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What could be done to prevent another Vioxx? This pain medication for arthritis became a blockbuster after its introduction in 1999, only to be taken off the market in 2004 when a study linked the drug to an increased risk of heart attack and strokes.
A new study published Monday in Archives of Internal Medicine offers an ambitious proposal to determine a drug's risks sooner than they might otherwise become evident. The authors propose a system to examine widely prescribed drugs through safety analyses that would pool data as they emerge from various clinical trials of a medication and aggregate the information for a fuller picture of a drug's harms and benefits.
As policy makers in Washington push for various forms of evidence gathering to determine the safety and effectiveness of medical treatments, the study proposes a broad model for monitoring drug safety that would consist of detailed publicly available data that independent researchers could freely analyze.
Such a database could be continually updated and aggregated with new information, as the results of new studies were published, to calculate a near real-time balance sheet of a drug's risks and benefits.
Dr. Joseph S. Ross, the lead author of the study, said the objective of the researchers was to determine whether this kind of sequential cumulative analysis could serve as a new model for monitoring the safety of drugs after they enter the market.Continue reading the main story
"How could we be doing post-market surveillance in a better way?" said Dr. Ross, an assistant professor of geriatrics and palliative medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in Manhattan. "For drugs that we are concerned about, that are high risk, this could be a blueprint going forward."
Drug makers and researchers regularly conduct studies called meta-analyses in which they aggregate results from some previous studies of a drug, using the combined information to summarize the benefits and risks of a treatment. But the new study proposes a continuously updated model. Using data from Vioxx as their example, the researchers reported that Merck, the drug's maker, could have known about the increased cardiovascular risk several years earlier if the company had used the methodology.
The cumulative analysis of the researchers showed that by May 2002 — more than two years before Merck pulled Vioxx off the market — study patients on the drug had a 39 percent increased risk of heart attack or death compared with people taking a placebo.
Dr. Ross and his co-authors have each worked as paid consultants to plaintiffs involved in lawsuits against Merck over Vioxx injury claims. The researchers used documents obtained through the litigation, including detailed data from Merck's Vioxx studies, to conduct their analysis.
In a statement Monday, Merck questioned the methodology of the authors, saying that the researchers had used categories that were too broad. The researchers, for example, counted heart attacks and deaths that happened after patients had stopped taking Vioxx.
In 2000, a study financed by Merck had reported an increased cardiovascular risk in patients taking Vioxx compared to those taking a pain medication called naproxen. The Food and Drug Administration then asked Merck to add a warning to the drug's label.
But Merck said that the company had conducted its own regularly updated analyses of clinical trial data on Vioxx and had not determined there was a problem until 2004.
"Based on our own analyses, we did not see an increase in cardiovascular events with Vioxx compared to a placebo," Doug Watson, a cardiovascular epidemiologist at Merck, said in a phone interview Monday.
Merck voluntarily withdrew Vioxx in 2004, within a week of learning that a clinical trial had found an increased cardiovascular risk with the drug, the statement said.
Requiring the kind of constant cumulative analyses for all drugs proposed in the Ross article would require an act of Congress, said Dr. Janet Woodcock, the director of the F.D.A.'s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.
The F.D.A. has stepped up its safety measures since reports of heart problems with Vioxx first surfaced, Dr. Woodcock said. The agency has added staff members in all divisions to monitor drug safety, has strengthened its Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology and has instituted a postmarket safety tracking system for new drugs, she said. The agency also regularly conducts its own meta-analyses of drug safety, particularly when there is a signal of a health problem, Dr. Woodcock said.
Meanwhile, in 2007, Congress passed an amendment to federal drug law that has given the agency authority to require drug makers to put in place risk management programs for certain drugs and to conduct postmarket safety studies, she said. The amendment also gives the agency the power to order changes to drug labels to reflect new safety information and requires drug makers to make public the results of clinical trials.
But some critics said Congress should give the agency more power — and more resources — to provide more detailed drug safety information to doctors and consumers. More information would be helpful, these critics said, because the studies required to gain approval for a new drug are often too short in duration or too small to identify all serious side effects. Sometimes, problems associated with a drug may not become known until it is used over time by several hundreds of thousands of people, they said.
"There is this kind of dogma in medicine that you shouldn't use any drug for the first seven years after it's released, because it takes that long to figure out its harms and benefits," said Dr. Michael Steinman, an assistant professor of medicine at the medical school of the University of California, San Francisco.
Dr. Steinman listed a number of drugs, in addition to Vioxx, that makers removed from the market after reports of health problems: Baycol, a cholesterol-lowering drug taken off the market by Bayer in 2001 after reports of serious muscle problems; Zelnorm, a drug for irritable bowel syndrome, withdrawn by Novartis in 2007 after an analysis of safety data found an increased risk of heart problems; and Bextra, taken off the market by Pfizer in 2005 after reports that the drug could increase the risk of heart attacks and stroke.
Dr. Woodcock said cumulative analyses of the type the Ross article proposes could be useful to check out hypotheses about particular safety problems associated with particular drugs.
But there are so many drugs on the market that it would probably be impossible, if not prohibitively expensive, to cumulatively track all of them, said Dr. Elliott M. Antman, a professor of medicine at the Harvard Medical School. Still, Dr. Antman said it would make sense for the agency to give conditional approval to certain new drugs, requiring drug makers to file cumulative analyses of safety and efficacy data several years later in order to obtain permanent approval.Continue reading the main story


