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How Vodafone increased conversions by integrating channels
Fully integrating channels in a customer marketing program or campaign is not easy.
In fact, the recent Econsultancy/ CACI Integrated Customer Experience report showed that despite 90% of companies wanting to integrate across channel, only 20% actually have a well-developed strategy.
Even when there is a strategy, implementing it is a process laden with obstacles. The most common problem for businesses is the complexity of a customer's interaction across multiple channels, departments and systems.
Related to this issue is the fact that multiple departments need to be aligned on planning and change activities required. This cross-departmental responsibility creates resource allocation and control issues.
It's official, Cadbury's Facebook ads are better than its TV ads (sort of...)
Facebook campaigns are better than TV! That's the overall message that one could have taken from Jerry Daykin's talk at our JUMP conference last week, where the Mondelez EU social media manager shared some insights from the brand's recent Crème Egg campaign.
But before you write an angry letter to the editor, there are obviously a number of caveats involved that will be explained forthwith.
Mondelez has a strong heritage of creating outstanding social content thanks to its various sub-brands which include Oreo and Cadbury.
One obvious case study is the over-hyped Oreo's Super Bowl tweet that has become renowned in marketing circles for being the very definition of real-time advertising.
How Game empowers CRM with personalised communications
Keen readers of this blog may have seen our recent interview with Game's insight and reward director Fred Prego on the company's multichannel strategy.
And earlier today at our JUMP event Prego expanded on Game's CRM strategy, including case studies on how his team uses personalised messages to drive sales.
Prego began with some quick stats to dispel the myth that the company is bankrupt, stating that the business has 320 stores and 30% market share.
Furthermore it attracted 20m customers online and in-store in the past 12 months and has had 750,000 app downloads.
However following its brief stint in administration last year, Game has re-emerged with a new focus on its customers and now aims to build the UK's most valuable community of gamers.
Best Western: how customer experience and telling stories will grow your business
Tim Wade is Director of Marketing & Ecommerce at Best Western Hotels, and has been responsible for repositioning the brand in Great Britain under the strap line 'Hotels with personality'.
Tim will be speaking at our JUMP event on October 9 about the importance of customer experience and storytelling for the brand.
In advance of this, I've been asking him about the story behind his presentation...
Evans Cycles on the key drivers for multichannel shopping
Will Lockie is Multichannel Head at Evans Cycles, responsible for helping a 90 year old retail brand bridge the gap between online and offline.
He'll be presenting at our JUMP event on October 9, on the subject of identifyng drivers for multichannel shopping behaviour to improve multichannel experience.
Here, Will talks about the company's approach to multichannel retail, the value of a physical presence, click and collect, using QR codes and more...
Boris backs our Festival of Marketing. Will you?
With less than two weeks to go until the Festival of Marketing, Econsultancy towers is now working at full speed.
Not only do we now have over 100 speakers and 5,000 marketers in attendance, but our beloved mayor Boris Johnson has given us his support.
How Virgin uses big data to create engaging branded content
Bob Fear is Digital Content and Marketing Manager at Virgin, and he recently been involved in the relaunch of Virgin.com.
He has devised the core Virgin brand's digital content and social strategy from scratch, and will be speaking about using data to create engaging branded content at our JUMP event on October 9.
I've been asking Bob about the presentation, and Virgin's approach to content and social media...
How Ford Retail is bringing digital into the boardroom
Celia Pronto is Group Marketing and Ecommerce Director at Ford Retail, and her expertise is in working with multichannel businesses experiencing vast transformation.
She will be speaking at our JUMP event on October 9, about Ford Retail's digital transformation, and the importance of customer experience.
Here, Celia gives us a taste of the presentation, and some valuable insights into the company's strategy...
Why mobile apps and in-store wi-fi are central to B&Q's omnichannel retail strategy
One of the outcomes of the consumer move towards ecommerce and digital technologies is that traditional 'big box' retailers have had to adapt in order to survive.
Many businesses that once relied on giant retail warehouses have needed to downsize their physical properties and move towards an omnichannel retail model that integrates digital and offline sales channels.
To find out more about B&Q's strategy I spoke to director of omnichannel Michael Durbridge, who will also be speaking at Econsultancy's JUMP event on October 9.
Why omnichannel retailing is essential to Game's future growth
The Game Group was one of several high profile retailers that ran into financial difficulties in the past few years, eventually entering administration back in March 2012.
However under new ownership as Game Retail Ltd and with a renewed focus on omnichannel retailing the company expected to make £20m profit in the year ending July 31 2013.
To find out more about the business' omnichannel strategy and plans for future growth I spoke to insight and reward director Fred Prego, who will also be speaking at Econsultancy's JUMP event on October 9.
JUMP is all about creating seamless multichannel customer experiences. Now in its fourth year, the event will be attended by more than 1,200 senior client-side marketers. This year it forms part of our week-long Festival of Marketing extravaganza.
Organizational transformation doesn't happen overnight
One of the main five themes of our upcoming Integrated Marketing Week in June is about managing integration in your organization. This is a complex area so we are exploring how companies are dealing with it from an organizational structures perspective, how they can resource correctly and work with and manage agencies and vendors.
During our JUMP conference in January, we asked that exact question to some of our speakers and so we looked back at a couple of the videos to find out more about what other marketers are trying to accomplish with integration across their organization.
Six examples of effective multichannel marketing campaigns
There are just two days left to get your entries in for our new digital marketing and ecommerce awards, #TheDigitals, so to give some last minute inspiration I've rounded up six examples of effective multichannel marketing campaigns.
It follows a recent post that flagged up five great examples of email marketing excellence.
To avoid any accusations of bias, these are all examples that fall outside the eligibility period for the current awards, but should give an idea of the type of campaigns and projects we are looking for.
#TheDigitals are the new awards that recognise the best in digital marketing and ecommerce. Award entries must be submitted online before the deadline March 13, 2013.


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Mules split with No. 4 Lions
Missouri So. wins nightcap thanks to CG from Griebling
JOPLIN, Mo. -- The Missouri Southern baseball team split a doubleheader with fourth ranked Central Missouri, dropping game one, 14-3, but taking the nightcap 9-1 behind a complete-game from Cody Griebling.
The Lions (12-9, 8-8 MIAA) fell victim to the big inning in game one as Central (16-4, 11-4 MIAA) scored six in the third and five in the fourth, as well as three more in the sixth en route to the win. The Mules got a complete game from Don Lisi as he scattered eight hits and struck out six, walking one.
Dane Kolkmeyer picked up his first home run of the season in the opener, while CJ Matthews went 3-3 with two RBIs.Tee Helsel went 1-2 with a pair of runs scored.
In game two, the Lions turned the tables, scoring six runs in the second inning as Griebling took a no-hitter into the fifth inning. The Lions' first six batters reached base in the second as Matthews and Ben Millard had RBI singles.Harrison Gerber, Jesse Kinzey and Cullen Baxter would drive in a run each in the inning.
The Lions added a single runs in the fourth, seventh and eighth innings. Baxter drove in a run in the fourth with a sacrifice bunt, while the Lions picked up an unearned run in the seventh and Kolkmeyer drove in Patrick Deao with a sacrifice fly in the eighth.
Griebling went the distance, striking out six and walking just two, while allowing only one earned run and four hits in nine innings of work. He threw 112 pitches, 76 of which were strikes.
Gerber, Helsel, Deao and Millard all had a pair of hits, with Deao scoring twice and Baxter driving in two.

