“Goldsboro's practice philosophy paying off - Goldsboro News-Argus” plus 4 more |
- Goldsboro's practice philosophy paying off - Goldsboro News-Argus
- Canfield's philosophy professor confronted with worst nightmare: root ... - Oregonian
- PRCC philosophy lecture planned - Hattiesburg American
- SoDA Invites Fjord West to Join Elite Membership - YAHOO!
- Why Privacy Concerns Are Ruining Facebook - CSO
| Goldsboro's practice philosophy paying off - Goldsboro News-Argus Posted: 02 Dec 2009 10:19 AM PST This content has passed through fivefilters.org. |
| Canfield's philosophy professor confronted with worst nightmare: root ... - Oregonian Posted: 02 Dec 2009 11:24 AM PST By Paul Buker, The OregonianDecember 02, 2009, 11:14AMWEDNESDAY, southeast Portland:We have written before about Lani Roberts, the esteemed professor of philosophy at Oregon State who has had such a big influence on Beavers' quarterback Sean Canfield. One of the higher-profile teachers on campus, a Duck? "I had to figure how to be here, at OSU,'' said Roberts with a laugh. "It's been 21 years. … I'll always root for my student-athletes as persons but when push comes to shove I root for the Ducks.'' Push is coming to shove on Thursday night, when No. 13 OSU plays at Autzen Stadium in the 113th Civil War game. Roberts is proud of what Canfield has accomplished on and off the field during his five years at OSU, and she points out that the last starting QB who was a philosophy major in the Pac-10 was Jim Plunkett, who led Stanford to the Rose Bowl in 1971. Is she waffling? This connundrum has not gone unnoticed at OSU. Roberts recalled a conversation with Beavers' radio play-by-play voice Mike Parker. "He told me, 'here's the problem, Lani. It's the Civil War game, and Sean's driving down the field for the Beavers, towards the winning touchdown. What will you do?' Indeed. "It's been giving me nightmares,'' said Roberts, who is torn between cheering for Oregon, and hoping Canfield somehow finds a way to get Oregon State into the Rose Bowl for the first time since 1965. Roberts indicated she would be watching the game at home, alone. Roberts showed up in class before the 1994 game wearing a green dress with a yellow rose corsage and saw the look on quarterback Don Shanklin's face. There was another football player in the classroom that day, but she couldn't remember his name. "I realized I had actually hurt their feelings,'' she said. "In 15 years, I've never done anything like that since.'' The Ducks beat Shanklin and the Beavers in a hard-fought game that sent Oregon to the Rose Bowl against Penn State. Now, 15 years later, the Beavers are one win away from the Rose Bowl (again) with only the hated Ducks standing in the way and a certain Oregon State philosophy professor is caught between family history and a 6-foot-4 quarterback who almost considers her part of the family. Canfield doesn't see why all the philosophical angst is necessary. He told her, 'what' the problem? You don't know anybody on that team.' Seriously, if Canfield is driving the Beavers to the winning touchdown, wouldn't his favorite professor be caught up in the moment and start cheering for OSU? I mean, really. - PB
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| PRCC philosophy lecture planned - Hattiesburg American Posted: 02 Dec 2009 04:07 AM PST The Forrest County Center of Pearl River Community College will present the second of this year's Social Studies Faculty Lectures on Thursday at the Hattiesburg campus on U.S. 49 South. Dr. Tim Crowe will discuss "The Meaning of Life: How Philosophy Relates to Everyday Life" at 9:30 a.m. in the multi-purpose room in Building 5. The public is invited. This content has passed through fivefilters.org. |
| SoDA Invites Fjord West to Join Elite Membership - YAHOO! Posted: 02 Dec 2009 10:05 AM PST Vancouver's leading digital agency leverages business wins, innovative work, and 'tradigital' philosophy to gain coveted invitation from the Society of Digital Agencies Vancouver B.C. (PRWEB) -- Fjord West, the digital solutions provider of Cossette West, announced that they have accepted an invitation to join the Society of Digital Agencies (SoDA), an exclusive, invitation-only community of 41 leading digital communications firms. SoDA is the worldwide voice of digital marketing professionals with a mission to advance the industry through best practices, education, and advocacy; a mission that Fjord West replicates in its philosophy and client product. "Fjord West is thrilled to be part of SoDA", says Sandy Fleischer , VP, GM Fjord West. "This exclusive invitation caps off a great year for us, and further validates Fjord's winning philosophy of marrying the best of traditional and digital agency capabilities. Fuelled by the explosive growth of social media, mobile apps, and other digital channels, marketing departments are placing digital at the core of their initiatives, and Fjord West is uniquely positioned to capitalize on this industry-wide shift." Gaining recognition from its global win as the digital agency of record (AOR) for Ronald McDonald House Charities, Fjord West is a leading example of a digital agency that already holds AOR relationships, and has competed against large traditional agencies when winning