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Rivers declines chance to speak with Donald Sterling
LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers said he declined a chance to speak with owner Donald Sterling, who is alleged to have made racist comments in a recorded conversation.
"I was asked, do I need to talk with Donald, and I passed, quite honestly," Rivers said Monday. "I don't think right now is the time or the place, for me, at least. I just took a pass."
Sterling is purported to have told a woman not to bring black people to his games or associate with them.
"Yeah, I believe he said those things. But I still want to make sure," Rivers said during a conference call. "As far as believing those things? I heard what he said. Until someone tells me differently, you usually listen to what people say. I haven't given him his due process. I haven't given him an opportunity to explain himself and quite honestly right now I don't want him to. I want to wait for that further judgment."
The coach canceled practice Monday, a day after a 118-97 loss to the Golden State Warriors that evened their playoff series at 2-2.
"I just felt like they needed to breathe. They've been inundated with this," Rivers said.
Still, he said pretty much the entire team was at the club's practice facility.
"I'll go down and say hi to them and talk to them, make sure they're in the right place. Right now it's more than basketball. This is a non-basketball decision that I thought I had to make and I thought it was right decision. If you get your life better, then you can probably do your work better. They need to do that."
Game 5 is Tuesday night in Los Angeles.
"These last 48 hours or so have been really hard for our players and everyone," Rivers said. "I'd just like to reiterate how disappointed I am in the comments attributed to our owner. I can't tell you how upset I am, our players are."
Warriors coach Mark Jackson suggested that Clippers fans should boycott the game.
"I believe if it was me, I wouldn't come to the game," Jackson said. "I believe the fans, the loudest statement that they can make as fans is to not show up to the game. … To me, it will make the noise of it not being tolerated. That this is a different time. It's unfortunate, and we cannot allow someone with these feelings to profit."
Rivers said he knew Jackson was speaking from his heart and that everyone has their opinion.
"I don't share that. I hope it's packed and people are cheering for us, the players. And they were cheering for the players before this happened. But if they feel differently, who can say they're wrong? And I'm not the one that's going to say that, I can tell you that."
Rivers said it's still to be determined whether he or a player will address the crowd.
"Again, we don't know the right answer," Rivers said. "We want to do right here. We want to make the best decisions here. If we feel that's something will help our fans, then it will be done. If we feel it's something they don't need, we won't do it. The tickets have already been sold. The fans, they're in a dilemma as well. We want them to cheer for their players and their team. Because it's still their players and their team, and it will be their players and their team. I think from what I get from the fans I've heard from, that's how they feel, like, 'This is my team, these are my players I'm cheering for, and that's not going to change.' I hope that continues."
Rivers said the controversy has been tough on his players.
"What other players are going through 'Should I be playing' thoughts in the middle of a playoff series? I sympathize for my players. They didn't sign on for this. Yet here they are and they're in the middle of it and they have to deal with it. They didn't do anything wrong and they're in the middle of it, and they didn't ask to be. I feel terrible for them. I'm going to try to do whatever I can to make them OK."


When I first began blogging I had no clue what I was doing. Sure there were tutorials out there on how to start a blog. They even had ones for beginners, but no matter how many I read or watched I always got lost at one point or another. So, when I decided to create my own tutorial on how to start a blog, I wanted it to be completely thorough. I wanted to make sure no one left without a blog and every single step no matter how minute would be included.
This step by step guide is simply that.
A tutorial where I completely hold your hand from start to finish. If you are more advanced than this, you may want to find another tutorial that moves a bit more quickly. If, however, you are just like I was then you have come to the right place.
This tutorial is for the technically challenged and the person that needs things spelled completely out.
So, now that we have that rather wordy disclaimer out of the way….let's get to this!!
Before we start let's clear up a few things.
What is WordPress? WordPress is a free publishing software and content management system or CMS. It is basically your blog. WordPress allows users to build dynamic websites and blogs that may be updated, customized, and managed from the back end or behind the curtain as they say.
What is SiteGround? SiteGround is a web hosting company that provides the technologies and services needed for the website or webpage to be viewed on the Internet.
Simply put it is the engine under the hood of your car. If you have a problem, the people over at SiteGround will help to fix it. That is their job to make sure your blog runs smoothly and quickly.
Step #1 Start at SiteGround.
Begin by going to www.siteground.com and select the "sign up" option on their home page.
Step #2 Choose your hosting plan.
I would suggest the smallest package. This way you can gently ease your way into blogging and grow your server as your audience grows. It is cheaper to purchase a full year at a time, but you can just do a month before you commit if that is financially easier for you to do. Choose "StartUp" and select "Order Now".
Step #3 Enter your domain name choice.
Now you will need to enter your domain name. It is a little more pricey to do it this way, but I prefer to have my domain and hosting under one roof. I know other's do not, but for me, this keeps things much easier to monitor. It also eliminates a step that you will have to do if you choose to register your name at another site such as GoDaddy.
If you have already bought your name from another company, don't worry, SiteGround will walk you through the DNS step. Just select that live chat option in the upper right-hand corner of the image below and they will walk you through the entire process step by step. See why I adore them so much!
For those of you that have not registered a name with anyone else yet, select "Register a New Domain" and enter the name you would like and select "Proceed".
At this point, SiteGround will tell you if the name is available. If it is not you will need to select another version of your name or a new name altogether.
Step#4 Enter your account information.
Fill in all the information for your account. If there is a * then the information is required and cannot be skipped.
Again if there is a * the information is required.
Whether you choose to pay for the full year (this will give you a nice discount) or just for the first month to make sure this is what you really want to do, a credit card must be entered. I have a card that is only for blog related items. If you do not have one set up for this, I suggest you do that first. Keeping blog income and expenses separate is so much easier if you do it from the very beginning.
This is where you will decide on the full year (which gives you a nice discount) or a 1-month trial. If you are only doing a month you can skip the SiteGround site scanner option. This may be something you will want to add later when your popularity grows. I do not see a reason to get it when you are first starting out. When you are finished, click "Pay Now" to confirm.
Click "Proceed To Customer Area".
Step #9 Let's set up your blog!
Step #10 Label your domain.
Your blog is a personal/blog so select the first option.
Step #11 Choose your software.
Since we are creating a WordPress blog, this is the option you will need to select. Click the Proceed button to continue.
Step #12 Enter your login details.
Choose an email for all housekeeping items for your blog. I prefer to use a different email than my blog name. But you can do what is more comfortable for you.
Make sure to choose a username and password that is safe yet easy for you to remember. If you have not already, start keeping track of all your usernames/passwords.
Step #13 Choose a web design.
Yes! Time to have some fun. 🙂 SiteGround has several different themes that are free and perfect for just starting out. I had a free theme for the first 8 months and did just fine, so save your money for now and chose an option on this screen that you like. You do not need to stay forever with the theme you choose, you can always change and your information will be moved over automatically.
You can also preview a few before you commit. Once you pick a theme, click "submit".
And just like that you officially have a blog and a theme and you are ready to get to work! I am so excited that you are a fellow blogger. 🙂 I have so much to teach you now, so take a minute to catch your breath.
Next on your list is deciding what to write about. This is a very important part of blogging and one that many glosses over.
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Changing Times: Dylan to Perform in Vietnam
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Bob Dylan, who first made a name for himself as an antiwar folksinger in the sixties (Blowin' in the Wind , Masters of War , The Times They Are A Changin' etc.), will be performing in…
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You can listen to the stirring tune, "The Wall, " written by Vietnam Veteran Timothy Murphy (above) , and sung by Pat Garvey, on line . Murphy, whom we profiled back in 2004 in an…
Nixon in China (the Opera)
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'There But For Fortune" – Phil Ochs Doc
Folksinger/songwriter Phil Ochs was one of the most important artistic voices in the antiwar movement during the Vietnam War. He wrote (and performed frequently) one of the most famous and strident anti-war songs of the…
VN War Music Conference in Wisconsin
Mark your calendars for November 18, 19, 20. Those are the dates for "…Next Stop Is Vietnam: The War on Record, 1961-2008, " a three-day symposium examining the music of the Vietnam War sponsored by…
C'mon All of You Big Strong Men
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="350" caption="Uncle Sam Needs Your Help Again"] [/caption] Bear Family Records , the German music publisher, recently released "Next Stop is Vietnam: The War On Record, 1961-2008, " a 13-CD set containing…
LZ Lambeau, May 21-23
The state of Wisconsin is rolling out the red carpet for Vietnam veterans the weekend before Memorial Day with a three-day event known as LZ Lambeau. The sponsors are the Wisconsin Historical Society, the Wisconsin…
Nam Chopper Names Wanted
John Brennan, who served as a Flight Operations Coordinator, with the 114th Aviation Helicopter Company in Vinh Long in 1970-71, is collecting names that in-country Army helicopter crews painted on their aircraft from 1961-73 for…
Butterfield's "Funeral Ballad"
Laurence E. Butterfield, Sr., who served with the 11th Armored Calvary in Vietnam in 1969-70 and was severely wounded on the eve of going into Cambodia in 1970, has been writing songs for the last…
Country Singer Ricky Lee Honors Veterans
Country music singer/songwriter Ricky Lee's new song, "Cardboard Hero, " is a tribute to homeless veterans. The song will be on his CD, "Ordinary Man, " which will be released in June. Lee has written…
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Nanhi Chhaan Foundation, in association with SDMH, Jaipur, had launched one of our very first programs along with a permanent sapling distribution counter at the Hospital on 12th April, 2009.
Under this initiative, saplings are given to proud parents of every girl child born at SDMH and with the distribution of saplings, the message regarding protection of girl child and environment is explained to every family. Till 30th April 2013, 2586 saplings have been distributed to parents of every girl child born and further extended to female patients at SDMH.


