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Product DescriptionFeaturing a full stretch woven outer shell with moisture management and quick dry properties. Featuring a micro-adjustable elastic waist closure for enhanced fit. Welded stow pocket and front hand pockets.
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User Reviews
Date Reviewed: October 23, 2013
Strengths: bullet proof, super comfy, fully adjustable, wear them to a party chicks dig them and super vented
Weaknesses: price is high but longevity makes them well worth it
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Date Reviewed: December 22, 2008
Strengths: Outer material
Weaknesses: Alot
Bottom Line:
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Duration Product Used: 1 Year
Price Paid: $80.00
Purchased At: Performance
Similar Products Used: Fox Sargent
Bike Setup: Ellsworth Epiphany
Date Reviewed: June 11, 2008
Strengths: Nice looks, good lenght, usefull pockets, durable outer layer, light and extremely quick drying, good chamoix (for me at least)
Weaknesses: Inner shorts too shallow and to tight, logo on the left leg peeled off permanently leaving a hole that could tear further.
Bottom Line:
Very strange inner shorts - shallow, tight and rather low quality.
Chamoix fits me well at 205lbs but that's personal.
Logo on the left leg is sh!t - it peels off leaving you with sharp-edged hole that tears more - I had to get it stiched nicely all the way around and no problems from there.
Will replace the inner pants soon and leave the outers.
I paid nickles by a sellers auction mistake (around $100), they cost $230 here.
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Price Paid: $100.00
Purchased At: allegro
Similar Products Used: Fox Base, berkner ,C'dale, pearl izumi, assos
Bike Setup: SC LT2
Date Reviewed: April 3, 2008
Strengths: Nice outer short. Plenty of pockets. Good ventilation.
Weaknesses: Inner panty is built for women not men.
Waistband strings should go all the way around the short, not board short style.
Bottom Line:
The inner short is worthless as there's no room for the male anatomy. It's as if Fox just placed their women's under short in this shell.
In addition to no volume or "pocket" for your stuff,
the distance from the front of the inner waistband to the inseam is way too short, so the waistband rides just BELOW the pubic bone. I'm supposed to do what...stuff my junk under under my a$$ so I can wear these things?
I only paid $70 for these but still have to go drop another $20 on an inner short built for men. So for $90, I'd say shop elsewhere...unless you're of the female variety.
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Price Paid: $70.00
Purchased At: cambria bike
Similar Products Used: Cannondale. Pearl Izumi.
Bike Setup: n/a
Date Reviewed: April 28, 2007
Strengths: Really nice features super good fit and comfort.
Weaknesses: they fall apart in no time.Not worth the 120 dollars spent on them. the taped zippers tear apart allowing your stuff to fall out of the pocket. the logo on the left leg starts to tear apart from the cloth. all of the rubber tabs tear off the first time you pull on them with little pressure.
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Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid: $120.00
Purchased At: Bicycle Village
Similar Products Used: zoic, oakley.
Date Reviewed: February 11, 2007
Strengths: Seam welding down the centre of the shorts should hold up better than stitching over time, especially in mud.
Good sun protection for your legs.
Very well ventilated. A good warm weather short.
good size hand pockets.
The outer short is good to ride in when used with a belt.
Weaknesses: Waist is supported by adjustable elastic tabs which make the short feel comfy but there is not enough elastic to hold the shorts up, should you dig the nose of the saddle into the rear of them while sliding over the rear. Plan on wearing a belt to hold up these already heavy shorts.
The well ventilated (read thin) inner knicks are showing signs of early wear.
At least inner knicks can be replaced because they are not attatched to the outer short.
The chamois is pretty average and just seems to squash to nothing under my weight.100kgs, (220lbs).
These are VERY long shorts that come well down past your knees. This may give snagging issues to some riders.
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Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid: $140.00
Purchased At: The Freedom Machine
Similar Products Used: Fox High Frequency (00), Fox Mid Ranger (01) good shorts
Bike Setup: 06 Specialized enduro
Date Reviewed: February 9, 2007
Strengths: Light and comfortable. Big pockets. They look like regular shorts. Adjust ability around the waist. Chamois is removable.
Weaknesses: Expensive. Too baggy. All yellow logos have fallen off. Chamois has torn at the seems.
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Duration Product Used: 6 months
Price Paid: $120.00
Purchased At: Foxracing.com
Similar Products Used: fox, pearl izumi, specialized
Date Reviewed: November 7, 2006
Strengths: Very durable yet comfortable and breathable. The pad is very cushy and makes epic rides more enjoyable! They are baggy so you dont look like a dirt rodie! Water proof pockets are great for the cell phone.
Weaknesses: none
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Duration Product Used: 3 months
Price Paid: $70.00
Purchased At: Olympic bikes (tahoe city)
Similar Products Used: dickies
Bike Setup: 04 Kona Coiler
Date Reviewed: September 20, 2006
Strengths: Nicely detailed, good ventilation, great liner. Very comfortable. Good brand image.
Weaknesses: Expensive. Trim started to peel off after 1 wash. Returned to Fox Europe and got a new pair but the trim is peeling off of them before I've ridden in them.
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Price Paid: $135.00
Purchased At: Clive Mitchell, Truro
Similar Products Used: Oakley & Cannondale baggies
Date Reviewed: September 11, 2006
Strengths: light weight, very flexible/stretchy, great ventilation.
deceivingly tough
Weaknesses: none
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The panels are cut in such a manner that they never get hung up on anything... knees/saddle nadda... combine the cut with the stretchy nature of the material and pedal action is as free as wearing the xc race shorts.
There is not an excess of pockets, but, if you are going to be pedaling, you don't want stuff flapping around your legs anyways.
The one zip'd pocket is perfect for car key during your ride. 2 huge same sized pockets in front... 1 alone is enough to swallow a wallet, cell phone, pocket knife and key chain at the pop store on your way home.
I've had a couple of spectacular high speed falls on rocky and cactus strewn landscape, and the shorts are undamaged. For something so light and comfy, I amazed at their toughness.
I believe this is a case of getting what you pay for.
I will be getting another pair.
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Duration Product Used: Less than 1 month
Price Paid: $119.00
Purchased At: performance
Similar Products Used: first baggy short ever used, was totally sold on xc race shorts prior.
Bike Setup: '06 Rocky Mountain Switch minion/highroller tires.
Date Reviewed: June 13, 2006
Strengths: Durable, comfortable, looks good.
Weaknesses: None so far
Bottom Line:
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Price Paid: $120.00
Purchased At: Jenson USA
Date Reviewed: June 1, 2006
Strengths: Quick drying, durable, keeps you cool, and free floating liner.
Weaknesses: None
Bottom Line:
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Price Paid: $60.00
Similar Products Used: Fox High Frequency shorts
Bike Setup: Salsa Moto Rapido, X-9, Race Face Deus Cranks, Egg Beater pedals, Easton EC90 riser bars, Thomson Stem & Post
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That first bite of quiche is always so good. Silky and so perfectly soft. The bit of crust gives just the right buttery crunch. So good. Here are ten recipes we've spotted recently and can't wait to make at home.
• Mushroom and Fontina Quiche from Bon Appétit - Simple and satisfying.
