The CMC will be holding a Tabling and Technology Fair throughout all three days of the conference. We are inviting technology companies, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations to showcase their products and services, distribute promotional information and interact with conference delegates.
The Community Media Convergence will host TV and radio stations and staff, video gaming groups, and online media organizations, in addition to academics and policy-makers interested in community media. Vendors will have direct access to station and organization managers who buy media technology and equipment. Of particular interest to these organizations are economic solutions, open-source approaches, robust small-format, easy-to-use production gear that can withstand use by multiple user groups, and solutions with upgradable modules and the flexibility to upgrade over time.
The Tabling and Technology fair will be set up around the perimeter of the main conference area where participants register, take breaks, view media and attend workshops. The fair lasts for the full duration of the conference to maximize the opportunities for vendors to distribute promotional materials, demonstrate products and to interact with participants..
To reserve a table, please fill out the vendor registration form.
If you have any further questions about the Tabling and Technologies Fair you can reach our fair coordinator at deanne@ComMediaConverge.ca.


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PERMANENT RULES
[ Order 00-18 -- Filed September 8, 2000, 10:28 a.m. ]
Date of Adoption: September 8, 2000.
Purpose: Chapter 173-310 WAC provides minimum standards for litter receptacles and prescribes the use, placement and distribution of litter receptacles throughout the state. This adoption makes housekeeping changes and clarifies the language of the rule without changing its intent.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 173-310-010, 173-310-020, 173-310-030, 173-310-040, 173-310-050, 173-310-060, 173-310-070, 173-310-080, 173-310-090, and 173-310-100.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: Chapter 70.93 RCW.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 00-13-023 on June 12, 2000.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 10, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 10, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Tom Fitzsimmons
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AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 72-10, filed 5/15/72, effective 9/1/72)
WAC 173-310-010
By the provisions of chapter 70.93 RCW, the department of ecology has been delegated authority to conduct a permanent and continuous program to control and remove litter from this state to the maximum practical extent possible. The purpose of this chapter is to provide minimum standards for litter receptacles and to prescribe the use, placement and distribution of litter receptacles throughout the state, ((pursuant to)) under the authority set forth in RCW 70.93.040 and 70.93.090.
[Order 72-10, § 173-310-010, filed 5/15/72, effective 9/1/72.]
The following words and phrases as used herein ((shall)) have the following meanings, unless context clearly dictates otherwise:
(1) "Anti-litter symbol" means the standard symbol adopted herein by the department.
(2) "Department" means the Washington state department of ecology.
(3) "Litter" means all waste materials including, but not limited to, disposable packages or containers susceptible to being dropped, deposited, discarded or otherwise disposed of upon any property in the state, and solid waste that is illegally dumped, but not including the wastes of primary processes of mining, logging, sawmilling, farming or manufacturing.
(4) "Litter receptacle" means containers for the disposal of litter of not more than 60-gallon capacity: Provided, That special containers of larger capacity such as those referred to as "dumpsters," and garbage containers, or other waste containers serving single or multifamily residences are not included within this definition and their use is in no way regulated or affected by this chapter.
(5) "Person" ((shall)) means any industry, public or private corporation, copartnership, association, firm, individual, or other entity whatsoever.
(6) "Public place" means any area that is used or held out for the use of the public whether owned and operated by public or private interests, but not including indoor areas. An indoor area ((shall be construed to)) means any enclosed area covered with a roof and protected from moisture and wind.
Responsibility to ((procure)) obtain and place litter receptacle.
It ((shall be)) is the responsibility of any person owning or operating any establishment or public place in which litter receptacles are required by this chapter to ((procure)) obtain, place and maintain ((such)) litter receptacles at their own expense on the premises in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 73-7, filed 4/23/73)
Litter receptacles, where required.
Litter receptacles meeting the standards established by this chapter ((shall)) must be placed in the following public places in the state:
(1) Along public highways lying outside the limits of incorporated cities and towns;
(2) Parks;
(3) Campgrounds;
(4) Trailer park facilities for transient habitation;
(5) Drive-in restaurants;
(6) Gasoline service stations;
(7) Tavern parking lots;
(8) Shopping centers;
(9) Grocery store parking lots;
(10) Marinas;
(11) Boat launching areas;
(12) Boat moorage and fueling stations;
(13) Public and private piers
(14) Beaches and bathing areas;
(15) Outdoor parking lots, other than those specifically designated above, ((having)) that have a capacity of more than 50 automobiles;
(16) Fairgrounds;
(17) Schoolgrounds;
(18) Racetracks;
(19) Sporting event sites with seating capacity for more than 200 spectators;
(20) Sites for carnivals, festivals, circuses, shows or events of any kind to which the public is invited;
(21) Business district sidewalks.
Litter receptacles ((need)) must be placed in the above public places only during times ((such)) those places or the events held at them are open to the public.
((Placement of)) Litter receptacles ((shall)) must be placed in conformance with laws, ordinances, resolutions and ((regulations)) rules pertaining to fire, safety, public health or welfare.
[Order 73-7, § 173-310-040, filed 4/23/73; Order 72-10, § 173-310-040, filed 5/15/72, effective 9/1/72.]
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order DE 76-34, filed 9/13/76)
Number of litter receptacles required.
The minimum number of receptacles meeting the standards established by this chapter required in public places listed in the preceding section is as follows:
(1) Along public highways lying outside the limits of incorporated cities and towns - one receptacle at each rest area, view point or similar turnout, officially designated as such by the primary jurisdictional authority;
(2) Parks, campgrounds and trailer park facilities for transient habitation - one receptacle at each public restroom facility, and one receptacle at each established trailhead ((giving)) that gives access by foot, motorcycle, bicycle or a similar trail for excursion or exploration out of or away from the central activity area;
(3) Gasoline service stations - one litter receptacle placed in plain view of each gasoline service island, with a minimum of one receptacle for each side of the station on which gasoline pumps are located((.));
(4) Drive-in restaurants, tavern parking lots, shopping centers, grocery store parking lots and outdoor parking lots ((having)) that have a capacity of more than 50 automobiles - one receptacle, plus one additional receptacle for each 200 parking spaces in excess of 50 spaces;
(5) Marinas, boat launching areas, boat moorage and fueling stations and public and private piers - one receptacle at each ((such)) area;
(6) Beaches and bathing areas - one receptacle at each public restroom facility, and one receptacle at each access point officially designated as such by the primary jurisdictional authority;
(7) Schoolgrounds - one receptacle at each schoolground bus loading zone officially designated as such by the primary jurisdictional authority;
(8) Racetracks and sporting event sites with seating capacity for more than 200 spectators - one receptacle, plus one additional receptacle for each 1000 seating capacity in excess of 200((.));
(9) Fairgrounds and sites for carnivals, festivals, circuses, shows or events of any kind to which the public is invited - one receptacle at the entrance to each ride, and one receptacle at each end of walk-through exhibit buildings;
(10) Along the sidewalks of business districts of incorporated cities and towns - one receptacle per 800 feet of sidewalk curbing.
No variance from the provisions of this section ((shall)) may be allowed except ((upon)) with the express permission of the department of ecology.
