Go Big Network’s Startup Job
July 31, 2008
Go Big Network’s Startup Job
For any start up companies, investors, advisors, job seekers and service providers finding the place or market that will complete their need each other is not easy. Sometimes we will only had a chance if we know the right person in the field. That is what the Go Big Network tries to solve. In the website at gobignetwork.com you will find out that this company provides an on-line marketplace that
Emerald InTouch
July 31, 2008
Emerald InTouch
Emerald InTouch is a web space and hosting service designed to support learning and collaboration. By bringing together technologies such as blogs, wikis and RSS into one place, Emerald InTouch enables users to create and join communities of practice, engage in reflective learning and collaborate with peers online.
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* Secure environment for learning and reflection;
* Student-centered not course-led;
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* To support distance learning courses at a leading academic institution - students record personal and group reflections on their blogs, assess each other’s work by uploading multi-media files, use InTouch as a space to meet and get to know each other prior to the first face-to-face lesson;
* To reduce graduate isolation and support executive MBA courses at a major multi-national firm- employees share ideas and application of theory in between face-to-face training sessions, graduates are encouraged to network with each other despite being based in different offices around the world.
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A Conversation with Susan Pressler
Today, we are sharing with you another ‘profile in courage’ written by our friend Joan Collins. In her latest profile, Joan writes about a selfless and inspiring woman. A woman who not only stood by her husband and family and supported them through extraordinarily tough times but also stood by 46 other families, Duke lacrosse families, who were devastated by the events that unfolded at Duke a year ago. This woman is former Duke Lacrosse head coach Mike Pressler’s wife, Susan Pressler. Thank you Joan, for talking with Mrs. Pressler and sharing your conversation with us.
In a book that will be published soon, there will be much more on the ordeal that Presslers along with 46 other lacrosse families went through between March 2006 and April 2007. To find out more or to purchase that book, use the link below.
It’s Not About the Truth: The Untold Story of the Duke Lacrosse Case and the Lives it Shattered by Don Yaeger and Mike Pressler
Profile in Courage
A Conversation with Susan Pressler
For some time now, several Duke Lacrosse mothers have spoken to me about Susan Pressler, wife of former Duke Lacrosse Coach, Mike Pressler. They described a woman who not only has supported her husband and children through difficult and painful times, but has continued to be an inspiration to them and their sons. Some of the words used to describe her were “amazing, “a rock”, and “the wind beneath Mike Pressler’s wings”. Recently, I had the opportunity to speak with Susan Pressler.
Susan and Mike Pressler met at Ohio Wesleyan University where she was a swim coach, while he was head lacrosse coach. Originally from Illinois, she is both strong and loving. For over 16 years, Susan Pressler stood beside her husband as they made their home in Durham. As head coach, Pressler built Duke Lacrosse into a highly regarded program. Pressler compiled a 153-82 record at Duke, winning the Atlantic Coast Conference championship three times, while leading his team to 10 NCAA tournament appearances as well as the Division I men’s national championship game in 2005. Pressler was voted ACC Coach of the Year three times and also was honored as the U.S.I.L.A. National Coach of the Year in 2005. She worked with him in organizing the successful Duke Lacrosse Summer Camp.
The family immersed themselves in the Durham community. Their children were happy. Their two daughters, age 9 and 15, know of no home other than Durham. After her husband’s contract was renewed, they put a large addition on their Durham home, almost doubling its size, making it just the way they always wanted. They expected Durham would be their home for the next 20 years. Everything changed on April 5, 2006, when Mike Pressler lost his coaching job at Duke.
Sadly, Durham became a community Susan no longer recognized. After receiving threats and out of fear for their children’s safety, they sent their eldest daughter to live with friends in another city, while their youngest was sent out of state with family for a time.
Immediately after the players were indicted, she used a labeler to make handmade signs “Innocent #6- Innocent #13- Innocent #45” which she displays prominently on her license plate as she drives around Durham. She proudly wears a Duke Lacrosse wristband with the same inscription. Susan insists she will not remove the wristband, until Reade and Collin each score their first goal and she hears from Rae Evans that Dave is alright.
