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James Stem began as the Director of Operations and Facilities for Stetson Athletics in February of 2011. In the position, Stem is responsible for scheduling and managing all game day events and operations for Stetson's athletic teams.
Prior to accepting the position at Stetson, Stem worked for both the DeLand Suns and the Florida Collegiate Summer League in Orlando. Beginning in November of 2009, he was a general manager for the Suns, responsible for all game day operations which included ticket sales, merchandise, concessions, and facility management.
As an intern with the summer league, Stem was the primary contact for the Youth Baseball League with the Boys and Girls Club. Just as with the Suns, and here at Stetson, Stem also worked with sponsorship and promotions for the league in the summer of 2009.
A 2009 graduate of Winthrop University, Stem earned his Bachelor of Science degree with a concentration in Sports Management.


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Small businesses grow with open source software
Open source as an alternative for small businesses
Is it safe to use? What alternatives do I have? Is it easy to install?
These were some of the questions asked by Amandeep, a New Delhi based owner of a small scale clothing company, when I pitched to him a few open source solutions that could make his day-to-day operations more efficient. For someone without any IT background (but a sharp business sense), these were brilliant and relevant questions. The answers to these questions won't just help Amandeep, but if shared broadly may help reduce the apprehension of a significant number of small scale business owners, especially in India. My interactions have shown that a lot of these businesses are looking to grow, enhance their productivity, and most importantly, save costs.
Approximately 7,500 miles away from Amandeep in New Delhi lives Nabeel Hussain. Nabeel, a graduate of Conrad Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology Centre, is a new product development and digital marketing specialist actively engaged in Waterloo, one of the top entrepreneurial ecosystems in the world. As an entrepreneur, he is always faced with the challenge of managing limited resources while building traction. He has a plethora of technology solutions at his disposal, and the technical know-how to utilize these solutions. Additionally, he has a robust support system to advise and guide him to the best available solution that fits his needs. For Nabeel, open source solutions provide an inexpensive alternative for crafting early stage prototypes for his ideas and validating them with customers. From using WordPress and its library of plugins, to venturing into OpenShift Origin and Joomla, he has the knowledge to make use of top notch technology to reduce risk, manager resources, and build traction for his venture.
These two different scenarios indicate a categorical gap in the knowledge of entrepreneurs when it comes to adopting open source solutions. Although there is some geographic gap between the entrepreneurs in the developed and the developing world, as well as a gap that spawns from business exposure/experience, the problem is wider than that. There is a difference in productivity and efficiency between entrepreneurs who utilize open source solutions and those who do not. The situation becomes clear when we look at those small scale business owners who are technology pros versus those who are not.
A significant number of businesses, in India in particular and in the developing world in general, are of a mom-and-pop business nature. Based on my recent interactions with these small scale business owners, I see widespread misconceptions pertaining to open source software. The questions that Amandeep from New Delhi asked me are critical in nature. In order for small scale businesses to adopt open source solutions, it is vital to address these misconceptions.
Is open source software really safe?
The question arises from the basic process that is followed to write code using open source way. If any hacker can read your code, then why can't they use the knowledge to their personal benefit? Most of those sorts of malicious attempts fail because there are a lot of committed people looking over the source code, finding problems, and fixing them. More eyes tame bugs quickly. And security by obscurity is no security at all. What strikes me at this point of time are the words of security expert Bruce Schneier, "Public security is always more secure than proprietary security…For us, open source isn't just a business model; it's smart engineering practice."
Developing code in an open source fashion is an expression of a technique. Software, in our world, should be treated as a service which can be customized based on the specific needs of a user, rather than merely as a product.
I know a lot of people involved at different levels of open source projects. All of them are driven by their commitment to reach technical and professional excellence, and to add to the existing body of technology knowledge. The entire ecosystem of open source is built on that commitment. The Linux operating system, for example, with its proven track record of stability and security, forms the backbone of complex infrastructures and data centers world over. The same benefits that help Linux and other open source tools succeed at the enterprise level can be reaped by small businesses, too.
A couple of months back, I read Thomas Friedman's The World is Flat. An otherwise helpful and insightful book, the author seems to host a thought process that open source is contrary to the developers' right to make a profit. A lot of people who think that way do not see the forest for the trees. They see free software, they see Linux, but they miss the multi-billion dollar ecosystem that surrounds open source. Its true that Brian Behlendorf, the person who orchestrated Apache web server, did not make a dime off it, but the immense value that this server has added to the economy and the legions of small to medium size businesses that use this infrastructure is an important contribution. Free software developed by a community is not tantamount to insecurity.
Are there quality alternatives available?
Gone are the days when open source was produced only by the engineers, for the engineers. From word processing to calendar applications to servers and to setting up telephone communication networks, small businesses can benefit hugely from open source solutions. Let us take the example of word processing, an activity that almost all small businesses, irrespective of their field, carry out.
Microsoft Word is the premium software in the area but it is cluttered with features that a lot of small businesses won't ever use. The bloating of Microsoft Word has cost its simplicity. There are easy to use, simple, free, and open source word processors available out their. A few of these that I have been using (and suggesting to small businesses) as an alternative to Microsoft Word are:
- Apache Open Office: This software primarily consists of six tools for managing office tasks, namely: Writer as a word processor, Calc as a spreadsheet tool, Impress for multimedia presentations, Draw for diagrams and 3D applications, Base as a database tool, and Math for creating mathematical equations.
- AbiWord: Developed in 1998 with the help of gtkmm, this open source word processor includes both simple word processing features to sophisticated features like multiple views, page columns, and grammar checking.
- LibreOffice:This is my favorite and always at the top of my recommendation list for anyone looking for a free and efficient word processing suite. Although the features are similiar to those of ApacheOpen Office, LibreOffice is better when it comes to community support.
There are dozens of other excellent alternative solutions to proprietary software and thousands of open source projects that can serve small businesses. It can sometimes be difficult to select the software which best matches specific needs, but there are plenty of people globally willing to help you make those decisions and help take small businesses down the path to an open and productive future.
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Is that all?! What about alternatives for Sharepoint, Exchange, SQL server, Windows server, ASP, etc. Small businesses pay a fortune for this stuff!!
Aseem probably just wanted to use office applications as an example. But to give you an idea on other software that could be replaced by open source solutions, here are a few examples.
Depending on the features you use from Sharepoint, some of the open source and enterprise web content management systems could do the job too (Drupal, eZ Publish...).
Postgre SQL could replace SQL server or Oracle in a lot of cases. Windows server, well... if you are not running specific Windows software, the server versions from Ubuntu and other distro's can do that job too. Or get enterprise support by using RHEL from Red Hat.
A proprietary DMS could be replaced with Alfresco, an open source solution for an Enterprise Service Bus could be Mulesoft. Exchange can be replaced by Zimbra, or any other mail server of groupware like software (Zarafa is another groupware option).
