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CURRENTS Article Communications offices that understand the value of shifting from tactical to strategic create initiatives and outreach efforts about ideas and values--more purposeful messages--and have expanded the definition of "constituent" to include legislators, editorial page writers, and corporate leaders, just to name a few. This article examines the strategic shifts and related communications and marketing efforts of several campuses. Included is a sidebar about one British institution ("You've Got to Play to Win").
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CURRENTS Article Persuading faculty to work with media and coaching them on it; and what the stuff in your workspace says about you.
Be Their Media Guide
CURRENTS Article Not all professors and administrators understand what reporters look for in a story, recognize that the media landscape has shifted, or view social media platforms as useful communications tools. Meanwhile, nearly everyone knows what a press release is, which is why people ask for them. (And they want what they want.) So how should you manage expectations for media coverage without acquiescing to illogical requests or making your job more challenging? Here's some advice from communications pros on how to build relationships and obtain media coverage that enhances your institution's image.
Public Relations Efforts Top Source for Education Journalists
Article, BriefCASE Article A recent report reveals that education journalists have high confidence in the impact of their work and that communications staff at educational institutions play a large role in their reporting.
Office Space: Three Things Communicators Can Learn from Startups
CURRENTS Article Annabel Adams' startup experience benefited her as associate director of strategic communications for the School of Humanities at the University of California, Irvine. The fast-paced, results-driven culture she came from forced her to be resourceful, proactive, and bold. While the past 18 months haven't been as easy as she first imagined, she has learned to translate her experience in the startup world into communications strategies for higher education. Here are her top three tips.
2015 Circle of Excellence Grand Gold Winners
CURRENTS Article Emotion and connection were major themes among 2015's CASE Circle of Excellence Awards Grand Gold winners. Whether communicating about a deadly virus, cultivating entrepreneurs, engaging alumni with advanced degrees, or sharing the inspiring story of a college student whose life was cut short by illness, institutions dug deeply into their creative toolboxes-though not necessarily into their budgets. They also had fun courting prospective students and welcoming new admits to the family.
Cap and Frown
CURRENTS Article Institutions want big names for commencement speakers, but high-profile figures can be controversial—and expensive. Are the risks worth the benefits?
What's the Idea?
CURRENTS Article Recognizing faculty and staff members who participate in your institution's media relations efforts creates buy-in and gives people incentive to do more.
Translating Difficult Research into Easy-to-Understand News
Article, BriefCASE Article Campus communicators should work with academics to turn their complex research into compelling news stories, says a speaker at the upcoming El Congreso CASE América Latina 2015.
How to Spotlight Faculty Experts and Score Home Runs with the Media
CURRENTS Article Many journalists need what we've got: Experts on a variety of topics who can provide insights and perspectives that enhance their stories and inform their readers. The trick is cutting through the clutter that's competing for media attention. Topic, timing, relationships with reporters, and name recognition help determine whether your pitch is successful, but none guarantee it. No matter the size of your communications operation, you can get your institution's faculty experts quoted in the news more often.
Office Space: The Press Release Is Dead
CURRENTS Article Should we be doing press releases? Most of the time, the answer is no.
Round of Applause
CURRENTS Article Ten grand gold award winners of this year's CASE Circle of Excellence Awards are profiled here.
Tips for a Video Interview
Article, BriefCASE Article Communications staffers should talk to interviewees before video recording sessions to explain what's going to happen and to make them comfortable having a conversation, says a multimedia expert.
Institutions Need to Be the News in the New Media Landscape
Article, BriefCASE Article With the power of search engines and new technology, coupled with the decline of education reporters, institutions have to shift their media relations strategies—and even become news sources themselves.
Start Spreading the Views
CURRENTS Article Several years ago Duke University created an op-ed service to gain better exposure for faculty members' editorials. Instead of submitting op-eds to a handful of national newspapers, Duke's media relations department began targeting large regional papers across the United States. Keith Lawrence, Duke's director of media relations, writes about the results of this program, including more timely publication of pieces, and how it benefits the university and participating faculty members. He also offers suggestions, such as localizing editorials as much as possible, to other institutions considering a similar program.
Guiding Faculty, Staff and Administrators Through a Media Interview
Podcast Michael Kiser from Colby College discusses why it's important for communications officials to know the reasons media have for interviewing institutional employees. Also, learn what kind of media training these individuals need before an interview.
Looking Back at the Boston Bombings
CURRENTS Article Six months after the Boston Marathon bombings and the five-day manhunt that followed, five officials from area universities reflect on how they and their institutions dealt with the events that unfolded that week.
TV That's Actually … Good
CURRENTS Article A new cable network helps nonprofits highlight their works.
Responsiveness is Key in a Crisis
Article, BriefCASE Article The most common mistake institutions make during a crisis is not responding quickly enough to the media, says a communications expert.
Expert Shares Effective Practices in Online Newsrooms
Article, BriefCASE Article If a journalist, student, alumnus or community member went to your institution's news site today, would they find what they are looking for? If you're not sure, it may be time to give your online newsroom a facelift.
Using Advocacy as a Positioning Strategy
Podcast Hear Teresa Flannery from American University talk about how institutions can demonstrate their relevance and value by having campus leaders or faculty members discuss hot-button issues—such as rising student debt, cost and affordability or public policy related to school safety and gun laws. Also, hear her discuss some of the risks involved when using this strategy.
Watch Your Language
CURRENTS Article Since 1976, Lake Superior State University in Michigan has released a list of words that should be "banished from the Queen's English for misuse, overuse and general uselessness." Submissions to the list are submitted by the public and come in from all over the world. The self-proclaimed publicity stunt, released each New Year's Day, earns the small institution media coverage from dozens of media outlets.
Tips on How to Build Good University-Media Relationships
Article, BriefCASE Article A recent online chat hosted by The Guardian shared tips on how higher education communications professionals can build trust with reporters and avoid being misrepresented in the media.
Odds and Ends: A Chat About Change
CURRENTS Article Paul Heaton, director of the CASE Center for Community College Advancement, talks to Jeff Selingo, vice president and editorial director at the Chronicle of Higher Education, about the debate over the value of a college degree, the future of higher education, and the death of the press release.
How to Use "New" Media to Promote Faculty Research
Article, BriefCASE Article It's not always easy for media relations professionals to promote the important research taking place at their institutions. Presenters at a recent CASE conference, however, say there are plenty of social media platforms that, with a bit of strategic thinking, can be used to overcome this challenge.
Outlook: The Reality (Show) of Higher Education
CURRENTS Article The University of California, Riverside recently had an opportunity to have its institution and president featured on a popular primetime reality program. Not without its risks, it was an opportunity to tell the institution's story in different way.
Office Space: Pitch Craft
CURRENTS Article This article is intended to help communications professionals improve their relationships with reporters by offering tips for them to be better sources of information and ideas.
From Neglected to Connected: Reinventing Your Institution's News Site
Article, BriefCASE Article When Tufts University decided to revamp its news site, it first looked to see what other institutions were doing. It turns out there were very few higher education role models—and a lot of fake storefronts.
Office Space: Meet the (Student) Press
CURRENTS Article This article looks at why it's important to have a good relationship with the campus newspaper and offers tips on building a positive and professional rapport.
Medios combinados
CURRENTS Article Manejar el fragmentado entorno mediático actual y aprovechar las redes sociales son acciones críticas para el éxito de la prensa.
The Future Is Here
CURRENTS Article Research universities have banded together to create Futurity.org, a website that aggregates their research in the form of accessible, engaging news stories.
