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In Hollywood, stars like Charlie Sheen often live insulated from the consequences of their bad behavior.
This article is by Brooks Barnes, Bill Carter and Michael Cieply.
LOS ANGELES — Since getting sober more than two decades ago, Tom Arnold, the actor and comedian, has been a quiet force in Hollywood's recovery community, helping stage a number of interventions for drug-addicted executives and alcoholic stars.
But even a seen-it-all show business survivor like Mr. Arnold was stunned by what happened when he tried to pull his friend and former neighbor, Charlie Sheen, back from the brink.
"I went to a person close to him and said, 'This guy is in serious trouble with serious drugs. We've got to help him,' " Mr. Arnold recalled in an interview. "And this person flat-out told me to my face, 'We make a lot of money from him. I can't be part of it.' That tells you everything you need to know."
While bad behavior by star performers is tolerated in a number of industries — sports and high fashion, for example — Hollywood has a longer public history of aiding and abetting addicts. Doctors employed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer famously gave Judy Garland amphetamines and other drugs to combat fatigue and control her weight, setting up a life-long battle with drug addiction that she ultimately lost.
"One of the problems with the entertainment industry is that, to protect the image of these people, they try to deal with the problem by sweeping it under the rug," said John T. Schwarzlose, chief executive of the Betty Ford Center, the licensed addiction hospital in Rancho Mirage, Calif.
In the case of a crack-smoking, prostitute-frequenting Mr. Sheen, many people in Hollywood say there is a long list of enablers: managers and agents and publicists; a coterie of assistants and party buddies; prostitutes, drug dealers and sex film stars; and the tabloid media, which have fed on Mr. Sheen's antics for years.
Their efforts may have sustained Mr. Sheen during his long career, but they seem to have finally backfired. As the lead actor of a No. 1-rated sitcom, Mr. Sheen is that rare commodity in today's Hollywood — a bankable and irreplaceable star — and his public crackup has come at perhaps the most valuable point in his career.
CBS, which broadcasts "Two and a Half Men," and Warner Brothers, which makes it, have shut down the remainder of this season and could lose more than $250 million in revenue if next season is lost as well.
That decision was made only after what executives from the two companies described as years of efforts to try to convince Mr. Sheen to concede he had serious addiction problems.
"There is a long history here," one senior executive involved in the supervision of the program said. The executive asked not to be identified because of the potential legal conflict looming between the network and the studio and Mr. Sheen. (Mr. Sheen, who has talked to just about everybody else in the past week, did not respond to requests to comment for this article.)
The senior executive described a recent trip to Mr. Sheen's home by the top executive at CBS, Leslie Moonves, and the head of the Warner television group, Bruce Rosenblum.
They reported that Mr. Sheen had looked haggard and nothing like the leading man of a hit show. They said that Mr. Sheen had agreed to enter a rehabilitation facility, but when he decided a few days later that he would conduct his own rehab work at home, they concluded that "Charlie had thumbed his nose" at them.
It was not the first time that the show's managers had tried to intercede, but they had limited options: Mr. Sheen's contract does not include any kind of morals provision that would have allowed him to be fired or replaced. According to one longtime Hollywood agent (who, like many people quoted in this article, spoke on the condition of anonymity so as not to create any conflicts in their business), the show's success had provided him with the leverage he needed to keep any such clause out.
"He's money," this agent said. "He makes the cash register ring."
Many of the people in the best position to discuss Mr. Sheen's drug abuse over the years declined to speak. His father, Martin Sheen, is out of the country, according to a spokesman; Charlie Sheen's managers, Mark Burg and Oren Koules of Evolution Entertainment, did not respond to multiple interview requests. A spokeswoman for Mr. Sheen's brother, Emilio Estevez, was similarly unresponsive. Oliver Stone, who directed the young Mr. Sheen in two seminal movies, "Platoon" and "Wall Street," declined to comment.
A person who was closely associated with Mr. Sheen in the 1990s said the actor's sheer stamina allowed him to mix work and play in ways that would surely have immobilized others.
"He does show up," this person said of Mr. Sheen's work habits. "He might be out until 5 a.m., but he always showed up on call at 7."
But it was not just Mr. Sheen's iron constitution that allowed him to keep working. Ask people who have worked with him what they remember about him and the answer almost always involves generosity on the set and an almost otherworldly degree of likability despite his demons.
Jim Abrahams, who directed Mr. Sheen in two comedies from the early 1990s, "Hot Shots!" and "Hot Shots! Part Deux!," remembered how Mr. Sheen, learning that the director was a sports fan and from Wisconsin, bought memorabilia for him as thank you gifts, including a signed 1957 Milwaukee Braves baseball.
"He is a profoundly talented actor," said Mr. Abrahams, whose résumé also includes the screenplay for "Airplane." "I don't recognize the bitter and angry guy who has been doing these television interviews. I just never saw any of that, and it wasn't like he wasn't getting loaded in his private time back then."
Indeed, Mr. Abrahams said Mr. Sheen was quite open about his drug abuse at the time, even opening up about the toll it had already taken on his mind. "He told me that he would look at movies he had done and not remember having done entire scenes — not because he was under the influence while acting, but because the partying had started to take a toll on his overall memory."
Penelope Spheeris, who directed Mr. Sheen in the 1985 film "The Boys Next Door," recalled a business meeting in the early 1990s about a potential movie. "Charlie wasn't in the best shape — a little woozy," she said, adding, "But you have to remember what this business is like. I've been in a lot of meetings with loaded people."
Mr. Sheen's movie paydays peaked with Disney's "Terminal Velocity," a 1994 action thriller for which the actor was paid $6 million. The film performed only modestly at the box-office, but the more serious blow to his bankability was almost certainly the public spectacle of his testimony in the federal conspiracy and tax evasion prosecution of Heidi Fleiss, the Hollywood madam.
In videotaped testimony, Mr. Sheen acknowledged having spent more than $50,000 on prostitutes in a single year. He looked uncomfortable during the testimony, pausing only occasionally to toss in one of the macho zingers that would be his trademark on "Two and a Half Men."
"Heterosexual services," he said at one point, clarifying what Ms. Fleiss had provided. Confronted with the checks he had written to her, he said: "Sheesh, it's starting to add up."
He has also been involved in domestic violence incidents with two of his wives, and last fall, a hired escort claimed he had put his hands around her throat.
Some in the industry said his behavior toward women was tolerated because, at some level, Hollywood retains a boys' club atmosphere, and companies could point to the fact that he was either not charged or received light penalties in the incidents.
There have been other people in Mr. Sheen's life aside from Mr. Arnold who have been trying to get the star into treatment. Mr. Sheen has said in interviews that people like Sean Penn and Mel Gibson, along with some of his lesser-known actor friends, have tried to intervene.
Martin Sheen, who struggled with addiction in the past, has perhaps pushed the hardest. In 1998, when Charlie Sheen was taken by ambulance to a hospital for "extreme exhaustion," his father held a tearful news conference. "My son had a drug overdose," he said. "It is our hope that he will accept recovery and finally be free."
Charlie Sheen eventually did go to rehab, but the incident caused a rift.
"That's a big no-no — saying what actually happened," Mr. Arnold said. "Charlie was mad about it. He didn't speak to his dad for a while after that. But it saved Charlie's life at the time, I'm sure of it."
In 2000, Mr. Sheen largely moved from feature films to television, first as Michael J. Fox's replacement on "Spin City," then to "Two and a Half Men" beginning in 2003. In some ways, his current role appears to have been tailored around Mr. Sheen's off-screen problems. He said in a radio interview that set furniture had been re-arranged so he could lean on something for support.
The current conflict escalated after Mr. Sheen began speaking out against Chuck Lorre, the show's creator and a reliable hitmaker for CBS. As he was criticizing Mr. Lorre, Mr. Sheen was railing against the organization Alcoholics Anonymous. The senior executives said the two issues were linked because of Mr. Lorre's long advocacy of A.A.
"There had been stress for quite awhile between Charlie and Chuck," the senior executive said. "The attacks on A.A. were code for Chuck." (Mr. Lorre declined requests for comment.)
But despite his recent behavior and his attacks on Mr. Lorre and CBS, not everyone in Hollywood is convinced that Mr. Sheen is off the deep end, even now.
