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Manhattan's biggest hotel gets even greener
From: GTG staff, Green Traveler Guides, ENN
Published June 13, 2012 08:33 AM
A new living green roof and a super-energy-efficient heat and power system are the latest eco-upgrades at Hilton New York, the city's largest hotel.
The 16,000-square-foot green roof system is planted with vegetation from an upstate New York farm. The foliage and roots naturally absorb airborne pollutants, which prevents carbon dioxide from being released into the atmosphere. The vegetated rooftop also deflects solar radiation and reduces the energy needed to cool the hotel. All together, these benefits help to reduce the hotel's Urban Heat Island effect—increased temperatures in midtown Manhattan due to dense cityscapes and lack of vegetation.
The environmentally friendly cogeneration (combined heat and power) system—the largest of any New York City hotel— uses clean and efficient natural gas to produce electricity and hot water. The Hilton New York's 1,981 rooms and common areas consume more than 23 million kilowatt hours of electricity per year, and the new system will provide more than half the hotel's electrical power plus 40+ percent of steam used for heating and hot water. It is expected to reduce the Hilton New York's carbon footprint by more than 30 percent. The carbon dioxide reduction into the atmosphere will be more than 10,000 metric tons per year—equal to removing more than 6,000 mid-sized sedans from the roads.
For Earth Week 2012, the hotel was host to sustainability experts and advocates from across the corporate world for the Sustainable Operations Summit. Other green programs at the Hilton New York include the use of UTC Power fuel cell technology, a cleaner method of providing electric power and hot water to the property. In 2009, the Avenue of the Americas Association awarded Hilton New York with the "Green Street" Award in recognition of this fuel cell investment.
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Prospects Daily: Euro Area services PMI rises; Brazil's industrial production slows; Philippines' 2012 inflation improved
Financial Markets…The Standard & Poor's 500 Index added 0.1% in Friday morning trade and the dollar weakened 0.2% versus the euro after a U.S. Labor Department report showed a slightly slower than expected employment growth in December. The S&P500 has advanced 4.1% this week, gearing for its largest weekly gain in 13 months.
10-year U.S. Treasury yields rose 4 basis points to 1.95%, paring some losses after climbing to a nine-month high of 1.97% before a government report on U.S. employment. Treasuries extended losses yesterday as investors feared the possibility of U.S. Federal Reserve ending its $85 billion monthly bond purchase program sometime this year.
Developing-stock markets fell for the first time in 10 days, with the benchmark MSCI index sliding 0.6% from a 17-month high closing yesterday, after Fed policy makers said they may end their stimulus monetary policy. Emerging-market stocks jumped 108% during the first round of so-called quantitative easing, and they have advanced 9.5% since the U.S. Federal Reserve announced a third round on September 13.
High-income Economies…U.S. nonfarm payroll employment rose 155,000 in December, below the 161,000 increase in November, with a slower pace of increase in private sector employment and a drop in public sector employment. The unemployment rate held steady at 7.8% in December.
U.S. factory orders were flat in November, following a 0.8% (m/m) rise the previous month. However, nondefense capital goods order excluding aircrafts – a proxy for future business investment – rose a robust 2.6% (m/m) following a 3% rise the previous month. The ISM non-manufacturing index for the U.S. index rose to 56.1 in December (the highest reading since February) from 54.7 in November.
Euro Area consumer price inflation remained steady at 2.2% (y/y) in December according to preliminary estimates, the same rate as November, as a weakening pace of year-on-year increases in energy prices was offset by a slight pickup in food and services inflation. The overall inflation rate remains above the European Central Bank's 2% target.
Markit's services Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for the Euro Area rose to 47.8 in December from 46.7 in November, suggesting a slower pace of contraction in services sectors (An index level below 50 indicates contraction). Despite an earlier reported modest decline in the manufacturing PMI (to 46.1 from 46.2), a composite index that includes both manufacturing and services rose to 47.2 from 46.5 in November.
Services PMI for Germany rose above the 50-mark to 52.0 in December from 49.7 in November. PMIs rose in Italy (to 45.6 from 44.6) and Spain (to 44.3 from 42.4), but fell in France (to 45.2 from 45.8). Services PMI for Ireland fell to 55.8 from 56.1, but indicating a still robust pace of expansion.
German retail sales rose 1.2% (m/m) in November, almost reversing a 1.3% drop the previous month. Retail sales were 0.9% lower than a year earlier in November.
Developing Economies…China's HSBC business activity index for service sector declined to 51.7 in December from 52.1 in November suggesting a continued, but somewhat weaker expansion of service sector activity in December compared to November. An earlier survey by China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP) and the National Bureau of Statistics suggested that that China's service sector growth accelerated to a four-month high in December.
Residential property prices in China increased for the first time in nine months in December, though at a marginal rate, indicating that the property market is on a recovery path. The house price index, which measures the average cost of a new home in 100 major cities, moved up 0.03% on an annual basis in December, ending eight months of declines.
Inflation in the Philippines edged up to 2.9% in December from 2.8% in November, mainly on the account of higher inflation for food, beverages and tobacco. The annual average inflation rate in 2012 at 3.1% was the lowest registered over the past five years. Inflation in 2012 was also significantly lower than 4.7% attained in 2011.
Brazil's industrial production decreased 1% (y/y) in November following a 2.5% growth in October, pulled down by decrease in production of capital goods. On a monthly basis, industrial production also fell by 0.6% in November.
Meanwhile, Brazil's Markit Economics activity index for services sector, which increased to 53.5 in December from 52.5 in November, suggests that service sector expanded at the fastest rate in nine months in December.
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VERGENNES — For three quarters, the Vergennes Union High School boys' lacrosse team used a suffocating defense to cling close with Mount Abraham, but the a four-goal fourth quarter propelled the Eagles to a 7-3 victory on the road. The Eagles improved to 7-6 on the season, with one game left on the schedule, while the Commodores dropped to 4-11.
The Eagles kept Commodore goalie Broc Clark busy; he turned aside 22 of the 29 shots Mount Abe threw his way. Will White Pifer, Whit Lower, and Travis Bachand each netted a pair of goals for Mount Abe while
It was the spring of my seventh-grade year. It was my first year in the public school system, and as baseball season came around, it was the first time I wouldn't be coached by my father.
I had heard about the middle school baseball coach, but never laid eyes on him. All I knew was that he ran camps for kids and I knew players that attended them, he had coached for a while, and his name was Mike Ringey. I couldn't for the life of me tell him apart from a teacher at Middlebury Union Middle School.
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PORT HENRY, N.Y. — In 1950, Major League baseball fans across the nation watched the New York Yankees capture their second of five consecutive world championships, Boston's Ted Williams become the highest paid player in history at $125,000, and Cleveland's Bob Feller capture his 200th victory.
Meanwhile, baseball fans in eastern New York saw a historic battle — the first night game ever at Mineville High, a bout between unbeaten rivals Mineville and Port Henry.
CASTLETON — As the final eight teams competed for a shot at a state title in Castleton over the weekend, the Addison County Legion baseball team found itself travelling deep into the five-day tournament. As the tournament reached its conclusion, however, AC was unable to muster the one big play to put it over the top.
The Addison County Legion team fell in the semi-finals for the second consecutive season, placing third overall and completing the 2013 campaign with an 18-7 overall record.
MIDDLEBURY — For two months, dreams of success and glory have been forming among some of the top American Legion baseball teams across Vermont. Now, as the focus shifts toward Castleton and the state tournament this Thursday through Monday, it is time for these dreams to come to fruition.
For Addison County, earning a five wins in nine games played in seven days means the team can pencil themselves in as the top seed in the North Division of the state tournament.
MIDDLEBURY — With the postseason looming, the Addison County American Legion baseball team is in its most daunting stretch of the season. Due to earlier postponements, AC recently began a stretch of nine games in nine days.
