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On the National Stage ... || 2013 Outdoor || Was a member of the Lions' season-best 4x400, that ran 3:06.21 at Penn Relays ... The foursome won the IC4A title at Penn.
At the Big Ten Championships ... || 2013 Outdoor || Competed in the 400. || 2013 Indoor || Placed 14th in the 600 in his first-career attempt at the event ... Clocked 1:19.23 in the prelims.
Around the Track ... || 2013 Outdoor || Placed eighth in the 400 at the LSU Battle on the Bayou with a lifetime-best 47.44 ... Was also a member of the fourth-place 4x400 at LSU ... Finished second in the 200 at the Jim Thorpe Open. || 2013 Indoor || Was on the winning 4x400 at the Nittany Lion Challenge ... Placed fourth in the 400 at both the Nittany Lion Challenge and Sykes & Sabock Challenge Cup ... Finished eighth in the 200 in his collegiate debut at the Penn State Relays.
Before Penn State ... || High School || Placed fourth in the 400 at the PIAA Outdoor Championships as a senior ... Won District 6 titles in both the 200 and 400 in 2012 ... Ran a 400 PR of 48.49 at the District meet ... Finished fifth in the 400 at the 2012 PTFCA Indoor State Championships ... Clocked a personal-best 21.94 in the 200 to win the West Central Coaches Invitational ... Also won the 400 at the same competition ... Was also the District 6 400 Champion as a junior. || Personal || Son of Steve and Beth Shisler - both former Nittany Lion track and field standouts and school record holders ... Birthday is November 26, 1993.
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Tom Luongo said...
I'm in one of those guilds and BC was brutal on it. I don't see at all where you're coming from. There are those that can and cannot handle progression. The guilds you are describing will likely (and should) give up 25 man raiding for 10 man content. 15 people with alts == Two 10 man raiding groups composed of largely the same group of people and subs based on things like RL scheduling.
The kind of guild you're describing had no business in the 25 man game in the first place. Sry, been there, done that, got the new tabard for my efforts. Now I'm thanking Blizzard for giving us a better option.

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Rotnei Clarke and Kameron Woods scored 17 points apiece, and Andrew Smith posted a double-double to lead Butler past Massachusetts 73-62 Thursday night, snapping a two-game losing streak.
Kyle Marshall added 14 points of 6-of-7 shooting before fouling out. Smith finished with 13 points and 15 boards for Butler (23-7, 10-5 Atlantic 10 Conference), which outrebounded its fifth straight opponent.
Terrell Vinson led UMass (18-10, 8-7) with 17 points.
Penn St. 66, Northwestern 59: Jermaine Marshall and D.J. Newbill each scored 18 points to lead Penn State to a victory over Northwestern.
Penn State (10-19, 2-15 Big Ten), last in the 12-team conference, scored the game's first 12 points, withstood a Northwestern surge, then pulled away in the second half. The Nittany Lions' only other conference win was at home against No. 7 Michigan on Feb. 27.
The Wildcats (13-17, 4-13) have lost seven in a row. Northwestern's Alex Marcotullio scored a career-high 22 point.
Drake 81, Bradley 66: Chris Hines scored 16 points, and Drake defeated Bradley (16-16) in the opener of the Missouri Valley Conference tournament.
The ninth-seeded Bulldogs (15-16) earned a quarterfinal game against regular-season champion Creighton today.
No. 17 South Carolina 77, Alabama 35: Elem Ibiam scored 19 points; Ashley Bruner pulled down 14 rebounds, and South Carolina (24-6) easily defeated Alabama (13-18) in the second round of the Southeastern Conference tournament on Thursday.
Iowa 60, Northwestern 55: Morgan Johnson and Jamie Printy scored 18 points apiece and Iowa defeated Northwestern in the first round of the Big Ten women's tournament.
Bethany Doolittle added 10 points and Samantha Logic grabbed 11 rebounds for the Hawkeyes (20-11), the seventh seed in the tournament. They advance to meet No. 21 Nebraska, the Big Ten's second seed, in today's quarterfinals.
Kendall Hackney led Northwestern (13-17), the No. 10 seed, with 13 points and four steals. Karly Roser scored 11 points, Alex Cohen scored 10 and Dannielle Diamant had a game-high 13 rebounds.
Wisconsin 58, Illinois 57: Morgan Paige scored 18 points, including two free throws with 3 seconds remaining, and 11th-seeded Wisconsin beat Illinois in the first round of the Big Ten tournament.
