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Business Intelligence Meets Web Analytics: Breaking Down the Silos
The Business Intelligence Meets Web Analytics Best Practice Guide is aimed at data and web analysts, marketers, executive management and agencies that work with web analytics data and aspire to deliver more business intelligence from their investment. The report explores the growing need for a fuller view of customer behaviour and customer segmentation and, practically, how to open up a closed web analytics solution to provide a more expansive business intelligence tool.
This best practice guide will help you understand the following:
- The restrictions of the silo measurement approach and the benefits that a fuller business intelligence view provides for both on and offline marketers.
- How leading marketers are successfully incorporating offline data to improve business intelligence and target their customers online and offline.
- How a range of new and existing suppliers are enhancing their offerings to accommodate external data.
- What types of data are proving valuable and how they are being used.
- How businesses can move towards a fuller view and some of the challenges you are likely to encounter along the way.
This guide has been put together by Julian Brewer, an experienced digital marketing consultant working for Lloyds TSB and founder of Trackz, with the assistance of the following:
- Neil Miller, Joint CEO, Fabric Worldwide – London
- Paul Muret, Director of Engineering for Google Analytics, Google
- Ellie Fields, Director of Product Marketing, Tableau
- Holger Marsen, Senior Solutions Consultant, Adobe
- Barry Parshall, SVP Product Management, iJento
- Steve Dalgleish, Director, Lynchpin Analytics
- Neil Mason, SVP Customer Engagement, iJento
- Nick Willis, Head of Analysis, Seren
- John Dumas, Practice Director – UX Research, Seren
- Richard Wright, Senior Marketing Manager, Tealium
- Rob Hick, Chief Data Scientist, Bright North
- Lindsay O'Gorman, Marketing Director, TagMan
Table of contents
- Who is this report right for?
- About Econsultancy
- About the author
- Contributors to the report
- Introduction
- Where business intelligence meets web analytics – breaking down the silos
- The growing customer expectations of a channel-neutral approach
- The Value of Web Data across Channels
- Specific online business benefit examples
- Fabric mini case study: online integration for wider insight
- Online behavioural data
- Moving up the Analytical Curve and What You Require
- Classic web analytics maturity model
- Web analytics maturity 'maps' across to business intelligence maturity
- Business Intelligence within the Analytics Tool
- Simple 'Business Analysis' outside of the Analytics Tool
- Advanced Business Analysis outside of the Analytics Tool
- The web analytics supplier 'proprietary' warehouse
- Web analytics supplier warehouse features
- The standalone warehouse
- Standalone warehouse features
- Using your Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW)
- EDW supplier warehouse features
- In-House versus Cloud
- Extracting Data from Web Analytics Platforms (APIs)
- Preparing Your Web Data for Wider Consumption
- Understand why your website exists
- Develop your KPI framework
- Align your data collection to support KPIs
- Consistent use of IDs
- Accurate collection of data
- Relevant collection of data
- Similar collection of data
- Tagging your site or reviewing existing tags
- Planning for Linking Multiple Data Sets across Campaigns and Channels
- Campaign (or media) identifiers (CIDs)
- Unique identifiers (UIs)
- Vouchercloud mini case study
- Universal unique identifiers (UUIDs)
- Data identifiers are used throughout the user journey
- Stitching Data to Complete the Picture
- What Data to Extract
- Typical Uses and Benefits of a Full View
- Introduction to benefits
- Enhancing segmentation
- Media attribution
- Reporting and general business intelligence
- Understanding broken journeys across channel and devices
- eCRM and triggers
- Managing Your Data
- Typical basic data transfer methods
- Importing data into a warehouse
- The time value of web data
- A Final Word on Team and Project Challenges
- Your analytics team and getting it right
- Be ready for the change and gain senior buy-in
Download a copy of the report to learn more.
A free sample is available for those who want more detail about what is in the report.
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Poetry for Children: A Pebble, a Stone, and the Gift of Stars
with Richard Lewis
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November 18, 2006 - 11:00AM
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Poets House, Spring Street
Even the simplest things of the earth can open up whole worlds in the imagination: a pebble or a stone. We will enter these new worlds, and moving from their silences to their ancient and glowing stars, we will gather new enchantments and use them to write our poems. When we have finished we will make a small clay vessel for our discoveries.
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When you choose a gift for someone you care about, you probably put a lot of thought into it. No-one wants to buy dad another silk tie that he'll never wear, plus you probably think that he'll appreciate the time and energy you spend picking out the perfect gift for him. After all, everyone knows that it's the thought that counts, right?
Maybe not. As the Wall Street Journal recently highlighted, new research by Nicholas Epley, John Templeton Keller Professor of Behavioral Science, with Yan Zhang, a Booth alumnus who's now an assistant professor at the National University of Singapore, suggests that the thought that goes into gift-giving may not count as much as people think.
In four studies published last month in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, Epley and Zhang found that people who received good gifts were grateful but paid little attention to how much thought had gone into choosing them. As a gift-giver you're aware of all the thought you invested in making the perfect choice, but, Epley and Zhang explain, "mental states are, after all, inherently invisible, making them relatively easy to overlook." For the thoughtfulness of a gift to be appreciated, Epley and Zhang proposed, you have to prompt the recipient to consider the thought behind it.
In one study, conducted at the Museum of Science and Industry on Chicago's South Side, the researchers approached museum visitors and asked each person to describe either a gift that he or she had given or had received. The researchers asked gift givers how much thought they had put into buying the gifts and how much they believed those gifts had been appreciated; similarly, the researchers asked gift receivers how much they appreciated the gifts they described and how much thought they believed had gone into buying those. The underlying question was this: would people say they liked gifts more if they believed more thought had been put into selecting them?
When people recalled gifts they had given, their answers were unequivocal: the more thought people put into selecting gifts, the more they believed those gifts would be appreciated. But this was not the case for people who recalled gifts they had received. To the recipients, the givers' thoughtfulness was invisible.
When the researchers asked visitors how much they appreciated gifts they'd received, and then asked about the thought that had gone into buying those, it was apparent that the thoughtfulness behind gifts did not necessarily increase the recipients' appreciation. Although many people liked their gifts, that was unrelated to the givers' thoughtfulness.
That said, when the researchers first asked about the thought that had gone into purchases, and then asked how much that thought was appreciated, visitors' answers suggested that the thoughtfulness mattered. In other words, the more thoughtful visitors believed their gifts to be, the more they liked them, but only when they had first been prompted to consider the gifts' thoughtfulness.
Of course, asking people to consider your thoughtfulness can be awkward — so is there anything else that triggers people to consider that? One thing that works is to make the thoughtfulness transparent and obvious. When your grandmother knits a sweater, it's hard to miss how much care and thought goes into it. The other thing that gets people to consider thoughtfulness is an unexpectedly bad gift. Generally speaking, you expect people you care about to give reasonably good gifts, so if your best friend hands over a terrible one, you're more likely to wonder what he or she may have been thinking.
This was true of visitors to the Museum of Science and Industry. In another experiment, contrary to the expectations of gift givers, recipients generally failed to appreciate the thoughtfulness behind "good" gifts, but recipients who got "bad" gifts at least appreciated thoughtful gifts more than unthoughtful ones. This was only true when a bad gift was from a friend, however. Epley and Zhang found that a bad gift from a stranger did not trigger a recipient to appreciate the gift's thoughtfulness.