As for small business like applications, they could look at OpenERP, and SugerCRM. Other software, like project management and reporting are also available. An example for project management: https://opensource.com/business/14/1/top-project-management-tools-2014.
quote::Aseem probably just wanted to use office applications as an example.
OK that's fine but he hardly delivered on the title "Open source alternatives for small businesses" I for one read this hoping for some real information on what's available. Instead we got the usual suspects.
Well at least the title reflects the content better. What would be better again is if some, you perhaps Aseem, would give those of us who would like to actually move our employers, business contacts, clients etc to Linux and Open Source/Free Software, a coehrent and detailed list of what is available and how that might impact their business.
Trotting out the usual suspects really doesn't help any, under any article title, and to be honest anyone of those people I'm refering to reading this, and similar articles are not going to see much value in Open Source, if all that appears to be on offer is a replacement for MS Office.
I've used Linux and Free Software/Open Source for my own business, but it is only a very small business and my needs are fairly simple, so we're talking LibreOffice, Gimp, Inkscape, Bluefish, some Software IDEs, and GNUCash, and I really only use LibreOffice Writer. And while for many small businesses a subset of these would be all they need, it would be good if those of us who are trying to "spread the gospell" had some good documentation we could fall back on. That was why I was interested in your article as it was originally titled. At last I thought...
With all respect, but I have to concur with Tracyanne on this one. What we need here is a COHERENT story about doing small businesses with Open Source. Just throwing around a bunch of projects that do stuff won't suffice - we know that. And that's exactly the difference between MS coming at a desk of a small company and us. They have a coherent story. I'm not known for my love of MS, but I got to hand them that one. You should be able to come up with something better.
Hans, as a suggestion, you might want to fill in the reader Survey https://opensource.com/life/14/2/reader-survey-2014. If you have stories to share yourself, feel free to submit them https://opensource.com/how-submit-article.
Done the survey. As for the article, be careful what you wish for. I'm not especially politically correct, I guess that's why they hire me for a columnist on IT.
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A great way to get up and running with open source software I could recommend is looking @ things such as turnkeylinux, jumpstart! and that sort of thing. They do a great job at packaging the software, preconfigured with sensible defaults on top of a virtual machine which allows you to easily experiment with it without requiting arcane knowledge on how to install them.
A great way to get up and running with open source software I could recommend is looking @ things such as turnkeylinux, jumpstart! and that sort of thing. They do a great job at packaging the software, preconfigured with sensible defaults on top of a virtual machine which allows you to easily experiment with it without requiting arcane knowledge on how to install them.
Gee, what about companies in the United States? Or has the opressive tax and regulation environment here made companies too fearful to do anything creative anymore?
It would be neat to have an article on LDAP alternatives to Active Directory since this is usually the core of any business. Centralized accounts.


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International opportunities for outsourcing of drug discovery and development research, preclinical studies, clinical trials, and product manufacturing, as well as the allure of large, untapped global markets for new and existing drugs, were the focus of several sessions at BIO's annual meeting in May.
One session entitled "Going Global Overnight: The Dos and Don'ts of Expansion in Emerging Markets," chaired by Dane Bedward, senior vp for international affairs and GM Eurasia at Genzyme, featured a panel of speakers representing government, biotech firms, and the business sector.
Matthew Hudes, U.S. managing principal for biotechnology at Deloitte, led the discussion, highlighting two major developments in 2010 that will impact biotechnology companies' decisions about global expansion, outsourcing, and partnering opportunities—the economic crisis and the backdrop of healthcare reform, which Hudes believes will accelerate growth in the biotech industry, as price reductions will present "real incentives to lower costs."
Hudes described the growing popularity of a "dual-purpose global strategy" that encompasses market expansion and sourcing opportunities. He anticipates increasing specialization in biotech outsourcing overseas, with small clusters of companies developing expertise in target areas such as preclinical development, clinical trials, or manufacturing.
It will be important for U.S. firms interested in these services to know where to find the resources they need and not to rely on a one-size-fits-all strategy. Additionally, he emphasized the importance of understanding the local culture, customs, and tax and business structure, and the value in building a local network that can provide this knowledge.
From the perspective of outsourcing manufacturing, Hudes presented some of the current challenges, including timing issues and keeping abreast of the continuously changing global landscape in terms of capacity and the lead time needed to secure a spot in a contract manufacturing organization's (CMO) queue. Other factors to consider when deciding whether to outsource is the political stability of the region and access to a highly skilled workforce.
Another aspect of Hudes' talk focused on strategies for "staying out of trouble" from a regulatory perspective. He cautioned the attendees on four areas of growing tension—increasing requirements for information/data gathering and reporting; rising risk of criminal and civil prosecution for companies doing business overseas, due mainly to increased enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA); cost pressures to improve efficiency; and increased demand for more proactive and responsive business operational support for expansion activities.
In particular, he warned that the costs of FCPA-related fines "are not trivial" and can run into the billions of dollars. This represents only the direct costs from criminal and civil penalties; indirect costs may include damage to a company's reputation and brand value, legal and consulting fees, and the management resources required to respond to these actions.
Holly Vineyard, deputy assistant secretary for Africa, the Middle East and South Asia, for the International Trade Administration (ITA), U.S. Department of Commerce, spoke about the opportunities and challenges for doing business in India. The ITA's National Export Initiative, created to help meet President Obama's goal of doubling exports in the next five years, has helped strengthen the relationship between the U.S. and India."
The government of India has increased fiscal incentives for R&D spending, including tax incentives, and is investing in biotech parks and training of scientists. Additionally, in its 2010 national budget, India has increased expenditures on healthcare by 10%. However, there remain significant challenges to doing business in India, Vineyard told attendees, in particular a weak intellectual property (IP) structure. She advised U.S. companies to utilize the tools and expertise available from the ITA to help navigate these challenges.
Haroon Hashmi, director of drug development at Biogen Idec, presented the strategy his company has taken for expansion, beginning by analyzing the global opportunities and targeting specialty markets in which to deliver products that can address large unmet patient needs. Asia Pacific and Japan alone represent about 20% of the world market, said Hashmi. Government spending on healthcare is increasing in these regions, as are individuals' disposable incomes, he noted, and it is important to look closely at the issue of reimbursement versus out-of-pocket expenses, especially when assessing the potential market for niche products and high-end biologics.
One of the challenges for introducing products into countries such as China, Japan, and Korea is the need to provide clinical data from studies on local populations as part of the regulatory process. This may necessitate bridging studies, and companies need to decide whether to outsource trials or to establish a presence in the country. These types of decisions require a good understanding of the country's regulatory pathway, reimbursement picture, and launch.
