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LOS ANGELES - In 1988, UCLA Anderson Professor Marvin Lieberman and David Montgomery of Stanford published a paper entitled "First-Mover Advantages" in the Strategic Management Journal that launched a long and lively debate about the advantages and disadvantages of being the first firm in a market. In 1996, the authors received the Best Paper Prize by the Strategic Management Society recognizing the impact of their paper on the field. Nearly 20 years after Professor Lieberman began work on the paper, it is still commonly cited, debated and assigned to young scholars.
Professors Lieberman and Montgomery wrote a second paper on the topic in 1998, and Lieberman is now completing a third paper taking an empirical approach to the topic. But the original paper continues to be influential. One SMJ editor has noted, "It is hard to imagine a doctoral student not reading this paper at least once during their education."
Professor Lieberman notes that the paper, itself, was a first-mover. The concept of first-mover advantage existed in the literature, but the paper carefully defined the concept and suggested its importance in a way that resonated with scholars and practitioners.
The paper took issue with the popular notion that the first firm to market always has an advantage. "There was a strong bias toward that view in the business world," says Lieberman. But the paper suggests that first-mover advantages are not for everyone.
"It's firm-specific," says Lieberman. While some firms can develop a new product and bring it to market successfully, other firms are more suited as followers. In the paper, Sony is cited as a successful first-mover that historically has had the requisite innovation and marketing skills needed by a market maker. On the other hand, Matsushita is described as being more successful as a follower, which enables it to use its manufacturing resources.
Some followers, like Google, have been notably successful. "There were many search engines before Google," notes Lieberman, "but they have a better mousetrap – at least for now."
In the second paper on the topic, Lieberman and Montgomery provided a literature survey on the topic and developed the idea that successful first-movers typically have certain types of resources. "In a resource-based view of the firm," explains Lieberman, "you can think of the firm as a collection of resources. A firm can have a competitive advantage if it has better resources or capabilities than other firms. In that sense, first-mover advantage is really about capabilities. In the second paper, I wanted to make a connection between the first-mover concept and the resource-based view of the firm."
Professor Lieberman's latest paper looks at first-mover advantage using data on firms that entered Internet-related markets during the 1990's. With the rapid creation of new market spaces and a surge in IPOs, Lieberman saw a unique opportunity to study whether early entrants were more successful.
"On average, I do find first-mover advantage," says Lieberman. "But what's more interesting is that the market spaces where first-movers are successful are fairly specific. They tend to be markets where there are network effects. eBay for example, is a firm that enjoys network effects. Buyers want to be where sellers are, and sellers want to be where buyers are. If you can be the first to bring them together you can develop a network that will be very hard for anyone to take away." The study also shows a first-mover advantage among firms such as travel brokers, ticket brokers, stock brokers, and mortgage brokers.
Early entrants also enjoy an advantage where there is some type of technology involved that can be protected by patents. "So firms like Amazon and Yahoo that have patents," explains Lieberman, "tend to be more successful as measured by market value - which is the main measure I use in the paper."
But there are other measures – such as survival. "Interestingly, there is no connection to survival," says Lieberman. "A lot of very successful companies didn't survive. They were bought up - in many cases at good prices. So it makes a difference how we measure success."
Professor Lieberman's latest working paper and his first two articles on first-mover advantage are available below.
"Did First-Mover Advantage Survive the Dot-Com Crash?" Working paper.
"First-Mover (Dis)Advantages: Retrospective and Link with Resource-Based View," (with David Montgomery), Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 19, No. 12, December 1998.
"First-Mover Advantages," (with David Montgomery). Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 9, Summer 1988.


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Reports suggest they have since grown so close, they have started dating.
The pair was snapped leaving a Los Angeles movie theatre together earlier this month (Aug14) after catching a screening of action thriller The Purge: Anarchy, and eyewitnesses tell Eonline.com the stars shared a kiss during the film.
Grande reportedly ended her on/off relationship with Brooks in late July (14), not long after reconciling.
Big Sean, 26, has been single since calling off his engagement to Glee actress Naya Rivera in April (14). Rivera has since rebounded with actor Ryan Dorsey, with the pair tying the knot in Mexico in July (14).

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California drought deepens as another year's rains stay away
By Lisa M. Krieger, San Jose Mercury News 12/30/13
The driest year on record is turning the golden hills of California to dust, drying up wells, pastures and cash reserves in a season that is traditionally lush and generous.
"It's about the worst I've ever seen," said Gilroy's Jim Warren, 72, as a hungry herd of Angus cattle jostled toward his truck, piled high with $6,000 worth of imported alfalfa hay. "But you can't starve a cow into profit."
In Clayton, Jerry Richeson's well went dry, so he buys water by the gallon for his home and horses. Sebastopol sheep rancher Rex Williams has sold off one-third of his flock rather than borrow money to support them. In the vast artichoke fields of Castroville's SeaMist Farms, irrigation has started even before planting, so tiny seedlings won't perish.
The official drought map of California looks as if it has been set on fire and scorched in the center. The Bay Area has pulled out its umbrellas only few times this year. Normally, December offers a reprieve, delivering at least a storm or two. But the jet stream that usually pushes rains across our landscape remains up in the Pacific Northwest, allowing a warm and dry high pressure system to linger overhead.
Records are being broken all over the state, according to the National Weather Service. San Jose has only received 3.8 inches since January, well short of its 14-inch average. Oakland is even drier -- 3.39 inches this year, compared with its 22.8-inch average. The last time it was this dry in San Francisco was in 1917, with 9 inches. This year, the city has had less than 6 inches.
The state's official rain year will end on June 30 and a good storm or two in January or February could bring back a touch of winter green.
But while water managers and urban gardeners are nervously watching the sky, the impact of the growing drought is especially troubling for farmers. A parched landscape, unlike a hurricane or tornado, is a slow-moving disaster with indirect effects.
Droughts are measured in dollars, not just inches. Small water systems and private well owners lose precious drinking water supplies stored in unreliable fractured rock, said Jeanine Jones of the California Department of Water Resources. Rangelands are shrinking and the San Joaquin Valley is continuing to subside as its groundwater levels fall. And drought can contribute to catastrophic wildfires.
On Dec. 17, the governor set up a Drought Task Force to review expected water allocations and the state's level of preparedness. The first snow survey of the winter season will take place near the first of the year, with the Sierra snowmelt runoff forecasts following about a week later.
This is the third dry year in a row, accelerating the fall of water tables, cracking of fields and shrinking of water holes.
