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10 Companies Whose Customers Do the Advertising for Them
Some companies luck out, finding their buyers are also their marketers.
GoPro Cameras
A decade ago, Nick Woodman, Founder and CEO of GoPro, was just trying to figure out a way to film himself and his friends riding gnarly SoCal waves when he invented the first GoPro prototype. Today, Woodman is a billionaire, with a company that's doubled in revenue every year since 2004. GoPro sells cameras that are light, waterproof, and durable, and can go just about anywhere -- perfect for people who like adventure and extreme sports. The cameras capture video, stills, slow-motion, and time-lapse, and can be strapped to just about anything: ski helmets, surfboards, kayaks, climbing gear, and Formula One race cars. Its simple interface, high-quality image capture, and price point below $400 have made it the number-one selling camera in the world. One of the most recognizable user-generated content campaigns hasn't hurt either.
In a recent interview with Anderson Cooper on 60 Minutes, Woodman explained how the abundance of GoPro videos being uploaded to YouTube (NASDAQ:GOOG) and the Web have created a surplus of user-generated marketing material for the company. When a GoPro-shot video of a fireman resuscitating a kitten went viral, it became "essentially a commercial for GoPro," says Woodman. The CEO employs a team of people constantly searching the Web for videos shot by GoPro's most effective sales force: its customers. "It's a marketer dream," he explains. "And it's all based off of authenticity. It's our customers doing interesting things around the world so stoked they are able to document and share with people the things that they do ...that when they share the video, the often give [GoPro] credit."
In 2008, a joint study by Duke and Waterloo Universities found that exposure to well-known brands can influence a consumer's behavior, prompting a person to mirror those brands' perceived values. The researchers chose to compare reactions people had to Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) logo versus IBM's (NYSE:IBM) and found that those exposed to the Apple symbol scored 20-30% better on a simple creativity test than those who saw the IBM logo. As Professor Gavan Fitzsimons of Duke's Fuqua School of Business told NPR in an interview, "People find that when they think about the Apple logo, they think very strongly about associations with creativity. When they think about the IBM logo, they think about a general notion of competence or professional[ism]." Moreover, even when subjects were shown these logos for the ever so brief duration of 30 milliseconds, not long enough to consciously recognize it, they had the same responses.
We can't prove it, but we're willing to bet that the image of a glowing Apple logo on the back of virtually every laptop in urban coffee shops has another effect on consumers: It makes creative people, or people who want to be creative, crave an Apple computer. The net effect of all those logos is an advertisement for the brand that told us to "Think Different." Yeah, we know -- it's ironic.
Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) was first an online haven for college students. Then, in expanding its reach to high-school students, it became a critical element of most American teenagers' daily lives. But when everyone else started flooding in, including teachers, parents, and grandparents, the service lost some of its edge for teenagers -- which was, of course, was the last thing the company wanted. Though reports this summer of teens leaving the social network in droves were a bit hyperbolic (a Pew survey from May 2013 found that a full 94% of teen social media users have a Facebook profile), Facebook certainly has taken the teenage problem to heart. In April 2012, a year before the Pew report was released, Facebook acquired Instagram for $1 billion. The move was considered by many to be an attempt at retaining teenage users.
Instagram launched in October 2010, and by the time it was snatched up by Facebook, it had attracted 100 million active users who were posting photos, editing those photos with custom filters, and commenting or "liking" the edited photos of friends. Users share their photos for their own purposes, to show their friends a beautiful landscape or building, or to play with artfully colored or tinted filters on "selfies." Celebrities are all over Instagram promoting their personal brands. In all cases, the images further the app's popularity, and in turn, Facebook's.
Amazon Reviews
Michael Erb is a man of many obsessions. He likes telescopes, audio speakers, exfoliating facial wipes, and more, all evidenced by his 850-plus product reviews on Amazon.com. Recently featured on NPR's Planet Money, Erb told host Robert Smith that some days he'll spend upwards of 10 hours testing and writing detailed reviews of products -- all without pay. It's this dedication that's earned Erb the number-one rank among reviewers on the site, a position with considerable influence. Smith calls Erb, who lives in Syracuse, New York, a modern-day Don Draper, "someone who can make or break a product with just a few words." And Erb is not alone. There are hundreds of reviewers out there like him, spending countless hours reviewing products for free.
This is a boon for the folks at Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), who've noticed a product with user-generated reviews sells better than one without them, even if the reviews are negative. While Amazon doesn't technically pay for the advantage, it is guilty of going to great lengths to keep reviewers engaged. Employing an indiscernible algorithm, it has made the ranking system impossible to game and sparked a sense of competition among reviewers. Once reviewers reach the top ranks, life is good. They get fan letters and, as Smith puts it, a feeling of satisfaction knowing they have the power to change the marketplace. There's also the invite-only Amazon Vine club. Vine members choose products off a biweekly list that Amazon sends to them for free. Erb says he's accumulated thousands of dollars worth of products since he was invited to join. But there's a catch: Amazon still technically owns these products, and when it wants the them back, Erb has to oblige.
Citi Bike
What's better than a mobile advertisement that's constantly being moved around New York City by people paying for the privilege? How about 6,000 mobile advertisements constantly being moved around New York City by people paying for the privilege. Launched this summer, NYC's Citi Bike program has been a roaring success, with 10.4 million miles cycled over 5.4 million trips by over 94,000 annual members and pass holders. Citi Bike is the largest bike-share program in the US, with plans to expand to 10,000 bikes in 2014. (This still pales in comparison to the world's two largest bike-share programs, the Wuhan and Hanzhou public bicycle programs in China with 90,000 and 60,000 bicycles, respectively.) Ten thousand branded bikes equals a lot of ad space for Citigroup (NYSE:C), the official sponsor behind the program, whose logo is featured prominently on every bike as well as on each of the 330 docking systems placed across Manhattan and Brooklyn.
The exposure didn't come cheaply. Citigroup paid New York City $41 million to brand the bikes, in turn lifting all cost burdens off New York City taxpayers. From an ad-spend perspective, it might seem pricey. But we're talking about the same company that spent $1 billion on its Live Richly campaign (which ran from 2001 to 2006). And this new venture seems to have already begun to pay off. Bloomberg Businessweek reports that on Citigroup's own scale of the bank's popularity, "favorable impressions of Citi" rose 17 points from the program's launch in May to July. YouGov, an independent brand company that runs brand sentiment polls on a daily basis, showed Citi moved from negative to positive public reception within a month of the Citi Bike program's launch. Seems like the bikes are working.
Video Games
Many video gamers record their in-game antics to show off their skills on social media sites like YouTube and Facebook. As they demonstrate their talent, these players inadvertently advertise the game. And since these videos often depict unusual or funny ways of playing, they make the game itself seem even more compelling. Essentially, a user-generated video can often show potential consumers a more in-depth glimpse of a game than any television or print ad can.
Take this video, for example, posted by YouTube user "CaptainSparklez" and featuring online, multiplayer gameplay in Minecraft, a game that allows users to build structures and landscapes with Lego-like blocks. The video depicts the game's "Survival" mode, in which players have to gather resources from their pixelated environment in order to stave off digital beasts. These players decided to give their match a Hunger Games theme, inadvertently advertising not only for Minecraft, but also for the Hunger Games book and movie series, the latter of which has made a mint for Lions Gate Entertainment (NYSE:LGF).
Many more Minecraft videos depict virtual structures that players have taken hours of concerted effort to create, like a massive cruise ship created on the Xbox (NASDAQ:MSFT) version and a full-scale model of the USS Enterprise from Star Trek. In the case of the latter, the original creator posted a video to advertise the framework he had begun, essentially recruiting workers to help him finish the mega-project. With over 12 million views, the video has become a recruiting tool for the game as well, demonstrating for potential players how immersive, collaborative, and creative Minecraft can be.
American Girl Dolls
In 2009, John F. Sherry Jr., a professor of marketing at Notre Dame University, published an article entitled "Why Are Themed Brandstores So Powerful? Retail Brand Ideology at American Girl Place." For his research, Sherry and his team spent three years observing the flagship American Girl Place showroom in Chicago, studying how the company shaped its brand and how consumers bought into it. That flagship store is three stories high and populated with dolls, clothes, books, accessories, a theater, a café, a doll hair salon, and lounge areas. Sherry non-ironically referred to the store as a "pilgrimage site for girl consumers," and wrote about how girls their families attach a set of meanings to their dolls and the retail experience, which not only allows for, but encourages interaction with dolls, other shoppers, and the company itself.