In the session, "Drug Approval in China—Challenges and Opportunities," Jane Earley, director, pharmaceutics and medical devices, Office of Health and Consumer Goods of the U.S. ITA, spoke about strategies for drug approval in China, which currently represents an $825 billion market, estimated to grow to $975 billion by 2013. In 2009, China had the world's third largest economy and was the U.S.'s second largest trading partner.
"China is changing rapidly and pursuing healthcare reform," said Earley. It is establishing new regulations and moving toward greater harmonization with other countries. She encouraged companies to view China as a variety of different markets, and not a single market, as there are several secondary cities beyond the main markets of Beijing and Shanghai that present significant opportunities. In summary, Earley advised companies considering expansion into China to "craft an IP, register in China, and plan an exit strategy."
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The victim of a homicide was found inside a Rosemont home overnight.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- For me, climate change is a serious issue. No, I'm not referring to the debate over global warming. My concerns are much simpler. I'm constantly checking the weather for the hours and days ahead because deciding to hike on a rainy day or neglecting to dress warmly can put a damper on a vacation.
During recent travels, I tried several free weather apps for the iPhone and Android phones. (Versions for tablet computers also are available, but I didn't test those extensively.)
I didn't try to determine which is more accurate at predicting the weather. They are all generally good, but not error-free. Rather, I evaluated each based on features and ease of use.
The ones I tested operate similarly on iPhones and Android phones, though there are some differences in how information gets presented or accessed. Here's a look at three apps I recommend:
The Weather Channel
When you open this app, the home screen presents you with current conditions, including temperature, humidity, wind, visibility, UV index (a gauge of the strength of ultraviolet radiation) and dew point (which I have yet to figure out a use for). You also get information on sunrise and sunset times.
Navigating the tabs, you get hourly forecasts for the next 24 hours on the iPhone and 15 on the Android. On both, you get daily forecasts for the next 10 days. The Android version doesn't include dates, so you're left to figure out whether Saturday means this Saturday or next weekend. Click on "36 Hour" for brief written summaries for today, tonight and tomorrow.
The map shows you the radar for your region, giving you an idea of how far away a storm might be. During my travels, I've used this feature to gauge how quickly heavy rain might pass. You can switch that to show cloud cover instead of radar, or show both. You can also add details such as rain or snow over the past 24 hours.
You can check weather anywhere in the U.S. by entering a city name or ZIP code. Or click on a target icon for the weather where you are, as determined by your phone. There's a location icon at the bottom of the Android version. On the iPhone, you're left to figure out that you need to click on the magnifying glass or the "i" button for settings. Flick the screen left or right to check weather in other locations you have stored.
The app also offers video of weather forecasts and news, with those from your city or region coming up first. There are tools for seeing what people are saying about the weather on Twitter and for sharing your weather-related photos and video. The app offers a pollen report; the iPhone version has hurricane and maritime conditions, too. The Weather Channel says that information is coming to Android next year, along with longer hourly forecasts.
Conclusion: You get lots of information on current conditions and the most options of the three for viewing maps. Limiting hourly forecasts to 24 hours or less is stingy. On The Weather Channel's website, I get two days of hourly forecasts.
The home screen also offers temperature, humidity, wind, UV index and visibility conditions, plus sunrise and sunset. The Android version lists wind gusts, not just wind speeds. The iPhone version has information on dew point, while Android does not.
AccuWeather goes beyond The Weather Channel in offering 15 days of forecasts, not just 10, and offers dates on both the iPhone and Android. Its extended forecasts are also more detailed than the Weather Channel's. You can click on a day to get those details.
Comparable with The Weather Channel, AccuWeather offers just 24 hours of hourly forecasts on its app. By contrast, you get more than three days on its website, and even more with a paid subscription. AccuWeather has more details than The Weather Channel for each hour, though you're left to figure out where to flick and touch to get those details.
AccuWeather's map is adequate, but doesn't offer as many options as The Weather Channel's.
As for location, the Android version has a target icon on the home screen (it's buried in the other apps) to quickly pull up information on where you are. That button is not coming to the iPhone for another few months, so for now, the location is harder to change. Unlike the other apps I tried, AccuWeather doesn't offer suggestions as you start typing in the name of a city to switch locations. With big fingers on a small touch keyboard, I had to type "Sault Ste. Marie" in its entirety for the sister cities in Michigan and Ontario.
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Parents in Lancaster County are concerned about a plan to close an elementary school in the Pequea Valley School District.
The plan calls for closing Salisbury Elementary and moving the students to Paradise Elementary.
Parents said because the move would affect about 400 students, they want a say in the decision making process.
"There is no plan right now on the emotional impact of these kids. We're talking about transportation, we're talking about money, and not one person has brought up the fact that these kids K-5 are very proud of their school," parent Charles Alexander said.
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Philipsburg-Osceola won the second set and led Penn Cambria for much of the third in the District 6 Class AA volleyball finals Saturday afternoon at the Altoona Fieldhouse.
But when top-seeded P-O extended its lead to 20-10, the second-seeded Lady Panthers began their comeback with the strong net play of Tori Shingler and Taylor Freeman. PC outscored P-O 18-6 the rest of the way to win the third set, 28-26.
The Lady Panthers rode that momentum into the fourth, and when a P-O hit went long, PC celebrated a 25-12, 16-25, 28-26, 25-18 win and a district title.
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"I think that was the turning point," PC coach Leah Montgomery said of the third set. "I think if they had lost that one, I don't know if they could have re-grouped or not. I'm real proud of them."
"We started off with a lot of unforced errors, but I really think it showed our character to come through," Freeman said. "I really think that set the momentum going into the fourth game."
"I think the team just lifted each other up," said Shingler, who had 17 kills. "We're good talking to each other and encouraging each other."
After PC (21-0) won the first set, the Lady Mounties (18-1) charged out to leads of 10-3 and 13-7 thanks to the net play of Marlee Chutko and Abby Showers. But a couple kills and a block by Shingler brought PC back, tying the score at 15-15. P-O, however, outscored PC, 10-1, from there, winning the second set off Kylie Scovern's serve.
Freeman began kick-starting the third-set comeback with back-to-back kills and with the serving of Karissa Buzzella, who had 15 service points, PC stormed back. Buzzella's ace made it 20-17, and Shingler's dink over the net made it 20-19. An unforced P-O error made it 20-20.
"We really had momentum halfway through game three," P-O coach Dave Eckberg said, "and we just kind of let them off the hook. That was tough to come back from."
"Philipsburg is just a phenomenal defensive team," Freeman said, "so it really made us have to strategize and place our hits."
From there, the score was tied at 22-22, 24-24 and 26-26. But, a Buzzella kill gave PC the lead, and a Shingler kill following a really long rally gave the Lady Panthers the third-set win.
"She was up and down," Montgomery said of Shingler. "She came through when we really needed it, and so did Taylor and Karissa. The team as a whole pulled together to get it done."
Freeman, the senior captain, notched a team-leading 19 kills and 16 digs.