AC (14-2, 13-2 in Northern Division play as of Tuesday) started off on July 12 by playing at surprise playoff contender Montpelier. Powered by a dominant pitching performance from Devin Hayes, AC jumped ahead early and held on for a 2-1 victory.
MIDDLEBURY — As the Northern Division playoff contenders begin to distance themselves from the pack for the stretch run, the Addison County Legion team continued to roll, reeling off four recent wins in four days.
Addison began the stretch by grabbing a pair of come-from-behind victories against visiting South Burlington on Saturday, 5-4 and 3-2.
On Sunday, AC traveled to Hinesburg to face S.D. Ireland for the third and final time on the season and held off a rally for a 6-4 victory, winning the season series, 2-1.
MIDDLEBURY — As the American Legion baseball season neared the midway point, Addison County faced a tough test, a recent stretch of five games in five days.
AC responded with four wins, while the fifth game was suspended entering the ninth inning. Addison was set to visit Montpelier on this past Tuesday and South Burlington the next day, but both games were postponed due to bad weather.
MIDDLEBURY — All the pre-season jitters are gone now that opening weekend is in the rearview mirror. The Addison County Legion baseball team kicked off the 2013 campaign with a shortened bench for many of the games, missing players for college orientations and Boys' State, but still managed to pull a 2-1 record out of the gate.
MIDDLEBURY — As the calendar flips to the hotter months, so too begins the summer baseball season. And for many of the area's top baseball players, the summer means one thing — American Legion baseball.
For Addison County, the contingent of Middlebury, Mount Abraham and Vergennes union high school ball players join forces once again as they compete in the Northern Division of Vermont American Legion Baseball.
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What do you know? I think this was the best RHMOL yet. Even though it had been the hardest script to write and we had the smallest audience of the run (still 200ish in), somehow on the night it came together. It had involved some last minute writing in the morning, including adapting an old half-idea about shoulder angels and devils into a sketch and some prudent editing based on last night's gig, but maybe that's what this project requires. Some of the new ideas could possibly have done with a few more run outs to knock the edges off, but given all the limitations I was really pleased with how it worked. I was more relaxed and playful and we've learned a fair bit in the previous four records. And we had time to do a full run through of the script which didn't happen in shows 1 and 4 for various reasons. Plus I got to have sex with a doughnut and then have to retake the sex with the doughnut so that it could be captured properly on film. I think the sex with the doughnut bit is going to be worth the £15 series pass fee on its own.
And the interview with Professor Lance Workman (who if academia doesn't work out for him has a name made for the porn industry) hit just the right balance of silliness, serious discussion and me asking him if he'd be prepared to dress up as his non-existent sister so I could have sex with her (him).
What a relief it was, as I had anticipated this show being a bit of a messy hotchpotch, but actually it had quite a nice through-line and worked towards a conclusion. With a bit more work it could have been a tour show in itself - and the idea of rewriting both the seven deadly sins and/or the ten commandments would actually provide a great structure for an Edinburgh show. Perhaps I will revisit it some way down the line. I did include a routine about my argument and near fight with the 10 year old who was cycling on the pavement recently and it feels like there is more mileage in that, so that might find its way into this year's Edinburgh show. In its mix of old ideas revisited, new stuff and stuff that might get developed later on it had a real past, present and future feel to it. But the main point of this project is to find out what is possible and explore this potential new medium for comedy. Five shows in I think we're all getting a better idea of what we can achieve and where we might go with it. And I think we can really crack a series like As It Occurs To Me on this model. Using the last minute nature of it all as a positive and riding the wave of adrenaline that comes with it, but also doing some pre-filming with our expanding team of enthusiastic and talented camera, sound and animating people. I am very glad I didn't go with my gut/flight instinct and postpone this recording. There's just one more to go til the series is all in the can (though lots of editing work to do - episode 2 has some fiddly last few bits to do, though work has begun on episode 3). It is an achievement just to have got this far. With your support we can do much more. Either financial or just promoting the idea by letting your pals know about it would be great. Episode 1 has had about 20,000 views now on youtube and vimeo. And for every 20 people who watch, one seems prepared to make some level of investment in it. So tell 20 people and you'll probably earn us a pound!
It would be an enormous boost to get a big crowd for the last one, so come along if you can. It's only a tenner and my guest is the brilliant Aleks Krotoski.
Thanks to Chris Evans (not that one, or that one, Christ I've mentioned him enough that you'd think you'd know which one I meant by now) and all his team.
Bizarre to see all the Marathon runners mooching round the city post-race with their chunky medals this evening and to realise it's ten years since I did that myself. I don't think I will ever do it again, though have commited to do the Royal Parks Half Marathon again in the autumn (and am hoping to come in in a more respectable time). If you want to relive the 26.2 miles of pain, here's the blog entry from that younger, stupider and fitter man that I once was, but no longer am (well maybe still stupid).


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Title: Red Moon Rising
Author: Peter Moore
Publisher: Disney Hyperion
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Being only half-vamp in a high school like Carpathia Night makes you a whole loser. But Danny Gray manages to escape the worst of the specists at his school. Thanks to genetic treatments he had as an infant, most people assume Danny's other half is human. Which is a good thing.
Ever since the development of synthetic blood – SynHeme – vamps have become society's elite, while wulves like his father work menial jobs and live in bad neighborhoods. Wulves are less than second class citizens; once a month they become inmates, forced to undergo their Change in dangerous government compounds.
For Danny, living with his vamp mother and going to a school with a nearly all-vamp student body, it's best to pretend his wulf half doesn't even exist. But lately Danny's been having some weird symptoms — fantastic night vision; a keener-than-usual sense of smell; and headaches, right around the full moon.
Even though it's easy to be in denial, it's hard to ignore evidence. There's only a month until the next few moon, and Danny's time is running out.
I am surprised by how much I loved this book! When I first sat down with it, it just wasn't clicking with me. We weren't bonding. I put it down after just a few pages, and started reading something else. Then, I went back to it, and I was puzzled by my prior response to it. I got sucked right into the story, and didn't want to put the book down! I guess that proves that there is a time and a place for every story – you just have to connect at the right time.
I loved Danny Gray. What a terrific character! I feel that I really got to know him, and I appreciated his fears and doubts. He's half-vamp and half-wulf, and lately he's been feeling pretty strange. Vampyres never get sick, but suddenly Danny isn't feeling too hot. Synthetic blood nauseates him. He's suffering from intensely painful headaches. Slowly he begins to have a dreadful fear – what if he's going to Change?
The world of Red Moon Rising had me totally convinced that vampyres, werewulves, and humans mingled together in society. Vamps are shrewd and highly intelligent, and they pretty much run the show. Wulves are discriminated against, thought to possess lower IQ's, and are strictly regulated by the government. They are forced to register, and are required, by law, to report to unsafe compounds every month during the full moon. Unregistered wulves are considered no better than animals, and they hunted without mercy. You can imagine Danny's dismay when he starts to think that his werewulf genes are winning a battle for his body.
The relationships held my interest, and since the book is character driven, interpersonal dynamics needed to be strong. They were. Danny has many relationships to iron out, including dealing with his guilt about his father. After being embarrassed at school by him, Danny dropped him like a hot potato and hasn't had much to do with him. Now that he's showing signs of the Change, he needs his father's advice, and it takes a lot for him to contact his dad again after not speaking to him in years. Then there are the usual teenage boy issues for him to work through; his first crush seems to like him back, and he's being bullied by the most popular guy in school. Of all of the relationships, the one with Gunther was the least interesting for me. One-dimensional bullies are getting stale, and I really wish that Danny's antagonist had possessed more depth.
