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Five social media campaigns celebrating women across the globe
Campaigns celebrating female empowerment are being used by brands to advertise everything from deodorant to designer clothes.
And it's a theme which, if executed right, can resonate well with audiences both female and male alike.
In the last year there have been several high profile campaigns along this theme including the #thisgirlcan campaign by Sport England and Always' #likeagirl campaign, which both achieved massive levels of reach and engagement.
Doctor Who: The making of a global brand [Stats]
Over the last two years, BBC Worldwide has been turning Doctor Who from (simply) a gigantic British show into a truly global icon.
Julia Kenyon, Acting Chief Brands Officer, BBC Worldwide, spoke at the Festival of Marketing about how this was achieved and included some staggering stats about the brand's performance at ComicCon 2015, its 2014 world tour and the 2013 50th anniversary.
10 big trends happening in social video
Technology's inflexion points are difficult to spot without the benefit of hindsight, even for technology as widely hyped as social media and mobile video.
However, it's difficult not to get excited when surveying the social video landscape in late 2015.
BBC News launches new responsive website: review
The BBC has finally switched off its old desktop site and is now redirecting mobile users away from its .m site to its brand new fully responsive news site.
BBC News's previous iteration was four years old, and although it regularly broke records for attracting worldwide traffic (64m unique visitors in January 2013) the site has been need of a multi-screen compatible upgrade for some time. In fact since inviting users to trial a beta version of the new site in December, BBC News has seen 65% of its users now accessing the site from tablets and mobiles.
BBC Earth: seven web content trends to notice
BBC Earth showcases some of the content trends the Beeb has been championing in the revamp of its site.
I've taken a quick shufty through these lovely webpages in an attempt to find exactly what these design trends are.
See if you agree.
Seven of our favourite social campaigns from August 2014
It's approaching the end of August so it's time to round up some of the more interesting social campaigns we've seen this month.
This time it includes Doctor Who, Nordstrom, Volkswagen, Comparethemarket, Dr Pepper and Acura.
For more of the same check out our campaign round ups from June and July.
BBC trials video subreddit to reach 'increasingly fragmented' online audience
The BBC's experimentation with new methods of content distribution has continued apace with the creation of a new subreddit and a separate Reddit video news channel.
Officially unveiled in June, the news channel hosts a range of the BBC's latest videos while the subreddit acts almost like an RSS feed.
Reddit received 114m unique visitors last month from more than 190 countries, so it's easy to see why the BBC would want to try and establish a presence on the site.
In truth it's likely that the BBC already gets a decent amount of traffic from Reddit, though no official figures are publicly available.
Matthew Danzico, head of the BBC's Innovation Lab, explained that the new subreddit and video channel are part of a wider objective of trying to understand how to distribute content to an increasingly fragmented audience online.
Six lessons Immediate Media can teach you about publishing
How does a publisher move from brand engagement to an enterprise transactional model?
It all revolves around thinking like a retailer and utilising your brands to capitalise on new revenue streams.
Immediate Media is a combined publishing house formed with BBC Magazines, Magicalia and Origin, with around 70 brands.
The group has been investing in technology for a while, enabling digital elements to be added to its subscriptions, as well as integrating advertising and product sales.
The magazines are chiefly publishing special interest content, from sports to weddings etc. With 80% of Immediate's revenue coming from selling content, it's clear that there's a balance to be found between product development and monetisation.
Let's take a look in more detail…
10 of the best branded Instagram videos of February 2014
Here are some of the finest branded Instagram videos from February 2014, or Instavids as nobody in their right mind calls them.
Last week I discussed the future of Instagram video and Vine in the post has Instagram really killed Vine?
It seems that since the introduction of Instagram's 15 second video capability, brands and regular users alike have begun to ignore Vine in favour of a social media platform they were already signed up to anyway.
I round-up the best branded Vines on a monthly basis (here are the best branded Vines of February) and I personally feel that there's still massive potential for the only one-year old Vine when it comes to improving brand perception and connection.
So what separates Vine from Instagram video apart from the obvious technical differences? Perhaps by looking at these examples of Instagram videos from brands we'll be able to understand how each platform can exist side-by-side whilst remaining different enough to be worthy of separate time and investment.
10 websites that aren't responsive (and probably should be)
Here's a joyously surprising list brought to me by Andrew Warren Payne.
The headline is entirely factually correct, these websites are not responsive. Whether they should be or not is a matter for debate, and I hope one you will take up in the comments section.
There are pros and cons of going responsive and each organisation should be aware of its own ideal site strategy. I'm sure many of our readers know the UX and hence search boost of going responsive is now growing large enough to prove worthwhile, even in the face of much development time.
See what you think of this list.
New BBC interactive guides: responsive, dynamic and accessible web design
iWonder is the evocative name for the BBC's new interactive guides. The name conjures childlike enquiry (I wonder!), '90s crisps (Golden Wonder) and fits nicely with the Beeb's and Apple's use of the stunted 'iProductname' format.
The guides are the BBC's new content format, described as 'sit forward', allowing the user to learn by doing.
They organise video and audio, infographics, text and activities into stories.
I've been having a play with the guides and given some brief thoughts below. Do go and check them out, they're a powerful tool for schoolchildren or older autodidacts.
BBC trials bitesize news reports on Instagram video
The BBC has begun experimenting with using Instagram video as a way of distributing bitesize news reports.
Though the Beeb has been using Instagram video for some time, up to now the clips were just repurposed TV news footage.
The new '#Instafax' short form news service uses content specifically created for Instagram, with each video including a selection of images and facts that give a very brief outline of the story.
It's described as being "very experimental" at this stage and it's great to see the BBC trialling innovative methods of sharing news and connecting with a younger audience.

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Marissa Mayer becoming Yahoo's new CEO isn't just another story about another exec playing musical chairs and switching jobs.
There will be debates about whether or not Mayer is enough to save the troubled iconic company. And debates about the wisdom of her decision.
But what the press has missed so far is that this is a paradigm shift for Yahoo.
Mayer is completely out of Yahoo's league. So far out that I'm surprised they even had the courage to approach her (although it's possible she approached them).
But they obviously found that courage, and Mayer has taken the job.
Impossible, I would have said a week ago.
But it happened. And overnight Yahoo's reputation will change.
At first it will just be in Silicon Valley. But as of now people won't be ashamed to say they work at Yahoo any more. And for the last several years, they have certainly been ashamed.
More key employees will stick around. The company will be able to hire better people. People will be proud to work at the company again.
Morale will shift immediately, there will be lots more positive thinking.
Why? It's just the way humans think. If something is perceived to be a loser then it becomes a loser. People bail, either physically or mentally. A defensive attitude takes over. Talented outsiders avoid it like the plague.
Example: Just a couple of years ago Yelp refused to be acquired by Yahoo for some $200 million more than Google was offering.
Now, though, the bloom is back on the rose at Yahoo.
It doesn't mean the company will find a way to win. But like I said, the whole Yahoo paradigm has shifted.
I've interviewed Mayer many times over the years at TechCrunch and Le Web events and I've been able to see the way she thinks during those interviews and in other interactions.
What happens next is she'll want to win. And generally she does win. I'd expect a bold new product strategy and an acquisition plan to help build the foundation of that strategy.
Fixing Yahoo will be difficult, particularly since the company seemed to have grown comfortable with its decline and no longer had any fight left in them.
I expect Mayer will be fixing all that sooner rather than later.
It's a good day for Yahoo.