"I saw him a week ago," said Mike Medavoy, a film producer who made several films with Mr. Sheen. "He was calm and funny, as usual — it's always like he wants to be the class clown."
Mr. Medavoy said Mr. Sheen had been a "consummate professional" when making films. "Once the media gets hold of a story, it becomes a decision for the people to figure out whether he's really crazy," Mr. Medavoy said. "The truth of the matter is, he could be crazy like a fox."


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The Best of Both Worlds by Emily Wood
Rags and Riches Series, Book 2
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Digital ISBN: 9781937325589
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Publication Date: March 18, 2013
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A choice between two men? If only it were that simple.
Melissa Morgan seems to have it all…her modeling career is taking off and she's engaged to one of the most eligible bachelors in London. But when she finds Jonathan cheating on her again, Melissa finds solace in the arms of Riley, a sexy bar owner trying to recover from the heartbreak of his last relationship. Melissa shouldn't even want Riley, but she can't seem to stay away, especially when she finds in him everything that's missing in her relationship with Jonathan.
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Searching around Amazon.com for something new to read on my Kindle, I came across Dan King's "The Unlikely Missionary: From Pew-Warmer to Poverty Fighter." Among other things, Dan is the lead blogger for BibleDude.net and Social Media Editor for TheHighCalling.org. Realizing who he is, seeing the low price for the Kindle edition (currently only 99 cents) and considering the subject matter, it was a no-brainer to decide to get it. That said, once I read it, it wasn't quite what I expected. Very good, but not what I expected.
Somehow I got the impression from the title and book description that this was the tale of a man who went from a very normal life to move on to found a non-profit to help address the issue of poverty. In actual fact, it's the story of a man who had an eye-opening and even life-changing experience during what amounted to a short-term mission trip. This should sound familiar to anyone who has been on such a trip or is close to anyone who has. This is precisely why Palmer Chinchen advocates so strongly in his book, True Religion, for people to go on short-term mission trips. It can really be an experience that transforms.
Once you accept this book for what it is, the account of a man who went on a short-term mission trip and came back with a new perspective on life, you can find the value in it.
Dan tells about starting a blog (BibleDude.net) and then blogging the topic of poverty, eventually encountering microfinance and Five Talents International. The latter ministry reached out to him and asked him to blog further on their work, and this began a relationship that led to him joining an expedition to Kenya and Uganda. He went as one of the teachers in their small business training program and also as the team chaplain. Reading about his wide-eyed wonder at being in Africa and seeing his enthusiasm was certainly enjoyable.
Although no new non-profit came out of this (and really, why another one if there's no need for one?), Dan has continued to do volunteer work. It seems that lately this has focused specifically on Haiti, not a long trip from his home in Florida and certainly the most poverty-stricken place in the Americas.
This is a short book. I read it in a matter of a couple of hours or so. As I mentioned above, it was inexpensive for the Kindle version, and Dan King shares a worthwhile testimony of his experience.
I'll close with the most accurate modern-day application of Jeremiah 29:11 that I believe I've ever seen, taken from "The Unlikely Missionary."
"Remember Jeremiah? When the Israelites were in captivity in Babylon, he told them the Lord had plans to prosper them, to give them a hope and a future (Jeremiah 29:11). Jeremiah was speaking to a generation that would never actually see their release from captivity. It would be seventy years before they saw the full fruit of that promise. Then they would prosper. They would return with hope to their Holy City, and they would rebuild their Temple for future generations. I need to keep this perspective as I leave Africa. We planted the seeds of hope and a future, and those seeds would grow in time."


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American Camp Association, Inc.® (ACA) has joined the Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21), the nation's leader advocating for 21st century readiness for every student. By becoming a P21 member, the ACA enters P21's diverse coalition of education leaders, the business community, and policymakers supporting student readiness for college, career, and citizenship along the entire continuum of learning.
Peg Smith, Chief Executive Officer, will represent the ACA on P21's strategic council and will contribute to P21's ongoing work. ACA will also contribute to P21's new initiative connecting 21st century learning to beyond school.
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"We are honored to welcome an organization whose 100 year history of blending learning and play have enriched the learning experiences for countless children. The addition of ACA brings a crucial out-of-school learning perspective to P21, and to our work supporting college, career, and citizenship readiness along the entire continuum of learning," said Stephan Turnipseed, chair of P21 and president emeritus and executive director of strategic partnerships at LEGO Education.
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P21 Members: American Camp Association, Apple Inc., Bahcesehir K-12 Schools, Cable Impacts Foundation, The College Board, Common Sense Media, Crayola, Destination Imagination, EdLeader21, EF Education, Education Networks of America, Fisher-Price, Ford Motor Company Fund, Gale Cengage Learning, Goddard Systems Inc., Intel Corporation, JP – Inspiring Knowledge, Learning.com, LEGO Education, National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, National Education Association, PBS, Pearson Foundation, People to People Ambassador Programs, Project Management Institute Educational Foundation, U.S. Fund for UNICEF, VIF International Education, and The Walt Disney Company.
P21 Leadership States: Arizona, California, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
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Tatyana Warrick, P21, tatyana(at)p21(dot)org, 202-312-6430
Tracy Holman, ACA, tholman(at)acacamps(dot)org, 765-346-3391


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The patient, with underlying illness, has presented with fever, cough with sputum and shortness of breath since June 19. He attended Ruttonjee Hospital on June 21 and was subsequently admitted to the Intensive Care Unit for further management.
The clinical diagnosis is pneumonia and he is now in a critical condition.
His urine sample tested positive for Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 antigen upon testing by Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital.
Initial enquiries by the CHP revealed that the patient had no recent travel history. His home contacts have remained asymptomatic. Investigations are ongoing.
This is the 20th LD case reported to the CHP this year. In 2014 and 2013, 41 and 28 cases were recorded respectively.
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Nathan Furr, assistant professor of strategy at INSEAD, researches what makes great innovative leaders, and he reveals how they develop and spend "innovation capital."...
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Nathan Furr, assistant professor of strategy at INSEAD, researches what makes great innovative leaders, and he reveals how they develop and spend "innovation capital." Like social or political capital, it's a power to motivate employees, win the buy-in of stakeholders, and sell breakthrough products. Furr argues that innovation capital is something everyone can develop and grow by using something he calls "impression amplifiers." Furr is the coauthor of the book Innovation Capital: How to Compete—and Win—Like the World's Most Innovative Leaders.
CURT NICKISCH: Welcome to the HBR IdeaCast from Harvard Business Review. I'm Curt Nickisch.
Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison were great both great inventors of their time. Tesla was brilliant. He even felt sorry for how long it took Edison to come up with his inventions. But Tesla was eventually forced out of his company and he died penniless.
Edison on the other hand racked up commercial success. He managed to motivate employees, woo investors, and win consumers. His inventions broke through to the mass market.
Today's guest says the main reason that Edison succeeded where Tesla failed was because of Edison's innovation capital.
That's the idea that – similar to social capital or political capital — great innovative leaders develop the power to convince people to join their cause and bring unproven products and ideas to reality.
Our guest is Nathan Furr. He's a strategy professor at INSEAD. Along with his fellow researchers, he studied innovative firms and interviewed their leaders.
He's the coauthor of the book Innovation Capital: How to Compete—and Win—Like the World's Most Innovative Leaders. Nathan, thanks for being here.
NATHAN FURR: Thank you for having me.
CURT NICKISCH: Now, I have to say that with all that's been written in the business press about innovative leaders like – and the cult of the startup – it seems like one thing that has to be really well understood is how people like Steve Jobs and Elon Musk made their ideas happen. Why did you feel like a book needed to be written about the right stuff that people have to have to be innovative?
NATHAN FURR: Yeah, it's a good question. I mean, most of the innovation work is how do you get an idea and do something about it. What we don't talk about is how do you actually win the backing for your ideas in the first place?
And you know, the "aha" for this came to us really pointedly in an interview we were doing with Marc Benioff who is the founder and CEO of Salesforce.com. And you know, we're sitting in this interview and Marc Benioff is describing his ability to do new things and change the organization. He said, "you know, I've spent the last many years – 17 years – building up my ability to change this organization, to do new things." He said, "it's like political capital but it's not. It's more like you could almost call it 'innovation capital,' and it's something I can use to get things done."
