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Video ad sharing has increased almost 50x over the last eight years. Unruly's latest interactive infographic visualizes the explosive growth of video sharing since 2006.
According to The Unruly Viral Spiral, the sharing of video ads has increased almost 50 times over the last eight years. Unruly's latest interactive infographic visualizes the explosive growth of video sharing since 2006, charting the extent to which many advertisers are using social video to amplify their brand.
The Unruly Viral Spiral has charted the three most shared ads across the social web every year since 2006 and also tracks their number of all-time shares since launch. Previous ads from brands such as Pepsi, Volkswagen and Nike are featured along with the latest social videos.
According to the data, the top three ads in 2013 have so far attracted 11.6 million shares - 47.5 times more than the top three ads managed in 2006 (244,395 shares combined).
Dove's Real Beauty Sketches ranks first.
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In a press release, Unruly chief operating officer and co-founder Sarah Wood said, "We've been tracking the most shared videos at Unruly -- UGC and branded -- since we launched the Unruly Viral Video Chart back in 2006. Over that time, we've seen an explosion in both the number of videos brands are making and the volume of videos people are sharing."
She added, "From a marketing perspective, why are shares more meaningful than views? Because shares are a global currency and a gold standard in the social economy; a share is a genuine measure of deep engagement, an act of advocacy and a driver of significant earned media."
Wood continued, "Over the last few years we are increasingly seeing a number of marketers challenging the value of a view and instead focusing on creating content and distribution strategies which drive deeper levels of engagement. What we choose to share is a barometer of how we're feeling, a barometer of what's moving us to talk around the global water-cooler."
She concluded, "As well as demonstrating the exponential growth of the medium, The Unruly Viral Spiral aims to provide a micro history of the medium and a 'greatest hits' for people to enjoy and share."
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Prince George's County police say Adrian Morris was a two and a half year veteran of the force. Morris, 23, had been involved with the 6th District since his teen years. (WJLA/Courtesy Prince George's County Police Dept.)
Prince George's County police released surveillance photos of one of the suspects believed to be involved in a pursuit that claimed an officer's life. (WJLA/Prince George's County Police photo)
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The crash, which happened Monday afternoon on I-95 in Prince George's County, killed 23-year-old Officer Adrian Morris and seriously injured his partner.
The silver Acura that was driven by the suspect during the chase has been recovered in the District of Columbia as well, county police and MPD officials said Tuesday.
Morris was killed and his partner was injured when their cruiser crashed on I-95 while pursuing a suspect, officials said Monday. Morris was ejected from the cruiser after it left southbound I-95 and crashed into a ditch near the interchange with Powder Mill Road.
The driver of the suspect vehicle involved in the crash remains at large, sources say.
The officers were called to a Shell gas station, located at 6600 Sandy Spring Road in Laurel, for an attempted vehicle theft. While on the scene, a gas station employee told the officers he saw the suspects' gray Acura with a temporary license plate return to the station.
Morris and the other officer returned to their cruiser and a chase ensued.
At some point during the pursuit, Prince George's County Police Chief Mark Magaw says the cruiser left the roadway and crashed.
Police have also released surveillance photos of one of the suspects believed to be involved in the tragic pursuit.
Morris, who was driving the cruiser at the time, was a 2 1/2-year veteran of the force and had spent time at in the 6th District in Prince George's County since he was "15 or 16 years old."
The second officer, who has been with the force for about a year, has been released from the hospital following treatment of minor injuries.
"The community will wrap its arms around these officers and their families to get through this," County Executive Rushern Baker said.
A lookout is ongoing for the silver Acura with temporary tags that was involved in the pursuit and eventual crash. Magaw was unable to provide a tag number for the suspect car.
Magaw did say that the officers followed protocol during the incident and that he's "very proud" of their work.
"It shows the courage and dedication of these officers," Magaw said.
Prince George's County's 6th district serves the City of Laurel and northeastern portion of the county. Magaw said the fallen officer was a 2007 graduate of Eleanor Roosevelt High School and participated in the department's Explorer program in his teenage years at the same station.
Morris, a native of Kingston, Jamaica, was raised in Laurel, becoming a U.S. citizen in 2009.