Mixed Media
CURRENTS Article Successful media relations in today's world require institutions to communicate their message online and across several social media platforms as well as to traditional media. The article discusses institutions' use of YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, blogs, and distinct distribution channels to disseminate stories to their various audiences and constituents.
Panelists Discuss Turning Academics into Media Ambassadors
Article, BriefCASE Article Strong, trusting relationships between campus experts and media relations officers can lead to high-profile media coverage that benefits the institution, according to panelists speaking at the 2010 CASE Europe Annual Conference.
Education Media Must Adopt New Business Practices to Survive
Article, BriefCASE Article New, innovative business models are critical to saving media coverage of education, according to a new report on the challenges facing education journalism.
Selling Science
CURRENTS Article This article explains how communications professionals at colleges and universities can take complex, technical stories about science and research and make them sing for mass audiences.
Survey Finds Most U.S. Journalists Use Social Media for Story Research
Article, BriefCASE Article A recent survey of magazine, Web site and newspaper editors and reporters reveals that a large majority of working journalists now depend on social media such as blogs, Wikipedia, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube for background research in writing stories.
Plugging In
CURRENTS Article Good public relations starts with the face of your institution, but what if your institution's leader needs a face-lift?
Media Coverage of Education Disappearing
Article, BriefCASE Article Just 1.4 percent of U.S. national media coverage is dedicated to education, and little of that coverage has to do with learning, according to the authors of a new report on how the press covers education.
The Whirlwind of Media Relations Technology
CURRENTS Article How to stay abreast of promising technologies without getting confused by the dizzying pace of change
Speaker: Institutions Make News through "Crowdsourcing"
Article, BriefCASE Article Web 2.0 tools have allowed the news media to "crowdsource" news by supplementing and integrating the work of journalists with photos, videos and commentary submitted by the public.
Report Reveals Top 10 Tips to Boost News Coverage, Build Media Relationships
Article, BriefCASE Article What do reporters really want from nonprofits? A recent report by nfpSynergy identifies 10 tips that journalists say will help charities build key media relationships and improve placement results.
Advance Work: Off to College, Via Reality TV
CURRENTS Article Five U.K. universities offer full-ride scholarships via an unusual reality TV program.
Specific Media Relations Programs: Waubonsee Community College - Gold Award
Best Practice Waubonsee Community College celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2006-2007. As part of the celebration, the college recognized and honored its top 40 alumni and students, calling them Waubonsee's "Fabulous 40" to coincide with the anniversary theme of "Celebrating 40 Years of Student Success." The media relations campaign for the Fabulous 40 won an award from CASE in 2008.
Specific Media Relations Programs: Georgia Tech Research Institute - Silver Medal
Best Practice Georgia Tech Research Institute is the nonprofit applied research arm of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Nearly 80 percent of GTRI's funded research comes from the U.S. military or military-related organizations, which could have a tremendously negative impact on the organization if there was a sudden downturn in federal military spending. To address this possibility, GTRI launched a media campaign to obtain widespread coverage of the institute's non-military research programs and increase the number of non-military research contracts and collaborators.
General News Writing: Duke University - Gold Medal
Best Practice One goal of Duke University's Office of News & Communications is to inform the public about the scholarly work taking place on our campus, and in doing so increase the public's understanding and appreciation of the contributions made by Duke's faculty, staff and students.
General Information Features: SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry - Bronze Medal
Best Practice "Nature in Your Backyard" is a two-minute television feature produced by SUNY-ESF to help people enjoy and better understand the world around us; give our students a proactive learning environment; and, raise the electronic image of ESF.
PSAs and Commercial Spots: University of Alaska-Statewide - Silver Medal
Best Practice The University of Alaska's fall 2006 advertising campaign included a series of seven short videos of students and their experiences at UA. Three spots, in rotation in Alaska as TV ads, pointed viewers to a site with four more videos and bios of featured students. The campaign also included print, radio, social networking site advertising and cinema slides. It was focused on a target audience of primarily 16-24 year-old prospective students in Alaska.
PSAs and Commercial Spots: University of Alberta - Gold Medal
Best Practice University of Alberta's new president, Dr. Indira Samarasekera asked for a national television advertising campaign that highlighted the university as embodying the Olympic ideal in its new "Dare to Discover" ethos (i.e., striving for personal best and serving peace, friendship, and understanding in the world). It was important that the ad make a connection between institutional pride and Canadian patriotism.
PSAs and Commercial Spots: University of Memphis - Gold Medal
Best Practice The objective of this campaign was to create an entertaining and effective series of spots to sell season tickets to University of Memphis football. This season, the University of Memphis was in a unique situation in that the team would be playing seven home games - up from the traditional six home games in years past.
Crisis Management: University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine - Gold Medal
Best Practice When Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro was injured during the Preakness Stakes and rushed to the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine's New Bolton Center, communications professionals were faced with a media frenzy that lasted for more than eight months. The resulting communications effort was extensive; through it, the school shared Barbaro's story and the hospital's research and work with the nation.
Research, Medicine, and Science News Writing: Stanford University School of Medicine - Gold Medal
Best Practice Stanford University School of Medicine's Office of Communication & Public Affairs wants reporters to know about stories that represent a clear advancement in medical science, that reflect Stanford's leadership in a particular field of study and that have broad public appeal. When they find stories that fit these criteria, they work hard to write engaging news releases that put the research findings in a larger context — for instance, how it might relate to finding a cure for a particular disease, or how it sheds light on a national policy issue.
Research, Medicine, and Science News Writing: University at Buffalo/SUNY - Silver Medal
Best Practice A major focus in the The University at Buffalo's Office of News Services and Periodicals is increasing the visibility of the university as one of the country's premier public research universities. This is accomplished in several ways, the primary one being the strategic placement of stories about accomplishments of UB researchers in the news media.
Ethics Case Study: Hide and They'll Seek
CURRENTS Article A sexual assault takes place in a dorm in which both the victim and the suspect live. After checking with the student affairs office, it's discovered that the suspect was not actually enrolled at the time and should not have been living in campus housing. The student affairs office asks that this information not be shared with reporters. Of course a reporter does call and asks for the suspect's hometown, which is provided, but nothing else. Is it ethical to respond to only those questions the reporter has asked? Is it ethical to withhold information about the error? CASE members respond.
Advance Work: Op-Ed Cred
CURRENTS Article Quick and easy tips for writing an op-ed that newspapers can't help but print.
Hiding in Plain Sight
CURRENTS Article This article, a complement to "User Generation," examines how, with the advent of Web 2.0 technologies, crises can blow out of proportions in a matter of minutes. The author outlines strategies for preparing, managing, and surviving a crisis in a hyper-connected, always-on news world.
Specific Media Relations Projects: Georgia Institute of Technology - Bronze Medal
Best Practice Recognizing the need to develop safer military combat vehicles, the Office of Naval Research contacted the Georgia Tech Research Institute to design and build the ULTRA Armored Patrol vehicle. Unveiling concept and the finished product were accompanied by a complex and aggressive media relations effort.
Advance Work: Channel Your Research
CURRENTS Article Calling itself the C-SPAN of the academic research world, ResearchChannel gathers the video content for more than 50 member institutions and distributes it to more than 21 million U.S. households through the DISH satellite network and cable television systems in 36 states.
Changing Lanes
CURRENTS Article Aided by advances in Internet and cell phone technology, "citizen" journalists are shaping the news like never before. But this new brand of journalism isn't dependent on tragic events or breaking news--blogs, podcasts, and more affect the gathering, transmission, and shaping of the news. This article examines these and other trends in journalism, including information on demand and audience fragmentation, and how they might affect education. This article does not include case studies or tips for navigating this new media landscape, but rather offers campus communications professionals serious food for thought.