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Golash-Boza T, Oh H, Salazar C. Broken windows and order-maintenance policing in gentrifying Washington, DC. Policing and Society. 2022.
Joseph T, Golash-Boza T. Double Consciousness in the 21st Century: Du Boisian Theory and the Problem of Racialized Legal Status Parton N, Parton N. Social Sciences. 2021;10(9):345.
In W.E.B. Du Bois' Souls of Black Folk, he argued that the problem of the 20th century in the United States was the problem of the color line. Given that de facto and explicit racial discrimination persist, anti-immigrant rhetoric is intensifying, and legal status has become more salient, we argue Du Boisian theory remains relevant for understanding social and political cleavages in the 21st century United States. The intersection of race, ethnicity, and legal status or "racialized legal status" represents a new variation of Du Bois' "color line," due to how these statuses generate cumulative disadvantages and exclusion for citizens and immigrants of color, particularly the undocumented. We begin with a review of Du Bois' double consciousness theory, highlighting the marginalization of African Americans. Next, we apply double consciousness to the 21st century U.S. context to empirically demonstrate parallels between 20th century African Americans and the marginalization faced today by people of color. We close with a discussion about how double consciousness enhances our understanding of citizenship and has also generated agency for people of color fighting for socio-political inclusion in the contemporary United States.
Golash-Boza T. Race and Racisms: Brief Edition. 3rdrd ed. New York: Oxford University Press; 2021.
Race and Racisms: A Critical Approach, Third Edition, engages students in significant—and timely—questions related to racial dynamics in the U.S. and around the world. Written in accessible, straightforward language, the book discusses and critically analyzes cutting-edge scholarship in the field. Organized into topics and concepts rather than discrete racial groups, the text addresses: * How and when the idea of race was created and developed* How structural racism has worked historically to reproduce inequality* How we have a society rampant with racial inequality though most people do not consider themselves to be racist* How race, class, and gender work together to create inequality and identities* How immigration policy in the United States has been racialized* How racial justice could be imagined and realized Centrally focused on racial dynamics, Race and Racisms, Third Edition, incorporates an intersectional perspective, discussing the intersections of racism, patriarchy, and capitalism.
Walters W, De Genova N, Golash-Boza T, Khosravi S, Lecadet C, Scheel S. "Deportation" In: Minor Keywords of Political Theory: Migration as a Critical Standpoint. Special Issue of EPC: Politics & Space. 2021.
Golash-Boza T, Oh H. Crime and Neighborhood Change in the Nation's Capital: From Disinvestment to Gentrification. Crime & Delinquency. 2021.
Research on crime and neighborhood racial composition establishes that Black neighborhoods with high levels of violent crime will experience an increase in Black residents and concentrated disadvantage—due to the constrained housing choices Black people face. Some studies on the relationship between gentrification and crime, however, show that high-crime neighborhoods can experience reinvestment as well as displacement of Black residents. In Washington, DC, we have seen both trends—concentration of poverty and segregation as well as racial turnover and reinvestment. We employ a spatial analysis using a merged data set including crime data, Census data, and American Community Survey (ACS) data to analyze the relationship between crime and neighborhood change at the Census tract level. Our findings demonstrate the importance of distinguishing between periods of neighborhood decline and ascent, between the effects of property and violent crime, and between racial change and socioeconomic change.
Golash-Boza T. The Cultural History of Race: From the Age of Eugenics to the Age of Genomics. In: Golash-Boza T, Golash-Boza T. A Cultural History of Race in the Modern and Genomic Age (1920-present). Vol. 6. Bloomsbury Press; 2021. p. 216.
Navarro YC, Golash-Boza T. "Trauma Makes You Grow up Quicker": The Financial and Emotional Burdens on Family Members of Deportation and Incarceration Massey DS, Massey DS. Daedalus, Special Issue on "Immigration, Nativism, and Race in the United States. 2021;150(2):165–179.
Research on the impacts of incarceration and deportation describes the negative consequences for children and young people. But how these events impact adults and members of extended families has not been broadly considered. And no study has directly compared incarceration with deportation. The study described in this essay, based on interviews with 111 adult individuals with a family member deported (57) or incarcerated (54), reveals how these experiences have long-lasting emotional and financial impacts and considers the similarities and differences between incarceration and deportation. The deportation or incarceration of parents is devastating; yet the absence of other relatives such as sons, sisters, brothers, aunts, cousins, grandchildren, and other household members also translates into severe sentimental and economic hardships not only for the immediate but also for the extended family.
Escobar M, Golash-Boza T. Constructing Citizenship, "Legality," and "Illegality" in Comparative Perspective. The Oxford Encyclopedia of International Criminology. 2021.
Citizenship rights are often unevenly allocated—sometimes by design and sometimes not. Even when citizenship rights are evenly allocated on paper, these rights are often unevenly distributed in practice, with some people experiencing full citizenship and others lesser forms of citizenship. Citizenship is both inclusionary and exclusionary. Through its inclusionary aspects, citizenship is the foundation of a democratic society. Through its exclusionary aspects, citizenship produces denizens, undocumented populations, and other precarious individuals who are excluded from the polity and denied the right to shape their environment via voting and running for office. When people cross borders without following the host country's legal process, they often become labeled "illegal." Illegality, however, is a racialized category that sticks to some people more than others. Immigrants labeled as illegal experience not only the denial of rights but also enhanced vulnerability. Citizenship, illegality, and legality are constructed in different ways across time and space. These socially and legally constructed categories have significant consequences for people's lives.
Golash-Boza T. Afterword: The Politics of Precarity and Noncitizenship under Global Capitalism. In: irez CR\ \, on SF\, McKay S, Poblete J, Schaeffer F, irez CR\ \, on SF\, McKay S, Poblete J, Schaeffer F. Precarity and Belonging. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press; 2021.
Navarro YC, Golash-Boza T. Refexiones sobre el apartheid global y la migraci\ on. In: ia CSG\ \, Land M, ia CSG\ \, Land M. Puentes, no muros: contribuciones para una pol\ ıtica progresista en migraciones. Buenos Aires: CLACSO; 2021.
Golash-Boza T, Navarro YC. Apartheid Global y Migraciones. In: Sandoval C, Sandoval C. Puentes no Muros: Contribuciones para una pol\ ıtica migratoria. San Jose, Costa Rica: Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales and La Fundaci\ on Rosa Luxemburgo; 2020.
Golash-Boza T, Ceciliano-Navarro Y. Reintegration nach der Abschiebung. Erfahrungen von aus den USA abgeschobenen Dominikanern und Brasilianern. Peripherie. 2020;39(3):369-388.
Die Forschung zu Abschiebungen verdeutlicht, dass diese leidvoll sind und schwerwiegende Folgen für Betroffene und ihre Familienangehörigen haben. Es gibt jedoch relativ wenige Studien darüber, wie sich die Erfahrungen zwischen verschiedenen nationalen Kontexten unterscheiden. Ausgehend von 81 Interviews mit dominikanischen und brasilianischen Abgeschobenen argumentieren wir, dass ihre Reintegration von Makro-, Meso- und Mikrofaktoren beeinflusst wird. Darunter zählen individuelle Merkmale wie kulturelle Anpassung und Humankapital (mikro), nationale und transnationale Bindungen (meso) sowie soziale und wirtschaftlichen Bedingungen, unter denen Abgeschobene aufgenommen werden (makro). Das Forschungsdesign des vorliegenden Artikels arbeitet diese Faktoren heraus und zeigt, wie sie voneinander abhängen. Je ungünstiger sich der Aufnahmekontext auf die Reintegration auswirkt, desto relevanter werden Faktoren auf der Meso- und Mikroebene. Dominikanische Abgeschobene werden von Regierung und Gesellschaft stigmatisiert und sind daher mehr auf transnationale Bindungen und ihre eigene Resilienz angewiesen. Im Gegensatz dazu stoßen brasilianische Deportierte auf einen weniger feindlichen Kontext, was bedeutet, dass sich Personen mit lokalen Bindungen und Humankapital einfacher reintegrieren. Scholarship on deportation makes it clear that deportations are painful and have severe consequences for deportees and their family members. However, there is relatively little scholarship on how post-deportation experiences vary from one national context to another. Drawing on 81 interviews with Dominican and Brazilian deportees, we argue that post-deportation experiences are shaped by macro-, meso-, and micro-level factors. Micro-level factors include individual characteristics, such as acculturation and human capital. Meso-level factors include national and transnational ties. Macro-level factors include the context of reception – the social and economic conditions into which deportees are received. We put forward a framework that both highlights these factors and shows how they are interdependent. The more adverse the context of reception, the more likely that deported people rely on other factors, such as transnational ties or human capital. Dominican deportees face stigmatisation from government and society, and, thus, depend more on transnational ties and their own resilience. In contrast, Brazilian deportees encounter a friendlier context, meaning that those deportees with more local ties and human capital are able to reintegrate with fewer challenges.