The Badgers (12-18), who will play Purdue in today's quarterfinals, were 21 of 21 from the free-throw line.
Ivory Crawford led the sixth-seeded Illini (16-13) with 14 points.
Ohio State 58, Minnesota 47: Tayler Hill scored 25 points to help Ohio State (18-12) beat Minnesota (18-13) in the opening round of the Big Ten Conference tournament.
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Rollie on the wrist, let's do this Next To It by Lupe Fiasco (Ft. Ty Dolla $ign)
In addition, when you go up, you need something to support you. For example, if you were on a plane without a floor to support your feet, you would fall out of the sky thanks to gravity. However, Ab-Soul is so high that he is in outer space, far from the reach of gravity. As a result, he doesn't need anything to keep him from falling back down. This ties with the first line in the next verse, where he references comets and planets, both of which are in outer space.
Also, a reed is a thin strip that is attached to the mouthpiece when playing the clarinet.
Jesus Juice is the wine used for Holy Communion. Here, Ab-Soul is saying Lean is his holy drink. It's also a reference to Lupe's track "WWJD He'd Probably LOL Like WTF!!!" from his Friend of the People mixtape.
Also a reference to Ty Dolla Sign's recently released EP, Beach House.
also a reference to how a lot of rappers use rental cars in their videos (he touches on this in the around my way video at 4:05)
Also, none of those are legal names. Like these guys, Lu isn't going to drop his real name.
Sounds a lot like minority report, where people are identified by their eyes
Can be seen as him mocking kendrick's spanish lines on collard greens, implying those lines were similarly gibberish and people were "easily impressed."
Can also be seen as a reference to tic tac toe, implying his old girl is trying to win him back from his new girl.
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It's not just that the penalty is cheaper. The penalty is also predictable several years out. Even if the penalty were somewhat more expensive, many companies would opt for it because they can make their business plans based on it. The cost of insurance might be cheaper now, but there's no way to know how much it would cost several years out.
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All Blacks centre and Hurricanes captain Conrad Smith says rugby's proposed law amendments to be tested later this year are straightforward and should help the game.
The International Rugby Board has approved trials for five proposed rule changes, including limiting the amount of time the ball can sit at the back of a ruck to five seconds.
Another proposed amendment allows kickers just 90 seconds from a try being scored to take the conversion, and there are also changes around quick throw-ins and lineout penalty options.
An extended trial of what the television match official (TMO) can rule on will also begin later this year, and an additional front rower will increase the number of substitutes to eight in the November international window.
Smith says rugby has always been proactive in terms of changing the rules, and although the IRB didn't always get it right, the intention was positive.
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Smith says the extra front row substitute seemed to work well in last year's ITM Cup, and the five-second rule at the ruck would hinder the potential for teams to kill games.
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A recent Friday at 10:01 a.m.: Lured by the intrigue of International Red's powder-pink pimp suit and matching fedora, a small boy at the cable car turnaround was tempted to take a closer look at a set of shiny watches nestled in boxes at the end of the self-proclaimed hustler's outstretched arms. The boy's mother took one look at Red and immediately yanked her son in the other direction. His game is simple: He buys low and tries to sell high, and for 15 years, Red, 59, has been honing his sales pitch. He walks the sidewalks — sometimes as much as 12 hours a day - looking for that one person who needs a watch today. "You have to look the part, first of all. You have to have style and swagger," he said. "Personality has a lot to do with it too." Despite his efforts today, business is slow, and after three hours he's sold only one watch. "It not like you make a lot of money, but it's safe. You're not going to go to jail or have someone get mad at you," he said.
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Breach of Peace (Freedom Riders site launch)
In the spring and summer of 1961, several hundred brave Americans—the Freedom Riders—entered Southern bus and train stations to challenge their segregated waiting rooms, lunch counters, and bathrooms.
Breach of Peace is a new book, and website, that honors their courage and attempts to tell their story—a "photo-history told in images old and new."
Author Eric Etheridge traveled America meeting, interviewing, and photographing surviving Freedom Riders, usually in their homes. The initial result of his three years of work and research is a compelling book of portraits and stories, now available for pre-order. (I've read the galleys.)
A tremendous amount of material did not fit into the book. The website will document those additional facts and stories.
Presently, during its soft launch, the site is limited to a blog, but already the blog is compelling. Read Barnett to Kunstler: What If Your Daughter Married One? and you'll see what I mean.