AdvanceWork: The Paper Chase
CURRENTS Article Why do some institutions continue to publish paper media guides when journalists can access the same information from their Web sites? Campus communications and marketing professionals say they are sticking with print because paper guides provide easier access to information and can be used for institutional marketing and public relations purposes.
AdvanceWork: Eyes Are the Prize
CURRENTS Article Half of the 10 most popular science and technology press releases distributed by EurekAlert! in 2003 were generated by colleges and universities. The senior program associate for EurekAlert!, the online news service of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, says that catchy headlines and compelling news are most likely to capture readers' attention. Top releases in 2003 came from the University of Utah, Imperial College London, the University of Southern California, Stanford University, and the University of Washington.
Meet the Prez
CURRENTS Article There are many reasons why CEOs want to get in front of journalists--the campus just survived a major crisis or is moving in a new direction, for example. As the people charged with making it happen, public relations pros should carefully plan visits with editorial boards and other media representatives to make the most of these important meetings. The author, a seasoned journalist, outlines several strategies for making such encounters as effective as possible, including timing, who to meet with, who to bring, and what to say.
Closing Remarks: Media Plan
CURRENTS Article Campuses increasingly face scrutiny from reporters and editorial boards amid one of the worst economic downturns academe ever has experienced. The quality of press coverage about education varies widely, and some news reports are simplistic, overly critical, or inaccurate. But rather than bash the media, campus leaders need to heed the new realities.
AdvanceWork: Alumni Relations Gains Ink
CURRENTS Article A recent jump in mainstream media coverage of alumni relations is primarily related to affirmative action and legacy controversies. Alumni officers can prepare to meet the press by investing in media training.
Well Schooled
CURRENTS Article Media training for campus leaders, administrators, faculty, and communications staff has become even more important in an era of increased media scrutiny. This article outlines the characteristics and purposes of media training programs and includes a short sidebar with tips for selecting a program.
Living Publicly
CURRENTS Article A 24/7 news cycle, the Internet, an accountability revolution, and a smaller news hole are just a few of the factors changing campus media relations programs.
AdvanceWork: Prescription for Sanity
CURRENTS Article Unrealistic media expectations can plague CEOs, faculty, and advancement officers. This AdvanceWork item looks at four common problems and suggests strategies to solve them. It is of particular interest to media relations professionals.
Speaking Through the Media
CURRENTS Article When crucial issues such as public funding for higher education are being debated, the right media coverage can make an important difference in the attitudes of legislators and taxpayers. Media relations and government relations staff sometimes find working with reporters to be challenging. But the article includes numerous examples of institutions that have successfully reached out to legislators and the media on key issues.
Pressing Questions
CURRENTS Article An interview with Bob Durkee, former editor of the Princeton University student newspaper in the 1960s, now the university's vice president for public affairs, on the relationship between the campus administration and the student press. He discusses how the Internet has changed the role of student journalism, editorial and financial independence, and how student editors' interests and goals have changed over time.
Science Lessons
CURRENTS Article Public information officers often find themselves in the midst of controversy surrounding their institutions' scientific research activities. That's only one part of communicating science, however. Even though not every project will make headlines, PIOs must communicate important, complex research every day. Key to that task is establishing rapport with the scientists, presenting science to lay readers, and explaining why it's important without overhyping.
AdvanceWork: Camera-Ready
CURRENTS Article Putting your professors at ease with the media
September 11, 2001
CURRENTS Article The 2001 terrorist attack placed many demands on advancement offices. Institutions in New York City established command centers to manage communications and emergency response amid human loss and facility damage. Elsewhere, advancement professionals dealt with such tasks as reporting the status of alumni and parents, connecting campus experts with reporters, rescheduling alumni travel, rewriting magazine issues, and postponing or adjusting fund-raising calls.
A Crisis of Legendary Proportions
CURRENTS Article Simpson, vice president for public affairs at Indiana University, describes how IU's communications team handled a six-month media firestorm over basketball coach Bob Knight. The team followed a predetermined crisis communications strategy that called for developing a media relations plan, establishing a single media spokesperson, maintaining open and continuous communications, and expecting the unexpected. Simpson also describes what his team learned from the experience.
All Elian, All the Time
CURRENTS Article For the University of Miami news media office, the Elian Gonzalez saga meant a crush of requests for interviews with faculty experts and the university president. The public relations staff found ways to handle the media frenzy judiciously and parlayed it into mentions in more than 1,500 news stories.
The Court of Law vs. the Court of Public Opinion
CURRENTS Article The responsibilities of public relations officers can seem at odds with those of attorneys during a campus legal crisis. The lawyers want to limit release of information; PR staffers often need to get the story out to retain public confidence. But both groups share an interest in protecting the institution's reputation, and can work together, starting from this common ground.
Tech Support: Is Your Web Site Media-Friendly?
CURRENTS Article Public relations staff should ensure that their media Web sites meet the needs of reporters and editors. The site should be easy to search and navigate and quick to download; content must be up to date, well organized, and simple to skim, with contact information integrated throughout.
AdvanceWork: Inside Information
CURRENTS Article University of California, Davis designed a Web site to teach faculty members the right way to interact with the media
Cultivating the Benefit of the Doubt
CURRENTS Article One way to head off negative media attention is to develop a constructive relationship with the media. Communicators and campus leaders must look for opportunities to establish personal and intellectual capital with journalists and to build respect and trust. To do this: 1) Help reporters do their jobs by supplying helpful sources and responding quickly. 2) Join local journalists in supporting local charities, and also in supporting the field of journalism. 3) Become a leader in the community -- for example, by joining service clubs or volunteering for community projects.
Small Office: Maximizing Output
CURRENTS Article Two directors of small communications offices offer four strategies to help ensure staff productivity: 1) Strategize as a group in weekly planning sessions. 2) Establish credibility with the media by working with integrity and providing information quickly and accurately. 3) Train faculty members in media relations so that their efforts complement yours. 4) Streamline and recycle news releases by sending tip sheets via fax and e-mail, and by finding new angles for stories that aren't picked up on the first pitch.
AdvanceWork: When Professors Talk …
CURRENTS Article … reporters listen. A guide to institutional liability when faculty members speak out of line
AdvanceWork: Holding Your Own in a Hostile Interview
CURRENTS Article Five pointers for keeping cool when you're in the hot seat
AdvanceWork: He Said, She Said
CURRENTS Article Problem/Solution
Write-Minded: Expert Opinions
CURRENTS Article By writing newspaper op-eds, college and university representatives can help elevate an institution's profile in the eyes of important leaders, donors, alumni, parents, and the media. Capuano, a media specialist at Old Dominion University, tells how ODU has trained faculty members and administrators to write timely and newsworthy op-eds. She also provides tips on placing op-eds with the media.
Write-Minded: News Alert
CURRENTS Article A media advisory is a one-page, easy-to-digest notice designed to enable busy assignment editors and broadcast producers to evaluate an event's newsworthiness. PR consultant Sims offers these tips to construct a successful one: 1) If your event features several headliners, highlight the one most likely to interest the media outlet you're targeting. 2) Customize your headline and lead for the recip
Tech Support: Confessions of a ProfNet Junkie
CURRENTS Article Little, a public affairs director, describes his use -- and occasional overuse -- of ProfNet, an Internet service that enables public information officers to supply experts in response to reporters' queries. He offers tips to help ProfNet users make the most of the service: 1) Know your faculty members, their areas of expertise, and their comfort with the media. 2) Consider the commitment of time
AdvanceWork: News They Can Use
CURRENTS Article When Fariss Samarrai joined the University of Miami's office of media relations in spring 1993, one of his first projects was to organize a three-day workshop for reporters on the effects of hurricanes on the southeastern United States. Funded by case's Media Fellowship program, the workshop gave journalists access to the experts at the university's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science.
