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"Our vision is to be the world's most consumer-centric company, where customers can come to find anything they want to buy online."-Jeff Bezos
In 1994, Jeff Bezos was already what many would consider extremely successful. The youngest-ever senior vice president at Wall Street investment banker D.E. Shaw & Co., the 30-year-old Bezos was already making an estimated six-figure salary and was destined to rise even further in the company ranks. But Jeff had other plans. Fueled by a secret passion for the infant business of electronic retailing, Jeff dreamed of creating his own company in the vast, then virtually uncharted wilds of the World Wide Web. It was a risky move, but it quickly paid off. Just four years after Bezos created Amazon.com, the virtual bookstore became the template for how e-commerce businesses should be run, with sales of more than $610 million and more than 13 million customers worldwide.
Bezos first got the idea to start an Internet enterprise in 1994. While surfing the Internet in search of new ventures for D.E. Shaw & Co. to invest in, he came across the statistic that World Wide Web usage was growing by 2,300 percent a month. Bezos immediately recognized the expansive possibilities of selling online and began exploring the entrepreneurial possibilities of developing an Internet business.
He drew up a list of 20 potential products he thought might sell well via the Internet, including software, CDs and books. After reviewing the list, books were the obvious choice, primarily because of the sheer number of titles in existence. Bezos realized that while even the largest superstores could stock only a few hundred thousand books, a mere fraction of what is available, a "virtual" bookstore could offer millions of titles. The die was cast. Bezos passed up a fat bonus, packed his wife, MacKenzie, and their dog, Kamala (named after an obscure "Star Trek" character), and headed for Seattle.
For Bezos, Seattle was the ideal city for his new business. Not only was it home to a tremendous pool of high-tech talent, it was also in close proximity to Ingram Book Group's Oregon warehouse. While MacKenzie drove, Jeff spent the trip pecking out a business plan on a laptop computer and calling prospective investors on a cell phone. With $1 million raised from family and friends, Bezos rented a house in Seattle and set up his business in the garage.
For nearly a year, Bezos and a crew of five employees worked out of the garage, learning how to source books and setting up a computer system that would make Amazon.com easy to navigate. A true marketing visionary, in addition to creating a user-friendly interface that would streamline the "needle in a haystack" process that bookstore shopping often entails, Bezos wanted to establish a "virtual community" where visitors could "hang out." To achieve this goal, he and his team created a number of innovative programs, including one that would let customers add their own book reviews to the site and a feature that recommends books based on a customer's previous purchases.
In July 1995, Amazon.com opened its virtual doors, calling itself "Earth's Biggest Book Store," with more than 1 million titles to choose from. Fueled by word of mouth, or more accurately, word of e-mail, Amazon.com rocketed off the line like a nitro-burning dragster. Enraptured by the enormous selection of books, the superior customer service and the user-friendly design of the site, Internet users ecstatically plugged Amazon.com on Internet newsgroups and mailing lists.
The orders poured in, and by September 1996, Amazon.com had grown into a company of 100 employees and had racked up more than $15.7 million in sales. Three years later, those figures would rocket to more than 3,000 employees (including some in Britain and Germany) and more than $610 million in sales.
Amazon.com's success did not go unnoticed by bookstore giant Barnes & Noble, who quickly put up its own Web site, www.barnesandnoble.com. To combat Amazon.com's claim that it was "Earth's Biggest Bookstore," Barnes & Noble embarked on an aggressive marketing campaign proclaiming that they offered twice as many books as Amazon.com. But it was a strategy doomed to failure. The forward-thinking Bezos had already expanded Amazon.com's product line to include CDs and replaced "Earth's Biggest Book Store" with the tagline "Books, Music and More," leaving Barnes & Noble, as one writer put it, "wrapping its fingers around the neck of a phantom."
Amazon.com has continued to stay ahead of its closest competitor, boasting 85 percent of the Web book market to Barnes & Noble's 11 percent. But that may soon change. In fact, in the near future, they may no longer even be considered competitors. After his successful venture into the music market, Bezos set his sights on expanding Amazon.com into other markets. Shortly before the 1998 Christmas season, Bezos added a temporary gift section to Amazon.com, where customers could buy toys and games. He also began experimenting with "Shop the Web," a program giving Amazon.com a commission for directing its customers to other, noncompeting online retailers. In late January 1999, Amazon.com went after the $150 billion U.S. pharmacy market, buying a share of Drugstore.com, a company that sells everything from breath mints to Viagra online.
To cash in on the growing popularity of online auctions such as eBay and uBID, Amazon.com joined Sotheby's Holdings Inc. in June 1999 to launch the online auction site sothebys.amazon.com. As if that weren't enough, less than a month later, Amazon.com officially added two new sections to its site that offered toys and consumer electronics.
All this begs the question, What is Bezos up to? Is he trying to make Amazon.com the Web's first superstore? Perhaps. In a March 1999 PC Week article, he explains, "We are trying to innovate in the e-commerce arena. That's our heritage. We are building something that can't be pigeonholed. We defy easy analogy. It's not a vision that can be communicated in a sound bite. We want to be the most customer-centric company in the world. Come and discover and buy anything online."
When Jeff Bezos first started his virtual venture, he wanted to call the company Cadabra, as in abracadabra. He phoned his Seattle lawyer to try out the name, but the attorney misheard Bezos and replied, "Cadaver! Why would you want to call your company that?" Bezos quickly reconsidered and adopted the name Amazon.com, after the world's second-largest river.
Sales: $610 Billion; Profits: $0
Perhaps one of the most remarkable things about Amazon.com is that even though its sales are growing at a rate of 3,000 percent annually and it is the country's third-largest bookseller, the company has yet to make a dime. In 1997, Amazon.com lost about $30 million, followed by another $1.25 million loss in 1998. But that doesn't bother Jeff Bezos. "To be profitable [now] would be would be a bad decision," he told PC Week. "This is a critical formative time if you believe in investing in the future." Bezos' plan is to forego profits, at least initially, in favor of establishing brand-name recognition. To this end, he has poured most of Amazon.com's revenue into marketing and promotion. "There are always three or four brands that matter," Bezos says. "With the lead we have today, we should be the No. 1 player."


