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Durham Cathedral Bookshop: One door closes…
Posted on February 11, 2011 by Phil Groom | 41 comments
Durham Cathedral Shop - this entrance is temporarily closed...
One door closes — but will another one open? Christians love to talk about God's provision and guidance, don't they? About how one door may close but another one will always open, yadda yadda yadda… but the reality that we must all face is that by and large, God has entrusted that provision to us, his people. It's God's people who close doors and it's God's people who open them. It's God's people who shut people out, let people in or, sometimes, lock people up and forget where they left the key…
This notice, which appeared towards the end of January at the shop entrance in Durham Cathedral, begins:
Due to some necessary archaeological works, as we explore ways to improve physical access to The Cathedral Shop, this entrance is temporarily closed. Entry to The Cathedral Shop is through the easy access off The College which can be found by following the disabled signage…
That's no bad thing and I'm not for one moment suggesting that it is: improving access to the shop is good news, especially if it means that disabled people don't have to take that longwinded route to get there. Bravo, those planners! Nor am I suggesting that there are plans afoot to close the shop, although one little bird (not a member of your staff, please note, O Most Venerable Dean, should you happen to read this) tells me that there are plans to reduce the size of the shop, which might well impact upon staffing requirements — and that, given all the uncertainty and door-slamming that the shop staff have faced over the past few years, is most definitely not good news for anyone.
Let's look back briefly: first the bookshop staff were, not to put too fine a point on it, betrayed by SPCK when the shop was handed over to the Brewers without adequate diligence (please don't anyone try to tell me that the "due diligence procedure" SPCK went through in that disastrous handover was adequate). Then when it all went pear-shaped what, pray, did the Dean and Chapter do to help and support the staff? Ah yes: they prayed; no doubt about that, I'm sure. Prayed and panicked and prevaricated because God had put the means to answer those prayers in their own hands; but terminating the lease apparently proved too hot a potato: instead, they dropped it, leaving the bookshop staff to resist the bullying and abuse by themselves…
Eventually, of course, the Brewers' mismanagement backfired as the Charity Commission moved in on the other shops to leave Durham as the last bastion of the Brewers' bastardised British empire; and finally that, too, came tumbling down…
Enough of the history lesson, however: where are we today? This former SPCK bookshop — once described by no less a scholar than Professor James D G Dunn as "the best theological bookshop in the world" — appears destined to become little more than yet another Cathedral tat and gift shop, books sidelined to leave the City of Durham, home to the world-renowned Shrine of St Cuthbert, without a Christian bookshop worthy of the name. The Cathedral's own description of the shop seems to say it all:
The Durham Cathedral Shop stocks a range of guide books, gifts and souvenirs, as well as a selection of religious and theological books.
The Cathedral Book and Gift Shop: Books sidelined?
And what of the staff? Where does this leave them after the years of abuse and neglect? In today's world no job is secure, of course, but one would hope that having at last secured the shop for the Cathedral's own use, the Cathedral authorities would set out to support, reassure and — dare I suggest such a radical idea? — perhaps even reward the staff for their loyalty and commitment to the Cathedral. Because that is assuredly what has kept them there: personal dedication to the cause.
Durham Cathedral Shop staff: I salute you!
May those who have been entrusted with power to open and close doors before you always do so with the fairness, integrity and respect that becomes a renowned Christian institution; may charlatans such as the Brewers never darken your doorways again; and when your closed door reopens, may it open the way to good things and happier times for all.
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Tagged Cuthbert of Lindisfarne, Durham, Durham Cathedral, Durham Cathedral Bookshop, Durham Cathedral Shop, Shrine of St Cuthbert
Final Former-SPCK Bookshop Expels Philip Brewer: Durham Cathedral
Posted on January 22, 2010 by mattwardman2000 | 38 comments
Update 5th Feb 2010:
Durham Cathedral News: The Cathedral Shop – A New Beginning
Reports Elsewhere
David Keen: Durham Cathedral SPCK/SSG: the Last Post
Durham Times: Staff jobs safe as cathedral shop closes down
Bookseller: Durham Cathedral takes ownership of shop
Matt Wardman writes:
Today we have a victory: the last bookshop in the country to remain in control of J Mark and Philip Brewer, the Shyster-Charlatans who have taken hundreds of thousands of pounds from the chain, while abusing and exploiting staff, has been closed. It was in Durham Cathedral, and will soon be re-opened under proper control.
Durham Cathedral Sanctuary Knocker
Photo credit: Artiii on Flickr
This our most important milestone for some months, and we are pleased that Durham Cathedral have acted. As Dave Walker at the Church Time blog has put it:
The end of St Stephen the Great in the UK
The Durham Cathedral shop was the last remaining former SPCK bookshop run by the St Stephen the Great charity (SSG). SSG were given the bookshops by SPCK in 2006.
This is the full text of the notice at the Durham Cathedral website:
The Cathedral Shop temporary closure
The Shop which was managed by St Stephen the Great is now closed.
A new shop under the management of The Cathedral Chapter will open in due course.
Please check the Cathedral Website for the latest news.
(Posted on Friday 22nd January 2010)
No more comment yet, but we are all allowing oursleves to dance a small jig at this point.
However we are still watching, because there are the interests of the members of staff at stake here, and then there will be the small question of what sort of shop will be reopened.
Posted in Announcements, News
Tagged Bookshops, Durham Cathedral Bookshop, News, Phil Brewer, SPCK, SSG
Durham: watching, waiting…
Posted on June 4, 2009 by Phil Groom | 10 comments
I confess that I've been rather slow about this, but simply to let all visitors know that the Durham Petition is now formally closed. I have updated the petition text with the following introduction:
Following an announcement made by Durham Cathedral on Friday, May 1st, 2009, that "the current operators and occupiers of Durham Cathedral Shop" — ie, the Brewers — have been given one year's notice to quit, this petition is now closed.
THANK YOU to everyone who has signed it. The story is far from over, however, and the future of the current bookshop employees remains unclear. Please keep them as well as the Dean and Chapter in your prayers as they seek a way forward that will provide justice for all concerned.
Updates will be posted on the SPCK/SSG Blog as and when new information emerges.
Although officially closed, I am leaving the petition in place as a matter of historical record. In the meantime, we watch, and wait.
To the Durham shop staff: I salute you.
Posted in Announcements, Durham
Tagged Durham Cathedral Bookshop, Durham Cathedral Shop, Durham Cathedral Shop Management Company
Is this the 'Best Use of New Media in a Christian Campaign'?
Posted on May 17, 2009 by davidkeen | 3 comments
David Keen writes:
The 'Bloggies' – Christian Web and New Media awards – are now open for nominations. I've taken the liberty of nominating this blog for 'Best Use of New Media in a Christian Campaign'.
Phil's blog is very much the hub of the SPCK campaign, but there's much more going on. Many of us who are involved have never met face to face, but through blogs, email, Facebook, online petitions, Google Groups, and even Twitter we've built a network of supporters from several countries, and in the last 2 weeks there has been a mini-avalanche of remarkable results from the pressure that the campaign has brought to bear:
Durham Cathedral have served notice on the Brewers to leave the premises
The Charity Commissioners have taken control of the assets of the Society of St. Stephen the Great.
Following the CC action, an out of court settlement with unfairly dismissed staff may now be possible
and Dave Walker is back to blogging about the SPCK story. Mark Brewers initial ICBM (inter-continental bullying manoevre) seems to have backfired spectacularly in the intervening 10 months. Welcome back Dave.
I have a slight quibble about the Bloggies, in that anyone using new media effectively will, hopefully, be using more than one website to do it. The online SPCK campaign – which effectively began as Dave Walker's 'Save the SPCK' campaign on The Cartoon Blog – has diversified into several 'new media' as it has evolved. Any campaign simply using one platform probably shouldn't get past first base!