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The Oregon Court of Appeals has broadened the reach of warrantless vehicle searches, adding to a controversial area of state law that has expanded police powers considerably since it was first taken up in the 1980s.
The court ruled this week that everything connected to a car, including a trailer, is available to a warrantless search. In doing so, it sided with prosecutors who had appealed a trial court's decision to invalidate a search.
The state law that gave police the power to search cars suspected of criminal involvement is rooted in a 1986 case that said police must first pull over a vehicle in order to search it without a warrant. That was later challenged and updated: Police had only to see the vehicle moving, or "encounter" it, to later search it.
The appeals court ruling this week stemmed from a drug bust in Silverton in 2011, when a detective watched Jerry E. Finlay sell methamphetamine to a police informant. Finlay drove to the meeting in a pickup towing a trailer, which he used to run his landscaping business.
In a second meeting later that year, the detective watched Finlay park at a restaurant. Finlay walked inside but quickly decided to leave and was arrested 100 feet from his truck. Police searched Finlay and found no drugs, but the detective ordered a search of the car and trailer, where police found methamphetamine.
At trial, Finlay's attorneys successfully suppressed the evidence obtained from the warrantless search, saying police didn't "encounter" Finlay's truck until they arrested him, when the truck was parked. Therefore, neither his truck nor his trailer was subject to search. The appeals court remanded the case back to the trial court, with the understanding that the evidence can be introduced at trial.
The Oregon Supreme Court has ruled that parked cars are not mobile and therefore require warrants to search.
Advocates of warrantless searches say they are among the most useful tools available to police. By their nature, roadside stops or investigations of movable vehicles require immediate action from law enforcement. To let people drive away is essentially leaving suspects alone with a crime scene, free to destroy evidence.
National case law on vehicle searches dates back to the dawn of the mass-produced automobile, when a bootlegger ferrying liquor across Michigan was stopped and his car searched without a warrant.
In the 1925 case, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling: Given probable cause, police did not require a warrant to search a vehicle.
Opponents of the expansion of the automobile exception say the Oregon courts have repeatedly allowed prosecutors and police to broaden their rationale for searching vehicles.
The situation, critics say, has allowed for a "permanent emergency," in which police and prosecutors can summon any reason for searching a car, and courts will later nearly always rule that the warrantless search was justified.
"(The ruling on Thursday is) another chapter of poking at this concept of mobility," said Dan Bennett, a deputy in the Office of Public Defense Services in Salem in an interview. "They've expanded it and expanded it and expanded it."
Bennett wrote an essay in Oregon Defense Attorney magazine analyzing the "automobile exception."
"It is past time for the automobile exception to go," Bennett wrote in the essay. "The exception has long since served whatever purpose it had, and (police) should once again be required to request warrants."
Bennett said in the interview that the issue of warrantless searches should be increasingly moot -- the advent of cellphones, for one thing, should allow better communication to permit the quick issuance of warrants.
Bennett cited an Oregon Supreme Court footnote in a ruling on a 1986 case involving the automobile exception that envisioned "a central facility with magistrates on duty and available 24 hours a day" as an indication that the courts are moving closer to forbidding warrantless searches, not seeking to broaden their use.


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Gardeners bed down for spectacle
QUEENS Park will once again be blooming beautiful come September, thanks to a group of dedicated gardeners.
More than 40,000 seedlings and 7000 bulbs will be used for this year's Carnival of Flowers designs.
Toowoomba Regional Council horticultural officer Matt Schick said there were up to five staff members working on preparing the park for the influx of garden-lovers set to descend on the city.
"We started planting in April and we'll be finished in early July," he said.
"We've been planting a lot of pansies, petunias and snap dragons which will all peak for the carnival."
Co-ordinator of public gardens (north) Gary Arnold said the selection of plants should get a hold before the heavy frosts come.
He said the summer displays would also make a return this year after being shelved due to water restrictions.
"Come October, all the carnival plantings need to be out and then we start on our summer displays," he said.
"At the moment, the water table is up and, with the regular rain of late, we're pretty well covered."


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Kim Kardashian Calls Twitter User Ignorant for Making Absent Parent Comment
Kim Kardashian stands behind a gate while exiting her home to run some errands on Saturday (November 30) in Miami, Fla.
The 33-year-old reality star was joined by her fiance Kanye West, who was seen chatting on the phone.
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"We took our baby girl swimming today for the 1st time, she loved it so much! #BestDayEver," Kim tweeted on the same day.
A Twitter user responded by saying, "probably cos she actually got to see her parents for a change!"
Kim retaliated by writing, "u sound so ignorant. Bc I don't tweet or instagram my every move w my daughter means I am not with her 247? We share what we want. Or is it bc I go support my fiance at every show & I post pix? When the baby goes down 4 bed or a nap, parents are allowed 2 work & support each other, maybe even have fun too."


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AC Milan striker M'Baye Niang has backed his team-mates' decision to leave the field of play following racists taunts from the crowd.The Rossoneri were playing a friendly against regional side Pro Patria when, after just under an hour's play, Kevin Prince-Boateng reacted angrily by kicking the ball into the stands after tiring of repeated racist chanting from a small section of fans.
Milan captain Massimo Ambrosini decided to lead his side from the field and Niang applauded his captain's decision and has warned that he and his team-mates would do it again should the need arise.
"We are ready to do this again in Serie A or the Champions League, even if we are playing against Barcelona or Real Madrid," Niang told Tg1.
"Our captain Massimo Ambrosini did the right thing by taking the team off the field. I'd never seen anything like this in France."Italy coach Cesare Prandelli has also praised the Milan players for the action taken.
"A great team, a great coach and a great man," Prandelli told Tg1.
"Massimiliano Allegri understood the problem. We are all tired of this. We are all fed up. Milan were fantastic, as all together we can probably manage to ruin the plans of these few people."
Injured Milan star, Nigel De Jong, was equally impressed by the actions of his side and took to Twitter to applaud them.
"A great gesture today from my mates who supported Boateng in leaving the field of play," he tweeted.