Notwithstanding the minimum requirements of this section, any public place in which litter receptacles meeting the standards of this chapter are required that is found to have an accumulation of uncontained litter under circumstances that the person responsible for placing receptacles could have reasonably anticipated the litter ((shall be)) is deemed to have an insufficient number of receptacles to be in compliance with this ((regulation)) rule.
[Order DE 76-34, § 173-310-050, filed 9/13/76; Order 73-7, § 173-310-050, filed 4/23/73; Order 72-10, § 173-310-050, filed 5/15/72, effective 9/1/72.]
Minimum standards.
Litter receptacles ((procured)) obtained and placed in public places as required by this chapter shall meet the following minimum standards:
(1) General specifications.
(a) The body of each litter receptacle ((shall)) must be constructed of a minimum of 24-gauge galvanized metal or other material of equivalent strength, that will with normal wear and tear, reasonably resist corrosion and acts of vandalism.
(b) All outside edges of each litter receptacle ((shall)) must be rounded.
(c) Openings in covered litter receptacles ((shall)) must be readily identifiable and readily accessible for the deposit of litter.
(d) Construction and general configuration of litter receptacles ((shall)) must be in conformance with all pertinent laws, ordinances, resolutions or ((regulations)) rules pertaining to fire, safety, public health or welfare.
(2) Color and marking.
(a) The entire outer surface of each litter receptacle ((shall)) must be colored medium green conforming with Federal Color Standard No. 595A, Color No. 24424, or Color No. 34424.
(b) Each litter receptacle shall bear the official anti-litter symbol, as adopted herein. The symbol ((shall)) must be colored deep blue conforming with Federal Color Standard No. 595A, Color No. 15180. The symbol ((shall)) may not be distorted as to proportion and ((shall)) may not be incorporated into a commercial advertisement on the receptacle. For litter receptacles along the right-of-way of public highways, the symbol ((shall)) must be of a size so as to be distinguishable from a minimum distance of 75 feet.
(c) The words "Deposit Litter" ((shall)) must be placed on the litter receptacle. Lettering used for these two words ((shall)) must be block-type capital letters to be readily legible at a distance of 30 feet.
(d) No commercial advertisement ((shall)) may be placed on any litter receptacle. However, the person owning any receptacle may place a single line on the receptacle identifying his ownership, and a single credit line designating any donor of the litter receptacle other than the owner may also be placed on the receptacle: Provided, That the lettering does not exceed the size specified for the words "Deposit Litter," and does not interfere with or distract from the prominence of the anti-litter symbol.
(3) Maintenance. Compliance with these minimum standards shall include proper upkeep, maintenance and repair of litter receptacles sufficient to permit ((such)) the receptacles to serve the functions for which they were designed and to prevent the appearance of ((such)) the receptacles from becoming unsightly. Inadequately maintained or unsightly litter receptacles ((shall be)) are in violation of these minimum standards.
(4) Wherever litter receptacles are placed in any public place other than where required by this chapter, ((such)) the receptacles shall conform to the provisions of this chapter.
Anti-litter symbol.
The official state anti-litter symbol ((shall be)) is the symbol depicted in Appendix A to this chapter ((conforming)) and shall conform to the Federal Color Standard No. 595A, Color No. 15180, which appendix is hereby incorporated into this chapter and made part hereof. Permission to use this symbol in the manner required by this chapter has been obtained from the copyright holder and any other use without the express permission of the copyright holder is prohibited.
Prohibited acts.
(1) No person ((shall)) may damage, deface, abuse or misuse any litter receptacle not owned by him or her so as to interfere with its proper function or to detract from its proper appearance.
(2) No person ((shall)) may deposit leaves, clippings, prunings or gardening refuse in any litter receptacle.
(3) No person ((shall)) may deposit household garbage in any litter receptacle: Provided, That this subsection ((shall)) may not be construed to mean that wastes of food consumed on the premises at any public place may not be deposited in litter receptacles.
Penalties.
Penalties for violation of this chapter ((shall)) must be imposed in accordance with chapter 70.93 RCW.
Effective date and compliance.
(1) This chapter shall become effective on September 1, 1972.
(2) All litter receptacles in any public place designated in this chapter ((which)) that are placed after the effective date hereof shall conform to the provisions of this chapter.
(3) Litter receptacles in any public place designated in this chapter ((which)) that were in place ((prior to)) before the effective date hereof ((shall)) must be modified to conform with marking requirements of this chapter (([WAC 173-310-060 (2)(b)(c)])) no later than January 1, 1973.
(4) All litter receptacles in any public place designated in this chapter ((shall)) must be modified or replaced so as to fully conform with all requirements of this chapter no later than July 1, 1975.
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Start date of hydropower station construction on Armenian-Iranian border to be determined in late October
Armenia 1 October 2012 15:09 (UTC+04:00)
The launch date of the construction of the Meghri hydropower station on the border between Armenia and Iran will be determined at the end of October, Deputy Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Ara Simonyan stated this while discussing the report on the state budget for 2011, ARKA reported.
"The starting date of the Meghri hydropower station construction will be specified at a joint meeting of the Armenian-Iranian intergovernmental commission to be held in Armenia from Oct. 22-25," he said.
The deputy minister also said that the joint energy programmes with Iran are urgent for Armenia.
However, the economic consequences of recent events in Iran affected the pace of implementing the Armenian-Iranian programmes as they require large financial investments.
Armenian and Iranian Presidents Serzh Sargsyan and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad instructed the ministers of the two countries on December 23, 2011 to start practical implementation of strategic programmes for the construction of the oil pipeline, the Iranian-Armenian railway, as well as a hydroelectric power plant on the Araks River in 2012.
Armenia and Iran plan to build two most powerful hydroelectric stations in the South Caucasus on the bordering river Aras.
The agreement of building two hydropower stations on the border river Aras was signed between Armenia and Iran on March 19, 2007.
Azerbaijan discloses foreign trade turnover volume


Across the country, Department of Veterans Affairs facilities incorporate creative arts into their therapy programs to help Veterans recover from and cope with physical and emotional disabilities. The National Veterans Creative Arts Festival celebrates the progress and recovery made through that therapy recognizes the creative achievements of our nation's Veterans. A selection of works by participants from the Syracuse VA Medical Center is displayed at the Everson.
Dating back to the Ceramic National exhibitions, which began in 1932, the Everson has a rich history of supporting artists who explore the figure. Artists like Viktor Schreckengost, Edris Eckhardt, and Waylande Gregory routinely received awards and critical acclaim for their work. Key Figures examines the larger-than-life artists who shaped an art movement, and features select works from a new generation of artists who are building on this legacy by using the figure to explore identity, narrative, and allegory.
The youngest of eight children, Eddie Dominguez grew up in Tucumcari, New Mexico, between Albuquerque and Amarillo on historic Route 66. He came to national prominence in the mid–1980s for highly stylized dinnerware sets that also stack into sculptural forms. In his work, Dominguez frequently references his home state's vegetation, landforms, weather, and Hispano–Catholic culture. The dual nature of Dominguez's objects, which inhabit the gray area between utility and art for art's sake, reflects his personal experience as a New Mexican who studied ceramics in the Anglo– dominated East: whether we see "art" or "craft," local Hispano or melting pot American depends completely on the immediate context.