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Girl Fight allows players to choose from an array of sexy fighters to battle their way out of The Foundation, a shadowy, scientific organization looking to weaponize the psionic fighting abilities of the cast of gorgeous, all-female fighters.
With unlimited funding and no moral or ethical compass, The Foundation collects its test subjects from all around the world, often abducting and plugging women into their virtual construct known as The Mainframe. To make it back to reality, the women must utilize their fighting and psionic abilities in an all-out battle for survival.
Also known as: Girlfight
Release Region: United States
Release Date: TBA 2013
Publisher: Majesco
Also available on: PlayStation 3


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Lacrosse Question: Now that its varsity, looking to understand more
I've been to some Michigan Lacrosse games just because I'm interested in it and I genuinely enjoyed it even though there are still some nuances I'm trying to figure out. If any of you are more informed about the sport I was hoping you could assist.
#1) Can someone please explain to me what exactly the term "Ride" means as in "So&So Team really dominated the ride"
#2) Substitutions: In field lacrosse subsitutions are on the fly, correct?
a) Are substitutions unlimited?
b) Does everyone have to substitute in and out of the one particular area.
c) Much the way ice hockey has shifts, do lacrosse substitutions happen frequently such that 18 guys play (as I know there are 9 field players and one goalie) like hockey or is it infrequent like in soccer where you get maybe two or three substitutions a game.
#3) When the ball goes out of bounds, there seems to be some different rules. Sometimes it looks like the ball is awarded to whomever is closest, other times it seems to work like every other sport where the ball goes over to the opposite team of the person who threw it out.
#4) I have figured out that Offsides in lacrosse means that you can't have more than 7 players (including your goalie) in your defensive zone and I believe six in your offensive zone. If teams are traditionally comprised of 3 forwards, 3 midfielders and 3 defensemen, is it at all common that a defender would lead the rush into the offensive zone or do defensive players really stay in their own zone and the front 6 handle everything forward. I guess the hockey term for this would be "offense minded defenders".
Again, sorry to jam the board but this time of year seemed like the least offensive time to do it.


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(AP) Louisville upsets No. 1 Baylor 82-81
By JEFF LATZKE
AP Sports Writer
In one of the biggest upsets in the history of the NCAA women's tournament, fifth-seeded Louisville got a stunning 82-81 upset of defending national champion Baylor in the regional semifinals on Sunday night.
Shoni Schimmel scored 22 points and Monique Reid hit two free throws with 2.6 seconds left to send the Cardinals to the win.
Odyssey Sims scored 28 points and hit a pair of free throws with 9.1 seconds left to give the Lady Bears (34-2) their only lead of the game.
Reid caught an inbounds pass near the baseline after that and went coast to coast before getting fouled by All-American Brittney Griner on her way to the basket.
Sims had one last chance to save Baylor's season after Reid's free throws but was off-target and late on a desperation heave.
The Lady Bears had been practically invincible for the past four months, winning 32 straight games mostly by double digits.
Louisville (27-8) tied an NCAA record with 16 3-pointers to pull off the upset.
Sims dropped to the floor after her miss, pulling her jersey over her face and kicking her legs as she lay flat on her back.
Griner squatted near her and slapped the floor with both hands before pulling Sims up to her feet.
It was the end of a remarkable college career for Griner, a record-setting 6-foot-8 post player who ended up as the second-highest scoring player in NCAA history.
Griner, who had averaged 33 points in Baylor's first two games in the tournament, didn't make a basket until she converted a putback with 15:20 left in the second half. She wound up with 14 points and 10 rebounds, making only four of her 10 shots and being a relative non-factor for her considerable stature.
Louisville surrounded Griner as she has been most of her career, and her teammates were unusually unable to hit outside shots and relieve the pressure.
It was Sims who eventually led Baylor's attempted comeback from a 17-point deficit in the final 7 1/2 minutes, after Louisville's barrage of 3-pointers finally came to an end.
Sims hit a pair of free throws and then got a steal in the backcourt for a layup that got Baylor back within a dozen, and the Lady Bears put together a 19-4 run to get within striking distance in the final 2 minutes.
Walz was called for a technical foul for arguing after he watched a scoreboard replay of an offensive foul whistled against Bria Smith, with a Baylor defender sliding under her after she took off.
Sims hit the resulting free throws and then a runner to get the Lady Bears within 78-76 with 1:49 to play.
After a Megan Deines layup off a baseline inbounds play, Sims answered with a 3-pointer to cut it to one with 35.8 seconds left. She then hit two free throws to put Baylor ahead after Jude Schimmel fumbled an inbounds pass under her own basket, Griner picked it up and passed it to Sims.
The Lady Bears still couldn't close it out.
Antonita Slaughter hit seven 3-pointers for 21 points and Shoni Schimmel had five 3s.
As a team, Louisville was 16 for 25 to tie the NCAA tournament mark reached by four other teams and make the most ever in the regional semifinals or beyond.
Three Cardinals starters fouled out, starting with Shoni Schimmel with 4:21 left, with a 23-14 foul disparity in the game.


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The game is inspired by the struggles of real-life secret agent Violette Szabo, a Frenchwoman who morphed from department store worker to trained Allied spy after the death of her husband during World War II. She helped coordinate the local French resistance during her lifetime, which was cut short with her execution in 1945 after she was captured, raped and tortured.
Velvet Assassin isn't going to be quite that heavy, but it still takes place in the backdrop of World War II. You step into the stealthy shoes of Violette Summer, a spy who made it behind enemy lines but finds herself in a hospital bed, attempting to piece together what happened to her. This is where you come in. Violette's missions are essentially flashbacks replaying in her mind, which helps explain some of the trippy visual effects.
The game takes the "violet" concept quite literally, washing the heroine in a purple haze (insert Hendrix or weed joke here) whenever she's concealed in the shadows. The demo I saw also featured a lot of the same stealth rules that had been established by other games, such as not stepping on glass or crouching whenever possible to cut down noise.
This is shaping up to be a die-hard stealth game, where you are armed with just enough to survive in case you get spotted. Any time I saw Violette get detected, she was dead within seconds. Violette's approach is more Sam Fisher than Solid Snake, though from what I saw, she's not going to be as agile (no ground-crawling, wall-shimmying or fancy triangle jumping).
What she does have is roughly 50 different close-quarter stealth kills, ranging from a simple stab under the ribs to a mortifying knife-to-the-groin then stab-in-the-neck combo. Watching it will give most red-blooded males chills. She also has the ability to creatively kill patrolling enemies, such as pulling the pin off a grenade someone is wearing. If you're really ambitious, you could trigger someone's grenade, whistle to attract other enemies to your location, and then move quickly to another spot just in time to watch them join their friend in an explosive death.
The game also maintains the "hospital" vibe by introducing the concept of morphine shots. While morphine is generally used to calm down people, it's a path to surreal powers in the scope of Violette's mind. Violet can grab morphine shots scattered around, and taking one leads to a Max Payne/Matrix-like bullet-time effect where Violette's the only one moving. This gives her the chance to run up to enemies and kill them instantly. Thankfully, there are only a limited number of slots for morphine shots; otherwise you'd be able to beat the game on your lunch break.
Perhaps the best part of the game's early build was its levels. It's almost like a history lesson, as Replay Studios essentially built areas like the Warsaw Ghetto from actual aerial shots and other research. Buildings, bridges and other urban areas are supposed to be historically spot-on, which adds an eerie realism to the atmosphere — especially when you see the corpses of executed people next to some of them.
After some inevitable polishing, Velvet Assassin has a chance to be a somber but solid title for those looking for a change of pace from the typical WWII kill-'em-all shooter. It's slated to be released before the end of the year.
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Happy Mother's Day from BoP Designer! Today's the perfect time for a post about a design innovation I've been researching just recently: the Embrace Infant Warmer.
Embrace is a low-cost alternative to expensive incubators for babies born prematurely or otherwise unable to maintain their own body temperature. According to Embrace's website:
20,000,000 low-birth-weight and premature babies are born each year. 450 of them die each hour. This occurs primarily in developing countries, often in areas that don't have access to innovations in modern medicine. One of the biggest problems these babies face is hypothermia: they are not able to regulate their own body temperature, and therefore cannot stay warm. In fact, room temperature for these small infants feels freezing cold. 4 million babies die within their first month of life. Those that do survive often develop life-long health problems such as early onset of diabetes, heart disease, and low IQ.
Their solution "looks like a miniature sleeping bag that incorporates a phase change material, which stays at a constant temperature for up to 6 hours. This low-cost solution maintains premature and low birth weight babies' body temperature to help them survive and thrive."