Kids visit the store with their dolls, and leave with a strong relationship, so to speak. In this case, the user-generated marketing comes from girls carrying their dolls in public, taking them to school, to birthday parties, to playdates, and to sleepovers. With American Girl dolls, the company has developed an interactive ecosystem in which young consumers can develop a relationship with an inanimate friend who ultimately joins a circle of real friends. And most of those real-life playmates are going to ask mom and dad for an American Girl doll of their own.
Long before emails were being sent from Apple iPhones and Samsung (OTCMKTS:SSNLF) Galaxy smartphones, they were being sent from BlackBerrys. It was a time when the thought of a BlackBerry (NASDAQ:BBRY) buyout -- let alone a collapsed $4.7 billion takeover followed by a plan to shake up management and raise $1 billion in convertible bonds in order to save the struggling firm -- would have been ludicrous. It was a time when BlackBerrys were cool, and, as journalist Matthew Garrahan (an admitted BlackBerry user) puts it in an article for the Financial Times, "loss of cool can be devastating for a brand."
Before the company's devices fell to the wayside, overshadowed by apps, touchscreens, and media capabilities, they were lauded for their physical keyboards, BBM messaging service, and mobile email capabilities. At its height in the early 2000s, what better user-generated marketing could the devicemakers have asked for than to have every single email sent from a BlackBerry phone be appended with the words, "Sent from my BlackBerry"?
Foursquare essentially allows users to advertise their social lives -- or at least, in what places their social lives take place -- by letting them "check in" to businesses and locations. Moreover, the app awards users with badges for completing certain check-in goals. For example, users can win the "School Night" badge by checking in somewhere after 3 a.m. on a school night. Another, the "Brooklyn 4 Life" badge, is unlocked by checking into 25 locations in Brooklyn (see a full list of Foursquare badges here). Moreover, with enough check-ins, a user can become the "Mayor" of an establishment (check-in volume battles for Mayorships are common).
The act of checking in serves to market the app itself, as updates can be posted on Facebook, Twitter (NYSE:TWTR), and other social media. Some companies, like the History Channel, have taken Foursquare marketing even further.
Besides its headquarters on East 45th street in Manhattan, the History Channel does not have physical locations where its fans can check in. What it does have is a wide range of historical landmarks and locations to capitalize on. If users follow the History Channel's page on Foursquare (it currently has 769,779 "likes" on the app), they receive a brief message every time they check in somewhere with any kind of historical significance. For example, if they check in at the Magic Kingdom at Disney World in Orlando, Florida, they receive this message: "The park opened in 1971 and is the world's largest and most visited recreational resort. Walt Disney passed away before he saw his vision of Disney World completed."
We know you've been there, innocently walking down the street when a waft of familiar, pungent aroma smacks you across the face. You turn to your friend beside you and say, "Woah, do you smell that...weed?" Regardless of whether your eyes brighten with childlike giddiness or fall heavy with disapproval, you can't deny marijuana's got one of the best inadvertent marketing tools around: its unmistakable smell.
With marijuana laws liberalizing across the US, one could imagine towns and cities becoming increasingly overwhelmed by skunky aromas. This has already become a problem in Denver, Colorado, where pot was legalized last November. The city has received numerous complaints about the presence of the odor. Now, a newly proposed ordinance would make the possession and sale of pot in parks and other public places illegal, and prohibit the smell of marijuana smoke coming from private residences. This "odor ordinance" would see fines of up to $2,000 doled out to offenders of the olfactory restriction, which is breached when an air sample contains eight parts odor to one part air. That's where licensed smell investigators like Ben Siller make their entrance, reports NPR. Siller uses a device -- reminiscent of the Smell-O-Scope machine created by Professor Farnsworth on the TV series Futurama -- called the Nasal Ranger to detect odorous infractions.
However, Siller recently explained to the Denver Post that it has been 20 years since anyone clocked in above the legal scent limit for weed. As for those still worried they might get fined for lighting up in their own backyards, the drafted ordinance has recently been amended to protect residents smoking pot on private property, CBS 4 Denver reports.
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What will be mostly remembered about the current March Madness, as with any edition of the men's NCAA tournament, will be the players and the plays, not the "suits." But coaches in their Brooks Brothers threads and the extra antiperspirant obviously play a huge role in getting their teams to the Sweet 16.
To think otherwise is to ignore how highly their contributions are valued by their employers. Consider, for a moment, that Tennessee, which just fired Bruce Pearl because of mounting NCAA-related troubles, reportedly will receive severance worth $948,728 in salary and benefits. That hints at what the school was willing to pay a coach who could take the Vols to the NCAA tournament in each of his six seasons. So you can only imagine what Duke's squeaky clean Mike Krzyzewski must make as the winner of four national championships, including last season's.
As glittering as Coach K's situation may be now, however, he has paid his dues – as have all the other Sweet 16 coaches, to varying degrees. For no one starts out at the top. And many began either as high school coaches or lowly college graduate assistants.
Krzyzewski's rise began humbly enough according to a 14-page bio found on Duke's basketball website. After playing under Bob Knight at the US Military Academy at West Point, he guided service teams while in the Army from 1969 to 1974. He followed that up with two years as head coach at West Point's prep school in Belvoir, Va., a short stint as a graduate assistant at Indiana University under Knight, and five years as West Point's coach. All this occurred before Duke signed him in 1980. The fit, obviously, has been perfect.
The coaching lifers often spend their early, formative years hop-scotching around until they settle into one job. That's the case for Chris Mooney, a Princeton grad who has taken the University of Richmond Spiders to the Sweet 16. He put in his time with high school and college jobs in Pennsylvania and Colorado (at the Air Force Academy) before landing with Richmond. And even when his growing reputation made him a hot prospect for various coaching vacancies, Mooney elected to sign a seven-year contract extension through the 2016-17 season - this well before Richmond's current tournament run. He likes the fact, as he puts it, that "we are building our program."
Coaches understand that once a program is successfully built, the momentum often continues, making the job of attracting top recruits and producing winning teams more sustainable, if not necessarily easier. In a sense, a coach can achieve a form of basketball tenure (i.e. job security), which can translate into a happier, more stable home life for his family.
The average time on the job for this year's Sweet 16 coaches, at their current schools, is a little more than nine years. By contrast, the average for 30 NBA coaches is 2.85 years. Eleven NBA coaches have yet to complete one year on the job.
Here's the complete lineup of Sweet 16 coaches:
* = Has high school coaching experience
Ohio State: Thad Matta
Birthplace: Hoopeston, Ill.
Ohio State head coach: 7 years
Previous college head coaching jobs: Butler Xavier (Cincinnati)
College assistant jobs: Butler (twice), Indiana State, Miami of Ohio (twice), Western Carolina
Alma mater: Southern Illinois and Butler
Fact: Played at Butler; later became academic coordinator and coach there
Kentucky: John Calipari
Birthplace: Moon Township, Pa.
Kentucky head coach: 2 years
Previous college head coaching jobs: Massachusetts, Memphis
College assistant jobs: Kansas, Pitt
Alma mater: UNC-Wilmington and Clarion State (Clarion, Pa.)
Fact: Previously coached UMass and Memphis to Final Four
Marquette: Buzz Williams
Birthplace: Greenville, Texas
Marquette head coach: 3 years
Previous college head coaching jobs: U. of New Orleans
College assistant jobs: Navarro College, Oklahoma City, Texas-Arlington, Texas A&M-Kingsville, Northwestern State, Colorado State, Texas A&M, Marquette
Alma mater: Oklahoma City University
Fact: Has no listed playing experience
North Carolina: Roy Williams*
Birthplace: Marion, N.C.
North Carolina head coach: 6 years
Previous college head coaching jobs: Kansas
College assistant jobs: North Carolina
Alma mater: North Carolina
Fact: Has led Tar Heels to two NCAA titles; took Kansas to 2003 finals.
Duke: Mike Krzyzewski
Birthplace: Chicago
Duke head coach: 31 years
Previous college heading coaching jobs: Army
College assistant jobs: Indiana
Alma mater: US Military Academy
Fact: Coached 2008 US Olympic team to the gold; will try for repeat in 2012.