Although it documents some of the vilest aspects of American racism, the website is primarily a tribute to the courage of several hundred Americans, black and white, male and female, who defied the prejudice of their time, risking their freedom and lives to advance the cause of justice.
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Lisa Firke said on 18 April 2008 at 1:45 pm:
Wow. Some powerful stories there. Great that they are getting the attention they deserve.
Don Ulrich said on 18 April 2008 at 3:33 pm:
The Kunstler piece reminded me that all of us live with racism
everyday. Everyday we need freedom riders. When I look at children I ask myself how we can instruct by example to be
tolerant and except people for who they are. At the office
exists a big poster in Helvecta. It reads "We are color blind"
Michael Newton said on 18 April 2008 at 9:52 pm:
Speaking as a 30-something white guy living in western Canada, I don't think it's easy to appreciate the risks taken and the sacrifices made by those involved in the civil rights movement. We just don't have too many black people here compared to the US, and most are recent immigrants or first-generation Canadians. Of course we know about MLK, and that there were (are) some "good old boys" causing problems for blacks. But I just learned about the "freedom riders" and other civil rights pioneers last year watching PBS' American Experience and was amazed by their stories. More shocking is that all this happened only 45 years ago!
Warshaw said on 20 April 2008 at 4:57 pm:
What a great website. I hope you don't find this upsetting, but I find myself a much bigger fan of your site when the posts aren't related to web design and development. It's no fault of yours, of course; I just don't like the goons that show up with the Holy Book of Standards trying to tell you what a heretic you are.
Warshaw said on 20 April 2008 at 4:58 pm:
Btw, the "great website" I refer to is the one that you link to. But yours is ok, too. :-)
Fran said on 21 April 2008 at 9:02 am:
Don Ulrich- You are so right! I love the sign. I am 60 yr old "white woman". Never considered my self prejudiced in any way (even marched a little). When my middle daughter had the most beuatiful bi-racial daughter, I realized I had not been color blind. Color in fact was most often the first thing I noticed about a person. Not that I thought that person less than me just that I noticed.
If asked, " Which girl was it? I would have replied the black girl. After my grandaughter I say "You know that one with the great smile, sits in the third cubicle" or "You know that snotty girl in the fourth cubicle.' In other words skin color means no more than hair or eye color it just is what it is.
krystyn said on 21 April 2008 at 9:26 am:
Reading Michael's response — specifically "More shocking is that all this happened only 45 years ago!" — strikes a chord with me. Sure, things have come a long way, but there's still a lot of work to be done in the United States.
Living in the South, I've come across my share of "good old boys" in the corporate environment — and I've witnessed the real, modern day slavery of a Rwandan genocide survivor in the North.
I keep telling myself that people will become more accepting over time, and I long for the day when I can look back on it all and think "Wow, people were so narrow-minded and barbaric back then."
Hats off to this website for bringing such a difficult topic out of the shadows.
Ken Nickless said on 22 April 2008 at 1:24 am:
Great read and the new Breach of Peace site can only get better. Although not from the USA your story reminded me very much about the state of South Africa in the late sixties when I visited it with a black Fijian friend of mine. Myself coming from a country (England) that didn't have these problems in the sixties I can't tell you how horrified I was the way my friend was treated.
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Dwight Howard may have a new home with the Houston Rockets but 2013 NBA free agency is still in full swing. The latest piece of news surrounding free agency comes from Denver where the Denver Nuggets have agreed to terms with J.J. Hickson.
Yahoo! Sports Adrian Wojnarowski had the news first on Twitter:
After playing out of position a year ago with the Portland Trailblazers Hickson was thought to have a nice market his offseason considering he's only 24 years old. Rotoworld has the full scoop on the signing:
He was a pleasant surprise for the Blazers last season, but Portland went out and acquired Robin Lopez and Thomas Robinson on the cheap, which meant Hickson was likely on his way out. Hickson has played in uptempo offenses before the Sacramento and he'll likely be doing the same in Denver. He should be splitting time with the unpredictable JaVale McGee and won't have the amount of fantasy value he had last season
Denver managed to surprise last season but could once again in 2013 with smart moves like this one. Hickson has the talent to make hefty contributions off the bench if the Nuggets actually use him properly.
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PHOENIX -- The Arizona Diamondbacks say reliever David Hernandez has a damaged ligament in his right elbow, an injury that could result in season-ending surgery.