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To be a leader it takes confidence, skill, motivation and discipline. It takes hard work, sweat and enthusiasm. The word "leader" can be defined in many different ways, but for Kansas State women's golfer Gianna Misenhelter, being a leader simply means to have drive, the drive to succeed and the drive to win on and off the golf course.
Misenhelter's drive to succeed is a testament to her consistency and solid finishes.
The sophomore leads her team in five categories, including stroke average (74.61), under par round (eight), Top 5 finishes (two), Top 10 finishes (four) and Top 20 finishes (four).
"I do not know if a lot of people come to college and do the same thing as me, but when I came to play at K-State, I set goals for myself," Misenhelter said. "I am sure going to attain them. People will not hold me back. That is my drive."
The Overland Park, Kan., native came to K-State as the only freshman in her recruiting class. Misenhelter excelled as a freshman as she participated in all 11 events, carded the best stroke average for the fall 2010 season and impressively won the Kansas Amateur Championship in the summer of 2011.
Misenhelter certainly made a statement her freshman year and was indeed ready to prove herself again her sophomore year.
"I was the only freshman coming in, and now I am the only sophomore," Misenhelter said. "It was tough coming in, as a freshman and traveling, because then people think 'she is here to play'."
Last Fall, Misenhelter participated in all five team events. She earned her first Top-5 finish at the Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational where she carded a 2-over par 218 to score a career-high second place finish. She notched a second consecutive Top-5 finish with a career high 1-over par 217 to tie for fourth at the Johnie Imes Invitational in Columbia, Mo.
"I love Mizzou's golf course, and I like playing well at Mizzou," Misenhelter said. "At the beginning of the tournament, I started out very rough, and it was really disappointing, but I hung in there. The last round, I had family and friends come out and watch me, and I believe I thrive off that. I shot a 70 that round, and I remember that day I actually felt like I won the tournament because of the way I finished."
She concluded the fall season in South Carolina where she earned her third Top-10 finish on the year, scoring a 2-over par 218.
Misenhelter's golf was thriving. She competed in the Silver Belle Tournament in the winter, carding a personal best 18-hole score of 7-under par 65 and winning the college division of the tournament.
The sophomore started the spring season strong, as she earned her seventh under par round of the 2011-12 season. She tallied a career-best 2-under par 214 to finish in a tie for seventh and earning her fourth Top-10 finish.
Misenhelter has an unmatchable drive to succeed, which is testament to the hard work and effort she puts into improving her golf game.
When told her putting game needed work, Misenhelter immediately went to Jim Colbert, former pro golfer and founder of Colbert Hills Golf Course, and asked for advice.
"I have a go-get-it personality," Misenhelter said. "So I went straight to Jim Colbert himself and asked for advice. Mr. Colbert and I talked for almost two hours about mind and golf."
Her fiery personality and outgoing demeanor are a tribute to her leadership style.
"She is a source of laughter almost daily." K-State head coach Kristi Knight said. "She will speak her mind, which I like. No doubt her teammates respect her as a person and they respect her game. She definitely leads by example."
Misenhelter is not afraid to give her teammates constructive criticism because not only does she want to succeed, she wants her teammates to have success as well.
"She is a leader," teammate Whitney Pyle said. "I think all of us are leaders, and we show it in different ways, but she is always there to pick you up. Even when she has a bad day, she is always there to cheer on the team. She is very outgoing, and she is not afraid to tell it like it is."
Misenhelter enjoys taking a leadership position on the team, even as a sophomore. She believes success is team unity. In order to win individually, she must first be a good teammate. The sophomore states there are a lot of strong players on her Wildcat team, but she believes it is her calling to be a strong leader.
"She has an incredible work ethic," said Knight. "She may try too hard sometimes, and I think she realized, that these past few days, but she seems very at ease and very confident. She has shot an awful lot of good scores, and she has already improved her game tremendously in the last year."
Misenhelter's incredible work ethic is a testament to her consistently good golf scores, and even on an off day, she makes sure her teammates are upbeat and playing to their ability.
"I always look to her to keep her head up because we all have our bad days," Pyle said. "It is great when she comes in and did not do as well in a round as she would have liked, but she is still cheering on her teammates."
A leader can be defined many different ways, but for Gianna Misenhelter, being a leader means being driven. There must be drive to succeed on and off the golf course, the drive to be a good teammate and the drive to improve. With that there is success.


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Would product life shortens using VGS voltage, 16.5 V: 6 and 0 V: 14 μsec?
Latest Updated:09/02/2013
The 2SK3481-Z-E1-AZ datasheet states that the absolute maximum rating VGSS is ±20 V. If gate to source voltage were applied under the following conditions, would product life shorten greatly? Usage conditions:
VGS voltage
16.5 V: 6 μsec
0 V: 14 μsec
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Since the conditions stated are within the maximum ratings for gate to source voltage, there should be no problem. Please also evaluate area of safe operation and other items before using.
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Renthal equipment has been a staple in the motocross aftermarket for years, and they've finally made the leap to mountain bikes. This is their SR4 Single Chainring, made for the singlespeeder or 1x rider who maybe grew up racing motorcycles -- the Renthal moto aesthetic is unmistakable. Perhaps this explains why we feel like it would help us go faster. The Renthal SR4 Chainring is CNC machined from 7075-T6 plate aluminum, then hard anodized to make it supremely durable. It fits any four-arm crankset having a 104mm bolt circle and is available with four tooth counts -- 32t, 34t, 36t, and 38t. It is perfectly compatible with 8-, 9-, and 10-speed chains.
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Running a 32 on my HT 29er with a 1x10 and this ring does exactly what it should, it keeps my drivetrain running smooth. Out of the box it appears to be on par with typical Renthal quality (at least that of a few years back) and it has that drilled-out moto aesthetic that's subtle and pretty damn cool.
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Fulfillment of Indiana University teaching and research missions requires a variety of approaches, among which is the use of animals. Living animals are used only when there is no valid alternative to their use, or when their use may be required by law in a particular experiment or test.
Animals, in order to yield valid results, must be healthy and comfortable. For this reason, as well as for humaneness, it is the policy of Indiana University that animals required for teaching and research shall be housed, cared for, and used in accordance with the highest standards of comfort and cleanliness, as required by regulations and guidelines of the Animal Welfare Act, the National Institutes of Health, and the Public Health Service.
Decisions relating to implementation of the Indiana University Policy on Animal Use and Care are the responsibility of the President or his designee. Oversight responsibility is vested in the All-University Animal Research Committee, composed of scientists, a non-scientist faculty member, a person from outside the University, and a veterinarian experienced in laboratory animal medicine and care. This veterinarian serves as University Veterinarian, with operating responsibility for animal use and welfare in the University system.


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National Hospital Week puts spotlight on people
A hospital is more than a place where people go to heal, it is a part of the community that fosters health and represents hope. From providing treatment and comfort to the sick, to welcoming new life into the world, hospitals are central to a healthy and optimistic community. That's the message organizers are touting with the 2014 National Hospital Week theme, "Compassion Innovation Dedication: The Commitment Continues."The event theme, announced this week, is the centerpiece of a promotional campaign aimed at uniting health care facilities across the country during the May 11-17, 2014 celebration. "National Hospital Week, first and foremost, is a celebration of people," Donna Boatright, Administrator of Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital said. "We're extremely proud of each member of our staff and we recognize the important role they play in extending a sense of trust to our patients and our communities." Communities rely on hospital food service workers and physicians, therapists and nurses, administrators and volunteers and so many more every day. "National Hospital Week is our annual opportunity to thank these dedicated people for their compassionate care and to remind everyone of the critical role our hospital plays in our community."The nation's largest health care event, National Hospital Week dates back to 1921 when it was suggested by a magazine editor who hoped a community wide celebration would alleviate public fears about hospitals. The celebration, launched in Chicago, succeeded in promoting trust and goodwill among members of the public and eventually spread to facilities across the country.A full slate of events is planned for 2014 include: A proclamation from the mayor declaring National Hospital Week, a hospital cookout, and a Service Awards Ceremony. This year two employees will be receiving 25 year pins: Brenda Hollis and Glynis Gotcher and Carol Atkinson, will receive her 20 year pin. In all, 39 employees will be receiving service pins this year.For more information, call Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital at 325-235-1701, check them out on line at rpmh.net, or follow them on facebook or twitter.


