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After witnessing the devastation of seeing their beloved church burn to the ground, members of the New Life Apostolic Church in Medford turned sorrow into excitement as they gathered for Easter services in a temporary worship space.
The excitement came because they are just now putting the finishing touches on a brand new, state of the art church facility. This comes just seven months after the original church was destroyed.
For New Life's Pastor Ron Schuenke, the fact that they are able to rebuild has served as a reminder to his congregation that god will help people see through even the darkest of times.
"God is faithful, god is faithful through all things. Even when it seems dark, even when it seems like weariness overwhelms you god is faithful." Schuenke said.
Church member Jeff Wellsandt left work and rushed to go help on the day of the fire. Now, as he stands with pictures of the new facility behind him, he feels the entire ordeal has helped make the community stronger.
"Sometimes when you think a building could never be destroyed, it shows you how vulnerable you are. When its all done, you look at Job and Job was blessed more at the end than at the beginning. " Wellsandt said.
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One more reason to add to my long list of reasons that I will not fly on United Airlines. I don't consider this indicative of all USA airlines, but a problem related more to this specific airline, which seems to deserve awards for stupidity, and now racial profiling as well. There's a reason they went bankrupt and took four years to get out of bankruptcy.
And by the way, only an hour late is quite good based on my usual experiences with UA. My last UA (Continental) flight was delayed longer than an hour while we waited on board for our cabin crew to show up. The cabin crew (not the pilots) had to be flown to Houston from Chicago before we could take off.
Not withstanding a splendidly vacuous (Boston) Globe editorial - that would have made Winston Smith proud, this sounds to me like a hoax...either that or details have been left out.
His accout is so nicely written! The pilot clearly could not have known details about the book, and I therefore lay the fault at the flight attendant's feet. The faulty logic of "anything possibly suspicious" is "always worth investigating" leads to these moronic situations. Why any terrorist/hijacker would be so stupid as to display their intent so blantantly (if it actually had been a book on the exact aircraft being flown) also mystifies logic.
Somehow, I am not surprised… I have been a flight instructor for many years now; our Center instructs professional pilots from all over the world. It was about eight years ago or so (after 9/11, definitely), and a group of four or so Angolan pilots (all military, but not in uniform) were on their way back to their home country; connecting flight on the East Coast (Newark? JFK?). According to their reports later on, they hadn't been able to sit together, so they visited each other and talked animatedly (in Portuguese); some of them had their training manuals issued by our Center open. Well, that was enough for some "concerned citizens" to contact the flight hostess... people talking in an "unintelligible language", looking up "aviation technical manuals"... too much for the average U.S. American to comprehend. Result: At the arrival on the East Coast, sheriffs boarded the plane and took out the surprised, hapless pilots. After some delay, the error was realized, and they were let go. Whether they missed their connection or not, I can't remember. Well, as the saying goes: "When it comes to 'helping' others, some people stop at nothing"...
As an African-American, I'm saddened that this happened to Vance Gilbert, but like others I am not at all shocked. It seems we have a shortage of people with common sense (which seems not so common anymore) in this country, and their ignorance and blatant stupidity are the cause for humiliation for innocent, educated, and good people. I don't understand how both the flight attendant AND the Pilot could have thought there was some sort of issue with reading about antique aircraft but again, these things happen quite often here, I just don't think everyone reveals the details of their individual experiences. I applaud Vance for his letter and do hope UA offers to compensate him, though I can't think of an amount to justify his experience on board their aircraft.
Next time, I might just bring my laptop with MS Flight Simulator installed on it. I'd like to see what effect would that have. :)
I sympathize with Vance Gilbert and am frankly not overly surprised that this happens, particularly on the world's worst airline.Unfortunately this is symptomatic of the way US society is and is increasingly headed:insular, uneducated and paranoid. I believe that only c20% of Americans have a passport - how's that for understanding the diversity of the world. Teaching of (or encouragement to use a second language of one's birth) is poor and not encouraged. How is that for diversity? Rude, bullying authoritarianism by "people in Power" be that TSA agents, pilots or flight attendants is normal. At least on this occasion the police seemed to be reasonable.
I admire Vance Gilbert for his measured reporting of the incident. I despair for the systems, the extremism and lack of measured debate and the mindless, authoritarian practices that are tearing this country apart.
The issue is bigger than unfortunate and unacceptable incidents on a plane. Mindlesness is becoming all pervasive.
As someone who has had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Gilbert several times at model aircraft events throughout the northeastern US, I'm pretty amazed that anyone could mistake him for anything other then an incredibly nice, easygoing guy. A conversation with Vance is always entertaining and enlightening, and he's about the most nonthreatening-looking guy I can imagine.
Ah, another fine example of UA's customer service. The man deserves at the very least a refund and an apology. Perhaps Mr. Gilbert can go the route of another unhappy United customer and musician and write a song about his experience. As a US citizen I am appalled at this sort of treatment; as a frequent traveler I am gobsmacked by the lack of, well, intelligence and common sense on the part of the flight crew. Not just the flight attendant, but the pilot! Crazy.
What else can we not read? and is an idiotic airline employee the judge? I think this is a disgrace.
Americans have definitely gone mad. And the decline seems irreversible
I apologise if this is a daft question, but can someone please explain why reading about historic aircraft is suspicious?
I am not sure if this shows profiling or just that UA flight attendants are not very bright - and nor are the managers they talk to (the police seem OK). But what do you expect from an aerial waitress? The lack of compensation seems odd.
