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Is the National Archives Preserving or Distorting the Heritage of the New Deal?Historians/History
In encouraging students to conduct research on important events in history, historians today have access to a wealth of resources on the Internet. I tell my students to view critically all sources but that sites managed by government agencies and university libraries are generally reliable. My experience with calling to the attention of the National Archives an important error on the www.ourdocuments.gov website will lead me to tell students to exercise due caution at even these sites. The National Archives is presenting to the public a revised version of the National Labor Relations Act as if it were the original document and refuses to correct the error. An agency charged with preserving our nation's documents is failing in its duty to honestly present this important pro-union document to the public. It is distorting rather than preserving the heritage of the New Deal.
Seventy five years ago the New Deal began to shift governmental policies toward giving substantial assistance to the poor, workers, farmers, and home owners, and toward significant involvement in the management of the economy to promote employment and economic growth. Several of the New Deal's most important achievements remain part of the fabric our lives today such as the social security system established in 1935 and the regulations limiting child labor and providing for minimum wages, maximum hours, and overtime pay adopted in 1938.
The initial pro-union thrust of the New Deal's most radical legislation, the National Labor Relations Act of 1935, has been significantly weakened by later legislation, most notably the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947, and by anti-union administration under Republican presidents. Nevertheless, if we are to gain an understanding of the enlarged role of labor unions in American life that the New Deal fostered we need to appreciate the labor relations system that the 74th Congress led by Senator Robert Wagner and President Franklin Roosevelt put in place in 1935.
The National Labor Relations Act was a one-sided piece of pro-labor legislation. Congress perceived the great imbalance in power between labor and management and sought to encourage workers to join unions, end management interference in union organizing, and compel employers to negotiate with unions selected by a majority of their workers.
Students who turn to the www.ourdocuments.gov website will find the National Labor Relations Act listed among 100 "milestone" documents in our history but they will not find the original legislation. Instead, despite a citation that says the document on the website is the 1935 act as preserved in the National Archives, they will find a revised version of the act with later amendments. Although some of the amendments are documented, most are not. Even if all the amendments were documented, on a project designed to present documents of historic importance, it makes no sense to disguise the content of the original legislation.
I wrote Allen Weinstein, Archivist of the United States, on December 3, 2007, to bring this problem to his attention. I pointed out that placing on the agency's website and including in the published book, Our Documents: 100 Milestone Documents from the National Archives, a transcript with anti-labor sections opposed by unions as if they were part of the original act would prevent the public from getting "an accurate idea of the pro-labor content of the 1935 law." I also listed factual errors and questionable interpretative judgments in the site's introduction to the document. The final sentence of the introduction gets the date of the Taft-Hartley Act wrong and misleadingly asserts that the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act were "expanded" by the Taft-Hartley and the Landrum-Griffin acts.
James Hastings, Director of Access Programs, replied to my letter on January 4, 2008. He thanked me and said "we are working on correcting the errors that you have pointed out." In response to my follow up query, Mr. Hastings on February 5, 2008, told me "We have added a note to the online transcript to indicate that it is the Act as amended since 1935. See http://www.ourdocuments.gov. We are looking into the possibility of adding an errata sheet to the published volume."
This minimal correction misses the main point of my critique and also allows many errors to remain uncorrected. The public continues to be misled. Why post a transcript of a revised act but an image showing the original one? Why include in the published volume and on the website this "citation": "An act to diminish the causes of labor disputes burdening or obstructing interstate and foreign commerce, to create a National Labor Relations Board, and for other purposes, July 5, 1935; General Records of the United States Government; Record Group 11; National Archives" if the transcript that you are presenting is of the act as amended?
I haven't examined the other documents on the www.ourdocuments.gov website. In a published review of the website in the Journal of American History, Timothy Patrick McCarthy and John McMillian characterize the project as "embarrassingly retrograde" for treating oppressed groups as objects rather than subjects of history, including not a single document written by a woman and one only by a person of color, ignoring social movements, and "its failure adequately (or honestly?) to contextualize the major texts it includes." Certainly at a minimum the National Archives owes visitors to its website an accurate presentation of the texts of the documents that are in its custody.
Perhaps the oddest part of this story is that the National Archives conducted a People's Vote in cooperation with the National History Day and U.S. News and World Report. Did the 1,116 people whose votes made the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 number 57 on the 100 Milestone Documents list have in mind the 1935 act or the act as amended over the next fifty years? Certainly the website lists the original text of the Declaration of Independence, the document ranked first, rather than any of the twenty two alternative declarations authored by feminist, labor, farmer, African American, and Socialist groups over the next two centuries.
In this seventy-fifth year of the New Deal's beginning, it is worth reflecting on a moment when government sought to empower working people and encourage unionization. The National Archives can do a little to contribute to the process by correcting the many errors about the National Labor Relations Act on its website.
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Maarja Krusten - 4/19/2008
Thank you, Dr. Bornet, I appreciate your taking into account my support for my former boss, Mr. Hastings.
Maarja Krusten
vaughn davis bornet - 4/19/2008
I would not want to do anything to embarrass James Hastings, given the support displayed above, so I will just send the book and cancel the letters.
All of us do rely on the accuracy of texts and transcripts, however, as we learn through the years.
Vaughn Davis Bornet
Maarja Krusten - 4/17/2008
Apologies for typos and/or syntax erros in my various posts, I often multitask and post hurriedly (in this case as I'm about to rush off to work). I simply do not take the time to proofread, since the Halpern piece is about mistakes, I might as well admit that! Hey, I'm as human as anyone else.
Maarja Krusten - 4/17/2008
I believe I've provided with my hypothetical enough information as to how NARA might so an exhibit. For those who want to consider this further, a few more observations.
As a further hypotethical, the Ford Presidential Library (which is administered and staffed by NARA) might do an exhibit on the end of the Vietnam War. It could draw on some of the materials found in
and other collections.
Note the references in the finding aid to Mr. Mitler's contacts with outside groups regarding POW/MIA issue. As the archivists who wrote the NARA finding aid notes, "This issue, which was the concern of groups like the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia, MIA/POW families and concerned members of the public, represented the above groups' and citizens' feelings of being abandoned by the U.S. Government."
The files at the Ford Library might provide some useful glimpses into how the League and other groups handled outreach and how officials in the White House reacted. But to study the League in depth, you would have to go to a repository that houses its own papers and reflects all its internal and external interactions, beyond those with the White House and government agencies. I think most historians know that -- it's so basic -- but somehow the point seems to have been blurred in the McMillian and McCarthy review.
Maarja Krusten - 4/16/2008
I finally had time to look for a copy of the McCarthy and McMillian review cited by Halpern and to read it (http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6963/ ).
McCarthy and McMillian write of NARA's Our Documents project that
"Although these documents deal with some of the major themes of U.S. history—slavery and civil rights, westward expansion, the rise of industrial capitalism, and America's
increasing power abroad—by treating African Americans, women, Native Americans, immigrants, gays and lesbians, and workers as mere subjects of history, rather than as historical agents in their own right, this collection is embarrassingly retrograde. Even the abolition of slavery—one of American democracy's greatest triumphs—is presented here as mostly the work of Abraham Lincoln rather than the thousands of abolitionists, black and white, who for decades risked their careers and lives to redeem America from its 'original sin.'"
