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Should these not be determined by fiscal years rather than beginning and ending of presidential terms since the budgets have a delay?
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Should these not be determined by fiscal years rather than beginning and ending of presidential terms since the budgets have a delay?
Wow, its like the president controls the budget or something.
I'd like to do this analysis based on who controls the house and the senate and I bet you that will be a different picture.
For the kids here arguing about whether Obama or Romney will be better: not only does the debt increase depend on too many factors to make a cumulative statistic relevant, not only have the political views of Republicans and Democrats developed over the centuries, but more importantly: the past performance of politicians of either party says nothing at all about how the next president will fare.
Anyway, don't you feel silly to be given the choice between one or the other only and still be made to believe that you are in charge, somehow... ?
With debt higher than GDP, America's GDP is merely a reflection of it's debt filled consumption, once the funding stops, it will be clear that America's economy is but smoke and mirrors.
What does that say except BO is no Democrat.
Deficits used to be run up to "set men free". They are now used for lavishing entitlements on ourselves.
Oh bullcarp. They are used to fund unfunded wars because guess what? wars still cost money even if you are a dishonest republican who thinks if he just keeps his wars off the books, no one will notice we are borrowing money to give to the crony defense contractors of his. Our 'entitlements' are just an excuse for people who hate other people to whine and complain about deficits and debt when they never did as both were growing out of hand. They are used to cut taxes for the filthy rich, entitled crowd that gets most of the government subsidies in the tax code, Michelle Bachman is a great example, Exxon is another. They are used to pay the interest on past deficits. I could go on and on. This country is supposed to be FOR THE PEOPLE, not the corporations.
It's obvious that some politicians are only offering solely encouraging words to the many in New York, New Jersey and other devastated Americans in the Northeast through no fault of their own. Agencies that are trying to help are inadequate. other items in many We are more concerned about marathons and other items in most places. It's obvious to me that the nation, all states and citizens need to help handle this life and death situation today. People lack food, electricity, gasoline, often homes, and other necessities. I stand in the place of Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower and call for AN EMERGENCY OF THE STATES. As an American you can contact the local mayors, fire and police stations, the Salvation army responsible agencies, and local churches, temple and synagogues and send food, clothing, supplies whatever is needed. We don't have to be mobilized...just do it. Who's heart was not touched by the brave people of Staten Island and all over the Northeast.
Alan G Phillips, Sr--just an American
What Republicans seem to overlook is that Barack's expenditure has mainly gone to bail out falling banks, that grew up correupt under Republican governments.
First TARP and the stimulus are two different things. But more importantly, as someone who is interested in Economics (I presume as you are reading articles on the Economist) why do you think it was a lack of regulation and corrupt banks that led us into this economic crisis. Almost everyone agrees that it is the housing crisis that resulted in the economy we have today. But why would a private institution lend money for subprime, high-risk investments (mortgages)? Why would a private institution like a bank take on investment that is bound to fail UNLESS there is something backing it up - perhaps a guarantee of sorts by the government? The fact is that banks were encouraged to lend or even worse, were given a created environment to lend to people who frankly, shouldn't be buying houses- ie, can't afford them. And they did so because of policies enacted mostly by Democrats (and unfortunately, not really stopped by Republicans)like the Community Reinvestment Act and "mission" of GSEs like Fannie and Freddie. Private entities would not act outside of their own interest unless there was a guarantee that would vastly minimize their risks. That said, I would make the argument that it was too much regulation and not "not enough" that led us to this crisis. It's so easy for liberals to say things like "No blood for oil" or "Big banks are greedy" - but please, try to avoid that and try to understand the greater context and history instead of buying into pithy statements are that half-truths at best.
Wow. Too big to fail banks give out unjustified loans, protected by too big to fail insurance companies (AIG), only for naysayers to say that there is too much regulation. Surely, we have not learnt anything from history. Break up too big to fail, Fannie or BoA. What really is necessary is a consumer / tax payer protection financial bureau.
OMG this epitome of picking facts to fit an opinion is still around? Here are somethings you need to look up and see if you can fit them into you little narrative . Countrywide CDO, CDS MBS, S&P Moodys, . . and what makes you think those who made the loans didn't think it was in their interest.
As a mortgage broker, I get paid on the number of loans I create, who cares if they can pay, as a private mortgage company who doesn't have to keep any part of the loan AND has a ready market for selling it, what do I care if they can pay? As an investment bank, if I can roll the mortgages, rated AAA by S&P into MBS and sell them to pension funds looking for a better return, what do I care if they can pay? S&P gets paid by the number of securities they rate, and since housing prices have never gone down, the more AAAs the better. To cover their asses they bought CDS sold for AIG who really got caught holding the bag. Probably none of this happened in that other world of the CRA. Give it up everybody has moved on.
No, almost noone agrees it was the housing crisis, but it is a certainty to rightwingers.
I wonder how much of the Republican's spendthrift nature can be traced to their war mongering nature, be it a war in Iraq or larger navy? I am sure that their books would be nicely balanced if they did not insist on growing an already overwhelmingly powerful armed forces.
Not much. Tax cuts and spending on seniors account for most of it.
For most of W. Bush's term, defense spending as a percentage of GDP was lower -- despite two wars -- than it had been under Jimmy Carter -- after the post-Vietnam defense cuts.
Liberals like to pretend all the money goes to wars. Conservatives like to pretend it all goes to foreign aid and the poor. But it isn't so.
Hussein Barrack must exert greater pressure on the Bernanke dude to prime up the printing press to wipe out the horrendous deficit gathered under his watch.
Even if the two outliers, Obama I and Truman II (note this is 4 yars AFTER WW2 ended) are removed, the result is pretty much the same.
When will people begin to see Reagan and his pupils Bush Snr & Jnr as the financial nitwits they were?
Another note... It would appear that wars on Korea & Vietnam did not see debt explode... why? Inflation? Growth?
"When will people begin to see Reagan and his pupils Bush Snr & Jnr as the financial nitwits they were?"