Overall, though, the book kept me engaged and transfixed. I liked Danny, I thought the pacing was spot on, and I did not want to put this one down. I am hoping for a sequel, because there were a few plot threads that didn't get neatly tied up, and I would just like to spend more time getting to know the characters.
Grade: A-
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Video Archive - Livcom Awards 2011
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Livcom 2011 Finalists
- Whole City Award - List of Finalists
- Project Awards - List of Finalists
- Bursary Award - List of Finalists
Whole Cities Invited to Finals as at 16th September
Category A - Population up to 20,000
Gotarrendura, Castilla y Leon
Jinhwa, Tainan
Sun Rivers Resort
Xinqiao Town, Jiangyin City
Category B – Population 20,001 – 75,000
Anping District, Tainan
Dalongdong, Taipei,
City of Greater Geraldton
Hagi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture
Houbi District, Tainan
City of Mandurah
Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm
Seocheon County
City of Tabor The Komora Relaxation Zone
Yueliangwan Community, Linyi, Shandong
Category C – Population 75,001 – 150,000
Carmel, Indiana
Namwon City
North Charleston, South Carolina
Rosario Municipality
San Carlos City
Sangju City
Santiago City
Tongyeong City
Yang Pyeong-Gun
Category D – Population 150,001 – 400,000
Andong Municipality
Batangas City
Gunsan City
Gwangsan City, Gwangju
Hue City
Joondalup City
Kuantan Community, City of Kuantan
Nansha District, Guangzhou
Nilufer Municipality
Paranaque City
Seogwipo City
Siena Province
Taitung County, Taiwan
Category E – Population over 400,000
Bilbao Municipality
Dagupan City
Greater Ankara Municipality
Iloilo City
Jeju City
Kumamoto City
Las Pinas City
City of Lviv
Nanjing, Jiangsu Province
City of San Fernando, Pampanga
Seocho City
Yilan County, Taiwan
Projects Invited to Finals as at 16th September
|Al Ain City Municipality
|Al Ain Wild Life Park & Resort
|Al Ain City Municipality
|Al Ain Central Market and Bawadi Mall
|Al Ain City Municipality
|Redeveloping Al Jahili Park
|"Glass Gardens" Rehabilitation and Habitat Enhancement
|Environmental Station to prevent cement dust and greenhouse gasses from being emitted to the atmosphere
|City Government of Batangas
|City E-Code
|Bilbao: Culture as an Economic Engine
|Reconstruction of St. Joseph Church and Monastery Gardens
|Dagupan City
|River Rehabilitation Program
|Dalongdong, Taipei
|Taipei Confucius Temple Historic District Revitalization Project
|Dalongdong, Taipei
|Eco-Friendly Environment Plan and Design of Taipei International Flora Expo (Pavilions of Xinsheng Park)
|Revitalization of Historic Dubai
|Greater Ankara Municipality
|The Haven House
|Greater Ankara Municipality
|North Ankara Entrance Urban Regeneration Project
|Greater Ankara Municipality
|Hacibayram – Protection & Renovation Project
|Greater Ankara Municipality
|Dikmen Valley Urban Regeneration and Development Project
|Coral International City
|The EcoCompass Project
|Hue City
|Improving environment and preserving historical value through Dong Ba River Project
|Iloilo City
|2011 Iloilo Dinagyang Festival
|Iloilo City
|Post LivCom: Advancing the Iloilo River Development Initiatives through Integrated Sustainable Management
|Timber and Stone Training Workshops
|City of Johannesburg
|Xtreme Park Makeover: Pimville and Claremont
|City of Johannesburg
|International Year of Biodiversity Programmes
|City of Johannesburg
|Dhlamini Eco Park
|City of Johannesburg
|A Community of Parks
|City of Joondalup
|City of Joondalup Beach Management Plan
|Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
|The World Games Main Stadium
|Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
|Cuehua Bikeway Exclusive Bridge
|Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
|Houjin Stream Remediation & Yicyun Landscape Bridge
|Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
|Jhongdu Wetland
|The Rainbow Home
|City of Kuching North
|EM Bokashi Home Composting
|Las Pinas City
|Las Pinas-Zapote River System Rehabilitation Project
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|Active Logan Program
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|Suite of Community Services Strategies
|Environmentally Sustainable Project
|Huijie New Town
|Nansha District, Guangzhou
|Nansha Wetlands
|Nansha District, Guangzhou
|Improving the Living Environment in Rural Area
|King Leopold II Park Renovation
|Nilufer Municipality
|Change your bag - change your future
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|The Capital of Bicycle
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|Lantingge Garden
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|Yueliangwan Community, Linyi, Shandong
|The Project of Culture Centre of Yueliangwan City
|Yilan, Taiwan
|Lanyang Museum: Window of Yilan
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|Composting: Alternative Livelihood for Wastepickers
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|Three Hours of Happiness
|No Risk, No Play
|Nilufer Municipality
|Nilufer Goes Green with Students
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|Siena Carbon Free 2015
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Host City Songpa
Welcome to Songpa, host of The International Awards for Liveable Communities 2011 (The LivCom Awards)
As Mayor and on behalf of the city of Songpa, Seoul, Republic of Korea, I welcome the LivCom Awards 2011. Songpa is a big city with 690,000 residents. Its historical breadth as the pivot of an ancient kingdom some 2,000 years ago remains very much alive to this day. Songpa has also elevated Korea's national prestige by hosting the 1988 Olympic Games. At this point, we are proud to announce that we are hosting the LivCom Awards 2011.
By inspiring the spirit of "Think Globally, Act Regionally" in order to cope with climate change, Songpa is building a cornerstone for sustainable growth in the areas of culture, welfare, and environment. The city is also pooling the efforts of the whole community to make Songpa the world's best liveable city.
There are also other collaborative efforts to accomplish sustainable growth of the community, including the City of Water: Water-Way Project, which connects four waterways with a total length of 27km; the Alternative Energy Development Project, which fulfils both environmental and welfare needs by supporting those on low incomes through profits from the operation of public solar power generators; the River Restoration Project for the diversity of the ecosystem; and the construction and utilisation of the 116km-long bicycle path to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to improve the health of the residents.
Songpa is the city where human beings coexist with Mother Nature, a place where one can enjoy the blue and green colors of nature anywhere, anytime, and a World Health Organisation (WHO)-approved "Safe City". Now, Songpa, as a representative of South Korea, is ready to present its splendid culture and history to the global communities.
I look forward to meeting each one of you at the LivCom Awards 2011 in Songpa
Yours sincerely,
Park Choon Hee
Mayor of Songpa
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- The compilation of the Initial Report is a self-audit process that can provide the basis for a future plan to create a liveable community.
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- You will be able to showcase your City's Best Practice on an international stage and influence accepted International Best Practice.
- Civic pride will be enhanced by being with 'the leading communities in the world'.
- Innovation is encouraged.
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- Engagement by the community is encouraged.
- Described by many participants as 'the most rewarding professional experience of
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I can assure you that participating in the LivCom Awards is professionally rewarding and will potentially bring long-lasting benefits to your City.
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Capital Campaigns: The Quick And Painless Beginner 's Guide
Whether gearing up for a capital campaign or are just looking to learn more about these intense fundraising endeavors, this guide has you covered.
You may be asking:
- What is a capital campaign?
- How does a capital campaign work?
- What do I need to run a successful campaign?
- Who should be involved in the campaign?
- What does a typical campaign timeline look like?
Good news! We have the answers.
Let 's dive in.
1. What is a capital campaign?
A capital campaign is a targeted, long-term fundraising endeavor designed to raise funds for a specific project within a defined timeline.
Capital campaigns are often used for tangible causes like building renovations or construction projects. As such, they usually entail multiple years of work and millions of dollars.
Healthcare and educational institutions most often embark on these ambitious projects, but any organization can take advantage of a capital campaign with proper planning and careful execution.