And you know, it was so, you know, in our faces right then because of anybody in the world who has the credibility and the power to change Salesforce.com, it should be Marc Benioff, founder and CEO, and yet here he still is very consciously thinking about how do I – how do I build up my capital to change this organization, to do new things?
And that, for us, was the big "aha." We realized, oh my gosh, this thing, innovation capital, we take it for granted but very, very few people, if any, are born with it. Instead it's something that people – they build up over time; they use it to pursue new ideas, win support, change something; and they can also lose it.
CURT NICKISCH: If somebody like Marc Benioff is spending a good deal of his time and energy figuring out how to cultivate and most wisely spend his innovation capital, is this a bigger problem for people, a CEO or, you know, somebody who is leading a big venture or is it just as hard at the outset of your career when you're getting started or working your way up in a company?
NATHAN FURR: So I think innovation capital matters for both individuals and organizations. I think it matters a lot for individuals at all levels of organizations. Listen, absolutely as a CEO, you have to – I have to say, you have to be thinking about your innovation capital because I guarantee that your environment will change at some point and you're going to need the ability to win the resources and support to change that organization. I mean, you know, this was staring me in the face for years.
I mean, the CEO has to think about this, the leaders in an organization have to think about this. I've worked with a lot of leaders who don't, but you've got to think about it as an individual too because innovation capital takes time. And so even when we looked inside organizations or we looked at entrepreneurs, it was very critical that they were thinking early about their innovation capital and how they could build it over time so that when they had like a really powerful idea, they could be the ones to advance it. Otherwise, they have to kind of hand it off to somebody who has say more innovation capital than they do to actually get something done.
CURT NICKISCH: Now that you have kind of opened up your thinking to this idea of innovation capital, does it make you look at every story about digital transformation or every company that's trying to do something new?
NATHAN FURR: Yeah, it does and in a couple different ways. I work with many top executives in well-known companies – some less well known but really pillars of the economy – and one thing I do observe is that they will go announce a digital transformation and we're going to move into, you know say, exciting space X, Y, and Z and they'll get punished.
And they get punished because, you know, their investors are saying, stick to your knitting and they'll be like, well wait a minute, the competitor over there – they're getting rewarded for doing something new.
And one of my favorite interviews was with Ralph Hamers who is the CEO of ING. ING is a massive global bank. Obviously they have a lot of strength in Europe but they're global and they're in many, many countries. And I mean Ralph Hamers has led that bank through multiple transformations – I mean from a kind of mixed insurance company/traditional bank over to being a pure traditional bank and then from that to being a digital bank and then from that to now in the middle of moving to be a platforms company.
That's a lot of change. Those are big transformations and a big part of how he was able to do that is how he has built up his innovation capital over time and the innovation capital of the organization so that now when he says, we're going to make this move, we're going to change this thing, his shareholders are like, all right, let's try it.
CURT NICKISCH: So you've convinced some listeners that innovation capital is this critical component to make things happen in your company and for yourself. How do you start building it? Like how do you develop it? Like how do you just become known as the person who should be leading innovation efforts?
NATHAN FURR: Yeah, it's a great question and what we really tried to do here was to break down what are the components that go into innovation capital? And what we really came down to is really four elements. It's said in simple words; who you are, who you know, what you've done, and the things you do, the actions you take to get attention for your ideas – what we call impression amplifiers.
CURT NICKISCH: If who you are is a big part of your innovation capital, don't we already know how to develop that nowadays? This is a time when anybody can look up your LinkedIn profile and see where you worked and who you're connected with. This is probably a time where who you are and who you know is better known than ever before so why is that so important?
NATHAN FURR: Yeah, it's interesting, you know, one of my – the things I wanted to avoid in this book was giving advice like go to Stanford or Harvard for your undergraduate degree or, you know, these things that like most of us can't really change.
We take that for granted, social capital matters, but what are your weak and strong ties to other innovators and entrepreneurs, other leaders, other investors and benefactors, other influencers? One of my favorite stories in the book is a guy, you know, David Bradford who, you know, when he starts out his career, I mean, he doesn't know anybody, you know, he doesn't know anybody but he thought, you know, really intelligently about how do I build my connections to the kinds of people who will help me get things done.
And, you know, eventually he, you know, among many people, you know, he gets into like Eric Schmidt who is, you know, the former CEO of Google and Scott McNealy who is the founder and CEO of Sun Microsystems and Steve Wozniak of Apple, and when he goes to create this company called Fusion-io that goes, you know, eventually does go public but before it goes public, through these connections he brings Wozniak onboard as the Chief Science Officer.
And you can bet that when they actually go to take it public that it actually contributes a great deal to the IPO success of Fusion-io. So again, it's, you know, who you are, who you know, what you've done, and then these impression amplifiers.
CURT NICKISCH: So what are some more things that people can do to improve their reputation capital for instance?
NATHAN FURR: The things we identified that were most critical were becoming a founder. Now, we can't all found startups but you can be a founder in more ways than creating a startup. You can lead a project or initiative inside your company, you can lead visible hard projects.
So a great example of this would be, you know, Nadella, CEO of Microsoft. You know, when he started Microsoft there wasn't really a lot to set him apart. I mean he was, you know, a University of Wisconsin graduate, so not MIT or Stanford, and one of thousands of new engineers joining Microsoft. How does the guy set himself apart?
And, you know, he talks about how he used to engage in mental time travel to try to imagine what the future is going to be like and what's going to be important in that future. And at the time, he was thinking, you know, I really think that like what we now call the could – cloud business – but you know, essentially moving computing into the cloud is going to be important in the future.
Now at the time, that was a really uncool part of Microsoft. It was called the server business, it was unpopular, it wasn't seen as like the place to go, but he got in there. Ballmer – Steve Ballmer was CEO and he put Nadella in charge of this server business and he kind of says to him, you should think twice about taking this job because this might be your last job at Microsoft because if you fail, there's no parachute and you're going to crash with it.
But he still believes that, you know, this server business which becomes the cloud business is at the core of Microsoft and it does. It – you know, you could see from where he was standing how he could envision the future of computing going that direction. But those are all more related to who you are and your kind of human social and reputation capital, we also found that people used what we called impression amplifiers. These are different.
CURT NICKISCH: I don't want to be too jargon-y with this impression amplifier term. Impression amplifiers are essentially ways of taking the things that are really important and making them more visible and a clear to people. You're just trying to raise signal over noise.
NATHAN FURR: Yeah. These are more like activities or actions you take to win support for your ideas. I think a good example of this is actually Robin Chase. Robin Chase was a graduate of MIT around the year 2000 has this really forward thinking idea. She basically says, listen, this new thing called the internet, I think we could use it to create a platform to allow people to do car sharing.
Every time Robin would try to, you know, get funding for her idea or get customers onboard or employees onboard, she was struggling. Now when she talked to us, she said, listen, you know, what I had going for me, yeah, I did have a degree from MIT but on the other hand, I had a lot of things going against me including one of the things – let's be honest – she was honest like, I was also a woman and that was hard.
And so here I was trying to introduce a radically new idea as a woman and win support and I just wasn't getting anywhere. And so what she did is she said, well, let me look at – she leveraged one of the impression amplifiers we talk about, which is how do you make comparisons?
In Robin Chase's case, the comparison that made the most sense was, oh, this is car sharing, and she would go around describing it as car sharing and people would be kind of unenthusiastic. And the reason why is that, if you dig down, even though that was the technically accurate term, people had this association with car sharing as kind of being dirty and unreliable and kind of gross.
And it was that moment she realized, gosh, the comparison I'm using for this business is super critical. She even – by the way, she joked with us – she said, imagine if you described a hotel as bed sharing – who is going to want to stay in a hotel? Nobody. Right? So – it's just gross, you know.
So what she did is she literally wrote down on index cards names for the businesses, comparisons, and tag lines. And what she came up with is, it's like an ATM – like an ATM lets you get money whenever you want it – well Zipcar, which is her business – Zipcar is wheels when you want them.
CURT NICKISCH: Storytelling is one, and that of course will not be a surprise to listeners of this podcast. Why did storytelling really just out at you as something you wanted to highlight as much as you did?
