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Some educators say a "good" education is one that ensures that all students learn certain core information and master certain basic competencies according to a prescribed route and time line. Others define a "good" education as one that helps students maximize their capacity as learners. Because the latter definition encourages continual lifting of ceilings and testing of personal limits, it would seem to make the best sense for all learners.
We actually know a great deal about how people learn. For example, we know that each learner must make meaning of what teachers seek to teach. We know that the meaning-making process is influenced by the student's prior understandings, interests, beliefs, how the student learns best, and the student's attitudes about self and school (National Research Council, 1990).
We also know that learning takes place most effectively in classrooms where knowledge is clearly and powerfully organized, students are highly active in the learning process, assessments are rich and varied, and students feel a sense of safety and connection (National Research Council, 1990; Wiggins & McTighe, 1998).
We know that learning happens best when a learning experience pushes the learner a bit beyond his or her independence level. When a student continues to work on understandings and skills already mastered, little if any new learning takes place. On the other hand, if tasks are far ahead of a student's current point of mastery, frustration results and learning does not (Howard, 1994; Vygotsky, 1962).
In addition, we know that motivation to learn increases when we feel a kinship with, interest in, or passion for what we are attempting to learn (Piaget, 1978). Further, we go about learning in a wide variety of ways, influenced by how our individual brains are wired, our culture, and our gender (Delpit, 1995; Gardner, 1983; Heath, 1983; Sternberg, 1985; Sullivan, 1993).
In the end, we can draw at least three powerful conclusions about teaching and learning. First, while the image of a "standard issue" student is comfortable, it denies most of what we know about the wide variance that inevitably exists within any group of learners. Second, there is no substitute for high-quality curriculum and instruction in classrooms. Third, even in the presence of high-quality curriculum and instruction, we will fall woefully short of the goal of helping each learner build a good life through the power of education unless we build bridges between the learner and learning.
These three conclusions are the engine that drives effective differentiation. They, along with our best knowledge of what makes learning happen, are nonnegotiables in a classroom where a teacher sets out to make each learner a captive of the mystery and power of knowing about the world in which those learners will live out their lives.
Mixed-ability classrooms that are ambiguous about learning goals, that evoke little passion, that cast the teacher as the centerpiece of learning, and that lack responsiveness to student variance show little understanding of these various learning realities. They lack the foundation of all powerful learning, top quality curriculum and instruction—as well as a key refinement of superior curriculum and instruction, differentiated or responsive instruction. In regard to the first-named deficit, these classrooms operate as though clarity of understanding can be achieved through ambiguity and that fires of inquiry will be ignited in the absence of a flame. In regard to the latter deficit, they imply that all students need to learn the same things in the same way over the same time span.
Ensuring rock solid clarity about where we want students to end up as a result of a sequence of learning is fundamental to educational success. Remembering that we cannot reach the mind we do not engage ought to be a daily compass for educational planning. Offering multiple and varied avenues to learning is a hallmark of the kind of professional quality that denotes expertise. Our students—each of them—is a message that we can never stop attending to the craftsmanship and artistry of teaching.
The focus of this book is on the refinement of high-quality, alluring instruction that we call "differentiation." This book, however, calls for clarity and quality in what we differentiate. It is an exercise in futility to try to meet the needs of learners by low quality, incoherent approaches to differentiation. They provide learners with several varieties of gruel. They will fall short for virtually all students.
Their teacher cares about her work. She likes kids and she likes teaching. She works hard and is proud of her profession. The kids know that, and they like her for all those things. But the day seems long too often for many of the students. Sometimes their teacher knows it. Often she does not.
Lin does not understand English. No one understands her language either as far as she can tell. The teacher smiles at her and assigned a classmate to help her. That classmate does not speak her language. The classmate smiles too. Sometimes smiles help. Sometimes they seem like music without sound. In math, Lin understands more. Numbers carry fewer hidden meanings than words. No one expects her to understand, however, and so no one asks her to go to the board and work problems. That's okay, because if she went, she wouldn't have words to tell about her numbers.
Rafael wants to read aloud, wants to ask for more books about the people in history, wants to add his questions to the ones the other kids ask in discussions. He doesn't. His friends are down on school. They say it's not for them—not for kids like him. Learning belongs to another kind of person, they say. Where would grades get him? they ask. Maybe they're right. He knows he won't go to college or get a big deal job—but he secretly thinks about it. And he wants to know things. But it's hard to ask.
Serena reads her mom's books at home. She reads the magazine that comes with the Sunday Times. She and her friends write and produce a neighborhood play every summer. Lots of people come. In school, she's learning 4th grade spelling words. She gets A's on the tests. She gets A's on everything. She doesn't work hard like when she's getting the plays ready. In school, she feels dishonest. She makes up stories in her head while she waits for other students to learn. They try hard and don't get A's. That makes her feel dishonest too.
Trevor hates reading. He misbehaves sometimes, but it's not that he wants to. He's just tired of seeming stupid in front of everyone. He thinks he sounds worst in the class when he reads aloud. The odd thing is that he understands what the pages are about when somebody else reads them. How can you understand what you can't read? And how can you be a normal 4th grader and not be able to read?
Lesley knows she doesn't learn like the other kids do. She knows people think she's "slow." She has a special teacher who comes to class to help her, or takes her to a special room to learn things. She likes that teacher. She likes her main teacher too. She doesn't like the fact that having two teachers makes her feel different. She doesn't like the fact that what she studies seems so unlike what everyone else studies. She doesn't like feeling like she's on the edge of the action all the time.
Danny likes coming to school because people don't yell there all the time. Nobody hits at school—or if they do, they get in trouble. There are things to play with at school. His teacher smiles. She says she's glad he's there. He's not sure why. He doesn't do well. He wants to, but it's hard to concentrate. He worries about his mom. He worries about his sister. He forgets to listen. At home, it's hard to do homework. He gets behind.
Theo keeps listening for questions that sound like something a person in his house would ask. He keeps listening for language that sounds like his. He keeps waiting for a signal that the people he studies in school have some connection with him. He keeps waiting to see how the knowledge fits in with his neighborhood. He doesn't mind learning. He just wants to know why. He's restless.
Their teacher works hard on preparing their lessons. They know that. Sometimes—many times—it seems like she's teaching lessons, not kids. Sometimes it seems like she thinks they are all one person. Sometimes it's like they are synonyms for test scores. Sometimes school is like a shoe that's shaped for somebody else's foot.
Perhaps a good way to begin an exploration of differentiated teaching is to look at the classroom through the eyes of two broad categories of students—those who are advanced and those who struggle. Those two categories, of course, encompass many different sorts of students, but they do at least provide a place to begin thinking about the readiness of academically diverse learners and the range of needs they bring to school. In later chapters we'll look at needs related to student interest and learning profile.
Whatever label we use—"gifted learners," "high-end learners," "academically talented learners," or "advanced learners"—it seems to bother many people. In this book, "advanced learners" is used for two reasons. First, this label doesn't seem to carry some of the more controversial overtones of some other descriptors. Second, it says to the teacher in a mixed-ability classroom, "Don't worry so much about identification processes and formal labeling. Take a look at who is ahead of where you and the curriculum guide expect your students to be. Then you have a place to start."
Some students may be advanced in September and not in May—or in May, but not in September. Some may be advanced in math, but not in reading; or in lab work, but not in memorization of related scientific formulas. Some may be advanced for a short time, others throughout their lives but only in certain endeavors. Some learners are consistently advanced in many areas.
Because the primary intent of differentiated instruction is to maximize student capacity, when you can see (or you have a hunch) that a student can learn more deeply, move at a brisker pace, or make more connections than instructional blueprints might suggest, that's a good time to offer advanced learning opportunities.
But advanced learners, like other learners, need help in developing their abilities. Without teachers that coach for growth and curriculums that are appropriately challenging, these learners may fail to achieve their potential. For example, when a recent study compared Advanced Placement Exam results of the top 1 percent of U.S. students with top students in 13 other countries, U.S. students scored last in biology, 11th in chemistry, and 9th in physics (Ross, 1993). There are many reasons why advanced learners don't achieve their full potential.