Step up to the Mike
CURRENTS Article Media training not only prepares your professors for talking to reporters — it can also add more credibility to your PR efforts
In Advance: Rules of Netiquette
CURRENTS Article When sending electronic mail messages to the press, remember to use a business style, don't add the journalist to your mailing list without first asking permission, send attachments as plain text, keep track of responses, and consider if you would want your e-mail messages forwarded to others.
What Are We Doing Wrong?
CURRENTS Article In an interview with CURRENTS staff, Chronicle of Higher Education managing editor Scott Jaschik describes how those who cover the education beat approach sensitive issues like campus crime, or tuition costs, why journalists may feel thwarted by campus administrators in trying to cover these stories, and how providing more information may be beneficial to educational institutions in presenting an accurate picture of these often difficult situations. Specific examples of the types of information the media may want on various issues are presented.
In Advance: Just the Facts
CURRENTS Article Give a summary of all your facts—already verified, of course—to reporters in advance of an interview. Keep reporters "on message" during interviews. It won't hurt to restate the key facts—and you can cover yourself by asking reporters to verify they received your materials.
In Advance: So Many Clips, So Little Time
CURRENTS Article Tired of clipping newspaper articles about your campus? Tom Krattenmaker of Swarthmore College moved from a paper clipping service to an electronic method and cut his news surveillance costs by more than half. Here's how to do it.
Speak Up, Speak Out, and Speak English
CURRENTS Article Like renowned scientist Carl Sagan, many campus researchers would like to increase the public's understanding of science. And it is the communication officer's job to help researchers advance the cause of science and technology. After World War II, funding for science was so readily available that "a science agenda was rarely discussed." But the public is no longer willing to write a blank check in support of scientific research, so it is up to the communicators to articulate to taxpayers how their research funds translate into benefits for society. Surveys conducted by the National Science Foundation show the public is interested in science, but that only 10 percent view themselves as well informed on the subject.
Good Chemistry
CURRENTS Article Cornell University professor of science communications Lewenstein talks about the value of bringing scientists and public information officers together during his workshops. These workshops help reporters and scientists understand what the public wants and needs to know about science. In particular, it's important to focus on providing the public a means to develop both a practical and civic science literacy. For the most part, Lewenstein finds that campuses do a good job of promoting scientific research news.
In Advance: Bring in the Reporters
CURRENTS Article Eight ways to draw journalists to your online press room—and keep them coming back for more
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Rajsi talks about her experiences as a student ambassador last year.
Last year I applied as a young and inexperienced fresher to be a student ambassador with Education in Ireland. I had had no idea how my first year would be, but by the end of it I was one of Trinity's ambassadors. The process took quite a while, but the joy of actually being selected, and being part of the university that had the most student ambassadors was totally worth it!
The programme required me to capture my first year of living in Ireland and in so doing to help the students who were considering Ireland as their prospective study abroad destination. I met some wonderful people and made some wonderful memories.
The year started with an incredible training session where we were taught about everything from photography to making videos and writing in a way that makes your words come alive. We were then introduced to Gaelic football and made to learn that craic is a real uncensored word that actually means fun. (Tip: it is pronounced 'crack'.)
Overall it was an absolutely unreal year filled with some beautiful moments, fun things to learn, some brilliant videos and interviews, and it all concluded with an amazing award ceremony, where we were congratulated for our work by no other than than Taoiseach (Irish version of a Prime Minister) Enda Kenny.
…There were also some amazing selfies involved, but hey at least I made sure of using the photographic skills I learned!
So go on, apply to have the same fabulous year I had last year. You won't regret it, I promise.
Find out more about the Education in Ireland Ambassador Program: EI Ambassador Program
To apply to be an ambassador for 2014/15, download the application form and email it to firstname.lastname@example.com by 10 October 2014: Application Form 2014

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Acts 15:1-2 King James Version (KJV)
15 And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
2 When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.
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It is with great sadness that we report on the passing of Bob Faiss, a leading Nevada gaming attorney. Bob was a partner in the Nevada law firm of Lionel, Sawyer and Collins. He played a vital role in the development of gaming laws and regulations in Nevada and many other jurisdictions. In Michigan, Bob and his law firm played an instrumental role in the development of the City ordinance with respect to the Detroit Casinos.
He was an Adjunct Professor in gaming law and policy at the William S. Boyd School of law, at the university of Nevada. He contributed an immense amount by devoting a lot of time and effort to educating and assisting many lawyers in learning the intricacies of gaming law as gaming expanded throughout the world.
The Michigan Gaming Newsletter would like to thank Jack Weyers for his contributions to this Newsletter.


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Google Thought Entire Internet Was Malicious
Oops! That's the word from Google today after a "human error" led to malicous warnings from all results returned from a search. They initially placed the blame on non profit site StopBadware.org, but since have admitted the error was in fact the fault of Google. Google has proven that everyone does indeed make mistakes!
Read the full details at cnet.com.


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Boundaries and Protections of Religious Freedom
For this issue of The FIRST, I write about the topic of religious freedom given its importance in the recent U.S. election. In this period after the November election and before Barack Obama's second inauguration, the topic is fitting, even though it seems difficult to reflect on anything in the aftermath of the carnage at the Sandy Hook Elementary School, where 26 people, 20 of them children, were killed in Newtown, CT. Perhaps silence in this period of mourning is the only appropriate response at the moment (and so I pause). As my colleague David Lantigua reminds us,
"Our initial response should be careful not to attempt to explain away the suffering by identifying some cause. We are not prepared as a society to face such evil without first responding to the countless victims and their families. ... Only silence will enable us to weep and grieve with those who are weeping right now" (Joel Achenbach, "Amid Grim News of School Massaccre, Newtown, Conn., becomes Everytown, America," Washington Post, December 14, 2012).
As to religious freedom in the U.S., I offer three observations. First, the topic must be contextualized within the global issue of religious freedom. As National Catholic Reporter columnist John Allen notes, religious persecution across the globe is arguably at an all time high, even with the obvious difficulties of measuring such claims. As many as 150,000 Christians are martyred annually. Any reflection on threats to religious freedom in the U.S. must recognize the relative scope of the issue in the U.S..
Second, despite efforts by American Catholics (including leadership from the U.S. Bishops) to make religious freedom a central issue in the 2012 election, that effort largely failed. Religious freedom has been a front page issue in the U.S. in 2012 since the well-known Health and Human Services mandate required insurance companies of all
large organizations (except "religious institutions" defined narrowly enough to exclude Catholic hospitals and universities) to include contraceptive, sterilization, and implantation-prevention drug coverage. Despite a majority of U.S. Catholics affirming that religious organizations should not have to pay for services they find morally objectionable, and affirming that the Obama administration has "gone too far in placing restrictions on religious freedom," Obama won a majority of the Catholic vote. There is material here to encourage both sides of the HHS issue. But it also suggests the need for a third and final point.