Arizona: Sean Miller
Birthplace: Ellwood City, Pa.
Arizona head coach: 2 years
Previous college head coaching jobs: Xavier (Cincinnati)
College assistant jobs: Wisconsin, Miami of Ohio, Pitt, North Carolina State, Xavier
Alma mater: Pittsburgh
Fact: As a player, became Pitt's best-ever 3-point shooter.
Connecticut: Jim Calhoun*
Birthplace: Braintree, Mass.
UConn head coach: 25 years
Previous college head coaching jobs: Northeastern U. (Boston)
College assistant jobs: none
Alma mater: American International College (Springfield, Mass.)
Fact: Inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005
San Diego State: Steve Fisher*
Birthplace: Herrin, Ill.
San Diego State head coach:12 years
Previous college head coaching jobs: Michigan
College assistant jobs: Western Michigan, Michigan
Alma mater: Illinois State
Fact: Took Michigan to 1989 NCAA title; also coached Michigan's Fab Five in back-to-back finals in 1992 and 1993.
Kansas: Bill Self
Birthplace: Edmond, Okla.
Kansas head coach: 8 years
Previous college head coaching jobs: Oral Roberts, Tulsa, Illinois
College assistant jobs: Kansas, Oklahoma State
Alma mater: Oklahoma State
Fact: Led Tulsa and Illinois to NCAA Elite Eight
Richmond: Chris Mooney*
Birthplace: Philadelphia
Richmond head coach: 6 years
Previous college head coaching jobs: Arcadia (Glenside, Pa.), Air Force
College assistant jobs: Arcadia, Air Force
Alma mater: Princeton
Fact: A four-year starter at Princeton for Hall of Fame coach Pete Carril
Virginia Commonwealth: Shaka Smart
Birthplace: Madison, Wis.
VCU head coach: 2 years
Previous college head coaching jobs: none
College assistant jobs: Callifornia (Pa.), Akron, Clemson, Florida
Alma mater: Kenyon College
Fact: Graduated magna cum laude with a history degree
Florida State: Leonard Hamilton
Birthplace: Gaston County, N.C.
Florida State head coach: 9 years
Previous college head coaching jobs: Oklahoma State, Miami (Fla.)
College assistant jobs: Austin Peay, Kentucky
Alma mater: Tennessee-Martin
Fact: Coached the NBA's Washington Wizards in 2001.
Butler: Brad Stevens
Birthplace: Zionsville, Ind.
Butler head coach: 4 years
Previous college head coaching jobs: none
College assistant jobs: Butler
Alma mater: DePauw (Greencastle, Ind.)
Fact: Left a career in marketing to try his hand at coaching.
Wisconsin: Bo Ryan*
Birthplace: Chester, Pa.
Wisconsin head coach: 10 years
Previous college head coaching jobs: U. of Wis.-Platteville, UW-Milwaukee
College assistant jobs: Wisconsin
Alma mater: Wilkes University (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.)
Fact: All 27 years as head coach spent in Wisconsin, at three schools.
Birthplace: Houston
BYU head coach: 6 years
Previous college head coaching jobs: Dixie State College of Utah
College assistant jobs: Dixie State, BYU
Alma mater: University of Houston
Fact: Was co-captain of U. of Houston's Phi Slamma Jamma team of the 1980s.
Florida: Billy Donovan
Birthplace: Rockville Centre, N.Y.
Florida head coach: 13 years
Previous college head coaching jobs: Marshall (Huntington, WVa.)
College assistant jobs: Kentucky
Alma mater: Providence College (Providence, R.I.)
Fact: Led Gators to rare back-to-back NCAA championships in 2006 and 2007

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Ron Sang's big, chunky, square-format art books are distinguished by the number and high quality of their colour reproductions. In Hanly, for instance, there are 190 full-page colour plates, 98 smaller images and 52 photographs; by far the largest selection of his work yet available.
Sang's books deliberately emphasise pictures rather than text, but in Hanly there is a rather better balance between word and image than in some earlier books. The ubiquitous Gregory O'Brien provides the main essay, with his usual intelligence, good-humour and empathetic understanding.
He is ably supported with short texts by some of Pat Hanly's closest friends and associates. John Coley writes about the early Palmerston North years when the apprentice hairdresser morphed into an artist; Quentin Macfarlane recalls art school days in Christchurch when Pat and Gil Taverner (as she was then), first got together, as part of the legendary Armagh St gang of artists and students, that included Coley, Macfarlane, Dick Ross, Bill Culbert, Trevor Moffitt, Hamish Keith and others; expatriate Kiwi film guru Ross covers the crucial five years the Hanlys spent in London and Europe.
Finally, Hanly's first Auckland dealer, Barry Lett, contributes a fascinating piece about working with the artist on some of his major mural commissions, including those for the Christchurch Town Hall and Auckland Airport (resplendent in gatefold fold-outs). Numerous photographs also leaven the mixture, including some marvellous shots of Pat and Gil from the 1960s by Marti Friedlander. A useful 16-page illustrated chronology ends the book.
Naturally talented from the start (his teacher Bill Sutton said that even as a student he could draw like an angel), Hanly developed rapidly in London with his Fire and Showgirl series, the first reflecting Cold War politics and the nuclear threat of the early 60s, the second drawing on his backstage job in a Soho strip club. Two themes that stayed with him emerged in these series: his active moral and political stance and his preoccupation with the human, especially female, figure.
Back home in 1962 the Hanlys settled in Mt Eden, attracted by a freshly vital art scene in which Colin McCahon, Peter Tomory and Hamish Keith - all associated with the City Art Gallery - were leading players.
Much activity in that zestful decade centred on the Barry Lett Galleries, opened in 1965 with Hanly's Girl Sleeping, a series preceded by the fabulous Figures in Light, which offered (along with Mrkusich and Walters) the strongest new directions in local painting since McCahon's innovations. Both series are strongly represented with both familiar and unfamiliar examples.
In 1967 Hanly endured a personal crisis that led him to destroy most of his Pacific Icons (only a couple survive in this book) and undertake the drastic experiment of painting blind in a darkened room, from which he eventually emerged as a stronger painter whose direction was now sure. The flat colours of earlier paintings gave way to Hanly's trademark pour and splatter method, in which paint application techniques related to American abstract expressionism were combined with firm outlines of figures and objects, ranging from embracing couples to common objects such as the telephone table figuring as the book's cover image.
With William Blake, Hanly believed that "Energy is the only life and is from the Body and Reason is the bound or outward circumference of Energy". Also, "everything that lives is holy". His best paintings successfully embody this creed.
Through the 70s and 80s Hanly oscillated between the scintillating organic abstraction of the Pacific Condition paintings (closely related to the vast and now dispersed airport mural, Prelude to a Journey) and the highly figurative images (man, woman, baby, star, bird, kite, etc) of the majestic Golden Age paintings - perhaps his strongest series.
A welcome feature of the book is that plenty of attention is paid to his activities outside painting, such as his stylish etchings and screenprints, on the one hand, and his collaboration with son Ben and daughter-in-law Suzanne in adapting some of his images to stained glass. This fine book enables us to see Hanly whole.


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In the February 1st post liked over 1,800 times, McKeithen says he believes he should follow the constitution as well as the laws of the state of Florida.
He says gun control proposals from president Obama concern him, and that he will oppose any legislation that would infringe on the second amendment rights.
The post has sparked a debate on Facebook and in the community about the possible enforcement of new gun regulation.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Nebraska Supreme Court will soon hear arguments in a dispute over the planned route for the Keystone XL pipeline but a court ruling on the controversial project is likely to be delayed until the new year, lawyers and activists say.
The court has scheduled oral arguments for Sept. 5 in Lincoln over the proposed path of the 1,200-mile (1,900-km) pipeline from Canada to Texas.
Although it will be a talking point in several Congressional races, Keystone's fate is likely to remain in limbo during the Nov. 5 U.S. mid-term elections.
"These things typically take three to six months," said Jane Kleeb, of the group Bold Nebraska, which has helped galvanize landowner opposition to the pipeline. "We have always thought the decision will come in January."
TransCanada Corp's $5.4 billion pipeline would connect Western Canada's tar sands region with Texas oil refineries but the project, now in a sixth year of debate, continues to face opposition.
