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National Child Passenger Safety Week is February 10-16, 2002 and the Broward Sheriff's Office District-12 is offering free safety checks with deputies replacing child safety seats, as needed, for Oakland Park residents.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration numbers show that in 2000 alone, more than half of all the children under the age of 15 who were not restrained during a car crash died. Further, NHTSA numbers show that motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for kids ages 4 to 14 and that using child safety seats reduces fatal injuries by 71-percent for infants and by more than 54-percent for toddlers (ages 1-4).
To help make Broward a safer place for our children, deputies from the Broward Sheriff's Office will check car seats for proper installation, fix any repairable problems with the seats, make sure the seats haven't been the subject of a recall, and offer replacement seats while supplies last.
Every Tuesday morning by appointment, BSO deputies will hold a Car Seat Safety Check at District-12 headquarters, 301 NE 38th Street, Oakland Park from 8:00 am to 11:00 am. The checks are available to Oakland Park residents with proper identification. To make an appointment, call (954) 561-6161.
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Is there any processor that could decrypt encrypted data and machine instructions and then execute the instructions on the data then encrypt the results?
There are quite a few processors that support encrypted memory. Such processors transparently decrypt whenever they read from memory (code or data) and encrypt before writing back to memory.
This has been supported for many years in processors used in smart cards and USB tokens. For example, according to this product brief, Infineon's SLE78 supports "Full CPU, Memory, Bus and Cache encryption". This processor is the subject of What's the State of the Art of Homomorphic Encryption?.
Over the last few years support for RAM encryption has been added to processors used in consumer electronics devices such as game consoles and set top boxes. A good example of this is the XBOX 360, in which the RAM encryption was a significant challenge for hackers as described in this classic presentation by Felix Domke and Michael Steil (video).
To minimize the impact on the processor performance, the RAM decryption algorithm will probably not be a strong block cipher like AES but a synchronous stream cipher.
Such memory encryption technology is intended to defend against an attacker who does not control the CPU but can access the physical memory directly, e.g by probing the bus that connects the CPU to the physical memory.
This is an active research area (e.g. see this). It is in fact a rather hard problem, because the security model assumes that the attacker is the host system, which can observe every single memory access. It is hard not to leak information under these conditions...
For instance, imagine a CPU which computes a RSA signature. During the course of the algorithm, the CPU will evaluate some instructions, some of which being conditional jumps, and the CPU works with a pipeline with some branch prediction: to make things a tad faster, the CPU tries to guess whether a given conditional branch will be taken or passed through, based on what happened the last times this jump was encountered. When the CPU guesses wrong, the execution stalls for a few cycles: the CPU must forget his current pipelining, and refill his pipeline with the actual instructions.
Now, let's imagine a fairly limited attacker who can only observe whether jumps are predicted correctly or not. That's not much power; in the case of your encrypted CPU, the attacker can learn much more than that. But, at least, since both opcode and data come from memory, observing the memory fetches and writes (in particular target addresses and time of access with cycle accuracy) will tell the attacker what happens with branch prediction.
It turns out that such information is sufficient to recover the RSA key. That's a rather strong and scary result, because branch prediction analysis can be done on modern CPU with hyper-threading from an unprivileged process running on the same processor (so this means that in the Cloud, your neighbours, i.e. other customers of the same Cloud, are dangerous...). The model you envision, where the host architecture itself is hostile, makes it only easier (much easier) for the adversary.
Hard facts have never prevented business from being done. Thus, there are microcontrollers which at least pretend to do the kind of automatic encryption such that what you want. See, for instance, the DS5002FP from Maxim Integrated. Note that I do not claim that this product is broken: this is a very small 8-bit CPU which is unlikely to do branch prediction or other similar sources of leaks, and it embeds its whole RAM in the chip itself. This makes the security claim at least possible, even plausible. It also means that computing power will remain low. Such a microcontroller will offer about as much power as my first computer (from 1984).
A virtual CPU, then ? It is theoretically possible (or, more accurately, it has not been proven impossible) to offload arbitrary computations to an untrusted computer through the use of fully homomorphic encryption. There is even an opensource implementation but it is even slower than the 8051-compatible CPU from the previous paragraph. There again, this is an active research area.
Yes, there is. In fact, it's highly likely that you posted from one. But encryption in the processor is not a silver bullet.
An x86 CPU (PC processor) or high-end ARM CPU (smartphone processor) contains a small amount of cache. There is enough room to fit code to encrypt and decrypt instruction and data memory on the fly. This way, the external RAM effectively becomes encrypted storage and swap space.¹
For most attacks, there is no difference between the processor itself and the innermost cache level (the L1 cache). The L1 cache is inside the same silicon wafer as the processor, and a physical attack on the cache would be about as difficult as a physical attack on the processor itself. So for security purposes, the processor and the L1 cache are the same. In many processors, even the L2 cache is inside the same package and about as difficult to attack, which gives more space to work in. If you're worried about attackers who can go inside the package, you really need to put your processor inside a tamper-resistant box, i.e. an HSM, in which case you might as well put enough RAM inside the box.
The benefit of encrypting data outside the CPU is to avoid attacks on the external RAM. There are two main kinds of attacks: snooping on a live RAM bus or modifying data on the bus, and dumping the RAM content.
There are several problems with encrypting data outside the processor cache.
There are also processors that have direct hardware support for encryption in the CPU, and where all communication buses going out of the CPU are encrypted. (I know they exist, but I can't name a part number.) These processors tend to be used in specialized applications.
¹ The obvious way to do this is even patented.
Not in a single instruction, no. But maybe you can achieve something very close to it with a CPU supporting AES-NI instructions (modern Intel and AMD CPUs) with a program written in x86_64 ASM (assembly language). I cannot give you a definitive answer, because I am not an ASM programer. I presume you want to avoid writing unencrypted information into system RAM and keep it entirely contained within the CPU. This is pretty low level stuff. On a related note, there is a patch for Linux kernel, that allows for full disk encryption key to be stored only within CPU registers and not in RAM. It provides a mitigation factor against cold-boot attacks that rely on encryption key being stored in RAM.

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The Diamond Club
Thanks to Mark Attanasio, Gary Goldring, Stan Kasten, and three fellow Law School alumni who traded in fantasy leagues for the real thing, Columbia has major league connections to the world of professional baseball. Brewers, Rays, and Nationals front-office members talk about what it's like to own a baseball franchise, make the tough calls, and live out childhood dreams.
Like every boy who grew up in the Bronx in the 1960s, Mark Attanasio '82 dreamed of playing center field for the Yankees—and like every boy in that era, he eventually realized he wasn't Mickey Mantle.
So what do you do when you love baseball but can't hit a ball 500 feet? In the early 1980s, Attanasio satisfied his baseball jones by participating in one of the earliest rotisserie (now known as fantasy) leagues—slotting players onto an imaginary team and tracking their statistics with some buddies.
Two decades later, the investment banker had worked his way up to the majors, becoming the majority owner of the Milwaukee Brewers. Like all rookies, he had "a lot to learn," Attanasio recalls. "Running a real baseball team is a lot tougher than running a rotisserie team."
Attanasio isn't the only Columbia Law School graduate who has turned a life in baseball from fantasy into reality. Gary Goldring '82 is part-owner of the Tampa Bay Rays. Stan Kasten '76, the longtime president of the Atlanta Braves and now the president of the Washington Nationals, has been working in the game since he graduated law school. And Attanasio brought three fellow alumni—Marc I. Stern '69, and Richard and Alison Ressler '83—to the Brewers as investment partners.
For Attanasio and his cohorts, Major League Baseball is a place where childhood fantasies mingle with decidedly grown-up challenges. When Attanasio bought the Brewers in 2005, the team had just suffered through its 12th straight losing season. Despite improving to an 81-81 record in Attanasio's first year as principal owner, "there were all these articles mentioning that we were still not winners," he remembers. That was nothing compared to the heckling he received when the team traded fan favorite Lyle Overbay that offseason. "When I told my wife, Debbie, she promptly told me that she wouldn't talk to me for the rest of the night," he says. "My son Mike told me that he was done with the Brewers."
