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Here it is, the final digital marketing stats round up of the year.
This week it includes Amazon's customer satisfaction, mobile commerce, integrated marketing, Google search trends and Beyonce.
And for more digital marketing stats, check out our Internet Statistics Compendium.
Amazon tops another customer satisfaction survey
- Amazon has yet again come out on top in a customer satisfaction survey, proving that is remains the company to beat when it comes to ecommerce.
- It's not all good news for the ecommerce giant however, as Amazon.co.uk actually saw a two-point decline compared to last year, down from 86 to 84.
- John Lewis came third in the study with 79, followed by Apple on 78 and M&S on 77. Unsurprisingly Ryanair came bottom of the pile with just 60 points.
- Overall there was a one-point decline in the average satisfaction score from 74 to 73, which came after a consistent increase in satisfaction since 2007.
Google zeitgeist
- Google unveiled its list of the most popular search terms for 2013 this week.
- Among the top 10 trending search terms were Paul Walker, iPhone 5s, Royal baby and Nelson Mandela.
10 UK Christmas adverts with the highest social engagement
- Stats published by The 7th Chamber show that John Lewis has the highest social engagement rate for Christmas ads.
- As of 10 December 2013, the John Lewis 'The Bear and The Hare' ad has achieved 10.3m views and just over 1m engagements (likes, shares or comments).
- However, its engagement-per-thousand-views (EPM) has dropped to 101, from 393 in four weeks.
Beyoncé breaks all digital music records
- Beyoncé's fifth album was released last Friday exclusively on iTunes without any promotional marketing whatsoever and became the fastest selling album ever.
- It sold 828,773 copies in three days. (The previous record was Justin Timberlake's 20/20 Experience which sold 580,000)
- The album went to number one in the iTunes chart in 104 countries (out of a possible 119).
- Beyoncé led to the largest full-priced digital album sales week ever. (Lady Gaga's Born This Way was the previous holder with 662,000 and even that number was enhanced thanks to an Amazon promotion that sold the album for 99 cents).
- There were 1.2m tweets about the album within 24 hours of its release.
- On Facebook, mentions of Beyoncé spiked more than 1,300% mere hours after the album's release.
Only 12% of businesses take an integrated approach to all marketing activities
- Only 12% of businesses take an integrated approach to all of their marketing activities, according to a new report from Econsultancy and Adobe.
- However the results show that most organisations do implement some level of integration, but either lack the skills or structure to properly execute their strategies.
- Encouragingly a fifth of businesses (26%) in the survey stated that their campaigns were integrated across 'most channels' while just 5% of respondents said that none of their marketing activities were integrated.
- The results come from the latest Econsultancy/Adobe Quarterly Digital Intelligence Briefing entitled 'Channels in Concert: Trends in Integrated Marketing'.
Which of the following statements best describes how you or your clients carry out marketing activities?
Brands could increase engagement and revenue by sending more emails to customers
- After analysing their own client data of more than 2.2bn emails sent to 40.6m recipients, Alchemy Worx has found that brands can generate four times the number of opens, clicks, and revenue by doubling the number of emails they send to consumers.
- The research found that, if a brand were to send just one more email to its customers per month than it normally did they could, for a list of 5m subscribers, achieve an additional 1.9m opens (38% of the list) and an extra 175,000 email clicks (3.5% of the list).
- Ultimately, by sending one more email brands could deliver an additional £1.8m in revenue from email and deliver tangible return on investment to the brand.
Marketing professionals seek international opportunities
- Senior-level communications professionals are being driven by international opportunities and company culture in their job hunt, according to research by recruiter VMA Group.
- Of those surveyed, over two-thirds (69%) reported they would be willing to relocate to a new country for a role.
- 81% of respondents acknowledged that, if they were to change roles, they would prefer to switch to an international organisation.
- The survey also revealed that passive candidates form a large part of the talent pool, with 48% of respondents reporting they would consider an opportunity, but are not 'actively looking' for a new role.
Christmas comes early for online retailers as sales top £10bn in November
- The latest figures from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index have revealed a better than expected performance for online retail in November, with sales topping an estimated £10.1bn; the most the Index has ever recorded in a single month.
- The Index grew 20% on the same period last year, and 30% on October's performance (the highest monthly increase in 10 years) indicating shoppers are buying their Christmas gifts earlier than usual.
- Multichannel retailers, those with both an online and a high-street presence, reported annual growth of 23%, compared to the 16% recorded by the online only brands. This strong growth has been spurred by festive shoppers looking to their usual High Street brands when shopping online.
The growing influence of mobile in-store
- A new white paper from Deloitte shows that the percentage of store sales where mobile phones are used as part of the shopping journey stood at 6.8% in 2013.
- This equates to £18bn of store sales, up 45% on 2012.
- Deloitte forecasts that the mobile influence factor will reach 10%-15% of store sales by 2017.
Marketers want more money, please
- Almost two-thirds of marketing professionals are seeking a pay rise, according to a survey by recruiter, Robert Walters.
- More than a third will be looking for an uplift in salary of between 4% and 10%, an increase of 13% on last year.
- While fewer marketing professionals are expecting a bonus in the coming year, the survey shows that the proportion looking for a reward of between 6% and 15% of base salary has increased.
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Well, I can say that the service of Amazon is really good. They have some lapses sometimes but in totality, they are at its best.
Only 12% of businesses take an integrated approach to all marketing activities
This is in 2013 but you can be sure that in 2014, these numbers will definitely change.
The perception that all forms of marketing need to be integrated together and work as one cohesive system is slowing gathering foot.
For long, many businesses have relied on 1 or 2 specific mediums to derive traffic from. That will certainly change in the coming year.
I am agree @Collin that number of integrated approach towards marketings activities will show an upward graph this year.
well what can we say about Amazon? not surprised at all- they are pretty amazing.
no comment about Beyonce
email marketing-
these are great news!! we have been very reserved about email marketing the past couple of months its nice to see solid data support what we have been wanting to do.
I wonder what difference there will be between mobile-as-part-of-sales-process for B to B vs B to C. I would assume it's smaller but still significant, and also assume growing at the same pace. If anyone has data, I would love to see!
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I'm not surprised that only 12% of businesses take an integrated approach to their marketing activities - and this is something I see some businesses taking full advantage of in 2014. Having a consistent message / branding across all channels, or a strategic way of driving users from one channel to another in a coherent way is imperative.
Great article! And I am definitely not surprised about the Beyonce stats.
Only 12% of businesses take an integrated approach to all marketing activities?
We're living in a 1-to-many digitally empowered time, surely businesses who understand data would incorporate this relationship across the business.


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Latinos will tune in to TV sets tonight to pay close attention to how high President Barack Obama ranks their top issues of concern -- such as immigration and border security.
The bulk of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday is expected concentrate on the economy, in an address given in front of a crowd that will include dozens personally affected by gun violence and undocumented immigrants.
The American public will get a competing mix of rhetoric and imagery Obama's speech.
He's got to strike now. Next year he won't have the ear of the public in the same way he has this time.
- presidential historian Allan Lichtman of American University
With the economy still trying to find its footing and with millions still out of work, Obama will make a case for measures and proposals that he says will boost job creation and put the economy on a more upward trajectory. Obama's emphasis underscores a White House recognition that while the president seeks to expand his agenda and build a second-term legacy, the economy remains a major public preoccupation.