Showcasing the depth of the Everson's collection, Highlights from the Permanent Collection presents 150 years of American art, from early nineteenth century portraiture to the Pop Art of the 1960s. This exhibition features many visitor favorites, including work by Albert Bierstadt, Eastman Johnson, Lee Krasner, Grandma Moses, Jackson Pollock, and Gilbert Stuart.
In celebration of the Everson's 50th anniversary, the museum commissioned Thomas Spoerndle to create a site-specific wall drawing. Spoerndle was selected because of his interest in scale, geometric abstraction, and the ways his work creates a dialogue with artworks in the Museum's Collection as well as architect I.M. Pei's museum design.
In celebration of the Everson's 50th anniversary, the Museum commissioned Elliott Katz to create site-specific installations for the spaces that architect I.M. Pei designed as planters. Katz was selected for the commission because of how his work engages with the significance of materials and questions how we form relationships to those materials, as well as his interest in contrasting the Modernist belief in controlling nature against the Wabi sabi belief in the fundamental uncontrollability of nature. Using natural and synthetic materials, photography, scale, and illusion, Katz's serious and playful installations transform familiar objects into curious mysteries that defy simple categorization and ignite our imagination.
The Everson's commitment to video art began in 1971 with the launch of one of the first exhibition programs in the country to feature the work of video artists, and today the Everson's historic video art collection contains over 400 tapes. Over the last several years, the Museum has worked to conserve and digitize a significant portion of the collection and this exhibition features a number of the newly digitized works.


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Water & Wall
Water & Wall is an award-winning marketing and communications agency whose best work exists at the intersection of inspired thinking and your business growth.
Water & Wall solves awareness, perception and growth issues for brands by developing a business strategy first and then applying a communications solution.
we are stewards of your brand
Crisis & reputation management
Message development
we are writers and storytellers
Data driven campaigns
we connect people with ideas
Brand nurturing
Executive visibility
One night in 2012, co-founders Scott and Andrew met in a Manhattan pub to share their visions for the agency of the future. Their ideas flowed onto a cocktail napkin and, as they left, they found themselves on the corner
of Water & Wall Street.
THE REST IS HISTORY THE FUTURE.
We deliver a mix of old and new, by offering a modern approach to traditional services that emphasizes accountability and a personal touch.
We're business people first, communicators second.
Here's a handful of the many friends we've made along the way:
BUILDING THE
OF WEALTH
WHEN DESIGN
THE ADVISOR'S ADVISOR
DARE TO BE FEARLESS
FROM MICRO TO MACRO
BUILDING THE NEXT GENERATION OF WEALTH
In the decades we've collectively been the stewards of financial brands, the family office was not one that considered itself a candidate for our services. How the times have changed! Cue Arnhold LLC, a $4.5 billion family office and investment management firm.
For Arnhold LLC, we had the privilege of guiding a storied name in financial services across Europe and in the US through a comprehensive branding process to support the establishment of their family office in New York.
In a year-long process, Water & Wall developed a full suite of branding and business development materials to support Arnhold's launch, including a messaging hierarchy, logo, pitch book, business cards and letterhead.
WHEN DESIGN COMPLEMENTS THE TRADITIONAL
For ETF investment manager, WBI Investments, an appetite for creativity helped us succeed together. We implemented an integrated communications program, for the $2 billion U.S.-based asset manager, that combined journalist engagement, social media amplification, research, podcast production, and an enhancement to the firm's creative branding materials.
Traditional media relations was at the core of this program, with the Water & Wall team introducing WBI to print and broadcast journalists, securing meaningful coverage for its client. The earned media was complemented by owned media, which in this case comprised two primary assets – product brochures and a podcast.
For the podcast, Water & Wall led the pre-production strategy, from content, to scripting to distribution plans once WBI produced the podcast.
Water & Wall also designed marketing storyboards for WBI's exchange-traded funds. Our design work earned us an opportunity to develop visual concepts for their quarterly magazine and forthcoming proprietary advisor-focused robo tool.
The keys to success here were an enthusiastic leadership team and expert client-side marketing support.
We regularly secure high-profile media coverage that showcases the people behind successful investment strategies, who are in many cases are as fascinating as the strategies themselves.
Recent examples include our work for Resolute Investment Managers. At a time in our business when positive earned attention is difficult to come by for even the best performing funds, we secured a profile in Barron's on the best-in-class American Beacon Sound Point Floating Rate Income fund.
Elsewhere, Business Insider named Lori Heinel, State Street Global Advisors Deputy Global CIO to their "100 People Transforming Business" list. Each year, Lori is featured as commentator on major business broadcast networks and in top-tier print outlets dozens of times as the team leverages her thinking and its journalist relationships to raise her profile.
These assignments are representative of a key service offering on the communications side of our business that will be critical to our asset management clients' business growth going forward.
ETF Securities, a $20 billion global asset management firm, commissioned Water & Wall to develop a content marketing program targeting financial advisors, a segment of the wealth management industry with which we're deeply familiar. Our work included copy writing and design of a suite of print and video sales and educational collateral to educate advisors on the merits of investing in commodity ETFs. A major component of our strategy was to write the sales materials in a way that made them intelligible to end-clients, allowing advisors to pass along the collateral for educational purposes. The visually enhanced, story-driven content achieved extremely high engagement rates, giving ETF Securities an advantage over its commodity fund competitors.
There are few communications and marketing campaigns in the institutional financial services community that reached as many people as Fearless Girl. For so many, she has become a to drive positive change well beyond business. From the start, our client, State Street Global Advisors, had grand ambitions of being a leader in influencing change among the global corporate ranks. Simply put, together by securing earned media with a focus on North America, we would set the foundation for future asset stewardship priorities with a focus on gender diversity in business. We would convey the message that women should have a far greater presence in the board room and in the C-suite than they do now.
On the day we introduced the statue of that little girl challenging the Charging Bull (note: now she's outside the New York Stock Exchange), we saw hundreds of media outlets around the world cover the story. One outlet in particular, Business Insider, ran a story read by nearly two million people within hours of publication. Since then, State Street spokespeople have appeared on and in every major broadcast and print business news outlet in the world to discuss the asset managers ongoing effort.
Today, the Fearless Girl remains a powerful and everlasting symbol, and we're proud to have been the agency driving the media coverage behind this icon.
NEPC, a $1 trillion institutional investment consultant, is among the best examples of a long-term partnership that resulted in client business growth and an expansion of an integrated marketing and communications program that included traditional journalist engagement, branding, and visual storytelling.
Prior to engaging Water & Wall, the Boston-based firm had no consistent public presence in its 30-year history beyond incidental trade media coverage. The first assignment: raise awareness for the Endowments and Foundations Practice, an established presence in their space with no public voice. Within a year, the firm's top executives were featured in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, New York Times, Financial Times, among key trade publications. That work expanded not only to owning media relations for other practice areas within the firm – pensions, private wealth, healthcare, among them – it also led to the development of a research series that included in-depth surveys and graphic design.
The effort earned us the opportunity to redesign NEPC's pitch book, which we overhauled with new messaging and compelling visuals that helped the firm win new business.