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MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's central bank lowered its key policy rate for the first time in nine months on Tuesday, but struck a cautious note on further easing as it waits to see how the government's upcoming budget aims to bring a bloated fiscal deficit under control.
The Reserve Bank of India cut the policy repo rate by 25 basis points (bps) to 7.75 percent to help support an economy set to post its slowest annual growth rate in a decade.
The size of the cut was in line with forecasts in a Reuters poll of analysts earlier this month. The central bank gave guidance back in October that it could reduce rates during the January-March quarter, and Indian bond and stock markets were largely unmoved as dealers had already priced in the move.
But the RBI unexpectedly also reduced the cash reserve ratio (CRR), the share of deposits that banks must keep with the central bank, by 25 bps to 4.00 percent, which will infuse an extra 180 billion rupees ($3.4 billion) into the banking system.
The central bank stressed that halting a slide in growth had become critical, but it went on to list constraints, notably worryingly high current account and fiscal deficits, and the risk that inflation could flare again.
"Monetary policy stance has sought to balance the growth-inflation dynamic through calibrated easing," the RBI said in its quarterly monetary policy review.
"It is now critical to arrest the loss of growth momentum without endangering external stability."
India's headline inflation rate moderated to a three-year low of 7.18 percent in December, and the central bank said there was likelihood that inflation would remain range-bound around current levels entering the 2013/14 fiscal year starting April.
"This provides space, albeit limited, for monetary policy to give greater emphasis to growth risks," the central bank said.
Having grown at near-double-digit pace before the Lehman Brothers crisis, the economy has suffered a rapid deceleration.
The RBI cut its GDP growth forecast for Asia's third-largest economy to 5.5 percent for the current fiscal year, from 5.8 percent previously, and lowered its projection for headline inflation in March to 6.8 percent from 7.5 percent earlier.
Though respectable by other standards, the growth rate is too slow for a country trying to support hundreds of millions of poor people, and is a worry for the ruling Congress party as it heads towards an election next year.
Eyes will now fall on Finance Minister P. Chidambaram's annual budget statement due in late February, to see how the government plans to put its finances in order.
While measures taken by the government to bring the fiscal deficit within a targeted 5.3 percent of GDP have reduced near term risks, cuts in politically sensitive subsidies were needed for sustainable fiscal consolidation, the RBI said in an economic report issued a day before the policy review.
Shakti Satapathy, a fixed income strategist with AK Capital in Mumbai, was hopeful that the budget would pave the way for another RBI rae cut in March.
"We expect another 25 bps rate cut at the March policy meet," Satapathy said. "The qualitative fiscal management measures (taken) during the upcoming budget session would be the guiding factor in deciding the quantum and timing of future rate cuts in the next fiscal (year)."
Montek Singh Ahluwalia, deputy chairman of India's Planning Commission, regarded the RBI's easing as an endorsement of steps taken by the government to tackle its deficit.
"I think what it signals is the RBI feels that the government has taken a number of steps which gives the fiscal space needed for monetary policy to support growth," Ahluwalia said, adding that the economy was beginning bottom out.
Last September, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's fractious coalition ended a debilitating phase of policy inaction to make urgently needed reforms to reduce the fiscal deficit and attract foreign investment to help the current account deficit and growth.
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Why water consciousness is a business imperative in China
[Editor's note: This is the first in a two-part series that examines the water risks and solutions facing Chinese supply chains.]
Droughts in the north, floods in the south. Toxic industrial runoff, overdrawn ground water and even bloated pigs and dead ducks in major waterways. The list of China's water woes is long and appears to be growing.
We all know that China is the supply chain hub for the American economy. Nearly everything we use -- mobile phones, TVs, handbags and even U.S. Olympic team clothing -- is made in China, where export jobs support 200 million workers.
Yet despite the avalanche of news reports and stomach-churning photos, I've found it challenging to get to the bottom of the many water risks facing the industrial suppliers of U.S. companies. Media censorship and poor government data means limited access to information for many corporate managers we speak to at Ceres who are only beginning to understand the complicated nature of the water risks facing their Chinese supply base.
So, what do we know about the Chinese water situation?
Some statistics speak for themselves: At least 50 percent of Chinese urban groundwater and 90 percent of urban rivers are considered polluted. About half of all wastewater is released into the environment untreated, affecting ecological and human health alike. And a government assessment released just last week found that half of China's rivers -- 28,000 in all -- have simply "disappeared" since the country's waterways were last surveyed in the 1990s.
Bad water means a weaker economy. The World Bank says that on the low end, China's water woes already cost the country at least 2.3 percent of GDP per year. Some are saying there is potential for the economic burden to get significantly worse. Investment manager HSBC notes that approximately 45 percent of China's GDP currently originates from water-scarce provinces, and that the country is betting on additional industrial growth in 14 of the most water-stressed provinces.
Sounds bad, right? But what does this mean for your suppliers, or your suppliers' suppliers?
Water coming into factories is often too polluted for use and pre-treatment is pricey
Although China mandated the construction of thousands of new wastewater plants in its 10th Five-Year Plan (2001-2006), far fewer actually were built due to funding shortfalls. Of those that were built, half either were operating improperly or not at all. The state's low capacity to treat water supplies has placed a heavy onus on businesses to invest in technology and services to provide clean water required for their operations.
Water shortages are still slowing down production
Forty-nine factories closed in Beijing in 2009 due to water shortages, while some steel factories and power plants were moved to the coast. Every year Chinese factories face water shortages on the order of 12 million cubic meters -- that's about 24 times the volume of the world's largest super tanker. Reports have suggested that this loss in industrial output could be worth as much as $28 billion annually.
Industrial energy costs are going up, in part due to water issues
The greatest limiting factor to China's rising energy demand will be water availability. About 85 percent of China's power capacity is in water-scarce regions and in the first six months of 2011, severe drought in the south crippled hydropower generation along the Yangtze River and also impeded shipments of coal to thermal power stations. The results were staggering: In the first quarter of 2011, China's five largest utilities reported nearly $1 billion in losses from their coal-fired power plants. These losses were passed on to industrial users, whose electricity rates were hiked, while residential users' rates remained unchanged.
