In honor of yesterday being National Relaxation Day, I chose not to write a blog post.
What choices can you make to embrace greater self-care and deeper personal relaxation time?
If you missed National Relaxation Day yesterday, plan your own relaxation day soon!


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Sister Cities of Durham, North Carolina
Contact us at: [email protected]
Sister Cities of Durham, Inc. is a 501c (3) non-profit withlinks Durham with cities around the world with Sister Cities in China, Costa Rica, England, Greece, Japan, Mexico, Romania, Russia and Tanzania.
Our Mission is to promote world peace by mutual cooperation and respect between international peoples. All the partnerships are signed by the respective Mayors.
Sister Cities of Durham is affiliated with Sister Cities International, which has over 500 US cities linking with over 2,000 cities in over 120 countries.
We have many exchange visits in the areas of Education, the Arts, Medicine, Local Government, Environment, Business.
In 1989, we were incorporated and became part of Sister Cities International. We built on an earlier link with Durham, England in 1975, and in 1989 added Kostroma, Russia and Toyama, Japan as Sister Cities, joining with Durham, England. In 1991, we added Arusha, Tanzania, and functioned with four Sister Cities until 2012. In 2012, we added Zhuzhou, China, and Kavala, Greece in 2017.
We also added Friendship cities: Kunshan, China in 2013, and Xianning, China in 2017.
In 2019, we added three new Sister Cities: Tilaran, Costa Rica; Celaya, Mexico; and Sibiu, Romania.
We thank our supporters:
The Center for the Global Learner at Durham Tech Community College
The Carolina China Council
Triangle Community Foundation -- Sister Cities of Durham Endowment Fund for International Understanding
Duke Homestead and Tobacco Museum Educational Foundation
Sister Communities of San Ramon, Nicaragua
Duke Garden - the Asiatic Arboretum
Social Justice Statement, June 9, 2020
Sister Cities of Durham is deeply committed to a peaceful world developed through mutual respect, understanding and cooperation.
As such, we join in support of the peaceful demonstrations, here and across the nation, that in recent days have sought to call attention to racial injustice and social inequality sadly deeply rooted in our society.
As an organization devoted to promoting citizen-to-citizen diplomacy and international understanding, we profoundly regret the image of our country conveyed in the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. We share the abhorrence Durham Mayor Steve Schewel and more than 70 other North Carolina mayors expressed at that "act of unspeakable violence, cold inhumanity, and racism." At the same time, we know that millions are likewise appalled, and that is a source of hope for the future.
We acknowledge, also, that too many of our brothers and sisters are abused or discriminated against because of the color of their skin or place of origin. All minority groups have the rights as human beings to be free from violence against them. We are proud of our city's largely peaceful but forceful response to Mr. Floyd's death, a reflection of Durham's open commitment to -- and acknowledged need of far more progress toward -- social equity. That, we hope, stands as a beacon to our nine Sister Cities and others around the nation and the world.
Contact us: Brady Surles, Executive Director. [email protected] 919-943-3705
We are a non-profit 501c (3), affiliated with the City of Durham & Sister Cities International. Partnerships are signed by Mayors.

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I really thought there was nothing about the securities industry that would surprise me. Let's look at its track record.
Who can forget the Orange County bankruptcy in 1994? Merrill Lynch agreed to pay $30 million to settle a criminal investigation into that firm's role in underwriting bond offerings for the county.
The crash of technology stocks in 2000, fueled by irresponsible recommendations of brokers, cost investors billions of dollars.
There was the analyst scandal in 2002, where major brokerage firms sold out their retail clients for the benefit of their underwriting clients.
All this pales in comparison to the 2008 market crash, caused by shameless greed, arrogance and incompetence of brokers. This walk on the wild side brought the global economy to the brink of a worldwide depression.
For outright greed and deception, it's hard to top the 401(k) system. It's rife with conflicts of interest, exorbitant and often hidden fees, poor investment choices, little participant education and deception about the legal obligations of the brokers and insurance industry to the clueless plan sponsors who retain them. The opposition of the securities industry to the pathetic "interim final regulation" of the Department of Labor is telling. All the new regulation does is require fee disclosure so that employers and plan participants can figure out what they're paying for their 401(k) plan. Would you buy a car from a dealer who refused to reveal his price?
Nevertheless, the position of Nationwide in its defense of a class action lawsuit is so shocking that I was caught completely off guard.
