By Dan Clark My father’s garage was a place of wonder and adventure for me as a child. There were some neat tools whose names I had not yet learned. In addition, there was electric deep fryer ll his stuff. For example, in every corner, it seems now, stood bundles of magazines tied with rope and twine. He had Life the Saturday Evening Post and an assortment of others. As a young teen, I was disappointed to learn he never owned a girlie magazine, because if he had, it would have been in that garage with all the others. Dad was one of those people who had trouble discarding anything because “as soon as you throw it away, you’ll need it.” So there was also jar after jar of screws—machine screws with no matching nuts, sheet metal screws and an assortment of wood screws no two the same. Yet some day …. As a young adult I exhibited similar tendencies. In middle age, however, I have become effective (not perfect) at weeding things out and throwing things away, especially if I know there is another copy I can access. It’s a similar discipline to question the value of a report that has been produced a long while. Yet, as I have traveled the country and met many credit union people, I find that my father’s attitude about saving things is evident in thousands of board agenda packets circulated to hundreds of thousands of directors every month.

Max Kalehoff of Attention Max writes about his pregnant wife Laura's obsession with getting information regarding parenthood. That's normal for any woman pregnant for the first time. (Yes it hurts, yes you forget, and yes you will love your baby.) What isn't normal is both the amount of information and the narrowness of the information. And even more striking is how trusted this information is. Max says: What’s fascinating to me is that media technologies are enabling time-shifted consumption of extreme-niche reality programming. Not reality programming in the spirit of cheesy game shows like Fear Factor and Survivor, but reality programming in the spirit of real people sharing their experiences, devoid of artificiality, commercial agenda and formality. I’ve been witnessing engagement and trust with media programming that I’ve never seen before in my life . That’s a big deal, given that I work in marketing and media research. Is my wife falling into just another marketer-coveted affinity group, or is she at the forefront of a major shift in how consumers select, consume, engage in and trust super-niche programming and content? I'm betting she's at the forefront of a major denon 5805 hift. Laura even wants to start her own podcast: She noted there are no newborn or pregnancy podcasts produced by professional women living in Brooklyn, NY, where we live. Because there is no existing programming that fits her profile with such extreme specificity, she considered creating it herself.

James Heckman, Nobel laureate in economics in 2000 and a professor at the University of Chicago makes the case for early childhood intervention: Catch 'em Young, by James J. Heckman, Commentary, WSJ : It is a rare public policy initiative that promotes fairness and social justice and, at the same time, promotes productivity in the economy... Investing in disadvantaged young children is such a policy. The traditional argument for providing enriched environments for disadvantaged young children is based on ... fairness and social justice. But another argument can be made that ... is based on economic efficiency, and it is more compelling than the equity argument, in part because the gains from such investment can be quantified -- and they are large. There are many reasons why investing in disadvantaged young children has a high economic return. cellulite eraser arly interventions ... promote schooling, raise the quality of the work force, enhance the productivity of schools, and reduce crime, teenage pregnancy and welfare dependency. They raise earnings and promote social attachment. Focusing solely on earnings gains, returns to dollars invested are as high as 15% to 17%. ... Families are the major source of inequality in American social and economic life. The accident of birth has substantial lifetime consequences. Adverse early environments are powerful predictors of adult failure on several social and economic dimensions. ...

Max Kalehoff of Attention Max writes about his pregnant wife Laura's steel flat files bsession with getting information regarding parenthood. That's normal for any woman pregnant for the first time. (Yes it hurts, yes you forget, and yes you will love your baby.) What isn't normal is both the amount of information and the narrowness of the information. And even more striking is how trusted this information is. Max says: What’s fascinating to me is that media technologies are enabling time-shifted consumption of extreme-niche reality programming. Not reality programming in the spirit of cheesy game shows like Fear Factor and Survivor, but reality programming in the spirit of real people sharing their experiences, devoid of artificiality, commercial agenda and formality. I’ve been witnessing engagement and trust with media programming that I’ve never seen before in my life . That’s a big deal, given that I work in marketing and media research. Is my wife falling into just another marketer-coveted affinity group, or is she at the forefront of a major shift in how consumers select, consume, engage in and trust super-niche programming and content? I'm betting she's at the forefront of a major shift. Laura even wants to start her own podcast: She noted there are no newborn or pregnancy podcasts produced by professional women living in Brooklyn, NY, where we live. Because there is no existing programming that fits her profile with such extreme specificity, she considered creating it herself.

Roanoke.com : "The publisher of The Roanoke Times said Friday that the news organization will offer voluntary retirement incentives to certain employees, and she said more jobs may be eliminated in the future...The Roanoke Times already has eliminated or frozen 27 jobs in the last year." The Roanoke Times is owned by Landmark Communications Old Bethpage the same company that owns the N&R . The N&R's Robin "The Decider" Saul says that he makes decisions locally, but those decisions must be keyed to goals set at headquarters. Looks like Norfolk wants to keep chasing the glory days...

Max Kalehoff of Attention Max writes about his pregnant wife Laura's obsession with getting information regarding parenthood. That's normal for any woman pregnant for the first time. (Yes it hurts, yes goldmine sales software ou forget, and yes you will love your baby.) What isn't normal is both the amount of information and the narrowness of the information. And even more striking is how trusted this information is. Max says: What’s fascinating to me is that media technologies are enabling time-shifted consumption of extreme-niche reality programming. Not reality programming in the spirit of cheesy game shows like Fear Factor and Survivor, but reality programming in the spirit of real people sharing their experiences, devoid of artificiality, commercial agenda and formality. I’ve been witnessing engagement and trust with media programming that I’ve never seen before in my life . That’s a big deal, given that I work in marketing and media research. Is my wife falling into just another marketer-coveted affinity group, or is she at the forefront of a major shift in how consumers select, consume, engage in and trust super-niche programming and content? I'm betting she's at the forefront of a major shift. Laura even wants to start her own podcast: She noted there are no newborn or pregnancy podcasts produced by professional women living in Brooklyn, NY, where we live. Because there is no existing programming that fits her profile with such extreme specificity, she considered creating it herself.

by emptywheel Hey, I was right! In my summary of the profiles of courage among the GOP Senators the other day, I suggested that Ted Stevens was voting "present" because DOJ is closing in on an indictment of him. I'm going to make a wildarsed guess and suggest he did so to express his displeasure with the fact that DOJ has decided he is the only Republican worth indicting. What else must he think? After all, Alberto Gonzales fired Carol Lam for indicting Duke Cunningham. And may have fired Paul Charlton for getting too close to Rick Renzi. But rather than allowing Ted Stevens to name his own pick for US Attorney in Alaska, Gonzales' newly hyper-politicized department picked someone else , Nelson Cohen. I suspect Cohen was a mistake. He was suggested by Mary Beth Buchanan, who herself is reputed to have a fondness for indicting Democrats. But Cohen has pursued Alaska's corrupt lawmakers, including Ted and his son, quite single-mindedly. And Ted looks to be spyware removal program oing the way of Duke "free renovations to your house" Cunningham, shortly. So Stevens votes "present." The one hardcore Republican who wouldn't vote for Gonzales, yet still not willing to screw Gonzales in any real fashion. Well, that's pretty much what he claims now (hat tip Edward Teller ). When asked by reporters why he abstained, Stevens said: "I did so because I have a conflict of interest in terms of the investigation that is on going.