But in the galleries above the rostrum of the House of Representatives where Obama will speak, many of the faces looking down on him will be those of Americans thrust into the politics of gun violence.
First lady Michelle Obama will sit with the parents of a Chicago teenager shot and killed just days after she performed at the president's inauguration. Twenty-two House members have invited people affected by gun violence, according to Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I., who pushed the effort. And Republican Rep. Steve Stockman of Texas says he's invited rocker Ted Nugent, a long-time gun control opponent who last year said he would end up "dead or in jail" if Obama won re-election.
That confluence of message and symbolism illustrates where Obama is in his presidency following his re-election.
The economic blueprint he will discuss will have many of the elements Americans have heard before, with its embrace of manufacturing, energy development and education. And in that sense it is a reminder of what was unfulfilled at the end of Obama's first term. But the tragic murders of 26 people at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school in December altered the president's agenda, pushing guns onto a to-do list that already included a new push for an overhaul of immigration law.
As the president addresses gun violence, the cameras are sure to pan the faces in the crowd inside the House chamber, each with a story meant to influence the debate. Obama has proposed a ban on certain weapons and on high-capacity ammunition magazines. He has also called for broader, universal background checks on gun purchasers, a proposal that stands a better chance politically.
But White House aides say the economy is still Obama's central theme.
"You've seen the president act aggressively on comprehensive immigration reform. You've seen the president put forward a series of comprehensive proposals to reduce gun violence in this country in the recent weeks," White House press secretary Jay Carney said Monday. "These are important priorities of the president and of the nation. But what remains his No. 1 priority is what it has been since he took office, which is to get this economy growing, get it creating jobs, strengthening the middle class and expanding the middle class."
At least three undocumented immigrants will also sit with the first lady as the president delivers the State of the Union address. Alan Aleman, 20, of Las Vegas, who was one of the first to receive a temporary work visa under Obama's deferred action program, Gabino Sanchez of South Carolina, invited by Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) and described as a husband, father and an undocumented immigrant fighting deportation, and Ambar Pinto, 19, a sophomore in college studying international business.
The White House and Obama's allies are launching simultaneous social media, public outreach and fundraising campaigns tied to his State of the Union address. Those efforts were successful in his re-election campaign and Obama aides believe they could be as effective in pushing policies as they were in pushing his candidacy.
"He's got to strike now," said presidential historian Allan Lichtman of American University, who believes the economy, the environment and long-term changes in federal entitlements are key to Obama's legacy. "Next year he won't have the ear of the public in the same way he has this time."
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Intel NUC (Next Unit of Computing) DC3217BY SFF System Review
Quick Performance Metrics
After getting the hardware in our Intel NUC we next installed the operating system - in this case we chose to use Windows 8 just because it has the best sleep/resume speeds of any Windows we have used to date. I installed the OS through a home made USB flash drive and it all went off without a hitch. Drivers for the wireless adapter were already configured and we went about getting the latest software for the HD 4000 graphics, audio, etc. Pretty standard fare.
For our performance comparisons we knew it wasn't going to be a fair fight to see the NUC go up against the likes of the Core i7-3770K or anything so instead we have included benchmarks from a recent Ultrabook notebook review as well as from the Core i3-2105 Sandy Bridge processor - a CPU that you can still find for $129 on Newegg. It is also a dual-core HyperThreaded CPU like the Core i3-3217U in our NUC. The Core i5-3317U in our Ultrabook platform (actually a Lenovo X1) is also dual-core HyperThreaded and in fact the only difference is that the 3217U in the NUC does NOT have Turbo Boost technology - peaks at 1.8 GHz. The 3317U starts at 1.7 GHz and can boost as high as 2.6 GHz when able.
CPU-Z shows the 1.8 GHz clock speed but the wrong processor name
It's really not surprising to see the numbers on the NUC coming in last in our comparison but the SiSoft performance is still reasonable enough when going head to head with the Ultrabook.
In our x264 encoding test, which the NUC will be doing some of if you decided to use it as a HTPC of some kind, the 3217U is about 50-60% slower than the Core i3-2105 in both first and second passes.
We couldn't run 3DMark11 on the Core i3-2105 since it doesn't have support for later versions of DirectX but the mainstream gaming performance is at least DECENT. Keep in mind that an AMD A10-5800K Trinity will score something around 1300 on the test, doubling the gaming performance of the Intel NUC.
Storage performance on the Intel 520 SSD is FAST! Our ATTO results show read speeds as high as 550 MB/s and write speeds as high as 510 MB/s taking advantage of the of the SATA 6G connection.
General usage of the system was quite impressive though including doing things like HD video playback. In the screenshot above you can see we are playing back an H.264 MKV file through VLC without a problem - CPU utilization is at 14% and there was no stuttering or hiccups to be found.
I think it's pretty obvious that the Next Unit of Computing has enough capability to do many things but not everything. The fact that your standard Ultrabook hardware is going to run a bit faster than the DC3217BY might scare off some potential buyers but I do think that for most users standard use cases the hardware will still impress.
has anyone tried taking the wireless card out and plugging a external usb wi-fi adapter in?
i.e. would an little usb adapter cure the overheat w/ network transfers?
Yes, it did.
This looks like a precursor to the steam box. This is a lapdesktop. I like it but can't game. This would be a good streaming box.
Question that I could really look up but thought I would ask, Did Intel fix the 23.9 frame rate for movie play back in the 3rd gen processors, or do they suffer from the same problem the sandy bridge with 24 frame lock?
Just asking cause I would love to make this computer into my XBMC HTPC machines, that i have around the house...
Based on my understanding that is fixed but I honestly haven't tested it.
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"Intel Board Team Creates New Form Factor" ???
How new?
• ZOTAC ZBOX nano XS AD11 Plus powered by the AMD E-450 1.65GHz APU (dual-core processor)
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• Length: 4.173in - 106mm
• Width: 4.173in - 106mm
• Depth: 1.46in - 37mm
• ZOTAC ZBOX nano VD01 powered by the VIA Nano™ X2 U4025 dual-core 1.2GHz processor.
• ZOTAC ZBOX nano AD12 powered by the AMD E2-1800 1.7GHz APU (dual-core processor)
• ZOTAC ZBOX nano ID61 powered by the by the an Intel® Celeron® Processor 867 dual-core 1.3GHz processor
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• Length: 5in - 127mm
• Width: 5in - 127mm
• Depth: 1.77in – 45mm
It's new to Intel, at least at the board level, and also new in that it is a creation of Intel's team for the barebones chassis as well.
Oh of course, it's new to Intel, at least at the Intel board level beacause under NUC 4"x4" Form Factor (or ZOTAC ZBOX nano XS 4.173"x4.173") is logial Pico-ITX Form Factor 3,9"x2,8" (10 cm x 7,2 cm) etc. also with QuadCore Processor for the barebones chassis or barebone Pico-ITX Mini-PC as well.
What's the most practical reason for needing two HDMI ports anyway?
Multiple displays without the need for DisplayPort.
I cannot find a downloadable version of Windows 8 that can be used for a clean install. All I can find is the upgradeable version. Every review of the NUC glosses over this issue.
Hmm, I guess that's true. I used my TechNet account to get an ISO for installation.
You can get the OEM version of the OS and that will all full installs, right?