In Haddock v. Nationwide (No. 3:01 cv 1552), filed in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, Haddock, a trustee of a retirement plan advised by Nationwide, charges it with accepting "revenue sharing payments" from mutual funds it offered to its annuity contract holders in its retirement plans. Haddock claims the receipt of these payments violates Nationwide 's "fiduciary duty," which Haddock alleges is the duty to act solely in the best interest of the plan participants. The trustee plaintiffs seek to certify a class of all trustees of all 401(k) plans that had variable annuity agreements with Nationwide from the first date Nationwide began receiving payments from mutual funds based on a percentage of the assets invested in the funds by Nationwide. If they succeed, the liability would be enormous.
Nationwide denied any wrongdoing and further denied that it was a fiduciary to the plan. In a preliminary ruling issued Nov. 6, 2009, the Court found Nationwide "may be a fiduciary", noting that "...by accepting the revenue sharing payments from mutual funds that it selects to be investment options for the Plans and its participants, Nationwide is allegedly placing its interests in collecting revenue sharing payments ahead of selecting the best investment options for the Plans and participants. The revenue sharing payments are an incentive for Nationwide to offer those mutual funds to the Plans as investment options."
Stung by its efforts to get this massive case thrown out, Nationwide took a legal position which is the equivalent to tossing its clients under the bus. It sought to bring its own class action against all the trustees for the plans that were in the alleged class. It argued that, to the extent the plans were harmed by its revenue sharing arrangement, the trustees (its clients!) were responsible to reimburse them because of their "...failure to exercise reasonable prudence and care."
Translation: If our conduct caused harm to the plan participants, it was our clients' fault for not being smart enough to put a stop to it.
In a decision dated July 23, 2010, the Court dismissed this counterclaim.
The fact that Nationwide would seek to blame its clients for its own wrongdoing raises the bar for arrogance and lack of accountability in an industry known for its callous disregard for the interest of its clients. The reality is that trustees of 401(k) plans typically accept the recommendations of advisers without question. Their "ratification" is a mere formality. The ratification requirement is slipped into the plan documents so that advisers can avoid taking legal responsibility for the investment decisions they make. Few employers (or their lawyers), understand the legal significance of this sleight of hand. Hopefully, Nationwide's effort to avoid fiduciary responsibility and transfer liability to its clients will be a much needed wake-up call.
Employers can avoid these legal issues by insisting their advisers accept in writing full 3(38) ERISA responsibility for investments in the plan. This means the adviser is 100% liable for the selection and monitoring of these investments.
No need to wonder whose side Nationwide is on. Its own.
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Hiro Matsushita (în ; ) este un fost automobilist japonez care a participat la Formula Indy / CART între 1990 și 1998. Este nepotul lui Konosuke Matsushita, .  fondatorul Matsushita Electric Industrial Co .; ca urmare, el a fost întotdeauna sponsorizat de Panasonic. A câștigat Campionatul Toyota Atlantic (Pacific) în 1989 ca primul și singurul pilot japonez. El este, de asemenea, primul pilot japonez care a concurat la Indianapolis 500..

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În ciuda faptului că a fost cunoscut pentru cursa în CART, Matsushita și-a început cariera cu motocicletele în țara sa între 1977 și 1979, migrând doar puțin timp pe patru roți. Cu sponsorizarea Panasonic, a plecat în SUA în 1986, unde a concurat în Formula Ford. De asemenea, a trecut prin Formula Atlantic (divizia de vest) și American Racing Series (viitorul Indy Lights).

În Indy (mai târziu CART și apoi Champ Car), Matsushita a debutat la GP-ul din Long Beach, alături de Team Simon. A terminat pe locul 19. A fost prima din 117 curse disputate de japonezi, considerat pionierul țării sale în categorie. Până în 1998, a concurat pentru echipele Walker, Arciero-Wells și Payton-Coyne. S-a retras de la automobilismul monoplaz în 1998, după ce a ajuns al cincisprezecelea în etapa de la Rio de Janeiro. Matsushita s-a retras definitiv de pe piste după ce a participat la cursa de anduranță Baja 1000, conducând un Mitsubishi Pajero.

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În 1991, Hiro a cumpărat Swift Engineering, o companie de inginerie a navelor spațiale din California. Matsushita locuiește în San Clemente California .

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The recent Twitter conversation #HijabAndMihrab about women's complicated relationships with mosques triggered a host of feelings for me. I have a complicated and difficult relationship with my local mosque. While I benefit from praying in a congregation, I can't deny that as a woman and a convert, I often feel isolated and excluded.
