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Crail Food Festival 2013 – our bloggers report!
July 16, 2013
Wonderful to have so many food bloggers and enthusiasts join us for the 2013 Crail Food Festival. You can find links to all the stories here. Do let us know if we've missed any!
Lots of people visited Crail Food Festival 2013, and we were delighted to have so many foodie bloggers writing about the great experiences they had. Here's a selection of the blog posts which were written up after the 2013 festival.

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At Brookdale Eagan, located near Fish Lake Park in a quiet residential neighborhood, we have the deep experience to understand the complexity of Alzheimer's and dementia at every stage. Our person-centered approach to dementia care is carefully structured to give each resident purpose and a sense of security that they are right where they need to be.
If you are looking for an opportunity to enrich the lives of others and you share our passion for making a difference in people's lives, come join our team! Our residents are the reason we choose to deliver high quality care and services in a home-like setting. We offer competitive wages, benefits, training, and the opportunity for growth. We welcome you to apply & join our family today!
Maintains and/or improves upon the occupancy level and revenue production of the community in accordance with marketing and business plans to include managing sales process and completing all activities required for a sale. Represents the community and increases awareness through participation in outside events.
Coordinates with the business development coordinator/director in their efforts to generate referrals or manages this activity in the absence of business development associates. Assist management with resident retention. Partners with management to develop and execute marketing plans and achieve community occupancy goals.
Maintains and/or improves upon the occupancy level of the community in accordance with the marketing and business plans. Utilizes established sales processes, systems, and forms for sales to perform job duties, track information, compile data and reports, and achieve desired community occupancy goals.
Manages the sales process by assisting prospective residents, their family members, and/or advisors in the decision-making process by understanding their needs and educating them about the community's services and programs. Responds promptly to every telephone call, email and Internet or in-person inquiry. Completes weekly follow-up calls, letters, and tours as defined by the community marketing plan.
Coordinates and completes all activities needed for a sale and converts deposits to move-ins, including, but not limited to, visiting the prospect's home, health care providers, or other locations to conduct initial assessments or sales presentations and ensuring that the required forms are completed by the prospect, his/her physician and family prior to the move in. Keeps management and other key associates abreast of the status of all prospective move-ins. Tracks and records pre-residency steps to facilitate communication.
Coordinates with the business development coordinator/director on a weekly basis regarding business development efforts to meet or exceed the established goals for professional leads as set by the community marketing plan.
Contacts local sources including legal and financial professionals, senior organizations, appropriate special interest groups, hospital discharge planners, skilled nursing facilities, retirement communities, clergy, medical insurance providers, and other local community contacts that are not part of the business development coordinator/director referral contacts. Manages the business development activities noted above in the absence of business development associates.
Develops and maintains relationships with and generates leads through residents, family, and professional referral sources on a weekly basis. Provides information and conducts presentations about community services and programs, market advantages, availability, and other relevant information to meet the needs of prospective referral sources and community groups. Effectively manages community inventory and looks for opportunities for increasing revenue and creating other revenue streams.
Represents the community and increases awareness through participation in outside events, professional groups, and community involvement in the local market. Uses relevant community knowledge and research to plan, coordinate, and implement monthly prospect and/or referral source activities and events as specified by management and the community marketing plan. Follow up and executes sales process with all leads from events.
Assists management with resident retention through new resident welcome events, resident referral programs, outside community visits to current hospitalized residents, and other programs as outlined in the marketing plan or by the Regional Sales & Marketing Manager. Partners with management to develop and execute marketing plans and achieve community occupancy goals. Researches and provides recommendations for content and delivery of brochures, fliers, press releases and other forms of media that promote community services.
Monitors conversion ratios regarding sales performance and business development calls to direct referral sources and collects and analyzes data to prepare weekly and monthly reports. Provides frequent sales performance issue information to management. Maintains working knowledge of lead management systems and uses them to maximize sales effectiveness. Inputs all sales and marketing activities in a timely manner and according to systems standards.
This job description represents an overview of the responsibilities for the above referenced position. It is not intended to represent a comprehensive list of responsibilities. An associate should perform all duties as assigned by his/her supervisor.
Education and Experience
Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Business, or related field from an accredited college or university is preferred, or equivalent combination of experience and education is required. A minimum of two years sales experience, preferably in the retirement industry or medical or pharmaceutical sales, with a proven track record of generating and closing a high percentage of qualified leads is required. Someone who enjoys event planning, netwroking, and has a can do attitude highly desired.
Certifications, Licenses, and Other Special Requirements
Frequent car travel requires the incumbent to possess and maintain a valid driver's license.
Management/Decision Making
Applies existing guidelines and procedures to make varied decisions within a department. Uses sounds judgement and experience to solve moderately complex problems based on precedent, example, reasonableness or a combination of these.
Knowledge and Skills
Possesses extensive knowledge of a distinct skill or function and a thorough understanding of the organization and work environment. Has working knowledge of a functional discipline.
Knowledge of sales and marketing to include principles and methods for showing, promoting and selling products or services to include marketing strategy and tactics, sales techniques, and sales control systems. Knowledge of Medicare and Medicaid regulations to include applicable processes for the product line(s) being sold. Knowledge of state regulations impacting or directing the delivery of services.
Ability to operate smart-phones, personal computers and related software. Ability to effectively manage time, tasks and projects in a dynamic environment is required. Ability to build trust and act honestly in relationships with others.
Ability to assess and understand customers' expectations, needs and circumstances. Ability to work effectively with diverse personalities and to treat people with dignity, respect, fairness and maturity. Ability to effectively listen and communicate verbally and in writing is essential.
Physical Demands and Working Conditions
Use hands and fingers to handle or feel
Reach with hands and arms
Stoop, kneel, crouch crawl
Talk or hear
Ability to lift: up to 25 pounds
Requires interaction with co-workers, residents or vendors
Possible exposure to communicable diseases and infections
Requires Travel: Occasionally
Brookdale is an equal opportunity employer and a drug-free workplace.
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Redemption Month 11 Week 1 March 24, 2007
*King of Kings blares in the arena as Force makes his way down to the ring to a huge pop*
M: Welcome to Redemption everyone, and glad to have you with us, as the IWO is still in business
T: that's right Marv, and tonight we are kicking things off with a title match
M: You see the challenger in the ring and tonight Force will take on Tim Ross for the RWA title.
*a limo pulls onto the stage and Ross gets out wearing the RWA title, the crowd boos him as he makes his way to the ring.*
M: Ross still the RWA champ although that company is out of business
T: Well Smith might own the company now, but he has decided that the title will still be around for the moment and tonight it's being defended.
