DOMAINfest Conference Offers Internet Entrepreneurs Opportunity to Network 1 …
LOS ANGELES, Jan 25, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
The sixth annual DOMAINfest Global conference, scheduled for January 31
-- February 2, 2012 at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica, offers
internet entrepreneurs and domain investors a chance to get up close and
personal with a wide range of experts from the hottest areas of online
marketing today.
The quality of the agenda and speakers at DOMAINfest rivals the biggest
and best internet conferences, but its setting at the small, luxury
Fairmont Hotel and strict attendance limits ensures that everyone gets a
chance to personally ask questions and exchange ideas with expert
speakers, plus build meaningful relationships with fellow attendees.
DOMAINfest Agenda Highlights
Over 30 respected speakers will offer internet entrepreneurs, domain
investors and online publishers the latest tips and best practices on
how to maximize traffic, conversions and monetization. The educational
benefits are complemented with numerous, fun networking activities.
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Keynote fireside chat: Biz Stone, Co-founder of Twitter.
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Hot agenda topics for internet entrepreneurs and online publishers:
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Internet Vital Signs
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Landing Page Optimization Best Practices
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Affiliate Marketing Lead Generation
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Mobile/Local Search Opportunities
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Analyzing Keywords to Find Revenue Opportunities
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Advanced PPC Best Practices
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SEO Insights for 2012
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Hot agenda topics for domain investors and brand managers:
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New TLDs and Implication for Online Brands
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Public Policies Impacting Domain Investors and Trademark Owners
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Valuation Techniques for Domain Name Buying and Selling
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Dine with an expert: Up to nine attendees can reserve a seat at
the breakfast or lunch table of participating expert speakers. Seats
still available.
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PITCHfest Contest: Ten entrepreneurs will get 3 minutes each to
present their innovative ideas to a panel of judges that includes John
Morris, Chairman Emeritus of the Tech Coast Angels and Ben Kuo, editor
of SoCal Tech.
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Domain name live auction: Featuring domains in all categories
and price ranges that offer instant traffic and branding advantages.
See list of domains and opening bid ranges at
http://www.moniker.com/DFauctions .
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Elaborate evening networking parties: House of Blues, Petersen
Automotive Museum and Monsoon Cafe, with each party to include unique
and entertaining surprises.
See full agenda details and expert speaker bios at
http://domainfest.com/agenda .
DOMAINfest Registration
Register at
http://domainfest.com/register .
Registration includes exhibit hall access, sessions, first class meals
and elaborate evening networking dinner parties. See sponsor and
exhibitor descriptions at
http://domainfest.com/sponsors .
About DOMAINfest(R)
Founded and hosted by DomainSponsor(R), the domain traffic monetization
division of Oversee.net, DOMAINfest(R) is a conference series designed to
provide domain publishers and online marketers with the tools and
deal-making opportunities needed to improve their traffic acquisition,
monetization and conversion efforts. Attendees represent all online
marketing disciplines, including experts in domain investing, domain
monetization, landing page optimization, SEO, SEM, website development,
advertising and affiliate networks, mobile, local, social media, search,
venture capital and trademark/legal advice. For more information, visit
http://www.domainfest.com .
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Oregon Transit Agency Disciplines Driver Over Crying Baby
PORTLAND, OREGON-- A bus driver who berated a mother and her crying 2-year-old into getting off a bus last month in a Portland suburb has been disciplined, the areas mass transit agency said Friday.
The driver had been on leave while the Sept. 29 incident was investigated.
The woman, a TriMet driver since 2001, received appropriate discipline but remains employed, agency spokeswoman Mary Fetsch said. Fetsch refused to identify the driver or say how she was disciplined.
TriMet General Manager Neil McFarlane said the unfortunate incident is not representative of the overwhelming majority of our operators who do an excellent job every day.