Third, the Catholic intellectual tradition offers much-needed resources to sort through the proper scope of religious freedom. Most agree that "religious freedom" should not be used as a basis to protect just any individual or group practice What then does this freedom protect? A distinction is required between religious practices per se, and engaging in some temporal activity with its own intelligible goals that are illuminated by religious beliefs. The HHS case concerns the latter. The activity is providing sound health care and, though that practice may be illuminated by religious beliefs, it is not solely a matter of religious beliefs. To use a commonly misused term, the matter is one of natural law. Catholics affirm that grace perfects rather than obliterates nature and have resources to explain how this dynamic occurs. Hence Catholics should be able to describe why their vision of health care provision is intelligible not only on the basis of religious beliefs but also on the basis of its correspondence with the goals of health care. Just because a treatment is medically administered does not make it health care. The moral status of contraception, sterilization, and abortion are important topics in themselves. A distinct question is whether these activities fall within the purview of the immediate goals of health care, or whether the goals of health care as implied by the mandate's required provisions extend beyond what can accurately be described as "health care provision."
The election is over, and perhaps removed from the public "noise" that accompanies U.S. politics, Catholics can continue to deploy our rich tradition to better illuminate the proper bounds of religious freedom.
William C. Mattison III is an Associate Professor of Moral Theology at the Catholic University of America in Washington DC. He is the author of Introducing Moral Theology: True Happiness and the Virtues (Brazos, 2008) and co-founder of the New Wine, New Wineskins Symposium for Catholic Moral Theologians. He is currently working on a book on moral theology and the Sermon on the Mount.
Joseph SellingProf. Mattison correctly asserts that Catholics affirm that grace perfects nature. Thus they are capable of forming an ethical judgement about whether reasonable means of regulating fertility, including the use of contraception, are ethically responsible. While Prof. Mattison observes that a majority of Catholics voted for the president who sought to implement a much needed health care plan that includes funding for contraception, he appears to ignore the strong indication that the majority of Catholics disagree with the bishops' claim that such provision violates religious freedom in any way. In fact, there is strong evidence that the majority of Catholics do not consider using contraception to be a sin at all. For a possible explanation for this state of affairs, see my article, "Sin is not Simple" in The Tablet 7 July 2012, p. 10.


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Decree 4090 of 2006
Determines the different types of credit whose rates must be certified by the Financial Superintendency of Colombia.
Decree 1044 of 2003
Establishes the activities of the coordination committee regarding the follow-up of the financial system.
Decree 1145 of 2003
Regulates article 94 of Law 795 of 2003 on rediscounting leasing contracts.
Decree 1154 of 1999
Modifies the structure of the Banking Superintendency.
Decree 1335 of 2003
Regulates the progressive dismantling program of entities subject to the surveillance of the Banking Superintendency of Colombia.
Decree 1400 of 2005
Entities that manage low-value payment systems are subject to inspection, monitoring and control.
Decree 1720 of 2001
Sets the minimum solvency ratio for credit institutions.
Decree 1782 of 2001
Sets forth rules aimed at guaranteeing the operations for the sale of securities with a repurchase agreement, simultaneous operations for the purchase of securities under spot and term operations and the temporary transfers of securities in which credit institutions take part.
Decree 1787 of 2004
Regulates housing leasing (Leasing Habitacional) operations set forth in article 1 of Law 795 of 2003.
Decree 1917 of 2003
Partially regulates paragraph 13 of article 24 of Law 510 of 1999.
Decree 2539 of 2001
Authorizes credit institutions to carry out a new operation.
Decree 2540 of 2001
Sets forth rules on the proper weighting of credits granted to a territorial entity for purposes of calculating the solvency ratio.
Decree 2649 of 1993
Regulates accounting in general and establishes the principles or rules of generally accepted accounting in Colombia.
Decree 2779 of 2001
Regulates Decree 094 of 2000.
Decree 2817 of 2000
Sets the indicators that allow inferring financial deterioration in credit institutions subject to the control and surveillance of the Banking Superintendency.
Decree 777 of 2003
Regulates housing leasing (Leasing Habitacional) set forth in article 1 of Law 795 of 2003.
Law 546 of 1999 - Housing law
Dictates standards related to housing matters, sets forth the objectives and criteria that must be observed the National Government when regulating a specialized system for housing funding, creates savings instruments intended for such funding and dictates measures related to taxes and other costs connected to housing construction and negotiation.
Law 550 of 1999 - Economic Intervention
Establishes a system that promotes and facilitates business recovery and the restructuring of territorial entities in order to ensure the social function of corporations. Dictates provisions to harmonize the existing legal regime with the provisions set forth in the present law.
Law 617 of 2000 - Territorial Entities
Partially amends Law 136 of 1994, Decree 1222 of 1986, adds the Organic Budget Law, Decree 1421 of 1993, dictates rules aimed at strengthening decentralization, and establishes rules for the rationalization of national public expenditure.
Law 676 of 2001 - Rediscount of credit operations
Dictates provisions regarding the rediscount of credit operations with the Fund for the financing of the Agricultural Sector, Finagro.
Law 795 of 2003 - Financial Reform
Amends some of the rules of the Financial System Organic Statute and dictates other provisions.
Resolution 3 of 2002
Regulates an interest rate coverage mechanism for individual mortgage loans aimed at housing purchase agreements.
Resolution 2896 of 1999
Publishes the value of the UVR for each of the days between January 1 of 1993 and January 31 of 1999.
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A partially blindfolded tour of jubilat 21.
I'm sitting in a coffee shop on Balboa St. in Outer Richmond in San Francisco. I bought the new issue of jubilat the other day, started reading it on the beach yesterday, and finished reading it a few minutes ago. It is really good and made me pretty happy and now it's part of the light draped across my week in San Francisco. Here are some glowing parts & pieces from everyone who appears in this issue. I think it will do something good for you, too. In addition to the poems quoted below there is also an immensely intriguing essay by Lee Ann Roripaugh, "Poem as Mirror Box: Mirror Neurons, Emotions, Phantom Limbs, and Poems of Loss and Elegy," which shows us a way into how language recreates, holds, reanimates our emotional landscapes in the physical spirit-machine of the brain, arguing that "[p]erhaps a poem teaches the brain, through language, things that are beyond the body's comprehension." (!!!) There is also a series of poetry-comics by Bianca Stone! Buy it here!
"Was pretty and he saw it was / Pretty he saw it too
Pretty for boys / To be a boy" – Shane McCrae, "Was Pretty Was Kids" (slashes in original)
"The question that we really wanted answered / Is what will happen to our precious souls?" – Joshua Edwards, from "Agonistes"
"Sometimes I say my name is Kelly from Ohio / Sometimes I am more mythical" – Natalie Lyalin, "Agrarian"
"For if our scent leaves us, / how would the gods track us down, / they too are brittle fragile beings / like little ducks and our ancestors." – Tomaz Salamun, translated by Michael Thomas Taren and the author, "For David"
"remember the aloe vera plant / is not a real child" – Francesca Chabrier and Emily Hunt, "Sorry David, David I Am So Sorry"
"Process / was the only real thing that happened. / We wove closer to the abyss, a maze of sunflowers." – John Ashbery, "Elective Infinities"
"This knowledge is astounding // It makes me realize // Just how dumb I am // And how silly we are to be afraid" – Dorothea Lasky, "Why is a Mouse Sad?"