I can't imagine the humiliation Vance Gilbert went through because I am neither a Negro nor American. I read about aviation all of the time but I am middle aged and white as.
On the other hand, I am not American and according to posts elsewhere on this website, it is perfectly OK I were to be deported from the US -not because of anything I did- but because I failed to carry my passport when in public in the US- a heretofore sensible precaution against passport theft.
America it seems is going through one of its periodic paranoia periods (vide McCarthy) when it would be best that us non-Americans (and perhaps non- Anglo white Americans) stay away.
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It's not just the cool steel-ribbon gift wrapping that makes the new Arizona Cardinals stadium radically different; it's everything, from the "Starchitect" design by Peter Eisenman, to North America's first slide-out tray field, to the "pie-slice" construction method, engineered to keep costs to a trim $350 million. The NFL is betting that the Cardinals' new home will help re-brand the woeful Cards as a winner, and kick-start a new era in sports stadia – away from the nostalgic feel of baseball parks, and onward into the future. The showcase stadium hosted the...Watch Documentary
A film project about the power of mass collaboration, government and the Internet. In his student flat in Colchester, Jack Howe is staring intently into his computer screen. He is picking the team for Ebbsfleet United's FA Trophy Semi-Final match against Aldershot. Around the world 35,000 other fans are doing the same thing, because together, they own and manage the football club. If distributed networks of people can run complex organisations such as football clubs, what else can they do? Us Now takes a look at how this type of participation could transform the way that countries are...Watch Documentary
Twenty years on from the invention of the World Wide Web, Dr Aleks Krotoski looks at how it is reshaping almost every aspect of our lives. Joined by some of the web's biggest names – including the founders of Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, Apple and Microsoft, and the web's inventor – she explores how far the web has lived up to its early promise. The founding father of the Web, Tim Berners-Lee, believed his invention would remain an open frontier that nobody could own, and that it would take power from the few and give it to the many. Now, in a provocative, strongly authored...Watch Documentary
All life forms, including us, are built upon atoms of carbon. But modern technology is also built on a foundation of carbon. Modern Marvels: Carbon explores how such a simple element burns hotter, cuts deeper, dies harder, insulates more thoroughly, and absorbs more fully than any other material. From diamonds to coal, carbon fiber race cars to graphite pencils, you'll see why carbon is not just the stuff of life, but the key to modern technology. You'll also learn why "activated carbon" is the material of choice for absorbing everything from toxic heavy metals in your...Watch Documentary
A short story about the Semantic Web. Some Internet experts believe the next generation of the Web – Web 3.0 – will make tasks like your search for movies and food faster and easier. Instead of multiple searches, you might type a complex sentence or two in your Web 3.0 browser, and the Web will do the rest. For example, you could type "I want to see a funny movie and then eat at a good Mexican restaurant. What are my options?" The Web 3.0 browser will analyze your response, search the Internet for all possible answers, and then organize the results for you. That's not...Watch Documentary


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STATESBORO - Billy Lowe jokes when he says he has the body of a 50-year-old. AARP probably wouldn't find that funny.
Neither does a 20-year-old, really.
But the junior quarterback has stopped worrying about his bad back. He sat out a year from football, strengthened his core muscles, took a deep look inside and realized, yes, he wants to play football for Georgia Southern.
After six practices this spring, so far, so good.
"For a long time, I took things for granted," Lowe said. "It was all about Billy, coming out here and practicing, I didn't care about anything else. Sitting out a year gave me a chance to re-evaluate myself. I think I appreciate the game more now because you don't realize what you had until you have something taken away from you."
For a 20-year-old, Lowe has already gone through a lot. He led Lakeland High to a 15-0 record and a 5-A Florida state championship, earning a scholarship to Northern Illinois. But after his red-shirt year with the Huskies, he transferred to Southern.
He backed up Jayson Foster in 2007 and produced a memorable game when he played a big role in helping the Eagles knock off Appalachian State in Boone, N.C.
The left-handed Lowe has a strong throwing arm and has scrambling ability.
Constant pain
But throughout his collegiate career, his back had been a source of pain.
"One day I was talking to (GSU trainer) Brant (Berkstresser) and telling him that it was kind of weird, my hamstring's hurting, but I feel it down in my feet," Lowe said.
Lowe said by end of the season he had no feeling in his right leg.
But to keep playing, he did 2-3 hours of rehabilitation work a day. By end of season, he couldn't sit down. He said he had permission slips to stand up in class.
The pain from a herniated disc led to surgery and a year away from the game.
Instead of thinking about quitting, he thought about returning.
It wasn't easy. The herniated disc was repaired, but the scar tissue that followed was equally aggravating.
Lowe said his doctors told him he couldn't do any permanent damage by playing.
"Billy's a tough guy and he's the kind of guy who's not going to complain," GSU offensive coordinator Rance Gillespie said. "He's still knocking the rust off coming back from the injury, but he's having a good spring."
Lowe understands he's behind experienced quarterbacks Lee Chapple and Kyle Collins on the depth chart.
Short-passing threat
But a healthy Lowe can be an asset in the Eagles' short passing attack.
"He has all the tools and talent to do what we want him to do," GSU coach Chris Hatcher said.
None of the quarterbacks in camp will see contact during the spring, meaning Lowe might have to wait until the fall before he learns how his back will hold up in game action.
"You think about (the hit that could end your athletic career), but every play, I'm going to give it my all and whatever God has in store for me will happen," Lowe said. "We have great competition. I want the best guy to start. If it's me that's great, I'm going to contribute everything I have...
"I think I still have it. I'm getting better every day."