The mother, Magdalena Rabadan, called her husband for a ride home. She earlier told KATU-TV through an interpreter that despite a language barrier, she understood the driver wanted her to quiet her daughter, but there was nothing else she could do. Other passengers eventually followed her off the bus in support.
The driver responded unreasonably to the crying child, the agency determined. Fetsch has said drivers can take steps if they believe their safety is in jeopardy but policy prevents them from removing people of a vulnerable population.
In the past year, not counting this incident, the same driver has been the subject of 36 customer service complaints and five operational complaints, such as a bus not showing up, TriMet said.
Operational complaints may be outside an operators control. In response, the transit agency said it has provided training, counseling and clear expectations related to customer service.
In a conversation with a dispatcher immediately after the mother-baby confrontation, the bus driver described the baby as not just crying.
It was screaming all the way from Beaverton, and I just finally stopped the bus, the driver said.
I said we need to get the baby to stop screaming because I just cant drive with it screaming ... that is not safe.
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The conversation was recorded by Al Margulies, a fellow bus driver and blogger who monitors scanner traffic. Marguilies played the recording to The Associated Press, and TriMet has confirmed the accuracy of the recording.
The driver told that dispatcher that when the woman and child had gotten off the bus, four or five passengers insulted her, so I said you guys can get off, too.
Eventually, all the passengers got off the bus, TriMet said.
The dispatcher told the driver: In the future, if there is a baby crying on your bus there really isnt a whole lot you do. Its public transit.
The agency talked with the mother, five witnesses and the driver and reviewed video from the bus. TriMet also released an eight-minute video showing the interaction between the operator and mother.
There is no sound on the video but the mother is seen rocking and patting the crying child.
The driver made an announcement asking the mother to quiet the child, the agency said. The video shows her walking to the back of the bus to talk with the mother. The driver said she would not move the bus until the child was quiet, TriMet said.
The driver walked to the front of the bus to grab candy from her bag while the passenger gathered her things and left with her baby by the back door.
The mother later told TriMet she left voluntarily because she did not want to hold up the bus. The operator left the bus, offered the child candy and asked the mother if she wanted to get back on the bus, the agency said. She declined.
Earlier this month, The Oregonian reported on another incident of an angry driver kicking a mother and fussing child off a bus. In August, TriMet sent an out-of-service bus to pick up Amy Pittman and her 2-year-old son, Jasper, after a driver yelled at them and ejected them miles from their suburban home, the newspaper said.
Fetsch said that unidentified male driver also received unspecified discipline.
State disciplines health care providers
For immediate release:
October 13 2011
(11-156)
Contacts:
Media inquiries: Sharon Moysiuk, Communications Office
360-236-4074
PPublic inquiries:
Health Systems Customer Service
360-236-4700
State disciplines health care providers
OLYMPIA ¾
The Washington State Department of Health has taken disciplinary actions or
withdrawn charges against health care providers in our
state.
The department's Health Systems Quality Assurance Office works with boards,
commissions, and advisory committees to set licensing standards for more than 70
health care professions (eg, medical doctors, nurses, counselors).
Information about health care providers is on the agency website. Click on
"Provider Credential Search" on the left hand side of the
Department of Health home page
(www.doh.wa.gov). The site includes information about a health care provider's
license status, the expiration and renewal date of their credential,
disciplinary actions and copies of legal documents issued after July 1998. This
information is also available by calling 360-236-4700. Consumers who think a
health care provider acted unprofessionally are also encouraged to call and
report their complaint.
Review: ‘Sleepy Hollow’ a true dance legend
October 16
Review: Sleepy Hollow a true dance legend
By JENNIFER BREWER
Portland Ballets The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is an inspiring example of what outstanding artists from different disciplines can accomplish when they put their heads together.
Marketing budgets revised up in all disciplines by latest IPA Bellweather Report
Marketing spend has been revised up in the third quarter of 2011, ending a three-quarter period of decline, with marketing expenditure expected to promote new products while brands aim to maintain market share.