The Nebraska ruling will address a dispute that has involved the state's politicians, ranchers and regulators. State lawmakers last year cleared the way for the pipeline but a group of landowners challenged the decision.
In February, a district court sided with landowners who want the siting decision left to the five-member Nebraska Public Service Commission. Governor Dave Heineman asked the Nebraska Supreme Court to overrule.
TransCanada declined to comment on the Nebraska case.
The U.S. State Department said in April that its review of the pipeline was on hold until the Nebraska case had concluded.
Ultimately, President Barack Obama will have the last word on the project, and the White House may conclude Keystone is not in the national interest if the project's 830,000 barrel-per-day capacity would unduly worsen climate change.
Republican leaders have rejected that thinking and promoted the pipeline as a jobs booster.
Keystone XL foes have encouraged Obama to block the pipeline and cement his legacy as an environmental president. They have contested the State Department's finding that the pipeline would have a negligible effect on climate.
The study fails to account for how the pipeline would spur future oil demand, according to a report published Monday by the journal Nature, authored by the Stockholm Environment Institute, an environmental think tank.
"It is clear that Keystone does not pass the president's climate test," an association of several environmental groups said in a statement.
The case is Thompson vs. Heineman, case number S-14-0158 in the Nebraska Supreme Court.
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Experience the natural beauty and tranquil environment of TYTO Wetlands, a unique 90-hectare natural wetland which is home to over 230 species of birds, native Australian wildlife and numerous tropical plant species. Take a leisurely stroll along the four kilometres of walkways and stop along the way to enjoy the lookouts and viewing platforms.
TYTO Wetlands is located just 500 metres from the township of Ingham and situated just a few hundred metres off the Bruce Highway down Cooper Street; TYTO Wetlands is a carefully preserved natural environment that integrates lagoons, walking tracks and native flora.
The area is named after the endangered Eastern Grass Owl (TYTO Capensis) TYTO meaning monkey faced owl that can be found in the Hinchinbrook Shire, one of the few places in the world where this owl can be spotted regularly. These owl can be seen leaving their grassy habitat just on dusk.
The TYTO Centre also features an interactive and informative Visitor Information Centre as well as a regional art gallery.


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My six-year-old son still doesn't like bread crust! Really? I don't get it. It's the part of the dough that becomes so nicely caramelized and crisp in the oven. Odd as I may think it is, my boys are not alone — many kids don't eat their crusts.
For fun, I created a "crust" that will not be left on your child's plate . . . ever. Sprinkles! I use multi-colored, but feel free to use your child's favorite color, or whatever suits your mood. This is great for a quick lunch, or for a party to make a very pretty, fun presentation on a platter! This is also a great one to let your kids help with. They'll love to dip the bread into the sprinkles!
- 2 slices of bread
- about 1 1/2 teaspoons creamy peanut butter
- about 1 1/2 teaspoons of your favorite jelly
- 1 teaspoon unsalted, softened butter
- about 2 tablespoons rainbow sprinkles
Makes 1 Sandwich
Stack one slice of bread on top of the other and, using a serrated knife, remove the crusts. Spread the peanut butter on one slice, and the jelly on the other. Put the sandwich together and cut diagonally to make two triangles. With a spreading knife, spread the edges of each triangle (where the crust was) with the softened butter. Place the sprinkles on a plate and with a bit of pressure, press the buttered edge of each sandwich into the sprinkles — it will become the new "crust."


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The newspaper claimed that the Iranian spy chief held talks with Egyptian officials mainly from MB leading figures who were interested in founding another Intelligence Service and security guards following the brotherhood instead of Egypt's intelligence controlled by the army.
As I am not Times subscriber , I can not read the original text but this is based upon the translation of BBC Arabic.
Knowing how such report will bring trouble to the Muslim brotherhood whether inside or outside "the Western allies" , the Muslim brotherhood issued an immediate statement denying these claims. "The Muslim brotherhood did not ask for secret support from Iran" the Statement said after the Times' report was spread all over the Egyptian news websites.
Mahmoud Ghozlan ,the official spokesperson of Muslim brotherhood described this report as fictional one.
I want to believe the Muslim brotherhood but unfortunately after their constant lies , I do not believe them easily anymore.
It is worth to mention that Iranian FM will visit Egypt soon and the brothers and supporters believe now it is a good move "against UAE" after they were cheering for Morsi's sectarian triumph over the Shiites in Iran.
Now if this report is true , I believe the Muslim brotherhood will be playing with fire for real because they will get in to a confrontation with 60 years army and intelligence service in time their popularity is not that great in the country now.


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Decision : CONF 001 XI.44-48
Promotional Activities
44. The Committee congratulated the Secretariat on the report on activities carried out in 1988 (document SC-88/CONF.001/5), devoted mainly to production and dissemination of general information material on the objectives and operation of the Convention for a variety of publics, and the mounting of photographic exhibitions.
45. Several members of the Committee referred to promotional activities undertaken or planned in their countries, such as the setting up of a National Committee in charge of coordination of implementation and promotion of the Convention in France; placing of plaques on World Heritage sites in France and Mexico; issuing of a series of postage stamps in Brazil, production of leaflets on the Convention and sites inscribed on the World Heritage List in India, Australia and Canada; publication of a series of 60 booklets on World Heritage sites, of which 300,000 copies were sold at news-stands in Brazil; or events organized during the World Heritage Day and those planned for the World Heritage Week in India.
46. The representative of the United Nations Development Programme informed the Committee on the positive results of a press seminar he had organized in Salvador, Bahia (Brazil), with assistance from the World Heritage Fund. He further stressed the complex relationships between development, tourism and heritage; it would, he felt, be appropriate to reflect on the drafting of clear principles on the problem of tourism and heritage.
47. The Committee accepted the activities for 1989 proposed by the Secretariat, which highlight the wish to increase knowledge of sites inscribed on the World Heritage List, through preparation of information sheets on such sites, new publications and a series of films for the public at large. A member of the Committee requested that co-publishers be sought for Arabic editions of such publications.
48. Finally, the Committee recommended the creation and strengthening of national bodies designed to act as relays for the Secretariat's activities. In this respect, it noted that assistance was now available for this purpose pursuant to paragraph 87 of the Operational Guidelines for the implementation of the Convention.


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The rumor mill turned out to be wrong this time.
News that Warner Bros. yanked Netflix's streaming rights to Whitney Houston's hit movie "The Bodyguard" went viral a couple of days ago. The company's purported greedy goal was to make a "very large amount of money on the DVD sales" from "all the publicity after Whitney Houston's passing," according to Dan McDermott, the host of Web show Google Plus Week.
However, after Peter Kafka from AllThingsD reported that the story was bogus, McDermott apologized and announced that both he and the Netflix representative that told him that information were completely wrong.
What in fact happened is that Netflix lost streaming rights to the 1992 Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner romantic thriller as of December 31, 2011, before she died on February 11.
The idea of corporations profiting from tragedy isn't actually too farfetched. Just last week, Sony was forced to apologize for substantial price hikes on two of Houston's albums in the U.K., which came one day after she was found dead.
Even though "The Bodyguard" can't be streamed on Netflix, the DVD is still available; and, as of this writing, Amazon Prime members can also stream it for free.
Update: 2-21-12, 6:40 a.m. PT: To include citation of All Things Digital.


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Proud to be azn LOLOL XD Fan of anime and video games
first blog?
I don't really know what to put here so I'll just tell you guys a bit about me. Well I'm 15 years old and I live in Melbourne Australia. In my free time I draw, watch anime, play video games and ocassionally work on my mod of Lemmingball Z. Now here are some links to some of my stuff LOL:
My deviantART: Timtam13.deviantart.com
Add me to your deviantWATCH is you have an account haha. You can see all the artwork I've done here. If anyone else has an account then give me a link and I'll check it out.
My mod of Lemmingball Z: Moddb.com
Let me know if you think about it :)
Doubt many people will comment or even see this but yeah, this is my first blog post :P
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Digital transformation is redefining the way Accenture works every day. This includes transforming the role of the traditional office into digital workplaces. The workplace is now becoming a destination where people, technology and place come together to enable multi-mode ways of working.