Western companies face significant reputational threats over pollution
It's not clear if the actual number of industrial water pollution incidents is on the rise. What we do know is that the Chinese media is freer to report on incidents that do happen -- and loudly. In February, a reporter in Weifang in Shandong province wrote a blog post that accused local paper mills and chemical plants of pumping carcinogenic industrial waste directly into the city's underground water supply and encouraged others to upload pictures of their polluted waterways, triggering a flurry of other bloggers across China to post similar evidence and accusations, prompting the local government to offer a $16,000 reward for anyone with information.
In this context, Western companies and their suppliers are growing targets for disgruntled citizens and NGOs. Recent campaigns by the influential Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs have focused on significant wastewater violations linked to the Chinese suppliers of more than 40 global apparel brands. Greenpeace has mounted a parallel campaign demanding that the fashion industry "detox" its suppliers' factories, eliminating all toxic wastewater discharges. Similar campaigns against Apple and others in the IT sector also have contributed to a broader discussion of supply chain responsibility in the industry as well as a number of new company commitments.
But enough with the doom and gloom; in my next post, I'll look ahead to signs of enlightened regulatory efforts, as well as new data resources and initiatives that are helping reduce the water impacts of Chinese manufacturing.
Jonars Spielberg contributed to this piece.
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WASHINGTON -- Denounced by his Republican rival for divisiveness, President Barack Obama on Monday defended the tone of his campaign in a combative election year and insisted it's actually Mitt Romney's ads that are "patently false." But Obama did distance himself from a particularly provocative negative ad by a political group that supports him.
Obama also joined the cascade of criticism from both parties for comments on rape and abortion by a Republican Senate candidate in Missouri, using that new controversy to draw sharp distinctions between his views on women's health issues and those of Republicans.
Obama made a surprise visit to the White House briefing room, at least partly upstaging a joint campaign appearance by Romney and his running mate, Paul Ryan, in New Hampshire. The rally by Romney and Ryan, their first appearance together after a week of vigorous campaigning separately, had been highly anticipated, drawing an enthusiastic crowd and wide media attention.
The president turned the day into a long-distance point-counterpoint debate with his opponent. He took questions from four reporters, the most he has taken from the national press corps in two months, dealing to an extent with complaints about his inaccessibility. What's more, the flap over rape-and-abortion remarks by Republican Rep. Todd Akin gave the president a chance to make a direct appeal to women, who both campaigns say make up a majority of undecided voters.
At issue was Akin's answer in an interview that aired Sunday that women's bodies can prevent pregnancies in "a legitimate rape" and that conception is rare in such cases. He later said he misspoke and apologized, but he said he would not get out of the race despite such urging from several prominent fellow Republicans.
As for the tone of the campaign, Obama declared that it was important to draw attention to major differences with Romney, but he said his criticism has never been "out of bounds."
Still, he distanced himself from an ad by the pro-Obama Priorities USA Action super political action committee, which is run by former Obama White House aides.
That ad pointedly notes the death of the wife of a steelworker whose company had been taken over by a group of partners that included Bain Capital, the private equity firm that Romney cofounded.
"I don't think that Governor Romney is somehow responsible for the death of the woman that was portrayed in that ad," Obama said. But he added that he did not approve or produce the ad and said it had had only a brief airing on television.
Romney and Ryan, appearing together for the first time in a week, sustained their criticism Monday, leveling new claims of duplicity in Obama's TV ads before about 3,000 friendly people in Manchester.
"It seems that the first victim of an Obama campaign is the truth," Romney said.
Asked by a woman about Obama campaign "lies" that claim the GOP ticket would raise taxes, Romney said, "All we've heard so far is one attack after another."
"I will not raise taxes on anyone," Romney said. "Mr. President, stop saying something that's not the truth."
In his news conference, Obama countered, saying his speeches and the ads run by his re-election campaign have focused accurately on substantive issues such as taxes and spending. By contrast, he said Romney has aired "patently false" claims that the president is "gutting" welfare's work requirement.
Obama also defended ads criticizing Romney's refusal to release more than two years' worth of tax returns. He said those seeking the White House must know their life is an "open book." And he added that pressing Romney on such a subject is "pretty standard stuff" and not "overly personal."
Obama said he has "sharp differences" with Romney on major issues and that those are fair game for tough ads.
Even so, he added, "Nobody accused Mr. Romney of being a felon," as some Republicans have suggested of Obama. However, Obama deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter earlier this summer said that questions about when Romney left his post as head of Bain raised issues of potential illegal activity.
"Either Mitt Romney, through his own words and his own signature, was misrepresenting his position at Bain to the SEC, which is a felony," Cutter said at the time, "or he is misrepresenting his position at Bain to the American people to avoid responsibility for some of the consequences of his investments."
In Missouri, Republican Rep. Akin's comments on rape came in the midst of his campaign to unseat Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill.
Obama condemned Akin's remarks as "offensive" and took issue with past attempts by lawmakers in Congress to limit taxpayer funding of abortions to cases of "forcible rape," incest and danger to the life of the mother.
"Rape is rape," the president said.
Romney also weighed in, calling Akin's comments on rape "insulting, inexcusable, and, frankly, wrong." A number of other Republicans decried the remarks as well and at least two Republican senators called on Akin to drop out of the race. Akin on Monday apologized anew but said he would stay in.
Obama said: "What I think these comments do underscore is why we shouldn't have a bunch of politicians, a majority of whom are men, making health care decisions on behalf of women." He acknowledged the criticism of Akin from Romney and fellow Republicans, but said:
"I think the underlying notion that we should be making decisions on behalf of women for their health care decisions -- or qualifying forcible rape versus non-forcible rape -- I think those are broader issues, and that is a significant difference in approach between me and the other party."
A House bill last year would have placed abortion restrictions on some federal tax breaks for medical care. Federal laws have long banned the use of taxpayer money for abortions except in cases of rape and incest or to save the life of the mother. Last year's proposal initially referred to an exception for "forcible" rape. That wording was eventually dropped from the bill the House passed.