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Bob's Transmission & Automotive Service is a family owned and operated auto repair company servicing the St Louis Metropolitan area for over 20 years. Our goal is to provide quality car care at a reasonable price. Making every mile you drive safer and more comfortable with the assurance of optimum performance and dependability. We employ state of the art equipment and certified technicians to service today's complicated vehicles in our modern repair facility. We are St Louis' #1 referred automotive center. Let us help you with the maintenance and repair of your vehicle and experience our exceptional customer service.
Our shop strives to provide prompt and courteous service to all who visit our automotive and transmission repair facility in the hope that you will come back to us for all of your auto repair needs. We offer customer pick-up and/or drop-off service if you live or work in the surrounding area. We believe you will be impressed with our professionalism and attention to detail. Customer satisfaction is our highest priority.
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ThemeForest Lamoon Responsive WordPress Theme 3064132
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WordPress Theme - Lamoon Responsive WordPress Theme 3064132 by UXbarn @ ThemeForest
Site Template \ WordPress Theme \ Retail \ Travel
Current Version: 3.2.1 (please see the changelog at the bottom of page)
Lamoon is a sleek, sharp and clean responsive WordPress theme for your resort and hotel business. It was designed in the purpose of being the best suit for reflecting your modern image to the website. However, by its flexibility, you will be able to adapt for not only the resort business but for every kind of business you have or even your personal pages.
LayerSlider Included ($15 value)
LayerSlider is the premium WordPress plugin that has many features for managing the sliders and their own slides including animations, layers, styling, etc. With LayerSlider, you will have more capabilities to create the attractive slider to showcase your business and to impress your visitors.
Individual Header Image for Rooms, Facilities and Blog Posts (Most requested feature)
Now you can select the header image for each item of Rooms, Facilities post types and also for the general blog post.
Full-Width Layout for Rooms and Facilities Single Page (Most requested feature)
If you have too long content for the room or facility items, you can now select the full-width layout instead of the default one-half layout on the item single page.
More Shortcodes Added (Icon, Drop Cap, Highlight and Divider)
Now Lamoon comes with POT file (.pot) including most texts which are in the theme. You can now translate them using a tool like Poedit and make your WordPress site to your own language with ease!
Note: Just put your translated MO file (.mo) in "/languages" folder of the theme.
Multilingual Support
Want your site to have more than one language? Lamoon is compatible with WPML and qTranslate plugin to enable multilingual support and make your contents available in other languages!
Need Support?
In case you need the support, you could open the ticket at http://uxbarn.ticksy.com . Also, I have provided FAQ section in there. Perhaps you could find the answer for your case right away.
At a Glance
Let's take a look at feature overview of Lamoon theme.
Theme Features
- LayerSlider included ($15 value)
- Translation-ready using provided POT file
- Multilingual support using WPML or qTranslate plugin
- Responsive layout
- 5 color schemes included
- Sleek and sharp design
- Full-screen and custom background
- Sleek slider with moving captions
- Theme options for your own style customization.
- Slider items and captions
- Web and content background
- Navigation menu styles
- Heading styles
- And many more…
- Google Fonts supported
- Unlimited custom sidebars
- 12 custom widgets.
- Advertisement
- Categories
- Contact Form
- Contact Info
- Flickr Photos
- Gallery
- Google Maps
- Recent Posts
- Related Posts
- Testimonials
- Video
- Shortcodes included.
- Layouts and Columns
- Buttons
- Tabs
- Message boxes
- AJAX contact form
- And many more…
- Custom post types for quick implementation.
- Rooms
- Facilities
- Gallery
- Testimonials
- Easy-to-use shortcode generator
- Gallery template with category filtering feature
- XML dummy data file included
- jQuery powered
- Documentation included
Photo Credits in Preview
Top banner of the blog page.
Fitness center of the facilities page.
Additional Note
Almost photos in the live preview were purchased and used for the demonstration only. They are not included in the package.
However, I have created all dummy data with the image placeholders for you so you can quickly apply your own images to the areas.
Thank You!
Thank you so much for your interests. Your comments and ratings would be very appreciated.
Version 3.2.1 (Dec 2, 2014)
> Fixed the issue when having too many tabs (shortcodes.php)
> Fixed nested shortcode rendering issue for "tabs" and "accordion" since WP4.0.1. (shortcodes.php)
> Updated the archive template by dropping the use of "date.php, category.php, tag.php and content-archive.php". Now the theme uses only "archive.php" instead. This also fixed tag archive that is not displaying in WP4.0.
> Updated the handle name for "isotope" to be more unique name (preventing the conflict with some other plugins) (content-page.php)
> Updated LayerSlider to 5.3.2 (plugin package, functions.php)
> Removed redundant theme's version number (functions.php)
Version 3.2 (July 8, 2014)
> Added pagination into blog archive template. (content-archive.php)
> Added "alt", "title" and link for the site logo. (header.php)
> Fixed the bullet display issue on room single page. (single-rooms.php)
> Fixed flickering issue when hovering the element on Chrome. (lamoon.js)
> Updated OptionTree's media uploader to use newer WP interface. (functions.php, ot-admin.js)
> Updated screenshot.png.
> Updated JS code of accordion. (lamoon.js)
> Updated code to install LayerSlider from the bundled plugin package. (functions.php, added "/includes/plugin-packages/")
> Updated LayerSlider to v5.1.1
> Updated "tiny_mce_popup.js" for shortcode generator popup to fix the JS error.
> Updated documentation.
Version 3.1.1 (Mar 13, 2014)
> Fixed a bug when rendering page intro title that might cause an XSS vulnerability with search query.
Version 3.1 (Aug 2, 2013)
> Updated to support WordPress 3.6
> Updated LayerSlider plugin to version 4.6.0
> Fixed blog pagination problem when using it as front page.
> Fixed ID reference to each tab in a page.
> Fixed invalid link for Google+ in the author box.
> Fixed the layout 2, 3 of rooms and facilities when using with sidebar.
> Fixed gallery page to select correct category IDs when using with WPML.
> Fixed the code for button texts of rooms and facilities when using with qTranslate.
Version 3.0 (Apr 22, 2013)
> Added LayerSlider plugin
> Added WPML option for LayerSlider in Theme Options.
> Added individual header image for Rooms, Facilities and blog posts.
> Added full-width layout option for Rooms and Facilities.
> Added new shortcodes: Icon, Drop Cap, Highlight and Divider.
> Added "Open New Tab" feature for Button shortcode.
> Added an option for Gravity Form plugin support in Theme Options.
> Added an option for using lightbox on WordPress Gallery shortcode.
> Fixed the display of search form width on footer.
> Fixed qTranslate function for the excerpt in all taxonomy template files.
> Fixed "Testimonial" shortcode to use CSS height uniquely using its own ID.
> Fixed "Reservation Form" shortcode to list rooms without paging.
> Fixed "Caption Title Typography" option by changing the default value from "arial" to none.
> Fixed CSS of "Tab" shortcode including padding and responsive view.
> Fixed CSS of blockquote's cite display.
> Fixed minor issue relating to some mode of WPML.
> Fixed "Book Now" button room's single page to support WPML.
> Updated all "option-tree" folder.
> Updated some JS files and code to support jQuery 1.9.
> Updated sending mail function to use the real sender name and email.
> Updated documentation.
Version 2.2 (Feb 12, 2013)
> Fixed CSS conflict that caused line-throught-heading issue. (style.css, lamoon.js)
> Fixed CSS conflict that caused weird button display in some plugins. (lamoon.js)
> Fixed WPML support for home slider's title and description. (header.php)
> Fixed limited item display for facility's and room's category page. (taxonomy-room-type.php, taxonomy-facility-type.php)
> Fixed "sensor" issue of the Google API that occurs sometimes. (functions.php)
> Added a feature for adjusting the testimonial speed in Theme Options > General. (lamoon.js, theme-options.php, functions.php)
Version 2.1 (Dec 16, 2012)
Added support for WordPress 3.5.
Fixed empty-keyword search result.
Fixed some strange contact form display in IE9.
Version 2.0 (Nov 27, 2012)
Added translation-ready feature.
Added support for multilingual plugins (WPML, qTranslate).
Fixed other reported bugs.
Version 1.4 (Nov 10, 2012)
Added navigation icons (Next, Prev) between images in image-category page.
Fixed limited number of Rooms and Facilities items displaying on a page.
Fixed right alignment of logo.
Version 1.3 (Oct 11, 2012)
Added shortcodes for Accordion and Toggle.
Added category support for Rooms and Facilities.
Updated the transition between photos of the same selected category in gallery.
Fixed sub-banner display for Rooms and Facilities category.
Fixed centering a marker of Google Maps.
Fixed slider caption display.
Updated documentation.
Version 1.2 (Oct 2, 2012)
Updated "sendmail.php" to include every contact form's info.
Fixed layout image paths in theme options.
Version 1.1 (Sep 28, 2012)
Fixed displaying multiple Google Maps on a page.
Fixed Testimonials widget to correctly show all items.
Fixed one-fourth column display.
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Planning for 2010: North America and a Euro Tour
After a holiday rest the Outstanding in the Field team are deeply involved in planning for the new season. This year we head out on our seventh terrestrial voyage across North America with tables, chairs and a trunk full of mismatched plates in tow, visiting both new and familiar friends. With our Farm dinner mission continuing to thrive we've decided to go even further afield. An Outstanding team of scouts, Jim Denevan, Katy Oursler and Dave Sanford are now preparing to leave for Europe with a full schedule of farm visits and chef meetings!


