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Actionable Analytics
October 1, 2013
Reexamining metrics forbetter data-driven decisions
By Michael J. McDermott
Brand marketers have a cornucopia of tools and channels that enable them to collect data with a level of accuracy and effectiveness undreamed of just a few years ago. But how effectively are marketers leveraging data analytics to make meaningful improvements to their marketing? The challenges revolve around what Patrick LaPointe, executive vice president of MarketShare, a Los Angeles–based global predictive analytics firm, refers to as the "human endeavor" factor as much, or more so, than technology.
Here's an example of just how effective data analytics done right can be: One of MarketShare's clients, a big consumer electronics firm, was measuring its advertising impact medium by medium, looking independently at TV, print, radio, and online to gauge each one's impact on sales — an approach the majority of marketing organizations still use. According to Wes Nichols, MarketShare's CEO and cofounder who wrote about this client in a Harvard Business Review article earlier this year, what was missing from that work was any analysis of how all these discrete channels interact with each other — such as whether a print or broadcast ad might prompt an online search that results in a clickthrough on a display ad and, eventually, a sale.
When the electronics company adopted a new data analytics approach to examine the interaction between channels, the results were eye-popping. YouTube ads, which accounted for 6 percent of the company's ad budget, turned out to be twice as effective as TV spots, which accounted for 85 percent. And a full quarter of sales were being generated by search ads, which were getting just 4 percent of the ad budget. The company used those findings and the latest generation of predictive analytics to reallocate its ad spending, resulting in a 9 percent increase in sales with no increase at all in the total ad budget.
Today's deluge of data can be a blessing and a curse. "The benefit is that we are getting closer to the holy grail of the 360-degree view of the customer and the ability to develop richer segmentation and predictive models," says Alexander Edsel, director of the masters in marketing programs at the University of Texas at Dallas, who teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in digital marketing and advertising.
The ability to manipulate large volumes of data for analysis will allow marketers to develop real-time actionable models that integrate multichannel customer activities. "The challenges in getting there are many, however," Edsel says. One of the biggest challenges is unrealistic expectations about how much work is required to create seamless solutions. "There will be some low-hanging fruit, but most actionable models need to be tested, refined, and validated, and that takes time," he stresses.
Still, astute marketers are already finding creative ways to harness big data effectively to meet specific needs. Gilt Groupe Inc., for example, uses it to expand its relevance to consumers. "With the amount of data we have access to, there is no excuse for us not to provide a great, personalized experience," says Tamara Gruzbarg, senior director of analytics and research at the online shopping site, which is headquartered in New York. With more than 8 million members at gilt.com, the company has access to a plethora of data points about its customers — transactional information, of course, but also demographics, purchase patterns, brand preferences, site-visit timing and frequency, and which areas of the site they find most interesting.
Leveraging that voluminous cache of information requires a solid infrastructure. Gilt relies on a big, scalable data warehouse built and maintained internally so that its data engineering team can gather information from disparate sources (visitation, browsing, email) for relevant analysis. It uses a variety of tools, but continuous testing and optimization characterize everything it does. "We build the tools and test them in the market," Gruzbarg explains. "We gather continuous customer feedback to ensure that what we do is really in our customers' best interest."
Gilt's data analytics efforts focus on building a customer lifetime value metric for everyone in its database, which Gruzbarg says is "extremely useful in helping us understand where to direct our marketing efforts." Her team tracks visitation and conversion patterns closely, paying special attention to channel preference. "Mobile has simply exploded as a shopping channel over the past year, and we are keen on understanding this better," she says.
Significant advances in data collection and analysis technologies make muscled-up data strategies like Gilt's possible, especially because of cloud computing and increasingly robust and reliable infrastructure platforms. "Analytics is getting more granular and more predictive simultaneously because technology can now be brought to bear at scale," MarketShare's LaPointe says. Moreover, it is transitioning from a world where it was basically done "by hand" and limited by how much iterative and explorative marketing one person could do. "Efforts had to focus on isolating just the most meaningful things, so analysis stayed at a high level, i.e., what is driving sales from paid media," he says.