NATHAN FURR: Storytelling is a term we use so much in business but most of what our stories are chronologies, kind of problem solution summaries and really great stories – we forget – have characters, conflict, and resolution. It's not a chronology. It's not a problem solution statement.
They also often integrate listeners into their story if possible. So for example, you know, I love the example of Jack Ma. I mean the guy – before he finds Alibaba – is like a case study in failure. I mean the guy like – he failed his elementary exams three times, his middle school exams twice, his high school exams three times and he only gets into the university because the worst university in his town had some open slots reserved for men.
He goes afterwards to apply for a job. He applies for a job at KFC, Kentucky Fried Chicken. There's 25 applicants, they hire 24, and he's number 25 who doesn't get hired. His first two ventures are not commercial successes. I mean this is not a guy who has a reputation for success.
But he was so able to pull people into Alibaba – not just investors but employees – because he was so good at telling the story of how they were going to transform China and he made the people who were around him part of that story. He gave them names of popular Kung Fu heroes. He even had a name of a popular Kung Fu hero.
And he told this story and he drew even on this, you know, there's this old kind of historical text called Bandits of the Marsh and like, he drew on that story as well – like we're part of this group of bandits that are going to revolutionizing the way commerce is done to help all the small vendors around us. And people just were drawn into that.
So if you can, make people part of the story. And then number three, the thing we saw was avoid the expectations curse. You know, someone like an Elon Musk is kind of a master at this, right? He'll talk about going to Mars but he's not going to tell you, you know, we're going to then, you know, create this rocket at this time over, you know, in excessive detail over 10 years.
He just kind of dribbles that out as they go along. So storytelling is a master craft and, you know, it's about creating a narrative arc with characters, conflict, and resolution if you can, involving the people around you in the story and, three, very carefully setting those expectations.
CURT NICKISCH: Yeah. What do you do if you are a creative person, but these steps feel like they're too much to do, they're not your personality to really craft yourself as a master storyteller to – yeah, to really focus on these impression amplifiers? Can you be a great innovative leader?
NATHAN FURR: You have to be true to who you are. And I am worried, by the way, as a side note, about how people can use these for evil. You know? I mean, I think in a lot of ways you could look at some of the techniques that Elizabeth Holmes used to win support for Theranos as being very deceptive.
And I think that if a creative person tries to apply a technique that isn't authentic in some way to themselves, then they'll really struggle. But I would argue that, you know, we provide a large menu of choices and there's ways to use these choices that can be authentic to yourself.
I mean, for example, I remember this entrepreneur who we spoke to of a startup that basically is like an alternative to Orbitz or Expedia or something like that and, you know, he wasn't like a really flashy character. He wasn't, you know this kind of, you know, what you would picture to be a master storyteller and creating all this drama. He was really kind of dry and factual but he would describe the story of what they did with incredible honesty and transparency and it was – it was kind of like he took the magic of storytelling and merged it with his own – his own essence and that was actually more realistic.
You know, I really like that question because I think with every amplifier we've talked about, it's about finding the match with who you are. What we want to avoid is ignoring it, thinking that the best idea wins because, you know – I really hate this because I'm an idealist and I want the best idea to win – but it's rare that it does. It's often the idea and the innovator with the innovation capital.
So if you really, by the way, are a creative who just cannot – I'm just, you know – I'm sorry I'm like, you know – lock me in my room, I don't want to interact with anybody – then you're probably going to have to find somebody who is a compliment to you to help you do that. But you can't ignore the need for innovation capital.
CURT NICKISCH: Nathan, thank you so much for coming on the show and talking about your book Innovation Capital.
NATHAN FURR: Thanks for having me, it's been fun.
CURT NICKISCH: That's Nathan Furr. He's an assistant professor of strategy at INSEAD. He's also the co-author of the book Innovation Capital: How to Compete—and Win—Like the World's Most Innovative Leaders.
This episode was produced by Mary Dooe. We get technical help from Rob Eckhardt. Adam Buchholz is our audio product manager.
Thanks for listening to the HBR IdeaCast. I'm Curt Nickisch.


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Our dance styles cover a wide range from our popular after school clubs in Streetdance, Cheerleading and Glee (song and dance) to our themed and cultural based workshops including African dance and culture, Diwali Festival of Lights and Chinese New Year Celebrations. SEN, EYFS, CPD for teachers and Arts Award programs are also offered to our Schools.
We offer after school, breakfast clubs and lunch time sessions for all schools aswell as regular PPA cover and one off workshops including CPD training for teachers. We can deliver dance sessions suited to your pupils from nursery school age through to secondary aswell as special educational school settings too.
We support and deliver dance for BTec dance level students. We can arrange musical or panto productions for whole school performances aswell as fun dance, drama or singing workshops based on your chosen theme or style. We can deliver after school or after staff meeting fitness sessions for teachers and parents aswell as training sessions for teachers looking for further ideas of how to continue to incorporate dance, drama or singing within their P.E sessions. We have recently added Circus Skills and Gymnastics to our growing after school clubs and CPD training for teachers aswell as new dance festivals and studio experiences for schools. Arts Award and EYFS programs are also available.
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Wikileaks: China gave Uganda uncertified malaria drugs
Thursday September 8 2011
China sponsored tests of an anti-malaria drug on patients in Mulago Hospital even when the drug had not been approved by the World Health Organisation for use, leaked US cables reveal.
The revelations are contained in a diplomatic cables leaked by whistleblower website, Wikileaks, which then America's envoy to Uganda, Jerry Lanier, sent to Washington in February 2010 discussing Chinese "engagement" in Uganda.
Mr Lanier wrote that in a space of five years, Chinese investments in Uganda, which as late as 2005 "included only a restaurant and hotel", had swelled to place China behind the UK with a reported $213m (Shs447 billion then) to the country by 2009.
Mr Lanier, however, wrote that "negative perceptions among many Ugandans of Sino business practices, corruption and shoddy products", had tagged along with greater Chinese investments in Uganda, citing the anti-malaria drugs donations and queries over the multi-billion shilling national data transmission project.
"For instance, in January 2010, the Chinese Ambassador to Uganda (Sun Heping) delivered 240,000 doses of two Chinese anti-malaria drugs to Uganda at a public event that was featured in large paid advertisements in local papers," wrote Mr Lanier, who added: "It was later revealed that one of the drugs, Arco, had not been pre-qualified by the World Health Organisation, and that part of the funding for the malaria clinic in Mulago Hospital was earmarked for testing of these drugs."
This newspaper was unable to obtain a comment from the Chinese Embassy in Kampala but an official admitted off record that the embassy was busy with preparations to welcome a new envoy to replace Ambassador Sun Heping.
Health State Minister Richard Nduhura, who presided over of the handover of 144,000 doses of Arco and 100,000 doses of Duo-Cotexin drugs from China, told this newspaper yesterday that despite the absence of WHO clearance, the drugs were tested and passed as safe for use by the National Drug Authority (NDA).
'Drugs were passed as safe'
Dr Nduhura suggested Mr Lanier's cable was perhaps a reflection of "the wars" superpowers fight for economic and political influence in the world.
"The fact is that the Ministry of Health cannot accept any medicine for use unless NDA has tested that product and confirmed its safety, efficacy and quality. NDA carried out the necessary tests and confirmed their safety," he said.
Mulago Hospital yesterday distanced itself from cable and said Arco was never administered to patients at the hospital even though the authorities could not readily say whether any other Chinese anti-malarial drugs were used.
"We will need to cross check our records but certainly we did not secure that drug (Arco)," said Mr Dan Kimosho, the hospital's spokesperson. "For us, if a drug is not pre-qualified by WHO, we do not take it on."
Dr Nduhura told this newspaper that given the "small quantities" of the anti-malarias, "we strictly used the medicine in regional referral hospitals."
For the last three years, China has been donating anti-malarial drugs to Uganda, and Dr Nduhura admitted that plans are underway for "another donation this year."


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Many California homeowners are subject to the rules and regulations of homeowners' associations. Fewer are aware of the protection such associations can offer to homeowners. For example: California homeowners have legal rights against defects in home construction, and in some cases (such as structural repairs and retrofits), legal relief can only be pursued by a homeowners' association. In other cases, owners can choose to sue together or not. It is important to seek legal advice about whether you can – or should – file an individual lawsuit or sue as part of a group.