The mosque I attend segregates the men and women by designating one building for its male attendees and the other for its female. The women listen to the imam via loudspeaker, but we are not able to see him or the men sitting in front of him and listening to his lectures. Because of this arrangement, I have no idea who is speaking at any given time and I've never once seen the imam's face.
The only way for me as a woman to access my imam is through a male intermediary, but because I am a convert, I don't have the luxury of a father, brother or son who can relay my concerns to the imam. I'm also unmarried and expect to remain so for the foreseeable future so I am left with only one option—to ask a woman in my congregation to ask one of the men in her household to ask the imam. Needless to say, this roundabout method is both cumbersome and, when my question is muddled in transmission, ineffective.
As I've started attending the weekly Friday prayer more regularly (I was unmosqued until recently), I've also come to realize that information about mosque activities like picnics, guest speakers or fundraising dinners, is often shared by word-of-mouth through community networks–networks I am not part of, don't know how to access, and, until now, didn't even know existed. The mosque leadership assumes that every Muslim belongs to this social circuitry, so they don't bother to create an organized way to disseminate information. Their website and social media accounts are only sporadically updated so I can't turn to their online presence as a reliable way to learn what is going on. There have been community meetings I didn't know about until after they were over and classes I wouldn't have realized existed if I had missed the one Friday when they were announced. All this is compounded by the fact that as a woman, I have no choice but to skip one Friday prayer every month.
These hurdles leave me incredibly frustrated because they could all be easily avoided if the mosque community didn't automatically assume that every Muslim comes from a certain type of background or has a certain life experience. Assumptions are a lazy shortcut to real thinking and analysis and they leave people like myself marginalized. Right now mosques are structured in a way that excludes and, sadly enough, they shove the people most in need of support and education to the periphery of the community, and sometimes right out of it.
Structural marginalization isn't something that can be fixed by my working harder to make more friends or by pursuing solutions on an individual level. Even if an assertive attitude helps me, it doesn't help the next person like me. Structural marginalization is something that institutions must solve by critically examining and dismantling the assumptions they make about their congregants.
Changes don't need to be costly, either. For instance, tearing down the two separate buildings that are my mosque and converting them into one requires funding we don't have. However, by appointing a women and children's coordinator who could act as a link between the female congregants and the mosque leadership, and would share information and help women get access to the imam is a relatively small and inexpensive change that would go a long way toward making me feel more welcome and integrated. Simple, thoughtful organizational changes like this one would reassure women and converts that they are an integral part of the community and not an afterthought.
Laura Poyneer is an European-American convert to Islam who lives near Seattle. She works in online tech support and volunteers for the Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative. She is active on Twitter at http://twitter.com/muhajabah.
You are so spot on regarding this subject! I go thru the exact same thing which is why I have chosen to not go to the mosque anymore. It's been yrs. I am also a convert of 7 yrs, white American. Sad situation and totally unfair.
Thank you for writing this very critical issue. We are constructing mega mosques that are just big men's sections. We get excited when people convert to Islam and then ignore our new Muslims. Also we can't complain that Islamophobes say Islam is misogynistic when Muslim women are banished to basements and balconies. We can do better than this. Otherwise we will be left with large empty prayer halls.
Meant to say thank you for writing on this critical issue. Aaargh.
I advice you visit the Richardson Masjid in Dallas. We have a women's committee under the guidance of Imam/Resident Scholar. Also there is a new scholar in town named Umair Ahmad (my son-in-law) in Seattlle who is easily accessible. For more info please contact me at daakya at gmail.
(RNS) Since converting to Islam more than five years ago, Paul K. DeMelto of Cleveland has done all he could to become a more knowledgeable Muslim, attending a new converts class and hiring Arabic tutors to help him learn to read the Quran.
But despite his efforts, DeMelto found himself alone last Ramadan, the holiest month of the Muslim year, when adherents fast from sunrise to sunset and eat a communal meal at night.


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Ruston man sentenced after making threats to member of Congress
by: Emily Greer
RUSTON, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — A Ruston man was sentenced to prison for transmitting threats in interstate commerce.
According to the United States Attorney's Office, 39-year-old Chase Levi Thibodeaux has been sentenced by United States Judge Terry A. Doughty to 36 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release after he made a threatening phone call on Oct. 12, 2021, to a U.S. Congress Member in New York.