*Ross gets in the ring and gives the belt to the ref, him and Force stare at each other as the bell sounds...Ross offers a handshake, but Force pauses, he looks to the crowd, and Ross nails him with a right and another..Ross with a kick to the gut, and Ross unloading..he whips Force but it's reversed...Ross hits the ropes and Force goes for the clothesline, Ross ducks it, but Force hits the ropes as well, Force leaps and hits a shoulder tackle taking down Ross, he gets to his feet, and Ross slowly up, Force goes for the chokeslam but a thumb to the eye*
M: It could have been all over
T: never count the champ out Marv
*Ross with a kick to Force's leg, and another...Ross working on kicking the leg of Force, trying to take a wheel off..Ross using a combo of punches to the head and kicks to the leg*
M: He wants to take Force off his feet
T: not working well for him
*Ross hits a chop, and it just enrages Force, Force yells and then unloads upon Ross with a fury of punches...Force whips Ross into the corner and follows him naililng the clothesline...again the same move opposite corner...Force climbs the turnbuckle and comes off the second rope with a double axe handle, he connects and covers....1...2...kickout..*
M: Force is so powerful look as he picks Ross up with ease
*Force hits a suplex, and then drops a legdrop and covers for two...*
T: Force has the upperhand Marv
*Force picks up Ross and nails a right hand, he then goes for the bearhug...force squeezing and Ross trying to hold on*
T: What a move
M: very oldschool of him and he is tiring out Ross
*Force holds on as Ross seems to be weakening..just then Force hits a belly to belly and covers...1...2..Ross barely kicks out*
M: ross has to be punished, how can he keep going on?
*Force picks Ross up, he slams him to the ground, then hits an elbow and covers, another two count...Force gets Ross up again, kicks him in the gut and then irish whips him into the ropes, Force with a spinebuster*
M: What a spinebuster, you can hear the impact
T: Force signaling to the fans that he is going to the turnbuckles
*Force climbs the turnbuckles and launches, he nails the Hell from Above and covers Ross, the ref counts......1.....2......3.....*
M: it's over Force just beat Ross
T: He is the new RWA Champ
*Force gets up to the cheers from the crowd as his music hits...the ref hands him the RWA title and raises his hand...*
M: The number one contender for the IWO Title is back on top now
*Blue on Black plays and DC walks out onto the stage to a mixture of cheers and boos, DC is clapping and has a mic*
DC: Bravo, Bravo Force...I must say it is refreshing to see you once again with a title
*Crowd gives cheers to the comment*
DC: I know you wonder what I am doing out here? It's quite simple, I am the IWO Heavyweight Champion.
*mix reaction from the crowd*
DC: Don't boo people, you have to realize, that what I did at the PPV was business...nothing more than that...you see I didn't sell out to Smith..How I feel about him still remains the same...But I did him a favor and he owed me one..he didn't hand me this belt, I went out and saved this company and beat Troy to win this title
*still a mix reaction but mostly cheers*
DC: But enough about that..Force you did something last week, you beat Black Dragon and became the number one contender for the IWO Title...and now well you have won the RWA title...It seems to me, that two World Champions are one two many...and with that being said, I think that at the next PPV, which I am told is Spring Stampede...I plan on not only defending my title against you, but taking yours as well
*crowd cheers to the thought of a DC/Force title match*
DC: So next week, we sign a contract...and we make it official, so until then you go celebrate and I will see you next week partner.
*DC walks off as the crowd cheers Force who is shaking his head in a yes motion in the ring*
*We see Alli Sabbah in the ring surrounded by his security team..a ref is taking to someone outside the ring..the ref then goes and talks to Alli*
M: Well Tater i don't get it, where is Joe the Schmo
T: not like him to not show up for a match
*the ref tells the ring announcer something, and then the announcement is made that Joe the Schmo has forfeited the match and the winner is Alli Sabbah*
M: you got to be kidding me
T: Why would he forfeit a match?
*the crowd boos as Alli has a mic*
Alli: My friends, calm down, let me explain
*crowd chants you suck at Alli*
Alli: Do I need to have my security come out and take care of more of you?
*Crowd quiets down a bit*
Alli: Now, Joe the Schmo made a business decision, and he earned a hefty sum for his decision
Alli: But don't you fret, because Alli Sabbah is here to give you a show, and I have decided to do that by staying here at ringside for the next matchup...oh yes and one more thing, if you make it to my shop after the show I have a nice discount on all Alli Sabbah t-shirts!
*Crowd boos as the sounds of Braveheart play...Gel Mibson comes down the aisle and looks at Alli who smiles...the crowd cheers Gel...just then Peabody comes down with a cage behind him*
M: here comes that idiot Peabody and that monster the Vanilla Gorilla
T: He did a number on Crypitc last week
*the cage gets to the ring, and Peabody instructs it to be open..Gorilla jumps out and climbs in the ring..he turns and looks back at Peabody as the bell rings...Peabody shakes his head in a yes motion and Gel immediately goes after Gorilla...Gel with punches to the head and tries to whip him, but Gorilla is too strong and reverses it into a shortarm clothesline*
M: He almost took Gel's head off with that move
T: THis guy is an animal
*Gorilla picks up Gel and does a guerilla press on him...Gorilla hits the ropes and then lands a splash...He then picks Gel back up he looks at Peabody who gives him some kind of instruction...Gorilla then begins to headbut Gel repeatedly, he then grabs a staggering Gel and locks in the bearhug...he tosses gel violently in the move*
M: The bearhug, the second time tonight we have seen that move
T: yeah but he might kill Gel with it
*Gel is unable to get his hands from under the big monster...finally the pain is too much and Gel passes out...the ref calls for the bell and the Gorilla tosses Gel to the ground..Peabody gets in the ring, and looks over at Alli who is still watching...Peabody takes some kind of purple pills from his jacket and stuffs them in Gel's mouth...Peabody laughs and smiles at Alli before telling Gorilla to get back in the cage*
M: What is the deal with Alli and Peabody?
T: I don't know but Gel might be dead
*Gorilla gets back in his cage, as Peabody and Alli stare at each other*
*Backstage Josh is in his dressing room when Jason and Stacy walk in*
Jason: you ready to go out there and do this?