But McCarthy and McMillian overlook a central point – the legislative mandate of the agency in question. Collecting materials about abolitionists – or some historically interesting aspects of many of the other groups the authors mention – does not fall within the statutory mandate of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), except as they are mentioned in government records.
The documents for the virtual exhibit largely are drawn from the archival holdings of the National Archives. NARA is a federal agency whose mission is to accession and, over time, to make available to the public the statutorily disclosable portions of federal government records. Yep, that's right: government records. This includes the materials McCarthy and McMillian refer to as "boring" – predecisional and postdecisional documents about "court rulings, treaties, and legislation," and so forth.
These days, accessioning such records is done through a process of records management, including appraisal and scheduling. (Notices of intent to revise retention schedules for the records of federal agencies are published periodically by NARA in the Federal Register.) As NARA notes on its website, "Of all documents and materials created in the course of business conducted by the United States Federal government, only 1%-3% are so important for legal or historical reasons that they are kept by us forever."
With NARA's mission in mind, here's how it would work for an area in which I once worked as a National Archives employee, the tapes and files of the Nixon White House. If NARA were to put up a physical or virtual exhibit that drew on records that it has released to the public about the Vietnam War, here's how it would work. Archivists might draw from transcripts of the released portions of Nixon's tapes; materials in the Nixon White House Special Files and Central Files; materials in Record Groups for other government agencies, such as the Department of Defense and the Department of State; and audiovisual materials in NARA's holdings.
But it would be unreasonable to look in such an exhibit for many documents that showed the broad perspective of families of soldiers who fought in Vietnam. (The sort of picture that is beautifully captured on an individual basis in Donna Moreau's recent, very poignant memoir, _The Waiting Wives of Schilling Manor, Home Front to the Vietnam War_.) Or members of anti-war groups. Or other nonovernmental groups.
Yes, you might get glimpses, because private citizens often contact public officials about matters under the jurisdiction of their departments and aencies.
NARA's Nixon White House collection actually contains some interesting letters to the President from members of the public, although the released portions have been little used by scholars. (Some appear in a collection I processed for public opening in the late 1980s, while employed by NARA -- the WHCF: [Presidential] Trips file series. There are other released Nixon WH Central Files collections that contain interesting, albeit self-selected, examples of public opinion.)
But NARA would not be the place to go to look for a comprehensive exhibit that centered on military families (except in their interaction with DOD and other agencies) or one that focused largely on the anti-war movement. Materials about such groups might be found however in special collections or donated materials in private sector repositories.
Maarja Krusten - 4/14/2008
For anyone interested in learning more about James Hastings, see his online comments from 1998 at a Conference on the Power of Free Inquiry and Cold War International History. His discussant comments are available at
I no longer worked at NARA as of 1998 (I left its employ in 1990) but I attended the conference.
Maarja Krusten - 4/14/2008
If you look at the posted transcript on the ourdocuments.gov website to which Halpern links, you can see that for the National Labor Relations Act (1935) it states at the bottom:
Transcription courtesy of the United States National Labor Relations Board. The organizational name is hyperlinked to http://www.nlrb.gov/
At that site, one can find in the section on Rules and Regulations the language of the amended Act at
A project of this nature is a collaborative effort. Many people play a role. My guess is that there are NARA employees who pull the documents in questions, others who digitize them, others who work up the contextual information, and still others who act as web designers and web masters. Not all of these people may be permanent staff as many federal agencies outsource some functions nowadays. Of the tasks listed above, Hastings would have done none of that, he is far too senior in rank.
The job of the managers is to field questions -- of all kinds -- and, if necessary, look into what occurred (or assign subordinates to do so) and see what fixes would make most sense. The latter involves balancing options against each other. NARA is short staffed, it must prioritize its staff assignments. For every thing one person wants on the outside wants, someone else has to wait his or her turn in a queue. While researchers and other customers often wonder why they do not get immediate resolution, that simply is not possible. NARA receives its budget from appropriated funds and that budget has not been large of late.
Yes, it's important to get things right. But given the way these things work, simple human errors will occur. I cannot predict how soon NARA will fix this one. As all civil agencies do these days, NARA must do more with less. Remember, it even had to curtail its research room hours for a while during FY 2007.
We don't have access to Hastings's response to Halpern. If we did, knowing Jim, I very much doubt it says, "gee, we assigned this to John Doe to work on and doggone, he messed it up."
There probably is a simple, technical explanation for what happened. If I had to guess what happened, I would guess that after the Act was chosen for inclusion, an unnamed and consequently unknown Archives employee searched for an online rendering of the Act. Finding one would enable NARA to post a transcript without having to key the text separately. Moreover, by posting such a text, NARA could link readers to the source. Haven't some of you used online versions of the U.S. Code and other sources? I certainly have.
If you look for such online versions, however, you usually find the language currently in force. My guess is that someone searched for where the text already was posted, copied the text and sourced it, properly, to the U.S. NLRB. Another person probably did a quality control check and said, yes, this is the Act in question. That the amended version was posted may have resulted from something as simple -- and simply human -- as no one comparing the language to that of the engrossed bill pictured in the image.
I bet that's it. As to resolution of the issue, that too will come, I am sure. People at NARA juggle many assignments. I'm sure someone has been tasked either to work up a blurb, explaining the differences between the original Act and the one in force as of 2008. Or to key the text of the original. As that person makes his or her way through the stack of assignments in his or her in box, I am sure the fix will be made, sooner rather than later. Keep in mind, staff resources at NARA are stretched very thin due to budgetary constraints, demographic factors, mandates, and other reasons.
Since my sense is that the issue still is open, although I agree that accuracy matters, especially for government websites, mistakes do occur from time to time. Knowing how burdened NARA is with work, I would not have written this essay for posting on HNN so soon after sending in inquiries. I would have given this some more time.
And even if I didn't know Jim Hastings, I certainly wouldn't have jumped to conclusions about what he did and why. I would hope most historians wouldn't, either. But that's a potential topic for another posting.
Maarja Krusten - 4/14/2008
Hastings's reassignment may have been effective in 1988 rather than 1987. (He "wore two hats" for awhile.)
And obviously where I wrote NARA inquiry, I meant Halpern inquiry.
In transit in subway, more anon.
Maarja Krusten - 4/14/2008
This is a website for people interested in history, not a purely political website. I would hope most historians would read an essay such as this one without jumping to conclusions. Historians focus on various arcane issues related to the fields in which they are interested. Some scholars feel strongly about issues – that comes across in what they write in public forums and how they plead their causes. Sometimes, scholars write to government officials. But such contact works best if one sticks to the known facts, considers the issues carefully, and applies contextual sophistication. In this case, the article offers only a small glimpse at what happened, without explaining why. There is nothing in the essay that warrants jumping to any conclusions of the sort Dr. Bornet offers above. In fact, I can say that to make such assumptions about James Hastings is very unfair.
James Hastings was my boss at the National Archives' Nixon Presidential Materials Project from the time he was named acting director in May 1979 until his re-assignment to work with other Presidential records in 1987. A senior Archives' official told me in 1977 that he would need archivists of "special integrity" to work with Nixon's records. That official later chose Hastings to oversee the complex task of screening Nixon's White House tapes and documents for disclosure. Despite years of association with Hastings, I have no idea what his political persuasions are. That tells HNN's readers something about the objective, nonpartisan manner in which archives officials such as Hastings do their work. Far from being political appointee, he is one of the finest examples of civil servants whom I know. It was an honor for me to work with a man of such integrity, courage and skill.
