| Dozens of monks march again in Myanmar
More than 100 Buddhist monks marched peacefully Wednesday in a northern Myanmar town noted for its defiance of the country's military rulers, the first large protest since the junta violently crushed a wave anti-government demonstrations. The monks marched for nearly an hour in the town of Pakokku, chanting a Buddhist prayer that has come to be associated with the pro-democracy cause. They did not carry signs or shout slogans, but their action was clearly in defiance of the military government, as one monk spelled out in a radio interview. "We are continuing our protest from last month as we have not yet achieved any of the demands we asked for,'' the monk told the Democratic Voice of Burma, a Norway-based short-wave radio station and website run by dissident journalists.
Forum weighs possibility of universal health care
Local and national experts gathered at the University Auditorium on Monday night to discuss the condition of U.S. health care.Representatives from UF, the American Medical Association and the Harvard College of Medicine attended the event, which was sponsored by Accent, American Medical Student Association, American Constitution Society and the American Medical Association.Brandon Sack, a biomedical sciences graduate student and organizer of the event, said his main goals with the forum were to spur an informed discussion and allay fears people might have about universal health care. .
Standard Life's Sharon Shaw on strategy and planning
Developing a new digital strategy can be a�daunting experience, especially�considering the lack of case studies�and benchmarks out there. We spoke to�Sharon Shaw, e-commerce manager at Standard Life,�and Avenue A/Razorfish's Adrian Gans about their experiences of strategy creation,�including�budgets, KPIs, incentives�and structures.� � ------------------------------- When developing a new digital strategy,�how do you start? What�models are�out there for you�to base it on? We�recently developed a wheel framework� for acquisition, conversion and retention, but what approach did you use? Standard Life and Avenue A/Razorfish have used an Attract, Convert, Support, Extend model, which is very similar to the E-consultancy framework, though its meaning is evolving as the role of digital changes within the organisation.
Education advocate takes on new role
To make change as a member of the Longview School Board, Ted Thomas has been an advocate for change at the state and federal levels. It's from those levels, after all, that most school funding comes. "Goals and vision at local level depend on state's ablity to deliver resources," said Thomas, who has served on the Longview School Board and in Washington State School Directors’ Association for more than 10 years. Next year Thomas will take his service to a new level as the president of WSSDA, which represents 1,482 school board members statewide. His swearing-in ceremony took place Nov. 17 in Seattle during the association's annual conference. As president, Thomas will continue communicate with the state's board of education and federal legislators. He will help to educate new school board members and lobby for changes in the Legislature.
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