Josh: I was born ready
Stacy: then lets go guys
*Oldschool, Psycho and Ervin are in the ring, as Jason and Josh are introduced...they come running down the aisle and get in the ring as the bell rings...Psycho and Oldschool quickly on the offensive and get the upperhand..Psycho has Josh in the corner and Oldschool whips Jason into the opposite corner..Jason kicks him and then reverses him into the corner...Jason pounds on him, and Pyscho looks back at them, Josh reverses him into the corner and hits a chop and another before going off with punches..they whip the two men towards each other, with Psycho knocking down Oldschool...Psycho is dazed and Josh runs and hits a dropkick to the back of him..sending Psycho towards Jason who hits the JKO on him....he covers him....the ref counts..1.....2......3....*
M: Wow! what a victory
T: the former tag champs just moved on in this tourney and never had to make a tag
M: make a tag, they just dominated their opponents
*Josh and Jason celebrate with Stacy in the ring as the crowd cheers them on*
m: they had this thing won the minute they hit the ring
T: we got to see a replay of this Marv
*replay is shown....Josh, Jason, Stacy all walk back up the ramp with cheers from the crowd*
*blade is shown in Smith's office*
Smith: I tell you if you win tonight, then you can possibly have a title shot against DC
Blade: don't worry I will win tonight, and then I better get that title shot or else
*blade slams the door as he walks out of smith's office*
*Tech Nine plays as Thugged Out comes to the ring*
M: It's those thugs we have seen from the past couple of weeks
T: It says here that the white guy is Exo and the black man is Stick
M: Stick? That guy is huge or you sure that is not a misprint?
T: It could be
*Barbwire Joe comes down the aisle, followed by Ravage, Joe is in the ring first as the bell rings...him and Exo start out...they lock up, and Exo and Joe both struggling to get some leverage...they break, and Exo points over towards Ravage, Joe looks and Exo nails him with a right hand that takes him down..Exo laughs and goes over and tags in Stick..Joe is up and looks mad he goes over to tag Ravage, but Ravage backs down..Joe looks at him and turns around to get a boot to his face...*
M: ravage didn't want to tag in against this big guy..ummm..Stick
*Stick picks Joe up with ease and whips him into the corner where Exo is..Stick grabs the ref and tells him something and points to Ravage..meanwhile, Exo choking Joe out in the corner with the tag rope*
M: look ref, they are cheating
T: Stick distracting the ref, and Exo taking advantage
*Exo lets go as Stick takes a shot at Ravage, but he moves..the ref arguing with them, as Exo pounding on Joe in the corner..he grabs Joe and drops him throat first on the top rope as Exo jumps to the floor...Joe on the ground, and Stick goes over and covers...1...2....kickout..*
M: they almost took the victory that time
*Stick gets Joe up and tosses him into the corner, and tags in Exo, they get in and stomp him together in the corner..Ravage just watches on..the ref tells Stick he needs to get out..Exo pulls Joe out of the corner and hits a suplex..he covers....two count...Exo gets Joe up and hits him..he tags in Stick, they whip Joe into the ropes and nail the Last Call*
T: What a finisher
M: They call that the Last Call
*Stick covers as Ravage doesn't move off the apron...the count...1....2...3...Exo and Stick get up and shake hands before Exo pulls out a card and lays it on top of Barbwire Joe*
M: Ravage didn't even bother to help his partner
T: maybe it was intimidation
*Thugged Out leave the ring and head up the ramp, as Ravage gets in the ring...he walks over to a fallen Barbwire Joe, and Picks him up, he then kicks him in the gut and lifts him up and nails the Ravage Driver on him..the crowd boos, as Ravage laughs and walks out of the ring*
M: Why did he do that
T: Totally uncalled for
*all four hardcore opponents are in the ring, and they hear the bell and go at it...Blade and Dragon exchanging blows, but Oko gets the upperhand on Giggles and they go outside...Oko taking Giggles out on the floor...Oko ramming Giggles headfirst into the announce table, then hits a huge clothesline to take him down...Oko picks up a chair and slides in behind Blade who has knocked down Dragon..he turns and Oko blasts him in the head with the chair...the blood comes rushing from the wounds Blade had the previous week*
M: oko with the champ bleeding should go for the cover
*Oko tosses down the chair, and grabs Blade and goes for his finisher..he locks in the full nelson/camel clutch variation...Dragon slides over and gets the chair, he nails Oko in the back with it, causing him to break the hold..Oko hits the mat..Dragon with a chair shot again to the back of Oko...and another...Dragon tosses the chair down and covers Blade......1......2...kickout*
M: blade managed to kick out
T: a true champion, and what endurance he has
*Dragon upset, unloads on top of Blade...blood still pouring from the champ, as Giggles watches on the outside now..Giggles with some mimicry for the crowd....they don't seem entertained...Dragon picks Blade up, and nails a roundhouse kick on him taking him down...he begins to choke him with his boot, Oko trying to use the ropes to get up....Dragon, back on top of blade choking the champion...Oko standing up holding his back as Giggles slides in..he gets the schoolboy on Oko..the ref counts..1.....2.....3.....*
M: Oh my god, what an upset!!!!
T: Giggles just won the Hardcore Title!!!
*Oko lays on the mat shocked that giggles just beat him..Dragon gets up and can't believe that the mime just won...He runs and hits a spinning roundhouse on Giggles taking him back to the mat...He picks up a chair, as Giggles tries to get up...Oko slides out of the ring, and heads to the back...Giggles is up and Dragon lays him out with the chair*
M: this is not neccessary
T: You lost, deal with it!