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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2004 News Releases > February 2004 > Mayer gift to benefit student activity center
Mayer gift to benefit student activity center
PLAINVIEW - A matching gift from the James and Eva Mayer Foundation will help in the construction of the Pete and Nelda Laney Student Activity Center planned for the Wayland Baptist University campus in Plainview.
The $300,000 gift is a matching grant requiring the university to secure three similar grants from other foundations toward the construction cost. In appreciation for the gift, the university will name the student lounge in the new facility The James and Eva Mayer Student Lounge.
Under the direction of trustees David Wilder, Gene Owen and Paul Lyle, the Mayer Foundation has been a great supporter of the university over many years, donating to the Mabee Learning Resources Center and providing funding for the circular drive outside Harral Auditorium, which was dedicated in 2001.
The foundation was established by the will of Eva Mayer and became effective in September 1987. Grants are provided primarily for religious, charitable, educational or scientific purposes.
The Laney Center will provide what university officials have called a much-needed fitness and wellness facility for students, and it will be the center for intramural sports, exercising and socializing. There is currently no such facility on the campus and Hutcherson Physical Education Center is used primarily for Wayland's athletic programs.
The 51,010 square-foot facility will be constructed in two phases. Phase 1 will cost approximately $5.1 million dollars and will include a double gymnasium, indoor track, weight training and aerobics area, classrooms, dressing rooms and a student lounge. The facility will be completed in Phase 2 with the construction of an Olympic-size natatorium.
The building is being named in honor of State Representative James E. "Pete" Laney and wife Nelda to recognize their leadership and support for higher education in Texas.
For information on donating to the Laney Center project, contact Martha Cross at 291-3427.


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melissa, gerry was only 27 in that film, and he was running into the solent which is off the isle of wight which is off the coast of southern england, and it was his first every film debut and he has definitely improved with age, talent wise and looks wise. when you see him now in films like the ugly truth, gamer, rocknrolla and 3oo to mention a few, you can see how his career has slowly risen through the ranks, so to speak. it just shows us what talent he has with all his varied roles he plays, and i just love the way he chops and changes from comedy to action to thrillers. i am really looking forward to law abiding citizen but as in the uk have to wait until november, but seeings we have seen him two months running thats not too bad a time to wait.
Gerry delivered great acting in this film, and should do more similar work and beware of doing only "hollywoodesque" films (which, don't get me wrong, are enjoyable too; he makes the ultimate action hero). He looked too thin, but boy, those eyes are his trademark. He has always been a great actor and deserves more respect than he gets. May I say, I think he looks better at a heavier weight, as in Rock'nrolla. Very sexy.
The film is wonderful, but you have to love history and know something about Victoria. This is based on a true relationship between the Queen and John Brown. I think Gerald as Archie, his younger brother was very appropriate for the role he was playing – a servant. But yes, the wig was ghastly. As for looking scrawny running into the sea, he's only about 32 here and plenty hot as was Billy Connolly (from a backward shot). Get real people, who of you would run and dive naked into a cold Scottish Sea. BRRRRRRRRR! Bravo to the both of them for doing it – I understand it was the first film shot. It's just a foretaste of what's to come. He caught my eye even back then and I knew he would become more well known.
i wasnt really into this film and i didnt recognise gerry until his voice gave it away. he looked horrible, but i suppose it was true to the times. he looked so scrawny running into the sea, but im glad now hes added some meat to his bones, and when you see him naked in 300 and his arse shot in rocknrolla it is a terrific improvement.


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Prior to 1970 African American's and their works were not catalogued in the Library of Congress, unless it was fiction. Dorothy B. Porter, bibliographer and curator, "who built the Moorland-Spingam Research Center at Howard University…and the first African American to graduate from Columbia University's library school," took on such a task. In 1970 Ms. Porter included Delilah W. Pierce and her husband Joe Pierce, one of the first African American graduates at the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania and the first Broker/CPA/Partner at John R. Pinkett insurance company, in The Negro in the United States, Library of Congress. You can also see: The Negro in the United States.
Delilah W. Pierce & Husband Included in Library Of Congress' The Negro In The United States


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As established, we're dangerously close to the start of the NBA season, with all its drama storylines and sturm und drang and months of madness. To us, part of the beauty of the NBA is that its focus, while ultimately on the team, falls on the individual. The plight of one player becomes an epic tale in the shadow of Jordan; who is the real alpha dog? It's this source of expression and personal comedy/tragedy that makes the game so compelling. There's nowhere to hide out there.
No site captures this feel more than the great Free Darko, which we read like a doctor's chart every day during the NBA season. They understand the dichotomy between individual achievement and collective glory, and how those are not mutually exclusive. And they've got a way with letters too.
Therefore, we've asked them to look at the arcs of certain players going into this season, what 2006-07 means to them, their teams and their legacies. They'll be previewing a player a day, up to tipoff next Tuesday.
Today: Dwyane Wade. Your author is Dr. Lawyer IndianChief. His words are after the jump.
In the 2005-06 season, Dwyane Wade crashed needlessly into TV cameras, skidded across hardwood floors and carried a collection of misfits, headcases and self-aggrandizers on his back on the way to winning the NBA championship. As Heat teammate Shaquille O'Neal showed true signs of aging, Wade played the role of the anti-Kobe, balancing late-game takeover skills with enough "aw shucks" shoulder shrugs and million-dollar smiles to grace the pages of magazines ranging from Esquire to GQ to People. Wade, as much as his 2003 draft counterpart, LeBron James, became the face of the New NBA last year, and in some ways even surpassed 'Bron-Bron in terms of giving Commissioner Stern a hard-on for purity: Wade (with high school sweetheart, Siohvaughn Funches) named his son Zaire Blessing, campaigned for Penguin Classics by pimping out Pride and Prejudice and was touted as proof of what the new NBA age limit could do for the league. Short of pulling out front row tickets to the latest Okayplayer concert, Wade played the perfect college graduate.
The problem with Dwyane Wade, as has been documented ad nauseam by the Freedarko brass, is that his excellence is boring. Furthermore, the dullness of 50-Most's game is a specialized case, as this boring-ness does not actually stem from a mundane repertoire of moves or a generally unintense on-court demeanor, but rather from a surplus of greatness, and to a certain degree, style. Wade's crossover dribbles and Spiderman dunks (of which we have seen a decent variety) have simply become tiresome, and he is in need of a personal Renaissance. Whereas Jordan reinvented himself with perfect tempo, chameleoning seamlessly from dunker to scorer to defensive stopper to world champion team leader to clutch-shot-maker, Wade is at an unfortunate point in his career, in which he has done too much all at once, and hasn't had a chance yet to traverse through such varying roles. Furthermore, we don't really know what he can do without Shaq garnering so much attention on the court. In Wade's Shaq-less rookie year, I would argue that he was an entirely different player altogether, and a more compelling one as well.
The intrigue surrounding Wade during his first year largely concerned the fact that so much ogling had been devoted to Lebron and Carmelo, despite Wade putting on equally promising display of talent and advancing further into the playoffs than either 'Bron or 'Melo. Until the playoffs, even Bosh and Darko had more buzz surrounding them. Something about the Wade-Butler-Odom combo taking form in South Beach was so refreshing — a bizarro "Big 3," with each player playing slightly out of position, and possessing the capability of pulling off any move, from a huge rejection to a three-pointer, at any point in the game. Whatever luster existed surrounding this promising trio of stylistic geniuses, Wade seemed to lose with the arrival of Shaq, and then Riley. Wade went from enigmatic, to simply expected to win it all. And when he did indeed win it all last year, none were too shocked. The largest question surrounding Wade, then, is: Can he intrigue us again? Can he surprise us and show us there is more to his player persona than "he who was groomed to win the championship?"
In order to fulfill this plea, Wade must exhibit a hunger like never before and win the whole damn thing all over again. Shaq and Riles, despite their lip service about repeating, have now solidified their legends by proving they can win "wherever they go." White Chocolate and 'Toine are now off-the-hook as career egotistical fuck-ups, and Glove and Zo are now redeemed, shedding the label of guys who were always great but never won the "big one." This general sense of complacency across the board is what will make Wade's job so difficult and will serve as the true test of his hunger. That is, the question that should be asked: Can Wade overcome his own teammates to inspire them to defend their title? We haven't seen a repeat champion since 2002, and no one seems overly inclined to pick the Heat to win again. Wade's task is monumental, but if he succeeds, he can recapture that element of surprise that made him such a delight to watch three years ago.
Aside from 50-Most's will to win, the greater worry concerns his physical sturdiness. \No player has played more games over the past three years than Dwyane Wade. From a second-round playoffs exit in 2004, to the ill-fated Athens Olympics, to a Eastern Conference Finals strained rib muscle in 2005, to going all the way in 2006, to voluntarily participating in the ESPN's nationalistic propaganda-laden reality series, Team U.S. "K," Wade has to be exhausted. The guy has constantly seemed to battle various bumps and bruises in his first three seasons, and if he keeps doing the fall-to-the-floor routine, he is destined for severe durability problems. Given that so much of his game relies on sheer athleticism, it will be interesting to see if fatigue affects D-Wade at all, in his quest for another title. If Wade succeeds, then you can call me a believer; and if not, I hope he at least cultivates some new flashes of brilliance, to convey the same spontaneity he showed as the J.O.-posterizing, undersized off-guard out of low-profile-Marquette we saw three years ago.