"She's a very big part of the team," Montgomery said. "She has the most kills, the most digs and she's the passer."
"We knew coming in our height would be our advantage," Freeman said. "I think Tori and I had to use it to our advantage, and I think it worked."
PC charged out to a 7-1 lead in the fourth, but P-O began working its way back, getting to within two, 14-12. The Lady Panthers, though, extended their lead and won the title. Afterward, there were smiles, hugs and high-fives for PC and tears for P-O, which is done for the season.
"It's feels great," Montgomery said, "because I really wanted it for this group of girls. They've worked for it, and they've gotten along so well. There's been no drama. I'm glad they pulled through it."
"It feels absolutely amazing," Freeman said. "We worked so hard to get here, and I could not be more proud of my team."
PC will now prepare for the first round of the PIAA playoffs. Its first game is 8 p.m. Tuesday at Central Cambria against the District 7 runner-up.
"This is going to be all new," Montgomery said. "Usually, at the state level, to be honest, those teams are really good. We've really got to be on."
PENN CAMBRIA: Buzzella 15, Gawel 11, Yusko 10, Kroull 8, Shingler 3, Freeman 2, Sheehan 2.
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Nine years after Danny "Bud" Williams was shot while playing basketball in front of his Buffalo house, an appeals courts has ruled he can sue the gun industry.
The State Appellate Court in Rochester has unanimously overturned a lower-court decision and ruled that Williams, now 25, can sue those who made, distributed and sold the handgun used to fire the bullet that ripped through his stomach in 2003, ending his promising basketball career.
This is the first case in which a court has held that a gun manufacturer or distributor may be held liable under the 2005 federal Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act for supplying gun traffickers and facilitating a criminal shooting, according to the Brady Center in Washington, D.C.
"This important ruling states that gun companies who choose to supply the criminal gun market are not above the law," said Jonathan Lowy, a Brady Center attorney who, along with Buffalo lawyer Terrence Connors, represents Williams.
"When the gun industry places profits over people, it should and must be held accountable to the innocent victims of its dangerous practices," Lowy said.
"We are pleased with the appellate victory and anxious to press this case to trial," Connors added.
Attorneys for the gun industry were not immediately available when contacted by The Buffalo News on Monday, but Jeffrey Malsch, who represents the gun distributor, told Reuters News Service that he is reviewing the appellate decision.
"We believe [the lower court ruling dismissing the case] was a courageous and legally correct decision, but the Fourth Department was unwilling to follow his well-reasoned opinion," said Malsch, a lawyer representing MKS Supply. "Whether we appeal or not, we are confident that ultimately the facts will contradict the baseless allegations in the complaint, and the case will be dismissed."
Williams, who was 16 at the time, was a victim of mistaken identity when he was wounded in a shooting in 2003. He was a standout basketball player at McKinley High School with a promising future at a Division 1 college. But after the bullet tore through Williams' stomach, he was never able to completely regain his athletic dominance.
The gun used to shoot Williams was among some 250 purchased at Ohio gun shows by gun trafficker James Nigel Bostic, formerly of Buffalo, who profited by dumping many of the cheap handguns on the streets of Buffalo.
Bostic, as well as the man who shot Williams, Cornell Caldwell, were arrested and imprisoned for their crimes. But attorneys for Williams said the gun industry also is responsible for the shooting. The gun manufacturer, Beemiller, knew it was making guns tied to urban street crime, as the gun distributor, MKS, was working closely with Beemiller, William's attorneys said. Also, the gun show dealer, Charles Brown, had to have known Bostic was buying guns for illegal purposes and using girlfriends to make straw purchases for him, Williams' attorneys argued.
Attorneys for the gun industry countered that the gun dealer believed Bostic was planning to open a gun shop and that he followed all the rules set out by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, which regulates gun-show sales.
Also, the industry lawyers argued, because the gun sales occurred in Ohio, New York State has no legal standing in the case.
State Justice Frederick J. Marshall agreed with the gun industry when the case was heard in State Supreme Court in Buffalo. He dismissed the case May 18, 2011. But Friday's ruling reversed Marshall's opinions on each of those issues.
The Appellate Court in Rochester, after hearing the case Sept. 6, concluded in an opinion issued Friday that there is ample evidence that the Williams case falls into the exemption categories of the federal Commerce in Arms Act. The court also found that New York State has legal standing to pursue the case, even though the gun used to shoot Williams was made, distributed and initially purchased in Ohio.
The case now will move forward, entering the discovery phase, when depositions are taken.
Connors and the Brady Center took up Williams' case after it was featured in a series of articles on gun trafficking The Buffalo News published in 2005.
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"Scandal" had me from the opening seconds of its first show. A couple of the actors delivered their dialogue at delirious screwball comedy velocity, with a bit of an overlap.
The show's premise was glorious – all about a Washington, D.C., "fixer" modeled on the very real Judy Smith, a former press aide to President George H.W. Bush.
We were, in the beginning and for a couple more episodes, led to believe that the whole show would follow where überfixer Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington) and her team of dedicated "gladiators" went as they were hired by this or that Beltway miscreant, foul-up or idiot to haul their posteriors out of the bonfire – all the while Pope herself was potentially causing a conflagration by having a 400 hp love affair with the president of the United States.
I foresaw a delightful two-track TV drama every week – one snappily written exploration of all the secret ways Washingtonians mess up and the even-more-secret ways they're rescued in counterpoint with a sexy soap opera love affair involving America's zipper-in-chief.
Cool, I thought. Appointment TV for grown-ups.
Then, another character shot the president in the head and the whole show went kerflooey. It had a nervous breakdown right there in front of God and everyone. Its certifiable craziness not only continued week after week but accelerated at the herky-jerky pace of a squirrel on uppers.
Wild new plot wrinkles flew in from deep left field and then flew back out again minutes later to make room for new ones.
It seems the president wasn't legit, anyway. The only reason he was in the White House was because of voting machine fraud in Ohio.
He wasn't shot by an actual person, you see, but by a robot rifle operated by a female assassin at a safe distance.
And, get this now, she was paid not by the swaggering, corrupt Southern businessman in the bad toupee who seems to have a full White House access pass, but by the liberal female Supreme Court justice who's rapidly dying of lung cancer and is perfectly content to spend eternity in hell.
She was one of those in the president's inner circle who signed off on the Ohio fraud but then developed a galloping case of patriotic remorse. The Prez himself, of course, didn't even know what all his inner circle had achieved by both hook and crook.
With all that chaos (I haven't even mentioned three other ongoing subplots), some resolution practically pleaded to announce itself.
That was neatly taken care of last Thursday when the Prez, on a hospital visit with his dying Supreme Court appointee, reacted to the news of his fraudulent election by calmly removing her oxygen mask, pinning her hands down and leaving her to gasp helplessly and horribly for her final breaths.
