The Paisley Peacock prominently features the work of local artisans and crafters. Photo by Chuck SkipperPurchase color photos at www.BeeNews.com The symbolic significance of the peacock differs across cultures and civilizations. In ancient Greece, the peacock was a symbol of immortality. In early Christianity, the bird came to represent eternal life in heaven.
For Susanne Pampalona, the peacock is the embodiment of birth and new beginnings, and a reminder that the cosmos, in all of its ethereal infiniteness, is always filled with revelation.
Pampalona is the owner of the Paisley Peacock at 225 Highland Parkway in Kenmore, a store which sells artisan crafts and features local work. Yet her journey to opening a crafts store is anything but conventional.
A manager at a call center, Pampalona was planning to receive a teaching certificate in yoga and potentially start a holistic center and meditation studio. The universe had other plans, however. Upon switching doctors, some routine medical tests discovered that she had both lupus and cerebral small vessel brain disease, which had previously caused her to have mini-strokes, unbeknownst to her.
Adding to that life-altering diagnosis, a fall that she took had caused an injury to her spine, rendering useless her plans to be a yoga instructor.
"I switched gears, and I said, 'OK, so what's Plan B?' And my other passion was being creative," said Pampalona.
She investigated the possibility of going into business herself, which would allow her both the flexibility to take care of herself and her medical issues while following her dream of working in an environment that facilitated her creative side.
Pampalona began researching potential names for the store. She had always had an affinity for the colors of a peacock's tail. When she began researching the folklore on the creature itself, she realized that the implications were not far from her own story of renewal.
The sentimentality of her narrative doesn't end there.
She spent 11 months renovating the property and opened last October. A male friend of hers graciously offered to help with the renovations, knowing that Pampalona had suffered a spinal injury. It was during that renovation process that the two fell in love and are now planning a wedding.
"So, I found myself; I found love at the Paisley Peacock. You can find just about anything here," says Pampalona with laughter.
Now, Pampalona operates an artisan crafts shop that is the first of its kind in the community. About 85 percent of the store, Pampalona says, is the handiwork of local artisans, many of whom display their work at the Canalside Artisan Market during the summer months. That handiwork is showcased at the Paisley Peacock in the form of ceramics, soaps, lamps, jewelry and photography, and a number of the pieces are Buffalo-themed.
Pampalona combined her business educational background and her experience working in retail to operate the store, which she now considers a second home. To her, connecting people to crafts that are so meticulously made is a form of payment in and of itself.
"I think shopping should be an experience. It's convenient to go online, but I think something is lost when you do that," she said.
Pampalona recently had a woman come in who was searching for something related to fishing. The woman told her that she goes on a fishing excursion in Canada every year along with eight other women.
Pampalona suggested making them picture frames to memorialize their trips, which she then decorated with pink fishing lures and a map of the place where the trip is held.
It was a prime example of the benefits of the face-to-face shopping encounter.


Imagine going to a new church, the people there are warm and welcoming as you enter their church, the place is nice, and you feel good about it all so far. Soon, the congregation all sit down and the service begins. You notice a woman walking up towards the podium; she opens her Bible and begins to read from The Word. But it doesn't end there. She continues to talk, preach if you will, about the scriptures she just read out to the assembly. You soon start to notice that this woman is indeed preaching, and is calling herself a fellow pastor of this new church you have attended. What do you do? How should you feel? Is this right? What does The Bible say about all of this? I want to answer these questions for you in accordance to God's Word, so let's take a look.
First things first, women are not to teach, to preach or have any kind of authoritative stance in the church. There are scriptures in The Word that clearly explain this. For example, in 1 Corinthians 14:34-35, "Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law. And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church". Like in the household, the same kind of hierarchical structure applies in the Church. Husbands (men) are the leaders, followed by the wives (women), and then children. "But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God" (1 Corinthians 11:3). Many, however, choose to disregard the simplicity of these scriptures and the true meaning behind them, and take their own approach to them. We are not supposed to add to or take away from God's Word. For it is written! "Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you…For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book" (Deuteronomy 4:2; Revelation 22:18-19).
This scenario that I had created for you was a simple representation of many modern churches today. So many are misunderstanding or ignoring the scriptures which clearly states that women are not to have these kinds of roles or stances within the church. Instead of sticking to what is written and what we must believe and abide by, so many churches have fallen into the trap of following worldly desires and cliques to fit in and become popular with such beliefs, rather than following The Word. I believe it is because so many people are reading the newer, perverted translations of the Bible that have been proven time and time again to be misinterpreting and translating several scriptures in the Bible, as well as taking away various texts too. I am a firm believer in the King James Version (KJV) translation, which is what I always use, and when you compare these modern versions of the bible to the KJV, it just makes even more sense. If you have a poorly translated Bible, then of course you are going to get the wrong conclusions when studying The Word of God.
But this isn't the only factor in all of this. Too many believers or those who claim to be Christian are following the world, following others, and simply accepting what they have to say or preach about, rather than studying the Bible themselves in order to learn and to grow. "We ought to obey God rather than men" (Acts 5:29). So this is another reason as to why people are believing that women can preach in a church. "And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God" (Romans 12:2).
So how should we feel about all of this? Personally, I feel disgusted and frustrated because there are people out there who are twisting the scriptures, preaching false doctrines, and influencing people to believe as they do, and also to go against God's Word in their actions too. When someone misuses and teaches false understandings of the Bible, we should feel righteously angry. This is why God told us that we can and should rebuke and correct others. When someone is stumbling, we should help them back up again. The same goes for Christians who need correction and rebukes over their interpretations of His Word.
In the scenario that I described above, what should we do if we ever find ourselves in that place? It's happened to me. I went to my brother's church, not knowing what to expect exactly, and I saw a young female around my age standing up on the Church stage preaching (poorly too might I add). I actually walked out and went home. I felt disgusted and pretty bothered by the fact that she called herself a pastor. She was reading a terribly translated modern bible version too which makes a lot of sense. I think it is okay to walk away, especially if feel as though there is something wrong in the spirit, because that's the Holy Spirit talking through to you, warning you.
I had a friend who found a church in our city and he decided to go check it out. He told me the name of the place and so I had a quick look on their website and I saw that the head pastor's wife claimed to be a pastor of the church also. I mentioned this to my friend and he just said meh. I told him that's wrong because the Bible doesn't allow women to preach in a church. I mean, for argument sake, let's say this church had great, biblical, informative sermons that seemed to be on point, but there was a female pastor there, or a female preaching. Is this still okay?! Honestly, no. No to the female preaching. But can you still stay? Would it still be beneficial to seek fellowship from these church members? This may be up to you. I would recommend praying to God about it and letting the Holy Spirit guide you. "Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come" (John 16:13).