Before assuming they were nitwits, do you understand what their objectives were? One was surely to win. And if you look at private debt and other measures of the relative value of the future vs. the present during the era of Generation Greed, it is clear they were on the side of history.
Considering Truman was the President in office when World War II ended (which was hugely expensive) I should hope that there was a huge reduction in public debt to GDP under his term. The Democrat average looks much closer to the Republican if you omit Truman from the calculation (mostly thanks to Obama).
That would make an interesting interactive chart - remove presidents and see how the average changes.
While removing Truman may move the Dem's average closer to the Republicans, I still suspect the Reagan and Bush deficits would reflect badly in terms of fiscal discipline.
I think that obama will going to continue spending and romnney will not to it better, so the alternative is vote for Gary Johnson for president, he is a libertarian that will no increase debt, there no way to bailouts, and will bring troops back to home, and he is going to reduce the military spending.
Why start the comparisons at the "end of WW II"? Why not include comparisons of Coolidge vs. FDR, and such? Coolidge was a Republican who sounded a lot like today's Tea Partiers (they name him as a hero and inspiration for the movement a lot). And Democrats like Obama claim to be giving us another "New Deal." So? Second, the whole thing is cooked by including the post-WW II reduction. The gov't was spending 400% and more of what it normally should have in the 1941-1945 years. There was obviously going to be a ton of debt and deficit reduction as soon as Truman got out of the (expensive) inferno of fighting the Nazis and the Japanese Militarists. That would have happened with any President, Republican or Democrat (btw, the same thing can be said for G.H.W. Bush...had America given him the first full fiscal year outside of the Cold War, and not Bill Clinton, he, not Bill Clinton would have been the first to take the peace dividend, and while he would not have taken such an irresponsibly large peace dividend, he would have taken one, and deficits would have naturally become less of a problem in 1993, 1994 and 1995...again, it would not have mattered who was President, Republican or Democrat). Last, the chart is cooked because it is part of the conceit that spending comes from the royal decree of the Elected King/President. But, we don't have that...we have a republic with the Congress. It leaves out that every year Reagan was President, if Congress gave him what he wanted, spending on domestic social programs would have gone down, further, to where the deficits of the 1980's would have been far more manageable. It leaves out a similar dynamic wth the Bush years, and even the Nixon years. It leaves out that the vast majority of true budget hawks in Congress are Republicans, and everyone knows this. Everyone knows that Kent Conrad would not cut the budget as much as Rand Paul (hec, I don't think I would cut it as much as Paul); but Conrad wouldn't cut it like Jim DeMInt, or Tom Coburn, or several members of the House, all of whom are Republicans.
These kinds of charts are just assinine. They are like charts showing how many people died in wars under which Presidents of which parties, and then saying Republican or Democrat Presidents like it more when soldiers die. It totally leaves out *what* the money was spent on, who was in Congress, what Congress passed and did, and what people actually are arguing for. And let me end on that, it is the Democrats, not the Republicans, who have gone in, whole hog, for a theory of economics that says, that literally says, that large deficit spending is *smart* WHENEVER we are in a recession. Not just really bad recessions, but all recessions. That man was John Maynard Keynes, and he is (almost) universally regarded as a genius (I even think he was like that, though I don't agree with him) today, and the Democrats have not abandoned him for anything. Recessions are going to happen every so often for the forseeable future, and when they do, even after they end, they demand a continuation of the spending measures that were designed to "stop" them (this is because a recession only feels like it is over a while after it is, at least to most voters). That means, as long as we are Keynesian, and the Democrats ensure that we tend to be, we will respond to recessions with deficit spending. When the Republican Party believes that either not at all, or at least far less than the Democrats, it will always be the case that deficits are less likely to occur with Republicans, ceterus paribus.
Obviously that ceterus paribus can be upended by any one of a number of things, wars, terrorist attacks, realizations that we must start a Cold War, etc. But saying deficits are bad, even in a recession, is not the same as saying they need to be resisted at all costs. Republicans do not believe that, at least not since Reagan. We think super high tax rates (like 71%), or International Communism, and other things, are worse than big-ish deficits (remember, Reagan never did what Obama did to the budget, AND, Congress often shut down the gov't on him because he was not spending enough on their domestic programs). That we think that might be right, and it might be wrong. But, for it to be wrong, one cannot just look at the deficit. If it is foreign policy and military spending, for instance, we must look at WHAT that spending got. And that is what incomplete articles like this never want to do.
Your context fetish is something the voting public should really experiment with more often.
You can't really start before WWII unless you're completely ignorant of American history. The parties in their modern form emerged as a direct result of FDR, at least fiscally speaking, and LBJ in social terms.
So when one is looking to compare the two parties and their economic records, it does not make much sense to go back to the time when the Republican party was largely liberal, with a very powerful radical leftist wing (for the time), and a strong support base of unionized workers, minorities, and white northeasterners. Even a little common sense should tell you that this is obviously not the case anymore and there was a realignment of the two parties.
You may want to write less - it is a difficult post to get through.
Now I find the idea of comparing interwar administrations intriguing, but still feel the modern political era really emerged after WWII. I would agree even with removing Truman from consideration in this daily chart.
As for this assertion:
"It leaves out that every year Reagan was President, if Congress gave him what he wanted, spending on domestic social programs would have gone down, further, to where the deficits of the 1980's would have been far more manageable."
People didn't want Social Security and Medicare touched. In fact payroll taxes were raised.
And remember, the Senate was Republican until 1986. Howard Baker (great guy I had the chance to meet then) and Bob Dole were Senate Majority leaders.
As for the deficits, they would have probably been a bit high regardless of policies due to the deep 1982 recession largely attributed to the Fed's (Volcker's) policy of quashing inflation with high interest rates.
I still think the tax cuts should have been tempered and the military build up more modest.
Regardless, huge decifits resulted that caused headaches for Bush Sr.
Calvin Coolidge was largely liberal with very powerful radical left wing union support? The only thing strong about your posting is your tone because the substance certainly isn't.
Double post; sorry!
