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Advantages and Disadvantages of Selling Online
I have always disliked working for someone else, so no matter what the disadvantages are I still prefer being my own boss and working for myself. Over the last twenty years I have ran my own business and have never regretted it. Over the last five years I have also been involved in running an online business as well. I have sold physical goods, digital goods and have also provided an online service designing websites and providing web hosting. In all areas I have been reasonably successful. Most of the time I work from home, which is how I like it.
If you're considering starting an online business I would certainly recommend it. However, it's worth looking at the pros and cons first before you make a decision. There are certainly advantages to having a website to promote your business or sell goods online. But what are the disadvantages?
Below I've outlined some of the advantages and disadvantages of running an online business. These are mainly related to an ecommerce based business, selling physical goods through an online store. (If you're more interested in selling digital goods please read the article: Why sell digital products?)
I personally prefer to sell digital goods (there are far fewer costs involved) but let's first consider the advantages and disadvantages of setting up and running an online store selling consumer goods.
Advantages: If the choice is between opening a bricks and mortar store or setting up a website, the start up cost can be much lower if you decide to sell online. You can do both of course. If you have an existing business, then you could easily expand to the online marketplace and fund and your website from your business profits.Creating a business from scratch and testing the market can be quicker and easier to do online, and certainly more affordable.A good testing ground for selling goods online for the first time is ebay. You can test the market and even set up an ebay store until you're ready to build your own full blown ecommerce website.With an online store you can offer an even wider choice of goods, and provide more information to the customer.There are fewer overheads involved in running an online store. Unless you need a storage facility for stock, there are no high rents to pay, less staff (if any), and therefore less wages to pay. And in some cases you may be able to run your business by having items dropshipped to your customers, thus eliminating shipping costs.Your customer can shop directly from home without further cost to them. No matter where they live, your store is open to the customer in their own home, where they can shop at their own convenience, in their own time.
i.e. no travelling cost involved to your customer (or yourself if working from home)Your store is always open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, all year round.
Disadvantages:Running an online business has few disadvantages, but one of the negative aspects (if you consider it so) is that you have more responsibility in the running of your business. This is particularly relevant if you're operating a small business by yourself. You have to hold yourself accountable and be very disciplined to run the business efficiently.
Ideally, it's better to have a helping hand. Someone you can trust and rely on to run the business for you, so that when you need to take a break, or take a holiday, you're not constrained by the responsibility of running your business 24/7. Everyone needs some free time to relax and get away from the pressures of work, otherwise your business will become a burdon and you will soon begin to resent and lose interest in it.
From the customer's point of view, the main disadvantage of buying online is that they don't get to see and feel the goods before they buy. So there's a far greater amount of trust required on the part of the customer before they decide to part with their money.
On a similar note, the customer also does not get the same kind of personalised service that they might recieve when they walk into their favourite local stores. In some cases this may be just a minor issue, but in others it is vitally important.(particularly in the case of buying certain types of clothes for example, i.e. a 'made to measure' suit)
One final consideration is the problem of fraudulent transactions. This can be a major problem for ecommerce website.There's a few things you can do to reduce the amount of fraudulent transactions you receive (i.e. the use of stolen credit cards being used to purchase from your site, chargebacks etc.) but you may never be able to eradicate the problem altogether.
You can find a lot of information online on how to combat this problem. For example, avoid sending goods to a different address from the cardholder. Phone the customer first to verify the order if you suspect anything, such as multiple orders of high value goods.
During the ordering process make sure the order form collects details of the buyer's home phone number, and full address including postcode. If you have their name, phone number and postal address, you can usually check online to see if the phone number is valid. If the phone number you find matches the number associated with the order, all well and good. If not, call the number to confirm the order with the customer.
One of the best ways to reduce fraud is to state clearly on your website that you DO NOT deliver to an address that is different from the cardholder. It may put off the customer if they want their order sent as a gift to someone in a distant location, but it's more secure and will disuade fruadsters from placing an order in the first place.
If your business relies heavily on selling gift items then you may have no other choice than to accept third party addresses, in which case it will be essential to set up a manual verification system. The simplest way to do this is to always verify the credit card number by phone. Ask for the card owner by name and ask them "did you place this order and can you verify the item you purchased?" Also ask them to verify the card number used and the name of the person and the address to be delivered to. A genuine card holder should not have much difficulty in answering these questions, and if the number matches the card then the risk will be relatively low.
An increasing number of ecommerce websites now require the customer to register all their details first before placing an order. This provides further security, and a newly registered customer can be verified first before sending any goods ordered.
For more information about protecting your website from fraudulent transactions click here
Further reading:
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An Introduction to eCommerceeCommerce is the common description used to describe the process of buying or selling goods or services via the internet. The amount of trade conducted electronically has continued to grow at an extraordinary rate since....[ read more ]
Protecting Your Website From Fraudulent TransactionsWeb-based businesses are particularly vulnerable to fraudulent transactions, simply because they can't verify a person's identity by looking at them. Typically, when fraudulent purchases are made and found, merchants are the ones that have to cover the cost of the lost services or merchandise. Luckily, there are many ways to detect and stop fraudulent transactions and prevent....[ read more ]
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Jan. 19, 2013 | 7 p.m. EST
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Things To Know About The Game
East Carolina is 11-5 overall and 2-1 in Conference USA after posting an 89-78 victory over Houston this past Wednesday night. Saturday's game against Marshall will be the first of back-to-back road games for ECU as they travel to UAB on Wednesday.
The game features the league's top two assist distributors: Marshall junior DeAndre Kane and ECU senior Miguel Paul. Kane leads the league with 7.6 assists per game, while Paul is second with 5.7 per contest.
ECU junior Akeem Richmond and Marshall junior D.D. Scarver are both averaging 2.4 3-pointers per game, tops in Conference USA.
The Pirates enter Saturday's game on the heels of two consecutive victories for the first time since November when they opened the season with five straight victories.
ECU is looking for its first 3-1 start to Conference USA play in its 12-year membership.
The Pirates will be seeking their 1,000th program victory Saturday night.
The Pirates have scored over 80 points in each of their last two games and have topped the 80-point plateau in nine games this season. ECU is 6-3 when scoring more than 80 points.
East Carolina has overcome double digit deficits in each of the last two games and have come from down 10 points or more three times this season to claim victory.
Senior Maurice Kemp leads Conference USA in scoring with 18.3 ppg. Blue Edwards is the only ECU player ever to lead a league in scoring, averaging a CAA-best 26.7 ppg in 1989.
Series Notes
ECU and Marshall split their first four meetings as non-conference foes in the 1970s. As Conference USA rivals, the Pirates are just 4-10 against the Thundering Herd.
The two teams have split the last four games with each winning once on its home floor and once on the opponent's home court.
Six of the 14 games as Conference USA rivals have been decided by six points or less. The series is knotted at 3-3 in those games.