Politics does not come into play in the way federal archivists perform their work. I know that from my own work between 1976 and 1990, when I screened 2,000 hours of 3,700 hours of Nixon's WH tapes to see what could be released from them. From whom did I learn how to work in a professional, objective, nonpartisan manner? From James Hastings, among other Archives' officials. To this day, many of his former subordinates praise Hastings as the finest boss for whom they ever worked in government service. Much of what I know and have later applied about leadership, management, and stewardship obligations came from observing people such as Hastings. That I have succeeded so well in my own later career outside the Archives in another federal agency owes much to his example.
Scholars who are interested in learning more about Hastings's outstanding stewardship of the National Archives' Nixon Project may turn to a fine article by Clement Vose, "The Nixon Project," in PS, Vol. 16, No.3.(Summer,1983), pp.512-521. Those with access to JSTOR can download from there the article, which was published in a magazine then put out by the American Political Science Association.
As to the issue of the posted transcript, errors occur sometimes and Hastings correctly informed Halpern that NARA was looking into how best to correct them. That he replied early in January to a letter sent in December not to him, but to the agency head, seems reasonable, given the duties such officials juggle.
Again, I would urge HNN's readers not to rush to judgement here. That would be manifestly unfair even among those who know nothing of Hastings. If you step back and re-read the article, you can see that readers lack information as to why the transcript was posted, what the source was, and what steps NARA now judges to be necessary to deal with NARA's inquiry. The issues are still open, the matter has not yet been resolved.
Of course, this is but one of many issues with which officials of Hastings's senior rank might deal. For context, consider that Hastings heads the NARA functional unit which oversees:
·The Customer Services Division;
·The Archives Library Info. Center;
·Product Development Staff;
·Holdings Management Staff;
·Special Media Archives Services Division (Cartographic, Motion Pictures, Still Pictures);
·Textual Archives Services Division (processing and reference);
·and, perhaps most challenging in terms of the type of complex assignments handled, the unit in which my late twin sister, Eva Krusten, once worked - Special Access/FOIA LICON.
Anyone with so many responsibilities is bound to see a lot of internal and external correspondence each and every day. Officials at this level handle many extremely difficult, sensitive and challenging issues, far greater than anything described here. If Hastings says NARA is working on this particular issue, there is no reason to assume that this is not the case.
Based on his sterling reputation, I do not have any doubts -- whatsoever -- that Hastings and his associates will resolve this matter in a reasonable manner.
Maarja Krusten
Federal historian and former National Archives' Nixon Project archivist
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vaughn davis bornet - 4/14/2008
After examining the site of which Professor Halpern properly complains, and noting as he did that a tiny warning has been added as the result of his observations, I decided to test my surviving library of old history/documents books.
This has nothing to do with the case against the National Archives, but maybe some will want to know that the original Act's text is in the second volume of my Commanger Documents of American History, ninth edition (pp. 314-318. I wonder if anybody else has this antique published in 1973 by Prentice-Hall?
Vaughn Davis Bornet
vaughn davis bornet - 4/14/2008
Reading this fine essay was a great way to start a Monday morning. It is great to see this historian calling a federal employee to behave in an ethical manner. For it is indeed an ethical matter. False labeling is an unwarranted violation of public trust.
I can't help wondering if we have here a simple scenario of a Republican appointee trying to advance an Administration's image of pro-business bias. It is hard to believe such stupidity, which was bound to be transparent before long.
Scholars use these sites to write their manuscripts. We rely on government officials to be forthright and honest.
I will be printing out this letter and sending it to l. the Repubican National Committee, 2. the offical in question, before the day is out. I will also call the local office of our congressman, where I know somebody well. I will take a stab at calling the official, but my recent record of calling government and corporations is so bad in its results and so hard on the patience and the nerves, I that I hesitate to do this to myself.
Thank you for this essay. I am sending you a copy of my now old book Labor Politics in a Democratic Republic (1964) on the theory that you couldn't possibly own one. The bibliography may be helpful to one wit your identified speciality.
Vaughn Davis Bornet, Ph.D. Ashland, Oregon
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The Need for Demand
As much as advertisers seek premium, targeted inventory for their ad campaigns, publishers also want their inventory in the right hands. Moreover, header bidding helps garner better value for the inventory. As a result, a lot of inventory-owners are getting started with header bidding.
Upon researching, I came across the demand partnerships AdPushup has to offer to its publishersーindustry-names like IndexExchange, Media.Net, Rubicon, Sovrn, DistrictM, Pubmatic among others. As a publisher, it helps me develop some faith in investing in this practice knowing that my inventory is in safe hands.
Counter to Ad Blockers
In a report by Statista, as of 2019, 25.8% of the Internet users in the US are using ad blockers. That's like 1/4th of my traffic not being able to see my ads. In my view, this is pretty much enough to cause some serious FOMO around ad impressions to any publisher.
The adblock recovery solution by AdPushup acts as a remedy here. The solution first detects the users who might be using AdBlock. Next, adhering to Acceptable Ads, only shows user-friendly and non-obstructive ads. The best part is, users get to have a last say about whether they want to see the re-inserted ads or not.
But why would users agree to see ads again, when they had them blocked in the first place?
You see, users don't hate ads. They just hate disrupting, annoying ads. The adblock recovery solution only shows ads that pass the Acceptable Ads Standards' eligibility and qualify to be called 'acceptable ads.'
With AdRecover, AdPushup helps publishers recover revenue that would have otherwise been lost, while adhering to high UX standards. The net result is more money in your pocket without having to look for new revenue channels.
Ads that Are Seen
Most of the Internet is flooded with display ads. In an environment where users take seconds to decide to either engage or disconnect with a site, poorly placed ads are very likely to go unnoticed. The industry calls this phenomena banner blindness.
AdPushup provides innovative ad formats as a solution for publishers. Their library includes formats like in-image ads, in-view ads, docked ads, and sticky ads, along with native. These ad formats are unique and help improve ad viewability and CTRs.
Managing Everything on Your Own
Along with the various ad optimization solutions offered by AdPushup, it also has a consolidated app manager. Meaning, you get an interactive interface where you can manage your inventory and take charge of your actions.
For example, if you're using header bidding, you get to see the option to add/remove demand partners. Or, while using the ad layout editor, you can simply create layouts and see the A/B test results populating in the panel.
The best part is, you get constant guidance from AdPushup. Whether it is about creating layouts, or you need advice with header bidding, the support guys with their professional ad ops expertise lend you a hand at every step. Being a fully-managed platform, they also take on the complete legwork on your behalf.
This empowers publishers with more flexibility, making AdPushup more publisher-friendly. It's a great fit especially for novice publisher who may otherwise be intimidated by the complex or technical requirements of ad optimization.
Do you use web apps on your computer? These are designed by keeping the end-user in mind, and the AdPushup platform works in much the same way.
In addition to the visual layout editor, you'll find features like AdRecover—anti-ad-block solution which we just discussed.
Next, the AMP-conversion feature makes it easy to convert web pages to AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages). The point is, it's both easy and powerful for you regardless of your level of technical expertise.