Could be an excellent client for digital signage systems.
At $329 it's overpriced.
If it drops to $299 I'd say not bad. The final product is pretty slick.
You're in the market for something like this, but much cheaper?
Then this is for you:
Same form factor, $229, but with an AMD CPU/GPU. So slower CPU but faster GPU.
This has been available for years. Now it just has an Intel sticker on it. Not really news.
Yes I know of the Zotac boxes, and the surfboard style versions from other manufactures as well.
They are all good products for what they are doing. I'm just happy to see Intel getting into this segment as well.
I personally have more faith in Intel's R&D when it comes to MOBO design and execution when compared to the other manufacturers. And I'm more than happy to pay a little more for it.
This isn't a perfect product but if they continue to push the form factor they will refine it to perfection. It's not that Intel is amazing, it's just that they have the money to throw into their projects.
And no I'm not an Intel fan boy. All of my systems at this time are AMD based, I'm even typing this from an ITX A8-3870k.
Keep in mind that system you linked to is a MUCH lower performance configuration than this Intel NUC.
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Agreed... the form factor is nice, especially with the VESA mount kit--but its really overpriced considering you still need to add RAM, HDD, and you dont get USB3 or FW. I could live with the lower-spec CPU if I could build a fully functional OS X compatible system for about half the price of a Mac Mini.
My guess is that this is the precurser to the (I Know what your doing mmmmaaa)lower nanometer technology that is being developed at Microsoft. That being the 14 Nm tech.
I maybe wrong but I doubt it. Infact it could or should be the the 14 Nm tech.
This would produce far less heat at the performance level of the current DX11 GPU cards with comparible tolerances in
CPU/GPU point of heat disapation.
Why do they sell the power cord separately for 3$ ?
Are they nuts ?
Maybe they forgot it in the original package... Anyway, they are nuts.
Oh, i have just understand.
The plug is different for european customers.
But sell separately is not the best solution.
NUC + external Thunderbolt connected PCI-E box with Virtu support and a GTX 680 might be a nice lan rig.
I like this, but using the board with wired ethernet connection.
Ideal as a small home server, stick windows server 2012 on it. Perfect
Meh. Power up and go quad core Exynos boards available for $50, with all the interfaces you need.
No thanks Intel, this is another one that's going nowhere.
The table/chart on page 1 of this review where it lists specifications says compatible with Linux (Fedora, Ubuntu.. etc). What is the source of this information?
Have you successfully installed Ubuntu on this system? If you did, how do you install drivers, BIOS updates etc.,?
I just ordered this BTW. I am hoping to install Ubuntu.
I agree with orvtrebor, and I'm glad that Intel is finally jumping into this segment. My main complaint with the Intel barebones is that plastic case seems a little chinsty. I wish they came standard with something more industrial looking, like this: http://www.logicsupply.com/products/ag960
Hey Ryan, were you able to install Ubuntu in this machine? I'm interested in purchasing this only if Ubuntu works ok and it is happy with the integrated NIC. Thanks
When installing the wifi card does it matter which antenna wire goes to the main or AUX?
Does it have the ability to hook up a wireless remote control?
Anyone try it with Mythbuntu?
Will it fit a 2.5" internal HDD?
Can you install an internal Haugepauge PCIe dual-TV tuner and hook it up to an antenna?
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At the same time, my feelings about the earthquake have been extremely intense. My first month home, I spent hours glued to the television, watching the footage of the devastation in Haiti. If I wasn't watching tv, I was reading stories online. I saw statistics that 1 in 13 people in Port-Au-Prince died that day. And the more I saw of the far-reaching effects of this earthquake, the more unglued I became.
I think we have all struggled with the "why" questions of this disaster. Why Haiti? Why so much loss? Why so much sorrow? Why to a people who have already struggled so much?
In my darker moments - and these have been frequent - I have also struggled with the injustices of survival. Why did I survive this earthquake? Why was I in a structurally sound building? Why did I not struggle with finding food or water in the following days? Why did I get to drive to an embassy and be flown away from the rattling aftershocks? Why did I get to arrive home to balloons and family and friends, while others were still missing loved ones and fighting to survive?
The answer to all of those questions - the irrefutable, undeniable answer - is privilege.
It's not because I am a better person, or have more of God's favor, or because I was more resourceful or more resilient than anyone else. Not by a longshot. Suggestions that God was protecting me . . . those make my stomach churn. Was he not protecting them? All 230,000 of them?
During the last two months, I have watched the news from Haiti in complete horror. I know that we all have - and I've struggled to figure out what a healthy reaction to devastation should be. Is there such a thing? I'm not sure . . . but I know that my thoughts and feelings were frequently not healthy. They have been obsessive and morbid and self-punishing. My fixation was motivated by terror and guilt instead of compassion. I was regularly having panic attacks watching CNN . . . and yet I couldn't not watch.
And then Kembe came home. This should have been a joyous occasion. In many ways, it was. But there was this gnawing realization that his early homecoming was a result of this awful tragedy. How do I celebrate that? Two weeks prior to his homecoming, I sat in a hotel room in Orlando with other adoptive moms, all of us lamenting and commiserating about the length of our adoption process. Never in our wildest dreams would we imagine that our kids would come home in such a short time, AT THE SAME TIME, on the same plane. If someone told us that then, we would have jumped for joy. Instead, their homecoming was somber and stressful. When people have talked about his early homecoming as an answered prayer, I wince.
Of course I am thrilled he is home, but the circumstances have made for a rocky start. For him, for me, for all of us.
I finally saw my doctor a few weeks ago, to talk about my anxiety since the earthquake. As he questioned me to try to get to the source of my anxiety, he asked about what was going on in my life personally that was so troubling. Some current stressors? Something tangible?
And as I sobbed in his office, all I manage to blurt out was that I couldn't fathom the amount of dead people lying under concrete. And thrown in mass graves. And so many amputees. And people living in tents. And still feeling aftershocks. And HOW THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO JUST GO ON WITH MY LIFE WHEN THIS IS A REALITY IN OUR WORLD?
And really. How am I? (Apparently with a generous bottle of Ativan).
I went to church last Sunday for the first time since the earthquake. For me, this is often a space where I can finally get in touch with the spiritual issues that I suppress as I try to keep up with my kids. As the worship songs played over me, I was overcome with emotion for the people of Haiti - for their grief, their pain, their unspeakable sorrow.
I am not a survivor, in their sense of the word. But I feel a connection to their grief in a way that is making it difficult for me to experience any joy right now. I am still trying to figure out how to go on with my life here, as they continue to struggle there. It's a helpless feeling, this survivor guilt.
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- Anonymous5:24 AM
i will not even pretend to try and understand what you are going through...but i feel like today's post could not be read without leaving a response. i'm not sure exactly how to respond, however. so please just know i am thinking of you today (and everyday as i read your blog).ReplyDelete
- Anonymous7:01 AM
The Haiti earthquake shook me in a way I never could have imagined. As a rather new mother of African American adopted children I saw the faces of the children and easily imagined that they could be my children. And in a weird way all those children did become my children. I was glued to the tv, internet...so distraught over the struggle in Haiti. It all brought me to Amos's story, which brought me to yours, then Ronels. And I checked the blogs several times a day, obsessively until they all made it home. And in all of that I found more from you three amazing women. And it has made me question my life and my purpose...what is my purpose? What is your purpose?ReplyDelete
Nothing has seemed the same for you since Haiti, I cannot imagine...