Because they're such demanding projects, they're usually divided into distinct phases of fundraising, which we'll cover in the next section.
2. How does a capital campaign work?
A capital campaign is divided into two main phases: the quiet phase and the public phase.
Let's discuss each in more detail.
The quiet phase
During the quiet phase of a capital campaign, you'll reach out to major donor prospects and ask them for targeted gifts. From this small group of donors, you 'll raise the majority of your goal.
You should raise 50% - 70% of your overall goal during the quiet phase. The purpose is to build momentum for your campaign before you announce it to the public.
The quiet phase will involve in-person conversations between your frontline fundraisers and your top prospects.
It's important to be candid during these conversations. Be upfront about your intentions when contacting major donors for gifts, and explain how much you need to raise.
The public phase
During the public phase, you'll launch your campaign to your entire donor base and the community at large.
This phase will make use of your existing communication channels as you reach out to donors through email, direct mail, social media, etc.
These smaller and mid-sized donations should account for the remaining 30% - 50% of your goal.
Since capital campaigns are divided into unique phases, it's important that your nonprofit prepares a communication plan for each distinct group of donors.
According to these campaign best practices, courtesy of Aly Sterling Philanthropy, your nonprofit should:
"Set a goal specific to each phase in your capital campaign to direct how you will communicate with donors. Make sure the budget falls in line with the budget for your overall campaign."
Anticipating the communication costs that you'll incur during each phase of the campaign is vital to ensuring your overall success.
3. What do I need to run a successful capital campaign?
There are many elements to a successful capital campaign, but these are the most fundamental to getting your campaign off the ground.
Case for support
A case for support, or case statement, is the most important aspect of your campaign. A case for support explains why donors should give to your campaign.
More specifically, a case for support is a concise overview of the purpose of your organization and why it deserves donor support. You likely already have a case for support that's communicated by your donation request letters or mission statement, but you'll need to develop one that's specific to your project and capital campaign as well.
Nonprofits that use a case statement to demonstrate their impact, needs, and course of action are more likely to meet their goals.
In short, a case for support should show donors:
- Why your campaign matters
- How much you need to raise
- How their donations can help
Feasibility study
A feasibility study will determine whether or not a capital campaign is viable for your organization.
After all, capital campaigns are expensive and complicated endeavors; it 's important that an organization is well-equipped to handle the inevitable challenges.
Here 's how it works: an objective third party representative interviews key stakeholders and focus groups to elicit their perceptions of your organization and the capital campaign.
The results of the study should show:
- Whether people would be willing to donate to your capital campaign
- How much you could reasonably raise from your current donor base
- How donors feel about the project and if they see it as instrumental to your cause
- If your board is supportive of the campaign
- The questions and concerns that donors have about the campaign
Ultimately, a feasibility study will guide the course of your capital campaign and determine your fundraising goal.
Marketing plan
A marketing and communications plan is vital for reaching your donors and ensuring that you achieve your fundraising goal.
A marketing plan will involve mapping out when and how you'll use your various communication channels to advertise your campaign to specific donors.
It's important that you tell a story, drawing from your case for support.
Why should donors care about the capital campaign? How does the campaign ultimately further your cause?
Address any recurring questions and concerns gleaned from your feasibility study in your outreach. Show donors that you value their feedback and want to meet them where they already are.
4. Who should be involved in the campaign?
A capital campaign requires multiple leaders who are capable of filling the necessary roles.
As articulated in this Double the Donation guide:
"Without the support of board members, staff, and individuals within the area, a capital campaign has little to no chance of succeeding."
As such, it's important to get everyone on board. You can energize key team members with your feasibility study, but it 's also vital that you fill in important internal roles.
Specifically, you'll need:
- Board and development committee. Your board and development committee will arrange budget priorities to fund your campaign. Their support is vital for getting your campaign off the ground.
- Campaign chair(s). The campaign chair will lead your campaign efforts, attending relevant meetings and directing staff and volunteers.
- Planning committee. The planning committee consists of 10-15 members, including staff and volunteers. They'll ensure everything is ready for the quiet phase.
- Steering committee. This committee oversees the campaign once it reaches the quiet phase. The steering committee should consist of effective advocates and solicitors who can actively raise funds.
In addition to building your in-house team, you'll want to consider hiring outside assistance in the form of a capital campaign consultant.
A consultant is an expert advisor who can help with specific campaign services and general campaign management. A consultant can be an enormous asset and resource for your team.
Most often, they 're used as the objective third-party representative in a feasibility study. That said, consultants are usually hired for the duration of the campaign - as partners who can assist your nonprofit with new challenges and opportunities as they arise.
To learn more about the top consultants who can help your organization, check out this DonorSearch resource.
5. What does a typical campaign timeline look like?
Now that you understand the basic components of a capital campaign, it 's important to understand how they progress (and ultimately, how they 'll work together to help you achieve your fundraising goal).
Here 's how the timeline works:
Step 1: Feasibility stage
During this stage, you 'll perform your feasibility study and use the results to set your campaign goal and determine the effectiveness of your case for support.
Step 2: Pre-campaign planning
During this phase, you 'll build your campaign strategy and list your major donor prospects. Additionally, you 'll secure and train your leadership so that they 're ready to execute the campaign.
This phase ends once you 're prepared to ask for donations.
Step 3: Quiet phase
Now, you 're ready to ask for major gifts!
Keep your team focused on reaching 50% - 70% of your goal - once you do, you 're ready to move forward!
Step 4: Kick-off
Launch your campaign to the public with a kick-off. You should send out a press release and host an event (or otherwise catch the attention of your donors and the general public).
Have an online donation form ready to collect donations for your campaign as soon as you start the kick-off. You may want to build a separate website for your campaign or designate a donation page for the campaign instead of your annual fund.
Step 5: Public phase
During this phase, you 'll collect donations from the general public.
Rotary presentations, media coverage, and one-on-one meetings with key community leaders can keep your momentum going until you reach your fundraising goal.
Step 6: Stewardship
It's vital that you thank donors for their gifts ASAP. And don 't just thank them - recognize them as the invaluable supporters that they are.
You may have a donor wall for high-level contributors, or you may send thank you notes to each and every supporter.
The key is to follow-up on their contributions and show them how much they mean to your organization. After all, you want to build sustainable relationships so that donors want to return to your nonprofit.
Be sure to update donors on post-campaign progress as well (they want to see that their donations have been put to good use!).
Stewardship is an ongoing process that doesn't simply end when your campaign does, so be sure to keep your outreach consistent so these donors stay connected to your mission.
Now that you know the basics to running a capital campaign, you can determine whether a campaign is right for your organization.Though challenging, a capital campaign can be incredibly rewarding. The more prepared you are, the better your chances of success!
JENNY GOLDBERG is an experienced fundraiser, talented speaker and respected advisor with a diverse background in development and media/public relations. At Aly Sterling Philanthropy, Jenny is focused on leading and building a strong advisor team and helping her clients improve fundraising strategies, donor relations, gift cultivation and overall team effectiveness. Read more.
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Decapitation defendant found guiilty
Jonathan Benitez (20) will spend the weekend wondering what his punishment will be after jurors found him guilty of manslaughter late Friday afternoon.
Benitez was charged with killing 16-year-old Mandy Le. Evidence in court showed that Benitez was driving a Cadillac Escalade and swerving back and forth on the roadway. At some point, he struck a curb near the intersection of South Street and Fifth Street and the vehicle's mirror caught a guy wire pulling it taught. The impact threw Le towards the window and when the mirror broke the cable snapped back and caught Le's head. The girl's body was pulled partially out of the vehicle.
Prosecutors said that Benitez pushed Le's body out of the vehicle and told her sister to "get out" after driving several blocks.
Benitez sat stone-faced as the verdict was read and as each individual juror was polled. He faces between two- and 20-years in prison.