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It's January, and it's frigid, so you're either staying inside or plotting an escape to a warmer locale. We've got you covered with two travel apps if you're thinking vacation, two games if you're thinking hibernation, and more.
Gogobot: Book basically everything you need for your next trip—your flight, your hotel, and your meals through OpenTable. Do some recon on your destination, too, with Google Street View integration. Gogobot is the ultimate travel app. Free
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Temple Run 2: Everyone has been spending all their free time playing Temple Run 2 this week, right? The sequel to your favorite coin-collecting, monkey-evading game is awesome. It's set in a whole new world where you have to run from one giant monkey. And it's totally addictive. Free
Super Hexagon: Maneuver a little triangle around a hexagon but avoid the moving walls. With a bass-heavy soundtrack, this game is enough to set your teeth on edge. See how long you can survive. 79p
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The Genetics Lab is comprised of four research groups studying various genetic aspects of a variety of species, including salmon, kangaroo rats, black walnut trees, raccoons and bobcats. This lab, one of the largest labs on campus, enabling researchers in the same field to share equipment, minimize costs and maximize the available space. In addition to the five faculty members involved in research in this lab, there are an additional 24 individuals are working in the lab, ranging from undergraduate volunteers to senior research scientists.
Areas of specialization include: wildlife genetics, conservation gentetics, population genetics, forest genetics, ecological genetics and toxicogenomics.
Dr. Andrew DeWoodyAndrew DeWoody is a faculty member in the department of Forestry and Natural Resources. Personnel in his laboratory use molecular techniques to study genetics/genomics, behavioral ecology, and population biology.
Dr. Keith WoesteDr. Woeste is a scientist in the Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center (HTIRC). The mission of the HTIRC is to develop genetic, molecular and tissue culture technologies and forest and nursery management guidelines that improve the productivity of the central hardwood forest.
Dr. Rod WilliamsRod Williams is an assistant professor in the department of Forestry and Natural Resources. His research focuses on using both field and molecular tools to study the ecology of amphibians and reptiles.


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Orlando's Fashion Weeks Are Here!
Orlando has not one, but two Fashion Weeks coming up this fall. Oh-la-la!
Sept. 25- Oct. 3 Perky and always fabulously dressed E! news anchor Giuliana Rancic comes to The Mall at Millenia for its fifth annual Fashion Week. On Sept. 25, Rancic hosts an energetic fashion show displaying trends for fall with looks from Anthropologie, BCBG Maxazria, Betsey Johnson, Ed Hardy and more. On the 26th, join her for a champagne brunch and charity fashion event for Runway to Hope. Activities throughout the mall include trunk shows, pre-season sample sales and an emerging designer contest. Call or go to www.mallatmillenia.com for details and tickets. 4200 Conroy Road, Orlando. 407.363.3555.
Oct. 18-23 Next up is Harriett's Park Avenue Fashion Week in Winter Park. The six-day experience held in venues throughout Park Avenue and Hannibal Sqaure celebrates local fashion boutiques and the design community with VIP events, trunk shows, a fashion runway show finale and an emerging designer contest. This chic event, now in its fourth year, is a must for fashion lovers and those who appreciate the glamour of great design. See you at the tents!
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A rather awkward exchange occurred on Fox News' "Spirited Debate" program Friday, with religion correspondent Lauren Green somewhat incredulous that Muslim scholar Reza Aslan could write a book about Jesus Christ.
Aslan's book, " Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth," pieces together gospel and many historical sources to paint a picture of Jesus and the time in which he lived.
"You're a Muslim, so why did you write a book about the founder of Christianity?" Green asks at the beginning of the interview.
"Well, to be clear, I am a scholar of religions with four degrees, including one in the New Testament, and fluency in biblical Greek, who has been studying the origins of Christianity for two decades," Aslan says, "who also just happens to be a Muslim."
This wouldn't be the only time Aslan had to remind the host he was a religious scholar and an academic. As a professor of religion, Aslan says, "that's what I do for a living, actually."
Later in the interview, Green likens his writing on the topic to having a "Democrat write a book about why Reagan wasn't a good Republican. That just doesn't work."
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"Scoops Westside isn't really serving burger ice cream?" I thought, practically gagging when I read yesterday's tweet that loudly declared they had a bacon, jalapeño and cheddar ice cream available that day.
I could see cheddar working by itself – possibly in an apple pie and cheddar flavor, and am well aware that bacon's salty, smoky qualities can also be a positive addition to a dessert, but jalapeño?
In my head, I pictured a grossly orange yellow ice cream, topped with jumbo slices of jalapeño and bacon, as though it was a baked potato. I shivered at the thought of actually ingesting such a travesty to ice cream, but as the day wore on, I couldn't help wondering what it would actually taste like.
In my mind, it seemed as though Scoops Westside owner Matthew Kang was triple dog daring me to try it. I know the Tweet wasn't specifically directed at me – they have 1,655 other followers who wait with bated breath for each day's flavor announcements – but in my morphed way of thinking, it was a challenge.
A challenge that I had to overcome with a mini plastic spoon.
So when I left the office last night, I scraped my original plan to hit up Nordstrom for the Clinique foundation I'm dangerously low on, and made a byline to Scoops to sample proprietor Tai Kim's burger ice cream experiment.
"Ok, where is it?" I said to Matt as I strolled into the well-groomed shop that he is continually personalizing with art work, new furniture and magazines for his loyal customers who linger over Intelligentsia coffee and tea.
He laughed in response and immediately scooped up a sample of the bacon, jalapeño and cheddar ice cream, which will also be available this Thursday and Saturday.
It looked decidedly more normal than the image I'd been picturing all day – there were no discernable traces of cheddar nor that egregious-sounding jalapeño, and the crystallized red flecks of bacon looked almost like sprinkles. If someone hadn't told me what I was about to eat, I would have assumed it was just a normal scoop of vanilla ice cream.
That is until I actually tasted it.
It's a subtle ice cream – the cheddar only apparent through the lingering mouth feel of something more texturally apparent than just milk and cream. The jalapeño is applied with an equally delicate and precise hand – it doesn't wrest itself onto the palate with an overpowering wallop of heat, it merely adds a touch of spice that almost comes across like cinnamon. The bacon is the most dominant of the three flavors. It's well-rendered and chopped into fine cubes, then crystallized in sugar so that it doesn't become soggy when generously strewn over the top of the ice cream.
It's sweet, salty and divinely crunchy – basically the best ice cream topper imaginable. It would create a frenzy if Matt added it to his sprinkle bar at the end of the counter. People would use it on everything – would possibly even request just a cup of the bacon crystals – hold the ice cream.
But I think I like it best as it is in this conception – a crisp companion to Tai's sublimely refined burger ice cream. Not disgusting, not superfluous, and not even a challenge to appreciate.
It's just right. And I triple dog dare you to say otherwise.
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Terraria is an exciting new 2D platformer that takes old platforming technology and crafts it into a shiny new gem. Every time you start a new world, it is randomly generated and every block in the world can be destroyed, moved or used to create new items. Is this starting to sound familiar yet? It should. It should also start to sound awesome.


