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Top 3 Tuesday: Three Reasons to Upgrade to a BlackBerry 7 smartphone
Inside BlackBerry15 May 2012 | 11:06 amWe’re trying out something new here at the Inside BlackBerry® Blog: Every Tuesday we’ll be bringing you a top three list of all things BlackBerry. So we’re kicking it off with a big one and making a bold statement here (we’re all about the #BeBold) – if you haven’t yet upgraded to BlackBerry® 7 OS from an older OS, we think it’s time, and that you’ll love the BlackBerry 7 OS as much as we do. If you’re still giving the #TeamBlackBerry love to an older OS, hey, we understand. Change is a big thing. We just wanted to take a minute to share our top three reasons to… -
Cisco’s New Online Calculator Helps Size Private-Cloud Benefits
Cisco Blog » The Platform8 May 2012 | 11:27 amWhile organization leaders recognize cloud’s ability to reduce total cost of ownership (TCO), they often have difficulty evaluating the many [...] -
Wrapping Up Coca-Cola Founders Week
Coca-Cola Conversations12 May 2012 | 3:22 pmSigning Off, #SouthAfrica! What a great and rich week it's been! I've learned a tremendous amount, and I have enjoyed sharing our South African story with you. Be on the lookout for the last two Coca-Cola South Africa videos that will be output in the coming days to weeks, which I can guarantee you'll enjoy because I was there when they took place!: The video interview with the biggest Coca-Cola Collector in South Africa The Albie Louw Story - A Uniquely South Africa Coca-Cola Story! So, until next time, from Elliot the Coca-Cola crate man and myself, Totsiens, Uhambe kuhle,… -
Dell vCloud Goes Hollywood with GreenButton
Direct2Dell15 May 2012 | 1:00 pmThe addition of new customers to the Dell Cloud with VMware vCloud Data Center Service provides an opportunity for the promotion of interesting ways that Dell’s public/hybrid cloud is leveraged for the maximization of efficiency, global reach, and new business opportunities. I have already blogged about Gratifon and how their VoIP solution enhances the lives of people living in Panama by delivering free phone service in shopping centers. In this post, I am introducing another customer of the Dell vCloud that is revolutionizing access to high performance computing applications without…
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This blog is being phased out
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Simple Circuit Provides Adjustable CAN-Level Differential-Output Signal
3 Apr 2012 | 3:29 pmThe controller area network (CAN) serial-bus topology allows devices and microcontrollers to communicate with each other without a host computer. Featuring arbitration-free transmission, it places a controller and a host processor at each device node, eliminating the more complex wiring harness that would be necessary to interconnect devices with a host computer. -
High-Temperature Electronics Pose Design and Reliability Challenges
3 Apr 2012 | 3:28 pmMany industries need electronics that can operate reliably in harsh environments, including extremely high temperatures. Traditionally, engineers had to rely on active or passive cooling when designing electronics that must function outside of normal temperature ranges, but cooling may not be possible in some applications, or its high cost and low reliability may make it undesirable in others. -
Low-Noise, Gain-Selectable Amplifier
6 Mar 2012 | 2:52 pmTraditional gain-selectable amplifiers use switches in the feedback loop to connect resistors to an amplifier, but the switch resistance degrades the noise performance of the amplifier, adds significant capacitance on the inverting input, and contributes to nonlinear gain error. This article presents a gain-selectable amp that uses an innovative switching technique that preserves the noise performance while reducing the nonlinear gain error. -
Modern DACs and DAC Buffers Improve System Performance, Simplify Design
6 Mar 2012 | 2:51 pmAs the heart of many instrumentation and control systems, digital-to-analog converters (DACs) play a key role in determining system performance and accuracy. This article looks at a new precision, fast-settling, voltage-output 16-bit DAC and shows some ideas for buffering the outputs of high-speed complementary current-output DACs that can rival transformer performance.
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Inside BlackBerry
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Top 3 Tuesday: Three Reasons to Upgrade to a BlackBerry 7 smartphone
15 May 2012 | 11:06 amWe’re trying out something new here at the Inside BlackBerry® Blog: Every Tuesday we’ll be bringing you a top three list of all things BlackBerry. So we’re kicking it off with a big one and making a bold statement here (we’re all about the #BeBold) – if you haven’t yet upgraded to BlackBerry® 7 OS from an older OS, we think it’s time, and that you’ll love the BlackBerry 7 OS as much as we do. If you’re still giving the #TeamBlackBerry love to an older OS, hey, we understand. Change is a big thing. We just wanted to take a minute to share our top three reasons to… -
Top 5 BlackBerry Apps For Moms
11 May 2012 | 1:55 pmWith Mother’s Day right around the corner (this Sunday the 13th — have you sent Mom a card yet?), we wanted to take a step back and recognize all their hard and often under-appreciated work. I’ve been talking to moms around the Research In Motion® (RIM®) offices, and we’ve compiled the top 5 apps from BlackBerry App World™ that we think are perfect for all the moms out there on #TeamBlackBerry. 1. Kobo™: According to some of the moms here on the social team, they love to curl up with a good book. Having Kobo on your BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet or BlackBerry® smartphone… -
NFC + foursquare = BlackBerry World/BlackBerry 10 Jam
11 May 2012 | 10:58 amIf you were at BlackBerry World™ or BlackBerry® 10 Jam last week, you might have seen the foursquare “Check-in Stations” we set up. Did you know they were NFC-enabled? Four days prior to the two conferences, foursquare released an updated version of their BlackBerry® smartphone app. The biggest addition? Near Field Communications! You can now check in at a venue with nothing more than a wave of your NFC-capable BlackBerry smartphone. (Of course, the venue has to have NFC tags for you to tap your BlackBerry smartphone against. It’s not actually magic – it just seems that way.)… -
Team BlackBerry Gets Creative with BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0
10 May 2012 | 8:49 amThere’s no denying it – you guys are creative. So, in honor of BlackBerry® PlayBook™ OS 2.0, we held a #PlayBook2 contest on Twitter® and asked for BlackBerry PlayBook tablet-sized items, BlackBerry PlayBook tablet poems and more from the ever-artistic Team BlackBerry. The best of the best submissions earned winners a BlackBerry PlayBook tablet prize package including a BlackBerry® Bold 9900/9930 smartphone! Your awesome BlackBerry PlayBook tablet-inspired entries inspired us, entertained us and downright impressed us, so we couldn’t help but share them. Check out some of the… -
BlackBerry Curve 9320 – 3 things you should know
8 May 2012 | 7:00 pm(Editor’s note: We incorrectly stated the list of Parental Control features in our original post. We’ve corrected the text to reflect the most up-to-date Parental Controls available on the BlackBerry Curve 9320.) Hey #TeamBlackBerry, we’ve got someone we want you to meet –- the newest member of the BlackBerry® Curve™ family of smartphones! We’re very proud to present the BlackBerry® Curve™ 9320, a stylish new smartphone for the socially-connected. I’ve got my hands on one of these smartphones right now, and I wanted to give you the heads up on three things you should know…
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Cisco Blog » The Platform
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Cisco’s New Online Calculator Helps Size Private-Cloud Benefits
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Helping you build the best: Cisco at Interop 2012
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Envisioning Urban Land Institute’s Spring Meeting
7 May 2012 | 12:38 amGuest Post by Gordon Feller As we approach the Urban Land Institute’s Spring Meeting in Charlotte this week, it is exciting to [...] -
Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire Truviso
3 May 2012 | 7:14 amToday, Cisco announced its intent to acquire privately held Truviso. Based in Foster City, Calif., Truviso provides scalable, real-time network [...] -
BYOD, Social Media and New Cloud Consumption Models
1 May 2012 | 12:02 pmBringing You the Workplace Revolution Kids get sick, cars malfunction, pipes break, bad-hair days occur, and the list goes on. [...]
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Coca-Cola Conversations
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Wrapping Up Coca-Cola Founders Week
12 May 2012 | 3:22 pmSigning Off, #SouthAfrica! What a great and rich week it's been! I've learned a tremendous amount, and I have enjoyed sharing our South African story with you. Be on the lookout for the last two Coca-Cola South Africa videos that will be output in the coming days to weeks, which I can guarantee you'll enjoy because I was there when they took place!: The video interview with the biggest Coca-Cola Collector in South Africa The Albie Louw Story - A Uniquely South Africa Coca-Cola Story! So, until next time, from Elliot the Coca-Cola crate man and myself, Totsiens, Uhambe kuhle,… -
Playing Coca-Cola Tunes with Albie Louw in Cape Town
11 May 2012 | 9:56 amAfter a year and a half in the making of the story, I finally got to meet Albie Louw today. I tried whistling the Coca-Cola Open Happiness jingle to him as I interviewed him at his piano this morning, but he said my pitch was "all over the place" (a common phrase people use to describe my singing, whistling and what have you). So instead, I pulled out my laptop and played him a clip that he remixed and jazzed up on the piano - wait until you see and hear that! So, I learned today that Albie Louw was not allowed by his record company to pick any of his album covers. The art was… -
Good Morning, Cape Town!
10 May 2012 | 7:51 pmI am in Cape Town to interview Albie Louw about his 1959 album with the Coca-Cola advert on the cover. Ironically, this issue of Coca-Cola Overseas with Cape Town on the cover was probably the current issue at the time Albie's "Wonderful One" album was released. The caption on this photo in the magazine read, "A magnificent view of Table Mountain and the city of Cape Town nestled between the heights and harbor entrance." By the way, we did a video interview with Albie's old friend, Jacob Clarence, yesterday. You will never believe how he came across our original… -
My First Coca-Cola Bottling Plant Tour!
