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Local Marketing: Building your Business from your Doorstep

In today’s modern society, there is huge emphasis put on marketing, with large companies spending huge sums of money incorporating multiple campaigns to attract customers worldwide. However, even on a smaller scale, this is not an option for local businesses. Whether it be due to financial restraints, or simply not being able to attract customers who live further away, these types of businesses must look for marketing solutions elsewhere. Well look no further than ‘local marketing’, a highly affordable range of resolutions that should be a primary ingredient in any local business marketing mix. If you’re unsure what I am talking about, or wonder how it could possibly help you, then you’ve come to the right place.

What is Local Marketing?

Put simply, local marketing is specifically targeting those in close proximity to the business. Therefore this marketing method aims to attract customers as well as drive repeat business from the local population opposed to the mass market.

Developing an Online Presence

One hugely influential factor in local marketing is online presence. Potential customers need to find you and unless they are walking past your store regularly, they may not have heard of you at all. So how can they find out about you? On the internet, that’s where. Here are a few statistics which depict the importance of online presence for local businesses:

  1. BrightLocal’s 2014 consumer survey suggested that 57% of consumers (across North America) searched online for local businesses more than 6 times per year.
  2.  The same study outlined the power of online reviews. So much so, that 88% of surveyed participants claimed that they read online reviews in order to make a judgement on the quality of a local business.
  3. 71% of consumers research local businesses online before making a visit. However, transparency is crucial as 73% of consumers claimed that they lose trust in brands as a result of inaccurate listings.
  4.  A recent study claimed that 50% of mobile searches are conducted with the intention of finding a local business. Within these searches, 61% resulted in a purchase.
  5. Within a study conducted by Google, 4 in 5 consumers use search engines as a means of finding local information. Within a day of conducting these searches, 50% of consumers who used a smart phone, and 34% of those using a computer or tablet visited a local store.

Develop your website, build a social media following. These may take time to establish to a high standard, however not having them at all could lose you numerous potential business opportunities.

Engaging the Community

In order to raise awareness within the local community, businesses can use a number of local marketing techniques. These involve reaching out to individuals or organisations, investing time and effort (and money here and there) into developing relationships. Here’s a few options at your disposal:

  •  Customised direct mail- announce sales , promotions and coupons to local businesses or people (e.g schools, sports teams, senior apartment homes etc.) showing people what you’re about, but also how you can benefit them.
  • Promotion through the local chamber of commerce- introduce your brand to likeminded individuals, whilst developing long term relationships throughout. Whilst attempting to sell seems the obvious way to go, developing your profile and reputation within the local market is the main goal.
  • Hosting Events- increases visible presence in the community, boosting your reputation in the process.
  • Sponsor local sports teams or clubs- Provide a service to local groups, all whilst getting your brand out there. This therefore helps both parties whilst further integrating your company into the community.
  • Purchase local ad space- bus stops and outdoor spaces are prime marketing locations in order to attract attention from multiple pedestrians. Whether it be people commuting to work or school, or simply those going for a stroll at the weekend, attention can be gained from those in all walks of life.
  • Participating in community fairs and social gatherings- emphasise the character behind your products by marketing yourself as an individual as well as showing the community how your business can benefit them. Fairs are a great opportunity to make sales as well as expand your audience in the process.

Ultimately, local marketing is about knowing and interacting with neighbours, whether it be online or face to face. Managing both is crucial within marketing, however for small, local, businesses, an online presence is only one step of the way. Getting to know your customers and vice versa may take gruelling hours and huge amounts of effort, however these relationships are pivotal in order for your company to develop, and ultimately succeed.

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Unicellular green algae have the ability to operate in two distinctly different environments (aerobic and anaerobic) and to photosynthetically generate molecular hydrogen (H2). A recently developed metabolic protocol permitted separation of photosynthetic O2 evolution and carbon accumulation from anaerobic consumption of cellular metabolites and concomitant photosynthetic H2 evolution in the light. The H2-evolving metabolic process was induced upon sulfate nutrient deprivation of the algae, which reversibly inhibits photosystem-II and O2-evolution in their chloroplast. In the absence of O2, and in order to generate ATP, green algae resorted to anaerobic photosynthetic metabolism, evolved H2 gas in the light and consumed endogenous substrate. Hydrogen generation in green algae draws attention to an alternative cellular metabolism and offers a new avenue of research in photosynthesis.

The main objectives of the proposal are:

  1. A thorough investigation of the growth conditions of wild type and mutants of Scenedesmus obliquus and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii that lead to maximal production of hydrogen,
  2. characterization of the photosynthetic activity of the various mutants by biochemical and spectroscopic techniques,
  3. immobilization/stabilization of chlamydomonas in cheap biocompatible materials,
  4. proteomic analysis in order to associate protein differentiation with the hydrogenase activity, and
  5. the development of a prototype bioreactor.

Three Greek groups with different but complementary expertise will be involved in this proposal. The substantial participation of Prof. Melis, who is one of the pioneers in biohydrogen research, will lead to the development of a Greek consortium actively involved in the area of biohydrogen production by green algae. The construction of a lab scale algal photobioreactor and the development of a techno-economic evaluation model would allow us to explore the possibilities of industrial applications.

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Tea Party Twitters "God Bless Joe Stack American Hero"...So Does This Mean Tea Party Is Anti-Big Business, Anti-Health Insurance Industry Like Their "American Hero"? [HT: Reader Josh]

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PBS' Bill Moyers, the respectable grandpa of the castrated Left, was once a diehard conspiracy theorist!