Obviously this is an oversimplification, since politics at the time was a lot less partisan and far more regional. Northern Democrats and Republicans were closer than Northern and Southern Democrats for example.
But the point still stands -- comparing the parties pre-FDR to their current forms makes absolutely no sense.
Hot Diggity Dang!! That exhaustive explanation(?) above is suuuure a whole lot of word-salad,but with very few bacon bits.
The author throws in 'ceterus paribus'(sic) while talking about our gigantic economy,and a big blue-green kafka-esque global behemoth we are all a part of,above OR below the fruited plains.
4 simple words can distill what my pea sized lizard-brain emanates ..Fiscal Conservatism,Social Liberalism.
I hope the author is feeling better after his latest bout of Logorrhea.
Aaaawl riiite,I was gonna end with some snark about 'Hey look everybody..Sarah Palin reads and trolls The Economist!' but i think our man Tim2628 is a perfectly decent chap,ceteris paribus,of course! :^]
Several points.
The Federal debt in America is an arithmetic result of the difference between spending and revenues. As a percentage of GDP, both have actually been trending downward for the past 30 years, but revenue has been declining at a faster rate. You can confirm this for yourself @ www.budget.gov, downloading the historical tables available there in Excel, graphing the percentages, and computing the trend lines.
One of the major reasons for the large deficits under President Obama is that Federal revenues as a percentage of GDP have, throughout his term, been at the lowest levels in 60 years.
As The Economist showed last week (Fun With Tax http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2012/10/daily-chart-12), the government sector in the U.S. (at all levels) takes in less revenue as a percentage of GDP than any of the rich countries, including Japan.
Reducing the U.S. debt requires revenue increases and spending trims, best phased in over the next decade. This would keep the recovery going, likely accelerate the implementation of business plans by providing more certainty, and bring the debt into reasonable proportion to the economy.
This is precisely the approach advocated by President Obama, whose alleged ''class warfare'' is simply restoring the Clinton era marginal rate for the highest income tax bracket. $1 trillion in increased revenues, combined with $3 trillion in spending restraint over ten years, keeps the debt at manageable levels, according to CBO and most business economists.
Most significantly, a powerful group of high-level CEOs has finally committed to avoiding the impending ''fiscal cliff'' by pressing the Congress to adopt a balanced (revenue increase, spending decrease) deficit reduction ''grand bargain'' for the next decade. This might happen quite quickly once the silliness of the election season is behind us.
PS It is misleading to use gross rather than net debt, as net debt is the portion that must be financed. It is often missed that the trust funds supporting the largest safety net programs are in surplus, supported by payroll taxes.
Is the economist considering all the "emergency money" Bush Jr. borrowed which did not get listed under our debt during his era? It's interesting how you can just borrow money and not have to have it listed in the budget and surprisingly the citizens are fine with that. After all, it was certainly a state of "emergency" to run into Iraq and find all those WMD(which we never did and instead took their oil).
Took their oil? Where is it then?
It will eventually flow but not necessarily in the form of oil. Theft has also evolved the same way wars have. We don't fight wars with swords nor would we openly exploit a country by hauling an oil tanker out of the Persian Gulf. I just find it very interesting that all the refineries(and re-development in general) is being done with major contracts given to US companies such as Haliburton which coincidentally Cheney owns a lot of stock in. We go into war and over throw regimes all over the world such as the 1953 Iranian coup d'état (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d'%C3%A9tat) which was orchestrated by Churchill and the CIA and carried out by Kermit Roosevelt(Yes! Teddy's grandson!). I find it very interesting to see how tolerant Americans are toward their government. How can you go to war with Iraq for one reason that proved to be 100% wrong and manage to change the message halfway through and to convince your people you are liberating others!
Interestingly, the two previous Democratic Presidents who at first increased the country's debt (Truman & Clinton), then went on to reduce it (much more dramatically) in their second term. This tendency of being more responsible in the second term also applies to the other Democratic Presidents. (Whereas the Republican Presidents seem to become even more spendthrift in their second term.) This could mean that Obama, in his second term and coming out of a recession, will turn his record in this matter upside down...
Truman's second terms may have been the beneficiary of a large boom touched off by the Korean War.
Not certain, but the Korean war helped a number of economies, like Japan with entrenching the austerity focused Dodge Line and growing at the same time; one of the the best years for Uruquay for wool was like 1951 or 1952; etc.
The real question is what is the difference what they did with the borrowed money. Did they invest it or not. You also have to look at the relationship between GDP and Debt. If the US went down in GDP and spending increased that would be bad. That is what happened in 2009 when it dropped to $13,939 billion. With a 9% increase in GDP over 4 years with an expansion of spending by 35.6%, that is not a positive number when not looked at in a vacuum.
Reagan end of Term 1982-1990
GDP grew from $3,353 to $5,800 billion / GDP increased by 73%
Bush Sr. end of Term 1990-1994
GDP grew from $5,800 to GDP $7,085 billion / GDP increased by 22%
Clinton end of Term 2002
GDP grew from $7,085 to $10,642 billion / GDP increased by 50%
Bush Jr. end of term 2008
GDP grew from $10,642 to $14,369 billion / GDP increased by 35%
Obama end of first term 2012
GDP grew from $14,369 to $15,601 billion/ GDP increased by 9%
*GDP-US $ billion nominal
Data Sources for 2012:
GDP: US Gov. Budget: Hist. Table 10.1
doesn't look like those figures are normalized to the value of the dollar in a specific year. Also, your term lengths are way off, making me think your numbers are just BS.
Why don't you exclude inflation? The picture will be quite different.
Reagan's real growth is around 36% taken inflation into account, similar to Clinton's.
Check www.presidentialdebt.org if you want a better representation.
Check www.presidentialdebt.org if you want a better representation.
The CBPP report linked to by the Economist doesn't just say that Obama inherited an additional 10% debt-to-GDP from Bush; it also says that an additional 100% of the 2012 projected budget deficit is basically attributable to Bush-era policies and leftovers, including: the two wars, the financial recession/bailout, Bush-era tax cuts. Look at the bottom black line in the chart from that page and compare to the top black line.