Correlating to all of this is the scripture in Titus 2:3-5, that states that older women can teach young women. More specifically, it talks about older women needing to be sober, kind, loving, have a gentle spirit, to love and obey their husbands, and to be a positive influence on the younger women to love and obey their husbands, their children and to have that gentle, kind, soft loving spirit with their family and with others too. "The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed" (Titus 2:3-5). Women can most certainly teach and encourage other women, and children too. But they cannot have authority over or go over the top of a man or men. That is why they cannot be leaders in a church setting.
It is highly encouraged that women gather together to form fellowships with one another in order to strengthen and grow in their faith with God, and to improve on and enhance their relationships with their husbands and children. If this was all done in a church setting with only women, then this is a great way for women to come together to pray and to study the word together. Overall though, we are not to follow man, or the world. Having fellowships with other members of Christ, and gathering together is fantastic in embracing the love of Christ, and improving on our understanding of God's Word and our roles in our own lives, and in the lives of others.
Another important factor to discuss is that women can be used in so many different ways in the church that allows them to have an active part, without the overarching leadership type position. For example, there are instruments that are played to make church music such as the piano or acoustic guitar, that women can play, as well as singing along and having a strong impact on organizing and partaking in a choir or group of church members leading the congregation in song. Therefore, these scriptures that I have mentioned above does not limit women's abilities to have active/important roles in the church.
To conclude, the scriptures are clear in the woman's role in the church. This doesn't mean that they cannot help and encourage other women, moreso those who are younger than them. It also doesn't take away from women having relationships with other members of Christ in the Church and learning and studying the truth of the Bible together. I truly hope that this has cleared up anyone's conclusions on women's role in the church.


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Richard Carter celebrates 275th anniversary
As Britain prepares itself for another General Election, one manufacturing firm is celebrating having been in business throughout every single political office, since the first British Prime Minister Sir Robert Warpole back in 1740.
To mark it's 275th anniversary, Richard Carter has announced significant growth plans. The Huddersfield-based firm, which manufactures hand tools, is planning to build a new 9,000 sq ft warehouse to cope with increasing customer demand.
To commemorate the occasion, the company will bury a company time capsule underneath the new site, alongside time capsules created by key customers and local schools.
The new warehouse will be built next to the current factory and is the first time Richard Carter has expanded its premises since it moved from its old manufacturing site in 1999. It will provide vital additional storage, allowing the current site to significantly expand its manufacturing capabilities.
Managing director, Richard Carter, said: "This is a landmark year for us - 275 years since our founder Jeremiah Carter made the very first Carters hand tool, and I'm thrilled to mark the occasion by expanding our premises, which is testament to the skill and workmanship of all the staff who work for us, past and present.
"We have exciting plans for 2015, not least creating our very own time capsule and opening the new warehouse, which only goes to strengthen our commitment to UK manufacturing, providing jobs and skilled work to local people, for another 275 years to come."
Richard Carter, which is a sixth generation family firm, has seen 10 monarchs reign over Britain, the first of which was King George II. The company not only survived the Boer war, the First World War and the Second War, it also watched the industrial revolution change the landscape of Great Britain, saw the rise and demise of the coal mining industry and felt numerous booms and crashes in the housing market.
Despite a near-disastrous fire in 1957, which almost saw an end to the business, Richard Carter has gallantly defied the odds to maintain its status as the original hand tool manufacturer, used and trusted by thousands of people across the world.
Yorkshire manufacturer adds new machinery to site expansion
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TIMco continues to grow
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CLCV poll finds strong support for environment across party lines
Sean Trambley, sean@fcpcommunications.com, 925-250-3174
New Poll in Key CA Congressional Districts: Overwhelming Support
for Environmental Issues Across Party Lines
In addition to strong support for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), the poll shows clear opposition to expanded offshore drilling, exploitation of public lands
LOS ANGELES — The California League of Conservation Voters (CLCV) today released a new poll that shows overwhelming support for environmental issues in key congressional districts across the state. The poll demonstrates that across party lines, voters want their Members of Congress to protect public lands, oppose offshore drilling, and support the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). Of particular note, independent voters — likely to be a key demographic in the midterm elections — support these important conservation issues.
The poll, conducted by Public Policy Polling (PPP), surveyed likely voters in CA-4, represented by Tom McClintock (R-Elk Grove); CA-25, represented by Steve Knight (R-Palmdale); CA-45, represented by Mimi Walters (R-Laguna Niguel); and CA-48, represented by Dana Rohrabacher (R-Costa Mesa).
"At a time of daily attacks by the President and his administration against the most basic protections for people and our environment, Californians are united across party lines in demanding that their Members of Congress step up to reject the politics of pollution," said Mary Creasman, Chief Executive Officer, California League of Conservation Voters. "Democrats, Republicans, and independents all want stronger protections for public lands, oceans, and the California coast."
This poll shows that key swing voters in these communities expect their representatives in Congress to fight for the environment. But to date, these Members of Congress instead of leading have joined the attack. The scorecard created by the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) to rate Members of Congress on environmental issues bears this out. Congressman McClintock has a 4% lifetime score from the LCV, Congressman Knight a 3% score, Congresswoman Walters a 4% score, and Congressman Rohrabacher a 10% score.
"The message is clear: residents in these congressional districts - where some of the most closely contested races in the county are taking place - want leaders who will stand strong to protect our air, water, and natural landscapes," continued Creasman. "But with daily opportunities to fight against attacks on the health of our communities and environment, these members continue to fail to deliver for their constituents. Members of Congress would be wise to stand up for their constituents and our environment now."
Among the key findings of the poll are the following:
Over 82% of voters in all four congressional districts share that it is very important or somewhat important that their Member of Congress protect public lands, coastlines, and clean air and water. In each district, more than 72% of Republicans and more than 75% of independent voters also share this perspective.
More than ⅔ of voters in the four congressional districts want their Member of Congress to publicly support the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), a national program that funds — at no expense to taxpayers — national and local parks, trail and beach projects. In each district, well over a majority of Republican voters and more than 63% of independent voters share this perspective.
A majority of voters, including a majority of independent voters in the three coastal Congressional Districts - CD 25, 45, and 48 - favor protecting our beaches and ocean from expanded offshore oil drilling.
"These polls show overwhelming bipartisan agreement when it comes to conserving and protecting public lands, coastlines, air and water," said Jim Williams, Polling Analyst at Public Policy Polling. "It's very unusual in this day and age of hyper-partisanship and political tribalism for voters across the political spectrum to agree so uniformly on an issue."
Voters Support Bipartisan Effort to Continue the Land and Water Conservation Fund
The Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) is overwhelmingly popular with voters in these four congressional districts. Created more than 50 years ago, LWCF uses a portion of revenue from offshore drilling to protect land, water, and recreation areas for Americans. No taxpayer funds go towards the program.