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Three linebackers, two offensive linemen and a wide receiver walk into Halas Hall … hoping to change the course of football history in Chicago.
The Bears' newest draft class arrives with lofty expectations and daunting challenges at each position. It is composed of three guys (linebackers Jon Bostic, Khaseem Greene and Cornelius Washington) hoping to make fans forget about the franchise icon they're trying to replace; two (offensive linemen Kyle Long and Jordan Mills) who are hoping to prevent Kristin Cavallari from becoming a widow before her 30th birthday once she and Jay Cutler make it down the aisle; and another (wide receiver Marquess Wilson) looking to be a credible deep threat alongside Brandon Marshall.


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Gerald McReary
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|Full Name
|Gerald McReary
Gerry McReary
Prisoner 7142858
|Date of Birth
|Place of Birth
|Dukes, Liberty City
|Age Now
|Liberty City
Maureen McReary (mother)
Mr. McReary (father)
Derrick McReary (brother)
Francis McReary (brother)
Patrick McReary (brother)
Kate McReary (sister)
3 divorced wives
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Irish Mob
Ray Boccino (formerly)
Pegorino Family (formerly)
Niko Bellic (2008)
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Gerald "Gerry" McReary (Irish: Gearailt Mac Ruairí) (inmate number 7142858) is a character in the HD Universe and is the third oldest member of the McReary Family being at the the age of 35 in Grand Theft Auto IV. He is first met at the beginning of Three Leaf Clover. He is the boss of the Irish Mafia.
When Niko first meets Gerry, he is heavily inebriated, making him very capricious. He belittles his brothers and Michael Keane, a friend of the family. Immediately after, he warns Niko to never hurt his family, or he will hurt Niko's.
Later after that mission he calls Niko saying he has work. Niko comes over to visit a now sober (and somewhat less hostile) Gerry. His first two missions involve disturbing the relationship between the Ancelottis and the Albanians for Jimmy Pegorino. But after imprisonment, his missions focus on Gracie Ancelotti and the diamonds. It is revealed in the mission, Undertaker, that he was taken to jail. After the funeral ( of either Derrick or Francis ) he calls Niko saying that he has him on the visitors list at Alderney State Correctional Facility. He tells Niko to kidnap Gracie Ancelotti, the daughter of Giovanni Ancelotti. Even though Patrick harbors hopes that Gerald will be released from prison, the charges against him prove to be more severe than he knows. Gerald bids farewell to Niko, as he will be spending a long time in prison.
PJ Sosko provides the voice of Gerry.
Mission appearances
- Three Leaf Clover
- Actions Speak Louder than Words (boss)
- I Need Your Clothes, Your Boots, and Your Motorcycle (boss)
- I'll Take Her (boss)
- She's a Keeper (boss)
- Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend (boss)
- The Ballad of Gay Tony
- Ladies' Night (mentioned)
Murders committed
- Mr. McReary (prior to GTA IV, speculated by Packie)
- Anthony "Tony Black" Spoleto (hired Niko Bellic to kill him to end Ancelotti/Albanian alliance)
- Albanian Biker (killed to use as a disguise to sully the Ancelotti/Albanian alliance)
- Frankie Garone (hired Niko Bellic to kill him to end Ancelotti/Albanian alliance)
LCPD Database record
Surname: McReary
First Name: Gerald
Age: 35
Place of Birth: Dukes, Liberty City
Affiliations: Linked to Irish American Criminals in Dukes and the Alderney based Pegorino Crime Syndicate.
Criminal Record:
- 1986 - Grand Larceny
- 1990 - Assault
- 1992 - Armed Robbery and Hijacking
- 1999 - Conspiracy to Commit Extortion
- 2005 - Tampering with Sports Contest: Dog Racing
Wanted For: Racketeering
- Dukes based criminal of Irish ancestry.
- Worked with Algonquin based crime syndicates but now affiliated with Jimmy Pegorino's Alderney mob.
- More hands-off approach recently, leaving hijackings and armed robberies to his younger brother, Patrick McReary - street name Packie.
- Often seen with Pegorino Capo, Ray Boccino.
- PJ Sosko provides his voice once again for RockstarGames as Walton Lowe, an outlaw in Red Dead Redemption.
- Gerald is one of only two characters whos fates are left with prison. The other being Elizabeta Torres.
- Gerald says he will hurt Niko's family if Niko hurts his. This suggests that Gerry could know Roman, although this could just be a threat.
- Gerald, Jon Gravelli, Elizabeta Torres and Niko's United Liberty Paper contact are the only major characters in GTA IV who don't appear outside of cutscenes.
- Gerald may have been an associate of the Ancelotti Family, as his LCPD database notes state he worked with Algonquin based crime syndicates before working for Pegorino.


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After falling dramatically for more than a month, applications for mortgage refinances finally swung to the positive last week, rising 5 percent from the previous week, despite the continued rise in mortgage rates, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
The average rate on the 30-year fixed rose from 4.07 percent to 4.15 percent. Refinance activity, however, is still 36 percent below where it was at the start of May.
"The airways were filled last week and the week before with news of the Armageddon in mortgage rates," said Mark Hanson, a California-based mortgage and housing analyst. "A motivator for the few fence-sitters that do exist." (See also on Yahoo! Homes: 9 million homeowners are still paying more than 4.5 percent yet are eligible to refinance.)
Hanson also pointed to "hungry loan officers getting beaten up by their managers" after refinance activity volume came crashing down. That ramped up proactive marketing of their client base, especially as rates began leveling last week. Hanson still believes the lower trend in refinances is firmly in place. Only the mortgage industry could turn that around.
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"A big issue is that historically tough underwriting has significantly limited the pool of borrowers eligible to refinance," noted Guy Cecala of Inside Mortgage Finance. "The mortgage industry could theoretically 'extend' the refi boom by loosening underwriting and/or encouraging cash-out refinancing—something it has done in the past during periods of rising interest rates. But that doesn't appear to be happening, at least not now."
As rates continue to rise, fewer borrowers will be interested in refinancing because the math will not put them ahead. Refinance volume has been high over the past two years, with rates hovering near or at record lows.
Roughly 10 million refinances took place over the past two years, although that may include borrowers who have refinanced more than once, according to Inside Mortgage Finance. From mid-2011 to mid-2012, rates dropped by 100 basis points, making it worthwhile for some to refinance more than once.In addition to low rates, the government's refinance program, called HARP, for underwater borrowers with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans, helped juice refinances as well.
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In the first three months of this year, there were nearly 1.4 million refinances on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgages alone, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Of those, 22 percent were through HARP, which was recently extended through 2015. More than 2.4 million borrowers so far have taken advantage of that program.
For borrowers who don't have government-backed loans and therefore don't qualify for that program, rising home prices have helped allow more of them to qualify for refinances. Among borrowers, 850,000 rose above water on their mortgages, moving into a positive equity position in the first three months of this year, according to a new report from CoreLogic. While nearly 10 million are still underwater, the more that rise above, the more refinances can happen.
"We are still far below peak home price levels, but tight supplies in many areas coupled with continued demand for single family homes should help us close the gap," said Anand Nallathambi, the CEO of CoreLogic.
Rising prices, however, are a double-edged sword, especially in a rising interest rate environment. Potential buyers are losing purchasing power every day, just as demand is surging.