Check out this awesome 1987 “conspiracy theory” documentary called “America’s Secret Government,” which connects the Iran-Contra scandal to the secret post-WWII lives of Nazi officials in the US, the manufacture of the “communist threat” as a bullshit excuse to expand…

Posted on: February 14th, 2010 | Comments (8)

Video Of A Human Plasma Donor Cow: Cerberus Capital Up Close & Personal

If you read my story about how Cerberus Capital–the vampiric Republican-dominated private equity fund–made a killing pumping human plasma from lower-class human feeding cows, and you’re wondering what the plasma-pumping process actually looks like, here’s a lovely self-made video posted…

Posted on: February 9th, 2010 | Comments (15)

Drug War Shootout: Mexican Special Forces Kill The King of Drug Lords Arturo Beltran Leyva

Quick dispatch with some groundbreaking news: Mexican marines shot it out with Arturo Beltran Leyva and his bodyguards in some luxury mall/department store in Cuernavaca, about 50 miles south of Mexico city. Unreal. The shootout—caught on tape—happened in the middle…

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The War Nerd: Hardware For Dummies: V-22 Osprey Takes The Pepsi Challenge Against F-18 Hornet

This article first appeared in The eXile on February 21, 2008. FRESNO, CA — OK, let’s talk hardware for once. I love the hardware, always have; the reason I don’t talk much about it is that what we’ve got is…

Posted on: December 4th, 2009 | Comments (53)

Thomas Friedman: The Empire's Useful Idiot: An Exile Classic

This article was first published in The eXile on June 8, 2000, issue 92. How can we best promote world peace? As always, Thomas Friedman has a stunningly original answer: by building more McDonald’s. Here’s Friedman’s “Golden Arches Theory of…

Posted on: October 25th, 2009 | Comments (35)

An eXiled Recap: Recent Drug Trade Coverage You Might Have Missed

To compliment today’s article by Matt Harvey exposing the media bullshit behind New York’s supposed heroin epidemic, here are a couple of drug-related stories we published in the past year or so that you might have missed. 1. Pancho Montana’s maiden…

Posted on: October 21st, 2009 | Comments (4)


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CSR has a diverse, eclectic group of team members.  We hail from different places, span the generations, and enjoy varied passions.  We contribute unique skill sets and talents to our clients’ dreams, and we love what we do.  In addition to the client work we do every day, we are involved in a variety of efforts both in and beyond the workplace.  Over a few blog posts, we’re excited to share a little bit about those ventures and how we give back in little and big ways.

What do an executive recruiter, an entrepreneurial publisher, the head of a foundation for corporate conservation, an insurance attorney, and a preschool director have in common?  I have had the privilege and honor of participating in a mentoring relationship with each of them over at least a year’s time through the Catholic Charities Leadership Class.  During Catholic Charities Atlanta’s inaugural year with its Leadership Class in 2011, I benefited from a mentor pairing, and then during as many years as possible, I give back by serving as a mentor to other women & men.

The Leadership Class was formed by a visionary board member and a very dedicated steering committee and modeled after the Multiple Sclerosis leadership program.  Participants in the Catholic Charities Leadership Class commit to supporting the faith-based, social service organization in a variety of ways:  raising awareness on its offerings, raising funds, and raising the bar on their own servant leadership development.

During my mentor meetings, I try to strike a balance between professional advice, personal probing, and spiritual support.  The meetings are two-way streets with my exposure into their career paths, their approaches to faith enrichment, and their challenges and joys with family and friends.  I can easily say that volunteering as a mentor has been extremely enriching to me and well worth my time and energy.

If you’d like to find out more about the Catholic Charities Atlanta Leadership Class, please visit this page for more information.  It would be my pleasure to nominate you to participate later this year or to serve as a mentor.  Please keep this year’s participants in your thoughts as they’re recognized this month in their graduation ceremony!

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NYTB’s The Nutcracker A Delight for Children of All Ages

by Bonnie Rosenstock
December 13, 2015
Florence Gould Hall
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The Sunday, December 13, 11 a.m. performance of New York Theatre Ballet’s fifth annual The Nutcracker, held in the cozy 361-seat Florence Gould Hall, was filled to capacity. Adults had at least one youngster in tow, and there was no dearth of princesses and ballerinas. The two little girls sitting next to me (that is, occasionally sitting) were dressed in frilly outfits topped with glittery crowns. The older one spent part of the hour-long performance gleefully conducting the Tchaikovsky score with her magic wand. There seemed to be almost as much action, movement and sound emanating from the audience as there was up on the stage. And that seemed quite appropriate for NYTB’s delightful retelling of its popular holiday ballet.

The show, which sold out its seven-performance run December 11-13, was created by long-time NYTB choreographer Keith Michael. Set in Art Nouveau-style on Christmas Eve circa 1907, it takes place in the living room of Dr. and Mrs. Stahlbaum’s stately mansion in which a clock figures prominently. Godfather Drosselmeyer - played with verve by Mitchell Kilby in black tails, hair askew with big round owlish glasses and a cheery disposition - introduced his nephew Nathaniel to the Stahlbaums and their daughter Marie. Nathaniel is also the Crown Prince of a magical kingdom to which he yearns to return. Drosselmeyer produced a wooden Nutcracker (the enchanted Nathaniel) from behind a small door and presented it to Marie. She returned to the living room later that night with her Nutcracker, fell asleep and the fantastical adventure began.

Queen Mouserinks (the commanding Eliza Sherlock) and her band of mice (the talented children from Ballet School NY) appear and attempt to devour the savory doll, but Marie saves him. Because of her bravery and love, he comes alive, and the two join forces in a rousing battle to defeat them. After victory, the two embark on a journey through the Land of Snow and the Land of Sweets. They encounter the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier and a host of other alluring entertainers.

In some productions, Marie (sometimes known as Clara or Masha) is played by a child, who may have a marginal role. But NYTB opted for a company member, Alexis Branagan, to portray her as an exuberant young adult and perform engaging duets with the dashing Stephen Campanella (Nathaniel and the Nutcracker/Crown Prince). Dr. and Mrs. Stahlbaum (Joshua Andino-Nieto and Amanda Treiber) did double duty as the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier. The accomplished duo captured the lovely, lyrical choreography. The Snowflakes and Frost dancers were smooth and shimmery, the Chinese Chopsticks (Giulia Faria and Sherlock) were masterful in both dancing and handling those epic, clacking chopsticks and the Waltz of the Flowers trio (Carmella Lauer, Ayaka Kamei and Faria) was winsome, to highlight a few of the outstanding divertissements pairings.

The set design by Gillian Bradshaw-Smith was cheery as well as functional, featuring the all-essential clock with movable hands and places for people to hide and pop out of. The costumes by Metropolitan Opera’s Resident Costume Designer Sylvia Taalsohn Nolan were inventive and colorful, from polka-dot-dressed mice with magnificent tails; Marzipan Shepherdess and sheep in ruffled white Little Bo-peep outfits (and one pink outfit for the youngest) carrying sheep masks and shepherd’s crooks; the delicate petal-like overlay to the Waltz of the Flower dresses; to the vivid colors of the ebullient young trio of Russian Boules, who deftly manipulated red bouncy gym balls—they threw themselves on them, bounced on them, threw them up in the air, caught them and had a marvelous time. As did the spectators, whether they brought children or used them as an excuse to experience The Nutcracker magic.