Until last Saturday's 17-point come-from-behind win over UCF, the largest deficit ECU had previously overcome in a C-USA game was 15 against Marshall in 2011. The Pirates rallied from a 39-24 deficit to win 82-81 in Huntington.
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Darrius Morrow scored a season-high 27 points to lead the Pirates claimed to a 69-68 overtime victory over Marshall inside Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum
Maurice Kemp was the only other Pirate to score in double figures finishing with 10 points. Robert Sampson and Paris Roberts-Campbell each chipped in nine apiece, while Miguel Paul added eight.
Despite being out-rebounded by 15, ECU was able to overcome the discrepancy by forcing 20 turnovers, which resulted in 24 points for the Pirates.
Marshall scored the final four points of regulation to send the game into overtime.
ECU scored all six of its points in overtime from the free throw line. Morrow made four foul shots and Paul made a pair.
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East Carolina is the highest scoring team in Conference USA, averaging 78.8 points per game. The Pirates ranked 15th in nation in scoring (through Thursday's games).
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East Carolina is shooting nearly 78 percent (.776) from the free throw line since C-USA play began (38-49).
The Pirates have handed out 20+ assists in six of the last seven games. ECU currently ranks seventh in the NCAA statistics with 17.9 assists per game, tops in Conference USA.
East Carolina has a higher free throw shooting percentage on the road (.755) than at home (.668). The Pirates have shot over 75 percent at the foul line in four of its five road games, but only three in 11 home games.
Senior Maurice Kemp has led the Pirates in scoring in eight straight games. He has scored doubles figures in 14 games this season and has six 20-point games.
Since being inserted into the starting lineup against N.C. Wesleyan, senior Shamarr Bowden is averaging 10.0 ppg.
Senior Miguel Paul has scored double figures in four-straight games, his longest streak of the season. ECU posted just its second win of the season when he committed four turnovers this past Saturday against UCF. The Pirates are 2-4 this year when he was four or more turnovers, but 6-1 when he has three or less.
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Rob Reiner, director of When Harry Met Sally and The American President, is developing a film based on the legal challenge to Prop 8, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The project has a personal connection for Reiner, who helped to found the non-profit group The American Foundation for Equal Rights, which was the sole sponsor of the federal court challenge to Prop 8.
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Kirk Ferentz: The players' leadership group selects the weekly captains and on the defensive side we've got Louis Trinca Pasat; Quinton Alston will be representing the defense; offensively Brandon Scherff and Mark Weisman. They'll start out as our captains, good selections there certainly. To bring you up to date on injuries, Darian Cooper did undergo knee surgery yesterday. He's had some knee issues for the past year, and he was able to play in the bowl game despite some of those issues and just hasn't been able to push forward. That was addressed yesterday. We don't expect him to play this year. He's a tremendous young guy, and it's hard any time anybody loses time for an injury, and Darian joins Adam Cox on that front. Certainly we feel bad about that. Riley McCarron is also out right now. He'll be out for a couple weeks with a shoulder injury that he experienced in the open scrimmage. It will probably be somewhere around the bye week before we get him back. We'll take that a week at a time and see where it goes from there. That being said, we're certainly ready to get started, like probably everybody in America right now, and we're excited to be back in Kinnick. Starting out there is always a great thing, and we've got a very big challenge on our stands with an outstanding UNI football team. They've got a great tradition with their program. They've played very well. If you look back the last five openers they've played extremely well, and we expect a very tough, competitive ballgame Saturday. They've got an outstanding football team with some outstanding performers, very veteran on the offensive side and pose a lot of threats to you that way. Then defensively they're always tough. They make you really work hard, and they're very aggressive and good on special teams. We're going to have to be at our best certainly. I think our team has improved over the past couple weeks like you're supposed to. We need to have a good week this week certainly to get ready for a very tough ballgame on Saturday.
Q. I wonder if you could talk about your kicker and punter.
Kirk Ferentz: Right now, if we were playing tomorrow, which we're not, but if we were playing tomorrow, Dillon Kidd would start out as our punter and Marshall Koehn would start out as the placekicker. The good news is it wasn't so good a year ago, or at least in the spring it wasn't good the way we finished up, but I think all four of our guys have really competed. The two punters, Connor and Dillon, have done a nice job, and really it's a very close competition. The same thing with Marshall and Mick, and Miguel is just a little bit behind them, but I think despite the open scrimmage where we didn't placekick very well, we've gained ground there. We're eager to see those guys compete in game situations. But it's been a positive.
Q. How do you think you might utilize the linebackers?
Kirk Ferentz: I'm not sure what we'll do right now, but it's probably fair to say they'll all play. The guys that are splitting time, and we've got a group of guys right now. We'll see how it plays out, but we're still probably not sure. I think it's probably going to take some game experience to find out who really rises. But I think the competition has been good. The guys have really been attentive. They've worked hard and competed hard, and there again, we're eager to see what they do on the game field and how it plays out.
Q. Damond Powell looked like he might not be able to play until conference season and he's on the two deep. Did he heal up faster than expected?
Kirk Ferentz: He did. He's ahead of the charts and I don't know if those charts were based on people my age or a young athlete who's actually in good shape, but Damond is a pretty resilient guy, and he's really come back quickly from it. His attitude has been great all the way through. I don't think he had contact until the end of the last week, but he's looked good out there in practice and he's got some catching up to do, but at least he'll be with us and helping us out.
Q. Have you made any decisions on true freshmen playing and how many?
Kirk Ferentz: I think it's fair to say we'll play Miles Taylor, we'll push him ahead. Ben Niemann certainly is going to be pushed ahead, and we're toying around with Aaron Mends over on the offensive side. We actually have fooled around with him at fullback with Adam being out just so we don't get knocked out of fullback packages. So he's done a good job there. And then Mick Ellis is a good possibility, too. Hopefully we don't get there, but he's a possibility.
Q. How dangerous of a game can this be against a team like UNI?
Kirk Ferentz: You go back to the last five openers, one against us, it took a miracle, not good fortune, but basically a miracle for us to win. They opened up at Wisconsin in 2012 and I think it was about a five point game. Wisconsin had an excellent football team. Last year they opened up with Western Illinois and they looked razor sharp in their opener. One thing if you just go back in recent history, these guys are going to be ready to go, there's no question about that. They really don't care where they travel. It's not unlike a North Dakota State a year ago doing the same thing, going on the road, and it doesn't seem to bother them who they're playing or where they're playing. They play good football, and that's something UNI has done traditionally very well. I think last year if you look at their record, there's more to the story there. That's not a typical UNI season, and you think about the running back being hurt, you think about the quarterback missing a couple games there at the end, and even then, they were very tough, competitive ballgames. When these guys are healthy and ready to go, they're going to be a challenging opponent, and we'd better be at our best, I know that.
Q. What do you think defines that program?
Kirk Ferentz: Consistency is probably the first thing that comes to mind for me at least, being here 25 years now. I can't go back to the early '80s but in recent history, at least the last 10 years or so, they've been extremely consistent. They seem to compete for that league title every year, and if they're not in the winner's circle they're right there knocking on the door. And then again, early season they don't seem to mind where they go or who they play, they go and play well. So if we're surprised by that, which we were in '09 for whatever reason, we'd better change our attitude on that one.