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A brain injury may affect a person's physical abilities and cause overwhelming uncertainty about the future.
At the UPMC Rehabilitation Institute, we're dedicated to guiding and supporting patients and their families through the challenges of brain injury rehabilitation.
Brain injury can lead to physical disabilities, as well as problems with:
After a brain injury, you may:
The UPMC Rehabilitation Institute is recognized as a traumatic brain injury model system follow-up center. We recognize that each person's needs are different after a brain injury.
At our dedicated, 18-bed brain injury unit at UPMC Mercy, you'll receive:
Also, we're the only brain injury program in western Pennsylvania that offers all of the comprehensive services of an acute care hospital. This means we can meet the unique needs of our brain injury patients by continuously working with our partners in neurology, neurosurgery, orthopaedics, and medicine without having to transfer them elsewhere for specialty or emergency care.
As one of the leading rehabilitation programs in the United States, brain injury patients at the UPMC Rehabilitation Institute have access to state-of-the-art technology and comprehensive services to help assist with recovery.
Technologies, such as those in the Robotics and Gaming Center, help you relearn tasks so you can live a more independent life after your rehabilitation stay.
The UPMC Rehabilitation Institute is also home to the region's only brain injury fellowship program, where our fellowship-trained physicians are preparing the next generation of brain injury experts from around the country.
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Poets House is thrilled to host the live recording of Person, Place, Thing. In this episode of the public radio show, Emmy Award-winner Randy Cohen asks Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Tracy K. Smith about a person, a place, and a thing of special significance to her. Join us for the resulting great stories and accompanying live music with award-winning folk musician Jefferson Hamer. All proceeds support Poets House programming.
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Tracy K. Smith is the author of three books of poetry: The Body's Question (2003), which won the Cave Canem prize for the best first book by an African-American poet; Duende (2007), winner of the James Laughlin Award and the Essence Literary Award; and Life on Mars (2011), which won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. She teaches creative writing at Princeton University and lives in Brooklyn.
After twelve years writing "The Ethicist" for the NY Times Magazine, Randy Cohen is now the man behind Person Place Thing, a public radio interview show based on the idea that people are particularly engaging when they speak not directly about themselves but about something they care about. Guests have included writer Michael Pollan, musician Judy Collins, actor Julianne Moore, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jody Williams, Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro, and aerialist Philippe Petit.
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GPSolo Magazine - September 2005
LLC Operating Agreements: Drafting Tips and Traps for the Unwary
Most law firms have a basic "form" operating agreement that was either acquired from a form manual or that one of the partners painstakingly drafted from scratch back when LLCs were first authorized under state law. But has anyone taken the time to update the form? In several states there have been significant changes in statutory law during the last several years in the LLC arena.
Ownership defined. Many "form" operating agreements define ownership in terms of relative capital account balances. Although this may be an acceptable method in some circumstances, structuring ownership as a definition of capital accounts should generally be avoided. Consider the following example. A and B form an LLC, each contributing $10,000 for a 50 percent interest. The LLC buys an asset for $20,000. Assume it produces little or no income and has generated few expenses. After five years, the asset has appreciated to $100,000. A and B now wish to admit C for a one-third interest, perhaps to help develop the land, with A and B each retaining a one-third interest. (Remember, assume A and B still have capital account balances of $10,000 each.) What amount should C contribute? If C contributes $10,000, then A, B, and C each will have a $10,000 capital account balance and each will own a one-third interest. The result is incredibly good for C: He has contributed only $10,000 and received a one-third interest in a $100,000 asset.
This problem can usually be remedied by defining ownership in terms of percentage ownership, largely ignoring capital accounts for ownership purposes. So long as allocations and distributions are made in accordance with ownership interests and liquidating distributions are made first in accordance with positive capital account balances, the allocations should still have "substantial economic effect," a requirement under the Code § 704 regulations.
Quorum and voting. Quorum is an issue that should be given more than mere passing consideration, especially if the LLC operating agreement involves a number of individuals with minority interests. All too often the basic form provision requires a quorum of 100 percent of the members. What happens when there is a dispute? A disgruntled member who is quick-witted and realizes what the provision does will simply not allow a quorum to be established, effectively locking down the operation of the company and perhaps forcing a judicial dissolution. At the same time, a quorum of too few members can be equally problematic, unless the "manner of acting" provisions are also tightly drawn to prohibit a minority of owners from establishing quorum and then acting on behalf of the company.
One alternative is to provide for a quorum at some amount between 51 percent and 80 percent. In that case, the "manner of acting" provision should provide for action by members holding at least 51 percent of all membership (voting) interests.
Buyouts: Right of first refusal and put provisions. Most LLC operating agreements have a basic "right of first refusal" (ROFR) provision. It is often advisable to add a "put" provision that guarantees that a severance of ownership can and will occur if an irreconcilable dispute arises.
The ROFR provision provides that if any member receives an offer from a prospective third-party purchaser to buy any portion of his or her membership interest, he or she must first offer that interest to the remaining members on the same terms and conditions as received from the third-party purchaser. The remaining members then have a set time period in which to determine whether to exercise their right of first refusal and purchase the selling member's interest or allow the sale to go through to a third party.
The "put" is a fallback provision when a member has not received an offer from a third party yet wishes to either (1) sell his or her interest to the remaining members or (2) purchase all of the remaining members' interests. A put provision is merely a fallback provision when no other agreement can be reached to settle a severance of ownership amicably. In a forced-out provision, any member of an LLC may be bought out by affirmative vote of some percentage of the remaining members.
What happens at the death of a member? One option is to provide for authorized transfers to defined "permitted transferees." Under this option, a member has an absolute right to transfer his or her interest to the permitted transferees without triggering the ROFR provisions. A second option is to give the LLC itself or the other members a limited window of opportunity in which to elect to exercise a right of first refusal. If not exercised, the transferee could either become a substitute member or merely an economic interest holder. Another option is to require repurchase at the death of a member.
Day-to-day management, authority, limitations. An LLC can be either (1) member-managed or (2) manager-managed, reserving to the members collectively only certain decision-making rights. If a management committee is appointed, care should be taken to provide for appointment of successors, terms of office, and procedures for resignation and removal. In addition, a properly drafted operating agreement should clearly set forth both quorum and voting procedures not only for members but also for managers. Any limitations on the authority of the managers and the members should be both addressed in the operating agreement and recited in the articles to be effective against third parties.
LLCs used for estate planning — drafting around Hackl concerns. Beware Hackl. In 2002, the Tax Court issued the opinion Hackl v. Commissioner, which has caused much concern among estate planners. In Hackl, the family patriarch established an LLC with significant amounts of timberland. He subsequently made numerous annual exclusion gifts over several years. The IRS challenged the gifts and their valuations, resulting in significant tax. Some key provisions of the operating agreement, as focused on by the IRS, included:
- a family patriarch appointed manager for life, with 80 percent vote required for removal;
- a manager who had no fiduciary duty to the other members;
- distributions that were in the sole discretion of the manager; and
- very limited transferability without manager approval.
In addition, the LLC had significant losses and was expected to continue in the red for several years. The IRS determined the provisions of the operating agreement, coupled with the losses, meant that there was no "present interest." The Tax Court agreed.
How does one avoid a Hackl-type argument? Several steps can be taken:
1. Do not appoint a manager for life. If sole authority has to be vested in a senior generation family member, provide a reasonable mechanism whereby the other members may remove the manager, preferably by majority vote.
2. Include recitals of fiduciary duties to the other members.
3. Ideally, provide members with an unrestricted right to withdraw, although this runs contrary to many estate-planning goals. Alternatively, consider requiring distributions quarterly or annually, at least in an amount sufficient to cover tax liabilities for pass-through income on the members' K-1s.
4. Provide for some transferability of interests.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is important to bear in mind the client's specific estate-planning purposes while drafting the agreement.
Bradley R. Coppedge is a member of Hatcher, Stubbs, Land, Hollis & Rothschild, LLP, in Columbus, Georgia. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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The Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West have negotiated a new three-year agreement with CBS News … Click here to read more.
February 15, 2012
The Future of Broadcast News: What WGAE Members Say
More than 175 members of the WGAE in the "staff" (that is, news) category answered a Guild questionnaire about trends in broadcast news. We want to engage in a conversation with Guild members about the future, how it will affect members and what the union should be doing about it. Although most members who answered […]
February 14, 2011
WGAE Statement on the House Appropriation Commitee's proposal to eliminate all funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
The Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) issued this statement today regarding the House Appropriation Committee's proposal to eliminate all funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB): "The Writers Guild of America, East opposes renewed efforts by members of the House Appropriations Committee to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Federal funding is critical […]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDecember 11, 2010 NEW YORK CITY and LOS ANGELES – Members of the Writers Guilds of America, East and West (WGAE and WGAW) employed at CBS News have ratified their new collective bargaining agreement soundly. The vote was: 83 % yes; 17% no. The three-year contract covers newswriters, writer/producers, editors, desk assistants, production assistants, […]
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On Friday, December 3, a WGAE contingent met with Michael Copps, one of the five members of the Federal Communications Commission. We discussed the consolidation of ownership of media companies, the downward financial pressures on broadcast news, and Net Neutrality. Commissioner Copps has been a stalwart and articulate supporter of the rights of communities and […]
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WBBM Web News Writers Vote For WGAE Representation
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Matt Fitzgerald provides advice on running a successful marathon come Ironman race day.
The marathon is where Ironman dreams die. It is very difficult to run a strong marathon after riding 112 hard miles. In fact, it is seldom done.
Consider the following example. At the 2008 Ironman Arizona, the fastest bike split was 4:26:12, and the 50th-fastest bike split was 4:55:24—29 minutes and 12 seconds, or 10.9 percent, slower. Compare this gap to the corresponding gap in the run. The fastest run split was 2:46:38, and the 50th-fastest run split was 3:20:22—33 minutes and 44 seconds, or a full 20 percent, slower.
As you can see, in the bike leg, the top 50 performers were bunched close together, whereas in the run they were spread out. This pattern is apparent in every Ironman. There are three possible explanations for this pattern:
1. The depth of running talent is less than the depth of cycling talent in Ironman events.
This explanation is implausible on its face. There is no reason whatsoever to believe that Ironman events attract stronger cyclists than runners. The athletes who compete in Ironman events are by and large the same athletes who compete in shorter triathlons, and run times are typically much more closely bunched together percentage-wise in shorter triathlons than in Ironman races.
2. Most triathletes go too hard on the bike in Ironman races and do not save enough energy for the run.
This explanation seems much more plausible than the first, but there is actually no good evidence that those athletes who produce the fastest run times in Ironman races hold back more on the bike than their fellow competitors. In fact, contrary to popular belief, elite Ironman triathletes really don't hold back at all on the bike. If riding at 80 or 90 percent of capacity (relative to the distance of 112 miles) were normal and necessary at the elite level of Ironman racing, then you would see at least one clown fly off the front and complete the bike leg 10 or 20 percent faster than the real contenders (which would translate to 30 to 60 minutes). Even if it were suicidal, people would still do it for a moment of glory. It's human nature. But this never happens. Why? Because elite triathletes actually ride the Ironman bike leg at something closer to 98 percent of their maximum capacity (meaning they would ride only five to 10 minutes faster in a pure 112-mile time trial).
Pacing is important, of course, but people don't realize how great a difference there is between 98 percent and 100 percent efforts. To gain a better appreciation for the difference, go to the track and run 10K (25 laps) 2 percent slower than your 10K race pace. So, if your 10K time is 40:00, run a 40:48. I guarantee you will feel about 10 or 20 percent less miserable in the last lap at the slightly slower pace, which is why many elite Ironman racers think they are holding back 10 or 20 percent on the bike in competition when they are actually holding back 2 percent.
Riding too hard can affect subsequent run performance, but fitness trumps pacing. The less fit you are, the less your run will benefit from holding back on the bike. You could go 95, 90 or 85 percent on the bike and be shot for the marathon in any case. And the fitter you are, the less pacing matters. Craig Alexander would not run a 2:35 marathon in Hawaii instead of a 2:45 if he rode the bike leg in 4:55 instead of 4:37.
This observation leads us to the third and true explanation of the marathon meltdown phenomenon.
3. Most triathletes just aren't well-trained enough to run a good Ironman marathon.
You start the run fatigued no matter how you pace yourself on the bike. Those who hold it together and run well simply have better Ironman-specific fitness, which enables them to run closer to their ability level despite fatigue.
With this explanation in mind, use the following tips to avoid the all-too-common scenario of running poorly in the Ironman marathon.