New York Theatre Ballet, 131 East 10th Street, New York, NY 10003. (212) 679-0401. For full calendar of events and Ballet School NY classes, visit www.nytb.org.

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Nuclear Power Plant on Alert as Fukushima Earth Quake Strikes

According to the Japanese Meteorological Agency, an earthquake of magnitude 6.3 has struck in the Kanto area of Japan.  This region borders the Tōhoku area where the Fukushima Power Plant suffered a meltdown in 2011.

The Japanese news agency NHK reported that the epicentre was not at sea which means a repeat of 2011’s Tsunami is unlikely to occur again.  Nonetheless, tremors were felt in a “wide area” on Japan’s east coast.

The Tokyo Electric Power Company which is currently decommissioning Fukushima nuclear plant is investigating the impact the earthquake may have had.  In a statement, the company said, “At the moment, we have not confirmed the impact of the earthquake on our main power facilities (including nuclear power plants).”

The earthquake struck Ibaraki Prefecture at 9.38 pm local time.  There were no reports of injuries or damage.  Last month a larger earthquake struck Fukushima.  The country is situated on one of the most volatile places on the planet in terms of seismic activity.  The Pacific Ring of Fire stretches from Japan to the U.S.

Ninety percent of the world’s earthquakes and 81 percent of the most powerful earthquakes on the planet happen in the Pacific Ring of Fire.  As well as the Japan earthquake, a series of earthquakes has struck the U.S on the Nevada and California border.  Although no reports of damage or injury have yet to be reported, the quakes are believed to be at a magnitude between 2.8 and 4.

Fortunately, seismologist Lucy Jones believes the quakes were decaying and this was not a prelude to a bigger quake.  She tweeted, “They could be foreshocks but much more likely that we’ve already seen the largest.  Sequence decaying normally.”

Since the 2011 Fukushima meltdown, any kind of seismic activity near the area tends to raise the alarm of those in charge of dismantling the reactor of the plant.

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Joey Lawrence, star of ABC Family's "Melissa and Joey," and his wife, Chandie Yawn-Nelson, teamed up with Cars.com to help determine the best overall "Crossover" vehicle under $30,000.

The winning car will be announced on February 1, 2011 and donated to the Los Angeles chapter of the March of Dimes Foundation, for which Mr. Lawrence is a California State Ambassador.

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 LASIK Risks and Benifits
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Risks and benifits of lasik

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Millions of people have undergone laser eye surgery in the past decade, and living happily and safely with it. When done properly by an experienced eye surgeon, and to the suitable case, The benefits are un-mistakabe; an excellent eye-sight with no glasses (mostly better than that obtained with glasses). Benefits are immense and appreciated very well.

There is no serious sight threatening complications, however, there are some risks which can occur, and you should be aware of their possibility. They can roughly be divided into: common side effects, infrequent side effects, and extremely rare ones. This monograph does not relate to complications caused by operating on the wrong cases (non-indicated cases for whom LASIK was not suitable in the first place)

Commonly occurring (side effects) of LASIK

These are not (true side effects), but rather a cause of a trivial discomfort following LASIK. It is to be noted that these symptoms can occur in one eye more than the other with no particular significance:

  • Dry sensation of the eyes is common in the first few months after LASIK. That is why we usually advise instilling artificial preservative-free eye drops during this period.
  • Light sensitivity in the first day.
  • Scratchiness in the first few days.
  • Patches of red or pink in the white of the eye are common in the first days. They are caused by the microkeratome suction and disappear completely by fewdays-2 weeks.

Infrequent side effects of LASIK

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  • Over- or under-treatment of the condition may occur, and a minimal degree of under or over-correction is probably the commonest (side effect) which can occur. requiring additional surgery, contact lens, or glasses.
  • As with all normal populations, reading glasses may still be needed after surgery for patients over 45. However, there is actually an added advantage here for LASIK as we can make some adjustments during the operation to delay, and sometimes negate the use of reading glasses.
  • Problems with night driving or visual symptoms, such as glare and haloes. We used to warn our patients about haloes around lights during night driving in the first few months. Recently, however, with modifications in the technique and upgrades in the laser software, we rarely encounter this complaint, even with fair people in whom it was very common. If it does occur, it usually disappear within 6 months.
  • Few patients, although they may see much better than before LASIK without glasses, will still need minor glasses for their best vision.
  • Problems with a decrease in contrast sensitivity in the first 3 months, and even with 6/6 or 20/20 vision, objects may appear fuzzy or gray.
  • Flap complications; flap wrinkles can occur if the patient rubs his eye vigorously in the first few days after LASIK. This is avoided by avoiding rubbing during this period. Dr Khalil will use plastic clear shields for anxious patients. If it does occur, again prompt management completely cures it.
  • Rarely, some inflammatory deposits under the flap can occur, and they subside with the use of proper eye drops.

Extremely rare side effects of LASIK which never occurred in our clinic

  • Corneal scarring, permanent warping of the cornea and an inability to wear contact lenses is recorded in some reports if flap complications arise and are managed incorrectly.
  • Corneal infection is recorded to occur in some centers, however, if it does occur, prompt management with necessary eye drops resolves the problem. Most importantly actually is prevention by proper asepsis in the laser room.

As you make your decision whether to have refractive eye surgery, consider the benefits and the risks. Also consider the cost of surgery. Most importantly, discuss your decision and your concerns with Dr Khalil. He will be more than willing to help you decide if refractive surgery is right for you.

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Travel Startups compete in San Francisco at EyeforTravel’s 2017 Digital Summit

EyeforTravel’s Startup & Innovation in Travel Awards taking place at the EyeforTravel San Francisco Summit (April 24-25) now has several start-ups signed up including Wyndow, Pablow, Splitty, Triposo and 8 more.
Applications are currently still open and being reviewed. The deadline for applications is March 31st. The start-ups will pitch their businesses in front of a panel of experienced investors on conference day 1, who will be judging their financial potential. The two best pitches will be chosen to present in front of the 300+ summit attendees, with the winner chosen through a live audience poll with the summit attendees.

 “Start-ups represents a fundamental shift in innovation in travel.  At EyeforTravel we believe that the brands investing and innovating in mobile and new offerings deserve to be recognised”, says Tim Gunstone, MD, EyeforTravel Ltd.