In the case you are working with closed networks that don't participate in header bidding, the Ad Mediation feature leverages machine learning to determine which network is likely to bid the highest.
Many publishers underutilize their ads. Hence, a feature you might enjoy using in the app manager is Innovative Ads. Through a simple step-by-step wizard, you are able to build ad units for high-value placements. The biggest key with AdPushup is to look for the big wins along with the improvements to maximize your earning potential.
What's more? With AdPushup, you can manage multiple sites under one account. This saves time, making it much more accessible for you to dive deep into the intricacies, and understand what brings you dollars and cents in through the front door.
Seeing the Performance at a Glance
When you log into your account, you are presented with a clean and robust dashboard. What's great is that you can not only look at your estimated earnings for each individual web property, but also for your account as a whole, right at the top.
This includes comparing yesterday's earnings against the same day of the last week, comparing the last 7 days versus the previous period. I personally found this quite convenient and effortless.
Similarly, you can review a graph that compares your performance with AdPushup versus your original setup, paying specific attention to your page RPM. Again, this is true for your account as a whole and for individual websites. You can also choose between date settings like yesterday, the last 7 days, the last 30 days, or this month.
Below that, (not shown in the screenshot above) you'll get to see a pie chart showing your revenue by networks, helping you decide where to focus and how to align your efforts.
The main navigation in the left sidebar is easy enough to understand, showing an interface packed with data in a tidy manner. Reviewing individual sites is straightforward, including viewing individual reports and managing individual sites—accessing AP head code and managing blocklist.
Getting into Detailed Reporting
What we discussed above was the dashboard. The reporting on AdPushup is further more detailed. You can choose reports based on the site, device, network, page group, page variation, and more. Furthermore, you can choose an interval, add filters, review page views, look over ad eCPM, and so much more in reporting data.
If you'd like to analyze the data even further, reports are easily exportable in Excel format. With this data, you can make informed decisions about which opportunities to pursue.
One approach that I find particularly appealing is being able to generate a report based on the revenue channel. This reveals how each channel performed on each date in terms of ad eCPM, impressions and net revenue. (Probably one of the most important things publishers are after.)
This kind of report should reveal your greatest areas of growth, as well as shed light on areas with the biggest potential upside. What are you overlooking? What revenue channels are improving or falling over time? Are you even on the right path of monetizing your ads?
Final Thoughts
As a robust monetization tool for publishers, AdPushup comes powered with an intuitive user interface, deep reporting options, and several features to elevate your monetization to a whole new level.
With quick integration, continuous optimization powered by machine learning, and a convenient payment schedule, I find that this is the kind of utility you want to have in your arsenal if you want to really raise your bottom line. If you're not already using AdPushup, you're leaving money on the table.
Have you really optimized your ads yet? I think it's never too late to get started.
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Build Your Online Business with Marketplace SuperHeroes
Have you ever wanted to run your own online business, but you weren't sure what to expect or how to get started? The incredible thing about the online world is that you don't need to be a big, recognizable brand yourself, nor do you need to develop and produce your own unique products. You can leverage all the systems that are already in place and start turning a considerable profit, but you need to know how to do it. And that's what Marketplace SuperHeroes (MPSH) are all about.
The guys over at MPSH focus on helping their members create a 5-7 figure income stream selling low-competition, high-profit items on Amazon. And the cool thing is, they don't just teach people to sell in the US – they work on "multiplying" sales and profits, by selling products in the US, UK and Europe, making this a global business model.
A Step-By-Step Comprehensive Guide
Approaching the world of online business can feel daunting and intimidating at first, and rightfully so. But that's why Marketplace SuperHeroes was developed. Their flagship Core 2.0 Program is an online video course that you can follow, one step at a time, and get yourself moving towards building a successful, sustainable business that continues to make money while you sleep.
When you sign up to The MPSH Core 2.0 Program, you gain access to a number of different products, including Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the Core 2.0 Program, as well as a number of bonus products such as Fuel Your Empire, The 1K Per Day Roadmap, Invincible Importing, and 30 Minute Legendary Listings. For the purposes of this review, we'll focus mostly on MPSH Core 2.0 Program (Phase 1).
This is where you really get started with the Marketplace SuperHeroes Core Program. It has been divided into six convenient modules, that you make your way through, taking action after each module. Don't skip any, as each module builds upon the one that came before it, and so forth. There are also helpful building blocks at the end of each module, to make sure you're ready to move onto the next one. Realistically, you can start your business at any time, building on the knowledge and guidance as you make your way through the program.
As you open the first module, you'll see that it is further subdivided into a number of parts. Each part comes with a brief write-up, along with a main video. Most videos are around 10 minutes in length, making them easily digestible. Conveniently, audio versions and transcripts are also available for reference, in addition to the videos themselves.
A Closer Look at Module 1
The basic structure of module 1 is mirrored throughout the rest of the MPSH Core Program. The introductory video in each module gives you some sense of what you can expect to learn in that module. That's also where you're introduced to your hosts.
After the introduction, you dive into the first video in the module. For example, for this first module, we learn about how you can get the most out of the system. The video course is largely structured like a PowerPoint presentation with voiceover narration. The presentation can include screenshots and screencasts, as well as more basic text-based slides as part of the deck.
At the root of it, Marketplace SuperHeroes is training you to be a successful global seller on Amazon, selling products that you can reliably source and resell in Amazon's online marketplace. The objective here is not to become a big brand yourself or to grow into a massive company that requires significant management. Instead, it's about creating a business and system that can generate reliable profit, day after day, from the comfort of your home, on your own schedule.
The videos explain why Robert and Stephen believe that Amazon is the ideal environment for such a business, like how it already has such a strong brand presence and how customers know they'll get quality support. Each module wraps up with a longer analysis video where the guys provide a deeper dive into the content. Think of it like a post-show discussion or podcast episode about a TV show or movie you just watched.
Key Concepts to Begin
I won't dive too much into the finer details here, as you really need to make your own way through the entire course to appreciate how much you can learn and apply to your own business. However, I will touch on a couple of key concepts that provide a sort of framework for the type of Amazon business you can expect to build by following this blueprint.
First, they describe the Rule of Five. If you can decide on five products that you can sell in five countries, selling five units per country per day at a $5 net profit per unit, you're well on your way to online success. That works out to $18,750 per month or $225,000 per year. Remember that this is net profit, not total revenue. The Rule of Five really illustrates the power of multiplication and simple scale. They also mention that you should look for at least a 30% profit margin (they call it POR, or Profit on Return) for the products you choose to sell.
Another key concept is what they call the B.E.S.T. product strategy. This describes how you should go about choosing which products you want to sell. B.E.S.T. stands for Boring, Established, Scalable, and Tangible. In other words, you're not looking for trendy products that could be a flash in the pan or brand new products that have not yet been adequately tested in the market. Instead, boring is best. These are the products that people will keep buying, outlasting fly-by-night trends.
The 4S Product Gauntlet
Another huge component to how Marketplace SuperHeroes guides your path to building a successful online business is the 4S Product Gauntlet. The 4S's stands for Search, Shortlist, Select, and Source, and it's the four-step process that goes into deciding which products you should sell on Amazon and how to get them. This ties into the related tool, which accompanies the online course.
As you can see in the provided screenshot here, the navigation is simple and logical to follow. The four "S" steps are all listed along the left column, so you can work your way through them one by one. There's also a "Goals" tab at the top for working out some of the numbers you'd like to achieve. For the 4S, it's easy enough to add products to your list for research purposes.