So what does this research tell us about gift giving? First, it suggests we should probably lower our expectations about how much our thoughtfulness will be appreciated. That does not mean that we should be any less thoughtful, because being thoughtful is still a good way to hedge your bets. If dad doesn't like the silk tie you end up buying him, you'll at least get credit for the thought you put into picking one in his favorite color.
Also, your thoughtfulness, even if unappreciated, could help you avoid buying a terrible gift. You don't want to be the jerk who buys an 18-year-old Scotch whisky for someone who's a recovering alcoholic.
And further research from Epley shows that being thoughtful has benefits for the giver, who feels closer to the person receiving the fruits of the giver's efforts. So there's nothing wrong with occasionally spending hours trying to find just the right gift, it's just worth recognizing that you're really doing it for yourself.
And if a good gift is what you're after, the research also serves as a reminder. "Our findings suggest that gift givers should give priority to choosing gifts that receivers actually like rather than gifts that reveal thoughtfulness," wrote Epley and Zhang. Recent research by Harvard's Francesca Gino and Stanford's Frank Flynn shows that gifts selected from a registry are better-liked and considered more thoughtful than ones that didn't appear on the registry.
So be thoughtful about your thoughtfulness. Racking your brain trying to surprise that special someone with the perfect gift is what makes gift giving great fun, but it's not the secret to giving the perfect gift. If you really want to give a gift that counts, find out what someone really wants.—Dave Nussbaum
Dave Nussbaum is an adjunct assistant professor of behavioral science at Chicago Booth. His social psychology blog, Random Assignment, can be found at davenussbaum.com


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Rocker Rod Stewart and his wife Penny Lancaster have spent a year trying to give their three-year-old son Alastair a brother or sister.
"I think Rod's touring and running around interferes with things, but we still have high hopes," the 38-year-old revealed in an interview with a British newspaper.
Though the singer has six other children from previous relationships, Alastair was Penny's first.
She suffered two miscarriages before his birth and was treated for pre-cancerous cells of the cervix. Later tests revealed the model-turned-photographer had a cyst on her ovary.
Despite these problems Alastair was conceived "perfectly naturally," explained her spokesman.
"I'm not sure if Penny has considered IVF, that's something which is very personal," he added
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Recent Moans from the Minions...
Finally dove in and sculpted the hair. Decided to go super cheap and use Crayola Model Magic. I was concerned it wouldn't adhere to the paper mache but my fears quickly vanished once I got going.
It's interesting to see the progression from start to finish, don't you think?
Sure, she's no Venus, but I'm pretty happy with it considering I had no idea what I was doing.
Thanks to everyone who came to the Bazaar of the Bizarre yesterday and said hello. Lots of familiar and new faces. I think it was the best one yet. I certainly watched a lot of my little critters and creations find new homes with folk who love Halloween and art.
I was flying solo at the show so besides one quick run through the building, I didn't get to take in all the cool items for sale.
I did, however, pick up this ridiculously cute little zombie doll made by Johanna Chaytor of Charlotte & Stewart.
After going to the blog, be sure to check out her flickr account for a gallery of all the beautifully detailed dolls she makes. I watched as she meticulously worked on teeny tiny t-shirts for new creations. Very cool.
And not all of her dolls are zombies (I just happened to pick one that was).
Speaking of zombies, the Toronto Zombie Walk took place this weekend (while I was working *sigh*). Check out the fantastic pictures posted through Torontoist.com. Some gorgeously dark and interesting makeup/costume work, plus a group of Where's Waldo as well as Bob and Doug Mackenzie zombie outfits.
Come to the Bazaar of the Bizarre! A marketplace for all things exotic, whimsical and macabre! Local artists - indie, goth, lowbrow and the Halloween inspired - will gather for the annual event (and belly dancers!).
Where: Pia Bowman ballet school, 6 Noble St Toronto (just north from Queen St, west of Dufferin)
Time: 11am - 8pm
FREE to attend! Child and costume friendly.
I'm all packed up (almost) and ready to go (almost). There's going to be lots of $10 & $20 items on my table (priced specially for the show). So if you've been eyeing any of my items, today is the day to come buy them.
Hope to see you there!
I'm not sure where the original ad came from (I spotted it on a Tumblr account), but I love the description.
You put your coin on the step of the house and "With a groan and a rattle, the house lights up - spookily - and the door slowly opens. The Horror Hand sneaks out of the doorway and snatches the coin back in! "
Best part? The money back guarantee. As if I wouldn't be satisfied!
Of course, I wonder what it actually looked like. The artist rendition is lovely but I get the sense the bank itself may not have been so detailed.
Let's pretend it was.
This would have helped me save as a child.
Heck, this would help me save as an adult.
And shudder, apparently.
To simplify my life this Halloween, I picked a theme (Halloween in the Black Lodge - a Twin Peaks reference) that would not involve a lot of large scale prop building. There would only be one big one. Sounds simple, yes? I mean, I usually build numerous props for a theme, so one should be a breeze.
There's a statue seen in the Red Room/Black Lodge on the series.
A very famous statue.
In fact, one could argue besides David, the Thinker, and Atlas, it's probably the most recognizable sculpture ever made: Venus.
It's one thing to create something from your own imagination, or a symbol known by people. But I mean...it's freakin' Venus. Not only do I have NO experience sculpting humans (the closest I've come is my Witch in the Woods but she was a character, not a realistic sculpt), but I am not a famous master Roman sculptor!
I decided right from the start that I would NOT be aiming to recreate Venus. That would be stupid. And drive me to drink.
Instead, I would aim for generic white sculpture of a woman with Roman qualities.
If you missed my last post, check it out first.
Got it? Good. Now onto my current progress.
There hasn't been much time for anything, lately. I've tried to put the brakes on a little and remind myself to enjoy the season (don't want to be all Sally Brown, lamenting "Halloween is over and I MISSED it!").
A huge part of that - as a child and as an adult - is media. Be it film or television, the one constant in my celebration regime is animation of some sort.
Is it me, or does there seem to be a lack of Halloween cartoons in the last 10 years? The Nickelodeon collection of cartoon series are good to deliver a special episode, but where are the stand alone features? And I don't count newer Disney specials which star people (hey Disney, remember when you made cartoons? I think it made you famous).
Dreamworks has stepped up and tried to fill the Halloween gap with Shrek and Monsters vs Aliens specials, but where is everyone else?
And so I am left to be nostalgic, reaching back to my childhood (which is why I posted the picture of Grover by Jack Davis I came across last night as I was trying to catch up on all the Halloween Countdown blogs).
If you were a child in the 70s and 80s, or you love older cartoon Halloween specials, come sit by me. I'm going to share a couple of blogs that might make you feel better.
The other day I wrote about an unexpected visitor with a package for me. This is one of the books that was inside.
It's called Working Mummies illustrated by Drazen Kozjan and written by Joan Horton.
I've only had a few spare, quiet moments to read through it a number of times (love it!), my eyes trying to take in all the Halloween goodness, but it ticks all the right boxes for me: great images, strong female characters, and well written rhymes.
The book explores the different jobs of Mummies in the monster world, like Writers, Teachers, Dentists and even Real Estate Mummies:
"Other mums sell houses.