"SOLDIER: Who are you? / LION: Me? I'm nobody." – Nick Lantz, "The Soldier and The Lion"
"Nonetheless I move; / timorously I move toward the great lettuce / of knowledge." – Jono Tosch, "Thomas Merton"
"Go ahead, try to ask for help." – Lauren Shapiro, "If You Are Lost, Don't Move"
"I write this from a Red Roof Inn near Milwaukee. It is March 12." – Joe Fletcher, "A Hand"
"Sit down at a table / made of oak in agony / and join your friends" – Macgregor Card, "Mercury Four"
"I see this sermon staring at the surface of the pho." – Lewis Freedman, "(16) Your Health"
"Clifton, he called you. Butler-William-Henry. Called you to the home-place where God Himself slept like a spine in the earth." – Kiki Perosino, "Alverta"
"Surely we'd have composed ourselves / In another time just as wildly / Extravagant if also suddenly / As a mouse's lisp." – Paul Legault, "Farm III 2"
"I watched over the sixth side and caressed it, / sweetie, sweetie I was saying to it" – Lidija Dimkovska, translated by Ljubica Arsovska and Peggy Reid, "Cube"
"your public dorsal white things / on the muggy / sedan floor" – Elaine Kahn, "Clown, Grimacer, Floormat, Yesman, Entertainer"
"As a child, I visited the Great Wall. As a child I rode trains through the Gobi desert. As a child I wanted nothing more than bluejeans." – Mary Hickman, "Andy Warhol"
"but quote me, my hunger / Was sudden and wanting" – Jericho Brown, "Obituary"
"When I touch / a shoulder, I ask / 'is this the spot?'" – Marc Rahe, "On Silence"
"Good darkness is its own address." – Elizabeth Robinson, "On Nocturnal Light"
"the grammar got / here and here and / good got going" – Drew Milne, "Starkness Falls"
"I'd rather be watching swans / mate for life. Well, / not actually mating. / Okay, actually mating; / you can hardly tell / what's going on." – Hannah Gamble, "Somewhere Golden"
"I couldn't get close // enough to know // if each was more than a single petal" – Zach Savich, "Unharvestable Flowers"
"Invite me back into the cave / where I have pictured you / so many times / and revive my vision" – Alex Phillips, "Extracts from Unkindness"
"I'm pushing a big transparent / Stone up a steep unseen slope" – James Haug, "Geologic Time"
"Roughly speaking / We will never meet again." – Will Smiley, "The Snow"
"It's not my fault, but / it might be." – Keetje Kuipers, "The Extinct"
"Agents in badges rush / the lab" – Shara Lessley, "The Clocks, Lobotomous"
"And the baby boat don't want that trifling / beauty." – Miklavz Komelj, translated by Dan Rosenberg and Boris Gregoric, "The Bat Won't Shut Its Trap"
"Hungry deer step from the woods / on velvet-gloved legs. / This is a test." – Lisa Olstein, "This is a Test of the Internal Emergency Broadcast System"
"the trees outside my friend Kathryn / has said so many perfect things" – Eryn Green, "Door Out. Out"
"you are trying out / all four versions / of yr indoor voice" – Daniela Olszewska, "Designated Driver"
"Soon the season of gifts / and potatoes will be upon us. Soon you will make, / for everyone, a kind of new womb in which / to wrap themselves" – Sean Bishop, "Sonsmanship"
"How change it some // is synonym for love" – Lisa Fishman, "In Stead A Form"
"with my skies / I edge towards a moment that keeps all / I notice in front of me" – Jordan Stempleman, "Hi, Again"
"I repeat / on repeat / so much so / eventually I believe" – Ben Kopel, "Muscle Mystery Sutra" (slashes in original)
"Sad people are too enthusiastic about cookies. // This is how you will be able to tell them apart / from the others, whose hungers are more general." – S.E. Smith, "I'm Aware of the Animals Within Me"
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One Response to ">The First Official Friday Five – 5/13/11"
May 13, 2011 at 9:36 pm
>As to #5, it seems that parents are much busier than they used to be, toting kids around in "Mom's taxi," the minivan, the "kid mobile," etc. My 11-year-old nephew had FOUR baseball games last weekend (two per day). I felt lucky to play TWO during a week, and we never played on weekends. Things seem to be much more child-centered these days, as if unscheduled "free time" is bad for a child's development. I do not support that argument. Just my $0.02.P.S. My sister Shannon is a dentist, so no dentist-hating!


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Wheels Coming Off For Sorry Toon?
No Revenge For Magpies Over Blackburn
I warn you now that I am maybe going to say a few things in this article that some Newcastle fans wont like but todays 2nd 1-0 defeat against Blackburn in the space of about a month felt like a real kick in the teeth.
We look like a team struggling for ideas that are running into the same problems every week and are letting meaningless stats cloud judgement into how we actually performed in games.
Quite simply we were awful today from start to finish and the amount of possession or number at shots on goal shouldnt detract from the fact that we never realistically looked like putting the ball in the oppositions net.
Too many players are going through the motions and not taking responsibility on the ball. This isnt a one off either, this has been a problem for well over a month and well before Shelvey started his ban before anyone starts pointing to that.
Rafa Benitez has done a lot for the club in his time here in terms of re-connecting the club with the fans and changing the attitude around the place but I would stick my neck out and question whether much has actually changed / improved from a footballing perspective?
Are we actually playing any better than we were last season - I would say we probably arent but because we are facing lesser opposition than in the Premier League we are winning games that we were losing in the top flight.
We still dont seem to have any defined pattern to our play, we still seem to have a team full of players that struggle to shoot and we quite clearly still have no plan b and are screwed if we go behind in a game.
I think games like the Norwich game or the QPR game have fooled people a bit - realistically I could count on one hand the number of good performances we have put in so far.
People bang on about points on the board being the key thing yet funnily enough the same people are probably the ones looking at today and saying the fact we had 25 shots on goal makes the result and performance acceptable.
The fact is if you are consistently not playing well then it will eventually catch up with you. In a long hard season you can grind out the odd result and say its the sign of being a good team but putting in as many poor performances as we are this season is not the sign of a good team.
I dont care what anyone says, with the amount of money we have spent and the players we have we should be walking this league.
I keep hearing we have to trust Rafa but I am starting to get to a point where I dont trust a manager that is watching the same failings happen, not doing anything about it and then talking in interviews after like we have been unlucky.
How many times are we going to bring Perez off the bench to save a game, watch him not break a sweat or make a difference but then keep doing it?
His substitutions are embarrassing, giving players a matter of minutes to come on and make any sort of impact - Atsu and Murphy brought on today with us losing with a total of about 4 minutes left.
This isnt some kind of stupid reactional Rafa out rant by any stretch of the imagination but by the same token I am sick of reading people blindly applauding every single thing he does.
We have lost twice in the space of a few weeks to a side in the bottom 3 in the table with the worst defence in the league yet we still seem reluctant to shake anything up or try anything different.
Today was not good enough and on the back of the similarly abysmal performances against the likes of Forest, Sheffield Wednesday etc then there is a real big worry for us going into the new year especially with all the teams behind us seemingly in unstoppable form.
This is where Rafa needs to start earning his corn and I am sure we will see some transfer business done, especially with the African players now unavailable for the forseeable future.
Not a great start to 2017 at all...
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Summer is here! Yes, we know the heat can be unbearable but on the bright side, you get to ditch the woolens and bring out those lovely dresses, skirts, tees and shorts you packed away last year. And fear not if they're slightly faded or have been through too many washes. Give your wardrobe a makeover this summer with some easy to use dyes. You can even invite your friends home and make a day of it! Read on, and we'll tell you what colours are in, how to experiment, and which dyes are best with cotton fabrics.