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A pulmonary embolism is a blockage of an artery in the lungs. The embolism prevents blood and nourishment from getting to a specific area of the lungs. This may lead to the death of lung tissue in this area. Damage to the lungs may make it difficult for the lungs to work properly. In severe cases, a pulmonary embolism can lead to death.
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An embolism is caused by a lump of material, called an embolus, that is floating in the blood. An embolus can be a blood clot, air bubble, a piece of fat, bone marrow, or tumor tissue. The embolus travels from its original location and passes through larger blood vessels until it gets stuck in a smaller blood vessel. In this case, the embolus is trapped in an artery of the lungs.
The embolus in a pulmonary embolism is usually a blood clot. It most often starts in a vein in the legs or pelvis.
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The symptoms of a pulmonary embolism vary depending on the size and location of the blockage. The area of lung affected by the lack of blood will also affect the symptoms. Pulmonary embolism may cause:
Your doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. Your doctor may order the following tests:
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Another type of medication may be needed to dissolve the clot. These are called thrombolytics. This type of medication is usually only used in people with a pulmonary embolism that is very large or is causing severe illness. Thrombolytics will not be used if you have a high risk of bleeding.
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Some easy ways to tap into the mindset of your target audience are by using Google Trends or Facebook Graph Search. Google Trends allows users to search broad terms and turn up popular trending topics from their industry, from within the search network. Facebook Graph Search allows business owners to search amongst info offered by people who have liked their page.
2) Stay Consistent: Not only should business owners be actively publishing engaging content, they should be posting on Facebook regularly. Don't just post articles, then call it a successful social campaign. If business owners really want more Likes and action on their Facebook page, they must be regularly engage users.
They can do so by commenting on other business pages, their fans' pages, or simply by sharing content that's relevant to their business niche, which they feel will provide value to their followers. Posting consistently will reinforce the brand to users. If done well, the consistent posts will entice users to Like the business page and add said business to their Facebook Timeline – letting them see all their posts from then on.
3) Complete Your Business Profile: Facebook displays suggested business pages when a user searches for a specific business function (IE: 'Heating & Cooling'). Businesses can give themselves the best opportunity to appear in those suggested results by completing their Facebook business page profile. Adding details such as Operating Hours, Tagline and Industry will enhance the chances of users seeing the page and giving it a Like.
4) Homepage Pop-Up: Adding a pop-up app, such as Like Box, to a Volusion or WordPress site will position the business Facebook page in a way that is very noticeable to site shoppers, encouraging them to see their mass of Facebook friends (reinforcing that others also Like the brand) and easily Like the page. To refrain from being annoying, allow around 10-20 seconds to pass before having the Like Box appear on page.
5) Incentivized Pop-Up: Very similar to the Like Box app. However, the difference is that this feature uses a third party called Shop Socially to administer the set-up and costs and can offer an incentive, enticing shoppers to Like a business' Facebook page. To refrain from being annoying, allow around 10-20 seconds to pass before having the fly-out appear on page.
6) Facebook "Like" Ads: Although there are numerous types of ads Facebook offers, the "Like" ads are the most effective when trying to get more Likes. No surprise there. They work in two ways.
The first way is as second-hand referrals from Facebook (see above). They appear when people are using Facebook and show suggestions of pages they might like, based on friends' interests.
The second way they appear is strictly as a recommended page you should Like or check out (see above), suggested from Facebook as a promoted ad, within a user's news feed. For more specifics, please see set-up and pricing.
7) Post Engaging Images: In an era where Pinterest succeeds specifically on image sharing and Instagram has turned everyone into a professional photog, it's clear people love pictures. Businesses can capitalize on this trend by posting pictures of products in-use, niche-specific topics or even quotes in design form on their business Facebook page.
If the pictures are good enough, people will start to Like the photos themselves. If business owners can stay consistent in posting the pictures, people will start to like business Facebook pages posting them – so they can see those business pages regularly on their Facebook Timeline.
8) Run A Contest: This is one of the most fun ways to engage users to Like your business page. Plus, they won't bat an eye before actually hitting the Like button. However, the only difficulty with this option is that there must be a legitimate prize given away.
To start a contest, business owners must first generate the rules of said giveaway, spelling out the stipulations, requirements and prizes.Then, they should just make one of the rules in the contest that anyone who participates must Like the company's business page. If the prize is good enough and your audience is broad, Likes will start pouring in. Other contest options are available, as well.
Brand Labs does not only deal with ecommerce as a science — as our name implies, we also deal with your company's brand as a science. We've had many customers since we began back in 2006 (500+). Aside from what we already knew about the importance of having a well designed logo, we've learned something else… having a good ecommerce logo design on your website can increase conversions! In the next few paragraphs we're going to explain why having a good looking logo is so important and why it can persuade visitors to make a purchase.
Your company logo is your company's face to the world. It's one of the first things someone will see when they visit your website or look at your product packaging. A unique logo is one of the main ways people remember your company. It should link your website with your marketing materials. It should give those who see it a feeling for what your company does just by looking at it. It should give people a sense of trust to buy from your company.
If your company is a startup, after deciding on a name and a business plan, one of the next things you should consider is having a logo designed by a professional graphic designer. At Brand Labs we pride ourselves on our design abilities. It's one of the reasons we got into building ecommerce sites in the first place. We took a look at so many online stores and saw that they looked terrible. We wondered how they were able to stay in business. We knew that if we weren't comfortable ordering products from websites that used a poorly designed default store template with a logo that was created with a simple font typed in Microsoft Word, then thousands of other people would be nervous, too. We knew that we could help these companies do better, increase site visitors, and increase revenue.
Take a look at some of the logo comparisons below. These companies all came to Brand Labs because of our reputation as an agency that can take their online business to the next level with our expertise in design for ecommerce.