The team said an MRI on Thursday showed a damaged ulnar collateral ligament and that Hernandez will get a second opinion.
The right-hander is an important part of the Arizona reliever corps, usually in the setup role. He had an off year last season, going 5-6 in 62 appearances with a 4.48 ERA and two saves in eight tries. In 2012, Hernandez was 2-3 with a 2.50 ERA in 72 appearances.
The Diamondbacks already lost All-Star Patrick Corbin for the season. He underwent surgery to repair a partially torn ulnar collateral ligament.
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Most Women Feel that Having Women in Positions of Leadership is Important in Considering a Prospective Employer
Equal pay, more visible female leadership and more family-friendly work policies are among the most beneficial ways in which companies can help women advance, according to male and female respondents to the latest Randstad US Employee Engagement Index study.
- When asked about the top ways in which their company can best help women advance to leadership levels, not surprisingly, equal pay was cited most often among women (49%) and men (37%).
- Having more women in leadership positions was the second most cited (named by 34% of women and 31% of men).
- More family-friendly work policies was the third most cited overall, selected by 31 percent of women and 26 percent of men.
- The fourth way was more leadership development programs for women, named almost equally by women and men (25% and 24%, respectively).
- Men and women differed significantly on their opinions on number five on the list, with 28 percent of women and just 20 percent of men noting that greater flexibility in terms of scheduling/telecommuting would help in the advancement of women.
The study also found that 67 percent of total respondents strongly/somewhat agree with the statement, "By 2020, I expect there to be many more women in leadership positions in my company or organization." Additionally, more than three-quarters (76%) of women feel whether a company "has women in positions of leadership" is important when considering taking a position with a new company.
"With nearly one billion women poised to enter the global economy in the coming decade, and representing the majority of college and advanced degree holders, employers will be increasingly reliant upon women in the workplace to drive innovation and corporate success," said Lisa Crawford, senior vice president, Randstad US. "In order to compete in the growing war for female talent in the years ahead, companies that encourage the development and attainment of leadership positions equitably will be well-positioned in their recruitment efforts. The pursuit of leadership rank is a universal aspiration, and therefore organizations that help their workforce achieve those goals, regardless of gender, will emerge successful."
Women and men surveyed by Randstad US weighed in on a variety of topics related to employee engagement and women in the workplace. Other relevant findings included:
- Women are Less Likely to be Considering a Job Change
According to Randstad's Q3 2013 Engagement Study, in the next 6 months, 42 percent of men compared to 34 percent of women are likely to seek out a job in a different company, and 48 percent of men compared to 40 percent of women are likely to give a lot of consideration to a job offer.
- Women are Optimistic about Opportunities for Growth with Their Employers
Only 46 percent of women expect- to have to switch employers to grow their careers, compared to 56 percent of men.
As one of the world's largest staffing organizations and the third largest in the United States, Randstad US is committed to elevating the conversation around women and work. The company regularly creates and curates content on its Women Powering Business blog and convenes live conversations about women in leadership through its Women Powering Business initiative, including upcoming events in San Francisco (November 12) and Boston (November 14). Randstad Technologies is also partnering with CIO's Executive Council to host events focused on women in technology careers in Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago and Dallas.
Randstad US recently launched an Inspiring Women in Our Lives contest on Facebook, focused on recognizing the women who are prevailing challenges, overcoming obstacles, and breaking barriers at home, in the office and in their communities.
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The Randstad Engagement Index is comprised of findings from quarterly waves of research targeting employees and annual surveys of employers. The eighth wave of findings was conducted online between September 19 and October 4, 2013 from a national sample of 2,033 adults aged 18 and older who are currently employed full time from Ipsos' U.S. online panel.
Weighting was used to balance demographics and ensure samples reflect the U.S. population of working adults.
Employees and employers were surveyed to compare notable differences in perceptions and attitudes. Multiple waves of research allow for trending and to track changes in perceptions and attitudes over time. Research into employee attitudes and perceptions will be conducted quarterly. Research into employer attitudes and perceptions will be conducted on an annual basis.


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10 ways to optimize and monetize your social media strategy in 2013, and sell books.
First of all, thanks everyone for reading my posts - apparently one of my posts was the most read on Futurebook this year, amazing! No surprise that the post was about improving online book sales - it says a lot about the current climate we're in and the tough battles that many publishers are facing, big or small. The post in question has since been translated into Italian and Spanish and repurposed across the web. It brought me loads of interesting connections on Linkedin as well as many people trying desperately to sell me eBook conversion and guaranteed number 1 SEO services. Thanks to the Futurebook team for providing the platform: it's a great initiative.