9 May 2012 | 7:33 pmI was thrilled yesterday to visit a Coca-Cola bottling plant for the first time in my 6 1/2 years with the Company, and go on a "market visit" as well. What a treat it was to see the process from the onset of the pre-form bottles (in some cases) traveling down the filling line until the moment the final product is sealed for delivery, and ultimately returned, recycled and repeated (in other cases). My gracious host for the day was Coca-Cola Shanduka Beverages in Nigel, Gauteng, South Africa. Once we left the plant, our Coca-Cola market representatives took us to a "Strategic… -
Things Go Better in 7 South African Languages!!
9 May 2012 | 12:45 amIn 1974, Coca-Cola South Africa released the famous "Things Go Better With Coca-Cola" jingle in seven of the eleven official South African languages. I've stumped a bunch of people this week who thought they could guess which was which. Can anyone out there guess what languages these ads are in? Leave your answers in the comments field (1-7)!
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Direct2Dell
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Dell vCloud Goes Hollywood with GreenButton
15 May 2012 | 1:00 pmThe addition of new customers to the Dell Cloud with VMware vCloud Data Center Service provides an opportunity for the promotion of interesting ways that Dell’s public/hybrid cloud is leveraged for the maximization of efficiency, global reach, and new business opportunities. I have already blogged about Gratifon and how their VoIP solution enhances the lives of people living in Panama by delivering free phone service in shopping centers. In this post, I am introducing another customer of the Dell vCloud that is revolutionizing access to high performance computing applications without… -
Designed by You. Engineered by Dell.
15 May 2012 | 10:00 amPerhaps you have already seen the reaction to our February announcement of our PowerEdge 12thgeneration servers: 18 excellent product reviews in the press, with one of our servers, the R720, being chosen by Byte TI as the “Best Server of 2012”. Reading the reviews, it is clear that the evaluators understood that the innovations designed into the systems weren’t just “cool” technology, or just technologies ahead of the competition. The technologies are cool, and they are ahead of the competition, but beyond that what the reviewers saw was that the innovations… -
Innovations that deliver results faster: Extending the benefits of 12th generation servers
14 May 2012 | 10:00 amIn February we announced the next generation of our PowerEdge servers to an eager audience. We’ve had a tremendous response from customers, who appreciate our focus on developing meaningful innovations that help them achieve more. Dell customer Harvey Newman, Professor of Physics at the California Institute of Technology told us, “For nearly two decades, the Caltech High-Energy Physics group and Center for Advanced Computing Research have been working to increase data throughput over long distances to facilitate the transfer and sharing of large scientific data sets among… -
Dell’s Customers Speak, Dell Listens: Green Packaging Program with Mushrooms Grows
11 May 2012 | 1:35 pmRecently, Dell’s Oliver Campbell was interviewed by Mashable (“Your Next Gadget Might Be Packaged in … Mushrooms?”) to share news about the Dell mushroom packaging program, which is one of the most progressive sustainable packing programs of its kind on the planet. “Dell and mushrooms might not seem to go hand-in-hand, but the theory behind the partnership is core to Dell’s environmental philosophy, and very much customer-inspired. Oliver Campbell, Dell’s director of procurement for packaging, explains that he found consumers’ dislike for… -
Weekly Recap: Dell in the News - May 11th edition
11 May 2012 | 12:00 pmWelcome to the latest edition of the Weekly Recap, your guide to the week's Dell-related news and happenings. Story of the Week Dell NYC Solution Center Open for IT Business eWeek – May 10, 2012Ever since 2007, when it plunked down more than $1 billion to buy storage provider EqualLogic, Dell has tried to move away from being a one-dimensional PC maker to become a full-fledged IT service provider in the mold of IBM and the company’s main rival, Hewlett-Packard. Other Dell News Dell completes SonicWall acquisition CRN – May 10, 2012Dell has finalised its acquisition…
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Inside Enterprise IT
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Dell delivers density
14 May 2012 | 10:25 amAnyone managing a data center faces the difficult balancing act of delivering on continually increasing performance demands, handling the cooling issues that usually result from that, and yet staying inside already physically constrained energy resources. More and more they are turning toward high density computing as the answer and making it a central tenet of their infrastructure strategy. While designing the PowerEdge 12th generation servers, we heard from many customers wrestling with this same dilemma. That’s why density is featured throughout the new PowerEdge 12th generation… -
Dell vStart becomes water cooler for cloud discussions at Interop 2012
11 May 2012 | 2:49 pmThis post was written by Anthony Marusic, Dell Virtualization Solutions, Technical Marketer There was no doubt that modular data center architecture and cloud computing at Dell was a driving factor for many customers that came by to check out the vStart technology at Interop 2012. The interest in converged infrastructure was top of mind for more than just executive-level decision makers. Those that are the technical influencers, evaluators and managers were equally “all-in” on the attributes that converged infrastructure delivers: time-to-value, expected service levels and… -
GMO Media provides ‘Internet for Everyone’ in Japan with Dell
11 May 2012 | 2:00 pm‘Internet for everyone’ - is the tag line and lofty goal for GMO Internet Group, a global Internet pioneer that includes 2.1 million corporate and consumer customers, 25 million end users and 66 companies. One of these companies is GMO Media Holdings which manages a membership-based points system. The system is extremely popular - the membership base consists of more than 11 million Japanese consumers and is growing by 5,000 users per day. Shoppers collect rewards points with their purchases, redeeming them at stores affiliated with the point program. When the IT infrastructure… -
Check out our 2012 DSF Sponsor Sessions!
10 May 2012 | 10:18 amPosted in behalf of Christy Pooler, Dell Storage Product Marketing It’s hard to believe it was a year ago that we stormed Orlando unveiling the Dell™ Fluid Data™ Architecture….changing the game of storage. To quote one of our attendees, “Fluid makes your data dance!” For this year’s stateside Dell Storage Forum 2012, we’re heading up to Boston, the backyard of Dell EqualLogic Design Center. Clam bakes, trips to the cape…wait, that’s vacation! Either way, you will have full access to our top-gun engineers, product experts and… -
Feeling the Energy at Synergy
10 May 2012 | 8:06 amEnergy. That’s the first word that came into my mind as I saw the rush of people flood through the doors of Moscone Center West during the opening of Citrix Synergy San Francisco on Tuesday night. I was amazed and awed not only at the amount of attendees filling the hall, but also by the exciting technologies and solutions being showcased by Citrix partners that will no doubt change the face of virtual computing as we know it. This energy was especially prevalent in the Dell booth, where our team of subject matter experts in the areas of hardware, software, and services engaged in…
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Dell TechCenter
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Dell Cloud Chat: OpenStack with Dell, Rackspace and DreamHost
15 May 2012 | 9:47 amPlease join the upcoming OpenStack Chat 24th May 2012, 4.00 – 5.00 pm CET. In brief:What is Open Stack and Dell Crowbar?Open StackOpen Stack is a global community of developers working to create an alternative open source solution to Amazon EC2 and S3. Dell has been an active member of the community since its founding and currently distributes and supports OpenStack deployments. Dell has also developed Dell Crowbar, an open source installation tool built on Chef to install OpenStack quickly and automatically. Dell CrowbarWith Crowbar, you can install cloud software across clusters… -
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator 7.0 for Ubuntu
15 May 2012 | 9:00 amOpenManage Server Administrator 7.0 for Ubuntu is now available for download. This is a major new release, as OMSA 7.0 is designed with PowerEdge 12G servers and iDRAC 7 in mind. We've tested OMSA 7.0 with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, which is great, since Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS introduces support for Dell PowerEdge 12G servers, including PCIe-SSD drives. If you are still using Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS, don't fret, as OMSA 7.0 will work on Ubuntu 10.04 systems as well, although Ubuntu 12.04 is what is recommended on PowerEdge 12G systems. Check out what is new in OMSA 7.0 by going to the… -
Dell PowerEdge R820 Performance Benchmarks
14 May 2012 | 4:05 pmAs Paul Steeves mentioned this morning, the PowerEdge R820 is a 4-socket 2U rack server that packs a lot of processing power into a dense form factor. He has a lot of great proof points in his blog that I recommend reading. In addition, today Intel touted multiple industry-standard SPEC benchmarks using the PowerEdge R820 on their E5-4600 performance page, which I've pasted in below for reference: As you can see, the PowerEdge R820 shines in overall performance (as measured by SPECint, SPECfp, and SPECjbb), yet does not sacrifice on energy efficiency, as proved out by… -
Dell PowerEdge R720 Tops Cisco, HP in TPC-H Decision Support Benchmarks
14 May 2012 | 1:29 pmYou may recall that just last year, Dell set database benchmark records with Vectorwise using the PowerEdge R910. Today, I’d like to announce two new TPC-H world record benchmarks using the Dell PowerEdge R720 and Actian Vectorwise. These results set records for both benchmark performance and price/performance for 100GB and 300GB database sizes! TPC-H measures decision support benchmark performance. Its primary metrics are performance, measured in Queries Per Hour (QphH), and the cost to achieve that performance, measured in $/QphH. Here’s how the first R720 result… -
Cost and performance benefits of Dell™ Compellent™ Automatic Tiered storage for Oracle Database OLAP workloads
14 May 2012 | 10:09 amby Ramamohan Reddy K, Balamurugan B In this blog we’d like to highlight the performance and cost benefits which can be achieved using Dell Compellent’ s Automatic Tiered features for an Oracle OLAP(On-Line Analytical Processing) workload. In Traditional Data Centers, to achieve high performance needs, people choose high performance disks. However, all the data residing in these disks may not accessed all the time. As a result high performing disks are used inefficiently .To avoid this, many Storage vendors have adopted a concept called ‘Tiering’. Tiered storage…
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Delta Air Lines Blog
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Delta Day of Hope: Raising Money For The Fight Against Cancer
9 May 2012 | 1:31 pmNine years ago, as a Supervisor in Atlanta’s Reservation Sales office, I was inspired to start a Relay for Life team for the American Cancer Society. I wanted to support members on my own team in the office that had been impacted by cancer. The inspiration also came on the heels of having lost my father-in-law to lung cancer the year before and watching my courageous father fight the battle for a second time. Fortunately, my Dad is a two-time survivor. Not in a million years did we think I would be wearing a purple Survivor shirt and taking the Survivor Lap around the track nine years… -