Cotton is the go-to choice for the Indian summer. Cool, breathable and light, cotton dresses, kurtas and skirts also look real good. The dyeing process for cotton is easy, and any cotton clothing that is free of surface treatments, such as water or stain resistants will dye well with the right sort of dye. SF Dye's Ecofast Sulphur Powders are very well suited to dye cottons because of its unique dye chemisty. The Sulphur Powders have good color fastness and also cover "immature cotton fabrics" really well. Because of this, they are superior to most vats, reactive and direct dyes.
Light pastel colours are best to keep cool during the summer. Invest in one really pretty white cotton skirt or denim shorts and dye your old tops in various shades and there you have it – a whole new wardrobe. Pastel tones that are derivatives of earthy shades like orange or yellow never go out of style. Our favourites are peach and apricot. Coral and light salmon tones also look beautiful with beige or brown bottoms. If you prefer darker tones, then plums and rosy browns are perfect for a night out.
If you're unsure of what colour you want, don't hesitate to experiment. One easy way of coming up with your own fabric colour is to make small batches of colours. All you need is a small measuring cup and a few different colours. Now simply add the dyes to a hot water in the cup and make careful note of the quantity you are adding. When you think you like a shade, test it on a paper cloth. If you like what you see, simply use the quantities in larger proportions. This is a lot of fun because you never know what you'll come up with! Its also a great way to make your wardrobe unique and find just that right shade to compliment your skin tone and the accessories you already have. Plus, you'll save a ton of money on buying new clothes.
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The 18th century Marchmont House, one of Scotland's grandest historic houses and can be found tucked away in the Scottish Borders. Situated amongst 5,500 acres, Marchmont House is a beautiful example of Scottish architecture, retaining many of the original features, including the plasterwork by the distinguished plasterer Thomas Clayton. The house has been beautifully and timelessly restored, having just undergone a three-year restoration, bringing it back to it's former glory.
The Burge family have sensitively restored the house, maintaining the historic heritage but bringing the house into the 21st century. With the addition of central heating and hot water systems, the family have also ensure the internal history is was not forgotten, with many parts of the house decorated in the Georgian style and the style of Sir Robert Lorimer. It was important to retain both historic periods and so the house was furnished in the style of both, creating character in each of the individual rooms.
After years as a care home, which had begun to fail, the Burges concluded that the best way forward would be effectively to divide the building into functionally separate units without compromising its architectural integrity. These would comprise the Georgian state rooms, including large and small dining rooms, meeting rooms for conferences, a music and film room, self-contained flats for a housekeeper and caretaker, estate offices and, two apartments with the potential for holiday lets and shooting parties, including an eight-bedroom apartment and one main apartment. As well as offering the entire house as a venue for family and friends celebrations or corporate events.
The Burge family worked closely with Historic Scotland to ensure the property remained as historically preserved and planning permission could be granted to prevent further decline. At its core the house is an assortment of Georgian, and changes that were made at the turn of the 20th century by Sir Robert Lorimer. Lorimer is a key Scottish protagonist of the arts and crafts movement, and has had an impact on the Scottish Arts. With large parts of the house furnished in in the spirit of this movement, and other parts furnished in the Georgian style, there is diverse collection of furniture, pictures, textiles and ceramics. The family have kept this mixture, and done so tastefully and beautifully.
This attention to detail saw Marchmont House receive a special commendation for conservation and design in the 2016 Scottish Borders Design Awards and, a year later, a commendation in the 2017 Historic Houses Association/Sotheby's Restorations Awards.
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Edward P. Silvia, 84 years old, died at his home on Tuesday morning, Dec. 29, 2009, surrounded by his loving family.
Edward P. Silvia, 84 years old, died at his home on Tuesday morning, Dec. 29, 2009, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Taunton son of the late Anthony and Louise (Hart) Silvia. He was educated in Taunton Schools and was US Army Veteran of WW II. Edward was a member of First Parish Church in Taunton. He was a retired truck driver of Sheaffer Co in Walpole and Speagle Co in Brockton. He had also been an employee of Maxin Co in Middleboro. Edward enjoyed gardening and always had a large garden. He was the husband of the late Barbara (Thompson) Silvia and the late Gladys (Thompson) Silvia and is the father of William Silvia and his wife Nancy of Lakeville, Janice Curtis and her husband Robert of Taunton and step father of Jay Berube and Jeanne Berube both of Taunton. He is the grandfather of five and the great grandfather of eight. He was the brother of the late Kenneth Silvia, Eleanor Lynch and her husband Edward, Virginia Corey and her husband Joseph and he is the brother in law of Louise Silvia of Taunton and uncle of several. Relatives and friends are invited to attend a Graveside Service in the Pleasant Street Cemetery, Raynham on Thursday at 1PM. Arrangements by the Crapo-Hathaway Funeral Home, 350 Somerset Ave. Taunton, MA. To light a candle, get directions or to access the memorial register go to www.hathawayfunerals.com


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Monday, February 15, 2010
New Book and Boskone 2010
I have a new book!
Some upcoming events relating to it....
* The original watercolor for the cover illustration will be on display at the Kresge Center at MIT on Thursday March 4th, along with comics pages and other watercolors from me.
* On Thursday March 7th, the Marblehead Arts Association will be hosting a reception for their new exhibition, which will include the above watercolor as well as some other comics pages I have done. Come and join me! (The book may be on sale there.) Click here for map.
* Saturday March 20th, I will be at the Mini-Zine Fair at the Cambridge YMCA, hosted by the Papercut Zine Library. I will be selling my new book as well as other comics. Click here for a map.
This book was also sold this weekend at Boskone, a 50 year old sci fi/fantasy convention with a literary bent. I hung out at the Huckster's room with a table full of indie comics to see what would happen.
Here are some photos from Boskone:
Some people stopped by with bright eyed squirrels.
There was a marble-and-track toy set up in one corner. The first photo shows who was typically playing with it through Saturday and Sunday. The second photo is actually Friday night, before the younger attendees showed up.
At one point, a gentleman stopped and sort of stared at one of my books. When I found out why, I was completely tickled and had to take a photo --
So apparently, Maine is populated by many "Gilleys". According to Chad, it is an old last name.
Below, my table in the Huckster's room:
My neighbors, NESFA press. Tony Lewis is pictured, as well a gentlemen I keep calling "Morrie" or "Death", but I think his actual name is Dave.
Bruce Coville was also tabling next to me, pictured here posing with Suford Lewis. I managed to not do a stupid dance in front of him this year, but I was too caught up in tabling and general shyness to really carry on a conversation with him. Many thanks to Mary, Alice, and Sue and Everett Soares for helping me table.
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... so I can go back in time and stop myself from ruining my life. 2010 sucked so badly it's spilling over into 2011, and will probably go right into 2012. I'm in desperate need of a do-over on the last 9 months.
I know, I've tried not to be overly emo on this blog, but it's past 4 am, snowing outside and I just can't help myself. It's both soul wrenching and rare when you can trace all your problems back to a single, regrettable decision. The trap is wasting so much more additional energy in wishing you had that choice to make over again. It's hard; it just seems so unfair that we silly humans are trapped in this linear river of time, unable to swim against the current to go back to a bit of calm water, or to follow a different stream than we did before.
Still, as I lay here, awake in the middle of the night, I can't help but close my eyes and dream of a life lived differently. The choices I made a year ago, or ten years, or even, now, twenty years ago, have led me down this seeming dead end alley I call a life. I just hope there's a light somewhere at the end of this labyrinth. And, of course, that there's not a giant bull headed monster waiting for me.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Hey Scientists! Hurry Up and Perfect String Theory...
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- Rocky said...
Aren't we all?
- January 12, 2011 at 4:15 AM
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- January 12, 2011 at 4:16 AM
- Beth said...
