: This is a great product for an Amazon-focused retailer. They are not as strong though for retailers who sell across multiple channels.
3. Dynamic Landing Pages
Simply adjusting the headlines of your landing page to match – or closely match – the search query text can boost conversion rate by 10%.
Here's an example:
Personalizing your landing pages to PPC traffic is a general best practice, and fortunately it's extremely easy to do this. The best tool for you to use for this is:
- Unbounce: Probably the easiest landing page builder. You can easily create different versions of your landing page and then customize the headlines or background images for different traffic sources.
You could also simply create duplicate versions of the landing page and use dedicated landing pages – many DIYers do this and it's a perfectly good practice.
4. Speed
Just a one-second decrease in page load time can decrease conversions by 7% or more.
Here's an excellent graph from Web Performance Today showing how page speed affected conversion rate at Walmart:
I often find when optimizing conversion rate of clients' websites that page speed is overlooked – not because people don't realize it's important, but because people often don't realize that their page speed could be improved.
Here are a few excellent resources for you to check your website's speed:
- Pingdom: This may be the single best spot for you to check your website for performance issues.
- GTMetrix: Also a great resource; results will be similar to Pingdom
- Google Page Speed: For developers, Google offers a page speed API that will let you build speed testing into any single one of your apps.
Generally, the best tip for you to optimize page speed is to reduce the amount of code that you're using on your site or to upgrade to a faster platform (for example, Angular.js, if implemented correctly, can be extremely, extremely fast). This is easier said than done, however, and is a topic for another article.
5. Response Time
For any advertisers who are in the lead-generation business – or even customer support – response time is one of the biggest variables that affects whether your leads become paying customers (or whether your customer support customers end up referring you or not).
Lead Response Management did an impressive study showing the best time to follow up with leads and how your speed affects response.:
- If you call a lead 5 minutes after they email or call you, your chances of reaching them are 100 times better than if you call them 30 minutes later.
- If you call a lead in the first hour, your chances are 10 times better than afterwards.
Of course this can be difficult for international-based lead generation businesses, but for businesses in a real need – say for example, an auto accident lawyer, where there is urgency – being the first person to respond to a lead can often seal the deal.
Here are a few resources for you to try in order to improve your speed management: Aweber / Mailchimp / etc: Any decent email marketing software will have auto-responder features built in.
For higher value sales, I would recommend trying to respond to as many leads as you can yourself, but for high volume lead-gen, an automation solution might be best.
About The Author
Andy Hunt is the founder of UpliftROI.com. He's got years of solid experience in conversion rate optimization and digital marketing in general.


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Mobile Devices 1st Wednesday Facebook Discussion - November 2010
In 2010, the California Digital Library released a report summarizing the data they collected on users' perspective on the use of mobile devices.
California Digital Library Mobile Device User Research Project https://confluence.ucop.edu/display/CMDUR/Home
Direct link to the Findings ppt https://confluence.ucop.edu/download/attachments/26476757/Mobile+Research+presentation_wikiversion.pdf?version=1
(11-30-2010) Jill Newby, member, STS Information Literacy Committee
Information Literacy after Graduation
Much has been done to try to assess information literacy skills attained in the university. When students learn skills we hope they will retain them after they graduate and move into a permanent academic or industrial position. It has been documented in the literature that staff scientists and engineers have done online searches without assistance from intermediaries since the 1980s. Training was done by librarians and representatives from vendors. As we entered the Internet era, personal computers became ubiquitous and more databases aimed at nonspecialists were published.
Much has been done to try to assess information literacy skills attained in the university.
1. But do these skills erode when the student leaves school and works in industry?
2. Do we know how effective is our information literacy training years down the road?
3. Do workers attain those skills on the job?
4. Do information literacy skills differ for digital native and digital immigrants when they are in the workplace?
I have not seen any empirical research that answers these questions. Is there any anecdotal evidence on the use and assessment of information literacy skills after graduation? I would be willing to discuss this with anyone.
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Database Tutorials using Side-by-Side Frames
To see an example of a database tutorial that uses a left hand frame for instructions and a right hand frame with a 'live' web page, go to University of Arizona Library's webpage: [1]. Within the next year(2009-10) there are plans to make this tutorial available as open source. It has been made with javascript and PHP programming language and use of open source programming libraries.
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Man in hospital after van hits house in Walkertown
Man in hospital after van hits house in Walkertown
A 71-year-old man was taken to the hospital after his van hit a house Thursday morning.
The collision was reported around 7:50 a.m. in the 4900 block of Reidsville Road.
The man was extracted from the van and taken to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, where there is no word on his condition.
The passenger, the man's son, suffered minor injuries, while a man inside the home wasn't injured. No names have been released.
Troopers said the van ran off the road on one side, came back across the road, clipped the house and ended up in a tree.
The resident told troopers the crash sounded like a bomb going off.
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At a press event held in London last week, Canonical unveiled the next big thing for the Linux-based Ubuntu: a smartphone operating system. Demoed on a Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the operating system wasn't complete, but early hands-on reports were positive. Today, it has been announced that the first installable download of Ubuntu Phone OS is going to be released in February.
