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Many American BP Gas Stations Want Amoco Name Back

A bunch of BP gas station owners are trying to revert back to the Amoco name, which was bought by BP, hoping to attract customers as some stations have seen a 40 percent drop in sales since the oil spill.

BP stations across the country have been targets of public anger, protests and sign alterations. And bad news for the 11,300 BP gas stations in America. Many owners now want to revert back to Amoco, according to the executive director of BP Amoco Marketers Association, John Kleine. He told The Sunday Telegraph, “They are interested in where the brand is going, and want it to be returned to its premier place.”

It's still not known if that is even a possibility, but Klein says the issue will probably come up at the distributor's annual meeting in October, which will be attended by top BP executives. But for now, the owners are pleading with the public. One station owner in Alabama, Savita Kakadia two weeks ago told reporters, “BP doesn't own this station, I do.”

Send an email to Jeff Neumann, the author of this post, at jeff@gawker.com.

Within the past few years, it seems that social media positions are popping up everywhere, in all types of organizations, from The New York Times, to Pizza Hut, and even in the White House. Businesses of all types are identifying the need to stay connected with their communities because they recognize the benefits.

Social media marketing is just a slice of the social media industry, but it’s a very important piece of the story. Businesses see social media as a platform for engaging with consumers and informing them of the latest company news and products. Marketers are blazing trails in the social media marketing sector, creating campaigns that are interactive, shareable and inclusive of the on the internet community. For the most innovative of marketers, the focus isn’t on campaigns, but on letting consumers take the reigns in guiding a brand’s social presence.

For aspiring social media marketers, there are no strict rules for becoming successful. But we’ve gathered eight of the brightest minds in the social media industry to elaborate on five helpful tips for landing a job in social media marketing.

1. Join Social Media Meetups and Networks

In talking with a number of digital entrepreneurs, one tip stood out as the first step towards on the web success: step away from your computer, meet with professionals in the field you want to work with and join groups of others interested in social media and technology. Damien Basile, communication strategist and founder of Digital Somethings, a monthly digital influencer event series, it loud and clear, “The old axiom still rings true: It’s who you know, what you know and how much money you have access to.”

Digital Strategist and Co-Founder of Foodspotting, Soraya Darabi, recommends that job seekers looking to break into the social media world get out and meet people in the industry:

“Most careers depend a lot on networks, but the beauty of social media is that you can “meet” most of the people you need to know online. Having said that, I truly appreciate real life conversations, and get great value from the New York Tech Meetup after-events, where like-minded entrepreneurs and digital strategists roam. Create your own networking event if you can’t find a nearby group to suit your interests.”

Joining groups like the New York Tech Meetup and Social Media Club are a great begin to getting to know professionals in the industry. Make sure you’re not just attending events, sitting in the back and leaving after the speeches end. Be proactive about meeting new people, learning about what they do and having meaningful conversations.

If you can’t find a fitting group of interesting people nearby, start your own Meetup. Organizing a group of specialized experts is one way to sky-rocket your name to the top.

2. Make Relationships, Not Pitches

Joining specialized groups is just the beginning; don’t stop there. When you meet people with interesting stories, get to know them and build a true relationship. Forget the marketing pitches and the elevator speech and leave your resume at home. People can instinctively identify a fraud; be genuine in your mission to the industry and what your acquaintances are working on. I like the way Soundcloud Evangelist David Noël puts it, “Don’t be spammy, pushy, sales-y, douchey, or scary.”

The thing about the social space is that you can continue your relationships online. As Basile puts it, “Comment, interact, blog and re-blog. The more you make yourself heard, the more you will be heard.” Make sure you’re staying active within your network, and don’t forget to listen.

Pedro Sorrentino, MediaMind’s marketing and PR coordinator in Brazil, states to remember that “it’s not only about the people you know, it’s about the way you treat them as well. Technology is just a platform and social media is all about sociology, human behavior and status.” He points out that technology can lead way to short, crass communications. Learn how to engage your network in a “clever and polite way.”

Sophia Aladenoye, a digital strategist at Ogilvy Public Relations, stresses the important of embracing the extrovert in you while on your mission to make your connections count:

“My top tip would be to always engage with people. I have seen this, time and time again, that those who are in the social media industry and who wish to break in are individuals who actually like people and like speaking to people. Those are the ones who I see thriving in this industry — it is called “social” for a reason. Even if you think about yourself an introvert, there should be a part of yourself that still reaches out to people.”

