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Equities research analysts at FBN Securities upgraded shares of Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) from a “sell” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research note to clients and investors on Tuesday.

Separately, analysts at BNP Paribas (EPA: BNP) downgraded shares of Research In Motion from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research note to investors on Monday.

Research In Motion Limited (RIM) is a designer, manufacturer and marketer of wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market. Through the development of integrated hardware, software and services that support multiple wireless network standards, RIM provides platforms and solutions for seamless access to time-sensitive information, including e-mail, phone, short message service (SMS), Internet and intranet-based applications. RIM’s portfolio of products, services and embedded technologies are used by organizations worldwide and include the BlackBerry wireless solution, the RIM Wireless Handheld product line, software development tools and other software and hardware. Its subsidiaries include Research In Motion Corporation, Research In Motion UK Limited and RIM Finance, LLC. On June 2, 2010, Harman International sold its software operating systems unit, QNX Software Systems, to the Company.

Shares of Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) traded down 2.38% during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $59.01. Research In Motion has a 52 week low of $42.53 and a 52 week high of $76.95. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $58.48 and its 200-day moving average is $53.50. On average, analysts predict that Research In Motion will post $1.61 EPS next quarter. The company has a market cap of $30.846 billion and a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.64.

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European Commission unveils new research projects to fight influenza

Today, the European Commission has announced the results of its €18 million call for proposals for new research projects on influenza. Four collaborative research projects have been shortlisted for funding. They involve 52 research institutes and SMEs from 18 European countries and 3 international partners (Israel, China, the United States). Influenza virus genes migrate across continents and between species and seriously threaten both human and animal health. Two consortia will focus their research on influenza in pigs while the two others will develop innovative drugs against influenza in humans. Their selection is part of the EU's longstanding support for research on influenza and brings the total Commission funding in this field to over €100 million since 2001.

EU Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science Máire Geoghegan-Quinn said: "Seasonal flu alone can kill 250,000 – 500,000 people worldwide every year and EU-funded research projects like these can help save lives. What is more, successful EU research in preventing and treating flu and other diseases has enormous social and economic value and can contribute significantly to our Europe 2020 goals".

Next steps

Final EU contribution per project and project details will be subject to the signature of contracts which should take place in 2010.

Background

The €18 million call for proposals for new research projects on influenza was launched in July 2009. 17 proposals were submitted.

Details of new influenza research projects announced today – more information and scientific background on the projects below at:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=newsalert&lg=en&year=2010&na=na-090310-annexes

ESNIP 3 - European surveillance network for influenza in pigs 3

This ESNIP 3 project will maintain and expand the surveillance network for influenza in pigs established during the previous EU funded projects ESNIP 1 and ESNIP 2 which represented the only organised surveillance network of this kind. The project is expected to contribute to improved pandemic preparedness and planning for human influenza and provide an evidence base for decisions in relation to veterinary health.

Duration: 36 months

Expected EU contribution: €1 million

Coordinator: Ian Brown, The Veterinarian Laboratories Agency (United Kingdom), i.h.brown@vla.defra.gsi.gov.uk .

Contact for the press: Jane Goodger, j.goodger@vla.defra.gsi.gov.uk

25 Partners from 15 countries: United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Italy, Denmark, Poland, Spain, Germany, Finland, Hungary, The Netherlands, Greece, Israel, China and the United States.

FLUPIG - Pathogenesis and transmission of influenza virus in pigs

This project aims at a better understanding of the role of pigs in influenza pandemics. The exact role of pigs is unclear, as is the nature of the genetic changes that are required for (a) efficient replication of an avian virus in pigs, (b) efficient transmission of avian viruses between pigs and (c) virus transmission from pigs to humans and between humans. More knowledge of this will be critical to the control of future influenza pandemics

Duration: 48 months

Expected EU contribution: €5 million

Coordinator: Kristien van Reeth, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, (Belgium), kristien.vanreeth@ugent.be

10 Partners from 8 countries: Belgium, Italy, United Kingdom, Germany, The Netherlands, Poland, China (Hong-Kong) and the United States.

FLU-PHARM - New drugs targeting influenza virus

The project FLU-PHARM will develop new drug candidates that inhibit viral replication in infected cells (by targeting the PB2 and PA protein domains). Such drugs are expected to have a reduced risk of patients developing resistance to them and less undesirable side-effects. If successful, FLU-PHARM will provide new opportunities for treating both seasonal and pandemic flu.

Duration: 42 months

Expected EU contribution: €6 million

Coordinator: Stephen Cusack, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (France) cusack@embl.fr

14 Partners from 7 countries: Germany, Austria, France, Spain, Slovakia, Belgium, Sweden

FLUCURE - Development of novel antiviral drugs against Influenza

The FLUCURE project will also targets the viral replication machinery (with a different approach as it will target the PB1/PA proteins and NP proteins) and aims to develop new drug candidates with reduced risk of resistance. The objective is to deliver one or more drug candidates suitable for entering clinical development within four years.

Duration: 48 months

Expected EU contribution: €6 million

Coordinator: Heather Marshall-Heyman, VIRONOVA AB (Sweden), heather.marshall-heyman@vironova.com

9 Partners from 7 European countries: Sweden, Switzerland, Bulgaria, The Netherlands, Lithuania, Germany, Italy

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European Commission unveils new research projects to fight influenza

Next steps

Final EU contribution per project and project details will be subject to the signature of contracts which should take place in 2010.

Background

The €18 million call for proposals for new research projects on influenza was launched in July 2009. 17 proposals were submitted.

Details of new influenza research projects announced today – more information and scientific background on the projects below at:

http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=newsalert&lg=en&year=2010&na=na-090310-annexes

ESNIP 3 - European surveillance network for influenza in pigs 3

Duration: 36 months

Expected EU contribution: €1 million

Coordinator: Ian Brown, The Veterinarian Laboratories Agency (United Kingdom), i.h.brown@vla.defra.gsi.gov.uk .

Contact for the press: Jane Goodger, j.goodger@vla.defra.gsi.gov.uk

25 Partners from 15 countries: United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Italy, Denmark, Poland, Spain, Germany, Finland, Hungary, The Netherlands, Greece, Israel, China and the United States.

FLUPIG - Pathogenesis and transmission of influenza virus in pigs

Duration: 48 months

Expected EU contribution: €5 million

Coordinator: Kristien van Reeth, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, (Belgium), kristien.vanreeth@ugent.be

10 Partners from 8 countries: Belgium, Italy, United Kingdom, Germany, The Netherlands, Poland, China (Hong-Kong) and the United States.

