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North Shore's marina market about to grow despite glut

North Shore's marina market about to grow despite glut
The owner of a delayed subdivision development in Slidell is pouring the foundation for a $ 17 million marina he hopes will increase its appeal. It will add 170 boat slips to a segment of the North Shore real estate market that is trying to figure out …
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What Sales is Really Asking for When They Want More Leads
If we want to be truly aligned with sales, then an account-based approach to marketing might be the right strategy for your team — and perhaps the KPI to shoot for should be new leads from target accounts. How do you get started? Build a target …
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How to Create Content For "Boring" Businesses
Before you can give consideration to the meat of your messages, you need to have a solid strategy and a defined set of topics about which you want to communicate. Your pool … Too many business owners/marketing agencies rely on the judgment of a …
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Ambitious New RPG 'Bound by Flame' Is Available Now in North America

Ambitious New RPG 'Bound by Flame' Is Available Now in North America
"Featuring a deep narrative impacted by player choices, this well-designed game underlines the classic struggle between good and evil, but this time it emanates from within. We are … Majesco also owns 50% of GMS Entertainment, the parent company of …
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For B2B Marketers, What Comes After the Purchase?
Next time you're celebrating the acquisition of a new customer, keep these ideas in mind to ensure that your newest customer stays content, and spreads the word about your brand. Related Resources from B2C … The best way to understand what your user …
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WILLOUGHBY: David Pharr helps coordinate first TEDx event in Mississippi
TEDx_logo_sydney_022309 I am excited to share with our readers this week about a topic I am passionate about — TED. No, not a person — I am talking about the global phenomenon known as TED, which stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design.
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DA Seeks North End Applicants for Youth Advisory Council

DA Seeks North End Applicants for Youth Advisory Council
The Youth Advisory Council is an opportunity for them to build experience for future leadership, but it's every bit as much an opportunity for us to explore new and effective ideas. … Conley is casting a broad net for potential members, drawing …
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Lastest Local & Regional News
Attorneys for the Missoula man accused of killing foreign exchange student Diren Dede said Tuesday that Dede's companion told police the boys had entered Missoula garages several times prior to the April 27 shooting. Paul Ryan, who represents Markus …
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Holy Cross Student Earns Business Startup Funds
Cady, along with ten other middle and high school students from Oneida County, pitched her idea to six local business and banking professionals at the Investor Panel Presentation Event on Tuesday, April 8. Although the competition was intense, Cady …
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Lean Kanban North America Finalizes Speaker Lineup for April Management Conference


Seattle, Washington (PRWEB) March 29, 2013

Lean Kanban North America 2013, part of the global conference series of the largest, highest quality Kanban events in the world, announces the final lineup of speakers for its management conference taking place April 28-May 2 in Chicago.

Organized by Lean-Kanban University (LKU), Lean Kanban North America is an international gathering of professionals who realize the value of Lean thinking. This year’s conference features the next wave of ideas on measurement, psychology of change, Kanban at scale, risk management, and core foundations of Kanban.

The event is for managers, developers, and change agents who value smart thinking, voracious learning, and constant improvement in the workplace. Attendees will meet and mingle with thought leaders, worldwide experts and Brickell Key Award winners who are the most-respected Lean and Kanban experts all sharing their knowledge under one roof.

Lean Kanban North America Keynote Speakers include:


    Bob Lewis, opening keynote and InfoWorld columnist, will convey why “Everything You Know Is Wrong.” This entertaining and thought-provoking talk explains what’s so disastrous about standard models for running IT organizations. Lewis presents a compelling alternative that won’t just drive better results, for IT and for the business it serves, but will make the job of leading and working in IT more satisfying and enjoyable as well.

    Douglas Hubbard, inventor of Applied Information Economics (AIE) and Chicago-based author of How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business, will describe how it is possible to measure any “intangible,” to think of risk like an actuary, and how to look at investment portfolios from a risk/return point-of-view.