NOTES: The Eagles scrimmaged Tuesday. Hatcher has been pleased with the workouts.
"We have a lot of guys who understand we have a long way to go but they come out each and every day and find a point of their game and to get better," he said.


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After his first collegiate start, redshirt freshman Matt Linehan — the son of another former Vandals quarterback, Dallas Cowboys assistant coach Scott Linehan — shares his thoughts on his performance and other matters.
After losing 11 games by an average of 31 points in his first season as head coach, don't think that Idaho's Paul Petrino didn't see the silver lining in Saturday's 38-31 setback at Louisiana-Monroe.
It's just that he's not in the silver lining business.
Still, the combination of the Vandals' improved play and the fact that they're still looking for a their first win of the season makes him all the more eager for Saturday's home opener against Western Michigan at 2 p.m.
For more on the Vandals, follow the link.
Say, maybe the Idaho Vandals and Florida Gators can play each other on Xbox 360.
It may come to that. Another day passed with no resolution on whether the two teams' game — washed out by rain and lightning last Saturday — will be played on another date this season, or whether the Vandals will get the $975,000 payday they were counting on for their trouble.
For more on the Vandals, follow the link.
They couldn't get the game played on Saturday night, which immediately raised questions whether it will get played at all. But an announcement on whether Idaho and Florida will reschedule the 2014 season opener that was first declared "terminated" and then simply "suspended" due to lightning and unplayable field conditions could come today.
For more on the Vandals and their scheduling dilemma, click on the link.
What everyone else in college football calls "body bag games" are something entirely different to guys like Richard Montgomery and Jacob Sannon.
Of course, there isn't an underdog out there who thinks he's auditioning to be a victim.
Click on the link for more on the Vandals.
Call it resolution or call it compromise, but the big question dogging the Idaho Vandals into the first week of the college football season — who's the quarterback? — has been answered.
It's both of them.
More on the Vandals below.
We posted Paul Petrino's comments earlier. Below is our recap of Idaho's second fall scrimmage, with special focus on the muddied quarterback battle between Chad Chalich and Matt Linehan.
Also, a personal note: Today was my last covering the Vandals for the Spokesman-Review as a correspondent. After six years, I'm leaving to focus on my full-time job and my young family. It's been a privilege writing for the S-R, and I'm sure you'll be in good hands with my replacement. Thanks for reading and following along on this blog. You can find my story on Paul Petrino for the paper's season preview next week.
Paul Petrino went easy on his players Saturday morning, at least compared to what they're used to. Idaho scrimmaged just over 120 plays — instead of their customary 150-plus plays — over the course of about two hours in the Kibbie Dome.
Petrino's full comments to the media are below.
Idaho completed its second two-a-day of the week on Wednesday, and coach Paul Petrino was again happy with what he saw. In fact, he said the Vandals' morning practice session "might have been the best practice we've had since I've been here."
The second-year coach was also in a good mood because a certain 346-pound defensive tackle has officially joined the team. Read on for more on that, and other notes from Moscow.
Videos courtesy of Idaho media relations.
The Vandals practiced outside Monday morning in the smoke-clogged air, then worked for about two hours at the Kibbie Dome. After the first two-practice day of fall camp, Idaho coach Paul Petrino was happy with how his team went about its work. "I thought we had great fire in the second practice," he said. "You always do in the first one. Thought they came out in the second practice and worked really hard, and I was really happy."
Petrino was also pleased with his quarterbacks' performance. Read on.
The full pads didn't go on as planned Thursday night, but Idaho still had a lively practice under the lights on its Sprinturf field adjacent to the Kibbie Dome. We have a full report from Day 4 after the jump.
The Idaho men's basketball team will make its return to the Big Sky Conference on New Year's Day against Idaho State. But before that, its schedule includes games against Boise State at CenturyLink Arena in Boise (on Nov. 25) and at Washington State (Dec. 3).
The Vandals, coming off a 16-18 season, announced their schedule on Wednesday. They open the season at home on Nov. 14 against Eastern Oregon — the first of five home nonconference games. They also host South Dakota State, Northern Kentucky, UC Davis, and Walla Walla. The schedule includes two out-of-conference home-and-homes — somewhat unusual in college basketball. They play at Northern Kentucky on Dec. 22 after hosting NKU on Nov. 29, and they play at South Dakota State on Dec. 13 after hosting SDSU on Nov. 17.
UI's full schedule is here. Last week coach Don Verlin announced his final signing of the 2014 class — Nahshon George, a 6-foot-9 JC transfer from Shoreline Community College.
The first day of Idaho fall camp went deep into Monday evening, and we're done filing our story. We've got an assortment of notes and quotes after Day 1 below the link. Read on.
The Idaho Vandals start fall camp tomorrow with a 6 p.m. practice. We've got a preview of camp, including the burning questions that UI needs to answer, and a boatload notes on players coming and going.
Read all of it below.
Paul Petrino got a taste of the Sun Belt football media day last summer after Idaho accepted an invite to the New Orleans-based conference. But on Tuesday, with the Vandals an official football-only member of the Sun Belt, Petrino and the rest of the UI contingent traveled to the Superdome for a more full-fledged media day experience.
Petrino was joined by center Mike Marboe and defensive end Maxx Forde in New Orleans to talk to the media. Check out below for some comments from Petrino on the dismissed Dezmon Epps, what he expects in 2014 and more. You can also watch an interview with Sun Belt commissioner Karl Benson here. Benson referenced the addition of Idaho and New Mexico State — two of the four new teams in the conference — as a way to get to 12 teams so the SBC could have a conference title game. But it fell short of that goal and wound up with 11 football-playing members for 2014.