In a way, nothing has seemed the same for me either. And on a small scale I get that, I get what you are feeling (again, on a much smaller scale).
What do we do with it? How do we all get together and do something, become something that will make a difference and make us realize our purpose?
Wow, Kristen! Thanks for such honesty! I can't begin to fathom what you're going through and even more so, what our brothers and sisters in Haiti are going through!!ReplyDelete
Kinda confirms that whole "God Bless America" thing to be complete bull#&@*! What about the rest of the world??? Does God not want to bless them too? Do WE not want God to bless them???
I think the point you make about privilege is right on!! Our "blessings" are definitely a result of the privilege we were born into living in the most powerful country on earth! Lord knows, we don't deserve it any more than other countries/people around the globe!!
I can't help but think of the Sermon on the Mount... according to Jesus, the people in Haiti and others suffering around the world will indeed be the ones he calls BLESSED!!
I can't wait to be in heaven where we'll get to see the "last" here be "FIRST" there, while we hang out in the back of the line together!! :)
We love your precious family!! Thanks for calling it how it is!!
- Nancy Howerton7:46 AM
Kristen--thanks for putting into words so much of what I too have been feeling. I'm bawling even now as I write this. I keep wondering where my joy and peace have gone. I feel sometimes like I have become an angry and bitter person, in so much pain, and yet not knowing what to do about it. How dare I live in this beautiful house, place, have clean water, take showers whenever, instead of worrying about where my next meal will come from, I am worrying about losing a few more pounds. And so much more--but I'm sure even more painful for you who saw the devastation first hand. As I wear my Pray for Haiti bracelet, I look at it dozens of times a day and continue to lift up my prayers. . . what more can we do?ReplyDelete
I cannot fathom what you're going through, but I do believe talking about it like this will help you through it.ReplyDelete
Thank you as always for your unflinching honesty. and especially for this: "Suggestions that God was protecting me . . . those make my stomach churn. Was he not protecting them? All 230,000 of them?" Questioning our privilege is definitely a good thing.
- Lisa Keck9:04 AM
Dear Kristen,ReplyDelete
That was brutally honest and I thank you. I read somewhere in a book on grieving that "you don't get over it. You work though it." I believe this is what you are doing. I think I too saw the earthquake as a way to speed up the adoption process and I'm sorry. I believe it was natural disaster and God didn't cause it but that He used it. You've been through a traumatic experience but I believe you are on the journey back to joy. One step, one prayer, one tear at a time.
Just keep on writing okay?? Keep on being honest and authentic and uncensored. Because everytime I land here I have an emotional connection. Sometimes it's laughter, sometimes it's shared anger and indignance at a world whose priorities I don't understand, sometimes it's tears because I identify with your heart. Sappy? Maybe. BUT...in your truth and your confession and your sharing...you are enlightening, empowering and encouraging. Keep keepin' on girl. You have a purpose. Thinking of you today...ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12:35 PM
Thanks for sharing something so gut wrenching, personal and difficult. It made me think of 9/11 and some of the survivor guilt stories I heard when I went there afterward. Your message also made me think of the book I'm reading right now by Phillip Yancey called "Prayer: Does it Make Any Difference?" You should read it (as if you have time). What is happening does seem unfair and doesn't make sense and yet, thank goodness we know that ultimately, God will bring justice to this world and win. I wish it would happen sooner rather than later. What you're feeling totally makes sense and your message was a good reminder of the hurt you and so many others here and in Haiti are experiencing. Yes, your writing lately has had more bitterness behind your compassion but your anger is completely understandable. So don't stop writing and sharing all of your experiences because God has and will continue to use your words to encourage others. For whatever reason we have been given much in the US and with that comes great responsibility. Too many people are taking this responsibility lightly so hopefully your words will challenge others to step out and do something.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12:40 PM
Your transparency and heart is what will get you through all of what you heard, saw and feel today. Keep talking, keep moving, keep loving your kids and your HUSBAND.ReplyDelete
I have learned one thing from my "Coach" stay in the moment...he continues to remind me that is all I can do at times when I am overwhelmed with anxiety and fear. Please be patient with yourself, it all takes time...you have seen life, death and hunger of young and old. Keep moving and breathing and loving...your honesty is so raw and pure, thank you for sharing that part of yourself with us!
You are a wonderful women who is loved by so many, try to take that in and rest if only for a moment. Love from Anonymous
- Tamara3:14 PM
I'm with Tanya who said that you simply need to keep writing. Through your blogs, which took me to the Livesays, I have become aware of Haiti in a way I never would have. You've educated me, enlightened me, brought to the surface some longheld thoughts I had buried. For the first time in 40 years I have considered religion as I never have before. I'm not a Christian but I'm fascinated with the comfort and complete surrender that so many readers feel through their relationship with Jesus.ReplyDelete
I've lived in and traveled to oppressed (socially and economically) parts of the world and always came home heavy with guilt. As others have said, my biggest fortune in life was to have been born in the USA. There's actually no failing, comparatively speaking, if you just so happened to have been born here. That's a big thing. One day my mom allayed some of that guilt when she told me I couldn't carry the weight of the world on my shoulders, but that I could do my best to work toward—get ready—social justice in my community and in the world. So that's what I do.
Thanks for keeping it real and sharing your life with us.
- Anonymous3:44 PM
Kristen! How do you do that? How do you ask the same questions that I ask? Thank you for asking them, I wish I had some answers for you or something to bring you peace. And honey, it's okay to take some joy for yourself out of the awful things that have happened, you being happy doesn't make anything less terrible -- being unaware and unwilling to help makes things worse -- which is where people would be w/o blogs like yours and the Livesays.ReplyDelete
I've never even been to Haiti and I felt some "survivor's guilt" too. Not anything like yours I'm sure and also not coupled with actually experiencing the earthquake, but the bottom line is that we do what we can, from where we are, not forgetting to take care of ourselves and family, too. And remember, your suffering doesn't ease anyone else's suffering. We are privileged here and we do have lots of choices and comforts, and sometimes that's hard to stomach, but it's not your fault anymore than those who were born into a 3rd world country (or into a poor household here or an abusive home).
You will get through this, you are a strong woman...and I know that sometimes it sucks to be strong, but the only way to the other side is through it and you'll make it.
Take your ativan to help you cope (it's helped me tremendously)and start smiling again and take all 4 of the kiddo's on the bike path to the beach and talk about Haiti and blog about your experiences.
We're the lucky one's here -- we get you sharing your life with us, asking hard questions and getting us to have conversations that we otherwise may never would have had.
Thanks for being you and keepin' it real. I'm so sorry that you've had to go through this and that Kembe was brought home under less than ideal circumstances. But it is what it is. And maybe, one day, you won't think about how you had it planned in your head -- and that's okay. It's okay to grieve the loss of what you had planned or what you hoped things would be, but keep living, b/c it will get better.
P.S. If there is something specific that we can do to help Haiti (or the adoption) you'll let us know, right? Thanks.
