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If this went wrong, it would have gone really wrong. This is right up there with the scariest airplane landings of all time.
Thankfully, it lands safely, which means that the number of passengers who shat their pants was probably far less than it could have been if something had gone very wrong.
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Just hours after all of the Harry Potter books were finally made available on the Kinde, the Amazon Kindle Store is down. Did fanatical Harry Potter fans rushing to download ebooks cause the outage? It seems plausible.
Though you can navigate the Kindle Store, most titles are unavailable for purchase. Interestingly, several of the Harry Potter books are available (presumably because they're most in demand and Amazon wanted them up and available before anything else). We don't know when these problems cropped up, but the store's official Twitter account went silent shortly after the Harry Potter announcement. Without knowing the exact cause of the outage, it's not hard to imagine that the collision of Harry Potter and Amazon might just be enough to rattle the network. Amazon has been unavailable for comment on the whole matter. [The Verge]
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* Most free-market foreign exchange trade halted
* Govt fails to pressure traders into using its rate
* Likely to shift more trade into official channels
* Could accept resulting corruption, distortions
* Middle class would be hurt most
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DUBAI, Oct 8 (Reuters) - A battle of wills between Iran's government and foreign exchange traders may end with authorities taking over all legal trade in the rial, leaving many Iranians to seek hard currency illegally in a poorly supplied black market.
This arrangement would probably let the economy limp on in the face of Western economic sanctions. But it might also increase corruption, distort companies' business decisions and fuel middle-class discontent with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
In the past two weeks, the rial-U.S. dollar exchange rate has emerged as a fault line in Iran's economy as the country resists foreign pressure over its nuclear programme, denying Western accusations that it is aimed at making weapons.
The sanctions have slashed Iran's oil export earnings and triggered a rush by Iranians to change their savings into foreign currency, dragging the rial down. Early last week the rial was trading around 37,500 to the dollar, having lost about a third of its value in 10 days and two thirds in 15 months.
For Iran's clerical rulers, who face threats of war from abroad and widespread if subdued discontent at home, preventing any destabilising economic crisis is a pressing concern.
Many economists estimate Iran may still earn more from exports than it spends on imports, giving the state leeway to resist Western pressure, as sanctions-hit rulers in the likes of Iraq, Serbia and Zimbabwe did in the past. But a loss of trust in the rial among Iran's private savers means the government may now limit private dealing in the currency to staunch the flow.
The slide in the rial is boosting inflation, officially at around 25 percent already, as imported goods become dearer. Last week riot police clashed near Tehran's Grand Bazaar with crowds protesting at the currency's drop, while Ahmadinejad is under fire from parliament for his economic management.
So the government is eager to stabilise the exchange rate. Its failure to do so in the last several days suggests it may have to close down the legal free market entirely to establish control of the currency, analysts said.
"The end result will be the government taking over currency trading, squeezing out the private traders or forcing them to bow to the government for patronage," said Mohammad Ali Shabani, an Iranian political analyst based in London.
"This will give the government leverage as it prepares for tighter sanctions in the next 20 months."
Over the last several days, the government has tried to impose its will on the currency market with a combination of threats and persuasion.
The Iranian Money Changers Association, a state-licensed body, recommended its members sell dollars at 28,500 rials - a discount of about a quarter on last week's free market rate.
At the same time, over two dozen people have been arrested on charges of manipulating the currency market - widely seen as a warning to dealers of the consequences if they quote the rial at weaker rates than those proposed by the authorities.
Traders are unwilling to lose money by selling dollars at such prices, but also fearful of official displeasure if they sell at other prices. So most free-market trade in the rial in Tehran and across the Gulf in Dubai, a major centre for business with Iran, has shut down, dealers in both cities say.
"If you go to Iran now it will be really hard to find U.S. dollars - you have to buy them in the black market," said an Iranian currency dealer in Dubai, declining to be named because of the political sensitivity of his remarks.
Analysts said the government's likely response to the stand-off would be to shift more currency trade out of the market and into official channels.
Earlier this year it fixed an official "reference rate" of 12,260 rials at which the central bank sells Iran's petrodollars to importers of some foods and medicines that are designated as essential goods. Last month it created a foreign exchange centre to serve importers of basic goods, such as industrial materials.
Already there are signs these official channels are being expanded. On Friday Iranian media reported the exchange centre would cover a wider variety of basic goods, such as olive oil.
On Monday, state television quoted Industry Minister Mehdi Ghazanfari as saying the centre, now quoting a dollar rate of 25,550 rials, would begin providing hard currency to more categories of people requesting it, including students studying overseas and patients going abroad for medical treatment.
"The exchange centre can soon take a lead role in determining currency prices in the free market," he said.
It is not clear, though, whether the government will over the long term have enough hard currency to satisfy all demand through its official channels, especially if sanctions cut its exports far enough to push its trade balance into deficit.
At the end of last year, Iran had official foreign reserves of $106 billion, according to the International Monetary Fund. Their current level is a closely guarded secret, but some analysts estimate they may have dropped by several tens of billions of dollars as the sanctions cut Iran's oil income.
As much as a third of the reserves may be trapped in banks overseas, where they cannot be used because of Western banking sanctions, some analysts believe.
Meanwhile, Iran's merchandise imports are running at a rate of a little over $50 billion a year, according to the latest official data. Last year, export earnings outstripped import payments by $51 billion, but some analysts think sanctions may already nearly wipe that surplus out this year.
Nonetheless, figures for trade and reserves suggest the country does not risk running out of hard currency in the very near term, but that it could start to do so in the next year or two if sanctions continue.
This risk may cause the government to ration dollar supplies tightly - providing hard currency to students travelling abroad if their discontent is politically troublesome, for example, but refusing to sell dollars to importers of luxuries, or to middle-class savers seeking to protect their assets from inflation.
And a state monopoly on foreign exchange would have other costs. The potential for corruption among officials handing out dollars is huge; Shabani said he had heard of people setting up bogus "export-import" firms in Iran just to obtain dollars.
"Depending on who you are and if you can get access to FX at a decent level, your cost structure will be totally different to others," said Steve Hanke, economics professor at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. "That means the economy is replete with distortions and as inflation picks up, they get worse."
Iran's government may be content to accept such costs, however, if the system allows it to battle on against the West.
Emad Mostaque, a strategist at Religare Capital Markets, said the currency turmoil would be most damaging to the middle class and private merchants - but they were already not very politically supportive of the government.
People close to the government will be able to use official channels to get dollars, while the working class - 80 percent of the population - will not see its spending power fall too much as the government will provide subsidies, he wrote in a report.