Read on for quotes from Petrino.
Center Mike Marboe and punter Austin Rehkow were named to the Sun Belt's first-team preseason all-conference team, while defensive end Maxx Forde was a second-round selection. The three Vandals were named Monday, the day before the Sun Belt's media day in New Orleans.
Marboe and Forde are seniors. Rehkow, a Spokane product, is a true sophomore who led the nation in punting average last year.
Sun Belt coaches picked Idaho to finish ninth in the 11-team conference over the weekend. Unanimous league favorite UL Lafayette had five players named to the first-team offense, including preseason offensive player of the year Terrance Broadway, the Rajun Cajuns' quarterback.
Arkansas State, picked second, put four players on the first-team defense, headlined by preseason defensive player of the year Qushaun Lee.
New Mexico State — voted last in the coaches' poll — had no all-conference selections.
Dezmon Epps, who was dismissed from the Idaho football team on Sunday for a violation of team rules, was charged in Moscow with misdemeanor petty theft after allegedly stealing $37.72 in groceries from WinCo Foods.
The former Idaho wide receiver pled not guilty on Monday in Latah County District Court and posted a $300 cash bond. He's scheduled for a pretrial hearing on July 29.
Epps was already on probation after pleading guilty and serving a one-day sentence for a DUI in April.
Read more details below the link.
Dezmon Epps, Idaho's most productive wide receiver last year, has been booted from the team for a violation of team rules, coach Paul Petrino announced this afternoon. He was arrested in April on suspicion of driving under the influence. In June, he was sentenced to one day in jail and two years' probation after pleading guilty.
Epps was one of the two fastest players on the Idaho roster last year, along with running back Richard Montgomery, and one of the best skill players the Vandals have had in recent years.
For our full story, read on.
In its first year back in the Sun Belt Conference since 2004, the Idaho football team has been tabbed to finish ninth out of 11 teams by the league's coaches. The preseason poll, released Saturday afternoon, had the Vandals just ahead of Georgia State and fellow newcomer New Mexico State. The three bottom teams were separated by a mere four points in the poll.
Louisiana Lafayette was the unanimous pick to win the league after garnering all 11 first-place votes. The coaches voted Arkansas State second, followed by South Alabama and Troy.
The Vandals open the season on Aug. 30 at Florida. The following Saturday, Sept. 6, they travel to face UL Monroe in their first Sun Belt game. Each Sun Belt team plays eight conference games, and this season Idaho misses UL Lafayette and Georgia State.
UI went 1-11 last year in Paul Petrino's first season as head coach.
Preseason Sun Belt coaches poll
1. UL Lafayette 121 (11)
2. Arkansas State 102
3. South Alabama 98
4. Troy 84
5. UL Monroe 78
6. Texas State 70
7. Appalachian State 47
8. Georgia Southern 44
9. Idaho 29
10. Georgia State 27
11. New Mexico State 26
The University of Idaho announced on Wednesday that it has hired Charley Molnar as wide receivers coach — a move that was first reported in early June by CoachingSearch.com. Molnar, the former head coach at UMass and offensive coordinator at Notre Dame, takes over receiving coaching duties from Vandals offensive coordinator Kris Cinkovich.
"Getting Charley to join our staff was a home run for us," Idaho coach Paul Petrino said. "He has been one of the best offensive minds in college football. He is a great teacher of technique and details of his position."
Molnar's hiring was prompted by the departure of offensive line coach Jon Carvin after spring camp. Instead of bring in an outside offensive line coach, Petrino moved Cinkovich from receivers coach to O-line coach (in addition to his role as offensive coordinator and assistant head coach).
In other news, Idaho center Mike Marboe was added to the Rimington Award watch list. The award is given to the nation's top center. Marboe has started 36 consecutive games — the fourth-most among active offensive linemen — entering his redshirt senior season for the Vandals.
Idaho kicker/punter Austin Rehkow was also one of 25 punters named to the Ray Guy Award watch list. Rehkow received All-America honors last years as a freshman after averaging 47.8 yards per punt and booting 34 punts of at least 50 yards.


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Company plans to supply LNG to the northeastern U.S. via its advance LNG Project
GDF SUEZ Gas NA has announced the advanceLNG Project, an initiative to provide attractively priced LNG to a wide array of customers in the U.S. Northeast. Starting today through December 31, 2013, GDF SUEZ Gas NA is accepting non-binding bids for LNG supply from the proposed project.
While LNG from GDF SUEZ Gas NA's facility in Everett, Massachusetts has helped for more than 40 years to assure sufficient supplies of natural gas in New England, particularly during the coldest winter periods, the LNG market has vastly expanded. Abundant domestic supplies of natural gas, high fuel oil costs, more stringent environmental regulations, and technological developments have expanded the market for LNG use in:
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Rolls-Royce has won a £12 million order to provide design, integrated power and propulsion systems and equipment for a highly advanced multipurpose service vessel
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has completed development of the "Sayaringo STaGE," a next-generation LNG (liquefied natural gas) carrier. The Sayaringo
Drillsearch Energy Limited announced a new wet gas discovery on the Western Cooper Wet Gas Fairway of the Cooper Basin.
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The race is on in global maritime circles to be the "world's first" in every aspect of environmental friendliness, particularly in regards to the incorporation of LNG as fuel onboard commercial ships.
Classification society ClassNK has granted approval to the design of the new 28AHX-DF dual-fuel engine developed by Niigata Power Systems Co., Ltd. The new engine
Successful transport of 1,480t absorber for biggest LNG plant worldwide in Malaysia.