Judge John Stevens sent the jury home for the evening with instructions not to read or watch any television coverage of the trial. The jury will begin the punishment phase on Monday at 10 a.m. Several jurors were observed wiping tears from their eyes as the foreperson handed the verdict to the court bailiff for the judge to read.


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I have come to the conclusion that there are too many "geniuses" in our society today. The word is used practically for everyone.
Hollywood is filled with them. Just ask anyone who acts about their co-stars or directors and you get, "He's a genius." I've heard it for sports stars, politicians, artists, Wall Street workers, singers, etc. You name the category, and the title has been used.
President Trump should not have involved himself in the NFL players' protest. In doing so, he became part of the problem instead of part of the solution.
I personally disagree with the means of player protest, but I support their right to peacefully protest. None of our citizens should be required to honor the flag. We are not North Korea.
"I don't agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
Professor Eric P. Robinson's thoughtful and well-written guest column last Friday brought those historic words to mind. Unfortunately, they appear to have been forgotten or disregarded in the current social-political debate.
Some people, notably on our college campuses, seem to believe it is not only their right but their duty to shout down and/or intimidate those whose views they find offensive.
Please help me understand why Lancaster has no reliable public transportation for the residents to get around.
Yes, we have the Lancaster Area Ride Service, operated by the Council on Aging, but they only come to certain parts of the county on certain days.
Do you not realize that you have single mothers that need to get their children to appointments, senior citizens that may have appointments and people in general who want jobs or have jobs they can't get to because they have no reliable transportation or family?
Phil Noble talks of hate groups in his Aug. 25 column. He cites the Southern Poverty Law Center to be a great vehicle for fighting hate.
The Southern Poverty Law Center did good work in the '70s, but now it's just a front organization for the progressive left.
In reality, the SPLC probably has every conservative group on its hate map. If you don't believe in the ideology of the left, then you're more than likely on their map. Don't give the SPLC a dime of your money.
I read Myra McCants' Sept. 15 letter about her son Brent, a sheriff's deputy killed in the line of duty 25 years ago.
This beautiful lady has been through a lot, but she still keeps her faith and love for God.
Myra, my heart goes out to you. And I ask everyone to pray for our sheriff's deputies and our sheriff, Barry Faile, and for all police officers everywhere.
I am 68 years old. Barry and his dad, Williford Faile, are two of the best sheriffs in my time.
My husband and I are in complete opposition to the proposed location for an Indian Land postal facility for numerous reasons.
◆ This facility should be more centrally located in the area it is supposed to serve. Somewhere off U.S. 521 between S.C. 160 and Sun City Carolina Lakes is a more suitable location.
◆ A facility of this size – 15,000 square feet – should not be placed at the entrance of a residential neighborhood. The aesthetics alone are detrimental.
The possibility of the county council moving the public library to the Tucker Building on Main Street raises many questions.
One matter left unsaid in the Lancaster News article is what will happen to the current library building and property on White Street. Will another county department move there? Could it be EMS?
Thanks to all who participated and attended September Fest 2017 in Heath Springs on Sept. 16. Only because of you, it was a great success! Look forward to seeing you next year at September Fest 2018.
Larry Kelly
Rainbow Promise Enterprise
Heath Springs
I am 8 years old and in the third grade at SC Connections Academy. We are studying conservation in South Carolina.
It is important to turn off lights so that we can save energy. Recycling plastic water bottles is good for the environment. Also remember that planting trees is good for our health. It is beautiful too.
I am proud to be a South Carolinian. Don't waste God's resources. Thank you.
Dreona McCoy
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Personal Response to Digital Frontiers Roundtable: Allison Jarek
Description: This response paper is for Dr. Jennifer Way's graduate art history seminar on 20th-21st century art. Students in Way's seminar attended 'Social Media and Digital Communities: A Roundtable Discussion,' a session featured at the Digital Frontiers 2012 conference. Way charged her students with writing a short paper to explore connections between the roundtable and their seminar studies. What follows is a short paper by graduate student, Allison Jarek.
Date: September 21, 2012
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rip a phone book in half
Ripping phone books in half doesn't help my Jiujitsu
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On Sunday I happened to bump into a video about ripping phone books in half while watching some grappling videos. And, you know what happens if you get distracted when watching videos on Youtube, I ended up watching about five more. The people in the videos made it look easy enough so I went off in search of phone books in my house.
I asked my wife where they were and she told me they were in the laundry room. Then she asked why with a note of suspicion in her voice. I told her it was no big deal, I just wanted to see if I could rip one in half.
To make a 'long story short,' I spent five minutes trying to rip a one-inch telephone book down the middle. My wife soon interrupted me and told me I probably should take it easy. I told her I was fine but just before she mentioned that I did notice that my back seemed to tighten up as I was tugging on the book.
Not to be deterred I tried it one more time and this time I followed the proper technique. I ripped that sucker in half. I was ready to call that Christian muscle man Group where one of the guys rips a four-inch phone book in two. I have to admit that I felt euphoric afterwards and that I didn't think about what I did until last night's (Tuesday) BJJ class.
We started off working on ippon seoi nage (shoulder throw). I could barely turn into the throw. I have never had an issue with this technique before so I knew something was wrong. Later when we were working on mount escapes the drill required me take shoot my legs backward and into my opponents armpits. Both my lower back and neck cramped at the same time, while I was folded in half.
I made it through class, but I will have to be careful on the sideline activities.
(That doesn't mean I won't use the telephone book trick to impress my nephews.)


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The Case for Sharing Africa's New Minerals Wealth With All Africans
In country after country in Sub-Saharan Africa, new discoveries of oil, natural gas and mineral deposits have been making headlines every other week it seems. When Ghana's Jubilee oil field hits peak production in 2013, it will produce 120,000 barrels a day. Uganda's Lake Albert Rift Basin fields could potentially produce even greater quantities. Billions of dollars a year could flow into Mozambique and Tanzania thanks to natural gas findings. And in Sierra Leone, mining iron ore in Tonkolili could boost GDP by a remarkable 25 percent in 2012.
My strong hope is that all the people living in these resource-rich African countries also get to share in this new oil and mineral wealth. So far, with one of few exceptions being Botswana, natural resources haven't always improved the lives of people and their families. From what I see on my constant travels to the continent, economic growth in most resource-rich countries is not automatically translating into better health, education, and other key services for poor people.
Many resource-rich countries tend to gravitate towards the bottom of the global Human Development Index, which is a composite measure of life expectancy, education and income.
One strikingly effective way to make sure that all people, especially the poorest, share in the new minerals prosperity is through safety nets and social protection programs. These are designed to protect vulnerable families and promote job opportunities among poor people who are able to work. This in turn makes communities stronger and more secure, while reducing painful inequalities between people.
Social protection programs are already central to poverty-fighting, higher growth national strategies across Africa, and have played a significant role reducing chronic poverty and helping families become more resilient in the face of setbacks such as unemployment, sudden illness, or natural disasters such as droughts or floods. These programs have also allowed families to invest in more livestock or grow more food, and increase their earnings.