Advanced learners, like all learners, need learning experiences designed to fit them. When teachers are not sensitive to that need, they may set learning goals for advanced students that are too low or that develop new skills too infrequently. Then, if students are successful anyhow, they often fail to develop the desirable balance between running into walls and scaling them. Advanced learners share other learners' need for teachers who can help them set high goals, devise plans for reaching those goals, tolerate frustrations and share joys along the way, and sight new horizons after each accomplishment.
Several key principles are useful when coaching advanced learners for growth.
Labels are tricky with struggling learners, too. The term "slow learners" often carries with it a negative connotation of being shiftless or lazy, yet many struggling learners work hard and conscientiously—especially when tasks are neither boring (such as a steady diet of drill and skill) nor anxiety-producing (such as tasks that require more than they can deliver even when they work hard). The term "at-risk" overlooks the portion of the learner that may well be "at-promise." One child's struggle stems from a learning disability, another's home life takes all her energy, and another just finds a subject his nemesis.
Further, just like with an advanced learner, the learning profile of a struggling learner may shift over time; for example, suddenly a student becomes an eager reader after trailing the class in decoding and comprehension for some time. Many students whom we perceive to be "slow," "at-risk," or "struggling," may actually be quite proficient in talents that schools often treat as secondary, such as leadership among neighborhood peers, story telling, or building contraptions out of discarded materials.
Nonetheless, many students do struggle with school tasks. They are a diverse group who can challenge the artistry of the most expert teacher in listening deeply, believing unconditionally, and moving beyond a recipe or blueprint approach to teaching to shape classrooms that offer many avenues and timetables to understanding.
Here are some principles that can be helpful in ensuring that struggling learners maximize their capacity in school.
Here are a few important principles to recall as you plan for success for students who struggle with school.
Differentiated instruction is not simply giving a "normal" assignment to most students and "different" assignments to students who are struggling or advanced. That approach usually creates a "pecking order" among students, which then tends to cause other troubles. Students assigned a remedial assignment, which looks simple to others, can take it as a message that they are inferior. Advanced assignments tend to look more interesting to nearly everyone except the advanced learner, who may perceive it as more work. These strategies can backfire, causing both advanced and struggling students to feel different from those who do the "real" assignment.
In a differentiated classroom, a number of things are going on in any given class period. Over time, all students complete assignments individually and in small groups, and whole-group instruction occurs as well. Sometimes students select their group size and tasks, sometimes they are assigned. Sometimes the teacher establishes criteria for success, sometimes students do. And setting standards for success is often a collaborative process. Because there are many different things happening, no one assignment defines "normal," and no one "sticks out." The teacher thinks and plans in terms of "multiple avenues to learning" for varied needs, rather than in terms of "normal" and "different." The goal for each student is maximum growth from his current "learning position." The goal of the teacher is coming to understand more and more about that learning position so that learning matches learner need.
In the end, all learners need your energy, your heart, and your mind. They have that in common because they are young humans. How they need you, however, differs. Unless we understand and respond to those differences, we fail many learners.
Some of us are drawn to teach struggling learners, some are natural champions of advanced learners, and some have an affinity for the sort of "standard" student who matches our image of the 4th or 8th or 11th grader we thought we'd be teaching. That we have preferences is, again, human. The most effective teachers spend a career meticulously cultivating their appreciation for children not so easy for them to automatically embrace, while continuing to draw energy from those students whom they more automatically find delightful.
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Jack Kirby invades Switzerland!!
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Because no nation may remain neutral where the King of Comics is concerned! PictureBox publisher Dan Nadel has posted a mouth-watering assortment of pictures from the Jack Kirby art show he and British critic Paul Gravett have curated for the Fumetto comics festival in Lucerne, Switzerland. The show occupies three (count 'em!) floors and consists of 150 pages of Kirby art, including the complete KamandiFantastic Four #54. You can find out more about the exhibition at Fumetto's website, and much much more from Gravett's lengthy essay on Kirby in general and the exhibit in particular. Can some of North America's convention organizations start thinking along these lines, please oh please?

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Al Hilal Bank wins big at IFN AwardsAl Hilal Bank, a leading Shariah compliant bank, emerged as one of the most awarded institutions at the 2013 Islamic Finance News (IFN) Awards held yesterday (February 24) in Dubai. The bank received 'UAE Deal of the Year&rs More… |
KFH-Bahrain named best Islamic bankKuwait Finance House - Bahrain (KFH-Bahrain), a leading provider of investment banking services, was voted the Best Islamic Bank in the kingdom for the year 2011 at the Islamic Finance News annual poll. The announcement came during the Awa More… |
DIB named best Islamic bankDubai Islamic Bank (DIB), UAE's leading Sharia-compliant financial institution, has won four awards at the recent annual Islamic Finance News Awards, including the best Islamic bank in the UAE, which it won for the fifth consecutive year. More… |
Solidarity named 'Best Takaful Provider'Solidarity, one of the largest takaful companies in the world, has been named 'Best Takaful Provider' for the second year in a row by leading Islamic banking publication Islamic Finance News. The Islamic Finance News Awards 2007, which hon More… |


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After reading all about the Vatican and its many scandals, Bel Ami's kinky angels decide to investigate.
I could not resist posting this one. Mea culpa!
After reading all about the Vatican and its many scandals, Bel Ami's kinky angels decide to investigate.
I could not resist posting this one. Mea culpa!
See the free XXX preview here.
D.O. poses for Zoran Trifunovic in a spread for OHLALA Mag. See more there. Thanks Glenn!
Why does Colby Keller look so damn sexy wielding that bat???
Yum! Angelos Petheryotis poses on the beach with a pal.
Dave Mason on Santorini.
François Sagat being himself.
An old photo of Wilfried Knight, when he was new to porn.
Adam Champ, glorious after a shower.
Steve Cruz and Bruno Bond are all smiles!
Every time that Steve eats Trix, he gets narcolepsy. Isn't he adorable? Photo by Bruno Bond.
Jonathan Agassi at Berlin Folsom. Woof!
Bryce Star has been touring the Orient. Here he is tanning on a beach in Viet Nam.
Uh oh! Bryce is gonna need someone to help apply some aloe! What do you think of his new hat?
OMG! It is the Toilet Tramps reunited! Adam Killian and Mitchel Rock! Remember them here:
This hot twitter hunk is Angel Aldemar. ANYTIME Angel.
Can anyone tell me who is sucking off Draven Torres?
Spencer Reed fucks Marco Sessions at Hustlaball London.
Just like most everyone else on the planet, Lucio Saints enjoys a cuppa joe in the morning.
And also just like almost everyone on the planet, Junior Stellano goes potty! Well, come on now, we all do it!
The absolutely stunning Leo Forte poses for Timoteo.
Samuel Colt and his fiance Chris Porter skype with pet dog, Eggs.
Trenton Ducati fucks his lover Tate Ryder. Tate is now in Australia for 3 weeks and they miss each other so much!
Tom Wolfe kisses bf Cal Skye.
Nick Moretti at home cuddles beloved farty, stinky, and deaf dog Cynder. You can't stop loving a dog just because it gets old. Trust me, I know.
Dean Monroe posted this photo when he turned 40 earlier this year. He intends to continue working and is quite happy with the way he looks.
Jimmy Durano looks very hunky in this photo! Woof!
How much would you pay for a date with Landon Conrad? He was up for auction recently for a good cause. I have no idea what was paid for him though. LOL!
Ty Roderick answers his door. *cough*
How does sexy as fuck Russian Pavel Petel celebrate his birthday? In a blond wig and full makeup on a stripper pole, of course! What else? BUT STILL IN FUCKING RUSSIA!!!
Dylan Roberts is ass over teakettle and ready for trouble!
