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The Center for the Study of State Constitutional Law and Government was founded to develop and implement programs dedicated to the improvement of state constitutions and state governance. By sponsoring workshops, scholarly writing, and public lectures, the Center promotes scholarship and discussion on important issues relating to state government.
The Center sponsors one of the School of Law's most important annual academic events, the Brennan Lecture in State Constitutional Law. Named in honor of the late Justice William J. Brennan, Jr., the Brennan Lecture has brought several of the most prominent and thoughtful scholars in the nation to the School of Law and the Oklahoma City community. This year our speaker was Randy E. Barnett, the Austin B. Fletcher Professor at the Boston University School of Law. Professor Barnett is one of the nation's leading public law scholars and the author of important books on constitutional law, contract law, and jurisprudence.
This year, the Center will host its second annual speakers series on state and local Government. The series will feature a monthly lecture by a prominent figure in state and local government. The purpose of the series is to introduce students to the opportunities and challenges of public service. This year, the Center will present lectures by Lieutenant Governor Mary Fallin, Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett, Oklahoma County District Attorney Wes Lane, and Oklahoma Secretary of Energy David Fleischaker.
This past year, the faculty of the School of Law modified the Certificate in Public Law designed and administered by the Center in order to facilitate satisfaction of the certificate requirements. This program enables students who excel in a sufficient number of public law courses, write a publishable paper in public law, and complete additional requirements including additional writing or completing an externship in government to receive a special certificate.
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PIEDMONT, Okla. -- A paralyzed Iraq war veteran is making expensive payments on an SUV he is unable to drive; it's several states away.
He hired a company to convert it to be able to carry a wheelchair but he's still waiting to get it back, seven months later.
Alphonso Lopez was paralyzed in a motorcycle accident after coming home from Iraq in 2005.
What takes most people five seconds takes Lopez five minutes.
We're talking about getting into a vehicle and driving away.
A crane attached to a pickup truck that a dealership temporarily loaned him moves slowly to pick up his wheelchair and put it in the truck's bed, outside his Piedmont home.
But it's worth the wait for Lopez because the freedom of driving down the road keeps him from thinking about what so many other wheelchair-bound veterans consider.
"Worrying about becoming an alcoholic or a drug addict or even attempting suicide," Lopez said. "You get too depressed, you know? This (driving) is freedom."
Last fall, Lopez bought a $40,000 pre-owned Chevy Suburban only after he was told it could be converted to carry a wheelchair.
It was shipped by a dealer, Handi-cap Aids, to a company in Indiana called GoShichi.
Lopez said they told him the conversion would take three months.
But they went out of business and were purchased by Mobility SVM, who eventually decided they would not convert a Suburban model for safety concerns.
Seven months later, Lopez is still waiting while making $873 payments every month on a vehicle he said has been held hostage.
"I don't know how else to feel," he said. "I mean, I've been paying on it for seven months and I was promised three different delivery dates and then they tell me that they can't do it at all."
Handi-cap Aids owner Mike Bradshaw said he's never dealt with an ownership change like this in 31 years.
"I feel like I was the mobility dealer stuck in the middle," he said. "They eventually (say) they don't want to convert or they can't or they won't convert the Suburban, and then it takes us another month or so to work out the financial logistics."
Bradshaw said conversions were stopped for at least two months after the ownership change and he's been negotiating with Mobility SVM to get Lopez a different vehicle.
"It (the wait) put a lot of stress and a lot of weight on my shoulders to try to get around things," said Lopez.
Monday, Bradshaw told News Channel 4 that Mobility SVM has decided to give Lopez a new pickup truck in exchange for his Suburban.
The VA Hospital in Oklahoma City will pay for that new vehicle's wheelchair conversion.
Lopez will hopefully be in that truck, Bradshaw said, next week.
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They also recommend consumers make sure the start/end dates, price and specific work to be done are documented in writing before turning over your vehicle and/or paying for the work to be done.


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Stickler syndrome is a disorder that affects the connective tissue of the body's joints and organs. Connective tissue is made up of a protein called collagen. It builds bones, muscles, skin and tendons, helping to hold our bodies together.
In Stickler syndrome, the body does not make collagen correctly. As a result, many children with this condition have joint problems, hearing loss and differences in how their face looks. Usually children with this condition have normal intelligence. It is common for children with Stickler syndrome to have a combination of features called Robin sequence that may cause breathing and feeding problems.
Symptoms of this syndrome may be mild or severe.
Researchers have identified several types of Stickler syndrome. The different types vary, especially in how much they affect vision and hearing.
Stickler syndrome affects an estimated 1 in 7,500 newborns. The condition is named for the doctor who first described it.
Children with Stickler syndrome need coordinated care by providers from many areas of healthcare. At Seattle Children's Craniofacial Center, our team of experts covers 19 different specialties.
Stickler syndrome is caused by a change (mutation) in 1 of the collagen genes. These genes hold instructions for the body to make collagen proteins for the body's connective tissue.
A similar condition called Marshall syndrome is caused by a mutation in the same gene. Researchers are trying to decide if the 2 syndromes are different or are forms of the same disorder.
Many families have never heard of this condition before their child is born with it. Our craniofacial team is experienced in caring for children with complex syndromes that involve the jaws and cleft palate, including Stickler syndrome.
Many of our patients are newly diagnosed babies. We also work with children who received their initial care at another hospital.
Please call the Craniofacial Center at 206-987-2208 for more information, a second opinion or to make an appointment.
Over the past 5 years, we have cared for about 20 children with Stickler syndrome and more than 80 children with Robin sequence, a related condition.
Our experience with craniofacial conditions helps us find problems early and take steps to prevent or treat them. We watch for problems that may develop with your child's breathing, feeding, vision, hearing, speech, heart and bones.
Each year, we provide care for more than 300 children with complex conditions that involve clefts. We have more surgeons specializing in cleft repair than any other center in the country. Read about Seattle Children's expertise in craniofacial surgery.
See Statistics and Outcomes for details on the patients we care for and procedures we perform.
The Craniofacial Center at Seattle Children's has experts in every field your child might need. These 50 specialists work together to diagnose and care for our patients.
Our team meets weekly to discuss children with complex needs and decide on the best care plan for each child. We work together, and with you and your family's doctor, to manage your child's personalized care.
A craniofacial pediatrician, nurse, family service coordinator and social worker will work closely with your family. They coordinate care and make sure all your questions are answered.
The pediatrician guides your child's treatment and decides if other specialists are needed. Your child's team may include a geneticist, genetic counselor, craniofacial plastic surgeon, oral-maxillofacial surgeon, ear, nose and throat specialist (otolaryngologist), eye doctor (ophthalmologist), feeding therapist, dietitian, orthodontist, audiologist and speech and language pathologist (SLP). Children with bone or joint problems will also be treated by an orthopedic doctor or a specialist in inflammatory diseases that affect joints and connective tissues (rheumatology).