25 Years of MaDDogs
30 Apr 2012 | 2:01 pmThis past April 2012, a major milestone was achieved at Delta when our workhorse MD-88 fleet reached its 25th birthday with the company. It was on April 1, 1987 that the first “MaDDog” in Delta’s livery, took to the skies with revenue passengers. Ronald Reagan was President; Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ on a Prayer” was at the top of the record charts, “Cheers” was a ratings leader on television and “Lethal Weapon” was a huge box office smash. A quarter century later, the MD-88 is still hard at work, and with a recent face lift, doing so with modern style and enhanced… -
Behind-the-Wing: Passenger Stories
19 Apr 2012 | 1:33 pmUp in the air, you never know who might be in the seat next to you…… Meet Andre and Chris who met on a Delta flight from Jacksonville to Atlanta almost two years ago. Now they’re engaged and getting ready for a fairytale wedding filled with family, friends, and of course, Delta. Here’s the first hand account of their romance from the happy couple themselves. We know you met on a Delta flight—how exactly did it happen? We met on October 22nd, 2010 while aboard Delta flight 1874 – fromJacksonvilletoAtlanta. I was flying back home toLos Angelesand Chris (my… -
Delta Breaks Ground at New York’s LaGuardia
11 Apr 2012 | 4:11 pmLast year we announced the largest single-carrier expansion in New York in over 40 years, adding 100 new daily flights to nearly 30 new cities and 4 million new seats in the LaGuardia market, plus jet service to many smaller communities, all without increasing congestion in the New York airways. All of these changes created a new domestic hub atNew York’s LaGuardia Airport. Now as we begin construction at LaGuardia, I wanted to give you an update on the progress we’ve made on our commitment toNew York. On March 25, we took over part of LaGuardia’s Terminal C and launched most of our… -
Delta Flight Simulators Land In Atlanta
5 Apr 2012 | 1:26 pmAirline pilots undergo countless hours of ground-based instruction during their careers and much of this instruction takes place in flight simulators. As a simulator technician, my colleagues and I provide the technical support to allow pilots the magic of flight without leaving the ground. We maintain the full-flight simulators and fixed training devices that are necessary to keep the pilots qualified as required by Delta and the FAA. We perform preventive maintenance and troubleshoot and repair a wide variety of equipment, including electronics, computer systems, mechanical systems,…
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Discovery Blog
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Petfinder Encourages Pet Health and Lasting Relationships with ‘Fit FurKeeps’
15 May 2012 | 9:00 amWhile the most popular reason for adopting a pet is probably companionship, I’ll admit that when I brought home my pup last September I had an additional reason in mind — staying active. While Beatrice (an American/English Bulldog mix) is by no means suited for long-distance runs, walking a few miles with her each day is a great way to de-stress, enjoy the outdoors and stay healthy. With the premiere of HBO’s Weight of the Nation last night, there has been a surge in news coverage and discussion about our country’s obesity epidemic but, as Petfinder has shared, the problem… -
Discovery Channel & Kurt Sutter Delve Into ‘Outlaw Empires’
14 May 2012 | 9:20 amOutlaw Empire's Kurt Sutter Movies and television have long been fascinated with outlaws — from the fictional characters of Kurt Sutter‘s Sons of Anarchy to historical and modern-day misfits. However, tonight at 10pm ET/PT, Discovery Channel will premiere an all-new series that looks at American outlaw dynasties with the help of Sutter. There will an episode on outlaw bikers, naturally, but Kurt Sutter’s Outlaw Empires also brings viewers inside accounts of the Crips, the Irish mob, Nuestra Familia, the Italian mafia and the Aryan Brotherhood, and their role in… -
It’s Mother’s Day (x4) with TLC’s ‘Sister Wives’
10 May 2012 | 7:25 pmHappy (early) Mother’s Day! I’m so excited that I get to spend Mother’s Day with my incredible, beautiful mom, but I am also secretly looking forward to Sunday for another reason — the return of TLC‘s Sister Wives! Baby Solomon Brown Sister Wives is one of those shows I just can’t miss, and I was thrilled to be able to work on the show in my previous role on the TLC Social Media team. To me, it truly represents what TLC is all about: life worth watching. When we last left the Brown household, the family was adjusting to life in Las Vegas, as well as welcoming… -
Discovery Education’s Science Techbook Earns Top Honors
9 May 2012 | 7:35 pmIn 2010, Discovery Education announced the creation of a new Science Techbook for students in grades K-8, continuing to lead the way as the digital classroom evolves. Since the Techbook’s launch in August 2011, it has been adopted by several states and Techbooks spanning middle school social studies and high school science will be available for the 2012-13 school year. Discovery Education Science Techbook The team’s hard work has not gone unnoticed, as the K-8 Science Techbook has recently been honored with two awards — a CODiE Award and a Silver Edison Award. The CODiE Awards,… -
Oprah’s New Facebook Game Aims to Spread Gratitude
7 May 2012 | 6:37 pmOprah's Thank You Game Heat Map Have you told someone ‘thank you’ today? Oprah and OWN want to help you show your gratitude with her new Thank You Game, encouraging her fans to use Facebook to thank someone in their life. Oprah is hoping to spread gratitude to half a billion people worldwide through the Thank You Game and it seems like its already caught on, with over 7.4M people reached so far. There’s even a heat map that shows where the most thank yous have been handed out! Find out more about the game below and join Oprah in spreading the love:
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GE Global Research
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Stump the Scientist: Nuclear Fusion
15 May 2012 | 3:01 pmThanks again for taking the time to submit your Stump the Scientist questions! We had some great questions submitted this week, hope you enjoy this one! Question from fan Nicolas Roux: “How close are we to making nuclear fusion a reality?” Response from Chief Scientist Jim Bray: Nuclear fusion is the process whereby 2 lighter atoms combine (fuse) their nuclei to produce a heavier atom. This process often produces a lot of energy for lighter combining atoms, since some mass is converted to energy during the fusion process. We can say that nuclear fusion is certainly a reality now,… -
Science as Art: Images from the Materials Characterization Lab Part 3
8 May 2012 | 7:37 amOur next image in the series was submitted by Srinivasan Swarminathan. This is one of the more compelling and interesting photos to look at it if you ask me. The structure is incredibly intricate and interesting. Srinivas told us that what we are looking at is: “A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a bamboo plant’s broken surface. The image reveals numerous channels (with different sizes) for water transport by capillary motion that enables the bamboo plant to grow. A porous “composite” structure as seen in the image would help in engineering structural materials… -
Science as Art: Images from the Materials Characterization Lab Part 2
3 May 2012 | 11:30 amFor our next image in the “Science as Art” series, Michelle put together a complete blog for us to explain her images. I will turn it over to Michelle now! Have you ever been sitting in your car in the parking lot of the grocery store, minding your own business, when suddenly you see a rogue shopping cart go rolling at full speed, only to be abruptly stopped when it runs into some poor unsuspecting stranger’s car door? For most normal people, their first thought is, “Oooo. Bummer. That’s gonna leave a mark!” For me, my second thought is typically, “Hmm. I… -
GE invention significantly reduces electrical hazards
1 May 2012 | 3:17 pmRecently, technology developed at GE Global Research received high praise from industry leaders for its ability to shield industrial – workers from explosive and deadly arcing current. Plant Engineering magazine named GE’s Arc Vault its ‘Product of the Year.” Conceptualized at the company’s India Technology Center by Asokan T, a Chief Scientist at the Center, the Arc Vault represents a breakthrough in the area of electrical safety. The arc vault works on the principle of transfer of an open arc flash to a safe containment. The transfer of arc flash energy is accomplished by… -
Quick Feasibility Analysis for Waste Heat Recovery Potential using GE In-House Simulation Tool
25 Apr 2012 | 3:32 pmAn incredible amount of up to 50% of the total energy input in the industrial sector is lost in the form of heat released to the surroundings. Just imagine how much fossil fuel could be preserved along with emission reduction by more efficient energy utilization! In one of his blog entries (‘Waste heat recovery – the hidden source of energy’), Thomas Frey highlighted the potential efficiency gains in energy intensive industrial sectors such as refineries, steel and metal manufacturing plants, glass production processes, cement plants, furnaces, gas and pipeline stations and power plants…
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Stories straight from the aisles & selected by our associates
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“Little Miracles” at The Home Depot
8 May 2012 | 12:40 pmWhen Glen from our Marlborough, Mass store asked a customer in the gutter aisle if she needed any help with her project, the customer explained that she was looking for a way to entertain her autistic son, who is fascinated with flowing water. She had been running the garden hose previously, but it used a lot [...] -
Home Depot Associates Construct Beds for Two Young Girls
13 Apr 2012 | 2:35 pmSybil from a local Home Depot store in New York volunteers her time at a local community center. She received a heartbreaking request from a parent of two young girls who asked if The Home Depot could give her some plywood that she could rest on milk crates as a bed for her children. She [...] -
Home Depot Associate Helps Student Build Marshmallow Cannon!
23 Feb 2012 | 1:59 pmWhen Jerry, a Millwork associate from a Home Depot store in Phoenix, Arizona helped a young student with a science project, he had no idea that their efforts would end up wowing the President in the White House Dining Room. Jerry had helped 14-year-old Joey with previous science projects. “This time he wanted to build a pneumatic [...] -
The Home Depot Store Manager Recognized With Patriot Award
15 Feb 2012 | 10:20 amStore Manager Christel Flores at the Council Bluffs, Iowa Home Depot was recently recognized with the National Guard’s Patriot Award for taking care of our associates and communities. The Patriot Award recognizes employers who support a strong National Guard and Reserve Force. When Christel, a 10-year Home Depot veteran, moved to the store in 2010, she noticed [...] -
Heroes Walk Among Us – Alvin, Baltimore
11 Nov 2011 | 2:49 pmOn Veteran’s Day, a local newspaper in Baltimore ran a story featuring a Home Depot associate who has an amazing story to share. We include part of that story here, but would encourage you to read the entire article on the newspaper’s website. Wherever Alvin T. Jones has lived throughout his adult life, he has reserved [...]