Although she is the mother of two daughters, Susan considers herself to have hundreds of sons. She spoke in a most loving, motherly way of Coach Pressler’s players, not just the recent team, but of all the players over the last 16 years of coaching at Duke. She estimates that about 200 players have passed through his program. “I am so grateful for the young men my husband has brought into our family. I love every kid,” said Susan. Her youngest daughter refers to the players as “Daddy’s Boys”. I would trust my girls with all 47 boys on the team,” Susan said. Parents of daughters understand what that means.
Several days before the Blue Devils played their first game of the season against Dartmouth, Susan Pressler addressed the team in the locker room, something she had never done before. She told them that Duke is not the administration or professors. She said, “Duke is the students. Once you wear that uniform you are always Duke.” She told the team the Pressler family never blamed them for what happened and that she loved them and they should feel proud again.
About Dave Evans, Collin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann she replied, “I am so proud of these three young men and how they handled themselves in the face of the most unbelievable adversity. As the ones picked, it would ultimately be them and their families that the world would focus on. No one would represent Duke Lacrosse with more class and dignity. After their innocence was announced to the world, they spoke at a press conference, their poise and presence could make every Duke alumni proud again. It showed anyone willing to see, that these are great kids from great families, who were falsely accused.”
Ask to comment on John Danowski as Coach of Duke Lacrosse, Susan responded, “Duke Lacrosse is a great program. We were a big part of building the Duke Lacrosse brand. It is difficult to see someone else in that position, but I am glad it is John Danowski. His purpose is pure. He loves it as we did and he loves the boys.”
In August of 2006 Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island announced Mike Pressler would become their new head lacrosse coach. For the past 8 months Coach Pressler has been working at Bryant settling into his new position, while his family remained in Durham. In the next few weeks, Susan and her daughters will move to their new home in Rhode Island. For the Presslers, starting over will mean many changes. It means a new job, new community, new home, new schools and new friends. Her eldest daughter, a sophomore in high school, plays on a varsity volleyball team, Triangle, which has won 8 out of the last 9 state championships. Unfortunately, she must leave her team which means so much to her.
This past weekend at the Lone Star Classic National qualifier in Dallas, the Presslers eldest daughter, Janet, had a chance to meet some members of her new team, the Rhode Island Blast Volleyball. It was another glimpse for this teenager into what lies ahead. They were scheduled to play in the afternoon pool on court 38, the same court Janet’s Triangle 16-1 team played earlier that morning. Susan Wolcott, mother of a member of the Men’s Duke Lacrosse 2006 Team, was in the stands to cheer Janet and her team. For Susan Pressler, this represented the bridge between the Duke boys and the Bryant boys, which will forever be a part of the Pressler children’s lives.
On the same day back in Durham, younger daughter, Maggie, attended the Duke-Army Lacrosse game where Jimmy Regan, former Duke Lacrosse player and Army Ranger, recently killed in Iraq, was honored in a half time ceremony. Former Duke assistant Joe Albericci, and the Army Captains presented Regan’s parents and fiancé with a cadet sword. The Duke Captains presented his family with his framed No. 10 Duke Jersey. “Jimmy represented and lived the Ranger Creed, extraordinary but not surprising, for a Duke Lacrosse player. This is yet another reason for Duke Alumni to be proud of their lacrosse team again,” she said.
According to Susan, lacrosse in Rhode Island is at a stage similar to North Carolina when they first moved to Duke over 16 years ago. She described a Bryant University community that has been supportive and wonderful in welcoming them. The Bryant parents are excited that their children will have an opportunity to learn lacrosse from a man with the talent and expertise of Coach Pressler. The climate is much colder, so they will be practicing indoors a lot and shoveling snow, however the citizens of Smithfield have warm hearts to compensate for the colder temperatures.
During our conversations, I could not help but think of one of my mother’s favorite expressions, “When one door closes, another door opens.” I thought of all the New England boys who will benefit from another door that has opened.
Susan is optimistic about the future. Bryant has a student body of about 3,500 students. At Bryant’s first game of the season, there were 700 spectators, much more than attended Pressler’s first game at Duke years ago. In the stands were some of Pressler’s former players and their parents.