"The current economic stress is nothing compared to 1988, where Iran halted the Iran-Iraq war with an economy in ruins following chemical weapons attacks, complete sanctions and oil at $10 per barrel," Mostaque said. Oil is now above $100.
(With reporting by Marcus George, Yeganeh Torbati and Amena Bakr; Editing by Alastair Macdonald)
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Wainwright reaches 12 wins as Cards defeat Brewers 10-2
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Adam Wainwright pitched seven strong innings and the St. Louis Cardinals sent Milwaukee to its seventh straight loss, 10-2 on Saturday as the Brewers mourned the death of shortstop Jean Segura's young son.
Segura left the team and traveled home to the Dominican Republic, a day after his 9-month-old son died. The Brewers observed a moment of silence for Janniel Segura, and the clubhouse was closed before the game.
The 24-year-old shortstop learned his son had died after the Brewers' 7-6 loss to St. Louis on Friday night. Manager Ron Roenicke said the boy had been ill.
The Cardinals pulled into a first-place tie with Milwaukee in the NL Central. St. Louis trailed by 6 1/2 games on July 1.
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An audience of about 30 people received a line-by-line look at the City of Morenci proposed budget for the next fiscal year.
The balanced budget proposal seemed to catch at least one resident by surprise, leading to the question, "So why is there a problem?"
The answer is the same one legal and finance committee chair Keith Pennington gave two weeks ago when he first talked about the proposed layoffs of three staff members: "We have no savings. We've found that we can't operate year after year without any savings."


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And in regards to the impact that the Dallas County Manufacturing Association partnership with Richland College and the manufacturing community in Garland, it's been an outstanding success story for all businesses that would have been able to participate in a partnership.
At MICROPACK, we've been privileged to participate in several grants that have been developed and provided that have taken our people to the next level of excellence that we look for in terms of education.
It's one of the most important things that we have to do in this culture of, or in today's society, is to really develop our people.
So our core values consist of a people first organization.
We believe in creating a learning organization.
And to create a learning organization, you have to be committed to training and developing people.
And it's all about working together and being successful as you do that.
Some of the products we provide, lives depend on the products we, we provide.
And so, it's very important to get that education provided to our employees.
In order to create a learning organization, we require all of our employees to have a minimum of 24 hours of formal training in education over a year period.
So the creating a learning organization means that you are educating your employees to grow to the next level of excellence.
In manufacturing, our skillsets are advancing faster than we can keep up with.
By developing our people and training them, we provide the capabilities to provide the products that we need to provide in order to save the lives that we save by providing mission critical applications.
If you kind of go back to the beginning, which is, I bet what, ten years ago now, we initiated The Dallas County Manufacturing Association, which was a gathering of the manufacturers in the Garland area through the Chamber of Commerce.
And in creating The Dallas County Manufacturing Association, one of the key themes was, how do we develop manufacturing across common grounds, across the various manufacturing companies?
And a big part of that is workforce development.
Workforce development is our number one issue.
It's the number one issue for our company.
It's the number one issue for any manufacturing company in, in the Garland area.
So, we created a partnership with The Dallas County Manufacturing Association and Richland College.
And Richland College has been the facilitator of organizing a partnership in which the manufacturers can receive training and education in order to develop our employees.
This is crucial to our success.
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So, with The Dallas County Manufacturing Association, we've expanded to include areas of focus.
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And this is where a lot of the personnel managers across the manufacturing companies get together and share best lessons learned and best practices.
The other area that we've done is in the area of safety.
And safety is one of the critical elements of any manufacturing company, particularly as it protects the people and the processes you have to follow, and must follow, in order to provide a safe environment.
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At this year's Miss America pageant, eyebrows were raised when Theresa Vail, Miss Kansas, was the first contestant with a visible tattoo. Then, the pageant's first Indian American winner was the target of racist comments. WSJ's Denise Blostein reports. Photo: Associated Press
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Last week at E3 2011, I had a chance to sit down and chat with video game luminary Shigeru Miyamoto. We'll be posting the interview in full tomorrow, but to offer a glimpse, here's what the creator of Donkey Kong, Mario, and Zelda had to say when asked why the Wii and Wii U aren't as colorful as past Nintendo systems.
"Based on my background as an industrial designer and Nintendo and my background in creating entertainment, I've always wanted to make greater use of color in our hardware," said Miyamoto. "If you look back on things like the Famicom and the original Super Nintendo, they were a lot more colorful from a hardware perspective.
"What we found over the years when we included a lot of different colors in our hardware is people would kind of point to that and use it to paint us as more kid-oriented. So really what we looked at is what are some ways from a design perspective that can make the system appeal to all ages One of the ways that we found to best do that is to minimize the use of color. In that process we asked if we're going to do that, what's the best way to go? We found that rather than going all black - all white seems to have a broader appeal to people."
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Q: Will San Diego see any immediate effects March 1 of the sequester of $85 billion in federal funds?
Panel's answer: Yes 7, No 1
Marney Cox, San Diego Association of Governments
Answer: YES
Some "effects" have likely already occurred. The possibility of expenditure reductions (from sequestration) have been known for more than a year, so, the businesses and agencies likely to bear the brunt of the cuts have been busy planning and budgeting for this event. When March 1 arrives there won't be a major reaction because of the advanced planning. In fact, if sequestration is averted our region could experience a slight economic boost. Also, our region likely has shouldered a disproportionate share of the early cut-backs because the San Diego region is home to a high concentration of Department of Defense funded activity, which is expected to absorb one-half of the expenditure reductions.
Kelly Cunningham, National University Systems
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Although federal spending should be reduced by even greater amounts than the sequestration, lopping off spending by such a brutish indiscriminate method damages essential operations. San Diego has already been impacted under the threat and uncertainties of such misallocated reductions. Due to the extensive network of military operations and defense expenditures throughout the region, and other federal programs over-proportionally represented locally, including the border patrol and the Coast Guard, San Diego will absorb much greater impacts from across the board funding cuts than anywhere else in the nation. We project the loss to San Diego's economy will approach $5 billion per year.
Alan Gin, University of San Diego
But the impact will not occur all at once. Rather, it will be rolling over the course of the rest of the year. San Diego is more dependent on federal government spending than most metropolitan areas, given the large amount of defense expenditures and scientific research that goes on here. So the sequestration cuts could have a significant, negative impact on the local economy. Other impacts will be on how we go about living are lives, as government furloughs could impact areas such food inspection, air travel, border travel, and National Park hours. The furloughs also mean less income and therefore less consumption in the local economy.
James Hamilton, University of California San Diego
The Pentagon faces an immediate 7 percent cut. You can't make that kind of adjustment without having a noticeable impact on the San Diego economy. Macroeconomic Advisers is predicting that the sequester would cost 700,000 jobs nationally. The Army estimates that the cuts would lead to 300,000 furloughs or job losses nationally, of which 11,000 are in California. Sizable cuts in federal contributions to health and education spending and research would also have local effects.