Ceciliano-Navarro Y, Golash-Boza T. Social, Human and Positive Psychological Capital in the Labour Market Re-integration of People Deported to the Dominican Republic. International Migration. 2020;59(2):221-238.
More than six million people have been deported from the United States since 1996. The Dominican Republic is one of the top ten countries to which deportees are sent. Most scholarship on deportation focuses on the challenges deportees face post-deportation. There is also a long history of scholarship on how migrants draw from social, human and financial capital to integrate into host societies. This article thus asks what forms of capital are useful for deportees' re-integration and focuses on the forms of capital deportees draw from to survive in the aftermath of deportation. An analysis of 60 in-depth interviews with Dominican deportees reveals how deportees' combination of limited human capital, fractured social capital and positive psychological capital assists in their re-integration. Results also show that access to employment is not only an important step in social and economic integration, but that it also helps deportees to achieve emotional stability.
Golash-Boza T, Due\~nas M, Xiong C. White Supremacy, Patriarchy, and Global Capitalism in Migration Studies. American Behavioral Scientist. 2019;63(13):1741-1759.
Ten years after sociologist Mary Romero lamented the "ideological and theoretical gulf between immigration research and the sociology of race," researchers have begun to bridge this theoretical gulf by centering critical race theory in studies of migration. Building on these analyses, this article argues that migration flows and immigrant incorporation are shaped not only by white supremacy but also by patriarchy and global capitalism. Insofar as migrants, predominantly from the Global South, are usually racialized as non-white, and come to work in a labor market shaped by exploitation, oppression, and patriarchy, it is critical to think of migrant flows and settlement within the context of what bell hooks describes as a White supremacist capitalist patriarchy. We draw from examples from our research with a broad spectrum of migrants and their children to elucidate how these three systems of oppression shape the experiences of migrants.
Golash-Boza T. US Immigration Law Enforcement in the ICE Era. Current History. 2019;118(811):310–315.
When the local police cooperate with immigration authorities, arrest on suspicion of any crime can lead to deportation.
Golash-Boza T. Punishment Beyond the Deportee: The Collateral Consequences of Deportation. American Behavioral Scientist. 2019;63(9):1331-1349.
Deportations from the United States reached record highs in the aftermath of the Great Recession (2007-2009). At the peak of this wave of deportations, over 400,000 people were deported from the United States—as many in 1 year as in the entire decade of the 1980s. The majority of these deportees have U.S. citizen family members, nearly all of whom continue to live in the United States. Over 90% of these deportees are men, and nearly all are sent to Latin America, creating gendered and raced consequences for specific communities. This article draws from interviews with 27 people from California who experienced the deportation of a family member to provide insight into the effects of deportation on these families. This article builds on scholarship on the collateral consequences of incarceration to enhance our understanding of the collateral consequences of deportation. The findings reveal that family members face short, medium, and long-term consequences in the aftermath of a deportation and that many adolescents are forced to make an abrupt transition to adulthood when one or both of their parents is deported.
Golash-Boza T, Navarro YC. Life after Deportation. Contexts. 2019;18(2):30-35.
Deportees' reintegration is shaped by the contexts of reception in their countries of origin and the strength of their ties to the United States. For some, the deprivation and isolation of deportation is akin to a death sentence.
Golash-Boza T. Race and Racisms: Brief Edition. 2ndnd ed. New York: Oxford University Press; 2018. p. 368.
Ideal for instructors who want the flexibility to assign additional readings, Race and Racisms: A Critical Approach, Brief Second Edition, is a topical text that engages students in significant questions related to racial dynamics in the United States and around the world. Shorter than Golash-Boza's highly acclaimed comprehensive text, the Brief Second Edition features a streamlined narrative and is enhanced by its own unique features. New to this Edition: Increased coverage of gender and intersectionality, including a new section on whiteness, class, gender, and sexuality New "Talking about Race" features in the front matter and at the end of each chapter New discussions of biology and ethnicity An expanded section on white privilege Coverage of racial justice social movements such as #OscarsSoWhite Updated "Thinking about Racial Justice" features, which encourage reflection and social involvement
Ramirez S, Golash-Boza T, Unger J, Baezconde-Garbanati L. Questioning the Dietary Acculturation Paradox: A Mixed-Methods Study of the Relationship between Food and Ethnic Identity in a Group of Mexican-American Women. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 2018;118(3):431-439.
BackgroundEpidemiological studies have described an "acculturation paradox." Increased acculturation to the United States is associated with increased consumption of dietary fat and decreased consumption of fruits/vegetables.ObjectiveTo expand understanding of the dietary acculturation paradox, this study examined how bicultural Mexican-American women construct ethnic identity and how these identities and identity-making processes relate to perceptions of health and nutrition.DesignWe utilized embedded mixed methods (in-depth interviews; survey).Participants/settingWe analyzed a purposive sample of English-speaking Mexican-American women aged 18 to 29 years (n=24) in rural California to assess ethnic identity and diet beliefs.ResultsParticipants described food as central to expressing cultural identity, usually in terms of family interactions. Mexican food traditions were characterized as unhealthy; many preferred American foods, which were seen as healthier. Specifically, Mexican-American women perceived Mexican patterns of food preparation and consumption as unhealthy. In addition, traditional Mexican foods described as unhealthy were once considered special-occasion foods. Among the participants who expressed a desire to eat healthfully, to do so meant to reject Mexican ways of eating.ConclusionsThis study raises questions about the nature of the "dietary acculturation paradox." While food—the eating of Mexican foods—is central to the maintenance of ethnic identity throughout acculturation, negative perceptions about the healthfulness of Mexican foods introduce tension into Mexican-American women's self-identification. This study suggests a subtle contradiction that may help to explain the dietary acculturation paradox: While previous research has suggested that as Mexicans acculturate to the United States they adopt unhealthy diets, this study finds evidence that they do so at least in part due to perceptions that American diets are healthier than Mexican diets. Implications for interventions to improve Latinos' diets include an emphasis on the family and use of Spanish linguistic cues. Finally, messages that simply advocate for "traditional" diets should be reconsidered because that message is discordant with perceptions of the healthfulness of such foods.
Valdez Z, Golash-Boza T. Master status or intersectional identity? Undocumented students' sense of belonging on a college campus. Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power. 2018;27(4):481-499.
Research on undocumented students in the United States often focuses on the challenges they face navigating postsecondary education, rooted in their precarious legal status. The observed influence of legal status on undocumented students' sense of belonging and academic progress provides compelling evidence that being undocumented functions as a master status – a salient identity that conditions students' educational incorporation. Yet, this research tends to highlight legal status while deemphasizing or excluding other identities. Our study takes an intersectional approach. Using focus group data with undocumented students at a Hispanic-Serving Institution, we show that students rarely identify legal status in isolation or implicate it as the sole source of adversity. Instead, students' reveal a sense of belonging rooted in multiple dimensions of identity including ethnicity and class. This study reconsiders the utility of the master status concept in favour of an intersectional one for a comprehensive picture of undocumented students' educational incorporation.