Despite a continued fall in business optimism, the lastest IPA Bellwether survey has predicted for the first time since Q2 2007, a rise in budgets for all sectors, with 21% of companies reporting an upward revision, while 17% reported a reduction.
The largest increase has been reported for online, with a net balance of 16.6%, while main media spend has recorded the slowest pace of budget growth, with only a marginal rise, says the survey.
Direct marketing budgets have also been revised up by the greatest degree in a year, with sales promotion and below-the-line activity also recording growth for the first time in 15 and 16 quarters respectively.
Business optimism among marketing executives has falling to a two-and-a-half year low, reaching its second lowest point since Q1 2009.
Nicola Mendelsohn, IPA President, executive chairman and partner, Karmarama, commented: That we are seeing a further decline in confidence overall continues to reflect the uncertain financial climate that businesses are operating in. Yet its important that the advertising industry and UK plc at large should do all it can to be as upbeat as possible to meet the challenge that we face. This rise in spend demonstrates that many companies are trying to buck the downward trend. It is a move in the right direction and shows that businesses understand that those that maintain the strongest marketing spend will come out on top.
Added Chris Williamson, chief economist at Markit and author of the Bellwether: UK companies are tackling the adverse economic climate with increased marketing activity, in an attempt to boost sales in the face of weak demand. Extra money is being targeted at online advertising, direct marketing and sales promotions, but there remains a worrying reluctance to increase spend on traditional main media activities such as broadcast and print advertising.
The increase in marketing spend in the face of adversity helps to explain why companies became a little more optimistic about their own financial prospects but at the same time were the most pessimistic about prospects for their industries since the early months of 2009.
High court disciplines Whitefish attorney Phyllis Quatman
Whitefish attorney Phyllis Quatman has been suspended from
practicing law in Montana for three months in connection with
similar disciplinary action taken against her in the state of
California.
The suspension in Montana will run from Oct. 15 through Jan. 12,
2012, according to state Supreme Court records. Quatman said the
suspension is based on a "fluke" situation related to a California
death penalty case she was handling and has no basis on her
previous work in Montana.
The Divorce Center Offers Needham Seminar Series on "Divorce in Massachusetts …
NEWTON, MA, Oct 06, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --
The Divorce Center, a non-profit organization of professionals from
multiple disciplines providing support and education for people going
through separation or divorce, is offering a public education seminar
series in Needham, MA entitled, "Divorce in Massachusetts." Offered
Tuesdays from November 8th to December 6th, the four-part series of
sessions will cover all the legal, financial and psychological
aspects of divorce, helping divorcing individuals and their families
to ease the unavoidable trauma. The sessions will be held at Beth
Israel Deaconess Hospital cardiology conference room, 148 Chestnut
Street, Needham, MA.
Professionals supporting divorcing and separating couples (e.g.
attorneys, mediators, financial planners, social workers, and
counselors) will lead the sessions, addressing issues such as dealing
with the divorce process, protecting assets, alimony, insurance,
child custody, child support, parenting, the psychological effects of
divorce and coping strategies. The sessions will meet from 7:00 p.m.
to 9:00 p.m., allowing time for the professionals to respond to
questions and concerns from attendees.
The subjects of the four sessions in the seminar series and the dates
they will be held in Needham are as follows:
I. The Divorce Process - Tuesday, November 8.
II. Finances, Assets &
Alimony - Tuesday, November 15.
III. Children & Divorce - Tuesday,
November 29.
IV. After Divorce - Tuesday, December 6.
The seminar series is offered free of charge, however a donation of
$20 per session is suggested. For more information on the "Divorce in
Massachusetts" seminar series and to register for the sessions,
visit:
http://thedivorcecenter.org/public/seminars.php .
About The Divorce Center
The Divorce Center is a non-profit
organization of legal, financial and mental health professionals
providing support and education for people going through separation
or divorce. Since 1983, the non-profit organization has been helping
ease the trauma of divorce and make the process more civilized,
especially for the children.