In New Hampshire, Romney and Ryan made a multi-pronged case against the administration, saying Obama's policies on taxes, Medicare and foreign policy have let down the American people.
The GOP running mates promised a sunnier future of lower taxes, lower deficits, more jobs at home, and greater U.S. prestige abroad. But they offered few details on how they would achieve these goals, which have vexed Congresses and White Houses for years.
Romney's pledge not to raise anyone's taxes while also reducing federal deficits is one of several promises he has made that many independent analysts have questioned. He said tax cuts lead to greater economic growth, which in turn brings greater overall tax revenues to run the government.
The burden on U.S. taxpayers, as a proportion of the overall economy, is lower than it has been in several decades, but the nation's debt is at a record high.
After his joint appearance with Romney in New Hampshire, Ryan drove to Boston to meet the legion of staffers who worked on his rollout and now arrange all aspects of his life between now and Election Day. He also called the entire staff at Romney headquarters together for a pep talk, aides said.
Associated Press writers Philip Elliott and Julie Pace in New Hampshire contributed to this report.


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High Hampton Inn Celebrates 90 Years of Making Memories in 2012
Many things have changed during the span of the last 90 years. Communication has evolved from Morse code to iPhones, sixteen US presidents have ruled the country, and popular music stars have gone from flapper to rapper. Few places today can proudly say they are still around after that amount of time and still maintain the traditions that were popular when they first opened. High Hampton Inn is one of those places.
What appealed to guests about High Hampton in 1922 is the same in 2012. Tradition reigns here, where gentlemen don coats and ties for dinner, high tea is served everyday at 4 p.m., miniature donkeys Fred and Ed still offer children hayrides each summer, and Southern favorites like High Hampton Fried Chicken make an appearance on the menu each week. At an elevation of 3,600 feet above sea level, "air conditioning" in the summer is still a cool mountain breeze through an open window, especially since evening temperatures drop into the low 60s in July and August. Free from the trappings of technology, the Inn encourages you to unplug from today's seemingly omnipresent tech-fueled world and reconnect with family and friends.
Our mountain setting makes High Hampton the ideal location for outdoor recreation. A George W. Cobb-designed golf course, six clay tennis courts, miles of hiking trails, and a 35-acre lake for swimming, boating and fishing await you. A European spa with a plethora of pampering treatments is perfect if you want to relax. The interactive summer children's programs are perfect for families looking for entertainment that doesn't require a gaming system.
House Parties have become a tradition for many families and feature picnics on the side lawn overlooking the lake, live music and entertainment, and family games and activities. We also offer a number of workshops and golf and tennis clinics throughout the year.
Since we are located in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, you have easy access to the quaint antique shops, boutiques, and art galleries located throughout Cashiers and nearby Highlands. The area's unique geography also boasts hundreds of waterfalls, quiet lakes, stone mountains, and rhododendron forests.
Memories and families are at the core of High Hampton. In the estate's more than 200-year history, it has changed hands only three times. In the mid-nineteenth century, General Wade Hampton, who would later become governor of South Carolina and then a U.S. Senator, purchased the property. He later gave the property to his niece, Caroline Hampton, and her husband, Dr. William Stewart Halsted. In 1922, E.L. McKee, a Sylva businessman and industrialist purchased High Hampton, starting a family tradition that continues with his grandson, Will, who oversees the property today.
What are your favorite High Hampton memories?
We hope to see you again as we celebrate our 90th year of making memories. Our special packages will make your next trip even more affordable.
Way to memories to list in this small space! The hayrides as kids were great. But my most recent memory is our wedding there last year!
Way too many memories to list in this small space! The hayrides as kids were great. But my most recent memory is our wedding there last year!


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Egg Whites, Seaweed, Kale: The Future of Salty Snacking?
People crave salty snacks and food companies are trying to make us all feel less guilty about eating them by selling egg white chips, roasted chickpeas and more. Anne Marie Chaker joins Lunch Break with details. Photo: F. Martin Ramin for The Wall Street Journal, Styling: Anne Cardenas.
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Labor Day 2013 in St. George Utah
Labor Day 2013 in St. George, Utah
What do we do on Labor Day? Why, we LABOR of course! Enjoy YOUR holiday weekend.
Thank you for staying with us!
At the Best Western Coral Hills we help y0u celebrate the Labor Day weekend offering the best we have to offer. What kind of Labor Day would it be if you didn't go swimming? We have TWO POOLS and spas to help with that. Is it Labor Day without going out to eat even once? We have 13 restaurants within 3 blocks to help that happen. All American fare on Labor Day? YES, that is something that cannot be missed…and Iceberg's shakes, burgers and fries are just on the corner from us. Need to get the shopping bug out of your system? You know what? We have several great , unique shops and, art studios just moments away…walking OR driving.
Curious about the origins of Labor Day? HERE is one history of the holiday compiled by About.com. There's even a quiz at the bottom for the kids who are out of school today and miss their homework.
Whatever you do this Labor Day, do it safe, have fun, enjoy family and come back to us soon.
– Staff, BEST WESTERN Coral Hills, St. George, UT


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Big Rapids, Mich. - A three-run homer from freshman shortstop Michelle Tononi in the top half of the seventh inning lifted the Ferris State University softball team to an exciting 4-3 victory over nationally-ranked archrival Grand Valley State in the winner's bracket of the 2012 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Tournament on Friday (April 27) evening in Findlay, Ohio.
The 20th-ranked Lakers led the Bulldogs 3-1 heading into the final inning of the second game on the day for both teams in the conference tournament. However, back-to-back singles from outfielders Lindsey Pettit and Stephanie Dusendang put two runners on the bags and Tononi followed with a three-run shot to center field. The Bulldogs then held GVSU to a single-hit in the bottom of the inning to pick up the win.
Ferris State improved to 2-0 in the double-elimination tournament and will next square off against Wayne State in round three on Saturday (April 28) at 10 a.m. (ET). The Warriors also won two games on Friday and is the only other unbeaten team in the tournament along with FSU.