After becoming a police officer, Morris continued to work with the Explorer program as an advisor and mentor, the department says.
"Police Officer Morris represented the very best that our agency has to offer," said Magaw. "He wanted to be a Prince George's County police officer from a very young age, and it showed in all of his interactions with the community."
Ernsto Vasquez's knees buckled when he learned the young officer had died.
Vasquez saw the whole incident unfold before his eyes as he traveled I-95 southbound in Beltsville.
He says there is no doubt in his mind that the Acura driver intentionally cut off the marked police cruiser, sending it off the highway.
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Q. Been an unusual tournament in the way you've played three guys you've not played before. Has that been one of the trickier things this week?
The one match I didn't start so well was the one where I knew the opponent very, very well.
So, no, I haven't found it particularly strange.
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But still created chances, even when I wasn't playing so well at the end of that third set. And then, yeah, the fourth set was fairly comfortable. You know, I lost my serve once. I think he only had breakpoint on my serve in two games in the match possibly.
So it was pretty good for the most part.
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So, you know, I mean, the whole match was tricky. I mean, obviously the end of the third set was tough mentally.
But, yeah, I was happy with the match for the most part.
Q. You normally leave with your racquets intact. Not entirely today.
In the tiebreak I didn't lose concentration. I just missed a couple of shots, one just wide on a forehand I hit clean, just missed.
Then losing that set was frustrating because it obviously means you're out there another 30, 40 minutes at least, when I would preferably had been in the locker room.
My racquet bit the dust. Unfortunate for it. But, yeah, I was glad I managed to start well in the fourth.
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But, yeah, I mean, a lot of guys sort of hold it by the throat and kind of throw it face down. That's how you would throw it if you didn't want to break the racquet.
Whereas if you just kind of go flat with the frame, or if you just hit the frame like that, the racquet's gone straightaway.
Q. And you wanted it to die?
Q. Do you recall the last time you did that?
I wanted to do it at that moment. I took my warning and moved on.
Q. Easy matches in a Grand Slam are always good. Do you feel like you've been adequately tested in this tournament so far, facing three opponents ranked outside the top 100? Your next match will be against a top 10 player. Do you feel you've had those good matches that you need?
Sometimes I've gotten through a difficult draw fairly well. Sometimes I've got through a draw that's been considered easy, and I found it fairly tough.
It just depends on the day. I need to play a great match in the next match. If I strike the ball like I did for the first couple sets today, or even the first two and a half sets today, I'll give myself an opportunity in the match.
But I don't know if I've been adequately tested or not. It's tough to say.
Q. Do you think, now faced with a very high quality opponent, whoever it is, you're more likely to play up to that level? Is it less pressure?
And, yeah, I said at the start of the tournament, I can't honestly say my expectations are as high as if I'd been playing for the last four months. It's been a good effort so far to get to the quarterfinals of a slam this soon after back surgery.
So I'm happy with that. But, you know, I'm not far away from, you know, winning the event. Anyone's that's in the quarters is close. I just look forward to that match and hopefully play a good one.
Q. If it is Roger, is there still something extra special about playing him?
So, yeah, it's always going to be special playing against him.
Q. If you do play him, will you look back at last year's semifinal?
Obviously last year is pretty relevant because it's on the same court and it will be under the same conditions. But in an individual sport, any day is a new day. Anything can happen.
You know, you play 10% below your best, you can be off the court quickly. So whether my tactics are great or not, I need to play a great match to win.
Q. His ranking has dropped, but is he still the same force he was a couple of years ago?
I'd say the last couple years he's lost a little bit more. I think last year you could see at periods he was struggling with his back. And if he's fully fit, I've said all along, he's always going to be there or thereabouts in the majors, and he'll give himself opportunities to win more because he's that good.
Q. This will be the first big showdown between two of the coaches who were stars in the '80s, Edberg and Lendl. Do you expect any different layer to that? Looks like Roger is coming to net a lot more.
But at the same time, they've been working together for a week. I think he arrived just as the tournament was starting. They'd only really done five or six days together.