Remember that product research is an ongoing process, so while the starting objective is the Rule of Five, recognize that there is always room for improvement and refinement too. The videos explain how the 4S Product Gauntlet works, as well as how you can implement that strategy using the provided tool.
Become a Best Seller
This is all just the tip of the iceberg. As you work your way through Phase 1 of Marketplace SuperHeroes Core 2.0 Program and into Phase 2, you'll be guided through a series of other concepts and frameworks. These include business structure, purchasing and importing, listing optimization, and international expansion. It's critically important to understand these sorts of logistical matters, as they are part and parcel of running a successful online business.
Marketplace SuperHeroes really is a comprehensive guide to starting your own Amazon seller business. You are provided with hours of video content presented in a format that's easy to follow and understand. It's just up to you to put those lessons into action.
Making Money
Evadav Native Advertising Network With Push Notifications
It's been said that the only constant in life is change. In few arenas does this ring truer than on the Internet. If you hope to succeed online, either as a publisher or as an advertiser, you must be prepared to adapt to the times. What may have worked for you a few years ago could be completely irrelevant today, especially in the increasingly competitive space to grab the attention of users.
Staying ahead of the curve, Evadav is a native advertising network based on push notifications. And it could prove remarkably lucrative for publishers, just as it represents a tremendous new opportunity for advertisers. Let's look into this a little deeper.
Push Notifications for the Win with Evadav
When you think about most of the advertising that you see on the Internet, it's largely passive in nature. You might see an ad banner running in the sidebar of a blog, or the sponsored listings at the top of a search engine results page. Users can just glaze right on past them.
The push notifications of the Evadav platform are able to by pass that traditional ad blindness, because the push notifications literally push themselves front and center to grab a user's attention. At the same time, the ads are balanced against the desire to maintain a positive user experience where the ads don't feel overly intrusive or annoying. The net result is a win-win for publishers and advertisers alike.
Evadav offers a "new form of monetization for your website" with "fast integration" and "the highest eCPM rate among all advertising formats." You get paid whenever someone from your website (or from traffic that you purchase) subscribes to the push notifications. And that person who signs up is associated with your account forever, representing a long-term opportunity for continuous revenue.
Be Seen and Get Paid with Evadav Placements
Push notifications work on both mobile devices, like smartphones and tablets, as well as on laptops and desktop computers.
You're likely already familiar with the notifications you receive on your phone whenever someone sends you an email or you receive a social media message. The advertising side of push notifications work much the same way, and they work on desktop too. These small pop-ups appear on the screen of the user's device, and they're much more effective at grabbing a user's attention than other ad formats.
You can monetize any geographic region ("geo") with Evadav. Along with an average 12% conversion rate, 60% click rate, 100% system uptime, over 172k campaigns, and some 287k daily impressions, it's no wonder that publishers are enjoying some of the highest eCPMs on the market.
Creating a Native Ad
Signing up for an Evadav account literally takes just seconds. All you need to provide is an email address and password, plus either Skype or Telegram as a means for your account manager to contact you. Account registration does not require moderation, so you'll have access to the dashboard immediately. From there, you can get started with creating your "stream."
Configuring the native advertising widget is easy. After giving a name to the stream, you give a name to the native ad, as well as the domain (HTTPS only) where the ad will appear. You can then optionally customize settings like the customer service worker name, time to next display and display delay.
The prompt constructor is what brings up the additional settings in the lower half of the screenshot above. That's the pop-up for asking to show notifications to the user. Once they click "allow," that's your conversion and you're well on your way to making money. You can customize the main text, as well as the text in the allow and cancel fields, plus the icon on the left if you don't like the default bell. Once you click on "create," the widget is sent for approval, which typically happens very quickly.
After the widget is approved, you simply go back into your dashboard to grab the code. You'll need to download the JS file (it's less than 1kb) and upload it to the root directory of your website. Then, place the ad code on your website where you want the ad to appear. And that's it.
Creating a Popup Ad within Evadav
In addition to the native advertising option described above, you can also choose to create a popup ad that converts in exactly the same way: if someone clicks to "allow" push notifications on their device, either mobile or desktop, then you'll get paid for that conversion. Accessing the popup ads is in the same area as the native ads; you just need to switch over to the popup tab in the widget creation tool.
There, you'll see a place to give your popup widget a name. You can optionally include postback pixels and postback links, if you'd like, as well as a trafficback URL. If you use the default trafficback, you can maximize your earning potential through Evadav. There's also the "complexity," which represents how many times a user can cancel the subscription. And then there's the option of choosing between a revenue share or a CPA model for payment.
Below that are a great number of templates for the popup ad, both adult and mainstream. Fro each, you can see the template name, as well as average conversion rate (CR), valid platforms, and allowable geos. Unlike the native ads above, popup ads do not require moderation and are available to you immediately after creation. You are given a popup URL if you buy traffic, as well as popup codes for your own website, both with and without your sub IDs.
Regarding how much money you can expect to earn, here is the current list of CPA rates. As a general rule of thumb, mobile earns higher rates than desktop, and most of the top-performing countries are of the tier-1 variety.
This Is Your Notification
As a publisher, the Evadav Native Advertising Network offers a lot of appeal. You can expect the highest conversion rates on the market, an easy-to-use interface, an effective monetization model, and weekly payments too with a low minimum threshold of just $25. They can pay out via PayPal, Paxum, Skrill, Payoneer, ePayments or Webmoney; there's also the option for SWIFT with a $500 minimum. There are no minimum traffic requirements too.
If you're looking for a new and lucrative way to monetize your traffic, whether you have a website or not, give Evadav a look. That's one way to push your way to profitability!
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The DC Comics Reboot – or the DC relaunch, or The New 52, or whatever you want to call it – is probably the biggest thing to happen to comic books since Crisis On Infinite Earths nearly 26 years ago. Not just in terms of changing the canonical status quo, but also in terms of the way comic books are sold.
Every DC Comics book from here on out will be digitally distributed "day and date." This means that on the same day individual issues hit the shelves of your local comic store, they'll also be available to read digitally on your iPad, your iPhone, your Android, and so forth. In a world where print is dying, the economy is drying up, and comic book sales are laughable, this is a big deal—at least as far as comic books are concerned.
Courtesy of Hero Complex, The New 52 is already on its way to dominating the comic book market share in September - a rare feat for DC in the past, uhm, four decades - with six books that have preorders over 100,000. A little context for you – it has not been uncommon for entire months to go by in 2011 where not a single DC book has reached 100k in sales. Six in a single month, you say? Well, bless my soul!
You can click any of the links below to skip to a particular week of the guide:
- Launch Day
- Week One (Sept. 7th)
- Week One pt. 2
- Week Two (Sept. 14th)
- Week Two pt. 2
- Week Three (Sept. 21st)
- Week Three pt. 2
- Week Four (Sept. 28th)
- Week Four pt. 2
- Our Recommendations (The Short Version)
For visual aid, Check out all 52 covers on one poster, via the DCU Source Blog:
Furthermore, Justice League – technically an August book – has sold out with preorders of over 200,000 units, which would make it the best-selling comic book of 2011 so far (by far). Whatever your thoughts are about The New 52, it's obvious that DC's gamble has paid off … at least in the short-term. Only time will tell if those numbers stick around, or if digital sales (which are unlikely to be available for public perusal) can save the industry as we know it. Spoiler Alert: Yes, they can...they just can't save comic book stores.