Putting Together Pieces of the Puzzle
Historically, data analytics has been backward-looking. Then "the marketing ecosystem started to fracture with the emergence of digital spend, social, and now mobile really coming alive," LaPointe says. "The number of channels, touch points, devices, and ways of interacting are growing almost exponentially every 12 to 24 months." He adds: "The old approach to data analytics — cranking it out by hand — simply was not going to work."
As the models grew more complex, many marketers turned to outsourcing as a solution, but that approach has inherent limitations. One really good data analytics specialist in the U.S. can manage, at the most, three to five offshore professionals, LaPointe suggests. "Analytics is still primarily a human endeavor, and the models are only as good as the expertise and creativity of the individuals building them," he says. "Once you start losing that direct management, your quality starts to dilute."
While offshoring had limited success in advancing the effectiveness of analytics, cloud computing has been another story. The ability to distribute computational load across the cloud means marketers are no longer limited to building just one or two big models for a specific objective. "Now you can build hundreds and hundreds of little models that explain the relationship between A and B, reassemble them into a big picture of the world, and see if it is accurate and predictive," LaPointe notes. And if that big picture does not resemble reality, marketers can cheaply and easily reassemble the data puzzle before them, through the cloud, until the right picture emerges.
Problem solved, right? If only. While data fluency has been improving, the resulting challenges are as significant as the opportunities. "CMOs are trying to make sense of disparate data sets and sometimes disconnected metrics coming from various silos of analytics, typically within different apps," says Jeff Allen, director of product marketing at Adobe Analytics. "Down the org chart from the CMO, however, the data is not always making it into the hands of the individual contributors who rely on the data to optimize their work — arguably the most important consumers of analytics insights. The challenge and the opportunity is to drive a data-driven culture into the workflows of every marketer."
However, there's a stumbling block standing in the way of that goal. "The most significant obstacle is the lack of education among current marketers to deal with these large data sets and, hence, the lack of resources to properly harness big data," says William Rand, director of the Center for Complexity in Business and assistant professor of marketing and computer science at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business. In response, some business schools have recently begun offering programs that specifically address data analytics in marketing, including one at Robert H. Smith.
The most important benefit of big data and its accompanying analytic tools is the power to build extremely robust and predictive models of how consumers behave, Rand believes. "With big data and the increasing trend toward interaction in the digital space, we can analyze everything a consumer does," he says. "Not only can we understand what lift there is from a social media marketing campaign, we can even know exactly which users and what demographics responded to that campaign."
Wilson Raj, global customer intelligence director at Cary, N.C.–based SAS Institute Inc., developers of analytics software, says data analytics in marketing can provide substantial benefits in four key areas:
- Customer experience. Big data offers rich insight unachievable by examining customer feedback alone. "For instance, marketers can use operational data in call centers — such as wait times or time to resolution — to improve the customer experience across channels," Raj says. "Operational data can also reveal training opportunities to enable front-line staff to deliver better service."
- Customer engagement. It is a daunting challenge for marketers to find out who their customers are, but those answers are essential. Data analytics can help marketers identify what their customers want and what marketers need to change.
- Customer retention and loyalty. "Data analytics lets marketers augment existing customer touch points and anticipate new ones to help keep valuable customers loyal in a brand-fickle world," Raj says. It can also help marketers allocate resources at the right junctures by developing more meaningful loyalty initiatives.
- Marketing optimization and performance. As marketers shift budgets from traditional to digital channels, they need to be able to determine the optimal spend across multiple channels in order to be more accountable to the C-suite. "With a test-learn-optimize approach, marketers can deliver on the key determinant of business longevity: return on investment," Raj says.
Big Breakthroughs in Data Analysis
"With the ability to measure, marketing can finally have an accounting value," says Jennifer Ping, cofounder of Toronto-based Universal Insights Analytics. To translate marketing costs into associated revenue, marketers have to break down each marketing channel, look at past returns from past campaigns, and set clear goals for the ROI they hope to achieve from each channel going forward.
George Musi, head of cross-media analytics at DG, a global multiscreen advertising management and distribution platform based in New York City, acknowledges that the combination of information, stats, traffic patterns, and metrics needed to make better data-driven decisions will be different for individual marketers. However, all marketers want to know how their marketing activities perform across all channels. To get there, marketers need several data sets to develop the most appropriate and critical metrics for any marketing effort.