By the time the program entered its third year, we were responsible for 80 percent of their content. What's more, they walked into a meeting with a potential client, who complemented NEPC on their recent news story, the best validation for our work there is.
of our average
honoring our work
whose reputation
we've managed
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on earned media
Scott Sunshine
One part entrepreneur, two parts communications professional, one part super- commuter, and an avowed adversary of the status quo, Scott co-founded Water & Wall to help companies unlock their intrinsic value through the expression of their brand archetypes. When he's not navigating crises or reputational issues, Scott can usually be found dreaming up creative ways to help clients appeal more profoundly to their stakeholders. If he isn't in the office, Scott is most likely on an airplane, making his twice-weekly commute between New York and Fort Lauderdale. He estimates that in 13 years of shuttling back and forth, he's traveled the equivalent distance of the earth to the International Space Station, 6,387 times.
scott@waterandwall.com
Andrew Healy
Voracious reader. Soccer enthusiast. Dad. If you ask whether these are the ingredients for a busy life or a career storyteller, then the answer you'd get is both. Andrew co-founded Water & Wall with the expressed purpose of applying his love for capturing clients' stories and sharing it with the exact right audience to help their businesses grow. He takes a measured, disciplined approach to the communications process that has resulted in some of the longest-tenured client relationships in the business, and he's a driving force behind the agency's expansion into digital and next-gen marketing techniques. And when he's not working, "Dad" usually gets bumped to the front of that earlier list.
andrew@waterandwall.com
Matt Kirdahy
Matt Kirdahy was a journalist first and a communications and marketing executive second. There's something to be said about having the same professional experience of the people to whom you're approaching with your client ideas. While the traditional pitch-and-place priorities connected to the roots of the business have evolved into much more, his role still calls for those core media skills. His most re-watched movie is The Fugitive and when he's not on the clock, he's trying to make the most out of living in a city where the burgers cost as much as the t-shirts at J. Crew.
matt@waterandwall.com
Casey Sheets
Communications and marketing professional by day, recreational Muay Thai boxer by night, Casey knows how to pack a punch 24/7. The point here is she's a strategic thinker and quick on her feet, figuratively and literally. From roles on the agency side and in-house at top financial firms, Casey has a strong understanding of the financial media landscape and what tactics will reach your intended audiences. While no stranger to the details, she believes in keeping the larger picture and goals of a firm in mind at all times to deliver a comprehensive communications and marketing program. When not in the office, you can find Casey in Brooklyn enjoying a walk with her rescue Pitbull to the nearby bodega for the classic iced coffee and bacon, egg & cheese.
casey@waterandwall.com
Jesse Chen
A marketing and PR maven with a knack for words and a love of strategy, Jesse has helped clients across the financial, tech, and VC/PE sectors tell compelling stories, snag industry awards, and build strong, long-lasting media relationships. Strategy is key when you've backpacked solo across Europe and the U.S. as she has. Jesse is helping our clients understand what makes them stand out, traveling to any lengths necessary to deliver that story to the audience that matters most.
jesse@waterandwall.com
Lisa Boyce
When Lisa moved to New York a little over two years ago, she dove right into the financial PR game. A former swimmer who competed at two U.S. Olympic Trials competitions, Lisa knows how to commit to the grind and put in the work necessary to reach her goals, and now that doesn't even require jumping into a cold pool at 5:30am. Now that she's back on dry land, she's switched her focus to her other passion – writing. She uses her creative writing talents to pull the most interesting storylines and craft content, like bylined articles and social media campaigns, for her clients. Outside of the office, you can find her on stage reading excerpts from her novel-in-progress or in the kitchen whipping up some of her famous Oreo cupcakes.
lisa@waterandwall.com
Reed Schneider
Assistant Account Supervisor
An active homebrewer and self-proclaimed amateur chef, Reed brings a deep understanding of the media landscape to the Water & Wall team and works to connect clients with the publications and reporters that matter to their target audiences the most. He is an avid believer in the power of earned media and when he isn't planning his upcoming wedding, he's working to help Water & Wall's clients share their corporate stories and reach their strategic communications goals.
reed@waterandwall.com
Rachel Kassler
Assistant Account Executive
If there's anyone on the team who knows how to influence the hearts and minds of a group of people through communication, it's Rachel, a Fulbright Grantee. She spent part of her collegiate studies teaching and coaching students in Sabah, Malaysia, which lends itself to managing her client work, which involves a great deal of ideation and media engagement with a long-term vision for necessary outcomes. It makes sense that she has an eye for the big picture as she's also a skilled watercolorist.
rachel@waterandwall.com
Katie Colleary
After 14 years of working in the music industry as a photographer, designer and art director Katie got an itch to see who else might need the "rockstar" treatment (besides her two young daughters). Since joining the W&W team, she's helped clients see things differently. Katie's expertise in the psychology of advertising, paired with her strong technical design skills, result in the creation of attractive, effective and thoughtful materials that reach the right audiences. She is a constant champion for creative ideas, and executes with a precise, pithy and approachable design aesthetic.
katie@waterandwall.com
Conrad Cordeiro
Conrad knew his future was written in the stars the moment he disassembled his first computer just to see if he could put it together again. He was only 10-years old at the time. Apparently his experiment was successful, since he went on to build a highly successful career as an IT specialist. When he's not fine-tuning Water & Wall's tech infrastructure with new gadgets and gizmos, Conrad, a native of Brazil, indulges his dual passions for soccer and music.
conrad@waterandwall.com
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From Bar Napkins to Rebranding – Three Lessons Relearned
by the Partners of Water & Wall
To think, that when Scott and Andrew sat at that bar one fortuitous evening eight years ago that they'd actually have the courage to go through the business proposition that was discussed. The initial plan was scratched onto a bar napkin for goodness sake!
Nevertheless, in 2012, Water & Wall was founded on a limited budget with unlimited potential. Since then, the agency has accomplished more than what could have been imagined at that bar near the corner of Water & Wall streets in New York City's Financial District. Fast forward to today, it was time for another change and so we've launched the new Water & Wall brand experience with an eye on 2020 and beyond.
In this months-long process, we took our own medicine and put into practice some of the advice we regularly dispense to clients. Here's what we learned:
Don't be afraid to rethink everything.
On a fundamental level, we're the same smart, growth-minded, business advocate that our clients and prospects need. Everything we've done on their behalf, to this point, we can call a success. Sure, there have been course corrections along the way, but at our core, the agency's approach to the game got us to where we are today. For that we're proud! While we're always evaluating the best path to success, it was time for us to reconsider, or rethink, how we might get there.Among the questions we asked – the answers to which we can't share because, well, secret sauce and all: What capability do we want to own in the market in the next five years that we might not already? In other words, we want the agency's work to be synonymous with what exactly? What is the one thing we've done that we don't want to repeat? How do we keep our people happy, with consideration toward what the next generation will want?
Reinvent only when and if it makes sense.
There are books – we know because we've read them – that talk about reinvention as if it's a radical often necessary exercise to evolve in any business environment. Yes, we agree with the "necessary" part and, sure, we're learning with the frequency we drink coffee, but unless you make a concerted effort to plan how you want to apply that knowledge and change the way you do something, there isn't a chance you will. Let us be clear in that change isn't so much doing everything different. There's plenty that will remain the same about us and in fact it's from the old ways that we've come up with new ideas.Author and retirement scholar Marc Freedman once wrote in Harvard Business Review that some of the most successful entrepreneurs, "weave together accumulated knowledge with creativity, while balancing continuity with change, in crafting a new idea that's almost always deeply rooted in earlier chapters and activities."
Reengage stakeholders in a meaningful way.