One of my goal this year was to attend a Fashion week, and I was honoured to volunteer for VFW.
It was a great experience for me, I really enjoyed it and the staff members were all awesome.
March 24th was the last day (Day 7) of VFW, the place was packed with a vibrant and eclectic vibe.


CPAD - Clears the streets of drug dealers, but for how long?
Violent crime is common in the City and most of it seems to be drug related. It is no consolation, but North Charleston has an even worse record. Citizens have been calling for more police and prevention for years. . The Mayor has called for harsher penalties for gun related crime. .
Where are the Eastside volunteers?
The Eastside patrols (CPAD) have been an unqualified success - to date. But what of the future? The streets have been cleared of drug dealers over the last two weeks, by citizen patrols and the police. The efforts of those on patrol have been strenuous and the days long. The participants, mainly from other parts of the City and County are growing tired, and weariness will very likely take a toll of numbers in coming days. The effort needs more volunteers. Unless residents from the Eastside step forward to join up, patrols may cease and drug dealers return to the streets.
Continue reading "CPAD - Clears the streets of drug dealers, but for how long?"
It was not on the agenda. But the Eastside citizen patrols drew more discussion than any other issue at last night's Council meeting. County Council members Darby and Pryor rose to speak during Citizens Participation time. They noted the success of the patrols (CPAD), the support from the residents and from the City. But their main purpose last night was to draw attention to the other phases of the strategy, in particular to find jobs for the youth of the Eastside caught up in drug dealing. Council member Darby referred to his previous call for the creation of 300 jobs and asked the City to make some effort in creating or finding these positions. The final part of the strategy was to move CPAD to other parts of Charleston where drug dealing was a problem. Already he had been asked by Mayor Summey for CPAD to help clean up North Charleston.
Continue reading "City Council Meeting October 17"
A new dawn or just another day?
The prelude to the heralded citizen patrols through the Eastside will be a march. It will begin at noon tomorrow, Saturday, and last some three hours. If measured by the number of participants, its success will probably be modest at best. For some spectators, it may seem just another march through the Eastside, rich in hope but void of prospect. For others, and the marchers, it will be the curtain opener to what could be the first real effort to rid the Eastside of its ubiquitous drug dealing - the first real partnership of the community with other communities, with the City, and the police. More importantly, it is arguably the most serious effort of the residents themselves to confront the issue and to step out, despite the obvious dangers, to make a difference.
Continue reading "Citizen patrols on Eastside begin on Monday"
As far as dealing with the formal agenda, it was all over in a matter of minutes. Council approved all the matters that had previously been considered and voted on by the Finance Committee last Thursday. The remarks of interest were made at the closing of the meeting and related to the efforts of Council members Darby and Pryor to eliminate drug dealing on the Eastside.
Continue reading "County Council Meeting October 3"
It was intended to just be another meeting in preparation for citizen patrols on the Eastside. But it turned out to be more. Citizen patrols may be the most serious of initiatives attempted in recent years to reduce crime in this blighted area of the Peninsula. The County authorities have risen to the occasion and promised substantial support, not only with equipment, but with personnel from the Sheriffs Department. But the question last night was - where is the City of Charleston? Is it really committed? The Mayor has talked big about his effort to fight crime, particularly last week with a TV appearance. But his response to the citizens engaged in this battle has been silence.
Continue reading "Community gearing up for patrols on Eastside"
The days may now be getting shorter but City Council meetings are not. Including that of the Ways and Means, last night's meeting took the best part of 4 ½ hours. Certainly there were matters of importance to discuss but the time was swollen by the Mayor's televised speech on crime, a 15 minute break to allow him to attend to other business, and then the innumerable presentations and awards that accompany every Council meeting, many of which seem trivial or unnecessary. The real business of Council took probably only half the session.
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Unbelievable! That is one word we would use to describe last night's meeting of City Council. Your usual correspondent, Marc Knapp would've used a word much harsher! Probably some 2 hours were spent addressing a very minor parking issue on Tradd Street. After the first hour, some Council members wondered out loud why they were spending so much time on the issue. The Mayor said the same thing and then spent another 10 or so minutes discussing it. Council member Shirley, trying unsuccessfully to wrap up the discussion, referred to the well-known philosopher Marc Knapp and loosely quoted him as saying that you don't need to be a "brain surgeon" to deal with this issue. (Actually Marc's words were "rocket scientist" but the correct sentiment was conveyed).
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It looks like it's going to happen. At a meeting last night, Eastside residents and others gathered to discuss moves to combat drug dealing. Responding to a plea by the organizers, some 20 Black African "men" stepped forward to join patrols to help police the neighborhood. Some hurdles still remain, but with help likely from the City, County and State, they should easily be overcome. We expect that the "men" will be on the street within a few weeks. They will operate under the banner CPAD - Citizens Patrol Against Drugs.
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Why have the citizens of Charleston allowed themselves to be numbed by the deplorable state of two of the most basic responsibilities of municipal government? Why, decade after decade, do we tolerate the levels of criminal activity and urban flooding that has become commonplace and acceptable in our everyday lives? Are the citizens of other cities with similar population demographics, tax bases, resources and challenges willing to accept such intolerable levels of drug activity, murders, assaults, robberies and property losses to urban flooding as commonplace events or business as usual? Two recent Palter and Chatter news articles this past week exemplify the level to which Mayor J. Pericles Riley and his administration of subservient poltroons have desensitized the citizens of Charleston and conditioned them to accept the unacceptable.
It is a universal opinion that the community must be involved to successfully fight crime. It was said again yesterday at a meeting on the Eastside. The meeting had been called as a prelude to a major initiative to combat the drug problems and violent crime on the Eastside. And if the initiative can succeed, then the effort will be extended to other neighborhoods.
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As Councilmember Fishburne sensed as he perused the long agenda early in the evening, it was going to be a long one. It was! Yours truly and another were the only members of the public that stuck it to the end - at 9 pm.. The meeting would have ended earlier but for the persistence of Council member Bleecker. She tried to make a point about procedure. Her argument had merit but with the lateness of the hour and the accompanying weariness, Council was in no mood for detailed discussion. She yielded before the daggers in the eyes of other Council members ceased being metaphoric.
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With 57 public hearings scheduled, the agenda for last night's City Council looked formidable. It was formidable, but not as much as it appeared. Many of the hearings related to annexations and the proposed ordinances were adopted without discussion. However, those relating to changes in the Neck area and West of the Ashley were important and generated much discussion.
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I am proud to be a friend of Henry Darby who represents District 4 on County Council. He has often shared his concerns about the ill winds that blow through the community and in particular those of drugs and associated crime. He received a letter from a prominent member of the African American community who was strongly critical of a recent action. He showed me his response. I asked that he let me publish it. Part of the reason for my request was to explain again why he asked Council for a small donation to a drug reform group. More importantly, it was to show that the community can win the war against drugs and related crime - and the need for the community to be involved.
He consented to my request and his letter is shown below with some light editing.
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The need to deal with violent crime was the most important issue before Council last night. But the need for a smoke-free environment evoked the longer discussion, even though the issue was not on the agenda. Most items on the agenda were approved by Council with little or no discussion. But one of those items, a loan to Elpis Inc, should have drawn some questions, in our view. It also caused us to reflect on the hypocrisy, perhaps unwitting, of some of the discussion on crime.
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Traffic signals to be coordinated - hurrah!
Some of us have been griping for years about the seemingly uncoordinated traffic signals of the City. Our gripes last night were acknowledged when the Council approved a $571,000 contract to implement the Traffic Signal Retiming Project. The contract was awarded to Day Wilburn Associates. The scope of the project will be the development and implementation of new traffic signal timing plans for the City, including about 95 signalized intersections.
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Concrete Strategies for Tackling Climate Change and Sustainability
Briefings Q&A with Fernando A. Gonzalez,
CEO of CEMEX S.A.B.
Cement is hardly a new product. Its history traces back to the ancient world and the cementing materials used by the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans, the latter giving it the name opus caementicium. But for CEMEX S.A.B. of Mexico, one of the world's largest producers of cement, ready-mix concrete and aggregate, these building materials have a vitally important future role in helping to address the most pressing environmental issues.
A mission-driven global company that operates across more than 50 countries, CEMEX is committed to being a flag bearer for sustainability and environmental management.
Based in Monterrey, the company sees it as the responsibility of global industrial enterprises to reduce emissions, promote alternative fuels and make products in more sustainable ways—all of which are part of CEMEX's business practices. Furthermore, Fernando A. Gonzalez, who took over as CEO of CEMEX in May 2014, following the sudden death of chairman and chief executive Lorenzo Zambrano, sees global environmental issues as catalysts for the continued evolution of businesses. "It's not just about managing the impacts on climate, it's discovering opportunities—business opportunities—based on the way the economy is going to evolve because of climate change," Gonzalez told Korn Ferry Briefings.
Moreover, cement and related building materials are key to sustainable construction and development (CEMEX is a founding member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development's Cement Sustainability Initiative). "We firmly believe that concrete has to play a major part in any successful transition toward a truly sustainable society," CEMEX says on its website. "Whether it is the installation of renewable electricity generation, the development of more efficient infrastructure, the building of new roads or the construction of more sustainable housing—all of these activities and others need concrete."
Given the growth of the world's population and migration of people from rural areas to cities, CEMEX believes the construction industry is responsible for managing increasingly scarce natural building materials and water in urban development. Concrete, CEMEX added, offers the benefits of durability, and the ability to withstand such natural disasters as hurricanes and floods.
For CEMEX, sustainability and environmental management are hallmarks of the latest phase in its evolution. The company started out as Cementos Mexicanos in 1906. For decades, it did business nearly exclusively in Mexico. Zambrano, who had been named chief executive in 1985 and chairman in 1995, is credited with CEMEX's international expansion to become a global supplier of cement and building materials, making its first big move overseas in 1992 with the purchase of two Spanish cement companies. Many more acquisitions followed in North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. In its story on his passing, The Wall Street Journal called Zambrano "Mexico's poster boy for globalization," crediting him for turning CEMEX into "the country's first true multinational."
Zambrano's death one month after his 70th birthday left CEMEX with an unexpected leadership transition—and big shoes to fill inside the company, which had been founded by his grandfather. (Unlike other family-owned and/or controlled companies in Mexico, CEMEX is publicly traded, and Zambrano was not a large shareholder.) Within 72 hours of Zambrano's death, CEMEX promoted Gonzalez, then the chief financial officer, to be chief executive. Rogelio Zambrano, Lorenzo's cousin, was named chairman, in a change of governance that split the top leadership roles.
In late 2015, Gonzalez and his team sat down with Michael Distefano, Korn Ferry's senior vice president and chief marketing officer; Hugo Lara, Korn Ferry's senior client partner and office managing director in Monterrey; and Gustavo Solares, a Korn Ferry client partner based in Monterrey. They talked about the legacy of the company (which had sales of $15.7 billion in 2014), how it uses social networks to promote the exchange of ideas across a global workforce of some 44,000 employees, and its vision for sustainability and proactive measures to counter climate change. What follows is an edited version of their discussion.