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CSR and Compliance Management System
Since Fiscal 2003, Clarion has been stating in its Midterm Plans that: "Clarion shall fi rmly establish corporate ethics anchored in a Compliance Program, having our Corporate Philosophy as its core concept." Clarion is expanding its compliance program to the entire Clarion Group both domestically and overseas, aiming thereby to further strengthen our compliance management system and attain integrity and transparency
CSR Management Efforts
Clarion, as the whole Group of domestic and overseas affiliates, have been actively engaged in compliance management, environmental protection and social contribution as society requires companies more and more efforts in these areas. As a result, activities have taken a deeper root in domestic and overseas affiliates, and awareness for needs of compliance to laws and rules as required by society has become much higher.
To comply with laws and regulations has already become a minimum requirement, and a company is not regarded as such that fulfills corporate social responsibilities by merely "operating the business activities in compliance with the laws and rules" alone. The level expected by the society to an enterprise in this regard has risen much higher now.
A "More Valuable Enterprise" as the society looks forward to now, is such that understands society's requirements and expectations well, integrate such in the business activities and pursue its responsibilities fully. To such an enterprise the society will render its trust and raison d'être. We consider it is a part of our social responsibilities to clearly define our direction and communicate it with the society. With this in mind, we shall make efforts, in addition to compliance and environmental management as up to now, enhancing our activities to fulfill our corporate social responsibilities (CSR), understanding social requirements and expectations precisely.
We have been contributing to local communities and society through supports and assistance towards future generations and people stricken by disasters. We shall further promote such specific activities, considering what is required by the society, to contribute to society and fulfill our responsibilities as we aim more firmly to establish and further enhance qualitatively our CSR management.
Promotion of Compliance Management
Clarion established In July 2003, the Compliance Committee chaired by the President. The committee meets regularly to exchange opinions and ideas on various issues for forming up compliance awareness. Since 2013, domestic affiliates are added to the members of the committee and we promote the unified activities in these regards. As far as the overseas affiliates are concerned, we work together with those who are responsible in these companies in order to activate the activities as well as to share information.
Clarion Group Code of Conduct
The "Guiding Principles of Conducts and Behaviors" which had been in place since 2003 was progressively replaced by the "Clarion Group Code of Conduct" at the end of fiscal 2010 and the latter was extended to all group companies. With this revision, it is clearly stated that we are a part of Hitachi Group.
This Code, in the same manner as the "Guiding Principles of Conducts and Behaviors", is made available to all employees on our Intranet and, to public on our website.
Compliance Management Efforts
Compliance management has developed since Fiscal 2003 with the "Guiding Principles of Conducts and Behaviors" and establishing efforts of promotion systems throughout the world. Each department has promoted with PDCA cycle method∗ activities to mitigate compliance risks as its primary objectives. We perform regular meetings to exchange opinions with departments, awareness surveys and audits on compliance efforts. We will continue these efforts with a view to further reducing risks and taking our global activities to a new and higher level.
* The "PDCA cycle method" is a repetitive process for operational Improvements: first making plans (to "Plan"), carrying out the plans (to "Do"), evaluating the results (to "Check") and carrying out further actions for Improvements (to "Act")
● History of Compliance Management Efforts
Compliance Consultation and Reporting Desk
Compliance Consultation and Reporting Desk was set up in November 2003 with the objectives of preventing compliance violations and creating a corporate culture that precludes such violations through encouraging employees such consultation and reporting. In order further to facilitate consultation and reporting, we set up an outside desk for telephone and/or fax consultation and reporting in November 2004. In April 2006, in connection with enforcement of the Whistleblower Protection Act, we laid out the "Regulations for Consultation and Reporting" which provides procedures and schemes regarding this subject. As shown in the graph below there have been 201 consultations and reports (average 1.9 per month) since the setting up of the desk until Fiscal 2012. The fact that there were more consultations than reports in the beginning stage shows that this process served well rather as an in-house communication tool.
● Status of Consultations and Reporting
Compliance Risk Assessment Table
One of Clarion's priority issues in its compliance program is the identification of risks. Each department identifies the laws, regulations, ordinances and compliance risks related to its actual operations, performs analyses of the degree posed by risks and the anticipated degree of their impacts on Clarion, and manages them in a "Compliance Risk Assessment Table", which also includes measures for responding to and preventing the risks. The group companies also formulate and implement risk reduction plans every year.
Education and Training on Compliance
Compliance education and training are carried out constantly throughout the company for each level of employees. We provide general program of compliance management for new employees and, for managerial staffs, group sessions with specific issues. Fiscal 2012 managerial program had primary topics, among others, of environment related regulations and activities, risk management and import/export control. In addition to these, we make active use of casebooks and video materials in an effort to further increase in awareness on compliance issues.
Managerial Staff Training Sessions
Compliance Audits and Awareness Surveys
Since Fiscal 2004, we perform "Compliance Audits" in order to verify efforts of each department regarding compliance issues, status of observation of laws and regulations, information security as well as progress of risk mitigating plans. If found necessary, due corrective guidance is given. Further, as a part of monitoring, regular "Compliance Awareness Surveys" are conducted, and the results are announced.
● Compliance Awareness Survey (Conducted in September 2012, covering all employees. Response rate was 86.4%)
Compliance Management Throughout the World
Clarion extends its compliance program throughout the world. At moment 2 domestic and 16 overseas affiliates have introduced the similar program. Each has formulated compliance guidelines materially same as that of headquarters "Code of Conducts", which are laid out in 8 languages including English, Chinese and Malay. Risk assessment and responding plans, which are the core of the compliance programs, are carried out in a similar manner as in the Headquarters.
● Clarion Group's "Code of Conducts" in various languages
We hold regular liaison meetings with domestic affiliates to verify their activity plans and state of implementation, and share information on various issues. With overseas affiliates, we induce more activated efforts in this area with interviews of, and regular reports from, each of the affiliates and consequent follow-up actions.
Risk Management System
We have the "Regulations for Risk Management" in place in order properly to manage various risks and to maintain and improve our corporate value. The system is structured with Risk Management Committee, which addresses overall management risks, and subordinate subcommittees for crisis management, compliance management, disclosure, information security, export security, environment and quality, which address issues in each of specific areas. The Internal Audit Office audits these efforts and we ensure continuous improvements.
■Establishment of Crisis-Management System
We have the "Crisis-Management Manual" in place in order promptly to respond to fires, earthquakes, other natural disasters and/or other risks. Furthermore, we have established a "Crisis Management Committee" which meets regularly to discuss risk countermeasures and makes its decisions known throughout the Company.