It still won't be feature complete, but in just over a month from now, Galaxy Nexus owners with a mind for tinkering will be able to experience their first encounter with Ubuntu for phones. It's not said if the first release will include the Ubuntu app store or voice actions missing during the unveiling of the platform, but you can be sure the essentials (dialing and messaging) will be fully functional.
As one of the most widely used Linux distributions in world, it's hard to imagine Ubuntu Phone OS not making a splash. It may be a little late to topple the empire Google has built with Android, but I'm sure it will have its following. If you have a Galaxy Nexus laying around, will you be installing Ubuntu Phone OS? Let us know in the comments.


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ETTRICK, Va. (AP) — Hundreds gathered on campus of Virginia State University to remember two young men who drowned in the Appomattox River during an initiation rite.
VSU President Keith Miller called the two 19-year-old freshmen men of promise and potential at a memorial held Friday in the gymnasium on the Ettrick campus of VSU.
He blamed the loss of Marvell Edmonson and Jauwan Holmes on "outdated rituals" and said he was hopeful others would learn from their deaths.
The two students were swept away by rapids as they attempted to cross the Appomattox during an initiation for an unsanctioned social club called "Men of Honor." Other students survived the ordeal.
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ExactlyReefer2 wrote:When the deal was done I said I did not like it, maybe in the off season but not now. Kassian was not going to bring anything to the team this season to help them win the SC. I said that CH scoring was more important as it takes pressue of the top 2 lines and I was told secondary scoring was a luxury. Thinking Kassian may help in 2 - 3 years is bad planning, this team needs to win now and go for it. They have a short window of opportunity and just look no further that SJ on how easily a team can fall.
I am not in the locker room so I don't know the truth about what CH and/or his agent really asked for or how they acted with MG but somehow I feel AV had something to do with this deal happening at the time it did. One problem this team has (and still does) are the tough guys who can hit hard and fight when needed, last season with Glass and who ever else was on the 4th line they never did anything to help the team win against Boston.
This year if the Nucks come up against a team like Bos I do not see Kassian at 21 being the answer but CH may chip in a few goals that would help. I will stand by my belief that the deal was bad for this team at the time it was made.
I like Zack Kassian, but you don't trade a young skilled centre who was helping pick up the slack in creating offense, for a project parked down on the 4th line. I thought we were suppose to be trying to win the cup now?
This trade has done diddly squat to stop teams from picking on the Sedins. Even if Gillis had picked up Ott, Moen and Staubitz it still would do fuck all to stop teams from taking liberty on the Sedins. The Sedins are effective when the offense is spead out, now it's not. All the CoHo trade did was make it easier for teams to shut down our skill cause we now have less of it. I just don't get the trade. We now have no 3rd line but 3 Shut Down lines like Botch said and is all excited about.


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Happy Friday, my fearless creatures of excellence!
Welcome to the end of a powerful week! Today's Daily Word is dedicated to not settling for less! You are great!! You are powerful beyond measure!! You are brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous, and can do anything you put your mind to!! Despite this fact the world is doing everything in its power to break you down and make you feel less than you are!! It is trying to give you the illusion that your life is hard and will stay that way!! It is attempting to sell you this vision that your dreams are distant and unattainable!!
Despite its efforts you must NEVER settle for less!! Believe that all the goodness that exists in the world is yours for the taking, and that you will get exactly what you want!! Don't compromise because you are impatient!! Know that if you continue to go down the path of greatness, it is inevitable that you get everything that you desire!! Maybe not when you want it, but definitely when you need it!
As Oprah once said "You can have it all. You just can't have it all at once." Be patient and know when to say NO!! You must sacrifice the good to get to the great! Hold out a little while longer and live the life of your dreams!! You deserve it!!! -Ash'Cash
"No matter how qualified or deserving we are, we will never reach a better life until we can imagine it for ourselves and allow ourselves to have it." –Richard Bach
"Every day, people settle for less than they deserve. They are only partially living or at best living a partial life. Every human being has the potential for greatness." -Bo Bennett
"If you don't set a baseline standard for what you'll accept in life, you'll find it's easy to slip into a quality of life that's far below what you deserve." -Anthony Robbins
"The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for." -Maureen Dowd
"There is no future to be found in playing small. Never settle for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living." -Nelson Mandela
"If you'll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives." -Vince Lombardi
"If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it." -Steve Jobs
"Never settle for less than you deserve. Demand the BEST & accept nothing LESS!" -Unknown
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Marie E. Bennett, 80
Marie E. Bennett, 80, of Clarion, formerly of Big Run, passed away Tuesday, June 18, 2013, at County Spring Personal Care Home, surrounded by her loving family and care givers.
Marie was born October 26, 1932, in New Millport, Clearfield County, a daughter of the late James M. and Sylvia Hullihen.
She was Protestant by faith.
On Jan. 22, 1948, she married the love of her life James F. Bennett, who preceded her in death Aug. 26, 2008.