When Lorenzo Zambrano died, CEMEX faced an unexpected change of command, with you becoming the first CEO from outside the Zambrano family. How did you deal with his loss and with the sudden responsibility of leading the organization?
His passing was a surprise—he was just 70. He was such a recognized person and known for his personal contribution to the development of global CEMEX. But we have a succession plan at the company that we review at least once a year. It allows us to develop and prepare people for different positions. For several years, we all knew the philosophy of our policy was to bring in people, develop people and have professional management.
When Mr. Zambrano passed away in Madrid, the governance committee met immediately, then the whole board met right after that. The decision about successors was quickly made. After working shoulder-to-shoulder with Mr. Zambrano for 25 years, I was shocked and very sad. But I was confident taking on the CEO position. I have managed almost all the CEMEX businesses and all administrative functions at different times. I had the opportunity to manage businesses in six locations, countries or regions. On top of that, I knew all the people in CEMEX, particularly the executive team, and I know how complete and competent the team is—a very strong team of people, very knowledgeable and experienced in the industry.
Let's talk about the decision to split the CEO and chairman roles.
One of the things we did after Rogelio Zambrano was appointed chairman and I was appointed CEO is we sat for a while and started writing down what we were going to do with these roles—how to work together and complement each other. It was a three-day exercise.
Rogelio spends most of his time with the board members and also dealing with company issues, particularly with certain external stakeholders—authorities and opinion-makers—and also chairing the board, of course, where the most relevant decisions of the company are made. Rogelio improved the governance of the company, adjusting and creating different committees. There were some adjustments, too, in the governance and some bylaws. Overall, he's chairing the company, directing the strategy and making decisions for the company.
And, in my case, I'm managing the business—which means traveling a lot. I say that because I decided to make some adjustments in the way we manage the company. The executive committee continues to meet every month, but now we meet in different locations—CEMEX locations. For example, a couple of months ago it was in Warsaw, so I had the chance to meet with the management team in Poland and to meet with the people there.
That's pretty unique. What is the order of your meetings?
First, I invest a couple of hours in meeting people. Normally I do a brief description of the situation of the company—let's say 15 to 20 minutes—then I hold open office hours to discuss whatever people want to talk about. Mostly it's about the role of the business in their country compared with globally, and CEMEX's plans for the country, or concerns or interest about our financial situation. I tend to think that, for them, it's helpful; for me, it's definitely really helpful. It's an opportunity to see thousands of people per year.
After that, I spend, I'd say, half a day with the regional team. So, for instance, we went to Manila. After the open forum in Manila, I had the chance to visit one of the plants that was close by. And then we met with the regional management team from Asia. After that, during the executive committee meeting, we asked the local management team to participate. These visits and these meetings are very helpful to complement the way we communicate with each other.
That's a great segue into a discussion of culture and communication within the culture, particularly with your social networks. How do you foster such an environment, and what lessons have been learned?
We have been promoting for people to interact. In a global company that means people have to interact with each other in different languages, in different time zones, across different business practices. In the case of Facebook, which is a social network, things work pretty simply: You share pictures or whatever you want in a very straightforward way. But in a business network, you have to do things differently—the word I like to use is articulate these networks. We develop networks either around common things—for example, the network of cement experts—or exactly the opposite, which is around an issue that requires completely different disciplines or approaches. But we design the networks.
We have six global networks; I assign a leader from the members of the executive committee who, on top of their business management responsibilities, each lead one of these networks. The reason why these networks are working is because it's an opportunity for people to know each other and to learn from each other. So, a person learns that somebody is doing "X"—a thing that others never thought was possible. And they communicate, start asking questions. The leader of the network, on top of articulating this communication, is responsible for identifying what it is that we can do with these ideas and practices that might create value when replicated globally. So then we create a global initiative that's coming from all these conversations. And that global initiative is executed through the network.
So, you're seeing how these ideas can be fostered through a kind of groundswell from the local level and then through the digital networks?
Yes, and I can assure you of that, because when I was based in Europe, I created the predecessor of the global networks—it was regional. To use an example, in 2008 or 2009, we created a network on alternative fuels, which has been a practice in the cement business for ages. But after acquiring some businesses in Europe, we learned how to use an alternative fuel that you can employ in massive ways—believe it or not, household waste and industrial waste. To make a very long story short, we started these conversations. The team in Germany was pretty well advanced in the use of these types of fuels, but their neighbors in Poland had never heard of it, even though they had been part of the same company before we acquired them. We managed to move from almost not using alternative fuels at all, to being the leader in the industry.
And the key to these networks is having a leader who has an ear to the ground and says, "That's going to be a global initiative," and then fosters more conversation?
I'm purposefully using the word articulating, because it's a way to manage anarchy. You have to expect a certain degree of anarchy. This idea of facilitating and providing resources for people to communicate and to do almost what pleases them is a kind of anarchy. But what's the alternative? For it not to happen at all? Or to post a policy or something so people can read it? It doesn't work! Or, it's very expensive. Or, it doesn't happen very fast.
With global networks, I'm sure people will learn, will share, will act and will replicate whatever creates value. But when, on top of that, you can get these global initiatives, it is, in my opinion, a very effective way for the company to evolve. Going back to the example of alternative fuels, who in the network is making and proposing the ideas for projects? It's the guys in the plants. Then it goes to the executive committee for a decision. If the executive committee says, "OK, let's support X, Y and Z," then the people executing are the same people who made the proposal. You don't have to sell the idea. It's theirs.
As you talk about the importance of engaging and empowering people, it brings to mind the fact that, earlier in your career at CEMEX, you were in charge of human resources. How did being in charge of talent contribute to your becoming a better CEO?
That's an interesting question. There is always a discussion about which stakeholder is more important to a company. Is it the shareholders? They are the owners of the business. Some say they should be the most important stakeholder, and we should all be focused on guaranteeing returns for shareholders, which is true. Some others say, "Yeah, but in order to provide reasonable returns to shareholders, you have to take care of your customers." If you don't manage that relationship with solutions, ideas, products or whatever, at the end you won't be able to please your shareholders. So they say the first priority should be customers.
I'm in the group who says the most important stakeholders are our employees because they are the ones who will be pleasing customers. You need the right people in the right place, day after day—because I prefer to have excellent execution, rather than the best strategy that I cannot execute at all! It sounds like a cliché—people are the most important asset—but when you think of who is going to be doing everything, it's people.
So you'd better invest in people: Prepare them by shifting and rotating assignments. For instance, we hire people just when they finish university, and we have professional development programs for two years for them to decide what their main interest is. (We hardly hire executives from the outside except for some very specialized areas.) We start moving them and preparing them, little by little.
Can we shift our attention to the CEMEX Way, which has been part of the company for a long time? How has it morphed, and what do you see for it in the future?
CEMEX Way has evolved—now it's One CEMEX. When Rogelio and I defined our roles, as I described earlier, we also defined our priorities. To be sure, we have a long-term vision, and we will act in alignment with that vision. But at the same time, we defined priorities that have more to do with short-term issues than with the strategic and long-term issues. We also clarified our operational model. The way to describe it is very simple: We produce and sell cement, ready-mix and aggregates. (In 2014, cement accounted for 45 percent of CEMEX's sales; ready-mix concrete, 39 percent; and aggregates, 16 percent. By region, the three largest are Northern Europe, 27 percent of sales; the U.S., 24 percent; and Mexico, 20 percent.)
The model we think is appropriate for a company like CEMEX is what some people call the replication model; it's standardizing as much as possible. Another way to describe it is invest once and use it many times. So if you're investing in a solutions system or whatever for Europe, also do as much as possible globally. Of course, you have to adapt things locally, but the idea is to manage as one company. So, one of the priorities we set is One CEMEX—the evolution of the CEMEX Way.
We continue to believe in standardization. We also believe that there are opportunities for a global company to properly and effectively manage itself with much lower costs. For instance, over time we have been centralizing all transactional areas, all the back-office areas. We discovered another step: to outsource all our back-office activities.
One CEMEX has all the same ideas about standardization, reducing costs and expenses, integrating a global company and managing it as one company regardless of the complexities of being in so many countries. But we cannot standardize blindly; it can be risky.
Can you say more about that?
Just to describe one example, it's not the same thing to sell in an emerging market—Mexico, Colombia, the Philippines, Egypt—as in a developed one—the U.S. or Europe. In an emerging market, about 70 to 80 percent of cement is sold in bags to retailers (although on a per country basis it may be slightly different). In the U.S. or Europe, 90 percent of cement is sold in bulk, directly to ready-mix companies. We are selling cement everywhere, but in one country or type of country we have to get to retailers, while in the U.S. and Europe we have to be integrated with the ready-mix companies. It's about being sensitive or more sensitive to the characteristics of our customers and the way to manage businesses in each and every geography.
The philosophy behind your marketing practices—acting consistently globally, but with local-market sensitivities—is also reflected in other areas: the environment, controlling climate change and supporting sustainability. Can you talk more about that?
Global companies, or at least global industrial companies, have to decide what their position on certain issues is. Climate change is one example. You have to take a position. You cannot take a position for CEMEX in the U.S., another one for CEMEX in the Philippines, another one for CEMEX in France. Global companies need to have global positions. You cannot have a philosophy on a regional or country basis.
What is CEMEX's position on climate change?
We do completely recognize and believe that there is a change in climate because of all of us. Our position paper on climate change states, in part: "The overall economics of dealing with climate change are clear. There is sufficient evidence … that the necessary action to prevent dangerous climate change is far less costly than the consequences we will face if climate change goes unchecked. The economic argument for taking action early is clear."
By understanding and accepting the challenge, you start discovering ways to minimize your environmental impact. That is very important. But we also see an economy evolving because of climate change or sustainability. I mentioned the alternative fuel example. One of the reasons we want to use this type of fuel—household waste, industrial waste—is because, on average, 50 percent of the content is biomass. And if you use biomass, you get CO2 credits. So it is a good business proposition—and not just about avoiding emissions. In one of our plants in the U.S., 40 percent of the fuel is peanut shells! This is the organic material we are using instead of coal or natural gas.
Another thing to consider is growth in the global population, which will accelerate urbanization. But due to rising costs, cities in the future will grow up—not out. A great natural byproduct of this vertical expansion will be containing infrastructure and real estate in a way that is a far more efficient use of energy and resources. It will impact not just the raw materials used.
So because there's both an economic rationale, as well as just a basic human need, you're hopeful that there's time to do something about climate change?
Yes. There will be technology allowing us—meaning all of us—to act, so we better do it.