A Sunk Case in San Francisco
An interesting case on this issue is developing in San Francisco. The Insurance Journal reports that the Millennium Tower – a high rise building full of multi-million dollar condo units – has begun to sink at an unexpected rate. The high profile dispute has resulted in many different lawsuits between owners, the city, and the building developer. In March 2017, the building's homeowners' association filed yet another lawsuit against the developer. According to the lead attorney for the HOA, California law grants an HOA the sole authority to sue for structural defects and necessary retrofitting. The HOA lawsuit will, therefore, be the only one to recover the funds necessary to actually repair the building. The other lawsuits can recover losses caused by the sinking. For example, the City can recover the funds it expends to block off construction, reroute traffic, and reissue permits. The City can also recover any judgments it sustains in lawsuits against it as a result of the developer's negligence.
Claims Against an HOA
Lawsuits can, of course, go in the opposite direction. Many homeowners have legal claims against their HOA. Some of these claims are contractual in nature. For example, an HOA which fails to make repairs or properly maintain common areas could be held liable. Other claims are related to dues. HOA members can sue an association which overcharges without cause, allows the mismanagement of funds, or otherwise wastes assets of the association.
When these claims arise, homeowners can choose to sue the HOA individually or as a group. There are pros and cons to each strategy. Group lawsuits can share the expense of litigation, and this can reduce the financial burden of carrying a lawsuit. This strategy also reduces the amount of time and energy each plaintiff must invest in gathering evidence, testifying, and attending to the other duties of litigation. However, group lawsuits also give each plaintiff less of a say in the litigation strategy. Plaintiffs with individual claims or differences of opinion will often be better served by filing their own lawsuit, over which they may retain complete control.
If you have claims in common with your fellow HOA members, contact an experienced Orange County HOA dispute attorney as soon as possible. He or she will help you determine whether it is best to sue on your own or with the group in order to best protect your interests.
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When Motorhead rocked the Fillmore Auditorium last September, Lemmy and crew had the Misfits in tow. When the band hits the venue again on Saturday, September 26 the metal legends will co-headline with Reverend Horton Heat, and Nashville Pussy gets things warmed up. The Black Crowes also return the Fillmore on Friday, November 13 with Truth and Salvage Company opening the show. Tickets are $40 in advance and $45 day of the show. Both shows go on sale Saturday, July 11 at 10 a.m. Then there's the Butthole Surfers, who are know for some insane and disturbing shows. Lets hope that's the case when the guys visit the Ogden Theatre on Friday, October 8. Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 day of show and go on sale Friday, July 10 at 10 a.m. For a complete rundown of the shows going on sale this weekend and others that have been announced recently, follow the jump. (For ticket information, click on the venue links.)
Bender's Tavern
Box Elders: With the Fresh and Onlys, Tue., Oct. 13, 10 p.m., $6/$8.
Slim Cessna's Auto Club: With the Limbs, Sat., Oct. 31.
Three Bad Jacks: With Mad Dog and the Smokin' J's, Sat., Aug. 1, 10 p.m., $8/$10.
The Weight: Sun., Sept. 13, 9 p.m., $5/$7.
Bluebird Theater
Back in Black (AC/DC tribute): Sat., Sept. 12, 9 p.m., $15.50/$18.
Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears: Wed., Aug. 26, 8 p.m., $13/$15.
De La Soul: Mon., Aug. 31, 8 p.m., $28.25/$30.
Emmitt Nershi Band: With Assembly of Dust, Fri., Oct. 16, 9 p.m., $18/$20.
Glass Delirium (CD release): With Vices I Admire, Vendetta and Death Hickey Blues, Fri., Aug. 14, 7:30 p.m., $5/$10.
Hurt: With Sick Puppies, Veer Union and Adelitas Way, Wed., Sept. 9, 8 p.m., $16.25/$20.
Boulder Theater
BoDeans: Sat., Oct. 10, 8:30 p.m., $34.
Paco Pena: Tue., Oct. 13, 7:30 p.m., $32/$40.
Fillmore Auditorium
The Black Crowes: With Truth and Salvage Company, Fri., Nov. 13, 8 p.m., $40/$45.
Motorhead: With Reverend Horton Heat and Nashville Pussy, Sat., Sept. 26, 8 p.m., $28.
Fox Theatre
Ian Cooke: With Hello Kavita and the Atlantic, Wed., July 29, 9 p.m., $7/$13.
Kyle Hollingsworth: Sat., Sept. 19, 9 p.m., $15/$17.
Infected Mushroom: Sept. 5-6, 9 p.m., $28/$30.
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue: Thu., July 30, 9 p.m., $12/$15.
Gothic Theatre
Daughtry: With David Hodges, Sun., Aug. 16, 8 p.m., $20/$22.
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Larimer Lounge
Doug Benson: Tue., Oct. 6, 8 p.m., $20.
Fruit Bats: With Death Vessel, Sat., Aug. 29, $12/$15.
Henry Clay People: Tue., Aug. 11, $10.
Thee Oh Sees: With the Fresh and Onlys and Pacific Pride, Tue., Sept. 22, $10/$13.
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Marquis Theater
Aushua: With Middle Distance Runner and John Nolan, Sun., Aug. 23, 7:30 p.m., $8/$10.
Eyedea & Abilities: Fri., Aug. 28, 8 p.m., $10.
The Jim Rose Circus Vs. Jake "The Snake" Roberts: Sat., Aug. 29, 8 p.m., $15.
Strike Anywhere: Tue., Oct. 13.
Ogden Theatre
Butthole Surfers: Fri., Oct. 9, 9 p.m., $25/$30.
Deadmau5: Wed., Nov. 4, 10 p.m., $23/$26.
Every Time I Die: With Bring Me the Horizon, Oh Sleeper and Architects, Fri., Sept. 11, 8 p.m., $18/$23.
Billy Squier: Mon., Sept. 14, 8 p.m., $35/$40.
Paramount Theatre
Skillet: Sat., Nov. 7, 7 p.m., $26-$35.
Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Jason Mraz: Sat., Sept. 19, 7 p.m.


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Flying Wild Alaska
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|Flying Wild Alaska
|Created by
|Discovery Channel
|Country of origin
|United States
|Original language(s)
|No. of seasons
|No. of episodes
|Production location(s)
|Alaska, United States
|Running time
|Approx. 43 minutes
|Original network
|Discovery Channel (2011–2012)
|Original release
|January 14, 2011 –
July 20, 2012
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Flying Wild Alaska is a documentary television series that aired on Discovery Channel in 2011 and 2012.
The show features the Tweto family from Unalakleet, Alaska who run the Alaska airline Era Alaska. They operate the hub operations from Unalakleet. The show also features other segments from their bases in Utqiagvik, Deadhorse, and other places.[1]
Tweto family[edit]
- Jim Tweto, the COO of the airline, was born in Wichita, Kansas, but his family moved to Silver Bay, Minnesota shortly after his birth. He then moved to Anchorage, Alaska at the age of 18 with a hockey scholarship at the University of Alaska-Anchorage. Shortly after moving, he realized his true passion was aviation, and in 1980 moved to Unalakleet, Alaska, where he met his wife Ferno. He became the COO of Era when the Frontier Flying Service, Era Aviation, and Hageland Aviation merged in 2009, becoming the largest regional airline in Alaska.[2]
- Ferno Tweto, the Unalakleet station manager and wife of COO Jim Tweto, was born in Anchorage and raised in Unalakleet. Ferno is also a pilot, earning her pilot certificate from a school in Everett, Washington in 1981. Ferno met Jim when he came to Unalakleet in 1980, and they married eight years later in 1988. They have worked together side by side ever since and have three daughters, two of whom are showcased on the show.[3][4]
- Ariel Tweto[5] is part of the Unalakleet ground crew, and is Jim and Ferno's second child. Like her mother, she ran cross-country and has run every day since 2002.[6] She was also a contestant on the ABC game show Wipeout in 2008 and 2009.[7] The 2011–2012 season of Flying Wild Alaska depicted Ariel taking flight training to earn her pilot's license. Her instructor, featured in the show, is Chelsea Abingdon Welch.[8] Ariel received her private pilot certificate on April 21, 2012.[9] Ariel became a frequent guest on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, even joining Ferguson for a time during his week of episodes in Scotland in 2012 and near the end of Ferguson's tenure in December 2014.