Rogan Richards is in Australia visiting his son, Rogan!
Alexsander Freitas goofs around! I love how he is relaxing his image! Check out his line of TrustNoBitch Clothing! I will post photos shortly.
Dave in Madrid
The latex look full body suit modeled in LA
Newly single Angelo Peterson and pal.
Pavel Petel with acid lipstick and an aqua wig.
Halloween in the Classic Mercury suits!
Wilfried Knight out playing with his daughter.
D.O., doing one of the things he does best, modeling.
Steve Cruz directing and shooting Adam Killian for the movie Fahrenheit.
Joe Manganiello from Joe.My.God. – WOOF!
A little tongue action from Steve and Bruno.
I don't know who he is yet, but YUM!
I love Pedro Andreas' new look. Don't you?
Kurt Rogers looking cool and shady in the pool.
BITE ME!!! [I don't know why I find this image of Sagat as a vampire to be so hot!!!]
Warning to all you guys who purchase Slick It Up mega-stretch jeans: you might get arrested!!! So be careful out there while wearing them!
Okay, now this just makes me angry. MAP has just got to show more than a pretty face in the photos and previews if they expect me to post this crap for free! I wouldn't do this, but the Sean is so damn handsome, how could I not???
See the G rated preview here. That's right, you could watch it with the whole family!
I sure hope the full feature is rated more than PG!
All links in the sidebar.
Alexsander Freitas evoking Tom of Finland for his friend and photographer Mike Ruiz.
François Sagat looms over the jungle and Rio.
Dave Mason with the amethyst geode he just won at auction from Elizabeth Taylor's collection.
Peddro Andreas is having a blast in Mexico!
Angelo Peterson and Colton Ford.
Antoine Vaillant was the bodybuilder that Dave Mason wanted to use as a Slick It Up model, but Antoine's contracts with supplement companies preclude it. But Dave sent him a whole bunch of gear, and we'll just see if any photos come back! I hope I can get my hands on some of them!!!!
Steve Cruz and Bruno Bond dress up for the Raging Stallion Studios Christmas Party.
Brody in the SIU Mercury suit at the Folsom Street Fair.
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I can answer questions regarding trumpets. I am a professional trumpet player, a former public school band director with a B.S. and M. Ed. in music education and I presently operate a brass and woodwind dealership and repair center. I prefer not to answer technical questions about trumpet playing in this forum. Please click on the View Profile link to view my "Frequently Asked Questions" before sending me a question.
I have been operating a brass and woodwind sales and repair business since 1984. I spent over 20 years as a public school band director / music teacher. I have also been a professional musician for over 30 years.
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It is always best to stick with a major brand, such as Bach, Besson, Bundy, Conn, Getzen, Holton, King, Olds, Yamaha, and a few others. There are some brands that may look fine and have impressive claims by the seller, but are of poor quality. Some of these poor instruments may even have a legitimate appearing "warranty." When the junk valves don't work well, they will send you replacement junk valves. Avoid trumpets of a color other than silver or gold, instruments that come with white gloves and instruments that are "band/instructor/teacher/director approved/recommended/certified." Quality instruments do not have a model year (2008, 2009...). Those things are almost always signs of a poor quality instrument which was made in some far off land. The valves will never work well, the instrument will have a poor tone, replacement parts usually are not available and repair shops often refuse to work on them. These instruments will cause nothing but frustration for the student and quite often lead to them quitting. The best use for these instruments is to make a pretty lamp out of them. It is much preferred to purchase a good quality used instrument over a cheap new one. When looking for a used instrument, the most critical consideration is how well the valves work. It is also important that all of the slides move freely. Minor dings don't matter, but major dents can possibly effect the sound. Make sure that none of the braces or joints are broken loose. Most students don't want an instrument that looks bad and embarrasses them when compared with those that other students have. This could lead to them to losing interest. With some careful and wise shopping it is possible to acquire a very good used instrument at a good price.
FAQ... HOW MUCH IS MY TRUMPET WORTH? Without actually seeing the instrument it is very difficult to place a value on it. A great deal of the value is determined by what condition the instrument is in. Values also differ greatly from region to region. Purchasing from, or selling to an individual is much different than purchasing from or selling to a dealer. Just like anything else... it's worth what ever someone is willing to pay for it. If you search completed items on eBay you can usually get a pretty good idea of the value. If you wish to sell your instrument, you may consider placing it on eBay with a relatively low starting price and no reserve price. With good pictures and a good description it will generally bid up to what it's worth. You may also consider donating it to a local school.
FAQ... WHEN WAS MY TRUMPET MADE / HOW OLD IS IT? In my opinion, with some exceptions, the age of an instrument is usually not very important. The condition of the instrument and how well it plays are what count in my book. If you really wish to know how old it is, you can usually find information with a good internet search. Example: Search for "Conn trumpet serial numbers."


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I had a lot of crashes lately with pattrstorage Ι tried to find a solution till i noticed this. The RAM increased rapidly when i was interpolating between presets! Is like every dataset of pattrstorage added in RAM when recalled. The memory is not released till the max is closed. I say so easilly that it is a bug because it happens only with max 6 (i tried max 6.1.2 and max 6.1.3) and not with max 5.
The problem is more obvious with large datasets (aka many presets with a lot of parameters binded) Compare hitRam3b3.maxpat with 3b2.maxpat. The first has double presets and causes double RAM increase.
Just open the task manager (on windows) and watch what happens under performance —> memory(RAM) when tweaking and interpolating between presets with the numberbox.
Windows Intel core i3 2.4GHz 4 GB RAM (max 6.1.3) Windows Intel core duo 2 GHz 4 GB RAM (max 6.1.2)
Please Cycling make a silent update Giorgos
I'm also for this one! Must be in the future update. Currently as of Max 6.1.5 it is not solved.
My current project will not make any sense without preset interpolation.
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Roofer David Alonso had an audience on Friday, as people strolling down Leighton Avenue stopped to watch him and his coworkers finish shingling the steeple at First Christian Church of Anniston. The steeple is almost 110 feet tall, but that didn't scare Alonso.
"I just feel relaxed up there," he said to field supervisor and project manager R.P. Peña, who interpreted his Spanish.
The subcontractor group with Brown Roofing started working on the steeple Wednesday and if weather didn't interfere, were expecting to finish it on Friday. The Rev. Laura Hutchinson of First Christian Church said years of storm damage are to blame for the much-needed repairs to the steeple that she believes has been part of the building since 1888.
"A year ago in March we had some straight-line winds that came through and messed up the roof pretty bad," she said. "It was a combination of hail damage from one storm and straight-line winds from another. So, we have been working on all of that."
Peña said this steeple was not the first they have worked on, nor was it the tallest structure they have roofed. He said that title probably belongs to the Jacksonville State stadium, which is nine stories tall.
"It's quite a task," Peña said. "It takes a while and is very slow and you have to have guys that aren't scared of heights."
Alonso is one of those guys. He's been a roofer for 10 years and said he's never been afraid of heights. Peña, on the other hand, would rather give direction from the ground.
"If it's steep like that, I don't go up there," he said.


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Vice President Joe Biden takes the oath of office from U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor as his wife Dr. Jill Biden looks on during the official swearing-in ceremony at the Naval Observatory in Washington, DC. Biden and U.S. President Barack Obama will be officially sworn in a day before the ceremonial inaugural swearing-in.
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Sandra Nijjar is the kind of voter everyone running for mayor of Boston wants.
The El Salvador native is deep in the fight to improve education at East Boston High School, where 65.5 percent of the students are of Latin-American heritage. She did her part in her neighborhood's effort to combat crime. And she has joined the resistance to a casino in her beloved East Boston, which she said would crush struggling families.
Nijjar is active. She is passionate. And unlike many residents of Latino descent in the city, she can vote. Still she is not certain who to vote for.
Latinos' ability to go to the polls in Boston is mired in a thicket of immigration status.