Gary London, The London Group Realty Advisors
Locally, the residual impact of sequestration is mixed, but centers on the military. There are still a huge amount of contracts under way that will take years to complete, including the huge hospital at Camp Pendleton and 3,000 housing units there. The big cuts will be in orders for planes and ships, but that won't be noticeable for several years. San Diego is scheduled to receive a new carrier in 2015. We're in pretty good shape. Nationwide, there will be some more base closings. There is obvious local and national concern about the fiscal cliff/sequestration as well as about offshore economic issues. Hopefully what we are witnessing this week is posturing, and that this will lead to fiscal resolutions that are fairer than this approach.
Norm Miller, University of San Diego
Many local business decisions are already being delayed for every federal government unit, every contractor and every recipient of program funding pending an internal battle over prioritization and the handling of cuts. While many in the defense, border patrol and other service industries have tried to proactively plan for these cuts, the inability of Congress to compromise has made it impossible to act. The effects are already starting to be felt. Clearly a Simpson-Bowles-style balanced plan would be far superior, but this is one time that having exhausted all rational options our government is likely to choose what is irrational.
Lynn Reaser, Point Loma Nazarene University
Many organizations, especially defense contractors and research facilities, have prepared budgets for a worse case scenario. Sequestration would put those plans into effect, which could quickly change job warnings into actual layoffs. Although uniformed military personnel would not see payroll cuts, they could see the further impact of reduced support spending on operations and maintenance. Civilian workers would see announcements of furloughs coming by April on top of the hiring freeze already in effect. Ship repairers could send out more layoff warnings. The ripple effects of spending cuts would hurt already fragile consumer and business confidence. Sequestration would deal a swift and significant blow to our region.
Dan Seiver, Reilly Financial Advisors
Not on that day, but very soon after. Defense will be cut, and given the importance to San Diego of defense employees, both civilian (furloughs) and uniformed (benefits), and defense contractors (cuts in procurement), there will be direct and indirect impacts. Lower incomes will spread into other sectors, like retail. Furloughed civilians will spend less on everything if their incomes are cut by 20 percent. Non-defense spending of many kinds will also be cut. NIH and NSF spending will be cut, which could affect academic laboratories in San Diego. Other program cuts will also reduce incomes, with secondary effects. Security lines at the airport will probably get longer.


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Panthers' linebacker Luke Kuechly named Sporting News' 2013 defensive player of the year
Luke Kuechly is not a good dancer, and that's being kind.
But he has the footwork, instincts and coordination to make the baddest moves on the football field as arguably the best middle linebacker in the NFL. Kuechly has been named Sporting News' Defensive Player of the Year and that comes as a shock to absolutely no one.
AWARDS: Offensive Player of the Year | Rookie of the Year | Coach of the Year | Comeback Player of the Year
A first-time Pro Bowler, Kuechly was fourth in the league in the regular season with 156 tackles. He also intercepted four passes and recorded two sacks. Most important, he was the anchor of a defense that was second in the league, yielding a mere 301.2 yards per game.
In 2012, Kuechly led the league with 164 tackles as a rookie.
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It's impossible not to marvel at back-to-back seasons like that. At this point, even veterans have to give him his due. At the Pro Bowl in Hawaii, Kuechly quickly emerged as a defensive leader, shouting out signals. After all, it's not a coincidence that he always seems to be around the ball. He has an uncanny recognition of offensive play calls and is studious.
Colts defensive coordinator Greg Manusky, speaking to the Charlotte Observer, described him this way: "Smart, intelligent, good football player."
And just like a running back who encounters Kuechly is stopped in his tracks, we can end defense of his title right there.
The best of the rest, based on the voting:
2. Robert Quinn, defensive end, St. Louis Rams
3. Robert Mathis, linebacker, Indianapolis Colts
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Gladstone Bartender Stephen Eyes (above), took to the stage years ago with his interactive live late night talk show Eyes on Toronto. Featuring some of Toronto's finest comedians, musicians, actors and more, the show was a hit and regularly packed the Gladstone Ballroom with people out for a good time.
Reviving this greatly missed talk show format, Stephen appeared Aug 6th, packing the Ballroom yet again with Eyes on Queen West. Boasting an amazing guest lineup of Ennis Esmer, Joe Dinicol, Debra DiGiovanni, Fraser Young, Vag Halen with special guests JAT and Mena Von Fleisch–it was nothing short of eye opening.
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10 Things to Get Started
Although "data journalism" can encompass infographics, interactives, web apps, FOI, databases and a whole host of other numbering, coding, displaying techniques; the road less travelled-by has certain steps, turns and speed bumps. In that sense, here's a list of things to tick off if you're interested in going down the data journalism road:
- Know the legal boundaries – get to know the Data Protection Act 1998 and the sections on access to personal data and unstructured personal data held by authorities. Do not set foot on your journey without reading the section on exemptions relating to journalism. Use legislation as a reference by downloading the Mobile Legislate app.
- Look at data – get to know what is out there, what format it's in and where it's coming from. Places like Data.gov.uk, London Datastore, Office for National Statistics and Get the Data are good places to start for raw data but don't forget, anything on the web is data. The best data are often hidden. Data can be text and pictures so even mining social media and catching the apps built from them can give you insight into what can be done with data.
- Read all about it – to make data and stats accessible you need to know how to frame them within a story. In that sense, you need to know how to undertand the stories they tell. That doesn't mean going on a stats course. There are a lot of accessible reading material and I would recommend The Tiger That Isn't.
- Get connected – find HacksHackers near you and join Meetup groups to point you in the right directions. Data journalists' interests and abilities are unique to the individual (much like programmers) so don't take text of advice as set in stone (the web changes too quickly for that!). Find your own way and your own set of people to guide you. Go to courses and conferences. Look outside the journalism bubble. Data is more than just news.
- Spread your bets – the easiest way to sort data is by using spreadsheets. Start with free options like Google Docs and OpenOffice. Industry standards include Microsoft Excel and Access. Learn to sort, filter and pivot. Find data you're interested in and explore the data using your eyes balls. Know what each piece of software does and can do to the data before mashing it with another piece of software.
- Investigate your data – query it using the simple language SQL and the software MySQL. It's a bit tricky to set up but by now you'll know a hacker you can ask for help! Clean your data using Google Refine. There are tutorials and a help wiki. Know how these function not just how to navigate the user interfaces, as these will change. These products go through iterations much more quickly than the spreadsheet software.