We care for care for your child's physical, emotional and comfort needs. Read more about the supportive care we offer.
A diagnosis of Stickler syndrome can be scary. We take time to explain your child's condition. We help you fully understand your treatment options and make choices that are right for your family.
As your child gets older, we make sure they are involved in decisions about their medical care.
Our child life specialists and social workers support your child and family through the challenges of this condition. We help you find community resources and support groups.
Seattle Children's provides craniofacial care for children in an area one-fourth the size of the continental United States. We also care for children from across the globe. This has helped us develop systems to provide outstanding, personalized care at great distance.
Seattle Children's receives more research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) than any other craniofacial center in the United States.
Our researchers are working to:
Learn about cleft-related research at Seattle Children's.
The features of Stickler syndrome vary a lot from child to child. The most common include:
Some babies with Stickler syndrome are born with Robin sequence. Children with severe Robin sequence may have difficulty breathing because their jaw is small and their tongue is placed far back in their mouth.
To diagnose this condition, your doctor will examine your child carefully. They will examine your child's face, head, mouth and joints. The doctor may do tests to check your child's eyes and hearing.
Your doctor may also do a blood test to see if your child has a change (mutation) in one of the genes that instructs the body to build connective tissue.
Genetic tests may help tell if your child has Stickler syndrome or another disorder that causes similar problems. There are several types of Stickler syndrome, with different genetic causes. Tests are available for most types.
Our Craniofacial Genetics Clinic helps identify conditions caused by changes in genes. Our geneticists and genetic counselors help you understand the pros and cons of genetic testing. They explain test results and your chance of having a child with Stickler syndrome in a future pregnancy.
We recommend evaluating other family members to see if they are affected by the syndrome or carry the abnormal gene. The same gene mutation can cause very different features of Stickler syndrome, even in members of the same family.
A genetic counselor also will give you information about your child's condition. Counseling can help you make informed decisions about family planning and your child's treatment.
Our genetic counselors also advise people with genetic syndromes about their chance of having a child with the condition. A person with Stickler syndrome has a 50% chance in each pregnancy of passing the abnormal gene on to their child.
There is no single care plan for Stickler syndrome. The treatments and timing we recommend depend on how the syndrome affects your child.
Children with Stickler syndrome often have a combination of features that can cause problems with breathing and feeding. This pattern of features is called Robin sequence. It includes:
See how we care for children with Robin sequence.
We will keep careful watch on your child's breathing as they grow. Some children have breathing problems in their first months of life. Others develop problems later.
Stickler syndrome often causes the jaws to be too small - both the upper (maxilla) and lower (mandible). Small jaws raise the risk of breathing problems, especially during sleep. This is called obstructive sleep apnea.
Your child may have tests to help the team understand the exact cause of breathing problems and decide on the best treatment. Tests may include:
Treatment options include:
Many babies with Stickler syndrome have a small jaw. Some have an opening in the roof of their mouth.
These differences can cause problems with breast- and bottle-feeding. We help you with feeding techniques to help your baby thrive.
We will check regularly to make sure that your baby is gaining weight. A dietitian may see you in the clinic to advise you about your child's diet.
If your child has a gap in the roof of their mouth (cleft palate), our surgeon will talk with you about surgery to repair it. Usually this surgery happens when your child is about 1 year old.
During cleft palate surgery, the cleft is closed. Muscles at the back of the roof of the mouth are put in their proper place across the cleft.
Most often, surgery takes 3 hours. Your child usually will stay in the hospital 1 to 2 nights.
For details, see Treating Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate.
We keep a close watch on your child's vision. Children with the most common forms of Stickler syndrome often have eye problems. These may include:
An eye doctor (ophthalmologist) will check your baby's vision when they are 6 to 12 months old. The eye checkup happens earlier if there are any concerns, such as a cataract or a family member with vision problems.
The eye doctor will see your child every year or more often, if any problems are found.
Mild-to-moderate hearing loss is common in children with Stickler syndrome. It may get worse as a child gets older.
Usually, hearing loss in children with Stickler syndrome is caused by damage to the inner ear (cochlea) or to the nerve pathways from the inner ear to the brain. Some types of hearing loss can be treated with hearing aids.
Children with cleft palate may have hearing problems because of fluid in their middle ear. If this is a problem for your child, we recommend inserting small plastic tubes in the ear drum. This keeps the middle ear clear of fluid. It is often done at the same time as surgery to fix cleft palate.
If your child has cleft palate or serious hearing loss, they may have problems with speech and language.
A speech and language pathologist (SLP) will regularly check your child's speech ability and how their language is developing. We start even before your child's cleft palate is repaired, as early as 9 months.
Some children with cleft palate have a condition called velopharyngeal dysfunction (VPD). They may have trouble making correct speech sounds, even after the cleft is repaired.
Depending on your child's needs, we may recommend:
Most children with Stickler syndrome have some differences with their bones and joints. These may include:
Your child's team will check their joints and bones at yearly visits. If your child has pain or other symptoms, their team checks more often.
If your child has:
Good mouth care (oral hygiene) is important for all children, but especially those with craniofacial conditions. Many children with Stickler syndrome will need orthodontic and dental treatment.
Read more about craniofacial orthodontics.
In some children, the valve between the left chambers of the heart does not close correctly. This is called mitral valve prolapse (MVP). Most of the time, MVP does not cause any problems.
Rarely, blood can leak the wrong way through the valve. This can lead to a fast or irregular heartbeat, shortness of breath and chest pain.
During your child's regular visits, the doctor will ask about symptoms. If there might be a problem, a heart specialist will see your child.
Contact the Craniofacial Center at 206-987-2208 for an appointment, a second opinion or more information.
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Rothschild Downes Stys is a full-service owner project management firm, representing the Tenant side of the deal for high style retail, restaurant, and hospitality projects nationwide.
Owner Project Management
Occupancy Planning
- Develop, maintain and communicate occupancy schedule
- Negotiate, purchase and coordinate delivery of all owner furnished materials and equipment
- Assist operations team to ensure timely turnover
- Collect all closeout documentation as required by local authorities
Lease Negotiations
- Review lease documents and provide input regarding design and construction issues
- Review lease documents with client and real estate counsel to finalize executable lease format
- Manage construction requirements in accordance with lease document
- Visit site to give a visual assessment
- Provide Landlord requirements when applicable
Pre-Construction Management
- Review and analyze program requirements
- Existing facility surveys
- Conceptual estimating
- Budget and schedule development
- Development of owner procurement strategy
- Site logistics and planning
- Drafting or reviewing design and contractor agreements
- Pre-qualification and bidding or negotiation with contractors
- Coordinate zoning, permitting and ride issues
- Obtain value engineering solutions to achieve best value for the client
Construction Phase
- Day to day project management and construction oversight
- Visit construction site as required to monitor progress
- Lead periodic project update meetings to ensure all stakeholders are delivering on time and on budget
- Provide client with budget review and updates as agreed upon
- Provide client with weekly project updates
- Negotiate change orders
- Review and approve all project invoices and forward to client for payment
Post Construction Phase
- Coordination of project completion and turnover
- Develop contractor punch lists to help expedite and ensure completion of timely turnover
- Evaluate, review and negotiate on our client's behalf and contractor changes or fees
- Produce and distribute to client all documentation for closeout
- Provide on-going warranty management
- Facilitate the close out of all Landlord lease requirements
Our Team
Mark MeiserPrincipal
Mark Meiser has over 27 years of experience in the shopping center development industry. His achievements include overseeing $10 billion in tenant shell construction. This has entailed more than 15 million square feet of new retail, entertainment, hospitality and mixed-use developments, and comprises over 5,500 stores and restaurants opening for business. He has orchestrated tenant activity for over 25 shopping center grand openings which have included some of the nation's highest profile and most successful mixed-use retail projects. Mark is also the co-inventor of TCTrac, a real-time mobile information tenant tracking and reporting system for the shopping center industry.