"We have five different ponds, and four are completely dry," said rancher Dave Duarte of the Santa Clara County Cattleman's Association and who runs 300 cows and calves in San Jose's eastern foothills. "One water tank, which is fed by a natural spring, is only half full."
Gary Mason's family has lived in the Santa Cruz Mountains since the 1800s, and for 40 years the Soquel resident has hauled water to local residents, delivering two loads a day -- 4,000 gallons each, at a cost of 6 to 10 cents a gallon -- up steep and narrow roads to the Mormon church, Summit Store and others.
"Back in the '60s, it gushed out of every gopher hole. At 100 feet, you'd hit ample water for a household," he said. "Now, some wells aren't hit until 350 or 400 feet."
To stay in business, he had to drill his own deep well, because cities such as Santa Cruz have grown possessive of every drop and don't sell to haulers any more, Mason said.
Santa Cruz made the state's list of record-low precipitation stations with 4.78 inches of rain so far this year, crushing the 1929 record of just less than 12 inches.
Ranchers are spending heavily on hay and molasses to get their cattle through the winter, when their herds usually would be contentedly grazing in bright green pastures. Some are planning to sell or slaughter their herds to reduce inventory.
In the Altamont hills east of Livermore, Darrel Sweet feeds each cow about 20 pounds of hay every day, at a cost of $2 to $3 a head. "If you have 100 cows," that's a couple hundred a day, he said. He is also buying supplements with extra nutrients.
"It's just a temporary solution. You can buy feed for only so long," he said.
Demand is helping push up hay prices beyond the reach of many ranchers. With good alfalfa costing about $260 a ton, more than double the usual $120 a ton, some ranchers are deciding to sell their herds -- a trend that will accelerate after Jan. 1, predicts Jim Warren, who owns 101 Livestock auction house in Aromas. In an ordinary January, only 100 or so animals are sold; next month, he predicts selling 500 to 700, from Eureka to Ventura.
"We're culling," said sheep rancher Williams, whose Sebastopol farm sells grass-fed lamb. About 100 of his 400 animals are already gone. "If you are a problem child -- always facing the wrong way, or fighting the dog -- you are in the trailer and out of here, sweetheart. Every time that hay truck rolls out the driveway, it costs me $7,000 or $8,000."
"I'm doing the happy rain dance," he said. "But so far, it isn't working."
Contact Lisa M. Krieger at 650-492-4098.


text: Stranded animals have been admitted to National Aquarium Animal Rescue for a variety of reasons. Many patients are sick or injured as a result of human activities, like boat strikes, fishing gear entanglement, plastic ingestion, and water pollution. Others have been affected by natural causes such as weather, water temperature, malnourishment, and exhaustion. Stranding is frequently an animal's last effort at survival, but we can help decrease the number of animals that strand from human-related causes. How You Can Help Protect Marine Animals Be responsible with your litter: recycle and dispose of trash properly, including fishing line, cigarette butts, six-pack rings, plastic debris, and metal cans. Participate in beach, stream, and roadside cleanups, even if it's just one day a year. Check out our Conservation Events to see how you can get involved in cleanup and restoration events around the Chesapeake Bay region. Keep a proper lookout when boating; sea turtles like to bask in the sun at the surface of the water, and can be slow to get out of the way of an approaching vessel, putting them at risk of boat strike injuries. Never release balloons. Balloons can fall into bodies of water, where animals confuse them for food or become entangled in them. Dispose of oil and other hazardous materials properly, and never pour anything down storm drains. These connect directly to the waterways that lead to the ocean. Use fertilizer for your lawn and garden sparingly, as these pollutants wash into waterways and out to sea. Keep your distance when you come into contact with a marine animal. All marine mammals and sea turtles are federally protected, and humans should remain 100 yards away from the animals. If an animal appears sick or injured, notify the appropriate authorities. Never feed wild animals. Human-fed marine animals change their normal wild behavior and run a greater risk of being injured by boats, becoming entangled in fishing gear, or ingesting dangerous items. If you come across a stranded marine animal in Maryland that may be in need of medical attention, please call the National Aquarium's Stranding Hotline at 410-373-0083, or the Maryland Natural Resources Police at 1-800-628-9944. Back to the Top


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IRVINE, Calif., June 10 (UPI) -- U.S. astronomers say a study of the least massive galaxy in the known universe gives insights into a long-predicted but hard-to-find kind of cosmic collection.
The celestial aggregation known as Segue 2 has just 1,000 or so stars with a bit of dark matter holding them together, they said.
"Finding a galaxy as tiny as Segue 2 is like discovering an elephant smaller than a mouse," University of California, Irvine, cosmologist James Bullock said.
Astronomers have long predicted these dwarf galaxies should to be swarming around the Milky Way and have been searching for them for years.
Their inability to find any, Bullock said, "has been a major puzzle, suggesting that perhaps our theoretical understanding of structure formation in the universe was flawed in a serious way."
The discovery of Segue 2 by the Keck telescope in Hawaii -- one of the only telescopes in the world powerful enough to have made the finding -- could be "a tip-of-the-iceberg observation, with perhaps thousands more very low-mass systems orbiting just beyond our ability to detect them," he said.
Segue 2 is one of the faintest known galaxies, with light output just 900 times that of the sun, compared to the Milky Way, which shines 20 billion times brighter, the researchers said.
"It's definitely a galaxy, not a star cluster," lead study author Evan Kirby said. The stars are held together by a globule called a dark matter halo, he explained, and without this acting as galactic glue the star body wouldn't qualify as a galaxy.


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Computer Workstation Ergonomic Self Evaluation
The term ergonomic is not a regulated word. In the easiest definition we want the equipment to work for the individual instead of the person changing his/her body to fit the equipment.
- Always have your back in contact with the chair. You can have the most expensive chair but if it not in contact with the back it is a waste of money. The two areas of the back that need interaction with the chair are the thoracic & lumbar sectors of the back. It is appropriate to sit upright or slightly reclined, as long as your back is supported and your spine retains its proper shape. If your lumbar support is not adjustable, adding a rolled up towel or small cushion may help. Most chairs are able to either recline or be locked upright, so experiment to find the proper type of support for your back.
- The uppermost portion of the monitor screen should be level with your eyes. If you lean back while working, adjust the monitor lower to accommodate your more typical seated position.
- To reduce glare move light sources or cover windows to prevent reflections from the screen. Ensure default color choices for applications maximize contrast and ease of use. The monitor screen should be at 90 degrees to your line of vision, and not tipped too far upward. Proper monitor positioning is essential to avoid eye strain.