*Giggles is laid out as Dragon stands above him looking down as the crowd boos him*
*Promo shown for Riot Makers*
M: another new team heading to the IWO next week
T: I can't wait
*Cryptic came out to the ring, as the crowd cheers*
M: this man is undefeated and has yet to throw a punch
T: he doesn't have to
*If you wanna eat my curry comes on, as Curry Muncher comes to the ring..the bell is sounded and both men in the ring talking....Cryptic tells Curry something and the two of them just talking..Curry shakes his head and smiles, and the two men shake hands...just then Cryptic hits a small package as the ref counts....1...2...3....*
M: Crypitc just did a move
T: he just won again, but all he did was pin Curry
*Cryptic gives the peace sign and rolls out of the ring, and Curry goes over and bangs his head on a turnbuckle in utter disappointment*
M: tough break for Curry
T: another loss for the Muncher
*Razor is in the ring, as Scorpion drops down to the center of the ring..the crowd cheers them, and Joker comes down the aisle...he points at the two of them, and Razor jumps out of the ring and comes after him..he chases him up the ramp, as the lights go out..they come on and Masque is in the ring...Scorpion turns around and recieves a chokeslam for it*
m: The belll rings and Scorpion left alone in this tag match with Masque
T: the winner moves on in the tourney, but right now it's just Scorpion getting choked by Masque
*Masque picks Scorpion straight up and holds him by his throat in the air with both hands*
M: he's choking the life out of him
T: poor Scorpion not a way to redebut in the IWO
*Masque drops him straight down ala Khali...he then picks Scorpion back up and nails the GraveDigger on him...he covers...1....2....3...*
M: Masque and Joker pick up the win, and move on in the tag tourney
T: With the deadman on your side, you can't really go wrong
*Masque stands up and gives a crooked smile, as the lights go off again*
M: the main event Tater, and it's 15 minutes for the TV Title
T: all Judge has to do is not get beat
M: easier said than done
*Crusher comes out to cheers from the crowd and gets in the ring..the crowd cheers him some more, before Judge comes out with the TV Title to the boos from the crowd..he gets in the ring, and right away him and Crusher go at it, as the bell sounds...Crusher tries a whip, but it's reversed...Judge misses the boot, and Crusher grabs him from behind and hits the german suplex...cover....2 count...*
M: Crusher wasting no time going for the pin
T: Time is his enemy Marv
*Crusher with an armbar on Judge..Judge to his feet, and Crusher turns it into a hammerlock...Judge walks to the ropes and Crusher has to break the hold...both men then lock up, and Judge overpowers him into the ropes...the ref calls for the break and Judge does but hits a cheapshot punch to Crusher...he then whips him but it's reversed...Crusher lowers the head, and Judge tries for the powerbomb, he lifts Crusher up, but Crusher goes over his back, and rolls him up...1.....2..kickout...Crusher to his feet, and so is Judge...Judge with a punch but it's blocked, Crusher hits a kick to the gut, and then a snap suplex...he tries for the ankle lock and has Judge halfway turned*
M: the ankle lock almost applied
*Judge too strong uses his other leg to kick Crusher off...Judge up, but Crusher back on him with fists...Crusher unloading, with punches as Judge is on the ropes...the ref separates them, and Judge with a poke to the eyes...he then nails a clothesline and takes Crusher down...he gets on top and punches the crap out of him with 8 minutes to go*
M: Halfway home, and Judge with the advantage
T: get him off of him ref
*the ref counts on Judge who gets up..he stomps on Crusher some, and picks him up...Judge with the whip, and misses yet again the boot..Crusher off the ropes...and goes for a flying forearm...Judge falls back into the ropes..Crusher charges at him, and Judge ducks and sends him flying over the top rope to the floor below...*
M: A hard spill by Crusher and Judge resting for a few seconds
T: and now he is going after him
*Judge on the outside, picks Crusher up and whips him into the barricade...he then hits an open hand chop on him and grabs him by the waist, he then rams him back first into the barricade again...Judge rolls in and breaks the count and back out as less than 6 minutes are left...Judge chokes Crusher with his boot against the barricade..he then rolls Crusher back in the ring...Judge follows, and picks Crusher up...he hits a slam...runs and nails a legdrop...he gets up and does the leg drop again and covers...1.....2...kickout*
M: Crusher still trying to hold on
T: judge only needs to last 5 more minutes
*Judge gets Crusher up, and hits a right hand, he whips him into the corner...Judge runs at him, but Crusher with a boot to the face of Judge..Crusher up on the second turnbuckle, he comes off, and gets chokeslammed....Judge picks Crusher back up gets him in position and hits the Final Sentence...he covers...1.....2......3..*
M: It's over and Judge retains the TV Title
*Judge stands up and is handed the belt he shrugs the ref away, and raises his arms as the crowd boos him..the camera fades to black*
*end show*
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Over three-fourths of Professors in the United States have been in the field for more than 10 years. Work experience that is commonly considered necessary by employers, or is a commonly accepted substitute for more formal types of training or education. But now it is we who travel to universities like MIT, Stanford etc to pursue higher studies. The job of a professor at the postsecondary or higher education level involves not only lecturing and teaching students in the classroom, but working with them to develop research, dissertations, or thesis-based papers as well.
I also got to get drunk on expensive beer with far-flung friends, enemies, and frenemies, some of whom ended up getting good jobs in good places because of the E-APA. Like their idea of education savings accounts, so families can take their money and spend it anywhere they want.
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I was trying to add a tracert command to a .bat file.
At the cmd.exe I was writing:
tracert 220.127.116.11 > desktop\tracert.txt
and it ran ok. I've created a bat file like this:
::@echo off
Cd C:\
echo %DATE%
echo %TIME%
set datetimef=%date:~-4%_%date:~3,2%_%date:~0,2%__%time:~0,2%_%time:~3,2%_%time:~6,2%
echo %datetimef%
::tracert 18.104.22.168 > desktop\Tracert_IP1_%datetimef%.txt
tracert 22.214.171.124 > desktop\tracert.txt
The idea is to add the data to filename, I also would like to write it inside the tracert.txt, but I dont know how.
Code result:
C:\>echo 20/04/2013
C:\>echo 14:18:12,44
C:\>set datetimef=2013_04_20__14_18_12
C:\>echo 2013_04_20__14_18_12
**C:\>tracert 220.127.116.11 1>desktop\tracert.txt**
**The system cannot find the path specified**
Why is it adding "1" before the ">" and removing the space between ">" and "desktop"?
Anyway, I tried to run the
tracert command again directly at the cmd but now it is giving me the same error message as the bat file:
The system cannot find the path specified
Edit 1: Well, the problem with the path not find is because I've changed the cmd path using "cd" command, than the desktop folder was just not found! I'm embarrassed! Sorry guys.. Thanks for the replays about the "1"s and disapearing withe spaces.


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Collecting sports memorabilia has become a popular past time for many fans of all different sports all over the world. Sports fans have become so passionate about following their teams and players over the past few years that the financial gain in memorabilia has been staggering.
Some of the oldest pieces of memorabilia have been valued in the millions in recent years, which has only made the hobby all the more popular. There have been so many pieces of memorabilia from baseball, hockey and even basketball over the past few years that have been seen as grails to collectors that it could easily be argued that memorabilia collecting is now a cult hobby.
Sports fans have always collected merchandise and relics from their teams to prove that they are passionate about that team, but this isn't a hobby that is new, fans have been doing this for hundreds of years. Many fans have even been able to pass down these items through their families and kept them in stunning condition despite some of them being more than a hundred years old.
The following list looks at just 20 individual pieces of sports memorabilia from around the world that have been valued as some of the most expensive pieces of sports history. These are the pieces that some of the most hardcore collectors want to be able to pick up one day if they continue to build their own personal collection. These pieces of sports history date back to some of the earliest years in the beginning of many American and British sports and interestingly the value continues to grow for some of the pieces that are considered to be in perfect condition.
20 Muhammed Ali "Fight of the Century" Gloves
The Fight of the Century between Muhammed Ali and Joe Frazier took place at Madison Square Garden back in 1971 and saw Ali defeated on a points decision. Both men were undefeated heading into the bought and Ali's gloves from this iconic match returned to auction back in 2016.
It was just months after the boxing legend sadly passed away that Jeff Rosenberg opted to sell the piece of boxing history that he had only purchased himself just two years prior. The gloves sold for an impressive $606,375 in August 2016 which is almost $400,000 more than Rosenberg paid for them previously.
19 The FA Cup
The oldest football competition in England is the FA Cup, it was a competition that was established back in 1871 with teams from all levels of the football league eligible to compete for the historic trophy.