FLU-PHARM - New drugs targeting influenza virus

Duration: 42 months

Expected EU contribution: €6 million

Coordinator: Stephen Cusack, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (France) cusack@embl.fr

14 Partners from 7 countries: Germany, Austria, France, Spain, Slovakia, Belgium, Sweden

FLUCURE - Development of novel antiviral drugs against Influenza

Duration: 48 months

Expected EU contribution: €6 million

Coordinator: Heather Marshall-Heyman, VIRONOVA AB (Sweden), heather.marshall-heyman@vironova.com

9 Partners from 7 European countries: Sweden, Switzerland, Bulgaria, The Netherlands, Lithuania, Germany, Italy

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The Seattle Biomedical Research Institute is doing research on malaria vaccines. They are wanting to find out if the vaccines work. Since they do not know if the vaccines work, they are looking for volunteers who will try the vaccines and then hold a cup of mosquitoes that are infected with the most deadly form of malaria to their arm so they are bitten. This study is a continuation of a study that start at Walter Reed Army Institute of Maryland is is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Since people are being asked to be infected with malaria, this brings up all kinds of ethical questions. First of all, would these people get seriously ill and even die? According to the researchers this would not happen and people would only have flu like symptoms for about a single day.

However, while the researchers may be able to try to control the mosquitoes to the best of their abilities, it is uncertain that these people may not have some type of allergic reaction or end up getting some type of disease or other infection from the mosquitoes.

Also, would malaria spread if these people are out in the community? Researchers say that the malaria will not get to a point where it is infectious from person to person. Most likely this is true since they know the research that has already been happening.

Of course, the volunteers are given $2,000 for participating. The researchers have said that this is mainly compensation for missing work or replacing funds used to get to the site and any other costs volunteers may incur.

While this sounds a little bit on the dangerous sides, there are benefits as a whole. People really do care about others in third world country who are often infected with malaria and do not survive because vaccines do not exist and they cannot afford the medication. Thus, people who want to make sure that vaccines will be available to these people may have an urge to volunteer for this program.

While I like the idea of getting vaccines to people in third world countries, no amount of money would make me go get a vaccine that may or may not work and be infected with a possibly deadly disease. While I know that only flu like symptoms should occur, I would be scared that something would go wrong.

I want to live my life and not be willingly infected with a disease. I would be scared that I'd have something in my body or have some type of reaction either to the vaccine or to the disease that would end my life suddenly.

While I know that I can't control the length of my own life, I can try to take care of myself so I have a good life. I want to be able to spend time with my friends, my family, and my dog. If anything were to happen because of this, the money, no matter how much of an amount, would not do me any good. While it could help my family, it would not ease the pain of the loss.

I'd rather earn my money honestly than making myself into a medical guinea pig.

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Patricia L. Sullivan, an assistant professor at the University of Georgia's School of Public and International Affairs recently completed a study advancing a new model which predicts a nation's probability of accomplishing military objectives. Sullivan's research, reported in the June issue of the Journal of Conflict Resolution and by the UGA Office of Public Affairs News Service, found that since WWII major countries, including the United States, the Soviet Union, Russia, China, Britain or France, have failed in 39% of 122 military objectives against smaller, weaker nations.

Under a grant funded by the National Science Foundation and institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation Sullivan conducted research to explain the "circumstances under which more powerful nations are likely to fail and creates a model that allows policymakers to calculate the probability of success in current and future conflicts, "according to the UGA News Service.

Factors which Sullivan found important are the objective, the nature of the target, whether or not the target cooperates with the objective, whether the target or country initiating the action has allies, whether allies will intervene on either side, and the military strength or weakness of allies.

The factor most easily defined is the objective. The objective is the reason for military intervention. Objective, in Sullivan's model, is based on a continuum from "brute force" to "coercion." According to UGA News Service, the nature of the target is defined by the type of group which composes the target: guerilla, formal nation states, or terrorists. Examining these factors allows you to draw some conclusions about the odds of winning a military conflict.

Of the factors Sullivan identified the most important as whether the objective can be reached by military strength alone, or if target cooperation is essential in the military objective.

Sullivan explains that in the 1991 Gulf War Kuwait was a cooperative target. The citizens and government of Kuwait wanted the assistance of the United States. Driving out Hussein's forces was accomplished quickly and efficiently with the compliance of the nation of Kuwait.

Iraq has proven to be a different war story. Iraq did not invite the United States to enter their country. Although the United States entered on the stated premise of humanitarianism and a quest to end Hussein's reign of terror, that doesn't mean the U.S. was invited, and it doesn't mean the target is cooperative. The United States' objective to free the people of Iraq from the iron rule of Saddam Hussein and his Republican Guard was based on the plausible assumption that no human being wants to live in a state of suffering, euthanasia, and general brutality from a dictator. The United States government presumed the people of Iraq preferred freedom and democracy to the dictatorial, totalitarian government under which they lived. However, as a nation, Iraq has not proven cooperative to that objective.

Sectarian violence has kept the United States from meeting their military objective. Rather than welcoming international assistance in building a free nation, divided allegiances in the country have prolonged the military action. Many Muslim extremists view the United States as the face of the enemy, literally and spiritually. They continue to fight hard against governmental and social changes.

The lack of cooperation in Iraq is a huge indicator, according to Sullivan's model of the future of the war. It illuminates the need for target cooperation in military objectives. It does not, however, satisfy the question as to whether the probability of victory affirms or denies the call for military force to implement changes in the interest of humanitarianism.

Military force and humanitarianism, philosophically, should be mutually exclusive terms. However, often, in the face of brutality and oppression force is necessary to break the bonds of oppression. This creates a paradox which the United States government and citizens continue to grapple. It is, however, the same paradox that prompted the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolutionary War.

Sullivan reported to the UGA news service, "We can try to use brute force to kill insurgents and terrorists, but what we really need is for the population to be supportive of the government and to stop supporting the insurgents. Otherwise, every time we kill an insurgent or a terrorist, they're going to be replaced by others."

Once Sullivan developed her model, she tested it and found that her paradigm was accurate in 80% of the conflicts she examined, according to the UGA news service. Her model was used to examine the current war between the U.S. and its allies, and Iraq. Extrapolating an end to the war in Iraq based on Sullivan's model, theUGA news service estimates that there is a 26% chance of victory, in a war that could endure approximately ten years. Sullivan points out that factions, insurgents, and covert allies, such as Iran and Syria, seriously undermine the U.S. objective in Iraq.

Sullivan's conclusions regarding the war with Iraq were reported by the UGA news service as follows:

"No one could have predicted exactly what would happen after we overthrew the regime of Saddam Hussein," Sullivan said. "But what my model could say was that if the population was not supportive of whatever new regime we put in power and the American strategic objective shifted from regime removal to maintaining the authority of a new government, the likelihood of a successful outcome would drop from almost 70 percent to just under 26 percent."