This past season, the 51-year-old Attanasio and Brewers General Manager Doug Melvin made an even tougher call: firing Manager Ned Yost with 12 games left in the season. The Brewers responded by making the postseason for the first time since 1982. "I felt like we needed to make that decision to make the playoffs," he says. "It was a very hard call for personal and other reasons, but you shouldn't take the job if you don't want to make those decisions."
Stan Kasten has been making those kinds of tough calls for three decades. When Kasten got his start as in-house counsel for the Atlanta Braves, he was given simple marching orders: "I was told to stay near [former Braves owner] Ted [Turner] and make sure he didn't get into trouble." This proved an impossible task. Soon after Kasten signed on, Turner was suspended for a year by Commissioner Bowie Kuhn for violating baseball's tampering rules—the Braves owner had announced at a cocktail party that he would shell out whatever amount was necessary to sign outfielder Gary Matthews. While Kasten was fighting the suspension in court, Turner tried to jolt the Braves out of a losing streak by naming himself the manager for one game. The Braves lost that game, and Kasten once again found himself having to placate an angry commissioner. Kasten, 56, got into baseball serendipitously. After taking the New York and New Jersey bar exams, he celebrated by going on a cross-country ballpark tour with his wife. At a Braves game, he spotted Turner and introduced himself; within weeks, he had a job offer. Kasten remembers that his parents, neither of whom followed sports, "were mildly to moderately horrified" about his decision to join the Braves rather than take a job doing antitrust work at a Manhattan firm. It was only years later, Kasten says, that they "developed some understanding that whatever the hell I was doing, at least I was being successful."
The secret to Kasten's success: Put together a team you can trust. Manager Bobby Cox, General Manager John Schuerholz, and Kasten, who was named the Braves' president in 1986, led the Braves to the 1995 World Series title, 12 straight division crowns, and universal acclaim as baseball's model franchise. Now, as the president of the Nationals, Kasten is trying to bring the same success to Washington, D.C. "The opportunity to build a team from scratch in the most important city in the world," he says, "is a challenge that's unique."
Along with trying to put a winner on the field, Kasten has had ample opportunity to take advantage of his Columbia Law School education. Kasten, who now sits on the Board of Directors of the Sports Lawyers Association, served on the owners' negotiating committee during baseball's 1994–95 strike, and he managed the legal and business task of overseeing the construction of three major sports facilities: Atlanta's Turner Field and Philips Arena, and Washington's Nationals Park, which opened in 2008. "There are days when I wonder what it would be like to just be a more conventional lawyer, and then all my friends who are the more conventional lawyers talk me out of that very quickly," he says. Kasten says he realized just how lucky he's been when Law School classmate (and Nationals season ticket holder) Eric Holder '76 told him how much everyone envied Kasten's job. "And he was the deputy attorney general at the time!" Kasten says, still disbelieving.
Unlike Kasten, Mark Attanasio didn't act on his baseball dreams right away. At the Law School, Attanasio organized a sports law panel that included NBA Commissioner David Stern '66, then the league's executive vice president. But while he briefly considered becoming a sports agent, Attanasio found himself drawn to corporate law. After two and a half years at Debevoise & Plimpton, he moved to investment banking, working with Michael Milken at Drexel Burnham Lambert. He has been a senior partner with Trust Company of the West (TCW) since 1995, when that firm bought Attanasio's investment company, Crescent Capital Corporation.
The Los Angeles–based Attanasio began to think seriously about owning a baseball team after a pair of local clubs, the Angels and Dodgers, were purchased by new owners in 2003 and 2004, respectively. When the Brewers went on the market shortly thereafter, he submitted a bid during the 2004 season. Attanasio was selected to be the new owner after the regular season concluded, and the deal was approved in January 2005. Now four years into his tenure with Milwaukee, Attanasio says the patience he learned while investing in the financial markets has helped him adjust to his new field. "In both businesses, you assemble a lot of data, and you try to project an outcome," he says. "In baseball, you've made a bet on a guy, and he has to perform or not perform. Like with a stock, there's a trend line: It's up and down and up and down, but it should be trending up. If you've made the right talent call, you can't give up on the player because he's in a slump."
For Attanasio, it's been invaluable to have Marc Stern and Richard and Alison Ressler—all friends and fellow Columbia Law School alumni—on board as investors and advisors. "Marc, Richard, and Alison have been huge supporters of mine forever, and they supported me in this unequivocally," Attanasio says. "It was a real act of friendship." For the 64-year-old Stern, TCW's vice chairman, buying into the Brewers was more than an act of friendship—it was the source of a crisis in fandom. Last October, the self-described "compulsive Phillies fan" was confronted with a Milwaukee-Philadelphia matchup in the playoffs. "It's a very interesting thing to have your historical team against the team that you own a piece of," Stern says, calling it an emotional toss-up. "I actually think he was rooting for us," Attanasio says. "But he was able to get out of that existential dilemma when the Phillies beat us."
The Phillies didn't just knock off Attanasio's Brewers this fall. They also took down the Rays, a team that's partly owned by Attanasio's classmate and former pickup basketball opponent Gary Goldring. After retiring from Goldman Sachs, Goldring and some colleagues, led by businessman Stuart Sternberg, purchased the Rays in 2005. "Stu [Sternberg] has proven to be quite adept at running the baseball team, and the rest of us function as a board and listen to the business prospects," says Goldring. "It's been very interesting learning about a new business."
Goldring, who lives in New Milford, Conn., and spends the majority of his time working with nonprofits like the Earthwatch Institute, says that, because he's based in the Northeast, the most gratifying part of the Rays' 2008 season was playing the Yankees and Red Sox. "We were historically a bye week for teams when they would come to Tampa," he says, "and now everybody has to [worry about] the Tampa Bay Rays." His only disappointment: "It's too bad that both my team and Mark's team didn't make it to the World Series."
With the Brewers and Rays both on the rise, it is not far-fetched to think that the 2009 World Series will turn into a Columbia Law School reunion of sorts. Kasten, meanwhile, continues to work at rebuilding the Nationals, while also drawing mention as a potential commissioner when Bud Selig retires. "That job's not open," Kasten says, "which is just as well, because I love doing my job. I love the adrenaline of competing."


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California's Franchise Tax Board has put singer Dionne Warwick on blast, placing her on the latest list of the top 500 people and businesses owing the most in unpaid taxes.
Warwick, who now lives in New Jersey, owes California $2.6 million, according to the tax board's list, released Thursday. She's been delinquent since 2003, but her publicist, Kevin Sasaki, says Warwick has worked out a repayment plan with the state and is paying down her debt.
Not too long ago, Warwick was accused of owing the IRS $2.2 million in backed taxes but the department quickly recanted their claim citing a clerical error.
Hopefully, this is another mistake.
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Domestic Violence Shelters: Facts
A survey of domestic violence services across the nation found that in a 24-hour period:
- 67,399 victims received assistance, from access to shelter services to counseling and support group referrals.
- 36,332 of the victims served were staying in a domestic violence shelter.
National Network to End Domestic Violence, Domestic Violence Counts 2011: A 24-Hour Census of Domestic Violence Shelters and Services
The need for domestic violence shelters, however, exceeds the capacity and space.The 2011 survey found that of 10,581 requests for assistance that could not be met, 64% of those requests were for emergency shelter.
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I am using Ubuntu 12.10 and want to run a set of commands in the terminal, and from what i see in the instructions, these commands each start on a new line. I don't know how to do this in the terminal. I can't find what key to press to do the carriage-return to the next line.
The commands you see in each line are to be executed one by one.
So after entering a line, press enter to execute then execute next command.
These are two commands to be executed one by one.
To execute at once it will be like
As Web-E explains the most direct way to do what you want with two different commands, I thought I'd show that there are a number of ways to execute multiple commands or to continue commands onto another line without immediately executing them.
Continuing long commands:
1) The most common way to construct one long command is to enter your commands, then use a backslash
You can keep on adding backslashes and pressing return as long as you want, as long as you think the overall command will make sense.
You can cancel this secondary prompt with the usual Ctrl+C.
2) Bash recognises some commands such as for loops (for i in....) and the prompt will appear immediately; just as it will if you miss a quotation mark off a command:
Multiple Commands:
3) As Lxnslck notes, you can separate commands with semicolons:
4) Or you can use the ampersand
You can press the ENTER key after each line and if the command is not terminated (mutiline commands like
If you are copying the commands from a tutorial, you can copy the whole group of commands and paste it directly in the terminal and it will work.
