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E-mail 'drafts' on Glenwood death kept secret

A couple things: 1) There's a death at a state-regulated care facility and the state regulators appear to be asleep at the wheel; and 2) The Des Moines Register reports that, during this period of time, the governor and his family are on holiday in Florida, at the residence of their longtime family friend of nearly 40 years, Bill Knapp, who coincidentally happens to have donated $112,500 to Culver's '06 campaign and at least $25,000 toward his re-election. Well, three things, counting the comments readers posted. 3) Wow, commenter JackDM, you sound like a government insider. But like many people who post comments on the Des Moines Register's web site, you perpetuate ignorance. And by the way, if you want to refer us to a law, just give us the code chapter and section so a few of us can at least try to follow along, instead of ensuring none of us can because you don't have the digital fortitude to paste a functioning web address. As a member of the free press, I fe...

People as brands

I hadn't been paying attention close enough to really embrace that people could be brands, although I think we all understand the power of certain individuals (Oprah). The amazing thing about this dynamic is that there are actually individuals with active audiences. Large audiences. And extremely active. One person has 30,000 people that follow his tweets. When he makes a remark, tens of thousands of people get it, as if he were a walking, talking radio station. And he is, with his wireless device. There's more about this in this really nice free mini-seminar by David Armano... Watch Personal Branding, David Armano, Critical Mass in News Online , Webisodes , and Game Videos   |  View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com