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Black's Law Dictionary (First Edition, 1891)Black's Law Dictionary (First Edition, 1891). Henry Campbell Black, M.A.. (1891 and 1910) 2006. Every genealogist, regardless of their time and place of interest, must have a copy of Black's Law Dictionary in their library. Legal terminology differs from place to place and time to time, and successful genealogical research depends on the clear understanding of this changing terminology.The publishers of Black's Law Dictionary are now producing their eighth edition, and the newer editions have added information on the developments in the law in recent decades. But for genealogists the earlier editions retain their value, since they have a higher proportion of information on older law, especially the English feudal law, which is essential for the interpretation of documents from the American colonial period and from the England that the colonists left.While these volumes contain just the sort of legal verbiage that one would expect, there are many other reasons for consulting these volumes. Terms from legal Latin and legal French are included, as well as words and phrases from Scottish and Welsh law. There are dozens of Latin and French terms of kinship, which appear in older wills and lawsuits. There are definitions from the lexicon of agriculture, such as "treet," meaning fine wheat, and "tremesium," meaning the season or time of sowing summer corn. And much more.In the second edition, also included here, Black included more citations to law reports and case law, in support of his definitions, and also added many more terms of medical jurisprudence.
Henry Campbell Black, M.A., A Dictionary of Law Containing Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American and English Jurisprudence, Ancient and Modern ... ( St. Paul, 1891). Archive CD Books USA.


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Twitter is widely expected Wednesday evening to set the price for shares in its initial public offering of stock. And while that might sound like a dry financial process, decisions by the microblogging service's leaders and investment bankers could have ramifications across the tech industry.
Price the shares too high, as Facebook did last year, and investors may dump the stock, draining momentum for other startups hoping to go public. Price too low, and the company will open itself to second-guessing that it could have put more money in its coffers. But get the balance right, and it could open the IPO window even further — especially for the consumer startups that have been largely on the sidelines amid the current boom in software stocks.
"There's a number of moving parts to having the right outcome," said Tony Zingale, chief executive of Palo Alto-based Jive Software. That company, which makes Facebook-style social networks for corporate clients, went public in December 2011, as enthusiasm was peaking for social media stocks.
In simplest terms, pricing the IPO means deciding at what price a company will sell shares to institutional investors — big hedge funds, pension funds and the like — before the stock is made available for public trading. That process happens after gauging demand from prospective buyers in a pre-IPO "road show."
Once the IPO is priced, the stock begins trading on the public markets the following day. Twitter is expected to do so sometime Thursday morning; company officials have said the stock will trade on the New York Stock Exchange using the symbol TWTR.
CEOs and investment bankers typically hope for a roughly 25 percent "pop," or increase, once the shares begin trading publicly. Such a vote of confidence in a company's stock, Zingale said, is "the headline you want for your employees, your customers and, quite frankly, your competitors."
Lately, though, many valley companies have seen a first-day doubling of their share price — which may make for good cocktail party chatter but can create new headaches for management.
A lofty stock valuation, Zingale and others say, can put pressure on a company to keep posting robust quarterly revenues.
Twitter surprised many observers last month when it announced plans to price its shares as low as $17. An updated filing Monday hiked that range to between $23 and $25, indicating strong demand from the investor road show.
Tim Guleri, a venture capitalist at Sierra Ventures, called pre-IPO road shows "a very grueling process. The team is probably doing 12 to 14 meetings a day."
And there's more to suss out besides how much investors are willing to pay for a stock: Experts say it's key to decide whether investors plan to sell their shares for a quick gain, which can create volatility in the price, or whether they want to partner with the company over the long haul.
"They want guys that have what we call 'sticky hands' — they're not going to be flipping the stock in a week," Guleri said.
Further complicating things is that the company's interests aren't the only things the investment bankers have to keep in mind. As the matchmakers who find buyers and sellers for a stock, the bankers may want to ensure some of their best clients get a piece of a hot IPO — and at a price that guarantees some upside.
"It can get very heated," said Lise Buyer, a Palo Alto consultant who's helped take Google (GOOG) and close to 100 other companies public. "There's no science, and a whole lot of art, in the next 24 hours."
Twitter could still price its shares higher than the new range. Even if it doesn't, at the high end of that range, the San Francisco company would pocket $1.75 billion, which it plans to spend on "operating expenses and capital expenditures" as well as possible acquisitions. Twitter plans to sell 70 million shares; none of its early investors or executives are selling.
After a company's CEO, board and bankers have agreed upon an IPO price and decided which investors should get shares, there's still last-minute work to be done before a stock begins trading. Thursday morning, Twitter's bankers (led by Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley) will get the shares to those investors — and, invariably, deal with those who received more or less than they'd anticipated.
Despite a company's focus on "sticky hands," some of those investors may believe the stock price is overheated and decide to sell quickly, Buyer said. On the flip side, some institutional investors may want more shares than they were allocated.
That final wheeling and dealing among the institutional shareholders, she said, is why there's usually a lag between the time the markets open and the time a stock making its debut actually starts to trade. It also explains why there can be a wide difference between the IPO price and the price at which a stock begins trading publicly.
At the top end of Twitter's new price range, the company would be worth nearly $14 billion. That's created some worry among skeptics who point out that the 7-year-old company isn't yet profitable and that, by its own admission, its rate of user growth has been slowing.
Thanks in large part to advertisers eager to use Twitter's platform to reach its 230 million users, the company through the first nine months of the year reported revenues of $422 million — more than double the figure from the same period in 2012. Net loss, though, has swelled over that time, to $134 million.
Still, Morningstar analyst Rick Summer said Tuesday he's comfortable with the new range. He estimates Twitter's fair market value at $26 per share, noting that its "unique communities and media platform are extremely difficult to replicate."
Contact Peter Delevett at 408-271-3638. Follow him at Twitter.com/mercwiretap.


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SA's Terrill pleased with work from team
Starkville Academy football coach Jeff Terrill has a pretty good idea what he has to work with this fall.
The challenge in his first year on the job at the private school is to figure out something about opponents.
It's something Terrell intends to learn as the preseason progresses.
"You are talking about a coach coming to a completely different league who has never played an opponent and it's hard for me to judge exactly where we are because we don't know who we're playing against," Terrill said. "Through years and years of coaching, there are always going to be surprises. Hopefully, there will be more positives than negatives."
The Volunteers hold their first preseason practice Monday morning and Terrill hopes the work accomplished in the summer will be evident when they hit the field.
"Our young men have had a really great summer, have participated well and lifted weights hard," Terrill said. "We're really excited about the commitment level we see. We'll go through the week and anticipate getting off to a good start in training camp."
Starkville Academy has scheduled two-a-day practices until school starts and Terrill expects to get a great amount of things accomplished.
The former Itawamba Community College coach was pleased with the introduction of his system in the spring after being hired to take over the Vols.
"Spring practice was really beneficial," Terrill said. "Obviously, we got to know the kids and tried to get them in the right positions. We were able to evaluate the things we were able to do well and the things we really need to work on. It gave us a direction to establish what would be the best for us offensively so it was a good start."
As far as getting a look at an opponent, Terrill gets that opportunity when Starkville Academy travels to scrimmage Leake Academy on Aug. 6 and takes part in a jamboree at Jackson Academy on Aug. 13.
"It's a good level of a team (Jackson Academy) in a jamboree setting,"
Terrill said. "You can compete against teams that maybe are larger with more numbers and speed so it will be a great opportunity for our guys to get their feet wet."
The Vols open the season at Ackerman, a game that has been moved up one day to Aug. 19.