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Blogs@intel
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The Devil Went Down to Irvine: Scenes from the Diablo(R) III launch
16 May 2012 | 12:09 amTweet The 11-year wait is over. Last night Intel and select PC makers supported Blizzard’s successful midnight launch of Diablo(R) III in Irvine, CA. Diablo III is the most pre-ordered game ever on Amazon* (per International Business Times*) and today’s news reports cite continued overwhelming demand. Intel helped Blizzard bring Diablo III to life via the use of Intel® Graphics Performance Analyzers (Intel® GPA). PC gamers with the latest Intel processor-based PCs can also explore the visually striking world of Diablo III. Bobby Kotick, Activision Blizzard CEO, kicks off launch… -
Meshcentral.com – Drag & drop to Terminal
15 May 2012 | 4:29 pmWell, we just got ourself a new feature! With Meshcentral.com, you can access the command prompt of any Windows, Mac OSX and Linux computers from our web based terminal. Works in any browser. It's useful when you need to do advanced operations. It's especially useful for Linux machines where the command prompt is really powerful. So, the new feature is that you can now drag & drop a text document, up to 10k in length into the terminal and the text will be "typed" into the terminal window just like if you typed it on the keyboard. You can how have a bunch of script files ready to go and,… -
Application-Aware Firewalls by Andy Thurai
15 May 2012 | 2:46 pmYou may have heard this term recently and wondered what it meant. When it comes to security, everyone thinks of Firewalls, Proxies, IPS, IDS, Honeypots, VPN devices, email security and even Web security, but most people don’t think in terms of application level security unless either you are the developer, admin, or user of those specific services or perhaps a hacker. Especially when your traditional network boundaries disappear you can’t carry all of those devices with you. When you move out of your traditional boundaries, towards the cloud, you trust the cloud provider to provide you… -
Do You Have Good Mobile Etiquette, or Are You Guilty of Digital Over-Sharing?
15 May 2012 | 9:23 amTweetIntel’s annual “Mobile Etiquette” survey, published this past week, revealed information on the current state of mobile manners and behaviors related to how people are sharing online via their mobile devices (smartphones, tablets, netbooks, laptops and Ultrabook devices). Eighty-one percent of U.S. adults believe mobile manners are becoming worse (compared to 75 percent of U.S. adults surveyed by Intel a year ago), and 92 percent of U.S. adults wish people practiced better mobile etiquette in public (that number remained steady compared to a year ago). This year, Intel’s annual… -
Eight Popular Open Source Android Game Engines
15 May 2012 | 1:31 amThis is an translation of a very popular Chinese Blog wrote by iamsheldon on Chinese Intel Software Network. For beginning Android game developers, it is very common that they get lost frequently and do not know where to start and get their hands wet. Especially when they get problems that they can not resolve by themself, and be jealous about the free game engine such as Cocos2d-iphone that iphone developers have. Some start to complain that game development on Android platform is too difficult, and not even a decent game engine is handy to use. Some even think that using…
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Dr. Maring's Farmers' Market and Recipes Update - Kaiser Permanente
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The Weight of the Nation
13 May 2012 | 7:42 pmOn Monday and Tuesday evenings 5/14 and 15, HBO will be airing free to anyone with cable TV and also online the four part series “The Weight of the Nation”. They made this documentary in partnership with the institute of Medicine, the National Institute of Health, and the Center for Disease Control to bring our country’s obesity epidemic front and center in the national conversation. This series was made possible by funding from the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation and from Kaiser Permanente. Kaiser Permanente knows that, on average, people only spend 1 day in 365 at the doctor’s… -
Hummus
6 May 2012 | 8:48 pmIt has been a little like rereading Goldilocks and the three bears to find this recipe. First there was too much garlic. Then too much lemon juice. But then I found a recipe in Mark Bittman’s “The Best Recipes in the World” that I really liked. Hummus is one of those foods that you simply have to taste over and over and experiment until you are at peace. It is most often served with pita chips but it is a great dip for raw veggies (fewer carbs, healthy beans, and good fats). Hummus Serves 8 2 cups cooked chickpeas (garbanzo beans) either cooked yourself or from a can. If using canned… -
Help Your Seasonings Stick
29 Apr 2012 | 1:27 pmRecently I had the privilege and the pleasure of serving as a guest cooking student under the tutelage of Chef Meir Brown of CafeMed (www.cafemedrestaurant.com) in Bakersfield. Kaiser Permanenete there sponsored the event as a fund raiser for CASA (www.kerncasa.org). CASA sounds like a wonderful organization that trains volunteers to be advocates for children as they move through the foster child system including court hearings, etc. Many touching stories were told about the people of Bakersfield who give so much back to their community. I absolutely loved being to hang out with a real chef… -
Kale Slaw with Peanut Dressing
17 Apr 2012 | 10:54 pmYou know how you find a song you like and play it over and over. That’s what’s happening with kale. I never even heard of kale when I grew up in the 40′s and 50′s in Detroit. I never heard of Martha Stewart then either but here is another recipe from one of the cookbooks that are somehow connected with her — Power Foods. Kale Slaw with Peanut Dressing Serves 8 2 bunches of kale, tough stems and ribs removed, stacked, rolled, then very thinly sliced 1 yellow, orange, or red bell pepper, deribbed and thinly sliced 2 carrots, thinly sliced crosswise — I… -
Spinach, Pear, and Endive Salad
5 Apr 2012 | 6:36 pmWhen I have some stuff in my refrigerator but am unsure what to make, I often just go online and search for ideas. One of the sites I like is at kp.org/Thrive in the Cookinmg and Eating tab. With Cookstr you can search for an ingredient or two and lots of ideas come up. So I had some endive grown by Rich Collins of California Vegetable Specialties in Rio Vista. I also had some pears. Add some spinach, shallots, make a vinaigrette and you’ve got a great salad. Spinach, Pear, Endive Salad 6 servings 2 Tablespoons red wine vinegar 1 Tablespoon honey 1 teaspoon Dijon vinegar ( this is a…
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Employment Blawg
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EVERYTHING EMPLOYERS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA
15 May 2012 | 9:18 amSocial media continues to dominate the employment law headlines … Yesterday, we discussed the very latest on employers demanding Facebook passwords as part of the hiring process. Last week, we provided a real-life example illustrating why employers should never use social media for nefarious purposes. Today, we’ll tell you everything else you need to know. Who’s Doing What? Let’s start with who’s actually doing what out there. Here are some rather eye-popping stats on how employers are REALLY using SM: 73% of employers do absolutely no SM training 56% block… -
WANT EMPLOYEES? DON’T DEMAND FACEBOOK PASSWORDS.
14 May 2012 | 5:05 amThere continues to be quite a bit of buzz about employers who are demanding social media passwords as part of the interview process. Last week, I was interviewed by our local CBS affiliate to discuss whether this is a practice employers should consider. Here’s my one-word answer: NO* It’s hard enough to find talent these days without giving candidates the impression right off the bat that your company is Big Brother-esque. Believe it or not, candidates might not think too highly of a prospective employer that demands access to their social media accounts in order to dig around in hidden… -
VIDEO ANSWER KEY
11 May 2012 | 9:33 amThanks to all who tuned in to the Oscar-worthy video we posted yesterday, entitled How To Hire If You Want to Get Fired. As promised, here’s our official list of the 50 errors made by the HR “professional” in the video. Anyone who spotted an error that doesn’t appear on this rather exhaustive list will win a valuable prize. Just leave a comment below. VIDEO ANSWER KEY Not realizing that she was interviewing a celebrity who’s been dead for more than three decades Unprofessional clutter on the desk Unprofessional attire Not getting up to greet or shake hands with the… -
HOW TO HIRE IF YOU WANT TO GET FIRED
10 May 2012 | 6:16 amAs an employment lawyer for 20+ years, I’ve seen just about every conceivable error employers can make in the hiring process. To pass on all that accumulated “worst practices” knowledge, we assembled the following educational video. It features an HR “professional” who commits a multitude of mistakes that could get her in legal hot water. You get to play lawyer. Watch the video, ignore the lame acting (especially mine) and see how many errors you can spot. (Hint: there are at least 50.) We’ll post the answer key tomorrow. As a bonus, see if you can guess… -
FAKE FACEBOOK FRIEND FIASCO
9 May 2012 | 10:06 amPeople continue to do not-so-smart things on Facebook and other social media. Here’s the latest … Facebook Fakery Found False A high school principal in Clayton, Missouri allegedly set up a fake Facebook account under the name “Suzy Harriston” to help her spy on students. ”Suzy” said she was from Clayton, put up a profile picture featuring a bunch of penguins and started posting status updates and doing other seemingly normal Facebook-ish things. Suzy quickly attracted more than 300 Facebook “friends,” many of them students. Everything seemed…
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Contemporary Working
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Chew on it!
13 May 2012 | 12:00 amFor some reason I’ve been noticing people chewing gum a lot. I generally have nothing against chewing gum, but I do think there are places where it is inappropriate. For example: When making a presentation Talking with a client or prospect In a meeting with your boss I might even suggest that in some circumstances, it is a sign of disrespect. So do yourself a big favor… if you do chew gum, be thoughtful about where you’re chewing. It might make a difference to your credibility and your career! When do you think we should swallow our gum? -
Generosity
10 May 2012 | 12:00 amHow do you like to be described? Lately I’m hoping people think of me as “generous.” I’ve decided I really like that word — and it doesn’t only apply to money. We can be (and should be) generous with so much more than cash. We can be generous with: Time Praise Love Affection Wisdom Knowledge Advice Feedback Constructive criticism …and so much more. And generosity doesn’t only apply in our personal lives. We should be generous at work, as well. Think about the people with whom you like to work. Are they generous? Tell me how. … -
Is knowledge power?