After a 6-2 win over fourth-seeded Ohio Dominican in Friday's first game, the fifth-seeded Bulldogs came back to beat the top-seeded Lakers despite being outhit 9-6 for the contest.
GVSU score the game's first run in the third inning and added another in the fifth to take a 2-0 advantage. The Bulldogs trimmed the margin back to a single run on an RBI from senior first baseman Chelsea Morris in the top of the sixth, but the Lakers tacked on another run in the bottom of the inning to take the 3-1 lead into the seventh.
In addition to Tononi's home run, the Bulldogs also received a double from second baseman Lainee Clay. Tononi had two of FSU's six hits in the game and drove in three of the four runs. Senior Makenzi Peterson also tallied a hit along with Pettit, Dusendang, Clay and Tononi.
Junior Dana Bowler came back from a complete-game showing in the first contest of the afternoon to throw another seven innings versus Grand Valley State. She allowed only three runs on nine hits and had six strikeouts with two walks.
Hannah Santora pitched six innings for the Lakers while giving up three runs on five hits while Katie Martin pitched a single inning and allowed a single run on one hit. They combined for four strikeouts.
Briauna Taylor paced the Lakers at the plate with four hits, including a triple and an RBI. Nellie Kosola also tripled for GVSU while Martin had two RBI's in the setback.
With the win, Ferris State improved to 30-22 overall this season and GVSU fell to 42-12 on the season.
A victory over Wayne State on Saturday will put the Bulldogs into Sunday morning's (April 29) championship contest.
Visit this link for complete GLIAC Tournament Results:
GLIAC Tournament Website


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Records for Westwood Youth Soccer - By Gender - Grade - Division - Section
Below you will find the standings of all teams part of Westwood Youth Soccer.
Section Schedule?
If you click on the Section Letter, you will be provided with the Sections full schedule, and section details.
Team Schedule?
By clicking on the Team Name, you will be presented the team's full schedule, and coaching information.
Playing Field?
By clicking on the Field, you will be presented with the team's home playing field.
Organizational Members
|Mark Plecinoga
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|Evelyn Somers
|(781) 329-2375
|Referee Assignments
|Bruce Masi-Phelps
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Ham and Rice Balls (Arancini)
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|Day Part
|Lunch, Snack, Dinner
|Menu Part
|Appetizer/Small Plate
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These golden brown and crisp ham and rice balls have a nice cheese surprise in the middle. Serve these delicious appetizers with roasted tomato sauce for dipping.
1⁄4 cup Parmesan cheese
8 cups prepared plain risotto
1⁄4 lb. Black Forest ham, finely diced
1⁄4 lb. Fontina, 1⁄2-in. dice
3 eggs
1⁄2 cup flour
1 1⁄2 cups dried bread crumbs
Vegetable oil, for frying
Roasted tomato sauce, for dipping
1. In a large pot, add Parmesan cheese to prepared risotto while still hot. Adjust seasoning, stir in ham and mix well. Set aside to cool completely.
2. Wet hands and divide rice evenly to form 2-in. balls.
3. Push Fontina cube into center of ball and reshape, sealing in cheese. Repeat until 16 balls are formed.
4. In a small bowl, whisk eggs. Roll balls in flour, dip in eggs, then roll in bread crumbs. Refrigerate at least 30 min.
5. In a heavy frying pan, heat oil to 350° F. Add rice balls and cook 3-4 min. until golden brown and heated through completely. Remove with slotted spoon and drain on paper towel. Serve with roasted tomato sauce for dipping.


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What is the admission Criteria , the exams that i have to give & the Cut-offs ? are there any other special requirements for admission.If ...
What is the general placement trend? The average salaries and what percentage of students actually find a job directly from campus ?.
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unshankar needed a new print or packaging design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 26 designs submitted by 12 freelance designers.
Illinois Multi Med has acquired Integrative Care Centers. We are looking for a redesign of http://www.rshankar.com/clients/imm/sciatica.jpg and http://www.rshankar.com/clients/imm/cts.jpg flyers (front and back) in full color. The things to eliminate from these flyers for the new one are...
1. Remove Podiatry
2. Replace integrative care centers logo with Illinois Multi Med's new logo (leave blank for now until I post the new logo)
Please be vivid in imagery and if possible, have a similar anatomical images hand for the Carpal Tunnel Flyer and anatomical leg/buttocks for the Sciatica Pain flyer, though not exact to this current one.
http://www.illinoismultimed.com (not up yet)
Treat the problem, not the symptom
Desired Color Scheme:
Full Color
Desired Style:
Accepted File Formats:
Standard Web Formats (.jpg, .gif or .png); Vector Formats (.eps, .pdf or .ai); Layered Formats (.psd or .tiff)
Looking for vivid / vibrant flyer - double sided - eye catching full color.
Side 1 will be the Carpal Tunnel Syndrome ad,
 Side 2 will be Sciatica Pain ad.
Size: 11"Wide by 5.5" high   and then a 8.5" H by 11" W version.


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Spine Tinglers
From Wiki
Article in Juvenile Fiction and Horror categories.
These are scary stories for older readers. Authors with links have written other scary books. Be sure to check them out, too!
- Doctor Illuminatus by Martin Booth.
- Gideon the Cutpurse: Being the First Part of the Gideon Trilogy by Linda Buckley-Archer.
- The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman.
- The Crossroads by Chris Grabenstein.
- Well Witched by Frances Hardinge.
- A Stranger Came Ashore by Molly Hunter.
- The Skull Talks Back by Zora Neale Hurston.
- Learn more about Zora Neale Hurston.
- The Ghost Grave by Peg Kehret.
- The Dark Thirty ed. Pat McKissack.
- A colelction of ghost stories with African-American themes.
- Something Wicked's in Those Woods by Marisa Montes.
- Three Days by Donna Jo Napoli.
- The Specter by Joan Lowry Nixon.
- Sweet Miss Honeywell's Revenge: A Ghost Story by Kathryn Reiss.
- Scared Stiff by Willo Roberts.
- The Curse of the Night Wolf by Paul Stewart.
- Rosemary's Witch by Ann Turner.
- Peppermints in the Parlor by Barbara Brooks Wallace.