- Ayla Tweto, like her sister, is part of the Unalakleet ground crew. Now living in Anchorage, she is studying to be a paramedic. She visits the rest of her family in Unalakleet every weekend and has her private pilot's certificate.[10]
The show also features other various pilots from cities all around Alaska.
Pamyua has provided background music for Flying Wild Alaska.
- Jared Cummings, pilot for Era-based out of Kotzebue.[11] Specializing in off-airport landings, he also owns and operates his own company known as the Golden Eagle Outfitters.[12]
- Sarah Fraher, pilot based out of St Mary's.[13]
- Luke Hickerson, lead pilot and check airman based out of Utqiagvik.[11]
- Ben Pedersen, pilot based out of Unalakleet.[11]
- John Ponts, pilot based out of Utqiagvik.[11] He is a former pro-skateboarder from San Diego who caught a bug for flying after earning his pilot's license in an attempt to spot empty swimming pools to skate in from the air.
- Erik Snuggerud, lead pilot based out of Bethel.[11]
- Doug Stewart, pilot based out of Nome.[11]
- Nick Stone, co-pilot based out of Nome.[11]
- Chelsea Abingdon Welch, flight instructor out of Unalakleet
Season 1 (2011)[edit]
|Episode #
|Episode title
|Original airdate
|1 (1)
|"Meet the Twetos"
|January 14, 2011
|In the frigid Alaskan town of Unalakleet, the Twetos and their family-run airline Era Alaska Aviation battle the arctic elements to transport supplies and passengers to some of the most inaccessible spots in North America.[14]
|2 (2)
|"Life or Death"
|January 21, 2011
|Pilot Luke Hickerson transports dangerous chemicals from Utqiagvik to the remote village of Atqasuk. In Unalakleet, the cold and dark winter causes its first death and Jim must make arrangements to transport the casket.[14]
|3 (3)
|"Blow it Up"
|January 28, 2011
|In a dangerous mission, pilot Doug Doherty flies along Russian airspace to transport volatile explosives to the island of St Lawrence. In Unk, pilot Ben slams into a large bird in the middle of his flight.
|4 (4)
|"Indian Summer"
|February 4, 2011
|Unseasonably warm weather sends Jim up to the Brooks Range to look for potential landing strips. Ferno and Ariel prepare an Eskimo feast for returning pilot John Ponts and the week ends with an icy plunge into the Unalakleet River.
|5 (5)
|"Tundra Taxis"
|February 11, 2011
|In Bethel, construction crews race to finish ERA's newest hangar before the unforgiving winter snows arrive. But when Jim flies in to inspect the progress, he is far from happy. In Unalakleet, fierce crosswinds blow John Ponts' tiny 207 all over the sky.
|6 (6)
|"Greenhorn Ben"
|February 18, 2011
|Pilot Yuri Ivanoff trains in Bethel for a potential promotion to fly the 208 Caravan. But danger strikes when heavy ice forms on the wings. In Unalakleet, weeks of rain force Jim to do a river landing and a greenhorn comes on board during some of the worst weather to fly.
|7 (7)
|"Deep Freeze"
|February 25, 2011
|Era Alaska makes a special canine delivery to four-time Iditarod champion Lance Mackey in Fairbanks. After the first snow in Unalakleet, Jim and Ferno cope with an influx of schoolteachers on their busiest day of the year.
|8 (8)
|"Bush Brawl"
|March 4, 2011
|A dangerous frozen river landing leaves Jim and Ferno skating on thin ice, while Ariel's flying lessons end in frustration. The biggest snowstorm of the season hits, shutting down all of Western Alaska and leaving several Era pilots up in the air.
|9 (9)
|"Trick or Tweto"
|March 11, 2011
|Halloween in Alaska brings vicious crosswinds that wreak havoc on Era's small planes. Ariel hopes to learn the family business in Unk, but a power blackout tests her abilities when she takes over as station manager.
|10 (10)
|"Goodbye Sun"
|March 18, 2011
|The approaching winter darkness fuels a mass exodus from Unalakleet. In Utqiagvik, a bootlegger attempts to smuggle in illegal liquor and Luke races to complete a daring rescue before the sun sets for two months straight.
Season 2 (2011)[edit]
|Episode #
|Episode title
|Original airdate
|1 (11)
|"Arctic Winds"
|October 28, 2011
|John Ponts fights heavy turbulence and angry passengers on a flight through the Nulato Hills. Jim and Ferno leave the terminal in the hands of the pilots, and Sarah's flight to rescue a villager lost in a storm turns into a battle for her own survival.[14]
|2 (12)
|"Tomorrow Island"
|November 4, 2011
|Two pilots push their limits to land vital vaccines two miles from Russia on Alaska's most treacherous runway. In Unalakleet, Ariel Tweto takes to the skies once again and proves that she still has a lot to learn.
|3 (13)
|"Money in the Sky"
|November 11, 2011
Two pilots attempt to deliver a specialty drill through a sea of fog. Luke brings the first ever ATM to Wainwright, along with a planeload of cash. Erik races to deliver passengers and critical supplies before a spring storm shuts him down. John make a fur hat for his ill father and travels to California to visit him, hours before his death.reff name="TVGuide-season2">"Flying Wild Alaska Episodes – Flying Wild Alaska Full Episode Guides from Season 2 on Discovery" Check
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|4 (14)
|"Era Alaska Rises Again"
|November 18, 2011
|Jim faces a risky landing on a frozen river while Luke has problems getting his plane to take off, and a pilot carries vaccines to Russia's border.[15]
|5 (15)
|"Every Dog Has Its Day"
|November 25, 2011
|The Iditarod dog sled race benefits Era Alaska; Ayla, Ariel and Ferno run with reindeer in Anchorage; a pilot deals with a malfunction; a tsunami warning is issued for the west coast.[15]
|6 (16)
|"Blizzard BBQ"
|December 2, 2011
|A late winter storm menaces operations; Ben deals with icing conditions while Erik employs drastic measures to ship medicine to a snowed-in village.[15]
|7 (17)
|"Guts and Glory"
|December 9, 2011
|Jim flies a group of rock climbers to Brooks Range; Luke takes a whaling crew over the sea to search for a hunting site.[15]
|8 (18)
|"Top of the World"
|December 16, 2011
|Jim tries to find missing mountain climbers on Alaska's Brooks Range; Luke races a village elder to a hospital; a pilot tries to set a speed record to the North Pole
|9 (19)
|December 23, 2011
|Era Alaska provides aid to a village devastated by heavy flooding. Two pilots get lost in a sea of fog off the Russian coast while trying to deliver desperately needed ammunition. In Anchorage, Jim's prized Cessna 180 has a small engine fire during first start-up while getting refitted with a more powerful engine.
|10 (20)
|"Cakes on a Plane"
|December 30, 2011
|Ponts' old skate crew arrives to build a skate park for local kids on Unk's newly paved roads. Ariel takes to the skies in a new plane with dangerous results and lead Pilot Erik Snuggerud battles heavy turbulence with a very special delivery.
|11 (21)
|"Prop, Drop and Ball"
|January 6, 2012
|A heavy load of dangerous propane tanks shifts during takeoff, which leads to an aborted takeoff. Basketball between the ramp crew and pilots leads to new work assignments. Jim and Ferno air drop supplies to bear hunters, while Ponts and Ariel continue their flying lessons.
|12 (22)
|"New Wings Over Alaska"
|January 13, 2012
|Ariel looks for seagull eggs; Erik has a rough flight over a notorious runway; Sarah takes her first flight in a 208.[15]
|13 (23)
|"One Flying Family"
|January 20, 2012
|Era Alaska ferries fire crews to combat wildfires across the state; Ariel flies solo for the first time; Ponts navigates a deadly pass on his first training flight.[15]
Season 3 (2012)[edit]
|Episode #
|Episode title
|Original airdate
|1 (24)
|"Running Out of Time"
|June 8, 2012
|Era Alaska digs deep to survive a brutal winter. Ariel Tweto joins in on a desperate search for her missing friend. Sarah Fraher attempts a difficult landing to aid a pilot stranded mid-runway. John Ponts attempts an emergency medical drop over the isolated Kavik camp.[14]
|2 (25)
|"Zero Cabin Pressure"
|June 15, 2012
|Alaska's harshest winter in years wreaks havoc on Era's fleet. Sarah Fraher's aircraft door opens mid-flight. Doug's brakes freeze on an icy runway while carrying explosive chemicals. Jim attempts a risky landing atop the frozen Anvik River.