Q. Any concern about the cohesiveness of the defense?
Kirk Ferentz: Sure. I mean, any time you have new players I'm concerned about the cohesiveness of our entire football team. Any time you have new players enter the mix, you've got work to do. You get X amount done in practice, that's like every team, but until you really start playing games, that's really when you find out about the personality of your team and how things are going to materialize, how guys are going to react. We have a lot of guys that have never played outside of the kids' day scrimmage. They haven't played in front of anybody of note in college. Every situation is really important, and all you can do is try to prepare, and I think our guys are doing that. Now we have to do it this week, but we've got 12 games. It's going to be an adventure and a journey. Hopefully not too adventurous, but a journey for sure.
Q. You look at the last two times you've played Northern Iowa, how can you describe the running game against Northern Iowa and the past experiences with the RB position?
Kirk Ferentz: Yeah, it's a world of difference from 2012, and that was Mark's coming out party actually. I think we had two guys get knocked out during the game, one knocked out literally and then another elbow problem, so Mark kind of got thrust on the scene. Two years ago we weren't sure if we had a Big Ten running back. We found out we did. Damon Bullock did a good job when he was available, and Mark really, I think, did a great job. But yeah, we're a little further down the road. So that part is good, but we have other parts of our team now, losing the linebacker. Certainly other parts that have to be addressed, and we really have to make sure we're gaining ground there.
Q. Were both of those running backs in the running to play?
Kirk Ferentz: I think for us to have a good defensive football team, our defensive line is going to have to be productive and do their jobs well, and they should. We're more experienced there, basically at every position. I'm not taking anything for granted, but if we're going to have a good defensive football team, it's going to start up there. We're going to have to really play hard and aggressive. The four guys that finished the year last year last did a nice job. Nate Meier I think is one of our most improved guys on our football team, so that's encouraging, and some other guys are gaining ground, but hey, we're going to need those guys to play well, and we're going to have to play well on the back end, too, the guys that have played. Jordan hasn't played a lot of football at free safety, so that's going to be a little bit of a learning experience, but I feel like he's a veteran player who's not exactly like Quinton Alston but similar to that. I think both those guys are primed to play well, and if we're going to have a good team, we're going to need them playing well.
Q. Are all four of those running backs in the picture to play?
Kirk Ferentz: Yeah, I think so, definitely. We weren't sure but we talked a little bit about possibly red shirting LeShun Daniels. I mentioned Nate Meier. I think LeShun is probably the offensive version, he and Henry Krieger Coble, are guys that really elevated from a year ago offensively. Yeah, he's right in the mix right now. The big thing we have to do right now is just try to use him intelligently.
Q. Talk about your linebackers with UNI's backfield?
Kirk Ferentz: I don't know if one guy will do it, but as Norm used to say, you stop great players by playing great team defense, and I think that's really the key. David Johnson an outstanding player, it doesn't matter how you slice it, dice it, and that's run, pass or block. He'll do all the things you would ask a back to do, a really good back to do. He does them very well. And we're going to have to really play good team defense because if you let him get going, it's not going to be fun.
Q. The starters you're settled with. Is it reassuring knowing the guys you're going to put on the field for the most part?
Kirk Ferentz: Yeah, it's probably similar to last year where I think we have a fair amount of returning guys that have played well, but the key, and you know, you go back to last year, our linebackers really played well. I think the key thing to remember about them is they played a lot better last year than they did the year before, and they were experienced that year, too, in 2012. Experience is important, but only if you use it to your advantage. I think about those three guys, the way they practiced in the spring, the way they trained in the off season, the leadership they gave us, all the things they did, it's hard to replace that, and Brett Van Sloten is probably the same story. Brett kind of flies under the radar being an offensive tackle but he gave our team a lot. Those are the things we have to replace, and to do that you need your guys like the guys, the four captains I mentioned minus Quinton, but the other three guys, they have to play better than they did last year. They've practiced better, and I don't mean that in a derogatory sense, but they understand that. They know what you're supposed to do. So it all starts to me with the guys coming back have to play better or else we're not going to have the kind of team we want to have. It starts with them, and then we've got to work through the growing pains with the guys that haven't played a lot.
Q. You have had some success stories with kids that came to you under the radar and maybe could have ended up at Northern Iowa. What's it like recruiting against an in state school where they have to take a chance on you?
Kirk Ferentz: You know, it's a fine line, and we're probably more like them than we are some of the other teams that are out there. I mean, there are certain players my sister could tell you are pretty good prospects, and that's pretty easy, but it's the guys that aren't, and two names that come to mind real quickly, Bryce Paul and Brad Meester, he had a pretty good career. He just finished up. And there have been others, obviously Kurt Warner. I still want to know who the guy ahead of Kurt Warner was his fourth year. That's how those stories happen. There are a lot of good football players out there at all levels, and it's a really fine line. People don't realize how fine a line it is.
Q. You used a guard (inaudible) and then a group went outside (inaudible)?
Kirk Ferentz: Oh, we'll see. We'll see. I think he's capable of playing out there, but he might be better suited to be a guard, but Yanda was kind of that circumstance, but we needed him at tackle. We'll cross that bridge when we get to it. I hope we don't need him out there this year. Next year but hopefully not this year.
Q. You said in Chicago that in 2012 you basically didn't have a passing game.
Kirk Ferentz: Yeah.
Q. Can you compare and contrast where it ended in 2012 and where you began this year? There's a lot of optimism this year.
Kirk Ferentz: I think we're better positioned right now. We went through a huge transition, I can say that now, but it's a huge transition. We changed our system nomenclature right on through. That was a challenge, and there was no easy way to get around that I don't think. And then, yeah, we just weren't very experienced at some of the key positions, so I think outside of quarterback, and I still think it was a tough hand for James to be dealt, but that's the way it goes sometimes. We're in a little better position right now, but the world can change fast, so it's just a matter of us right now, we've got to keep our foot on the gas. I'll go back to the point I made earlier, a guy like Tevaun Smith got better last year, but if he doesn't keep getting better, we can take that passing game and throw it in the garbage can. We just need everybody to do their part. We lost a really great player with Fiedorowicz, a guy who was a really great player for us in the red zone, so we've got a lot of other guys that have to grab the rope here and do a good job. I think we have the opportunity, the potential to be better offensively, and that would sure help, especially some of the guys we lost defensively just help balance things out a little bit.
Q. Do you feel that there's a higher level of competition to get on the field at that position?
Kirk Ferentz: I do, I think especially at the receiver position. I think we have more guys competing, and certainly having Riley in there would help. That was a loss for us because he was doing a lot of things really well, particularly the week that he got injured. But I think overall, yeah, it's more competitive right now.
Q. With game week, is there a heightened sense of excitement either around campus, and what are the changes you've noticed?