    Stephen Parry is an international leader and strategist on the creation of service enterprises that are adaptive, innovative and engaging. This presentation based on the most recent research from work psychology will provide counter intuitive insights into the ‘industrial management’ mind set, its impact on the design of work and management behaviors.

Lean Kanban North America will feature nine renowned authors on the Main Stage, plus more than 40 invited speakers on six tracks that include Economics & Risk; Kanban at Scale; Kanban Foundations; Psychology & Sociology; Simulation, Games & Measurement; and The Change Agent.

In addition to the main program, LKNA13 authors, speakers and thought leaders will lead full-day Lean Tutorials – one-day or two-day interactive classes designed to provide participants with practical, hands-on knowledge they can use right away on Lean projects.

Attendees will also enjoy an additional 18 presenters with LKNA’s exciting and unique crowd-sourced Ignite talks that will drive the Lean Kanban conversation forward.

Conferences in the Lean Kanban global series provide unique training presentations and focus on helping IT groups within organizations to lower risk and improve predictability of delivery. For more information about the global Lean Kanban conference series endorsed by Lean-Kanban University, please contact Janice Linden-Reed, Lean-Kanban University Vice President of Marketing, at janice(at)leankanbanuniversity(dot)com.

About Lean Kanban North America

The Lean Kanban North America conference brings together professionals from around the world who realize the value of Lean thinking. This is the event for technology managers, business leaders, and change agents who want to build quality, predictable delivery, and a culture of continuous improvement into their organizations. The new Lean-Kanban North America conference continues the conversation started at our landmark conferences in Miami (2009), Atlanta (2010), Long Beach (2011), and Boston (2012). For more information and to register, please visit lkna.leankanban.com. You can also join the Lean Kanban North America discussion on Twitter and LinkedIn.

About Lean-Kanban University

Lean-Kanban University (LKU) works to assure the highest quality coaching and training on Kanban for knowledge work and service work worldwide. LKU Accredited Kanban Training™ program partners and Kanban Coaching Professionals™ follow the Kanban Method for evolutionary organizational change as originally developed by David J. Anderson.

The Lean-Kanban University Accredited Kanban Training Program exists to provide confidence to consumers about the quality of the Kanban training that they will receive. The program establishes the quality of Kanban training based on the status of 1) the organization, 2) the individual trainer, and 3) the training curriculum. Member organizations, their trainers and their training curriculums must meet the established criteria in all three areas in order to call their Kanban training “accredited” under the terms of the program.

For more information on Lean Kanban University programs, please visit leankanbanuniversity.com.







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The Bismarck North Dakota G3 Chocolatier Association Reports That Seattle Food Scientist Terry Wakefield Completed an Exclusive Fact Analysis of Xocai Healthy Dark Cacao


(PRWEB) January 28, 2014

Modern food scientists and technologists are versatile, interdisciplinary and collaborative practitioners in a profession at the crossroads of scientific and technological developments.  As our food system has drastically changed, from one centered around family food production and preservation on individual farms to the modern system of today, most people are no longer connected to their food nor are they familiar with the agricultural production and food manufacturing processes designed for providing higher quality, safe food.  In the United States, food science is typically studied at “land-grant” universities which were chartered in the mid-1800’s to support agricultural and technical education.    

Terry Wakefield quote: “In my case, I went to school at Oregon State University located in Corvallis, Oregon.  A food science and engineering curriculum is an eclectic mix of “hard” and “soft” science — chemistry, biology, economics, microbiology, statistics, nutrition and engineering blended together with the culinary arts.  Upon my graduation, I went to work for General Foods (currently part of Kraft) as a quality control supervisor.  I quickly moved into a plant quality control manager position and then on into corporate quality assurance where I was responsible for helping assure that all of the company’s production facilities met standards and that key ingredient suppliers were in compliance with specifications.  I was then promoted to quality control manager of a large plant where I was also on the original product development and commercialization team for Cool Whip.”    