LWCF will expire on September 30 if Congress doesn't act. In both the House and Senate, legislation to permanently reauthorize the program has widespread, bipartisan support. Last week, the House Committee on Natural Resources voted to permanently reauthorize the program and send the bill to the full House, but the September 30 deadline still looms.
California's Members of Congress will be key to the reauthorization of LWCF. Of California's 53 representatives in the House, 39 are co-sponsors of H.R. 502. However, only one Republican, Steve Knight (CA-25) has weighed in favoring the bill. The representatives in the other three congressional districts have yet to weigh in on this important legislation.
This poll demonstrates that LWCF also has widespread support back home in key California Congressional Districts. When asked whether their Member of Congress should support LWCF, more than ⅔ of voters shared that they would like to see their representative publicly push for the program's continuation. In Congresswoman Mimi Walters' district (CA-45), voters across party lines want to see her champion this issue. This includes 86% of Democrats, a majority of Republican voters and 63% of independent voters.
Protect our Public Lands, Parks, National Monuments and Coasts, Say Voters
This polling data also shows how strongly voters feel about their public lands, such as national parks and national monuments. Over 82% of voters in all four congressional districts believe that it is very important or somewhat important that their Member of Congress protect public lands, coastlines, and clean air and water. In Congressman McClintock's District (CA-4), 84% of voters share this belief, including 79% of Republicans and 75% of independents.
The numbers also highlights Californians' intimate understanding of the economic impact of our protected public lands. Strong majorities believe protecting and increasing access to our national parks and monuments, our coast, and our forests to support our tourism and travel industries are more important to California's economy than drilling, logging, and mining. Research from the Outdoor Industry Association shows that outdoor recreation generates $92 billion in consumer spending in California, more than 10 percent of the the nation's $887 billion outdoor economy.
Finally, voters in these congressional districts also want to see the California coastline protected from offshore oil drilling and expect their elected officials to do more to oppose recent proposals by the Trump Administration to expand offshore oil drilling, including off the Southern California coast. Of particular note, a majority of voters as well as a majority of independent voters in Congressman Rohrabacher's district (CA-48) oppose offshore drilling. This district includes many beach communities such as Huntington Beach.
Polling Background and Further Information
The poll was conducted September 7-9, 2018. For Congressional Districts 25, 45, and 48, the poll surveyed approximately 500 voters. In the 4th Congressional District, the poll surveyed 706 voters. The poll has a +/- margin of error of 4.4% for the 25th, 45th, and 48th Congressional District polls. The 4th Congressional District poll has a +/- margin of error of 3.7%. For more information, visit www.ecovote.org/PublicLandsPolling. Polling materials are also available here.
About the California League of Conservation Voters
The political muscle of the environmental movement in America's leading environmental state, the California League of Conservation Voters (CLCV) is the nation's oldest grassroots environmental political action organization. CLCV uses sophisticated campaign tools to help elect pro-environment officials and to hold them accountable for passing legislation to protect health, communities and the environment. CLCV publishes the annual California Environmental Scorecard, which rates the actions of every state legislator and the governor on the state's environmental priorities each legislative year. For more information about CLCV, visit www.ecovote.org.
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Saturday, October 27, 2012. Bill Allen, Vice President of Enrollment Management at NC Wesleyan, is making a presentation at Hainan Higher Education Mega Center in Hainan. All university officials made presentations to high school and college students in an effort to recruit international students. I promoted ECC and the community college concept. A luncheon and tour of the university followed the morning presentations.


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Presidential Candidates Make Serious Use of Weblogs to Motivate Grassroots
Earlier this week Editor and Publisher ran a story on how weblogs are changing the way U.S. presidential campaigning is done for the November 2004 Election. The article cites a number of weblogs that have been launched, including Howard Dean's so-called Blog for America and a blog covering campaigning in New Hampshire, called NHprimary.com.
It is hard to put these political weblogs into perspective, because the majority of the current activity is on behalf of those opposed to George W. Bush. A lot of commentary on Howard Dean's use of the Internet has been very positive, although a few hardcore bloggers like Dave Winer and Doc Searls have put his effort into perspective.
We are in the early days of the use of weblog technology for national political campaign purposes. So far, the most successful applications seem to be fundraising related. One day, the aides to political candidates are going to figure out how to harness the technology. Then, they will be able to get their message out without media filtration.
It's far more difficult to judge how long this relatively sophisticated, rapidly evolving technique for grassroots politicking will take to arrive at the state and local level. Based on what arrives in our mailbox and what we hear over-the-air in New Jersey, it may take a couple of years for weblogs to be effectively utilizied here.
Sophos Acquires ActiveState for its Anti-SPAM Expertise
Martin O'Donnell pointed out that ActiveState has been acquired by Sophos. ActiveState is a leader in the design of OpenSource software development tools, but has recently achieved major success in development of server-level anti-SPAM software. Sophos is an anti-virus software developer that had begun to develop email filtering tools, but had been more successful in the anti-virus part of email filtering market prior to the acquisition.
The ActiveState Language tools, ASPN Perl, ASPN Tcl, Komodo, and related products are particularly important to Microsoft Windows users who are committed to incorporating OpenSource into their work environments. Both companies stated that they remail committed to marketing these tools under the ActiveState name in the future. We hope that they live up to that commitment.
RPM Corporation Promotes the "Value of 168"
Earlier this week RPM Corporation issued its 2003 annual report entitled The Value of 168. According to their report:
The Value of 168 is a statement of the corporate philosophy of RPM. This figure, often cited by our founder, Frank C. Sullivan, literally represents the number of hours in a week. On a deeper level, it serves to remind us of his belief that we are born with two great gifts: life and the time to do something with it.
This concept is interesting in at least two ways:
With all the emphasis that people have placed on 24 x 7 in recent years, it's surprising that no one else has "done the math", realized that the product of the equation is 168, and used it in a marketing campaign.
It's an interesting coincidence that this annual report comes out only a few days before the publication of Lance Armstrong's book "Every Second Counts". The founder of RPM was talking about the same thing that the great cycling champion is talking about today.
Lance Armstrong's Book "Every Second Counts" to be Released October 7
Dave Aiello wrote, "This morning, I pre-ordered a copy of Lance Armstrong's new book,
Every Second Counts, from Amazon.com. The book is going to be available on Tuesday, October 7."
"I absolutely loved Lance Armstong's first book,
It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life, and I believe that this book has made a real difference in my life:"
It gave me insight into what made Lance Armstrong the most dominant athletic champion of my generation.
It inspired me to be aggressive in the face of the uncertainties in my life, which certainly pale in comparison to those that Armstrong has faced.
Finally, it has helped me to support my friends and family members who have experienced cancer, and to better understand their struggles.