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New England Revolution vs. Philadelphia Union
When: Saturday, 4 p.m.; Where; PPL Park, Chester, Pa.
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Houston's 4-0 rout of New England was probably the most eye-opening scoreline of opening day.
The Dynamo scored early and often, splitting apart a Revolution defense that was among the best in MLS last season.
The Revs are Saturday's opponent for what is shaping up to be sunny skies and warm temperatures at PPL Park and Union manager John Hackworth isn't putting too much stock into the lopsided result in Texas.
"I don't think that's reflective of the New England team we know," Hackworth told reporters at his weekly press conference. "We know (Revolution manager) Jay Heaps very well. He has that team prepared and playing and they built that over the last several years. You look at that game and you break it down a little bit and it was an odd result. Playing in Houston is probably one of the most difficult places to play because of the size of the field. The way the stadium is, it throws you off your game in a lot of ways."
New England completed a multi-year overhaul with a successful third place finish in the Eastern Conference last season.
MLS Defender of the Year Jose Goncalves was the linchpin of a backline that pitched 13 shutouts and was tied for third in the league for fewest goals allowed.
Despite early season offensive struggles, the team stayed in contention because of that defense . The Revs served up four straight shutouts from May 18 to June 8, blanking Houston, Toronto, Los Angeles, and D.C. United to climb right into the thick of the playoff race.
All evidence from 2013 suggests the 2014 season opener was an aberration.
"It did (surprise me)," Hackworth said of New England's season opening loss. "But I think you have to give Houston a lot of credit for that. Will Bruin (took his) opportunities really well. They obviously had a couple of miscues on defense. Sometimes you don't get punished for those and in this case they got punished early and often. But I thought they recovered well and had moments in that game where New England played really well and deserved to get a couple of goals back and it just didn't happen for them. That means they're going to be very motivated to come out. I'm sure they're coming out feeling very motivated to prove that they're not the team that we saw last week in Houston."
Historically, Philadelphia has enjoyed a positive record against New England.
But that changed last year when the Revs won two of the three games in the season series.
Philadelphia got first blood, securing a 1-0 home win in sloppy March conditions at PPL Park. Jack McInerney was the hero with a late second half goal.
The Revolution then won both contests at home, shutting down the Union 2-0 in April and winning 5-1 in late August.
New England outscored the Union 7-2 in those three games.
"New England's a good team and I think what they do really well is that their front five has a ton of mobility," Hackworth explained. "It's different with different guys on the field. But you look at some of their attacking players, and they're good. They pop up all over. You have to be a team that understands defensively how to play by zonal principles rather than tracking guys. You can't get caught ball watching. If you do, a team like New England is going to make you pay for those. And we experienced that last year. They've always been a difficult opponent for us to play and I think you're going to see two teams that are very attack-oriented going at it on Saturday."
The offense found an identity last summer, with players like Diego Fagundez, Kelyn Rowe, Lee Nguyen, Juan Agudelo, Dimitry Imbongo, and Saer Sene all playing quality minutes for Heaps.
The Revolution manager found success in the 4-1-4-1 shape, utilizing a very fluid and interchangeable offense built on youth and skill.
They went 4-0-2 to close the regular season and drew Sporting Kansas City in the first round of the playoffs. The Revs won the first leg 2-1, but fell 3-1 at Livestrong Park and lost the series on aggregate to the eventual champions.
"We played them in preseason and they're a solid team," said Union midfield Maurice Edu. "In this league it's funny, because on any given day, anyone can beat anyone. They're coming off a tough defeat, so they're definitely coming out with a point to prove. They want to show that they're a good team. It's about how you respond, and they're going to try to put an impact on this game. It's up to us to try to make our home stadium a fortress, to where teams come in here and they're scared to play us, to make it a situation where teams hate coming here."
Note: Please know that the impending SEPTA strike will not disrupt those that head to PPL Park via public transportation. The regional rail lines that run to Chester Transportation Center will still be on or close to schedule and the Union will provide shuttle service from the depot to PPL Park. Additional questions should be directed to SEPTA's customer service line: (215) 580-7800.
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Carlington wrote:@kalira: I mean I believe her claimed power and alignment, and believe I know what her role name and wincon are. I think you know enough about the flavour to have figured out the same, if you look at her posts. That you haven't yet given any indication that anything in her posts tipped you off is suspicious to me. You don't seem surprised enough, for someone with flavour knowledge.
Well I was trying to avoid throwing too much flavor out and giving her information she wants. I did say I thought Fain was more likely than Elyas, but I was trying to see if others were of the same bent before going any further, because everyone seemed like they were fine with just accepting what she claimed at the beginning of the day. More specifically, I was trying to see if anyone on a theoretical scum team with her would slip up.
But if you really want me to throw it all out on the floor, I can. Em is definitely Padan Fain, if her softclaim is anything to be believed. She says she's searching for a dagger. Dagger is definitely the one from Shadar Logoth that Fain is obsessed with. At this point in the story, though, the dagger was I believe locked in a box with the Horn of Valere, and Fain was trying desperately to get to it. So if em is looking for the dagger, it's likely someone in game "has" it. Whether or not the person playing the character with it knows they have it, I don't know (obviously) -- they may have been told they have it, or it could be just in the mod's notes that X person has it without their active knowledge. It could be with a few people in my estimation based on flavor. Not going to go into any more detail or opinion there, though, unless consensus asks for more.
I still don't know that I believe the tracker power -- in fact, if she's telling the truth about looking for someone, based on my experience with Mafia, that would be what shows up as her targeting. Look at kalira to see if she's the one you're looking for, and if anyone's watching, they would see you as targeting/visiting kalira. I can't really see her having multiple night abilities, and again in my experience, the "look for your target" ability doesn't usually combine with a separate power (i.e., if they aren't your target, you get to see who they targeted last night). But that's meta, and I'm not entirely sure if I'm right on that given that I haven't played a game set up by jimbob before. As far as survivor, I'm not sure. Flavor-wise, Fain just really wanted to kill everyone. Just staying alive was never his bag, he was actively trying to murder, like, all the people.
I don't know why you think I'm supposed to feel surprised about Fain -- I said from the beginning that Fain seemed fairly likely to be in game, and if he was, he wasn't going to be on town's side. I was trying not to let the flavor overwhelm how I played -- it was possible flavor was somewhat altered to make Fain less of an active threat to town. I have yet to come to a decision on that piece as of now. Do I think em needs to be killed? Before end of game, I'm guessing that answer is probably, especially if she has the possibility of turning into an SK (presuming she isn't already one). Right now? My gut says yes because of flavor, but I want other opinions, hence why I haven't just outright voted for her already.
Could we get some kind of extension even if Chane is modkilled? At this point, we're <48 hours to deadline, which seems a bit close for major decisions like the lynch to be made without having had any input from one of our players to this point on the day.
Thanks for the response re: PGO non-claim. IDK if I would have made the same decision in your position, but I if that's what you were given, I can see where you were going with it.
Going to make an effort tomorrow to look at everyone else, hopefully given an extension we can look at more than just emlightened today. (@Emlightened, do you mind me calling you em? I can stop if it bothers you or anything, I just tend to shorten names for the purposes of "I have to refer to people a lot of times and I'm too lazy to write their name out a bunch".)