Kirk Ferentz: I've been out on campus. I noticed there's more people here. I did get out yesterday to do the Chamber of Commerce deal at noon, and yeah, the world changes a lot the last week and a half probably when people start trickling in town. I'll be out there tomorrow night, I think, and tomorrow I'll be out at noon to do a few things. But for our players most importantly, just to end camp, we finished that Friday afternoon, and I thought we started to turn the corner a little bit at the end of last week starting to look a little bit like a team. Hopefully this week we will have good week of practice because we need to get sharp here and get ready.
Q. What's it like around when you see people? Can you kind of tell they're excited?
Kirk Ferentz: I think it's been that way all summer, just the places I've been. Yeah, it's been good. I think everybody has been good, and everybody is usually nice to me anyway in public. Then when I turn and walk away it's a different story, but that's okay.
Q. What have you seen in Bo Bower and Josey Jewell as far as they're second year guys but obviously competing for a spot, and what about Reggie Spearman? He had a year on the field, but he's younger but the same class.
Kirk Ferentz: Yeah, they're all kind of the same, they're all kind of different. All three of them obviously we liked in recruiting and really thought they had good potential, then it's a matter of how quickly they're going to come along. In Reggie's case he was the furthest ahead last August, so we made the decision thinking ahead that kind of like the A.J. Edds story that we thought he'd be in the mix, and if he could help us on special teams, play on 3rd down, that might be a way to get his feet wet and help move him along further. Josey emerged more so in the spring. He did a good job on the scout team and Bo did the same, but in the spring they really started to emerge and it started looking like they could maybe fit in somewhere, somehow, some way. Part of that is what they were doing, the other part of that is the graduation. Usually those two things play into where a guy fits in on the depth chart.
Q. Off topic, student ticket sales, in a general sence, does it bother you that ticket sales are droping.
Kirk Ferentz: I mean, yeah, in a perfect world I wish you'd hope every student would want to come, but it's not a perfect world, and that's what makes our country great. But I'd hope they'd come support the team and all of our sports. It's a good part of campus life, and hopefully that'll pick itself up.
Q. There's been a bit of a heightened awareness over just the numbers, analytics and kind of predicting things before they happen with football. Do you buy into them as far as what teams might do in certain scenarios?
Kirk Ferentz: That doesn't work so well.
Q. I didn't think you did.
Kirk Ferentz: Which analytics? What department are we talking about?
Q. Not so much what happened on the field, not too much physically but on the field.
Kirk Ferentz: Like help me out, lead me along here a little bit.
Q. 3rd and 1 what teams do, what works, what doesn't work. I'm guessing you don't buy into that.
Kirk Ferentz: Yeah, I mean, we study as much and try to have as much information as possible, but at the same time it's just week to week things are it depends where you're at and how things are going and all those types of things, but yeah, information is good to a degree for sure.
Q. What's the dialogue with Jake Rudock now compared to a year ago in the sense that you didn't know what you had, and C.J., both of them? What's the dialogue and communication like?
Kirk Ferentz: It's probably more two way than one way in that like those guys can both give us good information now. Gosh, we just showed a clip the other day, it's not the same thing, but there was a play we ran in one of our later games where the guys basically it was a communication that happened during the course of the game, coaches to players, players to coaches, and when it goes both ways, that's a good thing. So the point is I think when players are more experienced, they're more capable of telling you here's what I feel good about and why, so I think that's certainly a good thing, and that's something that you try to build with every player at every position, but it takes time. Jake has got a real good feel for what's going on. He sees things well, and he did last year for a first year player. What he told Greg Davis coming off the sideline was usually matched up with the film, and that's a good sign. That's one of the reasons we felt good about him last year.
Q. Greg Mabin is kind of a good story.
Kirk Ferentz: It is, yeah.
Q. What have you seen there, and how has he been able to progress this quickly?
Kirk Ferentz: I can't give you the exact date, but kind of like Mike Daniels or some of these guys, I think he was a late evaluation guy for us, and I can't remember where he was looking, doesn't really matter, but it was more so in January, I think that we had an interest in him, and we weren't sure if he was a safety, receiver, corner, we weren't sure what he was. But he seemed like a good high school player that we thought was being under recruited. His high school coach was actually a guy who coached a couple years of college football, and he really felt highly of him, too, when we were down there visiting. His cousin I believe it was played up at Northwestern. Anyway, it felt right, but the rest of the story is last year at this time he was a scout team player who really hadn't done much to distinguish himself in a real positive way, but to his credit, he's worked hard, and then this spring he really started to rise and get noticed through his hard work and his play out there on the field. Again, we had an opportunity, door was open, so he's really done a good job. We'll see how he does this week, but I think he's really prepared well and hopefully he'll play well this year and beyond.
Q. Do you foresee using multiple corners, one guy?
Kirk Ferentz: I think so. Yeah, that competition is pretty close, too, kind of like the kicking and punting. Reese has done a good job there, Sean Draper has done a good job, and I think it's wide open right now.
Q. How much of a size advantage do you have over UNI?
Kirk Ferentz: Not as much as I haven't done the numbers, but I'm guessing they've got a bigger line than we do. Most people do, although Scherff might be tilting the deal a little bit. But these guys are big. They've got big guys up front, and more importantly they're very well coached, and the thing I'll go back to is just a year ago if you look at their opening ballgame, which I did in week two of last year or three or whatever it is, I was just so impressed with the execution, the level of execution that they just played in their first game. You take the guys up front that block like these guys do and then throw a very talented, experienced quarterback, another quarterback that's very dangerous and a running back who's good and good receivers, I mean, we've got a heck of a challenge on our hands defensively right now.
Q. What's going to be an ideal number of carries for your running backs and will all four play?
Kirk Ferentz: Yeah, we haven't really talked about it in that detail, but we feel good about all four. We'll just kind of play it by ear. Again, the big thing is if we can as opposed to some of the games in the past, hopefully we'll have Mark Weisman healthy in the fourth quarter, not healthy but fresh where he can really be going strong. And I mentioned a couple other guys; Damon Bullock has really had a good August, which is really pleasing. You talk about seniors raising their level of performance, he's done a good job. So we'll see how it goes, but we're comfortable with all four guys. They've really done a nice job back there.
Q. Besides the obvious things like health and injuries, what separates a big season, a championship contending season from say just a good season?
Kirk Ferentz: There's a lot of things, but injuries and luck are two of the things, how you handle the ups and downs. Hopefully we'll have some ups. It's not guaranteed, but I know we'll have some downs. That's part of life and part of football. So how we handle those things, whatever challenges pop up, which despite everybody's wanting to, nobody can predict what's going to happen here the next four months. Just how you handle those things, it's a day to day deal. I think that's a big part of it, and a little bit of luck never hurts and some good stories emerging, developing. Hopefully the Greg Mabin story continues, and we just have some good things happen. But that's what you play the season for, and going back to that point earlier about the experts and all that, I mean, I just got done on that teleconference, three out of the top five teams at least in one of the polls I looked at were unranked going into the season last year and ended up in the top five. That to me is the fun of college football. You just never know what's going to happen. There are a couple that I could probably take a wild guess and guess they're going to end up in the top five, but there will be some surprises, too. Those teams obviously did a good job with it, and those are the challenges, just how you handle them as they come along.