We've seen many studies about how visitors view websites. The majority of people always start from the top left corner and move across and down in a kind of F pattern. Typically, a logo is placed in the top left corner of a website because that is the first place people look. If someone is a first-time visitor to your site, you want to present them with a professional look to make them feel at ease with purchasing something from a company that has been and will be around for a while. If someone is a return visitor, you want them to feel comfortable that they are visiting the same site where they previously had a great online shopping experience. The placement of the logo in your site's header is important to give people that anchor of confidence they need to make a purchase.
You don't need to be a big company and spend a ton of money to have a great logo, but even big companies need to be careful when changing their overall branding strategy. Take Gap as an example. They went through a logo redesign process to try to "modernize" and re-energize their brand. What happened instead was, shall we say, not good and Gap reversed their decision and reinstated the old logo.
It's easy to see why: the new logo lacked character, originality and thought. If you're looking for someone to design a new logo for your company, make sure it is someone that has proven they do great work. However, it is also important to keep an open mind during the design process. While you know more about your company (and probably your target market as well) than the designer you hire, a good designer should know what kind of look and feel will work best for you without jumping on the latest trend. Your logo should be something that will stand the test of time and not need to be redesigned every few years because it's trying to be "hip."
Take a look at your current logo. Ask yourself what it says about your company. Does it look professional? Is it memorable? Is it appropriate for your type of business? If you are unsure about any of these, a redesign might be something to think about. Money spent now on a well conceived, impeccably designed logo will show a return for years and years to come.
Brand Labs goes through an extensive research and design process when we're hired to design a logo. We begin by talking directly to you about your brand and where you want to take it. Even though we'll work through many sketches and concepts internally, we're only going to show you the concepts that we think work best for your company. It's our job to create, through science, what we think will make your company unique in a sea of competition.
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You can almost feel it building up every time it comes around.
That almost electric tingle in your fingertips and rapidly growing itch in the back of your brain that lights the fuse on your hand's afterburners and rockets it to your device. The race is never acknowledged, but it's always on. The finish line can be anything. And your answer-loaded info-missile is being constructed as fast as your network will allow. For something that hits so frequently, it's amazing how you still get excited when you can be the fastest one to an answer to whatever question is on your "dot-com generation" friends' predictably impatient minds. For those gathered, this whole unspoken information retrieving Olympics often becomes a spectator's sport. Others often just think it's stupid until the pressure is on and they're in heat of the moment.
As of this very moment, AutoResponderMax has sent out more than 2.5 MILLION customized emails on behalf of its growing list of clients. That's 2.5 MILLION personalized connections between our retailers and their customers and no one had to lift a finger.
Now let's do a little creative math* (*wild speculation) based on this post. Extrapolating from that single anecdote we can say with absolute certainty* that those emails have generated at least $1,297,585.88*. Heck… while we're guessing, let's say it it was a billion dollars*! Because it totally could have been*.
Regardless, the fact is that AutoResponderMax is easily one of the easiest, most affordable, most effective marketing tools for your Volusion store – did you notice how there was no asterisk* on that statement? That's because it's completely true! Seriously. ARMax is crazy good and the first month is free. Go sign up. Now.
This is an actual, unretouched screen shot from our boss's iPhone showing that as yesterday, The Red Hat Society's online store had made $1,118 in April by using AutoResponderMax – that's a 2,281% ROI. If you haven't already clicked over to AutoResponderMax to start your free trial, then allow us to give you all the details…
We own and operate The Red Hat Society Store. That gives us a lot of first-person insight into the needs of the average Volusion retailer. That insight led us to build AutoResponderMax – the email marketing tool for Volusion. We built it to meet a lot of the communication needs we have with our own online store. The screen shot here proves that we were pretty successful.
What you see here is a shot of the AutoResponderMax Dashboard app for iPhone. (Which is totally free, by the way.) It shows April's usage data. Stated simply, ARMax sent 2,154 event-triggered (and personalized) emails to Red Hat customers. A remarkable 70% were opened and 41% of those resulted in click throughs. Those are all really good numbers if your only goal is to build your relationship with your customers. If, on the other hand, you'd also like to make money, the real number to look at is this month's revenue – $1,118. That's over a thousand dollars of revenue that is directly related to emails sent by AutoResponderMax. The Red Hat Society Store is on the Plus Plan (the most popular level) which means that thousand dollars cost us exactly $49 – bringing us back to that incredible 2,281% ROI – except that it isn't incredible. It's credible – and provable.
We have trouble talking about AutoResponderMax sometimes because basically we always just want to say, "Try it, for crying out loud! The first 30 days are free and it's awesome and it totally pays for itself over and over and it's so easy and what are you waiting for? DO IT, DO IT, DO IT!" Now, with this photographic proof that it works so dramatically well, we're almost overwhelmed with the desire to reach out of the screen, grab your mouse and sign you up ourselves. Of course, that would be rude, so we'll just strongly suggest that if you're a Volusion retailer and you don't have AutoResponderMax, you're almost certainly leaving money on the table and that's just crazy. Go sign up right now!
We're Going to Make You Cry, Then (While You're Emotionally Vulnerable) We're Going to Talk About Ecommerce In a Way That May Seem Crass In Context, But We Assure You That Our Motives Are Pure, So Just Go With It
While searching the Internet this morning for important new pictures of baby sloths, we stumbled on the video we've posted below. Before you play it, we'd like to warn you about a few things. First, it's eleven minutes long. Second, you're going to want to watch all of it. Finally, unless your heart is a tiny, ice-cold cinder, you're going to cry. We're misting up just thinking about it, but that might be because we're also listening to Sarah McLachlan, so we're probably thinking about that frigging animal shelter commercial that always drops like a bomb into the middle of whatever lighthearted romp you're watching on TV and brings your life to a screeching halt while you scrape together all of your change to donate just so you can make all the big-eyed homeless puppies stop crying in HD all up in your grill.
The video below is the opposite of that. Enjoy.
Caine's Arcade from Nirvan Mullick on Vimeo.