The scope of potential data-point sources is tremendous: Nielsen, Kantar Media, and comScore; post-conversion behavioral, awareness, and opinion measures; shopping and purchase intentions; CRM information; call centers; websites; transactional and point-of-sale data; search activity; social media; mobile engagement; clickstream; surveys; demographics; macroeconomic factors, and more. "Not every metric suits every situation or audience, and no measure or metric has meaning in isolation from a result or from other related metrics," Musi says. "Additionally, it is critical that metrics be dynamic and evolve alongside business developments and changes."
As analytics' role has grown, chief marketing officers' antennae have gone up, LaPointe says. Much effort has been chewed up in a search for the "magic" tweet or trying to determine the value of a like on Facebook, in large part because that is the kind of data most accessible to them. "It's like the drunk looking for his keys under the lamppost. He didn't lose them there, but that's where he's looking because that's where the most light is," he jokes. "Real insights come when you have a breakthrough in how to reach for numbers you don't already have and drag them into the analysis — things like customer perceptions, competitive activity, changes in the buying process or channels or pricing." Getting there, LaPointe notes, requires organizational adoption. "And that's often the most difficult challenge to overcome," he says. "The way to do it is through efforts based on credibility — by building credible analytics that will be accepted by key stakeholders internally, even those who might feel threatened by it."
- Analytics remains
- a human endeavor, and the models are only as good as the expertise and creativity of the people building them.
- Most actionable models need to be tested, refined, and validated.
- Metrics should be dynamic and evolve alongside business developments.
- It's imperative to instill a data-driven culture into the workflow of every marketer.
A Case for Precision Marketing
By Ken Beaulieu
Sandra Zoratti, former vice president of marketing at Ricoh, believes it's both an exciting and scary time to be a marketer. On one hand, marketers have a plethora of innovative tools to engage customers and prospects on all new levels; on the other, marketers have less control over messaging and branding in an age of customer power. Company transparency, she notes, happens whether it's intended or not.
"Online conversations, not brand broadcasting, are the new determinants of a company's brand identity," says Zoratti, author of Precision Marketing: Maximizing Revenue Through Relevance, who was named Colorado's Business Marketer of the Year in 2012. "Peer-to-peer conversations are increasingly powerful because we're communicating with people, not business entities, and those same people make recommendations and shape brand perception. Leading marketers are learning how to engage and bond with customers and prospects by listening, asking, and sharing."
Q. You define "precision marketing" as using customer-driven insights to deliver the right message to the right person via the right channel. How can marketing automation tools and platforms improve the relevancy of brand communications and increase response, revenue, and ROI?
A. Marketers have to speak in the language of business. Measuring ourselves in the context of revenue, response, and ROI allows us to show the concrete value of our investments and bridge our marketing activities to broader business goals. The need for marketing automation tools might not be obvious, but when you look at three unacknowledged, yet almost universal truths that the Chief Marketing Officer Council recently uncovered, the call to action becomes quite clear. The shared stumbling blocks to personalizing, targeting, and timing communications are insufficient data-gathering methods and analytics, siloed data that is rendered hard to obtain, and inaccurate and/or unclean data. This is where marketing automation has the potential to "save the day."
Marketing automation tools and platforms lay the foundation for precision marketing, which is leveraging data-derived insights to improve marketing outcomes by delivering the right message to the right person at the right time via the right channels. Marketing automation addresses the three common problems I just described by increasing the efficiency and accuracy of data gathering, analytics, targeted marketing message deployment, and measurement. To put it simply, marketing automation tools and platforms can help to identify the best outbound customer marketing by gathering inbound customer behaviors. They also help marketers overcome the "data paralysis" that holds us back from grabbing the gold ring of turning data into meaningful information that helps us to be relevant and engaging with customers — and pave the way for future revenue.