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Thibodeaux said he would buy an Uzi and gun the Member of Congress down in the streets. He left a voicemail and stated he would buy a Walther PPK with a silencer and that the Congress Member would "never know what them."
The United States Capitol Police began an investigation into the threats and found that Thibodeaux had in fact placed the phone call and left the threatening voicemail. Agents also learned that Thibodeaux had made over 100 calls to the Congressional Office in the previous two months and left voicemails directly for the Member of Congress.
The case was investigated by the United States Capitol Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation and was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Seth D. Reeg
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Scouting Report: Malik Beasley
Mac Crowe June 16, 2016 2015-2016 Season, 2016, 2016 NBA Draft, Basketball, College Basketball, Draft, NBA, NCAA, Pro Comparison, Scouting Report, Wingspan
Malik Beasley is a shooting guard from Florida State University. Beasley is 6'5 and has a wingspan of 6'6. For the year, he averaged, 29.8 minutes per game, 15.6 points per game, 5.3 rebounds per game, 1.5 assists per game, 0.9 steals per game, while shooting 47.1% from the field, and 38.7% from three.
Pure scorer
Knockdown shooter
Deadly mid-range jumper
Good free throw shooter
Excellent shooting mechanics
High release point
Great transition player
aggressive at the rim
Defensive effort
Rebounding
Best motor in the draft
Knows his limitations
Struggles creating his own shot
Does not attack the rim
Needs to draw more contact
Careless defender
Many people were not expecting big things from Beasley in his first season at Florida State, as we expected Dwatne Bacon to steal the show. Bacon struggled compared to Beasley, who excelled, and therefore shot up draft boards.
On offense, Beasley has the ability to score from anywhere on the court with great consistency. He is an aggressive slasher to the rim, where he can finish with fancy layups, or the highlight reel dunk. He does stay away from contact when attacking the rim, which is a shame as he is a very good free throw shooter. Beasley has beautiful mechanics on his jumper. He does not have elite size or length, but his high release point allows for him to get his shot over most opponents. From the three point range, Beasley was very effective as a freshmen. Beasley does prefer to shoot the mid-range, but has tremendous confidence from deep. As a ball handler, Beasley has some work to do. He has come a long way during his first season at Florida State, but still raw when creating his own shot. Due to his struggles with ball handling, Beasley can rack up the turnovers in quick fashion, as he trys to do too much. As a distributor, Beasley is not a natural at this. He just does not see the court for his teammates, and this could be because he was the best player for his team, and did not trust them, or this will be a flaw in his game going forward.
Defensively, Beasley gives tremendous effort, but plays pretty carelessly. For his o-ball defense, he tries to often to make the highlight steal or block, and gives away easy looks for his opponent. His tenacity does often lead to opposing offenses to make mistake, even if it is not his man, and can be traced back to Beasley. On the perimeter, Beasley has great quickness, but again he needs work on the fundamentals, and staying in front of his man. Beasley is a pretty good rebounder for a guard. He loves to lead the attack in transition after grabbing a board.
Overall, Beasley is a great offensive player, who needs some basic coaching on his defense. He plays with 100% effort every single minute he is on the court, and although he is not the best defensive player, Beasley will still be working his tail off to try to give his team the advantage. We all know this draft is looking to produce a lot of role players, which I think the league is sorely lacking across the board. With this in mind, I think Beasley could emerge as one of the best ones from this class, due to his ability to score at ease, and willingness to give 100% effort the entire game on defense. His draft range is quite the spectrum. The majority of mocks have his peak at 14th to the Chicago Bulls, who could use another scorer to develop on their bench, all the way to pick 36th in Milwaukee, who also need more shooting off their bench. I just do not see teams in the 17-20 range passing up on the scoring ability of Beasley, as these teams are a consistent bench threat from contending for consistent playoff appearances.
Pro Comparison: Wesley Matthews
Wesley Matthews has cemented himself as a good offensive piece, with good effort on the defensive side of the ball.
Offensively, both players are optimistic scorers, who struggle to create for themselves. Neither player should be a top three offense for your team, but serve as great complementary scorers, who could also serve as great sixth man potential. Both players love to utilize their jumper from mid-range. Matthews loves to attack the rim more often than Beasley likes to do, and Matthews welcomes contact, whereas Beasley strays away from it. If they get to the line, both players are effective from the free throw line. Both players are effective from the three point line, but you never see them camping much out on the line. Neither player is an effective ball handler, and struggle to create for themselves. In terms of passing ability, neither player is a natural at this, and therefore both have low assist numbers.