If you'd like to nominate the SPCK/SSG campaign too, please do! Here's what I put in the 'additional information' box:
A campaign to scrutinise and hold to account the new owners of SPCK bookshops, which recently resulted in decisive action by both the Charity Commissioners and Durham Cathedral. The campaign provides a discussion space, as well as a focus for scrutiny and lobbying.
Use of new media includes
– Several blogs, of which the named blog is the key one. With the censorship of Dave Walkers blog, it's been important to have several blogs reporting the story, so that 'divide and rule' through legal threats won't work. The reposting on over 70 blogs of material which the new SPCK owners attempted to censor was vital both in building a public profile, and in demonstrating support for those victimised by the new owners.
– Online petitions
– Facebook: there are two related groups on Facebook, which give the campaign an online mailing list of around 600 people, as well as a forum for spreading information.
– Google groups, as a forum for the leaders of the campaign to communicate and share information.
– more recently, Twitter.
Many of those involved in the campaign haven't met face to face, but new media has enabled us to network, co-ordinate our efforts, and spread information to a wide group of people.
David Keen blogs at St. Aidan to Abbey Manor, and has just joined the team on SPCK/SSG News, Notes and Info.
Tagged Bloggies, Brewers, Charity Commission, Dave Walker, Durham Cathedral Bookshop, Petition, SPCK, SSG
Northern Echo on Durham Cathedral Bookshop: Brothers are ordered to leave cathedral shop
Posted on May 6, 2009 by Phil Groom | Leave a comment
Northern Echo - Brothers are ordered to leave cathedral shop
Thanks to Mark Tallentire of the Northern Echo for following up on his previous report on this story:
TWO brothers at the centre of an unholy row over the running of a cathedral bookshop have been told to leave within a year.
Critics said Phil and Mark Brewer ravaged the Durham Cathedral bookshop, once described as the best theological bookshop in the world, leaving it a shadow of its former self.
Hundreds signed a petition calling on the Cathedral Chapter to rescue the shop from the US pair, invoking the Biblical story of Jesus going into the temple to throw out the money-lenders to support their case.
Now, in a statement released to The Northern Echo, the chapter has announced it has served notice on the Brewers' Saint Stephen the Great Trust, requiring it to vacate the premises by April 30, 2010…
Kudos to Matt Wardman for drawing the story to Mark's attention.
Posted in Durham, News
Tagged Durham Cathedral, Durham Cathedral Bookshop, Durham Cathedral Shop, Former SPCK Bookshops, Mark and Philip Brewer
Durham Cathedral Bookshop: Cause to Celebrate, Cause for Concern
Posted on May 6, 2009 by Phil Groom | 2 comments
As most readers of this blog will be aware by now, on Friday, May 1st, 2009, the Chapter of Durham Cathedral issued the following statement:
Statement by the Chapter of Durham Cathedral
Durham Cathedral has today served notice under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 on the current operators and occupiers of Durham Cathedral Shop requiring them to vacate the premises on 30th April 2010. A new Cathedral Shop under the Cathedral's management will open on 1st May 2010 opposite the Undercroft Restaurant where, with the restaurant, it will provide a focus for visitor facilities.
To enable the necessary work for the relocation of the shop, the exhibition in the Treasures will close at the end of 2009. A new exhibition will reopen in the Claustral buildings at a date to be announced.
(Posted on Friday 1st May 2009)
The statement has been widely welcomed and hailed as a major step forward in the ongoing battle against the Brewer brothers and their depredations of the former SPCK bookshops.
Unfortunately I was offline when the news broke, hence the silence on this blog. I'd therefore like to place on record my personal thanks to David Keen and Matt Wardman for running with the story, as well as to those who twittered the news:
David Keen:
Breaking News: Brewers to be evicted from Durham Cathedral bookshop
Press statement in response to Durham Cathedral eviction of the Brewers
Matt Wardman:
J Mark and Phil Brewer evicted from Durham Cathedral Bookshop
Response to Durham Cathedral expulsion of Shop Lessee from Durham Cathedral Shop
Twitter Search:
Twitter Search: Tweets about Durham Cathedral Bookshop
The fact that the boot has at last been firmly applied to the Brewers' backside is definitely cause for celebration, but — as per the response issued by Matt — many concerns remain.
In particular, a massive question mark now hangs over the current Durham Cathedral shop staff. Whilst it appears that the Chapter may have no legal obligation to offer the shop staff continued employment, one would hope that they, as a Christian organisation, recognise a duty of care and pastoral responsibility for all who work in the Cathedral precincts, irrespective of whether or not they are employed directly by the Chapter.
Whatever happens, we can be sure that the new Chapter Clerk, Mr Philip Davis, won't miss a trick: as the Dean himself has said,
A good Chapter Clerk is the key to the Cathedral's efficiency, professionalism and financial stability. It is conceivable that something might happen in the Cathedral without the Chapter Clerk's knowledge, but I rather doubt it.
I take this opportunity to wish Mr Davis well in his new role and to encourage him to ensure that proper pastoral care for the Cathedral Shop staff is placed high up on the Cathedral's list of priorities during the next twelve months — and beyond.
Finally, I would also like to thank all those who signed the Durham petition calling for this action. The petition will now be formally closed and over the next few days all signatories will be notified of this development.
Tagged Durham Cathedral, Durham Cathedral Bookshop, Durham Cathedral Shop, Former SPCK Bookshops
Posted on May 2, 2009 by mattwardman | Leave a comment
Cross post from the Wardman Wire
Background (source)
In October 2006 the former SPCK Bookshops and their associated websites were entrusted by SPCK to the Saint Stephen the Great Charitable Trust (SSG), under the control of Messrs Philip and Mark Brewer. Unfortunately shops and staff alike suffered in the transition to new ownership, leading to staff departures, branch closures and uncertainty over opening times for those that remain.
In November 2007 SPCK withdrew SSG's licence to trade under the SPCK name but throughout 2008 the name was still in use over most of the remaining shops and as of Spring 2009 was still being used in Durham Cathedral Bookshop.
Reports emerging during June 2008 indicated a deepening crisis: SSG filed for bankruptcy in the USA whilst ownership and control of the shops was transferred to a new company — also registered to the Brewers — called 'ENC Management Company'. The Durham and Chichester shops appear to have been reconstituted as independent trading companies but remain under the Brewers' personal control.
In July 2008, Mark Brewer attempted to silence reporting on this affair by issuing 'Cease and Desist' warnings and threats of legal action against several reporters including Dave Walker, Phil Groom and Clem Jackson of Christian Marketplace magazine. This backfired spectacularly, leading to an explosion of reporting and reposting of Dave Walker's material across the blogosphere.
On 28th August 2008, however, the bankruptcy filing was dismissed with prejudice by the Texas Bankruptcy Courts and was described by the judge as having been submitted in bad faith: that is, as 'done for a wrong or improper purpose.' (The Bookseller, 5 September 2008, Issue No. 5348, p.6). Shortly after this — on 24th September 2008 — the Brewers sold the Exeter shop for £507,000 in violation of a covenant; it is now trading as a jewellery and gift store.
Many of the shop workers who were forced out of their jobs by the Brewers are being supported through Employment Tribunals by Usdaw: these actions are ongoing.
Response to the Specific Situation at Durham Cathedral Bookshop
We welcome the statement today from the Dean and Chapter of Durham Cathedral that notice has been served on the current operators and occupiers of Durham Cathedral Shop requiring them to vacate the premises on 30th April 2010. Bearing in mind that a petiton of almost 400 signatures was submitted to the Dean and Chapter in Autumn 2008, we would have preferred action to have been taken far sooner.
The Durham Cathedral Bookshop has been the flagship shop in the chain, supplying much of the turnover and most of the profit, which has enabled the whole chain to stay afloat for the last three years.
Therefore this action – subject to any legal challenges or actions issued by J Mark and Phil Brewer through their management company – will, we hope, be the beginning of the end of the saga of serious mismanagement of the SPCK Bookshop chain from October 2006 to the present.