Q. How can marketing make a strong case to procurement for implementing big data programs?
A. Actually, this is the irony. Big data programs imply big dollars, lots of time, and infrastructure investments. With the plethora of cloud-based and modular solutions, there are great options for marketers who want to crawl-walk-run and implement, measure, learn, adjust, and repeat. That will enable the marketer to generate results that are relevant to the business, the customers, and the prospects and bring those facts to the CEO, CFO, CIO, and other executives. Since leveraging insights from data-driven techniques is a marathon, not a sprint, this is an excellent way to start and then expand.
Q. How can brands better bond with customers in an age of media proliferation?
A. Brands can strengthen bonds with customers in this tricky environment by conversing across all channels, being visible and transparent, listening socially, being responsive and relevant, and "dogfooding" — using their own tools and products to prove their value. The data gleaned from customer behavior provides the insights that guide this interaction, which is why it's so important to use tools like marketing automation to divine the most meaning from the proverbial well of data that we're standing on.
Ken Beaulieu is senior director of marketing and communications for the ANA.
"Actionable Analytics." Michael J. McDermott. ANA Magazine. Fall 2013.
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Guss' Pickles
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World Famous GUSS' PICKLES, "Imitated But Never Duplicated"
Over 100 years ago, Izzy Guss arrived in America from Europe. He settled on New York Citys Lower East Side, a vibrant cauldron of immigrant life. There, young Izzy set up his now legendary pickle stand. Using his generations-old original recipes brought over from the old country, Izzy began selling his products right out of the barrels! Guss stand quickly grew into the most revered destination in the city, and indeed in the country, for top-quality old-world style pickles. Down through the generations, the Guss reputation has continued to grow. Today, the name Guss is known the world over for the best pickles money can buy. These same Guss original pickles, the ones that made New York famous for its great pickles, are now available in supermarkets, by mail order, and in select gourmet pickle outlets across the country.
"Enjoy our Famous Guss' products, prepared with love like in the good old days, right out of
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*Others claim to be Guss' Pickles or affiliated with Guss Pickles but that is not true!
Guss' Pickles is a registered trademark of Crossing Delancey Pickle Enterprises CORP. West End, New Jersey 07740
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Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Ali Al-Naimi was honored last night by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) for his role in the oil sector, and the Kingdom praised for its efforts to stabilize the global oil market.
In his address to NYSE, Minister Al-Naimi reviewed the changes that have molded the oil sector into its current shape, including the establishment of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in the 1960s, and in the 1970s, the process of transfer of control of oil production, distribution and pricing from the multinational companies to the countries that produce the oil. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), he said, was established as a reaction to OPEC on the part of the consuming countries.
Minister Al-Naimi spoke of the Iranian revolution and the Iraq-Iran war, and the resultant temporary decrease in oil supplies; and of the fact that oil is a major source of income not only for the producers, but also for the consumers, because of taxes imposed on petroleum products by the consuming countries. He went on to point out that the war to liberate Kuwait obligated the Kingdom, and all the oil-producing countries, to maintain market stability. Turning to environmental issues, he spoke of the challenge to the producing countries to make high-quality petroleum products that meet the needs of developing economies while minimizing their harmful effects on the environment.
Reiterating the Kingdom's concern to provide the market with sufficient supplies while keeping prices at the desired level of between U.S. $25 and $28 per barrel, Minister Al-Naimi also talked about the importance for the oil producers of price transparency, and their efforts to limit risks through maintaining price stability; there is, however, no price system that is free of shortcomings.
Minister Al-Naimi declared that the Kingdom is proud of its outstanding record as a reliable supplier of oil. In order to secured balance and stability in oil prices, he said, Saudi Arabia retains an excess production capacity that enables it to overcome major increases in prices in the event of interruption of oil supply, as happened following the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq. Stressing that crude oil will remain the major fuel for economic development in the foreseeable future, he urged continued dialogue between the producers and consumers in the interests of securing price stability.


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last of dinner parties. chop hair off. fly to england. third and final year begins. modules in children's literature and nonsense writing. start running. girly weekend trip to the sea. leaves begin to change.
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Nov. 25, 2013
East Carolina
Kingston, R.I. Attendance: 869
62McNeese State
From wire and staff reports
KINGSTON, R.I. -- Akeem Richmond scored 25 in his return to Thomas M. Ryan Center and East Carolina blew past McNeese State 91-62 in the consolation round of the NIT Season Tip-Off at Rhode Island on Monday night.