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Le dolmen de la Verrerie-Vieille est un dolmen situé à Tourrettes, dans le département du Var en France.

Protection
L'édifice est inscrit au titre des monuments historiques en 1987. Il a été restauré par Hélène Barge.

Description
Le dolmen est enserré dans un  grand tumulus de  de diamètre pour une hauteur maximale de  au centre. La dalle de chevet et les piliers d'entrée de la chambre sépulcrale sont constitués de grandes orthostates ( de long par  de haut). Au nord et au sud, les côtés latéraux sont composés d'une dalle en grès au centre entourée de part et d'autre d'un petit muret en lauzes rougeâtres (pélites). Une dalle transversale sépare l'intérieur de la chambre en deux parties. L'entrée de la chambre est soulignée par une pierre de seuil côté couloir. Ce dernier s'étire sur  de long, délimité par une alternance de petites dalles et de murettes.

L'édifice, bien connu dans la région, fut fouillé par le Docteur Ollivier dès 1876, puis par Paul Goby en 1929 et Gérard Sauzade en 1972. Les comptes-rendus des fouilles anciennes mentionnent de nombreux ossements humains dont certains présentaient des traces d'incinération. Le mobilier funéraire se compose d'armes et outils (dix-huit armatures de flèches foliacées, une grande lame de silex, une petite hache polie, un brassard d'archer en schiste) et de très nombreux éléments de parure dont plus de 100 perles (en calcaire, stéatite, variscite, test de coquillage) et des pendeloques en quartz hyalin. Quelques fragments de céramique (une écuelle à anse en ruban, des tessons), des objets en cuivre (deux alênes, des perles) et des fragments de cuivre complétaient l'ensemble.

Une partie de ce mobilier est désormais perdu, l'autre partie est conservée au musée de Grasse et au dépôt archéologique de Vaison-la-Romaine. D'après ces découvertes, l'édification du dolmen peut être datée du Campaniforme, son utilisation ayant perduré jusqu'à l'âge du bronze.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Bibliographie

Articles connexes
 Sites mégalithiques du Var
 Liste des monuments historiques du Var

Liens externes

Verrerie-Vieille
Verrerie-Vieille
Monument historique dans le Var
Monument historique inscrit en 1987
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Бурдж Халифа (; букв. "Кулата на Халифа"), известен преди откриването си като Бурдж Дубай, е небостъргач в Дубай, Обединените арабски емирства, който със своята обща височина от 828 m е най-високата конструкция, строена някога. Строителството му започва на 21 септември 2004 година, а сградата е официално открита на 4 януари 2010 година. Сградата е част от новоизградения комплекс Даунтаун Дубай, разположен в близост до главния търговски квартал на града и заемащ площ от 2 km².

Проектът на Бурдж Халифа е изготвен от американското бюро Скидмор, Оуингс и Мерил, като главен архитект е Ейдриън Смит (архитект), а главен конструктор – Уилям Бейкър. Главен изпълнител е южнокорейската компания Самсунг.

Общата стойност на Бурдж Халифа е около 1,5 милиарда долара, а на целия комплекс Даунтаун Дубай – 20 милиарда долара. Завършването на проекта съвпада със Световната икономическа криза, започнала през 2007 година, както и с пренасищането на местния пазар на недвижими имоти. Тъй като емирството Дубай е затруднено в обслужването на дълговете си, то е принудено да търси помощ от съседното емирство Абу Даби. В резултат на това по време на церемонията по откриването сграда изненадващо е преименувана от Бурдж Дубай на Бурдж Халифа в чест на емира на Абу Даби и президент на Обединените арабски емирства Халифа ибн Заид ал-Нахаян, заради критичната помощ, оказана от него за проекта.

През март 2009 от предприемача Емаар Пропъртис обявяват, че цената на офисните площи в сградата е достигнала 43 хиляди долара на квадратен метър, а на жилищата – 37 хиляди долара на квадратен метър. Поради слабото търсене на пазара на недвижими имоти в Дубай, наемите в Бурдж Халифа спадат с 40% за първите десет месеца след откриването на сградата. През октомври 2010 година около 825 от 900-те жилищни апартамента остават празни.

Архитектура
Дизайнът на Бурдж Халифа е базиран на комбинираните геометрични компоненти, характерни за ислямската архитектура. В дизайна на сградата има включени архитектурни и културни елементи, характерни за региона. Y-образната основа е идеална за хотелски и жилищни сгради, тъй като чрез нея се постигат максимален брой стаи с външен изглед и максимално оползотворяване на слънчевата светлина. Сградата се състои от три компонента, разположени около централно ядро. С нарастване на височината, в страничните компоненти са направени тераси, така че страничните компоненти стават все по-тесни до върха. Броят на терасите е 27. Най-отгоре се показва централното ядро, върху което е поставена кула. В най-високата си точка кулата се люлее хоризонтално, като прави осцилации с дължина 1,5 метра.

Разположение

Бурдж Халифа е проектиран като централният елемент на Даунтаун Дубай, мащабен градоустройствен комплекс със смесено предназначение, който включва 30 000 жилища, 9 хотела, 30 000 m² паркови площи, поне 19 високи жилищни сгради, търговския център Дубай Мол и изкуственото езеро Бурдж Халифа с площ 120 000 m². Основната цел на Даунтаун Дубай, както и на другите внушителни строителни проекти в Дубай, като Палмовите острови, е да привлекат вниманието на чуждите инвеститори към пазара на недвижими имоти в града.

Етажи

Съгласно проекта на долните 37 етаж има хотели, като между 9 и 16 етаж е разположен хотел "Армани". Между 45 и 124 етажи има луксозни апартаменти. Върхът на сградата е оборудван с комуникационна техника.

Бетонната конструкция на сградата достига до 586-ия метър – 155-и етаж (който е мезонетен). Следва метална конструкция до 162-ри етаж на височина от 624 метра. На тази височина приключва официалното броене на етажите. Оттук нагоре, до височина 768 метра следват още 44 етажа (продължава металната конструкция). Последната част от сградата представлява мачта, която се издига до височина около 828 метра.

Рекордна височина
Построяването на Бурдж Халифа връща рекорда за най-висока конструкция в света в Близкия изток, където той се държи в продължение на четири хилядолетия от Хеопсовата пирамида, преди да бъде надминат през 1311 година от Кьолнската катедрала в Европа.

Със своята изключителна височина сградата държи няколко световни рекорда:
 Най-висок небостъргач до върха: 828 m (предишен рекорд: Тайпе 101 – 509,2 m)
 Най-висока конструкция, строена някога: 828 m (предишен рекорд: Варшавска радиомачта – 646,38 m)
 Най-висока съществуваща конструкция: 828 m (предишен рекорд: KVLY – 628,8 m)
 Най-висока свободно стояща конструкция: 828 m (предишен рекорд: Си Ен Тауър – 553,3 m)
 Сграда с най-много етажи: 160 (предишен рекорд: Уилис Тауър – 108)
 Най-висока асансьорна инсталация
 Най-бърз асансьор: 18 m/s (предишен рекорд: Тайпе 101 – 16,83 m/s)
 Най-високо вертикално изпомпване на бетон при сграда: 606 m (предишен рекорд: Тайпе 101 – 449,2 m)
 Първата най-висока конструкция в света, включваща жилищни площи
 Най-висока външна наблюдателна площадка: 452 m
 Най-висока джамия – на 158-ия етаж
 Най-висока структурна фасада от алуминий и стъкло: 512 m
 Най-висок плувен басейн – на 76-ия етаж
 Най-висок нощен клуб – на 144-тия етаж

Строителство

Към 20 май 2008 г. височината на сградата е 649,70 метра, което я прави най-високата постройка, правена някога на Земята, по всички 4 критерия според Съвета за високи сгради и градски райони (The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH)).

На 17 януари 2009 г. е достигната височина 824,56 метра, като продължава изграждането на фасадата на кулата и пространството около нея.