- A good rule is to have the monitor at a distance slightly greater than the length of your arm. The distance to the monitor should be such that when you are seated comfortably, you can see the screen clearly without needing to squint or lean forward. If you lean forward in your seat, you may experience back or neck pain from this posture. Move the monitor as often as necessary to maintain comfortable viewing distance.
- Your feet should rest flat on the floor (if this is not possible you will need a foot rest). You never want your feet to dangle in the air as this will lead to a loss of circulation. Lower your seat until this happens and you feel the pressure ease off from the underside of your thighs. Your monitor and keyboard should be adjusted so you can sit down at this level.
- Instead of placing papers flat on the desk and leaning or twisting your neck to see them invest in a document holder this will help to avoid neck strain for lightweight items, a monitor-mounted holder works well. For frequent, intensive use, an inline holder is best. For intermediate and occasional use, a freestanding holder next to the monitor usually is satisfactory.
- Your wrists should be flat and straight in relation to your forearms (a similar position to playing the piano) when using the keyboard or mouse. Look at your hands as you type - is your middle finger in a straight line following the bones of your forearm (not deviating left or right)? If not, you may need a different keyboard. This is common if you have broad shoulders, long arms, and large hands, any of which can make a standard straight keyboard uncomfortably small. There are a number of alternative keyboards to solve this problem. People with narrower shoulders and a small build should not use a keyboard that is too large for them; this may cause elbow problems. If you rest your palms on the desk while typing, your wrist is bent back to reach the keyboard and you should have a soft palm-support to level out that angle.
- (a) Your arms should hang relaxed and close to your body with no effort put into keeping your shoulders in position or your elbows out. Your elbows should be bent at about a 90 degree angle - perhaps a little more open, but no less. If the angle is too large, your wrists will need to bend back to reach the keyboard and you need your forearms to be level. (b) Look at the reach to your mouse. If it is on the right side, you may have significant external rotation at the elbow and/or stress in the shoulder. To alleviate these problems, you need to either move the mouse to the left side of the keyboard and use your left hand (it takes about two weeks to make the transition completely) or find a way to move the mouse closer to the space bar on the right. This may mean getting a keyboard with a built-in mouse, or without a number pad, or changing to a centered mouse device.
- The monitor and keyboard should be centered in front of you, not off to an angle. There should be a straight line from your nose to your belly button to the center of the space bar to the center of your screen. There should be no twisting in your shoulders or neck. Centering the keyboard properly often pushes the mouse too far away to the right. This means you need to reposition the mouse, not use the keyboard in an incorrect posture.
- Adjust the keyboard tray to a negative tilt, which means tilting down as it goes away from you. At no time should the keyboard be tilted upward toward the back; this increases wrist angles and stresses. If your keyboard has little feet in the back, lower them to remove tilting.
- Take frequent microbreaks i.e. 20 seconds to 2 minutes. It is far better to take regular microbreaks than a few large ones. Rotate your tasks so you are not doing the same motions for too long at a time. Do some stretches at least once an hour, and remember to look away from your screen every 20 minutes, focus on something at least 20 feet away, and hold that distant focus for at least 20 seconds. This can help prevent eye fatigue and premature near-sightedness. It is far better to take many small breaks than a few large ones.


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Title: Confirming LBV Candidates Through Variability: A Photometric and Spectroscopic Monitoring Study
Abstract: Luminous Blue Variable (LBV) stars represent an extremely rare class of very luminous, massive stars. About a dozen confirmed Galactic LBV stars are known, which precludes determining a solid evolutionary connection between LBV and other intermediate (e.g. Ofpe/WN9, WNL) phases in the life of very massive stars. Several catalogues of nebulae - rings and shells typical of LBVs - derived from the GLIMPSE and MIPSGAL surveys have recently been published. We conducted a near-IR spectral survey of a large subset of central stars residing within these nebulae and have identified nearly two dozen new candidate LBVs (cLBVs) based on spectral similarity alone; they remain cLBVs until 1-3 mag variability is demonstrated, securing their LBV nature. This marks a significant advancement in the study of massive stars, far outweighing the return from many studies searching for LBVs and WRs the past several decades. Using SMARTS 16 new cLBVs, 3 confirmed LBVs, and 4 previously known cLBVs will undergo photometric optical/IR-monitoring with the 1.3m, and 13 (c)LBVs monitored spectroscopically with the 1.5m.
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Mamady Sidibe scores only goal as Sheffield Wednesday win at Bolton in Championship
Mamady Sidibe scored his first Sheffield Wednesday goal as the Owls won 1-0 at Bolton to notch a third straight victory.
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David Ngog and Martin Petrov had opportunities to put Wanderers in front before Sidibe opened the scoring in the 25th minute of the Boxing Day clash at the Reebok Stadium in the Championship.
An excellent stop from Owls goalkeeper Chris Kirkland denied Benik Afobe 20 minutes from time and the visitors held out.
Peterborough's victory at Wolves means Wednesday remain two points above the relegation zone, five points shy of Wanderers. Dougie Freedman's pre-season promotion favourites remain slumped in 16th position following back-to-back losses.
Bolton defender Sam Ricketts made a hash of clearing a long ball forward to present Michail Antonio with an early opportunity but the Wednesday winger could not get his shot away.
The hosts proceeded to have the better of the early exchanges and Ngog - leading the line in the absence of suspended captain Kevin Davies - displayed superb close control in a fine solo run that ended with save of equal quality from Kirkland in the 15th minute.
Petrov and Ngog produced some slick interplay before the former Manchester City winger lost his footing at the vital moment 10 yards from goal.
It was a slip his team would come to regret as Wednesday took the lead against the run of play moments later.
Lewis Buxton delivered a searching cross from the right and Sidibe got the better of Tim Ream in the air to emphatically power home.
Sidibe almost had a second in the 36th minute, just failing to get the decisive touch on Rhys McCabe's corner.
Bolton were evidently rattled and might have been two behind at the break after Lee weaved his way around Ricketts and fired a shot at goalkeeper Adam Bogdan.
Ngog knew little about it when he nearly brought Bolton level in the 53rd minute - Afobe's well-struck cross from the byline following a brilliant run striking him on the chest and trickling wide.
Kirkland bettered his first-half stop from Ngog in the 70th minute when Afobe met a superb Chris Eagles cross but was denied from point-blank range.
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"Since every hour for us parents seems like midnight anyway and it gets dark now at...oh, afternoon time, we are hosting the All New New Year's bash starting at 3:30 and the apple drops at 6 pm so, grab your favorite bottle of wine and appetizer, throw the sitter's number in the garbage, and saddle-up to throw down with kids at the Menonis at the 1st annual New New Year's bash!"