Jennifer VolinPrincipal
Jennifer Volin, CDP, LEED Green Associate brings over 23 years of experience managing design and construction in the shopping center industry. With extensive pre-development and on-site experience, Jennifer has a proven track record of engineering successful store openings and grand openings as well as running efficient operational projects for outlet, lifestyle and high-style regional centers nationwide. She is also co-inventor of TCTrac and her attention to detail and rigor in tenant coordination has helped define guiding principles and operating practices of tenant services.
Brian StysPrincipal
Brain Stys founded Stys Hospitality and brings more than 30 years of construction operations knowledge. With his unique perspective of having successfully developed and managed construction teams on a national level and world wide, Brian provides a unique value and point of view to any project. He works closely with the client and the team to ensure success and satisfaction on every level. Prior to starting Stys Hospitality, Brian was Vice President at Shawmut Design and Construction in Boston where he spent 19 years, and is credited with building restaurant, gaming, hotel and retail divisions.


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Is Lending Club planning to add a new loan grade AA to their platform? There is no conclusive evidence, however I have discovered strange anomalies that would support this. Within the website there appears to be references to a loan grade of AA .
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Notice the top line references a loan grade of AA. Another thing to point out is the class of the span element is " gradeText2LAA ". If you look at the their combo CSS file there is an explicit CSS tag to hide this AA grade from the user's view.
The display:none means don't show. What does the "2L" in the class name mean? Programmers usually give very literal names to their program elements. Perhaps 2L means "two length" as to indicate the formatting of this loan grade block has twice as many characters, thus requires special formatting to fit.
A CSS sprite is a technique web applications use to reduce requests to web servers, subsequently reducing latency and page load times. Lending Club makes use of these to display the background color of their loan grades. I took a snap shot of their sprite and it also confirms the existence of a AA loan grade if you look at the colors:
There are a total of 8 loan color boxes. If I link the colors up to what information we have we find a very compelling case for the existence, or at least platform support for AA loans
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Much of the reason behind this owes to something called the entourage effect . We all know that delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol – THC – is the molecule in cannabis that provides us our high. Sativa, indica, and hybrid strains all contain THC, so what makes one different from the other?
Well, that's like noting that cars all have transmissions that when powered turn the wheels to propel it forward. Other parts matter – a gas engine vs an electric motor, a light aerodynamic body vs a heavy bulky body, a NASCAR driver vs grandma behind the wheel, clean dry roadways vs. snow-covered, fog-blanketed ones, and so on.
Likewise, other parts matter in cannabis. Another cannabinoid – cannabidiol or CBD – mitigates the psychoactivity of THC. Thus, your Durban Poison grown in an environment that caused it to produce more CBD will get you less of that heady, buzzy high than you're expecting.
Cannabis also contains molecules known as terpenes. These are the chemicals that give marijuana its variety of scents and are found in all sorts of plants. They include pinene (you smell that in pine needles), linalool (in lavender), and limonene (in citrus plants), among many others.
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"We found consistently elevated levels of the terpenoid myrcene in C. indica , as compared to C. sativa."
Myrcene , deCesare explains, "is the major ingredient responsible for 'flipping' the normal energetic effect of THC into a couch lock effect." That myrcene in hops backs up the theory."Notice the warm, relaxed feeling you get from a couple of hoppy beers?" deCesare asked. "That effect is, to a good extent, due to the myrcene present from the hops."
Thus, it may not be just the THC/CBD values we look to in the future to judge our cannabis. DeCesare showed how myrcene content below 0.4% didn't seem to affect THC's high, but over that amount started to flip it from "heady" to "couch lock". Soon we'll have to add myrcene and other terpene content to truly judge our strain purchases.
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Annually, Webster University sponsors a campus-wide community service day in partnership with local agencies and nonprofit organizations. Students, faculty, staff and alumni work in teams on projects including tutoring, painting, gardening, working with children or seniors, park and trail restoration, and fine arts projects.
Upon his arrival in 1994, former President Dr. Richard S. Meyers implemented a campus-wide community service day. The first WWW day was held on November 8, 1995. Teams and individual Webster students, faculty, staff and alumni identified a need in their neighborhoods. Through partnerships with local non-profit agencies, hospitals, parks, daycare centers and schools, volunteers took one day off from work and school to volunteer at various projects and help those in need.What the volunteers and agencies learned from the experience left a lasting impression. Whether improving a playground, doing office work for a non-profit agency, raking leaves, painting a wall, delivering meals to the elderly or entertaining an appreciative audience, volunteers and service recipients alike shared an increased understanding of our interdependency - how even one day can make a difference to someone in need.Today, Webster's annual community service day – appropriately titled Webster Works Worldwide – has grown into a worldwide University tradition. Held every October, volunteers and agencies alike look forward to partnering on projects that really matter to the community.Since the start of Webster Works Worldwide, more than 35,000 volunteers have given more than 147,000 hours of service. No matter how Webster University volunteers choose to donate their time, they make a difference in their communities and help those in need. Because of every individual's effort, Webster Works Worldwide continues to grow in impact and meaning.
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Syndicated columnist Molly Ivins talks with fellow Texan Bill Moyers about the war of words, and more, taking place in the Texas State Legislature. Once dominated by Democrats, in January both houses of the legislature came under Republican control for the first time since Reconstruction.
The legislature is considering re-drawing Congressional districts in a manner that seems sure to bring seven more Republicans to the House of Representatives. In protest of this move, 51 Texas Democrats left the legislature and moved to a Holiday Inn in Ardmore, Oklahoma. Their absence from the legislature chamber would deny the body the ability to pass any legislation by the end of session on June 2. A quorum of 100 is required to vote on measures in the 150-member group. In response, Texas Rangers and Texas Troopers were given orders to arrest the lawmakers for being in violation of the state constitution. That threat of arrest was removed on May 14, 2003, but as of May 16, 2003, the Democrats remain outside of Texas borders.