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text: AFAIK only rich government departments do business with companies such as DELL. If you're real big you HAVE to sign some sort of deal with a big store anyway. DELL delivers very old junk for the price you can get newer junk usual. Big companies have big overhead, maybe sometimes simply because they decided they WANT x% profit on all deals. I remember at some company i worked for a few months, that i got from DELL hardware that wasn't getting sold even anymore. Obviously that means the service contract in question is just wasting government money. The big trick all salesman understand and civil servant type managers/ directors do not so well understand is that something that's new this year, that if you deliver that 2 years from now, that it's total outdated. Not long ago i heard that a specific company bought off a service contract delivering XT machines. For those here who want to run artificial intelligent software they all have a big need for crunching power at a low price, much in contradiction to the rest here which just wants double precision AND big bandwidth AND big ram usually AND 100% reliability. At 100% reliability and BIG ram AND big bandwidth to huge RAM, there is a big price. Optimizations in that category tree searching software and such (encryption is just a subsection of it) happen at a level which most guys here at this list will never understand. It is much better optimized than other software. There happens sometimes the kind of optimizations that hardware engineers, not exactly layman, sometimes say: "oh dear is that the case?", when talking to them. Suppose you search for the holy grail at a GPU and 1 gpu's RAM is bad, so all your calculations there failed. Heh, you won't even notice it soon, as you have no 'result' that is deterministically verifiable. An example is a parameter optimization i want to perform for my chessprogram. I would need to write a new program for it which is huge at a GPU, basically that program would only be the evaluation function of my program. Such optimization runs are embarrassingly parallel. What matters is simply how many instructions a cycle i can push through. Having at home a few GPU's do that crunching work is very attractive. Biggest problem of GPU's is that i have no money to buy a machine to put a GPU in, let alone buy GPU's just to toy with it. So that's why a friend of mine is hopefully gonna run it at a core or 160 Xeons at TU-Delft, when the machines are idle and not getting used by others. Probably the best project name for this is Ikarus, wasn't it that it is already an existing chess programs name, as the final goal is to explore possibilities after auto recognizing new patterns in a later phase. Will run for years. The big difference in this type of crunching power is that if something goes wrong, that's not a problem; If a bit flips or whatever, it all doesn't matter. I just need the best parameter set it can find for me when searching for the holy grail. I understand Bo Li there very well. He wants the maximum amount of crunching power and can do with 32 bits. A good 1000 watt psu here is around a 100 euro. For under 500 euro you can assemble a great box, then only add the GPU's. Getting 40% performance out of a videocard is very impressive by the way, especially if i consider that no one around me with different types of software (from statistical software to monte carlo to multimedia encoding) doesn't get anywhere near that performance out of it. Yet the difference is, is that all persons here who are cheering for the GPU crunching power, are the same type of guys. Though on paper the software is doing something total different, they all search for some sort of holy grail in an embarrassingly parallel manner. The failed attempts are usually game tree searches that need to combine somehow results using hashtables and/or FFT type tries. Vincent On Sep 5, 2008, at 5:29 PM, Robert G. Brown wrote: > On Fri, 5 Sep 2008, Gerry Creager wrote: > >> At $6k US, and requiring me to get Vista, I'd rather build a >> system starting with, e.g., an Asus motherboard. I save one-third >> the price and I don't have to file the environmental impact >> statement on the flawed OS. I also get NICs I can easily set to >> accommodate Jumbo Frames. > > If you talk to a Dell rep, you can ALMOST invariably get any > server-class system they sell without an operating system or with > Linux > installed, especially if you are ordering in quantity. > > Just FYI -- otherwise I don't disagree with anything you said, > especially Vista of Evil. Although hey, it runs great on 4 GB and up > systems, at least if you don't run large applications on it... or > so I'm > told. > > rgb > >> >> gerry >> >> andrew holway wrote: >>> The new Dell R5400 Rackmount workstation is ideal for this. You can >>> slip two Xeons, 16GB ram and two chunky graphics cards in there. >>> ta >>> Andy >>> On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 6:06 AM, Li, Bo <libo at buaa.edu.cn> wrote: >>>> Hello, >>>> It seems your platform is more suitable for a cluster. Great, >>>> and when are >>>> the products available? And is there any software support from you? >>>> Regards, >>>> Li, Bo >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: Maurice Hilarius >>>> To: Li, Bo >>>> Cc: kus at free.net ; i.kozin at dl.ac.uk ; Beowulf Mailing List >>>> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 9:36 AM >>>> Subject: GPU boards and cluster servers. >>>> Li, Bo wrote: >>>> Hello, >>>> Is it too expensive for the platform? >>>> The easy solution is: >>>> And X48 level motherboard with CF support, about $150 >>>> Q6600 Processor, about $170 >>>> Two 4870X2 $1,100 >>>> Two Seagate SATA Harddisk 500G for Raid1, about $140 >>>> 4*2G DDR2 RAM, about $150 >>>> PSU 1000W, about $200 >>>> A big box, about $100 >>>> That's all, in total, $2,010. >>>> Regards, >>>> Li, Bo >>>> True, to a point. >>>> Most people will not use a desktop board for a cluster. >>>> Too I/O bound. >>>> Finally the memory capacity of these desktop boards is pretty >>>> limiting. >>>> Typically 8GB maximum. >>>> Generally a XEON or Opteron chipset and CPUs will be the choice. >>>> Also, for most GPU/FPU performance work, the memory bandwidth >>>> bottleneck on >>>> the Intel product is too much of a negative factor. >>>> Lastly, for clusters, most want a rackmount chassis. >>>> We developed a 2U designed for a server board and 2 GPU boards. >>>> The big challenge there is power. >>>> We use dual 600W PSUs. One for motherboard, and one for dual GPU >>>> boards. >>>> -- >>>> With our best regards, >>>> Maurice W. Hilarius Telephone: 01-780-456-9771 >>>> Hard Data Ltd. FAX: 01-780-456-9772 >>>> 11060 - 166 Avenue email:maurice at harddata.com >>>> Edmonton, AB, Canada http://www.harddata.com/ >>>> T5X 1Y3 >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org >>>> To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit >>>> http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org >>> To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit >>> http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >> >> > > -- > Robert G. Brown Phone(cell): 1-919-280-8443 > Duke University Physics Dept, Box 90305 > Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 > Web: http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb > Book of Lilith Website: http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/Lilith/Lilith.php > Lulu Bookstore: http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=877977 > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit > http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >


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Easy Appetizers for Summer Parties
Marinated Garlicky Tomatoes
Cara Mangini spoons these luscious tomatoes over crostini that she's smeared with goat cheese or ricotta, then tops each with extra basil. You can also fold them into pasta or cooked grains like farro, or serve them as a side dish with bread to mop up the juices. The recipe comes from The Vegetable Butcher cookbook.
Garlic and Herb White Bean Dip
This hearty dip is a crazy-simple appetizer but also can be the heart of a light supper, served with an assortment of vegetables, cheese, crackers, sliced meat and fruit. The recipe comes from the cookbook Pretty Simple Cooking.
Five-Way Margarita
Switching a few ingredients in our 10-minute limeade drink opens new options. Go for Original Limeade, So Strawberry, Blue Lagoon, Pomegranate or the nonalcoholic Designated Driver.
If you love nachos with your margaritas, bite into our Nachos Grande--loaded with cheese, beans, and a variety of other toppings.
Stuffed Party Pinwheels
Our recipe actually makes two different kinds of tortilla spirals—one flavored with curry powder, the other with garlic and herbs.
Zucchini-Tomato Cups with Blue Cheese
These six-ingredient bite-size appetizers taste best warm, so assemble them in advance and pop them in the oven when guests arrive.
Turkish Carrot Yogurt Dip
White dips don't have to be humdrum. In this recipe from The Vegetable Butcher cookbook, Cara Mangini sautes grated carrot, pine nuts and garlic in olive oil, then stirs the mixture into Greek yogurt.
Tomato Bread
This simple tapa is served as a bar snack throughout Spain. The quantities are deliberately vague—this is a recipe you can (and should) improvise. Make it with ripe local tomatoes and the nicest olive oil you can afford for the best flavor.
Marinated Cheese Cubes
Pantry ingredients turn ordinary Monterey jack into a deli-style party snack that tastes even better when you make it ahead. You can prep it three days in advance.
Mama Carolla's Bruschetta
All our favorite Italian flavors—garlic, tomato, basil and cheese—meet in this crunchy appetizer. The recipe is from Mama Carolla's Old Italian Restaurant in Indianapolis.