Q. Did CJ Beathard do enough in camp to you talked about maybe getting him time in game. Did he earn that?
Kirk Ferentz: I think we're still thinking about that. I don't know when, where or how, but yeah, we're still considering it, and yeah, we feel good about him.
Q. You awarded a couple of walk on scholarships this week with Bo Bower and Boone Myers. What's that like for you, and do you talk to the parents, too, and what's their reaction?
Kirk Ferentz: Pretty much tell them, the first thing I tell them is they're not in trouble because they're up in my office and they think they got called to the principal's office, and that part is good, and it's a short conversation but it's a pretty happy one usually. That's one thing we tell guys on the front end in recruiting is they're going to be treated fairly and they're going to get opportunity. No matter how they get here, it doesn't matter, but if they're in the program we're going to judge them like we do everybody else and then try to reward them as fairly as we can. We've actually given out four this camp which is really a nice thing, and it's four guys that have really worked hard and earned them.
Q. Who are they?
Kirk Ferentz: Our two fullbacks, they got it right off the bat.
Q. Do you feel as good about your running game right now as you have in a while, the total package?
Kirk Ferentz: You never feel too good about anything, especially right now. But yeah, the guys have practiced well. They've practiced well. We've still got to block, they've got to run the ball and hang on to it. Certainly compared to two years ago we're in a lot better shape there. But we've got to go out and play now, and that's the big challenge that's ahead.
Q. The hype surrounding Carl Davis. Is that something you've predicted?
Kirk Ferentz: When he came in?
Q. Yeah.
Kirk Ferentz: I mean, yes and no. He's had the potential. Both he and Scherff when they got here didn't look like your average bear. We just haven't had many guys walk in like that. But they were young guys at that time, so you never know how their careers are going to unfold. It's a credit to both of them because both of them have fought through injuries that have slowed their progress down, both have kept great attitudes and they both have worked extremely hard. They both are capable of playing really good football, and if we're going to have a good football team, we're going to need them to. I know that's their expectation level, and it's certainly ours, too. But they're both great people, and they're good team members. Carl is just a really positive he's a good young man, so we're really happy he's on our football team.
Q. If something was to happen, is Tyler Wiegers the third quarterback?
Kirk Ferentz: Let's not even talk about that, okay? Geez.
Q. Would you pull off the red shirt of Tyler and have him come in, or do you have a plan in case of emergency?
Kirk Ferentz: Yeah, Dallas Clark, who's a high school I'm trying to think of who the high school quarterbacks are. We haven't had that discussion. We probably need to do it by Saturday. Scherff, there you go. You might see me heading to the locker room if this happens. No, in all seriousness, Tyler Wiegers is our third guy, and that's the way it goes. We'd sure like to red shirt him. That's our goal. But we're playing to win, and he is clearly our third guy.


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College Hockey:Michigan Bests Nebraska-Omaha
Porter's Hat Trick Propels Wolverines
OMAHA, Neb. — A combined six points from Kevin Porter and Chad Kolarik, most of them coming in the third period, helped third ranked Michigan double up Nebraska-Omaha, 6-3, in front of 9,356 at Qwest Center Omaha on Friday night.
In a closer game than the score suggested, it was Porter's pair of goals that made the difference for Michigan as they sent UNO crashing to a loss in their first league home game of the season.
Kolarik's goal and two assists added insult to injury for the Mavericks, and a third-period offensive onslaught gave the Wolverines the two points and a chance to finish off a road sweep Saturday night.
In a first period with plenty of end-to-end action but not too many real scoring opportunities from either team to show for it, it was the Wolverines who drew first blood. Michigan captain Kevin Porter notched his fifth goal of the season when he beat UNO goaltender Jeremie Dupont on a power-play goal 4:30 into the game.
Dupont squared up to and saved all but one of the seven shots he faced in the opening period, but it was the one that got by him that threw any momentum UNO might've had away from them and towards the visitors.
Not surprisingly, it was Porter who served as the Wolverine's talisman in the opening period. He steered the Michigan offense ahead as UNO's defense allowed and also took the most shots for his team in the opening stanza.
The second period found UNO drawing even before taking their first lead of the night. With 7:24 gone in the period, Maverick senior Bill Bagron got a piece of a loose puck in a scramble in front of the Michigan and equalized for the Mavericks with a shot that trickled underneath Billy Sauer and into the net.
With six minutes left in the period, two Maverick freshmen connected for the first points of their collegiate careers. Joey Martin set up Rich Parslow to beat Sauer and gave UNO their first lead of the night.
UNO dominated the period both in terms of shots on goal and also in the way that they shut down the offensive channels that Michigan had taken advantage of in the first period.
The game started to really take shape away from the nets as well, as referee Mark Wilkins started calling penalties on both sides at an ever-increasing rate, the most notable being Maverick defenseman Pasko Skarica's 10-minute misconduct call for a contact to the head near the halfway point.
But for as much as the second period belonged to UNO, Michigan paid the Mavericks back in the third with interest. Thirty-five seconds into the third period, Porter notched his second tally of the night, and another four Wolverine goals would come afterwards.
Chad Kolarik made the game 4-2 three minutes later, before goals from Steve Kampfer, Brian Lebler and Porter's hat trick sealed the deal.
"You can't give up those late goals, because that's the difference in the game," UNO coach Mike Kemp said. "It's very frustrating, and very disappointing."
Michigan coach Red Berenson was unavailable for comment after the game.
A goal from UNO freshman Alain Goulet made it 4-3 after Kolarik scored, but it was too little, too late.
The two teams face off again Saturday evening in Omaha.
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Initial support for Symfony2
By Tomas Mysik-Oracle on Dec 05, 2011
Hi all, today we would like to show you how you can develop your Symfony2 projects with Twig templates in NetBeans 7.1.
First, you need to download RC version of NetBeans 7.1. Then, among available plugins (Tools > Plugins), there is a Symfony2 plugin. This plugin (which will be part of the next version of NetBeans) now provides just the basic support for Symfony2 framework as can be seen on its homepage:
- Run Comand
- Create new Symfony2 project
For editing Twig templates, this plugin registers the built-in Smarty support - yes, this is definitely far from perfect. Much better solution is to download and use the Twig support for NetBeans written by Sebastian Hörl. BTW this plugin will be part of the next version of NetBeans - thanks a lot Sebastian for your contribution!
That's all for today, as always, please test it and report all the issues or enhancements you find in NetBeans BugZilla (component php, subcomponent Symfony).