As Charles Ralston from TripStreak said on the previous EyeforTravel Awards “The Start-up Village is a really great value for money, especially for start-ups that can’t typically afford to spend thousands on conference. Bravo to EyeforTravel for pioneering this!”

Travel is being changed by mobile, the sharing economy social media and that constant drive to deliver the best customer experience.  Technology is transforming the way travel is sold – providing exciting opportunities to enhance the customer experience, grow loyalty and ancillary revenues.

EyeforTravel’s Start-Up Awards seek to recognize the young brands who are making significant progress for travel – trailblazing the way for others to follow. Here’s your chance to shout about it!

The judges for the 2017 awards include, with more to come…
  • ·         Matt Zito, Managing Partner, Travel Startups Incubator LLC
  • ·         Brian Harniman, Managing Director, Brand New Matter, Inc
  • ·         Tim Gunstone, Managing Director, Eyefortravel
  • ·         Bruce Rosenberg, Chief Operating Officer, HotelPlanner
  • ·         Jeena James, Global Head for Travel & Local, Food, Drink Apps, Business Dev, Google Play
  • ·         Nancy Hayes, Managing Director, Golden Seeds ( Principal - NKH Group)
  • ·         Seth Rosenfield, Managing Director, Petsky Prunier
  • ·         Amir Amidi, Managing Partner - Travel and Hopsitality Centre of Innovation, Plug and Play Tech Center (TBC)

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Baxter Healthcare Corp. influenza vaccine – Preflucel being recalled. “Any stock should be quarantined and returned via the normal channels… No further Preflucel of any batch should be administered at this time.” A statement from Baxter read.

The reason given by Newbury-based Baxter Healthcare, which manufacturers the drug is; ‘There has been a higher-than-expected reporting of adverse reactions after administration of vaccines from this batch.”

This is not the first time Baxter is caught up with alarming issues when it comes to vaccines safety. This is the same drug company that was caught exporting Live Avian Flu Virus in seasonal flu vaccines back in 2009. A Story that was very quickly buried by mainstream media.

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Reversible compression of low order bits in digital images
(Method is patented in U.S. 7315266, currently in public domain)

The compression of high quality photographic images is performed based on similarities in rows, columns, colors or separated repeated fragments. There is, however, one more correlation that is slipped out of attention or researchers. It is correlation between high order bits and low order bits within RGB structure. This correlation exists not in every image but in many of them, for example in known published 24 Kodak images used by many companies for compression benchmarks ( bitjazz , for example). This correlation is so strong that image palette can be used as look up table for prediction of low order bits based on high order counter part and low order bits can be compressed separately and independently from high order bits. This leads to possibility of improvement of any existing algorithm by excluding low order bits and processing them separately. The details along with code sample can be found in this article.

Table 2. below contains the comparison of compression ratios with and without separate processing of low order bits. The images are compressed by the method close to one published in article of S.A. Martucci 'Reversible compression of HDTV images using median adaptive prediction and arithmetic coding' in Proceedings of IEEE ISCAS, May 1990, pp. 1310-1313. The ratios are shown in coupled figures as 2.26/2.69. The number shown on the top 2.26 is compression ratio when only mentioned above method is applied. The number below 2.69 is compression ratio achieved when same algorithm was used along with suggested technique of separate processing of low order bits. Average improvement is about 18 percent. Both methods are lossless. Establishing a record was not an objective. The goal was to compare results for separate processing of low order bits, because the same technique can be used along with other, possibly, more effective methods (wavelet transforms, for example). Some comparison to other software is shown in table 1. The number in the table is total size of all 24 files when compression is applied separately to each of them. All original images are 768 * 512 RGB (that is 28,311,552 bytes). The list of companies is limited to those whose programs are easy available for test. It is not even close to some sort of exhaustive set and there are other companies and software versions that claim better compression but not freely available for testing or need significant time to install and test. To avoid misleading of visitors I have to add that very impressive compression by PAQ8P achieved for very long time such as about 36 seconds per image, while all other programs did it for sort of reasonable time between 1 and 3 sec.

Table 1. Overall compression for 24 images with different programs
MethodMartucci 1990JPEG2000WinRK 2.1.6 This articleHD PhotoPAQ8PBMF v.1.1 Option -F
ReferenceIEEE ISCAS Luratech WinRK this method PAQ8P BMF
Size12,005,20311,327,77611,945,646 10,196,432 12,855,4658,281,91810,992,592

Table 2. Individual compression ratios with and without separate processing of low-order bits
2.26 / 2.69
2.39 / 2.91
2.81 / 3.29
2.33 / 2.78
2.04 / 2.35
2.33 / 2.75
2.68 / 3.17
2.08 / 2.38
2.58 / 3.14
2.54 / 3.07
2.37 / 2.85
2.70 / 3.16
1.91 / 2.21
2.15 / 2.52
2.42 / 2.74
2.63 / 3.17
2.48 / 3.02
2.01 / 2.36
2.30 / 2.77
2.97 / 3.25
2.28 / 2.73
2.17 / 2.55
2.60 / 2.97
2.22 / 2.56

The algorithm

In the known algorithms lossless compression of still images is based on similarities between pixels in adjacent rows and columns also based on correlation between colors and similar fragment detected in different parts or image (LZ77, for example). One correlation in image data, however, slipped out of attention of researches. It is correlation between high order bits and low order bits within the same pixel. Surprisingly, in images not subjected to lossy compression the low order bits do not vary within theoretically possible limit but staying 'attached' to its high order counter part of RGB triplet. That means that knowledge of high order bits or RGB triplet can be used for successful statistical prediction of its low order counter part, using look up table. The benefits of such approach can be seen from statistical data shown in table 1. The data are taken for Kodak high quality photographic pictures that are in public domain and used by many researchers and companies for testing of compression algorithms (bitjazz, for example). Second column has image name used in original download site. Third column has size of palette for RGB triplets where last bit of every color is ignored. Fourth column has size of palette for full 24 bit triplets and the last column contains number of pixels.