"I'm strongly recommending Every Second Counts, in spite of the fact that I have only read the first chapter of it. (You can read Chapter 1 yourself on LanceArmstrong.com.) This chapter artfully summarizes most of the key points of It's Not About the Bike for those people who haven't read it, while bringing others up to date, at least to the time period preceding this year's Tour de France. If the first chapter is indicative of the entertainment value of the entire book, we will not be disappointed."
"There are a couple of other reasons why I think Every Second Counts will be a big hit. One of them is Sally Jenkins, Lance Armstrong's co-author on both books. Sally Jenkins is to Lance Armstrong's books what teammates like Roberto Heras, Manuel Beltran, and George Hincapie are to his cycling-- Armstrong would not be the great champion that he is without the contributions of these people. I don't think Sally Jenkins has ever contributed to a book that isn't well written and interesting."
"Another reason this book will be worth reading is that Lance Armstrong has demonstrated that he knows what it takes to repeat great performances. A man with five Tour de France wins has to be able to deconstruct previous performances, figure out what worked and what didn't, listen to his advisors, make a new plan, and execute it."
"In an interview with CyclingNews.com, Lance Armstong talked about the new book and how the publisher added a new chapter after the book was completed, to address the latest events in his life:"
We got lucky because the book was actually printed and in the warehouse and then the Tour happened. The lead time on books is amazing; they're done printing in July for an October release. So the publisher realized that this year's Tour was so exciting that it's gotta be in the book. So they went back and looked at how many new pages they could cram in there before the binding bends. It turned out to be 15 more pages and they could re-bind it. I mean, the book was done! But now we have a final chapter and the afterward, and we have another ending, which is a whole new chapter that includes the Tour and all the great stories about Luz Ardiden and the reaction from the team after that... it's good.
"It's hard to believe that the additional 15 pages will not also touch on Lance's pending divorce from his wife, Kristin Armstrong. I'm hoping that if he does discuss the divorce, he deals with it in the same forthright manner that he has used with other difficulties in his life."
"These are a few of the reasons why I'll be reading Every Second Counts as soon as I can get my hands on it. I'm very confident that I'll enjoy it, and if I don't, I'll be back to say why."
"Eclipse in Action" Makes a Difference in How Quickly You Learn the Environment
Dave Aiello wrote, "The other day, I picked up a copy of
Eclipse in Action: A Guide for the Java Developers because I'm trying to build a new Java-based web application. This may be the only book that discusses integration between Eclipse, an Open Source Integrated Development Environment, and Tomcat, the Open Source JavaServer Pages execution environment. As such, it will save me a lot of trial and error time."
"In addition, this book discusses Eclipse integration with Log4J, JUnit, and CVS. All of these are technologies that I have either used in the past or wanted to try to use in this project."
"I'm really glad I found this book before embarking on a new body of Java work. I will make additional comments about it, if I find things that warrant special mention."
Washington Post Discusses Weblogs as Business Building Tools
Lost in the run-up to the anniversary of September 11 was an article in The Washington Post discussing the idea of using weblogs to increase business revenue. Earlier that week, a meeting had taken place in Tysons Corner, VA, where best practices were discussed. According to the article:
One theory tossed around at the New Media Society event Tuesday night was that e-mail marketing is dead and business blogs are rising up as the replacement. While the medium may not be in its grave yet, powerful spam filters that block out corporate e-mails have certainly limited its effectiveness. But some proponents of blogging say the new business-development tool can succeed in ways e-mail never could.
It's much harder to run a successful email marketing campaign than most business people think. The pitch has to be very focused, and mailed to a well-defined group of people-- preferably who have already "opted in". Email marketing should also be coordinated with additional information on a website, since people who are interested in the message will probably want more information.
Putting all of this information into a weblog is often a better alternative. Only one tool is necessary to post your information. Summaries of the information you provide on your website can be distributed to other websites using syndication technologies like RSS. Your website can collect information about current and potential customers, and that information can be funneled to salespeople at your company for followup.
Once you start telling a compelling story on a website, an audience for it can easily develop. Over the past year, people interested in business weblogging and web services have come to visit CTDATA.com again and again. But, the key to increasing our business has been to keep the pointing out that the technologies we use can expand our customers' businesses.
So, by adding a weblog to your company's website, you can develop new clients and sell more products and services to your existing clients. By using existing web services interfaces to businesses like Amazon.com and Google, you can increase the revenues generated by your company's website.
In Memory of the Victims of the Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001
This article was originally published on CTDATA.com on September 11, 2002.
On September 11, 2001, over 3,000 people died in terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Today, we remember all of the victims, and particularly the friends of CTDATA who were killed in the attacks:
Vito DeLeo, mechanic at World Trade Center, USA Hockey official
John Eichler, retired executive at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, brother of Joan Aiello
John Pocher, bond trader at Cantor Fitzgerald, alumnus of Essex County Chiefs youth hockey program
Kalyan Sarkar, Port Authority seismic engineer, father of Kishan Sarkar-- a Rensselaer alumnus
American Airlines Flight 11
J. Nicholas Humber, executive at Enron Wind Corporation, Rensselaer Class of 1963
In addition, we remember the 343 members of the FDNY, the 23 members of the NYPD, and the 37 member of the PAPD who made the ultimate sacrifice on that day.
Article Relates Weblogging to Other Technology-Driven Trends and "Amateurization"
Dave Aiello wrote, "One of the longer, more thought-provoking, and link-filled articles that I've read recently has been published by Tom Coates on plasticbag.org. In (Weblogs and) The Mass Amateurisation of (Nearly) Everything, Coates goes a long way toward explaining how weblogging tools dramatically increase the ability of individuals and organizations to inexpensively create structured document repositories."
"Weblogging tools have not only succeeded in providing a well-understood means of adding new content to a web site, they have also given rise to a series of best practices that revolve around site layout and organization. Over the last two years, many people have reorganized web sites into a weblog format that lists the highlights of recently-created site content in reverse chronological order. This form of organization was found to work well with search engines like Google, but also gave rise to a host of information discovery tools that feed off the weblog infrastructure (such as Weblogs.com, Blogdex, and Technorati)."
"This article relates the development of weblog publishing systems to other revolutionary, computer-based knowledge creation tools that were perfected earlier: word processing and desktop publishing. It also correctly points out that the evolution of each of these publishing toolsets eventually led to an increased level of knowledge of their efficient uses. The ad hoc support communities that sprang up around word processing, desktop publishing, and weblogging led to an almost Darwinian evolution of state-of-the-art uses for each of them."
Back from a Week of Vacation
Dave Aiello wrote, "Some of you may have noticed that my wife and I were on vacation from August 30 to September 6. We stayed in beautiful Stone Harbor, NJ, aptly described as The Seashore at its Best."
"This is the first time that I have stayed in a rented house in Stone Harbor since the mid 1980s, and I forgot how much I enjoy it. The town has changed remarkably little since I was a kid. The weather was good for most of the trip, and we were there for enough time to really relax."