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The Administration on Aging (AoA) provides national leadership, funding oversight and technical support to the Aging Network which is charged under the Older Americans Act with the responsibility to develop a comprehensive and coordinated system of home and community based services for older people and their family caregivers. The Aging Network reaches into every community in the nation playing a vital role in strategic planning, program development and administration and service delivery.
The Aging Network consists of the following groups:
Administration for Community Living (ACL)
ACL brings together the efforts and achievements of the Administration on Aging, the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, and the HHS Office on Disability to serve as the Federal agency responsible for increasing access to community supports, while focusing attention and resources on the unique needs of older Americans and people with disabilities across the lifespan.
Administration on Aging
The mission of the Administration on Aging (AoA) is to help elderly individuals maintain their dignity and independence in their homes and communities through comprehensive, coordinated, and cost effective systems of long-term care, and livable communities across the U.S.
ACL funded resource centers
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Full tuition (for 12 months): $5,500
In this 400-hour course in clinical herbal studies and treatment strategies, students will begin to work in and learn how to run an herbal clinic. Students will see clients, make herbal assessments, prepare and formulate herbal products, and evaluate client progress. The student clinic is a busy facility, servicing up to 125 clients per month.
In addition to gaining clinical hours, students will learn basic record keeping, some business accounting, budgeting, scheduling, advertising and the fundamentals of running a successful practice. Students will also learn teaching techniques and will teach a workshop or herbal class. This course completes the Western Clinical Herbalist Certification process.
Prerequisite: Herbal Therapeutics or Apprenticeship through Ohlone.
Deposit Policy: To secure your space in the program, a non-refundable deposit is required. Full payment of entire tuition is required by first class. If the Ohlone Center is not able to guarantee you a space in the program, your deposit will be refunded promptly.
Refund policy: There are no refunds on tuition payments even if the student is no longer in attendance.
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Feb 22, 2011 11:03 AM
As we get closer to spring, we find ourselves daydreaming of farmers' markets and bike rides along the water. Also, when we picture ourselves biking, we're about 10 lbs slimmer, and carrying loaves of french bread and goat cheese in this Carrie Bicycle Basket ($75) by Marie-Louise Gustafsson. It's feminine, big enough for toting around groceries or a bag full of books from the library, and probably more obtainable than the losing 10 lbs goal. Especially if we keep eating french bread and goat cheese.
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I found a tidbit on
that seems that we'll have a new Battlefront game in for release.
But it's not Battlefront III, and it's only for the PSP and DS.
From the ESRB website:
Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron
Platform: PSP
Rating: Teen
Content descriptors: Fantasy Violence
Rating summary: "This is an action game in which players experience different battles from the Star Wars universe. Presented in a third-person perspective, the game allows players to engage in space, land, and air battles or build troops and upgrade armies in a strategy-based mode. Players can use laser guns (i.e., blasters), explosives, and lightsabers to destroy enemy robots (i.e., droids) and humans who often cry out in pain when attacked. During one dramatic cutscene sequence, an unarmed man is sliced by a lightsaber, while another character is shot in the back with a blaster."
Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron
Platform: Nintendo DS
Rating: Everyone 10+
Content descriptors: Fantasy Violence
Rating summary: " Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron is an action adventure game in which players experience different battles from the Star Wars universe. From a third-person perspective, players engage in space battles, 'speeder bike' chases, and top-down battling. The ground battle includes constant laserfire combined with hand-to-hand combat using 'lightsabers.' A depleting health bar and various "yelps" indicate damage inflicted upon certain characters."
Well, at least it's something from LA that's not Clone Wars, but it's still not goddamn BF3. I don't know whether to happy or mad; probably a mixture of both, with a helping of confusion.
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what happened to Google links disavow tool?
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Google will not see 403 unless Google follows the link and index your site and Google never does it that way or else it will never end indexing any given page.
So if I am on site A - and finds links to site A1, A2 ... A10 on Site A, I will not follow each link but I will make an index of Sites A and then add the links A1 to A10 to be visited and then visit each of those links and index. (Assuming Site A and A1 to A10 have one page for understanding)
So Google's bot will not be visiting Site A1 with referral from Site A or Page A
So Google will always be able to index those pages but users will not.


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Padre::Log - Simple logger for Padre
While working inside Padre, what you probably want is:
my $main = Padre->wx->ide->main; # you most likely already have # one of those in your sub my $log = $main->log; $log->debug('now *there* is your problem!'); $log->info('here I am'); $log->warn('Danger! Danger!'); $log->error('This shouldn't have happened'); $log->fatal("Argh, I'm dead"); if ( $log->is_debug() ) { $log->debug("add expensive @debugging over here") }
This module provides a simple mechanism to log messages within Padre. Padre developers are encouraged to use this along the code.
The Padre logging system is set via Padre's configuration file, config.yml:
log: 1 log_level: 'debug' log_trace: 0 log_filename: undef
But you should select these options directly via the 'Padre Developer Tools' Plugin that comes bundled with Padre.
There are five predefined log levels:
error, and
fatal, in descending priority. This means that, if your configured logging level is
warn, then messages sent with
debug and
info methods will be supressed, while
error and
fatal messages will make their way through, since their priority is higher or equal than the configured setting.
For every log level, there is a corresponding level checking method, useful when the logging level may not be reached and we want to block unnecessary expensive parameter construction, like in:
if ($log->is_error()) { $log->error("The array had: @super_long_array"); }
If we had just written:
$log->error("The array had: @super_long_array");
then Perl would have interpolated @super_long_array into the string via an expensive operation only to figure out shortly after that the string can be ignored entirely because the configured logging level is lower than
The availables level checking methods are:
$log->is_debug() # True if debug messages would go through $log->is_info() # True if info messages would go through $log->is_warn() # True if warn messages would go through $log->is_error() # True if error messages would go through $log->is_fatal() # True if fatal messages would go through
$log->is_warn() method, for example, returns true if the logger's current level is
error or
Developers usually don't have to worry about these methods, except if dealing with Padre::Wx::Main, Padre::Plugin::Devel or some other related code.
Returns a new Padre::Log object. You can specify the following parameters:
my $log = Padre::Log->new( filename => '/var/log/padre.log', level => 'info', trace => 1, );
If you want to save Padre's log messages to a log file, you can specify a target filename for it. Doing this, the new() method will automatically call
set_filename() for you.
This attribute specifies the minimum log level to use. Doing this, the new() method will automatically call
set_log_level() for you.
This attribute specifies whether a trace output should be issued after every log message. Doing this, the new() method will automatically call
enable_trace() for you.
Dynamically switches the minimum log level of your logging object. The name is specified as a case insensitive string. If you specify anything other than a valid log level (see "Log Levels" above), or don't pass anything at all, the default minimum log level will be set to '
There is a special log level called 'off' which is higher than any other level and is never used for logging. So, if you do:
You will supress all logging.
Makes the logging object record its received messages into the specified file. If it exists, the output will be appended. If it doesn't exist, the logger will automatically create it. If it can't create it, an error will be issued to STDERR everytime the logger tries to log something. If you set the filename value to an empty string,
undef or
0, STDERR will be used.