When it's a set of commands you expect to be using more than once, you should put them in a bash script file. For instance,
is nothing you'd like to type ever again, but I happen to need this particular sequence of commands very often. So it goes in a file called
You can put everything in brackets; for example:
The commands will be executed one after the other in a sub-shell.
If you don't want them to be executed in a sub-shell, you can put a semicolon between a command and the other; for example:
Instead, if you put "&&" between each commands, the command that follows the "&&" will be executed only if the previous command has finished with no error, so you don't have to use it to concatenate commands; use semicolons instead. Conversely, if you put "||", the following command will be executed only if the first one exits with an error. Example: (the "which" command checks if a program exists, and if doesn't exits with an error)


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I need to re-evaluate our phone conferencing vendor / package. Not having managed this particular service in the past, would anybody care to share what kind of companies/offerings are out there that you've encountered?
Throwing out some points of interest to get started, feel free to add/change/disregard...
- Do you host your own phone conferencing solution?
- Number of users
- Platform
- Do you outsource?
- Vendor
- Terms (not rates, I realize these vary, but are charges by the minute, bundled, per account, etc.)
- Limitations, features
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Lawmakers in Frankfort are closer to legalizing hemp after the Senate passed a bill late last week.
Supporters say it will bring new jobs and more money, and those against it say it could lead to more drug problems due to its resemblance to marijuana.
The senate bill will now likely go to the House Agriculture Committee possibly even this week.
Tuesday, house ag committee members weighed in.
"I understand the law enforcements part, I understand what the farmers are saying. For land that's not being used for row crops, for under producing lands, mountaintop removal, reclaimed lands, I think it might be a benefit to have that," said Rep. Martha Jane King, (D) Lewisburg.
"If produced and regulated properly, it can be a job creator in the state of Kentucky. It's not going to be able to be grown everywhere. There's only certain parts of the commonwealth, hemp can be grown, where it's profitable. It will be highly regulated," said Rep. Jim DeCesare, (R) Rockfield.
It's got bi-partisan support, but some are still predicting it not to pass in the house committee.
Currently, federal law says hemp is illegal, but republican Senators Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul are working to change that.


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Wisconsin is where I was born and raised. I learned a few things about the outdoors, respecting people, and how to put in a good day's work. I grew up a small town kid with dreams of one day having my own business.
In the summer of 2007, I started working for Mason Companies, Inc in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. I was a brand manager working on mail selection, segmentation, budgeting, and various research projects.
At the same time I worked on a hunting website I called HunterShare.com. I thought it would be the next big thing in the online hunting world. The site never hit the big time, but I learned a ton of lessons and I became more involved in blogging and online marketing.
And that's where I am today…
Ghost Blog Writers
Ghost Blog Writers provides blog posts for business and corporate blogs. The mission of Ghost Blog Writers is to provide well-researched posts on time every time with the goal of driving traffic, leads, and sales.
Ghost Blog Writers was founded in 2010 and has been growing since with clients in varius industries. I'm the founder of the company and one of the writers.
Country Music Life
Country Music Life launched in the spring of 2010. The goal of the site was to provide some commentary on the new songs, albums, and videos in the country world. The site also includes 'best of' lists.
The site has really been more of a success than I had ever thought. It took about 15 months to reach 1 million page views in total. I'm excited about where the site is going. Each month the traffic continues to increase. I think the fans and the community at CML are what's really special. People love country music and I enjoy sharing my own passion for country songs with them all.
Mason Companies Inc.
In the summer of 2007 Mason Companies, Inc. hired me as a Catalog Manager. I'm part of the Marketing Department and am more of a brand manager as the catalog manager works with all areas of the catalog development. Tasks include working with web designers for direction on online marketing.
Starting in 2011, I slowly moved over to the Internet Department and started working on SEO and Social Media projects. In late 2010, Mason Companies, Inc. started their first general merchandise business, Stoneberry (www.stoneberry.com). Up until this point Mason Companies, Inc. had been manufacturing and selling footwear for over 100 years. There were also ventures into the apparel market.
As part of the Stoneberry project I was able to be part of a few early research teams. I also worked on developing SEO and Social Media strategies for Stoneberry as well as for a few other of Mason Companies, Inc.'s ventures.
After five years I left Mason to focus entirely on Ghost Blog Writers. Mason was a great place to work and I wouldn't trade those five years for anything.
Outside of blogging and marketing there are a few things I enjoy in my personal time. I'm a big country music fan (see: Country Music Life). I also enjoy golfing in the summertime in Wisconsin. I enjoy hunting whitetail deer in the cool autumn days. When I'm not near my computer I'm usually hitting a few putts in the living room, chipping in the backyard, or out in the woods scouting a new piece of property for another bow hunting season.
I'm also a huge Green Bay Packer fan and have been since I was just a kid. Two of my fondest memories have been the Packer Super Bowls of my lifetime.
Golf is something I really enjoy during the Wisconsin summers. I've never been the best player, but can get around the course all right. I'm usually around a 10 to 15 handicap depending on how things are going.
Golf is a great way to spend time outdoors. I enjoy hitting the links on great courses here in Wisconsin with friends and family. My one claim to golf fame is having played a round at Pebble Beach.
My Dad gets credit for introducing me to hunting. It was sometime around 1996. My Dad took me out bow hunting with him. The hunt was successful in the fact we got to see some deer. My heart was racing the entire time the deer where around us. From that point on I was hooked and it's been a hobby for me every fall since. I've even gotten lucky once or twice and have taken a couple of nice bucks…well they're nice in my eyes.
My second blog was actually a blend of two of my passions. The blog was Hunting Business Marketing and all the posts are still available. I look back on it from time to time and still think a few of the posts are pretty good.
Visit Hunting Business Marketing
Green Bay Packers
In the early '90s the Packers were just about the only thing I cared about. I was too young to experience the down years of the '70s and '80s, but in the '90s things were exciting. There have only been a few down years since and the Super Bowls have been a few of the greatest moments of my life. I've enjoyed watching the games every Fall with family and friends.


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I am trying to handle string (non-geometry) duplicates in a large attribute table of a shapefile without having to convert to gdb and back or connect to a postgres db. I need to be able to use a count function for my query. I'd prefer not creating an output file, but rather simply updating the file itself. I've looked at the cursors but I cannot seem to accomplish what I need to with them. I essentially need to get a count for duplicates, do a comparison, and then accordingly append values of one field with the values of another field.
(This uses neither
One alternative approach could be to read the
^although I imagine it is possible to break the shapefile in certain circumstances I have not done this yet using this approach.
If the duplicates you wish to do something about are across rows I would look at ogr, specifcally ogr sql.
If OGR doesn't do what you want and the data you wish to change are across columns (fields) and not rows (records) with suitable care you can use any tool which understands DBF, which should any db tool worth it's salt, including Access/Excel. Something to watch for, especially with Excel, are silent reformatting of date/time fields, and truncation of total records (Excel has max row limit, and may or may not say something about it). Always work on a copy, validate the results, and never delete, add or re-order rows when using a non-spatial dbf tool.
If you install pywin32, you can query your .dbf files with any Jet compatible SQL query and access the results in a RecordSet from Python. You can run an aggregate function like count, nested query, update query, etc or output to another dbf. In my experience, the dbf file name must be 8.3 compiant.


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Stop Thinking of your eShop as the Online Equivalent of a Physical Store and Convert your Store into a Digital Boutique
By Isabel F. Pe�uelas-Oracle on Oct 14, 2013
With the occasion of an Oracle WebCenter event around The Connected Customer last week in Madrid, I have had the chance to listen and to discuss with different companies including big retailers from supermarkets to luxury brands. During the day, several questions and concerns came to my attention, so here you have some thoughts inspired by the meeting and by my own recent readings on the subject and in particular by Brian Solis´s book The End of Business as Usual.
How can I demonstrate how much my e-Shop is influencing sales? How can I demonstrate the ROI of my online investments and my social media marketing?