They're not the least bit daunted
By buyers who insist upon
Old dwellings that are haunted."
Time is stuck on fast forward. Days are busy. If I have free time, Yetch doesn't. If Yetch has free time...well, Yetch doesn't have free time. Not since...last winter?
I'm glad I decided to go with a more minimal (for me) party theme this year. I know it's really minimal when Yetch is having a work meeting online, turns his laptop around so people can see what I've done in the living room, and he's explaining how I "usually do much more" (ouch!). I also took advantage of using a number of store bought/classic decorations, to which he said "It looks nice, but it doesn't look like you" (double ouch!). The thing is, the theme doesn't lend itself to too many homemade props. I've barely had time to work on the bust I started (progress, yes, but not finished).
I'm ALSO trying to get ready for my show on Sunday. Balancing this whole art vs party-theme-build is not easy. Plus there's that pesky business of day jobs. And Monkey Boos (I love my pup but sheesh!). And trying to have a bit of a life. And sleep.
I'm a big fan of the site Doo Wacka Doodles (and Belle Dee's art) throughout the year, but during the Halloween Countdown it's an even better treat.
Spotted this post about a Mad Monster Party Art Show in Sherman Oaks, CA. Belle has put a link to the gallery and samples of what's being shown, what's for sale and all the details so please visit the links above.
Instead of repeating all of her post, I just wanted to highlight one piece for sale by Dan Szczepanski of a carved pumpkin (selling for $900). There's a video where you can see each side.
Dan Szczepanski has an entire collection of carved foam pumpkins which are quite stunning. Like the Haunted Mansion pumpkin, the Edgar Allen Poe pumpkin, the Headless Horseman pumpkin, and a whole lot of Disney, Universal Monsters, and Halloween goodness.
Snickers has come out with a Halloween commercial. It's pretty cute.
The best place to find current art and WIPs is Instagram
I'm also on Twitter but be prepared for political commentary
My self-published book is still available!
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BREAKING: Bunting steps down as Indians coach
Chris Bunting is stepping down after just one season as St. Stephens football coach. His last day at the school is Feb. 19.
Bunting, 32, is leaving his head coaching post with the Indians to take the defensive coordinator position at AAAA Clover High School (S.C.) under newly hired coach Chad Smith.
Smith and Bunting were assistants at West Montgomery together and have also coached in camps and scrimmages together before.
"It was a tough decision," Bunting said. "Chad and I go back a long ways. We've shared a lot of things in dealing with football over the years. He got a job down at Clover last month. He called me and told me he wanted me to come down there. I turned him down at first, but he kept the dialogue open, and I ended up taking a visit down there. There are a lot of great things about the place. It was just one of those things where he is a good friend of mine. We are probably going to end up hiring some people I've worked with in the past. It's closer to some of my family. There are a lot of benefits about the job. It was an opportunity that I had a hard time turning down."
Bunting had been at St. Stephens High since 2009 when he joined Fred Whalen's coaching staff. Bunting had also served as St. Stephens track and field coach.
On Jan. 19, 2012, Bunting replaced Whalen as the next football coach at St. Stephens High School.
In his only season as head coach, Bunting coached the Indians to a 2-9 record, picking up wins against North Buncombe (20-10) and Fred T. Foard (35-13) in weeks eight and nine of the 2012 campaign.
Bunting has enjoyed the progress that the Indians football program has made during his four years at the school.
"Some of these guys that are going to be rising seniors I've seen since they first stepped on campus here," he said. "These kids have come a long ways from the first time I saw them. Their work ethic has improved. Their mental toughness has improved. They really have come a long ways. There is still room to grow physically and in leadership roles. There are a lot of things that have to be done to get better at St. Stephens, but we're making a lot of progress. These kids have put a lot of sweat into it. With a new stadium and weight room coming around, there are going to be some nice things surrounding them and making their efforts a lot better."
Before coming to St. Stephens, Bunting served as a defensive coordinator for three high schools, including West Montgomery (2001, 2005-08), North Stanly (2002-04) and Patton (2009).
Bunting now has the opportunity and challenge of coaching the Blue Eagles' defense against some the AAA Region III's premiere powerhouse schools in South Carolina.
"Professionally, coaching at Clover is a big time step up because of they league they are in," he said. "They have Northwestern, who has played in five state title games in the past few years, and South Pointe has produced some elite talent. They've got a couple of guys in the NFL that have come out of there. It is one of the tougher leagues in all of the Southeastern United States. Professionally, it's a big step up. The pay is great down there in South Carolina. It was definitely a tough decision with this being my first head coaching opportunity here at St. Stephens. I wanted to try and do it the right way."
St. Stephens High School has already started the search for a new football and track coach, according to a press release sent by the school on Monday.
If the school decides to go in house with their next coach, they will have several options, including assistant coaches Todd Cook (20 seasons with school), John Wernquist (three seasons), Matt Jones (three seasons), Derek Binns (one season) and Darrin Sherrill (one season).
The next Indians football coach will be the seventh head coach at the school since 1996.
Bunting had a few words of advice for the next Saint head football coach.
"Much like I had to realize when I first got the head coaching job here, you're going to have to change some of the mentality," Bunting said. "It's still a work in progress. You've got to realize the kids we've got here are hard-working kids. You don't have elite talent, but you have kids that will lay it all on the line. They'll work their tails off. You've got to be patient until that cultivates."
St. Stephens head football coaches (since 1978)
George Nazaravich (1978)
Marty Curtis (1979-82)
Roland Scott (1983-86)
Dick Foster (1987-95)
Gary Moore (1996-97)
Frank Snider (1998-99)
John Jarman (2000-02)
Doug Justice (2003-07)
Fred Whalen (2008-11)
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Out of all the exercises I'm only in doubt about the four below. I'd appreciate if anyone could help me.
exercises.i.14. fēminae pulchrae uirōs miserōs ē prōuinciā rōmānā ad amīcum oppidum cum magnā turbā mittunt nē incolae prōuinciae esse uideantur.
14. the beautiful women send the poor men out of the roman province to a friendly town with a great crowd in order that it may not seem they are inhabitants of the province.
this "esse uideantur" is what I'm in trouble with.
exercises.i.15. fīlia rēgīnae bonae ad āram ā nautīs rōmānīs ducta est ut honesta dīs agerentur.
* 15. the daughter of the good queen was conducted to the altar by the roman sailors in order that honorable (things) were done to the gods.
is honesta nominative plural neuter of honestus, a, um, to mean "honorable things"?
exercises.i.26. monuerat ut litterās amīcō trāderētis quod uēra dē perīculīs rēgnō legere nōn optāuistis.
* 26. he had warned in order that you all might send the letter to (your) friend because you all did not desire to read the true (things) about the dangers to the kingdom.
Is uēra nominative plural neuter of uērus, a, um, to mean "true things"?
exercises.i.27. āra aeterna ab incolīs oppidī facta est ut dōna dīs cāra darentur.
* 27. the eternal altar was done by the inhabitants of the town in order that gifts to the dear gods might be given.
I don't understand why is cāra nominative. the vocabulary section says the adjective cārus, a, um, takes the dative, but I can't understand how an adjective can choose a case to take...