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Matt Barnes announces split with Gloria Govan
In the wake of postponed wedding plans, a dropped domestic-violence charge and reality television show scrutiny, Lakers forward Matt Barnes announced in an emailed statement Monday that he and his fiancée, reality television star Gloria Govan, have mutually parted ways.
"I'd like to address the rumors surrounding mine and Gloria's relationship," Barnes' statement read. "We have reached the difficult decision of ending our relationship and will be going our separate ways at this time. We will work together to raise our sons and wish each other only the best."
Because Barnes and Govan never married, it remains unclear to what degree they'd share custody of their 3-year-old twins Carter Kelly and Isiah Michael, and whether they'd divide certain assets, including their Palos Verdes home. It also remains unclear if they'd continue working together with Athletes vs. Cancer, a foundation Barnes founded in 2008 that Govan has said raised $225,000 for local cancer-screening programs. Barnes and Govan could not be reached for further comment.
The two appeared amicable during red-carpet appearances and when I spent a few hours at their house filming Barnes getting a mohawk prior to the 2011 NBA playoffs. But there have been plenty of publicized incidents questioning the strength of their relationship. Barnes and Govan held off definitive wedding plans. Barnes was arrested last summer on suspicion of domestic violence in Sacramento, a charge the two publicly disputed and one the city's district attorney's office ultimately dropped. Govan's role with VH1's "Basketball Wives" created further attention and Internet reports about the nature of their relationship.
Perhaps the most telling sign regarding Barnes' feelings about Govan came last week during a Twitter exchange with a fan. That person suggested Barnes should marry her or else someone else will. Responded Barnes: "He can have her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Meanwhile, Govan retweeted the following message on Saturday: "If someone is dumb enough to walk away, be smart enough to let them go. Your destiny is never tied to anyone who leaves you."
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Greyhounds are loving animals and make great pets, but unfortunately they are regarded as mere money-making machines in the hunting world. The Spanish greyhound is an ancient breed of dog that is widely used as a hunting companion during Spain's hunting season. However, at the end of the hunting seasons, the dogs are discarded like garbage.
If you walk along the streets of certain Spanish towns at the end of the hunting season, you will see skinny and starving dogs hoping to find scraps of food outside restaurants or lying on the sidewalk while people simply walk by unaffected.
During their short lifetimes these dogs are treated solely as property and do not receive human contact. When it's time to get rid of them, the hunters simply let them free to fend for themselves, or worse, hang them. They often watch for entertainment.
Call on Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to strengthen the country's animal protection laws.
Dear Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy:
I urge you to introduce tighter legislation banning the torture of animals.
Spanish greyhounds are being used for hunting during the Spanish hunting season, but when the season ends, these dogs are discarded like trash. Whether they're set free to fend for themselves, thrown down wells, or hung from trees, there is no reprieve in the life of a Spanish greyhound.
These gentle animals crave human attention; they are calm and friendly and make great family pets. There is no reason they can't be adopted into good families following the hunting season.
I urge you to strengthen your animal protection laws as this unspeakable inhumanity must stop now.
Thank you.


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The Guardian's latest Trump accuser Cathy Heller is a life-long Democrat, big Democratic donor, and her husband and son run a New York City real estate development company that is in competition with Donald Trump's own real estate business, The Trump Organization. Conflict of interest much? Cathy Heller has donated thousands of dollars to Democratic […]Read Story


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AICPA and Other Coalition Members Write Senators Opposing Switch from Cash Basis Method of Accounting
January 30, 2014
The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), in its most recent action to inform Congress about the negative impacts of limiting the use of the cash basis method of accounting for CPAs and other businesses, has formed a coalition with five other organizations representing the nation's engineers, architects, dentists, farmers and S corporations. The coalition wrote a letter to Senators on January 17 opposing a proposal in the Senate Finance Committee's November 21, 2013 "Cost Recovery and Accounting Discussion Draft" that would require many businesses to switch from the cash basis method of accounting for tax purposes to the accrual basis.
In November 2013, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) released the discussion draft, which included a provision similar to House Ways and Means Committee Dave Camp's (R-Mich.) March 2013 tax reform proposal to restrict the use of the cash method of accounting if gross receipts exceed $10 million. The two proposals would require many of the coalition's members, including CPAs, to change the method of accounting used for tax purposes from the cash basis method to the accrual method.
The AICPA strongly opposes the proposed change, which would place an undue financial and administrative burden on thousands of professionals, including CPAs, lawyers, doctors, engineers, dentists, and farmers. In response to Chairman Baucus' discussion draft, the AICPA sent a letter to Chairman Baucus on December 5, 2013 voicing its opposition to the proposed restriction on thousands of businesses' ability to use the long-standing cash method of accounting.
The state CPA societies have actively voiced their opposition to the proposal sending letters to 92 Senators. In addition, to date, CPA firms have sent 198 letters to the Senate.
Joining the AICPA in the coalition are the American Council of Engineering Companies, the American Dental Association, the American Farm Bureau Federation, the American Institute of Architects, and the S Corporation Association.
The January 17, 2014 coalition letter opposing the proposed change in accounting stated:
"Most significantly, a change from the cash basis method for tax purposes would result in those who own and operate these businesses to pay tax before cash is received. They would be required to recognize revenue in advance of actually getting paid. Because the expenses of such organizations would essentially remain the same, this requirement would result in higher net taxable income for Federal tax purposes. In addition, switching from the cash method to the accrual method of accounting will lead to significant cash-flow problems. For example, among professional services firms, the primary cost is labor, and businesses must regularly pay their employees even if they are not paid by their clients for several months. The use of cash accounting helps to mitigate this challenge by allowing the business's owners to make tax payments after receiving payment for their services.
"We believe that tax reform is a laudable goal and that simplification of the tax code is very important. However, converting from the cash method to accrual basis would not be simpler and may actually create a significant burden on these professional services sector businesses and farms."
Regarding Chairman Camp's proposal, the AICPA provided comments to the Ways and Means Committee in May 2013 through written testimony and in August 2013 the Institute sent a letter further outlining its opposition.


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Justin Bieber's on/off girlfriend Selena Gomez has urged parents not to let her young fans see her new movie Spring Breakers - because it's a bit too racy for them.
The former Disney sweetheart is one of four college girls who are forced to work for a drug and arms dealer when he bails them out of jail after they're accused of robbing a restaurant in order to fund their spring break vacation.
She explains, "I've done my best to warn the parents and my younger fans. I'll be 21 this year, so, for me, it's been kind of refreshing and nice to step out of my comfort zone and do things that I didn't think I could do as an actress... But 18 and older (fans), go see Spring Breakers!"


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April 14, 2013: Defenders of Justice
April 14, 2013: Defenders of Justice
CityLine presents Boston's Justice League!
Carmen Ortiz was raised by immigrant parents in East Harlem. Now, she is the current United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. She is the first Hispanic, and the first woman to ever have that position.
Steve Tompkins knew that he didn't want to be part of street life in New York. With guidance from his mother, he made the life decisions that led him to become the Sheriff of Suffolk County. Now, he's helping other at risk kids to stay on the right path.
Then, the honorable Judge Alexander Ford was the first African American woman United States Magistrate Judge, and in 1996, she became the nation's first African American Chief United States Magistrate Judge.