Did I mention the Prez is a liberal Republican? Well, that's where we are as we head into the new show on Thursday night.
It goes without saying that my sedate little plan for keeping up with "Scandal" on my couch was pitched into the show's weekly bonfire along with all of its circumspection and common sense. If I stayed with it – and I have, I have (on my DVR) – it was because I was watching one of the nuttiest TV shows I've ever seen.
These people – led by the show's inventor and show-runner, Shonda Rhimes – weren't just jumping the shark five times every hour; they were riding on its back to the nearest amusement park.
It seems I have lots of company in wide-eyed weekly witness to "Scandal's" wildness and weirdness. In the current issue of Entertainment Weekly, Mark Harris – author of the excellent Hollywood history "Pictures at a Revolution" and the husband of "Angels in America" and "Lincoln" writer Tony Kushner – calls it "against all odds, the most original drama on network TV right now."
"It gets better and crazier every week. … 'Scandal' never stalls. It is dementedly bent on jumping ahead of your attempts to jump ahead of it. … Most network television is safe and 'Scandal' is not. It's unhinged, it's insane. And it couldn't be more welcome."
My obvious question is this: If you're blowing up your own show every week, won't there come a point where all you've got left of the show's premise is shrapnel, and not nearly enough of it to construct whole other episodes and plotlines?
But then, I suppose, at that point you could always employ the old supercapitalist solution I once heard was used by a radio soap opera about a small town.
When a few too many unpleasant cast members banded together to ask for more money, the producers and writers – who hated all the actors – put every one of their characters in a bus on the way to a church picnic and then sent the bus over a cliff.
Now there's a solution even megafixer Olivia Pope might find a little extreme.
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Here we go again. "Lincoln County's request for $1.3 million in federal stimulus money to repave 6.3 miles of Highway CC near Tomahawk was rejected by the state Department of Transportation, said Randy Scholz, the county's highway commissioner. Scholz said there was concern with the Highway CC plan over an "archaeological hit," though the state did not expand on what that might be. It could be an American Indian burial ground, an old homestead or something else of historic significance that construction would affect, Scholz said."
An "archaeological hit" on repaving a road. I doubt that, for anything of archaeological value would have already been paved over years ago. More than likely it was a "political hit" by Dufus Doyle and his cronies. They want that stimulus money kept in Madison and Milwaukee so they can dump it down the same black hole that they did with their six billion dollar deficit. They are presently scheming to double the taxes on every type of license and permit that the state issues. That permit stuff is small potatoes and is being used as a distraction for their real intentions. Just watch what they do to our property taxes in years to come. I think we need a revision of the "State of Superior" idea from a few years ago. We should dump Dufus Doyle, his cronies and the whole Southern half of the state.


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Beetle invasion in Richardson?
Or is this just an issue at the DMN's Richardson HQ? Walking in this morning, I noticed the parking lot was littered with these little critters. Most of 'em dead, though my model there was still crawling.
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You guys just have to try this. The game was created by two Finnish guys in 2004. I've been playing it since 2005 now.
- every user controls one player
- you only need the mouse
- left-mouse is for shooting and right-mouse is for passing and blocking
- goalies are the only CPUs
- the game is in overhead camera wiev
- the graphics are not that great, but the game just rocks because the great idea
- the game is easy to learn, but it takes a long time to master it
- you can create teams and invite others there
- there are lots of NA players as well already
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Thursday, October 24, 2013
The Tri-County Master Gardener Association and Clemson Extension announce their first Arbor Day Tree Sale Fundraiser. Plants for sale include fruit and ornamental shade trees and shrubs ...and must be pre-ordered by Nov. 18. A printable order form is available at http://www.clemson.edu/extension/county/dorchester/index.html
Trees will be available for pick up at the Clemson University Coastal Research and Education Center located at 2865 Savannah Highway on Dec. 6 Arbor Day from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information, contact Derrick Phinney at 843-563-0135.
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The part-time job could not fully cover the growing bills. She soon fell behind on rent, with little sympathy from her landlord. With a preliminary eviction notice in hand, Joan frantically asked for help .
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Cool weather will slow corn germination
Under ideal conditions, corn will emerge in 10 days or less after planting. But, the cool, wet weather throughout much of the Corn Belt during April has been anything but ideal. Given these cooler soil conditions, germination could take three weeks or more once corn is planted if temperatures remain lower than normal.
Corn's germination process involves several steps which are driven by temperature. The corn seed must first absorb 30 percent of its weight in water, note Pioneer agronomists. Seeds can absorb water below 50º F; however, growth will not occur until soil temperatures are above 50º F. As temperatures rise, the processes required for germination occur at a faster rate, leading to more rapid emergence.
Typically, about 125 accumulated Growing Degree Units (GDU) are required between planting and emergence. To calculate GDUs in your area, take the daily high temperature plus the daily low temperature and divide by two. Take that high-low average and subtract 50. For example, if the day's high is 70º and low is 42º, six GDUs would be accumulated in the given day.
Numerous environmental and management factors influence the number of GDUs needed for corn's emergence, the University of Wisconsin's Joe Lauer points out. For example, when conservation tillage leaves more that 75 percent residue, an additional 30 to 60 GDUs are needed for corn emergence. Other factors include:
• Fine soil texture, add 30 to 60 GDUs
• Coarse soil texture, subtract 30 to 60 GDUs
• Seed-zone soil moisture (below optimum), add 30 GDUs
• Seedbed condition (soil crusting or massive clods), add 30 GDUs
• Seeding depth (for each inch below 2 inches), add 15 GDUs
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Researchers at Marshall University's Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine have collaborated on an electronic book, "Nutrition and Cancer From Epidemiology to Biology," recently published by Bentham Science Publishers.
This ebook is one of the latest efforts of researchers at the Marshall University Nutrition and Cancer Center.
A collection of scientific articles written by Marshall faculty members and students, the publication was edited by Dr. Richard M. Niles, professor and chairman of the university's Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, and Dr. Pier Paolo Claudio, associate professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology and director of the McKown Translational Genomic Research Institute.
According to the publisher, various estimates suggest that between 30-40% of all human cancers are related to dietary patterns. Strong epidemiological evidence from studies points to dietary constituents that either contribute or protect against the development of various forms of cancer.
This e-book reviews some traditional and relatively new areas of nutrition and cancer. Epidemiological data is combined with molecular biology research and, where available, clinical trial data. The emerging science of "Nutrigenomics" is discussed with chapters on the biological role of various nutrition components from red wine, peppers, green tea, fish oil, cruciferous vegetables, retinoids; and the intersection of nutrition and epigenetics in hematopoiesis.
The publication will be of interest to researchers in the nutrition and cancer fields, physicians in family and community medicine, internal medicine and oncology, and dieticians providing counseling to cancer patients and cancer survivors.