• Cheese and Chile Quiche from Epicurious - Full of roasted poblano chiles and Mexican crema, this quiche has us dreaming of the sun.
• Corn Quiche with Teff Crust from 101 Cookbooks - The corn looks delicious and we're intrigued by the teff flour in the crust!
• Leek and Rice Tart from Food Nouveau - Adding rice to a quiche is such a good idea.
• Mini Brie and Apple Quiches from Eating Well - So fancy!
• Ricotta, Lemon, and Arugula Quiche from Martha Stewart - This one sounds so fresh and light! Perfect for a weekend brunch.
• Smoked Salmon, Dill, and Goat Cheese Quiche from Simply Recipe - This combination of flavors is always a winner.
• Roasted Vegetable Quiche from Use Real Butter - An excellent idea for a weeknight dinner.
• Spinach, Feta, and Tomato Quiche from Vegetarian Times - We love all the Greek flavors in this quiche.
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I'm a REALLY big fan of Tartelette's Bacon & Green Onion Tart/Quiche found over at Design*Sponge. It is sooo tasty.
I like to make a really easy spinach quiche that has a press-in crust. This is easier and much faster than making and rolling out pastry. So then I can serve quiche on a weeknight, easily.
I make a goat cheese, beef bacon and kale quiche that is the household favorite. Love it!
quiche would be one of my (semi)quick weeknight "casseroles" - Grab a pie crust from the freezer (my recipe makes 3 - so the left over ones are reserved for quiche or quick pie later) It's great for using up left over odds and ends, onion? spinach? frozen "crab"? ham? chedder? swiss? goat cheese? go crazy - chop/dice/saute down, throw in shell, pour over the eggs toss in oven. Go move laundry, clean kitchen etc etc etc 45 min later dinner! what's better than that?
My fave quiche is the one my boyfriend makes: Quiche Alsacienne - sooooo yummy!
I love making quiche, because other than the crust, it's really simple! I only ever make leek and asparagus quiche, because I love both asparagus and leeks! I've served this to guests many times and it's always a favorite!
I actually have a quiche in the oven right now. These days I'm making Pain Quotidien's Quiche Lorraine recipe from Smitten Kitchen. It's 1/2 cup heavy cream and 1 cup sour cream. I'd never thought to put sour cream in, it's excellent! It's much lighter and more delicate than all heavy cream.
Asparagus. Hands down.
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The Green Mountain Coffee Roaster Killer
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I'm guilty. I grumble and complain when I fill up my vehicle with gas that costs $3.75 a gallon. I'm still grumbling when I roll through the drive through and order a $4.50 mocha. Despite my complaining about costs, that's the moment when my mood starts to improve for the morning. And I'm far from alone in this morning routine.
What drives us towards our Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) routine? I think the answer can be found 4 years ago when Howard Schultz outlined a 5 point strategy aimed to make Starbucks the most successful coffee house the world has ever seen. Below I'll analyze 3 of the points he emphasized.
Customer Experience
The first goal Shultz put forth was to improve U.S business by focusing on customer experience in stores. Local coffee shops do a great job of providing especially tranquil and warm atmospheres. With this strategy, stores were encouraged to add their own local personality and influence to make their stores more welcoming. Shultz believed getting away from a franchised look was key to future success. I can count on Starbucks employees being excellent at their job and very friendly. I can count on a cozy place to enjoy my coffee and even work temporarily. Sounds easy -- wouldn't competitors simply copy this environment?
Copying Starbucks is easier said than done. It could have been bad luck with my awful experiences at Dunkin' Brands (NASDAQ: DNKN) but I won't be returning anytime soon. Dunkin's coffee doesn't match the quality of coffee, the employees weren't real friendly and the atmosphere wasn't localized or filled with personality.
McDonalds (NYSE: MCD) is a powerhouse of a company, don't get me wrong. Their past success and brand speak for themselves. They even make pretty decent coffee to imitate Starbucks' specialty coffee. All that said, I don't believe they represent a true threat to the Starbucks market because, like Dunkin Donuts, the atmosphere and in-store experience will never compete.
The Starbucks experience is great in every aspect and competitors have had trouble replicating that success. What about out of store products?
Enter Starbucks Verismo
I've already made space on my office desk dedicated to one thing: Starbucks Verismo. Single cup coffee is the fastest growing segment of the coffee market and Starbucks is coming in hot. This is bad news for Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (NASDAQ: GMCR). Since the Verismo announcement GMCR's share price has dropped roughly 25%.
All joking aside, GMCR is the market leader in single cup coffee for a reason. Starbucks will have their work cut out for them, but the Starbucks brand will no doubt make an impact and take market share. Kraft Foods (NASDAQ: KRFT) is also introducing K-Cups through the Maxwell House brand, and that will ramp up competition in the single brew pods. Because the GMCR patent ran out recently, other brands no longer have to license K-cups or pay royalties. I believe this will hurt GMCR's market share and tilt it in favor of the major brand names in coffee.
Reviews for the quality of coffee from Verismo have been very positive thus far. Starbucks has the market covered, in store and out. The Verismo will make an impact and Howard expects their single cup coffee line to be worth a billion dollars in the future. What else did Howard Shultz outline in his strategy?
Howard wanted to slow the pace of U.S. expansion and close underperforming stores to optimize operations. He pumped the brakes by closing nearly 1,000 stores worldwide, 800 in the U.S. This resulted in roughly 19,000 store positions and an additional 1,700 corporate positions being eliminated. That's pretty rough stuff. Has it paid off? Let's view some financials from 2008 to present.
Everything above has improved nicely since 2008, including a quadruple in Net Income and doubled Cash Flow.
Again, everything above has improved nicely since 2008. Margin and RoA has tripled while RoE has more than doubled. Long term debt to capitalization has dropped nearly 40%. In the fourth quarter of 2011, Starbucks reported that comparable store sales rose 9% year over year on 6% increase in foot traffic with an increase in 3% average ticket ring. It's safe to say the strategy to optimize the operations at Starbucks has paid off.
I've covered 2 of his 5 points,and thus far both have proved to be home runs. Next up?
First Seattle, then the World!
Next on the agenda is for Starbucks to conquer the world. Schultz called on the company to accelerate expansion outside the U.S. and drive profit margins higher internationally. You can find a Starbucks nearly anywhere, but Schultz wants the company to focus on certain areas.
China is a target because its single cup market grew 50% last year, and as the wealthy middle class grows that number will continue to rise. Europe, even amidst all its chaos, still consumes insanely more coffee per capita than China, making it a viable target for expansion. Schultz also suggested that Latin America could be lucrative. There are already developed plans for stores in Mexico and Argentina.
Bottom Line
Howard Shultz gets it. He's a CEO with a vision. He's a CEO with a strategy that didn't focus on the next quarter. As a long term investor, that's what I like to see in management.
Look for the Verismo to sell well during the holiday season, and if the cost of coffee drops as expected, Starbucks could be ready for a rebound in stock price. Starbucks has built a global brand and has room left to grow. Since 2008 they've re-energized the brand and built an emotional connection with their consumers. They've managed to do this through in store experience, excellent customer service and quality coffee!
All this success has come without any money being spent on advertising. You can tell me the stock price is overvalued, which is arguable. I'd argue that this is an extremely successful company and will be well into the future. Successful companies like Starbucks is exactly where investment dollars belong.