I thought I'd finish up what has been a quite dramatic year for our industry with a look at how to monetise social media. I know this is something everyone is grappling with. 2013 should be the year you question the ROI your social activity is generating.
Almost every publisher now has a social media presence of some form. If your company doesn't you probably aren't even reading this article. So hopefully I'm preaching to the converted.
1. What are you known for?
It's a simple question. Think about all the brands, people and pages that you follow on your personal Facebook account. The likelihood is that those that appear in your feed (ignoring Edgerank) and you haven't culled, offer you something specific, whether it's *hilarious* cats, amazing photos, deals (zzz), travel inspiration, comedy or something different. Most other brands in your feed you'll have liked to enter a competition or similar and haven't yet unliked. You should interrogate your own strategy to ensure it achieves specific goals and that you become known for something and most importantly, valued. There's a place for the general brand offering but you still need to define what people expect from you and then deliver on it repeatedly. Don't just make your strategy about giveaways.
2. Pick your battles.
Don't use your brand channel to try and sell every book you publish. Use it tactically and sparingly or you'll lose your effectiveness. Remember you are operating in a social environment, not a commercial one, and sensitivity to that is crucial. Resist the urge to promote every book you publish unless it's something that will be really popular to your fans and followers. For example, if you are going to do a special promo on a book that you think is highly relevant to the majority of your audience, promote that. Give your social followers the inside info and tell them first, they'll appreciate it.
3. Data, data, data.
Email marketing is not dead. At all. You need data. Are you collecting it at every possible opportunity? Are you creating 'anticipation lists' for new releases? Are you asking people to sign up to be the first? Are you adding that opt-in box when you run competitions? If someone tells you there isn't an opportunity to capture data in their campaign, they are mistaken.
4. Put a value on data.
For all the reasons above. Set a CPA (cost per acquisition) rate for all the data you accumulate. Give the work some value. Set your social media execs some mock-financial data targets with incentives and bonuses just like you would with sales people.
5. Identify your advocates
We all need brand advocates. These are the people who always like your posts, retweet you or comment on your blog. Identify who these people are and engage with them. They will likely have big circles of friends and contacts and have large spheres of influence. Create special groups just for them. Build 'insider' campaigns for them. They will do your marketing for you if you nurture them properly.
6. Don't spend big.
Some of the worst social media activity is also the most expensive. With cool new tools like Tiger Pistol coming on to the scene, social doesn't need to be expensive. Be confident to knock back that $25K agency proposal to build and run that epic social campaign. I guarantee you can achieve the same results with available tools and a bit of design resource.
7. Analyse and interrogate.
Too often in publishing we just look forward and not back. Social is the ultimate example because it moves so quickly. Your campaign will come and go in a flash. But January is a great time to look back and see what worked in the last 12 months and, more importantly, what didn't. Analyse everything: What post structures were successful? How did you get the most likes and retweets? What were you doing during those audience growth spikes? Report on it and learn from the failures.
8. Identify your conversion funnel and set an end objective.
You can do this for every piece of activity you do. Even a harmless tweet can have a conversion objective. Do you just want X number of people to see it? Do you want a certain number of RTs? Do you want email sign-ups? These goals give you measurable ROI and, again, if you add a $ value to the activity you can set commercial KPIs for everything you do.
9. Acknowledge social as a part of SEO.
Link-building activity is a priceless way of driving SEO performance. The more your content is shared and the more people link to it, the more relevant and popular Google judges it, thus boosting the search ranking of the web page being shared. Social media provides a quick and easy way to get links out (once you have an audience). If you want to rank for a search term, include social as part of your link-building strategy.
10. Make use of Google Plus, if only for this reason.
Google Plus - finally a use for it! Claim authorship on your content and your author's content. Even just from an SEO perspective this is worthwhile. You know when you do a search and you see someone's pic come up against a content result? That's called 'authorship' and you can essentially link any author to any piece of content they have published on the web and create a strong visual statement in search. Find out how to do it here.
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11. Recognise most of your users are mobile.
It's vital to acknowledge that the experience most people have with your brand or author in the social space will be a mobile one and it's equally important to understand the implications of that on your activity and the types of marketing you engage in. Many Facebook apps for instance won't work on mobile devices. The design of your Twitter page is pretty much irrelevant to mobile users, bar your icon and bio. It all needs to be considered. Understanding the context your user is engaging with you in will help you in optimising your strategy to achieve best ROI. Almost all marketers work on desktops and many invariably don't check their work on mobile devices, even though this is a vital QC step.