You'll see how much the coaches have helped the players and the things they'd been working on in three, four, five months' time. But right now it would be hard to say.
Q. Davis Cup team named tomorrow. Is your plan to play doubles?
But I've spoken to Leon about it. I spoke to him about it a few days ago, had the discussion with him. We'll see when we get there.
Q. If it is Jo, what do you like about playing him and what's difficult about playing him?
He didn't start the match playing so well. He made a lot of errors beginning of the match. I don't know what's happening right now.
I mean, he's come back from two sets to love against Roger before. He can all of a sudden start playing great tennis. When he gets into a rhythm, you know, he's tough to stop. You need to, as much as possible, keep him on the back foot, keep him away from the net. It's easier said than done.


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Boomjack touched on this in his Loading... this morning. I wanted to throw my own two cents in because.. well if you know me, you know I'm extremely opinionated. The problem?
The Chinese userbase reports widespread delays of over an hour when logging into the game and getting a server list, and the last straw seems to have been complete server outages that disrupted the endgame of a large-scale raid involving nearly 1,000 players.
Ok now, let's talk about how this would affect world relations, game economy and my general state of panic.
1. Does Blizzard realize that it's not a good thing to piss China off? Can we say one billion angry people with nuclear weapons? C'mon, we're already on spongey turf with them as it is.
2. Dare I say it? Gold farming cut in half? The economy is in dire straights!
In all seriousness, Blizzard does have new hardware in the works so we need to be patient. On the other hand, I can understand their angst. I sat in a mere five minute queue last night trying to get into Sen'jin and nearly lost my mind. What is going on in the minds of the Blizzard execs? Who can say? We can't get anyone to comment on the issues.
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Half will go to the local area, the other half will go to orphans in southwest Africa.
The church: Church of the Resurrection near Kansas City.
In the local metro area, the money will go to help refurbish schools, build playgrounds and contribute to literacy programs.
… 'but we could have hired TEN staff members with that money!…'
David Murrow, the director of Church from Men, has some ideas:
1. The midsize congregation will disappear.
2. An explosion of satellite campuses and microchurches
3. A small number of cutting-edge megachurches led by amazingly talented communicators.
4. No denominations.
5. America will have about 200 well-known preachers by 2062.
6. More money spent on mission.
7. We'll need a lot fewer preachers.
8. We'll need a lot more campus pastors.
9. Small group ministry will be more important in 60 years than it is today.
10. Microchurches and megachurches will cooperate for programs like youth and children's ministries across cities.
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Want to know how you as a leader can help your church be much more generous during 2013? Brian Dodd has some suggestions:
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// Read 6 more ways here: 12 Ways Pastors And Church Leaders Can Create A Generosity Mob In Their Church
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Interesting story:
An American church is promising gay men they will be cured of their homosexuality if they stroke horses.
The Cowboy Church of Virginia, led by chief pastor Raymond Bell, believes homosexuality and other 'addictions' can be cured by Equine Assisted Psychotherapy.
Horse therapy, in the right hands, can be used to help overcome fears, develop communication skills, and is generally beneficial to mental health.
But Bell says the horses in his church, a cowboy ranch in the south, are part of teaching men to stop being gay and encourage them to be more masculine.
'EAP can help any person who is living the homosexual lifestyle or involved in it in anyway,' he told Gay Star News.
'The first common misconception is that homosexuality is genetic, or hereditary, or as some say "born this way".
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Bell said he uses EAP to identify how a person got 'involved' in homosexuality to begin with. For example, because of rape, abandonment, lacking a male role model, abuse, and having low self-esteem.
He said: 'Homosexuality is a secondary effect from a single, or multiple, primary events in a person's life.'
When asked if the therapy ever worked, or if it was even valid, the pastor said 'it is not now, nor has it ever been, in question'.
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This week on the Filter, my friend Matt Steen and I discuss all kinds of ministry-schtuff. Things like weather and the end of the world, paying to speak at a conference, a revival reunion, Noah's ark, live nativity displays, and how honest people think you are as a pastor.
We end the conversation with a sincere look at fallen pastors, honesty, and how church leaders should handle struggling leaders.