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Professor, Range Science
205 Animal Bioscience Building
Bozeman, MT 59717-2900
Phone: (406) 994-5558
Fax: (406) 994-5589
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
B.S. New Mexico Sate University, Wildlife Science, 1978
M.S. Texas Tech University, Range Science, 1981
Ph.D. New Mexico State University, Animal Science, 1989
NRSM 101 Natural Resource Conservation
NRSM 102 Principles of Range Management Lab
NRSM 353 Grazing Ecology
WILD 325 Wildlife-Livestock Range Nutrition
ARNR 507 Research Methods
ARNR 544 Advanced Grazing Management and Ecology
Research Interest
- Wildlife habitat
- Ungulate herbivovy
- Wildlife/Livestock nutrition
- Nutritional ecology of ruminants
Teaching Awards
- 2004 President's Excellence in Teaching Award. Montana State University
- 2001 Distinguished Teacher Award. Western Section of the American Association of Animal Science
- 2001 Award of Excellence. MSU Alumni/Chamber of Commerce
- 2000 Professor of the Month. Mortar Board. Montana State University
- 1998 College of Agriculture: Top Ten Instructor Award. Montana State University
- 1998 Who's Who Among Americas' Teachers
- 1998 Phi Kappa Phi-Anna Kruser Fridley Teaching Award. Montana State University
Recent Publications
- Runyan, M., D. Tyers, C. Bower, and B. Sowell. 2013. Aspen restoration using beaver on the northern Yellowstone winter range under reduced ungulate herbivory. Restoration Ecology. (Accepted).
- McColley, S. D., D. B. Tyers, and B. F. Sowell. Aspen and willow restoration using beaver in the northern Yellowstone winter range. 2012. Restoration Ecology 20:450-455.
- Kimble, D. S., D. B. Tyers, J. Robison-Cox, and B. F. Sowell. 2011. Aspen recovery since wolf reintroduction on the northern Yellowstone winter range. Rangeland Eval. Manage. 64:119-130.
- Sowell, B. F., C. L. Wambolt, J. K. Woodward, and V. R. Lane. 2008. Relationship of Wyoming big sagebrush cover to herbaceous vegetation. 15th Wildland Shrub Symposium, Bozeman. June 17-19.
- Dafoe, J. M., R. W. Kott, B. F. Sowell, J. G. Berardinelli, K. C. Davis, and P. G. Hatfield. 2008. Effects of supplemental safflower and vitamin E during late gestation on lamb growth, serum metabolites, and thermogenesis. J. Anim. Sci. 86:3194-3202.
- Woodward, J., C. L. Wambolt, and B. F. Sowell. 2006. Sage-grouse winter habitat in central Montana. Proc. Soc. Range Manage. 59th Annual Meeting, Vancouver, B.C.
- Bowman, J.G.P., B. F. Sowell, L.M.M. Surber, and T. K. Daniels. 2004. Nonstructural carbohydrate supplementation of yearling heifers and range beef cows. J. Anim. Sci. 82:2724-2733.
- Gibbs, M. C., J. A. Jenks, C. S. Deperno, B. F. Sowell, and K. J. Jenkins. 2004. Cervid forage utilization in noncommercially thinned ponderosa pine forests. J. Range Manage. 57:435-441.
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- Providing jail programs that help inmates with their reorientation to society
- Enhancing professionalism of the staff through training and educational programs
The Detention and Corrections Bureau of the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, commanded by Major Tim Slaughter, is comprised of five major components – Central Division, North Division (which includes Medical), South Division, Support Services Division and the Court Security Division.
Mailing Address:
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Search "Who's In Jail" for individuals that have been booked in the Pinellas County Jail.
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- In accordance with FSS 951.033, it is the policy of the Detention and Corrections Bureau to have inmates defray the cost of their incarceration to help alleviate the increasing financial burden of housing inmates.
- All non-federal inmates booked into the Pinellas County Jail will be charged $20.00 to cover administrative costs with the following exceptions:
a. Detainees in an "in-transit" status for another agency or jurisdiction.
b. Department of Corrections inmates brought back to Pinellas County by the State Attorney or Public Defender on writs of testificandum or inmates returning on writs of prosequemdum (pro se inmates) only.
c. Walk-through, Paperwork Only and Marchman Acts.
The Pinellas County Jail is located on 54 acres of land in central Pinellas County, off 49th Street, between Ulmerton Rd. and Roosevelt Blvd., and adjacent to the Criminal Justice Center. The jail complex provided housing for an average daily population of 2,993 for 2012, including pre-trial and sentenced offenders. The Pinellas County Jail is the 28th largest jail in the nation.
Booking statistics for 2011: Booking statistics for 2012:
47,376 – Booking total 46,198 – Booking total
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Release Statistics for 2011: Release Statistics for 2012:
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The current total capacity of the jail is 4,389 beds. In 2012, the average length of stay per inmate was 24 days. County-sentenced inmates' average length of stay was 49 days.


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Seven Java Projects That Changed the World
Over the last decade, several projects have traveled beyond mere adoption and had effects dominating the Java world, into software development in general, and some even further into the daily lives of users.
Not sure how Edd Dumbill came up with the list[1], but it includes Solr (and implicitely Lucene) and Hadoop. I concur.
The list looks good to me. ↩
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I think the word might be [Telugu] లేమిని lēmini, 'poor woman', from లేమి lēmi, 'poverty'?So there you go.
Telugu for the winMy response: "You're absolutely right, that's much more plausible."
I am not convinced by this. Telugu is not, I think, a commonly spoken language in either the area where the book is set or where Rumer Godden grew up. (Wikipedia suggests less than a quarter of a percent speak it in current West Bengal, for example). It's also not Sanskritic in origin so it is not close to Bengali, Nepali etc.
The introduction of the term in the book also makes no reference to poverty. It seems more like a term of respect:"Yes, lady." Ayah gave him a tap behind. "She isn't a lady, she's a Sister. Say 'Yes, Lemini'."It seems to me more likely to be drawn from a local language. My suggestion is that it is probably related to lamini, a term which seems to be sometimes used in the East Himalayan area either for a female Buddhist teacher or wife or daughter of a lama. There are examples of its use with the first meaning here and here and with the second meaning here.


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TV on the Aereo: Turn On, Tune In, Drop the Lawsuit
So this website called Aereo got sued by every major broadcast network. Why? Because this website Aereo let's you watch broadcast TV channels whenever you want. And unlike Hulu or Netflix, where it'll be days/weeks/months before new episodes come out, Aereo is actually TV. Right there, whenever you like, right in your browser, or iPhone, or iPad—Yes.
Let's be real: nobody but Nielson families watch TV on television set anymore. I bet so few people watch TV-TV that only a few of you understood my killer Nielson family joke! But, to be honest, who has time to sit around and watch the tube? It's not Must See. If so—trust me—some bar in Williamsburg has a theme night for it. Not to mention how totally unhip it is to actually 'watch TV' these days. We all know kids these days are watching the Internet just like the rest of us. If you are watching TV, it's likely that you're using a DVR to do it. Which is sort of what Aereo is about.