- Map your data – from Google spreadsheets the easiest way to build a map is by using MapAList. There is a long list of mapping software from GeoCommons to ArcGIS. Find what's easiest for you and most suitable for your data. See what landscapes can be revealed and hone in on areas of interest. Understand the limitations of mapping data, you'll find devolution makes it difficult to get data for the whole of the UK and some postcodes will throw up errors.
- Make it pretty – visualize your data only once you fully understand it (source, format, timeframe, missing points, etc). Do not jump straight to this as visuals can be misleading. Useful and easy software solutions include Google Fusion Tables, Many Eyes and Tableau. Think of unique ways to present data by checking out what the graphics teams at news organizations have made but also what design sites such as Information is Beautiful and FlowingData are doing.
- Make your community – don't just find one, build one. This area in journalism is constantly changing and for you to keep up you'll need to source a custom made community. So blog and tweet but also source ready-made online communities from places like the European Journalism Centre, National Institute for Computer Assisted Reporting (NICAR), BuzzData andDataJournalismBlog.
- Scrape it – do not be constrained by data. Liberate it, mash it, make it useable. Just like a story, data is unique and bad data journalism comes with constraining the medium containing it. With code, there is no need to make the story 'fit' into the medium. "The Medium is the Message" (a la Marshall McLuhan). Scrape the data using ScraperWiki and make applications beyond story telling. Make data open. For examples check out OpenCorporates, Schooloscope and Planning Alerts. If you're willing to give coding a try, this book called "Learning Python the Hard Way" is actually the easiest way to learn for the non-programmer. There is also a Google Group for Python Journalists you should join.
These are guidelines and not a map for your journey. Your beat, the data landscape, changes at the speed of web. You just need to be able to read the signs of the land as there's no end point, no goal and no one to guide you.
Note: if you use third party software you need to understand their legal guidelines and take down policies. Your publication may fight the public interest case to use data from Wikileaks, for example, but the third party may not legally be able to do so and so could take down your visual/application.


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Old Research, New Resources, Fresh Eyes
I started researching my family history in August 1977, just over 34 years ago and I am amazed at the changes over that time. Anyone starting out now can't appreciate just how hard it was back then, especially trying to do it from Australia. Yesterday I proved (I think) that I made a fundamental error back then but without access to today's resources, the decisions I made then were all reasonable and based on available evidence. I welcome feedback on the saga that unfolds below.
In 1977 I started buying all my Australian certificates not just key ones but all the children's certificates too. I wanted all the details so that I could trace my families over time.
Thomas and Elizabeth Price arrived in Sydney in 1878 a few months after their marriage in Staffordshire. They had ten children across New South Wales and Queensland. From each of the children's birth certificates I gathered information on Thomas and Elizabeth.
Elizabeth's maiden name was Judge and she was born ca 1857 in Croughton, Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire and even Staffordshire – all places she gave on the birth certificates. Her death certificate gave her parents as George Judge and Elizabeth Ann Silk (I was sceptical of the Silk name as that was connected to the Price family).
From the family bible she had brought out with her I knew the date that she and Thomas had married so I applied for the marriage certificate. This also gave her father's name as George Judge. So armed with all this information in 1979 I applied for her birth certificate. These were the days before indexes were widely available or online so I had the Registrar do a search. There was only one Elizabeth Judge born in 1857 in Brackley, Northamptonshire – quite close to Croughton. The certificate showed that Elizabeth was the illegitimate daughter of Harriet Judge. No other Elizabeth matched the details that I had and I assumed (that magic word) that she had not wanted Thomas to know that she was illegitimate and had said George was her father to cover up.
I then engaged a profession researcher in Northamptonshire to find Harriet Judge's family and she was the daughter of Thomas and Hannah Judge and had various siblings. The researcher also found the family in the various census returns – all before indexes and digitised images. The only thing he didn't find was Elizabeth Judge, Harriet's child – where was she?
The years went past, and every so often I would revisit my Judge family. I even hired the microfilm at the local Family History Centre and checked the census returns myself but that was like looking for a needle in a haystack. Then the English BDMs became available on microfiche and I decided to trace Harriet – she must have married and perhaps Elizabeth was with her in that new family.
I found Harriet who had married a George Gardiner in 1860. I searched the 1861 census (and subsequent censuses) for them but still no Elizabeth. What had Harriet done with her illegitimate child Elizabeth?
Again the years past and then we had access to digitised images of the census and online indexes. Surely I would find Elizabeth now. But no, I still couldn't locate any reference to her other than that birth certificate and her marriage certificate. Where was she for 21 years?
Elizabeth had spent her last years living with her daughter in law, Alice Price and my mother. Mum used to tell me how Elizabeth would always have lollies waiting for her when she got home from school. My mother wanted to know what Elizabeth's life was like in England and how had she met Thomas Price. That was an interesting question – if she was in Northamptonshire, how had she met Thomas Price in West Bromwich, Staffordshire?
A few months ago I made a determined search to find Elizabeth in the 1861 census – she was about four years old but I couldn't find any Elizabeth Judge that might be her. After another recent visit to Mum I again came home determined to find her in the 1871 census. If she married Thomas Price in 1878 she had to be somewhere in 1871.
Again I looked at every possible Elizabeth Judge, only this time I did turn up a family in the 1871 census – father George (as on her marriage certificate), mother Ann (not that far from Elizabeth Ann on her death certificate) and an Elizabeth, 13 years old, born in Northamptonshire. They were also living in West Bromwich where Thomas Price was. What made it even more exciting was that George was born in Croughton, the place Elizabeth said she was born and there was a sister Eliza. Surely a family wouldn't have both an Eliza and an Elizabeth?
My first thoughts were that George was some relative of Harriet's or her parents John and Hannah Judge and that George and his wife had looked after the illegitimate Elizabeth. But looking at my Judge family I couldn't see how George could fit in. Then it occurred to me why hadn't I found this George Judge, Ann, Elizabeth and other siblings in the 1861 census?
So back to the 1861 census and no they were not there. I hadn't missed them and I was checking both Ancestry and FindMyPast sites so I just couldn't understand any of it. Another daughter was called Eunice and that had to be more uncommon than George, Elizabeth or Ann. I then searched the 1861 census for all females named Eunice born ca 1853 and it was a nice short list.
There was Eunice born in Croughton, Northamptonshire with her sister Elizabeth also born in Croughton together with mother Ann and other siblings. The only difference was that the surname was Pollard not Judge. Ann was a 35 year old widow with five children. Between the 1861 and 1871 census she had married George Judge and taken his surname as did all of her children. They had also moved from Croughton to West Bromwich.
By the 1881 census George and Ann Judge and family were living in Potters Lane, West Bromwich – the same street as Thomas Price and his family. This must have been how and where Elizabeth and Thomas met.