3. Stay Informed of Trends, Tools and News

Training, experience and knowledge are all very important for any career choice. Since social media is such a new industry, there aren’t very many standards on what type of training you should have or which tools you should be utilizing to measure success. Because the landscape changes so quickly, it is therefore very important that you are constantly learning. Keep yourself updated on the latest technologies, trends and news by reading up. Walter Junior, social media strategist at Riot, points out that being in the know is key:

“Keep up-to-date with tools, applications, studies and reports. In my opinion, it’s essential to monitor and be familiar with a wide range of InternetInternet materials, such as social media usage research, in order not only to market and users’ consumption habits, but also to know how they are changing each day.”

Darabi believes that industry awareness and a passion for new things keeps aspiring social media marketers on top of their game. “The magic word in our industry is beta. Get on the beta for every product that intrigues you, try it for yourself before you suggest the product or platform to your brand or organization. Early-adoption and the ability to be first-to-market is an gateway to success.”

A background or knowledge in marketing or PR doesn’t hurt, either. Jakub Svoboda, publisher of Tyinternety.cz, a Czech blog specialized in digital marketing and social media, states that “you have to understand, at least on a basic level, how companies are communicating, what brand marketing is, how to deal with reputation, how to manage a PR crisis, and how to write copy for social advertisements.” If you have a passion for social media, but don’t have the marketing experience, don’t be discouraged. Pick up a marketing book, take a course, or get a mentor.

When you’re on top of the latest news, you’ll never have to worry about fudging up on the facts in an interview. Kimberly Aguilera, planning and new media recruiter at Tangerine Talent Management, advises that, “at an interview you should be prepared with your own ideas for the company or bureau [you are interviewing with]. Have relevant examples of who is doing what right.” Aguilera also advises that you cut out the jargon and at the basics while interviewing. “Being able to is a part of the roles. Not everyone knows as much as you do all of the time. You have to make it all understandable for non-social media experts.”

To stay on top of the latest news, fill your RSS reader with the sources that cover that news. Our experts AdAgeAdAge, PSFK, Creativity Magazine,

What are ur beloved burger recipes?

National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) and Beef Checkoff taking credit for developing new products and building beef demand is as ridiculous as a company like BP claiming to promote the Gulf fishing industry.

I recently attended a gathering at a Five Star hotel in Colorado Springs. A lady sitting at my table looking at the filet on her plate, mostly uneaten, grumbled, “That's it, I am not eating another steak in a restaurant.”

Why has the NCBA and the Beef checkoff ignored the drastic quality decline in commodity beef. The hormone/steroid implant programs have never been more aggressive, resulting in even less tender, less flavorful beef than years ago when it was documented that most steaks lacked sufficient tenderness. And now, in the interests of technology and drug company profits, we are feeding Optiflex and Zilmax (beta-agonists) to increase carcass weights, while reducing eating quality to new lows.

Tenderness troubles caused by misguided production technology now require most commodity steaks to be blade and/or chemically tenderized. These pre-digestion techniques make the meat more chewable, but do not address the mealy mouth feel and lack of natural flavor. It also doesn't fix our inability to digest the tougher muscle fiber and the uncomfortable digestive feeling following the meal – made worse by the weight enhancing water solutions and chemical flavoring agents.

Yesterday, a woman in our meat market said she got sick eating store beef at her daughter's house. She informed her daughter she would not be coming to dinner again if the meat did not come from Ranch Foods Direct.

Per capita demand is decreasing at a fast pace as consumers react negatively to bad meat eating experiences. More consumers turn away as they become aware of the way livestock are treated in the abusive industrial food system. Last week, at an animal welfare symposium in Manhattan, Kansas, Temple Grandin related, “If you explain to people at a Barnes and Noble in New York City what you are doing and have them and accept it, you shouldn't be doing it.”

Zilmax, even more than Optiflex, DRASTICALLY reduces meat quality, makes cattle crazy, increases chances of respiratory distress, and damages joint health-thereby increasing the incidence of lameness. Zilmax is a clear indicator of how far these short-sighted profit driven corporations will go. Is this the kind of animal production we want? Is this the kind of beef we want to eat?