Connecting Experiences is a great message but often, online purchases are still too small to justify the required investment for a successful strategy including eCommerce sites; mobile apps; marketing sites; online communities creation; and additional online engagement projects. As an example, the consumers of luxury products are attracted by Web Experiences around those products demanding very compelling Web Sites with rich video and with advanced interactivity, but they prefer to try and buy those products in the physical shops making it difficult to demonstrate the true ROI of eCommerce initiatives. Here are some tips to justify and to maximize the investment.
Likeness is a predictor of future purchases
The agency Vision Critical has published recently a study From linking to buying devoted social media marketing. A key finding on it is that "the research showed 4 in 10 social media users have indeed gone out and purchased an item in-store or online after sharing and favouring it on Twitter Facebook or Pinterest."
"Ask any consumer what it is they expect from a brand or retailer online", says Brian Solis, "…and they'll tell you that in addition to discounts, promotions, special offers and exclusive information, they want the ability to buy within their network. Sharing in purchase experiences, interacting with products through connected apps, and influencing decisions through social and mobile networks is quickly becoming the next big thing". A single advice is then to track the number of likes that a potential customers does on a product whether those likes are done on your brand Web Sites or in your social media campaigns.
New experiences around your product will make your customer identify himself
Brian Solis also continues "..an idea that had applied mostly to commodities and luxury items applies to everyone. That idea? The experience you build around your product is often more important than the physical product itself ". One of the strategies you can apply is Gamification as you can read in this article on How 9 Retailers Successfully Leveraged Game Mechanics. Gamification will not only make your site more engaging but the same time –and similarly to the creation of communities around your product - gamification will help you make your user identify himself and will facilitate the study of his behaviours for ROI demonstration. I am mentioning this technique just as an example of the different customer engagement online methods having in common the "Sharing" component.
Be creative with the use of Coupons, coupons are a very straightforward mechanism to prove the link between the online and the offline including the mobile. Showing the coupon at the point of sale will help you to make a bridge between mobile, web, and physical. Do not reduce its use to offer discounts. Coupons can be used to provide any extra service and can be beneficial for any kind of brand: you can use to invite your customer to a fashion show; or to offer to your loyal customer a dinner with his favourite celebrity. Everything is possible!
Use Social Login in your web site and reward your customer if he/she accepts to provide his social credentials and/or to share content and activities with his/her social graph. Additionally, design a strategy to link your visitor's social identity with the identity he uses to interact with your brand. That will help you track what he likes; predict what he will purchase; and prove the influence of his eyeballs on his final purchases.
Anticipate your Customer needs using a Transitional Marketing Approach
The new model of Transitional Marketing as described by Brian Solis depends on accessibility and anticipation. "Accessibility is the foundational concern addressed by mobile sites, tablet apps, optimized campaign microsites, etc., but the key to successful transitional marketing is anticipation. Anticipating that a consumer is on her tablet device when your commercial airs. Anticipating that the needs of consumers before 8:00am and after 5:00pm are more time sensitive and experiential in nature. Anticipating that entries in a consumer's calendar could benefit from an additive offer. Accessibility requires an understanding of connectivity and content. Anticipation requires an understanding of character and context. "
Anticipation today means Big Data
As described in this article by The Guardian Big data marketing dream or dilemma: " Big Data in this context is the mass of transactional and behavioural data that each of us creates as we use the internet, travel with location-aware mobile devices, make purchases with payment cards and loyalty cards online, and communicate our activities, goals and preferences through social media" and "…according to a recent survey carried out by German market research institute GfK 86% of marketers consider that big data will change the function of marketing, and a further 62% say that it has already fundamentally changed". Also realize that you need to get more data to understand your customer mood and context using different devices as Nielsen states on their Australian Connected Consumer Report -2013.
Accessibility today means Responsive Design
As Nielsen has shown, 29% of mobile consumers use their phone for shopping-related activities and more than 50% visit deal sites on a daily basis. Responsive Design and mobile web technologies are the most efficient to reduce mobile development costs in many business cases providing an experience that is developed once and adapts to the user device and browser size. Sometimes mobile native apps are also required, but Responsive Sites should always be part of the experience to respond to the multichannel journey of your always connected customer.
Connect your Shop with your Online Presence
Finally, be consistent and connect your physical shops with your eShop and marketing sites and let your customers interact with their peers and with you also when he/she is at your shop to make him/her enjoy the experience. I leave you with the link to the video to Burberry´s Shop we used to illustrate some of those concepts during the WebCenter Connected Customer Event. Enjoy the Experience!!
Showrooming at Shop.
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¿Es el marketing en tiempo real una plaga que destruye la relacion entre marca y consumidor?
Transitional marketing and the connected Interface
Meet Generation C the connected customer
How 9 Retailers Successfully Leveraged Game Mechanics
Gamification finds new retail fans
Big data marketing dream or dilemma
Big data is a Big Opportunity for Retail
Understanding the role of tablet devices Nielsen connected consumer report device usage
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For example, in software development there is the oft-sited Fred Brooks number (5-10x) from the Mythical Man Month and the Robert Glass number (28x) from Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering, two well-known books for Project Management in Software Engineering.
There should be similar studies for accounting, medicine, journalism, etc.
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March 02, 2011
Design Indaba inspires Cape Town
Skye Grove
Skye is a spontaneous traveller, a citizen of the world and is passionate about unlocking the stories of inspiring destinations like Cape Town. She believes in the power of content, loves street photography, anthropology, urban neighbourhoods and counts London's Shoreditch and Cape Town's city bowl as the two favourite places she has lived and worked in.
A comment from a visitor to the Design Indaba, on what makes Cape Town a great design city. Photo courtesy Ingrid Sinclair
Hailed by thought leaders like Michael Wolff and Dana Arnett as the top international design conference in the world, Design Indaba has captured the city this week – the energy was palpable as delegates from all corners of the globe were welcomed into Cape Town's creative heart. Not only was the city's beauty and fabulous weather celebrated by speakers from abroad, but our people also clearly left an impression. Tim Beard of Bibliothèque, one of the UK's top design agencies, said, "The warm hospitality of Cape Town is unsurpassed"
As with previous years, all conference tickets to this international innovation platform were sold out weeks before the event, which showcases the best in advertising, architecture, craft, décor, film, graphic design, interior design, jewellery, new media, publishing, product design and visual media. In founder Ravi Naidoo's words, "By attracting the world's best design talent, Design Indaba has become a respected institution in the world's creative landscape. Cities across the world that are positioning themselves as creative hubs have recognised the continual growth and success of Design Indaba."
I made a point of speaking to different people around the conference venue (the Cape Town International Convention Centre) during tea and lunch breaks, and had conversations with delegates from Nigeria, Japan, the UK, France, the USA, Switzerland and Sweden, all of whom spoke of the incredible inspiration to be found in Cape Town, of its desirability as a design destination and character as a creative city – one teeming with artistic ability.
Design Indaba is not just a boost for the spirits, but also the local economy. The University of Cape Town's Graduate School of Business did an economic impact study of the event last year and found that it contributed R232-million to the gross domestic product (GDP) in 2010 and helped to create over 900 jobs. This year's event is expected to attract over 40 000 visitors and 170 international buyers.
One of my favourite speakers was legendary graphic design genius Michael Wolff, who trained as an architect and evolved into one of the world's foremost branding and corporate identity experts in the world. The combination of Michael's genius with his humility struck me. His philosophy is simple: "I've never stuck to one view of what is good in design. My personal goals have always been the same: to help organisations to express themselves, in their own particular way, for the benefit of anyone with whom they're involved. And do this in a way that brings value to everyone and to the world that we all share."
And sharing we did. We learnt about the benefits of design addressing social problems, the endless opportunities of design to create a better and sustainable world, and how design can be used as cultural facilitator and incubator. Design Indaba 2011 is the most positive overload of creative inspiration that I've had in years.


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January 29, 2013
STEUBENVILLE -- Legislation to raise the city's building permit fees was officially heard for the first time Tuesday night....
Why in the h3ll would they wait til 9 oclock to pass legislation.
Appears weird and undercoverage, just plain slimey.
Didn' they pass something last week in the late hours of the evening. And no one in the Ville thinks much about it.
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from Soloveichik's "How Not to Become a Jew" in the January issue of Commentary [online for subscribers of the print version only.] He cites Franz Rosenzweig, who is perhaps the most significant Jewish thinker of the twentieth century to Jews outside of the Orthodox pale.