6 May 2012 | 12:00 amUsed to be, those with the knowledge and information were those who had the power. Before the digital age dawned, it was the managers and executives who knew what questions to ask. And they were able to dole out the answers depending on where you sat in the organization and what you “needed to know.” Well that has changed. Everyone has access to so much valuable information. That information gives us all the opportunity to innovate and collaborate with our co-workers. That’s the good news. But the bad news is, there is so much information a few things can get… -
The mom challenge
3 May 2012 | 1:28 pmI had coffee this morning with a vibrant, articulate and talented woman who is anticipating making big changes in her life. For the past 20 years she has been raising four children and was fortunate to be able to take that job on a full-time basis. Those of you who are parents know the skills involved in this very important job (and the rest of us can only imagine): Multi-tasking Negotiating Giving (and getting) feedback Patience Project management Time management Balancing a budget Teaching …this list is endless Now she’s facing a challenge. She wants to start working… -
A long life of learning
2 May 2012 | 12:00 amWhether we’re aware of it or not, we all learn something new every day. So I guess that makes every one of us life-long learners. It’s relatively early in the morning for me right now, and today I’ve already learned that: In the U.K., gasoline costs nearly $10 a gallon. If you don’t water plants, they die – take a look in my office. I really, really don’t like two Splendas in my morning latte (an honest mistake made by a new barista). I took a more deliberate step in my long life of learning by going back to school at age 53. After a bunch of research, taking the GMAT (4…
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Mayo Clinic News
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Mayo Clinic debuts patient mobile application
15 May 2012 | 11:23 amMayo Clinic has created a comprehensive mobile health application; combining a custom mobile experience with unparalleled expertise and access. Empowering patients with information at their fingertips, this app sets a new standard for health care apps. The Mayo Clinic patient app provides patients and consumers access to health information and management tips from Mayo’s Web and on-line publications, a list of clinical trials at Mayo, and links to request an appointment at any of our locations. For a Mayo Clinic patient, the functionality is personalized, providing secure access to their… -
May is Stroke Awareness Month
14 May 2012 | 4:17 pmMay is Stroke Awareness Month, held to draw attention to the fact that in the United States, stroke is the fourth leading cause of death, killing over 133,000 people each year, and a leading cause of serious, long-term adult disability. In this video, Kevin Barrett, M.D., director of Mayo Clinic’s neurocritical care unit in Jacksonville, Fla., shares information about stroke – who’s at risk, the signs and symptoms and information about treatment. According to the National Stroke Association, about 795,000 Americans will suffer a stroke this year, yet most people in the U.S. -
Progam aims to boost access to mental health care
9 May 2012 | 1:06 pmPatients across the nation are faced with a dilemma when it comes to mental health care: There aren’t enough psychiatrists to treat their needs. Exacerbating the problem is that when a patient is having mental health problems, they will most likely see their primary care physician who may not have the time or training to effectively treat and diagnosis their ailment. Even if a patient manages to schedule an appointment with a psychiatrist, the waiting period to see someone can take weeks, even months. The Depression Improvement Across Minnesota, Offering a New Direction (DIAMOND)… -
APA: Latest treatments for bipolar disorder
6 May 2012 | 1:07 pmDr. Mark Frye, chair of the department of psychology and psychiatry at Mayo Clinic, participated in a discussion on state-of-the-art treatments for bipolar disorder Sunday at the 2012 American Psychiatric Association meeting. The panel featured some of the top names in the field of bipolar research and treatment. Frye called it a fast moving review of how best to treat the acute phase of mania; how best to treat bi-polar depression; how to bring in structures psychotherapies – and discussion about how to keep people well after they’ve been treated. Arguably one of the most difficult… -
APA attendees get an update on the Mayo Clinic Bipolar Disorder Biobank
5 May 2012 | 5:00 pmOn Saturday May 5 at the American Psychiatric Association meeting, Mayo Clinic Health System psychiatrist Mohit Chauhan, M.D., gave an update on the Mayo Clinic Bipolar Disorder Biobank. Biobanks are a repository used to store human biological samples for use in research of genomics and personalized medicine – in this case gathering data to better treat patients with bipolar disorder. The potential use for the Bipolar Biobank is twofold: The first is identify what types of genes make people more susceptible to bipolar disorder; and the second is learn which type of medications are more…
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Molson in the Community
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605 Cheers and $60,000 for Lewisporte’s new oval running track in support of healthy active living
15 May 2012 | 12:28 pmThe Kinsmen Club of Notre Dame and the Lewisporte Lions Club in collaboration with the 2012 Come Home Year Committee were among one of the 21 recipients who shared in the $1-million community grant through the Molson Coors Community Cheer program this year. The Lewisporte community helped gather 605 cheers in support of a project that sought funding to develop a walking and running track around an existing soccer pitch to commemorative the town’s Come Home Year. The track will also serve as a venue for a host of active living activities such as Special Olympics training, school track… -
Salue la communauté célèbre son 1er don au Québec à Trois-Rivières!
14 May 2012 | 9:02 amSamedi 12 mai 2012 - En présence des médias, du conseiller municipal (Guy Daigle), du président de la Fondation les Amis des estacades (Laurent Bellemare), du directeur général de ladite Fondation (Jean-François Picard), de la responsable des investissements communautaires chez Molson Coors (Monique Dépatie) et de son représentant local (Jonathan Gravel), du directeur général de la Commission scolaire du Chemin-du-Roy (Yvon Lemire), des députés locaux (Danielle St-Amand et Noëlla Champagne), Molson Coors par le biais de son tout nouveau programme “Salue la… -
Courage to Come Back
7 May 2012 | 11:50 amI received a note from former employee Michael Coss this morning pointing me to a link in Vancouver’s paper “The Province”. I really felt compelled to post a little story to give Michael a huge “shout” for his courage to come back from a tragic incident just a few years ago. Michael’s family was basically told that he would be confined to a bed and likely never to be on his feet again. Just look at this story in the local paper in Vancouver that tells this triumphant achievement for a young man that had the courage to fight to come back. Cheers to you… -
Summer Reps Hit the Road…Responsibly
2 May 2012 | 12:29 pmI had the wonderful experience of greeting our summer representatives and brand ambassadors this morning. It was my role to talk a bit about Molson Coors and how we want them to represent us as they travel in every part of the country in Canada this summer. I was thrown back to 1981 when I sat in the exact same seat ! My gosh…31 years ago…ten years more than most of this team’s age…yikes ! What hasn’t changed is the focus on common sense, courtesy to our public and responsible promotion of our great beers while in these summer jobs. Be sure to give a wave to… -
Not Myself Today…Take the Pledge
26 Apr 2012 | 4:32 pmDid I catch you with the title of this post…good ! I’m hoping that you will “take the pledge” today to help make a difference for those who face challenges with mental health. Sometimes it might just be as easy as truly facing up to the fact that you, a friend, a loved one or an acquaintance, just isn’t their self today. Confronting this state of mind may just be the first step in truly making a difference for those in need. When former Senator Michael Kirby asked me if we could share this message and help create awareness for the movement to make a difference in…
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Graco (Newell Rubbermaid)
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Happy Mother’s Day!
11 May 2012 | 3:52 pmHere at Graco, moms inspire us to create, design and deliver the best in safety, comfort and convenience in all of our products. As this Mother’s Day approaches, we wanted to take time out to thank our own mother’s for all that they do and did, by noting our favorite childhood memories with our moms. Please enjoy, and Happy Mother’s Day! One of my favorite childhood memories with my mom: Debra, is our “Sunday Baking Days.” It was back in the 80s—way before there was the huge “foodie” culture that there is now—and every Sunday, starting when I was about 4 years old, my… -
Moms Love FastAction™ Fold Travel System’s One-Second Fold
9 May 2012 | 2:21 pm“So far we absolutely love this travel system. I’ve never seen one that folds down so effortlessly in my life. Not to mention it just seems like it’s made well and I feel comfortable having my newborn in the car as well as out shopping in the stroller.“ –Lindsay, via Babies ‘r Us Graco engineers are master innovators, always dreaming up ways to make normal, everyday things—like running errands in the car, shopping, and going on play dates—simpler, safer and more comfortable for parents and their little ones. With this in mind, we’re happy to announce the Graco ®… -
Graco’s Award Winning Car Seats!
4 May 2012 | 12:32 pmGraco is proud to announce that five of its toddler & booster car seats, Smart Seat, TurboBooster, Backless TurboBooster, Argos, Nautilus have all received top honors. The Graco Smart Seat has won a 5 star ease of use rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). NHTSA tests all car seats in the market based on this criteria: evaluation of instructions, evaluation of labels, vehicle installation features and securing the child. The Graco Smart Seat all-in-one car seat received the coveted 5 star rating from NHTSA. Graco has also received accolades from the… -
Celebrating the Modern Mom
2 May 2012 | 9:21 amThe month of May must be one of the most perfect times of the year. The weather is beautiful – sunny days and flowers ready to pop, school is on its way to summer vacation, and the month closes out with a three day weekend. On top of all that, May is a month that we celebrate moms! And that is exactly what we are doing this May here on the Graco blog. But not just any moms…we are celebrating – you! All this month we will be featuring posts on ‘The Modern Mom’ – what makes her different than those that came before her, and how the products that we develop help her… -
Introducing New Exclusive Fashions from Graco for Buy Buy Baby
27 Apr 2012 | 8:55 amWe get a lot of inquiries from parents looking for details on the latest Graco fashions, so I would love to introduce two new exclusive patterns to Buy Buy Baby. Astoria™ helps keep your little one soothed and amused with its neutral tile print and pops of minty green. We know your confidence as a new parent will grow when you know your newborn is comfy and relaxed in our latest Pack ‘n Play® Playard. This playard features the Cuddle Cove™ Rocking Seat which is the perfect snuggly nest for your little one. The rocker’s gentle vibration and carrying handles that allow you to…
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Petro-Canada
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Driving Tips That Could Save Your Life
10 May 2012 | 1:48 pmPhoto: iStockphoto We post a lot of driving tips here on PumpTalk - everything from how to buckle up properly to what kind of shoes to wear in the car. Most safe driving tips are pretty much common sense, but...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Petro-Canada/PumpTalk/~4/yDJMnl74QwA" height="1" width="1"/> -
Tire Traction and the Contact Patch
4 May 2012 | 8:28 amPhoto: John Mahler We at PumpTalk really enjoy hearing from experts and passing their knowledge on to our readers – especially when it comes to driving! Our Ultra 94 team (Ultra 94 is our premium gasoline brand) has resident experts...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Petro-Canada/PumpTalk/~4/YeMz_OWY_hY" height="1" width="1"/> -
How Does Music Affect Your Driving?