On defense, both players give great energy, but have a lot of room for improvements. Both players play with intensity on this end, but make the similar type of flaws of being too aggressive. Both players have great lateral quickness on the perimeter, where they do not let off easy shots. On-ball, both players can get beat by stronger faster players, as they do not have natural defensive footwork, and rely on their speed to try to make up for their mistakes. In terms of rebounding, Beasley is the more polished player on this skill. Matthews has never shown a real interest in getting dirty for his team, while Beasley embraces it, and leads the attack out of it.
Wesley Matthews is a great role player in the league, and although Dallas overpaid him this past summer, he does the job asked of him. Beasley has the same natural scoring ability, matched with the defensive intensity to make him a nuisance at the next level. The majority of teams that did pursue Matthews last season are sitting in the late teens, so expect them to take a real hard look at Beasley, who would be a younger, cheaper player, with the same, if not more potential.
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GREEN BAY, Wis. –– August 3, 2016 –– Associated Banc-Corp (NYSE: ASB) announced today that Christopher J. Del Moral-Niles, Executive Vice President and CFO, will present at the 5th Annual 2016 InvestMNt conference sponsored by CFA Society Minnesota at 9:30 a.m. CT on Wednesday, August 24, 2016.
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Every president between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joe Biden has been named Time Person of the Year at least once, except for Gerald Ford.
Zachary Taylor won three Congressional Gold Medals, more than any other person.
In addition to winning two Grammy, Jimmy Carter has also been nominated seven other times.
Michelle and Barack Obama's production company produced "American Factory" which won the 2020 Academy Award for Best Documentary, however they did not earn the award themselves.
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# Presidents
1 Time Person of the Year 14
32 Franklin D. Roosevelt 1932, 1934, 1941
33 Harry S. Truman 1945, 1948
34 Dwight D. Eisenhower 1944, 1959
35 John F. Kennedy 1961
36 Lyndon B. Johnson 1964, 1967
37 Richard M. Nixon 1971, 1972
39 Jimmy Carter 1976
40 Ronald Reagan 1980, 1983
41 George H. W. Bush 1990
42 Bill Clinton 1992, 1998
43 George W. Bush 2000, 2004
44 Barack Obama 2008, 2012
45 Donald J. Trump 2016
46 Joe Biden 2020
2 Congressional Gold Medal 8
1 George Washington 1776
7 Andrew Jackson 1815
9 William Henry Harrison 1818
12 Zachary Taylor 1846, 1847, 1848
18 Ulysses S. Grant 1863
33 Harry S. Truman 1984
38 Gerald R. Ford 1998
40 Ronald Reagan 2000
2 Presidential Medal of Freedom 8
35 John F. Kennedy 1963 +
36 Lyndon B. Johnson 1980 +
42 Bill Clinton 2013
4 Nobel Prize 4
26 Theodore Roosevelt 1906 (Peace)
28 Woodrow Wilson 1919 (Peace)
39 Jimmy Carter 2002 (Peace)
44 Barack Obama 2009 (Peace)
5 Grammy Award 3
39 Jimmy Carter 2007, 2016 (Best Spoken Word Album)
42 Bill Clinton 2004, 2005 (Best Spoken Word Album)
44 Barack Obama 2006, 2008 (Best Spoken Word Album)
5 Profile in Courage Award 3
44 Barack Obama 2017
7 Hollywood Walk of Fame 2
8 Charlemagne Prize 1
8 Distinguished Flying Cross 1
8 Eagle Scout 1
8 Golden Globe 1
40 Ronald Reagan 1957 (Hollywood Citizenship Award)
8 Medal of Honor 1
26 Theodore Roosevelt 2001 +
8 Navy and Marine Corps Medal 1
8 Primetime Emmy Award 1
34 Dwight D. Eisenhower 1956 (Governors Award)
8 Pulitzer Prize 1
35 John F. Kennedy 1957 (Biography)
8 Purple Heart 1
8 Silver Star 1
36 Lyndon B. Johnson 1942
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OpenX Debuts People-Based Marketing Tool for the Open Web
OpenAudience promises the targeting capabilities of a walled garden but without the restrictions
OpenAudience is powered by data tie-ups with a number of parties.
OpenX has lifted the lid on a targeting solution it claims will offer people-based advertising opportunities outside of the industry's walled gardens such as Facebook and Google.