Had I at long last found my Elizabeth Judge who was really Elizabeth Pollard? The reason I could never find another possible birth certificate for my Elizabeth Judge was that she was born with the surname Pollard but took her stepfather George Judge's name when her mother remarried.
What happened to Harriet Judge's illegitimate child Elizabeth? I have not checked for deaths and perhaps she was adopted or fostered out and ended up with another surname too.
I have other step marriages in my family history but this is the only time when the children have taken the surname of the stepfather. I can see that this could result in many brickwalls and if there hadn't been an Elizabeth born about the right time and place I might have hit a brickwall, instead I hit a red herring.
The digitisation and indexing of census records (and everything else) allows us now to find family complexities like this easier and quicker. In hindsight with new resources it all looks so easy, and it is. If there is any aspect in your own research that niggles, perhaps its time to take a fresh look!
That's a great story! I can see why you made the decisions you made at the time but you didn't leave it alone and found the right answer in the end. It's so much easier to find these things now!
Thanks Shauna,
A great example of a couple of lessons I always stress about the census – firstly, look for the person with the most unusual name, and secondly, look without a surname in case it has been misindexed, or in this case changed due to mothers remarriage (I have seen examples of that before).
You should now be on track to find Elizabeth Pollard's birth as there are only two Elizabeths and two Elizabeth Anns in Brackley (the registration district covering Croughton) in the 1850s. The most likely looking is Elizabeth, registered QSep 1857, 3b 5
What a marvelous breakthrough. You have inspired me to go back and re-examine those ancestors who ' don't feel right' !
Great work and I understand. I started in the 1980s and feel your pain. Left the research alone for years and when I returned a few years ago was amazed at all that I was able to start uncovering thanks to digitization.
Thanks Shauna. Just goes to show how how the story of our research journey can be as interesting to document as the story we uncover in our research. I remember August 1977 – Elvis Presley died! And was'nt that about the same times as "Roots" was on TV. What inspired you to start your research in the first place?
Hi Liz
Yes August 1977 was when Roots was on TV – it was my trigger to start looking for my own family. I then did a six week course with one of the people who was instrumental in setting up the Genealogical Society of Queensland. There wasn't even a society back then in Brisbane!
Wow! Your perseverance has finally paid off. Great job! You should be very proud of breaking down this brick wall.
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Hans Josefsson, was hired in 1971, immediately after he graduated from the University College of Opera in Gothenburg, at Stora Teatern, where he played a very large number of principal roles within opera, musicals and operetta. On moving to the Göteborg Opera in 1994, he continued his career in roles such as Chefone in Aniara, Frank in Die Fledermaus, Daland in The Flying Dutchman, the Mayor in Jenufa, Scarpia in Tosca, Crespel in The Adventures of Hoffmann, Balstrode in Peter Grimes, Landgrave Hermann in Tannhäuser, Dr Bartolo in The Marriage of Figaro, Innkeeper Thénardier in Les Misérables and Old Deuteronomy in Cats. He has also been behind the concept, script, direction of Göteborg Opera's Christmas event, Jultrad-i-ton, ever since it started in 1995. Hans Josefsson became famous throughout the Nordic region for his interpretation of the role of Ernst Rolf in the TV series, Lyckeland. In addition, he has had engagements at Oscars Theatre in Stockholm, Malmö Opera, The Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen, Helsinki Opera and has appeared on a number of opera stages in Italy. Hans Josefsson has made many recordings, has also been a programme host on SVT and Artistic Director of Himlaspelet (the Heavenly Play) in Leksand. In 2009, he played Änkeman Jarl in the Riksteatern/Nöjeshunden production.


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Just wondering if there's anyone we know who has some experience with Baby Signs or Baby Signing. It seems as though there's a few different options out there, and perhaps a few schools of thought.
The original book that started it all seems to indicate that you should see what signs your baby is already making when they are trying to communicate and to largely adopt those as the language you use (this is a gross simplification). We probably all at times growing up either had secret languages, or fantasized about having them. That said, secret languages are most useful not in communicating but in keeping secrets, and that's counter to our goal here.
Other advocates seem to use primarily ASL (American Sign Language which is the official sign language for English speaking Canada), which makes sense to me since it would be a larger life skill for both the baby and us, if we started to become fluent in it we could actually use it for something else, whereas the secret language wouldn't provide this benefit.
One thing that I found especially odd is that as far as I can tell none of the programs are endorsed or provided by Deaf organizations. It seems at least on the face of it that would be a natural fit, good outreach and a valuable revenue stream. Also the fact that those organizations don't seem to be involved at all triggers some cynicism for me at least. Regardless, at this point we're still planning on going forward with it.
So I guess the questions that we'd like answers to are:
- have you tried signing with your baby, and would you recommend it?
- what resources if any did you use?
- did you use ASL based languages or something else?
- did you take a course, and would you recommend it?
- did you teach everyone in the family the various signs? how about baby sitters?
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RICHMOND, Va.—CAA Player of the Week accolades are something to brag about. The VCU tennis program has a lot to brag about this week as the CAA recognized the exceptional play of members of both the men's and women's squad
On the men's side, sophomore Alejandro Argente collected CAA Men's Tennis Player of the Week honors after going a perfect 4-0 in both singles and doubles matches this past week. Matching up against Maryland, Argente paired up with Jaime Vazquez to earn an 8-6 win over Jesse Kiuru and Andy Magee before taking down Magee in singles action 6-4, 6-2.
When Louisiana-Lafayette came to Richmond, Argente worked with Vazquez again to topple Damian Farinola and Carl Alberton 8-2 before beating Farinola 6-4, 6-3 in singles.
Senior Alex Bara, nationally ranked #120 in singles, received CAA Women's Tennis Player of the Week after her wins in both singles and doubles competition at Virginia Tech. She began play with her sister, Ana Bara, as they took down Martha Blakely and Courtney Rauscher in an 8-5 victory. Alex then moved on to Isel Martinez-Marcos, who she dispatched 6-2, 6-4 at the second singles position. Her two wins on the day contributed to a 5-2 win for VCU against the Hokies.
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Aluminum poles are the most common option since they can withstand heavy winds. In today's day and age, we have a plethora of options to select from when it comes to purchasing Tacoma bed tents. There is a wide variety available each of them coming with its own set of features. However, consider the options above and make sure you choose it from a reputable retailer. Selecting the right option would enhance the overall experience. Conclusion: If you want to buy a new truck bed tent then you must have to follow the above-mentioned things in this way you will get a good truck bed tent that will fit your needs.