Here are the show notes:
Survey: One in three Americans see extreme weather as a sign of biblical end times (0:30)
Finally… a 'pay to speak at' conference… You in? (4:45)
Churches uses live Nativity displays in response to ban (8:42)
Brownsville Revival Reunion? Really? (12:27)
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Why I dislike mega churches (22:12)
Poll: Who is More Honest Than Pastors? (26:23)
Church to decide whether to keep their pastor accused of rape… (29:25)
As Kentwood pastor's embezzlement tally doubles to $316,000, some church members continue their support (31:08)
Even though the official Church of England has been against gay marriage, lawmakers are looking at a workaround that will allow gay marriage in churches, but give a legal exemption to the Church of Englad and others. Here's part of an article from Mail Online:
Gay marriage will be legal in some British churches by 2014, despite furious Tory warnings that the issue could split the party and cost it the next election.
In a surprise move, the Church of England will be guaranteed a blanket exemption from holding same-sex marriages. But this failed to quell a major Tory backlash.
Amid stormy scenes in the Commons, Equalities Minister Maria Miller vowed to fast-track plans to legalise gay marriage, saying the change was needed to keep the institution of marriage 'vibrant and relevant to society'.
Culture Secretary Maria Miller promised a 'quadruple legal lock' to prevent the Church of England from being forced to hold gay weddings
She confirmed a government U-turn on the issue which will allow religious institutions, such as the Quakers, that want to conduct gay marriages to 'opt in' to the law and hold ceremonies in their churches.
But unexpectedly, she announced there would be a specific legal ban on the Church of England and Church of Wales holding gay weddings.
Mrs Miller said this would give the Church 'iron-clad' protection against legal action by gay rights campaigners.
Other religious institutions, such as the Catholic Church, will also be allowed to refuse to hold ceremonies for same-sex couples, as will individual vicars. Mrs Miller said the legislation would include a 'quadruple lock', meaning no church will ever be forced to conduct a gay wedding unless it wants to. The legal protections include:
- A guarantee that no religious organisation or individual minister can be compelled to marry same-sex couples or to permit this to happen on their premises.
- A legal bar on allowing ministers to marry same-sex couples unless their organisation's governing body has expressly opted in to provisions for doing so.
- Amendment of the Equality Act 2010 to ensure no discrimination claim can be brought against religious organisations or individual ministers for refusing to marry a same-sex couple.
- An explicit statement that it will be illegal for the Church of England and the Church in Wales to marry same-sex couples and that Canon Law, which bans same-sex weddings, will continue to apply.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2246379/Church-marriage-gays-18-months-Legal-exemption-Church-England.html#ixzz2EqhjAdgD
Sad. A church in California is suing the pastor for financial impropriety.
Another great example of why, as a pastor or church leader, you should be FAR FAR away from any money.
And why financial transparency is of key importance.
The Times of London has release text from a leaked memo from within the Church of England.
(Learning here: Nothing you write on paper or [especially] in an email is confidential)
The Secretary General of the General Synod said the public and political fallout from the recent vote to not allow women bishops is "severe":
"Parliament is impatient… Unless the Church of England can show very quickly that it's capable of sorting itself out, we shall be into a major constitutional crisis in Church-State relations, the outcome of which cannot be predicted with confidence."
More on the story:
A former archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, upped the ante when he called on church leaders to "rip up its rule book" and speed through the introduction of women bishops. He said it was "ridiculous" to assume that the General Synod could not reconsider women bishops until 2015.
A full 42 of the 44 dioceses of the church voted for legislation that would have made women bishops next year. There are 3,600 ordained women in the Church of England and 37 female bishops in the worldwide Anglican Communion, including Africa's first Anglican woman bishop, Ellinah Wamukoya of Swaziland, who was consecrated five days before the defeat in Britain.
Leadership is a big topic in the church these days.
Heck… I work for "Leadership" Network.
But some say our leadership culture has gone too far. Lance Ford has written a new book called "UnLeaders". He's a quote from Lance:
The leadership culture in the Church has fed a lot of egos and crowded out the character of Jesus in the name of leadership.