Източници

Външни препратки

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Saturday Night Live Spoofs Piers Morgan Tonight
For all his profile pieces in everything from "The Daily Beast" to "CBS News," there is no media forum which truly signifies Piers Morgan's assent into the pulse of American pop culture more than a recurring presence on "Saturday Night Live."
During the final moments of Tuesday evening's show, the "Piers Morgan Tonight" host opened himself up for some good-natured ribbing, rolling footage of the most-recent NBC sketch to spoof CNN's favorite British television presenter:
As actor and comedian Taran Killam cued up his best British accent, and sidled up behind a very serviceable replica of the program's infamous green-themed studio, he began:
"Good evening. I'm Piers Morgan, or as you know me, the British Mario Lopez. This week, a series of shocking and confusing revelations. Who lied about what? Who is still hiding the truth? And who - what - huh - who - you - what - who..."
When the footage concluded, there stood the real Morgan, with a live audience – not knowing whether or not it was appropriate to laugh – sitting behind him.
Reviewing Killam's effort, the host shared his thoughts:
"Honestly, I don't know what a who - what - who - woo - woo is," said Morgan, referencing his easily-impersonated tendency to blurt out a series of high-pitched, repeating inquisitive words. "Anyway, I'm definitely better looking than that joker."
Watch the clip, check out NBC's rendition of "Piers Morgan Tonight," and decide for yourself: which Piers Morgan do you prefer, the original, or the SNL spin-off?
> Follow "Piers Morgan Tonight" on Instagram
Sally in Switzerland
Piers appears to really be losing it over the gun debate. We all have opinions and he has a right to express his. The fact that he is obsessing and systematically interrupts his guests trying to intervene with his opinion is getting out of hand and increasingly unprofessional. Being unprofessional is the worst that an anchor can do. I hope CNN management will get him back on track.
I don't watch CNN too much but the little I did see of Piers interviewing some right wing radio wingnut, I thought he was very restrained.
Your comment is the most accurate assessment of Piers Morgan' irrational & unprofessional behavior that I've read thus far since he started on this rampage. And your right...he IS losing it.
TRich
I would implore Piers to refrain from acting like he is such a firearm expert when it is obvious he is not. The fact that his brother is is the British military does not make Piers an expert..Case in point, he routinely brings up the point that the AR-15 is simply a killing machine because it can fire 100 rounds in 60 seconds. The fact is that this firearm fires one bullet for each time the trigger is pulled, no more. Any semi-automatic firearm can do the same. So what the public needs to understand is that if you want to ban firearms simply based on the number of rounds they are capable of shooting the ban will include most all firearms except bolt action,lever action and revolvers. Good luck with that.
TRich aka Troll Rich
@TRich – did you guys lost completely your common sense? Are we at the point in our history when you, the gun-crazy, demand us to shut up until we become gun specialists? You guys are the death of freedom in America.
January 25, 2013 at 4:29 pm | Report abuse |
I have never hear Piers say that his brother "is" the English army. Or did you only make it to the third grade?
January 26, 2013 at 11:08 am | Report abuse |
First, yes made it past the 3rd grade. Funny coming from a guy who calls himself "Jimbo". Secondly, I did not tell anyone to "shut up" I would like to have or would like to see an intelligent discussion about gun control but find it hard to do when Piers and others like him have little to no idea what they are talking about. One does not have to be an expert on firearms but should at least be somewhat informed on the subject. Piers is not.
Go Trich!
Automatic weapons have been outlawed since the Al Capone days. But let's not let FACTS get in the way of Piers tirades.
Jerry in MD
Pierce gives voice to all the Americans truly frustrated and embarrassed that the world sees us as bullies, who confuse freedom with the ability to use assault firearms. We live in the 21st century.
Stop taking America back to the years when we got our independence and the guns were justified!!
Thanks NRA
Yikes, what other rights does Jim in Marland think we no longer have a right to? Hey! Religion is outdated, lets get rid of that one to Jimbo. No?
He's from England, where they have roughly 1/20th as many gun murders as the US, and about 1/8th that of Switzerland, per 100k people. This is the case because it is hard to get guns, and shooting someone is never really legal because you weren't supposed to have the gun in the first place. Pretty basic logic really, Most brits think our obsession with guns makes us brute beasts with no understanding.
I agree completely. He is so self centered he doesn't even realize that he makes every topic about himself rather than about intellectual discussion. I stopped watching him since his whole gun control debacle. I do believe in protecting the 2nd amendment, but I don't even own a gun. Good bye Piers.
NRA today
reason 458,358 to watch FOX isnsted of CNN.
I saw the interview he did with Alex Jones... nobody could remotely accuse Piers of trying to interrupt him. Piers couldn't get a word in edgewise, and he didn't really have to. Jones made a better argument against his side than Piers ever could... he was a raving, bigoted lunatic who apparently thinks we're still at war with Britain.
EPRichards
I have to say I was never a big fan of Larry King UNTIL CNN brought in Morgan. He is absolutely the most nauseating anchor there is. Seriously, that's all CNN could come up with to fill that spot? I cannot watch him do any interviews. I watched CNN for most of the day for Inauguration highlights, once Piers came on in the evening I was done.
He comes from the true free world – his free thinking it's hard to digest in a country in which the tea party movement was possible. A part of the world where people have long vacations and are not willing to take any amount of cr-p from an employer just because they can't afford to loose their jobs and remain without health benefits.
When the European actors want to do brainwashing (Hollywood type of) movies and earn a quick buck (from the masses of stupid viewers) they come to America. I've seen both worlds, only those who lived at least one semester in Europe will know what I'm talking about.
I've always considered CNN the premier news outlet for mainstream media news but I've begun to see changes I don't like in the style of reporting. CNN is becoming much more restrictive on posting comments. The writers and TV people are appearing to be much more biased and are promoting an extremely political agenda. To what end? For what purpose. For ratings? For viewership? The real HEADLINE news style that made it great is dead. CNN is just another popularity contest now.
Is he still here?
We love you Piers Morgan, You are a hero in my heart. You stick up for the innocent and have done so with great bravery. Hero's are not the ones who shout and call for more blood or who simply say we can't do anything about it.
The ones who look the other way or simply accept murders as a way of life are cruel to say the least.
Thank you --
He's an embarrassment to every Brit. Americanisms must have rubbed off on him! But never even met an American this pompous ... except the Donald.
BKG89
Terry, what a nonsensical thing to say, implying you know every Brit; what are you 4 yo? There goes to show the intellect of your crowd, the average gun enthusiast. Actually the Brits love him, because he risked many times his status just to stir things up and point out failings... Keep watching the Anderson Cooper, with his 80% trivia reporting, so you won't even remember what true journalism even means.
jack ramsden
We love your program we to are fellow Brits, so we know what is all about. My friend Peter Stringfellow, who you obviously will know says whats good for one is good for all.
So where do we go from here pierce? Kind Regards Yorkshire love you pal!
Here's a thought to warm some of your hearts....
Here are some real figures from Down Under a similar thing happened in the UK. Dread to say it but might happen here to. These are true facts that follow
It has now been 12 months since gun owners in Australia were forced by a new law to surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed by our own government, a program costing the Australian tax payers more than $500 million dollars.
... The first Year results are now in
Australia – wide, homicides are up 6.2 %
Australia- wide assaults are up 9.6 %
Australia – wide armed robberies are up 44% YES 44%
In the state of Victoria
Lone, homicides with firearms are up by 300% ( Note that while law abiding citizens turned them in, the criminals did not and the criminals still possess their guns !!!)
While figures over the previous 25 yrs show a steady decrease in armed robbery with firearms, this has changed drastically.
Upward in the past 12 months, since the criminals now are guaranteed that
THEIR PREY IS UNARMED !
There has also been a dramatic increase in break ins and assaults on the elderly, while the resident is at home.
Australian politician's are now at a loss to explain how public safety has decreased, after such monumental effort and expense was Expended in " successfully ridding Australian society of guns-–
You won't see this on American News or hear your Governor or Members Of State Assembly disseminating this information.
The Australian experience speaks for its self. Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives, and property, and yes, gun control Laws affect only the law abiding citizens.
Take note friends! before its too late! Will you be one of the sheep to turn yours in?
WHY?? YOU WILL NEED IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, if you lived in Australia you would know the gun laws actually changed well over a decade (and two Prime Ministers) ago, after the Port Arthur shooting in Tasmania. Since then murders are at an all time low. Check your facts and save us all your erroneous rant:
http://www.factcheck.org/2009/05/gun-control-in-australia/
IamKyle (Milwaukee)
I read your fact check Matt. Some of what you said is true, but the facts given on the link you gave only go up to 2007 which was before the complete gun ban in 2008. The article says that certain gun restrictions (not bans) led to lower gun crimes, but it doesn't give anything on the ban itself. You are as misleading as the person you replied to.
IamKyle are you from WV?
Get this guy off the air! It is one thing to stand on your views, but as an interviewer, you have to be able to look at both sides. In his interview with Ben Shapiro, Piers said that he backs American's rights given by the second ammendment, but later in the same interview, he says it would be stupid to think the American governemtn would ever turn on its own people. I don't think America will ever get to that point, but to say it is impossible is ignorant. The second ammendment was created for this reason. I also don't like how Piers will say that if you don't back his ideas, then you clearly don't care about the 20 dead kids in Connecticut. This is absolutely rediculous. This is an issue clearly split down the middle (with a lot of grey there), and saying that you don't want stricter gun laws has nothing to do with caring about those kids. Everyone was hurt that day. As an interviewer, I expect a little objectivity, but Piers brings people on his show to deliberately belittle them to help his cause. Watch the interview with Shapiro as he calls Piers out on everyone of his rediculous tactics.
@IamKyle (Milwaukee)
When Brits think about the average american they think stupid, meaning precisely the type of person who spells ridiculous as "rediculous", as you did, and spend a large part of their lives on a couch with mind numbing evening shows. Of course someone who stirs controversy for the sake of an uncomfortable argument, like Piers, will not find a friend in you.
Britain is statistically much more affected by violent crime than the US. So why should we care about their "perception" exactly?
January 26, 2013 at 10:15 pm | Report abuse |
xlanlfc
Google Pier's interview of Ted Nugent. That's a good one. Go Ted! Go NRA!
SNL could do way better than that! The guy wasn't even close on the voice, bad imitation
I agree with Piers belief that guns are not needed and just cannot understand why normal folks need guns
are you trying to say that your police is incompetent <better save money and disband police force with so many guns around in USA BUT i have to say the his obsession is annoying OK WE HEARD YOU STOP NOW PLZZZZ
this is not journalism he should quit CNN and then start a political movement or something , journalism is supposed to be unbiased , PLZ PLZ move ON
When is the last time you said someone should have to justify a "need" for their right to free speech? The Bill of RIghts was written exactly for people like you. It is to protect the rights of each citizen from the mob mentality that say "I don't see why you need that so you should be able to have it."
roger watson
if a person wants to analyse in-depth the gun issue comparing crime/accident statistics in canada vs US would probably be the best comparison. i would take seattle against vancouver canada because theres no sense comparing washington dc against victoria canada . i have no idea what the numbers are so look it up yourself
Ex SNL Fan
Haha, SNL is a koke; they had "guts" to thrash Sarah Palin when she was running for VP, but were very tamed when it came to the stupid remarks Romney made before the election. I used to watch them, but their "playing safe when we needed them" disappointed me.
SNL, pick on someone who's "hard to bite on", not someone who's already down, you cowards!
TinaF
Dear Taran Killam, what were those interjections/onomatopoeia? Why don't you learn to articulate first, then you can try acting.
first of all, you don't have to be an expert to have an opinion on gun violence in america. secondly, have you nticed the gun lobby 1) keep changing the subject when asked a frankly logical and simple question 2) use phony statistics 3) appear irrational and unstable – and it's frightening that these nuts actually are permitted to own a gun. they need a psych evaluation.
piers- you're great. keep up the good work. our news people AND POLITICIANS are a bunch of wusses. the gun lobby is irrational and stupid and nutty and thanks for calling "a spade a spade" (oscar wilde – importance of being earnest.)
You are irrational.
Inkin
Piers has been amazing and courageous in his common sense arguments for gun control. the gun nuts never say why we need automatic weapons ...they just deflect answering by wailing about their "liberty"' ... what about the lost liberty,life,
And the pursuit of happiness that the innocent victims of gun murders will never have.?
Your argument is based on emotion and not facts. The Bill of Rights was written with people like you in mind who would think they know better than everyone else.
Gun nuts don't say why we need automatics because we don't have automatics. Learn what your talking about, and I suggest you stop watching Piers Morgan on CNN.
Common man
Everyone takes SNL as a humor. Including presidential candidates. I am not sure why he took it seriously and calling the actor a joker. He is very Intolerant, arrogant person. Does not have sense of humor.