We are concerned that the time window until April 2010 will give the Brewers an opportunity to manipulate the business further for their personal benefit.
The Durham Shop continues to use the SPCK logo and materials, permission for which were withdrawn a long time ago, to trade with incorrect Employers' Liability Insurance, and to ignore obligations in the shop lease to stock a wide range of books. It has been a stain on the reputation of Durham Cathedral.
The records of the attempted Bankruptcy revealed that large sums of money had "gone missing". We have documented how sums in excess of $700,000 had been removed from the finances of the Durham Cathedral Bookshop under questionable circumstances to other businesses and charities controlled by the Brewers. Other monies from the Bookshop Chain had been spent in unusual ways for a charity, including the maintenance of an aeroplane owned by Phil Brewer, who was responsible for management of the Durham Cathedral Shop.
The mismanagement of the Durham Cathedral Bookshop, and the whole former-SPCK chain, requires proper investigation and resolution.
Matt Wardman, mattwardman AT gmail DOT com
Phil Groom, groom DOT phil AT gmail DOT com
For more information about the history of the SPCK saga, check these links:
Durham Cathedral Shop Finances and questionable Saint Stephen the Great payments
Durham Cathedral Shop Adverts and Anagrams: Third Space Books = Crooks Ship A Debt
The SPCK/SSG Newsblog: https://spckssg.wordpress.com/
My original article back in December 2007, including an interview with Mark Brewer and others.
An introduction to the Dave Walker case (legal threats).
A recent visit to Durham Cathedral Bookshop.
Pursuing the Brewers: Contacts and Facts.
Questions for J Mark Brewer: SPCK Bookshops Asset Stripping. Ministry of Truth cross-post.
Tags: Durham Cathedral, Durham Cathedral Bookshop, Michael Sadgrove, Phil Brewer, Saint Stephen the Great, SPCK, SSG
Tagged Durham Cathedral, Durham Cathedral Bookshop, Michael Sadgrove, Phil Brewer, Saint Stephen the Great, SPCK, SSG
No Signs of Change in Durham Cathedral
Durham. I visited last Tuesday, April 21st: a beautiful spring day, a walk down by the river, lunch in the Cathedral Café. Magnificent. If you've never been to Durham, you really should take some time out to pay a visit. Click the thumbnails for bigger pictures.
I wandered on to the bookshop: the bookshop about which the Dean of Durham, the Most Very Revd Michael Sadgrove, has himself personally emphasised:
this "business within the Cathedral" is NOT managed, is NOT controlled and is NOT run by the Cathedral itself.
So who is running it? The sign at the entrance seems perfectly clear: "The Cathedral Shop". There was scaffolding up when I arrived: were they about to change the sign to something less misleading? Unfortunately not: it was something higher up.
I walked in to be met by another couple of signs: "Cathedral Shop gifts and books" and "Durham Cathedral: This SPCK book and gift shop was opened on Monday 22 December 1997 by — " I forget who: some historic personage; and perhaps that's the point: the sign is part of the shop's history, and Durham Cathedral is big on history.
But it looked for all the world to me like a sign declaring the shop's ownership. I wondered if, as had once been planned, Jarrolds had taken over the shop, would it have been left in situ, boldly proclaiming for the avoidance of doubt that this is an SPCK bookshop? Somehow, I doubt it.
I wandered further in. You'll notice a lot of wandering — and wondering — in this post. A friendly young lady greeted me with a smile at the till. I smiled back and nodded. I met several members of staff: they were unfailingly friendly and polite, which, given their plight — working for a minimum wage, employed via an agency a third party organisation by two obnoxious rogues (yes, Messrs Brewer: that's you I'm referring to) who treat their staff with complete contempt and their customers like cattle to be milked in some sort of cowboy's power games — was quite astonishing.
I knew that stock was likely to be fairly thin on the ground in the shop, having seen asingleblog's photos. I'm not sure that I was really prepared for how thin the stock was. The staff had done an admirable job of spreading it out, most books face out on the shelves and most shelves facing customers entering the shop almost convincingly full. But like the signs at the main entrance and the SPCK labels on the goods and by the till, this was a facade: once inside the Great Kitchen and looking back towards the entrance, the huge gaps were glaringly obvious.
Durham Cathedral Shop: Local Interest Section
Excerpt from the SPCK-Durham Cathedral Lease (see below)
The situation beggars belief. The terms of the original lease with SPCK, excerpted below, were very specific: a wide range of stock to be maintained in all areas. These terms have been comprehensively breached. Yet the Dean and Chapter allow the Brewers to continue trading; worse yet, they allow them to continue trading under the guise of an SPCK bookshop, bringing both SPCK and the Cathedral into disrepute.
Visitors have absolutely no way of knowing that the shop is no longer operated by SPCK: on the contrary, they are misled by out of date signage and SPCK labels still in use around the shop.
Given that in November last year the Dean was adamant in his denial of any responsibility for the shop, why does he allow this?
I need to state once again that the Cathedral Chaper [sic] does not manage the shop in its Great Kichen [sic]. This is run as a franchise subject to strict business law, as it was in the days of SPCK. Not all petitioners appear to be clear that a franchise is a formal, legal arrangement to which the parties to it are bound.
Strict business law that one side, it seems, is allowed to ignore with impunity; a formal, legal arrangement to which only one party appears to consider itself bound and which the other treats with utter contempt.
I finished my visit by calling in at the Chapter Office in the hope of introducing myself to the Dean and asking him a few questions. Unfortunately he wasn't there. I left my card with the receptionist and wandered away, saddened, bemused and more than a little angry. There is a grim darkness — a Texan darkness — at the heart of Durham Cathedral, and the sooner it is excised, the better.
An Excerpt from the SPCK-Durham Cathedral Lease
SPCK hereby promise to stock…
(a) A wide range of books of interest to visitors to Durham and the Cathedral
(b) A wide range of cards, stationery, souvenirs and gift items likely to be purchased by visitors to Durham and the Cathedral. … so that both parties are satisfied that standards appropriate to the shop are maintained…
(c) A wide and diverse range of religious books, including children's books.
(d) Adequate stockholding for parochial needs in the diocese.
(e) A wide range of theological texts appropriate to the needs of students and more specifically those theological texts required by the syllabus of Durham University and the Theological Colleges.
Posted in Bookshop Ramblings, Durham
Tagged Appearances can be deceptive, Durham Cathedral, Durham Cathedral Bookshop, Durham Cathedral Shop
Anger in Durham as Dean Snubs Petitioners' Concerns
Petitioners calling for the Brewers' business relationship with Durham Cathedral to be terminated have responded angrily to an announcement in last Sunday's Cathedral Newsletter that the Dean's new book — somewhat ironically, published by SPCK — is to be officially launched from the Cathedral Shop.
One petitioner has bluntly described the Dean's decision to host his book launch in the Brewers' shop as verging on "a deliberate two fingers against those who've signed the petition", whilst another, leaving a message on the petition itself, states equally bluntly, "The fact that this petition still exists displays a singular disrespect for those who have signed it."
I will trust in you, by the Very Revd Michael Sadgrove, Dean of Durham
The book, entitled I Will Trust In You: Companion to the Evening Psalms, ISBN 9780281059874, is priced at £9.99 but can be pre-ordered from Amazon for only £6.59, a 34% discount.
In November 2008 the Dean responded to a concerned petitioner by issuing a strong statement distancing the Cathedral authorities from the shop, noting that "the Cathedral Chaper does not manage the shop in its Great Kichen." [sic] and emphasising that the shop "is NOT managed, is NOT controlled and is NOT run by the Cathedral itself."
The book's title, however, seems to beg the question: can the Dean be trusted to maintain that distance? If you share the concerns raised here and by the petitioners, please consider writing to the Dean personally to ask him that question and encourage him to seek an alternative venue: contact details may be found on the Cathedral Who's Who page.