Susan is excited about Mike Pressler’s soon to be released book, “It’s Not About the Truth: The Untold Story of the Duke Lacrosse Case and the Lives it Shattered”, which he wrote with Don Yaeger. It was written to fulfill a promise Mike made to the 47 players that he would tell the world the truth at the appropriate time and venue.
Bryant opened the door for Coach Pressler. As they hold the door open for Susan Pressler and her daughters to enter, they will soon learn that the woman entering the door has a heart big enough to love each and every one of Bryant University’s sons.
“Optimism is the foundation of courage,” wrote Nicholas Murray Butler, former President of Columbia University. “My goal is to not let the events of this last year taint my children’s view of the world,” said Susan Pressler. She is a testament to finding the inner strength to recognize the open door in front of you, when one had closed unexpectedly.
One former member of the Duke lacrosse team wrote to me, “I am forever indebted to Mrs. Pressler for what she did for me and my friends”. Heroes inspire us. Susan is an inspiration for us all to rise above feelings of disappointment and watch for our own opening doors.
Susan Pressler is a true hero.
Joan Collins
Garden City, NY
Kangaroo soccer expectations high in 2008 and beyond
July 31, 2008
Kangaroo soccer expectations high in 2008 and beyond
The UMKC men’s soccer squad is the only team in school history to win a game in the NCAA Tournament. Under the guidance of head coach Rick Benben and his top assistant coach Fred Schlicting, the Roos have made two NCAA Tournament appearances, and have had 45 players named all-conference.
Prosody: Post Doc, University of Lisbon/Center of Linguistics, Portugal
July 31, 2008
Prosody: Post Doc, University of Lisbon/Center of Linguistics, Portugal
University or Organization: University of Lisbon/Center of Linguistics
Job Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Web Address: http://www.clul. ul.pt/
Job Rank: Post Doc
Specialty Areas: Phonetics; Phonology; Prosody
Description:
The Faculty of Arts of the University of Lisbon is broadly based, interdisciplinary and internationally oriented. The faculty offers courses and conducts research in languages and cultures of Western, Central,Eastern and Southern Europe, history, archaeology, art history, performative and visual arts, literature, philosophy, communication, translation and media studies, as well as African and Asian studies.
Graduate courses are strongly interweaved with research centres, and graduate students amount to one third of the Faculty students. The Centre of Linguistics (CLUL) is committed to theoretical, theoretically oriented, descriptive and experimental research leading to novel (gap-filling) contributions to linguistic analysis, as well to making available to the scientific community new language resources such as corpora, databases and tools that may significantly contribute to linguistic and multidisciplinary research. Understanding language variation has been a long-standing objective within CLUL. However, the study of language variation has only very recently targeted prosodic variation, both within CLUL and elsewhere.
The inspection of the prosodic properties of local varieties of European Portuguese is thus largely to be done. Therefore, questions like how the organization of speech into chunks varies across Portugal, what intonation patterns are used in the different regions, or whether speech rhythm contributes to regional varieties remain to be answered. Research on prosodic variation is of central interest to language typologies, to grammatical studies (syntax-prosody and morphology-prosody interfaces), to speech and language processing, to language development, to language pathology, or to speech technologies. CLUL is engaged in developing this area of research, by addressing prosodic variation within a program of international scope that proposes a system for prosodic transcription and labeling of speech corpora, together with a set of methodological procedures that enable cross-linguistic work on prosodic variation in language.
CLUL offers a postdoc position in Phonology, Phonetics and Language Variation. The researcher will set up a project conducing to an Interactive Atlas of European Portuguese Prosody and Intonation, freely accessed online. Data collection for prosody and intonation survey will follow the procedures established in recent similar projects for other European languages (such as British English or Catalan). Data processing will make available new resources for further in-depth studies of Portuguese prosody and related applications. The researcher will be actively collaborating with the members of the research team committed to the study of prosody, and involved in the supervision of Masters and PhD students.
Applicants should have a strong commitment to internationally- recognized research and demonstrated capacities as an independent researcher, especially in the form of journal publications. The successful candidate should have a background in the phonetics and phonology of prosody. Experience with tonal labeling (ToBI) is welcome. Some knowledge of Portuguese is desirable, but not required.