"In case you were wondering, I got 5,898 email messages during the week. I'm sure many of them are spam. It's taking quite a while to download them, and it will probably take longer to read through the ones that pass through Mozilla's filtering system."
"If you've been trying to get in touch with me, I'll probably contact you in the next day or two. I hope that you had as much fun as Kathleen and I did this week. But, I doubt it...."


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Fight the Obesity Epidemic > News > New Zealand news > NZ: Public Health Bill – two great submissions
NZ: Public Health Bill – two great submissions
Among the 11 submissions on the Public Health Bill heard last week were two gems. These were not reported in the media.
An opportunity that can't be missed – Quigley and Watts Ltd
The Public Health Bill gives the government the opportunity to hit non-communicable disease hard, public health specialist Rob Quigley told the Health Select Committee.
Rob told the Committee looking at the Bill that in New Zealand we are expecting a huge rise in health costs due to an aging population and the increase of non-communicable diseases, such as cancer or diabetes. We can't do anything about aging but we can limit the rise of non-communicable diseases. The Public Health Bill gives the government the opportunity to hit non-communicable disease hard.
"We can't afford this opportunity to be missed," he said.
Quigley and Watts say in their submission that they are anxious the Bill is not weakened in any way by having the clauses relating to regulation of non-communicable diseases removed. "It is our view that it is imperative the Government has the power to regulate to reduce the risk factors for non-communicable diseases and that the Bill is robust enough to allow regulation to be successfully enacted."
More supportive environment needed – Sport Wellington
Sport Wellington wants a more supportive environment within which to run its programmes. It supports the Bill's intention to use regulation to moderate the influence of businesses and business practices where voluntary measures to create healthier environments are insufficient.
Active Communities manager Caroline Gordon told the Select Committee that Sport Wellington is becoming increasingly involved in health-related programmes, such as Active Families and Green Prescriptions. But it is very difficult running these programmes in an obesogenic environment.
Caroline was particularly concerned about marketing junk food to children. She told the Committee that changes to TV advertising to children would help. As example of marketing practices to which she was opposed she mentioned children collecting rugby cards in packets of chippies. This is "fantastic marketing" for the food manufacturer, she said.
Published on April 11, 2008 in New Zealand news


Information and communication technology are power hogs. Computers, printers, servers, mobile devices, and telecommunication networks are not energy efficient. Although improvements have been made, it has not been enough of a priority. And that's a problem, because projections show that by 2020 the global greenhouse gas emissions from ICT will double from today's 2 percent to 4 percent.
The largest worldwide emitter is by far the production of electricity, with 30 percent of that power typically generated by fossil fuel sources. And demand for electricity is growing, especially for powering networks. More people than ever are using the Internet and other communication networks; annual growth in traffic doubles every two years. By 2020, 21 billion devices will be connected to the Internet, according to the technology research company Gartner. By 2035, the International Energy Agency projects that total demand for electricity will be almost 70 percent higher than today.
Some energy-efficiency gains for ICT have been achieved by using more renewable energy sources and by cooling data centers more efficiently. But that's not enough to shrink the sector's overall carbon footprint. What's needed is a complete rethinking of how to design, build, and use ICT. That's the mission of the IEEE Green Information and Communication Technology initiative, launched in January 2015 by the IEEE Future Directions Committee, IEEE's R&D arm.
Green ICT refers to the design and application of information and communication technology to create environmental benefits. Such practices include improved manufacturing processes for its components and systems and disposal systems that also reduce carbon emissions. The Green ICT initiative calls for the application of green metrics and standards when a project's research and design concepts are first being developed. The initiative works with IEEE societies and other IEEE initiatives dealing with, for example, cloud computing, the Internet of Things, big data, and smart cities.
Because its technical committees have been active in green ICT, the IEEE Communications Society manages the initiative. Collaborators include 16 other IEEE societies as well as representatives from organizations including Bell Labs/Alcatel-Lucent (now part of Nokia), British Telecom, Ericsson Research, the University of Arizona, the University of Leeds, and the University of Melbourne.
The initiative raises awareness of how to design green and clean technology by providing forums for the exchange of information. It has done so through existing publications, and it plans this year to launch two new ones dedicated to green ICT.
The group has held information sessions at the IEEE International Conference on Communications, IEEE Globecom, and other gatherings, and is in the process of organizing its own events, workshops, and symposia. It is working to expand the library of green ICT–related standards. And there are tutorials in the works to be given at IEEE conferences and made available on the Green ICT website.
Improving the environment might be noble, but practical concerns are also at work: Electricity is expensive; reducing its use cuts costs. The National Resources Defense Council, the environmental action group, found that U.S. data centers used 91 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity in 2013 and are on track to consume up to 140 billion kWh per year by 2020—equivalent to electricity bills of nearly US $13 billion annually.
The GreenStar Network project, launched in 2010, seeks to encourage cloud-based ICT services using only renewable energy sources such as the sun, wind, and hydroelectricity. The project, an alliance of Canada's leading IT companies and universities, is led by École de Technologie Supérieure, in Montreal. A summary of that and other projects are on the Green ICT initiative's website under the technology spotlight tab.
A side benefit of making data centers, wireless networks, and the core networks of telecommunication service providers more energy efficient, known as "greening ICT," would be its adoption in other industries as well. That is known as "greening by ICT," Elmirghani says. Sending e-mail rather than postal mail, and using video conferencing instead of flying to attend a meeting, for example, decreases the carbon emissions from postal trucks and airplanes.
Elmirghani cites the decrease in carbon emissions pinpointed in theSMARTer 2030 report issued in June by the Global e-Sustainability initiative. It found greening by ICT could enable a 20 percent reduction of global CO2emissions by 2030, effectively holding ICT emissions at 2015 levels, and that ICT can reduce global CO2 emissions by an amount equal to approximately 10 times its own carbon footprint. The Global e-Sustainability initiative is a collaboration of major ICT companies and a leading source of information, resources, and best practices for achieving integrated social and environmental sustainability through ICT.
The SMARTer report notes that the overall effect of ICT could generate more than $11 trillion in sustainable benefits annually, such as saving more than 300 trillion liters of water and reducing the need for oil by 25 billion barrels. Greening by ICT can benefit society in other ways as well. The report predicts that by 2030, ICT could potentially give 1.6 billion more people access to medical services via telemedicine and provide half a billion with e-learning tools.


Consistency, quality, and duration of sleep are important determinants of health. We describe sleep patterns among demographically defined subgroups from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System reported in 4 successive biennial representative samples of American high school students (2007 to 2013). Across the 4 waves of data collection, 6.2% to 7.7% of females and 8.0% to 9.4% of males reported obtaining 9 or more hours of sleep. Insufficient duration of sleep is pervasive among American high school students. Despite substantive public health implications, intervention research on this topic has received little attention.