Marie is survived by three sons, Ron Bennett and wife Tina of Clarion, Tim Bennett and wife Bambi of Fountain Hills, Az., and David Bennett and Carol Frantz of Reynoldsville; two daughters, Darla Smailis and husband Stan of Lockport, Ill. and Karen Landon and husband David of Interlaken, N.Y.; 13 grandchildren; and 10 great grandchildren.
She was the last of her family.
Friends will be received from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 23, 2013, at McCabe Funeral Home in Punxsutawney.
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SOURCE: Hispanicize 2013
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El Buen Pitch Is the "The Apprentice"-Style Competition That Will Recognize One Agency for Creating the Best Marketing Campaign For This National Non-Profit Organization
El Buen Pitch Is the "The Apprentice"-Style Competition That Will Recognize One Agency for Creating the Best Marketing Campaign For This National Non-Profit Organization
MIAMI, FL--(Marketwire - Jan 31, 2013) - PADRES Contra El Cáncer (PADRES), one of the fastest rising organizations serving Latino families nationwide, has been selected as the non-profit entity that will be the focus of the "El Buen Pitch" national competition of Hispanicize 2013 (www.HispanicizeEvent.com), the annual Latino trends event taking place April 9-13 in Miami Beach.
Co-created by Hispanicize event organizers and Hispanic market trade journal PRODU, "El Buen Pitch" is open to all agencies with Hispanic market expertise and that submit their entry forms by March 4. More information is available at http://www.hispanicizeevent.com/el-buen-pitch.html.
"El Buen Pitch will provide a major public service to PADRES Contra El Cáncer, which is on the cusp of expanding to serve more Latino families while also spotlighting the incredible talents and creativity of the agencies that work in the Hispanic market," said Manny Ruiz (@MannyRuiz), founder and creative director of Hispanicize 2013.
PADRES Contra El Cáncer began its mission more than 27 years ago to support the needs of the Latino pediatric cancer community who have a higher risk of medical problems due to a series of complex factors, including language barriers, socio-economic challenges and limited access to community programs. PADRES has been able to bridge these gaps and provide educational, economic and quality of life programs and services not only to the Latino community but to all families who have a child battling cancer. With the support of its National Spokesperson, Eva Longoria, PADRES has been able to create awareness about the organization and the importance to provide support to families who are in need today.
"We are extremely grateful and excited to be part of Hispanicize 2013 and El Buen Pitch," said Elvia Barboa, PADRES CEO. "Hispanicize has given non-profit organizations an opportunity to participate in this great event and has created a platform to create awareness about their cause."
Qualifying agencies must submit a marketing plan that addresses the creative brief provided by PADRES Contra El Cáncer.
A committee made up of Hispanic marketing professionals and representatives from PADRES Contra El Cáncer will select three finalists that will be chosen to present their campaign recommendations live at Hispanicize 2013 in front of a panel of judges including three senior Hispanic brand marketing executives from Fortune 500 companies, the chief executive of PADRES Contra El Cáncer and an audience of peers that also will cast their vote for the winning agency. In addition to PRODU, the competition is being produced in partnership with Hispanic Market Weekly, The Hispanic PR Blog and the Public Relations Society of America.
As the official non-profit organization of "El Buen Pitch," PADRES will receive national attention including media coverage from participating partner media outlets and corporate recognition from the hundreds of companies, agencies and sponsors that will be present at Hispanicize 2013.
The winning agency will be recognized with the prestigious "El Buen Pitch" Award, a unique work of art that will come to symbolize the highest standard of pro-bono Hispanic marketing and will be recognized by peers and media alike.
About Hispanicize 2013
Now in its fourth year, Hispanicize 2013 (http://www.HispanicizeEvent.com) (#Hispz13) is the largest annual gathering of Hispanic marketers, agencies, media, bloggers, and entertainment professionals. The iconic event will be held April 9-13, 2013 in Miami Beach at the Eden Roc Hotel.
Hispanicize 2013 brings brands, media, marketers, celebrities, filmmakers, innovators and bloggers together in a unique creative environment focused on ideas and best practices. The event is a launch pad for creative endeavors, new products, technologies, marketing campaigns, films, books and more targeting Latinos.
Hispanicize 2013, a partnership of the Hispanic Public Relations Association (HPRA), Hispanicize and the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), will be held at the Eden Roc Hotel in Miami Beach, April 9-13, 2013.
About PADRES Contra El Cáncer
PADRES Contra El Cáncer (PADRES) is an organization committed to improving the quality of life for Latino children with cancer and their families. PADRES programs, activities and services, while primarily oriented to the Latino community, serve childhood cancer patients from ALL ethnic and economic backgrounds, so that no family is ever turned away. Celebrating 27 years of service, PADRES brings together children, families, healthcare professionals and community leaders to promote a comprehensive understanding of childhood cancer and other blood disorders as well as effective methods for treatment. Since March 2005, actress Eva Longoria has served as the organization's National Spokesperson.
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