Applications should include a letter of motivation, a curriculum vitae, copies of degree certificates, copy of an identification document, a minimum of two letters of recommendation or two contacts of qualified specialists who may recommend the candidate. Please send two publications plus PhD dissertation. E-mail applications should be sent in PDF, DOC or RTF format.
Application Deadline: 08-Sep-2008
Mailing Address for Applications:
Centro de Linguística Universidade de Lisboa
Av. Prof. Gama Pinto, 2
Lisboa 1649-003
Portugal
Email Address for Applications: directiva@clul. ul.pt
Contact Information:
Sonia Frota
Email: sonia.frota@ mail.telelpac. pt
Foxboro Hot Tubs are far from green
July 31, 2008
Foxboro Hot Tubs are far from green
Foxboro Hot Tubs’ “Stop, Drop, and Roll!” is a lot like guzzling a bottle of sno-cone syrup.
It tastes great at first, but its excess will give you a stomach ache.
It is universally known by now that Foxboro Hot Tubs is merely Green Day in the guise of a ’60s garage-rock band, with leanings toward British Invasion staples.
Editorial cartoon - ‘The Issues’
July 31, 2008
Editorial cartoon - ‘The Issues’
Obama Camp Blasts Rapper for Anti-Hillary, Anti-McCain Tune - FOXNews
July 31, 2008
Obama Camp Blasts Rapper for Anti-Hillary, Anti-McCain Tune - FOXNews Obama Camp Blasts Rapper for Anti-Hillary, Anti-McCain Tune
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by AP CHICAGO - Barack Obama’s presidential campaign says a new pro-Obama rhyme by the rapper Ludacris is “outrageously offensive.
Ludacris Provides Obama With More Unwelcome Help
Barack Obama Rebuffs Ludacris Rap Endorsement
Lowe excited for reunion with Manny - MLB.com Lowe excited for reunion with Manny
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By Ken Gurnick / MLB.com LOS ANGELES — Hours before taking the mound for his showdown with the Diamondbacks, Dodgers starter Derek Lowe learned he was being reunited with former Red Sox teammate Manny Ramirez.
Red Sox took a calculated risk
Trade deadline had some winner … and losers - MLB
McCain Camp Says Obama Plays ‘Race Card’ - New York Times McCain Camp Says Obama Plays ‘Race Card’
Times Online
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By MICHAEL COOPER and MICHAEL POWELL ORLANDO, Fla. - Senator John McCain’s campaign accused Senator Barack Obama on Thursday of playing “the race card,” citing his remarks that Republicans would try to scare voters by pointing out he “doesn’t look like …
Too Fit to Be President?
Obama and McCain trade old-school political jabs
Two Pills Do the Work of Exercise - Wall Street Journal Two Pills Do the Work of Exercise
Wall Street Journal
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By MARK SCHOOFS and RON WINSLOW That's how researchers are describing two drugs that apparently mimic the effects of physical exercise on the body, raising prospects of new treatments against diseases, new ways to cheat at sports, …
Exercise pills 'increase stamina'
Drugs Offer Promise of Fitness Without Effort
Pakistanis Aided Attack in Kabul, US Officials Say - New York Times
July 31, 2008
Pakistanis Aided Attack in Kabul, US Officials Say - New York Times Pakistanis Aided Attack in Kabul, US Officials Say
BBC News
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By MARK MAZZETTI and ERIC SCHMITT WASHINGTON - American intelligence agencies have concluded that members of Pakistan’s powerful spy service helped plan the deadly July 7 bombing of India’s embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, according to United States …
Mortar kills family of 7 in Pakistan's Swat valley
Pakistani Defense Minister: US Mistrusts Pakistani Intelligence
Celebs urge legal curbs on aggressive paparazzi - The Associated Press Celebs urge legal curbs on aggressive paparazzi
The Associated Press
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - The police chief says Britney's been behaving herself, Lindsay may be distracted by love and Paris is - "thank God," in his words - out of town.
LA officials at odds over reining in paparazzi
LAPD Chief: "Gay" LiLo, Clothed Brit, Behaving Paris Keep …
Thousands laid off in California - BBC News Thousands laid off in California
BBC News
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Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California has moved to end a budget crisis by sacking 22000 state workers and ordering pay cuts for 200000.