|3 (26)
|"Solar Flare Danger"
|June 22, 2012
|Villagers in Wainright lose their water supply due to the Arctic cold. Solar flares leave Ponts and Ben in harm's way. In Unalakleet, a criminal is on the loose and the Twetos are on edge.
|4 (27)
|"Return to Diomede"
|June 29, 2012
|The epic Iditarod dog sled race begins in Anchorage. Pilot Doug Stewart tests his limits while landing on a runway that is melting into the ocean. Pilot John Kapsner races to locate two snow-machiners that are lost overnight deep in the Alaskan Bush.
|5 (28)
|"Money Pit"
|July 6, 2012
|Erik is plagued by mechanical issues. Doug and John battle to keep their plane on an icy runway. Ariel receives a surprise visit.
|6 (29)
|"Radio Silence"
|July 13, 2012
|Ariel disappears from radio contact during a solo cross-country flight. Erik struggles to land his plane on a narrow runway.
|7 (30)
|"Into The Wind"
|July 20, 2012
|Jim Tweto makes a nearly impossible landing at Unalakleet. Sarah Fraher battles strong headwinds while attempting to deliver fuel to a research station.
|8 (31)
|"End of an Era"
|July 20, 2012
|Series Finale. After 30 years of running Era Alaska, Jim Tweto considers retirement. Doug loses his avionics over the North Slope. Ariel, under the guidance of instructor Chelsea Abingdon Welch reaches the end of her training and becomes a private pilot after facing the scrutiny of an FAA examiner.
Broadcast Airings[edit]
Repeats of the series air on the digital broadcast network Quest.
See also[edit]
- Alaska Wing Men
- Alaska State Troopers (TV series)
- Deadliest Catch
- Gold Rush Alaska
- Ice Pilots NWT
- Ice Road Truckers
- Pamyua
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IBM latest data shows that over half of all the online retail traffic is coming from mobile devices. More shoppers than ever before take to their smartphones to do their shopping and it has never been more important for retailers to offer a truly seamless multi-channel experience across online, mobile and the high street.
However, while mobile sales are becoming increasingly important, the rise of mobile technology offers much more than just a convenient way for customers to buy products on the move. It also makes way for retailers to explore the potential for mobile technology to fundamentally change the way they interact with customers, whether they're online or on the high street.
So how can retailers use mobile technology to improve their relationships with customers?
Personalise the shopping experience
Mobile enables retailers to create bespoke offers to help draw customers into their stores. These offers can be tailored by location or even by purchase history if the customer has previously shopped there either online or via mobile. Retailers should embrace this opportunity to create unique shopping experiences as research shows that customers are more likely to return to a store if they know that's where they'll find the best deals for their favourite products
Customer service
Many retailers don't realise that as 24-hour shopping via mobile becomes ever more popular, high quality customer service also becomes increasingly important. Whether shopping in-store or via mobile, customer service is vital to the overall shopping experience and it's crucial that retailers offer a consistent customer experience across all channels.
Transform customers' in-store experiences
Mobile has the potential to genuinely transform the in-store experience for customers. An example of this is by having a virtual queue via mobile phone which keeps the customer updated on queue position via text, this allows customers to grab a coffee nearby or continue their shopping elsewhere, returning only once they know that an advisor has become available. By creating simple but effective ways to make customers' lives easier, mobile can greatly improve the overall in-store customer service experience.
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3 days after 1/11, on January 14 2007, when a significant portion of the country was in an euphoria that some Godly intervention finally helped the nation get rid of BNP-Jamaat stranglehold, I wrote this post called "What really Happened?". The post was really an analysis and translation of what Daily Prothom-Alo editor Mr. Motiur Rahman wrote and was a very clear testament of the truth that 1/11 was nothing but a military coup d'état.
Nearly 20 months later, we are noticing a slow motion reversal of the coup d'état of 1/11. Although unlike the coup d'état of 1/11, the reversal is not as surreptitious; the reason of this sudden U turn of the ruling authorities remains a matter of great speculations. Also missing this time is the running commentary by Mr. Motiur Rahman. As I do not have any editorial or editor's commentary to analyze to find our answer, lets speculate the potential factors behind the perceived failure ( at least in the short term) of 1/11 military-civil society take over.
Failure to control prices of essentials, provide more electricity-water, and curbing petty crimes.
Continued grassroots corruption while ACC/Government kept them visibly occupied with selective high profile politicians.
Failure in appreciating the grassroots appeal of political leadership and launching crusade against politicians without much ground work and as a result alienating the grassroots political activists across the party line.
Failure to hijack BNP, thanks to a glorious resistance by BNP grassroots.
Totally failing to read the psych of Khaleda Zia and failure in pressurizing her into submission.
Lack of spontaneous acceptance of the military backed entity by Awami League grassroots and Awami league intellectuals.
The kick— August 2007 incidence of Dhaka University.
General Moeen's bold but very short sighted activities regarding India. His very visible high profile prolonged trip to India, widely publicized meetings with Indian politicians and military generals, receiving horses from Indian army chief and hosting Indian military chief and other generals for rather long visits to Bangladesh; caused more than a few eyebrows to raise. Despite rapid globalization and very close social ties-interactions with India, political relationship with India remains a very sensitive national issues and a matter of intense scrutiny by the population. It has been assumed that due to immature handling of India affairs, General Moeen very quickly lost his support base both in the military ranks and the group of general population who supported 1/11 coup.
A rather dumb and short sighted move by Sheikh Hasina to refrain from criticizing the government ( I still don't understand what bad would have happened if Mrs. Hasina resorted to some lip service rhetoric against the government) after her release strongly fueled assumptions in the public that there have been a deal between AL-Military backed government. The situation turned such that BNP was not participating in the election and in a one-sided election organized by army, AL is handed the state power. This would have seriously hampered the credibility of Bangladesh armed forces as a non partisan neutral arbitrator in Bangladesh.
Total failure in presenting the smoking gun of Tarique Rahman in front of the nations. Something like Tarique version of the audio CDs of the confessions of tortured Sheikh Selim and Abdul Jalil implicating Hasina would have worked.
And finally the fractured backbones of Tarique Rahman forced the government into taking some unplanned steps.
Or who knows, all what we are seeing now is nothing but a strategic retreat by the militray leadership of 1/11 aimed at returning more covertly, effectively and cunningly, in Thailand style.


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No tennis wildcards at Rio 2016: What this means for India's chances at the Olympics
There will be no tennis wildcards at the 2016 Rio Olympics, a move that will have a direct impact on the Indian tennis contingent.
With less than 100 days to go for the 2016 Olympics, one of the biggest sporting events, India's preparation for Olympic qualification is in full swing. However, there might be a block on the road to Rio for the several Indian tennis players after news came in that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will not offer any wildcards for the tennis events at Olympic Games.
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) Secretary General Juan Margets clarified that no National Association can apply for wild cards, a move that will have a direct impact on the Indian tennis contingent at the Olympics.
"In previous Olympic Games the ITF had a degree of discretionary oversight on the allocation of Final
Qualification Places (ITF Places), which might have been considered similar to the concept of wildcards in other events. Now, in line with International Olympic Committee requirements, this has changed for Rio 2016. While Final Qualification Places remain, they are now allocated strictly according to the criteria outlined in the Qualification System," Margets said in a statement.
Essentially, this means that individual players will have to qualify for the Olympics based solely on their rankings and cannot be nominated by their respective national associations. As of now, any doubles player ranked 10th or better on 6 June, will gain direct entry and can choose their partner. However, India has only one player in the top 10 doubles rankings and one more in the top 20.
Indian player rankings
At present, barring Sania Mirza who is the World No 1 in Women's doubles, no Indian player is ranked high enough to make it to Rio.