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HiRISE is taking photos of Mars that are higher in resolution (~30cm/pixel), showing more detail, than any previous images. Objects as small as a meter across, approximately the size of a teacher's desk, can be seen in the HiRISE images. This allows HiRISE to find small features like interior channels, streambed features, and layering. Since the HiRISE camera is "zoomed in" to look at very small regions of Mars, it will only be able to image about 2% of the surface of the planet. Thus each image has to count!
You are challenged to help choose some regions of Mars for HiRISE to image that probably contained water at the surface in the past. The HiRISE team will pick several suggestions and image them with the camera in the coming months. Your team will represent the first people on Earth to see the resulting image and will have the chance to search for signs of water in the image.
You can choose areas within a valley system or outflow channel (like the source region or other interesting spot on the floor or walls) or obtain a close-up of gullies imaged from past missions. You can also choose to re-image an interesting site already seen in a HiRISE image to look for any changes that may indicate present geologic activity.
To increase your chances of getting your image picked sooner rather than later, here are a few tips:
Very few images can be taken at any given time, and the camera is restricted by its orbital path and the time of year. In addition, HiRISE is one of several instruments on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter that also need to collect data and are allocated part of the data downlink volume. However, we will continue to release classroom suggested images on the HiRISE website each week, so even if your target is not selected this round, keep checking the website! You'll also be able to see what other school groups have suggested and help in the analysis of those sites! We want all participating classes to analyze their favorite returned HiRISE image, whether or not they actually suggested it, and submit a report on their analysis.
See the calendar below for planning purposes. Prepare for the Challenge with some background references to learn about the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and Martian terrain options. Grade-specific Teacher's Guides and Student Activity Books, tutorials, and other helpful information are available in .pdf format from the HiRISE Learning and Activity Center. To browse the released HiRISE images and for additional information about HiRISE, visit the main HiRISE website at http://marsoweb.nas.nasa.gov/hirise.
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Getting the call that changes your life ... literally!
I have been in this intense limbo ever since Jan. 4 when my CT Scan showed signs of a mass in my liver, which meant that there was a possible cancer spread.
Being a "veteran" of this now, I understood the doctors' concern because if cancer had spread into my liver, it was more than likely transferred by a lymph node – meaning the cancer could also be in other parts of my body.
Having that much cancer spread seemingly all throughout your body is terrifying! I felt as if I was placed in some sort of cancer maze, where as soon as I was close to an exit, a wall would quickly slam down keeping me stuck inside.
As each day passed and I hadn't gotten an answer from my liver scan, I could feel the light get dimmer and my cancer maze felt never ending.
But then the call came – the call that made me feel like I had a map leading me out of my maze, doors started lifting up and I was finally let free.
The spot in my liver caused some major havoc in my world but who the H-E-double hockey sticks cares ... because with that call I came to find out that the MRI showed it wasn't cancerous! Ahhhhh thank God!!!!
That first breath you let out when you get good news feels almost stolen. Your entire body gets weak as if you were holding up this 100-lb. weight over your head and you've finally been told you could drop it. You feel free! Absolutely freaking free!
You are so used to getting the call that starts with, "Sorry to tell you this but I have some bad news..." that you then desperately scramble for ways to pump yourself back up to fight. However, this time my doctor's call was different and the call became my release button – my permission to breathe and to keep on breathing!
When you're battling cancer and you hear that your blood results haven't moved since day one of chemo and a scan shows the possibility of a spread, you start thinking, "Come on! Who upstairs doesn't want me down here? Um, God, we need to have a talk!" I'm just playing, but I find I can joke with God when I pray so he doesn't mind that line of questioning.
I've learned so much through all of this and it's so weird how much clarity you can have looking back. I remember back in April 2012 when I first acknowledged the cyst – I was talking to my girlfriends and flat out said, "I'm scared ... I don't wanna do this again. I can't do this again."
I wasn't trying to be dramatic as I honestly felt I didn't have it in me to go through it all again. In 2011, I had finally felt back to my pre-2005 cancer self and then boom, I find out I have to start the whole "cancer thing" all over again ... really?
Overwhelmed but OptimisticEverything seemed overwhelming, everything seemed too much to take in. The road seemed like this never-ending trail of bad news of things I was scared to do or confront. Realizing your mortality, undergoing more surgeries, coping with the loss of fertility, menopause, and my dreaded relationship with chemo's side effects.
I saw all of the above as an overwhelming and life-altering mountain standing smack dab in front of me. Wishing that cancer mountain wasn't there wouldn't make it go away. I knew that the best way to climb any impossible looking mountain is with small steps not giant leaps. So I tried to NOT combine all of the tasks in my head but instead address the most pressing issues one at a time.
Fertility was my first concern and now I'm happier than I was BEFORE I even had cancer in 2005. I have 10 eggs in some freezer somewhere and no matter what happens in my future no one can take those away from me – they're all mine, dang it, and I will have me some babies!
I know some, if not most, of you have experienced getting to the top of your impossible mountain and felt that euphoric rush overcome your body. You can't help but smile with the goofiest grin in the world because you accomplished something you never wanted to do or ever wanted to do again ... but you didn't break. You beat it!
I love the quote, "The strongest steel has to go through the hottest fire." I repeated that quote to myself whenever the questions of "why me?" started to creep into my mindset.
You might not like the cards you have been dealt, but you are who you are because of them. You get a bad hand and it's your choice how you can play it, but I promise if you choose not to fold, you will come out better than you could ever possibly imagine.
The feeling I have right now, at this very moment ... of finally getting my good news is the BIGGEST high in the world and the best reward for all the turmoil of a bad hand.
I want to scream, "I am cancer free!" but second-time-around cancers are a trickier bird. I won't have that specific 100 percent clear moment because of the type of cancer I have. However, that doesn't mean I can't celebrate.
Celebrating My RemissionWould I like to have had some sort of marker or test that showed the chemo fought off everything? Of course! I remember the first time I had cancer, I loved seeing my CA125 blood test numbers go from 500 to 23 by the end of all my chemo treatments because it showed me the progress of it killing the cancer.
Would I like to have a CT scan of my ovary area that showed a change from before and after chemo? Of course! But, as a result of my four surgeries, there is so much scar tissue in that area that a clear ovary scan is impossible.
So although there is no actual test to give me that gives me the 100 percent cancer-free assurance that I had back in 2006, I feel I can celebrate remission just the same. I have done every treatment the doctor has ordered, done every test, every scan and with these clear liver results, I have faith that my treatment worked.
I'm confident in my "cancer-free version" even without a test that exactly proves so. I am celebrating this moment and am ecstatic to say I'm in remission! I may have a few treatments here and there but I'm done with the fear ... I beat the sucker once again!
I know other patients still in their fight can't wait to hear those four glorious words: "You are in remission." Those four lil' words make you feel like you got a new clean slate and are free to do whatever you want in life.