Dubbed OpenAudience, the supply-side programmatic player claims the new offering is powered by proprietary data assets and is supplemented by data partnerships with partners such as LiveRamp and Tapad.
Initially available in the U.S., OpenAudience has a user graph of 240 million monthly users and is currently being tested with multiple marketers with a general rollout planned for the third quarter of 2019.
Speaking with Adweek, OpenX CEO Tim Cadogan said the rollout would help differentiate it among its peers as for the most part ad exchanges have marketed themselves based on their impression count, not necessarily addressable audiences.
Compare this with Google and Facebook, both of whom account for almost 60% of U.S. ad spend, although this is disproportionate to the amount of time spent with their properties, according to Cadogan.
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Also speaking with Adweek was Todd Parsons, OpenX's chief product officer, who offered further insight into how OpenAudience operates including how it uses its recently sealed relationship with Google Cloud Platform and machine learning to ape the efficacy of walled garden advertising solutions.
"We had to build a matching technology, which made it possible for us to talk about monthly active users instead of talking about cookies or devices," he explained. "And it took several quarters of staffing up with the right people from the consumer data and identity space."
OpenAudience's matching technology works by using the identity and cookie matching capabilities of cross-device specialist Tapad and data onboarder LiveRamp to formulate a persistent, deterministic ID which can then be used to match advertisers with audiences on its ad exchange.
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OpenAudience will also include involve additional tie-ups to offering further demographic information on the 240 million monthly U.S. users such as location, etc., which is currently in testing.
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He further added that OpenX wants to rival Facebook's levels of service when it comes to helping publishers monetize audiences on the social network, except this time on the open web. "No one has actually pushed identity and consumer data into the hands of publishers in a way that you might unify the view of audiences across many websites."
OpenX's Cadogan summed up the OpenAudience offering and how it may look to advertisers when he said, "Imagine the open web is one publisher, and this lets buyers look at it as a single entity and market to them accordingly."
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Home > Featured > Surveillance camera planned for Carleton's Bald Spot to deter underage drinking – NOT!
Published August 17, 2009 by Griff Wigley
Surveillance camera planned for Carleton's Bald Spot to deter underage drinking – NOT!
The email discussion list for Carleton College parents has been heating up of late, with some parents upset that the administration is planning to install a surveillance camera on the Bald Spot to deter underage drinking. After phoning Associate Dean Joe Baggot, one parent wrote: (continued)
Update 10:20 PM: this appears to have been a hoax. See the comment thread below.
According to the dean, they're going to try implementing it as a deterrent for underage drinking–any underage student identified with alcohol in their possession will be given a citation (he compared it to the cameras on stoplights). The number of hospital visits last year due to alcohol was "simply too high."
Northfield taxpayers have a stake in this issue, as City Police officers (I've confirmed this with two recently) are spending an increasing amount of their time with these hospitalizations on both St. Olaf and Carleton campuses.
But is this the best way to handle the problem?
See this Nov. 2008 RepJ story: St. Olaf students address drinking on and off "dry" campus
See this Sep. 2008 blog post: Rethinking the age for drinking; rethinking the age for driving
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Bald Spot Carleton College intoxication Joe Baggot surveillance cameras underage drinking
Britt Ackerman said:
FYI, the "photocop" system formerly used in Minneapolis has been declared unconstitutional by the MN Supreme Court. (State v. Kuhlman) Much of the case history is available here.
Any student busted by a videocamera cannot legally be charged with a crime. Of course, that's not to say that the college couldn't take action under their own policies.
Curt Benson said:
Griff, this is a worthy topic. Do you have any numbers from the ambulance crews or hospital ER that reveal the nature of this problem?
The Northfield Mayor's Task Force on Youth Alcohol and Drug Use has a link to a video about campus binge drinking. Here's the blurb:
On the afternoon of September 16, 2004, a joyous 18-year-old, Lynn Gordon Bailey Jr., pledged Chi Psi Fraternity at the University of Colorado. The next morning he was found dead, a victim of an irresponsible hazing ritual involving alcohol. A sad situation, but made even worse because it was so preventable.
Every year, a staggering 1,700 college students face the same fate. Another 100,000 are victims of sexual assault as a result of heavy drinking. But no one working on a national level to change a culture that puts our young people in peril. Until now.