Sullivan's research and reporting prove timely as the fierce debate over whether to pull our troops out of Iraq rages in the United States. According to Sullivan, the chances for the successful establishment of a new government in a free and independent Iraq are slim, without the cooperation of the Iraqis and surrounding nations. The research, however, does nothing to discourage those who believe in the fight in the name of higher moral law and justice.

Sullivan's paradigm is helpful, but must be weighed against the one's acceptance of age old adage, "It's not whether you win or lose, but how (or why) you play the game." One factor that Sullivan's research did not address includes an equation which may never be quantified: How much is one life worth in the pursuit of freedom and justice for all?

Sources:

Fahmy, Sam. "UGA study finds that weaker nations prevail in 39 percent of military conflicts, UGA Office of Public Affairs News Service, June 11, 2007.

http://www.uga.edu/news/artman/publish/070611_Sullivan.shtml

http://www.uga.edu/intl/sullivan.htm

http://jcr.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/51/3/496

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The similarities between scientific research and criminal investigation are the search for the conclusion or a cause of the effect. Both scientists and criminal investigators are specially trained in their field of practice. They tend to use similar methods of research and investigation the cause. Scientists as well as investigators both observe the surroundings, the facts, the areas involved in the research or investigations. They classify the data into categories this can be as simple as determining if it is valid or not valid. There is the use of logic, the formation of a hypothesis or a theory as to why and what has occurred. Both sides must link information together to prove their hypothesis or conclusions. Both scientists and criminal investigators work in a systemic method which seeks accurate answers, not general conclusions.

So how can you tell which is which? It's not really that difficult once you understand the basic principles. Scientific research is a type of investigation which is systemic and basis its research on scientific methods which have been used in the past, and in relation to the scientific field. This type of research can be described as well organized, methodical, and precise. Scientists begin with an idea, a theory or a hypothesis. Scientists begin with an observation or description about what they intend to study/research. From these observations they form a hypothesis to explain their subject. They use the hypothesis to predict what may happen in the course of the research. The scientist begins to experiment or run tests based on their predictions about the hypothesis. They may also collect data about their observations to show that the hypothesis is either valid or not.
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Criminal investigations begin with gathering documents and information. They begin to evaluate the facts about the events, or the crime. They use a systemic method to observe the details of the crime, as in who what where when why and how. They begin to piece things together, by assembling the facts and determining if the evidence gathered is useful or not. The hypothesis begins to form at this point which helps to link all the information gathered to the crime. The hypothesis in this sense is used to create a theory as to what happened, and the ability to define what has occurred. The hypothesis is an important part of the criminal investigation. The reason is that the investigator must prove or disprove the theory/hypothesis. Even more important for the investigator is to find the missing pieces, that are not ready available at the time. The investigator must be able to draw conclusions about the events but they must also be able to prove that the events did in fact occur.

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At first I didn't like my Blogger blog as much as I did my Wordpress blog. The only reason was because of the limited theme choices that are available within the Blogger site.

I discovered how easy it is to use templates that are available for free out on the internet for Blogger. I find that changing themes is much easier to do on Blogger than on Wordpress. There are a lot of free themes that are available for Blogger. I'm definitely into free. Although, if I really like something and use it a lot, I will send a payment to a software author. I think it's only fair to do this. A little monetary appreciation is always an incentive for someone to keep on creating useful and imaginative work, and it's the right thing to do.

To be fair, though, there are also tons of free themes out there for Wordpress. The comparison I am making here is between the free Blogger and Wordpress hosted sites.

You can do a search for free Blogger templates. There are a lot of them out there. Once you find something you like, and are comfortable that the site you are downloading from is safe, download your file. The file will be in zip format, so you will need to unzip the file to your computer.

Once the file is downloaded and unzipped to your computer, go to your blogger dashboard, choose layout, and then Edit HTML. I would suggest that you download your current full template before you make any changes. This option is given to you on the edit HTML page. That way if you run into a problem you will be able to restore your original template, and not lose your work.

Now that your original template is saved you can begin to upload your new template. Upload the new template file from your hard drive on the edit HTML page. You will choose the file that was extracted to your hard drive when you unzipped your downloaded file. The template file is in .xml format. When the file is uploaded the Blogger upload will ask if you want to install widgets. These will be any of the sidebar or text features that you had on your blog before the upload. If you want to include these, tell the uploader yes.

You will now be able to preview the blog to see how the new template will look. If you are satisfied with the new look, save the template and view your blog. I was thrilled with the template that I found. The default templates are pretty limited on Blogger and I didn't know how easy it was to have a more stylish look for my blog.

I had seen other Blogger blog sites that looked really nice, and didn't know how this was accomplished until I did a little research. I'm finding that I really like Blogger. You can have a cool looking theme and a free blog as well as monetize the site. You can't do that with the free Wordpress blogs at this time. Wordpress does not allow their hosted blogs to be monetized. Although, if you self host a Wordpress blog, you can monetize it.

For me, I find that the free themes for Blogger are quite easy to use. The Wordpress themes are pulled into your blog by an add themes feature. I found that if I pulled in too many themes, it made my blog page run sluggish. I didn't like having to pull in the themes and then previewing them before I installed. It seemed to take a lot of time. I found that the free Blogger themes worked better with the widgets that were previously installed. Not so with Wordpress. I have only found one theme that will work well with all that I have on my blog site. It's just been more difficult with Wordpress. It could be because there are so many widgets that you can download for Wordpress that it can make changing themes difficult. You might not agree, and if so let me know.

Note: Just recently Blogger has changed their template designer. They have upgraded their themes and they look really great. They now offer themes that have a nice design and colors to choose from. You can still, however, use the free themes that are available on the net. In fact you will get much more selection by searching out templates on the internet.

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According to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) will grant $23 million a year, for seven years, to six new Centers of Excellence for Influenza Research and Surveillance.

The ultimate goal of the Centers of Excellence is to help the federal government prepare for and respond to influenza outbreaks, especially those that may lead to pandemics or worldwide epidemics as has been feared since the initial outbreak of H5N1 (avian influenza A) in China in 1997. The centers will work with NIAID's influenza surveillance program, both in the U.S. and worldwide, to learn more about influenza viruses - specifically how they cause disease and how the human immune system responds to them.

The media report says that St. Jude will also be involved in basic research, as well as surveillance of viruses. Dr. Robert Webster is a member of the Infectious Diseases department at St. Jude. With respect to this new contract, he said, "There are a variety of viruses to monitor besides the well-known H5N1. For example, H7N7 infected chicken industry workers in the Netherlands; and H9N2, which circulates in many global avian populations, also sporadically appears in humans."