A core team of individuals from Accenture's internal IT organization and global Workplace group are driving the transformation of the company's workplaces for Accenture's global network of major locations and delivery centers over the next five years and beyond.
Workplace of the Future
Listen to Jason Warnke and Christy Nelson discuss what the Workplace of the Future will look like and what that means for Accenture and our clients.
What will Accenture's digital workplaces be like? How will they empower Accenture people in new ways and even change the way they work? How will Accenture spaces support delivering innovative services?
The internal IT/ Workplace team addressed these questions and others as they shaped a vision and strategy for the design of the next generation of office space. The team collaborated with Fjord, part of Accenture Interactive, who brought their skills in applying user experience and design thinking.
The vision for the Accenture digital workplace is to enable an experience that is people driven, technology forward, and "place making"—a destination that people are drawn to. Accenture's new digital workplaces will support environments that focus on the user experience, inspire innovation and creativity, support collaboration, and enhance client and team engagement and interaction.
The strategy is to lead with the technology that will meet these user experience goals. What differentiates Accenture's approach is using design thinking in shaping spaces and then solutioning them with technology. The team is leveraging Accenture's significant investments in social, mobile, pervasive video, broadcasting and secure network together with leading immersive technology solutions.
The technology offerings are broad ranging—spanning scalable and secure network, video and broadcast, application services, IoT sensors, high-end audio and video collaborative devices, and connected devices and applications. Examples include Accenture's deployment of Microsoft Surface Hubs for touch-enabled team collaboration, Aruba beacons for navigating within an office, sensors for gathering real-time data about a building's energy use, and immersive rooms with high-end sound and video walls that provide touch-enabled collaboration.
A universal approach for space designs encompasses core elements, but allows for local expression. The internal IT/ Workplace team works with local teams to deliver new spaces. Accenture's corporate real estate team defined a three-tiered approach to the development of corporate space, with tiers categorized by a mix of size and function. Investments are then tailored to tier types to provide consistent client and employee experiences within each space type.
Paul Ellwood, Global Solution Architect for Accenture
Paul Ellwood, Global Solution Architect for Accenture
Creating digital workplaces is one of many aspects of creating a digital-first enterprise for Accenture.
Digital workplaces will also help in attracting and retaining new and existing talent. And they will help Accenture remain competitive and showing its organizational capability of working in "the new." The internal IT/Workplace team's involvement with Accenture's various spaces around the world reflects this new vision of working.


text: Share: Comments Print May 19, 2014 at 10:32 AM Net neutrality more myth than reality? Posted by Brier Dudley Before we take up arms to defend "net neutrality," let's look at whether it's more myth than reality. It's a noble concept. We should aspire to have equal access and fair treatment, online and off. The Internet should remain an open, unfettered sandbox for innovation. These principles should guide regulators and lawmakers as they consider rules balancing public interest with the reality that the Internet is largely operated by private companies for profit. By pursuing these principles, we may also prevent Comcast, Verizon and other Internet service providers from killing what's been a golden goose. There's always a risk they'll manipulate prices and service in their favor, or censor information crossing their networks. But it's naive to think net neutrality means everyone pays the same price to use the Internet. That's never been the case. Since the rise of the commercial Internet, it's been a place where you pay more to get faster and better service, whether you are a consumer or a company on the other end of the pipe. Yet listening to the rhetoric over the past week — since the Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to float new net-neutrality rules — you'd think it was a pristine stream from which everyone can freely drink as much as they'd like. At least until the FCC, Comcast and Verizon dam it up and leave average folks and poor startups with just a trickle of bandwidth. Then you've got Netflix — the biggest hog at the trough, whose traffic load is pushing the Internet to its limits — talking about discrimination because it may have to pay more for bandwidth. It's like hearing the fat kid who decimated the buffet scream about his civil rights when he's cut off. Oh, the injustice! In reality, there's already a class system in place on the Internet, and you're discriminated against if you don't pay up. Just look at your broadband bill — the more you pay, the faster your service. Look into the guts of the Internet, and you'll see a hodgepodge of network companies that have always charged corporate customers different rates depending on the quality and speed of their connections. There's disparity among companies serving up content as well. Those who pay for more and better equipment and connections have websites that load faster and perform better. Wealthy companies can afford to stash their content around the world, so it loads faster. Even the individual packets of information flowing across the Internet may be treated differently, depending on what sort of files they contain. Prioritizing network traffic is a big business. Seattle's F5 sells $1.5 billion a year worth of software and hardware that companies use to prioritize and manage traffic. Where it gets sticky is in the last mile, where Internet service providers make the final delivery to your home. This is where we're debating whether it's OK for ISPs to create high-speed toll lanes for companies like Netflix. The FCC proposed this option last week, causing all sorts of outcry. It makes sense for ISPs that are spending to keep up with the tsunami of traffic from Netflix and other streaming-media services. Those services now account for 59 percent of North American Web traffic during peak hours, according to Sandvine, a broadband-tools company. Streaming video traffic is likely to get much heavier in the next few years, as we stream ever more content and move toward ultra-high-definition, 4K video. ISPs will figure out a way to cover the cost of handling this traffic. If they can't collect tolls on big deliveries, they'll probably move from tiered pricing to metered charges, so your monthly broadband bill will vary depending on how much you consume. Fast lanes would be preferable as long as the overall roadway kept expanding, so everyone kept moving at the same pace. One risk, though, is that companies on the fast lane will hog the finite amount of capacity, and everyone else will suffer. For a real-world example, drive around Seattle. City leaders thought it was a good idea to create fast lanes for buses. But instead of building more lanes, they took away general-purpose lanes that everyone used and gave them to buses. Buses do carry a bigger load and giving them fast lanes helps them move faster during rush hour. But not everyone uses buses, and most of the day the special lanes are hardly used and not necessary. In the end, traffic worsened, making Seattle a less pleasant place to live, visit and explore. A nicer example is the way universities and the federal government, starting in the late 1990s, built a fast lane for research purposes. Called Internet2, this continues to operate in parallel to the regular Internet with all sorts of public benefit. Maybe ISPs should work with Netflix and Google to build an Internet3 dedicated to entertainment traffic. The problem is nobody trusts Comcast and other ISPs. Especially since they're selling streaming media and other services that compete with others using their pipes; they may be tempted to give their offerings special treatment. Yet consumers are paying for uniform delivery of whatever they want to download. Ensuring these speeds is part of the FCC's proposal, but one that will be hard to monitor and enforce. Fast lanes weren't allowed under net-neutrality rules the FCC established in 2010, but it turns out those rules were built on a house of cards. The FCC never had much authority to enforce the rules, a federal court ruled in January, because the agency decided back in 2002 that it would take a hands-off approach to broadband. Last week, the FCC started over with a new proposal that nobody seems to like or even understand. It also floated the idea of reclassifying broadband as an essential service, like phone service, that needs stricter regulation. Now we have four months to comment on the proposal. If FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler can sort this out in a way that achieves consensus and upholds the principles of net neutrality, perhaps his next job should be secretary of state. Comments | Topics: Comcast, FCC, Google


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Campo de Encanto translates to Field of Enchantment.
We think that's the perfect name. Not too serious. Not too flashy. Just the place from which what you might imagine a remarkable spirit could come.
What is Pisco? A lot of people are asking these days.
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In Spirit and Truth seeks to encourage discussion and deeper consideration of representation issues in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). It is hoped entries will prompt reflection and dialogue on aspects of expanding representation and supporting full participation in the PCUSA, especially at the assembly and mid council levels.
This blog will occasionally feature content written by one of the fourteen members of the General Assembly Committee on Representation, who are church members, ministers (teaching elders) and ruling elders from across the country, as well as links and articles of particular interest. The ministries of advising, consulting, advocating, promoting inclusion, reviewing and recommending actions are vital to the life of the whole Body of Christ. Committees on Representation and/or their functions exists at all councils above session so from time to time we may highlight activities and insights from sister committees on representation at lower councils throughout the church.
Any views or opinions presented in this blog are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. or the General Assembly Committee on Representation.
Author/Facilitator Molly Casteel is an Assistant Stated Clerk and the Manager for Equity and Representation in the Office of the General Assembly. She is a teaching elder (a.k.a. Minister of Word and Sacrament) in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary.