those accounts. Canpages, Canada's fastest growing local search company, selected Fjord West as its agency of record to increase their product offering, and develop their digital communications and marketing programs across the Canpages family of brands. Tourism Richmond also recently awarded Fjord West AOR status to develop and execute a communications plan that will capture the attention of Western Canadians looking for a getaway to, and within B.C. Fjord's It's All Here campaign and website has seen a response rate for online advertising that is 2.5 times higher than the travel category average. Other projects Fjord West has been working on include McDonald's North American social network site for their one million crew, the first digital collaborative art project for the 2010 Cultural Olympiad (VANOC), and the companion website for Darwin's Brave New World, a Nature of Things television series that aired on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. "Our growing success can be attributed to our depth of experience in 'tradigital' communications, and our thought leadership as the architects of Vancouver Digital Week and as the visionaries behind the celebrated Cossette Convergence events," says Angele Beausoleil, VP strategy and client services, Fjord West. "Our clients have benefitted from our consumer-centric and holistic approach to integrated marketing and as a result we've seen an increasing number of clients partner with us on local, national, and global social media marketing programs." Tradigital, a term Fjord West uses to describe its philosophy, refers to their team's unique approach of marrying traditional agencies' strategic and creative expertise, with the innate digital know-how (website development, online advertising, application development, etc.) of pure play digital agencies. Sandy and Angele have grown the team from seven to 35 staff in only three years, building upon their hybrid traditional and digital philosophy with every new hire. Most recently, they acquired one of Canada's top branding experts, Gae Wakabayashi as Executive Creative Director. Wakabayashi brings 25 years of branding-focused creative experience and worked previously with Ken Koo and Identica Branding & Design (Cossette Inc.). Fjord West also added Garnet McElree, one of Canada's most award-winning, direct marketing professionals, who joins Jackson Murphy as an Associate Creative Director. Other additions to the team include Jeff Scheffler, Director of Strategy, formerly from Vision Critical, and Erica Lam, Social Media Strategist, one of Canada's top bloggers. About Fjord West About SoDA
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| Why Privacy Concerns Are Ruining Facebook - CSO Posted: 02 Dec 2009 10:26 AM PST December 02, 2009 — PC World — Facebook was built as a powerful social connector, allowing users to befriend others with similar interests, locations, schools, and more. But as privacy concerns mount and users demand more protection, the social networking site's philosophy has started to go down the toilet. Now that Facebook is eliminating regional networks -- or groupings of people based on where they live -- it's becoming apparent that proclivities lean towards building fences rather than crossing them. When you're in someone's network -- like if you belonged to the same school or company -- you essentially "friend" everyone on that network, allowing others to see the entirety of your Facebook page (this can be changed in your privacy settings). Regional networks granted access to wider swaths of potential friends, but therein was the concern: how much is too much? Do we really want the entire city of Boston looking at last year's Halloween pictures? Is making friends with these strangers something I want to do? According to the original philosophy behind Facebook, yeah, you might want to make friends with hundreds of strangers. Why else would they create a site where people electronically "meet" one another? The underlying privacy concerns are justified. Now that Facebook has 350 million users, regional networks have expanded into the millions. Many people either aren't sure how to change their privacy settings or they do not care, because, as I mentioned earlier, limiting the network of people able to view your profile is just a click away. So instead of schooling its users on how to protect their privacy, and maintaining its credo, Facebook deleted regional networks altogether, a symbolic gesture of closing the gates. Facebook has had more than its share of privacy problems. There's the Beacon fiasco; the lawsuits; the federal complaints; international investigations; and schemes galore. There are also a multitude of methods to protect your privacy both on Facebook and online in general. If Facebook users became more acquainted with the power they have to protect themselves, perhaps sweeping shut-downs such as these wouldn't be necessary. But as Facebook locks doors and tosses keys, I cannot help but feel it's headed in the opposite direction from whence it started, dismantling its very purpose, and adopting an attitude of exclusivity. © 2009 PC World Communications This content has passed through fivefilters.org. |
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