Table 1. Statistical characteristics of Kodak images

# Image name 21 bit palette 24 bit palette Number of pixels
1 Kodim01 17654 19182 393216
2 Kodim02 12351 13452 393216
3 Kodim03 31342 34871 393216
4 Kodim04 29219 31716 393216
5 Kodim05 58620 63558 393216
6 Kodim06 23933 25964 393216
7 Kodim07 34741 37552 393216
8 Kodim08 41067 45558 393216
9 Kodim09 22715 24106 393216
10 Kodim10 20003 21537 393216
11 Kodim11 31680 34473 393216
12 Kodim12 23420 25567 393216
13 Kodim13 35989 39784 393216
14 Kodim14 51187 55117 393216
15 Kodim15 41128 44576 393216
16 Kodim16 13002 14096 393216
17 Kodim17 18221 19815 393216
18 Kodim18 52442 57415 393216
19 Kodim19 22569 24807 393216
20 Kodim20 22173 24470 393216
21 Kodim21 26707 29317 393216
22 Kodim22 47722 53351 393216
23 Kodim23 65891 72079 393216
24 Kodim24 38545 42351 393216

In some technical papers low order bits are called high frequency bits because they believed to be varied in full theoretical range in unpredicted way. This is true for images after JPEG transformation and not necessarily for raw data returned by light sensors. For full range theoretical variety of last three bits the difference between 21 bit palette and 24 bit palette should be near factor of 8. The actual difference is about 10 to 20 percent that means that most 21 bit fragments have unique 3 bit counter part in the image. If we use full 24 bit palette as look up table we can predict least significant bits using relative sequential index shown in table 2.

Table 2. Relative sequential index for low order bits in palette array

High order bits Low order bits Relative sequential index
RedGreen Blue
1100001 1000111 1111000 101 0
1100001 1000111 1111000 110 1
1100001 1000111 1111000 111 2
1110010 0000011 1111001 001 0

In the table 24 bit RGB structure is split into 2 groups: high order bits that are 7 most significant bits of every color and low order group that is composed from 8th bit of every color. First 3 lines have identical high order group and different low order bits. We introduce relative sequential index for them 0,1 and 2. The 4th row in the table made new high order group so we start new relative sequential index starting from 0 and so on. According to observation made from the first table the relative sequential index for the whole palette contains approximately 80 percent of zeros and is expected be very well compressed by entropy encoder. High order bits may be compressed separately and independently from low order bits. In high order bit compression algorithm the last bit may be simply ignored or shifted out that significantly improves correlation between rows, columns and colors. There is, however, additional data that must be saved in order to restore original image without losses. It is palette fragment for low order bits (4th column in table 2) and special one bit mapping indicator the usage of which is explained further.

When high order bits are losslessly compressed and then restored, they form sorted 21 bit palette. In the table 2 this part is only two rows with different high order bit expressions like it is shown further in table 3.

Table 3. High order bit palette

Red Green Blue
1100001 1000111 1111000
1110010 0000011 1111001

The relative sequential index is compressed and restored as two dimensional array of data where every index value is located in the row and column of correspondent RGB triplet. When we restore original data we know, for example, first line from table 3 and relative sequential index 2. We need to make match between table 3 and 2. This is achieved by saving whole low order bit column with mapping indicator as it is shown in table 4.

Table 4. Mapping indicator

Low order bitsMapping indicator

Mapping indicator is positive bit for the row where we need to repeat high order bit fragment and zero otherwise. Both tables 4 and 3 can be used to restore whole palette as it is shown in table 2. In order to do that 2 lines from table 3 are attached to 2 lines from table 4 where mapping indicator is 0 and repeated down in the lines where mapping indicator is 1. Obviously, we do not need to save 21 bit palette. It can be recreated when high order bits are decompressed. Losslessly compressed high order bits and relative sequential indexes along with low order bit part of palette and mapping indicator allow restore original image.

The compression ratio, obviously, depends on relation between 24 bit palette and image size and also on the ratio between 24 bit palette and 21 bit palette. For the considered sample of Kodak images these relations are in favor of compression of low order bits separately from high order bits. The ratios are slightly vary from image to image but we can show typical numbers. The average palette size is about 35,000. The image size is same for all 768 * 512. The relative ratio between 21 bit palette and 24 bit palette is about 1.09 that means that two dimensional array of relative sequential indexes may contains near 90 percent of zeros and small integers (mostly ones) in other 10 percent of data. The uncompressed low order bits have size of 768 * 512 * 3 = 1,179,648. With certain degree of approximation we can presume that relative sequential indexes are compressed by entropy encoder to the size of 768 * 512 * [-0.9 * log (0.9) - 0.1 * log (0.1)] = 184,417 bits. The part of low order bits in palette array along with mapping indicator takes about 35000 * 4 = 140,000 bits. The compression ratio for low order bits only is expected to be about 1179648 / (184417 + 140000) = 3.6 times. This ratio is larger than typical compression ratio for this sample of images reported by some companies as a benchmark, which is between 2.5 and 3.0. The independent compression of low order bits have dual benefits: low order bits are compressed better than image in average and other part of the image have chances to be compressed much better due to increased correlation in data after low order bits are excluded. The last circumstance allows this reversible compression of low order bits to be used in combination with many other algorithms independently whether it is LZ77, LZW, median adaptive prediction or other.

Programmatic implementation for Windows OS

The program is called Libra8. When user successfully passed disclaimer notice the following window is shown on the screen.

That explains what the program is for. The testing steps are elementary. From tools choose Compress/Restore option and select any 24 bit BMP file for compression. The compressed file will have *.plr extension and same name by default.

If file with extension *.plr is chosen program executes decompression. Original and restored files can be compared pixel by pixel to confirm lossless compression from other menu option. The input parameter 'Depth of low-bit-buffer' defines the size of low order bit fragment. Number 1 means that single least significant bit of every color will be taken to low order bit group, so the group size will be 3. When this size is chosen as 0 there is no low order bit group and compression is performed as shown in original article of Martucci. For Kodak images size 1 for bitdepth is optimal.

When compression completed the overall compression ratio is printed along with compression for low order bits.

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140511 – Savouring Presence

(part 2 of a 3-part series called “The Presence Project”)

Yr A ~ Easter 4 ~ Acts 2:42-47

When we hear this scripture passage about the first church ever I imagine most of us zero in on the part that says “All who believed were together and had all things in common; they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to all, as any had need.” (Acts 2:44-45) I don’t know about you but when I hear that I think hippie commune, or maybe a cult! How long would I last here if I stood up and seriously preached that we should all sell our possessions and redistribute all the wealth among us?