- Into the Volcano: A Graphic Novel by Don Wood.


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Wealthy Republican donors are descending on Colorado Springs, Colorado, this weekend to attend the Charles and David Koch bi-annual retreat where the cloud of Donald Trump hovers over the rich influencers, NBC News reported.
The wealthy conservative activists and the sum of their vast donor network have shunned Trump throughout the entire presidential election. But as they gather this weekend, Trump is sure to be a topic of discussion as it's the first time the group is meeting since Trump was crowned as the Republican nominee.
Trump, coincidentally or not, held a rally in Colorado Springs Friday despite being 10 points behind in the latest poll in Colorado, a gap that explains why Democrat Hillary Clinton pulled advertising from the state.
U.S. & World
On Saturday he tweeted, "I turned down a meeting with Charles and David Koch. Much better for them to meet with the puppets of politics, they will do much better!"


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Official: ChessCube World Cup II (CCWC2)
Welcome to the ChessCube World Cup II!
Which country will follow up on Indonesia's fantastic win in the CCWC last year? Time will tell!
In the month of July - ChessCube will be hosting the official ChessCube World Cup II Tournament. Sixteen teams will be permitted entry this year. In order to submit a team, please make sure you have the following:
* Team captain (may or may not be a member of the team)
* 4 team members
* 2 reserves
* Rating of all players (members and reserves - ChessCube Tournament rating)
NOTE: ALL players (and reserves) in the team should be VIP users for the month of July. (So either a 1 month VIP or a yearly VIP at the time)
Once you have gathered the above, the nominated team captain should send them to [email protected]. NOTE: Team entries posted here will not receive entry - you are required to email the information.
DEADLINE FOR ENTRY: 24:00 GMT/Midnight on Wednesday, 6 July.
Teams confirmed:
United Kingdom
Bosnia and Herzegovina
South Africa
The back-up teams if any of the above teams fails to meet the entry criteria (VIP checks, IP checks) are:
Indonesia will receive automatic entry as current champions in order to defend their title. The Indonesian Captain should still however submit the required information as mentioned above.
There will be a few rules around this tournament - which will be released soon, however, the number 1 rule:
Each player must be playing from the country whose team they are in - your country will be determined by your IP address (this prevents teams from recruiting the best players on the site to play for them). If at any stage before or during the tournament your team has been found to have recruited a member outside the mentioned country, the entire team will be disqualified.
See the team and group information, and tournament rules here!
Winning team:
Each team member (4 players + 2 reserves) will win 250 Crowns each PLUS 3 month VIP extension per member + each team member & reserve may request to gift a 1 month VIP account to any ChessCube user in their country
Each team member (4 players + 2 reserves) will win 100 Crowns each PLUS 2 month VIP extension per member.
Each team member (4 players + 2 reserves) will win 10 000 Cubits each PLUS 1 month VIP extension per member.
The full list of regulations, countries and schedule will be announced soon.
The Tournament will officially kick off on Sunday 10 July, and will end on Sunday 31 July.
The time control per match will be 5 minutes.
The time line for the next few days reads as follows:
Wednesday 6 July - Team entries close
Thursday 7 July - The teams will be VIP checked, and IP checked.
Friday 8 July - The official schedule and groups will be released.
Saturday 9 July - The Tournaments room will be renamed "CCWC 2 Room" - please make sure you log in there.
Sunday 10 July - The Tournament officially kicks off!!
The team captains will be emailed the tournament handbook (in PDF format). Users will be able to download the tournament handbook here.
The Schedule for Round 1:
Philippines V Venezuela - 1PM GMT - 10 July 2011
Romania V Italy - 2PM GMT - 10 July 2011
South Africa V United Kingdom - 3PM GMT - 10 July 2011
Greece V Serbia - 4PM GMT - 10 July 2011
Malaysia V USA - 5PM GMT - 10 July 2011
Israel V Indonesia - 5PM GMT - 10 July 2011
Bosnia V Macedonia - 6PM GMT - 10 July 2011
Croatia V India - 3:30PM GMT - 16 July 2011
The Schedule for Round 2:
Macedonia V United Kingdom - 5PM GMT - 17 July 2011 (Provisional for now)
Bosnia V South Africa - 6PM GMT - 17 July 2011
Venezuela V India - 2:15PM GMT - 10 July 2011
Philippines V Croatia - 10AM GMT - 17 July 2011
Serbia V USA - Cancelled due to Serbia being disqualified
Greece V Malaysia - 2PM GMT - 17 July 2011
Israel V Italy - 2PM GMT - 14 July 2011
Indonesia V Romania - 2PM GMT - 12 July 2011
The Schedule for Round 3:
United Kingdom V Bosnia - 6PM GMT - 20 July 2011
South Africa V Macdonia - Cancelled due to Macedonia being disqualified
India V Philippines - 2:30PM GMT - 11 July 2011
Croatia V Venezuela - 5PM GMT - 16 July 2011
USA V Greece - 17 July 2011
Malaysia V Serbia - Cancelled due to Serbia being disqualified
Italy V Indonesia - 1PM GMT - 18 July 2011
Romania V Israel - Romania wins by default | No-show by Israel.
Quarter Final:
GBR v ROM - 26 July, 6:30 PM GMT
GRE v PHI - 24 July
IND v MAL - 25 July, 3PM GMT
INDO v RSA - 24 July
You can view the current standings here.
Who will win?
Brought to you by ChessCube - the world's largest online tournament site!


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Why Zittrain's Techno-Pessimism Is Unwarranted
from the no-worries dept
Ars Technica reviews Jonathan Zittrain's new book, The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It. Zittrain is by all accounts a smart guy and an engaging speaker, and it sounds like his book makes a lot of worthwhile points about the importance of open, "generative" technologies. But I just can't get worked up about Zittrain's warnings that the dominance of open systems is a fragile, temporary thing. It seems to me that there's a basic tension at the heart of Zittrain's argument. On the one hand, he argues (correctly in my view) that open platforms are better for innovation because of their lower barriers to entry. On the other hand, he wants us to believe that despite that inherent advantage, open technologies are on the brink of being eclipsed by closed platforms like the iPhone.