Have you ever wondered what participation looks like in real time at General Assembly? Are you attending GA221 in Detroit? Do you enjoy seeing the church do its work in committee?
We are recruiting observers of committee business during the 221st General Assembly (2014). We've learned that we need a full diversity and representation in the observers - everyone sees and hears the action before them a little differently. The more observers, the better picture we get of what's happening in participation.
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Actor Jake Gyllenhaal has ended his relationship with model Alyssa Miller after less than six months of dating.
The actor first became linked to the Sports Illustrated beauty in June after meeting in New York, but according to Us Weekly magazine, the romance fizzled out before Christmas.
A source says, "Things were really good between Jake and Alyssa right up until he had to leave for L.A. to go shoot a movie in the fall. Then the distance just really got to them."
Gyllenhaal has been filming new movie "Nightcrawler" in Los Angeles since October.
The Hollywood star has previously dated Taylor Swift, Reese Witherspoon and another Sports Illustrated stunner, model Emily DiDonato.


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- Walk to Dad.
- Open the playpen's gate.
- Exit the playpen.
- Look at the "You're SPECIAL!" book.
- Follow Dad.
After a rather disturbing introductory sequence opens up your eyes to the alternate reality future of the United States in the year 2077, you're suddenly thrust to the year 2277. But not before reliving the nineteen years prior in a series of flashback sequences that won't only introduce you to your character, but allow you to customize him (or her) in any way you desire. After choosing your sex, you'll be able to choose a name and customize the way your character looks. Spend as little or as much time as you want with these features, remembering that the choices you make here will affect the way you look and your character's name for the rest of your experience with Fallout 3.
There's not much you can do as an infant; the game knows this, of course, and speeds forward to a year later. Your character's dad, whose name is James, leaves you alone in your playpen while he goes off to run a quick errand. Of course, being the little explorer that you are, you make your way out of the pen (approach the door, following the on-screen prompt to open it). Then, grab a toy out of your toy chest and wait around for dad to come back. When he does, he shows you a favorite excerpt from the bible of your deceased mother (who died when you were born) and walks out of the room. Follow him.
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Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, February 14, 2011-SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), the global leader in flash memory cards, today announced that Acer has selected the 32-gigabyte (GB)1 SanDisk® SSD P4 modular solid state drive for use in its Iconia Tab Windows 7 tablet. SanDisk SSD P4's combination of capacity, size, speed and reliability offers a compelling storage solution for OEMs who design high-performance ultra-thin notebooks and tablets.
The SanDisk SSD P4 fits Acer's thin design and low power consumption requirements for its newest tablet. Solid state drives (SSDs) use flash memory technology, and with no moving parts SSDs offer improved durability that helps prevent data loss from drive failure. SSD-equipped devices generate less noise due to their fan-less design and come in smaller form factors than are possible with conventional hard disk drives (HDD).
"The SanDisk SSD P4 is designed for thin, high-performance productivity tablets such as Acer's Iconia Tab Windows 7 tablet," said Kevin Conley, senior vice president, solid state drives, SanDisk. "As the tablet and mobile markets converge, cost-effective modular SSD solutions from SanDisk allow OEMs to create high-quality products that are tailored to their customers' needs."
"The Iconia Tab Windows 7 tablet is designed for optimum versatility in an ultra-portable tablet form factor. The docking keyboard, optimal ergonomics with superior touch experience provides ease-of-use both on the go and at your desk," said David Lee, AVP, mobile computing business unit, Acer Inc. "The SanDisk SSD P4 module meets Acer's tablet design requirements for stability, speedy access and low-power consumption for running seamless flows of pervasive mobile Internet applications."
The new Acer Iconia Tab Windows 7 tablet offers the functionality and ease of use that consumers demand in a high-performance mobile computing platform, and combines touch-screen user-friendliness with the comfortable experience of a physical keyboard. The tablet comes with a docking device that includes a full-size chiclet keyboard, Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity options. Thin and light, the 10.1-inch Hi-Def tablet will run on the next-generation AMD platform and is equipped with dual Hi-Def webcams for picture, video, chat and videoconference.
The SanDisk SSD P4 includes an industry-standard mSATA interface in a Mini PCIe form factor, delivering a variety of features that complement the Acer Iconia Tab Windows 7 tablet. The 32GB SanDisk SSD P4's compact size (weighing less than 6.0 grams and measuring 30mm x 50.95mm x 3.4mm) and low power consumption (average power of . 0.18W2,3) make it well-suited to the Acer tablet's form factor and extended battery life requirements.
The SanDisk SSD P4 can deliver greater performance to consumers through increased system responsiveness. Backed by SanDisk's Adaptive Flash Management (AFM) implementation, SanDisk SSD P4 uses nCacheTM acceleration technology4, a large non-volatile write cache technology that boosts burst random write performance of 4KB up to 600 IOPS5. nCache technology improves user responsiveness and helps prevent incidence of drive "stalling" and "hiccups."
The SanDisk SSD P4 is available in a variety of form factors such as mSATA mini and also includes the SanDisk integrated solid state drive (iSSD) in a BGA form factor. These drives are available to OEMs in capacities ranging from 4GB to 128GB. More information about the SanDisk P4 SSD is available at: www.sandisk.com\pssd.
About SanDisk
SanDisk Corporation is the global leader in flash memory cards, from research, manufacturing and product design to consumer branding and retail distribution. SanDisk's product portfolio includes flash memory cards for mobile phones, digital cameras and camcorders; digital audio/video players; USB flash drives for consumers and the enterprise; embedded memory for mobile devices; and solid state drives for computers. SanDisk is a Silicon Valley-based S&P 500 company, with more than half its sales outside the United States.
1 1 gigabyte (GB) = 1 billion bytes.
2 While running MobileMark and average (typical) power.
3 Assumes DIPM (Device Initiated Power Management) is enabled.
4 nCache™ acceleration technology is a large Non Volatile Write Cache, a unique feature in SanDisk SSD P4 that improves random write performance and ensures an improved user experience. Studies show that modern operating systems mostly access the storage device using 4k access blocks. The cache is filled during these small write commands and emptied during idle time when the host is not accessing the drive, with no risk of data loss. For a typical everyday use, the write performance that the users see is the nCache (burst) high performance, and not steady state (sustained) SanDisk SSD P4 performance. Based on IOmeter 4k random write test.
5 Based on I0Meter 2003.12.16 benchmark measurements where SanDisk P4 SSD is tested as a secondary device.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Jake Peavy is showing signs of getting back on track, and his timing couldn't be better for the San Francisco Giants.
The 33-year-old right-hander pitched seven solid innings in his fifth start with San Francisco, and the Giants rolled past the Chicago Cubs 8-3 on Wednesday, hours after they won a protest regarding a rain-shortened loss from the night before.
Peavy (2-3) has won two straight after losing his first three starts with San Francisco following a July 26 trade from Boston where he was 1-9.
"I never gave up hope or thought I wasn't going to win," Peavy said. "I didn't really do anything different tonight other than just the team scored and made my job a whole lot easier.
"We've got five or six more starts and I've got to try to find a way to win those with us trying to get in (the playoffs)."
Peavy allowed 10 hits, struck out eight and walked none. Chris Valaika's two-run homer in the second inning accounted for the only runs against him.
Hunter Pence and Andrew Susac homered, and Travis Ishikawa drove in three runs with pair of doubles among three hits to help the Giants strengthen their hold on an NL wild card spot.
The Cubs' Luis Valbuena added a solo homer and a triple in going 3 for 4.
Struggling starter Edwin Jackson (6-14) was hit hard in just 2 2-3 innings, his shortest outing of the season. He allowed seven runs, eight hits and two walks. Jackson has lost seven of eight decisions.
"It's just terrible," Jackson said. "There's no excuse for it, pretty much. Tonight I didn't help myself. I didn't help my team."
Before the game, the Giants won their protest filed with Major League Baseball over Tuesday night's rain-shortened loss that was called in the fifth inning.
A problem in getting the tarp onto the field caused unplayable conditions, and the game was ruled a 2-0 Cubs win after a delay of over four hours. The suspended game will be completed on Thursday before the regularly scheduled game between the teams.
"We needed Jake to get somewhat deep in the game," manager Bruce Bochy said. "A long day tomorrow. We have a lot of innings to play."