HAZE is a feature documentary, created with the intent of placing a focus on the issues of binge drinking, alcohol-laden hazing rituals, and rapid-fire drinking games. Simply stated, the film's goal is to save lives and prevent harm. Harm that would never have happened if a few crucial steps had been followed by friends, by fraternity brothers and sisters, family members or peers. HAZE won't end irresponsible drinking but it will be the first chapter in an educational process for parents and young adults–teaching us what to do and what to look out for in order to "save a life."
http://mayorstaskforcenorthfield.org/archives/415
I think they should have one in teh mayors office, there has been more crime there than anywhere.
David Ludescher said:
Britt: That's not entirely accurate. Photocop was declared unconstitutional as an unreasonable search and by the government. However, the Carleton Bald Spot is private property. Any illegal activity, especially if the students have prior warning, will probably stand constitutional muster.
Dan Bergeson said:
Griff et. al.,
The installation of a webcam on campus for this purpose is not a plan of the college at this time and has never been. Joe Baggot just sent a message to that effect to the parents' listserv and to all college employees as well.
Webcams are currently installed on campus to monitor the construction progress of the new residence halls and will be removed when that project is finished.
Eric Sieger said:
Dan and others,
Here's Joe's message:
I'm writing to respond to the mis-information and mis-quoting concerning "webcams," plans for installation on the bald spot, and use of said cameras to monitor under-age drinking.
In short, my colleagues and I are confused by this information; the College has no intentions or plans to implement such measures and we are surprised by the information being shared here. Please feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions about this matter.
I do however wish to offer some information which might have contributed to the confusion. I did recently have a philosophical conversation in a campus office with a few of my colleagues about whether or not our students would like to have a "webcam." It is the sort of thing that some colleges have; for some people, it is a fun way to enhance a phone call to family or friends. At this point, this is simply an idea to be discussed with students in the fall.
Sincerely, Joe Baggot
Griff, Carleton's office of media relations is more than willing to field your calls of inquiry whenever you wonder what's happening here. This might be helpful in avoiding posting inaccurate information in the future.
It may be even more of a deterrent if students were given a short introduction into the negative short and long term health affects of drinking, binge drinking, and long term drinking habits.
It is surprising how little the media pays attention to topic over the years and how little people realize what a self destructive thing drinking can be on the short run and how genetically destructive it is over the bigger picture.
http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/aa63/aa63.htm
Jane Moline said:
Soooo–really they are not going to use spy cameras to bust underage drinking–good job, ace reporter.
What might be the next step, after the cameras are gone, the kids have been informed as to the dangers of drinking too much, then perhaps either the schools can let up on the pressure to be perfect or nearly so, or people can step up and assist kids who feel more pressure is on them that they can deal with effectively.
Jonah Ostroff said:
It should be noted that this is almost certainly a hoax:
(1) The only two "parents" claiming to have spoken to Mr. Baggot reported doing so within four minutes of each other, with the latter email being a response to the first. Four minutes is hardly enough time to read an email, call an official about it (after finding his number), and write back. So these two writers are almost certainly the same person.
(2) Neither writer appears in the Parents Directory.
(3) The second writer shares a name with Carleton's first president.
(4) Mr. Baggot later wrote an email to the list denying that anything of the sort is being considered.
I've been taken in by a hoax? Too funny. The Carleton parents list gets hacked; an upset parent falls for it and contacts me; I fall for it, blog it, and get chided for posting inaccurate information; and we all get straightened out by one of the three biggest nerds on campus.
The Northfield News will hopefully do a story on this.
In the meantime, I've added the word 'not' to the blog headline and added an update at the end of the first paragraph.
Griff fooled by faux news? Ah,well, hoaxes go way back in Carleton history. Does anyone remember the story of Joe Fabeetz who won election to the Carleton CSA Senate in 1977?
Hooray for the hoax, especially when it serves as a gateway for vital information!
Also, hooray for LoCoGro, as it serves as a gateway for vital information and other goodly stuff!
That's the biggest nerd on campus, thank you very much. At least as of 2008. I think I've been usurped since then, though I don't know by whom.
Anyway, I can't take all the credit here. Lots of people were atwitter about the supposed plans, and most of the observations I cited were made by others.
Thanks, Jonah.
Did anyone figure out how the email list got compromised?
And did anyone from Carleton notify the parents on the list about the hoax?
"Compromised" isn't really the right word. Since the administration wants parents to be able to subscribe to the list easily, there's no authentication process to ensure that those who sign up are actually parents. Anyone with an email address (fake or otherwise) can subscribe and post, including present and former Carleton students.
There are probably a few ways this can be fixed, but I can't think of any methods that wouldn't scare off a large portion of the subscribers.