The trick is to stop thinking in terms of 'what if' and 'I wish I had done this instead of that', and instead approach it like playing D&D.
Still alive, even after choosing the wrong tunnel, springing an acid trap, battling a beholder, and hitting a dead end? YAY! Go you!
Now try choosing the next door, or doing something crazy and unexpected and seeing where *that* takes you. :D
- January 12, 2011 at 4:27 AM
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Ultra is one of the leading Festival brands in the world. Their main event is taking place in Miami, but also their other events in South America, Asia and Europe are very popular. Road to Ultra are there smaller one day, one area events. Mostly Focused on EDM and trance acts.
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With the celebration heavyweight having authoritatively declared its landing to India this April, Road To Ultra will check its introduction on Indian soil on September seventh in Mumbai at Mahalaxmi Racecourse. While it unquestionably comes as a charming astonishment for Mumbai fans, taking a gander at Ultra's underlying plans for the city slated for February 2018, Road To Ultra will head towards the national capital on September eighth at India Exposition Mart in Greater Noida. Supporting acts includes any semblance of Getter, Slushii, Rezz, Sam Feldt, Lost Kings, Raiden, Mykris and Siana Catherine.
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Today I'll start my first in a long line of recurring posts. "Rants of an insomniac", written at insane hours mostly. Enjoy!
/rant "People who post recurring articles with a certain "theme" to it."
Who do these people think they are? A television network?
It's just in favor to get more dedicated readers I'm sure, but how about writing actual interesting posts? Having an actual opinion rather than writing some random bullshit?
Sure, it may be a winning concept, but why change your ideals for the sake of popularity? Of course, its because we all are attention whores (even I, can you believe it?!), before the internet your only hope of becoming a star or mildly famous was either becoming a politician, a genius scientist, a rock star or an actor. Nowadays tho, some regular joe with an opinion, a camera or a good vocabulary(or Autotune for some) can become an internet celeb, and I'm definitely not saying thats a bad thing, its awesome. But because people are sheep, some rise far above others with content that can only be described as shit, an example of this is YouTube's Fred(not even going to link that). Content like that can mainly grow because of consistency and advertising, people need to learn how to wade through the shitswamp in the internet and get to be sunny beach. Think what you will, some may find people such as Fred mildly amusing, but if you honest to whatever-entity-that-created-the-universe like his videos, you are a class A retard, congratulations, you get special education!
But these are just thoughts of mine, nothing of real interest, I don't have nearly enough readers to be noticed, neither do I have the content some popular bloggers and vloggers have. Maybe I'll make videos with no meaning and speed up my voice, or maybe I'll become a fashion blogger and blog about my "outfit of the day", Who knows?
I'm just an insomniac.
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RSIR is #2 Fastest Growing Private Company According the Puget Sound Business Journal
On October 11, 2012 The Puget Sound Business Journal recognized Realogics Sotheby's International Realty (RSIR) as the second fastest growing private company in Washington State. According to the report released today in the newspaper and online, RSIR experienced revenue growth of 774.37% between 2009 and 2011, just one percent different from the top position.
During the much anticipated annual event, attended this year by more than 400 business leaders, owner Stacy Jones was joined by her parents John and Kathie Truax as well as top-producing RSIR brokers. In attendance was Moira Holley,Chris Doucet, Sam Cunningham,Jim Stroupe, Julie Roh and Dennis Paige as well as RSIR Designated Broker and Director of Sales, Chad Zinda. Co-owner Dean Jones was unable to attend as he attended another event that evening as the judge at the LUXE Magazine Battle of the Chefs fundraiser.
"We are honored to receive this recognition among such an impressive number of successful companies," said Stacy. "It was the hard work, commitment and determination of so many that laid the foundation for our company to grow."
On behalf of the company, Stacy thanked Sam Cunningham who was the first employee and the initial Designated Broker of the new brokerage (and is now a top broker) and also noted the many contributions of Chris Rossman (who wasn't in attendance). She further recognized Moira Holley, Scott Wasner, Jim Stroupe, Julie Roh and also Dennis Paige for being Founding Directors of the Seattle and Bainbridge Island branches, respectively. Also recognized were the early broker recruits including Melanie McCarthy, Connie Blumenthal and Chris Doucet who were among the first to join a brokerage start-up with many more to follow.
"This is a timely opportunity to thank everyone who believed in us from the onset – certainly the path of least resistance was the status-quo rather than creating or joining a new brokerage," added Stacy. "But together we proved there was plenty of room in our marketplace for a new Brand and a new approach to this industry. I see a bright future for all of us."
According to Stacy the dramatic rise in sales revenue and net commission income is a direct product of recruiting top producing brokers to RSIR and further developing their business under the Sotheby's International Realty Brand. An internal report published by Chad Zinda tallies the growth of brokers under the Brand using NWMLS statistics. It samples the top fifteen brokers to compare their past year with RSIR from October 1, 2011 – September 30, 2012 and the same period before they joined the company. Collectively, the total dollar volume of sales production increased by 250%; the total number of sales increased by 192%; and the average sales prices increased by 130%.
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Syrian Crisis Causes the First Withdrawal from the Svalbard Global Seed Vault
The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) has requested the backup seed that they deposited in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault to restart their collection away from the horrors of the Syrian civil war. ICARDA is currently based in the Lebanese capital of Beirut, but was previously headquartered in Syria.
One reason gene banks exist is to provide breeders, scientists and farmers with seed varieties to improve crop growth and yields in the face of changing climates. Amid Syria's brutal civil war, however, ICARDA has struggled to provide this function.
ICARDA managed to move its headquarters from Syria in the early days of the war, while some of its workers remained at the gene bank in Aleppo in an attempt to save the collection. The organisation managed to duplicate 80 percent of its collection in Svalbard as of March this year, where the seeds were safely stored along with others from around the world.
As it's become more and more difficult for the organisation to handle requests for seeds from its former headquarters in Aleppo, ICARDA has requested to get some of its deposits back from Svalbard. ICARDA's requested seeds won't go back to Syria, but to a safer location outside of the country.
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The European Seed Association recently launched a new subpage of their website to help better identify the many projects the seed sector contributes to. The page is meant to be a living and dynamic site and ESA hopes that companies will regularly refresh the site.
In order to make this happen, the ESA Secretariat will refresh the site every three to four months and for that they will rely on your input. ESA asks for members to proactively notify the ESA Secretariat (email@example.com) every time there is a new benefit-sharing project you launch or in which you are involved in. For those of you who have not yet provided input, please have a look at the kind of projects already included on the site to get a better idea of what projects we are looking for.
To access the site, visit https://www.euroseeds.eu/voluntary-benefit-sharing-activities-european-seed-industry.
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We live in a world of seeds. From our morning coffee to the cotton in our clothes, seeds support diets, economies, lifestyles, and civilizations around the globe. In the newly released book, The Triumph of Seeds, award-winning author and biologist Thor Hanson explores both the natural and cultural history of seeds – why they are so dominant in nature, and why we are so utterly dependent upon them. Spanning locations ranging from the Raccoon Shack – Hanson's backyard writing hideout-cum-laboratory – to the rainforests of Costa Rica and Nicaragua, from our flower patches and backyard gardens to the spice routes of Kerala, The Triumph of the Seeds is a book of knowledge, adventure and wonder. Essential reading for anyone who loves who loves plants, or who may have wondered how the chili got its spice, what puts the buzz in coffee, or how seeds have influenced everything from the voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Industrial Revolution to the shape of the human face.