We had become so focused on our clients and moving their brands forward that we forgot about our own. Our industry peers know full well what this is like. In this brand recharge as we've called it, we've forced ourselves to reengage with the people who matter most to the future of this business in a way we've yet to do so. We're marketers who had to market. For starters, we're better as of right now at broadcasting what we do at headquarters and on the road for our colleagues and our clients. That means timely and topical social media dispatches, among other things. You should follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram.Second, our employees are being equipped with the resources to truly serve as brand ambassadors for and brain power of the agency. Whether it's us financing their involvement in professional networking groups or investing the time in their continued education, we've learned that by broadening their horizons we've broadened our own.
Ultimately, the future of this agency comes down to one simple concept and that's humility. Now, while he meant it in the context of man versus machine, author Edward D. Hess once wrote, "To stay relevant, we human beings need to excel at doing those skills that technology won't be able to do well: higher order critical thinking, creativity, innovation and high emotional engagement with other humans."
You'd think he was describing the best things about Water & Wall.
by Casey Sheets
I'm Casey, Account Director at Water & Wall, and newly appointed editor of our new blog! I'll be working with my all-star colleagues to dispatch their brilliance into this forum. I'm excited for all that we have planned for this space and with that it's my pleasure to introduce you to 'Writing on the Wall.'
As we settle in to a reinvented Water & Wall (read more on our evolution in a note from our partners), we've made a promise to bring the same attention to detail, penchant for innovation and promotional chops to our own brand. Before we get the chance to work together, this blog should give a good idea of who we are.
Sure, we're a tenacious team of communicators and marketers with depth well beyond our professional bios, but we're also writers, photographers, designers, cinephiles, dancers, swimmers, and gamers. This motley mix of minds and hearts lends itself to sparkling creative genius and of course, no shortage of laughter.
Here you'll find our ruminations on everything from big picture brand strategy to the nuances of journalist engagement, advice for new industry talent, and how we help clients think differently as we solve for "X" together. There's plenty that you would and wouldn't expect. Ever wonder what starting teaching English in Malaysia has to do with US business leadership? Have you considered what careers lessons can be learned from The Avengers? No matter the topic, we hope you enjoy the Writing on the Wall.
What do you think? Keep up with us on LinkedIn and Instagram.
What Mr. Rogers Teaches Us about Branding
by Matthew Kirdahy
My fascination with the life and times of Fred McFeely Rogers, or "Mister Rogers" as he's known, is rivaled only by my fanaticism with Bob Ross. Nonetheless, we relaunched our brand this month and discussion of Mr. Rogers, these days, is apt, which is why it makes complete sense that I tell my neighbors what cardigans, Make Believe and whimsy have to do with our business. This is what Mr. Rogers teaches us about branding.
"Parents are like shuttles on a loom. They join the threads of the past with threads of the future and leave their own bright patterns as they go."
Our co-founders Scott and Andrew, who are enmeshed as influential executives in the operations and growth of our business since they first opened the doors in 2012, represent who we are, but also what we want to become. As the parents of this company, you might say, they recognize the importance of change and adaptation to get ahead of and react to challenges in the business environs in which our clients work. To do that we have to have the people who represent traditional services as well as those who are familiar with more progressive offerings. The people who started Water & Wall are make their mark across both.
"The story that we bring to the screen, whatever we happen to be watching, we bring our own story and consequently it's like a dialogue." … "What we see and hear on the screen is part of who we become."
He's talking about the most popular medium of his day and that's TV, of course. In the undercurrent of his point are the waves of influence. We are all impressionable and the right message finds us all via the right medium, or channel, at the right time. We understand that interacting with our intended audience will vary – from talent recruitment to new client partnerships – but we also understand that we have that power to influence a decision with each interaction.
"The best teachers in the world love what they do and just love it in front of you."
This is not about loving your day job above all things. The whole love what you do and you'll never work a day in your life? Yeah, not this. This is about enthusiasm and passion and care factor that extends into everything that you do because people want to be around people who are smart and nice. It's often that simple. Some of the best teachers taught the driest and most sophisticated topics like they were binge worthy. In an age of excess – particularly as it pertains to content since we're marketers – the measure of good content is a willingness to take in an entire Netflix season in a weekend. It's like good ideas. We've got those.
"Deep but simple."
This notion of keeping a message and its components simple has shown itself in marketing circles often of late. People who share this wisdom, caution against "dumb" or "stupid," which one supposes that this is peoples' association with simple these days. It's as if you can't be smart in the process. This is where depth factors. You should be able to say in so many words who you are and what you do. This gets us to the why rather quickly. For us, the depth is in the people at our seven-years-young agency and the experiences they create for our clients. If not for the people, there wouldn't be a Water & Wall. I think Mr. Rogers said something about that, too.
Donna McSorley says:
Great piece, Matt. Smart and nice, it IS that simple.
Avoiding Social Regurgitation
adapt omni-channel strategies to fit the customer's needs
We've reached a point where a large portion of our every day may incorporate a social media component to enhance and complement our activities. As such, the collective whole of communications and marketing professionals have spent countless hours and written thousands of words on how to engage target audiences through the social fad du jour.
While many have rushed to embrace the myriad channels and the social media obsessed culture pushing them, not every company has adopted a comprehensive plan to managing and growing these channels in the long term. In fact, the CMO Council found 45% of marketers feel they lack the necessary talent, technology, and processes to master omni-channel brand marketing. Those marketers need to push their budget holders to move the dial on those strategies – brands with strong omnichannel customer engagement have an 89 percent customer retention rating, compared to 33 percent for brand rated at weak engagement, according to research by Aberdeen Group. It's clear a dedicated and clever omni-channel strategy pays off.
Those who are successful will find a way to pick the channels appropriate to their brand and remain cohesive between them, without regurgitating the same information give or take the allowed character limit. Unless your company only uses one social platform, you need to have more than one social strategy – You need individual plans and campaigns created independently for Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, etc. Though overarching themes will permeate all channels, you shouldn't be regurgitating the exact same copy on each platform.
So how do we as marketing and communications professionals avoid this "social regurgitation?"
First, define what the overarching goals are for your marketing strategy and how they may differ between each channel, and then make sure you have defined the type of content best suited for each channel based on those parameters. If you're a retail company, you're likely using Instagram to gain awareness, as an active shopping destination and for consumer research, while your LinkedIn page would be telling the corporate story and offering related news, job postings, etc.
Second, harness the power of each of those channels and their features to keep your followers interested, but not overwhelmed (or underwhelmed) by the amount of content. Rather than explain a new product via multiple posts or too-long captions, explore the engagement you receive with the ephemeral content provided through Instagram Stories. Take care to keep those fresh and your followers will eventually come to expect a new installment from you at a set pace: whether it be a series of quick educational bites, demos, or behind the scenes looks into your greater product campaign.
Brands are also now aware it is becoming harder and harder to get their feed posts across to consumers thanks to Instagram's updated algorithm. Advertising can help reach through those algorithms and bring your content directly to the intended consumer and brands are catching on to the opportunity: Sprout Social reports social media advertising spend in the US is expected to reach $18.4 billion in 2019.