In other words, part of the notion of requiring bris (circumcision or some form of blood-letting) as an integral part of the conversion process is to emphasize that the convert becomes part of a blood relationship. He enters an extended family, not just a faith. He becomes connected to, and assumes responsibility for, all other Jews in horizontal and vertical temporal planes.


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Quick Look: Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
Watch extended gameplay footage from Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen featuring the Giant Bomb crew.
Watch extended gameplay footage from Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen featuring the Giant Bomb crew.
This week we get Assassin's Creed Chronicles: India, Gemini: Heroes Reborn, Gone Home: Console Edition, Tharsis, The Banner Saga,That Dragon Cancer and Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen.
The Witcher 3 is upping the ante for difficulty, Microsoft explain how you can play games with the HoloLens, and a new Dragon's Dogma is coming.
When a dragon-rooster attacks, Arisen goes for the flank.
A fight against an undead dragon turns into a pawn reviving party.
Kevin VanOrd weathers the dank halls of Bitterblack Isle in this video review for Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen.
The alive and the undead alike lurk in these corridors.
Taking on a beast this large is no laughing matter.
A new threat emerges in this launch trailer for Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen.
GameSpot's Jonathan catches up with Kento Kinoshita and Minae Matsukawa and talk about the new things in the upcoming Dragon's Dogma expansion, the main game's ending, parallels between this and ...
Check out the mystic knight and what she can do in Dragon's Dogma Arisen.
Check out the latest Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen trailer to see how the Sorcerer and his party fare against the Poisoned Undead, Banshees and the imposing Gold and Silver Knights.
Kevin VanOrd takes us through a build of Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen on the Xbox 360 and shows off some gameplay.
A Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen trailer highlighting the Necrophagous beasts.
Get a glimpse of some of the evil that you will have to vanquish in Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen.
Here's the official trailer for Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen expansion.
GameSpot's Jonathan Toyad brings you to a musical tour of 2012's greatest in video game music.
These are GameSpot's nominees for the 2012 RPG of the Year.
Publisher hauls $51.3 million profit on $570 million in revenue for six-month period ended September 30; Dragon's Dogma "exceeding expectations."
The adventure continues with a new title update and DLC content announced for Dragon's Dogma.
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The creator of Dragon's Dogma discusses his ideas for the fantasy RPG sequel, while Ubisoft mends a security flaw in its Uplay system's browser plug-in.
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Kevin VanOrd plunges a sword into the heart of this video review for Dragon's Dogma.
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After severing some lizard tails, our adventures stumble across a pack of Hobgoblins in forest.
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Gather some useful information from two shady figures who have decided to have a meeting under a dark bridge.
This week we check out Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, Dragon's Dogma, Sorcery, Iron Front - Liberation 1944, and more.
Check out the launch trailer for Dragon's Dogma, in stores on May 22, 2012.
The third developer diary for Dragon's Dogma highlights the depth of the world and the characters, over 400, in the game.
Check out some Dragon's Dogma gameplay footage featuring a dragon battle.
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The trick to slaying a griffin is to climb on its back and hack it to death. Easier said than done.
With the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and a snake for a tale, chimeras make for a ferocious opponent.
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You know him as "The Pet Buddy," but David Loignon is so much more.
The owner of Home Buddies – an in-home pet-care business under the Camp Bow Wow franchise based in Colorado – has been working with furry clientele for the last year and writing about his experience in his column in The Voice-Tribune.
But before opening up his own pet-care business, he enjoyed a very different career path as a television producer for a quarter of a century. "I first started out as a reporter and a photographer," he said. "I moved to Louisville to work at WHAS-TV and the last job I had before this was general manager of Churchill Downs Simulcast Productions."
Prior to landing in the River City, Loignon lived primarily in Sacramento, Calif., but grew up moving from military base to base as an Air Force brat. He eventually landed a producing job at WHAS11 after graduating from the University of Nebraska and working in television in Lincoln and Omaha.
"I moved here strictly for a job and kind of fell in love with (Louisville)," Loignon said. "I had left twice and went up to Minneapolis to work in TV for a year and I was out in (Los Angeles) working with (American horse-racing network) TVG for awhile. I kept being drawn back to Louisville. It's felt like leaving home every time I've left and it's felt like coming home every time I've come back."
Loignon had the opportunity to travel to Bosnia, Kosovo and flew with the Thunderbirds, the air demonstration squadron of the Air Force, while working with WHAS-TV. After leaving the news station, he began producing documentaries for the Military Channel, but soon found himself looking for employment.
"Unfortunately, the original version of that (series) tanked and so I ended up unemployed for a little while," Loignon said. "I think everyone should be unemployed once because it teaches you a lot about yourself, about what you're capable of and what's important."
From there, Loignon took the job with Churchill Downs Simulcast Productions, but began to desire a change of scenery. Wanting to open his own business, he left television and threw himself into his childhood passion.
"I was never allowed to have pets as a kid and I loved animals," Loignon said. "I got to know every dog in the neighborhood, and once I finally graduated from college and worked a few years, I decided to get my first dog. I've spent a lot of time reading books, I've watched a lot of shows with animal behaviorists, and I have a good friend who's an animal trainer."
Loignon decided last March to open Home Buddies in Louisville and began writing "The Pet Buddy."
With Home Buddies, Loignon and five sitters walk, feed and provide other in-home pet-care for owners who are away at work or on travel. They sit just about anything, from dogs and cats, to parrots, chinchillas, lizards and fish.
Loignon is also pet-parent to a Labrador mix named Sophie and Sadie, a Golden Retriever mix, both rescued from GRRAND, and lives with his wife of 12 years, Julie Koenig-Loignon, a former anchor for WHAS11.
Aside from Home Buddies, Loignon also continues to work some in television production and has taken up scuba diving, as well as racing with the cycling team sponsored by TwinSpires.com, a Churchill Downs company. As of the last two years, he has also begun racing cyclocross, and will produce the global television coverage of the world championships next January at Eva Bandman Park in Louisville.
"(Cyclocross) is a cross between road racing and mountain bike racing," Loignon said. "You race over grass, dirt, sand and have to dismount the bike and carry it over obstacles and jump back on. It's muddy and dirty, and the kind of cycling you did as a kid."
Add traveling to his list of hobbies, as well. He and Julie love Paris and often say they'd like to one day open a Home Buddies there.
But for now, Loignon hopes to become a better resource for pet owners and help people develop a better relationship with their pets.
"I'm hoping I'm being a friend to animals by teaching their owners," he said. "Hopefully I'm helping people have a better relationship with their pet and have (pets) become better members of their family."
For more information on Home Buddies, visit www.myhomebuddies.com/louisvilleeast.
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- Era: 19th Century
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- Subject: U.S. Naval Academy
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I have the following task - I have to find all
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17 Jun 2010 4:52 AM #1
Ext.util.GeoLocation tweeking
Hey Sencha guy,
congratulation to the release of the Sencha-Touch Beta!
The first Touch felt fenomenal!!!!
While Reading through your sources I stoped at Geolocation. You should definatly tweek it a bit!
I have done some practice Tests with GeoLocation on the Iphone and I would like to share my experience.
The navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition function doesen't seem to update its Position!
To Implement an update event you should go with watchPosition instead!
To get good Results for tracking for example you have to Tweek the geolocation functions with a third parameter Containing maxAge timeout and enableHighaccuracy
Looking forward to develope some nice Apps with the new Sencha Touch Framework!
Great Work Guys
17 Jun 2010 5:05 AM #2
Thanks a lot for the positive feedback!
I am very interested in your recommendations regarding geolocation. We are aware it needs some work. Any help would be very appreciated.
I will make sure to look into some of the pointers in your post.
17 Jun 2010 5:19 AM #3
Win Win
I am on the very beginning of writing an Mobile Application. One of it main Features does some heavy usage of Geolocation. Since I just looked through the demos of Senscha Touch (...and I am just blown away) I will recycle the current jQTouch code base to use your framework instead... I will keep this thread up to date an will throw in all Code changes Ill do to make it work as expected.
BTW as an Support subscriber for Extjs is it possible to get an SVN Access for Sencha Touch?
17 Jun 2010 5:23 AM #4
We do plan on having SVN access up soon.