And, throw down we did!
The easy, DIY decor:
(Silver Christmas balls, our kitchen clock, and Hershey's kisses.
NYE template courtesy of Custom Printables)The favors made from gift bags from Walgreens, construction paper, a circle template and a Sharpie.
The champagne glasses were dipped in Agave Nectar and rolled in sprinkles.
The stems of the glasses were decorated with sparkly pipe cleaners I had leftover from crafts projects with the kids. I wrapped the ends around a pencil and voila!Great friends are what make the party!
All guests were asked to bring their favorite appetizer and bottle of wine. This made it easy-going on myself as hostess.I think our girls bonded this night....they've been fast friends ever since.
Look at how much younger my little guy looks only a short year ago.
Festive head wear is a must (pacis are optional).
(My son. Synonymous with sippy cups and sight words.)After distributing the confetti (small squares cut from construction paper), Dave announces that the countdown is about to begin....
10, 9, 8, 7, 6....
Happy New Year!Dave and the kids do a few repeat performances.
Late night snacks...
A quick clean-up...
All guest have left, we've cleaned up, tucked the kids in bed and it's only 9:30.
Dave and I crawled into bed tired ourselves from what we agreed was one of the best New Years Eve nights we'd ever had.
We were greeted with a beautiful rainbow of fireworks that we watched from our very own bed. Who knew the best seating the house for the beach fireworks show was from our very own bedroom window?
Looking forward to sharing photos from our 2nd annual this weekend. Until then, enjoy those last few days of the season.
"Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right." ~Oprah Winfrey


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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Motorola Solutions Inc. MSI, +0.73% said Wednesday its fourth-quarter operating earnings rose 53% to $423 million, or $1.18 a share, from $276 million, or 54 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Adjusted profit rose to $1.10 a share from 87 cents a share. Sales increased by 6% to $2.44 billion. Wall Street analysts expected Motorola Solutions to earn $1.02 a share on sales of $2.45 billion, according to a survey by FactSet. Looking ahead, Motorola Solutions expects first-quarter adjusted profit of 62 cents to 67 cents a share, compared to the analyst estimate of 67 cents a share.
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Fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) is more effective in its health benefits at the same or lower costs compared to guaiac fecal occult blood testing (gFOBT) at all levels of colonoscopy capacity, according to a study published November 9 by the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
In many countries, wait times for colonoscopy screenings can take up to 12 weeks. Screening with gFOBT has been proven to reduce mortality from colorectal cancer (CRC); however, the effectiveness of the screening depends partly on attendance at all screening rounds and on diagnostic yield (the proportion of individuals found with adenomas or CRC). FIT may increase attendance and diagnostic yield compared to gFOBT, and may cause fewer false positive tests. Because of these advantages, FIT is of increasing interest in the field.
To determine the benefits of FIT compared with gFOBT, Janneke A. Wilschut, MSc, of the department of public health at the University Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and colleagues used the MISCAN-Colon micro-simulation model, which simulates the relevant biographies of a large population from birth to death both without screening, as well as with changes that would occur in screening programs. The researchers estimated the number of colonoscopies, costs, and health effects of different screening strategies using both gFOBT and FIT, various age ranges and multiple surveillance strategies.
The model predicts that FIT is both cost-effective and clinically beneficial for detecting CRC. They found that for a screening scenario for people ages 45 to 80 years in which there is unlimited colonoscopy capacity, screening intensively with the lowest FIT cutoff level for referral to colonoscopy (50 ng hemoglobin per mL) provided optimal health benefits for cost. For a scenario with limited colonoscopy capacity, FIT with a higher cutoff level performed better than gFOBT and was more effective if the colonoscopy capacity was expanded.
The authors note certain limitations of the study: That they performed only one-way sensitivity analyses to evaluate the impact of other assumptions for some parameters and did not perform a probabilistic sensitivity analysis, stating that because of the large number of strategies needed to evaluate each draw a large computational effort would be required. Nevertheless, they conclude, "It should be noted that FOBT screening can become considerably more effective if colonoscopy capacity is expanded. Efforts should therefore be undertaken to achieve an increased colonoscopy capacity."
In an accompanying editorial, Russell Harris, M.D., MPH, of the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Linda S. Kinsinger, M.D., MPH, of the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education at the University of North Carolina School of Public Health, write that aggressive colonoscopy screening, termed "going the distance," in the United States has potential harms and costs that have not been fully explored. They discuss that the use of simulation models, such as the one described by Wilschut et al., could be useful to make real-world decisions about how intensive screening should be under different colonoscopy capacities by measuring clinical and cost effectiveness. However, such models do not incorporate the potential harms of aggressive screening programs, such as patient anxiety, the discomfort and inconvenience of the colonoscopy bowel preparation, sedation effects, loss of productivity at work and home, overdiagnosis, and the risk of complications from a biopsy and polypectomy, or take into account a situation in which resources are limited. Harris and Kinsinger suggest that outcomes tables are needed in addition to a simulation model to fully compare the benefits, harms, and costs of screening strategies. They suggest that such an analysis might reveal that a primary colonoscopy screening strategy ("going the distance"), as currently practiced in the US, provides less health value at higher cost than a strategy of restricting colonoscopic screening to smaller subgroups. In conclusion, "If not going the distance means fewer harms to patients, more participation by under-screened groups, fewer opportunity costs to the health-care system and lower overall cost for CRC screening, then less colonoscopy can mean more well-being for us all."


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Legislation would form commission to evaluate geography education statewide
BRIDGEWATER – This time next year, students across the state could be preparing for Massachusetts Geography Week.
Two geography professors from Bridgewater State University are promoting a bill that would designate the first week of April as Massachusetts Geography Week and create a commission to investigate and study the status of geography education in the state.
This is the second time the bill has come before the Legislature. Bridgewater professors James Hayes-Bohanan and Vernon Domingo pushed for the bill with the Massachusetts Geographic Society with the help of Sen. Stephen Brewer, D-Barre, last session.
"This year, I was frankly ready to call it quits on the whole concept, but Sen. Brewer's staff recommended that we try again and they gave us some insight on how to improve our likelihood of success," said Hayes-Bohanan.
The second effort has appeared to pay off.
The bill has attracted 18 sponsors so far, including several local legislators and the Legislature's only geographer, Rep. Todd Smola, R-Palmer, who received his bachelor of science degree in geography and regional planning from Westfield State College.
The bill has also received favorable recommendations from the Joint Committee on Education and Senate Ways and Means Committee. It is currently sitting in the House Ways and Means Committee awaiting a recommendation.