This is not the first contract that St. Jude has had with NIAID. In 1999, two years after the avian flu outbreak in Hong Kong, St. Jude was awarded an NIAID contract to watch and study aquatic birds, especially ducks, and birds in live markets in Hong Kong. During this time, St. Jude was also involved in training others in the techniques of animal influenza surveillance and developing tests to detect and identify viruses. As a result of this work, St. Jude was also able to provide the NIAID with seed vaccines.

The media report says that influenza viruses will be monitored in several states and in more than a dozen countries over the next seven years. St. Jude will also monitor children in Hong Kong hospitals who are there for influenza and conduct surveillance in Southeast Asia in cases where children have been hospitalized for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).

Dr. Richard Webby is an assistant member in the Division of Virology in the Infectious Diseases department at St. Jude. In the media report, he said that St. Jude's selection as a Center of Excellence "recognizes both the enormous contribution that St. Jude has made over the last several decades in the study of animal influenza viruses, as well as our leadership role in this area." That contribution is expected to continue in that St. Jude will also be involved in evaluating anti-viral drug treatments and causes of drug resistance during its work in the NIAID- funded program.

The other five hospitals also designated as Centers of Excellence are the University of California in Los Angeles, the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Emory University in Atlanta, Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York and the University of Rochester in Rochester, N.Y.

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When you consider starting a business then you need to do a little bit of research. The research will help you see how successful the business would most likely become. You can also find out the small details within a field regarding a business that we often forget or aren't aware of because the business isn't in operation yet. Here are ten ways to help you research a business opportunity.

1. Talk to experts that you know that are already in the field. You need to speak to people that are already in the type of business that you are interested in. You need to ask them questions. You want to know basically how it works from start to finish and any problems that the person may run into. You want to basically know what it is like on a regular basis to run a business. You need to talk to a few people in order to get a more in depth information. You need to speak to the owners of the business instead of just an employee since the owners does know exactly what goes on from day to day in the business.

2. See how profitable it is. You want to make sure that that the type of business that you want to start will make you enough money. The important thing is to consider if it is worth it depending upon how much time and energy you have to put into it. If the other businesses in the area are struggling to keep their doors open each day then it probably isn't a good idea since those other businesses don't generate enough sales or services rendered.

3. Can your company be better than the competition? You need to ask yourself that question. If every person in town always want to go a certain company for a certain item or even service then you need to become better than the competition. You want your customers to think that your company is better than your competition even with excellent customer service and cheap prices.

4. Does the type of business that you are interested in starting require a lot of funding in the beginning? Some companies are cheaper than others to start in the beginning. You need to figure out if you will have enough money for advertising and all the other expenses. You want to have enough money saved in the bank for your personal use too besides money for business. It is important to able to support yourself for basic living expenses along with being able to have enough money for your business too.

5. Will you be able to generate enough sales? Is their enough people in the city or town to offer services or items to the customers? You need to think about it. If your competition doesn't have a website then make sure that you have a business website. You always want to offer the next best thing or something else that they don't offer. If your competition doesn't offer credit accounts then you probably should offer credit accounts to business owners and individuals. You want to be different than your competition. If your competition doesn't advertise on radio then you need to advertise on radio.

You need to go to the city to look all the new companies that have been started recently within the last few years. Make sure to see how many of them ever renewed their business license. Look to see how many companies haven't been successful in the same field that you want to start a business in. You want to see many companies have been successful offering the same type of products or items. The records will give you a general idea of how well your company should succeed.

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Ever get a research assignment and not know how to do the research portion? Well here are some tips for your problem from someone whose written countless papers.

First and foremost I recommend for any paper is get your hands on a good grammer handbook. The one I used was the Longman Handbook, it was required for some courses. Any paper is only as good as the grammer within. You could write an outstanding paper, but if your grammar is poor, the your paper will reflect that. Also get your hands on a handbook for both formats MLA and APA it will be useful when citing your information.

Second thing you should do is to find out everything ou need to know about the assignment. Such as what's needed, allowed, and not allowed. Some professors will allow charts, graphs, and even pictures. I had a professor who loved that I added pictures of the novels I wrote about.

Next thing I suggest is DO NOT WAIT until the last moment to do the research. You will only cause yourself to go insane. It will cause so many problems, the books you may need may not be available, because everyone else is writing the same paper and need the same resources. Also magazines in your field that have useful information may be tossed out because of age.

Make use of all the resources in the library, that includes talking to the librarians. Librarians know alot more than you think. They could lead you to useful books and articles for your topic. Do not rely solely on internet resources. One you never know if the information is accurate, and 2 if all your information is from the internet you come off as lazy to the point that the internet looked for information, not yourself. Make use of journals relating to your field, you may have to do some reading, but they contain useful articles.

Narrow your search topic until you have a more concrete subject. If the assignment is say trends in tourism, ask yourself what kid of trends? Trends in transportation, lodging, restaurants, activities and even locations could be some sub-topics for the paper which narrows your search based on the sub-topics. Any topic could be divided into two or more subjects. You also have a sort of organization for the paper.

When doing research use notecards. Mark each one with a number. The first note card is the book infor like author, publisher, copyright date etc. Anything found in the book would be 1.1, 1.2 and so one until you move to the second book. When writing the book notecards write the information according to citing them on the referance page, that way you can just copy the notecard. Hold on to all book notecards for future papers, it would be easy reference. I would also write a few notes about what is in the book.

Lastly I would suggest keep talking to your professor about the paper. They could easily give you advice and help direct you to useful books and articles that would would help yor search. They could also give you ideas on how to proceed with the paper and if you're on the right track or not.

Following these tips could help make researching a paper all the more easier and less stressful. You could improve your skills and wow your professors.

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The Seattle Biomedical Research Institute is doing research on malaria vaccines. They are wanting to find out if the vaccines work. Since they do not know if the vaccines work, they are looking for volunteers who will try the vaccines and then hold a cup of mosquitoes that are infected with the most deadly form of malaria to their arm so they are bitten. This study is a continuation of a study that start at Walter Reed Army Institute of Maryland is is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Since people are being asked to be infected with malaria, this brings up all kinds of ethical questions. First of all, would these people get seriously ill and even die? According to the researchers this would not happen and people would only have flu like symptoms for about a single day.

However, while the researchers may be able to try to control the mosquitoes to the best of their abilities, it is uncertain that these people may not have some type of allergic reaction or end up getting some type of disease or other infection from the mosquitoes.