Check out The DC New 52 trailer below:
For superhero movie fans looking to acquire any miniscule amount of information as to what forthcoming DC Comics film adaptations might entail – from Man of Steel to Wonder Woman to The Flash to Justice League – the New 52 is the place to start, which is why we've created this extensive guide to help you navigate all 52 new titles, from Action Comics on down to Wonder Woman. After all, 52 comics is a lot of comics.
We will also rate the worthiness of each "New 52" title according to the criteria outlined below. WARNING: These ratings are just my opinions and recommendations as a longtime comic fan. The final decision, of course, will be up to each reader to decide for his/herself:
- BUY means what it sounds like it means. There are enough reliable variables in place for the comic to be worth an immediate purchase.
- EH means there are reasons to buy a particular comic and reasons not to, so you should probably wait for critical consensus or word-of-mouth before you put money down. But hey! It's your money, so whatever!
- DO NOT BUY means do not buy, because why the heck would you even think about buying something like that until you know for a fact that it's worth your hard-earned cash?
Covers: Click any of the comic covers in our guide to check out a larger version of the artwork.
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Meet the Pitch Day Judges
Oct 9, 2013, 8:00 AM, Posted by Pioneer Blog Team
With the first-ever Pioneer Pitch Day (#pioneerpitch) around the corner, we wanted to take a minute to put the spotlight on our incredible line-up of guest judges, who will be joining RWJF staff to evaluate finalists' presentations. We asked them to tell us why they decided to participate in Pitch Day – and we asked them to keep their answers to approximately the length of a tweet (140 characters). Here are some of their responses:
"The key to health is often implementation rather than awesome tech, so I'm eager to hear how pitchers will turn their ideas into reality." - Leading Angel Investor Esther Dyson (@edyson)
"People experience products, services & spaces, not technology, science or medicine. We need more design sensibility & creative confidence in health services." - IDEO Life Sciences Chief Strategist Rodrigo Martinez (@rodrigoatcg)
"Fundamental improvements to health require a deep understanding of human behavior. Pitch Day unleashes creative ideas for change." - NPR Science Correspondent Shankar Vedantam (@hiddenbrain)
"There's nothing better than seeing the energy and spirit of new entrepreneurs tackling hard problems with innovative solutions." - PatientsLikeMe Co-Founder and President Ben Heywood (@patientslikeme)
"When we enable new innovations and applications in health, we support living, loving, and laughing a little longer amongst our species." - Rhode Island School of Design President John Maeda (@johnmaeda)
We'll be live tweeting on Pitch Day (October 16) from the AppNexus headquarters in NYC; join the discussion at #pioneerpitch.
This commentary originally appeared on the RWJF Pioneering Ideas blog.


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These games teach valuable skills and have a high fun and educational rating.
Your child uses the keyboard, practices the alphabet, and identifies objects that begin with a specific letter as he or she accompanies Dora through the forest.
Your child develops design and keyboard skills as they build their own custom car and test drive it.
Your child practices using the keyboard and learns which animals live in which habitats as he or she navigate the zoo and helps the Bubble Guppies to find a friend for a lonely rhino.
Your child develops investigation skills while practicing counting by driving around a truck and collecting various items.
Your child practices keyboarding and compares numbers and sizes so that Dora can recover her ribbon. Then, he or she chooses the moves that Dora will use in her gymnastics performance.
Your child learns how to construct sentences by helping the monkey cross the bridge.
Your child will develop concentration skills while leading a squirrel on a journey under branches and over hedgehogs to collect acorns.
Your child improves computer literacy by pressing the assigned letter before it leaves the screen.
Your child learns how to spell and use the computer keyboard while helping Frieda to skate.
Your child learns how to spell words by typing the words that fearless Frieda yells and see her do cool tricks on the surfboard.
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Use Control System Toolbox™ to design single-input single-output (SISO) controllers using interactive and automated tuning methods. Use Bode Editor and Root Locus Editor to add and remove controller poles and zeros and to change loop gain. View changes in closed-loop step response as you tune controller parameters. Observe system characteristics such as rise time, overshoot, and gain and phase margins. Create and store multiple controller designs for comparing and choosing the best option.
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On Wednesday, the Open Society Foundations will mark their 20th group exhibition of "Moving Walls" at their new location in midtown Manhattan. Initially conceived 15 years ago as a way to highlight the foundation's issues and to support documentary photography, the exhibition highlights and adds value to important (and often under-reported) social issues.
Initially, the Foundations' goals were focused on Eastern Europe and Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. But now, the Moving Walls exhibition encompasses work from around the globe. This year, the exhibition features the work of 5 photographers from China, Russia and Ukraine to Sierra Leone and the countries of the Arab Spring.
"On Revolution Road," a project by TIME contract photographer Yuri Kozyrev, features work from the uprisings and unrest in Egypt, Libya, Bahrain and Yemen. Shot on assignment for TIME, Kozyrev's work demonstrates both the collective nature of world politics as well as the individual characteristics inherent to each nation's unique issues. "In the end, the differences between the aftermaths of the region's revolutions may be more important than their similarities," he said.
Katharina Hesse's project, "Borderland: North Korean Refugees," tells the individual narratives of North Korean refugees along the Chinese border. Because they're classified by the Chinese government as 'economic migrants', the refugees are ineligible for official UN refugee status. "After experiencing a world like this, it just didn't feel 'right' to take pictures and move on to the next job," Hesse wrote. She has been shooting the project for nine years.
"Juveniles Waiting for Justice" is a project by Fernando Moleres shot in the Pademba Road prison in Freetown, Sierra Leone. There, some 1,300 prisoners languished in squalor, lacking proper hygiene and provisions while awaiting trial. "My Sierra Leone prison photography has been published in the European press," Moleres said, "but I feel that the story has not exposed a broad audience to this tragedy."
Ian Teh's project, "Traces: Landscapes in Transition on the Yellow River Basin," explores the existential impact the Yellow River has on the more than 150 million people it directly sustains. "My photographs play with the tension between the Yellow River's place in Chinese culture and history and China's emergence as a major economic power," he said. "By using the landscape, I attempt to show what happens when an area that was largely rural becomes increasingly urban and industrial."
VII photographer Donald Weber's "Interrogations" takes a surreal view on the Russian judicial system. Photographing people inside police interrogation rooms, Weber captures "a place where justice and mercy and hope and despair are manufactured, bought, bartered and sold." Says Weber: "With each image, I was looking to make a very simple photograph of an actual police interrogation, but also a complex portrait of the relationship between truth and power."
Moving Walls in on view at the Open Society Foundations at 224 West 57th Street, New York City, from May 8 – December 13, 2013.


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Can you feel it – the mingled excitement and dread in the air? That's the vibe of thousands of college students looking forward to graduation and striving to find a job.
If you don't feel it, try harder to tune in. If a significant portion of your livelihood depends on Pennsylvania's economic strength, you should be feeling in your gut, too.
Pennsylvania has the dubious distinction of being a top destination for students as well as being a top exporter of those same young people when it's time for them to join the workforce. In other words, we do a great job of preparing them to be employees – who then want to take their skills and knowledge someplace else.