26 Apr 2012 | 11:06 amPhoto: iStockphoto We're heading out on a 10 hour road trip this weekend. Probably the biggest part of our planning process isn't our travel route or where we'll stop for gas along the way. Our biggest concern, naturally, is "What...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Petro-Canada/PumpTalk/~4/q8mFCuVTjIk" height="1" width="1"/> -
Rust Proofing: A small investment with long term rewards
20 Apr 2012 | 11:23 amPhoto: iStockphoto We’ve talked about several vehicle maintenance items, most referring to the mechanics of your car – but what about the body? If you are going to take the time to perform regular mechanical maintenance on your vehicle in...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Petro-Canada/PumpTalk/~4/lOkNxydzBqg" height="1" width="1"/> -
Slow Down and Save?
12 Apr 2012 | 4:29 pmPhoto: iStockphoto As we mentioned in our first PumpTalk post this year, PumpTalk isn't the only blog on Suncor's roster. The Oil Sands Question & Response blog (or OSQAR) is where members of the communications and sustainability teams write about...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Petro-Canada/PumpTalk/~4/jXAK2Y0t_sQ" height="1" width="1"/>
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Pitney Bowes
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Reflections on Mariano Rivera
6 May 2012 | 9:34 amOn Thursday, May 3, Mariano Rivera, the New York Yankees closer suffered what appeared to be a season-ending injury, a torn anterior crucial ligament in his knee. The commentary on the effects of his absence on the team and the requirements for a closer was quite interesting. The New York Post article by columnist Joel Sherman in the Saturday, May 5 issue is a good example of this commentary: http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/yankees/stuff_start_Q8XILKn7AcY70jJEiJpjOK The core message of all this commentary is that a successful closer, in addition to having the required athletic skills, must… -
A more intelligent way of building a career
28 Apr 2012 | 7:34 amAs both a parent of college-age children and a member of a publicly held diversified industrial company (Eaton Corporation) board of directors, I have more than a casual interest in the state of U.S. manufacturing investment and employment. I am struck by the fact that, on the one hand, our country has a nominal unemployment rate of a little over 8%, but a real unemployment rate (which includes those who want to work, but have given up applying for new employment) of over 10%; while, on the other hand, according to a 2011 study conducted by Deloitte and The Manufacturing Institute, it is… -
Self driving cars
14 Apr 2012 | 7:26 amRecently, I stumbled on an online article about the Google effort to lobby the State of Nevada to allow self-driving automobiles to be used within the state. That article is available at the following link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/11/science/11drive.html?_r=1 A more recent and broader article about self-driving cars was posted on Friday, March 31, 2012. http://news.yahoo.com/coming-soon-self-driving-cars-120300164.html If self-driving cars were to be broadly available, they would profoundly affect how society functions today. There are many obvious consequences from having the… -
From Reading Comprehension to Content Learning
9 Apr 2012 | 7:13 amIn the last year, I have become far more involved in the process of improving the quality of education in lower income communities and reducing the achievement gap between the highest and lowest performing communities in Connecticut. To a great degree, those who care about these problems focus on the need to educate young people in the core subjects of reading, writing, and math. Reading comprehension is clearly first among equals with respect to these core subjects. However, I have become increasingly convinced that we need to redefine the goal from “reading comprehension” to “optimal… -
How to Nurture Special Skills and Gifts in Young People
2 Apr 2012 | 7:40 amOn Monday, March 26, 2012, the United States soccer team failed to win a qualifying game against El Salvador and, as a result, will not be able to participate in the 2012 Olympic Games. On Tuesday, March 28, 2012, on a National Public Radio program, there was a lengthy set of interviews with different U.S. soccer experts. The general conclusion all of them reached is that the U.S. lags behind other countries because it does not have a sufficiently robust program for identifying great future soccer players early enough and for developing their skills in the most intensive training and…
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Proctor & Gamble
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Pantene Healthy Hair for Healthy Water Launches in Indonesia and the Philippines
10 May 2012 | 11:49 amI’m in Western Sumatra, Indonesia to kick-off the Pantene Healthy Hair for Healthy Water campaign that is leveraging the P&G Children’s Safe Drinking Water to provide clean water to vulnerable communities in Asia. We’re visiting a program conducted by World Vision to demonstrate to the local media the on-the-ground impact of the CSDW Program. Pantene is donating financially to the CSDW program and also enlisting their ambassadors to help build awareness of the global water crisis. Pantene’s ambassadors who have helped CSDW to date include supermodel Giselle who is helping us… -
P&G Participates in World Water Day with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Announces a new collaboration with CARE: Reaching the 100th School in Kenya with Clean Water
22 Mar 2012 | 11:47 amToday, in celebration of World Water Day, we’re participating in a ceremony convened by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton where we’ll announce a new collaboration between P&G and CARE to provide more than 100 million liters of clean drinking water in rural areas of Kenya and Ethiopia. P&G and CARE issued a media release describing the effort (Download MR WWD Partnership 3.22.12). In addition, I’m honored to represent P&G and join Secretary of State Clinton on stage in Washington, DC to announce a new US Water Partnership and to be part of the 2012 Steering Committee… -
A Decision Too Tough To Make Because Everyone Should Have Clean Water: Save the Children in the Horn of Africa
24 Feb 2012 | 8:40 am“Water is the issue here. It’s number one, number two, and number 3.” I listen intently as Mohammed Mamu, the manager of Save the Children’s Moyale office in Ethiopia, explains the situation here in the epicenter of the Horn of Africa famine. He’s been here for 8 months and will be here for several more to oversee the response to the drought and subsequent famine. This is a big area and it’s extremely remote. Save the Children is working in the Somalia region of Ethiopia to provide humanitarian relief to the pastoralist communities that live here. Because the drought was… -
Making A Difference: Responding to the Horn of Africa Famine with PSI and CARE in Ethiopia
16 Feb 2012 | 1:55 pmI’m eager to get into the field this morning. I’m a bit groggy after being woken up early for the call to prayer in this predominately Muslim part of Ethiopia. But what has really tired me out is the 3 days of grueling travel to get to this border of Ethiopia and Kenya near the border of the Somalia region of Ethiopia. I’m in the heart of the area that is being devastated by the East African famine. Several years of drought turned this area into the top humanitarian crisis of the past year. P&G and our partners made a commitment at the 2011 Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) to… -
SAFE is new CSDW partner Using World-Class Touring Theater to Educate Communities in Kenya
9 Feb 2012 | 1:30 pmI’m in coastal rural Kenya with Nick Redding of SAFE which stands for Sponsored Arts For Education (www.sponsoredarts.org). I met Sophie Bray and Nick Redding of SAFE through an introduction by Leigh Blake of Keep a Child Alive (KCA), another of our P&G Children’s Safe Drinking Water (CSDW) partners. In fact, we agreed to work with both KCA and SAFE at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) a couple of years ago. It’s one of our many CSDW partners that we’ve met at CGI. Nick Redding is an actor who has appeared in the hit film with Clive Owens called “Croupier.” He…
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REI Blogs
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Bike to Work Week is Underway; Are You In?
15 May 2012 | 8:10 amHats off (helmets, too) to everyone who is pedaling to work this week. May is National Bike Month, ... -
A Tradition Unlike Any Other: On Mom's Day at St. Helens, Dudes Look Like the Ladies
14 May 2012 | 7:28 amGlitter. Lace ruffles. Fishnet stockings. Spaghetti string shoulder straps. Pearls. Boas. Sequins. ... -
A Mother's Day Bouquet for My Spare Moms
11 May 2012 | 5:00 amSpares are good to have. Spare batteries. Spare socks. Spare energy bars. Spare moms. Take it from ... -
Love the Outdoors? Here Are Some Practical Ways to Show It
10 May 2012 | 9:00 amSpend enough time outdoors and you learn to appreciate the beauty so much that it becomes part of y ... -
Don't 'Exercise,' Walk; Don't Sit, Stand; Author Explains Simple Steps to Well-Being
8 May 2012 | 5:49 am"If people want to be healthier and prolong their life span, all they really need to do is go for a ...