While the original cup was stolen, the second trophy that was brought in to replace this one which lasted from 1896 until 1910 when a new design was implemented.
This FA Cup went to auction back in 2005 and was sold for an impressive $750,000, the FA made only five of these cups and since the first one went missing, there are only four left in the world.
18 Babe Ruth's 1933 Jersey
Babe Ruth is widely considered to be the best baseball player in the history of the sport and is someone that many fans enjoy collecting memorabilia of. Ruth's 1933 jersey joins this list because it's from a year that was considered to be his most iconic.
Ruth scored 34 home runs that season and his jersey has been saved over the past seventy years before it was able to sell at auction for an impressive $657, 250, but this isn't Ruth's most expensive jersey as you will see from the following list which is stacked full of Babe Ruth memorabilia.
17 Babe Ruth's 1933 Signed Home Run Ball
On July 6th, 1933, Babe Ruth was once again the star of the show as he hit two home runs at Comiskey Park. At this point in his career, Ruth already had celebrity status and he was nearing the end of his spell on the pitch, which could be why the ball was later collected and became an iconic piece of baseball history.
The ball later went to auction and was bought for an impressive $850,000, but shockingly it still isn't considered to be one of the most expensive pieces of Ruth memorabilia on offer as the rest of this list will continue to show.
16 Bill Tilden's 1920 Wimbledon Trophy
Tennis isn't a sport that has created a lot of expensive merchandise over the years, which could be why Bill Tilden's 1920 Wimbledon Trophy is not only one of the most expensive pieces of memorabilia in the world, but it also holds the record as the most expensive piece of tennis memorabilia as well.
Tilden won 10 Grand Slams throughout his career, but his trophy from Wimbledon 1920 was always the most iconic and sold at Christie's Auction House back in 1992.
It sold for $71,500 but today, almost two decades later, it is believed to be worth around $900,0000.
15 Babe Ruth's 1934 World Tour Uniform
Babe Ruth memorabilia is some of the most expensive in the world, so readers shouldn't be surprised to see his name on this list a number of times. This entry covers the full uniform that he wore as part of the MLB world tour back in 1934.
This is seen as an iconic collector's item because this was the last year that Ruth played for the New York Yankees which could explain why this uniform was bought at auction back in 2005 for $771,500 but it's now estimated to be worth around $950,000, which makes it the most expensive baseball uniform in the world.
14 Hank Aaron's 755th Home Run Ball
Baseball memorabilia has become a huge market over the past century but Hank Aaron's name is only a small part of it. Aaron stepped into the game years after Babe Ruth stepped aside, but he wrote his name in the history books when he hit his 755th home run more than 40 years ago in a game where Milwaukee hosted California.
The ball from this home run was recovered and after getting Aaron to sign it, the groundskeeper auctioned it off. The ball was sold for an impressive $650,000 back in 1999 which means that the ball would be worth more than $1 million today.
13 Muhammed Ali's Boxing Gloves
Muhammed Ali will always be seen as one of the greatest boxers of all time and one of the matches that created this reputation for the former WBC Heavyweight Champion was his 1965 Championship bout with Floyd Patterson.
This match that was just Ali's second title fight and one that showed the disdain both men had with the other throughout the build up.
Ali won the match with Patterson, but the boxing gloves from one of his most iconic fights became the most expensive piece of boxing history back in 2012 when Lorenzo Fertitta paid $1,100,000 at an auction in Las Vegas.
12 Babe Ruth's 1932 "Shot In The Dark" Jersey
There is a reason that Babe Ruth is regarded so highly in baseball history, one of the best-known stories about the legend revolves around the game between the New York Yankees and The Chicago Cubs back in 1932. Ruth stepped up and appeared to have called his shot before he took it and impressively was spot on.
This was his 15th home run that season and a much-needed run for the Yankees since the score was tied at 4-4, which could be why the shirt was sold for $940,000 at auction back in 2005, which is estimated to be around $1.17 million today.
11 Paul Henderson's 1972 Jersey
Back in 1972, the Soviet Union rose to the challenge of Canada's very best in an eight-game series that later became known as The Summit Series. It was as part of this series that Paul Henderson was able to score three game-winning goals for Canada, including the series winner in Game 8, a feat that has since seen his name cemented in hockey folk law.
His game-worn jersey from this incredible series went under the hammer back in 2010 in Montreal, Canada and shockingly sold for an incredible $1.2 million which makes this the most expensive solo piece of hockey merchandise in the history of the sport.
10 1952 Mickey Mantle Baseball Card
1952 was Mickey Mantle's first full season with the New York Yankees and it was quite a season for the star who registered 23 home runs and 94 runs overall.
While this is not seen as the most expensive baseball card in history, it was a card that was kept in fantastic condition and was graded at 8.5 out of 10 by a Professional Sports Authenticator when it came to auction.
In November 2016, the card was finally sold for $1.3 million and is only the second card in history to be able to fetch more than $1 million at auction.
9 Sheffield FC's Rules, Regulations, And Laws
Football has become the most popular sport in the United Kingdom and even though the Football League was officially founded back in 1888, it appears that there are a number of pieces of merchandise that are older than this date.
Sheffield's Rules and Regulations booklet is thought to be the oldest and the first official rules and laws of football that were ever drafted, so it's no surprise that the document raised more than $1.2 million at auction back in 2011. Interestingly, the sale was made in New York City, rather than the UK where many fans would have expected.
8 Babe Ruth's 1919 Contract
When Babe Ruth signed with the New York Yankees back in 1919, the five-page contract stated that Boston Red Sox had decided to sell the legend to the Yankees and it is now one of the most iconic pieces of memorabilia.
This was the beginning of a fantastic career in New York for Ruth, who only continued to achieve greatness, while it was heartbreaking news for Boston Red Sox who were already aware of Ruth's legendary status.
Unfortunately, owner Harry Frazee was short on money and sold Ruth for $125,000.
The contract was sold at auction back in 2005 for $996,000 or $1.24 million in today's climate.
7 Babe Ruth's First Home Run Bat At Yankee Stadium
Babe Ruth's first home run at Yankee's Stadium signaled the beginning of an iconic career for one of the best baseball players in the history of the sport, but it also helped the New York Yankees win the World Series back in 1923.
This was the same season that Ruth's former team, the Boston Red Sox finished last.
This iconic bat hit the auction stand back in 2004 along with a number of other baseball items in a sale called "The Babes come home" and was sold to a company in Chicago for $1.265 million, which is now estimated to be worth around $1.6 million.
6 Mark McGwire's 70th Home Run Ball
Mark McGwire may have been involved in a number of scandals since his career came to an end, but back in 1998 he scored a record 70 home runs in a season and the ball from his last run was then saved and actioned off the following year.