The top-down controlled NCBA and their packer/retailer partners will not change their direction willingly. Increased promotion (Beef, It's What is for Dinner) will not recover lost demand.
NCBA's long-range plan, financed with our checkoff dollars, is on track. Their goal of vertically integrating and industrializing the cattle and beef sectors using the chicken and hog models has, for the most part, been accomplished. NCBA, catering to their drug company board members, continues to push the use of growth promoting compounds and antibiotics. NCBA's meat packer board members will make sure the organization never supports restoring a fair market that is needed to provide a living income for producers.

Our industry, as we once knew it, no longer exists. The repair costs are going to be big. The longer we wait, the more high-priced it will be.

Maybe next time you're at a Barnes and Noble, you could explain to someone the benefits of eating Advanced Meat Recovery (AMR) beef and then ask them if that is what they really want for dinner.

MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota woman who became severely ill with an E. coli infection from a tainted hamburger has reached a settlement with the meatpacking arm of agribusiness giant Cargill Inc., both sides announced Wednesday.

Stephanie Smith, 23, of Cold Spring, and Cargill stated the terms of the settlement were confidential, but that it will provide for Smith's care throughout her life. The former children's dance was left paralyzed, with cognitive troubles and kidney damage.

Smith became ill in 2007 after eating a patty produced by Cargill Meat Solutions Corp., a Wichita, Kans.-based unit of Minnetonka-based Cargill Inc. Her E. coli infection led to kidney failure. She went into seizures and was kept in a medically induced coma for three months.

Smith's battle to recover was the centerpiece story last year in a New York Times series that won a Pulitzer Prize. The story spurred several members of Congress to demand superior enforcement of food safety laws and a pledge from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack for stepped up efforts to fight E. coli contamination. The story traced how the beef trimmings that went into her hamburger came from four plants in the U.S. and Uruguay, and that while such scraps are particularly vulnerable to contamination, many companies including Cargill did not normally test them prior to grinding.

Her Seattle-based attorney, Bill Marler, Smith's case continues to generate public and industry discussion about the importance of better food safety.

“Stephanie's tragedy has taken on a life of it's own, and hopefully it will continue to focus people on why food safety is so important,” Marler said.

Cargill acknowledged responsibility when it first learned of her injuries and has been providing financial help to her and her family, the joint statement said. Cargill it “deeply regrets” her injuries, and that it has invested more than $1 billion in meat science research and new food safety technologies to eliminate E. coli and other sources of food-borne illnesses.

“Cargill continuously invests in food safety technology,” stated Mark Martin, a spokesman for Cargill Meat Solutions. “There certainly are things that have preceded the situation with Stephanie Smith, things that will continue to evolve into the future. Food safety – as you can imagine being an agriculturally based company for much of our business – is a top priority and always will be.”

Neither Marler nor Martin would comment on the terms of the settlement, which still requires court approval. And Marler declined to grant Smith or her mother to comment. He stated they wanted to keep her focused on rehabilitation.

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Just want to say, I think everyone on this tour is great!! We had the official meeting this afternoon at 4pm, but I
had already bumped into Lee and Mort first and then Joe, Will, Jack and Olaf while I was wandering around Colonial Williamsburg.

Here's a photo of Lee and Mort

Grams and Gramps have been invited to the group dinner at 7pm! So we're getting ready for that now.
I'm so glad they get to meet everyone before we head off. They are also planning to drive to Yorktown tomorrow morning for the ceremonious dipping of the tires in the Atlantic. The weather is supposed to be really nice for that.

I didn't have the chance to post yesterday. Here's a nice picture of us at Buckroe Beach, where G'pa used to spend his summers as a kid. We also visited Pungoteague Elementary School where Gramp's father taught a class 100 years ago. It was a lot of fun and he really enjoyed reminiscing. Heading to dinner now.
Love you all and miss you.