While the impact of these trends on the consumer world is obvious, other industries, such as Financial Services, should take note of the efficacy of these channels for their strategy as the millennials using them grow their wealth. An excellent example is Robinhood's sponsorship of YouTube videos from the Funhaus channel, which primarily produces video-game focused content, from gameplay to industry news reporting. In one video, Robinhood offered listeners a 'FREE stock like Apple, Ford, or Sprint to help you build your portfolio' alongside a dedicated sign-up link, allowing Robinhood to track the referrals from this advertising effort. I'd expect these are dollars well spent for the diverse range of Funhaus viewers – falling into the ever-muddied waters of social media, advertising and influencer marketing.
Until we reach a point where one social media platform trumps them all, give your audience a clear path to engagement with your brand in various channels, in the way that best suits them. With fresh content applied in new ways across each, followers won't find you stale, and you'll see the positive feedback reflected in engagement, followers, and ultimately revenue.
If your firm needs help changing perceptions, building awareness, or driving growth, you've come to the right place. Reach out to us–we'd love to hear from you!
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Even though officials at Burton Scot Contractors are accustomed to yearly growth and revenue increases, they all place the benefit of working with familiair faces at the top of a length reward list.
The Ohio Department of Transportation District 12 was recognized by Flexible Pavements of Ohio at their Annual Meeting on March 13, 2002. District 12 was awarded a Quality Paving Award for a Comercial Parking Facility in the Overlay Category for the rehabilitation of the Headlands Beach State Park in Mentor. Burton Scot Corporation was the prime contractor of this $750,000 project that began April 3, 2001 and was completed on December 15, 2001. Representing District 12 and receiving the paving award at the annual meeting were Mark Gabele, P.E., Project Engineer and Ray Bencivengo, PE, Area Engineer, Construction. Congratulations to the D-12 Headlands Beach State Park team on the quality paving award.


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Why money market fund reform helps banks
SEC rule change provides new opening when funding needs may change
Written by Joe Hooker, Promontory Interfinancial Network
Viewpoints article reflect the opinion of the author. Banking Exchange is open to viewpoints guest columns. Please email [email protected], subject "Proposed Viewpoints Guest Article."
The Securities and Exchange Commission finally did it. It changed the rules governing money market mutual funds. And the financial world will never be the same.
But is it really that big a change? Here we are, nearly six months after SEC enacted changes to the rules governing MMMFs, and it doesn't appear that much has happened.
It's not because the changes weren't potentially industry altering.
What SEC did
On July 23, 2014, the SEC announced changes to the rules governing "prime" money funds, requiring that these funds float their values instead of maintaining a stable $1 per share net asset value (NAV).
The new rules also enable funds to impose liquidity fees of up to 2% and lower gates to help prevent investor redemptions if weekly liquid assets fall below 30%. Both parts of the new rules have a two-year implementation timeline and are scheduled to take effect mid-2016. [View a special SEC resources page on this issue.]
The changes were made for the purpose of reducing investor risk from potential runs on funds that could cause share values to fall below $1, or "break the buck." Notably, the Reserve Primary Fund broke the buck during the financial crisis of 2008 as a result of its exposure to Lehman Brothers debt securities. The new rules only apply to institutional funds. Retail funds are exempt.
Quiet isn't quite quiescent
The subdued response to date from institutional investors may not reflect passivity as much as the calm before the storm. The two-year timeline that SEC specified for implementation means that many investors haven't taken action yet. But that doesn't mean investors haven't been thinking about how the changes affect them and their cash management options.
In the 2014 Liquidity Survey from the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP), 50% of respondents indicated that any change to MMMF regulation that required prime funds to operate with a floating NAV would cause them to move some or all of their money out of these funds. Only 28% of respondents indicated that reform would have no significant impact on their investments in prime MMFs.
This could translate into a significant opportunity for banks, which are well-positioned to respond to the increase in volatility of MMFs and the ongoing investor demand for safety. It's an opportunity for banks to increase their share of these types of funds and to make these deposits more profitable.
Potential plusses for banks
Here are three ways that MMF reform could benefit banks:
1. Institutional depositors will be evaluating their investment strategies.
There is an array of options for institutional investors when it comes to managing their cash deposits. Once a strategy is institutionalized, it's a lot of work to go back and evaluate new options.
In fact, for many institutional investors, investment practices are written into policies, further increasing the difficulty in reevaluating current investment strategies. This structure often leads investors to live by the idiom, "If it's not broke, don't fix it."
However, the SEC rule change effectively "breaks" the investment policies for many institutional investors. This triggers reevaluation of their investment practices. This opens a window of opportunity for banks.
The MMMF rule change will require institutions of all types to update their policies over the next two years. In that time, they will be considering a range of alternatives. This means that at least some percentage of the trillions of dollars currently living in money market mutual funds is up for negotiation
And a good portion of that is likely to move into banks.
Banks are a trusted resource for institutional depositors and, even before MMF reform, have played a central role in institutional investment strategies. According to the 2014 AFP Liquidity Survey, 52% of all corporate cash remains with banks, a record percentage in the history of the survey, and bank deposits are the most widely cited permissible investment vehicle.
The same AFP Liquidity Survey cited above also reported that 28% of depositors expect to move money into government MMMFs or bank products for the sake of stability. And that's before we get into a conversation about banks actually competing for these deposits.
2. Institutional investors will have fewer cash-management options.
Not all institutional investors will be hit by MMF reform. Institutions that historically have had a greater tolerance for risk and variance in their short-term investments won't see much of a shift in their practices.
But many other institutional investors—particularly public unit depositors—will face the prospect of a diminished range of short-term investment options. Most public entities, for example, are governed by rules that require a guarantee of principal on any deposit, and many of these public organizations currently keep deposits in local government investment pools (LGIPs), which will likely be impacted by the MMMF reform.
With changes in MMMF reform, public entities will likely either move deposits out of LGIPs or the LGIPs will have to adjust their investment practices to invest solely in government-backed investments, such as treasuries or agency notes, which would likely significantly reduce the yield on these instruments. Some shift in LGIP investment practices has already started to occur in anticipation of the changes in MMF rules, as we have seen the yields on many of the LGIPs drop significantly in the last couple of years.
Again, bank deposits end up looking like an attractive option for many investors, and with fewer investment options offering security on cash deposits, banks should be able to draw in safety-conscious institutional depositors. With the lure of the higher yields paid by LGIPs gone or severely reduced, much of this money will migrate back to its traditional home: community banks.
3. Yield expectations are likely to adjust downward.
Banks should be aware of the potential impact of MMMF reform on customer interest rates. As MMMF reform rules go into effect, many institutional depositors are going to be moving their funds to investment options that offer stability, and they will expect to pay for this safety.
Considering the implications
For banks, this change in expectations could mean that entire customer classes become more profitable. The true safety-conscious customers will be comparing bank rates against government MMMFs, likely an easy win for banks.
This could hardly come at a better time for banks, many of which expect interest rates to begin to increase sometime in 2015. The exact impact that a flood of institutional deposits could have on customer rates is still uncertain, but for reasons stated, it could have a moderating influence on deposit rates.
Although we're still more than 18 months away from the deadline, now may be a good time for banks to begin reaching out to institutional depositors to support them during this transition. Banks have a chance to bring sunlight to break up the fog that has gathered around this latest change. Banks bring a straightforward approach to protecting funds—depositors view FDIC insurance as one of the most secure ways to protect deposits—and banks have options available to provide protection on even large-dollar deposits.
