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Gaps exist in substance abuse therapy. Inpatient rehab means a four- to six-week wait. No methadone clinics exist in the area to help those who fear withdrawal without it. Many of the doctors certified to provide another alternative, suboxone, do not accept Medicaid and can treat only 100 patients a year, leading to a ... |
Trust has been building, but work still needs to be done. |
In early February, law enforcement announced a major Opana bust, the culmination of an investigation that began in June. At first, many in the community predicted that those who used would simply switch to heroin as the street price of Opana skyrocketed. |
Instead, people switched to methamphetamine, a stimulant. |
Health officials tried to be proactive about helping those in the community who might be going through withdrawal without access to the drug. The hospital set up a protocol to help those who were withdrawing, encouraging them not to lie about their symptoms but to be honest about the fact that they were in withdrawal. |
No one went, though. They were too scared, Combs said. |
But slowly, slowly, people are starting to ask for help, to bring their problems out into the open. |
There lies Austin’s hope, said Jessica Clay, one of the city's few small-business owners. Last spring, just as the outbreak hit, she and her husband started selling produce from a roadside stand on Main Street. |
Attitudes have changed in the past year as the city’s drug problems have been brought into the open, she said. Before the HIV outbreak, people never talked about such challenges. |
“Pretty much everyone in the community has someone they know or a family member that has an addiction problem,” said Clay, 30, who used methamphetamine for six years as a teen and young adult. |
If a family member had cancer, people wouldn’t hide that. They would talk about it and openly seek help. That’s what needs to happen with the sickness of addiction, Clay said, so that people can go through rehab and return to Austin to help the community prosper. |
Signs exist that Austin is improving. Clay and her husband have expanded River’s Edge Country Market to a building and opened a small restaurant. A Pizza King just opened up. Clay looks forward to when the many empty storefronts along Main Street are filled with small shops run by local business owners. |
What do retailers have in common with APIs? |
I know this sounds like the start of a thread in the depths of a developer help forum, but it’s actually a premise that I believe in: this is how retailers will exist in future. |
For retail brands, owned destinations or services are starting to matter less and less. Whether that is the marketplaces and social channels of today, the messaging apps of tomorrow, or the artificially intelligent personal assistants of the future – how brands are hooked up to the services and systems we already use a... |
Why you ask? Simple. Shopping is no longer a destination game. Think about the last time you bought something. Did you go straight to the store of the brand you bought from? Or did you Google the best price, spot someone on Instagram wearing it, or click on a link in an email? We shop based on need, impulse or recommen... |
That means where we shop, or who we buy services from, is more often dictated by convenience, proximity, shipping speed or cost, than it is by brand. They’re fuelled by search, in the moment decisions, email offers, social media inspiration and peer recommendations. It’s the moment of intent that is key. |
It’s clear to me that retailers can’t just live on their proprietary platforms and owned spaces anymore. So what can these brands do to show up in the places, platforms and experiences that consumers are buying into? They can make their retail experience something that can be seamlessly plugged in anywhere. You guessed... |
Consumers don’t just want retail spam clogging up their day-to-day digital experiences. In the past few years there has been huge backlash over the marketing bombardment from ad-blockers and aggressive spam filters. |
Retail brands should seek to make the path to purchase easy, not intrusive. If how and where you show up isn’t enhancing the experience and making things easier for the consumer, you can count yourself out. Pinterest rolled out an example of this last year with Buyable Pins -- enabling consumers to buy directly from re... |
The integration and service also needs to add value to the user. For example, Uber integrated with Facebook Messenger in the US to offer a ride to those chatting about a journey. That service is valuable – it makes it easier for the consumer to order a ride, split their bill or share their arrival time with their frien... |
Retail brands need to think hard about how they maintain their brand identity, all while adapting to the context their products or services are served in. It’s important for how your products and services appear to fit the platform or experience they arrive in, and still be a known and trusted brand. |
Flexibility is key for the content to marry up with the context. This isn’t just about the platform, but the brand also needs to be equipped to accommodate the degrees of personalisation required to serve the right product at the right time. This could be taking advantage of audience data and segmentation served by you... |
If you build it, shoppers won’t just come. Retailers have to set out to engineer the ‘serendipity’ of a consumer finding its product or service, by plugging into the platforms that they already live on and the contexts where they are inspired to buy. |