When we got our daughter's referral from Ethiopia, it was one of the best and worst days of my life. Best: well that is obvious. We finally got to see the face of our daughter. Worst: We finally HAD to put names and faces and details to the tragedy that occurred in a tiny village in Africa. How could we be so joyful when our joy came from the pain of so many others? Our trip to bring her home was filled with so much joy, but also sorrow. I was ruined by what I saw, forever changed.ReplyDelete
I can't begin to comprehend what you experienced because our journey didn't involve any natural disasters. However, I get, even in a very small quantity, that it is so hard to celebrate when others are experiencing such hardship.
- Suzy D'Souza4:20 PM
Your post overwhelmed me and I did not even experience what you did. I feel tempted to write some sort of platitude about God, and how He will see you through it and someday it will all make sense and blah blah blah. The fact is, what happened to you as compared to 230,000 other people in Haiti will likely never make sense. For me, that is one of the most difficult realities to accept--that some things in life will never be given sense. There is an odd kind of peace that has set in, for me, when I have accepted the nonsensical nature of different tragic events in my own life. Perhaps you will, at some point, experience that too.ReplyDelete
Your post helped me understand many of the guilty feelings I experience because of what I do and where I work. I teach inner-city children with Emotional Disturbance in South L.A. Every single one of them has a nightmarish aspect, or aspects, to their 10 year old lives. None of them come from an intact, healthy family. None. They all live in poverty. Hence, they have developed behaviors that placed the label of "Emotionally Disturbed" on them. Abuse has been an aspect of ALL my students lives, as well as many other types of horrendous things no child should have any exposure to. These children are societies throw away kids, the kids that most people would deem "too far gone". I beg to differ.
I, in contrast, grew up in Irvine, California. I had an intact family. I had two loving parents who made sure I got an education and going to college was expected. My family definitely had their problems, though. However, my childhood was heaven compared to the hell my students live in. I drive 44 miles one way to South L.A. from perfect Rancho Santa Margarita where I live in a nice four bedroom home with my kind and gentle and decent husband. My life is heaven and I leave that life to enter into the hell of my students lives Monday through Friday.
I feel a tremendous amount of guilt and confusion as to why my students experience this kind of injustice. I feel significant amounts of anger and resentment toward people who are not interested in Social Justice and do not see it as a charge from Jesus. I get that we live in a fallen world and all that. But, the reality is, my life turned out the way it did because I just happened to be born to two really good parents. My students were born into shit. Why? I ask myself that all the time. I feel the guilt every day. I feel confused about it every day. I feel the anger toward those who do not see the need for Social Justice. And I don't know how to undo the guilt and confusion and anger I feel for the lives that my students have no power to change, at least while they are still children.
I thank you for writing down your experiences and feelings of guilt. It has helped me start to sort out the mess of feelings I have.
I pray you can have peace...
The God of the Bible is the Lord and Creator of all. There is nothing in this world over God and nothing that is outside of His control. It is His personal will that rules all, not an impersonal set of natural causes or random chance. Nature is under His complete control. He brings about all through His holy will.ReplyDelete
What does that mean? He allowed the earthquake to happen. He allowed you and your family to be saved. He chose to have you live where you live, marry who you married, and adopt from Haiti... and be there during the earthquake. God is in complete control of everything that happens... everything. That being said, we may not ever, this side of heaven, understand WHY He allows certain things to happen. Yet, we can trust Him and rest assured that He has His reasons. Consider the following Scriptures:
Romans 9:14-18 (New International Version)
14What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Not at all! 15For he says to Moses,"I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."16It does not, therefore, depend on man's desire or effort, but on God's mercy. 17For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: "I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display my power in you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth."18Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden.
Isaiah 45:5-7 (New International Version)
5 I am the LORD, and there is no other; apart from me there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you have not acknowledged me,
6 so that from the rising of the sun to the place of its setting men may know there is none besides me. I am the LORD, and there is no other.
7 I form the light and create darkness, I bring prosperity and create disaster; I, the LORD, do all these things.
Matthew 10:29-30 (New International Version)
29Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. 30And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Psalm 103:19 (New International Version)
19 The LORD has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules over all.
Romans 8:28-38 (New International Version)
More Than Conquerors
28And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. 29For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. 30And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.
31What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? 33Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. 34Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. 35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36As it is written: "For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered."37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us."
You were saved for a reason. You may not understand it. You may feel guilty about it. But you have to understand, on some level, that God chose you for this time. Just saturate yourself in His mercy; praise Him with gratitude.
Tragedy forever changes the heart.
Hi Kristen,ReplyDelete
you post was rolling around last night in my head.
It seems to me, sometimes we are given a chance to see a reality that is normally hidden from us. When we, who are living with "rich person privilege" (i just made that up), can see for a moment what the majority of the world doesn't have, that we do have, and often even take for granted - even those of us who try to live simply - it's really too much to bear. It doesn't make sense. It's not fair.
And, I'll speak for myself here, it seems to demand more from me. More than what I'm doing, more than what I'm giving. And frankly, I usually back away from that, because I don't know what to do, or how to even start. I don't think there are easy answers, and I don't think my answers work for you (because it's a lot easier to give someone else answers than to start changing my own life).
And then there is that whole idea about God having no hands but our hands to do his work in the world. Pretty terrifying stuff!
I don't think our guilt helps anyone, or changes anything. But maybe it is a helpful first step - towards changing us...?
- Anonymous12:43 PM
Rhonda's post expresses many of my sentiments. It's easy for Satan to get at us and keep us focused on beating ourselves up with guilt for what we have that others do not. That's not what God wants for us. God has said there will always be poor among us. God gives us blessings so we can give blessings to others. God does not care more for some than others; all are equally important to Him. He does, though, use circumstances caused by the sin brought into the world to bring glory to Him when His people pour out help to those who are suffering. I like what Rhonda said about God having no hands but our hands. Certainly God can miraculously reach down and change things; however, more often He uses us. But if we help others only out of a sense of guilt, or duty, are we really accomplishing what God wants from us? We need to accept guilt feelings when we have done wrong; Satan would give us false feelings of guilt to consume us and to keep us immobile. There will always be an inequality of wealth. There always has been and there always will be. God blesses those He chooses to bless and who are we to question that? Our responsibility is to use what he blesses us with to help others who are not. In this way, we have the opportunity to help them know the love of God. Is not that what we are here for as Christians...to know God and make Him known? We are called to reach out to those less fortunate out of response to the love God has shown to us and our love for Him. Yes, it hurts to see pain in the world. It hurts to see innocent children torn apart...it happens everywhere, not just Haiti, or Ethiopia, or Zimbabwe, or Chili, or any other thousands of countries. We, individually, cannot be everywhere, but we CAN be where God calls us to be at any given moment. God has a plan for each and every one of us. It is our job to listen to where God is and where God wants us to be, and what He wants us to do.ReplyDelete
Kristen, I've thought about this a lot over the past few weeks. It seems to me that God has given you a heart, a passion, and a platform to educate others on how they can be blessings to others, both through adoption, and supporting the 'good' relief organizations. There are so many relief organizations out there that are not doing what they should. You have opened many of our eyes to what UNICEF is REALLY doing. I had no idea. Use your platform...the internet is such a great way of getting information out.
Another area is in cultural differences and how it is important to be open and understanding to the various differences in culture, not to be blind and pretend it does not exist. I wish you could have taught the course I had last spring on Counseling and Cultural Diversity. It is such an important thing that so many of us do not think of.