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With the rapid change in time also brought the modern way of communication which has made us familiar with the term "Social Media". It is a kind of technology that simplifies the creation and sharing of information, ideas, career interests and other forms of expression via virtual communities and networks. It is an ability to bring people together. Organizations have been engaged in numerous events that can be carried out through social media to get customer brilliance by capturing VOC to gain customer insights. Social networks are now an extensive part of every marketing strategy, and the benefits of using social media are so great that it can bring phenomenal marketing opportunity. Social media has now become the most accepted option when it comes to market various products and services. It is the biggest channel of exchanging different but meaningful information which can also be in the form of conversations. It is important to be aware of when and what is the information to be shared through social media in order to have an effective and an efficient way of communication. Stated below are some of the key benefits of Social Media Management 1. You get enable to reach out to the right or targeted customers. According to the study, almost 2.34 billion people in the world are connected through Social Media. You can target the right audience with different casts, cultures, and locations. 2. Learn How to Connect with Your Audience through Social Listing: Social listening is the act of observing various conversations happening around different issues. It also helps you to understand what the targeted audience is and also identify the latest trend your target audience is following. It will also make you aware of the pain area of your customer and how effective you can deal with those problems. 3. Enhance the brand image of your company: This is one of the significant areas. It is always important to update your product detail or some other activity related to the brand, daily, weekly or on a monthly basis, according to the need. This activity will certainly increase engagement as more and more people will get active on your social media page and understand well about the company and the product. 4. Be competitive: Businesses have started adopting social media as one of the vital sources of online marketing. According to business experts, benefits of social media marketing majorly helps in making your brand more competitive in the market 5. Increase customer loyalty: This will only be possible by ensuring that all the queries or customer feedback are completely understood by the social media team and accordingly replied without any delay. This activity will help in gaining trust over the credibility of your business 6. Social Media can also help in increasing traffic to your business website. This practice will definitely be beneficial and if continue can generate fruitful and positive results for your business and simultaneously achieve higher page ranking with the use of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) 7. Increase in conversion rate: Social media management allows your business to give an optimistic impression. When any brands are interactive by sharing content, commenting, and status posting on social media, it personalizes a brand. Due to huge price involved in traditional marketing or print media, studies have also shown better conversion ratio while using social media. 8. Social Media Management is indeed very cost effective as compared to other marketing strategies which will definitely give greater ROI (Return on Investment) At the end, I would like to conclude by putting up my opinion and to focus more on social media management tools for the effective business approach. The sooner you start, the sooner you'll see growth in your business.
Furniture Movers
Regardless if you hire professional movers or do it yourself, it is good to know how to wrap the furniture and what to expect. We sell moving supplies and often hear questions: - How many moving blankets do I need? Which moving blanket should I use and how do I wrap my furniture?
The way to wrap furniture for moving depends on specifics of your move. Is it interstate move, across the country, or local moving around the block? Loading PODS or international shipping container, or moving to long term storage?
If you are getting ready to move and concerned about safely moving your household goods this series of articles will show in details how to wrap your furniture for any large or small move. People sometimes underestimate amount of packing required for a moving job, but it is important to pack your personal belongings properly. I have been in the moving business for over 20 years, moved hundreds of families personally as a foreman and driver, and then thousands more as an owner of a moving company, both moving locally and moving interstate. I was teaching my movers the best and most efficient ways of handling and wrapping furniture, wrapping with blankets, crating, boxing, you name it.
Movers. Contrary to some statements I came across in other articles, Movers do care about your shipment, in most cases foreman is personally responsible to pay for your damages and movers also know that if something gets broken it is unlikely that they get any tips. At the same time movers do not have any sentimental attachment to your belongings and treat precious to you items as anything else. Their main goal is to secure the goods in a way that it will not break and will be easy to load. Therefore it is important to make a foreman (moving crew leader) which items require special care.
Do not expect movers to see your household goods the way you see it. The movers simply do not have time to consider how delicate each and every item might be. For example a bottle with exotic sand, layered by the color or even in a special design, will be ruined if simply laid on its side. Movers will make sure to pack the bottle that it will be safe, but they might not realize that the sand layers inside the bottle are not fixed and might mix into an ugly mess from vibration in the truck. It is true that most damage occurs while carrying, loading and unloading, but it is also true that if movers (or yourself) do not load the truck properly some items will get damaged in transit.
Plastic Covers. Plastic covers for moving would include Shrink wrap or stretch wrap and Plastic mattress cover, plastic sofa cover or plastic chair covers. Shrink wrap - is widely used in shipping to keep a load on a pallet together as one unit and not to allow it to fall apart or items disappear from shipment. In moving furniture shrink wrap was originally used to keep items with small parts or opening doors or drawers together. Then it became a substitute for plastic covers to wrap mattresses. It is not at all better than a plastic mattress cover, but it is more profitable for a moving company: it cost much less to buy a roll of shrink wrap, but it takes longer to wrap plus mover can charge more for each item wrapped. Movers might even wrap shrink wrap on top of furniture already wrapped in blankets. It looks good, but it is very expensive and absolutely useless. If you put your items to storage shrink wrap is actually damaging to the furniture, because it traps the moisture and the furniture can actually rot under the shrink wrap if stored long enough. I would strongly recommend using mattress covers, because even if it will be wrapped in a blanket - you do not know what was wrapped in that blanket before. And mattress is what you sleep on. Also sofas with light colored upholstery would be better off if you cover it with plastic sofa cove before wrapping in the furniture blankets. Sometimes the color bleeds off the moving blanket onto upholstery.
SUMMARY: When preparing for the move consider specifics of your move and consider the furniture you want to wrap. Need to save space? - Get space savers or paper blankets, need better protection - get premium quality thick moving blankets. Want to keep your fragile safe - pack them in double wall strong boxes with a lot of cushioning materials Want your keep furniture clean - use Plastic furniture covers. In the next article we will go over specifics of wrapping various items of furniture.


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The offseason got even busier for Sean Johnson Thursday as U.S. Men's National Team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann named the Fire goalkeeper to the senior team's 20-man January camp roster set to take place Jan. 3-26 in Phoenix, AZ and Carson, CA.
The senior team call-up is the first one for Johnson since earning his debut appearance in a 1-1 draw vs. Chile in the same camp last January. It also adds to an offseason that has seen the 22-year-old goalkeeper make two trips to Europe for training camp with the U.S. U-23 team and a 10-day stint with English Premier League side Everton earlier this month.
Projected to be a part of the U.S. Olympic qualifying efforts at the end of March, Johnson just finished up another U-23 camp on Thursday.
"I'm definitely excited about it," said Johnson from the team's base in Sarasota, FL. "There's a lot to look forward to in getting to play alongside the guys that are going to be there. We have two games to cap off the camp so I think it will be good competition and one that will help prepare for the season as well."