A Shakespeare-heavy week starts here, although I think I'm safe in assuming the next two trips will be a bit more traditional than tonight's. And it's my second Twelfth Night this year, but it's fair to say it's a fairly different production than the RSC's rather by-the-numbers take on the play (although funnily enough Filter's version is also an RSC co-production.) Although I wasn't sold on Filter's Three Sisters, this is the third year running this well-regarded adaptation has come to the Tricycle Theatre so I figured I'd give it a go (tonight's was actually the first performance this run but almost the entire cast have been doing the show for years which is why I haven't flagged it as a preview.) I had an inkling there might be audience participation but three years studying drama gave me immunity to onstage embarassment so I sat in the front row. The good news is if you sit near the front you get a piece of pizza; I'm sure many people would also consider it good news that you may get pulled up on stage and asked to do a tequila shot. I kinda assumed it'd be cold tea which is what usually doubles for drinks onstage, but turns out it wasn't. I've been teetotal for nearly 3 years now so it's a good job it was just the one shot, even that left me feeling woozy (it didn't help that I had a dodgy stomach already.) Still, I got applause when I went back to my seat, AND WE ALL KNOW THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS! And it could have been worse – the American students sitting on my left were required to dance. *shudder*

So, having dealt with my moment in the spotlight, do we care about the rest of the review? Oh all right, quickly then. Using their technique that heavily relies on clever sound effects, Filter and director Sean Holmes focus entirely on the play's party atmosphere, the bare stage littered with instruments, sound boards and cables. As well as being the food of love music becomes some characters' inner monologue, while Ferdy Roberts' Malvolio becomes a frustrated rock star, the infamous letter causing him to strip to his underwear and writhe around the stage. The approach certainly works better here than it does to Chekhov, and there's a lot of strong performances (I really liked Gemma Saunders doubling as Maria and Feste.) Only 6 actors plus a couple of musicians on stage means some doubling and a lot of characters excised completely (the play's cut down to 90 minutes.) Some things work better than others, and there's some genuinely hilarious ideas thrown into the mix, but as with Three Sisters I did get the feeling that Holmes & co were a bit impressed with their own cleverness (the programme includes the rather preposterous credit “Created by Filter.” “Adapted” I could buy but “Created?”) Don't get me wrong, it is a lot of fun to watch, but I couldn't help thinking it looked like the actors were having a wee bit more fun than the audience ever could.

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare is booking until the 29th of May at the Tricycle Theatre.

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Daniel: Hey guys! I am so freakin' happy right now!!! I just got the GB Player in Pokemon Heart Gold! Muhahahahahahahaha!!!!! taking a nostalgia trip right now!

Mina: Daniel-kun really misses his Pokemon Gold and Crystal! He is very happy right now!

Daniel: Anyways, read the last episode before this one!!!

Mina: The link is at the bottom!

Daniel and Mina: On with the story!!!

At the lounge…

Mina: Daniel-kun? What are you doing?

Daniel: Waiting for my popcorn.

Mina: Ok… Why do you have your place planted on the microwave then?

Daniel: I like to watch the popcorn pop.

Mina: I see… Have you seen Lola? She was not in our room when I woke up.

Daniel: Nope. I think she went on her paper route.

Mina: But it's 12 o' clock…

Daniel: 12 already? Then something's up. help you find her, Mina-chan.

Mina: Thanks, Daniel-kun.

At the fountain…

Daniel: Hmm… If I were Lola… Where would I be?

Mina: You know…

Daniel: You are right.

Mina: probably somewhere off campus. Let's go!

(Mina drags Daniel along)

Meanwhile…

Lola: Geez… Where are Daniel and Mina? I told them yesterday that we meet at the gym so we can participate in laser tag… They both love laser tag…

In the city…

Daniel: She could be anywhere…

Mina: Let's check in the places she would most likely be… The mall!

Daniel: That is one mall…

Mina: C'mon, Daniel-kun! Let's go!

Daniel: Ok, Mina-chan! coming!

A few hours later…

Mina: Well, I find her in there… Any luck, Daniel-kun?

Daniel: Nope, but I bought a lot of stuff! Do you want a T-shirt?

Mina: No, Daniel-kun. But thanks. Where could she be?

Daniel: I do not know… But we're missing the laser tag event!

Mina: Who cares about the laser tag! My older, twin sister is missing, and you want to play laser tag?

Daniel: Actually, I just remembered that we were supposed to meet her at the gym where they are hosting the laser tag event. Why am I forgetting things lately?

Mina: She's at the laser tag? Are you sure?

Daniel: Let's see… It's 5 o' clock and laser tag ends at 7… Yes, sure Mina-chan. Trust me.