The date of the proposed launch is uncertain, given in the newsletter as March 31st whilst shop staff have reportedly been told that the event is scheduled for April 7th, during Holy Week. As this report goes live there is no mention of the book launch on the Cathedral website News, Notices or Services & Events pages.
The petition, calling upon the Dean to take urgent and decisive action to free the Cathedral Shop from the Brewers' control, was launched in August 2008. It now carries more than 360 signatures and remains open until its objective has been reached. If you have not already signed it, please consider doing so and please spread the word.
Tagged Durham Cathedral, Durham Cathedral Bookshop, Durham Cathedral Shop Management Company, Former SPCK Bookshops, J Mark Brewer, Mark and Philip Brewer, Mark Brewer, Michael Sadgrove, Petition, Third Space Books


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Pokémon GO Accidents from Distracted Driving
Car Accidents on July 18, 2016
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Danger, Pokémon ahead! To be fair, a Pokemon, itself, isn't dangerous (or so I'm told), but the new game Pokémon GO, released by Niantic in July, is causing a stir — in part because it has already started to cause Pokémon GO accidents in cars. That's right… what started as a fun mobile phone app with some nostalgia value to the Pokémon generation has become a dangerous, high-stakes endeavor. The app has been out only a short time, and we've already seen news of a car crashing into a tree because the driver was distracted by playing Pokémon GO.
What is Pokémon GO?
Pokémon GO is an augmented reality app that has captivated users across the country who play the game, based on Pokémon characters, on their mobile phones. A player will use the map and camera features on a smartphone to "search" for characters that are located in certain public spaces. Once the user finds a character, the player would then try to "catch" it. There's a little more to it than that, but the essence is that you use the screen on your phone, which makes it appear that the character is in a "real-life" place. That means that users are walking, biking, and now driving while looking down at their phones in order to find the Pokémon, rather than paying attention to where they're going. And, make no mistake — we're not just talking about kids and teens, here. Adults are playing, too; in its first six days after release, the app was downloaded around 7.5 million times.
Driving while playing Pokémon GO
We've known for a long time that distracted driving causes the majority of car accidents. And, we've also been warning for years about the dangers of texting while driving. But, driving while playing Pokémon GO? Accidents from playing and driving are a whole new hazard. You should never be looking at your phone for any reason while driving. Somehow, though, this game is so addictive that people are losing their common sense in order to catch these critters.
By now, you might have heard stories about Pokémon GO mishaps like pedestrians tripping over sidewalks or bicyclists having minor collisions. While this can definitely cause injury, driving while playing Pokémon GO needs to be nipped in the bud because the potential for disaster is huge.
We're not telling you to avoid playing Pokémon GO. Gotta' catch 'em all! But, be careful out there. Especially in highly-populated areas (which is where the Pokémon characters are most likely to be found), you're likely to encounter people with their heads down, eyes focused on their screens, which means that they are less aware of their surroundings. If you're playing the game, be sure to look up, and don't rely on the augmented reality of your phone's camera to direct where you walk or move. And, if you're driving, don't play! There is no game that is worth the potential for a terrible, life-altering (or life-ending) result. If you feel that the game is such a draw that you can't resist the urge to look, keep your phone out of reach while driving so that you won't be tempted to sneak a quick peek (or Pikachu, as the case may be).
If you're the parent of teen drivers, make sure to talk to them about playing Pokémon GO while driving, in addition to texting while driving, and know that they understand the risks before they hit the road. This issue is likely to get worse before it gets better, so stay safe and use your best judgment for safe driving.
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This creates a clone of your #main div and removes all child elements, leaving only the text.
Though it would be better to wrap that text in another element like a p.

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News about flattr.com has had its impact recently – for example there were top rated submissions on Hackernews here, here and here.
It seems like a great idea to generate modest revenue for content creators of all kind. So I gave it a try. My blog is usually not very high traffic, but there is a steady stream of 6-7k visitors to my old articles. Those articles generate a time on page between 6-10 minutes each. I like to think that people stay and enjoy the read. So I made myself an account and installed the official flattr plugin for WordPress.
10'000 unique visitors to my blog later, I received no single flattr.
By no means does my experiment imply any significant validity for the general public, but I see no reason to keep the advertising buttons on my blog, either.
I considered adding flattr buttons to my blog, too, but when I considered the pros (someone could give me a small amount of money) vs the cons (I had to pay a small amount too, add another button, look like I wanted even more monetisation) and decided to give up. It looks like I would have had the same problems as you do, thus I'll probably forget about flattr in my blog.
@Ruben: Exactly my point. When advertising a service, you should have a certain gain from it. After all you're cluttering your own page. Anyway, I gave it a 10k sample try – now I can concur in good conscience with your assessment.
I think the truth beneath Flattr is that it is aimed mainly at those sites that have some strong content to display and therefore need bucks to be produced on and on. I mean that noone's going to pay for writing but they're probably willing to visit a site of videos and stuff, and then pay a small amount to feel they're giving some sort of patronage to it.
Giving money to someone to go to Brazil and do a documentary on favelas it's different to flattr some plain text blog made at desk.


Marilyn Louise (Sirgey) Devlin of Wilson, NY on May 30, 2018 in Buffalo General after a sudden illness with her family at her side, born May 10, 1963 in Niagara Falls she was a daughter of the late Paul Charles and Joyce Marie (Barber) Sirgey. A 1981 graduate of LaSalle High School she met and married John D. Devlin July 9, 1983. Marilyn is the current Vice President of the Wilson Volunteer Fire Company #1 Ladies Auxilary and was very dedicated to the fire company. She enjoyed sewing, reading, taking care of the grandchildren or anyone for that matter .Predeceasing is one son Brian Rolfe Surviving besides her husband is, Peggy (John) Lucas, Connie (Jesse) Craig, Patty Devlin, grandchildren Ryan, Luke, Hunter, Ellie, and William. Siblings Derek (Sherry) Sirgey, Judy (Bob) Deeter, Carol (Don) Degona, and Nancy Sirgey Brother-in-Laws Larry Devlin, Paul (Dawn) Devlin, Richard Devlin, and Billy Devlin, Sister-in-Laws Rose (Klaus) Froehlich, Patricia (David) Snyder also many nieces and nephews and friends. Visitation will be Friday 2-4 and 7-9 in the Hamilton and Clark Funeral Home 270 Young Street where Funeral Services will be Saturday at 10 A.M. In lieu of flowers donations are to the Wilson Volunteer Fire Company #1. hamiltonclarkonline.comType your paragraph here.
Carol Ann (Patterson) Barger passed away August 10, 2018 in Buffalo General Hospital. Born August 2, 1951 in Lockport she is a daughter of the late Earl and Hellen (Boots) Patterson. Carol attended local Catholic Schools and worked for 18 years for the Salvation Army in the Thrift Store. She is married to Michael Barger for 36 years and is the mother of 8 children. Judy Creasey, Mary Turk, Bonnie Kempton, Danny, Eugene, Andrew, Amanda, Earl Barger. Carol enjoyed bingo and being with her 9 grandchildren. Visitation will be Monday 2-4 and 7-9 in the Ross Funeral Home Gaul Chapel where Funeral Services will be Tuesday at 10 A.M.
Barbara Kay (Bull) Branch, entered into rest on Sunday, July 15, 2018, at the age of 73, after a courageous battle with cancer.
Born on October 29, 1944 in Biloxi, MS, she was the daughter of the late Edward E. and Melva E, (Carrigan) Bull.
Barbara resided for most of her life in Wilson and Ransomville NY. She attended local schools, graduating from Wilson Central High School in 1962. On July 13, 1984 she married the late Bruce A Branch, in the beautiful Wintergardens of Niagara Falls.
Working for many years at General Motors, Barb retired, spending time doing the things she enjoyed, quilting, traveling, card & yahtzee parties with her dear friends, caring for her family, and giving so much of her time in support of the South Wilson Fire Dept Ladies Auxiliary, of which she was an active member.