Her first newspaper job was as the Complaint Department of the HOUSTON CHRONICLE. She went on to the MINNEAPOLIS TRIBUNE and was the first woman police reporter in that city.
Ivins returned to Texas as co-editor of the TEXAS OBSERVER, a sprightly, muck-raking publication devoted to coverage of Texas politics and of social issues. In 1976, Ivins joined the NEW YORK TIMES, first as a political reporter in New York City and Albany. She was then named the TIMES' Rocky Mountain Bureau Chief, chiefly because there was no one else in the bureau.
In 1982, she returned to Texas as a columnist for the late DALLAS TIMES-HERALD, after its much-lamented demise, she spent the next nine years with the FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM. She became an independent journalist in 2001 and also in that year won the William Allen White Award from the University of Kansas, the Smith Medal from Smith College and was elected to the National Academy of Arts and Sciences. She was the 2003 recipient of the Ivan Allen, Jr. Prize for Progress and Service.
Her freelance work has appeared in ESQUIRE, HARPERS, ATLANTIC, THE NATION, THE PROGRESSIVE, TV GUIDE, and many others. She is also known for her essays on the NEWSHOUR WITH JIM LEHRER and National Public Radio, as well as four best-selling books, the most recent being, SHRUB; THE SHORT BUT HAPPY POLITICAL LIFE OF GEORGE W. BUSH. Ivins has known President Bush since both were in high school.
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A drug maker is planning to build a new $465-million plant in the region that will create 450 jobs. Read More
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A global drug maker with a manufacturing operation in the region has opened a 98,500-square-foot warehouse to free up production space on its campus. Read More
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The Galen Institute is a non-profit, Section 501(c)(3) public policy research organization devoted to advancing ideas and policies that would create a vibrant, patient-centered health sector. It promotes public debate and education about proposals that support individual freedom, consumer choice, competition, and innovation in the health sector. It focuses on individual responsibility and control over health care and health insurance, lower costs through competition, and a strong safety net for vulnerable populations. Galen's policies will promote continued medical innovation, advances in personalized medicine, and expanded access to health care and coverage in a 21st century Information Age economy.
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The Galen Institute has been and remains on the cutting edge in providing ideas and studies to educate the public, opinion leaders, and legislators about the dangers of further government-control over our health sector and the benefits of putting consumers in charge of making decisions about the health coverage that is best for them and their families. We will continue to advance this cause.
The Galen Institute was founded by Grace-Marie Turner (then, Arnett) in 1995 to promote a conversation over free-market ideas in the health sector. Our first major conference was held on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., in March of 1996, and was entitled "A Fresh Approach to Health Care Reform." The papers presented at the conference were developed into chapters and later were published in Empowering Health Care Consumers through Tax Reform, the peer-reviewed volume published by the University of Michigan Press.
The Galen Institute continues to facilitate an active policy conversation among participants in the Health Policy Consensus Group.
In addition, the institute has published a number of its own landmark papers in its short history. One of the first was titled "Uninsured Rates Rise Dramatically in States With Strictest Health Insurance Regulations." It provided solid evidence to state legislators that their infatuation with state health insurance regulations and coverage mandates was actually harming their citizens by driving up the cost of health insurance and forcing more and more to become uninsured.
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Guillaume Glairon-Mondet, who did the same problem earlier this year witnessed the ascent:
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Every company is fighting for consumer engagement, but TomTom managed to secure 85,000 entries to its recent Project Paradise competition.
How? With four key approaches...
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- A fresh approach to engaging with bloggers.
- Driving mass awareness of the competition.
- Interacting with relevant consumers via niche bloggers.
TomTom launched its "Map Paradise" campaign this summer. The concept? Send five lucky families on an unforgettable mission to map out remote islands, including the Seychelles, Fiji and Mauritius.
The prize up for grabs was an all-inclusive trip to one of these luxurious destinations and a £10,000 payment.
To be in with a chance of winning, entrants simply sent in their contact details and explained in less than 200 words why they were the perfect family or group to carry out the special project
However, with many companies fighting for data capture, how did TomTom manage to secure 85,000 competition entries?
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The idea was brilliantly simple and well timed. TomTom realised that such wonderful destinations had not been mapped yet, so pounced on the opportunity to engage consumers via a competition.
The competition began in July, when Londoners, New Yorkers and Parisians are all dreaming of getting away from the the hustle and bustle of city life.
Such a concept is a powerful word-of-mouth initiative, as was demonstrated in the Best job in the world campaign. This approach greatly increased the success of the TomTom campaign.
#2 Use a fresh approach to involve bloggers
"Tell me, I'll forget
Show me, I'll remember
Involve me, I'll understand"? (Chinese proverb)
Another key factor in the success of this campaign is that TomTom did not simply tell bloggers what the campaign was all about. They involved them in the narrative of the video by creating personalised, customised videos for journalists and bloggers at a few key websites.
This helped Unruly secure key titles in technology media such as Mashable and Chris Pirillo, influencers in the autos world such as Skiddmark, and well established mummy bloggers like Dear Crissy.
Reaching such audiences helped TomTom to engage with their target audience for the campaign (men and women aged 25-50 who are interested in technology, entertainment and automotives).
TomTom used its creative agency to film personalised videos for bloggers in a great example of an agile, dynamic approach to storytelling.
With Unruly's help, TomTom identified key concepts (and in-jokes) for each blogger and their audiences. As Chris Pirillo told us " I thought it was awesome. :) Then again, I love Lego and Star Wars :)".
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#3 Start with mass awareness
Campaigns with a soft end-goal (e.g, getting consumers to sign up to a competition rather than make an immediate purchase of the actual software) needs to lead with mass awareness.
This is why the campaign was launched with tech mega-blogs such as Mashable, T3, Netz Piloten, Chris Pirillo and Vingthuitzerotrois (pardon my French) through a combination of earned and paid media.
Having the campaign featured in the first week on large networks drove a high volume of sign-ups, but also created a sense of awareness that made bloggers more likely to write about it.
For instance, in week three a blogger told us "Ah yes, my mother told me about that last week, now that you've told me again I am going to sign-up and write about this".
#4 ….and follow with the niche
After a great start driven by mainstream blogs and websites, we decided to concentrate our efforts on niche blogs in relevant, targeted areas such as parenting and motors. The campaign was drip fed in phases.
As new islands were unveiled, consumers had another chance to win a trip and the campaign came to life again.
Niche blogs are traditionally great for video performance, particularly in terms of impact on peer to peer sharing. In fact, 3.70% of readers of niche blogs that watched the TomTom video chose to share it with their peers.
On one hand, this increases the OTS (opportunities to see) for the video. On average, 1,000 video shares creates 25,000 opportunities to see.
On the other hand, videos which have been shared by peers are much more likely to be acted upon. Our recent research with Decipher shows that:
- Brand recall and brand association increase by 7% among viewers who have been recommended a videos versus viewers who found it by browsing.
73% of respondents who viewed a recommended video recall the brand when prompted versus 68 % of viewers who had browsed the video directly.