I think this misses a couple of important points. In the first place, I think Zittrain draws the wrong lessons from history. Zittrain himself notes that until the 1990s, the world was full of proprietary networking technologies and computing platforms that had big advantages over open technologies like TCP/IP, Unix, and the mostly-open PC platform. Open technologies had a few advantages of their own -- most notably government support of TCP/IP -- but open platforms were definitely the underdogs in many respects. And then, of course, the open platforms utterly destroyed the closed ones. Almost everyone now uses TCP/IP, while AOL is now little more than a mediocre website. Virtually all desktops and laptops -- including Macs and a lot of Unix workstations -- now largely share a common architecture. And almost every operating system not made by Microsoft is built on some versian of Unix.
Zittrain would have us regard all of this as some kind of fluke or lucky break, that the whole thing could come crashing down at any minute. But I think it's evidence that better technologies tend to win out in the marketplace. TCP/IP beat out AOL and other proprietary services precisely because open architectures enable more innovation. And once an open architecture comes to dominate a given market, it becomes harder, not easier for a proprietary product to displace it, because network effects create tremendous intertia on behalf of established open standards. I'm hard pressed to come up with any examples of a well-established open standard getting displaced by a closed one. Rather, what tends to happen is that new, proprietary technologies tend to get built on top of open ones. The top layers of the iPhone software stack may be closed, but it's built on TCP/IP, HTTP, and a host of other open standards.
It doesn't, therefore, make sense to view the iPhone as a threat to "generativity." The iPhone itself may not be "generative," but it's built on the same open standards as more open devices. That means that growing the iPhone market is a net positive for openness overall. True, people who buy an actual iPhone aren't getting the full advantage of generativity, but they are helping to further entrench TCP/IP and the web, platforms on which other more generative technologies can thrive alongside the iPhone. Moreover, if Zittrain is right that open platforms promote more innovation, which I think he is, then we should expect the same thing to happen at the top of the stack as happened at lower layers of the stack: over time, open mobile platforms like Android should enjoy more innovation than closed platforms like the iPhone, and the former should gradually displace the latter. Consumers tend to choose more open platforms over time not because consumers care about "generativity," per se, but because they want the phone with the best software, and open platforms tend to get the best software over time. And smart companies will tend to open up their platforms over time, lest competitors leapfrog them with a more open product. Indeed, as Mike pointed out a few days ago, that's already happening with Nokia's decision to open source its Symbian operating system.
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Jose Mourinho hopes Petr Cech will stay at Chelsea despite his demotion to second-choice goalkeeper.
Cech's days as Chelsea's first-choice stopper appear to be numbered.
The 32-year-old, who has been Chelsea number one for 10 years, had to settle for a place on the bench on Monday night as Mourinho opted to field Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois in the first match of the season against Burnley.
Mourinho confirmed Courtois would keep his place in the team after an impressive performance in the 3-1 win, which came courtesy of goals from Andre Schurrle, Diego Costa and Branislav Ivanovic.
But the Chelsea boss insisted Cech is capable of winning the jersey back if he stays at the club.
"Yes, I want to keep (him)," Mourinho said.
"The club wants to keep him and hopefully he stays.
"Courtois was my first choice today and he played good enough to be my first choice in the next game.
"He is not my first choice for the rest of the season.
"When you have a top professional working hard like Petr, if you don't perform you are in trouble."
Paris St Germain and Monaco are said to be two of the parties interested in Cech's signature.
Mourinho admitted he has a hard task on his hands keeping Cech happy, but he thinks the goalkeeper will not give up without a fight.
"No player is happy when he is not playing every game," he said.
"But I know Petr for 10 years, I know he will not relax, he will not sit in a chair and say 'I have no chance'. He will be exactly the opposite. I am expecting him Wednesday to go to the training ground and fight."
When it was put to him that Cech could request to leave, Mourinho said: "He didn't ask and I hope he doesn't ask."
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Careers on line as under-fire India take on England
Trailing the buoyant visitors 1-2 in the rubber after being outplayed in the second and third encounters at Mumbai and Kolkata, the home players need to sort themselves out on several fronts to level the series at the VCA Stadium in Jamtha.
Under-performing senior players in the Indian line-up, including skipper Mehendra Singh Dhoni and veteran batsman Sachin Tendulkar, are under severe pressure not only to lift the side with supreme personal efforts but also to save their careers after India's spineless displays at the Wankhede Stadium and the Eden Gardens.
It would need a monumental display of grit and determination from several below-par players if India are to bounce back from this dismal situation and prevent England from walking off with their first Test series win in India in 28 years.
The home team needs to buck up not just in one department but in several to stop the visiting team from running away triumphant for the first time since David Gower's outfit in 1984-85.
Indian openers Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag have been pretty casual in their approach thus far, in stark contrast to the grinding efforts of rival skipper Alastair Cook, England's top batsman in the series, and rookie Nick Compton, who has slowly and steadily found his feet after a nervous debut in Ahmedabad's opening Test.
The middle order has been pathetic with only Cheteshwar Pujara showing spunk in the first two Tests before going off the boil.
Tendulkar, in the autumn of his glorious career, has looked a pale shadow of his former self, garnering just 110 runs in five innings thus far.
Someone like Virat Kohli, who was the best batsman for the team in Australia, has fallen away so much to casual shots that he has mustered a pathetic 85 runs in six innings, an indication of the malaise afflicting the team.
Dhoni has been poor with the bat and behind the stumps too, with just a lone half century in the previous game to crow about and his head is on the chopping block more than anyone else's even though he has been defiant in his statements.
"The easiest thing for me to say right now is to say, 'I quit captaincy' and be a part of the side. But that's like running away from the responsibility. Of course there are others who will decide. There is BCCI and the administrative people who also want to look into that", he had said after India were handed a seven-wicket defeat at the Eden Gardens.
However, it is difficult to see him retained at the helm if India lose the series after having led the country to two massive defeats recently – the 0-4 whitewashes in England and Australia.
To give an impetus to the non-performing middle order, the Indian selectors have chopped the under-performing Yuvraj Singh from the squad and brought in the in-form Ravindra Jadeja and the Saurashtra all-rounder is almost certain to make his Test debut.