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Consumer Reports warns pregnant women, young children and others that government tuna consumption guidelines may be too weak.
If you eat canned tuna, you should choose light rather than white tuna, according to the latest tests for toxic mercury by Consumer Reports.
Of 42 samples taken from cans and pouches of tuna in the New York area, all every single sample was contaminated with mercury, a toxic element that is found in fish because pollution from coal-fired industry and power production rains down into the oceans, contaminating the food that tuna and other predatory fish eat. (Rates of mercury contamination in Pacific fish have been increasing.) Because tuna is contaminated, and is consumed more than any other fish in the U.S., it is the top source of mercury exposure in America. Mercury can permanently damage the brain, so exposure is particularly a concern for pregnant women, women who may become pregnant (because the body doesn't rid itself of mercury immediately), and young children particularly those under the age of six, who weigh less than 45 pounds.
While the Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency have recognized the threat posed by consuming canned tuna, the recommendations for limiting consumption are too weak, according to Consumer's Union, the publisher of Consumer Reports. The FDA recommends that women who are or may become pregnant, women who are nursing and young children limit their tuna consumption to 12 ounces of light tuna (about two servings) or 6 ounces of white tuna (about one serving) per week.
Consumers Union advises pregnant women, to avoid exposure the EPA considers dangerous, to avoid eating tuna altogether. According to its latest tests, pregnant woman who eats half a can of white tuna would exceed the safe exposure limit in every case, and a pregnant woman eating one can of light tuna would exceed the safe exposure limit half the time. Consumer's Union recommends that children limit their consumption as follows:
Children who weigh more than 45 pounds: No more than 12.5 ounces of light tuna, or 4 ounces of white tuna per week.
Children who weigh less than 45 pounds: No more than 4 ounces of light tuna, or 1.5 ounces of white tuna.
The latest round of testing showed again how light and white tuna have vastly different contamination levels. The light tuna sample with the most mercury still had less than the white tuna sample with the least mercury. Past testing by Consumer Reports, however, has demonstrated that some cans of light tuna (as much as 6%) had as much mercury as the average can of white tuna.
Other fish high in mercury include shark, swordfish, king mackerel and tilefish.
Not all fish are contaminated to the same degree, however, and fish can also be rich in protein, Vitamin D, and omega-3 fatty acids. Low-mercury fish include clams, wild Alaskan salmon, shrimp, tilapia, oysters, pollock, sardines, Pacific flounder and sole, herring, mullet, and scallops. To find fish that are low in contaminants, high in nutrients and that are fished sustainably, use Environmental Defense Fund's Seafood Selector.
Also, when buying tuna, look for dolphin-safe tuna from StarKist (Del Monte), Chicken of the Sea (ThaiUnion Int.) or BumbleBee each of which is certified by the Earth Island Institute.
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It's ok for you, as long as you don't get mercury poisoning. Lean, good protein, a few vitamins and essential fats. Nothing outstanding, but decent.
Canned, wild, salmon is healthier. Fresh fish of any kind is obviously better than canned.
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Outdoor Church pastor leads by example in reaching sportsmen
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CONWAY, Ark. (BP) -- An Arkansas Baptist church plant, led by a pastor who could pass for a cast member on the hit reality show "Duck Dynasty," is seeking to reach people for Jesus Christ by appealing to their love of hunting and fishing.
A 2011 survey by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reported 1.3 million people hunted, fished or participated in wildlife watching in 2011 -– spending nearly $2 billion on wildlife recreation in Arkansas.
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Sharing, salvations mark students' World Cup witness
RIO DE JANEIRO (BP) -- Jordan O'Donnell is in a hurry. The 21-year-old Virginia Tech senior weaves his way through the sea of raucous futebol (soccer) fans jamming Rio's streets. But O'Donnell isn't headed to the match of the day, Ecuador vs. France. Instead, he's hustling against the crowd, bound for a nearby church to get Bibles for a group of teenage boys with whom he's just shared the Gospel.
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Ouachita fullback achieves greatest match-up off the field
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. (BP)--Listen to any coach's post-game interview, and somewhere in the dialogue you'll hear about match-ups. A game's outcome will be decided on a team's ability to capitalize on advantageous match-ups that arise throughout the course of a game.
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Olympian, World War II veteran dies at 97
NASHVILLE (BP) -- Louis Zamperini, an Olympian who was later captured by the Japanese during World War II and whose story was told in the book "Unbroken," died July 2 at age 97.
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Bill Veeck once said "There are only two seasons—winter and Baseball," and around our house, it's baseball season.
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"The Future of the City of Buffalo" will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the Burchfield Penney Art Center auditorium. Scheduled to take part in the discussion are Howard Zemsky, managing partner of Taurus Capital; Donn Esmonde, an award-winning columnist for The Buffalo News; Fillmore Council Member David A. Franczyk; North Council Member Joseph Golombek Jr.; Jill Jedlicka, executive director of Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper; and Eric Walker, co-founder of PUSH Buffalo.
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By Jerrell Richardson
The fate of the Super Bowl could very easily come down to a last second field goal. The 49ers and Ravens are two talented, mentally tough squads, and it would be a surprise if the game does not come down to the wire.
If this was last year, San Francisco would relish a chance to seal the game with a field goal, as David Akers had one of the best years ever for a kicker. This season is another story however, as Akers has missed crucial kick after crucial kick and with the 49ers just 60 minutes (of game time) away from a Super Bowl victory, neither they nor Akers will be confident if it's the kicker in the 59th minute with the outcome of the game resting on his foot.
Then again, as it appears to be more mental than anything else, he can snap out of his slump at any time, and could find himself on his teammates' shoulders at the end of Super Bowl 47 as the hero.
Why Akers Will Make His Kicks
The Super Bowl will be played, fittingly in the Super Dome, which will be as good as it gets for kicking situations. Akers will be playing inside, and the only things he needs to worry about will be his mechanics and psyche.
His record 63-yarder in Week 1 proves that he is technically in range once the Niners are on their opponents' side of the field. That's important, as Akers may be called upon a few times before this one is over. The moment itself will not be too big for the 14-year veteran, who played most of his career with the Eagles, meaning he made a long career out of kicking in less then ideal conditions and under pressure.
He also has Super Bowl experience, meaning his problem will not be the big lights. Akers problem instead is a matter of inches, but football is a game of inches, and in the end, that could cost his team a win.
Reason For Concern
In the last game, against the Atlanta Falcons, Akers missed his only attempt, clanking the ball off the left goal post from 38 yards out. This game was played in the Georgia Dome, which like the Super Dome is inside, showing that Akers is not even automatic indoors, with an attempt over 35 yards.
This changes the offensive game plan, forcing the need for more aggressive, risk taking plays. Even if Akers does not step on the field, his recent play could still adversely effect the game, as the coaches are certainly aware that they can't fail to put points on the board against the Ravens, and will need to adjust accordingly.
A Game of Inches
Although the 49ers will be without a reliable kicker, it's not as though Akers is missing badly on his kicks. The only thing that matters is if he makes it or not, but compare his record breaking kick and his most recent miss. Both hit the upright, it's just that one bounced the right way. If he can make the minor adjustment, or get a lucky bounce then nobody will even care about his regular season, that both he and the team would like to soon forget.