1,480 tons and a high center of gravity made the transport of an absorber
The Coast Guard medevaced an injured 62-year-old man from his sailboat Thursday approximately 100 miles east of Kill Devil Hills.
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Based on the Finland Ministry of Transport and Communication's maritime strategy, the Finnish parliament has announced a final and lawful decision on the new
State-controlled Exportadora de Sal SA de CV of Mexico ("ESSA"), one of the world's largest salt exporters with a 10-million-ton annual production, has strengthened
Moscow hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Taner Yildiz, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of the Republic of Turkey.
Fednav Limited held a reception on board one of its vessels, the Federal Mayumi, at the Port of Cleveland yesterday to celebrate a trio of anniversaries: the 70th
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Marketo wants to talk revenue cycle and lead nurturing #marketotour (Photo credit: servantofchaos)
A problem facing organizations today is generating more leads. Making this issue even more challenging is changes in buying behavior. Depending on which study to reference, buyers are performing different activities for up to 70% of their buying evaluation before sales intervention.
A recent report by the Aberdeen Group on sales performance shows there is a fair degree of dissatisfaction among sales leaders. 56% saying they were not seeing sufficient growth in top line revenue. Nearly 30% expressed dissatisfaction with lead conversion to sales. A recent CSO Insights report indicated that only 20% of organizations understood their buyer's buying process. These two perspectives combined point to one of the key issues – targeting the wrong buyer.
Looking back on over 12 years of qualitative buyer research and buyer persona development work, I found in 6 out of every 10 organization– a different buyer was identified than the organization had been targeting! If you are off-target with the buyer – you will be off-target on your demand generation and lead generation.
Getting On Target
Marketing and sales leaders today are looking to increase their percentage of being on target when it comes to lead generation. There... Read more
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5 Buying Behaviors of the Persona Buying Cycle
"It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end."
― Ernest Hemmingway
The concept of buyer personas, as a means for understanding buyers, has been around now for over a decade. It is an understatement to say many things have changed in the world of buying and selling since their beginning.
We have witnessed the changing dynamics of the buyer-seller relationship. The dynamics I refer to are buying behaviors and buyer goals. On the other side of the coin, we see marketing and sales making attempts to adapt. The concepts of content marketing, lead nurturing, insight-based selling, customer experience, and brand management emphasized. These practices have been introduced as gateways to connecting with buyers in the new digital age.
Adapting to New Realities
Personas, at their core, were introduced as a tool to communicate the goals and behaviors of users and buyers. Specifically for informing strategies related to product design and marketing to buyers. For B2B Marketing and Sales, a clearer picture has begun to emerge around the goals and behaviors of buyers. Yet, there are many more miles to go. My endeavor and work with organizations over the past decade lead me to... Read more
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The Art of Buying
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The quest to uncover how and why people and businesses engage in the act of buying is becoming an endurance race. Spurred on by increasing social technologies advances. The result is many organizations, whether academia or business, have focused on the science of buying. What we may be losing is critical understanding of the art of buying.
What we are witnessing in the new digital age is the old rules of near total dependency on understanding processes and rules associated with buying is no longer the sole winning ticket. Buying processes and rules have been dissected and analyzed many times over throughout the past few decades. We clung to the belief of knowing the how will lead us to systematic knowledge of how to close more business with buyers. The problem marketing and selling organizations face today is the how – processes and rules – are not as easily defined or structured as in the past. Social technologies have made it possible for new networks and collaboration amongst buyers – causing plenty of flex in processes and rules.
The Why of Buying
If the science of buying has focused on the how of buying, the art of... Read more
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No One Wants to Read Your Emails
So this will be the test to see if I practice what I preach. Whether it's in sales or any other aspect of business, you have to understand people are inherently lazy. Simply put, they do not want to "read" what you're writing to them. They DO want the information you're sharing, or to know how you can help them though (people are always focused on themselves but thats a whole separate article). So the trick is how to get information shared without letting "words" complicate things.
One thing I've found helpful I can share is to take a look at your email before you hit send, then play a game to see how many words you can delete without taking anything away from the point you're making. If you can do that successfully you will find that you will save time, be more effective, and maybe actually get people to read what you want them to.
Brevity is underrated.
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The Panel I'd Like to See: Shaking Up the Digital Media Conference
I don't know about you, but the last three conferences I've attended have had eerily similar programming slates. I'm not naming names, but if I see another "Is Content Really King" or "RTB, DSP, CPE – Drowning in a Sea of Acronyms" panel, it's going to make my eyes and ears bleed. In the interest of adding a little levity to our industry, I've put together a list of panels I'd love to see an adventurous programming director include in their next conference:
1 year? 6 months? 3 months? How low can you go?
Join us as a top HR Director, Recruiter, VP of Sales and Agency Group Director debate just how short a job stint can be before it affects your career in Digital Media.
The Dos and Don'ts of Entertaining
Take a walk on the wild side with some of the best-known sales professionals on the digital party circuit as they give their "rules of the game." Sellers of both sexes give their tried and true mantras for thriving and surviving during a long night out entertaining. Do flirt, don't sleep; Do sip, don't gulp; talk shop only if "shop" means late night karaoke. This panel could get crazy! We certainly hope... Read more
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Back when we were doing DB2 at IBM, there was an important older product called IMS which brought significant revenue. With another database product coming (based on relational technology), IBM did not want any cannibalization of the existing revenue stream. Hence we coined the phrase "dual database strategy" to justify the need for both DBMS products. In a similar vain, several vendors are concocting all kinds of terms and strategies to justify newer products under the banner of Big Data.