In 2012 (I couldn't find more recent data), the Washington Post reported that almost twice as many out-of-state students came to Pennsylvania for higher education as residents who went out of state, ranking the commonwealth No. 1. Even when I was in college way back when, a noticeable number of my classmates were from New York, Ohio and New Jersey. (A lot from New Jersey, in fact – which this same article lists as the No. 1 net exporter of students.)
So it's great we bring so much raw talent into the commonwealth. What an opportunity that represents for you when it's time to recruit.
But wait a minute.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pennsylvania has been a net exporter of people ages 20-29 for more than two decades. Zoom in a little more and look at just people with a bachelor's degree or above, and the picture is similar. This article from last week, "America's Brainpower Cities," ranks Pittsburgh 30th and Philadelphia 18th in net population change for this demographic.
Without drilling down into the numbers, both these pictures admittedly are a little fuzzy. Not all young people have college degrees; not all people with college degrees are young; and not all critical, good-paying jobs require college degrees, though you could argue they require new workers, i.e., young people.
But with the number of excellent schools we have in Pennsylvania that, clearly, are attracting students, why can't we capture more of graduates?
What do New Orleans (1), San Antonio (2), Louisville (5), Salt Lake City (8) and Baltimore (14) have that Pennsylvania doesn't? Or Rochester, N.Y. (15) or Minneapolis-St.Paul (21)? It can't be just a question of climate or cosmopolitan lifestyle, or everyone would be flocking to Jacksonville (9) and Los Angeles (38).
Until Pennsylvania's employers figure that out, we're going to continue watching all those good ideas, state-of-the-art skills and fresh perspectives slip through our fingers.
The week ahead
With the Hobby Lobby/Conestoga Wood challenge to provisions of Obamacare pending in the U.S. Supreme Court, a lot of people are thinking more about where the line is between personal freedom and constitutional safeguards when it comes to religion. Reporters Heather Stauffer and John Hilton team up to look at some critical legal and practical questions that come into play when business owners decide to make faith a key element of their operations.
The Inside Business focus is the business of retirement and eldercare, with lists on retirement care and on personal care and assisted living facilities.
Find the week's networking opportunities here.
The rewind
Not every college grad goes into the workforce, of course. Some stay in school and go after that next degree, some are lucky enough to kick back and travel the world for a while, and some switch gears to run their very own businesses. Here's a cool chart on what it takes to start a successful business while you're still in college.


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Below you will find the list of active division directors and section captains. Division directors are assigned through the cooperation of the BAYS organization and the member organizations. Assignments are determined based upon a variety of criteria. Section captains are assigned during preseason. Individuals interested in becoming a section captain should advise their town registrar and president to inform the BAYS Placement Group.


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August 5, 2013
First Wednesday meeting is August 7
The August First Wednesday town hall meeting will be on Wednesday, August 7, at 8:15 a.m., in the Conference Center ballroom (WD fourth floor). A live stream will be available at http://www.livestream.com/columbusstate. You can log in at any time using the password: cougars. (Remember, the crosswalk at Grove and Cleveland is closed for construction. You'll have to cross at the traffic light at the bookstore.)
New enrollment process for DACA students detailed
Because of recent action by the Board of Regents and the Attorney General's Office, there is a new process for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) students who wish to enroll at Columbus State. With this new enrollment process, DACA students are eligible for in-state tuition.
DACA students must work with the International Enrollment team throughout the application process and submit all required DACA documentation by the stated deadline. The admissions application deadline for Autumn 2013 is August 14. Application and submission of required documentation is encouraged as soon as possible to allow time for questions, advising and processing.
The contact person for students, referrals and questions is Misty Mahefkey, at ext. 2557.
DACA students are not eligible for any state or federal financial aid and they should not complete the FAFSA. DACA students may be limited in their program of study if there are permanent residency or citizenship requirements for licensure or practicum experience such as in Law Enforcement, Hospitality Management, Nursing, and other health areas.
Columbus State is already seeing significant increases in DACA student enrollment. Faculty and staff are invited to attend a DACA information session to learn more about how to support the unique needs and experiences of this student population. The sessions will be presented by members of the faculty/staff DACA Resource Group:
Monday, August 19, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. in FR 110 (brown bag lunch)
Tuesday, August 20, 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. in FR 110
Columbus State C.A.R.E.S. to offer training
Are you interested in advocating for students and/or developing your active and empathetic listening skills? This unique professional development class focuses on equipping employees to become trained Columbus State C.A.R.E.S. advocates.
Advocates are prepared to respond to students facing extraordinary situations including financial, academic, and/or personal difficulties. After the completion of this training, employees will be better equipped to help students navigate many of the resources and opportunities offered at Columbus State and in the community. Register online here by clicking on the session titled "Advocacy Training" on the date you wish to attend.
For more information about Columbus State C.A.R.E.S., please visit http://cscc.edu/campus-life/cares/.
Respiratory Care scholarship awarded
Donald Hadaway, a second-year Respiratory Care student, was recently awarded the Charles Robinson Scholarship for $1000 given each year by the Ohio Society for Respiratory Care.
SAC to host employee appreciation picnic Aug. 7
Stop out to the courtyard on Wednesday, August 7, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. to get a little "appreciation" from Staff Advisory Council—free hot dogs, soft drinks and cookies! SAC will also hold an appreciation picnic for Delaware Campus employees on Wednesday, September 4, also from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. If it rains on either of those picnics, SAC has scheduled make-up days of August 16 for the Columbus Campus and September 11 for the Delaware Campus.
Rhyan named to Ohio Reach Board
Kimberly Rhyan, director of Student Engagement and Leadership (SEaL) has been named to the Ohio Reach Advisory Board representing Columbus State and other two-year institutions.
Ohio Reach addresses the recruitment and retention of emancipated foster youth in Ohio's higher education system and establishes foster care liaisons at Ohio universities and community colleges.
As a former foster youth and advisory board member, Rhyan will seek to help strengthen services that help nurture, support, and guide foster youth to experience success in their lives through the pursuit and completion of college degrees. You can read more about Ohio Reach here.


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BOULDER — Former Colorado freshman tailback Justin Torres won't be returning, CU coach Dan Hawkins said Tuesday.
Torres left the team early last week and returned to his home in Southern California for what Hawkins called "a variety of personal reasons." Hawkins said at that time that there was a possibility Torres might come back at some point.
But Hawkins said Tuesday that a return by Torres won't happen.
Torres, who played high school football for former CU quarterback Mike Moschetti, played in the first four games. He netted 58 yards on 14 carries as the third-string tailback and was thought to have a bright future with the Buffs.


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If the next two weeks are anything like the first 24 hours, the 2012 NCAA Tournament will be a fitting end to a great season. Iona began the week as a surprise bubble team and by Wednesday night they surprised everyone by blowing a 25-point lead to BYU.
Here are five other storylines to watch as the final 64 teams prepare for the Big Dance.
1. Syracuse's chances went from good to nonexistent. The Orange have been embroiled in controversy all season, but as coach Jim Boeheim rightly pointed out last week, "These kids care about two things: How they play and where their girlfriend's are."