Akers has not been the sole cause of any defeat this season, but he has certainly had his share of the blame in majority of them. What has enabled San Francisco to make the jump from the bottom of the NFC to a Super Bowl participant is that they get contributions from all phases.
The offense has transformed under the guidance of Colin Kaepernick, and the defense has long since been the teams staple, but it still takes a complete team effort for them to win against a quality opponent.
The one area that kept the 49ers from making it this far a season ago was special teams, and ironically it's back at the top of the team's concerns heading into the Super Bowl this year, but not for the same reason.
He Is Due
The team has done everything they could to address the kicking problems, but in the end decided to stick with Akers. They brought in Billy Cundiff to compete for the job, but Jim Harbaugh felt that if the team was to go down due to an errant field goal, it would be Akers and not some new guy.
Cundiff would appear to be the better choice in terms of confidence, but then again, he cost the Ravens a potential trip to the Super Bowl in last year's AFC Championship Game, and would be karma for him to miss a kick against the Ravens this year.
If called into action Akers is about 50% on his kicks, and after missing his last attempt, if they can save him until the end of the game for his only attempt he is due and will hit a game winner, as predicted in the annual, and always accurate, John Madden Super Bowl simulation.
For more Local Football Bloggers and the latest 49er news, see CBS Sports San Francisco.
Jerrell Richardson is a Bay Area native who due to a college career at San Diego State University has grown an appreciation for all things sports related in California. His heart will always remain in San Francisco though where he currently resides and covers everything from the San Francisco 49ers and Giants to the San Jose Sharks and California Bears Baseball team. His work can be found on Examiner.com.


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I have to say I was as surprised and annoyed as other librarians when I read about the Research Works Act, which seems to have shocked and surprised everyone in the academic community except the people who actually produce academic research.
For those who missed the furor last week over a bill that was referred to a House Committee in mid-December, the Research Works Act is intended "To ensure the continued publication and integrity of peer-reviewed research works by the private sector."
To do that, it would prohibit federal agencies from insisting on open access copies of articles reporting the results of research that has been funded by those agencies, policies like the one the NIH mandated in 2008.
The Association of American Publishers is ecstatic about the bill, and one detects the fingerprints of their lobbyists all over it. Here's the statement that seems to offend librarians the most:
The Research Works Act will prohibit federal agencies from unauthorized free public dissemination of journal articles that report on research which, to some degree, has been federally-funded but is produced and published by private sector publishers receiving no such funding. It would also prevent non-government authors from being required to agree to such free distribution of these works.
As any idiot could,and some very bright people have, pointed out, no private sector publishers have produced any research. On the other hand, this is the same group that claims:
the NIH policy deprives both authors and publishers of their free choice to use the business model best suited for disseminating content and could ultimately reduce incentives to make substantial investments in peer reviewing, publishing, and disseminating scientific research.
We might also point out that the only substantial investments publishers make in peer reviewing involve sending the articles to researchers, who both produce the research and peer review it without being paid by the publishers. We wouldn't want to limit their free choice, though!
The same ridiculous anti-open access statement by the AAP includes this doozy:
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) policy seeks to address a challenge or problem that has not been proven to exist. In doing so, the NIH policy introduces legal conflicts with an author's and publisher's copyright and undermines intellectual property rights and the economic incentive of publishers and rights holders. The policy makes their copyrighted material available without compensation in online sites, for dissemination to anyone, anywhere, anytime. Such mandatory open access erodes and disrupts the proven, balanced economic model that supports and sustains journals as dynamic and effective vehicles for promoting scientific communication for centuries.
Hmm, let's see. "A problem that has not been proven to exist." I guess commercial journal publishers raising subscription rates at 2-3 times the inflation rate, making it difficult to impossible for academic libraries to purchase the results of the research their universities pay for while publishers rake in hefty profits isn't a problem, at least not for the publishers!
My favorite howler is the claim that "mandatory open access erodes and disrupts the proven, balanced economic model" for scholarly publishing. If the goal of scholarly research is strictly for publishers to profit, the model is proven and balanced. If the goal is to disseminate the results of scholarly research, the model is flawed and unsustainable. If it were proven and balanced, then the OA movement would never have started in the first place.
Not that I would expect members of Congress to know that. Among those members are people who believe that global warming is a hoax or that spending more money on schools means always learn more. Interpreting evidence isn't really their strong suit. Accepting money from publishers is.
As I said, I was a bit shocked. It's one thing when publishers of trashy best-selling novels try to keep public libraries out of the dissemination loop, but for publishers of scholarly research to do their best to thwart the dissemination of that research is a gross violation of the trust of all the researchers who provide them their content and quality control for free.
Not that the researchers care, of course. If they cared, they would have stopped contributing to, reviewing for, and serving on the editorial boards of the worst offending journals years ago. They haven't, and won't, even if this particularly nauseous bill doesn't pass.
Oh, sure, there will be a few professors protesting about anti-OA shenanigans, but the bulk of the scientists who publish in the commercial journals will continue to do so, and in this hunt the scientists have the big dogs. Or maybe they are the big dogs. It's whichever one of those that means the scientists have the most collective power.
As with public libraries and their Big Six publishers, academic libraries have no control over the process. They sit idly by chattering about the problem while the powers that be worry about other things, like tenure and research grants.


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- Include a call to action
All of the following elements are included in our eComm email templates:
- Unsubscribe link: Link to your University of Colorado campus online communities
- Open count tag: Contact info in footer, include address, phone, website and email
- A place for content
Friendly From
A Friendly From definition is another way of saying from whom the email is coming. It should be from someone they recognize. For example, From the Dean of Arts & Sciences will get more opens than From Joe Nobody. If you need your definitions updated or changed, contact your eComm specialist.
A note about Gmail: Make sure your Friendly from is less than 25 characters because Gmail will strip the entire thing and replace it with a period.
From Email Address
The From email address is displayed next to and should relate to the Friendly From. It looks strange to recipients if the Friendly From reads Chancellor Somebody [firstname.lastname@example.com]. A better option would be Chancellor Somebody [email@example.com] or even [email@example.com]– even if Joe Nobody is monitoring that inbox. One more thing, the From email address should be an alias email address that your leader is not monitoring (unless they give their permission).
Reply-to Email Address
The Reply-to email address can be the same as the From email address or different. This is a great place to have emails go to email@example.com.
Note that out-of-office and other auto-replies are delivered to the Reply-to email address.
This is a great opportunity to include personalized information first name by using a data tag such as first name and last name.
The more you customize your email, the more likely your recipients will open your email.
Note that this is in the email header not in the email's body content.
BCC should include all internal people that you might want to receive the email when it is delivered. You might want to include your boss, your boss's boss and your boss's boss's boss. A BCC recipient will see the word "SENT" preceding the subject line, therefore serving as a confirmation that the email was sent.
It should be simple, relevant and less than 50 characters. If "CU" isn't in your Friendly From, be sure to include it in your subject line. Stats show there are improved open rates when the word, "CU" is in the subject line.
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Spam doesn't always come in a can. Here's a few helpful tips to keep your email from being considered spam
- Use normal conversational language and always be sure not to use excessive spacing and or capitalization in your subject.
- Never say "free" or "click here " or "click here now " or "act now " or "limited time "
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- Don't send the HTML email by itself. Always include that plaintext alternative message.