The side is set to convene January 3 in Phoenix, AZ and train there through the 13th at which point they'll head to Carson through the 19th. The team returns to Phoenix for their friendly vs. Venezuela on January 21 before traveling to Central America to take on CONCACAF foes Panama on January 25.
If Johnson stays through the duration of the camp, he would miss the first week of the club's preseason preparation, set to begin January 20 in Ave Maria, FL. With further U-23 camps planned for January and February, pre-Olympic qualifying from March 22-April 2 and the Summer Games set for July 27-August 12, the Fire net minder recognizes the chances he'll be away from the club more than a few times in 2012.
"It's something to think about when your country calls. You're always honored to wear your nation's crest and to represent the U.S. With that it's still tough to miss games with your club but its part of being a national team player. I'll likely miss games here or there but I think representing my country is second to none. It'll be an interesting year and a really busy one at that. Hopefully going into preseason and mixing in with the camps, it'll be much more active then compared to the past but I'm ready for what the year has to offer."
As a fact of life in MLS, the Chicago Fire technical staff forecast the possibility of having Johnson, one of the most talented young keepers in the U.S. pool, away in 2012. The club pulled the trigger earlier this month, picking up 29-year-old goalkeeper Jay Nolly in a trade from Vancouver. The veteran backstop will be looked at to step in during Johnson's impending international absences but also to challenge the third-year Fire keeper throughout the campaign.
With such a busy offseason, Johnson can't be blamed for not yet speaking to his fellow goalkeeper but was encouraged by previous encounters and some similarities the two share.
"I plan on getting in touch with him soon and catching up a little bit. I'm looking forward to working with him, I spoke with him briefly after the game in Vancouver last summer and he seems like a great guy. I think it's important to have a good working relationship your fellow goalkeepers on and off the field and It seems we have a few things in common – we both like to fish – so I'm definitely looking forward to meeting him and getting to know him better."
Jeff Crandall is the Team Writer for the Chicago Fire. Follow him on Twitter @JefeCrandall.


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Does anyone know where these can be purchased? I friend in Northern Virginia would like to get some for her bee house..
Does anyone know where these can be purchased? I friend in Northern Virginia would like to get some for her bee house..
I have 49 leafcutter cocoons left.
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Thanks.. I'll pass along your e-mail address..
Before sending insect cocoons back and forth to different areas of the US, we really should first determine the exact species and make sure they are already common to both areas. We can wreack havoc on the ecology system if we inadvertantly introduce new species to a region. For that reason we never ship western blue orchard cocoons to the east coast, nor eastern blue orchard bees to the west coast.
Does anyone know of any sources for the eastern blue orchard bees? Everyone I have checked with are either sold out, or they don't specify which breed so I am guessing they are the west coast species
Species: http://www.entomology.ualberta.ca/se...era&c=7&s=5849
Range: http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20m?k...hile+rotundata
Importation of Bees other than Honey Bees
The following five species can be imported from Canada under the Requirements for the Importation of Bees other than Honey Bees:
Bumblebees of the species, Bombus impatiens and Bombus occidentalis
Alfalfa leafcutter bee, Megachile rotundata
Blue orchard bee, Osmia lignaria
Horn-faced bee, Osmia cornifrons
Since the government doesn't regulate where these bees are shipped, I should? Even though they range the united states? wow. You assumed I was ignorant of these things. Guess we know what someone makes of themselves when one assumes. Thanks for that.
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What i posted is established common sense that most people who sell, buy, and ship insects are already, or should be, aware of. I don't assume anything- no need to bristle and sputter as though it were some personal attack. You are not the only person reading this thread -either now or in the future, and many folks, especially new beekeeper/gardeners, are not aware of species transport precautions and regulations at all. It's good for all of us all to be thoughtful when shipping insects. All you need to do is respond that you are aware of such things.
Your quote of regulations does actually specify a particular species of leafcutter bee, not just any old leafcutter bee. And there are eastern and western varieties of blue orchard bees, some mason bee suppliers I know will not ship one species to the coast where the other species is established instead. The hornfaced bee species Osmia cornifrons is already established in various regions and on both coasts so there is no harm in distributing them between coasts.
bnm1000: One of our local plant nurseries will carry local orchard bees. I know Roanoke is a good 4 hr drive from us, but maybe you can find another nursery that is closer to you that will get some? Also check with a local beekeeping association or even VA Tech. They might know someone local that can help you out.
Here is a good site for those looking at both Leafcutting Bees and Mason Bees. It has species lists, id guides, and maps
We attended a lecture about native bees and native plants and this is one for the sites that was recommended. The speaker runs a USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab in MD.
There are no laws in place that state western masons can't be shipped east or eastern masons shipped west or hornfaced bees being shipped to either region. The worst anyone will have to do is pay their $50 to have a sample of their bees analyzed for parasites. Proliferation of both eastern and western bees outside their 'regions' is significant. If you don't want to ship eastern bees west or western bees east, that's your decision and your decision alone and definitely not a decision you can make for me. I have sold several thousand eastern mason bees to a university west of the Rockies. If there's a problem with it, I would suggest notifying the authorities as both myself and the university involved are both guilty. My records will clearly show what was sold and to whom. The regulations specified were in regards as to what Canadians can ship into the United States, not what can be shipped within the U.S.
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I'd like to address the original question as to where someone can obtain leafcutter bees. The only managed leafcutter that is commercially available, to my knowledge, is the alfalfa leafcutter bee. These bees are reared by the tens of millions each year in Canada and the western U.S. Ninety-nine percent of these bees are used for the commercial pollination of alfalfa, and in some cases, yellow and white sweet clover. They are typically sold by the gallon as loose cocoons. One gallon of cocoons contains approximately 10,000 individual bees, mixed males and females. Prices are somewhat high now as a gallon of cocoons will run about $100, or one cent per bee. A few years ago when there was a surplus of bees you could buy 5 cocoons for one cent.
I've worked with leafcutter bees since the 1970's and have tested populations in my backyard to see if they were of any value in pollinating my fruits. Because they are a summer bee they emerge long after the cherry, apples, peaches, etc. have stopped blooming and have already set fruit. The only crops that I have witnessed them pollinating are cantalopes and cucumbers. They visit many ornamental flowers and probably pollinate those as well, but not many people save their own flower seeds. Besides, there are many other bees and flies that pollinate ornamentals so the value of the leafcutter bees in that regard is minimal.
If you decide to bring leafcutter bees into a suburban environment, be aware that they use more than just leaves when constructing their nests. They are very attracted to various flower petals as those are usually thinner and easier to cut than leaves. They particularly like rose petals and will often cut from many of those flowers within a one block radius of a backyard population. The rose blossoms are typically riddled with quarter inch holes and cresent shaped cut-outs - something your neighbors may not appreciate.