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TRIPOLI, Libya, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- With a new government set to be sworn in this week, the Libyan Interior Ministry said it was able to restore calm to parts of Tripoli under militant control.
The Libyan Interior Ministry ordered military forces into parts of Libya to dismantle what it said with an illegal militant group, the Tripoli Post reports.
Fighting broke out last weekend after residents confronted the so-called Support Unit No. 8 militia for allegedly kidnapping and torturing two civilians in Tripoli.
The Libyan newspaper reports the attack in Tripoli comes less than two weeks after government troops recaptured Bani Walid, a former stronghold of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
Unsettled rivalries that grew out of the country's civil war have created a tense political situation in Libya. Last week, Libyan lawmakers backed a Cabinet presented by Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zidan. The British government praised the move but noted lawmakers face "significant challenges to improve security."
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In The Los Angeles Times, history professor Dorothy Ko is quoted in an article about the practice of Chinese foot binding, and the last living women who followed the tradition in their youth. An excerpt:
""It was a strong tradition passed from mother to daughters, entangled with shoemaking, how to endure pain and how to attract men. In many ways, it underpinned women's culture," says Dorothy Ko, a history professor at Barnard College in New York and author of Cinderella's Sisters: A Revisionist History of Footbinding.
"It is hard to romanticize the practice and I am happy to see it go, but it is a pity there is no comparable, but obviously less painful, practice to take its place and bond generations," Ko says."
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Prof. Ko is a cultural historian who specializes in gender and body in early modern China. Her current research focuses on women's artistry and skills in textiles, which constitute an alternative knowledge system to male-centered textual scholarship. Her teaching interests also include the history of women and gender in East Asia; feminist theories; and visual and material cultures.


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Historic Garcelon Field to get FieldTurf surface among improvements
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Created in 1899 with the help of students who wielded shovels and axes to clear pastureland, historic Garcelon Field will get a major facelift this summer thanks to a similar cooperative venture, this time between the College and its donors.
Approved by the Bates Board of Trustees in May, the project will transform the natural grass football field into a FieldTurf facility by the start of the 2010–11 academic year. Lights and a new grandstand and press box will be in place by October.
A brief groundbreaking ceremony will take place at 4 p.m. on June 12 during Reunion Weekend near the south end zone of Garcelon Field, adjacent to New Commons.
In a campus announcement May 20, President Elaine Tuttle Hansen said that trustee approval depended on the project being both "fully donor-funded" and in sync with the College's ongoing facilities planning effort, which will promises new residence halls in the Garcelon Field area in the coming years, among other long-range projects.
With $1.68 million already raised toward the $2.6 million cost of the project, trustees voted to begin construction while fundraisers work to close the remaining dollar gap.
"The Garcelon Field Project has afforded us a welcome opportunity to carry out an initiative entirely funded by donors," Hansen wrote. (Typically, college construction projects are funded by a mix of resources that include gifts by alumni, parents and friends as one component.)
The Garcelon Field Project
Along with football, the new facility will be home to varsity lacrosse in the spring and provide a wet-weather site for varsity soccer in the fall. The field "will also welcome all appropriate intramural, club and informal activities, and by providing a second artificial surface, it will open up the bottleneck for practice time," Hansen wrote.
Bates field hockey will continue to use the AstroTurf surface at Campus Avenue Field, installed in 2000.
The specific FieldTurf surface at Garcelon will be Prestige Duraspine Monofilament. Like other current-generation synthetic surfaces, FieldTurf is considered better than AstroTurf because it features synthetic grass-like blades that are cushioned, or "in-filled," with sand and rubber granules from recycled tires.
In the 2000s, schools and colleges increasingly turned to synthetic turf fields because they could be used much more often, and retain their playability better, than natural grass fields while demanding less maintenance and no mowing or fertilizing. (The New England Patriots famously replaced their grass football surface with FieldTurf between home dates in November 2006.)
Bates becomes the fifth member of the New England Small College Athletic Conference to install FieldTurf for football, joining Trinity (2002), Middlebury (2008), Colby (2008) and Hamilton (2009). All NESCAC schools have at least one artificial turf field for one or more of their varsity programs.
"In its current condition, the old football field does not meet the standards of excellence we hope to attain in all we do at Bates."
Since the 1980s, the Garcelon Field area has evolved from an athletics quadrant into more of a campus crossroads.
Near the football field's north end zone is the Residential Village (1992), while Pettengill Hall (1999) is just to the west. The New Commons Building (2008) sits a few yards from the south end zone, close enough that a net protects its windows from extra-point and field goal attempts. Nearby, two historic buildings of Garcelon's vintage, Hedge Hall (1890) and Roger Williams Hall (1895), are being renovated and expanded for new academic use.
"In its current condition, the old football field does not meet the standards of excellence we hope to attain in all we do at Bates," Hansen wrote, and "it does not complement the state-of-the-art academic and campus life buildings in the surrounding area…. In completing that quadrant of our campus, we will further reveal to our prospective students and their families Bates' commitment to high-quality and well-integrated facilities."
Lewiston Sun Journal writer Kalle Oakes echoed this theme when he wrote about the project after it gained approval from the planning board. "Stuck in somewhat of a time warp, even as it rests in one of the most visible locations on campus, Garcelon Field is in line for its own facelift," he wrote.
Garcelon Field debuted in September 1899 after a spring and summer of hard work that involved Bates students who helped to turn the "rough uncouth pasture," in the words of The Bates Student, into an athletics complex featuring a football field, baseball diamond, quarter-mile track and tennis courts.
Forgoing their "regular recitation work," students helped clear the land and set cedar posts around the field. Their "resulting blisters and lameness," the Student noted, was "partially compensated for by the good things to eat and drink, served them in the society rooms by the young ladies of their respective classes."
Garcelon Field is considered to be among the 10 oldest college football fields in the U.S., and fields at NESCAC member colleges occupy six of the top 10 spots.