Richmond was 6 of 11 from 3-point distance to lead ECU (5-1) which was 14 of 26 as a team. Richmond was playing in his first game at Rhode Island's home venue since transferring from URI to East Carolina.
Paris Roberts-Campbell added 16 points for the Pirates and Michael Zangari scored 13. Brandan Stith added 11 points and 10 rebounds, while Caleb White scored 10.
East Carolina came into the game off its first loss of the season, an 83-74 defeat at No. 6 Duke on Tuesday. The Pirates were sluggish to start the game, missing five of their first six shots. However, they made their next three shots and took their first lead of the game, 14-13, on a made free throw by Zangari.
After McNeese State (2-4) retook the lead on the ensuing possession at 16-14, White put the Pirates ahead to stay with his first of three 3-pointers on the night, sparking a 14-2 run over a 3:36 stretch. ECU lead by 16 with less than five minutes left in the half and took a 43-29 lead into locker room at intermission.
The second half was a mirror image of the first with the Pirates failing to get out of the blocks quickly, but rebounding to build a large margin.
After turning the ball over five times in the first four minutes and allowing the Cowboys to get within nine, ECU spurted out to a 20-point lead, 62-42, by outscoring its foe 14-3 over the next 4:19. The lead never dipped under 18 points and ballooned to 32 points with under two minutes to play.
Roberts-Campbell scored 13 second half points and ECU shot over 56 percent from the floor (18-32) and 50 percent behind the arc (7-14), while out-rebounding the Cowboys by 10. The Pirates finished the game shooting 51.8 percent and holding McNeese to 37.7 percent.
Ledrick Eackles had 19 points and five assists to lead the Cowboys.
ECU will face UNC Asheville Tuesday at 5 p.m. in its final game of the NIT Season Tip-Off.


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"Labret Piercing" is redundant. A labret IS a piercing, not a part of the body. See labret
I like the placement of your labret.
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A piercing on the labret
Person: "I have a peircing on my labret. Therefore it is a labret piercing. I think I will pull the ring out of my lip and laugh as I bleed profusely."
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Each year, up to 4 students join UTMB's MD-PhD Combined Degree Program. Currently, 29 students are enrolled in the program. Eleven students are currently enrolled in the UTMB/UT Austin Dual Degree Program.
|Anthony Bilotta
Vanderbilt University
|Victoria Dobbie
Rice University
|Anna Nia
University of California-Los Angeles
|Lisa Liang
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
|James Sowers
Johns Hopkins University
|Paul Wadsworth
Loyola University Chicago
|Maria Ansar
The University of Maryland -
College Park
|Ronald Besandre
The University of Houston
UTMB/UT-Austin Dual Degree Student
|Maggie Hsu
Texas A&M University
|Amanda Randolph
Baylor University
|Yekki Song
University of Houston
|Shinji Strain
The University of Texas at Austin
|Steven Yarmoska
Duke University
UTMB/UT-Austin Dual Degree Student
|Brian Dawes
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
|Bryan Barksdale
California State University
UTMB/UT-Austin Dual Degree Student
|Sabin Kshattry
University of Texas-Dallas
UTMB/UT-Austin Dual Degree Student
|Amanda Price
Louisiana State University
|Chris Snyder
Washington University in St. Louis
UTMB/UT-Austin Dual Degree Student
Shariq Ali
|Eric Fitts
Gustavus Adolphus College
|Michaela Huynh
Texas A&M University
|Andrew T. Nelson
University of Louisiana-Lafayette
UTMB/UT-Austin Dual Degree Student
|Kyle Wilson
Southern Nazarene University
|Jim Hsu
University of California-Berkeley
|Talha Ijaz
Centre College
|Alyssa Baker
The University of Texas at Dallas
|Kevin Bieri
The University of Texas at Austin
|Sydney Ramirez
California State University-Sacramento
|Ben Satterfield
Brigham Young University
|Heather Smith
University of Texas-Austin
UTMB/UT-Austin Dual Degree Student
|Viktoria Topper
College of Saint Elizabeth
|Jay Truitt
Adams State College
|Muayad Almahariq
Middlebury College
|Eric Carlsen
Ohio University
|Latham Fink
Rhodes College
|Aaron Gray
Texas A&M University
|Dianne Lou
University of Houston
UTMB/UT-Austin Dual Degree Student
|Paul Nicholls
Minnesota State University-Moorhead
|Rimma Osipov
University of California-Los Angeles
|Rachel Pearson
University of Texas-Austin
The career development of an MD-PhD student is critically important and extends out well past the date of graduation with the dual degrees. The UTMB MD-PhD Program carefully guides and nurtures students throughout the Program. Early in the Program, critical issues are mentor selection and choice of a graduate program. MD-PhD students meet regularly with a faculty advisor, a student "big sibling" and members of the advisory committee. Opportunities to be exposed to research opportunities are provided through Program activities as well as the scientific activities on campus. Most students do their initial laboratory rotation during the summer before starting medical school. Additional laboratory rotations can be completed during the summer before the first and second years of medical school and after the second year of medical school. Once students are established in their labs, they are guided through their research by a mentor and dissertation committee.