You can read this quote in full context of an interview here…
As with anything, when we concentrate just on one thing, we will get derailed.
I think leadership in the church is vitally important. Without great leaders, churches flounder. Seriously.
But do you agree with Lance, that all this concentrate on leadership has fed egos and crowded out the character of Jesus?
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Joseph Palcic, a 1998 graduate of Miami University, returns to the RedHawks as an assistant coach, but his actual role has yet to be determined. Palcic spent the past season with Alabama as a defensive analyst.
Prior to joining the Crimson Tide, Palcic was the defensive backs coach at Ashland University for one season, helping the Eagles to a perfect 11-0 regular season and was part of a defensive unit that led the GLIAC in scoring and total defense.
Palcic spent six seasons as the co-defensive coordinator/defensive backs coach at Indiana University from 2005-10, helping the Hoosiers advance to their first bowl game in 13 years (2006 Insight Bowl) and coached under former RedHawk head coach Terry Hoeppner. Palcic's defense led the Big Ten in sacks (47), turnovers (31) and interceptions (19) in 2007.
In his time with the Hoosiers he would also mentor two former National Football League draft picks: Tracey Porter (2008, second round) and Ray Fisher (2010, seventh round). Porter would intercept Peyton Manning in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl XLIV, securing a victory for the New Orleans Saints.
Prior to his time with Indiana, he coached at his alma mater from 1999-2004. He began his Miami coaching career as the linebackers/special teams coach in 1999. That season Dustin Cohen was named the Mid-American Conference Defensive Player of the Year. Palcic coached defensive backs and special teams from 2000-03 and was named the defensive coordinator in 2004. The 2003 RedHawks won the MAC Championship and finished the season 10th in the AP poll.
Palcic began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Eastern Michigan in 1998.
Palcic was an outside linebacker at Miami from 1994-97, completing his degree in sociology.
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TRIAL PREPARATION CONFERENCE ORDER by Judge Robert E. Blackburn on 11/17/09. Seven (7) day Jury Trial set for 10/4/2010 08:30 AM in Courtroom A1001 before Judge Robert E. Blackburn. Trial Preparation Conference set for 9/17/2010 at 10:00 AM in Courtroom A1001 before Judge Robert E. Blackburn. (rebsec, )
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Judge Robert E. Blackburn Civil Case No. 09-cv-02045-REB-CBS TONI'S ALPACAS, INC., an Ohio corporation, Plaintiff, v. NORMAN EVANS, individually, and PRAIRE LEGACY, LLC, a Kansas corporation, Defendants. TRIAL PREPARATION CONFERENCE ORDER Blackburn, J. Pursuant to D.C.COLO.LCivR 43.1, and REB Civ. Practice Standard IV.A.1., the court enters this Trial Preparation Conference Order. IT IS ORDERED as follows: 1. That in order to resolve pretrial issues implicating Fed.R.Evid. 702, the following procedural protocol shall be used: a. That expert reports shall conform in substance to the requirements of Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a)(2)(B) and shall contain and include the following: 1. a complete statement of each expert opinion to be expressed and the bases and reasons therefor; 2. the data or other information considered by the witness in forming each expert opinion; 3. any exhibits to be used as a summary of or support for each expert opinion; 4. the qualifications of the witness, including a list of all publications authored by the witness within the preceding ten years, stated in a curriculum vitae ("c.v."); 5. the compensation to be paid the expert for the study and testimony; and 6. a listing of any other cases in which the witness has testified as an expert at trial or by deposition within the preceding four years; b. That all motions raising issues under Fed.R.Evid. 702 as codified and construed shall be filed by July 28, 2010, and marshaled thereafter as prescribed by D.C.COLO.LCivR 7.1C; c. That for each putative expert witness with respect to whom the movant objects for any reason, the movant shall provide the following: 1. whether the movant contends that the testimony of the expert is unnecessary or irrelevant; and if so, why; 2. whether the movant objects to the qualifications of the witness; and if so, why (stated in detail); and 3. whether the movant objects to any opinion to be offered by the expert; and if so: a. which opinion; and b. the specific basis and authority for any objection stated and presented in terms of Fed.R.Evid. 401 and/or 702(1), (2), or (3), i.e., whether the objection impugns the relevancy of the opinion, whether the objection impugns the sufficiency of the facts and data used in support of the opinion, whether the objection impugns the principles and methods on which the expert relied in support of the opinion, 2 or