Mark Kirk Climbs Willis Tower Months After Major Stroke

Ill. Senator Mark Kirk climbed all 103 floors of the Willis Tower Sunday, month after a suffering major stroke. (Credit: Flickr user Daveynin)

CHICAGO -- U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk was met with hugs and cheers as he reached the finish line of a popular stair climbing event at the Willis Tower.

Kirk, taking part in a charity fundraiser called "Skyrise Chicago" was making his first public appearance since suffering a major stroke in January.

He did not the climb all 103 floors Sunday, but started on the building's 66th floor and climbed to the 103rd floor.

Wearing a brace on his left leg, Kirk held onto the railing during his ascent. His progress was monitored by a physical therapist, who said Kirk did not need any assistance.

The 53-year-old has been releasing videos on his progress, including footage of his working with therapists and climbing stairs. He continues to undergo rehabilitation.

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Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/04/mark-kirk-climbs-willis-t_n_2072864.html

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Inbound vs Outbound Marketing ? Who wins in a knife fight?

Lots of talk these days about inbound vs outbound marketing.

If you?re part of the inbound marketing crowd, you peer over your latte with disdain for outbound marketers with their plaid jackets and offers of goods for sale.

If you?re in the outbound tribe, you think?

?Those fools!?

?Relying on the all powerful Google to send you leads. Just wait until the next Purple Petunia update?your site will go from Page 1 to Page 342.?

Here?s the problem with this debate?

At the center is the word ?OR.?

This inbound vs. outbound choice is a false one.

The best inbound marketers are blogging and doing social media and generally getting themselves found.

Then they?re using outbound emails and offline marketing to drive sales.

The top outbound marketers are driving web traffic and social media engagement using offline media?direct mail, TV, radio and print.

They work better together.

If I?m designing the ideal strategy for a company it?s outbound marketing (probably direct mail or paid search) for quick results?

Combined with a strategically planned blog to begin building an inbound stream of leads (this takes time).

Studies show that inbound leads generally cost less to acquire.

That?s great.

But you NEVER want to be reliant on one or just a few sources of leads.

ANY lead acquired at break even or at a profit is a good lead.

Happy hunting!

Steve Gordon

P.S. Looking for a clear path to generate leads consistently? Let?s talk.

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Lumia 920 Review: Just Too Damn Heavy

Windows Phone 8 is lovely, and the Lumia 920 is supposed to be the Ultimate Windows Phone. Sadly, the handset we've been excited about for so long is just too fat to love. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/Ly9nQmhD-fA/lumia-920-review-just-too-damn-heavy

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India races to protect rhino from death

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An Indian forest official on Thursday shows the shells from bullets used by poachers to shoot a one-horned horn rhino just outside Kaziranga National Park. The dead rhino is seen in the background with its horn cut off.

By Miguel Llanos, NBC News

Had it not been for the slaughter of seven rhinos in India's Assam state last week, a rhino swept out of a wildlife reserve by floodwaters might now be the eighth. Instead, dozens of elite park rangers on Tuesday surrounded a river area where the one-horned rhino was hiding, as experts weighed whether to try airlifting the massive animal to a safer area.

The killings made headlines in Assam since some took place inside Kaziranga National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. At least two of the rhinos were alive when their horns were hacked off, The Times of India reported.

Each horn can fetch thousands of dollars. The horns are used in parts of Asia, either carved into bowls or cups as a status of wealth, or ground up as a powder used to treat hangovers or even as a purported cancer cure.

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Assam's rhino population has improved in recent years, and the species is no longer listed as endangered in Assam. Nearly 2,300 are inside the national park, the last stronghold for rhinos in India.

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A dead rhino is removed from inside India's Kaziranga National Park last Friday. It was shot dead and its horn removed.

But officials are worried that rising prices for horns will counter that effort.

Eleven rhinos have been killed by poachers so far this year in Assam, while recent flooding has killed 28 rhinos.

PhotoBlog: Searching high and low for rhino?
PhotoBlog: Rhino gets upside down helicopter ride

Three suspected poachers have been killed and 14 arrested so far this year, the government says.

Local conservation groups on Monday staged a protest in Guwahati, a city near the national park,?issuing?a statement that park officials had not "learned lessons" from several rhino killings in June. "The Forest Department has miserably failed to elicit support" from local residents "towards conservation efforts," they said in a statement, according to the Assam Tribune.

A spike in rhino killings has also been reported in South Africa this year. And Vietnam?lost its last Javan rhino last year to poachers.

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Source: http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/02/14183314-after-7-rhinos-slaughtered-india-races-to-protect-one-from-death?lite

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S.Africa's Amplats says to fire wildcat strikers

While Titina gave up her teaching career to raise their two children, Claude had a lucrative career as pharmaceutical sales representative. But Claude's lay-off earlier this year, coupled with a $75,000 debt from a previous marriage and $69,000 a year in child support, has sent shock waves through the family's finances. Now seriously considering a move to Titina's home country of Canada, the couple seeks alternative options by speaking with finance expert Farnoosh Torabi.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/africas-amplats-says-fire-wildcat-strikers-154550784--finance.html

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'Hotel Transylvania' Brings Box Office Back From The Dead

Adam Sandler's vampire cartoon comedy enjoys a $43 million debut, the biggest September opening ever.
By Ryan J. Downey

"Hotel Transylvania"
Photo: Sony Pictures

Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1694699/hotel-transylvania-box-office-september-record.jhtml

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'Half the Sky' Highlights International Oppression of Women: VIDEO ...

If you get a moment, set your DVRs tonight and tomorrow for "Half the Sky", a four-hour documentary series based on Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's book of the same name. The film follows Kristof and America Ferrera, Diane Lane, Eva Mendes, Meg Ryan, Gabrielle Union and Olivia Wilde to various regions around the world where women are oppressed and fighting to change their circumstances.

Writes Ed Bark in the NYT: "It?s beautifully filmed, alternately heartbreaking and inspiring ? and more than a little preachy at times with a recurring collection of talking heads bridging the film?s six actress-assisted journeys. At least two of these additional advocates ? Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Gloria Steinem ? also are more famous than Mr. Kristof. No harm in that."

My friend Jeff Dupre's company Show of Force produced the series. They were also behind the recent Marina Abramovic documentary The Artist is Present and the epic documentary Carrier on PBS, both of which I've highlighted here.

Watch the trailer, AFTER THE JUMP...

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Source: http://www.towleroad.com/2012/10/halfthesky.html

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