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For emergencies please call 911.
Campus Security & Safety Phone Number: (207) 212-8566
In compliance with The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, Central Maine Community College opens its availability to prospective students, faculty, and staff.
Campus Safety and Security Data
Central Maine Community College (CMCC) is committed to promoting a safe and secure environment for all members of the college community. In compliance with the Clery Act of 1998, the college will provide a timely warning (Campus Crime Alert) to the college community of any criminal activity that represents a continuing threat to that community.
The need for Campus Crime Alerts to the campus community are determined by an analysis of the nature of the crime, the continuing danger to the campus community and any possible risk of compromise to ongoing law enforcement efforts.
Campus Crime Alerts will be promptly and properly disseminated to the College community and other entities deemed relevant, through the College's RAVE emergency notification system, college website, electronic mail, posters and flyers, and/or any other means that are available and appropriate.
Victims or witnesses of a crime should contact the appropriate CMCC staff members or the Auburn Police Department as soon as they are aware that a crime has been or is being committed on or near campus. At the student's request, officers or administrators will assist in the notification of local law enforcement.
A crime may be reported:
Students and employees are urged to contact CMCC personnel and/or the Auburn Police Department either by phone or through the emergency call boxes if they notice unusual, suspicious or criminal activity. Suspicious individuals should be reported to Safety and Security, especially if they are seen:
If you are the victim of a crime and do not want to pursue action at CMCC or through the criminal justice system, you may still want to consider making a confidential report. With your permission, any staff member in Student Services or Housing and Residence Life (including resident directors or resident assistants) can file a report on the details of the incident without revealing your identity or the identity of others. The purpose of a confidential report is to allow the college to take steps to ensure the future safety of our students. With this information, the college can keep accurate records of the number of crimes involving students on campus, determine if there is a pattern of crime and alert the campus community to potential danger. Reports of crimes filed in this manner are counted and disclosed with the college's annual crime statistics report.
In accordance with the policy of the Maine Community College System, no person (except law enforcement officials) may possess a firearm on the CMCC campus. This prohibition includes residence halls and motor vehicles parked on college property.
Most campus buildings and facilities are accessible to the campus community, guests and visitors during normal business hours. Most exterior doors on campus buildings are locked and secured after normal operating hours. Buildings are also open on weekends and holidays on an as-needed basis.
Residence halls require a CMMC identification card, or assigned key at all times for entrance. Only CMCC students may gain access beyond the interior checkpoint into the living area.
Visitors to the residence halls must be escorted by their resident host at all times, including while in the resident's room. Visitors are considered overnight guests if they are in the residence hall between 11:00 pm and 8:00 am.
Residents must sign in overnight guests at either Fortin Hall or Rancourt Hall front desk prior to 11:00 pm on the night they are staying. In addition to being signed in and personally escorted by a resident, visitors and overnight guests must present a valid form of identification and sign the guest log at the either Fortin Hall or Rancourt Hall front desk. Overnight guests receive a guest pass upon signing in; this pass must be presented by the overnight guest upon request. Residents are responsible for the behavior of their visitors and overnight guests while they are on campus and can be held responsible for any violations committed by them of the Student Code of Conduct (page 31 of the Student Handbook) or Residence Hall Agreement.
Any problems with the residence hall access control system should be reported to the respective resident assistant/resident director.
CMCC is committed to maintaining a safe environment for students, faculty, and staff that extends to maintenance issues such as campus landscaping, lighting, and door locks. Key staff members, facilities maintenance staff, and our evening security officer routinely check the campus for maintenance, safety, and security issues. All members of the campus community are encouraged to report any issues to Student Services located in Jalbert Hall or by calling the director of housing and security at 755-5251.
College officials have the authority to ask persons for identification and to determine whether individuals have lawful business at CMCC. (Campus security has the authority to issue parking tickets which are billed to the financial accounts of students.) No CMCC personnel are authorized to arrest. Criminal incidents are referred to the Auburn Police Department who have jurisdiction at CMCC, and to the dean of student services for possible disciplinary action. CMCC has a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Auburn Police Department and maintains a highly professional working relationship between campus security and the police department. All crime victims and witnesses are strongly encouraged to immediately report any crime to student services and/or the Auburn Police Department. Prompt reporting will assure Campus Crime Alerts for the campus community and the accurate disclosure of Clery Act crime statistics.
When a CMCC student is involved in an off-campus offense, campus officials may assist with the investigation in cooperation with the local police department. The Auburn Police Department routinely works and communicates with CMCC Safety and Security on incidents occurring on-campus, in the immediate neighborhood and business areas surrounding our campus.
Emergency situations at the CMCC campus are responded to as follows:
Auburn Campus by the Auburn Police Department and/or the Auburn Fire Department
Depending upon the situation, other emergency services may be provided by the community in which the campus is located as well as county, state, and federal emergency response services. Emergency procedures and notification methods are reviewed and tested annually.
The decision to immediately evacuate buildings or the entire campus will be made by the President (or his designee) in coordination with the college leadership team. However, in the case of a fire, building evacuation will begin immediately upon sounding of the alarm without waiting for the order from campus staff. CMCC has various systems in place for communicating information quickly that may include audible and visual alarms in each building, telephones, e-mail, the CMCC website, and/or verbal directives that will be used for notification to evacuate.
Evacuation of the college will generally fall into two categories:
In general, you should plan ahead for possible evacuations. Know evacuation routes from your office or classroom and the campus.
Campus Evacuation
If the campus is evacuated:
Evacuation of Persons with Special Needs
All persons at Central Maine Community College, including those with special needs, must prepare for emergencies ahead of time. CMCC recommends that all persons with disabilities or other special needs ask a co-worker, friend or fellow student to provide assistance if an emergency develops. This "evacuation assistant" should be informed about what disabilities you have and how he or she can best help you.
If you are unable to leave the building due to a physical disability:
To assist visually impaired persons:
To alert people with hearing limitations:
To evacuate people using crutches, canes, or walkers:
To evacuate people using wheelchairs:
Questions pertaining to emergency procedures should be referred to the director of housing and security at 755-5251. Specific questions about disabilities should be referred to the disabilities coordinator at 755-5277.
Crime prevention at CMCC is based on minimizing or eliminating criminal opportunities and encouraging students and employees to be responsible for their own safety/security and the safety/security of others. The college conducts crime prevention programs upon request to educate the CMCC community on measures the community can take to reduce the chances of becoming a victim of crime.
Crime prevention programs for resident students are arranged on an as-needed basis by residence staff. In addition, a campus safety tips brochure is provided during residence hall orientation and consists of proven crime prevention and personal safety tips. The resident directors of each hall are responsible for student safety programming, safety related room inspections, and trains staff on proper emergency procedures.
The director of housing and security offers student, faculty, and staff escort services to and from class upon request. In addition, the evening security officer conducts regular patrols and students can access the emergency call boxes located throughout the campus.
The use, possession, sale or distribution of alcoholic beverages or illegal drugs is prohibited on college property or at college related events, as is being under the influence or knowingly in the presence of drugs or alcohol while on college property or at college-related events under the Student Code of Conduct. Violations of the code may result in sanctions up to and including dismissal from the college.
For more information about drug and alcohol policies on campus, please consult the Maine Community College System Alcohol & Drugs policy.
CMCC does not offer substance/alcohol abuse programs. Students (who have alcohol or other substance abuse issues) are strongly encouraged to contact their medical provider, a certified substance abuse counselor, or, if in crisis, the Maine Statewide Crisis Hotline at 1-888-568-1112. Students may also request that Student Services staff make this contact for them.
Personal counseling is available to students through an arrangement with Tri-County Mental Health Services. Personal issues and concerns will be discussed in complete confidentiality. Please contact Student Services at 755-5253 for more information or to schedule an appointment.
Any behavior that constitutes a sexual assault under this policy will subject the offender to disciplinary action, up to and including dismissal, whether or not criminal charges are filed and without regard to whether the conduct occurred on or off campus. In addition, sexual assault, rape and other sexual offenses are illegal under Maine criminal statutes and may be separately prosecuted in a court of law.
Sexual assault occurs when a person performs or compels another person to perform any sexual act or to have any form of sexual contact without consent. Rape is a specific kind of sexual assault that involves any vaginal, oral, anal, or urethral penetration with any body part or object without consent. Consent requires mutually understandable and communicated words and/or actions demonstrating agreement to participate in the proposed sexual act. Failure to object does not constitute consent. Consent does not exist where it is not expressly given. Consent cannot be given by a person with a mental impairment (ex. from alcohol or drug use), or when the victim is physically helpless (ex. when asleep or incapacitated). Consent can also not be given where there are threats or intimidation. Attempted sexual assault or rape occurs when a person intends to commit the offense and engages in conduct that could lead to it.
The College can refer victims of sexual offenses to counseling support and police assistance, if desired. Care and consideration of the victim's wishes will be taken into account throughout the intervention process. Individuals who feel that they are victims of any sexual offense are urged to file a complaint with the Auburn Police Department, the director of housing and security, or the dean of student services. Reports made to the director of housing and security are shared with the dean of student services for disciplinary review or action.
The College strongly recommends that all victims seek immediate medical assistance. A victim may have internal or external injuries and may need treatment for disease or infection. Additionally, the College strongly recommends that all victims seek counseling and emotional assistance. A full range of support services can be initiated through the Sexual Assault Crisis Center by calling 1-800-871-7741.
CMCC's standards of conduct and the student disciplinary process are outlined in the Student Code of Conduct, which is available in the student handbook. The college's procedures for disciplinary action in cases that involve sexual offenses comply with the Higher Education Amendment (HEA) of 1992. In those cases required by the HEA, the accuser and the accused are entitled to the same opportunity to have others present during the investigative interview and/or during an Appeal Committee hearing and attendant proceedings. For further information about the disciplinary system, contact the dean of student services at 755-5334.
Important phone numbers for victims of sexual assault:
Sexual Assault Crisis Center: 1-800-871-7741
Auburn Police Department: Emergency - dial 911; Non-emergency - 784-7331
CMCC Director of Housing and Security: 755-5251
Office of Housing and Residence Life: 755-5251
(To reach the RA and/or RD on call)
The College strongly recommends that victims of sexual assault:
The college will consider requests for changes in academic accommodations and work with victims to reach a reasonable solution. The college will consider requests for changes in on-campus living accommodations on a space available basis.
Registered Sex Offenders
In compliance with the Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act of 2000, members of the Central Maine Community College may contact the Maine Sex Offender Registry at their website http://sor.informe.org/sor/ for information concerning registered sex offenders.
The purpose of this procedure is to establish protocols for CMCC's response to reports of missing students, as required by the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008.
This procedure applies to students who reside in CMCC campus residence halls.
For purposes of this procedure, a student may be considered to be a "missing person" if the person's absence is contrary to his/her usual pattern of behavior and unusual circumstances may have caused the absence. Such circumstances may include, but not be limited to, a report or suspicion that the missing person may be the victim of foul play, has expressed suicidal thoughts, is drug dependent, is in a life-threatening situation, or has been with persons who may endanger the student's welfare.
Procedures for designation of emergency contact information
In the event a student who is not emancipated is determined to be missing pursuant to the procedures set forth below, the college is required to notify a custodial parent or guardian no more than 24 hours after the student is determined to be missing in accordance with the procedures set forth below.
Official notification procedures for missing persons
Campus communications about missing students
In cases involving missing persons, law enforcement personnel are best situated to provide information to the media that is designed to elicit public assistance in the search for a missing person. Therefore, all communications regarding missing students will be handled by outside law enforcement authorities, who may consult with the dean of student services. All inquiries to the college regarding missing students, or information provided to any individual at the college about a missing student, shall be referred to the dean of student services, who shall refer such inquiries and information to law enforcement authorities.
Prior to providing the CMCC community with any information about a missing student, the dean of student services shall consult with the APD to ensure that communications do not hinder the investigation.
In the Event of a Fire
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When my friend Martin Ureta came to the Maldives for a dive holiday he was far from imagining that he would be the amazingly lucky and first ever photographer of a giant oceanic manta giving birth in its natural environment!
Despite a growing number of scientific studies on manta populations very little is known thus far about the giant oceanic Manta ray also known as Manta Birostris. No one has ever seen them give birth so far. So it would seem that Martin is the first person to have ever photographed a Manta Birostris in the process of giving birth in its natural environment, and this happened during the first week of January 2013! The shot was taken during a dive in the southern part of the Ari Atoll in the Maldives in a dive spot famous for spotting mantas. During the dive a group of 3 Mantas Birostris were twirling over the shallow reef to feed to the delight of the group of divers observing their graceful underwater moves. The divers were all mesmerized by the spectacle and couldn't believe their luck to have spotted the mantas and have them twirling over them for some magical minutes. Martin was busy enjoying the show and capturing this underwater ballet on camera. None the divers, nor their guide noticed anything particular happening with the mantas during the actual dive but when they came back to the island and viewed the pictures we noticed something unusual in one of the manta's pelvic area. I immediately thought this might be the unbelievable capture of a manta birth but I am not a marine biologist.
When he returned from holidays, Martin contacted The Manta Network in California to get an opinion on what is actually happening on the photo. Robert Aston, The Manta Network Executive Director shared the photo with Dr. Robert Rubin who is one of the foremost experts on Manta Birostris and from their very enthusiastic feedback, it would seem that the picture is indeed the first picture of a Manta Birostris giving birth.
We would like to use this picture as a flagship picture to defend mantas and especially the giant oceanic mantas. We hope this picture will create the awareness that mantas are some of the most peaceful and graceful underwater creatures. Very little is known about them so far but all the studies being led are highlighting a drastic decline in their populations. According to the IUCN "The rate of population reduction appears to be high in several regions, as much as 80% over the last three generations (approximately 75 years), and globally a decline of 30% is strongly suspected."
The IUCN categorized the manta rays as "Vulnerable" in between the "Near Threatened" and "Endangered" species. There are a various factors that led to this critical state of affairs.
The first main threat comes from fishing as mantas are highly valuable in international markets and in particular in Asian markets. As Africa Geographic's Science Editor Tim Jackson[3] mentions in his article entitled "Myths about manta rays": "In traditional Chinese medicine, it is believed that the gill-rakers of mantas and other rays cure chickenpox and alleviate high blood pressure. They don't!"
The fact that mantas are easy to spot from the surface due to their large size, and easy to fish out because of their slow swimming speed and the fact that they don't avoid humans, make them a very easy prey for many fishing boats.
Another important factor to understand is mantas reproductive cycle. Although there is a lot to be learnt still, it is thought that Mantas Birostris have a gestation period of one year and generally give birth to a single pup at a time. It is still not quite clear whether females have a pup per year or one every 2 years. At this rate it is important to understand that if the fishing rate is higher than the manta rays reproductive rate, they will soon be extinct.
Another factor to mention is the anthropogenic factor such as water warming and pollution which indirectly affects mantas habitat although it is pretty difficult to evaluate in which measure.
To conclude I would say that in the light of all of the above it appears quite vital that worldwide measures are taken as soon as possible. Some countries have already applied strong measures to protect mantas as the UICN states, mainly the United States, the Republic of Maldives, the Philippines, Mexico, Ecuador, Australia and New Zealand. Whilst this is a great start, Mantas are in danger and need a strong global worldwide protection.
Mantas are some of the most peaceful and graceful underwater creatures I have been given the chance to see. It would be a lot more than just an "awful shame" to loose such a magical underwater specie in the name of an unfounded cure property.
By Angelina Cecchetto on 7th February 2013