All the way back in 2009 Vishesh Kumar and Sam Schechner reported in the Wall Street Journal that "the Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to a new type of digital-video recorder from Cablevision Systems Corp., [which set] the stage for wider use of the technology." That, of course, was the good 'ole Cablevision DVR+; much lauded for not requiring a small object in a room but derided for being unfathomable slow in the beginning. When Cablevision launched their bright idea a slew of networks sued them too. Cablevision hired a lawyer and won their case and, no spoilers, Aereo just hired the same one.
The original defense rested on the fact that each DVR+ member was basically doing the same thing TiVo lets you do: recording content that anybody with an antenna and a TV has free access to, and every recording was saved to an individual's own/private Virtual DVR Storage. Very much like when Universal and Disney sued Sony because the Betamax was considered an evil piracy device. Aereo's is likely to use 'The Cablevision Defense' because their whole system works by allotting members their own/private pair of micro-antennae located on the company's own Brooklyn rooftop. In effect, you're paying Aereo to hold on to your antenna for you.
Like millions and millions of my contemporaries, to me, the Internet equals an Absolutely Everything Machine. If it's not on the Internet, I don't know about it. Even if it is on the Internet, but is not in the cheap to free price range, I actually do not want it. Aereo's $12/month price is not bad at all. If you add in the price of monthly Netflix and Hulu+ accounts, the price tag for your TV diet is still way less than my grandfather pays for cable. Right now Aereo is in Beta so you have to sign up for an invite, but new users get a 90-day free trial. Their website looks nice and the video quality is just fine when you're watching it live—that's right: live streaming video.
All this actually-on-the-air-right-now content reminded me of what a huge letdown it was back in the day when there was "just nothing on!" But with Aereo I flipped ahead in the guide a bit, set it to record 30 Rock, did things, and came back at 9 p.m. and was actually giddy! To think, my very own brand new episode of 30 Rock saved away snug within 40 hours of DVR storage space on the Aereo Cloud, and, What?! Under the Recordings tab, I found a friendly, devil-red, line of text which read: "Not recorded: System error"
I felt feelings then that I hadn't felt since I once forgot to put a new VHS in for the Star Trek: The Next Generation series finale. There's bound to be issues at first. And an episode of Seinfeld and an airing of The Addams Family movie recorded just fine later on.
Broadcasters need to stop and take stock of their industry. Here is another example, among many, of a business model showing us that the future of television is not allergic to revenue. But still these clunky old brands are so afraid of reality that they've become incapable of taking all this money I've got sitting around.
Services like Aereo could be a non-candy lifesaver for these guys. All the ingredients are there: TV, Internet, willing consumers and money. Also, think of how much more in touch networks would be with all the data available from a web audience. Instead of spending cash picking on the new kids, legacy media outfits might consider a few smart investments. Don't be afraid of working together to make life easier for consumers.
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A Celebration of Harold Pinter
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October 19th, 20127:51 am
Superb and enlightening performance of Pinter's poetry that also provides a glimpse into his life and character.
— Elena, New Haven
October 17th, 20121:54 pm
The title does not convey my love of the work of Pinter and that he hangs the moon for me. However, the delivery of this 'celebration' calls for comment. I believe Harold would have more than a few words to say about Julian Sands's presentation. For one, he waits for applause after every dramatically delivered closing line of a poem. As most of you probably know, Pinter's poems are generally very short, so to do this would be exhausting at the end of a 90-minute evening. Sands seemed disappointed not to hear consistent appreciation, but then moves on. Though at the performance I attended, we were informed there was no intermission, after nearly an hour, Mr. Sands decided to take one. We could not help but think that we had done something wrong. Mind you, at the top of the evening the lights are brought up on all of us, making a tiny theatre with 50 seats rather uncomfortable. Of course, we applauded at the end of the first part. When we returned, Mr. Sands made his entrance and commented, "Oh you came back -- I wasn't sure." The second part proceeded as before and although many of us were smiling or making a little noise, it didn't seem to convince him that we were enjoying the beautiful words. For another thing, Sands needs to learn that poetry doesn't always have to be delivered with a grand gesture or great emotion, real or otherwise. Many times, the words themselves affect us. We don't have to look at the person reading them. My last point is that, much as I love John Malkovich's work, I was immensely surprised that he didn't direct the actor to use the entire stage (it's not that big after all; a few steps to another area would suffice). Practically, the whole evening is presented standing downstage center. A side note is the director should have taken into account that the actor might get nervous and shake every time he picked up a flimsy piece of paper. At least, give him a weighted book. We left feeling we did not do our job.
— Melba, New York City
October 16th, 20121:51 pm
If you know the work of Harold Pinter, you will find this refreshing, and if you don't, you will be enlightened. Mr. Sands lifts the words up, off the page, and allows them to come alive. It was 90 minutes of my life that I was glad to part with!
— ab, New Jersey
October 13th, 201210:43 pm
Extraordinary. See him. Shut up and listen. Buy the book afterwards. A wonderful, very intimate performance by Julian Sands reading the work of a master. Pinter will help many of us avoid the shoals.
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A couple of short stacks of logs that appeared to be intersecting at a right angle caught the eye of a firefighter battling the Slide fire in Arizona. An archaeologist with the crew confirmed what the firefighter suspected:
The blaze had uncovered the ruins of a cabin at least a century old.
"The finding itself was very subtle," said Jeremy Haines, a U.S. Forest Service archaeologist. "It's a collapsed, degraded cabin related to the earliest Euro-American settlement of this rugged, remote piece of Arizona."
Wildfires often destroy ruins and historic artifacts. With the help of archaeologists, firefighters can sometimes protect the sites, including Native American relics across the Southwest. Read more.
In a report co-authored by Michael Walker and colleagues of Spain's Murcia University, scientists suggest that early humans who lived in the Cueva Negra (Black Cave) rock-shelter of southeastern Spain about 800,000 years ago used fire, and that they exhibited behaviors that indicated a cognitively sophisticated late early Pleistocene use of resources and tools in their environment. The detailed report is published in the upcoming Volume 15 of Popular Archaeology Magazine.
The rock-shelter, located in the face of a cliff overlooking the Quipar river and the small village of La Encarnación, became the subject of initial exploration by archaeologists in 1981. But full systematic excavations didn't begin until 1990, when an archaeological team led by Walker and colleagues with the Murcia University Experimental Sciences Research Group undertook detailed investigation that continued for another 25 field seasons. Read more.
Zhoukoudian Locality 1 in northern China has been widely known for the discovery of the Middle Pleistocene human ancestor Homo erectus pekinensis ( known as Peking Man ) since the 1920s. By 1931, the suggestion that the Zhoukoudian hominins could use and control fire had become widely accepted. However, some analyses have cast doubt on this assertion as siliceous aggregate (an insoluble phase of burned ash) was not present in ash remains recovered from the site. New analyses of four ash samples retrieved from different positions of Zhoukoudian Locality 1 during the excavations carried out in 2009, present evidence for the controlled use of fire by Peking Man, according to an article published in the journal Chinese Science Bulletin.
"At present, the key point of the debate over the intentional use of fire by Homo erectus pekinensis at Zhoukoudian is whether or not siliceous aggregate (an insoluble phase of burned ash) is present in ash remains recovered from the site". Read more.