12. Make sure your authors are social too.
It's great to have brand followers but the connection between author and fan / follower is much stronger. Almost all of the successes seen in self-publishing ebooks were initially driven by social penetration (and price). As publisher, one of the ways to add value to your authors is to demonstrate a real understanding of social media and to help connect the author to their fans. You can even run the channels for them and build the service into your contracts to offset the cost in time and to ensure you own any data collected. This is yet another way that publishers can mutate their service offering to adapt to the changing landscape.
Have a great Christmas and New Year - fingers crossed those Mayans were wrong....
Inside Information
I used your ideas about providing social followers with inside information, and claiming content on Google +. I'm an author, and I have a lot of content that's not only unclaimed, I haven't even found ways of putting it out there. So thank you.
Social publishing from the inside
Thanks for taking the time to write such a great comment. I'm glad you enjoyed the post. Let me clarify my position on the point you raised about my proposal to reject the advances of expensive social agencies. Firstly, let me say that I believe a great agency partner can be an incredible weapon, although there are a few duds out there. I think my point is more about developing publisher confidence in social and making publishers think hard about skilling up and reconsidering the structure of their marketing teams (I agree with you that as an industry publishing *can* be a little behind the rest of the web in terms of digital marketing skill, but I'd counter and say that there are a few gun marketers in publishing too). I'm not saying for a second that publishers should never work with social agencies, they should and the specialism a good agency can bring is valuable. However, the internet is only going to get more social and developing the in-house skills to be able to concurrently execute multiple streams of social activity, coupled with understanding how that translates to ROI is going to become very important for many businesses. I'd also counter a little by saying that much of the best social marketing I've been part of has been free and hasn't needed an agency.
There will always be a place for the strategic thinking, asset development and campaign-based activty that agencies bring but I firmly believe that publishers need to develop the skills internally to manage social presences for themselves, brands and authors. I think this is an important service for publishers, as content specialists, to be able to bring to the table when working with authors. Audience development is a skill publishers have alwyas had offline, the challenge is to transition that skill to the web.
Putting a value on data - and services
Nick, I enjoyed these points immensely. You sum up succinctly many of the key points that are critical for social media, for monetisation and F-commerce.
I run a Facebook Marketing Agency called Social clay and I felt strongly about two things you mentioned.
The first is putting a value on data: We have mechanisms created internally which allow us to report on the value of Likes, Comments and referrals to eCommerce, but clients often don't allocate their budget effectively to enable this technology. You post taught me that we must put our foot down to ensure clients are measuring - even if this means turning away work where clients say they dont care about data - how can they value the service we provide, without this data?
The second point you raise is "knock back that $25k campaign". This I strongly disagree with. The worst thing that publishers can do is to think for $25k I can buy a year of intern / junior marketing person and they will do it for me. It simple isn't a valid argument and this is the only point where I think you mislead your audience.
An agency (yes yes, such as ours) brings a wealth of experienced partners who between them can call to mind examples of what has worked and what failed in their careers. Planning your campaign to be successful first time is a benefit the intern cannot provide. Moreover, your $25k junior marketing person cannot create a dynamic page tab, a permission app with access to user data or an F-commerce campaign to actually sell books on your Facebook page. An agency like Social clay does this every week.
You should be encouraging the folks in Publishing to use Agencies like ours to catch up with other industries (who are miles ahead in their use of Facebook - mobile communications for example - see Blackberry / Vodafone / O2).
Thank you for the opportunity to join your discussion.
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Krista Searles-Lincoln Elementary Update 5-8-13Wednesday, May 08, 2013
Krista Searles from Coldwater's Lincoln Elementary was in the studio Wednesday for our weekly Elementary Update.
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Krista Searles from Coldwater's Lincoln Elementary was in the studio Wednesday for our weekly Elementary Update.
Paul Bair from the Branch County Relay for Life Committee was in the studio Tuesday with an update on sign-ups for the American Cancer Society's CPS 3 study.
Connie Lange from Michigan State University Extension joined us Tuesday with details on some summer opportunties for your kids.
We talked about the upcoming Business for Breakfast and After Business Hours events for the Branch County Area Chamber of Commerce with Executive Director Jeff Richards Monday morning.