However most of them don’t have the internal teams or development skills to do this successfully. This brave new world of convenience and serendipity for the consumer, is built on a highly technical foundation. But this doesn’t mean retailers have to go away and build their own dev shops internally. Retailers should ge... |
Mumbai: Jaguar Land Rover, the UK unit of Tata Motors Ltd, will be investing in a new engine plant in Staffordshire, near Wolverhampton, the company said in a statement. |
JLR has outlined an investment of £355 million in the facility that will make four-cylinder petrol and diesel engines. |
As the company invests £1.5 billion a year for the next five years on product development, expanding the engine range will help realise the full global potential of the Jaguar and Land Rover brands, JLR chief executive officer Ralf Speth said. |
“The all-new family of four-cylinder engines will increase JLR’s capability to offer high-performance engines with class-leading levels of refinement, whilst ensuring continued significant reductions in vehicle emissions," he said. |
Mumbai-listed Tata Motors acquired Jaguar Land Rover in June 2008. |
In case you didn't know, Tinder is one of the latest social trends among 18 to 34 year olds. It's a dating app where singles upload profile pictures via their Facebook account and use the app to swipe through partner options. As a picture pops up, you swipe to the left to reject, or right for a yes. If your yes swipes ... |
So what does any of this have to do with an international human rights organisation? In March, Amnesty ran a Tinder Takeover – to highlight women's rights. In the place of profile pictures, Amnesty shared downloadable images with statements to illustrate how life choices are not an option for many women around the worl... |
The idea came from creative agency Circul8 in response to our brief requesting a 'digital interactive engagement tool', targeting a youth-based audience, to draw attention to Amnesty's work on women's rights in places like Afghanistan, Mexico, Saudi Arabia. |
The campaign was centred around International Women's Day with the Tinder images that Amnesty posted driving traffic to the Make a choice website. Here, we ran a quiz in which users were asked to make choices like marry for money or marry for love. |
A click on money revealed a new page that explained that in rural Pakistan many girls are sold into forced marriage. Data, including email addresses was captured on the site, and interested visitors were contacted to see if they would like to support Amnesty's human rights work. |
What needs to be considered when using new channels? |
Social media is evolving all the time, so in order to keep pace and be innovative, while keeping costs down, it pays to be willing to take chances. Tinder is very underdeveloped as a marketing tool, but it offers engagement with an audience that we don't often capture the attention of. |
As it wasn't a traditional medium and is very much powered by the people, we had to be prepared to roll our sleeves up to make an impact, so it was all hands on deck to make it happen. That meant recruiting supporters and activists in different states to join our Tinder takeover. |
Through our website and Facebook page, we asked the public to log on to Tinder on International Women's Day, upload Amnesty's images as their profile pictures and encourage others to visit the Make a change website in their about me section. |
On the day Tinder prioritised Amnesty's profile meaning it would feature on more user's screens. When users logged on to the app they saw profile pictures displaying messages such as, "Not all women have the power to choose like you do" and "You pick your partner. Many women aren't given the choice." |
Despite not being able to track the exact number of participants, Amnesty International had thousands more click-throughs to their website and members signed up in their hundreds. |
Tinder only operates in a mobile environment compared to the channels fundraisers like myself often use. We were mindful that we were talking to individuals in leisure mode and we were also wary that Amnesty's messaging could come across as 'too serious' in such a relaxed medium. But for us, taking the chance was about... |
We went out with an open brief and were prepared to take a risk. Circul8 delivered a really original concept. We certainly learnt through this successful experiment: if you want innovation you need to provide and leave room for creativity. |
We did seek approval from Tinder to launch the takeover, and they were very supportive of the idea, but the main point is that while it was our concept, the success of this partnership came down to all the people from inside and outside of Amnesty International that got behind it and made the choice to takeover Tinder.... |
Caroline Easter is a supporter acquisition manager at Amnesty International Australia. |
Samsung is gearing up to take on Apple Pay in earnest. It’s launched a trial of Samsung Pay in South Korea for users of its Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge devices. |
The company claims its service, announced in March, is the first one that works with NFC-enabled payment terminals as well as standard credit card readers. |
Through Magnetic Secure Transmission (MST), Samsung Pay beams the data that’s normally contained in credit cards’ magnetic strips wirelessly to the card-based terminals’ strip reader using magnetic fields. That means it’s already compatible with existing infrastructure at most stores. |
Users can pay for purchases by holding their Samsung devices near a terminal and authorizing transactions with a fingerprint scan. |
In addition to enabling purchases and supporting up to 10 credit cards, The Samsung Pay app also lists a history of transactions made with each of your registered cards. |