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Jim McGrody: Patient Focused
Jim McGrody, director of food and nutrition at 650-bed Rex Healthcare in Raleigh, N.C., has a vast culinary background. He attended a culinary arts high school. He was a cook in the Army. After attending the Culinary Institute of America, he worked in several hotels and restaurants before moving into the non-commercial world, where he worked in college and university and B&I accounts. In 2002, McGrody was recruited to join a hospital's foodservice team, where he says he was shocked at the difference between patient and retail offerings.
"The retail side of healthcare was basically the same [as other locations]," McGrody says. "What I became involved with was the patient side. When I saw patient food I couldn't believe the difference in what we were serving our patients and our retail customers. I made it my mission to look at patient food and try to improve it."
Changing the mindset: That's exactly what McGrody has done in his 18 months at Rex. McGrody transitioned the department to self-op in January 2009. Since the transition, patient satisfaction has increased more than 50% to reach the 80th percentile on a consistent basis. For its efforts, the team was awarded the Streak Award from the hospital, a quarterly award honoring departments for their contributions to patient satisfaction.
McGrody attributes the increase in patient satisfaction to better quality food. "We went in with the mindset that we were going to change what a typical hospital menu would be," McGrody says. "We really focused on heart-healthy foods. A lot of hospitals cut the salt in everything and they serve it across the board so they can meet all the different diets. We took a different approach."
Instead of simply cutting salt, McGrody and his staff reduced salt and added fresh herbs, which are grown in the hospital's campus garden. The foodservice team also changed the way food is cooked. "We do a lot of grilling and elemental cooking," McGrody says. "We do a calypso chicken, which is a chicken breast that is marinated in fresh pineapple, mango, jalapeño and cilantro. It's marinated overnight, and we grill it and serve it with a very light roasted tomato sauce. We top that with a little mango salsa."
McGrody says items on the heart-healthy menu have nine grams of fat or less and between 200 and 300 milligrams of sodium.
Details make a difference: McGrody says the most rewarding part of his job is providing high-quality meals to patients because "they go through a lot during the course of their stay and what little comfort we can provide to make their stay happy and help them forget that they are in a hospital even for a brief second makes me feel good."
For McGrody, it's sometimes the little things that make all the difference. One small change that had a big impact was coffee. A local roaster, Larry's Beans, was brought in and now all coffee served in both patient and retail foodservice is ground on premise. "A patient usually gets a tiny cup of cof- fee that goes up with the meal. We put a 20-ounce carafe on the tray, and they can pour their own coffee just like at a restaurant. It's a detail touch."
McGrody has been focused on patients since his first week in health-care foodservice. "I saw a lady looking for our catering department. It was she and her husband's 50th wedding anniversary, and she wanted to do something special. He was a patient on a special floor, and I didn't even know where that was. I told her I would do whatever I could. I had to take a taxi to go get fresh seafood. I cooked the meal and served it. I went home and didn't think anything of it. It was just another meal, and I had cooked thou-
sands of them. A couple of weeks later I saw this lady again. She said, 'My husband passed away a couple of days ago and you made our wedding anniversary so special. He talked about that meal until the time that he died. You will never know how much you impacted our lives with that meal.' I realized for the first time in my whole cooking career that I had actually made a difference in someone's life."