$log->enable_trace(); # trace output is on $log->disable_trace(); # trace output is off
Enables and disables tracing. The trace output is done with
Padre::Manual::Hacking, Padre, Padre::Plugin::Devel, Carp.
This modules's functionallity was heavily based on Log::Dispatch and Log::Log4perl.
Copyright 2008-2009 The Padre development team as listed in Padre.pm.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.


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Huntress Mask - Molding by Riddle1Watch
©2011-2016 Riddle1
I have been meaning to redo my Huntress Mask for some time now, While its only a 1lb, now its 50% lighter, and cast a foam insert to go in it.
I tried to take photos so you can get an idea of how a molding process can work.
I tried to take photos so you can get an idea of how a molding process can work.
How did you even make the mask? It's so gorgeous!
Its interesting to see how much work, heart, and soul goes into a cosplay costume. Well done
I just reviewed this again. Very nice mold, I always use silicone as urethane and I don't really get along all that well. It's always wonderful to see beautiful technique. Thank you for taking the time. It turned out wonderfully.
your welcome its much easier to show pictures then explain, but depending on the item and the final output, depends on the technique
Oh I understand completely. When I started making molds it was terrible. Now things are much better. I forget that it's almost impossible to explain it to someone without showing them. It's nice to see that you put the effort into making a nice piece, I always enjoy when you have a new costume come out. Hopefully we'll run into each other at D*con.
i love can see the process of all that works.
It helps to understand how much work it takes to you.
It helps to understand how much work it takes to you.
well I try to post in progress on my facebook page, more then I do here. but I have been really bad about that lately.
Amazing to see the process behind this wonderful mask.
Wow! this is awesome, I want a mould to make masks too now! XD
what kinda latex did you use for the mold?
good technique.
you are dedicated! I love it =]
Thanks for taking the pics! Sometimes when I read GSTQ's tutorial I'm a little lost because of the lack of visuals, so this helps a lot.
I'm a very visual person, especially because not everyone uses the same terms or knows the terms the same way others do


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ATTO Technology, a storage, network connectivity and infrastructure solutions company for data-intensive computing environments, has introduced the newest extension of the Desklink family featuring Thunderbolt 2.
According to ATTO, its ThunderLink Desklink device enables reliable access to data intensive applications such as 2K, 4K and 3D stereoscopic film, multiple layers of complex, uncompressed real-time effects, and high-definition video and audio editing. ATTO's Thunderbolt 2 ThunderLink series includes the ThunderLink FC 2162 Thunderbolt 2 to 16Gb Fibre Channel Desklink device, the ThunderLink NS 2102 Thunderbolt 2 to 10GbE (SFP+ LC optical) Desklink device, and the ThunderLink NT 2102 Thunderbolt 2 to 10GBase-T (RJ45 copper) Desklink Device.
ATTO Desklink devices are designed to enable small form factor platforms to connect into high-performance storage and networks, including SAS, SATA, Fibre Channel or Ethernet infrastructures, and to allow access to enterprise-level data center networks. To ensure cross-compatibility, ATTO Thunderbolt 2 products have multiple operating system, port and driver options.
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Working with Windows and Unix
By user554629 on May 31, 2012
Beware new line characters
One of the most frequent issues we encounter in Tech Support is the corruption of files that are transferred between Windows and Unix. The transfer can occur at any stage, but ultimately involves a transfer of a file using an ftp client that is running on Windows; it could be ftp or filezilla.
Windows uses two characters to mark the end of a line in a text file (CR/LF),
carriage return, linefeed. Unix uses a single character (CR).
In all situations, it is best to use binary mode transfer for all files, including ascii text files.
Common problems:
- upload a core file from unix to windows using ftp in ascii mode.
The file is going to be larger on Windows than Unix.
ftp doesn't know if this is a text file with real line-ends, it takes every ascii CR and transmits two ascii characters CR/LF.
The core file, tar file, library ... will be corrupted when transferred to Oracle.
- download a shell script to Windows, and transfer it to Unix using ftp
If the file is edited on Windows, the unix script line-end chars will be doubled.
Unix doesn't know how to handle that, and will likely tell you the script is not executable.
Why? The first line of a shell script ( called "sh-bang" ), identifies the command interpreter the unix shell should use for this script. Common examples:
#/bin/sh^M # will not be understood.
#/bin/env ksh # special syntax. Find ksh and run it
dos2unix is a common utility found on most unix platforms, that repairs the issue of Windows LineEnd characters in unix script files. I've written my own flavor of this utility for use in Tech Support and build environments, that is a bit easier to use, and has some nice side-effects.
- accepts a list of files: dos2unix *.sh
- repairs the file in-place. Doesn't generate a new file you have to name
- retains the same timestamp; it is the encoding that changed, not the file content.
Here are the versions of dos2unix for each of the environments we work in.
They are compressed with gzip, to avoid the ftp ascii transfer trap,
and because I am limited by the number and size of files for this blog.


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We take pride in bringing an old-fashioned, personalized approach to care while using some of today's newest technologies. You'll find that each member of our team is committed to exceeding your expectations.
Community Hospital believes in creating a first rate patient experience. This is accomplished by setting clear goals for your stay, communicating openly and clearly and taking the time to explain and educate.
This is a time of much growth on our campus. We're working to meet the needs of Goshen and surrounding counties for years to come. Should you have any questions, we encourage you to ask any member of the Community Hospital family.
It is our sincere pleasure to serve you. We thank you for choosing Community Hospital!


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5 Singers Who Could Replace Steven Tyler in Aerosmith
Are Aerosmith Planning a Farewell Tour?Tyler hinted the band could go one of two ways.
Steven Tyler Crashes East Coast Snow ReportAerosmith's Steven Tyler and his daughter Mia were out for a snowy stroll in New York City when they accidentally walked up to rolling CNN cameras.
Donald Trump Dumps Aerosmith's 'Dream On' as Campaign ThemeOr maybe it was the cease and desist letters...
He's Country Now, But Steven Tyler's 'Love Is Your Name' Video Is Still So, Well, Steven TylerThe video begins with a lone microphone shown in an empty arena donned by several of Tyler's iconic scarves.
Steven Tyler Confirms Solo Country AlbumThe Aerosmith frontman revealed on the famed Grand Ole Opry stage that yes, he will be releasing a solo country album.
Steven Tyler Prepping Country Album, Big Machine May SignThe new album may come by the end of the year, if not next year.
Boston vs. Seattle: Which City Has the Best Music?Forget Super Bowl XLIX, the real match-up is between musical legacies. Representatives from Seattle station KZOK and Boston's WZLX argue which city has better music.
Joe Perry's 'Run Run Rudolph' Is a Holiday Treat: WatchJoe Perry is joined by none less than actor Johnny Depp on the track, who shows up to lay down some rhythm guitar.