Barb is survived by her daughters, Lisa (Gregg) Maacks, Kelli (Robert) Alaimo, Traci (Travis) Taylor, Candi (Randy) Curry, Kristi (John) Confer, her sister, Diane Bull, her brother, Bruce (Irene) Bull Sr, her grandchildren, Jacob Maacks, Jason (Anna) Maacks, Gage Maacks, Griffin Maacks, Krystalore (Russ) Crews, Earl Stegner, Jillian (Nick) Brown, Lee (Stephanie) Hilliard, Samantha (Jay) McKee, Michael (Joelle) Taylor, Jessica Curry, Jamie Curry, Cole (TJ) Snell, her nephew, Bruce (Joanna) Bull Jr, as well as several great grandchildren, nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her beloved husband, Bruce Branch, her parents, Edward & Melva Bull, and her dear nephew, Scott Bull.
Family and friends may call at the HAMILTON AND CLARK FUNERAL HOME, 270 Young St, Wilson NY on Friday from 2-4 PM and 6-8 PM. Funeral services will be held at HAMILTON AND CLARK on Saturday at 10 AM. Burial will be in North Ridge Cemetery.
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Die India Super Series 2011 im Badminton fanden in Neu-Delhi vom 26. April bis zum 1. Mai 2011 statt. Es war die erste Auflage der India Open als BWF-Super-Series-Turnier und das vierte Turnier der BWF Super Series 2011. Das Preisgeld betrug 200.000 US-Dollar.

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Artificial intelligence in materials handling : How machine learning tools boost warehouse safety, productivity and cost-effectiveness
Brien Downie, Marc Gyöngyösi and Chris Kuehl
Journal of Supply Chain Management, Logistics and Procurement, 4 (1), 6-16 (2021)
This paper explores the growing potential of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to bring about improvements in safety, which in turn can boost cost-effectiveness, productivity and operational efficiencies in a warehouse setting. While there is significant evidence in the literature on the impact AI is having in other areas of the supply chain, the authors believe the specific use of AI and ML in the warehouse has been underexplored. Companies that embrace machine-learning technologies and tools as a way to reduce incidents in their warehouses are improving worker safety, increasing productivity, and potentially yielding a competitive advantage for their businesses. This paper's main purpose is to demonstrate, through a use-case approach, the clear benefits of these technologies and to promote further exploration of the potential of AI to drive improvements in the safety of materials handling in warehouse settings.
Keywords: case studies; materials management; technology management; transportation; distribution; logistics; warehousing
Brien Downie is an experienced logistics professional with accomplishments in leading new business growth, operational efficiency and systems implementation. He has served as president of Holman Logistics since February 2019, leading the company with a focus on providing extraordinary service experiences for all customers. Prior to his current role, Brien served as vice president of Holman Logistics for five years. He holds a BA in media management from Biola University and an MBA in marketing and strategy from the Anderson School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Marc Gyöngyösi is founder and CEO of OneTrack, a company which provides an AI-powered warehouse operating system that leverages lift-mounted cameras to enhance safety and productivity. Since founding the company in 2017, Marc has led the business to deliver measurable increases in facility safety and productivity for leading logistics and manufacturing operations. He holds a degree in computer science and robotics from Northwestern University and was recently named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for the manufacturing sector.
Chris Kuehl is the chief economist for the Fabricators and Manufacturers Association, where he is responsible for interpreting and assessing the FFJSCR (Forming and Fabricating Job Shop Consumption Index) as well as writing their bi-weekly Fabrinomics. He is cofounder and managing director of Armada Corporate Intelligence, which provides services including economic forecasting, strategy development and competitive analysis for clients in a variety of industries. Chris is also a frequent keynote speaker for US and international conferences devoted to manufacturing, logistics, finance, credit, retail, accounting and other areas. He holds a PhD from the University of Kansas.
Downie, Brien, Gyöngyösi, Marc and Kuehl, Chris (2021, September 1). Artificial intelligence in materials handling : How machine learning tools boost warehouse safety, productivity and cost-effectiveness. In the Journal of Supply Chain Management, Logistics and Procurement, Volume 4, Issue 1.
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by Mark Cox • April 7, 2015
The Acronis Backup Service complements last year's Acronis Backup as a Service. While the latter is aimed at core cloud partners – service providers and MSPs – this new one is targeted at traditional software resellers, and lets them dip their toe in the cloud by having Acronis do most of the work.
John Zanni, SVP of cloud and hosting sales at Acronis
Data protection vendor Acronis has launched Acronis Backup Service, a local and cloud backup service with bare metal recovery which, like other Acronis offerings, uses the Acronis AnyData Engine.
Acronis started out twelve years ago as a backup software vendor, and moved into the cloud last year with Acronis Backup as a Service. That product was targeted at service providers and MSPs, and included features desired by that market such as the ability to be white-labelled, and the option of using either Acronis Cloud Storage or the MSP's own datacentre.
The new offering, Acronis Backup Service, is the same product under the hood, but is packaged and priced for a very different audience.
"Acronis Backup Service is a complementary way to use backup to the core cloud product, Acronis Backup as a Service," said John Zanni, the SVP of cloud and hosting sales at Acronis. "The AnyData backup engine is the same. The difference is the way the backup is purchased, and that is determined by the way different channels prefer it."
Zanni said that while Acronis Backup as a Service is optimized for service providers and MSPs who would typically bundle it with their other offerings, Acronis Backup Service is aimed at resellers who typically do not yet have a cloud business at all.
"This set of channel players want to be more transactional, to sell a prepackaged amount of backup and let the customer self-serve or manage it," he said. "This is generally targeted at smaller companies, and is a much more simplified type of service, where most of the work is done by Acronis. We want to have consumption models that are aligned with the business models of the channel
"This will help the next generation of resellers step into the cloud, by making it very easy for them," Zanni said. "It's a service which is for VARs with at best a toe in the water in the cloud, for whom it is not their core business, and lets them focus their attentions on that other component."
Acronis Backup Service backs up both physical and virtual servers and workstations in an all-in-one local and cloud backup. It offers file and disk image backup combined with system recovery, and can restore to dissimilar hardware, even VMs with bare-metal restore.
"We have been around for twelve years, and are well known as a safe and effective provider, but we also differentiate by being a one-stop shop for backup," Zanni said. "Other providers have different backup solutions for different types of the infrastructure. We do everything with one product, because homogeneous environments are very rare." Acronis Backup Service is exactly the same in this respect.
So why would a VAR who has likely resisted moving into the cloud because of a preference for being paid upfront rather than on an OPEX model be interested in this particular cloud product? Zanni said the market has progressed to the point where they really no longer have a choice.
"I've been selling SaaS for 10 years, and the big change over that 10 years is the customers are now demanding cloud," he said. "Customers, especially small business, have embraced the cloud. In the same way that they don't buy an email server for their email today, but use a cloud email service, backup is going in the exact same direction. The VAR's choice today isn't between selling backup software and selling a cloud service. It's between selling a cloud service, or losing the customer. That's the choice."
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NEFCO Acquires Blume Supply Inc.
With the addition of Blume Supply Inc., NEFCO now has 11 strategically located distribution centers up and down the East Coast.
Ferguson Acquires Blackman Plumbing Supply and Wallwork Bros. Inc.
Wallwork Bros. Inc., a supplier of heating and cooling products, operates 12 locations across New York and New Jersey
Blackman Plumbing Supply, a distributor of plumbing supplies and supplier of HVAC and waterworks products and solutions, has 21 locations and employs more than 450 associates in New York and New Jersey.
IAC Supply Solutions Inc. Joins Toshiba's National Distribution Network
Memphis, Tennessee-based distributor now offers Toshiba electric motors throughout its multi-branch offices
"Toshiba has a legacy of innovative industrial solutions that are a natural fit for IAC customers," said Darrell Smith, president, IAC. "We welcome the opportunity for new business and look forward to working together to exceed the expectations of our customers."