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Musicians don't go on stage without doing a sound check and you shouldn't be sending an email without testing, testing, and testing again. You would be surprised at how differently your email will look in Gmail as compared to Yahoo and on an iPhone compared to on an Android.
Before sending your email, be sure to test its layout and design in a number of different email clients and web environments. Develop a network of office peers or select constituents to send your test emails so a fresh pair of eyes can always proofread your hard work before it hits the masses. If you work on a deserted island by yourself or have no friends to send to, set up a few mock email accounts and send tests to those accounts.
Testing Environments
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Desktop clients: Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, Windows (Mac) Apple Mail, Entourage
Web browsers: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Chrome
Mobile devices: Android, Blackberry, iPhone, Windows Phone
Taking the time to review your email delivery statistics is critical. Experiment with open, click, unsubscribe and bounceback rates as well as subject line, personalized data tags in your content, html design and timing of delivery.
One more thing that's outside of the eComm world; check your website traffic logs after each email campaign. Does traffic pick up?
Use these metrics to inform how to build your next email campaign.


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Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) is a telecommunications company, offering both wireless and wireline products and services under the Sprint umbrella brand, which consists of Sprint, Nextel, Boost Mobile, Virgin Mobile and Assurance Wireless sub-brands. Sprint's business is organized into several segments--wireless, wireline, network infrastructure, CMDA network, and iDEN network. In fiscal year 2010, Sprint reported revenues of $32.6 billion and net loss of ($3.5) billion.
As of late, Sprint Nextel has sought strategic partnerships and acquisitions to compete with AT&T and Verizon Wireless. In the past two years, Sprint has partnered with Ericsson, Virgin Mobile, and IPCS in order to reduce costs and leverage revenue synergies from expanded subscriber networks.
The company was formed in 2005 with Sprint's $35 billion purchase of Nextel Communications, an acquisition considered by many to be one of the most value destructive deals of all time, with more than $30 billion in writedowns. Today, Sprint offers a wide array of wireless mobile telephone and wireless data transmission services on networks that utilize CDMA and iDEN technologies. In addition, it provides a broad suite of wireline voice and data communications services targeted to domestic business customers, multinational corporations and other communications companies.
Sprint's business is organized into several segments--wireless, wireline, network infrastructure, CMDA network, and iDEN network. Sprint currently offers wireless phone services under its Sprint PCS and Nextel brands. It is also a provider of landline, long distance, and business telecommunications, as well as Internet service under the name SprintLink.
The wireless mobile voice communication services of Sprint include a variety of basic local and long distance wireless voice services. Through a variety of roaming arrangements, the company also provides roaming services to areas in numerous countries outside the United States. Data communication services include wireless imaging, internet access and e-mail services, entertainment such as live radio and television, and location-based capabilities including dispatch services and navigation tools. These services are provided using a wide variety of handsets and personal computer wireless data cards manufactured by various suppliers. These devices are generally sold at prices below cost in response to competition, to attract new customers and as retention inducements for existing customers.
In addition, Sprint offers wholesale services on its network to resellers, commonly known as mobile virtual network operators, or MVNOs. MVNOs purchase wireless services from Sprint Nextel at wholesale rates and resell the services to their customers under their own brand names. Under these MVNO arrangements, the operators bear the costs of acquisition, billing and customer service. The company currently provides wholesale services, through multi-year, wholesale agreements, to a number of MVNOs, including Embarq, Movida Communications, Inc., Virgin Mobile, CBeyond, Liberty Wireless, Airline Mobile, and Tracfone.
Through the long distance segment, Sprint provides a broad suite of wireline voice and data communications services, including domestic and international data communications. Wireline is simply the wired connection between the customer and the phone companies circuits. Sprint also provides services to cable operators that resell the long distance service in support of their telephone service provided over cable facilities primarily to residential end user customers. Although Sprint continues to provide voice services to residential consumers, it no longer actively markets those services. spirt are good for your phone
Network infrastructure is fundamental to any mobile operator in order to provide mobile services. The mobile network enables customers to place and receive voice calls and allows the wireless carrier to provide other services, such as text messaging. Sprint offers its services over a CDMA network for Sprint-branded services and over a iDEN network for Nextel-branded services. The acquisition of Nextel has given Sprint access to communications towers erected for use in connection with the Nextel iDEN network, which enables Sprint to install CDMA cell site equipment on these towers, instead of erecting new towers or installing the equipment on towers owned by third parties, thereby reducing the company's cost
Sprint-branded and wholesale wireless services are provided over a CDMA network, an all-digital wireless network with spectrum licenses that allow services in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The CDMA network uses a single frequency band and a digital spread-spectrum wireless technology that allows a large number of users to access the band by assigning a code to all voice and data bits, sending a scrambled transmission of the encoded bits over the air and reassembling the voice and data into its original format.
Nextel-branded wireless services are provided over an iDEN network, an all-digital packet data network based on iDEN wireless technology provided by Motorola. Sprint is the only national wireless service provider in the United States that utilizes iDEN technology, providing a walkie-talkie like service under the Boost Mobile brand name. Unlike other wireless technologies, iDEN is a proprietary technology that relies principally on Sprint's and Motorola's efforts for further research, product development and innovation, and iDEN handsets generally cannot roam onto wireless networks that do not utilize iDEN technology.
Revenues from voice traffic for a wireless carrier are driven by its number of subscribers and the average revenue generated per customer (ARPU). In the US, the wireless market is almost saturated, allowing for small organic growth in any provider's subscriber base. According to CTIA, a telecommunications association that publishes semi-annual reports on the industry, total U.S. subscriber counts grew at a decreasing annual rate of 11% over the past decade [2]. CTIA also believes that the only significant sources of growth for wireless carriers are teenagers and competitors' customers (which has plagued Sprint).
In recent periods, Sprint has struggled in attracting new wireless subscribers for and lowering its subscriber churn. With profitable post-paid customers leaving Sprint, a large portion of the remaining customer base is subprime. While the company is in the midst of upgrading its customer base through more stringent credit requirements, it is estimated that 30-35% of Sprint Nextel's total wireless subscribers could be sub-prime credit quality customers. These customers are particularly vulnerable in a slowing economy, and could drive higher than expected churn rates due to credit-related deactivations.
Sprint entered into a partnership with Clearwire, Intel, Google, Time Warner, Comcast, Trilogy Equity Partners, and Bright House Networks, to build the first and only 4G WiMAX network, which is available in 43 markets and serves 51 million people[3]. The partnership formed following Sprint's $14.5 billion deal to merge its WiMAX business with Clearwire. The new company received $3.2 billion from strategic investors such as Intel, Google, Time Warner Cable, Comcast, and Bright House Networks in exchange for roughly 22% of the company[4][5]. By forming this joint venture Sprint is preempting its competitors AT&T and Verizon in the transition to a 4G offering. The two companies are investing in a technology called Long Term Evolution, allowing Verizon to launch its 4G Mobile Broadband network[6].