One such phrase is Fast Data. We all know the 3Vs associated with the term Big Data – volume, velocity and variety. It is the middle V (velocity) that says data is not static, but is changing fast, like stock market data, satellite feeds, even sensor data coming from smart meters or an aircraft engine. The question always has been how to deal with such type of changing data (as opposed to static data typical in most enterprise systems of record).
Recently I was listening to a talk by IBM and VoltDB where VoltDB tried to justify the world of "Fast Data" as co-existing with "Big Data" which is narrowed to static data warehouse or "data lake" as IBM calls it. Again, they have chosen to pigeonhole Big Data into the world of HDFS, Netezza, Impala, and batch Map-Reduce. This way, they justify the phrase Fast Data as representing operational data that is changing fast. They call VoltDB as "the fast, operational database" implying every other database solution as slow. Incumbents like IBM, Oracle, and SAP have introduced in-memory options for speed and even NoSQL databases can process very fast reads on distributed clusters.
VoltDB folks also tried to show how the two worlds (Fast Data and their version of Big Data) will coexist. The Fast Data side will ingest and interact on streams of inbound data, do real time data analysis and export to the data warehouse. They bragged about the performance benchmark of 1m tps on a 3-node cluster scaling to 2.4m on a 12-node system running in the SoftLayer cloud (owned by IBM). They also said that this solution is much faster than Amazon's AWS cloud. The comparison is not apple-to-apple as the SoftLayer deployment is on bare metal compared to the AWS stack of software.
I wish they call this simply – real-time data analytics, as it is mostly read type transactions and not confuse with update-heavy workloads. We will wait and see how enterprises adopt this VoltDB-SoftLayer solution in addition to their existing OLTP solutions.
Explosive growth in connected devices. Enormous amounts of data for collection and analysis. Critical use of data for split-second decision making and actionable information. All three are factors in making the Internet of Things a reality. Yet, any one factor would have an IT organization pondering its infrastructure strategy. How should your organization enhance its IT framework to enable an Internet of Things implementation? In his session at Internet of @ThingsExpo, James Kirkland, Chief Architect for the Internet of Things and Intelligent Systems at Red Hat, described how to revolutioniz...
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P2P RTC will impact the landscape of communications, shifting from traditional telephony style communications models to OTT (Over-The-Top) cloud assisted & PaaS (Platform as a Service) communication services. The P2P shift will impact many areas of our lives, from mobile communication, human interactive web services, RTC and telephony infrastructure, user federation, security and privacy implications, business costs, and scalability. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Robin Raymond, Chief Architect at Hookflash, will walk through the shifting landscape of traditional telephone and voice services ...
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Bit6 today issued a challenge to the technology community implementing Web Real Time Communication (WebRTC). To leap beyond WebRTC's significant limitations and fully leverage its underlying value to accelerate innovation, application developers need to consider the entire communications ecosystem.
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The definition of IoT is not new, in fact it's been around for over a decade. What has changed is the public's awareness that the technology we use on a daily basis has caught up on the vision of an always on, always connected world. If you look into the details of what comprises the IoT, you'll see that it includes everything from cloud computing, Big Data analytics, "Things," Web communication, applications, network, storage, etc. It is essentially including everything connected online from hardware to software, or as we like to say, it's an Internet of many different things. The difference ...
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Cloud Expo 2014 TV commercials will feature @ThingsExpo, which was launched in June, 2014 at New York City's Javits Center as the largest 'Internet of Things' event in the world.
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Windstream, a leading provider of advanced network and cloud communications, has been named "Silver Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9–11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York, NY. Windstream (Nasdaq: WIN), a FORTUNE 500 and S&P 500 company, is a leading provider of advanced network communications, including cloud computing and managed services, to businesses nationwide. The company also offers broadband, phone and digital TV services to consumers primarily in rural areas.
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"There is a natural synchronization between the business models, the IoT is there to support ," explained Brendan O'Brien, Co-founder and Chief Architect of Aria Systems, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at the 15th International Cloud Expo®, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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The major cloud platforms defy a simple, side-by-side analysis. Each of the major IaaS public-cloud platforms offers their own unique strengths and functionality. Options for on-site private cloud are diverse as well, and must be designed and deployed while taking existing legacy architecture and infrastructure into account. Then the reality is that most enterprises are embarking on a hybrid cloud strategy and programs. In this Power Panel at 15th Cloud Expo (http://www.CloudComputingExpo.com), moderated by Ashar Baig, Research Director, Cloud, at Gigaom Research, Nate Gordon, Director of T...
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An entirely new security model is needed for the Internet of Things, or is it? Can we save some old and tested controls for this new and different environment? In his session at @ThingsExpo, New York's at the Javits Center, Davi Ottenheimer, EMC Senior Director of Trust, reviewed hands-on lessons with IoT devices and reveal a new risk balance you might not expect. Davi Ottenheimer, EMC Senior Director of Trust, has more than nineteen years' experience managing global security operations and assessments, including a decade of leading incident response and digital forensics. He is co-author of t...
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ARMONK, N.Y., Nov. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that it is bringing a greater level of control, security and flexibility to cloud-based application development and delivery with a single-tenant version of Bluemix, IBM's platform-as-a-service. The new platform enables developers to build ap...