However, Rohan Bopanna, India's top-ranked men's doubles player at number 11, is in sniffing range. The next Indian on the doubles list is Leander Paes at 59, an Olympic bronze-medalist who is eyeing a record seventh Olympics appearance. But the 42-year-old veteran has been struggling for form.
Paes is followed by Saketh Myneni at 113, Purav Raja at 115 and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan at 140, making the top-five Indian in men's doubles.
Mahesh Bhupathi, who is currently ranked 214, is all but out of contention. With no recommendation from the national association, it will take a tremendous turnaround for Bhupathi to make it based on rankings.
Possible scenarios for Indian players
With Sania Mirza a certainty for Rio, she will get to choose her partner for women's doubles. However Mixed Doubles could turn out be a area of contention because only players part of the tennis contingent in singles and doubles can be nominated for the mixed doubles.
In the men's doubles, if Bopanna breaks into the top 10, he will make it to the draw and could pick any partner he wants. He has previously played with Mahesh Bhupathi at the 2012 Olympics. However, if he does not, then there is an outside chance that Bopanna and Paes, India's highest ranked pair, will partner in the men's doubles based on their combined ranking and one of them will partner Sania in the mixed doubles.
Qualification format
Here's how the Olympics qualification process works according to the official International Tennis Federation website.
Men's Singles: 64 draw
Women's Singles: 64 draw
Men's Doubles: 32 draw
Women's Doubles: 32 draw
Mixed Doubles: 16 draw
Men's / Women's Singles
- 56 Direct Acceptances, based on world rankings as of 6 June 2016
- 6 Final Qualification Places (ITF Places)
- 2 Tripartite Commission Invitation Places
Men's / Women's Doubles
- 24 Direct Acceptances, based on world rankings as of 6 June 2016
- 8 Final Qualification Places (ITF Places)
Mixed Doubles
- 12 Direct Acceptances, based on world rankings as of 6 June 2016
- 4 Final Qualification Places (ITF Places)
In a draw of 64 in the men's and women's singles competition, 56 are direct entries, six are final
qualification places (ITF) and two are tripartite commission invitation places. In doubles, 24 teams have direct entry and eight are final qualification places (ITF).
India at the 2012 Olympics
India's tennis contingent for the previous Olympics held in London in 2012 was also the subject of much speculation. After weeks of questions about 'will they, won't they,' it was decided that 'Lee-Hesh', two of India's best tennis players will not play together at the Games. Post this, there was more controversy on the pairing, with both Paes and Bhupathi vying for the much higher-ranked Bopanna.
Ultimately, the contingent included Somdev Devvarman and Vishnu Vardhan in Singles, Bhupathi partnering with Bopanna and Leander Paes with Vishnu Vardhan in men's doubles. Paes partnered with Sania Mirza in the mixed doubles, who played women's doubles with Rushmi Chakravarthi. Barring the Mixed Doubles pair, not a single Indian reached the quarterfinals.
The road ahead
As of now, the best-case scenario would be Bopanna breaking into the top 10 men's doubles' ranking before 6 June and qualifying for the Olympics on points. That would assure a team each in men's and women's doubles. Paes, on the other hand will have to gain ranking points to make the cut or hope to partner with Bopanna.
Firstpost tried to contact both Paes and Bopanna but Paes did not wish to talk about the Olympics and Bopanna was unavailable for comment.
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A public official or other plaintiff who has voluntarily assumed a position in the public eye must prove that defamatory statements were made with knowledge that they were false or with reckless disregard of whether they were false.
Yes, IJ is NOT taking it lying down. It's about time; I do think so myself considering the shenanigans and mischievous politicking by some quarters against him. What legal action then? It could well be the above branch of tort. In time we shall know. By the way, were there any direct official apologies made by the parties concerned to him? I don't think so
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Idris Jusoh Appoints Lawyer Over Perdana V6 Maintenance Statement
BESUT, July 25 (Bernama) -- Former Terengganu Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh has appointed a lawyer to study what action to take over a statement that maintenance of his Proton Perdana V6 Executive was highest among the State Executive Council (Exco) members.
His special officer Kamarulazman Idris said the move was necessary as the statement had tarnished the reputation of Idris, the State Assemblyman for Jerteh.
He said although the state government had apologised, the statement showed that the Terengganu leadership had acted in haste without thinking of the consequences.
"Terengganu people are confused by the claim that the maintenance of Idris' Proton Perdana V6 Executive when he was the Menteri Besar was the highest," he said in a statement Friday.
Kamarulzaman said the issue should not be politicised as it could tarnish Idris' image especially when he was away and could not reply.


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Whit Friday is an important date for brass bands all over the country. To celebrate, here's a look at images of brass bands in our archives.
The Adams Family: Cataloguing the Daily Herald Archive
The Daily Herald archive is categorised alphabetically by subject. Take a look at some of the intriguing photographs and stories found in the 'Adams' section…
Kendra, our Collections Assistant, shares an exciting discovery from the museum's print archive: snapshots from the coronation of Tsar Nicholas II in May 1896.
This year's Widescreen Weekend opened with Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk, which launched the yearly film festival on Thursday 12 October.
Commissioned by the charity Shelter, Nick Hedges photographed Bradford in 1969–70, documenting the housing crisis of the time with images that capture the links between domestic life and industry.
The Andor Kraszna-Krausz Archive offers a fascinating glimpse into the Focal Press founder's travels across Europe.
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Terran posted An article in Fashion NewsDate: September 14th 2015. Location: Mr Chow, New York City. Lady Gaga took on the role of assistant for her stylist Brandon Maxwell's debut fashion show at New York Fashion Week! After helping put the collection together, set up, clean, and get models ready, Lady Gaga periscoped the entire runway presentation! Lady Gaga's black suit comes from Brandon Maxwell's Spring 2016 collection - his very first collection. When arriving at the show, Lady Gaga wore a pair of black heels but later switched into her pair of Pleaser Bejweled 808DM heels that she wore at Alexander Wang's fashion show. Lady Gaga's Brandon Maxwell suit is available as two seperate pieces. Get Lady Gaga's "Tri Layer Suit Jacket" ($2,195) here and get Lady Gaga's "Cropped Cigarette Trousers" here Lady Gaga was initially wearing a different pair of shoe, but switched to an amazing pair of 8 inch heels that you can get by Pleaser on Amazon! You can find high quality candids here.


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Kitchen is an indispensable place to all modern human-beings. And in the kitchen, the most frequently used stuff is the sink. From which we can see the importance of it. Nowadays, an increasing number of people choose stainless steel sink. Because they love the appearance and touch feeling of it, moreover, the stainless steel material has the feature of preventing corruption and rubbing. Then how can we buy a good stainless steel sink with perfect surface craftsmanship.
Sink surface processing ways can be devided into mirror carve, brush carve and pearl surface carve.
Mirror carve is the easiest one among these ways. The main processing step is continuously polishing the surface and make the sink surface looks like a mirror. However, mirror surfaced sink will be easily scratched during the using time, thus is not suitable for normal families.
Brushed mirror also called silky surface, which is the most frequently used processing craft. Brushed carve uses an equipment to brush the surface again and again to produce thousands of tiny threads and these threads are very slippy. However, we can use steel wool to clean the sink, because it will broke the surface and make the threads mussy.
Pearl surface also called matte surface, which uses the electroplated way to produce such a surface. This processing way is pretty easy and with low budget. Thus the sink will also be sold in a low price. Many people are prefer to choose this kind of sink. However, the matte surface is easily to be sratched and the surface will even break.
Besides, there're two processing ways which are easily be promiscuous--the crystal projectile craft and the abrasion craft.
Abrasion craft means conpressing the air to blow the silica sand which attached in the surface and change the appearance of the sink. Due to the grinding material bears the funtions of crashing and slicing, thus it can make the surface glittery.
The crystal projectile is using the engine to perl the small steel rounds and make the rounds crash the accessories' surfaces and then eliminate surfaces' oxide layer. Thus the surfaces' hardness will be hardened.
It can be said that sand spraying only change the accessory's surface, but rounds spraying can not only do this, but also harden it. Thus this processing way is been used in many fields like producing car accessories, flight's accessories and gun's accessories.
Therefore, the crystal projectile is the best way to process the stainless steel sink's surface.