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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Happiness is Hot
30 Apr 2012 | 8:15 amBY PAUL TARINI, SENIOR PROGRAM OFFICER, PIONEER PORTFOLIO - @PaulTarini Happiness is gaining currency today, particularly in relationship to health and medicine. That’s what we’ve been hearing ever since Harvard School of Public Health researchers Julia K. Boehm and Laura Kubzansky published their report “The Heart’s Content: The Association Between Positive Psychological Well-Being and Cardiovascular Health” in the Psychological Bulletin, under a grant from Pioneer. This is the first study of its kind to look closely at how positive psychological well-being—including happiness… -
New Evidence Continues to Build the Field of Positive Health
17 Apr 2012 | 3:10 pmBY PAUL TARINI, SENIOR PROGRAM OFFICER, PIONEER PORTFOLIO -- @PaulTarini Today, the Psychological Bulletin published research by Julia K. Boehm and Laura Kubzansky from the Harvard School of Public Health suggesting that positive psychological well-being – such as life purpose, positive emotion, life satisfaction, happiness and optimism – can help protect against and slow the progression of heart disease. Prior research in this area has focused on how risk factors like anxiety and depression are associated with cardiovascular disease. But this study is the first of its kind to consider… -
Congratulations to the Winners of Innovations for Health: Solutions that Cross Borders!
16 Apr 2012 | 3:40 pmToday at the World Health Care Congress, Pioneer's Team Director Brian Quinn announced the winners of the Innovations for Health: Solutions that Cross Borders competition, supported by Pioneer and Ashoka Changemakers. Innovations for Health looked to the international health community for forward-facing, transformative ideas with the potential to change health and medicine here in the United States. We wanted to find cutting-edge solutions from anywhere in the world that have the potential to be applied in other countries to improve health and health care. While the Robert Wood… -
Pioneer Grantees Present Game-Changing Ideas at 12gurus: Health Conference
12 Apr 2012 | 1:02 pmLast month’s 12gurus: Health conference brought “resources and innovation to the forefront” by convening the world’s most accomplished leaders in health care and medicine to share new ideas that can improve the health care system. The conference focused on how to enable innovation through research, data-sharing, and mobile technology to pave the way for future breakthroughs in health care. Three former and current Pioneer grantees attended the invitation-only conference in New York City and gave 18-minute-or-less “TED.com-style” talks: Scott Johnson, president and founder of the… -
We Want to Know Your Thoughts About the TEDMED Great Challenges
10 Apr 2012 | 5:34 pmBY BRIAN C. QUINN, PHD, team director and senior program officer, Pioneer Portfolio -- @quinnhealth At the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), our mission is to improve the health and health care of all Americans. Good health and health care are fundamental measures of our success as a nation. That’s why we are pleased to support this year’s TEDMED conference (April 10-13), which brings together leaders from a wide array of medical and non-medical disciplines to explore the future of health and medicine. In our 40 years, RWJF has learned several lessons that led us to support this…
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Rogers RedBoard
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Make your phone your wallet: Rogers bringing mobile payments to Canadians
15 May 2012 | 12:09 pmWhen it comes to mobile banking, Canadians are the fastest adopters of mobile apps. Did you know that more than 2.5 million people in Canada are using mobile banking applications for daily banking? That’s 38% of smart-phone users with data plans. Today, we announced an agreement with CIBC to launch Canada’s first mobile payment solution, allowing Canadians to pay with their CIBC credit card at the checkout counter using their Rogers “Near Field Communications” (NFC)-enabled smartphones. This means that later this year, Rogers customers will be able to use this payment capability at… -
Weekend Reading: Rogers Innovation Report, tech predictions and Samsung Galaxy SIII
11 May 2012 | 4:45 pmIt’s been a great week at Rogers for announcements, discoveries, and predictions! In this post, we’ll be taking a closer look at the Samsung Galaxy SIII, revealing some of our findings in the latest Rogers Innovation Report, and sharing another great article from ReadWriteWeb on tablets vs. laptops. Rogers Innovation Report In an effort to keep our customers educated on some of the latest technology trends, we’re continuing ourseries of Innovation Reports, each compiled into a creative infographic. Our latest in the series asks: “What Would YOU give up for the Internet?” In it, we… -
This Mother’s Day, we’ve got 5 ways to show mom you APPreciate her!
11 May 2012 | 10:46 amWe don’t want to alarm some of our readers, but Mother’s Day is on Sunday, and this year Mom’s NOT looking for sweets or flowers! In a recent survey conducted by Tech Bargains and featured on iPhone in Canada, a whopping 91% of mothers are in favour of receiving a tech gadget over flowers! In the spirit of this enlightening infographic, we thought we’d showcase some of the best apps for you to share with your mom for her gadgets. Whether she’s shopping for bargains or redecorating the kitchen, we’ve got you covered for tablets and smartphones! Cozi Family Organizer – Free Cozi… -
Top 5 TV Makeover finalists: who will win the Rogers NextBox/Samsung prize pack?
10 May 2012 | 3:06 pmOur TV Makeover contest has now ended and you blew us away with your awesome entries! We had everything from wood covered floor models to dated tube TVs and your creative descriptions had us smiling since we announced the contest last month. Earlier today, a panel of three judges reviewed all the entries and narrowed down the entries to five finalists. We based our decision on three main criteria: creative image, best description in 100 words and overall originality. Later today, we’ll be doing a draw of these five finalists for the grand prize winner who will receive a total Rogers NextBox… -
Creating world-leading Internet experiences: Q&A with John Boynton, Rogers Executive VP and CMO
9 May 2012 | 1:17 pmJohn Boynton, Executive Vice-President & Chief Marketing Officer of Rogers Communications Inc. This week, Rogers launches a new national brand advertising campaign that highlights our company’s past innovations and speaks to what Internet experiences you can expect from us in the future. We talked to John Boynton, Executive Vice-President & Chief Marketing Officer of Rogers about what “Creating world-leading Internet experiences” means for you, as a Rogers customer: What exactly does “Creating world-leading internet experiences” mean? It’s very specific to Rogers, and…
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Symantec
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Rise of .in URLs in Spam
14 May 2012 | 2:19 pmSymantec has observed an increase in spam messages containing URLs using the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for India. This chart shows percentage of spam containing .in URLs: read more -
Save the Date: ISTR 17 Twitter Chat
9 May 2012 | 2:26 pmJoin Symantec security experts on Twitter (using the #ISTR hashtag) on Tuesday, May 15, at 10 a.m. PT / 1 p.m. ET to chat about the key trends highlighted in Symantec’s recently released Internet Security Threat Report, Volume 17. read more -
Microsoft Patch Tuesday - May 2012
8 May 2012 | 1:14 pmHello, welcome to this month’s blog on the Microsoft patch release. This is a larger month—the vendor is releasing 7 bulletins covering a total of 23 vulnerabilities. Eight of this month's issues are rated ‘Critical’ and they affect Windows, .NET, Office and Silverlight. The remaining issues affect Office and Windows. read more -
Lizamoon Mass SQL-Injection: Tried and Tested Formula
7 May 2012 | 6:30 pmAnalysis: Kevin Savage read more -
OSX.FlashBack.K – An Overview and its Inner Workings
7 May 2012 | 4:31 pmIn our previous blogs, [1], [2], [3], and
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Thought Leadership Blog
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Data and the Digital Oil Patch
15 May 2012 | 6:44 pmThe oil patch has gone digital. Recently, we attended the Digital Oil Patch conference in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, just outside Pittsburgh. The two-day conference on April 17-18 included approximately 60 speakers covering an array of oil and gas industry issues ranging from state and federal regulation of the oil shale resource development in New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia to technological innovations that increase the efficiency of oil and gas exploration and drilling. Other topics discussed revolved around data gathering, data mining and data storage and… -
Today’s Retail World Calls for a Purpose-Built Business Tablet
9 May 2012 | 9:16 amLiving in Midtown Manhattan and working in the Gramercy Park neighborhood, my daily commute takes me thru the heavy retail neighborhood of Harold Square. In this era of connected consumers, the retailers are making attempts at how to redefine the shopping experience while increasing the digital media interaction with their consumers. Consumer demands are also changing how retailers must manage their stores operations, especially when it comes to inventory. Consumers want more choices, which may result in space issues on store shelves or insufficient stock levels. Retailers are constantly… -
The Potential Perils of Not Employing Multifactor Authentication Techniques
2 May 2012 | 11:27 amA recent “60 Minutes” segment on Stuxnet, the sophisticated computer worm that first garnered media attention in June 2010, piqued my interest and got me thinking about the current focus on cyber security. Stuxnet, to a large extent, is proof of a new type of warfare that computer security experts have been warning about for years. Threats such as Stuxnet are increasingly targeting government agencies and critical infrastructure, and becoming more sophisticated – some estimates put Stuxnet at over 12,000 lines of code. As a result, the challenges… -
Commenting on FFIEC 2011 Supplemental Guidance
26 Apr 2012 | 8:53 amIn 2011, the FFIEC published supplemental guidance to its October 2005 guidance entitled Authentication in an Internet Banking Environment. The aim was to reinforce the risk-management framework described in the original guidance, and ultimately decrease fraud in both retail and commercial banking. At the heart of the risk-management framework are customer authentications and layered security strategies. As organizations evaluate increasing threats and how to repel them, technology will play a more critical role. With the proliferation of mobile devices, this becomes even… -
'Speed Kills' - Technology advances are enabling a killing to be made in financial services
23 Apr 2012 | 3:15 pmAlthough the quest for low-latency solutions has been a topic of discussion within the fiber-optic industry for more than a decade, only in the last few years has the technology found a truly appreciative partner in the financial services industry. By now, almost all investors are aware of the increasing use of high-frequency trading (HFT) and that HFT now comprises an estimated 60+ percent of the financial market trading in the U.S. alone. While their strategies are diverse, there is one nearly universal element to the HFT industry: they employ the most brilliant quantitative analysts…
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Tyson Foods
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In memoriam: Sue Brockway
3 May 2012 | 8:15 amMany in the hunger community are already aware of the passing last week of our colleague and dear friend, Sue Brockway. While her death was no surprise, it leaves those who knew Sue with a deep sense of loss. To those who received the news directly from me last week, I’ll apologize for using the same words here, but I hope they summarize Sue’s life and work here at Tyson for those who might not have known her. In my life, I’ve never known anyone who fought so hard to live—not simply remain alive, but truly enjoy the days she had on earth. Five years ago, Sue was… -
Chef Aaron McCargo, Jr. KNOW Hunger Video
30 Apr 2012 | 3:49 pmGrowing up in a family of eight in Camden, New Jersey, Aaron McCargo got to see a lot of life, including lots of hungry kids. Now a successful Food Network personality (better known as “Big Daddy”), he’s generous with his time and energy to help make the world a better place. Not only has he traveled far and wide as an ambassador for hunger relief, he established and participates in his own youth leadership and character development organizastion in Camden, Play to Win. Here he shares his testimony in a KNOW Hunger video, talking about the nature and scope of hunger,… -
Vicki Brown
30 Apr 2012 | 10:04 amSubmitted by James Anderson Ms. Brown started Sowing Seeds for Life 5 years ago to feed the low income and poor in the Los Angeles County Area twice a month. Her food pantry started with feeding 25 people a month and now feeds over 3000 people a month. Sowing Sees for Life is an all-volunteer organization averaging 35 volunteers a month that help to distribute food. Ms. Brown has used her own finances to pay for the delivery of the food and to buy refrigeration units to keep food fresh. -
You Shared Your KNOWledge–Austin got food
25 Apr 2012 | 2:25 pmToday, we delivered part of the ten truckloads of food resulting from our Share Your Knowledge campaign, in which readers were asked to share an important fact about hunger in a community and the work of the foodbank there. Our drivers delivered a truckload of food–37,000 pounds to Capital Area Food Bank of Texas. We’ll be posting photos of the other donations as we make them this week. -
You Shared Your KNOWledge–West Michigan got food
25 Apr 2012 | 12:38 pmToday, we delivered part of the ten truckloads of food resulting from our Share Your Knowledge campaign, in which readers were asked to share an important fact about hunger in a community and the work of the foodbank there. Our drivers delivered a truckload of food–37,000 pounds to Feeding America West Michigan Food Bank. We’ll be posting photos of the other donations as we make them this week.