“My next assignment was in Delaware as quality control manager for a 27 acre production facility which produced a broad array of products (Minute Rice, Minute Tapioca, Baker’s Coconut, Log Cabin Syrup, Dream Whip, Kool-Aid, Jell-O Gelatin & Pudding, Stove Top Stuffing and Baker’s Chocolate).  With chocolate back in my life, I was able to transition out of the quality control arena and into production management. I was responsible for producing most of the products noted above, but my favorite assignment was running the 6.5 acre chocolate manufacturing facility. We had 40 silos (each held 1 million pounds) for storing cocoa beans so I had access to beans from virtually every part of the world (Madagascar, Bahia, Sanchez, Samoa, Ghana, Maracaibo, Arriba, etc.).  I have also had a privilege to work for Bissinger’s Handcrafted Chocolates in St. Louis as Senior VP and Chief Chocolatier.  This very old chocolate company had originally made chocolate for King Louis XIV,” says Terry Wakefield.    

Thanks to a new friend, Adam Green, a Bismark North Dakota chocolatier, Terry Wakefield discovered “Xocai” and became intrigued.    

Xocai Product Assessment

“I was also asked to evaluate two Xocai chocolate products: The Nugget and the X-Power-Square. Both of these products tout good taste as well as higher than normal healthy properties associated with their “high antioxidant” levels. According to the manufacturer, Xoçai™ products boast a blend of cacao, açaí berries, and blueberries; they trademarked it as Xovita. All Xoçai™ products use a patented unprocessed cacao. Uniquely, Xoçai™ cacao products display their ORAC Value (or Antioxidant Content) on all their packaging as well as a 3rd Party Certification from Brunswick Labs. The Brunswick Laboratory “Quality Seal” identifies the tested amount of Bioavailable Flavonoids in each Xoçai™ product. Thus, Xoçai™ chocolates are purported to provide the “Ultimate Antioxidant Treat” with a balanced nutritional profile. Recent scientific studies on Cacao concluded that consuming 600 – 900 mg of Total Flavonoids per day help the body’s cells resist damage by Free Radicals. Flavonoids are plant based antioxidants. Eating three Xoçai™ Nuggets a day (1,520 Flavonoids) could provide the needed protection.” – Terry Wakefield

Chocolate Intrigue – A Fascinating White Paper On The Origin Of Chocolate:

http://adampaulgreen.com/chocolate-intrigue-a-fascinating-white-paper-on-the-origin-of-chocolate/

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terryw934(at)gmail(dot)com    

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T.E.N. Announces Nominees for the 2013 ISE


Atlanta, Ga (PRWEB) September 18, 2013

T.E.N., a technology and information security executive networking and relationship-marketing firm, announced today the nominees vying for 2013 Information Security Executive® and Project of the Year Awards for North America. Executives include top-ranking decision makers representing national to global organizations in financial services, media/entertainment, telecommunications, health care, government and education. Projects include large scale technology endeavors that address issues of identity and access management, vulnerability management, data loss prevention, application and network security, customer protection, and cloud technology.

Executives Nominees:

Commercial Category

Darin Adcock, Chief Information Officer, Dowling Aaron Incorporated

Ray Archer, Senior Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer, Scotiabank

David Cass, Senior Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer, Elsevier

Ashley Ferguson, Manager – IT Risk Management, Energen Corporation

Eric Fisch, Senior Vice President, Information Security, Texas Capital Bank

Jeff Haskill, Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer, Flextronics

Peter Hill, Chief Technology Risk & Security Officer, ING U.S.

Steven Jensen, Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer, Ameriprise Financial

Arthur Lessard, Senior Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer, Universal Music Group

Donna Nemecek, VP, Manager Technology Risk Assurance & Senior Informaiton Risk Officer, BNY Mellon

Della Shea, Chief Privacy & Information Risk Officer, Symcor

Bobby Singh, Associate Vice President, Security Program Executive, TD Bank Group

Myrna Soto, Senior Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer, Comcast

Glen Taylor, Vice President, Walt Disney Parks & Resorts

Academic/Public Sector Category

Connie Barrera, Director of Information Security & Compliance, University of Miami