whether the objection impugns how the expert has applied the principles and methods reliably to the facts of the case relevant to the opinion; and d. That for each putative expert witness whose necessity, qualifications, or opinions are opposed by the movant, the party offering the expert shall provide in response to the motion the following: 1. a c.v. for the expert; 2. a statement of each opinion to be offered by the expert that is opposed by the movant; and 3. the relevance and bases for each allegedly objectionable statement to be offered by the expert, including a. the facts or data on which the expert relied in support of the opinion made the focus and subject of objection; b. the principles and methods on which the expert relied in support of the opinion made the focus and subject of objection; and c. how the expert has applied the principles and methods reliably to the facts of the case relevant to the opinion made the focus and subject of objection; 2. That trial by jury shall commence October 4, 2010, at 8:30 a.m., in courtroom A1001, located on the 10th Floor North, of the Alfred A. Arraj, United States Courthouse, 901 19th Street, Denver, Colorado 80294, at which trial all parties shall appear in person without further notice, order, or subpoena; 3. That the court reserves seven (7) days for trial: C Monday, October 4, 2010, through Thursday, October 7, 2010; and 3 C Tuesday1, October 12, 2010, through Thursday, October 14, 2010; 4. That counsel and any pro se party shall appear in courtroom A1001 on the first day of trial at 8:00 a.m., to review the Trial Checklist with the courtroom deputy clerk; 5. That the Trial Preparation Conference required by REB Civ. Practice Standard IV.C.1., shall commence on September 17, 2010, at 10:00 a.m., in courtroom A1001; 6. That lead counsel and any pro se party shall attend the Trial Preparation Conference; 7. That at the outset of the Trial Preparation conference, each party shall submit the Parties' Joint Exhibit List on the form required by the court (an original for the court with copies for the courtroom deputy clerk and all other parties) and shall submit on the Witness List form required by the court (an original for the court with copies for the courtroom deputy clerk and all other parties) a "will call" witness list enumerating the name and address of each witness that will be called and a "may call" witness list enumerating the name and address of each witness that may be called; provided, furthermore, that the "will call" witness list constitutes a representation on which the court and every other party may rely that the "will call" witnesses listed will be present and available to testify during trial; 8. That at the Trial Preparation Conference the parties shall be prepared to review and discuss, inter alia, the following: a. stipulated and proposed jury instructions and verdict forms; b. voir dire questions; 1 Monday, October 11, 2010, is Columbus Day, a Federal Holiday. The courthouse will be closed on this day. 4 c. the jury selection process, including peremptory challenges and the use of juror questionnaires; d. identification of all persons permitted to be seated at each party's table; e. the pronunciation of problematic party's and witness' names; f. the names or monikers that may be used when referring to a party or a witness; g. identification of "will call" and "may call" witnesses; h. use of deposition testimony: 1. designation of specific testimony by page and line; and 2. identification of the person selected to read deposition answers; i. use of video depositions: 1. resolution of objections; 2. pretrial redaction, if necessary; and 3. arrangements for necessary equipment to broadcast the deposition; j. the allocation of trial time between the parties; k. the admission of stipulated exhibits or exhibits about which there are no objections; l. the use of juror trial exhibit notebooks and the timing of the distribution of such notebooks; m. timing of publication, if any, of trial exhibits to the jury; n. anticipated evidentiary issues; o. the necessity for cautionary or limiting instructions; p. requests or requirement for trial briefs; and 5 q. exemptions from the order of sequestration of witnesses; 9. That each side shall be permitted voir dire examination not to exceed 15 minutes following voir dire examination by the court, but shall not reiterate questions previously propounded by the court or another party; 10. That pending further court order, the jurors shall not be sequestered before deliberations; 11. That trial witnesses subject to sequestration under Fed.R.Evid. 615 shall be sequestered by order entered sua sponte immediately before opening statements; 12. That opening statements shall be limited to thirty (30) minutes per party; 13. That the court will not engage in the examination of any witness, except to eschew plain error; 14. That pursuant to REB Civ. Practice Standard III.D.4.b., each party shall have available at trial a set of exhibits