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By: Mike O'Donnell
SUPER CAGEMATCH is a competition improv show were each group is given 20 minutes to do improv bits with the audience then voting to determine who was funnier. The show is hosted by Ian Vaflor and the final competition of the season happened last night at the Philly Improv Theater (407 Bainbridge Street, Philadelphia PA 19147). Cagematch ran three shows back to back to back last night to determine the winner, and I was fortunate enough to catch the last two rounds.
The competition angle keeps the show moving and makes it very entertaining.
The first show featured the group Jessica Tandy (Jessica Ross and Andy Moskowitz), versus Grimacchio (Jason Grimley and Ralph Andracchio). I don't remember how the first show determined what group would go first, but I can't forget how it was determined in the championship round (more on that later).
Jessica Tandy went first in the 9:00 show and took the suggestion "spaghetti" from the audience to weave into their bits. They immediately launched into caricature Italian accents as mother and son immigrants coming to the new world. They went through at least five premises' and my favorite bit was when they acted like a fighting couple with Jessica locking Andy out of the house. Jessica wouldn't let Andy back in unless he sang her favorite Shania Twain song (which he hilariously butchered). Jessica obviously LOVES doing funny voices and accents (she didn't do one bit in her normal speaking voice). Overall the performance was strong and would be tough to beat.
Grimacchio was up next and took a different route to working the crowd into their routine. Instead of just asking for a suggestion they pick a person out of the audience and give them a quick interview of what they do and who they are. They take this information and craft a bit out of it. The person they interviewed was a writer and photographer so they set their premise in a news room. Grimacchio's style is to bicker over the smallest points of contention and overanalyze minutia (a la "Always Sunny in Philadelphia" or "Seinfield"). I thought the first five to eight minutes were very funny and they would probably win.
WINNER: Jessica Tandy
The 10 o'clock show featured winner Jessica Tandy versus a three person group Safe-Weird (Andrew Stanton, Kaitlin Thompson, Rob Gentile). To determine who would go first or second Ian created a double dare style physical challenge making a member from each team eat a pie with cherries in them, then spit the cherries in a cup. The team with most cherries in their cup at the end of a minute could decide weather to go first or second. This contest almost made Jessica Ross throw up on stage which in turn made me gag (but in an amusing, "wow is she gonna throw up on stage" kinda way). Jessica Tandy won the challenge and inexplicably decided to go first again.
In their second performance it seemed to take a while to compose themselves after the physical challenge. They still had a funny bit about a bee being addicted to pollen like heroin and musical chairs where the loser goes to hell, but going first after the physical challenge was a bad decision.
Safe-Weird had the strangest premises' (which is a compliment). They seemed to care the least about what the audience thought and were just trying to make each other laugh. They got the biggest laughs out of the audience with "Irish Mayonnaise" and "CB radio truckers". One tool that the group uses very well is turning a bit into a fake commercial where one player will simply go into a voice over styled end of an advertisement.
WINNER: Safe-Weird
Overall, SUPER CAGEMATCH is a winner. 20 minutes is a perfect amount of time for small improv groups to get in, get laughs and get off. If you have never been to an imrov show before, this would be a great way for you to get comfortable with this style of entertainment. Be sure to check Philly Improv Theater for the next season of CAGEMATCH and other comedy shows. Also, if you have interest in doing improv yourself, they always have several classes you can take.
Mike O'Donnell is a writer, actor, spoken word artist and stand up comedian in the Philadelphia area. Check out his work online at YouTube and Soundcloud.