For MD-PhD students, selection of the dissertation committee is essential and our Program requires students to include a member who is an MD scientist who can provide guidance on career progress and residency selections. As thesis defense approaches, students design their optimal clinical experiences with members of the MD-PhD committee to maximize chances to obtain the types of residency training that will be most compatible with further development as a physician scientist. The Program runs career guidance seminars to alert students to many of the important issues, pitfalls and milestones that they will need to navigate in the future. These include the pros and cons of short-track residencies, the need for additional postdoctoral training, and how to select and negotiate a first faculty appointment. The UTMB MD-PhD graduate is thus well positioned to make the most out of the advantages that MD-PhD careers offer.


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Weather Report: Boogie Woogie Waltz
Boogie Woogie Waltz
Weather Report
Sweetnighter (Columbia CK 64976)
Joe Zawinul (keyboards), Wayne Shorter (sax),
Miroslav Vitous (acoustic bass), Andrew White (electric bass), Dom Um Romăo (bell, tambourine, chucalho), Muruga (Moroccan clay drums), Herschel Dwellingham (drums).
Composed by Josef Zawinul.
Recorded: New York, February 3-7, 1973
Rating: 88/100 (learn more)
Sweetnighter marked a change of direction for Weather Report. Through the appearance of some guest musicians, especially percussionists, the band decided to get down a bit. A constant groove is present in "Boogie Woogie Waltz." Zawinul makes full use of his synthesizer arsenal, sounding at times like a guitarist playing minor chords or adding jagged punctuations. At other points he adds sound effects in conjunction with the rhythms of the piece. The most apt comparison in sense of aural similarities would be with some of Miles's stuff from Live-Evil. But it is not nearly as jarring as that material. Its steady rhythm and lack of any far-out solos make it more accessible than most of Weather Report's previous work. Wayne Shorter is toned down but locked in. The dense sense of what we call today "world rhythms" is very obvious here and would become a trend, especially in Zawinul's music, from this point on.
Reviewer: Walter Kolosky
Tags: 1970s jazz · fusion
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Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians
Elphick, Steve (Steven James)
Elphick, Steve (Steven James), double bass, trumpet, tuba; b. Sydney, Australia, 22 October 1955.
Active on the Sydney jazz scene since the late 70s choosing to play mainly with composer-led groups in various combinations under the direction of musicians such as Phil Treloar, Sandy Evans, Roger Frampton, Mark Simmonds, Bruce Cale and Peter Dasent. Currently performs, records and tours in Australia and overseas with The Umbrellas, Michele Morgan, Andrew Robson, The Engine Room and folk group Mara! and a group led by trombonist lames Greening. Won Australian Jazz Critics' Award for bass in 1992.
Also works in John Pochee's band Ten Part Invention since its founding in 1986.
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Verizon announces Motorola Droid Xyboard 10.1, Xyboard 8.2, white Droid Razr
Verizon Wireless has just announced three new LTE Android devices: two tablets and a smartphone.