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The darkroom is under construction at 2169. It is located on the east side in between the emergency exit and the bathrooms. This room may also be used for silk screening.
- Mailing List - Participate in discussion, please join and tell us about your cool photog projects.
- Google Calendar - XML - iCal - Email our discussion list to be added to the calendar.
Darkrooms Are Awesome, How Do I Use This One?
Anyone is welcome to use the darkroom just as long as our general rule of being excellent to each other is followed! Here are some other guidelines you might find useful.
Darkroom Usage Guidelines
- Introductions and project discussion - Have you met anyone else using the darkroom? If not we'd love to meet you and see what awesome things you're wanting to work on. Please make a post to our discussion list and introduce yourself to the group. By doing this you basically get free help from a fairly well size community to folks on how to be utilized the space and equipment, and also by communicating purpose and resource needs we all can get a better idea of how to have our projects coexist in the space.
- Check the darkroom calendar and schedule time - We have a calendar, it contains dates of times when people are going to use the darkroom. This is great as it allows for collaboration and also helps with scheduling conflicts (it's a small space :P). Email our discussion list to be added to the calendar.
- Keep the space just as neat and clean as before you found it - Many of us use the space, and only have limited time to do so. When the space is dirty, or resources aren't where we expect them, life sucks. Please be kind of help to make sure the darkroom is just as neat and organized as you found it (or even better, cleaner then it was before!).
- Communicate to the group when equipment breaks or supplies run dry - Many of the equipment we have is old and hand me downs, just in the brink of utter self destruction. Things are bound to break and run out, if this happens, fret not, most likely not your fault. Even if it was, please email our discussion list and notify the rest of the community. We don't care who did what, but are more concerned with replacing whatever needs replacing. :)
- Bring up discussion about changes to the darkroom - Want to change something? All ready did change something? Great! Bring it up on the mailing list so we all can bask in the new founded value of your alterations!
- Have fun! - Make cool things, have fun doing it!
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Once the space is set up, I will teach classes on film development, printing, and general darkroom use. I will also be available to help out on a one-on-one basis with anyone who would like to learn.
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28 Jul 2008 2:08 AM #1
how to transfer data between two grid?
I use desktop 2.0 in my project.I want to implement the effect like winxp computer manager->local user and group. I created two grid, one showed user list of group, the other selected users to list.
Sorry, my bad English.
Please give me some tips or examples.Thanks.
28 Jul 2008 7:33 AM #2
Normally you would just remove the record from one grid's store and add it to the other grid's store.
I believe theres a third party extension for a form field of this type though, try searching on "multiselect" or similar. dont remember exactly what it was called.
28 Jul 2008 5:01 PM #3
devnull,Thank you for your reply, I will try it.


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Custom Fiberglass Pod - Why Hide It?Written by on November 1, 2007 Making A Custom Fiberglass Pod
After making the decision to install air suspension, the next decision you're going to have to make is how and where to install the controls. This installation was being done on my first custom car and I wanted to be as involved with the installation and the fabrication as possible. Since I'm going for an updated Bellflower custom look with my ride, I didn't want the typical black metal panel hanging down from the dash. I found the best examples of airbag gauges/ switch mounting in the mini-truck world, which goes to show you should be open-minded when customizing your car.
I decided on the Dakota Digital ride-height controller DHC 2000. This is a new system from Dakota Digital that packs a lot of features in one small control panel. From this panel you can access a manual setting for goofing around, a digital readout of all functions including individual bag air pressure, as well as three set ride-height positions that are continuously checked and adjusted by the included computer. So the Dakota Digital system keeps the car level, no matter how many people you have in the car or how much luggage you pack in the trunk. This is a great feature for obvious reasons.
I called Dakota Digital and talked with a tech support rep before ordering. He was great, he knew the product inside and out, and he even pulled some strings to special order a green screen for me so the readout wouldn't look out of place with my stock green dash lighting.
After spending some time with friends who have their rides 'bagged, I could tell I was going to want to hit the switches enough that hiding them in the glovebox or somewhere out of reach was definitely not the answer. Luckily, the DHC 2000 is compact and aesthetically pleasing, so I wasn't worried about hiding it. The lower portion of my dash sticks out just enough that it's close at hand, so I decided to build a pod to mount the control panel there.
This decision necessitated building a custom switch box from fiberglass. But remember the process I'm using could also make custom gauge pods, armrests, you name it! Your imagination is really all that limits the use of fiberglass.
My first stop was my local florist. No, I didn't stop to get pre-apology flowers for messing up the house. I stopped in to get a product florists use called Oasis. It's that green squishy stuff they use to arrange flowers. While it's great for holding up flowers, it's also really easy to shape and contour.
This was only my second attempt at building a piece like this. It was amazingly easy so there's really no excuse to have ugly gauge panels, or anything else ugly for that matter, in your car's interior. I think I'll make an underdash panel for air-conditioning ducts next!
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My template was bigger than one piece of Oasis (the green bricks) could handle, so I stuck two pieces together with toothpicks.Here are the different materials I like to use. The loose weave material on the left is great for stretching over compound curves.Oasis cuts like butter, which is the primary reason I am using it. I like using files from the beginning because you find yourself shaping and cutting at the same time.I wrapped my table in Mylar before I started the fiberglass process so the fiberglass could be laid right on it and, for the most part, wouldn't stick.I stretched the loose weave mat over the Oasis form. You can see how well it conforms to complex curves.I test-fit the piece often to ensure I would get what I wanted. The great thing about Oasis was that anything that hit it left an indentation when I pressed it into place.I used paint-mixing cups with measurements right on them. They're available at any paint supply store and are cheap and disposable.
With the foundation ready, I put my carved pattern right on top and started layering on the precut material, adding resin and trowelling it in continuously.It's messy, but keep going and don't get discouraged. I kept adding layers and resin and pushing out air bubbles and forming the fiberglass to the foam buck.Here's a trick I got from on old-timer: Once I was done with the layering and had gotten as much air out as I could, I laid Saran Wrap over it and massaged and tightened the fiberglass over the pattern even better.It almost looks like it came from the factory. There are no visible wires and best of all no ugly black metal bracket. Not bad, huh?


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March 19, 2013
Cape Epic cyclist gets hit by a buck: video
The 2013 Absa Cape Epic, one of the world's most extreme cycling races, had its first casualty yesterday when German-born cyclist Robert Mennen was struck by a duiker in Citrusdal. Mennen, of Team Topeak-Ergon, broke his collarbone when he collided with the buck. People took to Twitter to wish Mennen well following his accident, but the cyclist has not sent out a tweet since then.
This highlights of the day video contains a slow motion clip of the incident.
This year's race, which started on Sunday, is wide open with every leg having been won by a different cyclist. It ends at the Lourensford Wine Estate in Somerset West on Sunday.
Last year Evan van der Spuy, of Team Jeep, was taken out of the race when he was sideswiped by a buck.
The Absa Cape Epic stretches over 800km of unspoilt nature in the Western Cape and includes approximately 15 000m of climbing over some of the most magnificent passes in South Africa.


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Mag Stix Magnetic Building Sets already have a disclaimer that its pieces pose a choking hazard to children under three years old. The recall was prompted when an eight-year-old girl required intestinal surgery after swallowing more than one magnet. Visit www.kipptoys.com to learn more.
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Date: Wed. 25 Sep, 2013 8:30 am
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Location: Ferguson Building
The Career and Internship Center is pleased to announce the accounting firm Rehmann will be conducting onsite interviews for winter audit/tax internships as well as a staff audit position. Application deadline is Friday, September 13th. Interviews will take place at the Career and Internship Center, Ferguson 103. For more information please see the Briton Network at www.albion.experience.com
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November 26, 2012
For the past few years I've made it a point to collect Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals that may be of particular interest to Christians. While there are many places you can go online to find deals on electronics and other big-ticket items, I wanted to provide a place for Christian retailers to make their deals known to Christians who are trying to kick-start their Christmas shopping.
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Amazon has the Kindle Fire on sale, today only, at $30 off. Use coupon code FIREDEAL. a large selection of music on sale. You can find albums by Chris Tomlin, MercyMe, Newsboys, and a lot of others (both Christian and non). Amazon sells music within the US of A only, so the rest of us get left out.