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Yesterday Bill Bell drove up from New Jersey and stayed at the Norwich Inn. This morning, bright and early at 8:15, he arrived at the shop much earlier than I had expected. Tammy called me and I quickly got my act together and hustled out to meet him, 5 minutes away. And much to my/our surprise he had a painting-in-progress based on our brainstorming 3 weeks ago. We are excited, agog, flabbergasted, double-whammied! Take a look. This is his/our fanciful vision of how Stave jigsaw puzzles might have been crafted 400 years ago. There is the Stave Puzzle shop on the left and, on the right, the King and Queen patrons in their castle doing Stave puzzles in their separate rooms. The scene is filled with Bill's classic joyful humor. And, yes, when it is finished we will offer it as a Traditional puzzle. We are honored to have captured Bill's amazing imagination.
Sherlock Holmes Visits Staveland
Steve Flies the Coop
Bill Bell Comes to Staveland
Keep Me Out of Trouble
Just Around the Corner
Ok, maybe the holidays aren't just around this corner but they're around the next corner and I'm already excited. Why? Just look at all the great images Susan and the gang are offering in this mailing! There are so many great puzzle images…who wouldn't get excited?! But what's the best part of all this? I'll get to cut some of them!
My Best Times
You've probably heard me say (ad nauseam) that cutting is my favorite thing to do at Stave. It's hands down what I love the most. And this time of year is when I take the time to really make some sawdust.
Plain or Fancy?
Any puzzle cutting is good but when it's an image I really like, it's even better. I liken it to chocolate. A Hersheys kiss can be just the thing on a tough day but if you're nibbling on a Godiva: Wowza! But maybe you like scotch. Cutting a 2-way Trick puzzle would be like a little nip of Dewars for me but if I found myself at the saw cutting Winter's Gifts by Paul Landry, that would be a glass of Macallan. A really big glass! Want to know what I'd do with Winter's Gifts? I'd craft some snowflakes swirling in the sky, a squirrel in the tree, someone putting the finishing touches on the snowman and maybe a lamp lighter at the lantern. The kids all bundled up in cold weather gear offer a great opportunity for some color-line cutting. Each youngster would be a little puzzle within your puzzle. And some skaters. A young lady in a layback spin and some young men playing hockey are in order for this puzzle. And what skating pond wouldn't be complete without someone falling on their keester ? ! Bringing the puzzle to life is what I love. Oh, the things I could do!
Let me entertain you!
Who's Behind These Pages?
Have I got you wondering where all those wonderful puzzle images come from? Let me introduce you to a few members of the Stave team. Susan, Bri and Geoff (yes, we have another gentleman in our midst!) are the creative force behind our puzzle mailings.
Susan is probably a familiar face to many of you. She's been with us for a gazillion years and in that time she's grown from Graphics Assistant to Queen of Licensing for Stave. She's the one who finds all this incredible work from the talented artists. She has the perfect knack for finding just the right images for puzzling from the traditional Americana like Bringing the Cows Home by Linda Nelson Stocks to the wildly weird like Hell from Hieronymus Bosch. With so many images to choose from, Susan has a fun but tough decision deciding what images will be shown in each mailing. If we let her, she would show them all! Especially the ones with horses and dogs. Susan is a gentle soul. You can't help but like her. And if there's something in particular you'd like to see on your puzzle table, let Susan know. She'll do her best to get it for you.
Briana, or Bri, as we call her, works her magic to get the puzzle image onto paper. In the old days we would purchase the actual prints. Nowadays, we use a digital file and print them ourselves. Bri is the clever one who decides where we're going to hide that little Shadow clown that you search for and she also sizes the image to the correct number of pieces. What do we love about Bri? She's bright and cheerful, and has a great attitude. She's eager to learn and comfortable throwing out ideas and she's not afraid to pick up the phone and help you with your order. If she happens to beat Tammy to the phone the next time you call, ask her about her buddy, Gus. He's a cute little Yorkie/Silky mix.
Geoff is the newest addition to the Stave crew. He's fresh out of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh with a Bachelors in Game Art and Design. Steve's excited to have his help in orchestrating some videos for our website. Being the young whipper-snappers, Geoff and Bri keep us up on all this new social media stuff and are helping us keep up with the times. Geoff is settling in nicely at Stave and doesn't seem fazed to be working with a bunch of women. He goes with the flow and didn't bat an eye when I arrived the other morning and called out a "Good morning ladies" when I breezed through on the way to my office.
I guess you could say he's already become one of the girls! Susan, Bri and Geoff are just a few of the wonderful people I get to spend each weekday with. I consider myself very lucky to work with such a great crew. Watch for more of our terrific team in the coming months.