Ferguson Enterprises Acquires Robertson Supply
The plumbing wholesaler will rebrand as Robertson Supply, a Ferguson enterprise
With 70 years of history, Robertson Supply, a residential and commercial plumbing wholesaler, has eight locations spanning Idaho and Oregon.
Baker Distributing Co. Strengthens Its Relationship with LG Electronics
LG is expanding its offerings to more than 200 Baker locations coast to coast
"With availability in more than 200 Baker branches, contractors have greater access to training and the LG HVAC solutions to deliver on the quality, performance, and style that consumers expect from their heating and cooling systems," said Kevin McNamara, senior vice president and general manager, LG Air Conditioning Technologies.
Benoist Brothers Supply Co. Acquires NuComfort Supply
Benoist Brothers Supply Co. is celebrating its 90th year in business this year
The three NuComfort branches will continue to operate under the NuComfort brand as a subsidiary of Benoist Brothers Supply Company.
Eaton Names Havtech Primary Mid-Atlantic Distributor
The collaboration will enable both Eaton and Havtech to better support its customers' energy efficiency requirements through Eaton's industry-leading VFD solutions.
If You Choose Wisely, Distributors Provide More than Just Products
Contractors, distributors weigh-in on varying decision-making factors
Nicole Krawcke
Having a good relationship with an HVACR distributor is often priceless for contracting business owners. A distributor can provide a number of value-added services, including special pricing, product research, technical support and training, and much more. There are a number of different reasons contractors choose who they partner with on the distribution side.
Emerson Announces Distribution Agreement with United Refrigeration
Looking to better serve the needs of refrigeration and air conditioning contractors nationwide
Emerson announced that it has finalized a national distribution agreement with United Refrigeration Inc., Philadelphia. United Refrigeration is a leading wholesale distributor of refrigeration, HVAC, and food retail products throughout North America.
RS Components and ebm-papst Extend Distribution Partnership
RS will continue to suppy ebm-papst fans and motors
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Preventing Common Youth Sports Injuries
Childrens' Health, Health & Well-Being, Safety, Sports Medicine
Athletic activity in youth offers many benefits, including the development of fitness, motor skills and social skills, along with fostering a lifelong appreciation for physical activity and teamwork. But nothing has the potential to put a damper on a young athlete's promising sports season like an injury, whether it's a sprain, strain, concussion or fracture. It's important for athletes and their parents to know what to look for with injuries, when to take a break, and how to best prepare to safely start practicing and playing again after an off-season.
Andrew Parker, M.D., orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine physician on the medical staff at Texas Health Allen and Allen Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, a Texas Health Physicians Group practice, says that while some sports may seem "low impact" compared to others any sport has the potential for injuries.
"Some of the most frequently injured athletes participate in non-contact sports like gymnastics, track, and cheerleading," Parker says. "And while all sports have the potential for concussions, fractures, or other major injuries, the real epidemic in youth sports these days lies in overuse injuries―when an athlete is asking too much of their body too often. This can be something as mild as shin splints during cross country or soccer when an athlete has not eased back into a full workload slowly enough, to more significant elbow and shoulder injuries in baseball and softball players that are the result of years of playing without adequate rest."
"There are several studies out there supporting the benefits of playing multiple sports, or at least taking a couple months off each year, rather than playing 12 months straight. Young athletes who specialize too soon have a significantly higher rate of injury than those who do not. Sports like gymnastics and swimming have always had a difficult time with this, but over the last decade or two, baseball, soccer, and volleyball have become increasingly demanding on the athlete's time as well," he adds.
How to make it a safer start to play
One of the best things young athletes can do is see their primary care physician for a sports physical, which includes a medical history and a physical exam, at least six weeks before the start of a sports season. The medical history serves to give your physician an overall picture of your health and raise any red flags that might require further testing, treatment or a referral to a specialist.
In addition to getting your physical, one of the most important things you can do before returning to the field, court, course or track is to gradually work your way back into playing shape. If you show up on the first day of training without having maintained your conditioning, you could injure yourself and be stuck on the sidelines before the season even begins.
Injuries are more likely to occur when an athlete suddenly increases the frequency and amount of time spent training, as well as the intensity of workouts. The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons suggests that most sports injuries can be prevented through proper conditioning, equipment and technique. A gradual return to a game-ready fitness level is the safest way to limit potential injuries, as well as knowing proper technique for a specific sport.
Parker says kids' bodies aren't geared to stand up to the stresses of constant conditioning and competition that have become so common. Sports injuries, such as pulled muscles and sprains, send more than 2.6 million children to emergency rooms every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
"Until kids go through puberty, their bones and muscles aren't mature," he explains. "At that age, they need to just have fun and play, not focus on specializing in one sport because it's really hard to know what their bodies are going to be suited for or capable of doing as they get older. Cross-training in several sports early on is really important."
The CDC recommends ensuring that your child's protective gear is what is needed for a specific sport and, if applicable, position. It should also address any specific physical concerns or former injuries, such as a knee brace or modified helmet. Protective and playing equipment should always be worn correctly and be inspected regularly to make sure it is still in good condition and that all items fit correctly.
Recognizing common sports injuries
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, most young athletes experience overuse injuries rather than traumatic injuries, with the most common being sprains (injuries to ligaments), strains (injuries to muscles) and stress fractures (injuries to bones). Strengthening muscles through conditioning exercises and increasing flexibility through stretching are both ways to help reduce overuse injuries.
The American Academy of Family Physicians outlines some common youth sports injuries parents should be on the lookout for:
Little League elbow: caused by overuse due to the repetitive throwing motion; affects the inside of the elbow and the elbow growth plate, and is common for pitchers, catchers, infielders and outfielders
Runner's knee: caused by repetitive motion or knee trauma; causes pain behind the kneecap, a grinding sensation and/or swelling
Sprains: caused by falling or twisting, sprains occur when a ligament near a joint (knee, ankle or wrist) is stretched or torn; can range from mild to severe and cause pain, swelling, bruising and an inability to bear weight on the joint
Strains: caused when a muscle is overextended and stretches or tears; mild strains may be caused by repetitive motion, while acute strains happen while running, jumping, lifting or suddenly changing direction
Chronic or overuse injuries are usually characterized by pain during play or exercise, and a dull ache during times of rest and/or swelling, as explained by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. Acute injuries may include the following:
Sudden, severe pain
Inability to put weight on a leg, knee, ankle or foot
An arm, elbow, wrist, hand or finger that is very tender
Inability to move a joint normally
Extreme weakness in an arm or leg
A bone or joint that's visibly out of place
Caring for an injured athlete
If the injury doesn't seem severe, athletes may utilize the R.I.C.E. method, which stands for the use of rest, ice, compression and elevation for 48 hours to decrease pain and bring swelling down. Over-the-counter medications may also provide some relief. Aspirin and ibuprofen will reduce both pain and swelling, but while acetaminophen will relieve pain, it will not help with swelling.
When possible, Parker recommends an injured athlete be evaluated by an athletic trainer to assess the injury and determine whether they should see a physician. If the athlete is experiencing severe pain, swelling or numbness; can't bear any weight on the injured area; has a joint that feels unstable or abnormal; or has re-aggravated an old injury, he or she should see a doctor as soon as possible.
While parents may be tempted to let their kids play sports year-round because it seems like everyone is doing it, Parker notes that they are really protecting their child from potential injury when they limit the child's activity.
"We're seeing the 'professionalization' of kids' sports, where coaches are working with 10- to 14-year-olds like they are professionals. These kids may be playing on both a school team and a club team, all year long, working with various positional coaches. Because of this, we see 60 to 70 percent of kids dropping out of organized sports by the age of 13 because it's just not fun anymore.
They should be playing multiple sports, and taking at least one day off from training each week and between two to four months off every year to let their bodies recuperate. It's hard to make your kids take a break when you see everybody else allowing it, but they will be so much better in the long run if they're not running their growing bodies into the ground."