Devilishly Good Deviled Eggs
A hint of curry and some chutney elevate these deviled eggs to spectacular. Spoon the filling into a sandwich-size clear plastic bag and snip a corner for easy piping.
Smoked Turkey Tartine with Stone Fruit Salsa
"Tartine" is just fancy for "open-face sandwich." And this one's a delight, with a smear of lemon-pepper goat cheese, thinly sliced turkey and a confettilike tumble of peaches, plums and basil. Pair them with a lettuce salad for a light lunch. Or, to serve as an appetizer, slice them crosswise into strips.
Best Salsa
Make this thick and chunky salsa with fresh tomatoes from your garden. Add more jalapeno peppers if you prefer more heat.
Rosemary-Orange Marinated Olives
This is a dead-simple way to jazz up an ordinary jar of kalamata olives. If possible, give yourself time to chill the olives for two nights for maximum flavor.
Rosy Stone Fruit Sangria
We raided both the fruit bowl and the liquor cabinet for this sparkling make-ahead party drink, marrying citrus and stone fruits with brandy, orange liqueur and rosé wine. (You can use either a sweet wine, such as White Zinfandel, or a more dry variety, like a French or Spanish import.)
Cucumber-Feta Dip
A garnish of pomegranate seeds and mint gives spark to this refreshing dip; it's a healthy choice you'll be glad to have in your recipe box year-round. Serve with pita chips, crisp breadsticks or vegetables.
Ham-Wrapped Asparagus
This iconic three-ingredient Spanish appetizer is an addictive finger food that's just salty and porky enough to go great with drinks.
Garlic Shrimp
You aren't misreading the recipe: This classic Spanish appetizer delivers a lusty punch of roughly one garlic clove for every three shrimp! Serve with a crusty baguette for mopping up the luscious sauce.
Sparkling Berry Lemonade
This fizzy pink drink is a kid-friendly, real-fruit alternative to bottled pop. For an adults-only version, add two tablespoons of rum, tequila or citrus-infused vodka to each serving or 1 to 1 1/4 cups to the batch.
Ricotta and Parmesan Spread
Fresh herbs season this ridiculously simple spread from BelGioioso Cheese in Wisconsin. It keeps well in the fridge and is delicious with cherry tomatoes or other vegetable dippers, as well as crackers or baguette slices.
Classic Gazpacho
Most people think of gazpacho as a cold tomato soup, but the name comes from an Arabic word meaning "soaked bread." Aim to prep it a day ahead, so it's well-chilled and the flavors have time to mingle. Serve as shooters or in bowls.
Banh Mi Bruschetta
The toppings for Banh Mi, a popular Vietnamese sandwich, give bruschetta an update with cucumber, sliced ham and soy sauce.
Sticky, Kicky Chicken Wings with Cilantro Yogurt
The name says it all--serve these baked Cajun-spiced wings with plenty of napkins and a cold drink!
Steak and Romesco Toasts
The almond-pepper sauce on these two-bite open-face sandwiches is delicious in its own right, especially as a sauce for grilled bread or vegetables.
Roasted Carrots with Lemon-Cumin Aioli
Better at room temperature than warm, these carrots are perfect for summer entertaining—a make-ahead dish full of earthiness, creaminess and crunch.
Watermelon-Lime Sangria
Sangria is usually made with red wine, but white just says summer, doesn't it? Choose an affordable light and dry variety, such as Spanish Albariño, Portuguese Vinho Verde or Sauvignon Blanc.
Sauteed Swiss Chard and Pine Nut Bruschetta
If you've never tried Swiss chard (a dark leafy green similar to kale and spinach), this pretty appetizer makes a good introduction. Garlic, red onion, currants, vinegar and honey balance its earthiness. The recipe comes from Urban Roots Farm in Springfield, Missouri.
Fresh Vegetable Chips
These chips are a fresh and healthy alternative to traditional potato chips. Serve with Caramelized Onion Dip, if you like.
Feta, Honey and Date Spread
This spread can be made ahead and stored in the fridge up to 3 days. For a flavorful dipper, brush pita wedges with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and thyme before toasting in oven.
Bacon-Stuffed Mushrooms
This five-ingredient recipe comes from the bacon pros at Nueske's meats in Wisconsin.
Mediterranean Eight-Layer Dip
We've seen a lot of dips through the years, but we've never forgotten this one -- juicy veggies, tangy olive tapenade and feta piled on a thick layer of hummus. We like to make it ahead and serve it with warm toasted pita wedges.
Egg and Potato Tortilla
Kettle chips offer a terrific shortcut to the usual slow-poached potatoes in our version of Spain's famous egg dish. Tasty both warm and at room temperature, the tortilla can be cut into small pieces for an appetizer or into wedges for a light meal with salad and bread.
Honeyed Lemonade Tea Punch
Using Darjeeling tea imparts floral notes beyond what you find in ordinary black tea, which makes it a more interesting base for this refreshing, honey-laced drink. Keep the punch virgin, or add a tablespoon of vodka, gin or bourbon to each glass.
Parmesan-Crusted Goat Cheese with Basil Oil
This beautiful and unusual recipe makes one small cheese ball, but easily doubles or triples to make multiple for a party. The recipe comes from Indiana-based Annie Marshall of the blog Everyday Annie.
Tuna-Stuffed Peppers
Jarred roasted peppers hold a bright and zesty filling of tuna, mayonnaise, capers and lemon juice in this Spanish-style appetizer. (The tuna salad is great on its own, too!).
Bourbon Brie
This boozy appetizer warms right on the grill, making it perfect for casual backyard parties. The recipe comes from America's Best BBQ Homestyle, a cookbook featuring recipes from 'cue masters across the country.
10 Open-Face Sandwiches
We made most of our savory sandwiches on mini party bread, found in the cracker aisle. You can also trim crusts and cut shapes from thin sandwich bread.
Left to right, starting on top row:
1 Brie, strawberries, basil
2 Mayonnaise, hard-boiled egg, chives, bacon
3/4 Pimento cheese, green olives/Hummus, roasted red sweet pepper, mint
5 Boursin cheese, cucumber, lemon zest
6 Cream cheese, smoked salmon, red onion, capers
7 Apples, mixed blue cheese and cream cheese, pecans
8 Mixed cream cheese and horseradish, roast beef, cherry tomatoes
9 Butter, radish, cracked black pepper
10 Pound cake, lemon curd, raspberries
Sweet Corn Bruschetta
Trade bruschetta's traditional tomato for sunny sweet corn in this quick recipe from the cookbook Sweet Corn Spectacular (www.mhspress.org).
Avocado-Feta Salsa
Fresh herbs, tomatoes and avocados create a refreshing salsa. Serve with pita or tortilla chips.
Zucchini Appetizer Bites
So simple! Slice raw zucchini and spread with semisoft cheese that comes flavored with garlic and herb. Sprinkle with chopped olives and snipped chives.
Mustard-Glazed Pork Skewers
Coat pork loin strips with a simple apple juice-Dijon mustard glaze, then serve skewers with tangy homemade fruit chutney.
Black Bean Salsa
This salsa does double duty as a tortilla dip or a meat topper. Serve with a slotted spoon over grilled pork, smoked bratwursts or sausages, grilled chicken or salmon.
Cucumber White Sangria
Garden flavor infuses this refreshing make-ahead white wine cocktail.
Gouda and Red Onion Pizza
This easy appetizer pizza features shredded Gouda and caramelized onions. The recipe comes from Gouda maker Oakvale Farmstead Cheese in London, Ohio.


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Watching: DEPRESSION: Out of the Shadows
Chapter 6: Common Depression [6:50]
Terrie describes the denial of depression among African- Americans, while Philip sees the stigma in the corporate world.