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James Marcus Schuyler wrote like an angel. That is, he fashioned poems from flawless American English ("English" and "angels" are parties to an old pun, if not to a shared etymology) and made it look like the easiest thing in the world. A case in point: "Light From Canada," from his collection The Crystal Lithium (1972). His caressing eye is accurate; his words are pithy and elegant; and his emotional tenor is of someone striving for a state of grace, though pain is always near—and fresh as paint:
A wonderful freshness, air
that billows like bedsheets
on a clothesline and the clouds
hang in a traffic jam: summer
heads home. Evangeline,
our light is scoured and Nova
Scotian and of a clarity that
opens up the huddled masses
of the stolid spruce so you
see them in their bristling
individuality. The other
day, walking among them, I
cast my gaze upon the ground
in hope of orchids and,
pendant, dead, a sharp shadow
in the shade, a branch gouged
and left me "scarred forever
'neath the eye." Not quite. Not
the cut, but the surprise, and
how, when her dress caught fire,
Longfellow's wife spun
into his arms and in the dying
of its flaring, died. The
irreparable, which changes
nothing that went before
though it ends it. Above the wash
and bark of rumpled water, a gull
falls down the wind to dine
on fish that swim up to do same.
Schuyler may have written like an angel, but he would never write of angels. He was an empiricist. As with Elizabeth Bishop and Lorine Niedecker, Charles Darwin was one of his favorite writers—and there Darwin is, in "Light From Canada," in the gull and the fish who meet at the intersection of mutual hunger. The great pleasure and sense of health the poet takes from the air (the bedsheets-on-a-clothesline simile, the "scoured" air, the unclumped bristles) is undeniably invigorating. It is also ambivalent. The force that drives the air down from Canada is a harbinger of winter and death, which Schuyler rises to meet like the fish. Under the guise of twentieth-century free verse, this poem snaps shut with a (visual) rhyme as neatly as any sonnet.
The courtliness of Schuyler's verse sprang miraculously from the shambles of his life. He was a late bloomer, 46 years old when his first full-length collection, Freely Espousing, was published in 1969, and each successive volume of poems seemed wrenched from an ever more precarious existence. Schuyler enjoyed scarce advantages to begin with. He was born in 1923 in Chicago to Midwestern, middle-class parents who were divorced by the time he was 6. He was forced to take the name of his antagonistic stepfather after his mother's remarriage and rarely saw his father (a "heavy, jolly, well-read man") again. (He changed his name back in adulthood.) He attended Bethany College in West Virginia—not Harvard, like his future New York School confreres Frank O'Hara, John Ashbery and Kenneth Koch. Having fared poorly in his studies, he left Bethany without a degree and in 1943 joined the Navy. That ended with a dishonorable discharge: he went AWOL on a drunken bender, and at his hearing it came out that he was gay. All his life Schuyler would struggle with alcoholism and manic depression, with hospitalizations paid for by friends—W.H. Auden and James Merrill among them.


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NEC Develops A3 and A4 E-paper with Multitiling
NEC is expected to showcase its new A3 and A4 size E-paper displays during the FPD International 2008 this end of October in Japan. Compared to conventional newspapers, the e-papers exhibit higher visibility and have a 43 percent white reflectivity with a 10:1 contrast ratio. Aside from the possibility of becoming a reusable newspaper, these e-paper modules can be used to form larger displays. They could be interconnected since they have frames measuring but a mere 1mm.
Formed into larger displays, the e-paper modules could utilize NEC's multi-tiling controller to show multiple tiles. The e-paper modules don't need backlighting because they utilize ambient light. Additionally, the screens can maintain the display without energy input until you want to change what's on the screen, adding to e-paper's energy efficiency and low-power consumption feature.


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Kate Bosworth & Michael Polish: Chateau Marmont Arrival!
Kate Bosworth keeps it glamorous while arriving at the Chateau Marmont on Friday (January 11) in West Hollywood, Calif.
The 30-year-old actress, who was accompanied by her dashing fiance Michael Polish, celebrated her belated birthday with close friends earlier in the evening at a fancy soiree.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Kate Bosworth
Earlier in the day, Kate was casual chic while grabbing some groceries from Bristol Farms.
Kate recently tweeted a video and said, "A great interview with Sally Field and @TavisSmiley," which was also retweeted by Michael. Watch the video below!
FYI: Kate is wearing a vintage dress and Tous jewels.
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McNall takes over community services, Godfrey at community safety
by Christian W. Peck
Public Information Officer
Niagara County Public Information Office
Niagara County Legislature Majority Leader Rick Updegrove, R-Lockport, nominated a slate of lawmakers to head legislative committees in 2013, announcing their names at the Niagara County Courthouse late Wednesday.
Veteran lawmakers Paul B. Wojtaszek, R-North Tonawanda, and Tony Nemi, R-Lockport/Pendleton, will head up the public works and administration committees, respectively. Switching chairmanships with Nemi is Legislator Wm. Keith McNall, R-Lockport, who moves from administration to community services. Second-term Legislator Dave Godfrey, R-Wilson, will take over community safety and security, a posting being vacated by Wojtaszek.
The four nominations, submitted to Legislature Chairman William L. Ross, C-Wheatfield, fill out the remaining chairmanships of the County Legislature's five standing committees. Wednesday's slate of nominees follow Monday's naming of Legislator Kathryn Lance, R-Wheatfield, to head the economic development committee, which Updegrove held in his portfolio before new legislative rules enacted this year forbade the Legislature's majority leader, chairman and vice chairman from chairing committees.
"This is a quality slate of leaders, committed to the conservative values that have been the hallmark of this Majority Caucus during its time guiding the Legislature," Updegrove said of his nominees. "Every one of these committee chairs is committed to maximizing government efficiency, minimizing government costs, and eliminating government waste."
"These are four more outstanding picks by the Majority Leader," Ross said after reviewing Updegrove's appointments. "Paul Wojtaszek is a proven leader, and I believe his broad experience as a business owner, a lawyer, a fraud investigator in the attorney general's office, and a former Catholic school board member uniquely suits him to the task ahead of him, which is controlling costs."
"Tony Nemi is a hard worker who isn't afraid to ask questions, or to hold our department heads accountable. Dave Godfrey has been a champion of government cost containment, but has also been a strong supporter of our first responders," Ross said. "Lastly, Keith McNall has always devoted considerable attention to making sure government delivers necessary services to our most vulnerable citizens while protecting the taxpayers. Again, these are outstanding choices."
Ross went on to praise Wojtaszek's performance at community safety, where he reviewed a number of long-term contracts with outside vendors and worked to lower the costs associated with a federally mandated radio narrowbanding project.
Wojtaszek, who was informed Wednesday morning of his selection, thanked Updegrove and Ross for their confidence.
"I look forward to the challenges this new chairmanship will bring, and I thank Majority Leader Updegrove for his commitment to our shared principles of lowering government costs through practicality," Wojtaszek said. "I do want to thank my predecessor, Legislator Clyde Burmaster (R-Ransomville) for leaving me in good position as I take on this chairmanship. Clyde has always been committed to hands-on leadership of public works, and I know he has always strived to contain costs. He has left me with a strong foundation."
Nemi expressed confidence about his new role heading the committee that serves as the Legislature's final reviewing body for most legislation, particularly legislation that spends money.
"I want to be a facilitator for good government," Nemi said. "We have a county budget running in excess of 300 million taxpayer dollars. We owe it to the people who earned those tax dollars to put in place checks and balances to eliminate waste, and to instill a commitment on the part of department heads to reduce costs at every opportunity, all year long."
McNall, a former school board president known for a frugal outlook on government, said he would perform a delicate balancing act at community services.
"There is a place for government and government services, and we acknowledge as much," McNall said. "However, we must be vigilant that when government provides services, it does so in a manner that protects our taxpayers and honors their sacrifice. I will challenge our service agencies to contain costs and to control spending."
Godfrey, a volunteer firefighter and veteran, said he plans to work closely with emergency service personnel, and to forge relationships beyond the county's borders to cut costs.
"Public safety is one area where you cannot really set a price," Godfrey said. "It is my goal to find ways, though, to keep that price tag in line with our taxpayers' expectations while ensuring we have key needs met: adequate sheriff's road patrols, modern equipment and expert training for our first responders, and compliance with federal mandates. We will strive to accomplish that goal by working closely with our sheriff, with our county emergency services coordinator, with our fire companies, and with neighboring communities that want to share costs."
The full membership of the committees is as follows:
Public Works: Wojtaszek, chairman; John Syracuse, R-Newfane, vice chairman; Michael A. Hill, R-Middleport; Updegrove; Owen Steed, D-Niagara Falls.
Administration: Nemi, chairman; Updegrove, vice chairman; Godfrey; Wojtaszek; Dennis F. Virtuoso, D-Niagara Falls.
Community Services: McNall, chairman; Chereé J. Copelin, R-LaSalle, vice chairman; Burmaster; Pete Smolinski, R-North Tonawanda; Steed.
Community Safety and Security: Godfrey, chairman; Burmaster, vice chairman; Nemi; Smolinski; Jason Zona, D-Niagara Falls.