Also, would malaria spread if these people are out in the community? Researchers say that the malaria will not get to a point where it is infectious from person to person. Most likely this is true since they know the research that has already been happening.

Of course, the volunteers are given $2,000 for participating. The researchers have said that this is mainly compensation for missing work or replacing funds used to get to the site and any other costs volunteers may incur.

While this sounds a little bit on the dangerous sides, there are benefits as a whole. People really do care about others in third world country who are often infected with malaria and do not survive because vaccines do not exist and they cannot afford the medication. Thus, people who want to make sure that vaccines will be available to these people may have an urge to volunteer for this program.

While I like the idea of getting vaccines to people in third world countries, no amount of money would make me go get a vaccine that may or may not work and be infected with a possibly deadly disease. While I know that only flu like symptoms should occur, I would be scared that something would go wrong.

I want to live my life and not be willingly infected with a disease. I would be scared that I'd have something in my body or have some type of reaction either to the vaccine or to the disease that would end my life suddenly.

While I know that I can't control the length of my own life, I can try to take care of myself so I have a good life. I want to be able to spend time with my friends, my family, and my dog. If anything were to happen because of this, the money, no matter how much of an amount, would not do me any good. While it could help my family, it would not ease the pain of the loss.

I'd rather earn my money honestly than making myself into a medical guinea pig.

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You know how hard it is when a family pet goes missing, and then actually stays lost. There is the moment when you have to explain what's going on to the children, the part where you have to paste signs across the neighborhood, and the worst element - the waiting for your beloved bed to hopefully find its way back home. But now something even worse is happening as these 'lost pets' are being picked up and sold to universities for dissection and medical research in its science labs.

It's bad enough to tell your children that Sparky is lost, but it'd be much worse to tell them that Sparky is being dissected by the college students downtown. The Humane Society estimated that about 18,000 dogs and cats are picked up each year and then sold to university laboratories. Some of these animals are found through classified 'looking for a good home' adoption listings, and some are lost pets.

Those who scoop up the stray animals and sell them to labs are called Class B Dealers, and it is estimated that there are fewer of them around today than in the past, but they are still around. These Class B Dealers scour the streets of neighborhoods looking for dogs and cats that may have become lost from their homes. They also search the classified ads for animals that have been listed for adoption. The Humane Society estimates that 20% of all animals that are used in medical research labs come from these Class B Dealers

Animal advocacy groups are now hoping that it will be made illegal to sell strays for scientific purposes. However on the other side of the coin, medical research labs are arguing that animals that come from unknown origins are not used in their testings. Animal advocacy leaders are hoping that a change will be imminent. They believe that only animals that are donated by their owners, are not strays, or are living in a shelter should be given over to medical research labs.

Right now the bill, entitled 'Buck's Bill' after a black hound dog who was mistreated by a Class B Dealer, is still up for debate in Congress. Many people treat their pets as part of the family, almost as if they're just another relative. It is heart wrenching when a pet becomes lost, but at least if Buck's Bill were passed it would be a much less likely scenario that the cherished pet would end up in a medical laboratory.

Associated Press, " Humane Society Pushes to Ban Pet Sales to Labs." MSNBC News. URL: (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18662520/)

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Leaving a voice mail for a prospect does not typically garner a high rate of response in terms of getting your calls returned. A big part of the reason is that most tele-sales reps leave messages that are dull, uninspired, cluttered and undifferentiated from the dozens other sales reps that left a message with the same prospect.

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I thought of you...

This phrase can be a real winner if it is developed correctly. Here is an example:

'Hi Mark, this is Jim Domanski for Teleconcepts Consulting. I thought of you when I saw an article on how to increase the average value of sale from your tele-sales reps. Please give me a call at..."

First off, the message is oddly flattering. While it is a prospect call, the implication is that for some reason Jim 'thought of' Mark. (What prompted that???) It suggests some special connection that's hard to ignore. But the message also goes on to provide a clear benefit statement: increasing the average value of a sale.

And that's it. It's not enough for Mark to know everything but enough to be relatively enticing. The idea is to pique their curiosity to learn more.

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Gordon Ramsey has been called a lot of names – many of which would not meet PopWatch decency standards. He’s never been dubbed quitter, though. So when he stormed off in defeat from a doomed Philadelphia restaurant on the premiere of Kitchen Nightmares, I didn’t believe it for a second. The fact that the Foul-Mouthed One’s outburst took place at the 20-minute mark also tipped me off that it wasn’t the end of the story for Hot Potato Café, but they certainly had their work cut out.

The Fishtown eatery, with its fondness for serving weeks-old frozen fodder and lack of adequate leadership, was in desperate need of a Ramsey overhaul. It was the recipe for a perfect Nightmare story: bad food, a family operation with three inexperienced owners (who produced almost as many bleeps as Ramsey), and to seal the deal, a poor review in the local paper that had soiled their reputation. The headline of the review had read: ”Spuddy Hell.”

But Ramsey soon found out that three-week-old, sans-potato potato skins were the least of the restaurant’s problems. At the helm of the kitchen catastrophe was a 21-year-old head chef, niece of the owners, who had only signed on for the job so she could help her family. As Ramsey put it, the restaurant had been using a menu that was ”passed down from a bad chef to an inexperienced chef.”

Watching the story unfold, I became angry. The weight of a fledgling quarter-million dollar effort (according to one of the sisters) was resting on a clearly overwhelmed girl who didn’t even want to be a chef – at least at the beginning of the episode. She was taking on more than she could handle, but it seemed as though her aunts neither noticed nor attempted to help ease her burden. Ramsey noticed this too, making it a point to give the girl words of encouragement throughout the episode. In the end, he even arranged for a local chef to mentor her. The gesture moved the girl to tears and ignited her passion for cooking. Ramsey’s heart grew three sizes.

But before the tears of joy, there had been tears of desperation. After witnessing one particularly disastrous night of service, Ramsey angrily asked for their reflection on the evening. Instead of a response, he was met with blank stares from the owners, who looked more like kindergarteners who’d been caught awake during nap time. ”I honestly don’t have the passion or the drive to take it through,” he said rather emotionally, before calling it quits and storming out.

The owners followed after him and confessed that they had lost hope and needed him to save the day. The speech swayed Ramsey to give it one last shot. A cooking lesson, a new menu, and one short segment of Extreme Makeover: Restaurant Edition later, they re-launched the restaurant and even invited back the critic who’d ruined them before.

My mind immediately went to Ratatouille. I expected a high-brow critic with an icy stare and attitude to boot. The intense background score had me preparing for the worst. Instead, we got a man who used terms like ”potato-rific” to describe the newly revamped hot potato soup. Pfft.