It would be a good idea to look at he pro's and con's ahead of time before bringing these bees into an area.
Thanks everyone! She has actually contacted the biologist at the USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab in MD. He gave her instructions on building housing for the masons and leaf-cutters that are native here and should already be visiting her garden.
Eggerman Farms out of Saskatchewan, Canada ships leafcutter bee cocoons to the U.S. Their region on Canada is in the only place in the world that raises leafcutters free from chalkbrood disease. I would definitely not buy bees from down here as they are guaranteed to have disease.


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Well Sweep
A well sweep was an ingenuous device utilized to draw water from a well without ropes or pulleys. It appeared throughout North Carolina on nineteenth-century farms and plantations; both subsistence farmers and their wealthier neighbors used them. The only materials needed to construct a well sweep were wooden poles, which could be obtained locally. A vertical post was mounted by the well hole. The post held a horizontal pole, or sweep, which was heavier at one end and rested on the ground. A long, thin pole with an attached bucket or pail was placed at the other end. A person would pull the thin pole and bucket down into the well and fill it with water, and the sweep's weight would then lift the bucket up.
The well sweep came to be replaced by pulleys and cranks and eventually by mechanical pumps. Although photographic evidence exists of a few still in use during the early years of the twentieth century, well sweeps were uncommon by midcentury.
John Michael Vlach, Back of the Big House: The Architecture of Plantation Slavery (1993).
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Michael Buble Covers *NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, Kanye West + More on Instagram [VIDEOS]by Thomas Chau | PopCrush
Michael Buble is kind of winning at Instagram right now.
The pop crooner has been hard at work on his tour promoting the 'To Be Loved' album, which was released in April of 2013. While on the road, he's asked fans to post song requests to him, and in return, he and his band have selected songs to cover as part of their pre-show warmups.
In one of his latest videos, for example, Joey Fatone reached out on Twitter and asked that he cover an *NSYNC song (h/t Us Weekly). In response, Buble holds his baby son, Noah, and dances with him while performing his rendition of 'Tearin' Up My Heart.'
Other covers he has posted over the weeks include 'Everybody' by the Backstreet Boys, 'Gold Digger' by Kanye West and the classic 'No Diggity' by Blackstreet.
We've selected some of our favorites and posted them below, but for a collection of all the covers he and his band have done, click here to check out his Instagram account.
Michael Buble Covers *NSYNC's 'Tearin' Up My Heart'
Michael Buble Covers Backstreet Boys' 'Everybody'
Michael Buble Covers Kanye West's 'Gold Digger'
Michael Buble Covers Blackstreet's 'No Diggity'
Michael Buble Covers Jason Mraz's 'I'm Yours'


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The customer decision hub: A marketer's best friend
by Jonathan Moran, Principal Product Marketing Manager, SAS
In today's digital age, consumers are interacting with businesses on multiple channels. A millennial seeks product advice on social media while taking a walk at lunch. A business professional browses for a gift on their tablet between meetings. An in-store shopper reads consumer reviews as they consider a purchase.
While these may seem like separate customers, in today's reality, it could be, and often is, the same person. It highlights the challenge companies face in understanding how we interact with businesses and brands across multiple channels, devices and points in time.
Providing a consistent customer experience is crucial for business success. But how can you provide a consistent experience if your decision logic isn't centralized?
Want to keep your promise to customers that they are the most important element to the success of your business? Read the paper, Achieve Customer Centricity in a Hyper-Connected World, to discover how a customer decision hub approach can help you make the right customer connections.
A new view of the customer
Imagine if you had a central decision-making hub that could consolidate all of those interactions into a single view of the customer and provide a coordinated strategy for meeting that customer's specific needs.
This customer decision hub is where all marketing, services and sales activities are managed and synchronized with customer data. It enables marketers to deliver the best possible response to its customers at every point along the customer journey, making their marketing efforts more effective and efficient.
The customer decision hub uses four integrated components:
- Actions: Marketing initiatives and campaigns are implemented and customer engagement activities are tracked to create the most compelling content.
- Insights: This component includes past data, real-time contextual information and predictive analytics. Users can explore data here to see which of the planned actions are being executed, based on all available customer information.
- Rules: A central repository that defines and manages all policies, sequences and constraints across all customer interactions, regardless of channel.
- Decisions: Monitor and respond to ever-changing customer behavior. Channel-independent decision logic provides the ability to serve response or replies – either in real time or batch modes – to maximize success and deliver a consistent customer experience.
The customer decision hub enables a new customer experience
The four integrated components allow marketers to plan, analyze, engage and measure the customer journey and experiences more effectively.
Users can plan and manage their marketing programs more efficiently and effectively by integrating and automating key processes and workflows. Through a consolidated marketing dashboard, it is easy for marketers to know which activities are working, which ones aren't, and why. These marketing activities are then linked to real revenue using financial management capabilities. Digital assets are also managed and distributed in a secure infrastructure.
With insights derived from relevant data and powerful analytics, smarter, fact-based decisions can be made. These decisions develop more relevant, targeted campaigns, enabling marketers to understand their customers better than ever. Leading-edge forecasting and modeling routines can analyze past customer behavior to predict how customers will act in the future. Analytics also enables you to calculate customer lifetime value and profitability to know which customers are the most valuable.
Expect more engagement with offers and interactions that are relevant are personal. The centralized decision making system produces analytically driven customer communications across all channels. Marketing campaigns are also optimized to deliver the right offer via the right channel at the right time, making the most of each customer contact. Marketers can also build stronger, more profitable customer relationships by using event-or trigger-based marketing.
Turn customers into brand advocates by offering exceptional customer experiences. With the smarter and more relevant customer information, marketers can know what customers are saying across all digital channels and understand their online behavior and navigation.
Customers get a consistent experience no matter the channel
A customer decision hub helps by offering you a locus for all customer interactions. The solution also solves the challenge of gaining insight from big data and analytics and better understanding your customers' digital experience. The production and management of real-time content across multiple platforms drives growth, reduces costs and creates breakthrough customer experiences.
What to read next
- Now that you understand the principles behind creating a customer decision hub, read The ideal customer experience on every channel to learn how other companies are benefiting from it.
- Fight channel fragmentation and rise above all the noise. Digital marketing: Are you ready to go agile? describes why you should define your markets and build tailored content for all your channels.
- Overwhelmed by clickstream data? Using SAS® to deliver analytically injected digital personalization for online and offline data offers a phase approach to gathering clickstream data.
- Beyond the campaign: Leading marketing into the future describes how the top organizations are refining their marketing to be more data driven.
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