Okay… now just pull yourself together now so we can talk about this like the totally composed businesspeople we are. So, that was deeply charming on a lot of levels – the boundless and inspiring enthusiasm of youth, the near-universal love of The Arcade and the way that something so frivolous can bind us all at such a basic level, the unqualified support of a working class father for his son's passion project, the pride of accomplishment – there's a lot of real genuine heart-string-plucking going on here.
… but did you notice how no one gave a crap about Caine's Arcade until a savvy outsider stepped in and started a social media campaign in support of it? Did you further notice that Caine's Arcade also benefited from the Holy Grail of viral luck – an appearance on the front page of reddit? The Internet basically prevented this from being an incredibly sad or possibly even heart-crushingly tragic story. Let's talk about how all of this could have played out after the jump…
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Six months ago Google released a major improvement to Google Analytics: Multi-Channel Funnels. With this new feature, we now have deeper insight into conversion attribution and we can improve overall sales tracking.
Previous to this release, a fundamental problem with web tracking was that it only credited the last link clicked prior to the conversion. Marketers using the last click methodology were not able to provide a complete view of the customer's journey through the entire digital buying process. With Multi-Channel Funnels we're able to generate reports showing the full path to conversion over a 30 day period. Analyzing a customer's path across multiple digital channels (organic searches, paid searches, referrals, social networks, email etc.) has given Brand Labs a much clearer understanding of how all channels can assist each other in driving a conversion.
Since their release the assisted conversion attribution reports have lived up to the hype with their ability to connect the conversion path dots in ways we previously could only guesstimate. This has resulted in the ability to make more informed business decisions and better allocate resources on behalf of our clients. The best way for me to illustrate the value of these reports without getting anymore technical is to turn the microscope on my own buying behaviors and processes. The info graphic below shows how I jumped from channel to channel on my quest to purchase a Marmot brand jacket. Hopefully the value and insight gained from attributing assists to each channel involved in the conversion is more clearly illustrated in this graphical format.
Once the leaves fall of the trees, it's too late to completely redo your online store in time for the holidays, but you can make a little holiday magic with these three down and dirty tips.
1. Do you have clear calls to action? Be sure that emails and banners tell shoppers exactly what to do. While you're at it, have fun with calls to action. Selling gift-wrapping? How about "Wrap it up?" Have free shipping? Go for "Send it free!" And of course, there is always the clear and concise (but boring), "Shop Now."
2. Test your ideas: A/B tests are great ways to discover what's working with your holiday strategy. Test subject lines, calls to action, buttons – anything, really. Once you have the result, optimize your holiday campaign.
3. Tell customers about shipping: Shipping is very important during the holidays. Make sure your customers know that gifts will arrive on time with shipping calculators or free shipping. And do you have free shipping? Tell them loud and clear. Be borderline obnoxious about this one. People don't like paying for shipping when they have to send fruitcake to their "favorite" uncle.


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For months, America has been told by left-wing non-profits like the Alien Criminals Liberation Union (ACLU), La Raza and LULAC, that Alabama's new immigration law H.B. 56, "targets Hispanics" and is "anti-Latino". Judge Sharon Lovelace Blackburn wisely ignored that rhetoric when she let stand (pending trial) the law's most critical section - having police check immigration status of individuals apprehended in a lawful stop or arrest.
Well, the very first such arrest has now occurred since the Judge's ruling. And - surprise, he is not from Mexico, or any other Latino American nation. He is Mohamed Ali Muflahi, 24, from...Yemen!
That's right, the same lovely nation where we just killed a terror-linked cleric with a drone missile, and the home of the "most dangerous branch" of Al-Qaeda, according to U.S. officials.
Muflahi was arrested for obstructing a government operation during a drug raid in Etowah County. He did not have documentation, and so his immigration status was checked - per the new law. It was determined he was in the U.S. illegally, and was "charged with violation of the immigration law."
We are waiting for the reaction of the usual (hysterical) suspects. But we can't say we are surprised. There has been a big uptick in illegal aliens who are "OTMs" (Other Than Mexicans), and thousands of people from terror-sponsoring nations have been apprehended at our borders in recent years, despite Janet Napolitano not wanting to discuss it.
And of course, 4 of the 19 hijackers on 9/11 had overstayed expired student or tourist visas, yet had evaded discovery - despite stops for speeding - because laws like Alabama's were not in effect.
Well whaddya know.
I wonder if Rick Perry will call them heartless.
Family values don't stop at the Gulf of Aden.
Now that there was funny.
Wow. Good bust.
It's time for Americans to stand up and demand that the feds do the job we are paying them to do and start enforcing our immigration laws. If they fail to do their jobs, we need to "reform" their asses in 2012.
"I wonder if Rick Perry will call them heartless."
If Alabama had a heart, they'd make him feel welcome while he goes off killing Americans, but they don't - but then he is WELCOME IN TEXAS!!!
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Mo Brooks was just on Greta. Outstanding in his defense of the Alabama immigration bill and deportation.
EXCELLENT! I'm so sick of hearing how enforcing our laws against illegal immigration has nothing to do with real security, but is ONLY about *racism* against Mexicans/Hispanics/Latinos, etc...!
Also, I wonder what the scar on the dude's forehead is from — looks an awful lot like a pitchfork!
Hmmm Mo Brooks was just on Greta. They are already saying many are pulling their illegal kids out of our schools. I say good.
Illegal is Not a Race, It is a Crime
This guy was from Yemen. Maybe a terrorist, that is scary. TX has tuition only and the students must apply for citenship and pay their own tuition. This is a TX passed with a veto proof majority by the TX Legislature. Not amnesty.
If we put a 1000 mile ocean between Yemen and the USA, the 1001 mile ladder business gets real good.
ILLEGAL aliens cannot apply for citizenship. They can apply for legal status (green card) but they cannot apply for citizenship.
Would his children be eligible for in-state tuition in Texas?
And maybe I'm a racist, but I think Muflahi is a funny last name.
Did he say there is a 99 Billion dollar tax shortfall (combined local, state, federal) as a result of hiring illegals?
Bullcrap. Quit spreading falsehoods.
We're not stupid.