Armed with a positive review, a new outlook, and a fresh take on food, the ladies from Hot Potato were ready for their second go at entrepreneurship. Ramsey summed up his experience with an awkward ”long live the power of women!” declaration.

Now it’s your turn PopWatchers. What did you think of the premiere of Kitchen Nightmares? Did you feel as bad as I did for the 21-year-old head chef? Did the Hans Zimmer-esque background score build up the anticipation for the critic’s appearance for you too? Sound off below!

We at the Daily News are proud of our letters page. Many of our readers are as scrappy and opinionated as we are, and we are proud of the fact that the page shows that. Our letters pages embody our mission as "the People Paper," and we publish about 2,000 letters a year. We see the pages as a town square where everyone has a right to speak. And we make sure that people without e-mail and Internet access have as much speech as those who do.

In fact, that's why newspapers are so important. That the Ellie Light letter got so much attention in a world where so much online commentary is anonymous speaks to the power of newspapers. Our brand of democracy requires only 75 cents to enter, not a computer or Internet access. We believe the conversation on our pages are richer because of it.

This wasn't the first time a paper used the scandal as a chance to brag about its own popularity: the Los Angeles Times spun that same yarn on Monday.

The growing consensus in the media is that the little people should be happy for a chance to speak at all. And when this process is corrupted by deception? According to the News, you should look for some cheese to go with that whine:

THE BOTTOM line: Having your say is a precious privilege we have in this society. Ellie Light took advantage of this privilege, while taking advantage of the newspapers in question. We'll continue to verify basic facts, but we'll also continue to rely on the good faith of our readers. If a few readers of less-than-good faith get through, to us, it's a price worth paying.

So you see, these professional editors get paid to act more like bystanders and less like security guards. The privilege of getting published is such a "precious" thing that anyone can do it. Free speech is so sacred, so special, so important, that common liars are granted access without anyone caring.

Perhaps this lackadaisical approach to editing, coupled with the arrogant assumption that they're doing the public a favor, has something to do with the News's struggling profits, which forced the owner into bankruptcy protection less than a year ago.

Only in the liberal media can a newspaper exist on life support while lecturing others about "a price worth paying."

Meanwhile, the Cleveland Plain Dealer has been handsomely rewarded for providing honest coverage of the scandal. The article that broke the story earned more than half a million hits in just three days and resulted in the paper claiming ownership of an internet wildfire.

But no matter. The News is content to pay a more noble price of printing bogus spam letters as a service to society.

As to an explanation for why Light's letter was chosen, it offered exactly eight words: "it was short and made its points well."

Too bad the News didn't feel that way when dealing with George Bush. When the Philadelphia Inquirer sought to hire a Bush attorney in May 2009, the News complained about free speech being so freely available:

Will Bunch of the rival Philadelphia Daily News wrote, "It's not about muzzling John Yoo from expressing his far-out-of-the-mainstream opinion in the many venues that are available to him, but whether a major American newspaper should give Yoo, his actions, and the notion of torture advocacy its implied endorsement by handing him a megaphone."

Criticizing a newspaper for "handing him a megaphone" sounds a lot like muzzling, but hey, that was a Bush supporter. Ellie Light was a brilliant defender of Democrats who kinda sorta lied about her identity - an "implied endorsement" of her was just fine.

Not to be outdone, the Lebanon Daily News, just a few miles west in Lebanon, PA, also published an angry screed against its own critics that began with - wait for it - congratulating itself on printing letters from the little people:

Space in any newspaper is always at a premium, and we try to provide as much as possible for the people's voices, particularly on the editorial page. So when Light responded to our inquiry and said she was from Cornwall, that was good enough for us, and we rolled with it.

We usually have to write a variation of this editorial at least once a year. The titillating idea of "gotcha" is too much to pass up for some folks. Fine. We have a liberal - and we mean in the sense of what we allow, not the political leaning - policy on what's allowed on our editorial page. We always have. We welcome conventional views, opposing views, third-party views (especially those, frankly), alternate views and even the occasional skewed view. We provide a significant chunk of real estate for one to bring one's message. Most news papers don't allow upwards of 400 words for letters. We do.

How kind of these papers to welcome a variety of opinions from the very readers who patronize them. It's almost like they're starting to realize normal citizens pay their salaries.

In the middle of a hard recession that's caused newspaper profits to plummet, perhaps it would be wise of these editors to humbly apologize for making a mistake. Instead, readers are given snarky rants about "gotcha" scandals and warnings to be thankful for a paper that prints any letters at all.

If predictions about the future hold true, the newspaper industry might eventually find itself completely out of business...and Ellie Light will be remembered as a big reason why.

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Chili con carne was officially designated the state food of Texas by the State Legislature in 1977, but to most Texans, the fact that a genuine "bowl of red" can only be found in Texas has never been in doubt.

It is generally accepted that, despite its Spanish name, chili con carne (chili peppers with meat) originated in San Antonio Texas. According to a popular theory, Texas chili is an adaptation of a spicy stew that was introduced to the region by immigrants from the Spanish Canary Islands, who came to the area now known as San Antonio in 1731, in what was then the Spanish province of Texas.

Supporting this theory, is the fact that all the spices used in the early versions of chili con carne: chili peppers, oregano and garlic, grow wild in southern Texas; except for the cumin, which was imported from the Canary Islands by the aforementioned Spanish settlers. These spices were boiled along with what ever meat was available to concoct a cheap, simple and satisfying peasant stew.

From the early days, chili was utilized as the perfect trail food. Cowboys on cattle drives took chili along with them on the trail. One simple method of doing this was to pound the beef, suet, chili peppers, and spices together to form bricks that once dried, were readily packed. The chili bricks could easily be boiled up in a pot of water, and served as a convenient, instant trail food. Alternatively, range cooks planted chili peppers, oregano and onions in Mesquite correction is on the way forward for livestock units (Mesquite bushes protected livestock forage grasses). Here is the first version of the file Chili Con Carne, prescription chef since the beginning of 1800:

Cut the meat you think you want (of any type is good, but the meat may be the best) in pieces the size of a walnut. Put in a saucepan with some Suet (so that the won tons of meat 'Stick the bank) and cook for aboutthe same amount of wild onions, garlic, oregano, and chilies as you have got meat. Put in some salt. Stir it from time to time and cook it until the meat is as tender as you think it's going to get."

In time, chili con carne became popular in the small Texas towns that grew up along the cattle trails. In this way, the dish spread throughout the state.