CNN/Stylemagazine.com Newswire | 2/11/2019, 4:09 p.m.
(CNN) -- More men with low-risk prostate cancer are forgoing treatment to instead watch and wait to see whether their cancer progresses -- and experts say that's a good thing.
In 2010, the US National Comprehensive Cancer Network updated its prostate cancer guidelines to recommend active surveillance for patients with low-risk cancers or a short life expectancy.
As the use of active surveillance climbed between 2010 and 2015, it became the most common approach for managing low-risk prostate cancer, according to the study.
"We found that in low-risk prostate cancer, active surveillance use nearly tripled," said Dr. Brandon Mahal, a clinical fellow in radiation oncology at Harvard University's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston and first author of the study.
"Overall, these numbers are a good sign and a good thing," he said. "From 2010 to 2015, there's been a lot of new evidence -- the highest level of evidence we can get in medicine, which are prospective trials and some of them randomized trials -- that have shown that active surveillance, conservative approaches or non-treatment approaches of low-risk prostate cancer have very favorable outcomes."
Worldwide, prostate cancer is the second most common cancer among men. There were 1.3 million new prostate cancer cases in 2018, the World Cancer Research Fund says.
In the United States, about 11.2% of men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer at some point during their lifetime, according to the National Cancer Institute.
The new study included data on 164,760 men diagnosed with prostate cancer in the United States between 2010 and 2015. The data, which came from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database, included information on each man's treatment approach.
The researchers found that, among men with low-risk disease, the use of active surveillance increased while the use of radical prostatectomy -- or removing parts of the prostate gland -- decreased from 47.4% in 2010 to 31.3% in 2015. The use of radiotherapy also declined, falling from 38% in 2010 to 26.6% in 2015, the researchers found.
Among men with intermediate-risk disease, between 2010 and 2015, active surveillance increased from 5.8% to 9.6%; prostatectomy decreased from 51.8% to 50.6%; and radiotherapy went from 42.4% to 39.8%, the researchers found.
Among men with high-risk disease, active surveillance remained nearly unchanged, going from 1.9% to 2.2%; prostatectomy increased from 38% to 42.8%; and radiotherapy decreased from 60.1% to 55%, the researchers found.


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Screening: Icarus + Q&A
Talk Thursday 11th January, 2018, 7:00 PM
Filmmaker Bryan Fogel sets out on a mission to learn about performance-enhancing drugs in sports. What he ends up discovering is far bigger than anyone could have even imagined.
Fogel's investigation into doping — the art and science of evading drug tests in global athletic competitions — leads him to Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov, the scientist in charge of Russia's anti-doping laboratory. Over a year of Skype calls and visits from Moscow, Dr. Rodchenkov orchestrates a steroid regimen for Fogel designed to game the system. When news breaks of an alleged Russian plot to cheat the Olympics, Fogel discovers that Rodchenkov is in possession of state secrets. Within days, Rodchenkov confides to Bryan that his life is in danger, setting off a chain of events revealing a conspiracy with its roots at the heart of the Kremlin. Rodchenkov escapes to the United States with Fogel's help and becomes a whistleblower.
The revelations first made by Rodchenkov in the film, have since been corroborated by multiple forensic and journalistic investigations. His on-camera testimony along with the film itself was cited as critical evidence in The International Olympic Committee's decision to ban Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Watch the trailer here.
Luke Harding is a foreign correspondent for the Guardian and was the Russia correspondent from 2007 – 2011 whereupon he was refused re-entry to the country due to his reporting. He is the author of Mafia State, which describes the political system under Putin
Bryan Fogel (Director)
Dan Cogan (Producer)
Bill Browder is the founder and CEO of Hermitage Capital Management, which was the investment adviser to the largest foreign investment fund in Russia until 2005, when Bill was denied entry to the country and declared a "threat to national security" as a result of his battle against corporate corruption. Following his expulsion, the Russian authorities raided his offices, seized Hermitage Fund's investment companies and used them to steal $230 million of taxes that the companies had previously paid. When Browder's lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, investigated the crime, he was arrested by the same officers he implicated, tortured for 358 days, and killed in custody at the age of 37 in November 2009. Since then, Browder has spent the last 5 years fighting for justice for Mr. Magnitsky.
Past Event, Documentary, doping scandal, performance-enhancing drugs, professional sports, Putin, Russia, sports, Whistleblower, Winter Olympics
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Black Panther, Part 4: Girls, Draculas, and Dr. Doom, Oh My
Part 4: Girls, Draculas, and Dr. Doom, Oh My
With the announcement of the Black Panther movie, I decided to do an extended look at the comic book history of the character. You can read all about this in the previous parts. Let's get started.
The most recent Black Panther series, primarily by Reginald Hudlin and Ken Lashley, introduced T'Challa's younger sister Shuri as the new Black Panther. It wasn't a series I was expecting to enjoy, but it ended up being one of my favorites in the history of the character. It's not hard to figure out why, it's mostly about Dr. Doom launching a full scale economic, agricultural, and political attack on Wakanda.
The series begins with Dr. Doom almost killing T'Challa, before he can escape in his quinjet back to Wakanda. While Storm uses magical means to try and save T'Challa from death, Shuri is nominated to become the new Black Panther, and face the Panther God. At the same time, Morlun (groan) is steadily making his way toward Wakanda so he can feed on the panther totems, and has thus far proved to be unstoppable.
After Storm saves T'Challa, he distances himself from her and the rest of the royal family, obsessed with restoring his former glory and preparing for the rematch with Doom. Shuri is making the rounds globally as the new political head of Wakanda, while trying to figure out who attacked her brother, something he has kept secret from everyone. Her investigation leads her to The Broker, Walter Declun. Declun and Doom were working together, and planted false information implicating Namor, so Shuri foolishly fought Namor head-on.
Reed Richards was able to intervene in time before Namor could kill her, and explain how they had been tricked. All the while, a political group called the Desturi had overthrown the royal family back in Wakanda and taken over. The Desturi is a Swahili word for "tradition" and the group claimed to be upset with the way the royal family had not kept them isolated from the rest of the world. Thanks to the failing economy, the absence of Shuri and T'Challa, and some media manipulation, the people supported the coup. Storm had been been made the scapegoat for the failing agriculture, manipulated into attacking a citizen, and put on trial. T'Challa finally shows up to reveal that Doom is behind the Desturi, the attack on his life, and pretty much everything else.
This all led into the 6-part mini-event, Doomwar. The mini started out promisingly, with Doom making his play for the Vibranium in Wakanda, and the Panthers enlisting the help of the X-Men. Apparently, the vibrational properties of the rare metal, when combined with magical powers, would make Doom the most powerful being on Earth.