The telecommunications industry is a heavily regulated market. In the U.S., communications services are subject to regulation at the federal level by the FCC and in certain states by public utilities commissions, or PUCs. With regards to wireless, the FCC regulates the licensing, construction, operation, acquisition and sale of all wireless operations and wireless spectrum holdings. With regards to wireline, The Telecommunications Act of 1996 was designed to promote competition and eliminate legal and regulatory barriers for entry into local and long distance communications markets. It also required companies to allow resale of specified local services at wholesale rates, negotiate interconnection agreements, provide nondiscriminatory access to unbundled network elements, and allow co-location of interconnection equipment by competitors. It speaks for itself that in such a heavily regulated market, any significant regulatory change could have a major impact on the company or industry as a whole.
In 2009, both the FCC and DOJ have been asked by Senator Herb Kohl of Wisconsin to investigate anti-competitive practices in the cell phone industry [7]. The concern is that 4 companies (AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile USA, and Verizon) control 90% of the market. Kohl has expressed concern about price increases by the four main carriers for text messaging at the same time. Kohl would also like to see better rates for roaming, a stop to exclusive deals with handset manufacturers, and acceptable rates in the so-called "special access" market where wireless companies pay other carriers to connect to central phone and Internet arteries. AT&T Senior Executive Vice President of External and Legislative Affairs James Cicconi responded to Senator Kohl's concerns by saying that this market is one of the most competitive, innovative, and lowest priced in the world. He said that 95% of the U.S. can choose between at least three different wireless providers, showing that there is not a lack of competition. Increased regulation or a break-up of the industry like what happened to AT&T in the mid-1980s would be very harmful to all wireless carriers as it would reduce margins considerably.
Although Sprint has struggled since its merger with Nextel in properly integrating its proprietary technology, it has outpaced its competitors in launching a 4G network. Sprint's network is available in 36 metro areas and is based on a technology called WiMax (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access). Primary competitors Verizon Wireless and AT&T are still mostly in the 3G phase however some have beta versions of 4G. Verizon is still behind Sprint in its own launch of the 4G network, while AT&T is currently working on a speedier 3G network using an upgraded HSPA (High Speed Packet Access) system, known as HSPA+. This technology is also used by T-Mobile's and is said to offer download speeds at 4G rates[8].


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Wednesday, August 22, 2012
McTaggart refutes Ausmus rumor
Today Brian McTaggart said that's not true.
We'll see how it plays out. Obviously, we're not happy with McTaggart's status, as it makes us look like schmoes, but we'll see. And you likely won't believe us the next time we do something like this.
Update: There's no way I'm telling you who the source is, but we're sticking by the rumor. If you knew who the source was, you'd believe it, too. Ausmus may not get hired, but I whole-heartedly believe he has interviewed.
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It was Tal Smith right? That's my guess. Him or Ed Wade.
- August 22, 2012 at 11:48 AM
- Astros County said...
Ed Wade and I don't hang out after the old popsicle trick. And in 2011, Tal Smith tried to eat my brains.
- August 22, 2012 at 12:27 PM
I would expect a lot of denials from all parties as far as interviews during the search goes. The candidates don't want to appear to have been passed over and the Astros don't want to appear to have been turned down. I would expect that McTaggart is just pushing the organization's line here.
Denials would be especially necessary in the case of Ausmus where the timeline could lead to questions of whether or not the interviews took place before Mills was officially let go.
Anyone who watched the game Friday night where Ausmus threw out the first pitch saw him in the box talking with Luhnow. At the minimum it was certainly part of a feeling out process for both parties regardless of whether or not you call it a formal interview.
- August 22, 2012 at 12:42 PM
Oh Geez. Please no! The last thing we need is this jack-hole filling out a line-up card.
Way over-rated as a good baseball person. He sucked in his prime and stuck around too long! He was an average defensive catcher and never even tried to improve his bat. Made a lot of money catching great pitchers --- Pitchers who were smart enough to call their own balls and strikes! The best thing he did for this team is leave! He was opportunistic --- nothing more. Hell, even his finest moment (the homer in the '05 playoffs) was actually an umpire mistake!
This has-been is a never-was! Let's move on; not look back!
'Stros need to go get a real manager... not someone who's going to make excuses for a 200 hitter in the line-up everyday.
Just kick me in the gonads now!
- August 22, 2012 at 1:54 PM
- What The Heck said...
I think Anonymous #3 might need to get that Xanax prescription refilled now.
- August 22, 2012 at 2:06 PM
Anyone who thinks Brad Ausmus wouldn't be a great manager needs to lay off the pipe.
Way above average defensively. Outstanding game caller. He's an ivy league grad, insanely funny. Would be great handling a young team and keeping them loose.
That said I think he takes a coaching job maybe as pitching coach before manager
- August 22, 2012 at 2:37 PM
I know the bandwagon is small enough at the moment but can we vote out folks who don't have a clue. If you believe Brad Ausmus is a "jack-hole" "never-was" "average defensive catcher" who's best moment came in 2005, you don't know baseball and we don't need you.
- August 22, 2012 at 3:01 PM
I have no desire to see the "Wet Noodle" back in Houston either.
Go get a manager with a track record of winning.
Bringing Brad back would be something that Drayton would do.
Simply awful
- August 23, 2012 at 10:48 AM
- Reuben said...
I'm with Terence. Anyone who judges managerial candidates by their batting average is a moron AND a dumbass, and I'd prefer to avoid reading their opinions here.
- August 23, 2012 at 3:26 PM
Has Brad Ausmus won any games as a manager? Ever? I vote no and not a chance.
- August 23, 2012 at 10:31 PM
How many did Larry Dierker win before taking the job?
- August 24, 2012 at 12:29 AM


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Annual to subshrub
Leaves generally basal and cauline, alternate, generally simple; stipules 0
Inflorescence: generally raceme
Flower bisexual; sepals 4, free; petals (0)4, free, generally white or yellow, often clawed; stamens generally (2,4)6, generally 4 long, 2 short; ovary 1, superior, chambers generally 2, septum membranous, connecting 2 parietal placentas, style 1, stigma simple or 2-lobed
Fruit: generally capsule ("silique") with 2 deciduous valves, sometimes breaking transversely or indehiscent
Seeds 1many per chamber
Genera in family: 300+ genera, 3000+ species: worldwide, especially cool regions; some cultivated for food (especially Brassica, Raphanus ) and ornamental
Recent taxonomic note: Recently treated to include Capparaceae [Rodman et al. 1993 Ann Missouri Bot Gard 80:686699; Rollins 1993 Cruciferae of Continental North America. Stanford Univ Press]
Family description, key to genera by Robert A. Price.
Roy E. Buck, Dean W. Taylor, and Arthur R. KruckebergAnnual to perennial herb, glabrous to bristly, generally ± glaucous
Leaves ± entire to pinnately compound; basal generally rosetted, generally ± petioled; cauline linear to (ob)ovate, often clasping
Inflorescence generally ± open; bracts generally 0
Flower biradial or bilateral; calyx generally ± urn-shaped, sepals erect, generally not green, bases ± pouch-like, generally keeled; petals generally exserted, blade generally narrower than claw, ± channeled, margins ± wavy, generally ± scarious; stamens generally in 3 free pairs; style 0 or short, stigma generally ± entire, blunt
Fruit long, generally strongly compressed parallel to septum
Seeds generally compressed, generally ± winged
Species in genus: ± 40 species: sw US, n Mex
Etymology: (Greek: twisted flower, from wavy-margined petals)
Reference: [Dolan & LaPré 1989 Madroño 36:3340; Kruckeberg & Morrison 1983 Madroño 30:230244]
Caulanthus sometimes including here. Calluses on leaf margins of some mimic pierid butterfly eggs, reducing larval herbivory. Variable, complex; needs study.