The Divorce Center provides two tiers of service:
-- Educating individuals and the community at large about divorce and its
effects, and the services and resources available to them; and
-- Helping professionals from various disciplines improve the service
they provide to their divorcing clients.
The organization offers its expertise and compassion to all those who
need it -- individuals and families, divorce professionals, religious
groups, parent organizations, non-profit groups, and others who can
benefit from the professional programs, public education and support
groups. For more information, visit
http://thedivorcecenter.org .
Contact:
Beth Bryant
BBWrites Communications
508-786-3013
Email Contact
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Kent School District disciplines elementary students for gun-report hoax
Kent School District officials will discipline the three students who made up and repeated a story that they had seen a man with a gun on the school grounds Sept. 30 at Carriage Crest Elementary in unincorporated Renton.
Team Builder: Orland Fire Chief Brought Disciplines Together for Complex …
Raymond Kay and his fellow instructors couldn't get people interested in courses on terrorism response in the late 1990s, even with the offer of free food.
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Kay, who now serves as acting chief in the Orland Fire Protection District, taught at the Illinois Fire Service Institute as a lieutenant on his days off from the fire service. In 1998, a new class called Emergency Response and Terrorism Basic Concepts was introduced, but it wasn't well received.
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"People said we were crazy, that it'd never happen," Kay said. "Then September 11th hit. We couldn't fill the classes fast enough."
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The class was only the beginning of Kay's involvement with training for new terrorism threats. Drawing from his background in hazardous materials, Kay was placed in charge of building a unique team designed to deal with a potentially catastrophic scenario: a hostage situation in which the captors have chemical bombs at their disposal.
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Before the 9/11 attacks, a rescue drill was performed in Springfield, Ill., in which emergency responders were faced with the unique situation of hostages and chemical bombs. No solution to such a dynamic conflict was known at that time. Special weapons teams were usually instructed to wait until a bomb threat had been cleared. But bomb squads weren't called in if chemicals and shooters were active. HAZMAT teams weren't equipped for bombs and shooters, either.
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"The drill came to a screeching halt," Kay said. "But the State Department said, 'We can't have this. Let's fix it.' They put together a team that's comprised of state assets that addresses various aspects of what they call terrorism."
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As coordinator for the institute's HAZMAT classes, Kay was put in charge of figuring out how different disciplines could come together and solve this complex problem. Originally, Kay and a few other instructors were to train three teams over the course of a year, starting in the summer of 2001.
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Immediately after 9/11, then-Illinois Gov. George Ryan moved up the schedule.
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"Governor Ryan made it clear," Kay said. "He told us, 'You will train them all now.'"
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In October 2001, about 70 specialists from a variety of different state departments came to Springfield for training. People with knowledge in nuclear materials, environmental issues, public health, special tactics, snipers and other disciplines were told to report for training.
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That was all they were told.
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"They weren't happy about it," Kay said. "At first there was a lot of resistance. They didn't like each other, didn't like me, didn't want to be there."
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Early Homeland Security reports about a lack of openness and coordination between different government departments--often referred to as "stovepipes"--seemed to manifest at the training's start.
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It took some effort to get those sent to Springfield just to sit and have a meal with each other, Kay said.
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"We did a lot of team building--even just sitting down and eating together to break those walls down," he said.
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In time, the 70 attendees and 17 instructors were participating together in exercises wearing fully encapsulated Level A HAZMAT suits and carrying weaponry.
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While a primary goal was to build a team adept at handling armed adversaries and also able to mitigate a chemical threat, not everyone was trained to use weapons in such scenarios.
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"I don't think the environmental guys wanted (guns), which is good," Kay said. "Guys who usually carry guns should carry guns. They learned to collaborate and work together--knowing when to plug in what piece, dissecting an incident to the parts, what has to happen given the time and to be able to change gears. Every incident is different."