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EPL:Tottenham trashes Southampton 5-2
Son Heung-min destroyed Southampton with a four-goal blitz as Tottenham earned their first Premier League win of the season with a 5-2 victory at St Mary's on Sunday.
Just 24 hours after Tottenham signed Gareth Bale, South Korea forward Son delivered a virtuoso display that showed Jose Mourinho's side already have plenty of firepowers.
Bale has returned to Tottenham on a season-long loan from Real Madrid seven years after he left the north London club for a then-world record £85 million ($109 million) fee.
But the Wales forward will not be available until mid-October as he recovers from a knee injury, so Mourinho needs Son and Harry Kane to carry the attack until then.
No one would question the quality of that pair and they underlined the point with superb performances that ripped Southampton to pieces.
Danny Ings put Southampton ahead in the first half, but Son equalized before the break and scored three more in the second half.
Kane, who hit the back of the net twice in the first half only to have them ruled out for offside, capped a swaggering display with his second goal of the season.
After losing to Everton in their Premier League opener last weekend, Tottenham have lifted the gloom with this vibrant second-half performance after the Bale coup.
Dele Alli was left out of Tottenham's squad and Mourinho raised fresh questions about the midfielder's future when he said: "We have too many players for some positions and some of them are paying the price for this."
But Alli hasn't missed thanks to Son and Kane's heroics.
Tottenham were playing the second of five games in 10 days, an unrelenting schedule that Mourinho had derided as "crazy" and initially they looked fatigued.
Hugo Lloris made a superb save to keep Tottenham level when he tipped over Che Adams' ferocious strike.
– Devastating Spurs –
Tottenham escaped again when Lloris rashly raced off his line and headed the ball straight at Ings, who curled into the empty net only to see the goal ruled out for handball by the Saints striker.
Southampton winger Moussa Djenepo hit the outside of a post with a curling effort from the edge of the area.
Ings has been linked with a move to Tottenham after a prolific campaign last term and the qualities that attracted Mourinho were on show as he put Southampton ahead in the 32nd minute.
Running onto Kyle Walker-Peters' long pass, Ings displayed his astute movement as he got in behind Eric Dier, then demonstrated his predatory instincts by guiding his shot across Lloris into the far corner.
With Tottenham looking increasingly bedraggled, it was a surprise when they equalised against the run of play in first half stoppage-time.
Tanguy Ndombele picked out Kane on the left and the striker's cross reached Son, who ignored the acute angle to clip a sublime finish past Alex McCarthy.
Son's goal was a huge boost to Tottenham's morale and they took the lead with a well-crafted goal two minutes after half-time.
Once again it was Kane and Son who prised open the Southampton defence as the England captain fed the South Korean with a delicate pass.
Son surged through on goal and calmly guided a precise strike past McCarthy with his left foot.
Tottenham's star forwards weren't finished yet and they left Southampton for dead in the 64th minute.
Dropping deep to devastating effect, Kane was the provider with a superb lofted pass over the Saints defence and Son finished in emphatic fashion.
Southampton had no answers to Kane and Son and another deft pass from the Tottenham striker in the 73rd minute picked out the South Korean, who was never going to miss from close-range.
Kane and Son have now combined for more Premier League goals (24) than any other duo in the competition since August 2015.
Kane got the goal he deserved with a close-range finish in the 82nd minute before Ings netted again with a 90th minute penalty awarded for handball by Matt Doherty.
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In his book,"The Thank You Economy," Social Media Champion and Wine Library entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk makes the case for engaging customers through authentic conversations in social media. I just finished it and it is a fairly quick read. Some of the book's key points might be considered "no-brainers" to seasoned marketing/public relations and social media pro's. However, some professional business people still fail to see the benefits of the two way conversation that the new economy provides. Vaynerchuk calls Chapter Three "Why Smart People Dismiss Social Media, and Why They Shouldn't." He outlines 11 excuses company's use for not taking part in social networking. Do you see anyone you know in any of these excuses?
1- There's no ROI– Gary argues that because word of mouth is so strong all companies should be thrilled at this opportunity to gain advocates.
3. Social media is still too young– "The longer you hesitate the more you will struggle," says Gary who compares diving into social networking with his 11th hour decision to gain friends in high school senior year. He says the students who started out making friends freshman year were more popular and had more invested.
4. Social media is just another trend that will pass– As Gary points out that's what they said about radio, TV and oh, yes the internet too!
5. We need to control our message– As he points out companies rarely sink under the weight of one Facebook post. Ongoing customer service is the key.
6. I don't have time to keep track of what every Joe or Jane says, and I can't afford /don't want to pay someone else to do it. Gary says do not dismiss any customer or what he/she says because the power now rests with them.
7. We're doing fine without it. Really? How do you know?
8. We tried it; it doesn't work. As Gary says, social media is a long-term commitment and requires patience, commitment and strategy.
Do you know people who still dismiss social media without seeing it as a valued communications strategy? Or do the business people you know see it as an ideal way to communicate and thank their customers for their business?
As a side note Gary Vaynerchuck is scheduled to speak in Greeneville, Tenn. in June. If I'm in town, I will definitely be there!
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Thanks for sharing this info, Mary Ellen. Sounds like a book I definitely want to check out. I've must admit I didn't "get" social media for a long time–it seemed like a colossal waste of time, but as I've looked at it more strategically and watched the impact of social media increase, I've definitely seen the positive impact it can have on a business. And the bottom line is that as things change, we need to change with the times (and the technology).
Linda, there probably isn't much you don't already know but Gary V. writes it in an easy to digest style.
I'd love the details about Gary being in Greeneville – I'd drive over for that one. He makes good points about social media. To me it's all in the philosophy of one's business. If you're a traditional big-sized male oriented culture you probably will struggle to "get" social media. But that sure doesn't mean you can't benefit.
Yes Sue Gary certainly is colorful. I already have my ticket just not sure if I'll be in town that day.
Great article Mary Ellen. I see a lot of business owners on both ends of the spectrum: from "social media is a big waste of time", to "social media is going to make me a millionaire." I think the truth is really somewhere in the middle. As long as you have a clear strategy, social media can be a great way to engage your clients, build relationships, and ultimately build your business.
Linda – I just had the amazing opportunity to hear Gary Vaynerchuk speak live at Infusioncon – He was passionate, fired up, inspiring, honest, raw, and brilliant. His keynote was the highlight of the conference for many and it's easy to see why! I bought the book there, and am looking forward to a sunny weekend day to dive in poolside!
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I bet he was great Jennifer!