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The security devil is always in the details of the attack: the ones you've endured, the ones you prepare yourself to fend off, and the ones that, you fear, will catch you completely unaware and defenseless. The Internet of Things (IoT) is nothing if not an endless proliferation of details. It's the vision of a world in which continuous Internet connectivity and addressability is embedded into a growing range of human artifacts, into the natural world, and even into our smartphones, appliances, and physical persons. In the IoT vision, every new "thing" - sensor, actuator, data source, data con...
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Technology is enabling a new approach to collecting and using data. This approach, commonly referred to as the "Internet of Things" (IoT), enables businesses to use real-time data from all sorts of things including machines, devices and sensors to make better decisions, improve customer service, and lower the risk in the creation of new revenue opportunities. In his General Session at Internet of @ThingsExpo, Dave Wagstaff, Vice President and Chief Architect at BSQUARE Corporation, discuss the real benefits to focus on, how to understand the requirements of a successful solution, the flow of ...
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"BSQUARE is in the business of selling software solutions for smart connected devices. It's obvious that IoT has moved from being a technology to being a fundamental part of business, and in the last 18 months people have said let's figure out how to do it and let's put some focus on it, " explained Dave Wagstaff, VP & Chief Architect, at BSQUARE Corporation, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at @ThingsExpo, held Nov 4-6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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Focused on this fast-growing market's needs, Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation (Nasdaq: VTSS), a leading provider of IC solutions to advance "Ethernet Everywhere" in Carrier, Enterprise and Internet of Things (IoT) networks, introduced its IStaX™ software (VSC6815SDK), a robust protocol stack to simplify deployment and management of Industrial-IoT network applications such as Industrial Ethernet switching, surveillance, video distribution, LCD signage, intelligent sensors, and metering equipment. Leveraging technologies proven in the Carrier and Enterprise markets, IStaX is designed to work ac...
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C-Labs LLC, a leading provider of remote and mobile access for the Internet of Things (IoT), announced the appointment of John Traynor to the position of chief operating officer. Previously a strategic advisor to the firm, Mr. Traynor will now oversee sales, marketing, finance, and operations. Mr. Traynor is based out of the C-Labs office in Redmond, Washington. He reports to Chris Muench, Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Traynor brings valuable business leadership and technology industry expertise to C-Labs. With over 30 years' experience in the high-tech sector, John Traynor has held numerous...
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The 3rd International @ThingsExpo, co-located with the 16th International Cloud Expo - to be held June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY - announces that it is now accepting Keynote Proposals. The Internet of Things (IoT) is the most profound change in personal and enterprise IT since the creation of the Worldwide Web more than 20 years ago. All major researchers estimate there will be tens of billions devices - computers, smartphones, tablets, and sensors - connected to the Internet by 2020. This number will continue to grow at a rapid pace for the next several decades.
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The Internet of Things is not new. Historically, smart businesses have used its basic concept of leveraging data to drive better decision making and have capitalized on those insights to realize additional revenue opportunities. So, what has changed to make the Internet of Things one of the hottest topics in tech? In his session at @ThingsExpo, Chris Gray, Director, Embedded and Internet of Things, discussed the underlying factors that are driving the economics of intelligent systems. Discover how hardware commoditization, the ubiquitous nature of connectivity, and the emergence of Big Data a...
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Almost everyone sees the potential of Internet of Things but how can businesses truly unlock that potential. The key will be in the ability to discover business insight in the midst of an ocean of Big Data generated from billions of embedded devices via Systems of Discover. Businesses will also need to ensure that they can sustain that insight by leveraging the cloud for global reach, scale and elasticity.
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SYS-CON Events announced today that IDenticard will exhibit at SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. IDenticard™ is the security division of Brady Corp (NYSE: BRC), a $1.5 billion manufacturer of identification products. We have small-company values with the strength and stability of a major corporation. IDenticard offers local sales, support and service to our customers across the United States and Canada. Our partner network encompasses some 300 of the world's leading systems integrators and security s...
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IoT is still a vague buzzword for many people. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Mike Kavis, Vice President & Principal Cloud Architect at Cloud Technology Partners, discussed the business value of IoT that goes far beyond the general public's perception that IoT is all about wearables and home consumer services. He also discussed how IoT is perceived by investors and how venture capitalist access this space. Other topics discussed were barriers to success, what is new, what is old, and what the future may hold. Mike Kavis is Vice President & Principal Cloud Architect at Cloud Technology Pa...
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by Robin Artisson (Author)
Concerning "Letters from the Devil's Forest: An Anthology of Writings on Traditional Witchcraft, Spiritual Ecology, and Provenance Traditionalism", the latest published work by Robin Artisson, occultist & writer of some renown.
In this latest work, witch, metaphysician, and traditionalist Robin Artisson presents an in-depth and darksome interior vision of many dimensions of the old and nearly forgotten Art of true Witchcraft. "Letters from the Devil's Forest" is a lengthy anthology of Artisson's writings regarding every topic of essence and interest to the student or researcher of the half-remembered occult practices of "spirit-pacting" and spirit-allegiance: the timeless root-practices that underlie the genuine sorcerous traditions of the West.
Over 130 chapters, representing public and private writings done by Artisson in the last five years, but drawing on over 20 years of his own practice and in-depth researches, are brought together into one informative tome, to better serve the needs of the modern mystic or malcontent in search of a roadmap to the hidden angles of life's most seductive mystery: the mystery of sorcery, and the parallel mystery of spiritual ecology.
The generous amounts of material housed in this encyclopedia of lore comes divided into nine major portions, including a detailed treatment of the lost occult anthropology- the very oldest human beliefs on death, the soul, and dying- and what these beliefs can mean for us alive today; many ethical, practical, and instructional essays on various forms of sorcerous art, focusing on material long pre-dating the modern occult emergence.