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Country music star Sara Evans has put herself forward for the next season of hit U.S. reality show Dancing With The Stars after previously bowing out of the competition due to personal troubles.
The singer signed on to star in the 2006 run of the program but decided to quit mid-way through the third season as she struggled through a difficult divorce from the father of her three children.
However, Evans admits she is eager to return to the TV dancefloor - she's just waiting for network bosses at ABC to ask.
She tells Us Weekly magazine, "It was challenging and terrifying, yet so much fun, I'd do it again. And I'm certain they'd take me back!"
The 43 year old's public plea comes just days after the latest line-up for Dancing With the Stars was announced. Star Wars hero Billy Dee Williams, Australian pop star Cody Simpson, Full House actress Candace Cameron Bure and former Wonder Years beauty Danica McKellar will be among the cast of the 18th season of the show, which kicks off on 17 March (14).


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This "Brick City", New Jersey native is slowly becoming one of the most respected underground artists in Christian Hip Hop. Prior to getting saved Datin built a name for himself on the emcee battle circuit. Now known for his challenging lyrics, Datin released the STYLWYLD Music/Tee-Wyla produced project 'Turn It Off Vol.1.' It was considered by many as one of the best free projects of the year. Datin' is a seasoned rapper and is going to be one you see crossover from Christian Hip Hop and mainstream and make an impact in both arenas.


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Space Coast here I come!
Next week I'll be heading off to Florida to participate in the Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival in Titusville, Florida. I've been to Florida many times in many seasons, but this is first time I've spent so much time there solely as a birder. Florida offers many opportunities for family time as well, and when your family is only half-birder at best, you have to shoe-horn in the birds when you can. I've managed to do pretty well in those moments away, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't completely stoked to give myself to the birds fully and completely. And get to hang out with some pretty cool people besides.
So my primary duty will be to write about the festival in my capacity as 10,000 Birds representative, but I'll also be repping the ABA as well and leading a few trips. Unfortunately I'll have to duck out early (assuming everything comes together) for another opportunity before the end end, but for the four days I'll be onsite and birding hard, here's what my schedule looks like. You know, if you're coming down and you're still not lined up for any trips yet.
Wednesday, January 28, I'll be out of the gate hard and early with a trip to Viera Wetlands with ABA prez Jeff Gordon. I have a mixed history with this site, as I epically dipped on a Masked Duck here back in 2006 when a huge thunderstorm chased me out of the spot and away from the bird. Viera has a history of turning up really good stuff, so here's hoping this memory is a little more positive.
The next day, January 29, I'm soloing on a trip to Cruickshank Sanctuary to find Florida Scrub Jays. The great thing about the jays is not only that this should be a pretty certain spot for them, but there should be some cool herps around too.
On January 30, I'll be leading an afternoon walk to Pine Island, which doubles as a historical site where the first white settlers landed on Merritt Island. Frankly, I have no idea what to expect for this trip, but it'll be interesting at least and there's not a single place on that island that isn't birdy.
My last day (maybe) at the festival will see me back with Jeff Gordon touring some of the lesser known, but no less productive, hotspots in the area. This should be a good, and long, trip that hopefully I will not have to duck out of early.
Aside from Viera Wetlands, I have never visited any of these sites, and I'm really excited to do so. It sounds like there will be no shortage of photo opportunities and my Brevard County list, currently at a cool 58, ought to easily join that glorious echelon of counties not in North Carolina with 100 species. Maybe I'll even get a Razorbill, before this season something of a very rare bird in Florida.
Can't wait!
January 14, 2013 10:51 am
Have a wonderful time! I'm totally envious; I've always wanted to go to this January birding festival but have never managed the plans. Maybe someday! I look forward to your blogs about it.
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A few weeks ago I naively asked readers to let me know about wild turkeys in their area. I asked for an address, a rough count of the birds, and a little information about what sort of damage the birds are causing.
I was immediately inundated with enough tales of horror to remake Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds," with an all-turkey cast.
Hardest hit, it would seem, is the community of Hercules. The letters I received from the Herculeans were tinged with a bit of hysteria. Hundreds of turkeys, they say, are roaming the area, destroying landscapes and gardens, damaging roofs, frightening the unwary and creating havoc.
"As a resident of Hercules," one reader wrote, "I see wild turkeys everywhere."
"They land on rooftops with such force," the letter writer continues, "it feels like an earthquake or something crashing on your home. They then hang out in your yard, pooping on the roof, decks and driveways, and feeding off your flowers, lawn and garden. They do not change their path. In the evening hours they return, back on the streets everywhere and hanging out in the front yards eating and making a mess."
Hercules is not alone. I had reports spanning the Bay Area, from Richmond to San Jose.
In fairness, not everyone was unhappy about their bird visitors. Although most of the more than 70 respondents considered the turkeys a destructive intrusion on their property, a few said the turkeys did no harm and that they enjoyed watching them.
My purely unscientific survey counted 1,618 turkeys in dozens of flocks. The California Department of Fish and Game estimates 18 percent of the state is occupied by the wild turkeys, brought to California years ago as hunting game.
Is the state concerned about the burgeoning population? In a word, no.
"There are too many of them to be concerned about them," says Andrew Hughan, California Department of Fish and Game spokesman. "It's considered a local problem. It's a house-by-house, area-by-area problem."
The state has a pamphlet recommending ways to discourage turkey intrusions, and it offers the option of eradication, although if you choose to go that route, you'll have to do the deed yourself or hire a qualified trapper/exterminator.
If you have a turkey problem, Hughan says, apply with the department for a "depredation permit." A game warden will investigate and if he or she feels the permit is warranted, the state will allow you to hunt and kill turkeys.
In city limits, where it is illegal to discharge weapons, you'll have to hire a pest-removal service that has a standing permit to kill the turkeys. Although there is a hunting season for turkeys in the wild, and limits on how many can be taken, there are no restrictions in these cases.
Hughan says it might be a good option for homeowners and homeowner associations.
There are other nonlethal ways to deal with turkeys, although it will take a village to make it work. Most all wildlife that ventures into our suburban and urban realms enter in search of food. If the food supply — bird seed, pet food, unsecured garbage — dies out, they will wander elsewhere. Clear any food from your yard and encourage your neighbors to do the same. Hughan says turkeys are especially fond of avocados, so think about your fruit trees.
The turkeys don't have a personal vendetta against us; we have encroached on their habitat and they simply are trying to survive. They just are doing an exceptional job at it.
Contact Joan Morris at email@example.com; or P.O. Box 8099, Walnut Creek, CA 94596.