S. hispidus A. Gray
MOUNT DIABLO JEWELFLOWERAnnual < 3 dm, simple to few-branched, densely bristlySee the CNPS Inventory for information about endangerment and rarity.
Leaves < 5 cm; lower obovate, wedge-based, coarsely dentate, petioled to ± sessile; middle and upper cauline lanceolate to obovate, coarsely dentate, sessile, not or barely clasping
Inflorescence: terminal sterile flowers generally present
Flower: sepals ± bristly, fertile 37 mm, brownish green, sterile purplish, narrow, elongated; petals 610 mm, ± purplish; upper filament pair exserted, fused, with sterile anthers; stigma shallowly ± 2-lobed
Fruit erect or ascending, 38 cm, ± straight, bristly
Chromosomes: 2n=28
Ecology: Rocky chaparral or grassland
Elevation: 6001200 m.
Bioregional distribution: ne San Francisco Bay Area (Mount Diablo)
Horticultural information: In cultivation.
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I. In Focus This Week
Candidate files for preemptive order to enjoin certification in NY-26
New York election law gives the courts ample discretion to intervene
Even before a single ballot was cast on election day in the special election in New York's 26th Congressional District, Republican Candidate Jane L. Corwin filed a request for a court order to prevent the election from being certified citing the closeness of the race in pre-voting polling.
On election day Supreme Court Justice Russell P. Buscaglia issued an 11-page order preventing the elections boards in Erie, Niagara, Genesee, Orleans, Wyoming, Livingston and Monroe counties from certifying the election until Buscaglia could hold a show-cause hearing on Thursday.
Within the order, attorneys for Corwin had until Wednesday to serve copies of the court order to the affected county boards of elections, their sheriff's offices, the state board of elections and the other three candidates in the race.
Chris Grant, a spokesman for the Corwin campaign, told The Buffalo News that the court action "is very typical" in such close elections.
"We recognize the closeness of the race and we want to make sure that every legal vote is counted fairly and accurately," Grant told the paper.
On Tuesday though, as the votes were being tallied it became apparent that Democrat Kathleen C. Hochul had a solid lead and Corwin conceded the race. But what about the court order? Would the result render the court order moot as some had suggested?
Phone calls to the Corwin campaign for comment on whether or not the process would continue in spite of her concession went immediately to voicemail and the voicemail box was not accepting messages.
However a report from a local news station indicated that the Thursday show-cause hearing before Buscaglia had been cancelled.
While court orders to halt the certification of an election are nothing new, the issuance of such an order before even a single ballot is cast on election day has many election administration scholars scratching their heads.
"I tried to find earlier cases where a court enjoined certification prior to the completion of an election, as in the case of the NY-26th. The only cases I found that were even close involved the application of the Voting Rights Act and the Equal Protection Clause," explained Owen Wolfe, a juris doctor candidate (2012) at the Mortiz College of Law at The Ohio State University. "I was unable to find any cases where certification was enjoined just because the election looked like it would be close, which seems to be the situation in the NY-26th."
Unlike many other states, election law in New York gives its courts ample discretion to become involved in election disputes and the courts — at the instigation of petitioners — have been willing to use this discretion. Most recently a trial court judge oversaw a mandatory audit in the state's 7th Senate District following the fall 2010 election.
"At the conclusion of the 3 percent audit, the trial court judge determined that though there were a number of discrepancies uncovered in the audit, projected out into a 100 percent audit those discrepancies would not be enough to change the result of the election, so the judge stopped the audit," Wolfe explained. "These discrepancies amounted to a difference of .12 percent, higher than the .1 percent the election law allows."
The state's Court of Appeals held that the statute gives the courts discretion to determine these matters.
"We've certainly seen pre Election Day lawsuits designed to change the voting process that occurs on Election Day itself," explained Edward Foley, Robert M. Duncan/Jones Day Designated Professor of Law and Director of Moritz' Election Law program. "There are also lawsuits that try to keep the polls open late on Election Day. Is this 'delay certification' suit more disruptive than those? Probably not, but that's not saying a whole lot.
Foley, who has an article coming out in Election Law Journal taking a strong position against litigation that would delay certification of the canvas said that the National Center for State Courts is working to educate judges about the "dynamic interrelationship' of election administration and election litigation. Foley said the suit in NY26 is a good example of the need to increase those educational efforts.
"One important reason why judges generally should be extremely hesitant to order such delays is to avoid the judges themselves becoming inappropriate pawns in the electoral competition between the two candidates," Foley noted.
Although Foley noted that the timing of the NY26 lawsuit was unusual and it may not likely be repeated, that doesn't mean that the number of lawsuits to stop certification will diminish any time soon.
"We can put the phenomenon of an Election Day, or pre Election Day, lawsuit to stop certification on a continuum of various forms of litigation over the voting process, filed by candidates or their supporters seeking some sort of tactical or strategic advantage to the litigation," Foley said.
"Each of these forms of litigation has their potentially deleterious effect on the administration of the voting process, although … some forms of litigation--especially those occurring--and finishing--before Election Day--can have a salutatory effect if there are problems or biases in the administration the voting rules … [D]elaying certification of the canvass can wreak havoc down the road."
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13hp Wendy Winch for Sale!! £600 - In Poole area, Dorset, UK
I'm sell our newest winch, the 13hp beast. Just got it out of the garage after not been used for over a year, and the engine started up on the 2nd pull was very impressed! This winch is capable of deep water starting big guys, so far we have tested it with a 250pound guy that got up easily. It comes with 600 foot of bulletline (the only real winch line around.) Once you're up it has a very strong pull, so if you edge hard it still pulls hard and fast with no slow down so you can really use it to pop well. Some technical details below:
• 13hp Engine, bought the engine new, so prob had about 10 hours running time on it in total.
• Heavy duty 13hp centrifugal clutch, not the cheap 6hp $35 clutches used on pretty much every other winch .
• 600ft Bullet line (there are 2 knots in the line where we managed to catch the line and it snapped, that problem now solved.
• Hand Brake.
• Nice wakeboard handle, see pictures below.
• Comes with 3 wheels and frame, kitebuggy style wheels, that still work well if pushing through soft sand. Easily to remove without tools, as it just uses 2 fly nuts.
Bad points about the winch!!
• The bullet line has a few knots in it and in places some of the yellow covering has come off, but makes no difference when actually using the winch, the knots feed onto the winch no problem, it's purely an aesthetic issue.
• Some of the paint work has come off so looks a bit grubby and has caused a bit of rust but nothing to cause structure damage or anything, it's purely aesthetic, the engine runs great and clutch, sprocket, and chain is in perfect working order.
• Its pretty heavy, hence the wheels are needed to carry it around. But once it's off its wheels it can be used on sand without the need of rope to hold it down.
See the photos of the winch and also I have a couple of videos.
First Video, testing it in 2007.
Video I just made of it starting up in June 2009.
Current photos of the winch now taken in June 2009. Last two photos are from 2007 using the winch.
Any questions please email me at firstname.lastname@example.com, too heavy to post so pick up only.