"I'm personally feeling more confident," said Hayes-Bohanan. "We're getting a lot more positive feedback from legislators, but we've learned what makes a bill go or no-go is really hard to predict."
Hayes-Bohanan added that the bill addresses a subject that is currently only taught in the fourth- and seventh-grades across the commonwealth.
"The reason we asked for it to be filed is we really have a lack of geography literacy," said Hayes-Bohanan. "The very simple reason for that is it's not taught much."
However, Hayes-Bohanan acknowledged that the subject has an image that it must overcome.
"Modern geography is really the study of where things are, why they are there, how they connect and why they matter," said Hayes-Bohanan.
The field has only grown with the advancement of geo-technology, which encompasses processes from satellite imagery to items that bring the subject a little closer to home.
"The GPS on the dash looks like magic, but it isn't. There's geography behind it," said Hayes-Bohanan.
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This week's house is a remodeled home in Troy with a yard and deck that overlooks (from a safe distance) the Poestenkill gorge and waterfall. (Click here or on the photo to launch a gallery of images.)
The 1,700-square-foot, two-bedroom house at 19 Linden Ave. (map), built in the 1840s, is on the market for $209,500. School and property taxes total about $6,000 annually, including STAR Exemption, according to the owner.
The house — I'm resisting the urge to call it gorge-ous — includes a remodeled kitchen with stainless steel appliances; hardwood floors throughout; a half-acre fenced yard; two decorative fireplaces; a security system; and a two-car garage, among other features.
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I'm sure you've noticed, but it feels like Thanksgiving already. The girls have been enjoying pumpkin smoothie drinks at Jamba Juice, Lulu recently brought home a pumpkin pie from Marie Callender's and we just bought our first fresh cranberries of the season. With the weather getting colder, what could be more appropriate to the season than a hot cup of cider? But instead of making regular ol' apple cider, I added freshly-made pear juice as well.
I used Bartlett pears (with hints of red, they are much sweeter) which were slightly firm so they would easily pass through a juicer. If you prefer a more intense pear flavor, you could use very ripe, soft fruit but I wouldn't recommend using a juicer as it would get clogged easily. Instead, mix them until mushy in a regular blender, then pass the mixture through a large sieve. I didn't opt for this method as I find the texture a little grainy. You can add whatever spices you like, but I opted for the traditional combination of cinnamon, clove and ginger. It's an easy and very satisfying recipe for the weekend!
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Mike McTeague was supposed to teach only one semester at Ohio University Eastern Campus when he was assigned a history course there in 1965. Nearly 50 years (and three retirements) later, he is still teaching history there.
"I didn't actually apply for the job, but I wound up being here forever," he said.
In those five decades, McTeague has performed almost every task imaginable in regional higher education, both academic and administrative. "I've been almost everything except librarian and janitor," he said. "Although they let me drive the tractor last summer, so I cut the grass."
Most recently, McTeague retired as the campus's associate dean. He's held numerous such positions at Eastern because he enjoys the change-up from the classroom, especially when he can tackle a particular issue at the dean's request.
"I liked being the man behind the man in charge," he said. "You don't get a lot of the credit, but it lets you work on the task, and I enjoyed that part of it. Everybody needs a good number two, and I didn't mind being behind the door."
Pulling double duty isn't common in the university anymore; academics are academics and administrators are administrators. But McTeague recalls when faculty at Eastern were expected to spend an evening a week at the academic advising desk in the dean's office, helping students with financial aid and registration forms.
"You had to be multitalented, to be a faculty member teaching class and hold an administrative position at the same time," he said.
When McTeague started teaching at Eastern, most of his students were adults — many of them former military personnel using their GI Bill benefits to improve their chances in the job market. Nontraditional students still walk the halls, but more of students at today's Eastern campus are younger. And where they once had to transfer to Athens to complete their degrees, many students now use the Ohio University Learning Network to pick up required courses without having to move.
"You don't necessarily have the super-scholar, but they are hard-working, inquisitive individuals, and we have tenured faculty who provide them with a good deal of insight," McTeague said. "If you want to teach, this is the place to be."
McTeague started teaching at Ohio University in 1963 on the Athens Campus. Had his one semester at Eastern actually been just one semester, he probably would have had a very different career.
"I stayed in one place — I'm probably the last of my breed," he said. "You're not ever going to find anyone teaching 50 years in one place anymore."
He's not complaining. Through all the changes in facility, deans, bureaucracy and students, McTeague has remained a happy man.
"I never, ever didn't want to come to work," he said.
He will do just that next fall, after spending the summer in Florence researching the de Medici family.
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WASHINGTON — For the past few years vitamin D has been the "it" vitamin, with studies wildly trumpeting the supplement's role in strengthening bones, reducing the risk of some cancers, heart disease, along with fighting autoimmune diseases and diabetes. But long-awaited new dietary guidelines say there's no proof that megadoses of the "sunshine vitamin" prevent cancer, diabetes or other conditions.
While some people will need a bit more vitamin D than they're already getting, some studies suggest that too much could actually cause some kinds of cancer, according to the panel of experts at the prestigious Institute of Medicine, the health arm of the National Academy of Sciences.
"More is not necessarily better," cautioned Dr. Joann Manson of Harvard Medical School, who co-authored the Institute of Medicine's report being released Tuesday.
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While the panel found powerful evidence that vitamin D — together with calcium — can protect bones, the new report could dampen the national sunshine vitamin fad.
Most people in the U.S. and Canada — from age 1 to age 70 — need to consume no more than 600 international units of vitamin D a day to maintain health, the report found. People in their 70s and older need as much as 800 IUs. The report set those levels as the "recommended dietary allowance" for vitamin D.
That's only a bit higher than the target of 400 IUs set by today's government-mandated food labels, and higher than 1997 recommendations by the Institute of Medicine that ranged from 200 to 600 IUs, depending on age.Story: Many preventable cancers caught at late stage
But it's far below the 2,000 IUs a day that some scientists recommend, pointing to studies that suggest people with low levels of vitamin D are at increased risk of certain cancers or heart disease.
"This is a stunning disappointment," said Dr. Cedric Garland of the University of California, San Diego, who wasn't part of the institute's study and says the risk of colon cancer in particular could be slashed if people consumed enough vitamin D.
"Have they gone far enough [in raising recommended levels]? In my opinion probably not, but it's a step in the right direction," added prominent vitamin D advocate Dr. Michael Holick of Boston University Medical Center, who said the new guidelines draw needed attention to the vitamin D debate and encourage more food marketers to fortify their products with it.