To learn more about sports injury prevention, visit TexasHealth.org. To find an orthopedist or sports medicine specialist in your area, visit TexasHealth.org/Find-A-Physician.
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What is a CONTROLLED VOCABULARY?
Classification Schemes
The Library of Congress Classification (LCC) was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to organize and arrange the book collections of the Library of Congress. The system was widely adopted by other libraries as well, especially large academic libraries in the US.
The system divides all knowledge into 21 basic classes, each identified by a single letter of the alphabet, most of which are further divided into more specific subclasses, identified by two-letter, or occasionally three-letter, combinations. R represents the class for medicine.
Class R - Medicine
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The National Library of Medicine Classification covers the field of medicine and related sciences, utilizing schedules QS-QZ and W-WZ, permanently excluded from the Library of Congress (LC) Classification schedules. The various schedules of the LC Classification supplement the NLM Classification for subjects bordering on medicine and for general reference materials. The LC schedules for Human Anatomy (QM), Microbiology (QR) and Medicine (R) are not used at all by the National Library of Medicine since they overlap the NLM Classification.
To see the NLM Classification scheme, click here.
National Library of Medicine:
MeSH, an acronym for Medical Subject Headings, is the U.S. National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary used for indexing articles for MEDLINE/PubMed. MeSH terminology provides a consistent way to retrieve information that may use different terminology for the same concepts.
Library of Congress:
LCSH has been actively maintained since 1898 to catalog materials held at the Library of Congress.
LOC Authorities: Using Library of Congress Authorities, you can browse and view authority headings for Subject, Name, Title and Name/Title combinations; and download authority records in MARC format for use in a local library system.
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With the 2018 Atlantic hurricane season coming to an end, one hard lesson many businesses have learned is the essentiality of a disaster management plan. According to the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), almost 40 percent of small businesses never recover after a disaster.
How will the business continue to function immediately after a storm?
How will you communicate with staff and vendors when power and communication may be down for weeks or months after a hurricane?
To answer these, you'll want to factor in all potential hazards when creating your emergency response plan. The first step is to conduct a risk assessment of your businesses location. Think through and evaluate what your potential loss of functions would be in the case of direct or indirect damage. Because hurricanes are so vast, and the damage ripples out far from the eye of the storm, hurricane preparation is not just necessary for coastal businesses. After determining what functions of business you could lose, you can make a list of where your priorities lie and create a plan of how those functions will be temporarily maintained.
Even if your own business is not damaged by a hurricane, your operations could be affected if a partner or vendor you depend on is impacted. Connect with each company you work with to ensure they have a backup plan for continuing production in case of a storm, and if not, find an alternative that you can immediately turn to.
Knowing which contractors or restoration companies to call is also an important part of a recovery plan. The demand for emergency services spikes after a hurricane, and the best options may be unavailable if you wait too long to call.
Firstly, having a backup location that your employees can work from during the recovery phase is wise, but make sure that location is far enough inland and/or far enough away from your main office that it's not impacted by the same storm.
Secondly, knowing how to reach your employees after a storm is a vital part of helping your business quickly recover after a disaster. Staff may have evacuated to distant cities, or even lost their homes. Power and telephone lines may be down over a large area. To keep communication open, businesses can set up a national toll-free number for employees to call for information about getting back to work, like where the temporary work location is. This number must be set up prior to hurricane season and given out to all employees.
Businesses can also create a hurricane website that's based in another state, far away from the home base. Employees with Internet access can check in and report their status and contact information.
If you create an alternate means of connecting with your staff (including text message service or social media page), be sure to test it out in a non-critical situation. Employee contact information is a vital part of any business operation, and it is even more important during or after an emergency.
Don't just assume your backup technology is working. Regularly recover information from the backup system to be sure it works and that you know how to access critical information. In situations where a hurricane obliterates an entire business, local backups are useless because the equipment they're stored on will be destroyed. Cloud backups keep data safe in geographically disparate regions so there's no risk a hurricane will wipe out every copy. Many cloud solutions also allow businesses to continue operating from the cloud using virtualized versions of backups.
Furthermore, equipment stored on the ground is at risk of being destroyed by the flooding that often comes with a hurricane. Server racks, desktop computers, power generators, and other equipment will be useless if floodwater reaches their circuits. Keep equipment on shelves or desks and consider storing them on the second floor, if possible.
Although utility crews can often restore power to some areas a few days after a hurricane, it can also take weeks or longer for power to be fully restored everywhere. To continue operations, consider options such as diesel generators so you're not forced to wait for local power officials to remedy the situation.
Finally, as you consider how to handle a hurricane's impact on your business, include regular drills to test how everything works together and determine gaps. In the best case scenario, work with a loyal customer and vendor as test subjects during the drills. Document what went well and what didn't, and continually refine your plan until you know you can meet all your recovery objectives. A good plan is useless if no one knows how to use it when disaster hits, so communicate with employees and vendors regularly to ensure things will run smoothly.
For more information about how to prepare for and with your employees before a hurricane, read part three of this series.


Written on 09 March 2011 .
On a Saturday in February, our Dr. Noemi Plantz hosted a "wetlab" event for veterinary students at the University of Minnesota, giving each participant a chance to get their hands on different species. Twelve students – all but one of them female! – sat in a circle in our lab, many of them with pet carriers between their feet. The lab was for exotic animals and they had brought their own pets as demonstration animals. It was a lot of fun to see what came out of the carriers – out of one carrier came a pair of ferrets, and Dr. Plantz began "With these guys, it's best to hold them for their physical exam by scruffing…" and she demonstrated by holding at the back of the neck while running her hand over the pet's body. Our vet tech Michelle held its companion. Another carrier yielded a pretty gray and white rat, and the next held a hedgehog, which was greeted with a collective "ooh" of admiration from the students. Around the circle it went for an hour or more, as Dr. Plantz talked about how to handle each creature, and what common problems we see at Cedar Pet Clinic Lake Elmo for each species.
Written on 26 February 2011 .


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The Æsop for Children
The Hare & the Tortoise
A Hare was making fun of the Tortoise one day for being so slow.
"Do you ever get anywhere?" he asked with a mocking laugh.
"Yes," replied the Tortoise, "and I get there sooner than you think. I'll run you a race and prove it."
The Hare was much amused at the idea of running a race with the Tortoise, but for the fun of the thing he agreed. So the Fox, who had consented to act as judge, marked the distance and started the runners off.
The Hare was soon far out of sight, and to make the Tortoise feel very deeply how ridiculous it was for him to try a race with a Hare, he lay down beside the course to take a nap until the Tortoise should catch up.
The Tortoise meanwhile kept going slowly but steadily, and, after a time, passed the place where the Hare was sleeping. But the Hare slept on very peacefully; and when at last he did wake up, the Tortoise was near the goal. The Hare now ran his swiftest, but he could not overtake the Tortoise in time.
The race is not always to the swift.


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OPINION: Banning fur would be bad for New York
BY KAREN GIBERSON | A ban on any fur products is unacceptable. The bill, which was just introduced in late March, is being inexplicably fast-tracked to the hearing stage, which was scheduled for May 15. This does not allow our industry ample time to prepare or accurately study the implications of this decision.
We are baffled why there is a sudden rush to pass this legislation.
If government can pick and choose to eliminate a specific material, then what's to stop politicians from telling us what else we can't wear, eat and create moving forward?
As the fashion capital of the world, we must work with textiles and fabrics that our customers are demanding today. Our industry has embraced a variety of materials, including vegan leathers, faux furs and other options that are being developed every day.
That said, calf hair, shearling and fur still play a significant and sustainable role in our designs – from shoes, handbags, gloves and hats, to trim and cuffs on coats.
Fur is already a heavily regulated industry, with rules covering everything from farming and trapping standards to ethics to labeling. The animal byproducts are used in a variety of other products, from the beauty industry to compost and fertilizers.
We encourage everyone to learn more about the process. If you don't like these materials, you don't need to use them, to manufacture with them or buy them as a consumer.