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Wells Fargo
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What's in a name: Anglo California National Bank
14 May 2012 | 12:25 pmOne of my earlier posts covered Pacific Coast trade between California and Canada. While Pacific Coast trade may seem intuitive given that seagoing transportation was the easiest and fastest mode of transportation the California Gold Rush era, the strong links San Francisco maintained with the capital markets of Great Britain and continental Europe are not as obvious. One example is the Anglo California Bank, Ltd., organized under British law in 1873. Anglo California used its capital to become one of the largest banks in San Francisco by the end of the nineteenth century, with primary focus… -
Mother's Day is today!
13 May 2012 | 10:00 amI hope and pray that someone, sometime, will found a memorial mother's day. There are many days for men, but none for mothers. —Anna Jarvis, Sunday school teacher Mother's Day celebrations date back as far as the Ancient Greeks and Romans, and in some form or another it was also celebrated among Christians and Europeans. But, it wasn't until 150 years ago that Mother's Day was celebrated regularly in the United States. It was originally called "Women's Work Day." That sounds like the opposite of Mother's Day as we know it, but homemaker Anna Jarvis organized a day to raise awareness of… -
Stagecoach ahoy!
10 May 2012 | 7:00 pmWe've been clueing you in on this all week. "Where's the Stagecoach?" is your ticket to excitement and fabulous gifts. That is, if, like me, you consider churros fabulous. (They're definitely a gift!) Tomorrow, May 12, the Wells Fargo Stagecoach is somewhere in San Francisco as part of the Golden Gate Bridge 75th Anniversary. This you already know. When you find it, Arby matey!—you're in for a treat. And maybe some other nice gifts for dropping by. Don't forget to share your snapshots and stories. It's how you tell the whole world how cool the Bridge is, and how great a time you're… -
Where's the Stagecoach?
9 May 2012 | 3:00 pmAs I described Monday, the Wells Fargo Stagecoach will appear at a San Francisco location—as yet undisclosed—on Saturday. This is part of the Golden Gate Bridge 75th anniversary celebration. "Where's the Stagecoach?" is a simple premise. We have a coach in a location, you find it, you enjoy food and prizes, you take some pictures and share 'em on our 75th anniversary pages. That's pretty much it, so have fun! We'd offer more clues, but that would make it too easy. Let's just say with a little wind in your sails, you'll find it easy. That's yar! So where is the Stagecoach? See you… -
We have a Sweepstakes winner!
7 May 2012 | 5:15 pmToday—just a few hours ago, in fact!—in Bordentown, N.J., lucky Joseph H. was announced as winner of our Golden Gate Bridge 75th Anniversary sweepstakes. He is stationed at McGuire AFB, and entered our sweepstakes at an ATM. Congratulations, Airman! On May 25th, Joseph and his family fly into SFO, and they’ll stay at the Galleria Park Hotel. A San Francisco CityPASS tour is first on the agenda. They will attend festivities on Saturday and Sunday at Marina Green, as Wells Fargo celebrates the huge anniversary event. They also have a full schedule of activities that gets them…
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Xerox
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Building Belief: Marketing’s New Model
15 May 2012 | 3:12 pmby Erin Isselmann, Social Media, Xerox PR When she isn’t sharing insights on social media, Erin is an avid fan of pop culture and mom who is always learning new ways to juggle. Christa Carone, Xerox’s CMO recently blogged about her experience as a member of the Arthur Page Society and how their new marketing model has helped to shape the Xerox brand repositioning effort. I have to admit, this is one of the first marketing models that has captured my attention in a long time. As a B2B marketer, I look for ways to tie marketing efforts to real world business results. … -
Focus Friday: Deciding Where to Dine in Düsseldorf
11 May 2012 | 12:00 amby, Christine Winter, XMPie Christine is the PR/marketing programs manager for XMPie, A Xerox Company, Karaoke Queen, and Bride-to-Be. There’s a joke going around the Xerox stand at drupa 2012 that says the trade fair is like Groundhog Day (the movie). Every day, like clockwork, the stand staff arrives at the Messe sometime between 8:30 and 9:00 a.m., attends the Sunrise Meeting at 9:15 a.m., gives the first of several demos/presentations around 10:30 a.m., catches a glimpse of Cirque du Soleil at 10:45 a.m., then 1:45 p.m., then 4:45 p.m., followed by Happy Hour and a 20-minute ride back… -
Reflections on The Atlantic’s Innovation Summit
10 May 2012 | 11:46 amby, Sophie Vandebroek, Chief Technology Officer and president of Xerox Innovation Group I participated in a The Atlantic’s Innovation Summit in Washington DC earlier this week. My professional colleagues and I discussed how to best nurture talent and fuel breakthroughs that create a competitive American future. Sophie Vandebroek, Xerox CTO at The Atlantic's Innovation Summit It was exciting to hear what others had to say about this important challenge. We feel a shared responsibility to keep America a strong global player and an innovative nation. A nation that is able to attract… -
drupa: The Show is Living Up to Its Reputation
9 May 2012 | 7:00 amby Patti Quinn, Xerox PR drupa, the largest print show in the world certainly is living up to its reputation. It is a whirlwind of cultures, sounds, commotion and excitement. With a front row view, I watch people from around the globe enter the Xerox booth – a steady stream of printers looking to us to help them succeed. Xerox Stand at drupa There’s a lot of competition at a show like this – just like in business every day. Staying focused and being productive is always the goal, but can be challenging just the same. One way we’re helping customers do more is by eliminating… -
drupa: Where Good Friends Share a Passion for Printing
7 May 2012 | 12:55 pmby, Bob Wagner, Xerox Technology Communications By May 16 about 100,000 people will visit the Xerox stand in Hall 8b, and I’ll have a chance to meet with hundreds of them from dozens of countries. That’s what I like most about this quadrennial mega show. Like-minded people from around the globe come together in picturesque Dusseldorf—people with a passion for printing. In fact, there’s no better place in our industry than drupa to make friends and rekindle long-standing relationships. This is my fourth drupa since 2000, and over the last 12 years coming to Germany I’ve met…
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Mirror Yourself
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How to Pick Your Unique Facebook Cover Photo?
5 May 2012 | 6:41 pmEver wonder how to pick your most compelling Facebook Cover Photo? Read this article to discover five cool Apps to transform your Cover Photo into a unique piece of art. Facebook and Pinterest are certainly changing the way we use the social web. Now, with more emphasis on visuals, presenting yourself with a unique design [...] -
7 Tips to Make Facebook even more Fun!
28 Apr 2012 | 4:34 amWonder how to keep up with all the coolest things on Facebook? Read this and grab the latest tips and tools to make your Facebook experience even more fun! #1 Use Facebook Interests to Master Content Curation Content remains King, but more Content can be quite overwhelming. So, thanks to Facebook’s Interests , you can [...] -
3 Easy Tips to Rock Your Facebook Presence
21 Apr 2012 | 5:57 amWonder how to stand out on Facebook? Read this article to grab 3 easy tips that will rock your Facebook presence! #1 Use your best head shot for the updated profile pic Facebook announced they will be updating the size of the profile picture on all Facebook pages. Facebook says “we’re letting you know about [...] -
5 Tips to Improve Your Facebook Timeline Page Engagement
14 Apr 2012 | 8:44 amAre you wondering how to improve visibility of your Timeline page updates? Here are 5 actionable tips to generate more engagement on your page, starting today! #1 Leverage the impact of Views on Timeline Pages The days of default landing tabs on Facebook pages are gone, so it’s up to creativity to invite new page [...] -
5 Facebook Tips to Cheer Up Your Easter Weekend!
7 Apr 2012 | 9:42 amAre you interested in 5 Ninja Tricks to improve your Facebook experience? Read this article to access 5 tips that will certainly cheer up your Easter Weekend! #1 Unmark Spammy Comments Facebook introduced a couple of comment improvements. Spammy comments -defined by Facebook’s algorithm- used to be grayed out. Facebook decided just recently to hide [...]