Vitamin D and calcium go hand in hand, and you need a lifetime of both to build and maintain strong bones. But the two-year study by the Institute of Medicine's panel of experts concluded research into vitamin D's possible roles in other diseases is conflicting. Some studies show no effect, or even signs of harm.
How much should you take?
The amount of vitamin D recommended daily, from food or dietary supplements, in a report Tuesday from the Institute of Medicine:
Ages 1 to 70: 600 international units.
Ages 71 and older: 800 IUs.
Calcium and vitamin D must be taken together to build and maintain strong bones. Here are the recommended daily levels of calcium:
Ages 1 to 3: 700 milligrams.
Ages 4 to 8: 1,000 mg.
Ages 9 to 18: 1,300 mg.
Ages 19 to 70: 1,000 mg — but for women the amount rises to 1,200 mg at age 51.
Ages 71 and older: 1,200 mg.
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A National Cancer Institute study last summer was the latest to report no cancer protection from vitamin D and the possibility of an increased risk of pancreatic cancer in people with the very highest D levels. Super-high doses — above 10,000 IUs a day — are known to cause kidney damage, and Tuesday's report sets 4,000 IUs as an upper daily limit — but not the amount people should strive for.
Vitamin D is the latest supplement to have been heavily touted based on animal studies and observations in humans and failed to live up to expectations during rigorous testing. For example, vitamins C and E, beta carotene and lycopene were believed to prevent cancer or heart disease, but didn't pan out, and sometimes caused harm, when tested.
Stay tuned: To help settle the issue, Manson is heading a government-funded study that's recruiting 20,000 healthy older Americans to test whether taking 2,000 IUs of vitamin D really will lower their risk for heart disease, a stroke or certain cancers.Story: 8 simple ways to control blood sugar -- and save your life
In the meantime, it's hard to consume 600 IUs of vitamin D from food alone. A cup of D-fortified milk or orange juice has about 100 IUs. The best sources may be fatty fish — some servings of salmon can provide about a day's supply. Other good sources are D-fortified cereals.
But here's the report's big surprise: While some people truly are seriously deficient in vitamin D, the average American in fact already has enough circulating in his or her blood — because we also make vitamin D from sun exposure, and because many people already take multivitamins or other D-containing dietary supplements.
Wait a minute: Headlines in recent years have insisted the opposite, that a majority of people don't get enough vitamin D, especially during the winter. What explains the contradiction?
A relatively inexpensive blood test measures something called 25-hydroxy vitamin D, the active form in the body. Most testing laboratories are using a too-high cutoff for those blood levels, said report co-author Dr. Clifford Rosen of the Maine Medical Center. The report says at least 20 nanograms is adequate for bone health, while many labs instead list people as low if their blood levels are below 30 ng. Serious vitamin D deficiencies are diagnosed when levels dip well below 20, something that hasn't changed.
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As for calcium, the report recommended already accepted levels to go along with your daily D — about 1,000 milligrams of calcium a day for most adults, 700 to 1,000 mg for young children, and 1,300 mg for teenagers and menopausal women. Too much can cause kidney stones; the report said that risk increases once people pass 2,000 mg a day.Story: 14 foods that could change a diabetic's life
It's true that most studies link poor health to vitamin D levels that are below 20 ng, said preventive cardiologist Dr. Erin Michos, a Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine professor who wasn't part of the study.
But, "I'm not sure I'm going to dramatically change my practice," said Michos, who pushes her patients to boost their levels until they're between 30 and 50 ng.
And even if future trials show that vitamin D does help protect against other diseases, the amounts required for bone health should be perfectly sufficient, panel members told NBC News.
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To amend chapter 135, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to a tax credit for certain motor vehicle purchases.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 135, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 135.552, to read as follows:
135.552. 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean:
(1) "Qualifying motor vehicle", any new self-propelled vehicle not operated exclusively upon tracks, except farm tractors, that is assembled and sold in this state on or after January 1, 2009;
(2) "Tax credit", a credit against the tax otherwise due under chapter 143, RSMo, excluding withholding tax imposed by sections 143.191 to 143.265, RSMo, or otherwise due under chapter 147, 148, or 153, RSMo;
(3) "Taxpayer", any individual or entity subject to the tax imposed in chapter 143, RSMo, excluding withholding tax imposed by sections 143.191 to 143.265, RSMo, or the tax imposed in chapter 147, 148, or 153, RSMo.
2. For all taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2009, a taxpayer shall be allowed a tax credit for the purchase of a qualifying motor vehicle. The tax credit amount shall be equal to the amount of state sales tax paid on such qualifying motor vehicle. If the amount of the tax credit issued exceeds the amount of the taxpayer's state tax liability for the tax year for which the credit is claimed, the difference shall be refundable. No tax credit granted under this section shall be transferred, sold, or assigned.
3. This section shall not be construed to prohibit the levy of any local sales tax, as defined in section 32.085, RSMo, on any sales of new motor vehicles assembled and sold in the state on or after January 1, 2009. In the event that any political subdivision has enacted a local sales tax on such sales, the political subdivision may, by order or ordinance, exempt such sales from the local sales tax law.
4. The department of revenue may promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this section. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, RSMo, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536, RSMo, and, if applicable, section 536.028, RSMo. This section and chapter 536, RSMo, are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536, RSMo, to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2009, shall be invalid and void.
5. Under section 23.253, RSMo, of the Missouri Sunset Act:
(1) The provisions of the new program authorized under this section shall automatically sunset on December thirty-first six years after the effective date of this section unless reauthorized by an act of the general assembly; and
(2) If such program is reauthorized, the program authorized under this section shall automatically sunset on December thirty-first twelve years after the effective date of the reauthorization of this section; and
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Drone aircraft have been a fixture of U.S. combat and intelligence operations for some years now. But in 2012, the U.S. military's use of unmanned aircraft like the Reaper reached unprecedented levels, in both absolute and relative numbers. Looking at Pentagon stats, Wired reckons that the record 447 drone strikes in Afghanistan last year accounted for 11.5 percent of the U.S. air war, more than double the level of the year before. It's easy to understand why military planners are leaning more and more on drones -- they're a bargain, relatively speaking; they're not so easy to spot or shoot down (not that Iran hasn't tried), and they keep pilots out of harm's way.
This year we also got a hint of where the future of drones will bring us: aircraft carriers. The U.S. Navy has been putting a pair of X-47B drone prototypes through their paces, including the recent launch of one from a steam catapult and the delivery of another to the flight deck of the U.S.S. Harry S. Truman. Sometime next year, the Navy says, watch for the historic moment as an X-47B becomes the first-ever unmanned aircraft to take off from and land on a carrier at sea.