Incredibly, this is one of the most recent pieces of merchandise and it's been able to collect more than $3 million. McWire has the unique distinction of being the fastest player to hit 500 home runs and the best at-bats per home run ratio in baseball history which makes him a legend of the sport.
5 Honus Wagner Baseball Card
Honus Wagner became the most valuable baseball card in the world back in 2016 when his 1909 card sold at auction for $3.12 million. Wagner was reported to have disagreed with the promotion of cigarettes on baseball cards at that time, so there weren't many of his card in circulation which made it a rare card to begin with, which could be why more than 100 years later, this is considered to be the holy grail of cards.
Whilst there are many collectors who boast hundreds of baseball cards, there are only a handful who own the most expensive card in the world.
4 Rules of Baseball
The rules of Baseball were reportedly written out back in 1856 and were produced by Daniel Lucius Adams (who was nicknamed "Doc") and it outlines the main rules of the sport including the weight that the ball needs to be and the positions where the bases need to be.
When the document was sold, it became one of the most expensive documents in the world and was able to bypass Babe Ruth's 1919 Yankees contract.
This document went to auction back in April 2016 and was titled "The Laws of Baseball" interestingly it was bought by an anonymous bidder for $3.26 million.
3 The Rules of Basketball
In 1891, the rules of basketball were written out by James Naismith and somehow the original document has survived for more than a century and remained in decent condition. The document went into auction in New York City back in 2010 and sold for an incredible $4.3 million.
Lawrence High and Kansas University graduate David Booth both felt so strongly that the two-page document that states the 13 original rules of the now globally recognizable sport should stay on the campus that they made the decision to pay almost $5 million to ensure the historic piece of paper didn't leave their location.
2 Babe Ruth's 1920s Jersey
The oldest known jersey that was worn by New York Yankees legend Babe Ruth sold back in 2012 for a staggering $4.4 million.
Ruth's merchandise has always been seen as a high seller at auction, but this jersey is reported to be the most expensive solo piece of sports memorabilia that doesn't have an engine in history.
Ruth's career spanned more than 22 seasons in the MLB from 1914 to 1935 and this jersey is from the 1920 season the year he first signed for the Yankees and set a record for home runs scored in one month with 13 and 54 home runs in his first season.
1 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO
The most expensive piece of sports history in the world is shockingly the 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO, a car that was driven by Ernesto Prinoth, Henri Oreiller, Jo Schlesser, Paolo Colombo, and Fabrizio Violati during the GT racing series in the 1960s.
The car's original retail price was $18,000 when it was first released in the 1960s but it later broke the world record as the most expensive car ever sold when it was bought for $38 million at auction back in 2015. Interestingly, this isn't just Ferrari's most expensive model, but it is also now seen as the most expensive car in the world.


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Although the tender for communication of the fourth generation 4G (LTE) has already been awarded, Ukraine will have fully-fledged coverage no sooner than in four years. Innovation House has found out what are the reasons of such delay and who will be the first to take advantage of high-speed internet connection.
Widespread access to high-speed internet is the prerequisite for digital economy development. Mobile Internet is one of the ways to ensure this access.
On Wednesday, January 31, the first licensing auction for 4G (LTE) communication was held. According to various estimates, this communication generation will "speed up" the mobile internet in the country by a factor of 5-7.
What's the price?
All three major mobile communication operators – lifecell, Kyivstar, and Vodafone – have got radio frequency bands within the range of 2.5 to 2.6 GHz, having paid for them a total of UAH 2.456 bln ($88.335 mln).
According to Oleksandr Zhyvotovskiy, Chairman of the National Commission for the State Regulation of Communication and Information, this is UAH 169 mln ($6.08 mln) more than the initial amount expected to be raised by the state.
lifecell has won the most expensive lot that included 2540-2545 MHz, 2565-2670/2660-2665 MHz, 2865-2690 MHz bands. Moreover, operator has offered unexpectedly highl price – UAH 601.6 mln ($21.655 mln), while the starting price was UAH 572 mln ($20.593 mln) only. Vodafone that was up for this lot too, chose not to raise the stake. The second lot consisting of 2535-2540/2655-2660 MHz bands was also won by lifecell company, having paid UAH 307.65 mln ($11.076 mln) for it. Thus, lifecell has spent UAH 909.25 mln ($31.669 mln) for 15 MHz bands.
Ismet Yazici, CEO of lifecell, was pleased with this price and in a conversation with the journalist of Innovation House he emphasized that the offer made by lifecell is an contribution to national budget. Andrey Lebedev, Manager of Strategy & New Business Development Division at lifecell, was on the air of Hromadske Radio and said that in the near future the company will invest $150 mln to build the network.
Kyivstar took three lots of 15 MHz bands of 2530-2535/2650-2655 MHz, 2525-2530/2645-2650 MHz, and 2520-2525/2640-2645 MHz having paid for them UAH 916.3 mln ($32.864 mln).
Vodafone got two lots only of 2510-2515/2630-2635 MHz and 2515-2520/2635-2640 MHz. The starting price for these two lots was UAH 286 mln ($10.282 mln) and Vodafone had no intention to raise it.
However, Peter Chernyshov, CEO of Kyivstar, started to raise stakes, realizing that Vodafone will be forced to increase amount, since otherwise operator would be almost without frequency bands. As a result, Vodafone had nothing to do but to pay UAH 345 mln ($12.368 mln) for one of the lots. The second lot was bought by it at initial price. Thus, the operator has paid a total of UAH 631 mln ($22.67 mln) for 10 MHz band.
Tops and roots
Frequency bands are the basic resource for mobile operators. The one, who has more of them, may establish better coverage and may render more qualitative services. Therefore, all operators have expressed interest in this tender. Though, bands that were offered this time make it impossible to deploy carpet coverage throughout Ukraine. After all, the higher the range, the less coverage base station may ensure, the more these base stations are needed, and the higher costs would be.
"We need 2600 MHz band. But it is auxiliary. I see no burning need in wasting big money on it," – Oleg Prozhivalsky, Director of Corporate Governance & Control at Vodafone-Ukraine, said.
The ultimate fight will be for other band ranges.
Namely, for 1800 MHz, where 2G connection is currently working. It will be auctioned this spring,
In an interview with Innovation House, Dmitry Shimkiv, Deputy Head of the Administration of the President of Ukraine, said that the state is expecting to raise UAH 4 bln ($143.8 mln).
Yet another so-called "digital dividend" exists – low frequencies (700-800 MHz). They are currently occupied by analog television. Operators hope that in 2 to 3 years the regulatory authority will make them available for the use. "This band range is future-oriented, and experience has shown that most money were paid for them in Europe," – Oleg Prozhivalsky said.