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XCLEVELAND: The Indians' roster will undergo more changes in the wake of the trades of Cliff Lee and Victor Martinez.
Wyatt Toregas will report to Progressive Field today from Columbus and join Kelly Shoppach to form the Tribe's tandem of catchers. He will take Martinez's place on the roster.
Right-hander Justin Masterson also is scheduled to arrive today from Boston, but no announcement was made as to whose place he will take on the roster. More than likely, he will replace someone in the bullpen and make a few relief appearances as he builds up his arm to become a starter.
Toregas was batting .284 with seven homers and 29 RBI in 60 games.
Called up Friday from the Clippers were outfielder Trevor Crowe and Fausto Carmona, who started against the Tigers. Crowe was batting .302 with two homers, 20 RBI and 14 steals in 182 at-bats.
It might not be long until Jake Westbrook (Tommy John surgery) is back in the Tribe rotation.
"We feel like it will be a couple of weeks before he is on a major-league mound,'' assistant General Manager Chris Antonetti said.
PROGRESS REPORT -- Akron catcher Carlos Santana isn't scheduled to make the Indians' roster until 2011 or late in 2010, but in some respects, GM Mark Shapiro thinks he's ready now.
"He could hit now,'' Shapiro said. "But we need to finish off his skills at calling a game and receiving. His hitting is far ahead of the rest of his game.''
Santana is batting .280 with 19 home runs and 75 RBI. In his past 17 games, he is batting .317 with 20 RBI.
BAD TIMING -- Tonight, the Indians will give the fans Victor Martinez bobblehead dolls.
The mistimed promotion is reminiscent of a similar incident in 2000, when Bob Wickman was traded from the Brewers to the Tribe. The night after the deal, Milwaukee handed out Wickman bobbleheads.
FARM FACTS -- Michael Brantley and Josh Barfield each had two hits and two RBI, as Columbus defeated Lehigh Valley 5-4... Marty Popham gave up two runs and five hits in six innings, striking out nine, but Mahoning Valley lost 4-2 to Auburn.


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November marks Diabetes Awareness month. As of 2011, 366,000,000 people around the world have diabetes. Every country is affected, and in those places without proper resources, many die as a result of diabetes. Those who are poorest are hit hardest.
World Diabetes Day is only ten days away! Though my annual WDD Fundraiser and par-tay is on hold in 2011, there are many ways you and I can participate. Though there is always something going on in the Diabetes Online Community (DOC), like the weekly Wednesday Twitter tradition begun by Diabetes Social Media Advocacy (DSMA, a.k.a. fellow Diabetes Daily blogger, Cherise Shockley), November brings even more chances to take part in initiatives and fun events to spread awareness about the diabetes epidemic in this world.
Each year I do the Big Blue Test. It's easy! It only takes about fifteen minutes and promotes the importance of exercise in diabetes management, as well as monitoring bloodsugars.
Between now and November 14th, simply check your blood sugar, get active (for 14 minutes or more), check your bloodsugar again, and share the results online (anonymously is fine) online at bigbluetest.org. You'll find an amazingly creative and loving group of people rallied together around the common thread of diabetes.
Look good in Blue? Then you're just in time! Cherise's Blue Fridays to support Diabetes Awareness Month and World Diabetes Day (November 14) is a good place to begin. Simply wear blue each Friday in November, and help spread the word. Consider joining the Facebook group. Giveaways included! You don't have to dress like this to win.
Just be yourself. It's enough. Let the world know what it's like for ordinary people like you and me to live with diabetes. Let them know that 366 Million people with diabetes cannot be silences. Let these voices inspire you.
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I have been waiting for some of the experts to chime in here, but am disappointed no one has.
My personal opinion is that box squat do not hit your quads very hard in general. I think if you set the box low and just tap it and go, then maybe, but if you set it at parallel and hunt around for it with your butt, then it's all posterior chain and back, very little quad except some of the drive part where your quads are not really being challenged.
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Father's Day is here. On this special day, let's celebrate with the cool daddies of B-town
Father's Day is an occasion to celebrate fatherhood. This day was inaugurated in early 20th century to complement Mother's Day. Anyways, the father-child bond is very special and we have seen this in B-town too, time and again. Despite ups and downs, flops and hits et al, popular celebs like Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Hrithik Roshan among others, are doting dads who love spending time with their kids. Let's take a look at the coolest dads of B-town.
Shah Rukh Khan: The King Khan of Bollywood has three children, Aryan, Suhana and the lil AbRam. SRK regularly posts pictures with his children and tries to spend as much time with him as he can. He even watches chick flicks with his daughter Suhana and doesn't shy away from tweeting about it! Shah Rukh has even been voted as India's most popular father, and we aren't surprised!
Hrithik Roshan: The Krrish 3 actor was off on a vacation to Disneyland with his two sons Hridhaan and Hrehaan. He has been snapped with his cute kids on numerous occasions. Last month, the Greek God of B-town was caught and clicked with his sleepy son on his shoulder after a movie screening. Well, he's not only a hot hunk but also a desirable daddy, ain't he?
Aamir Khan: Aamir has three children, Junaid and Ira Khan and Azad Rao Khan. When ICSE results were out, there were reports that Aamir had sent the picture of Ira's marksheet to his close ones as he was thrilled that she scored 89 percent. The Dhoom:3 actor has even been spotted playing football with his lil son Azad. He might have a busy schedule but off the screen, Aamir is always spotted with his family.
Abhishek Bachchan: Bachchan Jr has one daughter, Aaradhya Bachchan, also known as Beti B. This child was in the news even before her birth. But Abhishek is a very protective dad. While most of the times, we get to see Aishwarya Rai Bachchan with their daughter, Abhi too has been spotted with his bundle of joy and he sure makes a caring dad! And if you ever ask about his lil one, you can't miss the protectiveness in his tone. Dads are such amiable gifts from Gods, aren't they?
Akshay Kumar: Akki has two children, Aarav and Nitara. Khiladi Kumar has been spotted with his son on several occasions. He has still kept his daughter away from the limelight and we can't blame him, considering she's still so little. However, he had once posted a picture of his daughter's tiny hand and all we could say was 'awww'!
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Enable Access-Based Enumeration on a Namespace
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Access-based enumeration hides files and folders that users do not have permission to access. By default, this feature is not enabled for DFS namespaces. You can enable access-based enumeration of DFS folders by using the Dfsutil command, enabling you to hide DFS folders from groups or users that you specify. To control access-based enumeration of files and folders in folder targets, you must enable access-based enumeration on each shared folder by using Share and Storage Management.
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Access-based enumeration does not prevent users from getting a referral to a folder target if they already know the DFS path. Only the share permissions or the NTFS file system permissions of the folder target (shared folder) itself can prevent users from accessing a folder target. DFS folder permissions are used only for displaying or hiding DFS folders, not for controlling access, making Read access the only relevant permission at the DFS folder level. |
To enable access-based enumeration on a namespace, all namespace servers must be running at least Windows Server 2008. Additionally, domain-based namespaces must use the Windows Server 2008 mode. For information about the requirements of the Windows Server 2008 mode, see Choose a Namespace Type.
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To use access-based enumeration with DFS Namespaces to control which groups or users can view which DFS folders, you must follow these steps:
Enable access-based enumeration on a namespace.
Control which users and groups can view individual DFS folders.
To enable access-based enumeration on a namespace by using Windows Server 2008, you must use the Dfsutil command. To use DFS Management or Dfsutil to perform this procedure on a server running Windows Server® 2008 R2, see Enable Access-Based Enumeration on a Namespace (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=153360).
Open an elevated command prompt window on a server that has the Distributed File System role service or Distributed File System Tools feature installed.