"Would his children be eligible for in-state tuition in Texas?"
Yea, if he show records that he's been blowing up buildings here in Texas for three years (minimum), I think his kids would get a free ride (technically, in-state tuition).
But he has to still prove his residency for that long...so leaving some clues behind would help him with that.
Yes, he say 99 Billion. He said 7.4 million jobs would probably be available IF laws were enforced.
say = said . . . I should watch my typing instead of the tv. I had to back up on the DVR to double check the 99 B.
Well, no Shakira looks a little different ~ but doggone it the terrorists are HIDING in a sea of Mexicans.
"This guy was from Yemen. Maybe a terrorist, that is scary. TX has tuition only and the students must apply for citenship and pay their own tuition. This is a TX passed with a veto proof majority by the TX Legislature. Not amnesty."
Two points on the above:
1) I don't think anyone makes the illegals apply to be citizens (and I don't think they can...yet).
2) The veto-proof majority was during Perry's first days in office. He could have moved Houston 500 miles to the West if he wanted to back then. I have no doubt that if Perry opposed the DREAM ACT it would not have become law. And, if Perry actually opposed it, he would have vetoed. So saying it passed by a veto-proof majority is irrelevant, considering Perry's actions.
It would be interesting to know the assumptions as many studies like this employ static analysis and would not consider the multiplier effect of these dollars staying in country and not getting shipped back to Mexico.
Good for Alabama!
So during the past four presidents and one vice president our open borders have been constantly penetrated by not only Mexicans but by people who look like Mexicans, Middle East Muslims! Remember what family has been in office six out of the past nine terms>? And what do you think the New World Order is going to be?
And who says that RACIAL PROFILING does not benefit society?
Dang, I got back to back stunings tonight. First Hank Jr. confirms he's not a commie marxist , and that he opposes the marxist occupying the Whitehouse, then this.
Not all illegals are Latino? Stuned I tell ya, just plain stuned. I mean, who woulda thought all those reports of muslim prayer mats, found in the heaps of garbage at our southern border, were true? Not Ricardo Perry, nor Janet Naptime, for sure.
Alabama can arrest him, but can't deport him. What happens if they turn him over to ICE? Will he be released or freed? Only Janet knows,
Meanwhile Obama ramps up EPA drone attacks on ANWAR al-Alaska.
The scars on his head indicate a good likelihood that he has been involved in violence of some sort. It's the sort of marker that is used in combat environs to identify the enemy. Deport him? Not yet, waterboard first, then deport.
This is hugh! Maybe it should be moved to the sidebar?
I do not trust any politician on this illegal immigration issue regardless of what they say. They will say and do what it takes to get elected and then will dodge ever doing anything about it, such as enforcing our laws.
Illegal immigration is something that the big GOP money people want because it gives them growth, cheap labor, and it gives them leverage against unions. Liberal elite Dems want it because they think it will give them votes. It is an issue that the elites want, but most Americans vehemently oppose. If this was a left / right thing GWB with his GOP Congress would have fixed it in 2001 after illegals caused 9-11. But they didn't.
I have no problem with the ultra rich except when they want me to cover the social costs of their nannies and gardeners and desire for cheap labor.
What family is that?
The US Border patrol has been finding muslim prayer rugs, korans, papers written in arabic and all kinds of other proof of muslim invaders coming over our southern border.
Border patrol is told to stand down. Media isn't even curious. baraq goes to El Paso, Texas to mock Gov Perry about border security. Janat Incompantano tells us to quit worrying, the border is as secure as ever. Meanwhile, MUSLIM TERRORISTS are coming across our border and dc files suits against Arizona and forces gun dealers in the border states to report "rougue" purchases. And the feds are arming up the narco terrorist armies on the southern border.
Boys and girls, official dc is setting the table for a violent set of events to happen in our country.
rahm emmanual: "Never let a crisis go to waste..."
They are creating the crisis.
And the media are their cheerleaders.
Judge Sharon Lovelace Blackburn wisely ignored that rhetoric when she let stand (pending trial) the law's most critical section - having police check immigration status of individuals apprehended in a lawful stop or arrest.
It would take a line of buses long enough to cross the entire country to send all the illegal Yemenis back to Yemen.
I had not heard that before. Thanks for posting it!
Steyn nails Perry there.
Labels his "don't have a heart" drivel as a "cheap Democrat talking point".
Don't ask me. Ask Edwina. I never heard of them.
Good tag line material!
How the heck did this Islamic mutant ever get into America? Could he be a visa overstayer? Meaning, he entered on a valid visa and decided to never leave but take up a life of crime?
He's the devil's own
"The scars on his head indicate a good likelihood that he has been involved in violence of some sort. Its the sort of marker that is used in combat environs to identify the enemy. Deport him? Not yet, waterboard first, then deport."
I don't like Perry either, but I'll be happy if he simply retires and becomes a lobbyist.
and give them freebies that taxpayers and locals have to fund...to hell with that!!!
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Sounds good I assume that is the 2% shortening after a few minute mix? None of the slices I had were that crisp.Thanks,Bob
Hey Chau,Great looking pies!! I'm curious-do you prefer cake yeast over other types when making NY style pizzas? And do you find that using lard in the crust makes a better crust than oil? I appreciate it!Jason
I have chosen to not be vocal about my use of shortening until recently. NY style pies can be made with and without oil. But if you are going to use oil in the dough, shortening is unequivocally the way to go. I don't care much for tradition or who says what. I absolutely know what my senses tell me and I trust senses far more than any expert out there. From the tests that I have done, shortening beats oil by far. It's not even close for me. And I can promise you my recipes and techniques are consistent. Meaning the only difference is the oil or shortening. Test after test, the shortening wins. But it may come down to preferrence in texture and taste rather than one being better than the other. For me, I prefer shortening over oil. Chau


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Red-hot Rangers eye different result in Oakland
Grimm faces Griffin as Texas returns for first time since year-ending set
The last time the Rangers traveled to Oakland, the results couldn't have been much worse.