The chili queens of San Antonio are another colorful feature of Texas chili lore. They were Hispanic women with an entrepreneurial spirit who made large pots of chili by day and, clad in brightly colored dresses, trundled their carts to San Antonio's Military Plaza, ladling out their vendibles from cast iron pots heated over wood or charcoal fires in the evening. This tradition started in the 1880s when San Antonio was host to soldiers of the Spanish army, who camped in Military Plaza; the fact that it was also a cattle town and a railroad town ensured that the chili queens had plenty of potential diners willing and able to tuck into their fiery wares. In 1887, the chili queens were moved to Market Square by the city government, where they remained a popular fixture of downtown San Antonio until 1937, at which time they were required to comply with the sanitation regulations set for all the town's food establishments. Many chili queens set up indoors so as to continue in business, but San Antonio lost one of its unique and colorful attractions.

Frank H. Bushick, the San Antonio Commissioner of Taxation, wrote an article about the chili queens that appeared in the July 1927 issue of Frontier Times. According to Bushick:

"The chili stand and chili queens are peculiarities, or unique institutions, of the Alamo City. They started away back there when the Spanish army camped on the plaza. They were started to feed the soldiers. Every class of people in every station of life patronized them in the old days. Some were attracted by the novelty of it, some by the cheapness. A big plate of chili and beans, with a tortilla on the side, cost a dime. A Mexican bootblack and a silk-hatted tourist would line up and eat side by side, unconscious or oblivious of the other."

The chili queens returned to San Antonio, after a fashion, in the 1980s, when the city began historic re-enactments of the chili queens as a tribute to the state food of Texas: chili con carne. The El Mercado Merchants sponsor the annual "Return of the Chili Queens Festival" held in Market Square during the May Memorial Day celebrations.

Of course chili con carne is not only popular in Texas. The piquant dish first got national exposure when it was served at the San Antonio Chili Stand set up in 1893 at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago Illinois, where it was a great hit with the crowds.

The Chili cookoff is a popular form of delicious, good-natured competition all over the United States. In fact, cookoffs officially sanctioned by the International Chili Society are held as far afield as Canada and the Cayman Islands. But the grandpa of all the Chili Cookoff held each year in Terlingua, Texas, was founded in 1967 with the help of Carroll Shelby, Texas, and father of the famous sports car, Cobra.

First Terlingua Chili Cookoff was held to answer the call of H. Allen Smith, author of New York, who wrote a story called "Nobody knows Chile About Me" for the August 1967 issue of the magazine Holiday. The articleclaimed that, "...no living man, I repeat, can put together a pot of chili as ambrosial, as delicately and zestfully flavorful, as the chili I make." And, to add insult to injury, his recipe included beans!

Beans are not considered to be an ingredient of genuine Texas chili. As the title of the unofficial anthem sung every year at the Terlingua cookoff would have it: "If You Know Beans About Chili, You Know That Chili Has No Beans." Texas chili champion Homer "Wick" Fowler, not being able to stomach this outrageous claim, challenged the presumptuous New Yorker to a showdown, and the great chili cookoff was born. Unfortunately, the results were inconclusive as the third judge excused himself from service after he had spat out the spoonful of chili he had tried to swallow all over the referee's foot. According to a witness, Sports Illustrated writer Gary Cartwright,

"Then he went into convulsions. He rammed a white handkerchief down his throat as though he were cleaning a rifle barrel, and in an agonizing whisper Witts pronounced himself unable to go on."

So the first chili cookoff ended in a tie, but the Texans haven't given an inch on the issue of beans in chili, at least at sanctioned chili cookoffs. The first rule of the International Chili Society's Official Contestant Rules and Regulations states that:

The following rules and regulations for cooks at the World's Championship, State, Regional and District Cookoffs are as follows:

1. Traditional Red Chili is defined by the International Chili Society as any kind of meat or combination of meats, cooked with red chili peppers, various spices and other ingredients, with the exception of BEANS and PASTA which are strictly forbidden.

The second rule of the official Chili Cooking Rules of Chili Appreciation International, the organizers of the Terlingua Chili Cookoff says:

2. NO FILLERS IN CHILI - Beans, macaroni, rice, hominy, or other similar ingredients are not permitted.

Be that as it may, even many Texans enjoy beans in their chili. Chili con carne is the kind of dish that invites creativity and experimentation and an infinite number of delicious variations are possible. But, even though there are almost as many chili recipes as there are stars in the sky, not all of them qualify as the genuine article form the Lone Star State. I'll leave you with a quote:

"Chili concocted outside of Texas is usually a weak, apologetic imitation of reality. One of the first things I do when I get back to Texas to have a cup of red. There is simply nothing better. "- Lyndon Johnson, 36 President of the United States.

Reaping rewards of rental cars

Posted by sabye on Monday, January 25, 2010

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If you rent a car frequently you're probably already a member of one or more car rental company's frequent renter program. If not, you should be!
Whether it's Alamo ReservePlus, Avis Wizard, Budget Fastbreak, Dollar Express, Enterprise Plus, Hertz #1, National Emerald or Thrifty Bluechip, frequent renter programs are offered to car renters by car rental companies for a variety of reasons.
By rewarding frequent renters with special benefits, program offers and car rental rewards, car rental companies can build customer loyalty and make your rental experience easier and faster, and provide you with specials, savings and rewards that will keep you coming back. Competition is the
name of the game and when there is often not a lot of difference between base rates of certain car sizes with different companies, their membership rewards and benefits for their frequent renters can
be the deciding factor.
Some car renters have one company that they rent with all the time, but more and more renters today will choose the rental company that best fits their needs and budget for a particular rental. There are many renters who have memberships with one or two companies for business travel and will use others for their leisure and vacation travel.
Most frequent renter programs are offered free of charge and are accessible online to enroll and manage. Rewards can range from special email offers for members only, to extra discounts and free day coupons.
If you rent even semi-frequently you should look into joining a frequent renter program with at least one car rental company. I would join as many as you can. This will give you the opportunity to
quickly research which car rental company will give you the best deal and benefits to fit your general needs or the needs for a specific rental.