Mina: Ok, Daniel-kun. I trust you.

(Daniel and Mina head toward the gym)

At the gym…

(Lola goes commando with laser guns)

Lola: Take this! And some of that! No one can hit me! Muhahahaha!!!

Alex: Is it me or every time we play a game like this, Lola gets mad like this?

Julio: Mostly the latter of the two.

Grace: She's fast! She is going through our defenses!

Lacey: She's going for our flag!

Lola: I'm almost to the flag! Out of the way!!!

Julia: Can someone stop her?

(A laser tag laser hits Lola)

Lola: Huh? A sharpshooter?

Steven: Who shot that?

Laurie: Was not me.

Lucas: She is on our team why should I?

Lola: Then who… Wait…

???: Bulls-eye!

Steven: that Daniel?

Laurie: Yup, that's him.

Daniel: Guys, sniper back up is here.

Mina: So is gunner support!

Daniel: Blue team, get ready to get owned!

Lola, Steven, Laurie, and Lucas: Oh crud…

A couple of minutes later…

Announcer: Red team wins! A stunning 50 to 3 captures!

Daniel: Hehe… My sniping gives great cover.

Mina: My gunning skills are better.

Daniel: Oh yeah? Is that a challenge, Mina-chan?

Mina: Yes it is, Daniel-kun! calling you out!

Daniel: Ok then, let's go!

Mina: I am not going to go simple on you!

(Daniel and Mina run off in different directions in the laser tag field)

Lola: There they go again… Trying to see who's better than who… It's weird how they act as rivals sometimes… It's like not even dating…

Julia: Yup. At least it's just harmless fun.

Lola: You got a point there.

To be continued…

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Learn About of Photography

Excellent photos as close as you were it's a wonder mama didn't land on your head and peck you to pieces.

Much of photography’s past is on display at the Association of International Photography Art Dealers Photography Show, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary. But if you are concerned about the future of the medium, there are only a few hints of what might be to come.

Mainly it is a show for collectors of vintage prints. Among the 72 dealers, scores are presenting usual-suspect inventories: Evans, Weston, Arbus and so on. Some, however, have exercised more creativity.

Photology, for one, has a marvelous display of small, sexually provocative Polaroids by a select few, including Helmut Newton, Carlo Mollino, Andy Warhol and Robert Mapplethorpe. At Hemphill there is an understatedly poetic series of pictures of old buildings in the South taken in the 1970s with a Kodak Brownie by William Christenberry.

Two galleries present remarkable, though very different, triplets.

Monroe has Eddie Adams’s famous 1968 picture of a South Vietnamese officer shooting a Vietcong suspect in the head, flanked within the same frame by shots in which the prisoner is being escorted by soldiers before his execution and has fallen to the ground after.

Bruce Silverstein has three variations on a subtly surreal 1948 portrait of a preteen girl with strangely bright eyes and curiously dark skin (she’s white). She seems an eerie blend of innocence and witchy experience.

Similarly weird pictures of children by Loretta Lux are at Yossi Milo, but they are in color and slightly distorted digitally. “Marianne,” in a neat powder-blue coat, is lovely if a little spooky, but the strangely solemn, big-eyed twins in polka-dot dresses in another image are scary. They look as if they escaped from Stanley Kubrick’s film “The Shining.”

There is a lot of work in the show that blurs the line between commercial and fine art. Danziger has pictures of the punk goddess Patti Smith by Annie Leibovitz. At PDNB Gallery there are still-life pictures of food by Robyn Stacey. A watermelon with a chunk cut out of it simultaneously calls to mind Baroque-era Spanish Realist painting and illustration for a contemporary gourmet food magazine.

As for the future, Bryce Wolkowitz offers a variety of electronically animated works, including a self-portrait by Shirley Shore that appears on a framed flat screen. Using a program she wrote, Ms. Shore created a composite image in which randomly changing pixels from pictures of herself and about 40 relatives and friends combine into a shimmering, constantly shifting single portrait.

One photographer who definitely has a future is Alex Prager, a young Los Angeleno who makes staged color photographs of women that synthesize the influences of Cindy Sherman, Philip-Lorca diCorcia and Douglas Sirk. Her coolly romantic pictures are at Yancey Richardson, and she will be included in a show of new photography at the Museum of Modern Art in the fall.

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