I'm not sure the list is aware that the messages were hoaxes per se, but as Dan and Eric pointed out above, the misinformation has been corrected.
Dan and Eric, why not let people on the list know that this was a hoax, not just 'misinformation' and 'misquoting'? You were taken in by the hoax, just as I and some parents were.
As it is right now, Carleton (Jonah excepted) appears to be standing above the fray, doing a tsk tsk at Locally Grown and the parents.
Griff, I think you're wrong on this one. Nobody at Carleton was "taken in" by the hoax. The first response from the administration was to correct the misinformation. What should they have done differently?
Furthermore, I can't see how knowledge that this was a hoax would help the parent list. What good would come from having the parents distrust each other as possible trolls? Keeping the atmosphere friendly, with the (false) assumption that the earlier hoaxsters were merely "misinformed", is in my opinion the best possible action.
Jonah, this makes no sense to me. Carleton's sure it was a hoax, but it's willing to treat it as if it wasn't? And allowing fake parents to remain on the list will somehow help the trust level?
One fake parent, Janet, just upped the ante by using a spammer trick of linking the seemingly valid URL of
apps.carleton.edu/campus/video/webcams/streaming
http://tinyurl.com/krdbcw
which steers people to:
http://thatsrightigotyou.info/
I admire the hoax. I think Carleton is handling this poorly.
Griff : You said "I admire the hoax". The cleverness? the manipulation of e-systems information? What?
The sort of e-based "citizen journalism" you want to promote will never be successful if the hoax is a subject of admiration by those promoting citizen journalism as a positive influence… IMO.
Am I just being too 'prissy' about this? I don't think so; this is not a line that can be ridden on both sides … again, IMO.
Kiffi, I think there's a range of acceptability for journalistic hoaxes that are harmless — helpful even — no matter if it's citizen journalism or mainstream media (MSM).
My favorite: Sidd Finch.
FYI, the parent "Janet" was just removed from the parents' list. Oh the heavy handedness!
I asked her to call me and we just had a nice chat.
Griff: if you had said MEDIA hoaxes, instead of "journalistic hoaxes", I might be more in agreement … I guess I just perceive 'Journalism' as requiring higher standards than you would hold it to; this is just something we disagree about …
Curt asked in comment #2: "Do you have any numbers from the ambulance crews or hospital ER that reveal the nature of this problem?"
Carleton student blogger Orion Martin has an October 2008 blog post Drinking Until Hospitalization. He comments on the numbers and references two items in the in the Fall '08 Carletonian:
Who's to blame for the increase in hospitalizations? by Brett Adelman and a paragraph at the bottom of the editorial by Emily Howell.
Griff, I followed a couple of your links and ended up on this page from the Carletonian. I would seem that many Carls were "ill" enough to be transported to the hospital during this ten day period:
https://apps.carleton.edu/carletonian/?story_id=536507&issue_id=536337
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An application that operates in the cloud or on multiple computers throughout your organization.
Software that allows you to add notes and communicate between multiple users who have set levels of permission.
To combat the paralysis that comes with opaque financials, use data analytics to reveal actionable insights. The keyword here is "actionable." If you collect all data in the world, you'd still need to make sense of it and know what to do next. This is especially important for ecommerce sellers, who are really on their own to come up with strategy that allows them to grow without breaking the whole system.
View profit and loss reports and identify trends and risks.
Analyze sales performance by channel, inventory, or customer.
Know your most profitable products and focus on optimizing their sales.
Evaluate sales by geography and maximize marketing in the areas that produce the best margins.
Sync and track inventory to forecast reorders and avoid over-selling.
Why there is a spike or dip in sales.
How and how often can you replicate that spike and avoid the dip.
Which products yield better margins than others.
Who are my top customers and how do I keep them happy?
In short, the secrets to scaling your ecommerce business and actually turning a profit lie in fully integrating your tech stack, automation orders, inventory, shipping, and accounting, and analyzing your data across all channels to know what strategic steps to take next. Tackle just one of these and it'll be easier to run your business; implement all three, and you're guaranteed to sleep like a baby and make a bundle.
I hope just concentrating on these basic points businesses will be benefited largely.
I agree, this article is one of my faves as well. What piece of advice stands out to you as most applicable to your current situation? Would love to hear more about your new business!
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Yup! Awesome post. I'm not at a stage where I can hire employees but some great insights on it. So I'll definitely keep these in mind once I get to that level. Two thumbs up for this post!


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