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Picture of the Week: The Flaming Lips Turn the Stage Into a Fun Zone
Indie pop duo Phantogram opened for the Flaming Lips when the psych rockers rolled through Atlanta, Ga. recently, and singer-guitarist Josh Carter took full advantage of his band's VIP all-access privileges. When the Lips hit the stage of Centennial Olympic Park, Carter was armed with a camera and ready to shoot — and lucky for us, he's shared some of the results with his Twitter fanbase.
And those results are quite stunning. In the picture above, Wayne Coyne stands in front of a massive crowd, right arm raised and wielding a megaphone that seems to be releasing a billowing cloud of colored smoke. Giant green, white and yellow balloons bounce around on top of the crowd, and the sheer joy and excitement of a Flaming Lips live concert experience is palpable.
Obviously there's no way of knowing what music accompanies this scene, but for some reason we imagine a well-timed version of 'Do You Realize?' or 'She Don't Use Jelly' — something about this moment screams out "hit single"! Next we imagine a ride in his giant see-though gerbil ball, which would obviously make for another sweet Twitter pic. But Coyne's gerbil ball exploits are so well documented, we almost prefer this scene. When it comes to the Lips, even the more low-key moments are among the most magical.


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Nunn Center wins CASE award for WUKY radio programs
The Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History won the Grand Award from CASE-Kentucky (Council for the Advancement and Support of Education) in the audiovisual category. The award was for the WUKY radio collaboration between Nunn Center director Doug Boyd and WUKY news director Alan Lytle which regularly features oral histories on a variety of topics. The award winning programs can be heard at WUKY, or from the Nunn Center website.
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Many may wonder what does fungus look like. Earlier it was believed that fungus is a part of the plant kingdom. But research has revealed that fungus is not a plant as it does not have chlorophyll. On the other hand, fungus grows on organic matter and draws its food from it. Some kinds of fungus can grow on living plants and also on animals.
Fungus Grows On All Porous Surfaces
Fungus is an integral part of the eco system and that is probably the reason why we tend to wonder what does fungus look like. There are many kinds of fungus. Some are single celled like yeasts and others have more cells like mushrooms. Fungus grows on different kinds of surfaces like food, soil, wood, clothes, trees, walls and leather. The conditions which support the growth of fungus are warmth and moisture. You can find fungus growing on your fruits, breads, cakes as well as shoes, clothes and also in the soil in your backyard. Different kinds of fungi are yeast, molds, mildew and mushrooms.
Some kinds of fungus are very tiny and cannot be seen by the naked eye. However, when they grow collectively on a surface, they become visible as a powdery substance on any surface. For instance, yeast appears like a powdery substance on the surface it grows on, like fruits. Some kinds of fungus are very well visible to the human eye like mushrooms. Some mushrooms are in fact quite large in size. There are other kinds of fungus like molds and mildew which have a powdery feel and can be rubbed off from the surface they grow on. Fungus can have different colors. Yeast and mushrooms are whitish while molds can be black or green also. Fungus plays an extremely important role in our world. They help to decompose all kinds of organic matter as they draw food from them.
Healthy And Poisonous Fungus
Some kinds of fungus are very poisonous while there are some kinds of fungus which are beneficial too. It is important to know what does fungus look like as we can get an idea about the fungus which is bad for our health. Molds and mildew are unhealthy fungus and one should take appropriate steps to remove them once they are detected. Certain kinds of mushrooms are poisonous while there are certain varieties of mushrooms which are edible and even good for health. Yeast is also a healthy fungus and has many benefits for the human body. Penicillin is a fungus which is a landmark in medical research.
It is essential to have an idea of what does fungus look like so that we can distinguish between the good and harmful kinds.


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Suede calfskin & smooth calfskin Carry: Long or short shoulder - 1 roomy compartment and 2 additional compartments - 1 internal flat pocket - Topstitched front flap with magnet closure - Adjustable leather strap - Delicate mix of brass and silver finishing - Refined beige suede calfskin lining Comes with a dust bag Width: 9" / 24 cm Height: 6.3" / 16 cm Depth: 3.5" / 9 cm Min. strap length: 20.1" / 51 cm Max. strap length: 22.4" / 57 cm This article is made of top-grain leather. The grain side was sanded to provide the leather with its velvet-like finish. Depending on the degree of finishing, this technique may produce a leather called nubuck or velvet leather. This material is fragile, particularly with respect to colours. Respect care instructions on the leaflet. Colour: black Item code: CHC15US127H2O001
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Donna Joan (Matz) Windsor, retired Indian Guide/Peabody Housing Authority administrator, born May 7, 1936, in rural Peabody, passed away Aug. 22, 2013, at Newton Medical Center.
Visitation was 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 25, at Baker Funeral Home, Peabody with inurnment at 9 a.m. Monday, Aug. 26, at Prairie Lawn Cemetery, Peabody and a memorial service at 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 26, at Central Christian Church, Wichita.
For Donna, family was everything. She was so proud of her children and grandchildren, and was excited because recently she became a great-grandmother. Donna had a life-long faith that was apparent to all who met her.
Music was a special part of Donna's life and she shared this passion by serving as a youth church choir director for nearly 30 years. She loved gardening and life on the farm. She will be greatly missed by many family members and friends.
She was preceded in death by parents, William and Mabel Matz; brother, Allen "Bud" Matz; and sister, Dorothy Wentz.
Survivors include her husband, Warren; son, Randy (Deb) Windsor of Peabody; daughter, Elaine (Kevin) Dhuyvetter of Manhattan; sister, Adeline Spangler of Pretty Prairie; sister-in-law, Sally Matz of Peabody; grandchildren, Ryan (Michelle) Windsor of Westminster, Colo., Jana Windsor, and Traci Windsor (Todd Woodruff), all of Peabody, Dustin Dhuyvetter of Wichita, Ethan Dhuyvetter and Katie Dhuyvetter, both of Manhattan; and great-grandson, Knox Woodruff of Peabody.
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How to Win the #FounderShowcase Pitch Competition
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Posted by Nilay Patel on 2012-10-03
This guest post was written by Nilay Patel, Co-Founder & CEO of Selligy, who won the Grand Prize at the 11th Founder Showcase. Selligy is a mobile service for salespeople. Learn more at selligy.com.
The secret to winning the Founder Showcase is this: focus on your product. At Selligy, we're focused on building a great product for salespeople. To win, we spent a year researching our user and building a product that solves their problems. That gave us the two things that were the heart of our pitch: great user stories, and a great demo.