Transcript: Chapter 6 - Common Depression
NARRATION: (TERRIE WILLIAMS IN OFFICE) Terrie Williams started out as a social worker and
NARRATION: (PHOTOS WITH EDDIE MURPHY AND MILES DAVIS) Later became public relations agent to some of Hollywood's top celebrities, including Eddie Murphy and Miles Davis.
A few years after launching her public relations business, Terrie's energy and drive began to fade. She was suffering from a mild but chronic form of depression called dsythymia.
TERRIE WILLIAMS: (OC) Here you are landing another major name, and you really just don't feel it anymore. And it was having to pretend that I was excited about signing them, and I really wasn't. Because I was really-- "I was dying inside."
NARRATION: (TERRIE WILLIAMS AT RESPECT EVENT) dysthymia afflicts millions of Americans and often goes unrecognized, as was the case for Terrie.
DR. CHARLES NEMEROFF: (VO, TERRIE WILLIAMS AT RESPECT EVENT) Oftentimes when we talk about depression, we're talking about very severe depression, I've had patients say to me, "I'm so depressed I can't answer the phone because the phone, seems like it weighs 100 pounds." On the other end of the extreme,
DR. CHARLES NEMEROFF: (OC) but still pathological, is a low-grade smoldering bad depression. It's not so severe that you can't work or go to school. But it's there.
NARRATION: (TERRIE WILLIAMS AT RESPECT EVENT)An estimated ten to fifteen million Americans live with dysythmia, a condition that is characterized by symptoms that persist for two years or more.
Terrie's symptoms included fatigue, trouble concentrating and compulsive overeating.
TERRIE WILLIAMS: (VO, TERRIE WILLIAMS AT RESPECT EVENT) I would come home, eat junk food, all times of the night. At some point, the food wasn't enough and I would just weep. And it was-- it was frightening to me
TERRIE WILLIAMS: (OC) because during those moments, I just felt that this was the end of the world and I was having what I understood to be a nervous breakdown
NARRATION: (PHOTO OF TERRIE WILLIAMS) Terrie sought professional help, which included medication and talk therapy.
TERRIE WILLIAMS: (VO, PHOTO OF TERRIE WILLIAMS) There's power in naming it. Do you know? I remember when my when my psychiatrist said to me, "You are clinically depressed." I almost felt like
TERRIE WILLIAMS: (OC) something inside of me jumped up. It's, like [sigh], thank you. You put a name to this and it's something that's treatable.
NARRATION: (TERRIE WILLIAMS AT RESPECT EVENT) For thirty years, Terrie lived with the symptoms of depression, but never fully realized the seriousness of her illness.
Terrie believes stigma, which she sees as pervasive in the African American community, played a role in the denial of her condition.
TERRIE WILLIAMS: (VO, TERRIE WILLIAMS AT RESPECT EVENT) Many of us would rather tell somebody that we have
TERRIE WILLIAMS: (OC) a relative in jail or on drugs before we will ever utter mental illness.
NARRATION: (TERRIE WILLIAMS AT RESPECT EVENT) Terrie believes that persistent racism contributes to feelings of hopelessness among African Americans.
TERRIE WILLIAMS: (VO, TERRIE WILLIAMS AT RESPECT EVENT) You get used to, feeling bad that you think that that's how you are supposed to feel, that you are supposed to
TERRIE WILLIAMS: (OC) carry the world on your shoulders and not complain. That's how so many black men and women have come to feel.
NARRATION: (PHILIP BURGUIERES IN ELEVATOR) Philip Burguieres can relate to Terrie's experience. He too soldiered through low grade depression, and fell prey to its stigma, which he believes is acute among corporate executives.
PHILIP BURGUIERES: (VO, PHILIP BURGUIERES IN ELEVATOR) I am in the sixth month of my tenure as CEO of a Fortune 100 company. My mind seems to have taken on a life of its own, distant from my physical body. But the effects on my body are evident.
PHILIP BURGUIERES: (VO, PHILIP BURGUIERES AT DESK) I have sleepless nights, and the smallest of things agitate me. I want out, but I am stuck, because I have never quit anything in my life.
PHILIP BURGUIERES: (VO, PHILIP BURGUIERES AT DESK) I functioned with low level depression for a couple years and, uh--
PHILIP BURGUIERES: (OC) and functioned pretty well. You know? There's a term called fake it till you make it. You know, I kind of faked it for a long period of time.
NARRATION: (PHOTOS OF PHILIP BURGUIERES) Once the youngest CEO of a fortune 500 company, Philip twice took million dollar companies and turned them into multi-billion dollar enterprises.
PHILIP BURGUIERES: (VO, PHOTOS OF PHILIP BURGUIERES) "When I ran Cameron Iron Works, I had a mistress."
PHILIP BURGUIERES: (OC) And I would actually sneak out on Sunday mornings and-- and tell my wife, I'm-- "I gotta run to the grocery store." And I'd go to work for two hours. And so my mistress that I would sneak out to was my work.
NARRATION: (SILHOUETTE OF PHILIP BURGUIERES IN WINDOWS) For sixteen long years, Philip buried himself in his work, ignoring his symptoms, until he collapsed in his office from a severe panic attack.
PHILIP BURGUIERES: (VO, PHILIP BURGUIERES LOOKING OUT OF STADIUM WINDOWS) Literally almost overnight, it was, "I can't handle it anymore." It was a
PHILIP BURGUIERES: (OC) grade-A, level ten depression, I mean, like an atomic bomb went off. And-- And that's when I, you know, guess had the-- the sense to check myself into a mental institution 'cause I could no longer handle it.
NARRATION: (NEWSPAPER ARTICLE) The Wall Street Journal and Houston Chronicle cited stress related reasons for his abrupt departure. The public humiliation he felt and his company's plummeting stock only added to his distress.
PHILIP BURGUIERES: (VO, NEWSPAPER ARTICLE) I was 100% convinced
PHILIP BURGUIERES: (OC) that my wife and my two children would be better off without me.
NARRATION: (PHOTO OF PHILIP BURGUIERES) Safe in a hospital, he met another patient who encouraged him to speak out.
PHILIP BURGUIERES: (VO, PHOTO OF PHILIP BURGUIERES) She looked me right in the eye. And she said, "Philip,
PHILIP BURGUIERES: (OC) I'm not gonna make it." She said, "But you are." And she said, "I want you to promise me something. When you make it, I want you to promise me that you'll tell your story, because you can help other people."
NARRATION: (PHILIP BURGUIERES ON PHONE) Philip took his story public in Houston before a group of business leaders. This action inspired executives the world over to seek his advice about their own battles with depression.
PHILIP BURGUIERES: (OC, PHILIP BURGUIERES ON PHONE) "Five different medication, you could almost go down the list. Every one of them caused my anxiety level to go through the roof, so I was..."
PHILIP BURGUIERES: (VO, PHILIP BURGUIERES ON PHONE) My experience in uh, people that I work with, uh, executive level, et cetera,
PHILIP BURGUIERES: (OC) it's about 50% will some time during their career suffer from a serious clinical depression.
NARRATION: (VO, PHILIP BURGUIERES ON PHONE) The consequences of untreated depression can be severe. Every year, there are approximately 650,000 reported suicide attempts in America, as Philip knows only too well.
PHILIP BURGUIERES: (VO, PHILIP BURGUIERES ON PHONE)I got a call from a gentleman here in Houston, worked for one of the biggest companies in the world,
PHILIP BURGUIERES: (OC) he had loaded a gun and put it to his head and cocked it. And, uh, he called it(?)-- called me the next day. And of course I did everything I could to get him in a hospital that afternoon, which I did.
NARRATION: (PHILIP BURGUIERES ON PHONE) In an odd twist of fate, Philip would discover that the act of encouraging others to seek treatment would later help him in his own recovery.
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