Now, I don’t think they actually lived in a commune, but I do think they’re describing that the earliest church was so tuned-in to God and one another that they actually practiced that “love your neighbour” and “if you have two coats share one” stuff.pray-breathing

But as radical as that seems to our hyper-individualistic Western ears I don’t think it’s the most radical thing in this passage. I think the most radical thing is their spiritual intentionality – that they found a way to be fully present to God, and it impacted the way the lived. I think what we get here is a glimpse of humans finally really ‘getting it’!

It’s interesting to ask people what they think the bible is about – things like: Whose story is it? What’s the theme? What’s it trying to tell us?
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about God’s presence, and that the bible is really a library of stories spanning thousands of years of faithful people practicing presence, but more often stories of self-centred people ignoring it.

How does the bible begin? Where’s God?
God is in the midst of creation.
God is tangibly present with Adam and Eve – walking in the garden with them. Yes, it’s just a metaphorical story, and no God isn’t an old guy with a white beard, but notice what this story tells us: it says that our ideal state is to be fully in the presence of God.

So what happened in that story? Humans put their own stuff first, turned away from God’s presence, and ended up poorer for it. Paradise isn’t about lush gardens and frolicking carefree – it’s about being fully present to God’s Presence.

Think of all the horrific stories in the Old Testament about how God was supposedly helping various people raid and pillage villages and kill all sorts of people. Does that sound like a God of Love to you? Of course not! So did God’s character change over the centuries, or is it more likely that human ambition took centre stage and when it was successful they said “Look, God is on our side!” and when it failed they said “Look, God is absent!”

If you trace through the biblical witness you’ll find that every time humanity put themselves at the centre and tried to draft God onto our side to help us do what we want we floundered, and every time we put God at the centre and let God lead us we flourished. When we practice self-indulgence and self-absorption we tend to spin out negatively, but when we practice Presence there are usually overflowing blessings.

Today we heard a story of the very first Christian church ever. It was probably the one and only time in the history of Christianity that the church lived in complete harmony, believed the same things, and radically supported one another. It was idyllic. And it lasted for about 5 verses. Almost immediately problems emerged and they were because of human self-centredness and self-importance.

But while it lasted it was a beautiful and true expression of church because they radically practiced presence instead of practicing individualism.

Look at how that church was described. Look at how they lived. Look past the hippie stuff and notice what it says about their faith – what they were intentional about.

Acts 2:42 “They DEVOTED themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.”

Teaching, fellowship, communion, and prayer.
They didn’t do church like we do exactly, but those four things are still the pillars of what we do – teaching/learning about God, Jesus, and Spirit, fellowship and support, communion, and prayer. So we’re on track so far.

vv.46-47 “Day by day, as they spent MUCH TIME together in the temple, they broke bread at home and ate their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having the goodwill of all the people.”

It truly paints a picture of a group of people who really put God first – who shaped their whole lives with their spirituality at the centre. It doesn’t say “they gathered once a week to worship and support one another” – it says “day by day they spent much time together at church AND at home where their spirituality continued to be the focus.”

It was their “day-by-day-ness”, their intentionality, their mindfulness, that created their unique church.

What are the things you do “day by day” to nurture your spirit?
In what ways do you strive to be “intentional” about your faith like they were?
And why would you want to be? What’s the payoff for this focused intentionality?
What was the benefit of their whole-hearted effort to be present to Presence?

Acts 2:43-46 “AWE came upon everyone, because many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. All who believed were together and had all things in common; they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to all, as any had need… And day by day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved.”

Day-by-day-ness, intentionality, mindfulness, these are all different ways to talk about practicing God’s Presence. Practicing Presence engenders feelings of awe, and amazing things flow through your life. It’s more than just an inner glow. It moves you to live less selfishly and urges you to share your whole life with others.

It doesn’t say they sold everything and gave everything away, it says they shared their resources so that no one had any needs. They shared their lives. They truly took care of one another. And they were inspired to live that radical fellowship because they were so immersed in their spiritual practice. They didn’t just learn to notice the Sacred; they learned to live present to Presence.

I will go so far as to say that for one brief moment in time, in the afterglow of Easter, as the Spirit was flowing richly among Jesus’ first followers, and they had ordered their lives for maximum openness to the Presence of God, that these people were ‘back in the garden’! (I think it probably didn’t last because living that open and vulnerable is hard work!)

Imagine what that must have felt like!
Imagine how grounded, and connected, and immersed, and enriched, and blessed, and warm, and aglow they must have been as they devoted their lives to God and one another.
Imagine what it would be like to savour God’s Presence so fully!

I love that word – savouring! It’s not a word we usually apply to our spirituality but I think it should be! Think of the things you savour.
You can chug down a coffee, or a cup of herbal tea, or a glass of wine, or you can savour the experience.
You can eat your food or you can savour the tastes – like chocolate!
You can look out the window or you can savour creation.
You can have some music on or you can savour the sounds.
You can sit around with your partner or a great friend, or you can savour their essence, their being, their uniqueness.

To savour someone or something is to enjoy it, bask in it, glow in it, revel in it, allow it to wash over you, flow through you, fill you up, light you up, enliven you…

Close your eyes for a minute.
Are you savouring these words right now?
Are you savouring this feeling of shalom that permeates this sacred space when we gather here?
Are you savouring your breathing, savouring your heartbeat, savouring your aliveness?
In this moment are you fully present?
Are you aware of the Spirit that surrounds you?
Are you present to Presence?

Savour it! Enjoy it, bask in it, glow in it, revel in it, allow it to wash over you, flow through you, fill you up, light you up, enliven you…

(You can open your eyes.)
Imagine what kind of impact savouring God’s presence like you just did might have on your life if you were more intentional about it.
Imagine what kind of impact it would have on our church community if that level of communion and connectedness was our starting place.
I think it might resemble that first church in Jerusalem even more than it does now.

Last week I urged you to give more attention to the world and people around you – to look for windows that reveal and awaken us to God’s presence. Someone shared an article with me this week that talked about school kids doing an experiment to “look for the wow” in their world. Look for the wow! When you find it you’re experiencing God’s presence! You know the wow is there. Our bedrock affirmation is “Surely God is in this place!” – and our prayer for awakening to the wow is “Help me notice!”

So being intentional about tuning-in and sensing presence is the essential first step – and once you do, once you’ve caught a glimpse, once you’ve noticed, once you’ve wiped the sleep out of your eyes and know that you’re experiencing the really real – the next thing to do is to savour that moment.