There was a 14% increase in the enjoyment of a video when that video was recommended, versus those who had discovered it by browsing.
People who enjoyed a video are 97% more likely consider purchasing the product featured in the video than those who didn't.
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This campaign must have cost more than 500k in prizes, production and media. That's not an impressive ROI for 80k entries.
Indeed - it's not that difficult to get huge amount of entries to a competition. The number of entries is usually in proportion to the value of prize/difficulty of entering.
The challenge lies in getting quality leads from it. A huge percentage won't opt in to future contact (particularly data/privacy savvy freebie hunting Brits).
One thing in TomTom's favour though - introducing some element of skill rather than than the usual multiple choice pseudo-draw.
It's all good and well saying 'come up with a great concept', but not many companies can afford to spend such a huge amount on prizes.
It's becoming increasingly difficult to reach bloggers as more companies try and use them for promoting their products/campaigns.
There's no doubt that TomTom have succeeded, but how many companies could offer something like this? Not many!
Surely the major question is whether any of the 85,000 entries actually led to any purchases though? It's a nice story but doesn't really fit that well in terms of delivering value of Tom Tom as the entry mechanism is sufficiently simple that anyone, interested in Tom Toms (or for that matter, old enough to drive...!) could enter without driving much value back to the brand.


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Mossy Bow Shorts
Added Sep 5, 2010
by nettevivante
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Finally, I got the chance to take some pictures of my latest projects. :)
Have been too busy for the last few months. But luckily I could find some time to start and continue a new project now and then. So here is my try on a mossy bow shorts. I really like the color of this fabric and luckily still had some remainings from my Mossy Rooibos Dress.
The fabric is some satin-cotton blending and very comfortable to wear. The pattern is based on the bow shorts in BurdaStyle Magazine 6/2010. Unfortunately it is already autumn, but I guess this shorts might look good with some tights, too. ;)
Material Notes
satin-cotton blending
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Feb 8, 2011, 05.57 PMby infinite-plus-one
I love it, they look way better than the original ones!
Feb 7, 2011, 08.35 PMby jescarose
Hi :) was just looking at this pattern and your shorts made me really want to give it a go. was just wondering though, did you alter the pattern at all or do any changes? cause yours seem to be exceptionaly nice and just hoped to 'borrow' any change :) x
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Feb 8, 2011, 07.24 AMby nettevivante
Thank you for this compliment. :D…But actually, I did not alter the pattern in any way. I guess it just looks a little different, because the official photo of this shorts doesn't show it off well. So just go for this pattern! :) I am curious to see your finished shorts. So if you don't mind, let me know as soon as you have finished and uploaded them. :)
Jan 8, 2011, 07.15 PMby aleah
Hi again. :) I was just wondering… I'm having some difficulties with the pattern. Is there a need of a lining material, or isn't it in the pattern? And are there pockets? Thanks.
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Jan 10, 2011, 07.14 PMby nettevivante
No problem, unfortunately I do not have the pattern on hand, at the moment. But I can tell you that no lining material was needed. You only need some fusible interfacing for the outer waistband and the bow.
And yes there are pockets. Have a look at the third picture, there you can see that the pockets are inclined on the front.
Do not hesitate to ask more questions! Hope I could already help you a little bit! :)
Dec 25, 2010, 06.49 PMby aleah
Love these! I'm planning to make something just like them.
Oct 4, 2010, 04.27 AMby izzysunshine
I have just bought the pattern for these, are they very hard to make? yours look great :)
Sep 14, 2010, 10.40 PMby junaluska
These are extremely well made and soo adorable!
Sep 9, 2010, 05.23 PMby mathildeaparis
They're absolutely beautifull! I love the bow!
Sep 8, 2010, 07.36 AMby Zyanya Walker
i love these, so cute and pretty. that is one of my faourite colours. and i think they would look really nice with tights, its a nice autumn colour too :) i think ill need to make something similar especially cos i am going into spring :)
Sep 7, 2010, 06.37 AMby nettevivante
Thanks to you all for these wonderful comments! ♥
Sep 6, 2010, 07.18 PMby laceumbrella
Perfect. The bow adds just the right amount of girlishness to the colour.
Sep 6, 2010, 10.25 AMby nookie
absolutely gorgeous. love the bow, love the colour
Sep 6, 2010, 07.33 AMby kimiffu
i love this colour! and the bow makes it rather special :)
Sep 6, 2010, 01.55 AMby skeeler
Sep 6, 2010, 12.35 AMby sarsaparilla
They look fantastic! I bought that Burda magazine just for that shorts pattern, so it's really great to see someone's own version :)
Sep 5, 2010, 10.35 PMby lepetithoot
These are so cute! Love them!
Sep 5, 2010, 06.18 PMby Ms Bee
I want to make this pair of shorts too! but I think they are really difficult, are they?
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Sep 7, 2010, 06.34 AMby nettevivante
No, they are not as difficult as they look! You really should try it. :)
Sep 5, 2010, 05.11 PMby leeloe
Looks great on you :) .. nice job!
Sep 5, 2010, 04.21 PMby carolinam
cute, well done.
Sep 5, 2010, 04.21 PMby Justyna Marchewkowa
Gorgeous! I love the huge bow.
Sep 5, 2010, 04.20 PMby kelepso
Those are adorable!
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A FESTIVAL of contemporary dance will return to Leeds.
Juncture aims to bring new dance work and innovative performances to Leeds.
Many of the performances and events will be free to attend and will be held in public places or venues not usually associated with dance.
The festival will be held from October 27 to 30.
Curator and artist Gillie Kleiman said: "The community dance movement, folk dance, YouTube dance classes and Strictly all tell us the same thing: everybody dances.
"This edition of Juncture collects artworks where the role of the professional dancer is given to someone else."
Wieke Eringa, chief executive at Yorkshire Dance, said: "This work challenges both our traditional understanding of what dance can be and what it means to perform."
Artists confirmed include theatre company Quarantine, choreographer and dancer Lucy Suggate and Swedish filmmaker Sara Lindstrom, who will make a new film featuring people from Leeds.
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This brilliant picture was captured by Jonathan from the Pacuare Reserve , Costa Rica.
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As the build results of the configurations are generated into separate folders, you can compare (evaluate) several configuration results at the same time.
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Continues to Leverage Ticketing, Fundraising and Marketing Platforms, and Implements CRM Solution
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IRVINE, CA and CINCINNATI, OH--(Marketwired - Sep 3, 2014) - Paciolan, the leading provider of ticketing, marketing, fundraising and sales automation solutions in college athletics, today announced that the University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati) has extended its partnership with the company. Cincinnati will continue leveraging Paciolan's industry-leading ticketing and marketing solutions, and in conjunction with the renewal, the university has upgraded Paciolan's Access Management system and implemented the company's Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform. Cincinnati has been a Paciolan partner since 1990. Paciolan is a subsidiary of the Philadelphia-based sports and entertainment firm Comcast-Spectacor.