On Monday, the Rangers will take on the Athletics for the first time since the A's swept them to clinch the American League West title on the final day of the 2012 regular season. Needing just one win in the three-game set to clinch the division, Texas dropped all three contests and ultimately went on to lose the inaugural AL Wild Card Game.
"That series itself didn't bother me, because we had a chance to win each game," Rangers manager Ron Washington said. "The thing that bothered me was we didn't take care of business before we got there. It was the games we gave away in a year in which one game made a difference."
As the teams meet for the first time this season, Texas finds itself atop the AL West with the largest lead of any division leader, despite the departures of sluggers Josh Hamilton and Mike Napoli, as well as veteran Michael Young this past offseason. The Rangers, who added catcher A.J. Pierzynski and designated hitter Lance Berkman to compensate, have won four straight and seven of their last nine to build a season-high six-game lead over the A's.
"They're playing great. You lose a Hamilton and a Napoli and you bring in Pierzynski and Berkman, it's the same team," A's manager Bob Melvin said. "I think a lot of people were discounting the fact that they might not be as good as they were, when in fact they've been really good. They're playing well. They've played well the whole season, and you have to play well to beat them."
Oakland, meanwhile, has been headed in the opposite direction. The Athletics have lost six of their last seven games and return home for Monday's series opener after going 3-7 on a 10-game road trip. The Athletics are hoping to get back on track at the O.co Coliseum, where they went 7-2 against the rival Rangers a season ago.
"I just hope we go up there for the next three days and they don't find themselves," said Washington, who spent 11 years as an A's coach prior to taking over as Texas' skipper in 2007. "They can find themselves after we leave there. The last few years, they've played us tougher than any team."
The series opener will feature a battle of young arms on the mound, as Oakland sends 25-year-old A.J. Griffin to the hill opposite 24-year-old Rangers starter Justin Grimm. For Texas, winning the first head-to-head series since the dramatic season-ending set wouldn't do much to erase last year's heartbreak, but it would certainly be a step in the right direction toward winning its third division title in four seasons.
"It's going to be a fun series," Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler said. "They're obviously a good ballclub and we have to be ready. They won the division last year, and we want to get it back."
Rangers: Grimm looks to get back on track
After netting American League Rookie of the Month honors in April, Grimm is off to a slow start in his first two May outings.
The right-hander is 0-2 with a 6.17 ERA this month, allowing eight earned runs over 11 2/3 combined innings, while issuing seven walks. Grimm went 2-0 with a 1.59 ERA and handed out just four free passes over 17 frames in three April starts.
"The last two starts haven't been W's," Grimm said. "That's all I care about, helping this team win. I'm taking it game by game and try and come away with a win."
Athletics: Griffin aims to be first to four wins
Griffin expressed some frustration after his most recent outing Wednesday -- and surprisingly, it was not solely directed toward the controversial ninth-inning replay call in Cleveland that robbed Oakland of the tying run.
Instead, Griffin (3-3, 3.83 ERA) was upset that he had fallen short in his bid to become Oakland's first four-game winner. Entering Monday's series opener, Oakland remains one of just three AL teams -- the Angels and Blue Jays being the others -- without a single four-game winner on its pitching staff.
"It's pretty frustrating," Griffin said. "Everyone's pretty frustrated right now. Well, I can't speak for everyone, but I'm pretty frustrated right now."
Worth noting
• Rangers outfielder Craig Gentry has a .368 career batting average against the Athletics, second highest of any active player with at least 50 plate appearances against them.
• Texas third baseman Adrian Beltre has 24 career home runs against Oakland, third most by any active player.
• Oakland is 14-5 against the AL West and just 5-15 against non-divisional foes.
Paul Casella is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @paul_casella. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The 55-gallon water barrel is a durable container designed for water storage. The barrel is a closed water storage system with two fittings: 1 - 2" BTR and 1 - 2" NPS. The siphon hose is easy to use and will transfer up to five gallons of liquid per minute. It safely pumps water, fuels, paints and solvents. The Aquamira liquid water treatment drops are ideal for large water treatment (up to 30 gallons each), but packaged small enough to fit into your pocket. The four-year shelf life is not affected by partial use of a bottle. It's effective on bacteria, viruses and cysts. No unpleasant aftertaste and meets stringent EPA guidelines. The bucket lid opener allows quick and easy opening of barrels, pails and buckets without lid damage.
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1.1 This specification covers hot-finished or cold-finished bars except bars for reforging (Note 1). It includes rounds, squares, and hexagons, and hot-rolled or extruded shapes, such as angles, tees, and channels in the more commonly used types of stainless steels. The free-machining types (Note 2), for general corrosion resistance and high-temperature service, are covered in a separate specification.
Note 1—For bars for reforging, see Specification A 314.
Note 2—For free-machining stainless bars designed especially for optimum machinability, see Specification A 582/A 582M.
Note 3—There are standards covering high nickel, chromium, austenitic corrosion, and heat resisting alloy materials. These standards are under the jurisdiction of ASTM Subcommittee B 02.07 and may be found in Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol. 02.04.
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A314 Specification for Stainless Steel Billets and Bars for Forging
A370 Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing of Steel Products
A484/A484M Specification for General Requirements for Stainless Steel Bars, Billets, and Forgings
A582/A582M Specification for Free-Machining Stainless Steel Bars
A751 Test Methods, Practices, and Terminology for Chemical Analysis of Steel Products
E527 Practice for Numbering Metals and Alloys in the Unified Numbering System (UNS)
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SAEJ 1086 Recommended Practice for Numbering Metals and AlloysICS Code
ICS Number Code 77.140.20 (Steels of high quality); 77.140.60 (Steel bars and rods); 77.140.70 (Steel profiles)
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UNSPSC Code 30264500(Stainless steel bars)
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Layman. Soldier. Officer in a legion of Christian soldiers from Upper Egypt during the reign of Emperor Maximian Herculeus. His legion, as many as 6600 men, was massacred en masse by their own side when they refused to participate in pagan sacrifices prior to battle. One of the Martyrs of the Theban Legion.
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