Type the following command, where <namespace_root> is the root of the namespace:
dfsutil property abde enable \\<namespace_root>
For example, to enable access-based enumeration on the domain-based namespace
, type the following command:dfsutil property abde enable \\contoso.office\public
By default, the permissions used for a DFS folder are inherited from the local file system of the namespace server. The permissions are inherited from the root directory of the system drive and grant the DOMAIN\Users group Read permissions. As a result, even after enabling access-based enumeration, all folders in the namespace remain visible to all domain users.
To limit which groups or users can view a DFS folder, you must use the Dfsutil command to set explicit permissions on each DFS folder.
Open an elevated command prompt window on a server that has the Distributed File System role service or Distributed File System Tools feature installed.
Type the following command, where <DFSPath> is the path of the DFS folder (link), <DOMAIN\Account> is the name of the group or user account, and (…) is replaced with additional Access Control Entries (ACEs):
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parameter) and replace previously defined ACEs (by using theReplace
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I have been trying to find my ancestors from Sumter, Manning, Claredon County with no luck not one cousin. I could not find not one of them in the census or slave records. But I did find something interesting. My grandfather was Warren Burgess his parents were John Wesley Burgess and Placide Elizabeth Pringle. while searching the voter regestration for Claredon County 1868-1869 I found the name William Placide. Almost all of my aunts and uncles were named after grandparents aunts and uncles. Robersons and Packs may have been malatos. Placide Native American.
Angeline Roberson( d.1947 in Savannah, Ga) , one brother Harrison RobersonEugine Pack, one sister Tisha- one brother Allen or Alvin daugters- Leo( d. 1930s), Daisy Lou, Minnie Ida Estell(House?), Mozel (d.1940s), Josephine, Omega( b.1902-1988) son- James Placide Elizabeth Pringle, two sisters Pauline and MavinaJohn Wesley Burgess son-Warren d.1937 Omega Pack married Warren Burgess daughters- Angeline , Minnie, Ida sons- John Wesley, Eugine, HarrisonPlease help me.


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Beam Acquires Thriving 2 Gingers Irish Whiskey
December 7, 2012Beam Inc. has acquired Irish whiskey newcomer 2 Gingers for an undisclosed sum. Launched in January 2012 by Minnesota-based entrepreneur Kieran Folliard, 2 Gingers is a twice-distilled offering produced by Beam's Kilbeggan Distilling Co. in County Westmeath, Ireland. Priced at $19.99 a 750-ml., the brand has emerged as the fastest-growing and second-largest Irish whiskey in the state of Minnesota, and is expected to exceed 20,000 cases across 2,100 accounts for 2012, according to Beam, which would make it the fifth-largest Irish whiskey brand in the U.S. market.
It's been an auspicious debut for 2 Gingers, particularly in a category where brands often start slow. By comparison, it took Tullamore Dew (now the market's third-leading Irish whiskey brand) more than five years to reach the 20,000-case threshold in the U.S., while rival Michael Collins still hasn't reached that level after six years on the market.
Meanwhile, former brand owner Folliard will remain on board as Beam's chief Irish whiskey ambassador in the U.S. In this role, he will be charged with developing the experience between American consumers and the Kilbeggan Distillery and Visitor Center, as well as promoting and driving growth for Beam's full Irish whiskey portfolio, which also includes the Kilbeggan, Connemara, Tyrconnell and Greenore labels.
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Two parks are closed; one is now surrounded by a chain-link fence.
STANTON – Fencing off one park and laying off staffers saves Stanton nearly $1 million annually, but the city still faces potential bankruptcy in 2017.
The April 23 cuts to the budget, which delays by a year when the city is projected to run out of money, were visible within days at Hollenbeck Park: A chain-link fence was installed around the property that is owned by Southern California Edison, disappointing nearby residents.
"It took years for them to spruce up that park, and now it's going to go to weeds," said Marilyn Aboytes, who lives across the street from the park.
Hollenbeck is on land leased from Southern California Edison for $3,000 a year; it costs the city more than $30,000 annually for water and electrical. And graffiti and vandalism have taken a lot of the city's maintenance crews' time.
"These are horrible decisions and nobody wants to make them, and every day you delay you're just deeper in debt – and we decided we could not wait any longer," Councilwoman Carol Warren said.
She said city officials are exploring options such as user fees and volunteer groups to re-open the two shuttered parks, but that nothing has been decided yet. The council also decided to shut Zuniga, a neighborhood park with a basketball court and playground equipment, and terminate five full-time employees.
City officials hope residents will approve Proposition J, an increase in the city's utility users' tax; it would boost it from 5 percent to 7.5 percent to make up some of the shortfall. Then, hopefully, the economy turns around.
"If the tax passes it will bring $1 million to $1.2 million into the city coffers," said City Manager Carol Jacobs.
But that does not keep the city from eventually going broke. Contracts for police and fire are schedule to continue to rise, due to union contracts and other factors.
City officials are working hard to attract businesses and their sales taxes to the community.
The city formed a Business Alliance to advise officials on ways to attract businesses. Warren said officials will look at all options to make and keep the city attractive to businesses ranging from retail to light industry.
"We're ideally located in Orange County between all the freeways," she said.
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The nation's largest public utility is shuttering eight coal-fired boilers at plants in Alabama and Kentucky and more reductions could be in store over the next few years.
The Tennessee Valley Authority relied on coal to generate a majority of its electricity for decades, but at a Thursday board meeting in Oxford, Miss., CEO Bill Johnson said he hopes to reduce coal to just 20 percent of the utility's portfolio over the next decade. It currently stands at 38 percent.
Johnson said the change is needed because power demand is down and environmental regulations are becoming stricter.
The board voted unanimously to shut down all five coal-burning units at the Colbert plant in Tuscumbia, Ala., one of two remaining units at the Widows Creek plant in Stevenson, Ala., and two of three units at the Paradise plant in Drakesboro, Ky. The Kentucky units will be replaced by a natural gas plant, but more than 200 of the 400 jobs there will be affected.
Colbert employs about 150 people, and Widows Creek employs about 175. Johnson said it was not immediately clear how many jobs would be lost at those two plants.
More closures could be coming over the next few years. Johnson said at a news conference after the meeting that the final unit at Widows Creek is still under evaluation as are the Allen plant in Memphis, Tenn., and the Shawnee plant near Paducah, Ky.
Stephen Smith is executive director of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy and a member of TVA's Regional Energy Resource Council. He said that if TVA were planning to keep the coal-burning units at Allen, Shawnee and Widows Creek open, he would expect the utility to be preparing to upgrade them.
"If they are not taking measures to retrofit these plants, you can deduce that they will retire them," he said.
"TVA is in coal country, yet it's moving away from coal as a fuel source because it's the right thing to do economically and environmentally."
TVA board members from Kentucky and Alabama said voting in favor of the closures was a tough call because they will cost jobs in their communities.
"This is a personal nightmare for me," said Peter Mahurin, a board member from Bowling Green, Ky. "But I must support what I believe to be in the best interest of TVA's customers."
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell met with Johnson last month in an effort to get TVA to continue operating all three coal-burning units at Paradise. The board had previously approved upgrading the two oldest units with environmental controls. But on Thursday, Chief Operating Officer Chip Pardee recommended building a gas plant instead.
He said the third unit at Paradise is newer and has sufficient environmental controls to continue operating on coal.
In a news release after the vote, McConnell blamed the Obama administration for the unit closures.
"I fought hard to prevent these changes and fortunately one of the units will continue to burn coal, saving hundreds of jobs," he said.
Rick Newman is the top elected official in Muhlenberg County, where the Paradise plant is located. His father was a coal miner for 32 years, and he was upset by the decision to shut down two units there.
"I am sort of sick to my stomach," he said. "Coal really is our legacy, for generations here. It seems to be disappearing and disappearing as days go by."
Newman said that about half the coal burned at Paradise is mined there in the county, so the closure could affect mining jobs as well.
"This is going to be a blow, and I feel sorry for all those connected to coal," he said. "But they could've closed the whole plant down. We're thankful for that."
TVA board member Joe Ritch, of Huntsville, Ala., said it was a difficult decision to close units.