Interview: Joe Perry on Marriage, His New Memoir and the Future of AerosmithAerosmith's Joe Perry is a soft-spoken guy who possesses an undeniably cool and somewhat mysterious vibe.
Aerosmith's Joe Perry Blames Record Companies for 'End of An Era' in MusicAerosmith's lead guitarist Joe Perry has an idea about what's wrong with the music industry — and according to him, it has nothing to do with the actual music.
Aerosmith Takes the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge on Stage in TexasToday, we have Aerosmith joining in the fun, with a full-band "ALS dump" from their performance last night in Texas, after being nominated by Mötley Crüe.


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LSH Algorithm and Implementation (E2LSH)
Locality-Sensitive Hashing (LSH)
is an algorithm for solving the approximate or exact Near Neighbor Search in high dimensional spaces. This webpage links to the newest LSH algorithms in Euclidean and Hamming spaces, as well as the
, an implementation of an early practical LSH algorithm.
Algorithm description:
Newest (not quite) LSH algorithms (2014):
These algorithms achieve performance better than the classic LSH algorithms by using
hashing. They improve over classic LSH algorithms for both Hamming and Euclidean space. These algorithms are not dynamic however, in contrast to the classic LSH algorithms, which use
hashing and hence allow updates to the pointset.
Optimal Data-Dependent Hashing for Approximate Near Neighbors
(by Alexandr Andoni and Ilya Razenshteyn). In STOC'15 (to appear). Full version in arXiv:1501.01062.
Beyond Locality Sensitive Hashing
(by Alexandr Andoni, Piotr Indyk, Huy L. Nguyen, and Ilya Razenshteyn). In
Here are
some slides
by Alexandr Andoni on the early version from SODA'14.
Survey of LSH in CACM (2008):
"Near-Optimal Hashing Algorithms for Approximate Nearest Neighbor in High Dimensions"
(by Alexandr Andoni and Piotr Indyk).
Communications of the ACM
, vol. 51, no. 1, 2008, pp. 117-122. (
CACM disclaimer
also available
directly from CACM
(for free).
Not so recent algorithm for Euclidean space (2006):
"Near-Optimal Hashing Algorithms for Near Neighbor Problem in High Dimensions"
(by Alexandr Andoni and Piotr Indyk). In
on this LSH algorithm from a talk given by Piotr Indyk.
Earlier algorithm for Euclidean space (2006):
a good introduction to LSH, and the description of affairs as of 2006, is in the following book chapter
Locality-Sensitive Hashing Scheme Based on p-Stable Distributions
(by Alexandr Andoni, Mayur Datar, Nicole Immorlica, Piotr Indyk, and Vahab Mirrokni), appearing in the book
Nearest Neighbor Methods in Learning and Vision: Theory and Practice
, by T. Darrell and P. Indyk and G. Shakhnarovich (eds.), MIT Press, 2006.
See also the
book introduction
for a smooth introduction to NN problem and LSH.
Original LSH algorithm (1999):
the best algorithm for the Hamming space remains
previous version of the algorithm for the Hamming distance is described in
[GIM'99] paper
Implementation of LSH:
download the
E2LSH package
(alpha-version). The code is based on the algorithm described in
the book chapter (2006)
from above. You can download the
for the code. The code has been developed by
Alex Andoni
in 2004-2005.
This research was supported in part by NSF CAREER Grant #0133849 "Approximate Algorithms for High-dimensional Geometric Problems".


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Sergei Lavrov (Сергей Викторович Лавров) was born on March 21, 1950, in Moscow.
Education: Asian studies, Moscow State Institute of International Relations, 1972.
1972-1976: Soviet embassy in Sri Lanka
1976-1981: Department of International Organizations of the Soviet Foreign Ministry
1981-1988: First secretary, counselor and senior counselor in the Soviet mission to the UN
1988-1990: Deputy head of the Foreign Ministry's Department of International Economic Relations
1990-1992: Director of the Foreign Ministry's Department of International Organizations and Global Problems
1992-1994: Deputy foreign minister
1994-2004: Ambassador to the UN, replacing veteran diplomat Yuly Vorontsov. Lavrov pushed the Kremlin's agenda with varying degrees of success during crises over the bombings of Serbia, Kosovo and, finally, Iraq. He also very publicly challenged Secretary-General Kofi Annan's smoking ban in all UN premises.
2004-present: Foreign minister, replacing Igor Ivanov (story). Lavrov has led his ministry's efforts to manage relations with neighboring Georgia — most notably during the August 2008 Russia-Georgia War — combat international terrorism, fight U.S. plans to build anti-missile installations in Eastern Europe, and oppose international recognition of a sovereign Kosovo. He was reappointed to the post in 2008 and 2012.
Lavrov has the rank of the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary.
He is married and has a daughter.
He speaks English, French and Sinhalese.


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As the holidays approach, we always stockpile a few items that work as last-minute hostess gifts or fillers for people who we didn't think to give a present to but who showed up with a lovely gift for us. This year, we snagged a bunch of these MOR Lip Macarons ($10). The price is right, the lip balm is luxurious, and the packaging is pretty enough that it barely requires wrapping. Best of all, if we don't need to give them away, we'll start 2013 off with kissably soft lips!
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Bikram S. Gill
University distinguished professor of plant pathology
Director of the Wheat Genetics Resource Center
Wheat is a staple that feeds the world's population, and Bikram S. Gill, university distinguished professor of plant pathology, has devoted more than 30 years to researching wheat genetics at Kansas State University.
Gill, an international expert in wheat research, heads a team responsible for wheat germplasm improvement and mapping of the genome of the wheat plant. These resources allow breeders to create new varieties of wheat with specific desirable characteristics, such as more resistance to disease and insects. The team performs research at K-State's Wheat Genetic and Genomic Resources Center, which Gill directs.
Gill received his bachelor's and master's degrees in botany from Punjab University in India, and his doctorate in genetics from the University of California.
He has been at K-State since 1979. He has received numerous awards, including the Conoco Distinguished Graduate Faculty Member award for 1990, the ranking of university distinguished professor in 1997, the 1997 Irvin E. Youngberg Award in applied science, and the Wheat Man of the Year designation for 1997 from the Kansas Association of Wheat Growers. He was awarded the Frank Meyer Medal in 2011 for research on wheat genetic resources conservation and utilization in wheat crop improvement. In 2012 he was honored with the National Friendship Award from the Chinese government. The award is China's highest recognition for foreign experts who have made outstanding contributions to the country's economic and social progress.
Gill is a member of the American Phytopathological Society, Agronomy and Crop Science Societies of America, the Genetics Society of America, and the National Academy of Sciences in India. He is a fellow of the Crop Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy and American Phytopathological Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science and National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, India. He also received the Crop Science Award for research excellence from the Crop Science Society of America in 1998, and was listed among the top 0.5 percent of highly cited scientists by ISI Highly Cited.
Gill can be contacted at 785-532-1391, 785-776-5962 or email@example.com.