"It is a pleasure to continue our partnership with an industry juggernaut that represents our industry on a national scale," said Mike Bohn, Director of Athletics at the University of Cincinnati. "Within the college athletics landscape, Paciolan is the only one that serves the majority and provides the platform and services for Cincinnati to be the best it can be."
Cincinnati will continue to leverage Paciolan's industry-leading eVenue online ticketing solution to efficiently sell tickets in real-time at GoBearcats.com. Using the website, fans are able to purchase and renew tickets, and manage their accounts online in a fan-friendly interface. The online box office also provides Cincinnati fans with the ability to select tickets via interactive pick your own seat maps for football and basketball events, along with the option to print their tickets from home.
With the renewed partnership, Cincinnati upgraded Paciolan's Access management technology to allow the university to provide its fans and students with mobile ticketing and delivery. Beginning with the 2014-15 men's basketball season at Fifth Third Arena, Bearcats fans will be able to bypass will call lines and enter the venue upon arrival with 2D barcoded tickets on their mobile devices. In addition to using the Access solution at Fifth Third Arena, Cincinnati will implement the technology for the 2015 football season at Nippert Stadium after its renovation and expansion during the 2014 season.
"We are excited to offer our fans and students the ease of access to our venues and in turn provide them with the capability to scan their mobile devices when they arrive for Cincinnati events," said Lindsey Delscamp, Senior Director of Ticket Operations at the University of Cincinnati. "It is massive for us to upgrade our Access system and have the ability to scan mobile devices, and with the way the market is trending it will be just as impactful for the students and public."
In addition to the Access upgrade and in conjunction with the partnership renewal, Cincinnati will provide its staff with a 360-degree view of their fan, customer and season ticket holder interactions through Paciolan's integrated CRM solution. The customer management solution will help Cincinnati's sales team become more effective and efficient in personalized customer service, and the system will also allow the university to craft ticketing and promotional offers to their fans through a holistic view of ticketing, access, and purchase history data.
Cincinnati continues to utilize Paciolan's marketing services, which provides the university with the tools to communicate and better engage with their fans through the company's PACmail email marketing, display ad retargeting and PAC Social solutions. PACmail allows Cincinnati to tailor messages and promotions of ticket sales, renewals and upcoming events through segmented messages that highlight the university's strategic initiatives. Using Paciolan's display ad retargeting technology, Cincinnati is able to promote events and special offers by delivering banner advertisements tailored to specific consumers who visit their website to purchase tickets, helping further increase ticket sales and renewal campaigns. Through the PAC Social marketing suite, Cincinnati is able to engage fans and customers via in-venue visualizations with displays of social media Tweets, posts and photos on in-venue displays through surfaced fan content, and drive fan engagement through all of their social and digital platforms.
"We partner with Paciolan, in part because of the technology, but also because they offer a full suite of options for us to use such as their marketing services," said Brad Wurthman, Associate Athletics Director, Marketing and Strategic Communications at the University of Cincinnati. "In an age where sports marketing in college athletics is changing rapidly, we have to be cutting edge and Paciolan provides that platform for us to do so."
"We are thrilled to extend our partnership with Cincinnati Athletics and continue to provide them with a robust suite of tools and a platform to achieve their goals," said Dave Butler, Chief Executive Officer of Paciolan. "Paciolan is eager to help our partners grow and expand their business while remaining committed to improving their fan and customer experiences through leading technology."
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Tortilla Espanola or Potato Omelet is a quick and easy egg dish made with potatoes, eggs, and onion. This can either be served for breakfast, brunch, as an appetizer, or even light dinner.
A few weeks ago, a good friend of mine sent me a message on Facebook (by the way, Here is the link to like Panlasang Pinoy in FB) requesting for a potato omelet video. Apparently, her son Patrick regularly follows our posts and enjoys watching all of our videos. Since Patrick will be celebrating his birthday soon (Happy Birthday!!!), my friend was hoping if I can shoot and publish a cooking video of her son's favorite food. Without further ado, here it is.
Oh, by the way, you can always add bell pepper, chorizo, and ham if you want variations.
Try this Tortilla Espanola Recipe and let us know what you think.
5 medium potatoes, peeled and sliced
1 medium yellow onion, diced
6 pieces raw eggs
2 cups olive oil
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
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Cooking procedure:
1. Mix potatoes and onion in a large bowl.
2. Add 1 tablespoon salt then mix thoroughly until well distributed. Set aside.
3. Heat a cooking pot and pour-in olive oil.
4. When the oil is hot enough, fry the potatoes and onion using medium heat. This should take between 7 to 10 minutes. Do not brown the potatoes.
5. Remove the potatoes from the cooking pot, turn off heat, and then drain excess oil. Let the fried potatoes cool for a few minutes.
6. Combine the remaining salt with the eggs then beat.
7. Add the cooked potato in the beaten egg mixture then stir to distribute.
8. Heat an 8 to 10 inches non-stick pan and pour-in about 2 to 3 tablespoons of olive oil. You may utilize the olive oil used to fry the potatoes.
9. When the oil is hot enough, pour-in the eggs and potato mixture. Cook for about 5 to 7 minutes in low to medium heat. Cooking time may vary, it is recommended to manually check the omelet to prevent burns.
10. Flip the omelet by placing a wide plate on top of the pan and turn the pan over in a way that the plate catches the omelet.
11. Place the pan back on the stove and gently push the omelet from the plate to the pan. Cook until the other side is done.
12. Turn off heat and transfer the omelet to a serving plate.
13. Serve with baguette or toasted bread.
14. Share and enjoy!


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Drivers fill up highways this Thanksgiving holiday. Wednesday is expected to be one of the busiest travel days of the year.
"We drove two days, 12 hours a day down Interstate 40," said LeRoy Thomas, a traveler.
Thomas drove from Las Vegas to Fort Smith to spend Thanksgiving with his parents. "There's a lot of truck traffic on Interstate 40, but traffic moves very well," he said.
A TripAdvisor survey shows 38-percent of travelers plan to fly and 58-percent intend to drive this Thanksgiving.
Lucy Dooley will drive about two hours to be with family. "I think people need to be extra careful, take their time, make sure they're not using their cell phones, put them down," she said.
According to the TripAdvisor survey more people will travel this Thanksgiving compared to last year.
"I'm really amazed at the volume of traffic compared to the last few years," said Dooley.
According to AAA, gas in Northwest Arkansas averages about $3.20 a gallon. In Fort Smith gas averages about $3.16 a gallon, according to AAA. The prices are down about 30-cents from a month ago and about the same as they were at this time last year.
"It's a lot," said Jim Lindsay, a driver. "Gas is high either way you know."
"Gas prices were pretty expensive in Las Vegas, but once we got east like New Mexico they dropped about 40-cents a gallon," said Thomas.
According to the TripAdvisor survey, half of travelers will head home on the Sunday after Thanksgiving.