Right now, banks have a chance to be white knights for investors facing an uncertain future, which could be a boon for banks and their customers. Banks should not wait until another hero comes along.
Joe Hooker is a managing director at Promontory Interfinancial Network. Promontory provides unique services, including Bank Assetpoint®, CDARS®, ICS®, IND®, Residential Mortgage Network, and Yankee Sweep® for members of its nationwide network of banks.
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What are the 3 aspect of Arnis?
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Who is the father of Arnis?
What is Largo in arnis?
What is the meaning of abanico?
What is the original name of Arnis?
Which country started Arnis?
What is phenomenon of leadership?
Is leadership a pendent or technology?
Arnis incorporates 3 methods: espada y daga (sword and dagger), solo baston (single stick) and sinawali (to weave) which uses two sticks as per the photo at the start of this page.
Remy Amador Presas
Remy Amador Presas was the founder of Modern Arnis, a popular Filipino martial art. Born in the Philippines, he moved to the United States in 1974, where he taught his art via seminars and camps.
What is arpi in arnis?
2. Arnis Philippines System ("ARPI") The Arnis Philippines system was established before the WEKAF system (in 1986) and adapted the scoring system similar to fencing. The matches are observed by multiple judges to mark fouls and the loudness of the impact judges the strike strength.
Who is Ernesto Presas?
Kombatan is a Filipino martial arts system. The founder of the system was Ernesto Amador Presas. The style is known for its double stick techniques, but it features other stick and blade techniques, as well as empty-hand methods.
The principle of largo mano is to strike from a distance with one – two blow and maneuver out of the opponents attacking line in order to prevent being countered, thus the need to put a lot of work in developing the physical capabilities to augment the feature of the style and its principle.
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Abanico, the Spanish word for hand fan.
What is the main goal of Arnis?
Modern Arnis is the system of Filipino fighting arts founded by Grandmaster Remy Presas as a self-defense system. His goal was to create an effective self-defense system that preserved the traditional Arnis movements.
What are the 5 fundamental forms of Arnis?
Five Fundamental Forms of Arnis:
Solo Baston In this form, the arnisador fights with a single stick or baston.
DobleBaston The arnisador uses two bastons of equal length.
Espada The arnisador wields a long baston and a shorter one simultaneously.
Dos Manos The arnisador grips the stick with two hands.
Arnis, also known as Kali or Eskrima/Escrima, is the national martial art of the Philippines.
History. Arnis was developed by the indigenous populations of the Philippines, who used an assorted range of weaponry for combat and self-defense. Encompassing both simple impact and edged weapons, arnis traditionally involved rattan, swords, daggers and spears.
What is leadership according to Prentice?
Prentice defined leadership as "the accomplishment of a goal through the direction of human assistants" and a successful leader as one who can understand people's motivations and enlist employee participation in a way that marries individual needs and interests to the group's purpose.
What is the best definition of leadership?
DEFINITION: Leadership is a process of social influence, which maximizes the efforts of others, towards the achievement of a goal. Notice key elements of this definition: No mention of personality traits, attributes, or even a title; there are many styles, many paths, to effective leadership
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The project team are working on a book on Trevor Jones that will be published by Ashgate as part of their Screen Music series. The book will detail the different phases of Jones's career drawing on the materials in the Jones Archive as well as testimony from the composer and others in his team as appropriate. This will be the first scholarly publication on Jones and his career and output. Publication is anticipated in 2018.
The Trevor Jones project ended on 30 September 2016 after three years of intensive research work. The project successfully achieved its aims and gave rise to a number of publications, some of which are still in progress, including several publications and events above and beyond what was outlined in the original AHRC proposal. Additionally, the project team was successful in digitising a greater amount of material than was outlined in the funding application, resulting in a vast resource including approaching 10,000 digital items and associated metadata. Indeed, given the number of fields in the metadata schema there are potentially 1,000,000 pieces of metadata arising out of the project.
The project website, www.screenmusic.leeds.ac.uk, which provides access to the metadata for all of the digitised project materials has been launched. The website offers scholars and public unprecedented access to information about materials from the film- and television-score production process. Approved scholars and researchers may be granted access to the materials themselves for use in research and teaching only.
It is hoped that the ScreenMusic website will become a portal through which metadata relating to other audio-visual collections might also be accessed, and indeed has been designed to enable the collections of other composers to sit alongside the Jones materials and be accessed using the same search and retrieval functions. Managers of suitable collections should contact trevorjonesfilm@leeds.ac.uk to discuss possibility. Please note that metadata for all collections will need to adhere to the schema devised through the Trevor Jones Project, which can be requested by email as above.
A special issue of the Journal of Film Music edited by Ian Sapiro and Laura Anderson and based around papers from our successful Audio-Visual Archives Conference of July 2015 was published in 2016 (vol. 6, no. 2). The articles in the special issue cover a range of topics from the conference, and it is anticipated that the publication will help address a significant gap in the scholarship relating to archival research in audio-visual media.
The special issue includes an editorial by Ian and Laura and an article documenting the digitising, organising and managing of the Trevor Jones archive co-authored by the project team.
We are delighted to announce that a special issue of the Journal of Film Music, edited by Ian Sapiro and Laura Anderson, is in progress based around papers from our successful Audio-Visual Archives Conference of July 2015. Articles in the special issue will cover a range of topics from the conference, and it is anticipated that the publication will help address a significant gap in the scholarship relating to archival research in audio-visual media.
The journal will include an editorial by Ian and Laura and an article documenting the digitising, organising and managing of the Trevor Jones archive co-authored by the project team.
The project team are excited to have secured licences to screen two films as part of the forthcoming Audio-Visual Archives Conference at the British Library in July. Each film will be preceded by a session previewing the music and offering new insight into the creation and development of part of the film score.
The conference will open on the evening of Friday 17 July with a screening of the recent film Still Alice (2014), preceded by an interview with the film's composer, Ilan Eshkeri. Eshkeri will be in conversation with project Co-Investigator Dr Ian Sapiro, and will discuss the development of the score. The interview will also feature live performance of parts of the score by members of the London Metropolitan Orchestra, and a short performance of part of a suite created from the film's music.
The final session of the conference on Saturday 18 July will comprise an illustrated lecture by the project team on Trevor Jones's score for In the Name of the Father (1993), followed by a screening of the picture. The pre-screening session will introduce and draw on unique archival materials to help show how Jones's work on the picture developed to the final soundtrack.
Booking is now open for the Audio-Visual Archives conference. Delegates can book for the conference, conference dinner, and Friday night screening event here.
The full conference programme is available, with clickable links to paper abstracts, and details of public screenings can also be found on the conference website.
Come along to the The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery to experience an interactive pop-up exhibition showcasing the inspiring work of researchers specialising in design, textiles, film, archives and music.
A group of researchers will present an array of curious objects for you to handle, and be on hand ready to share hidden stories of their research and each of their objects. Inspired by the Gallery's current exhibition, Nostalgia and Progress: Illustration after the Second World War, expect to hear about projects which connect the past, present and future.
A call for papers has been released for the Audio-Visual Archives conference that will take place at the British Library on 18-19 July 2015. See the conference page for more information on the call and the event.