Banner of Truth
Banner of Truth has several books on sale (up to 50%) off. The rest of their inventory is priced at 30% off the usual prices.
CBD Reformed
CBD Reformed has put several of their items on sale including:
- The MacArthur New Testament Commentary Set, 29 Volumes at $324.99 (regular $814.71)
- Systematic Theology, 3 Volumes by Charles Hodge at $19.99 (regular $100)
- The Explicit Gospel by Matt Chandler at $7.99 (regular $17.99)
- Nearly all ESV Bibles are on sale through end-of-day November 26. For example, the ESV Study Bible in Genuine Cowhide Leather is usually $179.99 but is now on sale for $99.99
- The Jesus Storybook Bible is $5.99.
Centricity Music
Centricity Music has all of their albums at 30% off (use the code "turkey"). Among other artists you'll find Andrew Peterson, Downhere, and Matt Papa.
ChristianAudio is having sales all day long. You'll need to keep an eye on Twitter to find the deals.
Compass Cinema
Compass Cinema (creator of the excellent Modern Parables videos, among others) has most of their videos on sale. Coupon code BLACK25 will get you 25% off any order.
Credo House
Credo House has some significant deals on their theology courses.
Crossway is offering a site-wide 40% off sale. That includes all of their books and Bibles. Click through to see some of their top picks.
Cruciform Press
Cruciform Press has 11 books on sale at just $4.99 each (down from the regular price of $9.99). They include titles by Joel Beeke, Curtis Allen, John Ensor, and others. You can see the selection and make your order right here.
The Good Book Company
The Good Book Company has a wide variety of resources available at up to 60% off. They include books by Steve Timmis, Tim Chester, and others.
Grace & Truth Books
Grace & Truth Books has a selection of items at 30 - 35% off.
Granted Ministries
Granted Ministries has several deals going on and depending on what you purchase, you may also earn a free book or two.
Ligonier Ministries
Ligonier Ministries is is having a substantial Cyber Monday sale. Lots of books, Bibles and teaching series have been discounted.
Lifeway has a few deals on Bibles, books and music. You'll need to hunt around a little, but will find discounts on books by Francis Chan, on The Jesus Storybook Bible ($5) and on Lecrae's album Gravity.
NeuYear, a company that makes awesome wall calendars, has their 2013 calendars on sale. Use coupon code Challies12 to get 40% off.
New Growth Press
New Growth Press has Cyber Monday deals that include the Gospel Story Bible, Old Story New and Long Story Short, along with a few other titles. The Gospel Story Bible is buy one, get one.
P&R Publishers is offering 40% off your order with the coupon code NOV12, plus free shipping on domestic orders over $25. This deal runs from the 23rd to the 26th.
Reformation Heritage Books
Reformation Heritage Books has quite a few noteworthy deals. You can get three of Paul Washer's new book for $10 each, the Building on the Rock series for just $20, and a 3-pack of A Puritan Theology for $90. Also, they have reduced the Kindle price of A Puritan Theology to just $9.99 (down from $29.99).
Revive Our Hearts
Revive Our Hearts has a selection of books with deep discounts. Authors include Nancy Leigh DeMoss, Mary Kassian, and Kimberly Wagner.
Shepherd Press
Shepherd Press has their complete catalog of books on sale. All ebooks (Kindle, iPad, etc) have been dropped to $1.99. Most print editions are at $4.99, but you will have to add a book to your cart to see the lowered pricing. There is a maximum of 5 books per person at this discounted These deals will last until Monday.
Vyrso has a list of ebook deals.
Other Deals
Here are a few other deals that may be of interest:
- Visual Verses will have everything at 40% off (use coupon code THANKS) on Friday and Saturday.
- Significat, which offers handcrafted plaques, will have everything at 30% off with coupon code BlackFriday30.
- HopeInk has their items at 30% off with coupon code GIVETHANKS2012.
If your company or ministry has things on sale that would fit this round-up, please do let me know.
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Eagle's Nest
Friendly atmosphere and a full menu of delicious items such as pizza, burgers, nachos, and much more. Great service and affordable prices.
The Bluffs Vineyard & Winery
Buttermilk Hill is home to this vineyard & winery, the location and view are quite unique and allow all who visit to truly feel like they are back to nature. The grounds are large enough to have a picnic or a private conversations over a glass of wine. And at the same time, the winery is accommodating to larger groups. The wine list has several whites and reds made with local grapes.
Dixie's Cup Cafe
Dixie's Cup Cafe is a good old fashioned cafe. The food is delicious and the price affordable.
Waterstreet Bar & Grill
Waterstreet has a great menu full of delicious dishes.
Just Sue's
Just Sue's has a wide variety of delicious dishes in a casual, comfortable atmosphere. Cash only.
China King
China King offers delicious Chinese food in a family friendly atmosphere with affordable prices and excellent service.
CITY:Red Bud
The Diner
The Diner has a large variety of classic dishes for the whole family.
Sporto's Pub & Grill
Sporto's has delicious daily lunch specials, live music, karaoke, and much more. Friday fish specials and Saturday steak specials.
CITY:Red Bud
Village Bakery & Deli
Village Bakery & Deli specializes in homemade donuts, bread and baked items. Daily luncheon specials. Deli meats and cheeses and more!
Jan's Horseshoe Inn
Jan's Horseshoe Inn has delicious food with fast, friendly service.
Pioneer's Cabin
Pioneer's Cabin offers "A Taste Of The Good Old Days," with their homemade meals. They offer Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
Di Carlo's Pizza & Pasta
At Di Carlo's enjoy delicious Italian pizza and pasta in a warm, casual atmosphere.
CITY:Red Bud
Red Deuce
How do you begin a great night out? It's hard to go wrong with a steak. Especially a really good one. But maybe that's more than you're ready for. Perhaps something lighter. A chicken breast? Fish? A salad? How about a killer burger? We can't predict what you'll be hungry for, but Red Deuce has the bases covered.
Tony's Restaurant
Tony's Place has sandwiches, soup, delicious sides, steak, chicken, seafood, pot roast, country fried steak, prime rib, pasta, great desserts, and more.
Southside Ribs
At Southside enjoy delicious ribs and so much more.
The Boiler Room Restaurant
The Boiler Room offers delicious food in a clean, casual atmosphere, with banquet and meeting facilities. Located in the Original Springs hotel.
Dynasty Chinese Cuisine
At Dynasty enjoy delicious Chinese cuisine in a clean and friendly environment.
Tequilas Mexican Restaurant
Tequila Mexican Restaurant offers delicious Mexican food at a great price with fabulous, fast, and friendly service.
Crazy Joe's Fish House
Hot Fish. Cold Beer! For the best in food, fun and atmosphere you've gotta get to Crazy Joe's!
The Ol' Farmhouse Cafe
The Ol' Farmhouse Cafe has wonderful food in a casual atmosphere, also on site is a small gift shop and bakery.
Oakdale Country Kitchen
Oakdale Country Kitchen offers a variety of homecooked American favorites for the whole family. This restaurant is not to be confused with the Country Kitchen chains but is an INDEPENDENTLY operated restaurant.
Breadeaux Pizza
What makes Breadeaúx Pizza different? It's the crust, which is chewy and sweet, and reminiscent of fine French Bread. While other pizza places boast about using dough made fresh daily, at Breadeaúx Pizza restaurants, our dough is aged and double-raised, once quickly, and the second time slowly while being chilled. The major difference in our dough preparation creates our distinctive taste and texture. So come on in to Breadeaúx Pizza and taste the difference.
Farmer's Table
From the Farmer's Table straight to yours, fresh and delicous home-cooked meals for the whole family.
Little Nashville Restaurant
Little Nashville Restaurant has a great menu full of delicious items.
Dave & Joyce's Country Kitchen
At Dave & Joyce's enjoy delicious homestyle cuisine fresh from their kitchen.
CITY:Red Bud
Doreen's Restaurant
Doreen's Restaurant has an excellent menu full of delicious dishes to tantalize the senses, to enjoy in a bright, clean atmosphere.
Susie's Restaurant
Susie's has a full menu of delicious items. Breakfast, lunch and dinner.
CITY:Red Bud
Ben's Diner
Ben's Diner has delicious diner staples in a fun, retro atmosphere.