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The end of manufacturing of Windows XP is coming at the end of June 2008, and according to the almost 100,000 signatures from the Save XP campaign, Windows users are not happy.
Opinions differ wildly on the subject. One blog rails about the campaign to Save XP.com. My colleague and friend J. Peter Bruzzese was lambasted by readers when he wrote his blog post Save XP, Why Bother?
But its not just the technology community and geek squads of the world uniting. Major publications like the Wall Street Journal have weighed in on the matter as well, with one of its user commenting that Windows Vista is to XP what Windows Me was to Windows 2000.
But before you choose to build your barricade and defend the last bastion of Desktop PC freedom, take a moment. Before you break out that duct tape and begin scouring websites for parts (sounds like the movie ROBOTS released by Fox Movies, doesnt it) to keep that Pentium 4 running forever, consider the facts.
What does the end of XP really mean?
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To begin with, what you might not know is that June 30th is not the absolute drop dead date of Windows XP. That date is the date that Microsoft will stop manufacturing Windows XP, which means no new copies will be produced. OEM manufactures like Dell and Compaq will cease to sell the product on or about June 30th.
However, some retail shrink-wrapped copies are bound to be available for some time. If you need to be on Windows XP, a retail version can be put on any (one) machine. Nothing is stopping you from buying a new system in late 2008 or early 2009 that will run XP.
Buy a retail version now and hold on to it until youre ready for a new machine, but remember these rules do not apply to OEM versions. Support will continue until 2009, so there is really no issue there (extended support will go until 2014). If businesses and home users havent made a decision by then I think they have more to worry about other than what OS they are running. But until you come to that impasse you can hold onto your precious XP.
What are people really afraid of?
Windows XP is now 7 years old. Vista just turned a year old and quite frankly, Windows 7 is quickly following behind. Now from someone who runs XP Professional on my laptop and Vista Ultimate on my desktop. I can tell you I see no reason to fear whats new.
Its weird that we eagerly await the newest game systems, the newest mobile devices, yearn for next years cars to hit the dealerships all because we want the latest and greatest. Somehow this rule stopped applying to operating systems. Now while ME was a disaster, I dont recall anyone decrying Microsoft for replacing Windows 98 with Windows 2000. And there was no uprising when Windows 2000 gave up the Windows crown to Windows XP.
So what is really at the core of the user rebellion?
Consider two things that have been introduced with Windows Vista. Now there are more than two, but its my opinion (based on many conversations with clients and friends) that these two are of the greatest concern to users. .
First: Vista is secure. Wait isnt that what we all wanted, better security? Well, thats what everyone said. But I have been Beta testing Vista since Beta 1 and the minute I saw that dialogue box pop up and ask me for a password and then ask if I was sure I wanted to continue I knew users would go out of their minds.
But I didnt just think it, I asked some partners, managers and staff for the New York accounting firm I was working for to try working with Vista. 100 percent of them hated it instantly.
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A woman who underwent two back surgeries at Pacific Hospital of Long Beach in California has filed a suit claiming that the metal screws used to fuse her spine were fakes made in a Temecula machine shop.
The owner of that machine shop is named in the lawsuit, as is the doctor, Pacific Hospital, and its owner. Mary Cavalieri says the fake medical screws caused medical complications which led to another surgery to have the screws removed. However, the lawsuit claims she couldn't have the full metal device removed because of additional risks, including death.
The owner of the facility, Michael Drobot, allegedly oversaw a vast scheme that included making the cheap parts, distributing them to different hospitals for a lot of money, and bribing doctors to steer patients to his hospital to have surgeries done using the knockoffs.
Drobot just happens to be the same hospital executive who recently admitted, as part of a plea deal with Federal authorities, that he bribed California State Senator Ron Calderon.
The Montebello Democrat is being charged by the Feds with accepting money and bribes to try to preserve a workers' compensation rule that benefited Drobot. While Calderon's case remains unresolved, Drobot admitted to funneling bribes to Calderon, and overcharging for medical implants for which he requested reimbursement from insurance companies and workmen comp carriers.
Mary Cavalieri's lawsuit adds the explosive allegation that she underwent spinal surgeries at Drobot's Pacific Hospital, and says that knockoff devices were built at the Temecula manufacturing shop that closed after FDA raids.
Her attorney Brian Kaboteck says the parts "were not FDA supervised, they weren't necessarily clean and they may not have even been the right material".
Michael Drobot's attorney, Don Norris, counters with "the lawsuit is completely unfounded. The hardware was purchased from FDA approved manufacturers, and we have the documentation."
Kaboteck goes on to say "there is certainly connections here between legislation that had been passed, legislation authored or championed by Senator Calderon and Michael Drobot and we know this legislation was the vehicle by which they were able to perpetuate the fraud." Calderon is not named as a defendant in the lawsuit.
The complaint also mentions that when Ron Calderon's brother, Tom, lost his state assembly seat, he became a consultant to Pacific Hospital. Between 2001 and 2010, the facility performed at least 5,138 spinal fusions. Insurance companies were billed over 500 million dollars, three times more than any other hospital in the state.
One of those patients is Mary Cavalieri, but her attorneys fear there are many, many more, possibly thousands. The FDA and other federal authorities are investigating if the devices were sold to other hospitals. What is scarier, Kaboteck says, is that many of the patients didn't even need to have the surgeries to begin with, and now they are walking around with low grade hardware in their bodies that may cause them serious health issues, perhaps even death.
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This program offers forgiveness to students who default in an APICDA scholarship program. The purpose is to encourage students and those who have defaulted in the past to return to school or seek vocational training and to consider APICDA as a funding source and possible employer.
A scholarship student who defaults on an APICDA scholarship will not be eligible for future funding until the following has been approved by APICDA's Training and Education Committee:
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- Students who default in year 1 or 2 of college may request probation for a total of two terms.
- Students who default on probation or do not request probation must complete one term of college or university without funds from APICDA and meet the established guidelines of GPA and credit level. Official transcripts will be required to verify student's re-qualification term.
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- A resident who defaults in the Supplemental Education Scholarship program will not be eligible for funding for one year from the program's start date. After one year they may reapply for funding. If funded, they receive one half of their award at the beginning of their program and required to provide a progress report from the instructor regarding progress in the program and likely hood for completion. Second half of funds will be awarded upon a satisfactory progress report.
Applicants who default in either of the scholarship programs above must follow the forgiveness guidelines if they choose to apply for future APICDA funding.


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Keesha Gaskins is making history as one of the few young black leaders at the League of Women Voters. Rallying the Vote
Rebecca McDonald
October 14, 2008
(This content is produced by Rock the Trail, a partnership between Rock the Vote and WireTap magazine.)
Keesha Gaskins is a champion for emerging women leaders. She's the first black woman to serve as executive director of the League of Women Voters Minnesota, a non-partisan organization that uses education and advocacy to inform voters and influence public policy. Formed in 1919, the organization has traditionally been led by older white women.