Terms of 4G-license stipulate that during the first year operators shall cover the regional centers, inhabited localities with the population more than 10,000 people shall be covered during the four year period.
The frequencies that were shared by the operators through this competition allows them to render 4G services in large cities in this April already. Their assessment is that by March 15 all the formal procedures related to this competition will be completed, inclusive of settlements. When this is done, test period will be commenced. "In other words, at first, we will grant test access. Most likely that during the initial period 4G will be free of charge. Perhaps, during the adjusting processes, the network will work not as smoothly as everyone would like it to be," – Peter Chernyshov, CEO of Kyivstar, said.
According to him, the first 4G will be deployed in Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa, Kharkiv, and Dnipro cities. "But there will be other not so big cities as well. We will do something nice for people. It would be cities, where the large number of smartphones is used," – added he. As of today, about 17% of Kyivstar's mobile phone subscribers have 4G-compatible smartphones.
Operators cannot now say how 4G tariffs will differ from 3G tariffs, but they promise to refrain from "sudden movements".
"It is clear that we will need to recoup our investments, and to do this we will be forced to make out subscribers pay. But this will take several years rather than one year or one month. Therefore, there will be no sharp increases in tariffs," – Peter Chernyshov promised.


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I'm currently working with a client who began his career as a Chef. Frank (not his real name) loved working in the kitchen and making his guests happy. About five years ago, he stretched his skill set by becoming an Executive Chef. Rather than running the kitchen, he took on the role of managing business operations. In this role, Frank's first concerns were budgets and profitability. Rather than cooking, he now coaches chefs and unit managers to make them more conscious of business goals. Frank now makes more money and feels more challenged by his work. He remains dedicated to providing his guests with the best quality of food, but now he does so as an operations leader, not the person behind the stove.
A few years ago, one of my clients was a successful mechanical engineer. Joe (not his real name) was assigned to projects across the U.S. based on his ability to redesign products and systems. Joe's manager came to him one day and asked if he was interested in becoming a Product Manager. Like Frank, Joe had to learn new skills quickly. He began to meet with customers to learn what they needed in new products. He now had to consider what components and raw materials would cost. Joe began to create budgets and forecasts. He continued to use the technical skills he learned as an engineer, but he added a new understanding of business, including purchasing and marketing.
We often think of career changes as big moves, the police officer who becomes a sales person. In many cases, career change is an evolution. By picking up new duties and being open to new challenges, it is possible to find a new career with less stress. Look for ways to do more at your current job. Volunteer for special projects. A new career could be just around the corner.


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In my racially diverse circle of friends, the news that the Rev. Al Sharpton and S.C.'s former senior senior senator Strom Thurmond might be kin was greeted with reactions varying from snickering to derision to eye-rolling to, "Every time this damn state is in the news it's for somethin' stupid!" to outright disbelief to finally one extended side-grabbing-fall-on-the-floor belly laugh.
While visiting the plantation in Edgefield, S.C. where Julia Thurmond lived and owned his forefathers, Sharpton was given a horseshoe found in the slave quarters by the current property owner and told the Associated Press that all African-Americans should investigate family history despite "the ugly things it might reveal."
"As painful as it is, it's good that it comes out so we can deal with it," said Sharpton.
Sharpton also said he'd submit to DNA testing to see if there was a blood link between himself and the Thurmonds.
Well, this prompted a response from Strom's eldest child, Essie Mae Washington-Williams. For those of y'all who just moved here from Ohio, Essie Mae is the daughter of Strom and Carrie Butler, an African-American maid in Thurmond's parents home.
Washington-Williams was raised in Pennsylvania by an aunt and uncle and did not know who her father was until her mother took her to meet Thurmond, then a judge, in 1941, when she was 16 years old.
Thurmond never publicly acknowledged his daughter, but supported her financially through S.C. State University and throughout her adult life in California. Her name is listed with Strom's children from his second marriage on a monument to him that stands on the S.C. Statehouse grounds.
Anyhoo, Washington-Williams addressed reporters at a book signing at the Columbia Marriott Hotel on Feb. 27 and had plenty to say about the Reverend's beating-o'-breast and rending-o'-shirt concerning his parentage (real and imagined).
She said in The State, "He's been on TV constantly saying many negative things that [Thurmond] did, and to me, that was an overreaction ... But because Strom Thurmond had been a public figure, a person who spoke out, I think that's why he felt so strongly about him."
Although he never apologized for his public past, Strom Thurmond modified his positions on race because he was smart enough to recognize the prevailing political winds for what they were.
Sharpton responded, "She has a right to disagree."
Uh, Al, howzabout she has the moral authority to disagree with you?
Washington-Williams also said that if DNA testing proved a blood tie, she had no idea what the Thurmond family's reaction would be, "I have no control over that ... 'Welcome to the fold'."
Sharpton told The State that his situation was much different from Washington-Williams, "One grew out of a relationship that was personal and private and one that is ownership."
Uh-huh -- just what in tarnation is that supposed to mean, Al?
It seems to me that Sharpton is more interested in renewing his celebrity meal ticket than he is in learning about "who we are" and why the abiding legacy of cruelty that is peculiar to the slavery continues to color race relations in South Carolina in particular and the rest of the country at large.
Pouring gasoline on the fire of racism is how the Sharpton has defined his public life and he doesn't apologize for it any more than Strom Thurmond ever did.
South Carolina has enough real problems without this opportunist showing up and inventing yet another controversy without first checking the record.
Go back to New York, Al!


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Precision Planting Winter Conference 2019: Measure and React, Agronomic Focus, & More
When we think of the areas and cities and regions that ag technology innovations are currently being spun out of, we tend to think of places like Silicon Valley, Boston (a lot of IoT innovation comes out of the East Coast), and maybe the Pacific Northwest and a place like Seattle, where as I type this up the rest of our editorial team from PrecisionAg.com and Meister's Global Precision Initiative (GPI) at large is putting a bow on our third annual Vision Conference.
My point?
The Morton, IL, area (about 2.5 hours south of Chicago, due east of Peoria) is not your typical ag tech incubator-type region. It's a bit more Krispy Kreme than kale and kombucha, if you catch my drift 😉
And yet, with Greg Sauder's Yield Center 360 headquartered a stone's throw south of I-74 in Morton Township, and agronomically-focused aftermarket equipment innovator Precision Planting a mere 10 miles to the south, off I-155 in Tremont, one could argue that this sleepy, Midwest Cowtown-area is putting out, per-capita, more ag tech innovation than perhaps any other spot in the lower 48.
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Precision Planting's (PP) annual Winter Conference is what brought me to a frozen, snow-choked Central Illinois this past week. Admittedly, I had never been to a PP event, but I'd heard good things.