Humans, by most estimates, discovered fire over a million years ago. But when did they really begin to control fire and use it for their daily needs? That question – one which is central to the subject of the rise of human culture – is still hotly debated. A team of Israeli scientists recently discovered in the Qesem Cave, an archaeological site near present-day Rosh Ha'ayin, the earliest evidence – dating to around 300,000 years ago – of unequivocal repeated fire building over a continuous period. These findings not only help answer the question, they hint that those prehistoric humans already had a highly advanced social structure and intellectual capacity. Read more.
Excavations in the Midwest have turned up evidence of a massive ancient fire that likely marked "the beginning of the end" for what was once America's largest city, archaeologists say.
The digs took place in southern Illinois, just meters away from the interstate highways that carve their way through and around modern-day St. Louis. But 900 years ago, this was the heart of Greater Cahokia, a civilization whose trade routes and religious influence stretched from the Great Lakes to the Deep South, and whose culture shaped the lifeways of the Plains and Southern Indians.
Here, researchers with the Illinois State Archaeological Survey have discovered a widespread layer of charcoal and burned artifacts among the foundations of ancient structures — Read more.
Early human ancestors needed high-level intelligence to use fire, new research suggests.
The study, published in February in the Cambridge Archaeological Journal, argues that fire use requires long-term planning, group cooperation and inhibition. In combination with evidence for early fire use, the study suggests that the early human ancestor Homo erectus may have been smarter than previously thought.
"Early humans would have had to have been fairly clever to keep a fire going by cooperating, not stealing food or not stealing fire from other people," said study author Terrence Twomey, an anthropologist at the University of Melbourne in Australia. Read more.
Richard Wrangham, an anthropologist at Harvard, claims that hominids became people—that is, acquired traits like big brains and dainty jaws—by mastering fire. He places this development at about 1.8 million years ago. This is an appealing premise no matter who you are. For those who see cooking as morally, culturally, and socially superior to not cooking, it is scientific validation of a worldview: proof that cooking is literally what makes us human. For the rest of us, it means we have a clever retort the next time one of those annoying raw-food faddists starts going on about how natural it is never to eat anything heated above 115 degrees Fahrenheit.
There's one problem with Wrangham's elegant hypothesis: It's hardly the scientific consensus. In fact, since 2009, when Wrangham explained his theory in the book Catching Fire, several archaeologists have come forward with their own, wildly divergent opinions about what is arguably the oldest intellectual property debate in the world. Who really mastered fire, in the sense of being able to create it, control it, and cook with it regularly? Was it Homo erectus, Neanderthals, or modern humans? Read more.
Researchers from Israel say that mysterious clay and stone artefacts from Neolithic times could be the earliest known "matches".
Although the cylindrical objects have been known about for some time, they had previously been interpreted as "cultic" phallic symbols.
The researchers' new interpretation means these could be the earliest evidence of how fires were ignited.
The research was published in the open access journal Plos One.
The journal reports that the artefacts are almost 8,000 years old.
Although evidence of "pyrotechnology" in Eurasia is known from three quarters of a million years ago, this evidence usually takes the form of remnants of fire itself. Read more.


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When last we checked in with Jamie Cumming, he was having his 15th child. This 34 year old English gent is now awaiting baby number 16, from the 14th partner, due this week.
Who keeps having sex with this guy?! According to Cumming's own mother, it's gals that are not much older than Cumming's own 16 year old eldest child. Mom says her son's a "sexual predator."
Daily Mail writer Sonia Poulton talks more about Cumming's "family" and who's paying for all these kids, linked in the sauce.
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I'd also like to call him my husband. I'm not the biggest fan of the word "partner": It either means that we run a business together or we're cowboys. "Boyfriend" seems fleeting, like maybe we met two weeks ago. I've been saying "better half" for as long as I've been able to. I think it's a little self-deprecating and clearly defines that we're in a relationship, but it would be nice to say "my husband."
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Manchester City is hosting Barcelona as the round of 16 in the UEFA Champions League tournament begins. Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini knows it will be difficult to contain Barcelona super star Lionel Messi.
"Without doubt it is very difficult (to stop) Messi because he is a top player of the world," Pellegrini said, via ESPN FC. "He does a lot of different things. He has speed, good control, a good finish.
"He is a good player but I don't think Barcelona is Messi. You can have Messi tight and other players will decide the game. It is important to play as a team defending and attacking."
It also is a big game City as they advance past the group stage for the first time in three tries.
"It is a good test, it is important. I don't think it is the most important thing because we are just in the round of 16.
"We can beat Barcelona and maybe in the next round you can have a defeat. This club is trying to develop in all areas and so far we have a good season, but we must finish that way.
"One of our targets is to try to continue in the Champions League knowing we play against the most important club in the world."
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Music is by far not the only art form to contribute to our vibration, and therefore to our health. Color and light have been used for centuries to stimulate healing and well-being.The ancient Egyptians used specially built solarium rooms with different colored glass panels. The sun would shine through the colored glass onto the patient to achieve specific therapeutic benefits.
Color and Light ~ by Patti Dooms
Music is by far not the only art form to contribute to our vibration, and therefore to our health. Color and light have been used for centuries to stimulate healing and well-being.The ancient Egyptians used specially built solarium rooms with different colored glass panels. The sun would shine through the colored glass onto the patient to achieve specific therapeutic benefits.
Lady Gaga is known for her outlandish costumes. How can anyone forget the "meat dress"? She is absolutely correct in saying she was "born that way". She is a 1 Lifepath and 1s are known for having their own unique style and creative out-of-the-box thinking.
A style icon from another era was Jackie Kennedy who was an 11/2 Lifepath. She was described as a woman who had style, grace and impeccable taste. She also was true to her numbers.
Our numbers do influence us in every aspect of our life including how we choose to dress so lets take a quick look at FASHION as seen through the numbers!~
I've written before about being organized in your workplace from a time management standpoint. But have you ever thought of the environment you work in as a representation of energy? Whether you understand the Law of Attraction or have never heard of it, consider this.
We all want great health. But if you don't have it right now you might be asking yourself, "How come I'm not motivated to get it?"
We've all been there. You start going to the gym and then you stop. You start eating a better diet for you and then you stop. You start walking around the block after dinner and then you stop.
What's going on?
Test This! ~ by Patti Dooms
Are you tired of….from one day to the next….learning that something is good for you…..and something else is not?
We need to eat more of this, drink more of that, take this additional supplement, eliminate that one…..
Because every day more and more research goes on that reveals new findings. How many times a week ---not a month---not a year---but a WEEK…..do we hear "New study shows…..blah, blah, blah….Don't drink coffee. Drink more coffee! Don't eat chocolate. Eat more chocolate; it's good for the heart!
The Physical ~ by John C. Davis
"Inward calm cannot be maintained unless physical strength is constantly and intelligently replenished." --Buddha
How's your health? We come here to experience the separation from source. But the fact that we do come here means we must live physically as well as spiritually. I tend to be a workaholic. I want to reach as many people as possible, and so I tend to work long hours searching for new ways to reach the masses. I do healing days, and go long hours open to source, allowing my body to be used as a doorway for healing. People often ask me if it wears me out doing the work. In truth, I typically am overcharged at the end of a day of healing, and find myself bouncing of the walls with energy, kind of like a sugar high. If you don't get that reference ask any parent, and they will explain.