for the court, the courtroom deputy clerk, opposing counsel (one set per party), and any pro se party; 15. That objections made in the presence or hearing of the jury, i.e., so-called "speaking" objections, shall be stated as succinctly as practicable and supported by recitation of apposite authority when possible; however, neither counsel nor a pro se party shall speechify an objection in the presence or hearing of the jury [Review Fed.R.Evid. 103(c)]; 16. That unless interrupted by the court, in marshaling motions or objections during trial, the following sequential protocol shall be observed: objection, response, reply, ruling; 17. That to eliminate or minimize bench or sidebar conferences, each party shall be responsible to inform the courtroom deputy clerk by the conclusion of a trial day 6 about any issue which should be considered before commencing trial on the next scheduled day of trial and at the outset of a trial day about any issue which should be considered at the conclusion of that trial day; 18. That to facilitate preparation, marshaling, and consideration of proposed jury instructions and verdict forms, the parties shall identify and enumerate each individual jury instruction in the heading or title as specified in REB Civ. Practice Standard IV.E.4.; provided, furthermore, the parties shall similarly identify and enumerate all proposed verdict forms and special interrogatories; 19. That closing argument shall be limited to forty-five (45) minutes total for each party; and 20. That pursuant to REB Civ. Practice Standard IV.A.2.b., the Final Pretrial Order as modified or supplemented by this Trial Preparation Conference Order and any order entered during the Trial Preparation Conference shall control the subsequent course of this action and the trial, and may not be amended except by consent of the parties and approval of the court or by order of the court to prevent manifest injustice. Dated November 17, 2009, at Denver, Colorado. BY THE COURT: 7


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Close my eyes and mash keys on my calculator for a few seconds.
Wondered if anyone had one & how they worked it out etc...
Close my eyes and mash keys on my calculator for a few seconds.
Have 2 budget proposals. the first is the one which you do not stand a chance with. Then when they ask you to resubmit, you submit the second for the items which you want. Then you tend to get most of what you want. Has worked for me for years!
This seriously depends on how much of the budget you control or are allowed to control, and for which areas.
Main areas are as follows.
Network Infrastructure - this is the cables to the desk, to the servers, the hardware running it all, the WLAN and any licences involved in it all. Your budget needs to contain enough funds to allow for expansion for new facilities and the renewal of equipment (switches, etc) depends on the age of it, the technology it uses and what the life expectancy of the kit is. The technical specification for IT Infrastructure from Becta (in draft and being discussed tomorrow) tries to set a common baseline for this and includes things like moving to layer 3 switches, Cat6 standard cabling, introduction of VLANs and so on ... if you are aiming for this level you cannot do it in one go (unless you have a new build) so you can look at it as a 5-10 year project in all honesty.
Workstations - when costing for new kit you need not only planning for getting the box on the desk but the licences to connect to servers, the software to run on the machines, work out how long the kits will last doing the job you are asking it to do ... think about moving it to another location 2 years down the line to a less arduous task ... do not be scared to move kit from one room to another ... that way you might be able to get something a bit better for each department each year. Most workstations could be considered to have a 5 year life span if sticking with the same OS, but plan for a 10% failure rate in year 4 and 25% in year 5. This means that you are likely to be replacing 20% of all your desktops each year.
Laptops - This varies depending on who is using the kit and where. Classroom sets of laptops can be made to run for 4 years ... but they take abuse ... and then some. We consider a failure rate of 15% in year 3 and 35% in year 4 to be reasonable. We have a life expectancy of 4 years max for classroom laptops but have had to accept 3 years in some areas (lots of non-warranty repairs needed due to user damage that cannot be tied to an individual ... if we can tie it down we bill them!) Expect to replace 25% of classroom laptops each year. Staff laptops can be made to last longer ... but you need to move them around. Try to have no member of staff with a laptop for more then 2 years. Give them something new and pass their one down the chain ... by the time a laptop is 4 years old and about to be passed on it can go to a HLTA or LSA ... We replace 20% of laptops for staff each year.