MLB ruled the tarp hadn't been properly put away after its previous use, and therefore there was a "malfunction of a mechanical field device under control of the home club."
MLB said this was the first successful protest since 1986.
On Wednesday, the Giants jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning as five of their first six batters reached base. Ishikawa drove in two runs with his first double to cap the outburst.
Ishikawa doubled in another run in the third and scored on Susac's first career homer as San Francisco opened a 7-2 lead.
Pence led off the fourth against Carlos Villenueva with his 17th homer of this season to make it 8-2.
The suspended game will resume on Thursday with the Cubs batting in the bottom of the 5th inning and leading 2-0. San Francisco's Yesmeiro Petit (3-3, 3.89) and Chicago's Jacob Turner (4-7, 5.80) will step in to start that one. In the regularly scheduled game, Giants LHP Madison Bumgarner (13-9, 3.14) is slated to face Cubs LHP Travis Wood (7-10, 4.86).
Giants: C Buster Posey was out of the lineup because of soreness in his left hip. Bochy likened it to an unscheduled day off and expected Posey to be back behind the plate on Thursday.
Posey is batting .278 with 13 home runs. He was replaced by Susac.
Cubs: SS Starlin Castro was a last-minute scratch from the lineup due to a family emergency. The team didn't provide details or say how long he would be out, but said it was likely he'd be placed on the bereavement list.
LHP Felix Doubront, placed on the DL with a left calf strain on Aug. 1, threw on the side on Wednesday. He is expected to make another rehab start at Double-A Tennessee on Sunday or Monday. Manager Rick Renteria said Doubront, acquired from Boston on July 30, is in line to be recalled and start on Aug. 30 when the Cubs play a doubleheader at St. Louis.
The infield was still damp and the areas under the stands at century-old Wrigley Field reeked of mold even more than usual following Tuesday's night's downpour that led to the game being called at 1:16 a.m. The storm apparently was very localized. Cubs GM Jed Hoyer said it didn't rain at his house, some 12 blocks from the ballpark.
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Milestone-Proposal:Mainline Electrification of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 1895
Docket #:2011-02
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Did the achievement provide a meaningful benefit for humanity?
Was it of at least regional importance?
Has an IEEE Organizational Unit agreed to pay for the milestone plaque(s)?
Has an IEEE Organizational Unit agreed to arrange the dedication ceremony?
Has the IEEE Section in which the milestone is located agreed to take responsibility for the plaque after it is dedicated?
Has the owner of the site agreed to have it designated as an Electrical Engineering Milestone? Yes
Year or range of years in which the achievement occurred:
The design and construction work took place in the period leading up to 27 June 1895 when the mainline electrification first went into service. It remained in service until 1952.
Title of the proposed milestone:
Mainline Electrification of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 1895
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In what IEEE section(s) does it reside?
The Milestone resides in the IEEE Baltimore Section.
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IEEE Organizational Unit(s) paying for milestone plaque(s):
Unit: Baltimore Section
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IEEE Organizational Unit(s) arranging the dedication ceremony:
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IEEE section(s) monitoring the plaque(s):
IEEE Section: Baltimore Section
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Street address(es) and GPS coordinates of the intended milestone plaque site(s):
The Milestone achievement took place in the City of Baltimore, MD.
Describe briefly the intended site(s) of the milestone plaque(s). The intended site(s) must have a direct connection with the achievement (e.g. where developed, invented, tested, demonstrated, installed, or operated, etc.). A museum where a device or example of the technology is displayed, or the university where the inventor studied, are not, in themselves, sufficient connection for a milestone plaque.
Please give the address(es) of the plaque site(s) (GPS coordinates if you have them). Also please give the details of the mounting, i.e. on the outside of the building, in the ground floor entrance hall, on a plinth on the grounds, etc. If visitors to the plaque site will need to go through security, or make an appointment, please give the contact information visitors will need.
The Howard Street Tunnel still exists but is not suitable for the location of the Milestone plaque. The intended site for the plaque is the B&O Railroad Museum, located at Pratt and Poppleton Streets (901 West Pratt Street), Baltimore, MD 21223. the Museum is on the site of the historic Mt. Clare shops, considered by many to be the birthplace of American railroading. The Museum is comprised of five historic buildings located on approximately 40 acres and houses one of the world's finest and most comprehensive collections of railroad locomotives, rolling stock, and other artifacts. The Museum has been granted National Historic Landmark status by the U.S. Deartment of the Interior. The Museum's centerpiece building is the original B&O roundhouse built in 1884 and in continuous railroad use until 1953. Courtney Wilson, the Museum's executive director, has indicated that the Museum would be honored to be the location of the plaque.
Are the original buildings extant?
Details of the plaque mounting:
How is the site protected/secured, and in what ways is it accessible to the public?
The approximately 40-acre site is appropriately fenced and is a secure site. It is accessible to all members of the public who visit the museum. The proposed specific location of the plaque is at the Education Station building on the site. this location is the centralized repository for other plaques acquired through the years. The GPS coordinates of the proposed site of the plaque are: (39 deg.17'07.81"N), (76 deg.38'00.42"W).
Who is the present owner of the site(s)?
In 1990, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum became an independent nonprofit education institution controlled by a board of directors.
A letter in English, or with English translation, from the site owner(s) giving permission to place IEEE milestone plaque on the property:
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What is the historical significance of the work (its technological, scientific, or social importance)?
The Baltimore & Ohio Belt Railway electrification marked the first time that electric propulsion was applied to mainline freight and passenger operation. Smoke free propulsion was mandated by local ordinance which forbade smoke flues or vents in the Howard Street Tunnel that passed under a fashionable area of Baltimore. An electric locomotive provided the sole propulsion to a train that consisted of standard passenger and freight rail cars plus an idle steam locomotive.
What obstacles (technical, political, geographic) needed to be overcome?
The technical challenges were two fold. First, movement of mainline trains at normal speeds required the design and construction of a locomotive with 1,000% greater power than any constructed previously. Second, the provision of adequate propulsion power required concentrated power generation that exceeded the total capacity of utilities such as the Edison Electric Illuminating Co. of NY which comprised five stations. The required locomotive performance was achieved with a scheme that coupled large motors to the wheels by a steel "spider," the arms of which were fitted with rubber blocks that engaged the spokes of the driving wheels. Power was provided by large (for that time) 500-kW compound dynamos connected to permit a voltage increase of as much as 25% to meet peak demand. In view of the unprecedented high current involved, power distribution initially used a steel overhead contact system. Likewise, the integrity of return current conduction was assured as the usual running rail path was supplemented with a bonded cable to mitigate possible stray current issues.
What features set this work apart from similar achievements?
All prior application of electric power to rail operation involved the use of street railways, elevated lines (Chicago), subways (London), or was limited to the movement of freight cars at slow speeds over street railway or privately-owned spur trackage to industrial plants located thereon.
References to establish the dates, location, and importance of the achievement: Minimum of five (5), but as many as needed to support the milestone, such as patents, contemporary newspaper articles, journal articles, or citations to pages in scholarly books. At least one of the references must be from a scholarly book or journal article.
Supporting materials (supported formats: GIF, JPEG, PNG, PDF, DOC): All supporting materials must be in English, or if not in English, accompanied by an English translation. You must supply the texts or excerpts themselves, not just the references. For documents that are copyright-encumbered, or which you do not have rights to post, email the documents themselves to email@example.com. Please see the Milestone Program Guidelines for more information.


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Johnson County Attorney Ken DeCock issued a media release Monday afternoon addressing the commissioner's vote to pay the invoice.
DeCock said the decision is contrary to his advice as legal counsel for the county. DeCock also said the State Attorney General's opinion is that no specific statute gives the assessor express authority to hire outside legal counsel, and that doing so was beyond the authority of her office.
DeCock advised the commissioners and the County Clerk to not pay the invoice for Rogers' legal counsel, adding that she had said she would pay the fees herself, which is the correct thing to do under the circumstances.
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Betty Tillman Samb uses a cultural studies approach to help students understand The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday. She asks students to use family photographs to contextualize the familial experience of Momaday's work, and to respond through creative writing. Students then work in groups to conduct Web research on Kiowa culture.