Note To Self ~ by Sandi Evans
Hi there, remember me? I'm the one who was so relieved I didn't have to run a marathon. What a relief, I really didn't like running anyway. While celebrating that I was released from that commitment I decided that it would be a good idea to continue with some exercise. Yoga was a good fit for me.
"The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well," ~Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Love: what is it? Is it something we strive for? Is it something that eludes us? Is it something we create? I believe it is what we are made of. I believe that the very fabric of God/Universe is Love. I also believe that we are a part of the fabric. When I had my past life regression my wonderful regressionist asked a simple yet powerful question: "What is the message to get out to the world?" The answer was," Everything is Love and we are given fear as a tool to experience love fully."
Our physical life experience is about separation from love. We do this so we may experience the true feelings of love, so we may come to know Love on a deeper level, to understand it. A true unconditional love is our highest desire. We want to be loved for who we are and not have limitations set upon us to be able to achieve love.
Reflexology ~ by Patti Dooms
Reflexology involves accupressure massage of specific areas of the hands and feet which represent other parts of the body. In so doing, the regular flow of life energy is unblocked and health restored. We have fourteen energy meridians which run up and down the body, coming to points at the hands, feet, and (believe it or not) ears. There are six on each side of the spinal column, and two making up the spinal column. Much scientific data has been recorded that proves the existence of these energy meridians. Trails of light revealed by infrared photography have been one of the ways to show the maps described in the ancient texts of 4000 years ago.
"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it." ~Lou Holtz
I am always speaking of the power of words. I am a true believer that your words are a product of belief. I also believe that all creation/healing must be done in the present moment: the I AM moment. When we use words like "want", "need"," hope", or "try" we are actually creating nothing in our present moment. These words are a product of the belief that you are not doing it now. I watch as people shift their faith to the present moment and miracles happen in their lives.


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Jason Falls, the author of No Bullshit Social Media, Stacy Debroff, Stephen Murphy see 2012 as the year of relevancy marketing. Jason Falls predicts that adding customer relationship management and tying social CRM functionality to marketing efforts will improve "our ability as marketers to hit relevant audiences with relevant messages at relevant times and in relevant places."
The Interest Graph and What Marketers Should Know About It
Facebook's frictionless sharing has kicked off an interesting discussion about using graphs to filter signal from the ever-increasing noise. There are three types of graphs we learned to use for filtering:
- The Social Graph
- The Social Interest Graph
- The Interest Graph
The Social Graph
In its minimal form the Social Graph only contains people (nodes) and the relationships between them (edges). Usually the relationship between nodes is symmetric: both have to agree on being linked to each other. The by far largest social graph existing today is Facebook's Open Graph, which also includes virtual objects people shared (photos, videos, links, wall entries …) and the relationship with these objects (posted, commented, liked, disliked, read …).
When using the Social Graph as a filter a node will be presented with content other nodes have entered into the graph. Quantitative measures can be used such as how close a node entering the content is and how many other nodes related to the reader also shared the content.
The Social Interest Graph
While relationships in the Social Graph are symmetric and emerge out of a bi-directional conversation the Social Interest Graph is asymmetric and initiated by one person starting to follow another one. Usually this asymmetric relationship is based on common interests whereby the follower expects to learn relevant content from the person she follows.
Using the Social Interest Graph as a filter delivers more relevant results than the Social Graph as the scope of content is more focused on the follower's interests (provided the followed person maintains this scope).
The Interest Graph
We define the Interest Graph as the set of relationships one person has to a number of terms she is interested in. These terms can relate to real-world items (car) as well as virtual items (quality) and it's meaning entirely depends on the person's individual perception (a person interested in SUV will perceive quality different than a person interested in sports cars). As such the Interest Graph resides within the person itself and is highly individual.
When using the Interest Graph as a filter only content relevant to the individual reader's interest at that point in time is delivered - independently of the popularity of the content within the Social Graph.
How to Measure Interest
To measure interest we need to give it a price tag. The most precious currency today is attention and therefor the attention a person spends on a term can be used as the measure of relevance. So to identify the terms of interest we need to analyze the content the person has paid attention to.
There are three ways content is analyzed for personalization purposes:
- Human Tagging and Categorizing: The writer, an editor or a curator categorizes content and assigns tags based on a set of rules.
- Algorithmic Tagging: An algorithm analyzes the content and generates a list of tags. Usually this is based on statistical methods.
- Semantic Analysis: An algorithm analyzes the content, detects relationships between terms and uses an ontology to generate a semantic profile of the content.
By nature the first way is labor intensive and inevitably influenced by the categorizer's perception. This becomes especially problematic when a piece of content can be associated to more than one category. A reader subscribing to one category will miss relevant content put into another one by the categorizer.
The second alternative delivers a deterministic result based on its algorithm. However, missing out on the semantics of the text only terms will be associated explicitly contained in the content. A text on iPad will not be tagged Steve Jobs unless he is explicitly mentioned in there.
The third way will deliver a semantic profile of the content based on an ontology. Searching for iPad will also deliver content on Steve Jobs as the ontology links him to iPad directly and indirectly via Apple.
Human tagging and categorizing alone will not sufficiently reduce noise as there are only so many topics an editor can manage consistently. The second alternative delivers sufficient filtering, but will inevitably create an echo chamber. Semantic analysis delivers better results and is dynamic provided the ontology used for the analysis is maintained.
How to learn the Interest Graph
Lets come back to the iPad example we used before: A reader interested in the term iPad will also be interested in Tablet PC, iOS, iPhone, Apple, Steve Jobs, Android, Google, Samsung, Apps, all the terms directly or indirectly related to iPad. But how do we get to know these relationships?
The answer lies in the content base we have at hand: provided we have enough text to understand the relationships between terms we can build the ontology around iPad from that base. And with the content explosion we witness there is enough text on almost any topic these days free of charge. So all we need to do is aggregate content from trustworthy sources and use it as the base for our ontology, which will then be built in real-time whenever the reader calls for content.
Every new piece of content will influence the ontology and thus make it dynamic: while Amazon's Kindle used to have a weak relationship with iPad via eReader, the new Kindle Fire all of a sudden established a very strong link to it and as a consequence also the relationship between the terms Apple and Amazon was strengthened significantly.
So now that we got our ontology, how do we get to the interest graph? As we stated above attention is the currency: the Interest Graph is build from the content the person paid attention to. Reading an article on iPad will result in an Interest Graph containing iPad and its related terms via the ontology.
Using the Interest Graph for Marketing
One application of the Interest Graph is offering relevant content to a buyer. To do so we score content against his Interest Graph. The more overlap the semantic profile of the content has with the buyer's Interest Graph the more relevance it carries for him. The interest graph is updated with every new piece of content consumed by the reader. This way our content recommendations follow the reader, click-through rates are improved, spam effects are eliminated and we become the go-to source of relevant, valuable content.
We can also use the Interest Graph for content creation. Running new content against the Interest Graphs we collected will tell us, how the new content will score versus other content and provide feedback to the writer even without having to display the content to anybody. This way alternative drafts can be tested in real-time using the entire recipient base or selected segments of it.
