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Railroad Group Says Oil Shipments Hurting Passengers

Associations Now

That’s according to the National Association of Railroad Passengers, which says the delays on the route—which runs from Chicago to Seattle and Portland, Oregon—have become unbearable for passengers. One outside factor that could play into this, The Hill notes, is the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. Could Keystone help?

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How SLA members were involved in Alignment research - TypePad

Executive Connections

   In the language exploration phase of the research, we held five separate focus groups for information pros in cooperation with SLA chapters in Vancouver, Seattle (two sessions, one just for students), Los Angeles and D.C., each with 25 to 30 participants.    Period.

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SXSW 2013 – Social by Global: Failure Is Not An F-Word!

Beth Kanter

I started presenting at SXSW in 2008 and have gone annually (except last year I took a year off). I’ve watched over the years as the presence of social good and nonprofits folks has grown over the years, although this year it felt like contracted because there were not as many sessions this year. But guess what they are thinking ?

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