Video: Schwarzenegger Signs Order Cutting Jobs
Two Pills Do the Work of Exercise - Wall Street Journal Two Pills Do the Work of Exercise
Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal -
By MARK SCHOOFS and RON WINSLOW That's how researchers are describing two drugs that apparently mimic the effects of physical exercise on the body, raising prospects of new treatments against diseases, new ways to cheat at sports, …
Exercise pills 'increase stamina'
Drugs Offer Promise of Fitness Without Effort
ExxonMobil profit, $11.7B, sets another U.S. record - USA Today
July 31, 2008
ExxonMobil profit, $11.7B, sets another U.S. record - USA Today
HOUSTON — ExxonMobil reported second-quarter earnings of $11.68 billion Thursday, the biggest quarterly profit ever by any U.S. corporation, but the results fell well short of Wall Street expectations and shares fell in premarket trading. The world’s largest publicly traded oil company said its
Jul 31, 11:58 AM EDT - Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices pulled back Thursday, retreating from the previous day’s big rally, as disappointing data on the U.S. economy signaled further cutbacks in energy demand for the world’s thirstiest oil consumer. Light, sweet crude for September delivery fell $2.81 to $123.96 a barrel in
Is Your Marketing SPAM?
July 30, 2008
The truth is, there is a fine line between advertising and spam and unfortunately many business owners do not understand the difference between the two. This is important because while a creative, well developed Internet marketing campaign can help to attract new customers and keep existing customers loyal, spam of all kinds is likely to alienate both new customers and existing customers. This can be extremely damaging to your business.Banner ads are one of the most popular strategies which accompany an Internet marketing plan. These ads are usually ads which appear at the top of websites and span the width of the website. It is from this appearance that they earned the name banner ads but actually banner ads can refer to ads of a variety of different sizes and shapes which appear in an array of different locations on a website.
In many cases the business owner purchases advertising space on these websites but the banner ad may also be placed as part of an exchange or an affiliate marketing campaign. Banner ad exchanges are situations in which one business owner posts a banner ad on his website in exchange for another business owner posting his banner ad on the other website. These agreements may be made individually between business owners with complementary businesses or as part of exchanges facilitated by a third party.
In the case of affiliate marketing, an affiliate posts and advertisement for your business in exchange for compensation when the banner ad produces a desired effect such as generating website traffic or generating a sale. The terms of these agreements are determined beforehand and are generally based on a scale of pay per impression, pay per click or pay per sale or lead. Now that you understand what banner ads are, it is also important to understand how they can be overused and appear to be spam.
Placing your banner ad on a few websites which are likely to attract an audience similar to your target audience is smart marketing, placing your banner ad on any website which will display the ad regardless of the target audience can be construed as spam. Internet users who feel as though your banner ads are everywhere they turn will not likely take your business seriously and are not likely to purchase products or services from you as a result of your banner ads.
Email campaigns can also be very useful tools in the industry of Internet
marketing. These campaigns may involve sending periodic e-newsletters filled with information as well as advertisements, short, informative email courses or emails offering discounts on products and services.
Loyal customers who opt into your email list will likely not view these emails as spam and may purchase additional products and services from your business as a result of this marketing strategy. Additionally, potential customers who have specifically requested additional information on your products and services will also find this type of marketing to be useful.
Email recipients who did not request information are likely to view your emails as spam. Harvesting email addresses in a deceptive manner and using these addresses to send out mass emails will likely always be considered to be spam. Only send the specific information requested to those who requested it!
Finally, message boards provide an excellent opportunity for business owners to obtain some free advertising where it will be noticed by members of the target audience. If the products and services you offer appeal to a specific niche, it is worthwhile to join message boards and online forums related to your industry of choice. Here you will find a large population of Internet users who may have an interest in your products.
You might consider including a link to your business in your signature or posting the link when it is applicable to the conversation. However, care should be taken to carefully review the message board guidelines to ensure you are not doing anything inappropriate. Conversely, replying to every message with a link to your website when it is not relevant to the conversation is likely to be construed as spam by other members. This can devalue your posts and discredit your company or website.
Think through all of your existing marketing tactics and ask yourself, “Is this borderline spam?” If the answer is yes, think about changing your tactics or clarifying your communications. Your prospects and your business will be glad you did.
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