Another application is to use the Interest Graph to detect a buyer's intent and to automatically drive lead nurturing. Rather than deterministically defining lots of "if-then-else" rules trying to automate marketing we can use the development of hot spots within the buyer's Interest Graph to trigger action: after the value of a specific term exceeded a threshold we approach him to take our relationship to the next level.
We can also use the Interest Graph to peer buyers with our own resources: if the Interest Graph shows a very narrow, yet very deep profile we are likely to talk to a specialist and want to peer him with one of our own best resources carrying a similar Interest Graph.
These are just a couple of ideas on how to use Interest Graphs within sales and marketing. Managers will have to become familiar with the concept to be able to capitalize on it.
There is no killer approach to Relevance. Henry Nothhaft, Jr., CMO of TrapIt, described it as "the myth of the sweet spot". The competitive edge will be with services that support multiple discovery methods, multiple filtering approaches, have flexibility, and support multiple mobile platforms.
The Age Of Relevance, March 3rd, 2011
Marketing will have to use a combination of Social and Interest Graphs to drive lead generation and nurturing. By default using 3rd party Social (Interest) Graphs (Facebook, Google+) will not provide competitive differentiation, as they are available to anybody willing to pay for their usage. In contrast a marketing organization can build her own customers' Interest Graphs by providing valuable and relevant content and tracking its consumption.
Combined with PLM, CRM and Marketing Automation these Interest Graphs can then become the source of sustainable competitive advantage from product and service definition all the way through aftersales. Especially for B2B marketing Interest Graphs will provide deep insight into buyer's expectations, decision criteria and buying cycle progress.
Marketing is moving away from targeting generalized audiences, and will increasingly target specific individuals with specific interests.
Though this shift is already evident, it will become commonplace over the next three to five years, as advertising firms take advantage of large amounts of customer data plus increasingly mobile platforms to deliver their message.
(Source: business2community.com)
Marketing automation has a tremendous amount of potential as a way to scale personal attention, but you also have to be careful with it. Any time you are relying on technology to scale communications, you need to be certain that (1) those communications do in fact reflect the interests of your leads, and (2) they are genuinely helpful and not just spam in sheep's clothing.
(Source: blog.hubspot.com)
Using Algorithmic Content Curation to Power Marketing Automation
The B2B buying process has fundamentally changed. Prospects are spending more time on the Web doing independent research, obtaining information from their peers and other third parties. That's why companies are meeting prospective buyers earlier than ever, and is a key reason why having sales attempt to engage with every early-stage lead is premature.
So lets look at a typical B2B Buying Cycle:
- An individual within an organization becomes aware of a business problem negatively impacting his organization's performance. It is important to understand that this happens quite frequently and at this point in time does NOT imply a desire to solve the problem. It is just another entry on a long list of business problems the organization has to deal with.
- Investigating solutions for identified business problems costs time and money, hence NOT for every problem a resolution will be searched for. The organization's management has to take a conscious decision which problems to investigate and how much budget to set aside for this. This decision will be driven by perceived ROI, but also by general industry trends, peer discussions, investor expectations and so forth.
- Now a multi-disciplinary team is established to define a solution based on the parameters set by the resolution decision (scope, costs, timeline, risk ..) of the prior phase. The team will formulate one or more potential solutions and analyze them in terms of ROI, risk, TCO etc.
- Once the solution has been defined potential vendors are contacted and RFPs are submitted. The different vendor offerings are compared and the final decision by management is prepared. Management then takes the decision based on the vendor evaluation, peer conversations and general industry trends.
In each phase there is demand for information supporting the process. Obviously the more relevant information a vendor can provide and the earlier in the process the better his chances to influence the decision criteria in his favor.
1. Problem Awareness
At this stage the person realizing the business problem is not interested in talking to sales. Instead she is looking for relevant information to judge whether the problem is a) worthwhile investing time in and b) there are proven resolutions to the problem.
To attract the buyer's attention in this early stage we provide curated social media, blog and trade publication content together with relevant white papers and case studies via a topic oriented landing page together with an RSS feed. This way we associate our brand with the business problem increasing the likelihood of being considered in the next phase.
2. Resolution Investigation
We support the client's investigation with success stories, self-assessments and ROI calculations as well as 3rd party content such as studies and infographics. Our aim is to be perceived as the provider of a value proposition addressing the identified business problem.
3. Solution Evaluation
In this phase we want to learn the buyer in person and for this reason we invite him to our own events, point him towards industry events such as fairs, seminars and conventions or to our virtual events like webinars. We also start establishing the superiority of our products and services by providing data sheets, interactive demos, charts etc.
4. Vendor Evaluation
Finally we highlight our USPs, influence evaluation criteria in our favor, lower the perceived risk of our products and services by pointing towards favorable industry reports, benchmarks and customer testimonials.
When done correctly we start our relationship with an unknown, anonymous prospect and grow it into a very intimate one adopting constantly to his individual buying cycle, avoiding push where he wants to pull, by always providing valuable own and 3rd party content relevant to the buyer within his individual context.
This is where Algorithmic Content Curation comes into play: providing individually relevant information especially during the early phases of the buying process can be performed neither via static content offerings nor by human curation. Instead the individual buyer's interest graph has to determine content supply, the appropriate delivery channel and the most suitable format. Using applications we described before Algorithmic Content Curation provides for low cost, highly effective content marketing for organizations of any size.
1. Topic-focused Landing Page
Here we provide our white papers and case studies complemented by curated social media, blogs and trade publications regarding a common industry problem. This way the site is highly dynamic, presents new content with every visit and generates SEO visibility. The visitor stays anonymous, nevertheless we can dynamically curate content based on his reading behavior, which in turn increases time spent on the site and number of pages per visit.
Zooming in on the anonymous visitor's interest graph increases our chances to motivate him to subscribe to an RSS feed, newsletter or even register for our user portal.
2. Individual RSS feed
Rather than providing one standard RSS feed to all visitors we offer a personalized feed automatically adapting to the reader's interest graph by following which own and 3rd party content he consumes. The reader can view the feed's content on one or more front-ends of his choice.
3. Individual Newsletter
Just like with the RSS feed we can provide our own and curated content via an individualized newsletter adapting to the reader's interest graph, but here we need the visitor to disclose his identity for the first time by providing his email address. As email newsletters live and die with relevance it is important to use the visitor's interest graph he built during the visit on our landing page or by reading our RSS feed.
4. User Portal
After we demonstrated our problem resolution capabilities via the content we provided and thus gained a trusted advisor status we offer the buyer access to premium content via a user portal. Again we will use the interest graph built in the prior phases to achieve relevance from the first moment. Only now that the buyer has qualified by consuming our content we will invest our staff's time for webinars, interactive demos and direct sales contacts and spend money on analyst reports, eBooks and other premium content.
5. Mobile App, TV-App
Ultimately we provide the buyer with an app on his personal device like a smartphone, tablet or even TV with valuable features like ROI calculators, configurators and self-assessments and thus establish our brand on the most precious properties of all.
There are a host of advantages Algorithmic Content Curation brings to the table when used the way we described above:
- The buyer is always in control of the process. We control which content we offer to him when and where, but he picks time, location and format and this way tells us about the progress his buying process is making.
- We provide 3rd party content just as our own and this way educate the buyer extensively on the topic we claim to have expertise in.