There are also essays on the strange themes and practices of the "Hidden Seasons" or the Witch-sabbats; in-depth daimonological ponderings and writings on the "Master Entity" himself, the Witchfather who stands behind genuine covenants of Witchcraft and the Master-Spirits who share our world and act as tutelary spirits to Witch-kind.
Included are scathing criticisms of the lies and falsehoods of modernity and insightful essays offering soul-satisfying alternatives to unquestioned faith in modern myths; sharp philosophical countering and criticism of the mainstream religions that have besmirched the world with their hatreds and absolutisms for centuries, and continue to torment the world today.
There are also foundational essays concerning "Provenance Traditionalism" or the secret tradition that emerges from the origins of Western culture and whose metaphysics and insights are still to be discovered encoded in folklore and mythology.
Also included is a potent selection of folktales and traditional stories, some original but most from deep in the folk-tradition, analyzed and elucidated to reveal the potent "soul-deep" codes that can transform men and women into wiser, more cunning people as they undergo their fateful journeys through this world.
"Letters from the Devil's Forest" is a true treasury of the Hidden and Despised Art; it contains, in over 700 pages, almost ceaseless "Art-teaching" material, sorcerous maxims, gems of practice.
Included are:invocations, poems, channeled writings, warnings, ethical and moral ponderings with regard to the sorcerous arts and to living outside of the mainstream of the modern and greedy spirit, inspirational quotes from past and present masters, wrapped together with Artisson's own sometimes sparkling, sometimes questionable brand of humor and wit, and crowned with original art flourishes and atmospheric ornamentation by Stephanie Houser.
The Author;The Witch
Robin Artisson has been studying folklore, mythology, and the interior metaphysics of sorcery and traditional witchcraft for over 20 years. His specialty areas of knowledge include spiritual ecology, occult history, herbalism and wortcunning, divination, and soul-flight or trance induction, along with a vocational interest in the extraordinary exploration of the eldritch dimensions of the mind, the soul, and the world.
Robin lives in the countryside of downeast Maine, near the craggy coast, under the shadows of the mountains and their forests. There, he carries on the relationships he has with the spiritual entities he has allied with over the years, and watches his daughters grow with much joy.


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Backstage Pass: The Stage Master
Date: October 6, 2010
by: Heidi Kurpiela | A&E Editor
While everyone in Sarasota is buzzing about the Ringling International Arts Festival (RIAF), Aaron Muhl's cell phone is buzzing with calls from hardware vendors, scenic designers, technical directors …
The list goes on and on.
For the second year, Muhl, the 28-year-old managing director of the Historic Asolo Theater, will serve as RIAF's stage master.
It's an enormous responsibility that has Muhl overseeing 11 productions on four stages in rotating rep during the run of the festival. In other words: 45 performances in five days.
"Once the curtain goes up, there's simultaneous relief and panic," says Muhl, a pragmatic multitasker, who, like many harried behind-the-scenes RIAF staffers, refers to the festival simply by its acronym — "ree-aff." "The high drives me. The high is addictive."
Muhl has just returned from a Home Depot run. He's out of breath and in a somewhat wired, accelerated mode most people only experience after six cups of coffee.
Despite his to-do list, he sits still and explains that his attention is fully focused on participating in an interview, a promise he makes good on by muting his phone each time it vibrates.
"It's coming on fast and furious," he says of RIAF, which is now less than a week away. "I've been going to Home Depot daily, making and picking up hardware orders."
Two of the four shows in the Historic Asolo Theater — John Jasperse Company's "Magic Mystery and other Mundane Events" and Nilo Cruz's "Hurricane" — require a fly system, which wouldn't be a problem if the shows were being performed in the Mertz or Cook theaters.
The Historic Asolo, however, is the only stage on the Ringling campus that doesn't have a fly system.
"We're making something happen in a very old-fashioned way," Muhl says. "We're using turn-of-the-20th-century technology to create a fly system that works within our space and time limitations."
Further adding to the pressure is the fact that Muhl just received the technical drawings for Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Cruz's "Hurricane."
"Hurricane," which was commissioned by RIAF, is one of several productions scheduled to make its world premiere at the festival. The script arrived a month ago, and the scenic designer, who came on board only three weeks ago, is now faced with having to scale down the size of the show due to lost time.
"All I've done is planning, scheduling and budgeting for this festival," says Muhl, who will also serve as the lighting designer for "Hurricane."
A Booker High School graduate, Muhl was hired in 2006 to open the Historic Asolo after it had been closed for five years while it underwent restorations.
He had less than two weeks to get the theater in running order before the opening-night gala, which included performances by opera singers Susan Graham and Kristin Clayton.
The theater had been closed for so long Muhl's control booth didn't even have an extension cord.
"I don't get nervous about it," Muhl says. "The thing about theater is that the curtain always goes up. I've worked shows where we've got fans blowing paint dry on opening night."
His office phone rings. He asks to be excused. It's the scenic designer from "Hurricane" and Muhl has been waiting for his phone call.
After a brief exchange he returns to his chair and picks up where he left off.
"What I love about theater is that it's always different," Muhl says. "It's not like you just pull out your paperwork from long ago. There's always something novel. If it's not novel, I'm bored."
If You Go
The Ringling International Arts Festival takes place Oct. 13 through Oct. 17, at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art. For a complete schedule of performances, visit www.ringlingartsfestival.org. For tickets, call 360-7399.
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