Boeheim made the comments after Syracuse squeaked by UConn in the Big East Tournament -- and following a Yahoo.com report that revealed a cover-up of failed drug tests. But it's one thing to have a singular focus, it's something else entirely to do it with backups. Which is exactly the task facing Syracuse, now without sophomore big man Fab Melo, who will miss the tournament because of eligibility issues.
How important can one player be? Consider this cold dose of reality, via CBSSports.com's Thomas Casale: "When Melo was suspended for three games earlier this season, the Orange were minus-34 in rebounding differential and averaged 60 points per game. Now, with Melo out for the NCAA tournament, freshman Rakeem Christmas will need to step up. Christmas has played C and PF, averaging 2.5 points in 10.1 minutes this season."
Syracuse is the No. 1 seed in the East bracket but No. 2 Ohio State now has to be the favorites to advance to the Final Four (although keep an eye out for No. 3 Florida State, ACC Tourney champs). In fact, the Orange will be lucky if they get past No. 5 Vanderbilt or No. 4 Wisconsin in the regional semifinals.
2. Watch out for UConn? It seems like a ridiculous sentiment given that, two weeks ago, we were talking about the Huskies as a bubble team at best and NIT-bound at worse. But that was before Jim Calhoun returned after missing a month with back troubles. He took his familiar place on the bench for UConn's regular-season finale, and his presence returned immediate dividends.
In the 12 previous games, the Huskies had lost nine times. In the four subsequent contests, they won three (including a 2-1 record in the conference tournament) and their only loss came against Syracuse, 58-55, in one of their most consistent performances of the season.
But unlike a year ago, when UConn won five games in five days to capture the Big East Tournament crown, and then proceeded to win six more for their third NCAA title under Calhoun, this unit is lacking a two things: Kemba Walker and experience.
But while UConn might be young, Jeremy Lamb, Shabazz Napier and Alex Oriakhi were all critical components in the team's success in 2010-11. And just like last year, they're under no real pressure; no one expects them to do much. If they get past Iowa State in the second round, they'll meet Kentucky, the tourney's top seed. One thing to keep in mind: the Huskies beat the Wildcats last year in the tournament, with many of the same faces on both teams.
3. Will a No. 1 seed finally lose to a No. 16? It's never happened in the history of the NCAA Tournament (they're 0-108 all-time), so the laws of probability suggest that it's not likely to happen this year either. But Ken Pomeroy of KenPom.com, who knows more about the analytics of college basketball than anyone, thinks that the time may have arrived, noting that "2012 has produced three of the strongest 16-seeds in the history of the tournament." Obviously, Syracuse should be worried (they face UNC-Asheville), but Pomeroy writes that he'll be paying particular attention to "whomever emerges from the Lamar/Vermont game to take on UNC. This will be the year." He admits that the odds remain long, just not as long as history suggests.
Either way, the Heels, like the Orange, will likely be without one of their best players: big man John Henson. Unlike the Orange, Henson hasn't been suspended and isn't out indefinitely. He injured his left wrist during the ACC Tournament, missed the final two games, and now he's questionable for Friday afternoon's game. UNC still has one of the biggest front court's in the country with Tyler Zeller, James Michael McAdoo and Harrison Barnes, but Henson blocks shots as effortlessly as he inhales, and he fundamentally changes the opponent's offensive game plan. Maybe his absence won't be a problem for the Heels. Then again, maybe it will.
4. Should Kansas be worried? If you watched Sunday's selection show, you saw plenty of schools ecstatic to qualify for the tournament. When CBS announced that Kansas would be No. 2 seed in the Midwest region they displayed all the excitement you might expect from someone who just had their car stolen.
It's an understandable reaction; the Jayhawks were 27-6, Big 12 regular season champs, and winners of nine of its last 10 games. They expected a top seed. They'll no doubt use the slight (perceived or otherwise) as motivation as they make their way through the bottom of the bracket.
But No. 15 Detroit, their first opponent, shouldn't be overlooked. For starters, they're out of the Horizon League, which sent Butler to back-to-back Final Fours. Then there's this (via the Law Vegas Review-Journal): Detroit has more McDonald's All-Americans on its roster than the Jayhawks. Plus, Kansas, no matter their seed, has a history of early-round struggles. In case you're wondering, only four No. 15 seeds have knocked off a No. 2 seed, the last coming 11 years ago when Hampton beat Iowa State.
5. Barack Obama has filled out his bracket. In 2009, the president correctly picked UNC to win it all and he's going with the Tar Heels again in 2012. He has them beating Kentucky.
"They are an older team, more experienced team," he told ESPN. "I think Kentucky is unbelievably talented, but I think Marshall's play, (Tyler) Zeller's play – I see North Carolina winning it all. And, since they won it for me the last time I picked them, hopefully I will be able to get a little redemption for the last two years."
Ah, yes, the last two years. In 2010, Obama had Kansas beating Kentucky (Duke defeated Butler), and in 2011 the president liked Kansas over Ohio State (UConn beat Butler -- though to Obama's credit, he had UConn making it to the Elite 8).


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On August 25, 2007, the collapse of a wind turbine tower at the Klondike III Wind Farm near Wasco, Ore., killed one worker and injured another. As a result of the incident, the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services, Occupational Safety and Health Division (Oregon OSHA), Salem, Ore., has fined the manufacturer a total of $10,500 for safety violations.
According to a press release issued by Oregon OSHA, three technicians were performing maintenance on a wind turbine tower. After applying a service brake to stop the blades from moving, one of the workers entered the hub of the turbine. He then positioned all three blades to the maximum wind resistance position and closed all three energy isolation devices on the blades. The devices are designed to control the mechanism that direct the blade pitch so workers don't get injured while they are working in the hub. Prior to leaving the confined space, the worker did not return the energy isolation devices to the operational position. Therefore, when he released the service brake, wind energy on the out-of-position blades caused an "overspeed" condition, causing one of the blades to strike the tower and the tower to collapse, the Oregon OSHA investigation found.
The technician working at the top of the tower died in the collapse. The worker who was on his way down a ladder in the tower when it collapsed was injured, while the third worker, who was outside the tower, was unharmed.
During its investigation, Oregon OSHA found no structural problems with the tower. However, several violations of safety rules were discovered, including:
Workers were not properly instructed and supervised in the safe operation of machinery, tools, equipment, process, or practice they were authorized to use or apply. The technicians working on the turbine each had less than two months of experience, and no supervisor was present on site. The workers were unaware of the potential for catastrophic failure of the turbine that could occur as a result of not restoring energy isolation devices to the operational position.
The company's procedures for controlling potentially hazardous energy during service or maintenance activities did not fully comply with Oregon OSHA regulations. Oregon OSHA requirements include developing, documenting, and using detailed procedures and applying lockout or tagout devices to secure hazardous energy in a "safe" or "off" position during service or maintenance. Several energy isolation devices in the towers, such as valves and lock pins, were not designed to hold a lockout device, and energy control procedures in place at the time of the accident did not include the application and removal of tagout devices.
Employees who were required to enter the hub (a permit-required confined space) or act as attendants to employees entering the hub had not been trained in emergency rescue procedures from the hub.
According to Michael Wood, Oregon OSHA administrator, the manufacturer "has made changes to the tower's engineering controls to ensure it does not happen again."
The manufacturer appealed the findings on March 21. On April 16, the company met with Oregon regulators to defend its safety procedures that were in place at the time of the incident. The meeting was closed to the media and public.