Be grateful. Be moved. Be present. Take a deep breath. Take the time to really stay with it.

Now, perhaps you’re thinking that’s lovely but you have jobs to do, and a family to take care of, and responsibilities that demand your time, so you can’t be standing around dreamily noticing clouds and flowers all day – and besides, that sounds kind of boring.

Well let me introduce you to one of my heroes. His name is Brother Lawrence. Brother Lawrence was a simple, lay, Carmelite monk in 17th century France who spent most of his time working in the abbey’s kitchen washing dishes. We know his name because he was so tuned-in to the presence of God that even while he was in the midst of his mundane chores he knew he was experiencing the Sacred.

He was so serene, so grounded, so vibrant, so at peace, so alive, so content, even as he was up to his armpits in dishwater, that people started asking him how he did it. His answer was so simple it confounds us.

He said, “My only prayer practice is attention. I carry on a habitual, silent, and secret conversation with God that fills me with overwhelming joy.”
In other words, he said “I just practice God’s presence.”

His grand, innovative, ground-breaking technique was that he just did it.
He actually did it.
He didn’t just talk about it, or do it once in a while, he made it his constant practice.
He became the king of mindfulness.

After his death a fellow monk gathered up his correspondence and wrote down their conversations and organized it all into what has become one of the greatest books on spirituality ever written:  The Practice of the Presence of God.

There is no secret. The answer to how to practice God’s presence is to practice. You don’t have to sequester yourself away in a special building, or become a recluse or a monk, you just have to become more and more and more intentional about savouring God’s presence.

Surely God is in this place! Savour it.

You don’t need to escape from your life to savour God; you enhance your life by savouring God while you’re living it.
You don’t need to stop working to pray; you infuse your work with mindfulness.
You don’t need to set aside your responsibilities; you engage them with joy and passion and commitment because you are savouring God’s presence as you do them.

That was the brilliance of a simple monk who wasn’t supposedly smart enough to become a priest, but who ended up teaching millions of people more than priests ever could. Brother Lawrence (or Brother Larry as I like to think of him!) truly ‘got it’! And from him we learn our second great prayer response. The first was:

Surely God is in this place! Help me notice.
The next stage after noticing is this: Help me savour!


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An Interview with The Founder of Salomé Magazine

We sat down with Jacs, The Founder of Salomé Literature, a magazine and online community set up in the name of supporting upcoming female writers. ‘It is a message of empowerment, being fierce and brave’, she says. I wanted to create a community as well, I didn’t just want it to be just a magazine.

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The smart Trick of claiming for medical negligence That No One is Discussing

You'll need the next facts: Contact details of the person probably responsible for the claim for medical negligence;

It’s crucial that you know that a medical negligence motion is simply about claiming compensation. The courtroom can’t:

Doctors along with other medical practitioners owe a obligation of care to their sufferers when they're administering medical therapy. Nonetheless, doctors are not obliged to attain results with each individual scenario they handle. The obligation of Medical practitioners should be to exercising fair talent and treatment toward each individual when administering medical cure. In most cases, doctors aren't considered to generally be negligent should they act in accordance having a apply that's acknowledged as good by a recognised body of medical impression, Though a different observe might be adopted by other Physicians to take care of the exact same ailment or injuries.

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I'm a individual and am being requested by my doctor to indicator a "consent variety" that displays that I settle for the treatment or Procedure. If I sign this consent form but my affliction worsens on account of the remedy or Procedure, can I even now declare against the medical doctor for compensation?

The Regulation Society Free Particular Damage Helpline supplies guidance to customers of most people that have experienced individual accidents in incidents and need help to help make a claim for payment. This Helpline was set up in June 2009. A Panel of solicitors will provide phone consultation to incident victims for up to at least one hour cost-free.

there was (i) a breach of that obligation which (ii) brought about or materially contributed to the claimant's injuries and decline, i.e., that there was negligence. The concept any client who encounters any adverse consequences ensuing froma medical therapy can efficiently bring a declare for medical negligence is considerably misconceived. Medical negligence claims explore way more complex troubles, like the typical of care presented and also the performance in the medical Skilled in question. The emphasis of the declare is placed not on the results of any care delivered, but around the common of that treatment. The claimant really should show that the conventional on the care provided was underneath that expected click of the experienced Experienced.

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Tools for Regeneration: Practical Advice for Faith Communities.

Packed with information and practical ‘how to do it’ advice, it is a valuable aid to those just starting out as well as those who are longer established.

Keeping It Together and Priceless, Unmeasurable?

Two publications, launched by the Faith Based Regeneration Network, demonstrate the value of faiths in community development.

The Trustee’s Role in Sustainable Funding: London

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This half day session is aimed at trustees who want to be strategic about their organisation’s financial sustainability.

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The elephant in the room: London

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Demonstrating social value - Community Matters online assessment tool

Community Matters has launched an online assessment tool to help groups demonstrate their social, economic and environmental impact. YourValue!site went live 8 November 2011. It can be found at

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Interest in a more ethical way to run businesses has started a revolution as socially-aware entrepreneurs have shown that mainstream business can have a social conscience and still be successful. The Social Enterprise Bootcamp will equip participants with the practical tools, techniques, models and mind-set to set up, or scale-up, their social enterprise.

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A series of 1:1 bespoke support, mentoring and short, sharp workshops from social enterprise, Red Ochre. Masterclass sessions are 3 hours long covering topics as diverse as funding, business planning, influencing people, building and managing an effective team, and impact and evaluation.

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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Brooklyn (previously known as Micki) Loves her New Home!!

November 9, 2011--Jeanne called me last evening. She is so in love with Brooklyn, and Brooklyn is very happy at home with Jeanne. Now that Brooklyn appears to be over her URI (she had to be vetted for this shelter bug), Jeanne is starting the introductions to her other cats. Brooklyn gets a few hours every day in the common area of the house with the other cats closed up. That way smells are exchanged. Face-to-face introductions are in the near future.
Brooklyn loves on her new Mom, Jeanne

And Brooklyn has had no need for insulin since coming to live with Jeanne and being on a species-appropriate raw diet.

Jeanne and I both were concerned about Brooklyn when she first came home because she did not like handling. That is now over. Brooklyn knows she has a furever home where cats are treasured.