This week's schedule at the H & C Burnside Senior Center in Coldwater.
We discussed school funding and the proposed indigent defense bill with State Senator Bruce Caswell Monday morning.
Thursday morning we chatted with Branch County United Way Executive Director Judy Krzeminski.
We discussed diseases popping up in some plants this spring, with Kent Neitzert In The Garden.
Among the bouts this Saturday night for the Price of Glory wrestling matches at the Eby Klein Youth and Family Center in Cldwater: the final Coldwater area professional appearance for Coldwater's Dan "The Beast" Severn.
During our Delaney in the Morning broadcast Wednesday from the State Capitol, we caught up with Michigan Lt Governor Brian Calley.


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for those who believe that parental leave, for every sex, is good for everyone, it's not yet time to break out the champagne.
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Some have put Elephant's surprise Palme d'Or win at Cannes down to a reaction to the momentous nature of its subject rather than any inherent cinematic achievement; in fact, it's not even a movie movie but was shot for the US cable channel HBO. However, it's not a TV-style true crime exploitation picture but a restless, improvised back-and-forth that would probably be dull (like Van Sant's interminable but similarly handled Gerry) were it not for the foreboding that comes from the fragility of the youths (almost all well above average in looks) and the long following shots as we get time-overlapping snippets of the day of the massacre.
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We see the note-taking and mapping prep for the atrocity, with a chilly sign-off ("The most important thing, have fun"). The massacre isn't sensationalised, with snippets of the action intercut with credible moments of people wandering around not knowing what's going on and living or dying for no fault of their own.
It's deliberately studied, with punctuating shots of the calm sky and long takes that strain patience. In the end, it's basically a statement that this happened and could too easily happen again – undiluted by the editorialising that a conventional picture, or even a Michael Moore documentary, would be compelled to add.
Van Sant's least 'show-offy', most personal, best picture in years (maybe ever), and an honourable attempt at respectfully considering the unbearable.
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LATEST: ISPs accused of blocking Netflix — the mystery solved
On social media and Geekzone, there's been an explosion of complaints from people no longer able to access Netflix (the popular, US-based movie and TV series streaming service).
It's important to note these people aren't file-sharing pirates. They're paying a monthly fee to access Netflix' service. An ISP or local content rights holder messing with this arrangement would be like NBR holding rights to New York Times stories as part of its paywall content, then trying to block people who wanted to subscribe to the Times directly.
Conspiracy theories have been rife.
For example, that Telecom, which recently joined the trend toward unlimited plans and is planning its own movie and TV streaming service, is now "shaping traffic" to throttle Netflix.
A post on the help forum of Unblock-us, a popular piece of software for beating geo-block restrictions on Netflix, fuelled speculation. The help thread (still open) says:
Our Tech Team have been busy carrying out extensive testing on this Netflix US/Canada issue affecting New Zealand customers on some ISP's.
From these tests it has been concluded that it looks like these ISP's or their upstream providers* have implemented traffic shaping, specifically to US based CDN's [content delivery networks].**
Users of Unotelly and other Unblock-us rivals have reported similar problems. So have users of other video streaming services, such as Hulu. (Taking a slightly different tack, using an iTunes US account via an Apple TV unit, I haven't had any problems. But it's a complicated landscape. There are a number of ways to access Netflix; one is via a Netflix app on Apple TV when you're logged in as a US users — and here people have reported problems).
Blogger and technology commentator David Farrar tells NBR, " It would be appalling if any New Zealand ISPs are secretly blocking access to legal websites such as Netflix. Customers pay ISPs so they can access the Internet, not so they can block the Internet. At a minimum any ISP that does block Netflix should tell its customers it is doing so, so they can choose to swap to another ISP.
"However it is important to note that at this stage no information is available on where the blocking is happening, and who is responsible."
"We don't do anything to block Netflix access," Telecom spokesman Richard Llewellyn told NBR last night.
This morning, via Twitter, Telecom's Troy Rawhiti-Forbes. "We don't peer directly with NF [Netflix], so can't comment on root cause. We aren't shaping traffic though." (Peer-to-peer services like BitTorrent, which is often used for piracy are another matter, however. All ISPs routinely shape peer-to-peer traffic when unlimited plans are in play).
Users of other ISPs, including Vodafone and Slingshot, have also had problems accessing Netflix. Other ISPs, including Orcon and Snap, are apparently unaffected.