- Via the content he consumes we can watch the buyer establish his vision and tailor our solution for him already before we meet him in person.
- By looking at the 3rd party content the buyer consumes we learn about our content and offering gaps.
- Analyzing the interest graphs we built will allow us to segment our prospects by interests and develop highly focused niche campaigns.
- Using the interest graphs we can simulate the reach of our own content even before releasing it and instruct internal and external writers on which topics to cover to generate awareness.
Great video on using curation for marketing automation
Industry experts agreed that content is a key ingredient to success and suggested future users to take the time to map offers to buying stage and process. "One of the key values of marketing automation/lead nurturing is the ability to establish one to one dialog with prospects," said Baldwin. "Nurture content is different than demand gen content – it doesn't talk about 'shiny new objects.' It should deliver valuable content to the reader, based on their profile and behavior."


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University of Cincinnati Department of Orthopedics
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St. Louis University School of Medicine
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Subspecialty Certificate in Surgery of the Hand
Matt Puleo, PA-C
Josh Vella, M.D.
Dr. Vella is an expert in all aspects of hand, wrist and elbow conditions and has distinguished himself in the areas of carpal tunnel syndrome, treatment of tendonitis, fracture care, traumatic reconstruction, arthritis and tendon transfers. He has served as consultant for professional athletes including NFL, WPGA, Phoenix Roadrunners and collegiate athletes of all types. He is Board Certified in Orthopaedic Surgery.
Dr. Vella completed his fellowship in hand surgery at the renowned Indiana Hand Center and brings the newest innovations in hand surgery to the Phoenix area. Dr. Vella has presented topics at national hand society meetings and has published articles in the leading hand journal. He has participated in clinical research topics including carpal tunnel, ganglion cysts and wrist fractures. He served as a clinical investigator for national research regarding Xiaflex (collagenase) treatment of Dupuytren's contracture. He annually attends national conferences to incorporate the latest innovations into his practice.
Dr. Vella's patients comment on his unique ability to convey knowledge to them about the anatomy, pathology and rationale behind treatment plans tailored to fit their needs.
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Attaway Professorships in Civic Culture
Professional Description
Funded by and named for Douglas and Marion Attaway, with matching funds from the State of Louisiana, the Attaway Professorships in Civic Culture are awarded to intellectuals who have made notable contributions to the public discussion of ideas. They present themselves not as academics who occasionally have public roles, but as public thinkers and gifted communicators whose foremost interest is civic culture.
The College expects that Attaway Professors will make distinctive, catalytic, and enduring contributions to the intellectual life of the community. Professors provide a mentoring role that encourages students to engage in similar intellectual endeavors. Attaway Professors bring to campus perspectives that are often underrepresented in the academy.
While Professors must be in residence long enough to be involved in the life of the College and the larger community, they must also leave before they become fixtures in the campus culture so that they retain their status as public intellectuals.
The two types of Attaway Professors are described below.
Attaway Fellows
The College reserves the title Attaway Fellow in Civic Culture for those Attaway recipients who (1) are public intellectuals, whose work is known beyond the bounds of the academy; (2) have a national reputation in their fields(s); (3) spend a substantial time in residence at the College (normally a week); (4) have daily interactions with students in and out of classes; (5) give multiple public presentations; and (6) commit to maintaining a relationship with Centenary and its students. (The duties of Attaway Fellows are negotiated individually.)
Attaway Fellowships normally carry a fixed honorarium of $5000 plus up to $3000 in travel and entertainment expenses, but these figures are negotiated individually.
Attaway Fellows in Civic Culture are presented a framed certificate at one of their public presentations.
Past recipients of Attaway Fellowships include Dava Sobel, Simon Singh, Mark Fischetti, Laura Dunn, S. Giora Shoham, Charles Gallagher, Jonathan Stack, Edna and Michael Longley, William Logan and Debora Greger, and Rose and Louis van Thyn.
Attaway Scholars
Persons whose accomplishments as public intellectuals are perhaps more modest than those named as Attaway Fellows or who cannot spend substantial time in residence at the College may be designated an Attaway Scholar. An Attaway Scholar (1) has made notable contributions to the public discussions of ideas; (2) is ideally in residence for a minimum of two days; (3) interacts with students in and out of classes; (4) gives at least one public presentation; and (5) commits to maintaining relationships with Centenary and its students.
Funding for these awards is normally at a lower level than for the Attaway Fellowships, typically up to a $2500 honorarium and up to $1500 for expenses and entertainment, but these figures are negotiated individually.
Planning & Requesting Attaway Funding
Any member of the student body, faculty, or staff may propose Attaway Fellows or Scholars via the Convocations Committee Schedule and Funding Request Form. This form goes to the Convocations Committee who, in turn, make recommendations to the Provost.
Hosting the recipient is primarily the responsibility of the person or department who proposed her/him.
NOTE: All announcements and/or publicity should reference Attaway funding for the project.
See the current list of Convocations Subcommittee Members to determine whom you should contact regarding Attaway Fellows if you need more information about the program.


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Tom Grady (Florida)
|Tom Grady
|Florida House of Representatives District 76
|Former member
| Term in office began
| Term in office ended
|Political party
Grady works as an attorney.
He is a member-at-Large with the Boy Scouts of America Southwest Florida Council Alligator District, honorary Chair with the Economic Development Council of Collier County Project Innovation, Director of the Safe Florida Foundation, Incorporated, and Chair/Board of Trustees with Quest for Collier County, Incorporated.[1]
Issue positions
Grady did not provide answers to the Florida State Legislative Election 2008 Political Courage Test. The test informs voters how a candidate would vote on the issues if elected.[2]
Committee assignments
- Civil Justice & Courts Policy Committee
- Criminal & Civil Justice Policy Council
- Insurance, Business & Financial Affairs Policy Committee (Vice Chair)
- PreK-12 Appropriations Committee
Sponsored legislation
Grady's sponsored legislation includes:
- HB 469 - "Tax on Sales, Use, and Other Transactions: Designates act "Aviation and Maritime Full Employment Act;" imposes maximum limitation on amount of tax collected on sales of aircraft or boats in state."
- HB 991 - "School Improvement and Accountability: Designates act "Florida's Equal Opportunity in Education Act;" revises provisions relating to powers & duties of district school boards to implement state system of school improvement & education accountability; requires that State Board of Education comply with federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)"
- HB 1189 - "Transportation Projects: Revises requirements for approval of agreements between DOT & private entities for building, operation, ownership, or financing of transportation facilities; revises requirements for leasing of toll facilities & use of proceeds from such leases"
For details and a full listing of sponsored bills, see the House site.
In 2008, Grady won election to the Florida House of Representatives from Florida's 76th District. Grady ran unopposed in the election. He raised $228,915 for his campaign.[3]
Campaign donors
Below are Grady's top 5 campaign contributors in the 2008 election:[4]
|2008 total
|Hospital Corporation of America
|FL Assoc of Realtors
|FL Home Builders Assoc
|FL Community Bank
|Collier Enterprises Management
External links
- Tom Grady's personal website
- Florida House of Representatives - Rep. Tom Grady
- Legislative Profile from Project Vote Smart
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Campaign Contributions: 2008
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