Reids' Harvest House
Reids' Harvest House Smorgasbord serves good, home-style, traditional American food. Their 35-foot buffet line is packed with so many wonderful, mouth-watering dishes. At Reids' there are no gimmicks to attract attention, just good food and plenty of it.
Lollies Cafe
Lollies Cafe offers different specials every day, and is best known for their all-you-can-eat blue gill Friday nights and all-you-can-eat fried chicken Sunday.
Pistol City Restaurant & Saloon
Pistol City has a great menu full of delicious dishes and large buffet to keep everyone happy, set in a warm, family friendly atmosphere.
Rice & Fries
Rice & Fries is delicious Chinese food with a twist.
Chickens Country Restaurant
Chickens Country Restaurant offers delicious homestyle cooking in a relaxed and casual environment with live music Tuesday nights.
CITY:St. Libory
Ye Old Landmark Inn II
Since 1934, Old Landmark Captain's Table has been offering great food, here are some of their delicious menu items: clam chowder, buffalo wings, fried calamari, burgers, homemade cole slaw and potato salad, and seafood and live music on the weekends.
Gary's Restaurant
Gary's has delicious food in a casual, homey atmosphere, and served by a cheerful and friendly staff.
The Gathering Place
The Gathering Place has a variety of soup, sandwiches, desserts, and more.
Marcello's Pizza
Marcello's has a large selection of delicious pizzas made with only the freshest ingredients for a little taste of Italy.
Skootr's Restaurant & Bar
Skootr's serves delicious food in a fun, casual environment. Steaks, chicken, classic American food. Outdoor patio, bar, children's menu.
Roemer Topf Restaurant
Roemer Topf is a family owned and operated and offers international appetizers, salads, authentic sides, special entrees, traditional desserts, and uses only the finest, freshest ingredients.
Dave's West End Bar & Grill
Dave's West End Bar & Grill is a great place to hang with friends and enjoy a good meal and a great drink. It is mostly a bar, but they have some food such as cheeseburgers.
CITY:St. Libory
Robert Scott's Grill & Cafe
Enjoy delicious steak, chicken, great sides, and much more, in a casual atmosphere.
Valentine's Restaurant
At Valentine's you can enjoy delicious, tender steak or many of the other fabulous dishes Valentine's has to offer.
Big Vic's BBQ
Big Vic's offers delicious, smokey barbeque in a variety of meats, served with great sides.
Valbo's Restaurant
Valbo's has great food served by a friendly staff. Traditional American food.
The Good Ol' Days Restaurant
Go back to the good old days with delicious homestyle favorites like Southern fried chicken, roast beef, adn steak. Also, cod, catfish, shrimp, sandwiches, salads, and great homemade desserts, and if you're brave try the frog legs.
CITY:New Baden
Moof's Bar & Grill
Try a Moof Burger, or one of the other many delicious items on the menu, with a friendly and welcoming staff. Moof's is a great place to stop when in Chester, Illinois.
Scratch Brewing Company
Scratch Brewing Company is a farmhouse brewery and restaurant located 5 miles from the Shawnee National Forest in Ava, Illinois. Named one of the top four breweries for foraged beer by Outside Magazine, and one of the most beautiful places to drink beer in the world by All About Beer Magazine, Scratch Brewing Company focuses on farmhouse beers and other styles brewed with home grown and locally farmed and foraged ingredients.
Jo-Al Winery and Country Store
Jo and Al, husband and wife vintners, produce wines made from local fruits of nearby orchards and berry fields. Apples make a nice dry to resemble Chardinay. Blackberries are a little sweet with a dry finish. Strawberries are sweet and smooth. Their country store has home-made jellies, candies, pickles, beef jerky and one of the best salsas in Illinois. Come in for a free taste sample or to browse the gift shop.
Redbud Winery
This quaint and comfy winery offers not just delicious vintages, but wedding rehearsal dinners, private parties, & wine clubs.
CITY:Red Bud
Little Egypt Beer
We use fresh, naturally pure ingredients, including spring fed lake water, barley, wheat, American and European Hops and the happiest beer yeast on Earth. We are open now on Friday from 4-7 pm & Sunday from 1 - 7 pm selling pints and discount growler fills ($2 discount on all growler fills on Friday) and Saturday 12-7 for tastings, tours, pints and growlers.
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Graduate Snapshot - Psychological Sciences
Description of Program:
The psychological sciences program at James Madison University is a shared program between the Department of Psychology and the Department of Graduate Psychology that fosters the development of students interested in improving their research skills and preparing for doctoral education. The primary function of the program is to develop students' knowledge, skills and abilities in scientific inquiry, methods and analysis and to equip students to apply their research-based training as researchers, consultants and/or practitioners.
At the core of the program is course work in multiple content areas within psychology; course work in statistics, measurement, and research design; a research apprenticeship; and a thesis. The culture of the program is consistent with that of doctoral programs, including expectations that students will develop a portfolio of scholarly accomplishments (e.g., publications and conference presentations) and participate in various extra-curricular activities related to their discipline. Regular attendance at program-wide roundtable discussions and concentration-specific meetings is expected and required.
Students develop expertise in a specialty area through selected course work and closely mentored experiences with a faculty adviser. Faculty advisers provide regular support and consultation regarding progress in the program and professional development.
Degrees Offered: Master of Arts (M.A.)
Behavior Analysis
Applied Research
Experimental Psychology
Quantitative Psychology
Program Website: http://www.psyc.jmu.edu/psycsciences/description.html
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WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THE JPMORGAN DEBACLEPosted in analyze the problem, Business Crisis Management, Corporate Crisis Management, Crisis Management, Crisis Management Planning, Crisis Management Response, don't white wash the crisis, fix the problem, Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase, problem employees, Taking Responsibility for actions of an organization or its employees, Throw an employee under the bus on May 23rd, 2012 by mnayor
The JPMorgan $2 billion debacle stunned me as it did everyone else. It was like catching the self-righteous little kid with the smoking slingshot in his hand.
Well, not quite. I got to thinking. Yes, it's true that Jamie Dimon has this holier than thou attitude and perhaps it's nice to see him knocked down a peg or two. But many crises are without question caused by those employees who you think you know – but don't. Or caused by the hierarchy or the controls you've established but which really don't work. You look out over your domain and deem it good, but there is always someone or some circumstance or some poor decision that puts you and your company in the hot spot.
Yes, the buck stops here and the CEO should always take the rap (instead of throwing someone or a few people under the bus and taking the $23 million), but that doesn't mean the CEO can really plug every hole that springs a leak. It would require too many thumbs. Dimon was frank and honest, but he did forget to say it was on his watch and he accepted full responsibility. You can't have everything. But, what do you do when your trusted employee or employees do something dumb, or worse.
Several months ago I wrote about Charlie Sheen. I also wrote about Christian Dior's John Galliano. For those who don't recognize the names, suffice it to say that both of these guys gave their employers and themselves black eyes and heartburn. CBS and C.D. each acted fairly quickly and dumped its famous and talented employee, regardless of his value. They restructured. They went on and in a matter of a couple of weeks after their decisions, the crisis each faced disappeared.
Crisis management calls for decisive action. That doesn't mean just dumping a perpetrator. It means analyzing a situation to see if the organization continues to be vulnerable. It means identifying the basic problem and rectifying it. Do potential employees have to be tested? Drugs? Psychological testing? Do they have to be supervised more closely? Should they be cleared to give public statements? Do employment contracts have to be tightened up? Do the work environments have to be more closely supervised? Do supervisors have to have greater responsibility for the conduct of their departments? Do department managers and regional vice presidents have to be more hands on? Should they be required to know all the employees under them? Should the work environments be evaluated for potential risk? Are there checks and balances? Are there activities being conducted that are beyond the scope or the purposes of the business or the established guidelines or policies of the company?
Crisis management should lead to problem solving not problem white-washing. JPMorgan Chase has to look well within itself to answer these types of questions. So does the rest of the banking industry. The crucial question that needs to be answered is whether the reins on the biggest banks should be tightened: re-institute Glass-Steagall? Put real teeth into the Volcker Rule? Something has got to give and the big boys should act like big boys. The financial fate of the nation depends on it and the right to massive profits is not justification for behavior that jeopardizes the well being of the country.