Gaskins is a stark contrast to the status quo. The history of the women's suffrage movement is fraught with divides along race and class lines. White leaders were often at odds with their black allies over issues of race and class. As a woman of color, Gaskins has done work to further the legacies of both the Civil Rights and women's suffrage movements. She now faces the monumental task of connecting generations of women in the common struggle toward education and empowerment.
Throughout her youth, Gaskins participated in politics on many levels, from discussing current affairs on the debate team to challenging the status quo on her campus. After college, she practiced law, ultimately taking her talents to the Minnesota political scene. She is now working to support women who are interested in running for office, as well as making sure that women voters everywhere are informed on the issues. The voter guides of the League, may be coming to a doorstep near you.
She recently sat down with Rock the Trail to discuss her childhood, challenges and new position at the League.
What were your high school years like?
Keesha Gaskins:
I lettered in a few sports: soccer, softball and volleyball. Unfortunately, I was a terrible basketball player. I lettered in debate, and I did some backstage stuff in theater. I wasn't terribly popular in high school; I just kind of did my thing. I was involved in some community organizations and I was pretty active with my church. They still had roller-skating, so I went on Saturdays and Thursdays with my friends.


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To gamble for the love of CSGO is something we all have heard of. Wherever you are, wherever you'll go, it's easy to place a bet because it's online. Online betting has become an entertaining way to be part of the CSGO community even if you're not an experienced player. If you want to gamble, it's only reasonable for you to visit the Greatest CS:GO betting site in 2017.
But first, what does gambling even mean in the CSGO context?
Gambling in CS:GO refers to skin gambling. Skins are cosmetic finishes or designs for weapons—guns and knives—which are classified according to grade quality and how they're used. Skins are considered virtual money, making them the virtual goods that make CSGO trading and betting feasible.
To gamble in CS:GO could mean three things: depositing skins in a pot to play games and earning more skins (or lose everything) or placing a bet (using your skins) on the outcome of a professional match. It could also mean betting on the result of a specific map match which is still during a professional game.
You should know that CS:GO isn't the only game community that is associated with online gambling.
The Question on legalization
As an e-sport, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has grown ever since it introduced "skins." Many players, even non-players, wager on games, placing their bets on the strongest team they know. Other betters outside America even take CSGO gambling way too seriously that they use real money to bet.
But using real cash to gamble is the very thing that expands the legality problem. In 46 American states and some European ones, using cash to bet on the results of sports is illegal. Virtual goods, however, such as skins, could be used.
Today, a lot of sites don't stick with the simple place your skins and bet on your favorite team kind of gambling. Most of them define gambling as playing games, such as coin flip, roulette, jackpot, dice, blackjack, and more. Skins, of course, should be deposited first before playing. And because there are numerous sites available, there's another issue that has risen: minors could gamble without knowing the risks. Some sites don't ask if you're 18 or older, which makes them accessible to anyone of any age. This, of course, is another thing that questions the legality of online CSGO gambling.
Furthermore, no one can determine how much sales these gambling sites process because not only are the owners hard to name; they also don't operate under proper regulations.
Even though legal issues are surrounding CSGO gambling, these can be avoided if players know how to limit gambling and balance their gaming life. It's also crucial to follow one's state laws regarding online gambling.
To be safe, it's best to stick with gambling using skins instead of real cash. Skins are virtual goods that are exciting to collect anyway, and they make Counter-Strike more appealing and stimulating for players. Want to gamble some more? Use skins and stay away from trouble!


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By October, over 6 million people signed up for 'information about BBM' at bbm.com. Over 2 million people found out ways to download the BBM application on their Android and iPhone devices unofficially using 'creative ways', as Blackberry would like to say.
As of November numbers, the news is that BBM on Android and iPhone is a big hit. It has been downloaded over 20+ million times. BBM's engagement of around 40 minutes per user is also higher than other multi-platform messaging platforms such as Tango and LINE.
It is a Branding Harakiri.
Still they were the privileged few to enjoy BBM service. Those few users are around 60 million. With BBM becoming multi-platform, these loyal 60 million users would surely feel a pinch in losing their exclusivity. This is something the Blackberry brand managers have missed in their enthusiasm to get into the instant messaging marketplace. They seem to have momentarily forgotten that they are primarily a device company, at least in the minds of the consumers.
Messaging Marketplace is fiercely competitive and commoditized.
There are over 22 mobile messaging applications in the market such as GroupMe, Line, WeChat, MessageMe, Kik, Tango, Hike etc. Kik is one of the few messaging apps that doesn't require you to provide your phone number. It is therefore in tablets that does not have a SIM card. There are also a few regional apps like the KakaoTalk of Korea. Then we have the Facebook messenger app that can't be ignored with its mega user base.
Surprisingly, Blackberry has decided to shift focus from its device business to this crazy competitive marketplace which is just about to get commoditized. I can't understand the branding and business motive behind this costly move. It is not only costly in terms of capital and operational investments, but also costly in terms of dis-illusioning its loyal consumer base.
Where is the revenue?
Blackberry had announced in September 2013 that it is planning to cut 4,500 jobs, or 40% of its worldwide workforce, in an attempt to staunch huge losses. The smartphone maker said that it anticipated a loss of as much as $995m (£621m) when it reports its second-quarter earnings.
Blackberry's Chief Executive Thorsten Heins said: "We are implementing the difficult, but necessary operational changes ...to address our position in a maturing and more competitive industry, and to drive the company toward profitability."
This is where I have a disconnect. How is multi-platform BBM, a drive towards profitability? What is the revenue model in this instant messaging marketplace? Putting ads onto the app is unthinkable, as such intrusions are taken very negatively by the generation of today. Subscription revenue is the only likely revenue model, which can be dangerous in a commodity market. Facebook has shied away from putting a subscription revenue model even then they had over a billion users hooked.
Games, video, digital stickers, music sharing are probably the other upcoming revenue generators, but that space has been already keenly fought by other players. Of the $58m, LINE made in sales in the first quarter of 2013, half came from selling games and 30%, or roughly $17m, from sales of its 8,000 different stickers. With KakaoTalk, which is thought to be on 90% of all smartphones in South Korea, registered users can choose from more than 100 games they can play with one another, and games alone helped the company generate $311m in sales in the first half of 2013.
WhatsApp has clearly identified communications as its mainstay. It doesn't intend to dilute its proposition by offering everything possible in the messaging environment. That is perhaps the reason of its ever increasing user base. It is profitable by its sheer subscription revenue.
I am not clear what is the revenue thought behind making this multi-platform BBM? How does a multi-platform messaging app sell a Blackberry phone or its services? It will perhaps erode the user base whose only reason for a blackberry phone is BBM. Whatever the revenue model is, it is surely going to be one difficult business to sustain for Blackberry.
Both from branding and business perspective, I believe that Blackberry has got it wrong. It is wasting its energies in uncertain domains, rather than focus on the device division creating more exclusive Blackberry services like the BBM for its loyal retail and corporate customer base.