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Everyone wants their work to have a significant impact – to influence individuals, academics, policies, governments, organizations, and communities. Given the resource constrained environment that peace and development work faces in the next few years, and the ability of information communication technology to foster new means of connecting, it is important to ensure we are using our resources as efficiently and effectively as possible.
Organizations increasingly have to do more, with less. Between cultivating support through traditional and social media, building a simple yet stimulating website and informing the public about your organization's mission, projects and development issues in general, a well-rounded and researched communication strategy can help to keep the big picture in mind at all times. Technology can be an amazing tool for social and economic development.
This resource guide seeks to provide key resources to support and assist organizations in ensuring their communication strategy and outreach efforts are aiding their organization in providing the products, services and assistance to beneficiaries. Having an awareness of strategies that have worked (and not worked) for other organizations, and sharing knowledge, is a substantial and essential part of PCDN. I encourage all members to share more resources on outreach and media support, to begin a discussion about what has worked (or not) for you and your organization, and to use this resource guide as a springboard to maximize the impact of your work.
Do not be afraid of change and doing something different. Technology is revolutionizing the way that non-profits do business, and its value added is real. Online outreach success, fundraising or otherwise, does not come easily. It requires time and effort, and most importantly—a clear strategy—supported by the right tools. Building that online support is vital, but needs to be backed up with engagement of in-person supporters and connections with traditional media (print, television and radio).
The following are some key steps in developing a communication strategy:
1. Build or Refine your Communication Strategy – The International Development Research Centre has a comprehensive guide to designing a communication strategy, stressing the importance of long-term planning and breaking down your mission into workable goals.
KnowHow NonProfit has some simple tools to share your message effectively – through social media and traditional mediums, and step-by-step resources for making a communications plan. Message in-a-box has another good one.
2. Try using Infographics – Visual representation of statistics, research and ideas can go a long way in communicating with many different groups. Start with visual.ly– you can either make your own infographic or access an online database of pre-existing ones.
3. Check out other campaigns – See what other organizations are doing, and make notes on what might or might not work for you. Here are a few suggestions. (I think you might list a few more here) as something seems missing Be open to new ideas. Be inspired by what others are doing. One of my favourites was #beatcanceron Twitter.
4. Take on Twitter – Using Twitter for good can be simpler that you might think.Claire Diaz-Ortiz, Head of Corporate Social Innovation and Philanthropy at Twitter, developed a framework for Twitter success that she calls T.W.E.E.T: Target, Write, Engage, Explore, Track. Her website is a great starting point. You can also explore case studies and NGOs campaigns successfully led using Twitter at Hope140. You should also get familiar with social change hashtags to join the conversation.
You should also check out PCDN's new Twitter Guide here!
5. Make the most out of Facebook – While Facebook Pages has been around for many years, if you're using Facebook as an organization, be sure to keep track of your engagement levels and new resources and trends as they emerge. Create a viable strategy based on your available resources and look for areas to bring in extra assistance. CharityHowTo is a good starting point, and the sites listed under general resources have up-to-date information in using Facebook as a non-profit.
Too often in communications and in general, people do not assign enough importance to evaluating what is working and how. Monitoring and evaluating our efforts sounds like extra work and can even seem daunting at first, but there are plenty of resources to help us to set measurable outreach objectives. Limited communication budgets mean clear, measurable objectives are critical. What are you trying to accomplish, and how well are you progressing toward that goal?
1. Metrics are essential to understand the impact your messages are having on individuals, their thoughts and their actions, which are difficult to measure. This is particularly essential in evaluating your online impact. Take a look at what prTini andSocialbrite suggest for creating measurable indicators and about social media monitoring. Check out DM&E for Peacebuilding for an assortment of best practice resources.
When implementing a social media plan, it is important to evaluate your results and see what impact you have had. There are several tools available to measure social media outcomes, please feel free to comment on ones that your organization has used! Here are some examples:
– Social Page Evaluator, which evaluates the value of Facebook Pages in terms of reaching audiences.
– Twinfluence, which evaluates reach and influence of Twitter accounts.
2. Data Collection – Strategic, systematic, and low-impact data collection (e.g, through phone conversations, evaluations at meetings, brief e-mail surveys) can provide both a baseline understanding of an audience's awareness or understanding of your work or concerns. This baseline also provides a point to measure any changes over time.
For organizations looking to collect data more systematically but have limited resources, check out this guide to outcomes-based evaluation for non-profits.
1. Using the Media as an Advocacy Tool – Building relationships with media and journalists is an investment but it is worth the time and resources if done strategically. This resource provides a good overview, despite providing International Criminal Court examples, of building media relations skills across traditional media avenues.
2. TechSoup, Socialbrite and Mashable – There are many online resources for getting the most out of your investment in social media and other online communication engagement. With social media, you generally have TOO much information about how best harness it, designing captive campaigns, suggestions on how to write, and how often, as well as measuring your success. The tricky part is sifting through it all to find what is most applicable for you and your organization. Keep your goals and resource capacity in mind while you are browsing these sites!
1. Digital Storytelling – Digital storytelling is the practice of combining narrative with digital content, including images, sound, and video, to create a short movie, typically with a strong emotional component. You may already be integrating digital storytelling in some form into your practices, but check out this overview from the University of Sussex and this step-by-step from Socialbrite.
2. Crowd funding – If you or your organization has a new and innovative idea for social good, but are lacking the funds to start it up, crowd funding may be a great option for you. This infographic shows how Kickstarter, the main player, started and provides an easy-to-understand overview of crowd funding.
3. Think about Pinning – Over the last 6 months, Pinterest has exploded onto the social media scene. A good number of NGOs, including UNICEF, are using it to spread images and messages. No need to jump into things, but it is good to explore how you could harness this resource.
4. Google+ – It seems like Google+ is offering more features for non-profit engagement in 2012 – I'm keeping my eye on this one.
You can also check out what Dr. Craig Zelizer, founder of PCDN, has learned aboutonline social networking in the past 15 years.
Good Luck and Happy Sharing – I know that your message is worth spreading!


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Resources for Teaching About the Americas (RETANet) is a database of curriculum materials which promote creative, interdisciplinary teaching about issues related to Latin America. Managed by the UNM Latin American and Iberian Institute, RETANet includes:
To access the materials in RETANet, visit the LAII's website.
LABD provides no-cost subscriptions for K-12 teachers across the United States. Take a look at the Subscriptions page to learn more.


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August 29, 2007
JACKSON HOLE, WYO. - Before an audience of prominent central bankers, policymakers and economists, Edward Leamer, professor with UCLA Anderson School of Management and director of the UCLA Anderson Forecast, presented his paper "Housing and the Business Cycle" today at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's annual Economic Symposium. Leamer was one of five distinguished experts invited to present papers at this year's Symposium entitled "Housing, Housing Finance, and Monetary Policy."
Diverging from the accepted opinion of most economists and monetary authorities, Leamer argued that the U.S. economy is guided not by a business cycle, but instead by a consumer cycle driven especially by the ups and downs of housing. Examining economic statistics since World War II, Leamer illustrated that weaknesses in housing and consumer durables make a considerable contribution to our country's economic recessions.
"By neglecting the critical role that housing plays in U.S. recessions, our Federal Reserve has let our recessions be more frequent and more severe then they need to be," said Leamer. "In particular, the subprime mortgage crisis is a direct consequence of short-term interest rates held too low for too long by the Fed."
Leamer made his presentation following opening remarks delivered by Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke who said it would not be "appropriate ... to protect lenders and investors from the consequences of their financial decisions." Nonetheless, he did say that "developments in financial markets can have broad economic effects felt by many outside the markets, and the Federal Reserve must take those effects into account when determining policy."
Inviting the Fed to do more than just "make us happy," Leamer concluded his paper with a monetary policy to-do list, asking the Fed to: 1) smooth the business cycle (make recessions less frequent, less severe, and more short-lived) 2) keep us working productively (limit the speculative bubbles that absorb our labor and time and that divert savings into low-yielding investments) 3) limit the redistribution of wealth caused by market disruptions (minimize the extent to which turbulence in financial markets causes redistribution of wealth from one group to another) 4) keep our balance sheets accurately reflecting reality (recognize the real assets on which our future GDP depends: factories, equipment, knowledge, and homes). Please click here to view Edward Leamer's complete paper (PDF).
About the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City's Economic Symposium
Since 1978, the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City has sponsored a symposium on an important economic issue facing the U.S. and world economies. Symposium participants include prominent central bankers, finance ministers, academics, and financial market participants from around the world. The participants convene to discuss the economic issues, implications, and policy options pertaining to the symposium topic. The symposium proceedings include papers, commentary, and discussion. For more information on FRBKC's annual Economic Symposium, go to: http://www.kansascityfed.org/PUBLICAT/SYMPOS/SYMMAIN.HTM
About UCLA Anderson School of Management
UCLA Anderson School of Management, established in 1935, is regarded among the very best business schools in the world. UCLA Anderson faculty are ranked #1 in "Intellectual Capital" by BusinessWeek and are renowned for their teaching excellence and research in advancing management thinking. Each year, UCLA Anderson provides management education to more than 1,600 students enrolled in MBA, Executive MBA, Fully-Employed MBA and doctoral programs, and to more than 2,000 professional managers through executive education programs. Combining highly selective admissions, varied and innovative learning programs, and a world-wide network of 35,000 alumni, UCLA Anderson develops and prepares global leaders.


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UBS shares below limit of 5%.
UBS's position in own shares below reporting limit of 5%.
Due to a drop in the number of UBS shares directly held for trading purposes, UBS's position in its own shares has fallen below the stock exchange reporting limit of 5%. On 23 August 2000 UBS held 4.8% of its registered shares in the form of shares and a potential 4.2 % in the form of derivatives. The position in shares includes those bought through the second trading line and destined for cancellation.
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