I think of y'all fighting and I promise I'm not just taking my good news liver results and peace out of the patient world. My goal in life has shifted and I want nothing more than to make the road of the patient and the caregiver less ominous. I want to help and I won't stop until I accomplish my goal.
I know how lucky I am and I do not take that for granted! I started a company for patients and their loved ones called MedGift back in 2006 while going through my first battle with ovarian cancer. Now in 2013, I have found things I want to do to make MedGift better and it's all because of the experiences I have had during this second cancer fight. I am on fire with a passion that has never been more intense. I can't wait for y'all to see what I'm up to!
This is my cancer-free version! I am not living in the fear of "What if they didn't get it all?" or "How do they know if there is no test I can do?"
Instead I'm looking out in front of me, clean liver scan in hand screaming, "I'm done! Hello, you beautiful remission you! Now let's go kick some booty because I'm free."


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2010-11: Atlantic Sun Player of the Year...A-Sun Tournament Champion...A-Sun Player of the Month (September '10)...A-Sun All-Academic Team...Stetson University Female Student-Athlete of the Year...Led the Hatters to a third consecutive Atlantic Sun Conference championship and NCAA East Regional appearance...73.4 stroke average in 30 rounds...picked up three tournament victories, including UNCG Starmount Fall Classic (Sep. 26-28), Siena Homewood Suites Invitational (March 18-19) and A-Sun Championship (April 11-13)...fifth golfer in A-Sun history to win back-to-back conference Player of the Year awards...four other top five finishes...shot even par or better 11 times, including 69 at the Xavier Invitational (Oct. 9) and Cincinnati Spring Invitational (March 26)...tied for 31st out of 126 golfers at NCAA East Regional.
2009-10: Atlantic Sun Player of the Year...Atlantic Sun Freshman of the Year...A-Sun All-Tournament Team...A-Sun Player of the Month (October '09, November '09)...A-Sun All-Academic Team...Stetson University Co-Female Student-Athlete of the Year...Buelow burst onto the scene with an eye-popping rookie year of college golf for the Hatters...led Stetson to its second consecutive A-Sun tournament title and NCAA East Regional appearance...first freshman in conference history ever to be voted A-Sun Player of the Year...first Hatter to win top league honors...two-time A-Sun Player of the Month...school record 73.1 stroke average in 34 rounds...10 top five finishes...won Hatter Fall Classic (Nov. 2-3) and Cincinnati Spring Invitational (March 26-27)...runner-up at MSU Ocala Spring Invitational (April 2-4) and A-Sun Championships (April 12-14)...tied for 30th among 121 golfers at NCAA East Regional...shot season-low 69 in Cincinnati Invitational second round...shot even par or better 15 times.
Prior to Stetson: Captured 2009 Florida State Women's Amateur Golf Association championships in Match Play and Stroke Play...only the second women's golfer in state history to accomplish that feat in the same year...GolfStat.com ranked her 20th in the nation among junior women's golfers...two-time state high school champion...three-time Florida Junior Masters champion.
Why I chose to be a Hatter - location, small school environment
My dream golf foursome is myself and - my grandfather, Brett Favre and Payne Stewart
Favorite course I have played - Lake Nona
Course I would love to play but haven't yet - Augusta National
Most memorable golf moment - eagle on last hole to force a playoff and ultimately win FHSAA state finals
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What are the long-term effects of taking medication for mental illness? Will the medicine damage my brain, liver, kidney or other organs?
Medications for mental illness are generally safe and effective when used as prescribed. As with any medication, however, side effects may occur. Research shows that medications like antipsychotics, lithium and antidepressants can actually protect brain cells from damage caused by brain illnesses like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. This improves overall functioning.
While this is true, consumers should know that every medication has some risk of long-term adverse effects. For example, clozapine (Clozaril®) poses a risk of lowering immune system function, valproate (Depakene®, Depakote®) has a risk of causing liver injury and lithium has a risk of decreasing kidney function. It is a good idea for consumers to be aware of the possible long term adverse effects of each medication prescribed for them. Please check out the medication fact sheets on www.nami.org to learn about possible side effects of your medication. Regular visits to your doctor and blood tests are often necessary to screen for and prevent these adverse effects.
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Begin and end of tour: Lenk train station
Access starting point: From Zweisimmen to Lenk
Access point of arrival: Anfahrt nach Lenk ab Zweisimmen
From Zweisimmen to Lenk
Hiking time: 06:00 (hours, minutes)
Physical fitness: challenging
Difficulty: challenging
Difference in elevation: 800 m
Culmination point: 1856 m
Season: June - October
Gastronomy: Mountain house Iffigenalp, restaurant Rezliberg and restaurant Simmenfälle
Literature: Hiking map SAW Wildstrubel 1:50,000
Start hiking in the direction of Lake Lenker (Lenkersee). The hike continues along the roaring waters of Iffigbach across Pöschenried/Färiche to Iffig Falls. Hike up to Langermatte, then steeply downwards to Rezliberg (1405m) and Sibe Brünne (1102m, Seven Springs). This is where the Simme originates and then spectacularly falls down into the valley. This thrilling hike ends in Lenk, a short distance below in the valley.
Tour Overview
3D hiking map Download GPX coordinates Download KMZ (GoogleEarth)
The careful planning of a tour will ensure that you also derive the maximum pleasure and enjoyment from it. Please take the time to contact the local information centre and enquire about route and weather conditions before setting off. Your intended trail may be fully or partially closed, depending on the time of year and weather conditions.


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Battery Ventures has hired Jonathan Sills, the former chief marketing officer at ShoeDazzle, as its latest executive in residence. The Boston-based firm is hoping it can leverage Sills' experience in using data-driven marketing for ShoeDazzle and earlier as a senior vice president at Proflowers to help improve marketing programs at Battery portfolio companies.
Sills, who will work out of the firm's West Coast office, says he joined Battery to bring consumer marketing tactics to companies selling to other business, where data-driven models are starting to play a larger role but are still not as ubiquitous as they are on the consumer-facing side.
Venture Capital Dispatch spoke with him about those two groups and where business-to-business companies could improve. Here's an edited version of the conversation.
What are the similarities in how marketing is being done at companies that sell to consumers and those that sell to other businesses?
Enterprise marketing is starting to look a lot like consumer marketing. It's becoming a lot less "Glengarry Glen Ross" and a lot more "Moneyball," where you're not trying to push in customers on your own terms.
A lot of business-to-business companies are still in (an early-Internet) mindset.
The signup pages on a number of enterprise websites look like what we had in the early days of Proflowers. They're getting potential customers to fill out forms to get them into Salesforce.com, rather than getting them emotionally involved in the process.
Enterprise buyers are people too. Why wouldn't you want to use similar tactics to reach them?
What are the biggest differences in marketing to consumers as opposed to businesses?