Projectors - 5 year life span ... then you run into the problem of *finding* replacement bulbs ... we have been lucky for the last 2 years and had few failures ... but we are constantly expanding. Accept the you need to replace 33% of your bulbs in a year and up to 20% of your projectors.
Peripherals - Printers ... it depends on what you buy ... we have a 7 year life expectancy ... and this is mainly due to the cost of replacement parts or toners being hard to source. we have just gotten rid of a few perfectly working HP laserjets ... because they are too costly to run. In one year the money we saved in consumables by going over to the particular Brother printers we like has paid for the printer ... so each year after is a saving. expect to replace around 15% of your laser printers ... and maybe 20% of your inkjets. Scanners ... allow for 15% due to failures or breakages.
Then you get to the servers. We try not to run critical apps on a server that is not in warranty. We tend to go for a 4 year warranty and then run a server for a year doing replaceable stuff ... ie file serving for rarely used files, test servers, QCA testing (only joking!) ... expect to replace 25% of your servers but be happy to continue to use them for another year if possible. Into this also include your UPSes ... and this varies from type to type. Follow manufacturers guidance on this as it could go seriously wrong.
Then you get to consumables ... at 10% on to what it cost you last year and then negotiate better pricing ... this gives you some slack so that if you need to spend more you can.
Then we get onto connectivity and other services.
Connectivity is a fixed price year on year from either your RBC or other provider ... getting the yearly price down is difficult unless you agree to sign up for 3+ years. Services ... the RBC may provide email, filtering, caching, webserving etc as part of the service ... if not you have to include the software / licence costs into this as well as the boxes to host them on.
You then get to software ... you may be lucky enough to get access to the eLCs ... or you may have to get things from your own pot. Plan when you are going to go to the next version of software as you may have to do it across the whole school. If you are replacing hardware each year you can get away with budgetting for the new version of software and putting the cash to one side until you are ready to do the whole lot.
Then you have training to consider too ... try and get a small lump sum to cover the costs of books or conferences that you may not easily be able to account back under IiP or Training School paperwork. BETT and InfoSec are good examples of this.
This is really just to cover standing still.
I try to do 4 versions ...
Annual Costs only - this covers SLAs and annual costs we cannot avoid (connectivity, SIMS, leases).
Standing Still - this is annual costs plus the above cycle of replacements.
Development - This covers expansion of ICT suites ... maybe the odd rebuild of a suite or expanding in to new technologies such as remote access from home or thin clients.
Innovations - This is wish list ... a few key projects that can be clearly linked with doing something that will push learning in certain areas. It is good to have a few different projects and just try to get one agreed to ... if you get the backing of a few teachers to go with it ... mention things like 'action research' ... it goes down well.
I think that sums most of it up ... LGfL do have a spreadsheet to cover most of this somewhere based on an earlier Becta model.
dave.81 (29th January 2008)
Fantastic post Tony. I'll be making use of that.
Would love to see that spreadsheet again too.
I will poke the cyborg and see if his powers of search can find it ... failing that I will actually just look myself ;-)
Thanks very much Tony
See this thread:
A good sound plan for ICT
however if were to even do one point, such as 25% of servers per year, with 4 year warranties, we would be looking at having a budget of > £1000 for everything else :P
Can you draft up a cheap version
Yep ... an easy way to do a cheap version is to not have ICT.
If your school wants to be serious about it they need to invest.
Other possibilities is to take the hit for one year with rolling out servers and config for thin clients, then slowly replace all but a few suites with thin clients. The exceptions are those rooms that need to do media editing.
Karoshi is one option, chatting with folk like The Cutter Project are another.
Thin Clients have their limitations though.
You can always add another year or 2 onto the replacement programme (a 4 year programme to a 5 year one means going from 25% to 20% ... not that much of a saving really) ... but be prepared for a certain amount of machine failure ... and if you are talking about server failure then you are looking at serious risks.
Use the LGfL tool linked above and take it to your senior management ... it may be a shock for them but it sounds like it is needed.
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