Project PDRF Dr Laura Anderson has written a blog for the Royal Musical Association on life after a PhD and being part of a team on a large research grant. Laura joined the Trevor Jones project after completing her doctoral studies in the area of film music and sound at Royal Holloway, University of London, for which her research focused on the topic of Jean Cocteau's creative involvement with music and sound in his films. This blog post gives us an insight into the day-to-day experience of working on a larger-scale research project.


Internet users who have been getting migraines due to the pink-and-blue theme of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority's (MMDA) website can now skip their painkillers.
The MMDA has redesigned its website in an effort to reach a wider audience who get information through the Internet.
"The Internet is a good medium to effectively communicate with the public," MMDA chairman Francis Tolentino said in a statement. "We intend to make full use of all available technologies and resources to deliver on time and up-to-date information to the public."
Images captured from the new MMDA website.


Tennis finished as runner up in the Region 2 tournament.
The tennis team's season ended last Friday as they fell to district rival, Highland Park, in the regional finals match of the UIL 5A state playoffs.
Senior Brandon Su said he was proud of how his team fought throughout the match.
The tennis team advanced four rounds deep into the playoffs this year before falling to Highland Park, defeating Greenville, Frisco Heritage, Frisco Independence, and Midlothian.
Junior Sydney Wong said the team played very well over the course of the season.
"We beat a lot of good teams during the season and won a lot of really close matches in the playoffs," Wong said.
Su said he thought the team improved daily throughout practice and game matches.
"We've grown tremendously as a team and I am proud of how everyone practiced hard and worked for everything we achieved this fall," Su said.
The team will now turn their focus and attention to the offseason, as they will get ready for the spring season.
"In the upcoming weeks, we will begin preparing for the individual season in the spring by practicing and figuring out which players will play in each event," Wong said.


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Em Lógica, duas fórmulas são equissatisfatíveis se a primeira fórmula é satisfatível toda vez que a segunda fórmula também for e vice versa. Em outras palavras: ou as duas fórmulas são satisfatíveis ou nenhuma é. Duas fórmulas equissatisfatíveis podem ter diferentes modelos, desde que nenhuma delas ou ambos tenham algum modelo. Como resultado, temos que a equissatisfatibilidade é diferente da equivalência lógica, pois duas fórmulas logicamente equivalentes sempre possuem os mesmos modelos.

Geralmente, o conceito de equissatisfatibilidade é utilizado na conversão de fórmulas, ou seja, pode se afirmar que uma conversão está correta se a fórmula original e a resultante são equissatisfatíveis. Exemplos de conversões envolvendo esse conceito são a Skolemização e algumas transformações para a forma normal conjuntiva.

Exemplos

Uma conversão da lógica proposicional para a própria lógica proposicional em que toda disjunção binária  é substituída por , onde  é uma nova variável (uma para cada disjunção substituída), é uma transformação em que a satisfatibilidade é preservada, ou seja, a fórmula original e a resultante são equissatisfatíveis. Note que essas duas fórmulas não são equivalentes, pois existe um modelo que torna a primeira fórmula verdadeira e a segunda falsa: quando  é verdadeiro enquanto  e  são falsos. Entretanto, alterando-se apenas a valoração de  para verdadeiro no modelo do caso anterior, temos que ambas as fórmulas são satisfatíveis, e isso demonstra a equissatisfatibilidade entre as duas.

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Any students can get an assignment to write a racism research paper since this phenomenon remains currently central and has a significant impact on various aspects of our lives. Sometimes, tutors offer their own list of topics about racism to choose from, and in this case, you can pick one, which is the most familiar or the most interesting. However, often students are supposed to generate ideas all by themselves, and this can pose a problem since racial issues are too many-sided and it is difficult to focus on something in particular. But actually, there is plenty of research paper topics on racism related to certain subjects or aspects you may be interested in.
Interesting Racism Research Paper Topics to Discuss
Racial and ethnic discrimination can be viewed through the prism of different aspects of our life - politics, economics, social culture, history, human mind and psychology. Obviously, depending on the subject studied, students can be asked to explore the issues concerning racial discrimination with a focus on the particular aspects. On the other hand, there are periods in the history of racism, which are traditionally regarded as a fertile ground for multifaceted researches, for example, the 60s and 70s US civil rights movement, the apartheid system in South Africa or the racist policy of Nazi Germany. Therefore, we present a wide range of topics that can be analyzed both within a single subject and in a broader sense.
Easy Psychology Research Paper Topics on Racism
Unlike other sciences, which consider discrimination from a political, economic or social standpoint, psychology tries to explore and reveal links between prejudices and the psychological qualities of individuals. It also strives to develop recommendations on how to stop racial discrimination through mental help and education.
Psychological background of racism.
What can psychologists do to continue the fight for equality?
Opposing hate speech on social networking websites.
Do we have sufficient anti-racist education in schools?
White privilege unawareness.
Implicit bias training.
Are there any discriminatory tendencies in animal behavior?
Psychological consequences of racial discrimination based on personal experience.
Is racism a mental illness?
Ways to provide diverse populations with appropriate services.
Racial and ethnic socialization initiatives to encourage healthy communication in children.
How can parents educate their children to grow up free from racism?
Psychological defense and racism.
Psychological distress in African Americans exposed to race-related stress.
Strategies for promoting diversity and reducing discrimination.
Sociology Research Topics on Racism
Sociology studies the social roots of racial and ethnic discrimination, analyzes the state of modern society and identifies the patterns that allow racism to exist in the present day world. The following topics will give you a clue where to find interesting ideas for your sociological research, covering both narrow and broad fields of study.
Diversity of ethnical groups and "Equality of opportunity" in the modern USA.
What are the social problems that fuel racism in the United States?
Racism and Islamophobia resulted from the September 11 attacks.
The formal equality of American laws and discrimination against non-white Americans in practice.
Race and poverty.
What is the situation with racism in today's USA compared to the rest of the world?
Skinheads - a youth subculture or a movement promoting racism?
Racism in contemporary literature.
Should Native and African Americans receive social reparations?
Racism in terms of biology.
Has the election of Barack Obama changed racial views in the US?
White beauty ideals in media.
Racism and its social roots in the present-day world.
Racism and elitology.
Is rap music a response to White supremacy?
Argumentative Research Paper Topics about Racism
Argumentative student papers involve the presentation of a statement, which has to be convincingly proved with appropriate facts. An easy way to solve this task is to conduct research in the historical field because, in this way, students can find a lot of information and facts to support their papers. We suggest the following topics on the history of racial discrimination, based on which you can build a good argumentative paper.
The most significant landmarks of the civil rights movement in the United States
Geographic coverage of race riots during the "Long, hot summer of 1967" and their outcomes.
Racial anti-Semitism and its impact on the Holocaust.
Racial context of lynching in the United States.
A caste system in Spanish America and the Philippines.
A comparison study on white backlashes in the XIX-XXI centuries.
The legal background of Native American peoples' forced relocations.
The racial policy of Nazi Germany.
The origin of Black supremacy.
Abolitionism in America to Jim Crow laws.
Key players of African American civil rights movement in the USA.
Ku Klux Klan: from the 1860's to nowadays.
Nazi crimes against the Polish nation during WWII.
South Africa and apartheid legislation issue .
The Black Panther Party activities in the United States and other countries.
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