It's not a case of Slingshot backing away from its controversial Global Mode, which allows geo-block-beating technology to be enabled with a mouse-click. "We have made no changes, but are aware that some customers with Global Mode enabled are reporting issues with Netflix on some devices. We are working on a solution, and will update customers as soon as we can," a Slingshot spokesman tells NBR.
Geekzone blogger Steve Biddle points out another possible cause: Netflix and Hulu taking steps to block foreign users themselves — possibly under pressure from Hollywood (TV and film makers get a cut from foreign users of Netflix and Hulu, but can make more selling to regional distributors).
Last month, TorrentFreak reported Hulu was actively blocking anonymiser services used by those outside the US to access its content. And Netflix has been tightening up access, albeit with the headline aim of stopping domestic subscribers sharing accounts, Bloomberg reports (NBR has a query in with Netflix).
On Geekzone and AdBlock-us help forum, new workarounds are being shared.
The tiresome game of cat-and-mouse continues for those determined to pay for movie and TV content online — but the content of their choice, not a pre-canned Sky TV selection (and don't worry about Sky, it'll be fine as long as it still has a lock on NZ sport).
"At the end of the day it just shows how the industry is stuck in the 1970s with a distribution model revolving around selling the identical product to 100+ times over to individual countries around the world. That simply can't survive."
Change is gonna come. One day, Netflix — or a player of comparable muscle — will set up in NZ. That will turn the market on its head, either through Netflix NZ itself gaining traction, or Sky being nudged into launching a Netflix-style service itself (CEO John Fellet says it's already run the numbers).
* Some in the ISP community have pointed fingers at Level 3 Communications, a US telecommunications company that wholesales and manages bandwidth for ISPs, among other activities.
** About-us' Mer Xiao emailed NBR this morning:
We're still currently working with our customers to investigate the issue (as well as working on an alternative solution in the meanwhile). From what we gathered so far, it may not be the ISPs who blocked Netflix, but their upstream providers. It seems some of ISPs are just as puzzled as we are at the moment.
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It's probably the upstream providers, but it still smacks of serious turf protection and archaic thinking that is anything but customer-focused. So much for a free and open Internet.
Im not seeing any issues from here, my Netflix peering in the US is up and they are still sending data through directly. I did note before they used to send via level 3 in the US which Telecom and Vocus use.
New Zealand ISPs have all agreed to post details about the service they offer in the form of a standardised product disclosure process. Part of that is the requirement that they explain any such throttling, shaping or similar.
Most ISPs that comply with the code now have some kind of explanation, although they vary from the vague "may throttle some file types" through to the more detailed.
I'd encourage customers to contact their ISPs about the issue and get some kind of response from them all. Customers need to know what service they're buying and if ISPs change that service specification, customers should be informed.
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Meanwhile, here in Singapore, my ISP actually provides access to Netflix as a value-add to the S$65monthly unlimited fibre plan...
Of course blame the ISP when you don't know how the service works bypassing Geo unblocking! Nice one
I think you mean 'bypassing geoblocking'? You're right - the people who 'use' this service are doing it in a grey area, but they're also paying for a service. Unfortunately this grey area means there's no-one who can offer support. Rock/hard place etc.
This is what I got from unblock-us.com:
*Katherine Brown* replied:
Hi Stephen,
Thanks for the offer of help.
We've investigated the issue, and we no longer need any more test results.
Here is what we've found :
1. Netflix recently changed the format of URLs for US and Canadian CDN used
for video streaming
2. The affected NZ providers are using transparent caching proxies for the
Netflix CDN range of IP addresses.
They are NOT using these for other IP ranges we tested.
3. The affected NZ providers are using transparent caching proxies that are
set up incorrectly:
- They cache content with "no cache" directive in HTTP header (Pragma:
no-cache & Cache-Control: no-store)
- They ignore query string part of the URL for caching
The combination of 1, 2 and 3 has resulted in the Netflix streaming issue.
Netflix has started using query string part of the URL to request the movie
Since the content is cached incorrectly, the Netflix player tries to get a
fragment of the movie but gets a completely different movie piece from the
proxy and shows the error message.
Affected ISPs have to reconfigure their proxies to:
Take query string into account OR
Respect "no cache" directive OR
Turn them off for Netflix CDN IP range as caching Netflix streaming does
not provide any benefit to the ISP.
We encourage you to send the above to your ISP - as this is how they can
fix the issue. If enough of you speak up - then your ISP might do something
about it.