In this lesson, Bobbi Ciriza Houtchens uses a cultural studies approach to immerse students in Asian American culture as they study Russell Leong's poem "Aerogrammes." During a class trip to Chinatown in Los Angeles, Leong shares his poetry and guides students as they have a Tai Chi lesson, eat in a Chinese restaurant, and work in groups to create Japanese renga poems describing their experience.
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While defendants in the case are from throughout the Four Corners area, the focus of the investigation centers on the Blanding area.
The raids and subsequent actions have set off a firestorm of controversy. Local, state and national media descended on Blanding, where they were able to find plenty of residents willing to express outrage at the raids and their aftermath.
A total of 24 defendants were charged in the first round of legal action, which culminates an investigation that has already lasted more than two years. The charges are outlined in twelve indictments from a federal grand jury.
The charges include violations of the Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA) and the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).
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MONTREAL - Regulars at Caffè Italia worried when they heard the popular Little Italy café was going to be renovated. But Nadia Serri, the daughter of the café's owner, assured them little would change. "I told customers it was going to be a prettier shade of ugly," she said.
Most renovations aim to improve and modernize. Sometimes, when a space has old-style charm, an attempt is made to preserve it.
But what has brought customers to Caffè Italia since the place was opened in 1956 by Serri's grandparents is the Italian-style coffee, the lively atmosphere — and what can only be described as charmlessness. That's why Luciana Serri, Nadia's mother, spent nearly $100,000 on a renovation designed to make the new and improved Caffè Italia look as much as possible like the old one.
Completed in two weeks, this was the first major renovation in the café's history. Luciana and her daughters — Nadia's sister Laura also works at the café — wanted more space behind the coffee bar. "The sandwich guy had to move every time someone tried to get by," Nadia said.
Except for a new granite top, the coffee bar is a replica of the old one. The same goes for the shelving behind the bar, and the wainscotting throughout the café.
The Serrises could have afforded real wood, but they used wood laminate instead, to replicate what was there before. The terrazzo flooring was buffed and the neon ceiling lights replaced. Because the new bulbs are stronger, the place looks brighter. "I'm a little sad about that," Nadia said.
The café reopened Jan. 25 at its usual opening time: 6 a.m. No changes were made to the menu or the prices. Customers were waiting to get in and Luciana, who is 76, was on hand to put the key in the door. When she saw the renovation, she felt relieved. "I thought, 'Aah, it's my café' and I thanked my daughters," she said.
Nadia's husband, Giampiero Iannuzzi, supervised the contractors. He says the hardest part was making sure they toed the line. "They suggested we put in stainless steel light fixtures and a sleeker square counter, and that we get rid of the panelling," Iannuzzi said.
Luciana and Laura wanted to create more room in the café by getting rid of the foosball table — a tabletop game — in the backroom. But that plan was nixed when longtime customer Howard Rich objected. Rich, 69, a pediatrician, has been a regular at the café for 40 years. Some days, he comes to the café two or even three times. "I told them it would break my heart and my grandson's heart if they got rid of the foosball table," he said.
There are plenty of cafés closer to Rich's home in Outremont, but he prefers Caffè Italia. "It's a unique atmosphere. It's café life," he said.
Part of the café life Rich is describing is the crowd of regulars — mostly older Italian men — who congregate at the table in the front window overlooking St-Laurent Blvd. Manager and barista Paolo Amoroso calls them "the gang." About a dozen of them meet up at the café every morning and afternoon.
"They're always at the front table. They go home for lunch. Then their wives throw them out. They're like cats. You let them out and they come back home to eat," Amoroso said.
Gino Cardillo, 64, a retired construction worker, is part of that gang. "I've been coming here since Nadia was this high," Cardillo says, pointing to one of the bar stools, a shinier version of its predecessor.
During the renovation, Cardillo and his pals met up at the McDonald's near Jean-Talon Market. "The coffee was not the same," Cardillo said.
Stéphane Danis, an artist's agent, and his partner, André Grenier, a nurse's aide, begin every Saturday and Sunday morning with coffee at Caffè Italia. Danis was concerned when he heard about the renovation on Josée di Stasio's Télé-Québec cooking show. But when they turned up on opening day, the pair liked what they found. "I'm very happy they didn't change anything and that we continue to feel at home," Danis said.
Danis's father, Laurent, died last week at the age of 88, after a battle with Alzheimer's. Like his son, he was also a fan of Caffè Italia's. "Till the end, whenever he was doing well, we'd say, 'Let's take him now for a cappuccino.' My mother would park outside and go in to get him a coffee. He didn't like Styrofoam, so he'd have it in the car — in a cup and saucer with a little metal spoon," Danis said.


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It was the perfect financial storm. It happened on a day when I was prepared to make a major deposit into our Bank of America account and transfer funds to wipe out a lingering line of credit. That would qualify me to exclaim to financial guru and radio host Dave Ramsey that I was debt free.
It was the perfect financial storm.
It happened on a day when I was prepared to make a major deposit into our Bank of America account and transfer funds to wipe out a lingering line of credit. That would qualify me to exclaim to financial guru and radio host Dave Ramsey that I was debt free.
On that very day, I heard firsthand the story of a young man who had awakened that same morning only to discover that $13,000 had vanished from his USAA account.
Compounding his startling news was yet another scammer�s attempt to bamboozle my colleague Carolyn Alford from the property she had listed for sale on Craigslist.com.
Online scammers are working overtime. These cowardly, faceless criminals are targeting the richest � albeit one of least safe � industrialized countries in the world as it relates to credit and debit card use. At this moment the thieves appear to be winning.
I was visibly upset when I processed the theft of my friend�s more than $13,000. Understandably, he didn�t want his name used in this story; so without disclosing his name, allow me to describe this victim who was taken by an Internet thief.
This young man rises each day to provide for his 7-year-old son. Last March, the man was honorably discharged from the Marine Corps. During six years, he was deployed overseas five times where he received three Purple Hearts for his efforts. For those few months when he wasn�t dodging improvised explosive devices or deadly enemy fire, he was assisting Haitians after that country�s devastating 2012 earthquake or providing relief to victims of Super-storm Sandy.
In a nonchalant manner, my friend explained how he felt when he learned he had become a victim of internet fraud. �Last night I went to bed with $17,000 in my combined bank accounts � money I had been saving for my son�s college fund � and when I awoke the next morning the balance had shrunk to $4,000,� he told me. �I said to myself: Oh my God!�
His bank feels confident his debit card was compromised when he shopped at Target during the holiday season. Last week, his financial institution said it might be able to replenish his account with at least $10,000. But what about the remaining funds? My friend never wavered: �If my bank doesn�t reinstate the full amount stolen from my account, I�m going to pursue this in court.�
The Christmas-season breach of more than 40 million Target department store accounts has put United States credit-card security in the crosshairs. The U.S. is light years behind Europe in credit-card chip technology. According to industry sources, the U.S. is the weak link in credit-card protection, a situation that hasn�t been lost on the crooks.
It is believed the Target breach was initiated by a 17-year old Russian boy who created a malware virus that entered the Internet with few obstacles. Its effects have been devastating. U.S. government officials and their contemporaries in the banking and retail industries estimate the cost of bringing America�s credit-card security up to the standards of the rest of the world could exceed $8 billion and take several years.
As for Carolyn�s advertisement, it had all the window dressing of your typical and overused Nigerian 419 scam. The responder accepted her asking price without question and informed her that his office protocol prohibited the use of telephone. He demanded that she communicate through email and consummate the real estate transaction through online e-commerce business, PayPal. Fortunately, Carolyn�s no dummy and saw through this scam immediately.
In the 42 years that I have been making deposits at banks, I have never felt as unsure about the security of my funds as I did when I made my deposit last Tuesday. Unlike my friend�s money, my funds were still in my account when I awoke the next morning and speedily made an intra-bank transfer.
Credit and debit card fraud are rampant in my community of Swansboro. Onslow County Commissioner Jack Bright told me he has heard so many stories from local residents that he believes there isn�t a family who hasn�t been victimized or that knows someone who has.
All this firsthand evidence has made Bright, a former assistant police chief, so leery of plastic money that he has resorted to conducting transactions in cash.
I am now debt free but my confidence in the U.S. banking system and the credit and debit card industry have been shattered. Perhaps I need to follow Commissioner Bright�s lead.
Swansboro resident Mike McHugh is an advertising account executive with The Daily News. Readers can email him at: email@example.com.


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