Focus on what you CAN do; use that "rage" and focus it on what God wants you to do, not on the fact that you have things so many do not. God has given you what you have for a reason; don't question that, but ask Him to show you the reason he blessed you so you can bless others. You have been doing that in opening your heart and home through adoption. Continue to be open and He will give you the desires of your heart when your heart is focused on desiring His will.
Love you,
- Anonymous3:11 PM
oh, sweety. my heart bleeds for you as it does for the Haitian people. i'm married to a Haitian man from Port-au-Prince. since he was already an orphan, he didn't have much extended family to lose in the quake, and those few who remain have survived so far. we are living in the Dominican Republic, and serve the Haitians who live here with a free school for the children, and a feeding program. our vision is to open an orphanage one day. although we don't live in any kind of upscale house, it is still more than our friends have. even though we don't eat fancy, we eat better than our friends. we have running water (sometimes) and electricity (again,sometimes!) my heart aches to make a difference daily, but what more can i do? we don't really have a choice - we just keep waking up each day and have to go on. you are making a difference. you have beautiful children to raise to see the world with fresh, loving, unbiased eyes. God will heal your broken heart, and one day you won't need the ativan. hang in there.ReplyDelete


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"This program is just one small step in many, many strategies that the Police Department employs to get guns off the street," Brown said.
During the buyback, officers do not ask questions of people turning in guns, and the weapons are not tracked to see if they were used in crimes or to see if they were obtained illegally. The event is not limited to city residents.
Buffalo will issue pre-paid credit cards for various types of weapons: $10 for non-working or antique guns; $50 for rifles and shotguns; $75 for handguns; and $100 for assault weapons such as Uzis and AK-47s.
Though the pre-paid credit cards are funded with money seized in criminal investigations, the city does pay police officers overtime to conduct the event, which is funded by taxpayers.
During the last buyback, in August, the city paid out $32,065 in pre-paid credit cards to people who returned guns, and also paid $15,407 in overtime costs, according to an audit prepared by the city comptroller's office.
The last buyback yielded 745 guns, including 294 that did not work or were antiques, five assault weapons, 253 handguns and 193 rifles or shotguns.
The city has recovered 3,697 guns in the last five buybacks.
Though the law enforcement community debates whether gun buybacks are effective, some communities have just recently initiated them.
In Niagara County, the cities of Lockport and Niagara Falls held their first gun buybacks in February, which recovered more than 300 total guns. Buffalo's buyback will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at these locations:
• True Bethel Baptist Church, 907 E. Ferry St.
• St. John Baptist Church, 184 Goodell St.
• Church of the Good Shepherd, 96 Jewett Parkway.
• St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 213 Ontario St.
• St. Thomas Aquinas Church, 450 Abbott Road.
• Prince of Peace Christian Church, 190 Albany St.
• Primera United Methodist Church, 62 Virginia St.
Brown and Derenda were joined at police headquarters on Tuesday by a group of community activists and chaplains from the Buffalo Police Department in announcing this year's buyback. Representatives from the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority, which is publicizing the buyback on bus shelters, and Lamar Advertising Co., which has offered its billboards for the effort, also attended.
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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - March 15, 2013 --New Jersey's Health Department has issued a warning about measles after identifying a third person who may have exposed others to the contagious illness at Somerset Medical Center.
Health officials say the person got the disease after having contact with a patient who had measles.
Measles symptoms include rash, high fever, cough, runny nose and red, watery eyes.
Officials are recommending anyone who visited several locations in Somerset County between March 6 and 12 to contact a doctor to discuss their potential exposure to measles.
The locations include Somerset Medical Center, Steeplechase Cancer Center, Somerset County Human Services Building, Somerset County Administration Building and several retail establishments in Bridgewater.
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Rahul Gandhi (born 19 June 1970) is an Indian politician and member of the Parliament of India, representing the Amethi constituency. His political party is the Indian National Congress. Rahul Gandhi was born in Delhi, the first amongst 2 children of Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India and Sonia Gandhi, the current Congress President. He is the elder brother of Priyanka Gandhi. His grandmother was Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and his great-grandfather was Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first prime minister. He attended St. Columba's School, Delhi before entering The Doon School in Dehradun (Uttarakhand), also his father's alma mater, from 1981-83 before being home-schooled for security reasons. He originally went to Harvard for his undergraduate education but transferred from there to Rollins College in 1991 after his father Rajiv
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By Kayla Curry
Big 12 Campus Correspondent
Amber Battle, a junior guard for Texas Tech's women's basketball team, is living the dream of every overlooked athlete going from a small supporting role to leading her team.
Just last year, Battle was not named in any category as a leader for the Lady Raiders. She will hold leader positions for the team in more than one category at the end of the 2013-14 season.
The New Mexico native believes her success on the court came from the chance to get to play the game her way.
"I got the chance to get out there and be able to play my game," Battle said. "Coach (Candi) Whitaker has really given me a great opportunity to get out there and just play."
Tech brought Candi Whitaker, a former Lady Raider point guard, on board as head coach in May 2013.
Battle believes her preparation with Whitaker over the summer contributed to her breakout performance this season.
"The coaches were in the gym with us a lot," Battle said thinking back before her success had started. "They were trying to get to know us and how we play. I just spent a lot of time in the gym preparing, because I knew I was taking on a pretty big role. I knew I had to work my hardest."
Battle's hard work has paid off this year. She is the No. 4 scorer in the Big 12 and in the top 10 in rebounding. Her athletic ability even gives her an edge when she goes out for the tip-off. The 5-foot-9 guard has won the tip five times against Big 12 forwards and centers who are 6-foot-3 or bigger.
Battle, who has gone from one start in her previous season to starting every game in her current season, said it has been an adjustment to the higher expectations this season.
"It was really different for me stepping into such a huge role," Battle said, "because last year I felt like I didn't really have a role, and now I'm a key player."
Whitaker said Battle has been a consistently strong player for the team this year pushing the Lady Raider throughout the season.
"She's a playmaker for us," Whitaker said. "She's a scorer for us and to my memory; I feel like every time but one that we've called her number, she's scored. Just stepped up huge in every way this year."
Battle said even though it was an adjustment, she has enjoyed the opportunity to step up as a key player.
"It feels good to be out there and surprise some people," Battle said.
The guard, averaging 17 points a game, has certainly shocked Tech fans. She became the first Lady Raider to score 30 or more points since 2007 when she poured in 32 against Kansas State on Jan. 14. She also has five double-doubles this season and has scored double digits in 21 games.
Battle said she has loved getting the chance to make a name for herself this season.
The human development and families studies major said her biggest inspiration comes all the way from Albuquerque, N.M. Battle's dad has been her biggest fan since day one.
"Just have confidence in myself on and off the court," Battle shared as the best advice she has received from her father. "He just told me to be confident in myself and that I am my biggest competition. I have to work hard for myself."
After the year the Lady Raider superstar has had, one would guess the goals she has for her remaining time in Lubbock would be all number-based. But as she has already proven, Battle is not a predictable player.
"I want to finish playing as hard as I can," Battle said. "I want to prepare myself to be a senior leader and help my teammates grow on and off the court, while being the best person I can be."


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Key developments in the eight years since Facebook Inc.'s creation:
February 2004: Mark Zuckerberg starts Facebook as a sophomore at Harvard University.