In a truly badass scene, T'Challa and Shuri have Nightcrawler teleport them inside Wakanda, where they snap the necks of the Desturi, and begin their fight to take back the nation.
Reed has a moment of clarity, when he realizes Doom isn't his own personal nemesis, but a far bigger threat to the world. (Something long time readers will know is an approach I've always wanted for Doom. For the most part Marvel has done a pretty good job of not relegating him to the Fantastic Four books. He's a much more natural enemy of characters like Black Panther, with them both being relative peers as heads of entire nations. In all my Black Panther reading, I've enjoyed the Doom interactions the most.)
In an intriguing bit, Dr. Doom is able to pass the Panther God and enter the vibranium chamber by explaining that the only future of the human race that doesn't end in extinction is with him as ruler. Doom claims to have traveled to the future many times, and it always ends in disaster. The one time it doesn't, is under his rule.
Doom takes control of the Vibranium, and the rest of the series devolves into The Panthers, Fantastic Four, and X-Men futilely fighting to stop him. It all gets a little too convoluted, especially when Deadpool shows up as T'Challa's "x-factor" for no apparent reason. T'Challa eventually ends the threat by using a magic button to destroy all the unrefined Vibranium on Earth. A massive status quo change for the Panther corner of the Marvel universe.
Which brings me to the final series in my long and winding journey through the back issues of the Black Panther. Following the events of Shadowland, Matt Murdock needed some time to himself to rediscover himself. He asks T'Challa, who needs some time for self discovery himself, to watch over Hell's Kitchen for him. Starting with Black Panther: Man Without Fear #513, by David Liss and Francesco Francavilla, T'Challa establishes a new identity and a new life in New York, taking the place of Daredevil.
T'Challa has taken over management of a diner, and moved into a nearby apartment building to be near the people. In the power vacuum created by the removal of the Kingpin, a new crime boss is on the rise, Vlad Dinu, a Romanian that goes by the name of Vlad the Impaler. As a result of super soldier experiments in Romania as a child, Vlad has super strength, and the ability to convert matter to energy.
After Panther breaks up a couple of Vlad's operations, Vlad lures him into a confrontation, and ends up killing a cop and the busboy at T'Challa's diner, Brian.
T'Challa, stripped of his powers and vibranium, uses his smarts to build himself some new weaponry, to combat Vlad's considerable energy powers. He finds a crime fighting assistant in one of his waitresses, Sofija, a Serbian with a sordid past. (I really liked Sofija, too bad she's probably destined to disappear.) Vlad's son Nicolae, wanting some super powers for himself, is going to test the new formula that he's devised, based on blood samples secretly taken from his father, on the not-quite-dead-after-all Brian.
I wasn't the biggest fan of Francavilla's art the first time I saw it, but it didn't take long for him to win me over. (Strangely enough, I think it was Afterlife With Archie that made me a disciple.) His noir style is perfect for this series, and I absolutely love it here (and everywhere else). He tweaked the Black Panther design towards urban commando, and it's a great look. (If you removed the ears and added a visor, he'd look like Snake Eyes.) It matches the tone and style of the series. (I've never been one to critique coloring, but I think his coloring might actually be better than his drawing. It all works together to create a mood and energy that I'm not smart enough to explain.)
A serial killer with mysterious ties to T'Challa, kills Vlad's wife, and Black Panther is of course mistaken for the killer. T'Challa must find the real killer, stop Vlad, and save Brian.
After that, Kraven the Hunter and Storm stop by for a two-parter, with art by Jefte Palo. It is... not as good. Francavilla returns for the Fear Itself tie-ins, with a new Hate Monger causing trouble for Black Panther in Hell's Kitchen.
Then there's an adventure in Spider-Island.
Then Shawn Martinbrough takes over on art, for a tale about the Kingpin trying to take control of the board of directors of the Wakandan bank. Lady Bullseye and Typhoid Mary are around to help. It's a good story and the art is decent, but not as good as Francavilla, which shouldn't be an insult. (It doesn't help that Francavilla was doing amazing covers for the issues.)
I've said the same about the two previous series, but this one ended up being my favorite of them all. Not a bad place to end my extended look.
Black Panther has had a long and storied comic book history, full of many interesting and engaging stories. He's rarely been one of the more prominent members of the Marvel universe, so it's easy to overlook what a great read most of his series have been. Hopefully I've helped point you in some good directions if you're interested in trying some for yourself. As usual, I don't think you'll be disappointed.
Next time, something different.
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Lenox Federal Gold Script Monogram Dinnerware Mug E. Capacity of 12 ounces. Or, chose the Initial of someone special and create a most memorable gift of personalized dinnerware. Your Initial in beautiful script style lettering can grace the elegant Federal gold Monogram script mug and add a special personal touch to your dinner table. Personalized with a single initial monogram.


On Nitpicking Trump's words, his Tweets, and even Trump Himself.
I don't know about you, but I'm getting sick to death of people who call themselves "Conservatives" and "Constitutionalists" and "Pro-Americans" just Nitpicking Trump to Death.
Most of these "Conservative" commentators, talk-show clowns and columnists are blind to their own super-politically-correct herd-thinking. They're not even aware of how they are following the Leftist Party Line. They don't have the first clue that they have been and are being intellectually manipulated.


Friends, today I am going to talk about one of the old things. Different methods to find out 2nd highest salary from the employee salary table. I get this question most of the time while facing technical interviews. Although most of us know solution to this problem but most of us didn't know the best method to achieve it. In this post I am going to talk about the best method in terms of the performance. So let's first create a sample table and insert some rows into it.
That's all folks; I hope you've enjoyed the article and I'll see you soon with some more articles.


Ah Ireland, that beautiful blanket of green fields and dense forests, or maybe not?
"From above, Ireland still appears to be the perfect patchwork quilt of varying shades of green but now, our homeland has the second smallest forest (proportionally) in Europe! Just 10% of the island is covered in forestry and the results can be damaging in their legacy.
So, that's the result but why has it happened?!
According to the academic Dr. Richard O'Hanlon the causes behind Ireland's deforestation are numerous, intertwining and historic.
O'Hanlon notes that just 10% of Ireland is under forest cover and, as we've stated in the past, it's understood that just 1% of that is made-up of native Irish trees. If you've followed our work in the past you'll know just how important native trees area to the surrounding environment.
These incredibly low numbers are primarily due to human activity in the 18th and 19th centuries, and to a lesser extent also activities in the early 20th century.
Deforestation originally occurred due to the needs of growing agriculture trends in Ireland and this activity then escalated with the birth and growth of the Industrial Age. Trees were cut down in the thousands as wood requirements hit unprecedented levels and, despite numerous initiatives throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, forest levels have never recovered.