The company acquired mobile wallet provider Looppay in February to help build Samsung Pay. It recently shuttered its previous payment service, Samsung Wallet, on June 30. |
Samsung hasn’t yet announced when it expects to roll out the service in other markets. |
With Apple Pay already live in the US and the UK, and Google working on Android Pay, we’re sure to have a messy battle for the top spot in the mobile payments business on our hands soon. |
The leader of Windsor council is to face a motion of no confidence following uproar over his call for rough sleepers to be cleared from the town ahead of the royal wedding in May. |
Simon Dudley, who has been the Conservative head of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (RBWM) since May 2016, is expected to survive the challenge on Monday. |
The Tories have an overwhelming majority on the council, despite the resignation from the Conservative group of three councillors in the past week. |
Paul Brimacombe and Asghar Majeed quit immediately after their fellow Conservatives backed Dudley at a party meeting last Monday. Geoff Hill, the chair of Maidenhead Conservative association, resigned a few days later, saying he “declined to serve in the Conservative group” while Dudley was leader. |
Earlier this month, Dudley called on Thames Valley police to use powers under the 1824 Vagrancy Act and the 2014 Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act to remove rough sleepers and people begging from Windsor before the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. |
His letter referred to “aggressive begging and intimidation” and “bags and detritus” accumulating on the streets. He claimed some people made a “voluntary choice” to be homeless. |
“The whole situation also presents a beautiful town in a sadly unfavourable light. As leader of the royal borough, this situation is totally unacceptable to me and my fellow councillors,” he wrote. |
It followed a series of tweets sent by Dudley while on holiday in the US over Christmas, in which he referred to “an epidemic of rough sleeping and vagrancy in Windsor” and said “residents have had enough of this exploitation”. |
His comments were criticised by Theresa May and national and local homeless charities. |
Last week, in an answer to a freedom of information request from a local resident, the RBWM said it had received three complaints in 2017. Two came from “residents who are unhappy with the current situation with vagrancy/rough sleepers on the streets of Windsor town centre. RBWM have also received details of a further ... |
Claire Stretton, who quit as a Conservative councillor last June to become an independent and proposed the no-confidence motion, said she felt Dudley had brought the council into disrepute. |
The fact that the no-confidence motion stands little chance of success, with a 48-9 Conservative majority on the council, was “not the point”, she said. “It’s about drawing a line in the sand. We have to say this is not in our name. |
More than 274,000 people have signed an online petition calling for Dudley to withdraw his demand for police action and “offer a suitable long-term solution for these people”. |
Latvian carrier airBaltic has appointed its new exclusive remarketing agent for three B737-500s. |
The 1992 built aircraft, which hold the serial numbers 26880, 26883, and 26691, were all delivered to airBaltic in 2007 and have been operated continuously on its scheduled routes with 120 seat configurations. |
Air Partner Remarketing (“Air Partner”), the leading aircraft remarketing broker, will be new exclusive remarketing agent for a Latvian airline that is taking the best practices both from traditional network airlines and ultra-low cost carriers, offering passengers economy as well as full business class service. |
airBaltic serves over 70 destinations from Riga, Tallinn and Vilnius, offering the largest variety of destinations and convenient connections via Riga to its network spanning Europe, Scandinavia, the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Middle East. airBaltic was the first airline in the world to introduce the br... |
The appointment continues a successful year for Air Partner Remarketing; earlier this year it concluded the sale of a 4th B777-200ER for Kenya Airways and has mandates to sell a number of other B777-200s, an ATR72, several ERJ-145s and a B747-200F, in addition to successful campaigns involving private jet aircraft. |
Air Partner Remarketing is a specialist aircraft remarketing company and acts for airlines, banks, lessors and other aircraft owners to help them sell or lease any surplus commercial jets, turboprops, helicopters or corporate jets, in addition to providing aircraft acquisition support and 24/7/365 ACMI leasing service ... |
Air Partner Remarketing has offices in London, Singapore and the US and is part of the Air Partner plc group of companies. |
eTN is pleased to echo Jamaica's Tourism Minister, Hon Edmund Bartlett announcement today, that highly regarded international expert, Dr. Peter Tarlow, will join the team in Jamaica carrying out an intensive security audit of the tourism sector in Jamaica. |
Hilton Worldwide and Hilton Hotels & Resorts today announced the opening of Hilton Shenzhen Futian. |
Lester “Les” Joseph Riley, 88, a resident of Lutheran Hillside Village in Peoria, formerly of Pekin, passed away at 1:43 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018, in the emergency room at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria. |
Born Dec. 21, 1929, in Columbus, Ohio to Harold L. and Goldie (Hull) Riley, he married Virginia Lee Walbert on April 30, 1954, in Mackinaw. She died May 28, 2017, in Peoria. |
He was also preceded in death by his parents and one sister, June Barrick. |