"As painful as it is, it's the right thing to do."
He said saving a few jobs now would reduce TVA's competitiveness for years to come.
Daryl Dewberry, the United Mine Workers' international vice president for the Southeast, said the decision was not a surprise because federal regulations are making it harder to burn coal. He also predicted that the move would increase the cost of energy.
"President Obama's war on coal is going to put us in worse economic shape," he said.
But TVA is not abandoning coal entirely. The utility is spending about $1 billion to upgrade a coal-fired plant in Gallatin, Tenn., and other units remain open.
In addition to reducing energy from coal, Johnson said he hopes to increase the percentage of nuclear power in the utility's portfolio from about 32 percent to 40 percent.
He told the board that the utility is on track to complete a second reactor at the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant in Spring City, Tenn., by the end of 2015. But there are no immediate plans to complete a reactor at the mothballed Bellefonte Nuclear Power Station northeast of Scottsboro, Ala. Johnson said the estimated cost of completion has risen from $4.9 billion to between $7.4 and $8.7 billion.
Johnson said there is no short-term need for the plant, but the utility intends to maintain it as a viable option for the future.
The nation's largest public utility is shuttering eight coal-fired boilers at plants in Alabama and Kentucky and more reductions could be in store over the next few years.


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Forums >Gears and Wears>What to do with all the information?
I have been running on and off for the last 33 years. ( I am 47 ) Ran competitively in high school, raced bicycles for awhile after that, then just tried to stay in shape. My main reasons for running lately have been as conditioning for badminton and soccer. My 13 year old is now old enough to start using running as conditioning for his soccer and hockey and he also runs cross country at school so now is a good time to get him started.
I have been running two or three times a week for 1/2 an hour at a reasonably quick pace. I was quite happy with that, I don't even know how fast I was running. Now that my son is running I want to get him started well and training properly so I got out my heart rate monitor and decided I would start wearing that but I had not clue as to what a reasonable heart rate would be. I googled and found the Maffetone formula of 180-age and so I decided to try that for both him and me. I am now running a lot slower ( it feels a lot slower anyway ) . I run about 12km in an hour and my average heart rate is about 133. I run Monday and Wednesday, soccer on Friday, cycle on Sundays and try to squeeze in a weight workout and then 25 minute runs with my son on Tuesday, Wednesdays.
But now that I am sort of training with sort of plan ( maybe, vaguely in the loosest sense of the word plan ) I want to do better both for myself and for my son. I am a little surprised with all the information available now. Something like the Garmin Forerunner 305 seems like a really nice device which gives lots of information. My question is, what do you do with all the information? How do you use it to optimize time spent training so that you neither over or under train?
I just run easy.
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Quite simply, I don't. I have tried to keep things as simple as possible, so I track two metrics: volume and intensity (effort). I track volume by either distance or time, and I track intensity by Rate of Perceived Exertion (or RPE). I measure progress based on primarily on race times. I know I am taking on too much when I am getting tired and cranky and sore all the time. I know I am doing it right if I am feeling pretty good throughout the day.
That's all I really do.
I know I am taking on too much when I am getting tired and cranky and sore all the time.
+1. Although I'm usually tired and cranky all the time, so I really just have to watch out for "sore".
Unlike Scout, though (I think), I use a Forerunner 305 on every run/ride. Mostly, it's just to log the data, because I really like wallowing in the data from time to time. About the only thing I really use it for is to see my too-high heart rate and remind myself that I'm running faster than "easy" pace. Yeah, you can already feel it, but sometimes it just gets away from you ...
FWIW, I use the Karvonen heart-rate reserve math to get my training zones. I really only use the easy and tempo zones, and mostly to help me correlate the feeling with the zone.
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Running easy is what I have been doing lately.
For me, the Maffetone number works out to 133 and the Karvonen 70% works out to 136. The alarm on my heart rate monitor is set to 136 and the average has been around 133. For the last 20 minutes of an hour I feel like I am just creeping along to keep it under 136.
It seems that something like the Garmin Forerunner 305 gives a lot of information but a lot of people just look at the data, ignore it and train more if they feel fresh and a bit less if they feel tired. Makes a lot of sense.
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I know I am taking on too much when I am getting tired and cranky and sore all the time
Children in the home can confound this outcome.
I'm running somewhere tomorrow. It's going to be beautiful. I can't wait.
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Just because you can generate data and record it does not mean it will really help you a whole lot.
Me personally, I still use an old Garmin 201. I don't even use much of its functionality; I simply use it as an odometer to know how far I've gone and what the average pace was. I also use it to do intervals and stuff on the road, that I used to need to find a track for. I use a HRM about twice per year for one specific workout and that is all. I've had good success with this limited amount of data.
The only real data I have found very valuable is a good log. I have some standard workouts I have done time and time again; now, by comparing a completed workout to old ones in my log, I can really get an accurate gauge of my current fitness and what I should be targeting in other workouts.
I'm not saying the other stuff is completely useless, but one thing I like about running is the simplicity. Unless you are a top athlete going for that last 2% improvement, the value is limited. Regarding Maffetone, one thing that does help some people with is not running too hard all the time when they have not yet learned how to listen to their bodies and keep easy pace easy.
Now for you, running 1/2hr 3X a week, if you feel great with whatever pace you are doing -- even if it is quicker than Maffetone wants you to do -- you are probably fine. But if you decide to increase your volume and/or frequency and pursue improvements, it would be wise to do what Maffetone says and slow down while you are building up and making sure you continue to recover adequately. As for your son, without guidance, kids have a tendancy to take a "no pain no gain" approach and run too hard most of the time unless someone teaches them not to.
"If you want to be a bad a$s, then do what a bad a$s does. There's your pep talk for today. Go Run." -- Slo_Hand
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There was a time, and not all that long ago, that had I found my garmin battery dead I would actually consider bagging my run...WTF?
I logged every run distance to the nearest 1/100th, slowest pace, fastest pace, average pace and the same went for the heart rate. I logged the temp, the time...you get the picture.
Bottom line, none of that really changed the way I trained. It just consumed time strapping up and logging in.
My Garmin died and I haven't replaced it. I've learned that I can run without it and the most important information is how I feel. My volume increased and my PR times decreased.
I don't know anything about heart rate training but watching a friend I really have to wonder if it really isn't more of a hindrance.
Running easy is what I have been doing lately. For me, the Maffetone number works out to 133 and the Karvonen 70% works out to 136. The alarm on my heart rate monitor is set to 136 and the average has been around 133. For the last 20 minutes of an hour I feel like I am just creeping along to keep it under 136. It seems that something like the Garmin Forerunner 305 gives a lot of information but a lot of people just look at the data, ignore it and train more if they feel fresh and a bit less if they feel tired. Makes a lot of sense. Kevin
Kevin, I'm not sure whether one way is better than another. I'm not smart enough to know. However, for me, it's a game of data collection and information.I train by HR, and work my HR at a comfortable effort (143 - 150). I try to keep 90+% of my miles in that range.
My goal is to have my HR maintain the same rate while under consistent conditions (ie. treadmill in controlled environment at constant speed). If I can, I consider my self ready for a longer distance (and / or an increase in speed). Ideally, I'd be able to run 13+ miles at a consistent HR at the same speed if in a controlled environment.
Regarding the data that I collect, I factor in the "feel" I have after a training outing and compare it to the data that I see (speed, HR, etc.).
On Monday, I did a 53 mile bike ride in the heat (starting at 7:45am). By the time that I got off my bike at 11:30am, it was hot (100+ degrees), and I ran out of fluids miles earlier. My HR increased way too high, and I was overheated. The last 10 miles were brutal, and my AVGHR during those miles were way higher than I wanted them to be, and way higher than it should have been (maybe 175 +/-).
Yesterday, I ran 3 miles, where the 2nd and 3rd mile were at 149bpm at a controlled pace in a controlled environment, while normally, those miles are at 144 (same conditions). I blame the increased bpm on the high effort and fatigue following my bike ride in hot conditions outing on Monday.