So the good news is, winning didn't involve some hypnotic presentation trick. The bad news is, well, it took a year!
But enough on the big picture - how did we boil down a year of passion into just a 180 second on-stage pitch?
1. Establish credibility.
You are going to spend 3 minutes on stage painting a vision for a future that does not yet exist. Why should the audience take you seriously? What makes you an expert in your subject matter? Do this fast and efficiently.
2. Make an eye-popping demo.
Nothing better demonstrates what you've accomplished than a live demo. The demo has to be a great story about your user, NOT about you, the product, or the design. Don't waste time describing your design decisions, or touting a list of secondary features. Don't describe how the product works - instead describe how it makes the user feel.
Also, take the time to build a self-contained and bullet-proof demo mode. We showed our real product, but a version that doesn't rely on a network connection and resets the demo data each time it starts. We built this for demo competitions, but I'm amazed at the number of times it remains handy - to show a potential partner, user, or VC. Unlike the real product, this demo always works, whether on a plane or 30 minutes after an inevitable gremlin broke the latest build.
Optics also matter. Our demo was given with my real iPhone. Even though receiving a phone call or text message could have been fatal. We didn't use an iPod Touch or switch on airplane mode. The audience would immediately notice you were giving a staged demo and discount everything you say. The first question from a VC would be, "Was that staged? How does your real product work?" We took the time to disable all notifications and forward phone calls - all to keep the AT&T logo on the top left corner of the status bar.
3. Answer questions confidently and authentically.
Since you know your space, you know your user, and you know why your problem is important to solve – you have nothing to fear! I got asked a couple questions I didn't have answers to and just said, "I don't know. I think this is how we'll find out." Don't try to BS your way out of questions. It probably won't work, and if you do know your stuff, you don't need to!
4. Hook 'em with the essentials, but leave 'em wanting more.
You only have three minutes, so you can't get to everything. If you get them interested, they'll ask for the rest later. We focused on establishing (1) our credibility, (2) the user problem, and (3) the huge market this user problem presents, and then dove into the demo to show how we would delight the user. We did steps 1, 2, and 3 in fewer than 8 sentences. So, to put it mildly, we barely touched the 'go-to-market' and other topics. But, since we hooked the audience, they actually asked about the rest during Q&A, or at our demo table.
Bonus Tip: By purposefully omitting key facts, you can correctly predict the questions you will get on stage - and prepare some really great answers.
5. Listen to Adeo. And don't listen to Adeo. (Boom!)
He has seen some of the best pitches ever – and, more importantly, he has seen presenters crash and burn. When he said our pitch had an issue, we stopped and fixed it. Full stop.
But, we did something different than our competitors – we focused on all demo, and didn't use slides. You need to stand out in a series of pitches, and this stood out. From the start, Adeo cautioned strongly against doing live demos, for many good technical reasons. We listened to the reasons, created a resilient demo to mitigate against the technical risks, and forged ahead. I believe this approach really set us apart.
We're a company founded by salespeople, building a great product for salespeople. So, maybe refining a pitch comes naturally to us. But ultimately, like any great sales pitch, it started with a year of gathering great user stories and building our product that got us to the top of the heap. That's key to building a great company too, not just a great pitch.
Thanks for the great advice Nilay! You can see a video of Selligy's winning pitch (as well as all previous competition-winning pitches) here.
If you would like to participate in the 12th Founder Showcase Pitch Competition, applications are due this Sunday, October 7th. Previous presenters have raised over $45 million in funding, and all companies less than 2 years old with less than $250,000 in funding are eligible to apply. Click here to apply now.PRIVATE: Members Only


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Strangeness heats up the fashion world as the week winds down with antics distracting from the pretty clothes.
Katie Holmes showed her Holmes & Yang line of smart luxury basics, but uninvited media were uninvited again to prevent a media circus. A publicist got slapped by an editor at the Zac Posen show (for being rude, imagine) and someone is suing. Diane von Furstenberg's creative director of 2 ½ years, Yvan Mispelaere, stepped down 48 hours after the show.
Meanwhile, the clothes show rolled on, the obsession with all things Eastern continued at Jeremy Scott, who showed gold leopard burqas topped with baseball caps and machine guns embellishing dresses, crop tops and sunglasses, which may or may not get him into trouble. Amid this, Michael Kors got busy with geometrics in a nod to mod for his "Mad Men"-goes-to-the-pool-party romp. Proenza Schouler joined the digital age with perforated leathers and pixilated photo prints worthy of a videogame heroine. J. Mendel found inspiration in the wisteria in photographs of the Kawachi Fuji garden in Japan. And Marchesa jetted to India for its take on Bollywood glam . . . "Oh my God, oh my God, it's Kimye! Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are at the Marchesa show. They haven't been at any shows yet, have they? Wait, was he at Alexander Wang?"
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Yesterday, we pointed out a new analysis from the Bipartisan Policy Center that provides a good, in-depth look at what would happen if the U.S. hits the debt ceiling.
The report also suggests that the U.S. could default on its debt as early as Feb. 15, which is about half a month sooner than was widely expected. The Bipartisan Policy Center says that the "X date" will come sometime between Feb. 15 and March 1.
"Our numbers show that we have less time to solve this problem than many realize," said Steve Bell, the senior director of the Economic Policy Project at BPC.
"We estimate that Treasury will exhaust its borrowing authority and no longer have sufficient funds to meet its obligations in full and on time at some point between Feb. 15 and March 1. It will be difficult for Treasury to get beyond the March 1 date in our judgment."
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You see the dialog box for generating a link to your file or folder. (If you're already sharing the file or folder, you see a list of people who share it with you. Click the Share With More People button.)
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Post to a social-networking site: Click the logo of the site. If the logo doesn't appear, click the Add Services link to add a site to the list of social-networking sites to which you can post.
Get a link: Click one of the three Create buttons. After you click Create, SkyDrive generates a link. Right-click to copy it.
Choose the degree to which you will share the file.
Send by e-mail: Clear all check boxes if you want people who receive the e-mail to view the file only; select Recipient Can Edit if you want recipients to be able to edit the file (to edit, they have to sign in to a Microsoft Account); select Require Everyone Who Accesses This to Sign In if you want only people with Microsoft Accounts to view the file.
Post to a social-networking site: Select Recipients Can Edit to allow people who click the link on the social-networking site to edit as well as view your file (to edit, they have to sign in to a Microsoft Account).
Get a link: Decide which of the Create buttons you want to click.
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