The 24-year-old, who has played 58 ODIs, comes into the do-or-die encounter on the strength of his national record that includes a third triple hundred in first class cricket against a weak Railways attack on the shirtfront wicket at Rajkot and would find the cauldron of Test cricket a different kettle to master.
Where he can make some difference is not only in the number of overs he would bowl his left-arm spin but also at the pace at which he delivers, slightly faster than Pragyan Ojha who has been the standout player with the ball for the team 19 wickets in three games at a decent average of 25.
Jadeja can certainly complement the style of Ojha and the off-spin of Ravichandran Ashwin, who has not looked the part of a Test bowler except in the closing stages of the Kolkata game when he concentrated on sticking to a correct line and limiting his variations to the minimum.
The other spinner, who has been included in the squad at the expense of Harbhajan Singh, leg spinner Piyush Chawla would bring in some more variety if picked in the eleven.
India have also dropped the out-of-form Zaheer Khan and replaced him with Delhi pacer Parwinder Awana.
But Ishant Sharma and Ashok Dinda, yet to play his first Test, appear to be the two first-choice pacers for the hosts and Awana may have to wait for his chance.
While India have a load of problems to confront, England are having very few and are expected to retain the winning eleven for the series finale.
They can sit on the 2-1 lead by playing for a draw here, but it's fraught with danger and captain Cook has responded in a similar fashion after the team's victory in the third match.
"Definitely (a win would be on our mind). You can't go into that game with that (draw) mentality. We have to do same as we have done in these last two games (at Mumbai and Kolkata). And again, produce the goods," said Cook amassed 548 runs with centuries to boot in each of the three Tests so far.
While Cook has led from the front with aplomb, the other leading batsmen have rallied around him, with top batsman Kevin Pietersen playing the defining knock in the Mumbai Test and Matt Prior and Compton playing the supporting roles with panache.
The bowlers too have delivered and it is not only the spinners – Monty Panesar (16 wickets in 2 Tests) and Graeme Swann (17 in 3). The fast bowlers – James Anderson and fit-again Steven Finn – have also proved their worth by using reverse swing to telling effect in Kolkata.
Vice-captain Stuart Broad has aggravated his heel injury and may not be available for selection though even otherwise he might sit out.
A series victory here for England would be the icing on the cake for their mixed show in 2012 during which they lost to South Africa at home and went down without a whimper against Pakistan in the UAE.
The wicket at the Jamtha stadium appears to be a dry one and should aid spin bowling quite early.
This has been a result-oriented pitch as the last three games have ended in a result, two in favour of India (against Australia and New Zealand) and one against (against South Africa).


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Day 2 of VMworld 2011 started with Dr Steve Herrod taking the stage for his keynote. In my opinion todays keynote was allot better than yesterdays in content.
So what did we learn? Yesterday I was left a little disappointed that we didn't really learn anything new. Today put that right with some great announcements and demos.
VMware are trying to change the way they look at virtualised infrastructure and adopt a service and people centric approach. This came across when Steve mentioned focusing on the 'services and not the servers'.
"Its all about the applications and the data", I couldn't agree more on this one. But what have VMware done over and above there existing portfolio?
View 5:
With View 5's View Persona Management VMware are truly subscribing to addressing the user rather than the desktop.
The 3D graphics enablement take the virtual desktop even closer to the traditional PC.
Advancements made to the PCoIP protocol make the old complaints about the protocol much harder to justify.
For me the biggest and most long awaited from View (at least for me) is the UC integration. This apparently is much improved and I'm looking forward to getting my hands on it to see how this really works.
Project ThinApp Factory:
Some changes to the way the app streaming (ThinApp) in the form of 'Project ThinApp Factory' in which a catalogue of apps is created.
Horizon application manager is a portal to access the apps. Thin app factory and horizon will be aligned (windows apps and mobile apps will be added to the horizon capabilities in the future) this will enable the ability to assign apps to users regardless of device.
Horizon mobile – separate device to your mobile – LG and now Samsung on horizon mobile but more to come. Gives IT more control over the handset device.
How do we get the data out of the desktops:
Project Octopus (click the link to register for the beta) – Offers a dropbox type service but internal to the company. Good security controls with AD integration. It can be provided through private and public cloud. This seems to fill an obvious business need that no large company has yet addressed.
Real world communications:
Socialcast (a recent VMware acquisition) could be a Cisco Quad competitor but I must confess it looked very good and would have may uses in any workplace.
Consuming Apps (Appblast):
Appblast can open windows applications without a VDI session. Appblast can open applications of any sort to any device that supports HTML5. This could be a potential game changer, the ability to open Microsoft Office apps (among many others) on devices like an iPad without having to launch a VDI session is going to be very powerful.
iPad vSphere Client Update:
A new vsphere ipad client was announced. This now supports doing vMotions and looked to be becoming a very powerful tool.
Talking a little bit more about vSphere:
"innovation is great but has to be accessible" – vSphere GO (is a web based admin tool, gives them a dummies admin portal) and VSA – VMware Storage Appliance (no HA, vmotion and DRS, very good for low end market using local drives).
Steve said he wants to make every application to work on vSphere instead of hearing the old 'not all apps can be virtualised'.
VXLAN and others:
Networking – Virtual Extendable LAN (VXLAN) can layer 2 into layer 3 (Mac on IP). This can help significantly with cloud bursting in hybrid clouds.
Availability – SRM 5 Now has vSphere replication giveing the ability to replicate between different arrays agnostically arrays. SRM 5 can now do automated fail back. Interestingly vCloud partners are allowing disaster recover to the cloud. (could be a great use case for cloud in the first place for customers)
Security – nosy neighbour scenario – vSheild Endpoint, protecting what's in the VM – vSheild app, firewalling and port rules – Vsheild edge, load balancing and vpn.


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Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm a broken record. But this works, folks.
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- Now, open up new channels (if your customers need them). Don't bite off more than you can chew. If you only put top tasks on your new mobile site, that's a great start. Get that right and then move on. Keep testing and improving.
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