Deep in the art of Texas: The economic impact study shows a significant impact of art in Texas

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The results of a 2003 economic impact study out of Austin confirms the suspicions of many Texas cultural art lovers, demonstrating that the cultural arts have a Texas-sized impact on our economy. The purpose of the study, produced by leading Texas economist Dr. Ray Perryman, was to comprehensively examine the economic impact of the arts on Texas. The study concludes that the arts have an extraordinary impact on the Texas economy ranging from billions of dollars in total expenditures, gross product and personal income, to almost two million permanent jobs.
The study raised awareness of the total contributions of cultural activities within the state and offers a perspective on future patterns and prospects. The report focuses on the full integration of the arts into the entire spectrum of production in the state.
Key findings of the study include:
1. The Arts as a Component of the Entire Economic System
When viewed in terms of their contributions to all sectors of the economy, the cultural arts account for $190.2 billion in total expenditures (12.3% of the state total). The cultural arts also result in $98.4 billion in Gross Product, $61.7 billion in Personal Income and 1.918 million Permanent Jobs (15.7%).
2. THE ARTS AS TRADITIONALLY MEASURED (Visual, Literary, Media and Performing)
The overall effects of the contribution of the arts as traditionally measured (visual, literary, media, and performing) include $63.7 billion in Total Expenditures, $31.5 billion in Gross Product, $18.7 billion in Personal Income, and over 600,000 Permanent Jobs.
As traditionally measured, the cultural arts are responsible for about 19.8% of the total tourism in the state.
3. THE NONPROFIT SEGMENT OF THE ARTS
The nonprofit segment of the arts brings a net benefit to Texas of $19.0 Billion in Total Expenditures, $9.5 billion in Gross Product, $5.9 billion in Personal Income, and over 200,000 Permanent Jobs.
The nonprofit arts sector is the incubator for the vast role of cultural activity in the economy. For every $1 spent on those activities, more than $298 of long-term cultural impact on the economy occurs, as well as $9.20 in State revenues.
4. RURAL IMPACT
Approximately 5.5% of the economic impact of traditional cultural arts occurs in rural segments of the state.
Rural regions of Texas enjoy 6.6% of all nonprofit arts activity.
STAND UP AND TAKE NOTICE, Y'ALL!
Governmental investments in arts and cultural organizations are no longer about intangibles. Arts and cultural organizations in Texas make very real and significant contributions to the local economy and are worthy of community support and advertising dollars. These contributions are significant and sustained. Even in the face of economic slowdown, arts and cultural organizations continue to impact the Texas economy substantially, in addition to the enjoyment and fulfillment they provide to our citizens and visitors each year.
One look at the numbers will surely cause any Texas advertiser to stand up and take notice of the potential when linking up with artistic and cultural endeavors as part of this year’s promotional campaign. They need your support and you need their audiences.
In 2003, arts and cultural organizations in Texas generated over $55 million in economic activity and impact from construction and capital expenditure activity to new and existing facilities. These same organizations generated about $320 million in economic activity from indirect audience spending associated with attendance at arts events during that same year. Nearby, the total economic impact of the arts in Fort Worth in 2003 was about $250 million; in Dallas, over $500 million. Other metroplex communities generated about $23 million.
Do the math: that’s nearly $800 million! The Governor’s office has noticed. Have you?
ARTSY COMMUNITIES MEAN BUSINESS
Bear in mind, when we talk about “the cultural arts,” we’re including everything from Art Museums to Texas Music and Dance. We’re talking about the ethnic culture here from Polish to German, Mexican to Italian. From Texas Indians to the history of our great educational institutions, people want to know so they can go! They want to visit and they want to learn. It’s ALL of interest to SOMEBODY and people are spending good money in Texas to be part of what the Lone Star State has to offer.
The legacy of every civilization is, in large part, found in the art they leave behind. No wonder that, when the one hundred most influential people of the past were named, over one quarter of those named represented the cultural arts. In addition to the arts being so important to our social structure, they are, as shown, an important part of our economy and are worthy of our attention. They are, in fact, completely, immovably, forever engrained into our economic system.
Blu Dornan, a local artist from Stephenville, said, “I have been received very well since I started promoting my art [in Stephenville] a year ago... Art within the community reflects the local environment. It gives us pride as a society and lets visitors know who we are as a community and what we are about. Remember, an artist's greatest fear is that his or her work will never be seen and the vision never realized.”
SPEAKING OF STEPHENVILLE...
As a Civil War and Alamo buff who has done his share of painting, writing, sketching and illustrating on a professional level, this writer would love nothing more than to see my home town of Stephenville, Texas - the Cowboy Capital of the World - become the State’s next hotbed of artistic and cultural activity as well. We have so much to offer and so many people would benefit by visiting here. Fact is, folks are coming here in droves and tourism numbers are way up for each of the past three years. Among other things, they're visiting our local museums and historic points of interest including the Cowboy Capital Walk of Fame, Heritage Square, the Dublin Dr Pepper Museum, and the Stephenville Historical House Museum. Tarleton University has much to offer including their Planetarium, the Dora Lee Langdon Cultural and Educational Center in Granbury, and the W.K. Gordon Center for Industrial History of Texas.
Currently, thanks to the Cross Timbers Fine Arts Council (CTFAC), there’s a surprising amount of cultural arts activity in our community. Last August, we thrilled to the Glenn Miller Band outdoors and the Fort Worth Symphony makes a stop in town every other year. We are always looking forward to more of the same. The Stephenville Chamber’s Hispanic Business Council, entering its second year, has already taken steps toward tapping into the talents and cultural expertise associated with the area’s Hispanic population. And we’ll be seeing more from them as well.
Where fine arts are concerned, we have art galleries the likes of Brian Drake Studios, the Thompson Fine Arts Gallery, Brooks Art Gallery, Tarleton’s Clyde H. Wells Fine Arts Center and Gallery and, of course, the Cross Timbers Fine Arts Center’s River North Gallery.
Debbie Reynolds, Director of the CTFAC, says, “The gallery provides a place for artists to exhibit their work without a fee, where they can offer their art for sale and is open free to the public…” Mrs. Reynolds reminds us, “Not only do the arts have an economic impact, but they also improve the quality of life. Not just through entertainment, but education as well. Statistics show that students who participate in any form of the arts: band, theater, visual art, choir, dance, etc. are higher academic achievers. They score higher on tests, develop leadership and cognitive thinking skills, time management, self discipline, creativity and problem solving skills.” She added, “In September 2004 the State Board of Education adopted new curriculum requirements for grades K-5 regarding increased arts education in Texas schools. These new initiatives will start with the 2005-06 school year….we are exposed to art forms every day all day long, whether it is through the music we listen to, through magazines, movies, TV, billboards, architecture, auto design, textiles, clothing design, home decorating, floral design and the like.”
Dan Delgado, President of the Stephenville Visual Arts Booster club says, "...the Arts are a basic component of a healthy, well-rounded person...The Arts cause us to stop, remember life and relive….they capture the wonder of life and pass it on in a manner that allows others to enjoy it, even if it’s through a vivid imagination, or a dream. The mind is a wonderful tool and enjoying the Fine Arts is the perfect way to put it to use...there is no right or wrong way to appreciate the Arts. There’s only your way!”
To the local businessman looking for a suitable place to spend your advertising budget, according to the author's professional marketing, we need to sponsor arts and cultural events, as if not tomorrow.
So put your money where the art. You will not regret it.

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