There's so much opportunity and CMOs I speak with are embracing the opportunity. It's not a matter of resistance but they are behind consumer companies.
For example Google is pervasive and influential in to people's decision. Yet, a lot of companies don't put much time into the copy that goes with their paid, branded search terms. It's often just a link to the home page. They'll say "We thought about that but haven't done anything," whereas in consumer marketing, paid search is part of the air you breathe.
The same is true of retargeting (sending targeted ads to people that have already visited your website.) Consumer companies have invested heavily in retargeting and most enterprises have not.
What was something that ShoeDazzle did well that enterprise startups can learn from?
One of ShoeDazzle's many innovations was their style quiz, where customers offered information about their preferences in fashion, brands, celebrities and so on, and you'd give them recommendations they hadn't expected.
If you let people interact with your products in an interesting, playful way, you'll be surprised with the results.
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A lizard kisser is a person who inserts their tounge in and out of your mouth during a make out session.
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a closed mouth kiss where one of the kissers quickly juts their tongue into the mouth of the other kisser and then quickly pulls it out.
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They are accomplished attorneys with sparkling resumes who passionately defend their political beliefs.
Democratic incumbent Kirsten E. Gillibrand and Republican challenger Wendy Long are also Catholic and Ivy League-educated. And their contest marks the first time in history two women have faced each other for a U.S. Senate seat from New York.
But that's where the similarities for these two women end.
Long invokes the late President Ronald Reagan as she makes the case for a conservative agenda for New York. Gillibrand embraces a more liberal platform based heavily on women's issues and support for President Obama.
"Ronald Reagan won this state twice," Long recently told the editorial board of The Buffalo News. "New Yorkers have not had a practical menu of choices offered to them in a long time. And New Yorkers are open to new ideas."
Gillibrand, meanwhile, points to several accomplishments since succeeding Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Senate – on national issues like championing transparency in government and locally helping to preserve the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station.
"I try to be a voice for all of New York," she said in a separate session at The News, adding that she embraces a bipartisan approach to several problems and issues.
Long, 52, emerged from the legal profession onto the statewide scene earlier this year to declare her Republican candidacy. After dispatching two opponents in the June primary, she has crisscrossed the state in search of any media exposure possible. Saturating the airwaves with ads is only a dream for Long after raising just $722,000 so far, compared with the more than $15 million collected by Gillibrand.
But Long brings a list of accomplishments to the race, including a stint as law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. A Dartmouth graduate, she was press secretary to Republican Sens. William L. Armstrong of Colorado and Gordon J. Humphrey of New Hampshire, before becoming a litigator in Manhattan and getting involved in legal and judicial affairs.
Now Long must overcome huge obstacles posed by a senator whom New Yorkers are still getting to know, but apparently getting to like. The latest Marist poll shows Gillibrand handily beating Long, 68 percent to 24 percent. Marist also reported the senator's approval rating climbed above 50 percent for the first time since she took office in March of 2009 – 55 percent think Gillibrand is doing either an excellent or good job.
None of the impediments deter Long. She lists the nation's $16 trillion debt as a top concern, charging Democrats and Republicans alike with paying no more than lip service to the issue.
"She hasn't addressed herself to anything serious in terms of cutting the debt and deficit," Long said of Gillibrand. "I believe in the Reagan model – we're in debt because the federal government spends too much."
Long criticizes her fellow Dartmouth graduate's support for what she calls big government programs, asking why Washington must get involved in health care, education, student loans or the auto industry.
"I don't want the federal goverwnment running everything like the Post Office," she said, singling out health care as her main target.
Instead of a massive program like "Obamacare," she said the government can encourage free-market solutions like allowing sale of insurance across state lines, reforming malpractice litigation laws and moving to models that discourage costly and unnecessary tests.
Long would have voted against Obama's stimulus program and would have cut taxes instead. To her, it all comes down to spending.
"Kirsten Gillibrand goes around like she's got a big bag of goodies and acting like the fairy godmother," she said. "Where is all that money coming from?"
Long rejects tax hikes for taming the federal deficit and points to government spending as the root of the problem. She dismisses the concept of the Simpson-Bowles Commission, which issued deficit recommendations.
"I have a problem with farming out the business of government to independent commissions," she said. "But on the merits, it's certainly a step in the right direction – better than anything our elected officials did."
Just about anything that Long supports, Gillibrand is against. Long opposes abortion and same-sex marriage; Gillibrand has championed both as basic civil rights. Long supports several measures to cut federal spending, while Gillibrand questions the effects of potential "sequestration" cuts on programs that fund food stamps and "cops on the beat."
"Too many Republicans signed that pledge to Grover Norquist, an unelected third-party lobbyist," she said, referring to the activist who asks candidates to sign his anti-tax pledge.
The senator said the next Congress will prove cooperative enough to avoid the "fiscal cliff" and sequestration cuts.
"I believe we'll have bipartisan Republicans for a bipartisan deal, and I'll work with President Obama and my colleagues to pass a deal as soon as possible," she said.
Gillibrand, 45, has come to Buffalo on several occasions to tout tax breaks she believes will stimulate the economy or help disadvantaged groups, such as one proposal to grant tax breaks to companies hiring veterans.
While Long asks how the tax revenue will be replaced, the senator says she insists that any tax cut made must be paid for.
"It's a choice you make," she said. "I prefer a tax cut for hiring a veteran rather than one for an oil company."
The one criticism stinging Gillibrand in the years since she left her Hudson Valley seat in the House to become a statewide figure may lie in her leftward political shift. On gun control, for example, Gillibrand has moved from ardent Second Amendment supporter to a willingness to back some controls.
"In my previous district, there was very little gun violence in relation to other parts of the state," she explained. "That's my responsibility as a senator for a state as big and diverse as this."
Gillibrand rejects "labels" such as liberal and conservative, as well as the "most liberal member of the Senate" tag pinned on her by the National Journal.
She said the rating stemmed from belief that voting for measures like Hurricane Irene relief constituted a "liberal" point of view.
"That's a vote I was very proud of," she said.
With such a wide lead in polling and fundraising, Gillibrand has mostly ignored her opponent. They have debated only once, in an October encounter in Saratoga Springs.
But the senator also does not shy away from painting Long as a candidate out of political sync with the state.
"The difference in our viewpoints is very clear," Gillibrand said. "Wendy Long's values and priorities don't align with most New Yorkers.
"It's a very clear contrast," she added, "I think New Yorkers have a very clear choice on who they want to represent them in Washington."
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Federal agents seized nearly 1,500 from a bunker behind an Albuquerque man's home last week. Officials found the items, including an anti-aircraft gun, in Robert Adams' underground bunker in his back yard.
Court documents indicate that Adams is being investigated for gun smuggling, tax evasion and record keeping violations. The missing documents mean the guns are not traceable by law enforcement officials.
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