Regardless, I'm not sure that the Maffetone method works for soccer / hockey conditioning. I believe that the low HR training is better suited for endurance, and less suited for interval sprints that you see in those sports. (I'm likely wrong there, though, and some Maffetone people may chime in and correct me).
If nothing else, collect the data, and use it in 5 or 10 years to see progress and / or consistency. All data is good!
2017 Goals:
#1: Do what I can do (200+ training days, 200+ aerobic hours).
#2: Race shape (1/2 marathon, 2 half Ironmans, marathon)
#3: Prepare for 2018
To expand on things, I will start off by saying that I work in application development, and do a lot of database work right now with financial information. It is all about numbers and metrics and analysis and whatnot. I mention this bit of information to show that I have some level of familiarity with data, terms, and concepts, nothing more.
In my experience, "data" is just that: data. It is a collection of tidbits that have no real meaning in and of themselves. It is not "information" until a context has been applied. Information has meaning to it, data does not.
So, what does this mean? In my opinion, it means that outside of a specific training context, the tidbits of gathered data are completely meaningless and arbitrary. Having a heart rate value does nothing unless you have a framework against which you can apply that number to derive its meaning. Is 133 too high, too low, or just right? Of course, you also need to have some sort of general idea of what you were trying to accomplish for the work out, which is another piece of context that needs to be applied. You cannot know if a number is too high or too low unless you know what the range is that you are looking for, and to get that range, you need to have a training framework.
Now, this training framework does not have to be complex. Like I said, I have tended to keep mine simple, but I could make it even simpler if I wanted to, by changing the metrics I use for measuring success. Ultimately, it comes down to your goals. What do you want to get out of your running? List those out and rank them in order of importance to yourself. Then you develop your training context around those goals.
For example, if my goal was to maintain a healthy lifestyle and a general level of aerobic fitness, I would probably have a training framework that did not involve using races as a measurement of success, but rather how often during the week I ran, for how long, and my general overall health. Perhaps I use numbers from my doctor as well. I do not need to race to be successful, but I still might if I get the itch.
Make sense?
All data is good!
I use to have the following sign on my desk; "In God We Trust. Everybody Else Bring Data."
Part of what I do is data collection. Not all data is good but one can sure make it look good !
My question to you KerCanDo; So the next day your heart rate was 4 bpm faster than what you would expect but what did knowing that change?
If you didn't have that information would 4 bpm faster show up on the precieved effort radar?
I use to have the following sign on my desk; "In God We Trust. Everybody Else Bring Data." Part of what I do is data collection. Not all data is good but one can sure make it look good ! My question to you KerCanDo; So the next day your heart rate was 4 bpm faster than what you would expect but what did knowing that change? If you didn't have that information would 4 bpm faster show up on the precieved effort radar?
SloHand, it didn't change much. I guess it told me that I wasn't fully recovered from my Monday training outing. Honestly, during the run yesterday, I felt the same as I normally do, and was surprised when I saw the information. My perceived effort was the same as normal.
Thanks for the answers.
I probably run too fast according to the heart rate training methods I've read about. The thing is...I enjoy that pace. That's my groove and when I'm in my groove I run farther, I feel better and enjoy it more.
"All data is good".
No. For the most part, it is noise.
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In Part 1 of this series we examined how cognizant Australian companies are of the opportunities that social networks provide to engage with customers and prospects in new and more intimate ways. We also examined how those who are cognizant are utilising those opportunities, based on their social presence.
Part 1 referenced the NCP model – Network, Contribution, Participation – and how companies and brands cannot create engagement if they do not have a Network of critical mass, and further; if they do not use that Network to create value and influence.
Methodology – presence on key networks is a proxy
We also indicated that, as crude a measure as it might be, the presence of Australian companies on the key networks may be a 'proxy' measure for how engaged the Executive of that company is in the social channels or how much they believe that becoming a social business is key to the future success of their organisation.
Part 2 – Twitter and Facebook presence
In building the Australian Social Busines Index we started with the websites of the Top 10 Australian companies. We examined how well social networks /channels were integrated into their primary web presence (not very!) and we looked at whether or not they or their employees were participating in LinkedIn. We found that most of the Top 10 are - to some extent - but few are using the entire capability of LinkedIn to represent their organisation. At that point of our analysis, it seemed to us, that amongst the Top 10 Telstra was probably the organisation with the best connected network and the company making the broadest use of social media and networks.
In this second post in the series we look at their Twitter and Facebook presence and summarise the overall social presence of the Top 10 Australian companies.
Twitter usage disappointing
To us, the overall usage of Twitter by the Top 10 Australian companies is somewhat disappointing (table below).
Two of them have no Twitter presence at all, and a third – Woolworths – has a plan to activate their account but appears to be uncertain on how to proceed. Amongst the four banks, ANZ Bank seems a long way behind the other three in followers but all of them have relatively few followers compared to their customer base:
Company | # of Twitter Accounts | Main Twitter Handle | # of Followers | Klout Score | Comments |
BHP Billiton | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | There is a careers handle with 489 followers |
Woolworths | 1 | @woolworths | 929 | 0 | Hi everyone, we're new to social media and hoping to be set up on twitter soon. We won't officially be here just yet but follow us on fb and stay tuned |
Wesfarmers | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | |
Rio Tinto | 3 | @riotinto | 6774 | 44 | Quite a few legacy accounts in other countries |
Commonwealth Bank | 2 | @netbank | 7271 | 51 | |
Westpac Bank | 6 | @westpac | 8222 | 48 | There a lot of legacy twitter accounts and some branches appear to have their own |
National Australia Bank | 1 | @NAB | 7903 | 54 | UBank has 4769 followers |
ANZ Banking Group | 2 | @ANZ_AU | 1352 | 42 | Separate Media Account |
Telstra | 2 | @telstra | 22618 | 66 | Separate News Account and Big Pond Account (which is being phased out) |
Xstrata Holdings | 1 | @xstratatech | 355 | 17 |
This leads to a point worth making about social strategy versus tactics – it's a strategically challenging balancing act for organisations such as the banks and Telstra because their Twitter accounts are usually full of customer issues and complaints and are very tactical. It also explains why the Twitter accounts are, by and large, very reactive and they almost never retweet other content. However, it does appear that they are trying to provide an additional channel for customer service interaction and doing a pretty good job of it during working hours. It also has to be said that whilst we all love to criticize Telstra for its service levels they are taking responsibility and you can see the positive impact and difference the new management team is making in terms of dealing with the customer perceptions.
The main point is, that if a company is going to have a presence on Twitter, then it's imperative that they respond to customer service issues effectively and have an operational plan of how that will work, and escalate – both in normal times and in times of crisis. No response makes a company look even worse than not having a presence. A recent study in the US claimed that 70% of respondents did not have their service issues raised on Twitter responded to – what's your experience?
Social Architecture is often immature but evolving
We also noticed that a number of the Australian Top 10 are consolidating Twitter handles into one primary account after perhaps earlier, non-strategic rushes into presence development. Reviewing social architecture should be an ongoing process in all large corporations. Large enterprises all have all made significant investment in people and tools and services to support their IT "enterprise architectures". This is because an effective IT enterprise architecture produces an improved ROI, lower total lifecycle costs, supports change and flexibility and agility, and is able to be effectively governed with respect to records management, discovery and archiving etc etc.
An effective social architecture has the same types of objectives. For example the major disruptive trends of our time are cloud computing, mobile and social. Utilising all of these, in the most appropriate way, requires coordination across all three. In other words, independently optimising mobile as a channel , may adversely effect optimising cloud or social. Or, not optimising the social architecture in conjunction with cloud and mobile will result in difficulties in not only governance but also in innovation, continuous improvement, support, and governance. This is a complex cross-organisational dimension which is poorly understood.