First, I would be remiss if I did not applaud the overall production value of the event, what with being a member of the media and therefore a total sucker for flashy, splashy presentations (Hey, you sit through years of droning hotel conference room PowerPoints and you'll appreciate a few strobe lights and some production value, OK?). Halfway through the opening remarks I half-expected a black mock turtlenecked Steve Jobs to come jogging on stage and start expounding on the potential of precision ag tech, but i digress…
General Manager Justin Kaufmann kicked things off for the day, welcoming the winter-weary crowd of growers and Precision Planting dealers and outlining the day's loose theme of "Measure and Adjust."
"This is really, as we go out and make decisions, we have to start with good measurement," he told the assembled crowd as they snacked on coffee and donuts to shake off the mid-January morning cobwebs. "When we have good measurement, we can go out and we can make better decisions. And of course, we all know one measurement that really matters every year, and that's yield."
The main news of the day was the launch of two new planter-add on products, FurrowForce, a row-closing system for planters that utilizes a sensor to automate control, and SmartDepth, another sensor-based innovation that allows planting depth control and changes right from the cab, replacing the old T-handle that an operator had to manually adjust after stopping the tractor and jumping out of the cab, with an electric drive motor. Additionally, a new 20/20 Connect Mobile App, and software updates that bring WiFi connectivity and over-the-air updates to the 20/20 display, were also announced.
FurrowForce takes what has been historically a single stage process (closing wheels pinch soil together and BAM! Furrow closed) and takes it multi-stage, instead of pinching the top layer of soil PP's new dual notch closing wheels gently move soils inward before actually "stitching" the top of the furrow together in a way that actually maintains moisture better, according to the company.
"Closing a seed trench, it seems like an extremely simple process on the surface when in actuality it is a very complex process with multiple variables that we can't control," says Matt Bennett, region manager sales lead.
FurrowForce 2018 beta-test plot results showed a nearly eight bushel per acre yield bump in what the company characterized a "challenging no-till system."
SmartDepth, meanwhile, is a rather interesting new product, in that when combined with the company's critically-acclaimed SmartFirmer seed trench sensing seed firmer, a planter can adjust it's planting depth automatically, on the fly, based on readings from the SmartFirmer on in-furrow conditions like soil temperature, moisture, and organic matter. The operator sets up both the minimum and maximum seeding depth targets in the 20/20 monitor (based, again, on data from the SeedFirmer readings), as well as the target moisture percentage the grower was looking to plant into (in many cases SmartDepth will auto adjust to locate 30% moisture), and now you have a smart planter that can automatically seek out the most ideal areas of the field to seed high populations into.
"Moisture-based agronomy" is how marketing manager Bryce Baker coached it, if I am remembering correctly….
"Moisture-based agronomy, I would say, has always been in play," he explains. "For hundreds of years, when growers planted they wanted to 'get into moisture' because that's what it takes to germinate a seed. For us, the real advance came just a few years ago with the Precision Planting SmartFirmer, which gave us the ability to measure moisture as we're planting, as opposed to having to get out of the cab and dig in every field. Now with SmartFirmers they can be on every row of the planter, measuring how much moisture is in that furrow.
"And so, that is truly the sensor and then the measurement is what enables the ability of SmartDepth to change planting depth based on moisture," Baker continues. "A system that just allows a depth change but doesn't really have a sensor to capture measurements (ie data) regarding where the depth should be, that doesn't really give us, or growers, any agronomic benefit. It's a nice feature for ease-of-use, but SmartDepth combines both ease-of-use, I can adjust planting depth directly from the cab, and the capability of that SmartFirmer sensor telling the depth control what moisture to plant into, or what depth to plant into to be at moisture."
My next question for Baker was around corporate strategy than specific to any of the new products launched in Tremont that day. More along the lines of how Precision Planting is bringing automation to every aspect of the planting operation – typically the most time-sensitive activity for a grower in any given year, as well as one of the most labor intense – in order to get growers out of the cab quicker and back to their families, yet never sacrificing performance or precision.
"We focus on agronomy," Baker told me. "Every product has to provide a return-on-investment (ROI) and a payback and make money for the grower over years of use. If products are difficult or complicated to use, if I have to burn way to many calories to understand even how to operate the planter, than we're actually going backwards, because the agronomic benefit is pretty much completely wiped-out by the complexity of the product.
"So we strive to provide a producer – when they're in the cab and they have complete control of their planter and it's easy to interpret the display, it's easy to make adjustments to the automated system – that's where we can save them (customers) time. V-Drive is a perfect example of this, where I'll never have a drive system problem that is mechanical with bearings and chains and sprockets, those types of things, and so I'll never have to fix those things mid-season, and I'll have more time to spend with my family and also get the crop planted."
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Having gotten the gospel straight from the horse's mouth (is that how that saying goes? DERP.), I wanted to speak with someone from Precision Planting's extensive dealer network. Lucky for me, I happened to bump into Owen Gudeman, owner, On Top Precision Ag (Kouts, IN), a Premier Dealer since 2004, just as we were being dismissed for lunch.
I asked Gudeman whether everything we were seeing in Tremont that day – the advanced agronomic research, the agronomically-focused new products – whether by attaching the Precision Planting name to his local dealership brought with it community standing as the local agronomy leader?
"Without a doubt, for sure," Gudeman responds. "Precision (Planting) has always been out in front and answering questions, and if you continue to come to their meetings and listen there's a lot of times you can start to get a direction and understand the direction that they're going to be going in the next couple years. Just like we saw here today with (the debut) FurrowForce, they've been talking about the closing system for what, five to seven years now? Talking about row-closing and making that a priority, and so when they come with a new product it's not just some random shot in the dark, throwing something out there and just seeing if it sticks. It's research-backed and ROI focused, and growers appreciate that. They're looking out for your dollar as a grower."
Another one of my takeaways from the event was just the overall data visualization capabilities that PP's 20/20 Display gives to the operator in the cab. Does the lightbulb just immediately go on when Gudeman and his crew show a grower the 20/20 and all the ways they can interact with and visualize data as they traverse the field?
"It does. The lightbulb goes on, and I'd agree, it's extremely powerful," Gudeman shares. "One of the main beauties of that system is, once you can understand what that screen is telling you – and believe me, at first glance it can look real busy – but when you can settle down and look at it and understand what it's telling you, you can know everything about that planter, and you can know how every row is doing individually, without touching a button. And then it gives you the ability to dive in and go into each row and see…I mean, it's like you're looking at the heartbeat of every planter row unit.
"Having that thing live and in front of you, customers are constantly playing with different speeds or planting depths, things with tillage, and they see how the planter reacts instantly, and they realize that planter they're pulling isn't just a tool, but it's ALIVE," Gudeman says. "And the things that they're doing in the operators seat are making that tool change, and they can do the best job, immediately, and not have to wait until later to look at the data and figure out what they should've done."
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