March 2004: Facebook begins expansion to other colleges and universities.
June 2004: Facebook moves headquarters to Palo Alto, Calif.
September 2004: Facebook introduces the Wall, which allows people to write personal musings and other tidbits on profile pages. Lawsuit filed against Facebook claiming that Zuckerberg stole the idea for Facebook from a company co-founded by twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss and a third person at Harvard.
September 2005: Facebook expands to include high schools.
May 2006: Facebook introduces work networks, allowing people with a corporate email address to join.
September 2006: Facebook begins letting anyone over 13 join. It also introduces News Feed, which collects friends' Wall posts in one place. Although that led to complaints about privacy, News Feed becomes one of Facebook's most popular features.
May 2007: Facebook launches Platform, a system for letting outside programmers develop tools for sharing photos, taking quizzes and playing games. The system creates a Facebook economy and allows companies such as game maker Zynga Inc. to thrive.
October 2007: Facebook agrees to sell a 1.6 percent stake to Microsoft for $240 million and forges advertising partnership.
November 2007: Facebook unveils its Beacon program, a feature that broadcasts people's activities on dozens of outside sites. Yet another privacy backlash leads Facebook to give people more control over Beacon, before Facebook ultimately scraps it as part of a legal settlement.
March 2008: Facebook hires Sheryl Sandberg as chief operating officer, snatching the savvy, high-profile executive from Google Inc.
April 2008: Facebook Chat introduced.
February 2009: Facebook introduces "Like," allowing people to endorse other people's posts.
June 2009: Facebook surpasses News Corp.'s Myspace as the leading online social network in the U.S.
August 2010: Facebook launches location feature, allowing people to share where they are with their friends and strangers.
October 2010: "The Social Network," a movie about Zuckerberg and the legal battles over Facebook's founding, is released. It gets eight Academy Awards nominations and wins three.
June 2011: Google launches rival social network called Plus. The Winklevoss twins end their legal battle over the idea behind Facebook. They had settled with Facebook for $65 million in 2008, but later sought more money.
September 2011: Facebook introduces Timeline, a new version of the profile page. It shows highlights from a person's entire Facebook life rather than recent posts.
November 2011: Facebook agrees to settle federal charges that it violated users' privacy by getting people to share more information than they agreed to when they signed up to the site. As part of a settlement, Facebook will allow independent auditors to review its privacy practices for two years. It also agrees to get approval from users before changing how the company handles their data.
December 2011: Facebook completes its move to Menlo Park, Calif. Its address is 1 Hacker Way.
January 2012: Facebook begins making Timeline mandatory.
February 2012: Facebook files for an initial public offering of stock. A few weeks later, it unveils new advertising opportunities for brands, allowing messages from them to mix in with Facebook status updates and photos.
April 2012: Facebook announces plans to buy Instagram, a photo-sharing social network, for $1 billion in cash and stock. It also discloses it plans to list its stock on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol "FB."
May 3, 2012: Facebook sets a price range of $28 to $35 for its IPO. The company and its early investors plan to sell 337.4 million shares. At the high end, that would raise as much as $11.8 billion, although not all goes to the company. Facebook's offering values it at $76 billion to $95 billion.
May 7: Facebook begins a so-called road show. Executives travel to key cities to tell potential investors why they should invest in the stock. The first stop is New York.
May 8. Road show goes to Boston.
May 11: Facebook updates its policy to give users more clarity on how information they share is used by the company. The company also signals that it may start showing people ads on websites other than Facebook. Other companies already do this. How would that work? Users who click on an ad on Facebook.com could see the advertised product pop up in ads on other sites. Road show concludes in Palo Alto, Calif.
Tuesday: Facebook increases its price range for the IPO to $34 to $38 per share. At the high end, the sale would raise about $12.8 billion and values the company at $104 billion.
Wednesday: Responding to extraordinary demand, Facebook says it will add 84 million shares, worth up to $3.2 billion, to the IPO. That brings the total to 421 million shares, or $16 billion based on a rice of $38 per share, offered by Facebook and its early investors.
Thursday: Facebook prices its IPO at $38 per share, raising $16 billion. The company stands to reap as much as $18.4 billion if extra shares reserved to cover additional demand are sold too. That would be the second-largest U.S. IPO ever, lagging only Visa Inc. The offering values Facebook at about $104 billion.
Friday: Surrounded by cheering employees and wearing his signature hoodie, Zuckerberg rings the opening bell of the Nasdaq from Facebook headquarters in California. About two hours later, Facebook begins trading, opening at $42.05 per share on the Nasdaq Stock Market after an anxiety-filled half-hour delay. Volume is huge: More than 500 million shares change hands. But the stock closes almost unchanged at $38.23.


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What If LeBron James and Wolverine Joined the New York Knicks?
And other fantastical NBA scenarios.
For decades, Marvel Comics has put out a series of "What If" books, postulating alternate realities that might have occurred if Stan Lee had been smoking a different strain of reefer. For instance: "What If Captain America Had Been Elected President?" (ironic). Or: "What If Jane Foster Had Found the Hammer of Thor?" (hottt!). But the still-coolest What If scenario was the first one, from 1977: "What If Spider-Man Joined the Fantastic Four?" That's a question every comic-book fan used to ask every day. It was a dream scenario that justified all the years we'd spent ignoring our actual problems while living in an imaginary reality where we knew the difference between the Green Hulk and the Gray Hulk.
Now the NBA is providing the same service for its equally nerdy, though probably drunker, fans. All season we've endured endless "What If" scenarios from the media figures who are paid to speculate for us by proxy. As anyone who's watched ESPN in the last three months would know, many star NBA players are scheduled to be eligible for free agency in 2010. Dwayne Wade, Chris Bosh, and Amare Stoudemire just might change franchises. But the biggest auction pony, by far, is LeBron James.
LeBron is one of the 10 most famous people in the world, the man of his times, and the greatest basketball player on earth. The prospect that he might change teams would be truly exciting, if it were the offseason and LeBron were actually a free agent. But it's not, and he won't be on the market for two years. Regardless, James, who last I saw was leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 20-4 record (they lost), is being heralded as the hero who will return the New York Knicks to glory. This despite the fact that—and I really can't emphasize this enough—he's not a free agent and currently plays in Cleveland.
Of course, LeBron isn't helping matters by saying stuff like, "You have to stay open-minded if you're a Knicks fan. ... If you guys want to sleep right now and don't wake up until July 1, 2010, then go ahead. It's going to be a big day." Now that's just freaking obnoxious. But the fish eats the worm every time. After LeBron's November visit to Madison Square Garden, the New York tabloids responded predictably, with headlines like"LeBron Likes What Knicks Are Doing" and "LeBron James' Pal Claims Knicks Are Favorites." It's like New Yorkers are waiting for LeBron to invite them to homecoming. The rest of the basketball punditocracy, meanwhile, has become so obsessed with next-decade scenarios that it's like this NBA season doesn't exist. Hear ESPN.com's Bill Simmons, the voice of today's fan: "The NBA's off-court subplots, in many ways, have become just as fun as anything happening on the court. Because of the Internet, sports radio, team blogs, better information guys and everything else, the whole trade/draft/free-agent market has practically evolved into its own sport to follow. ... The Summer of 2010 (it sounds like a blockbuster movie) ties everything we love about that goofy underbelly into one neat package."