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Romney ignores GOP rivals in Missouri speech but hits Obama on deficit, gas prices, military
ST. LOUIS (AP) ' Mitt Romney ignored his GOP presidential rivals Tuesday as he asked Missouri voters to help him secure the party nomination and take on President Barack Obama this fall.
Romney told a St. Louis crowd of about 400 that Obama is content with high deficits and high gasoline prices. The former Massachusetts governor repeated his promises to cut spending, create jobs and boost the military.
Romney did not refer directly or indirectly to his GOP rivals in his 15-minute speech under blue skies. He chose to spend the day in Missouri, which holds caucuses Saturday, rather than in Alabama and Mississippi, where Republicans were voting Tuesday. A Romney victory in either of those states could help solidify his claim as the likeliest nominee.
Romney seemed content to spend much of his time doing TV and radio interviews. His first of two planned public events Tuesday was scheduled to last 50 minutes in the Kirkwood suburb of St. Louis. But he spoke only 15 minutes, took no questions, and began shaking hands and posing for photos with voters.
On Monday in Mobile, Romney made a final pitch to Alabama voters during an appearance with comedian Jeff Foxworthy. He jabbed Obama, saying the president has botched policy on energy, taxes, health care and other issues.
Romney's schedule called for him to spend much of Wednesday and Thursday raising money in New York before traveling to Puerto Rico on Friday. Puerto Rico's Republican primary is Sunday.


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The MPA program intends to train students for leadership positions within public and non-profit sector organizations and bureaucracies. Students interested in private sector employment in industries with strong governmental interactions and regulation will also benefit from seeking an MPA degree.
We believe in "aggressive" career development, preparing you to move beyond existing career directions, to move across positions and organizations as opportunities arise, and help you use each successive experience beneficially in your next position. Our concern is not with your current position, but your next position; we are not training you to "stay where you are" but to move into a higher-level position, and the position after that...
Our program does not require a particular background. Students with strong verbal, analytical, and quantitative skills will do well in our core courses, and prepare themselves from their elective and concentration classes. We do not require you to have an undergraduate major such as public administration, political science, economics, business administration, and other social sciences, although our training will enhance your prior training. We recognize that many students will come to us with work experience but undergraduate degrees in other fields; our core courses will build upon prior coursework for those who had it, and "catch up" those students from other academic backgrounds.
We offer courses through one of two delivery methods: on-campus, and online. Students select one of these delivery methods for their core courses; electives and concentration courses can be offered using any of these methods.
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Early response to the Sahel food crisis
In the Sahel in 2012 a combination of a lack of rain and an increase in food prices meant that around 18 million people were facing starvation.
We responded to this food crisis through cash transfer programs to the most vulnerable families, distribution of seeds and support for building new livelihoods. We were able to provide for the needs of almost a million people across a number of countries: Mauritania, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Chad.
The relative success of this response is down to all the lessons we had learned during our response in the Horn of Africa the previous year, where it was clear that an early response is a key factor in ensuring the greatest impact.
We're continuing our work in the Sahel to prevent food crises affecting more people.


text: NEWPORT CITY – A light snow fell on the ground early Saturday morning as members of the Newport Rotary Club and the North Country Union High School Interact Rotary Club, veterans, city officials, Newport City School students and other volunteers loaded more than 1,040 wreaths in the back of a large moving van. Their mission: to place the wreaths on veterans buried in Orleans County.Rotarian Roger Cartee, a retired marketing teacher from North Country, started the local effort with his students several years ago. At first the students and in later years the Newport Rotary Club placed wreaths on the graves of every veteran in Newport City. Robert Gosselin, owner of Spates the Florist and Garden Center, and others who helped with the effort for the past few years, wanted to place wreaths on all veterans' graves in Orleans County – 2,100 wreaths. They didn't quite make it this year.Employees and volunteers from Spates made the majority of the beautiful pieces. The company donated some 600 wreaths. Other donations included a significant one from the Primer Balsam Tree Company, and Newport City School students covered the remaining wreaths.Donating the wreaths was important to the volunteers."It's time we should honor our veterans," said Gosselin. "They are keeping us free and keeping the United States a free and wonderful country."Cartee got the idea for the project from reading an article about "wreaths Across America" and felt it was something his class could do. In its early years, six students placed 150 to 200 wreaths. Yesterday, dozens of volunteers showed up to place wreaths."This is a great project for the community and a great project for the young people who are helping us," said Cartee. "We just love what we're doing."Cartee called the program a civic consciousness and hopes it will make the young people become better citizens.Chelsea Bianchi, a member of the Interact Club, got up early because she wanted to do a good thing for the community. "It's important to keep the cemeteries decorated, help people and be involved in the community," added Natalie Sykes.Newport City Mayor Paul Monette, also a Rotarian, said placing wreaths on the graves is something small compared to what the veterans did for America. Monette also urges people to help veterans all year long. It could be as simple as driving someone to a medical appointment. "This is a dedication to a lot of people from the Revolutionary War right on through," said Korean War and Vietnam War Veteran Frank Ormsbee of Newport City who helped distribute the wreaths. "This is a remembrance of deserving people."Kara Shaw, a student at Newport City School, said placing the wreaths on the graves of veterans is a kind thing to do. Shaw said she didn't mind getting up early on Saturday morning."We're doing a good thing," she said.


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Canterbury Things To Do
The Helibike team have lived, worked and biked in the Mt Cook/Mackenzie area for years and used this knowledge and love of the region to create an amazing backcountry mountain biking adventure suitable for all abilities… Imagine flying high into the mountains behind Twizel and seeing stunning views of the first 4 days of the Alps 2 Ocean Trail, from Lake Pukaki, Twizel, Lake Ohau and down towards Omarama. Then, mountain biking down constantly changing scenery, from rocky farm track through a mountain gorge, a remnant beech forest, down grassy banks and, finally, to the shores of the beautiful Lake Ohau. Cycle along the gravel lakeside road to the river where you can either cycle on or be picked up and driven to Ohau Village or back to Twizel. We ride on a mix of surfaces, with some short uphills and there may be a few stream crossings. You'll see some of the most varied scenery and terrain on any single Helibike experience in New Zealand. This is a spectacular alternative to the third section of the A2O Trail, a real backcountry adventure, with plenty of stops to admire the amazing views. You don't have to be experienced but you must be adventurous! We have had all ability levels on this trip and everyone gets to enjoy it...Phone: 0800 435 424Email: [email protected]Contact
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Information Centre, Twizel
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Encounter Kaikoura
96 Esplanade
Pirates Island Adventure Golf
196 Roydvale Avenue, Burnside, Christchurch
Hanmer Springs Thermal Pools & Spa
42 Amuri Ave
Twizel Holiday Park
122 Mackenzie Drive
Stoneridge Horse Treks
532 Grants Rd, Kurow
5255 Arundel, Rakaia Gorge Rd