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After three weeks, the teams were trained.
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While not often advertised or even so much as talked about, the teams of state specialists trained and equipped to handle a situation as extreme as hostages held by captors armed with chemical weapons are still available.
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"They have the capacity to handle that scenario and a lot more," Kay said. "They are well equipped and they still train. I feel pretty comfortable knowing that type of asset is available."
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A couple of years after that initial training session, the teams were awarded for their innovation in homeland security by MITRE, a non-profit that oversees federally funded research.
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Kay is no longer involved with training the teams, but he said that the communication between members is much better than it was in October 2001.
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"A lot of these people became friends, are still friends and are still training together," he said. "Looking back, that's something that attracted me to the fire service. You make a toolbox for all these different incidents, since it's never the same. But this is a very specialized toolbox."
Doctor and Former US Senator Bill Frist Featured Guest Speaker at AO North …
PAOLI, Pa., Sep 14, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) --
Doctor and Former U.S. Senator Bill Frist will speak at AO North
America's 2012 Challenges in Fracture Care Across Disciplines scientific
meeting. Dr. Frist's presentation, "A Surgeon-Senator's Look into the
Crystal Ball of Health Care Reform," takes place on February 24,
2012 from 8:00-9:00 am.
Uniquely qualified to discuss the challenges and solutions in health
care policy, Dr. Frist is both a nationally recognized heart and lung
transplant surgeon and former U.S. Senate Majority Leader. His
presentation will address the massive health care legislation passed by
President Obama and the U.S. Congress, which will dramatically transform
health coverage in the country. Dr. Frist will discuss how the law is
likely to be changed over the coming years and how it will affect
citizens, nurses and doctors, insurers and small and large businesses.
Dr. Frist said, "I am excited to share with my colleagues an insider's
view on what to expect in this radically changing environment of health
care delivery -- how we got here and where we are going."
Dr. Frist majored in health policy at Princeton University's Woodrow
Wilson School of Public and International Affairs before graduating with
honors from Harvard Medical School and completing surgical training at
Massachusetts General Hospital and Stanford. As the founder and Director
of the Vanderbilt Multi-Organ Transplant Center, he has performed over
150 heart and lung transplants and authored over 100 peer-reviewed
medical publications, over 400 newspaper articles and seven books on
topics such as bioterrorism, transplantation and leadership. He is board
certified in both general and heart surgery.
Dr. Frist represented Tennessee in the U.S. Senate for 12 years where he
served on both Health and Finance committees responsible for writing
health legislation.
Today Senator Frist is focused on health reform, the basic science of
heart transplantation, global health policy, K-12 education reform,
economic development in low-income countries, health care disparities
and medical mission work in Sudan.
Dr. Frist is currently Adjunct Professor of Surgery at Vanderbilt
University School of Medicine's Department of Cardiac Surgery and
Clinical Professor of Surgery at Meharry Medical College of Nashville.
Senator Frist is also a Partner of Cressey & Company, LP, a mid-market
investment firm specializing in healthcare services.
About the 2012 Challenges in Fracture Care Across Disciplines Meeting
The Magic of Synergy: Challenges in Fracture Care Across Disciplines
scientific meeting, taking place February 23-25, 2012 at Disney's
Contemporary Resort, is uniquely designed to bring together surgeons in
orthopaedic trauma, craniomaxillofacial, spine and veterinary medicine
to discuss challenges in musculoskeletal disorders and fracture
management. For more information, visit our website at
www.aona.org
or call 800.769.1391.
AONA is an independent, surgeon-driven, nonprofit organization
dedicated to the advancement of patient care in orthopaedic trauma,
craniomaxillofacial, spine and veterinary surgery by fostering and
expanding a network of healthcare professionals in research,
development, clinical investigation and education.
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AO North America
Melissa D'Archangelo, Director, Marketing, Communications and Extramural Programs
610-993-5136
d'archangelo.melissa@aona.org
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