New York City is the hub of retail, wholesale, trade shows and commerce for many fashion accessory companies. The ban preventing any sale of these products would cut off one of designers' largest markets, negatively impacting their livelihoods and those of the suppliers and retail shops they work with.
In all, a recent economic study commissioned by the International Fur Federation Americas found the ban would result in $850 million in lost taxable business revenue and cost New York City 7,500 jobs in the first year alone.
According to a survey we conducted this month of accessory and outerwear companies in Manhattan's Garment District, more than 90 of the factories there use these materials, making items such as gloves, handbags and outerwear. One of them, Cockpit USA, makes shearling coats for the United States military.
These are specialized experts. If the "fur ban" passes, some of them would need to close their businesses, while others would face significant layoffs.
Let's be realistic: If the law passes and a manufacturer can't sell in New York City, the owner has two choices: close up the business and fire all employees or lay off workers and rent space in New Jersey, Yonkers or Nassau County to ship the product. Either way, once again New York City loses much-needed manufacturing jobs — but this time it's by its own direct action.
Losing valuable blue-collar jobs is not the only unintended consequence of this legislation. Councilmembers have championed environmental issues. In this case, they fail to recognize the negative environmental impacts of synthetic materials.
Most fake furs are petroleum-based and are not biodegrade. One faux-fur coat is the equivalent of thousands of plastic straws.
My biggest concern, however, is that a fur ban would be just the start. Animal-rights activists have made no secret of the fact that their eventual goal is to ban the use of all animal products. If the City Council succeeds in banning fur today, they will next take aim at leather, feathers, wool and silk.
To wear fur, like any consumer product, is a choice. It's one New Yorkers have been making for hundreds of years and fur is a product that remains in high demand today. It's not the job of City Council members to legislate away livelihoods simply because fur is a choice some of them wouldn't make for themselves.
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Appalachia is Dying. Pikeville is Not. Deep in Kentucky's Appalachian Mountains, a Small City Finds Success. Regular readers of this blog know that I am always skeptical of "city success stories," and most recently played a bit of debbie-downer on the accomplishments of Roanoke, VA.
Bridging cultures, Art Blakey combined powerful African rhythms and American jazz melodies on a session that Blue Note reissued recently because the album explores roots common to all of jazz.
The next photographer featured in the series Looking at Appalachia is Shelby Lee Adams.Shelby contacted me via Facebook last month and was kind enough to agree to collaborate on this series.
Appalachian Poverty. Poverty in Appalachia is widespread and severe. The poorest families seem to gravitate to areas that are often called the hollows .
Coal Country Opening Reception: February 1, 2018 from 6 – 8 p.m. February 1 – August 12, 2018 Price-Strongwell Cultural Heritage Galleries. Many towns in southern Appalachia were built on the back of coal.
Lynch was plotted in 1917 by the U.S. Coal and Coke Company (a subsidiary of U.S. Steel) as a company town to house workers at the company's nearby coal mines.It was named for then-head of the company, Thomas Lynch.
Photographer Roger May was born in the Tug River Valley on the West Virginia/Kentucky border. His soon-to-be published "Testify" is, he says, "a visual love letter to Appalachia, the land of my blood.


Wealth screening is a powerful tool that nonprofits can use to help determine donors' capacities to give.
As a subset of prospect research, wealth screening looks at top indicators of wealth like real estate ownership, business affiliations, and stock holdings in public companies.
These screenings use data to unveil an accurate estimate of a potential donor's wealth. The process helps fundraisers locate major gift prospects hidden among the crowd.
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Why do you use wealth screenings for fundraising?
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Major donors are a crucial source of funds for any nonprofit.
As such, it's imperative to find out who among your supporters could be ready to make a major gift to your organization.
Researching your donor base first using wealth screening techniques can help you identify who among them has the potential to become a major donor.
How much can a given prospect realistically donate?
Once you have established an amount to expect from each of the prospects in your donor base, you can temper your fundraising expectations and set realistic goals for your nonprofit.
The more you know about your supporters, the better!
With the insight that wealth screening provides, you're better equipped to accurately segment donors for targeted communications and design ask strategies around the ideal gift amount for each prospect.
Simply put, tailoring your asks to each prospect makes it that much harder for them to say no.
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Philanthropic indicators speak to a prospect's affinity for charitable work and your organization. Logically, a donor who has given in the past and who has been involved with your nonprofit recently and frequently is a strong candidate for becoming a major gift donor.
The strongest indicator of future giving is past giving. Donors who have given between $5k and $10k to a nonprofit are 5 times more likely to make a charitable donation than the average person.
Involvement in a nonprofit demonstrates that a prospect has a vested interest in philanthropy and understands the process better than the average donor.
Political giving, traceable through publicly accessible databases, can provide a window into a donor's wealth and inclination to give.
These indicators are what typically comes to mind when people think about wealth screening. Above all else, wealth markers are simply signals of someone's financial capacity to give — just as philanthropic markers are a good indication of a prospect's willingness to donate to charity.
Real estate ownership is a great indicator of wealth. An individual that owns $2+ million worth of real estate is 17 times more likely to give philanthropically than the average person.
A two-fold indicator, business affiliations say a lot about a prospect's own wealth and giving capacity while also revealing potential professional connections for your nonprofit.
Stock ownership can give you an idea of a donor's relative wealth and potential ability to give.
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Real estate ownership is a quick and easy indicator of wealth — but it also points to an individual's propensity to give.
People who own $1-2 million in real estate are 4 times more likely to give philanthropically than the average person.
Simply enter a prospect's address into Zillow's search field and learn the value of the property.
You can visit Zillow.com here.
SEC.gov has a searchable database to investigate a prospect's stock holdings.
This is a tool that can provide valuable insights into an individual's wealth.
Note, however, that this database only shows public stock holdings. Ownership of private companies will not be visible here.
You can look through SEC.gov's records here.
FEC.gov is another government database that allows you to discover the political giving history of your prospects.
Their gift amounts can teach you how much they are capable of giving.
In fact, just the act of contributing to political campaigns demonstrates a propensity to give in general: donors who have given over $2,500 in FEC contributions are 14 times more likely to give philanthropically.
You can look through FEC.gov's records here.
Currently in its beta version, DonorSearch Giving Search is a free, online prospect research tool that gives its users access to a condensed version of DonorSearch's philanthropic data.
Simply enter a prospect's information and the Giving Search tool will display their past giving history.
You can visit the DonorSearch Giving Search tool here.
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Take the time to clean up your database. The better your original data, the better your results.
Keep track of who has been active recently.
Make sure you have accurate donor home and email addresses.
Pinpoint your average donation amount.
Get rid of duplicate information.
Have detailed and specific data entry procedures.
As was mentioned before, wealth indicators are just one part of the equation.
When trying to figure out who will be most likely to give to your organization, you should first look at a prospect's philanthropic indicators.
This will help you determine whether they are charitably-inclined in general and give you information about what causes they care most about.
Consider segmenting your screenings into smaller, more specialized categories. This will greatly speed up processing time and also yield more targeted results.
Enlisting a screening service can drastically speed up and improve the wealth screening process.
But it's important to remember that no screening company's data is 100% perfect.
As such, make sure that all of the new information you're receiving is accurate and take the initiative to check anything that seems off.
Can I see DonorSearch in action?
STEP 1: Go to DSgiving.com, where you can type in identifying information about any donor.
STEP 2: View biographical information about your donor.
STEP 3: View your donor's giving history.
While free online resources like DSgiving are useful for small nonprofits with few major donors or as a first step for larger nonprofits, a full wealth screening service such as DonorSearch can provide much more comprehensive information complete with scoring quicker than an individual on your staff.
One of the most important tools you have at your disposal when designing successful fundraising efforts is prospect research.
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One of the biggest reasons organizations turn to prospect research is to help them identify potential major gift donors.
Major gifts play a vital role in the financial health of any organization.
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