October 18, 2011--Brooklyn is doing so much better. To quote Jeanne, "I couldn't be happier with how she is doing." Her food intake has doubled since she arrived at her new home. She is well hydrated. She is talking and playing. Brooklyn is getting Lysine daily (for her stuffy nose) and B12 (for general health). If Brooklyn continues to have a stuffy nose by week's end, she will go to the vet.

Brooklyn hasn't yet met the resident cats, except through the door. But Jeanne does not expect a problem with the introductions.

And, the last Jeanne tested Brooklyn's blood glucose, she was 84 mg/dl. A non-diabetic number!!

October 14, 2011--Brooklyn, the tabby formerly known as Micki, is settling in with Jeanne. She has her own room for the time being. For a few days she had slowed down eating and sniffling a bit, so Jeanne started giving her Lysine, trying to ward off an upper respiratory infection, and subQ fluids for dehydration. This seems to have helped as Brooklyn doesn't seem as grumpy. Brooklyn is peeing and pooping well, and in her box.

Jeanne believes Brooklyn has a history of not being treated well. She doesn't like being touched on certain parts of her body--belly, head, and tail. But Jeanne says Brooklyn is coming around.

Poor frightened Micki, abandoned for being diabetic.
October 4, 2011--See this Facebook page.

DCIN is trying to help a potential adopter by paying for Micki's health certificate and Continental Cargo flight to a new heart and home in Indiana.

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Betsy Devos Offers Great Leadership in Education

Many people know Betsy Devos from her great works in the education sector in the US. What most people don’t know is the struggle and opposition she faced to be where she is. Betsy’s source of wealth is largely from inheritance and hard work. Betsy and her husband are outgoing and hardworking people who tirelessly make sure they hit their goals in life.

According to the history and background of Betsy Devos and her family, she is a strong woman who is dedicated to making a difference in peoples’ lives. She is much concerned with the people than it looks with power and money. This is clearly drawn from her hard work and from the love the people gave her. Again, the position she has served in office portrays her as a good citizen and a smart one.

Betsy and her husband Dick have contributed much into shaping young people in education, justice, art, leadership and community work. They have trained many young people to join the business world and explore all opportunities that are underlying in the environment. In 2015, the Betsy family was ranked number 24 in America as being the top family in giving back to the society. It was found out that Betsy and her family had contributed a total of 139 million dollars to the people. The areas in which she donated much included conservative, health research, arts organization, Christian schools, hospitals, and evangelical missions among other societal related programs.

When we go through her history, we realize that Betsy Devos is a very flexible, honest, reliant, loving, dedicated and selfless among other positive attributes. As much as she is active in giving and work, she had time for her family, and that is why she bore four children. Her husband is also supportive and very understanding. She stood and supported his passion and career all through without question. Betsy Devos is such an exceptional woman to find in today’s world.

The Devos family has been involved in various philanthropic duties that have been geared toward providing better lives to the less fortunate. They have upheld the Devos legacy by being great leaders in the society.

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Dr. Clay Siegall On Saving Patients from Systemic Therapies

According to Dr. Clay Siegall, systemic chemotherapies in cancer treatment will soon be a thing of the past. He believes that with the advancement of medical technology, targeted drugs will be the order of the day. It is such thoughts that inspired him to found Seattle Genetics. Seattle Genetics is a biotechnology company dedicated to the synthesis of targeted therapy drugs. These are drugs meant for diseases where significant progress in alleviating mortality has not been made over time.

Seattle Genetics generates income by selling its proprietary drugs and production partnerships. The licensing of their processes and technologies is also another important income generator. After its initial public offering, it took Seattle Genetics about a decade to become profitable. In the first two years of inception, the company went through financial difficulties with their capital facing depletion. Under Dr. Siegall’s leadership, they were able to batter down the situation, returning the company to normalcy.

As Dr. Seagall puts it, their business model included the use of highly skilled salespeople who pushed their products. The uniqueness of their products also did the selling pushing them to where the company is today. Seattle Genetics has since grown and can close deals worth seven or eight figure sums at a go. The success is owed to the fact that Seattle Genetics is built on a very strong foundation.

The strong foundation comprises rigorous research, a drive to help patients, and scientific innovation geared towards better medical care. Seattle Genetics has also developed strategic partnerships with major players in the drug industry. Pfizer and Bayer are among the many companies it has partnered with.

About Dr. Clay Siegall

Dr. Clay Siegall majored in Zoology at the University of Maryland. He went on to earn a Ph.D. in Genetics at the George Washington University. He currently works as the CEO and Chairman of the Board of Seattle Genetics, a company which he co-founded. He has overseen the company’s growth into a leader in antibody-drug conjugates production.

Apart from working with Seattle Genetics, Dr. Siegall has a number of other positions. He is on the Board of Directors Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical. He also holds a similar position at Mirna Therapeutics and Alder Biopharmaceuticals Inc.


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You’re responsible for paying any traffic violation tickets (e.g. speeding, parking) you incur during your rental or as a result of your rental. If you fail to notify the owner and fail to pay the citation on time, you’ll be charged a $99 administrative fee plus the cost of the citation. If the vehicle is towed due to your negligence during a reservation, you’ll be financially responsible for all towing charges. For additional info about Fees & Fines, click here.

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Friday, April 11, 2008

Mocha Truffle Cookies

Another good recipe snatched up from one of my sisters-in-law. Thanks, Ellen! I first tasted these decadent cookies when she made them for Joe's grad school graduation party in May of 2001. You just can't go wrong with chocolate and coffee!

½ cup butter or margarine
½ cup semisweet chocolate chips
1 TBSP instant coffee crystals (I use decaf)
¾ cup granulated sugar
¾ cup packed brown sugar
2 slightly beaten eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
½ tsp. baking powder
¼ tsp. salt
1 cup semisweet chocolate chunks (I use bittersweet)

Melt butter or margarine and the ½ cup chocolate chips in a large saucepan over low heat. Remove from heat. Stir in coffee crystals; cool 5 minutes. Stir in granulated sugar, brown sugar, eggs, and vanilla.

Combine flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt in a medium missing bowl. Stir into coffee mixture. Stir in the 1 cup chocolate pieces.

Roll rounded teaspoon of dough in your hands and place 2 inches apart onto a lightly greased cookie sheet, flatten dough slightly. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 10 minutes. Let cool for 1 minute on cookie sheet. Transfer to wire racks and cool completely.

Makes 48