Gary Coverdale, Chief Information Security Officer, County of Napa

Kevin McKenzie, Chief Information Security Officer, Clemson University

Thomas Schankweiler, Information Security Officer, Center for Medicare & Medicaid, Office of Information Systems

Mike Wood, Executive Director, Recovery Accountability & Transparency Board

Larry Wilson, Chief Information Security Officer, University of Massachusetts

Health Care Category

John Sapp, Senior Director, Information Security Product Management & Innovation, McKesson Corporation

Jeff Trudeau, Information Security Officer, Sutter Health

Project Nominees:

Commercial Category

AES, AES Global Cybersecurity Program

Alliance Data,    Embracing Shadow IT

Allstate, Application Security Assurance Program (ASAP)

ARC, ISO 27001 Design, Implementation and Certification

BD, Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Program

BNY Mellon, Unstructured Data Governance Project

Celanese, IT Security Transformation

Citi, Workspace Virtualization and Containment for Sourcing Providers

CNA, CNA’s Governance, Risk Management and Compliance Program

Comcast, Remote Workforce Refresh

Comcast, Integrated Security Framework

Comcast, Identity and Access Management

Comcast, Compliance Automation

Comcast, Self-Service Governance, Risk & Compliance Portal

eBay, Predictive Security Intelligence via Centralized Vulnerability Management

Fidelity Investments, Customer Protection Program (CPP)

Johnson & Johnson, Enterprise Vulnerability Management and Web Application Vulnerability Scanning

Khosla Ventures, Khosla Ventures Hacking Exposure

Miami Marlins, Securing Marlins Park with Network Access Control

Scotiabank, QRadar SIEM Implementation for Threat Intelligence and Security Monitoring

Standard Register, Security Program Evolution

Symcor, PCI DSS Implementation Program

Travelclick, Network Segmentation and InfoSec Vault Project

Twitter, Twitter Domain Authentication Service

UBS, Software Security Program

Union Bank, Enterprise Log Management

USAA, Secure Logon for usaa.com

YP, Web Application Security Automation

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University of Massachusetts, University Cyber Security Initiative

Health Care Category

BCBS Michigan, Information Security Operations Center

Merck, EngageZone

PharMerica, EPCS for Electronic Prescription Pharmacy Compliance

Sutter Health, Sutter Health Endpoint Encryption Project

Executive nominees are also eligible for the ISE® North America People’s Choice Award, which given to the top candidate selected by peers in the security industry. Cast your vote by Oct. 11 for this year’s winner, visit: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PCvoting_northamerica2013.

“We are floored by the innovation, ingenuity and leadership exhibited by this year’s ISE® North America nominees,” said T.E.N. CEO and President Marci McCarthy. “This is one of our largest, most impressive groups yet and we look forward to celebrating their success.”

The ISE® North America Awards recognize executives and projects, which have made a positive impact on their organizations through risk management, data-asset protection, regulatory compliance, privacy and information security. Nominations are sent to T.E.N.’s distinguished panel of ISE® judges for review and scoring.

2013 ISE® North America Judges:

Phil Agcaoili, Chief Information Security Officer, Cox Communications

Tim Callahan, Sr. Vice President, Enterprise Business Continuity & Info Assurance, SunTrust

Roland Cloutier, Vice President, Chief Security Officer, ADP

Stacey Halota, Vice President, Information Security & Privacy, The Washington Post Company

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Charles McGann, Corporate Information Security Officer, United States Postal Service

Tammy Moskites, Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, Time Warner Cable

Brad Sanford, Chief Information Security Officer, Emory University

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Our distinguished ISE® Judges are past nominees representing a cross section of industries, including commercial, government, health care and academic sectors. For this reason, the ISE® Awards represent the best achievements of the year as evaluated by those regarded as the industry’s most influential and successful thought leaders. Coupled with a one or two-day executive summit, the ISE® Awards are held across the country and Canada in major cities including Atlanta, Dallas, New York, Toronto, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. The ISE® Awards Program Series has reached more than 10,000 executives across a broad range of industries and has been a major influence in executives’ careers, knowledge sharing, and the development of peer-to-peer relationships.







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