Surviving are one daughter, Colleen (Kevin) Metzger of Peoria; two sons, Douglas (Cynthia) Riley of New Jersey and Eric (Ann) Riley of Macon, Ga.; seven grandchildren, Patrick (Laura) Riley, Nicole (Jay) Krick, Stephanie Riley, Jessica (Jarrett) Alvair, David Riley, Riley (Caitlin Husted) Metzger and Amber (Charlie) Wa... |
He was a veteran of the Korean War, serving in the U.S. Army. |
Les retired from Caterpillar Inc. in 1992 as a tooling and work standards superintendent after 44 years of service. |
He enjoyed fishing, wood carving, gardening and making quilts. He also enjoyed antiquing and collecting glassware, where he was a member of the Heisey Glass Club. |
Les was a former member of First Christian Church in Pontiac and a 61-year member of First Christian Church in Pekin, where Les served as an Elder, Deacon, President of the Men’s Group, Chairman of the Board and was part of the outreach committee. |
His funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 27, at First Christian Church in Pekin. Pastor Mark Foglio will officiate. Visitation will be from 10 to 10:45 a.m. at the church. Cremation will be accorded following the funeral. Inurnment will be at 2 p.m.Tuesday, Aug. 28, at Lakeview Cemetery in Pekin, where military rite... |
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be given to First Christian Church, 1201 Chestnut St., Pekin, IL 61554 or Don Bohlander Parkinson’s FundRACERS, 2213 September Lane, Pekin, IL 61554. |
The 17th meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is being held in Astana, Kazakhstan on June 8-9, 2017, where all eyes are on the official endorsement of China's big ticket Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). |
Importantly, the summit will also formally accept the inclusion of the two South Asian rivals – India and Pakistan, representing a mammoth 1.5 billion population. With their addition to the club, the SCO will roughly represent half of the world population, making it the largest regional forum in terms of population, th... |
In addition, member states are likely to sign an Astana Declaration and adopt a SCO Convention supporting the global fight against terrorism and other security threats. To ensure these goals, there have already been numerous ministerial meetings and exchanges at senior official levels to firm up key areas of collaborat... |
Originally named the Shanghai Five, comprising of China, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan in 1996, its expanded version, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (so called since 2000) has evolved into a powerful regional block representing the geopolitically-vital Eurasia region. |
The SCO has made visible progress in holding numerous dialogues, concluding vital agreements and conducting track-2 diplomacy on pressing issues involving regional conflict, trade, regional security, issues pertaining to regional connectivity, creation of energy groupings, and an SCO Bank among others. |
While implementations remain somewhat patchy, there is, nonetheless, work in progress. With the presence of regional giants like China and Russia and the coming inclusion of South Asian heavyweights like India and Pakistan, the significance and legitimacy of the SCO can only grow further. |
The Astana summit holds significance promise as it is expected to formally endorse China's mega infrastructure initiative – the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). It needs to be recalled that the SCO has been one of the key motivators behind China's BRI idea. No wonder, with the sole exception of Tajikistan, all heads of ... |
With China pledging additional resources for Eurasian connectivity, the SCO is expected to give a big push to BRI development. |
It will be interesting to watch India's response here, remembering that it did not participate in recent BRI summit citing sovereignty issue. |
What are possible takeaways we can expect from the Astana meeting? While the BRI is going to bring about deeper economic cooperation, in regard to its traditional forte – regional security and terrorism – we can expect forward movement on security cooperation and adoption of tangible measures. |
Nearly all member states, including those in Central Asia, face serious threats from radicalization, extremism, Jihad-inspired terrorism, drugs and gunrunning, and other threats from non-state actors. In this regard, what would come in handy is the work carried out by SCO's Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS), run... |
With terror groups using digital platforms and social media to enhance their reach and effectiveness, this information is extremely critical for member countries. Similarly, SCO-backed counter-terrorism drills and joint military combats should receive greater attention as recent attacks in Philippines and London are a ... |
Further, the SCO provides a rare platform for the militaries of India and Pakistan to share multilateral tables, join anti-terror drills and military exercises under the SCO framework. This may have some sobering effect on Indo-Pak relations and regional peace. |
In short, the Astana meeting is critically poised to transform the scope and purpose of the SCO that used to dabble only in regional security and terrorism issues. While the addition of new members would provide greater visibility and help cement better ties among members, the BRI project would bring greater economic c... |
The Astana summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization holds significant promise as it is expected to formally endorse China's mega infrastructure plan - the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). |
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