In other words, basketball-land has become a real-life Marvel Comics "What If" book. What-Iffing isn't just a comic-book enterprise. The popular simulation site Whatifsports.com—create fake teams made up of your all-time favorite players!—has been enthralling sports nerds, myself included, for nearly a decade. But what's the point of a site like What If Sports now that imaginary basketball has been made real? After all, Simmons' beloved Boston Celtics are the most What If team ever constructed. The Celts, however awesome on the court, exist because of a series of implausible acquisitions that instantly transformed a terrible team into an amazing one: "What If the Timberwolves Dumped Kevin Garnett for Cents on the Dollar?" and "What If the Sonics Decided To Give Away Ray Allen?"
Last year, the NBA officially became a let's-pretend sport, with star players getting traded in the kind of deals that usually happen only in fantasy leagues where half the owners don't pay attention. The Lakers made it to the Finals by What-Ifing Kwame Brown for Pau Gasol. Other GMs tried their own moves—"What If Shaquille O'Neal Teamed Up With Steve Nash," and "What If Jason Kidd Returned to the Mavericks?"—that probably should've remained fictional. What If, no matter what happens, your team still can't get past the Spurs? And this season has already brought its own What If move, as the Pistons and Nuggets imagined a scenario where Chauncey Billups and Allen Iverson switched places. The Billups-Iverson deal actually might've been the first double What If move in NBA history, as Pistons GM Joe Dumars made the trade in part to free up salary cap space ... to maybe, possibly acquire LeBron James in 2010.
Why is What If management endemic to the NBA? It doesn't exist in the NFL, where trades are rare and any player can be cut at any time, not just in the summer of 2010. Major league baseball has been a What If hotbed for a long time, but baseball redemption can come from anywhere, including the minor leagues or Japan. And as the Steinbrenner family can tell you, no free-agent signing guarantees victory. Only in the NBA, the land of small rosters and more-or-less predetermined outcomes, can one or two players make the difference between the Finals and the lottery.
Half the league, it seems, now has What If fever, clearing cap space and punting real-life basketball games on the off-chance LeBron or Wade or Bosh might grace their courts in the 2010-11 season. The 2010 season has reared its head so soon because so many teams have nothing left for which to live. Nearly half the Western Conference is already effectively eliminated from this year's playoffs. The East, while more closely contested, isn't exactly a powder keg of suspense. So mostly we hear about LeBron. Will he go to the Knicks? Won't he go to the Knicks? What kinds of endorsements will emerge? The What If marketers of the NBA certainly wouldn't mind. Then they'd have their dream of LeBron in New York and Kobe in Los Angeles, plus maybe the Celtics and one other good team. The rest of the league would be left to What If bottom-feeding. ESPN.com has already begun running Chad Ford's lottery generator and mock draft so fans of failed teams can have their own pretend scenarios, such as: "What If Ricky Rubio Ran the Point for the Washington Wizards?" Meanwhile, ESPN's "trade machine" keeps the rest of us busy. For instance, I just concocted a deal where LeBron goes to Phoenix in exchange for Grant Hill, Leandro Barbosa, Goran Dragic, Robin Lopez, and Alando Tucker. Personally, I think the Suns would come out quite well in that exchange.
Perhaps everyone is overspeculating because we pretty much know this season's outcome already. The NBA Finals will be a rematch of the What If Lakers and the What If Celtics, and the Celtics are going to win again with their superior defense and incredibly balanced scoring attack. They're just so damn good, with their Fantastic Four and all. But what if Spider-Man joined them? That would be awesome.


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Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has claimed the Premier League is not a fair reflection of how his team has played.
The Italian praised Manchester United for going 18 games unbeaten and agreed they deserve to be top but said the difference between the teams isn't as much as 15 points.
New Arsenal defender Nacho Monreal has put his good start in the Premier League down to the belief of Arsene Wenger.
The Gunners boss loaned out Brazilian flop Andre Santos as soon as he had signed the Spain international and threw him straight into the team – something Monreal says has given him great confidence.
Chelsea captain John Terry has warned his teammates there can be no let up when they return to the grind of the Premier League after a good Europa League win.
The Blues defender said focus must entirely be on the clash with Sunderland as Champions League qualification is essential.
Tottenham Hotspur defender Jan Vertonghen has been named Premier League Player of the Month for March.
The Belgium international scored three Premier League goals in the month – only Luis Suarez of Liverpool scored more.
Barcelona assistant coach Jordi Roura has revealed no date has been set for Lionel Messi's return from injury.
The Argentine star was taken off at half-time in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final first leg with a hamstring injury and Roura said they will just have to wait and see if the top scorer will be available for the second leg.
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This month's theme is A Handmade Christmas! The theme is pretty broad and can be interpreted in so many different ways...from a lovingly made card, to heartfelt gifts and homemade decorations! With the Holidays right around the corner, this will be the perfect time to get a jump start on your card and gift making!
So, we DARE you to make a Handmade Christmas card or gift! Oops!! Did you hear Christmas? I'm working a little backwards...so stay with me! Today just happens to be my son's 23rd birthday (AND btw Diva Andrea's!! Happy B-Day sistah!). I wanted to make him a birthday card that would house a Starbucks card and a "little" cheque from Mom :) I used a Small Phrases sentiment to let Jake know, once again, how deeply loved he is by his Mama.
Okay, here's where the "Christmas" comes in. It's a busy time of year and I wanted to show you how you can save time (and hair pulling) by using a card layout you've used or seen before and just change it for the present occasion. With full time work, the pending move to the new house, Jake's birthday AND Christmas, this Diva is more than willing to save a bit of time by reusing a card design...here's the Christmas version...
- Play along with us and link up your new A Handmade Christmas creation (posted November 18 or later) to the linky widget on the DAY ONE post before 9PM Mountain on Thursday, December 8. One lucky stamper will win a $30.00 gift certificate to the Verve Store. Verve Stamps are not required, but if you've got 'em we would LOVE to see 'em!
- For another chance to win, be sure to give the Divas a little shout-out in the comments section as we share our A Handmade Christmas creations. One lucky commenter will win the Verve stamp set of his or her choosing! Winners will be announced on Friday, December 9 right here on the Verve blog.


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Should concealed weapons should be permitted in schools? Should we allow armed security officers in the schools?
Ever since the horrible massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary, gun control has provoked most of us to take a stand, especially when it involves guns in schools.
Some think YES.
William J. Bennett, former U.S. Secretary of Education, said on CNN that if one person had been armed at Sandy Hook, it might have prevented the massacre. He cites the New Life Church situation where a gunman was shot by church security before he could kill more than two people. He also argues that the evidence shows that more people carrying concealed weapons does not correlate with increased violence, that the opposite is true.
But others think NO.
The big teacher's unions disagree with Bennett. Both the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers say that schools should provide more mental health services and bully prevention, but not allow weapons.
"Guns have no place in our schools. Period," NEA President Dennis Van Roekel and AFT President Randi Weingarten stated. "We must do everything we can to reduce the possibility of any gunfire in schools, and concentrate on ways to keep all guns off school property and ensure the safety of children and school employees."
Of course there are more who agree with both points of view but I want to hear from you, the parents and teachers. What do you say?
Yes or no? Comment here.