Business value of Twitter easily underestimated
Finally, its pretty clear the large miners do not see much of a role for Twitter in their communications strategy (except perhaps for recruiting) but it is intriguing to see that Rio Tinto at least has a presence and followers, while BHP Billiton – it's arch rival – has zero presence. We'd say "obviously" that is a chosen option by BHP Billiton, although it may be by default rather than a chosen option, and certainly Rio Tinto made a different choice.
It is perhaps still the case that corporates have not fully appreciated the role that Twitter might play for them in enabling some of their business objectives i.e. they still see it as somewhat trivial. We know that Dell gets continually referred to as the poster-child of great business Twitter use, but it's hard to go past them because they continue to excel at exploiting the business value of twitter, here for example taking advantage of the latest Twitter enhancements for brands.
Facebook Presence – NAB outstanding
When it comes to Facebook, it seems to us that NAB are the clear 'winners' in this group. Not only do they have an NAB landing page, but on that landing page they tell you what are the 'benefits' of Liking – the additional content and offers you will get access to. They also provide linkage to their other social network presence in Twitter and YouTube.
Company | # of Facebook Pages | Landing Page? | # of Fans | Activity Levels | Comments |
BHP Billiton | 1 | No | 4475 | Low | Closed Wall – no dialogue |
Woolworths | 1 | Yes | 33583 | High | Landing page for iPod competition |
Wesfarmers | 1 | No | 290 | Low | No Wall |
Rio Tinto | 1 | No | 1182 | Low | Closed wall – no dialogue. |
Commonwealth Bank | 1 | No | 85021 | High | Time Vault, Kaching and Hottest Deals driving activity |
Westpac Bank | 1 | No | 1166 | Low | No reason to participate |
National Australia Bank | 1 | Yes | 9671 | High | Good linkage, good landing page |
ANZ Banking Group | 1 | No | 3810 | Low | Closed Wall |
Telstra | 1 | Yes | 35011 | High | Focus on Service |
Xstrata Holdings | 1 | No | 212 | Low | A lot of scattered presence |
Commonwealth Bank on Facebook are a standout in terms of the number of fans. They started this process with a Facebook "check in" competition but the fan base continues to grow with a number of innovative tabs and competitions. All they need is a landing page.
It strikes us that having a Facebook presence with no 'Wall' is about as useful as an ashtray on a motorbike – it really sends a message that you really don't wish to communicate. What also struck us though was how many people still liked these pages – even with no reason to have a dialogue?
Telstra also deserves recognition for a Facebook Landing page with a focus on service even though it deflects people to other channels. What really hit us as an interesting contrast is when researching Woolworths we came across the Woolworths SA page – and in contrast to Australia, there are 139,228 fans on a very vibrant Facebook community compared to 33,583 in Australia with a focus on specials and an ipad competition. Definitely some lessons there. And we do wish organisations would get past iPad competitions. During the time of writing this post, Woolworths changed the Facebook page to include a new promotion and a more festive season theme.
Overall a tepid interest in social business and social channels
To summarise, judging by the analysis of the ten largest companies in Australia, we conclude that commitment and usage of the social channels is 'tepid' at best. There are clear opportunities for most of them to make significant improvements in their presence and grow their networks, in turn making them a more social business and offering further opportunities to engage current and prospective customers in a more effective dialogue.
We wonder whether the C-level executive in many of these companies believes in the ability of social to transform their organisations?
To be fair, some are trying. Telstra is certainly making a concerted effort and amongst the banks the Commonwealth stands out for its openess and connectivity although it's competitor NAB seems to be doing a good job with Facebook. As for the miners …..well, they don't seem at all social.
Social enterprise requires leadership
We considered researching the social presence of the CEOs of these companies but we found so little that it got depressing - not many Richard Bransons in this country. Perhaps our executives are at about the state of US CEOs surveyed in 2009 by Harvard Business Review: 30 Key Findings on How The CEO Engages With Social Media.
It does also seem to us that the B2B organisations like the miners – with very large long term contracts, don't feel the same imperative to use social media for engagement. HOWEVER, in the business of the future the issue is not for them about sales but about how to attract and sustain more than their fair share of the best people, especially their leaders of the future, and those people utilise social media everyday. And, at a time when those types of organisations are in the traditional news everyday in association with carbon tax, climate change, coal seam gas – it seems like they are generally missing a great opportunity to communicate directly.
What do you think?
And do you think this analysis provides an insight?
Do you thing we should extend it to the Top 20 and beyond?
Please comment below.
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Over the next three days, I'll have some Web-exclusive articles previewing the WBS Penguins' second-round playoff series.
Today, a two-parter. First, updated odds to win the Calder Cup for the nine teams still alive. After the jump, some You Tube clips of memorable confrontations between the Penguins and Syracuse Crunch and Penguins and Providence Bruins. Now the odds:
1. Syracuse (3-1): With their offensive firepower, they're never out of a game. Swept Portland in the first round.
2. Toronto (4-1): The Marlies are a playoff-tested bunch and they had no problem sweeping Rochester.
3. Texas (5-1): The Stars look like a solid team that can play playoff hockey. They finished off a good Milwaukee team in four games.
4. Penguins (8-1): They're 10-2 in their last 12 games, including a three-game sweep of Binghamton in the first round.
5. Providence (12-1): They've shown remarkable resiliency bouncing back from 2-0 down against Hershey. Good in all phases.
6. Hershey (12-1): Jon DiSalvatore, who I often call the AHL's most underrated star, has scored some big playoff goals.
7. Oklahoma City (15-1): I didn't give them enough credit before the first round. They're still good, even without the lockout Oilers.
8. Springfield (25-1): All three of their first-round wins over Manchester came in OT. That's a high-wire act.
9. Grand Rapids (50-1): Not a bad team, but they needed five games to finish a Houston team with goalie issues.
Now to the bad blood:
The Penguins and P-Bruins have only met up in the regular season about 20 times in the last 14 years, so there isn't a lot of history between the teams. There have been some memorable encounters, though.
For instance, in 1999, Dennis Bonvie fought Providence's Keith McCambridge, who might be better known to Penguins fans as the coach of the St. John's Ice Caps.
Or in 2006, Bonvie fought Garrett Stroshein twice in a game to set a record for most penalty minutes in a single league. Bonvie had 3,969 in the AHL, passing the 3,966 Tiger Williams had in the NHL.
Then there was that classic rivalry fight between Bonvie and Jason MacDonald in 2005.
But I know what you really want to see here are some clips of cool hockey fights. I've found some of those.
How about a good scrap between Zach Sill and Lane MacDermid from 2010?
This year, you've got Bobby Robins going off on Philip Samuelsson. (To this day, his dad isn't popular among Bruins fans.)
And you've got Bobby Farnham in perhaps his most successful fight in a Penguins uniform:
Now if the Penguins play Syracuse, there's no shortage of awesome clips of fights between these two teams.
Remember, the first exhibition game in Penguins history was at Syracuse, and there were seven fights in that game, including one between Bonvie and Mike Brown. Here's a good one with those two from later that season:
In the 2001-02 preseason, the Penguins and Crunch played two exhibition games two days apart. There were nine fights in one and 14 in the other. So when St. Patrick's Day rolled around, what happened shouldn't have been a big surprise.
Now some more random Penguins-Crunch fights. Ryan Tobler was only with the Penguins a short time, but he was a legit heavyweight and had a good tilt with Brandon Sugden here from 2004:
Darcy Verot was a popular Penguins player in the franchise's early days. After signing with Syracuse, he fought Daniel Carcillo …
… and Bonvie. ("It's Darcy and Dennis!" "I know.")
Here's Aaron Boogaard's shining moment in a Penguins uniform against Jon Mirasty in 2009:
How about a good hit and scrap from Joe Vitale?
Even wanted to see a Mark Letestu fight?
Hey Matt Kennedy, Sill is left-handed.
And here's the coup de grace, an all-time classic between Bonvie and Mirasty.
Check back all week for more blog extras.
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