It should also be noted that certain areas of Ireland, including parts of Donegal in the north and areas of the west including The Burren, are inhospitable environments for forestry growth due to terrain, soil levels etc. Whilst this doesn't account for large parts of the rest of the Emerald Isle it does account for huge areas that historically remain untouched.
Unfortunately that is the reality in modern day Ireland but, as we've said many times before, it doesn't have to be the case!
The work we do, along with our partners at NuaTree, and the work countless other organisations do, seeks to slowly chip away at this deforestation crisis so don't lose heart!


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Sid Lee: Not Your Father's Strategy Consultant
Posted: March 14, 2012 | Author: brucem | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: advertising, business, marketing, social media |Leave a comment
Sid Lee (http://www.sidlee.com/#) is an interesting strategy consultancy, based in Montreal, that on the surface looks like an advertising agency. What is amazing is that this firm was started 20 years ago by guys who had no money, clients, or experience in advertising. Now they have over 600 employees (and growing by at least three new employees each week and revenues that increased 60% last year) working on not only the things you would expect an ad agency to work on — developing campaigns for Adidas worldwide — but also venturing into areas that on the surface would seem to have little to do with brand-building but upon reflection are perhaps the very essence not only of branding but of company strategy.
In the same way Apple's approaches all aspects of its ecosystem — iTunes, the design of iPhones, the packaging of the products, the images on billboards, the design of its stores — so too is Sid Lee working in an interdisciplinary way. For example, they are designing the new headquarters for Austrian energy drink maker Red Bull GmbH and they worked with Cirque du Soleil on their Michael Jackson show. What most caught my eye was, in a recent piece in the National Post by Nicolas Van Praet, was the fact that this firm is working on three very tough strategy assignments: Dell, Rona, and Canadian Tire's takeover of the Forzani Group. Writes Praet:
The Dell challenge is enormous. The personal computer maker is trying to make a comeback in part by containing costs and improving the supply chain to boost earnings. But its sales are being squeezed by competition from Apple Inc. at the high-end of the market and Lenovo Group Inc. and Acer Inc. at the low-end, according to analysts at Sterne Agee & Leach.
Sid Lee's task is to stoke interest in the company's consumer products. Nine months into the job, the difficulty is obvious. Sales in the consumer unit fell 2% in its most recent quarter, suggesting Apple is stealing sales with its iPads and Macs.
Rona, the Canadian hardware chain, is looking to get closer to consumers and improve sales per square foot following a $78.4-million loss in 2011. With home owners remaining cautious toward major renovations, it is closing some big box stores and shrinking others. And it is refocusing its marketing strategy with Sid Lee as lead creative agency.
"Historically, we've been very, very reliant on traditional media such as television, radio and flyers," said Karim Salabi, Rona's vice-president of marketing in charge of image and sponsorship. But with new data showing that eight out of 10 Canadians are doing home-improvement research on the Internet before hitting the shops, that has to change, he said.
Like Saul Bass (see also Saul Bass: Capturing Strategy through Design) Sid Lee's approach is to focus on the fundamental strategic issues and then to work from all angles to tease out innovative insights and solutions.
Canadian Tire management started thinking about where it wanted to take the Sport Check and Sports Experts brands, representing the bulk of Forzani's revenue and profit, even before it closed the acquisition. The deal done, they inter-viewed a number of ad agencies to work on Forzani. Sid Lee stood out.
"Other agencies immediately jumped into the brand and started talking about campaigns in the first half an hour," said Forzani chief marketing officer Duncan Fulton. "[Sid] started talking about strategic objectives. [They asked us] 'What are your business objectives? What are your growth objectives?' They actually acted like strategic business partners as opposed to very narrow purveyors of advertising." Sid Lee's architecture unit is now designing Forzani's new retail store look. Other teams are working on branding and ads.
Perhaps most tellingly, Cirque du Soleil, which is no slouch when it comes to marrying artistry with commerce, has bought a significant minority equity stake in Sid Lee.


Welcome to the latest installment of our new Meme/Feature (whatever it will turn out to be..): Super 6 Sundays!
Super Six Sunday is an original bookish meme hosted at Bewitched Bookworms and inspired by "Top Ten Tuesday" from The Broke and The Bookish . Check out the weekly schedule of themes here.
Super 6 Authors I've L-O-V-E-D Meeting!
I'm super excited about this week's topic because getting to meet my favorite authors is one of my favorite parts of 1) being a blogger and 2) living near Anderson's Bookshop!!
Holly Black was just as sweet and cool in person as I imagined when I read her books and I L-O-V-E-D her hair!
I had such a fangirl moment when I ran into Jane O'Connor at BEA this year! I love her Fancy Nancy series (as do my daughters) and she's so kind, what a great moment!!
Kami and Margi were the first authors I met at Andersons and, little did I know then, what a lucky experience meeting them would be!
Anna is simply made of win. Really, she ROCKED her apparence at Anderson's last year and is just as sly witted and snarky awesome in person as her characters are in her books!
Anther fantastic moment from BEA this year was meeting Anna Jarzab. I adored her book, All Unquiet Things, so I was beyond stoked to meet her and get Tandem signed!
It's no secret we Bookworms love both Katie and Julie! They're both phenomenal writers and genuinely amazing people. I met them both for the first time last year at BEA and seeing them again this year was one of the best parts of BEA for me!!
So those are MY top 6 authors that I've met since I started blogging. What about you?
Do you get to meet authors where you live? Who were your favs? Or, if they don't swing by your neck of the woods that often, who would you most want to meet?
Now go and get lost….in a book!
Pushing The Limits by Katie McGarry – Deleted Scene!
These books are banned?Oooh! Let's read them!!
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SO MANY FANTASTIC AUTHORS!! YAY!! BEA is really the only place I've met authors because no one comes through Columbia…unless it's by accident. I don't know why. Columbia's actually listed as one of the top book buying cities (via Amazon. Probably a reason we don't have any Indies.).
Thats wonderful that you were able to meet so many awesome authors. I hope to meet Holly Black and Julie Kagawa someday too. Love the pictures!
My favorite personal author experience- hmm, have tea at Starbuck's with Brigid Kemmerer last March.
Authors are certainly the best!
Wow! That is awesome that you have been able to meet so many authors! So much fun!
I haven't been able to meet any authors in person, but I have spoken with a few online.
Going to author signings and events is definitely one of my favorite parts of book blogging! You've met some great authors!! I'd loved to meet Holly Black—and Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl were awesome in person!!
Becky @ Stories & Sweeties recently posted..Super Six Sunday: My six favorite author encounters!!
Love Katie and Julie! I really enjoyed meeting Stephanie Perkins and Gayle Forman. They were both very cool. I'd say Maggie Stiefvater has been my favorite though.
Wow! Thank you! I always wanted to write on my site something like that.
Can I include a part of your post to my site?


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