As expected, the new tablets are the Motorola Droid Xyboard ones, confirmed by the carrier in a press release yesterday. Their official names are according to their screen sizes: Xyboard 8.2, and Xyboard 10.1. Both run Android 3.2 Honeycomb, and feature dual-core 1.2GHz processors, 1GB of RAM, Gorilla Glass displays, Wi-Fi, two cameras (5MP on the back, 1.3MP on the front), and a Dijit app that allows them to "double as a universal remote control with an electronic programming guide for TVs, Blu-ray Disc players, digital video records, and most other consumer electronics."
Droid Xyboard 10.1:
Droid Xyboard 8.2:
The new Xyboard tablets will be available at Verizon sometime later "this month" – so that rumored December 8 launch date isn't accurate after all. Here are the rather hefty prices that Verizon will ask for the tablets (all requiring a new 2-yr contract agreement):
- Droid Xyboard 10.1: 16GB – $529.99, 32GB – $629.99, 64GB – $729.99
- Droid Xyboard 8.2: 16GB – $429.99, 32GB – $529.99 (there will be no 64GB version for the Xyboard 8.2)
As for Verizon's new smartphone, this isn't new in the true meaning of the word: it's just a white version of the Motorola Droid Razr (already available in black since November):
The white Razr will be launched "this month" for $299.99 on contract. Like the Droid Xyboard tablets, the white (and black) Droid Razr is upgradeable to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
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IMF Executive Board Concludes 2011 Article IV Consultation and Fourth Review Under the ECF Arrangement with TajikistanPublic Information Notice (PIN) No. 11/60
May 25, 2011
Public Information Notices (PINs) form part of the IMF's efforts to promote transparency of the IMF's views and analysis of economic developments and policies. With the consent of the country (or countries) concerned, PINs are issued after Executive Board discussions of Article IV consultations with member countries, of its surveillance of developments at the regional level, of post-program monitoring, and of ex post assessments of member countries with longer-term program engagements. PINs are also issued after Executive Board discussions of general policy matters, unless otherwise decided by the Executive Board in a particular case.
On May 11, 2011, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the 2011 Article IV consultation and fourth review under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement with Tajikistan.1
Tajikistan has begun to recover from the global crisis, which negatively affected inward remittances, exports of such key products as aluminum and cotton, and foreign direct investment. In 2010, real GDP growth reached 6.5 percent, up from 3.9 percent in 2009, despite rail traffic disruptions in the first half of the year. Stronger hydroelectricity production helped to boost industrial activity, while trade and services benefited from a recovery of remittances in line with the economic rebound in Russia. However, in response to increased international food and fuel prices in the second half of the year, headline inflation accelerated to 9.8 percent by end-2010. Despite the pick-up in remittances, which are normally associated with higher imports, the trade balance improved and the external current account shifted to a surplus of 2.2 percent of GDP in 2010, compared with an average 5 percent deficit during 2005–09. The lagged impact of real exchange rate depreciation, disruptions to rail transit in the first part of 2010, and a slowdown in external loan disbursements for the public investment program underpinned this shift. The overall balance of payments remained positive.
The government achieved an overall fiscal deficit (excluding externally financed investment) of 0.4 percent of GDP, compared with a budgeted deficit of 1 percent of GDP, mainly on account of lower than projected current spending, particularly on wages. The National Bank of Tajikistan (NBT) continued targeting reserve money growth, while limiting interventions in the foreign exchange market to smoothing excess volatility and building reserves. At end-2010, gross international reserves reached US$447 million, equivalent to 1.4 month of imports. However, liquidity support from the NBT to commercial banks started to rise sharply in the second half of 2010 and into 2011–partly to finance imports of food and fuel products for strategic reserves—increasing the risk of compromising monetary policy targets going forward and reflecting continued weaknesses in the banking sector.
Economic prospects for 2011 are good, but not without risks. Growth is projected to reach at least 5.8 percent, in line with the continued growth of key regional partners. Prospects for cotton are also relatively good given high international prices for this commodity. However, continued increases in future food and energy prices are likely to fuel inflation and aggravate poverty. Further disruptions in rail traffic—one of the key import and export arteries for landlocked Tajikistan—could weigh on growth. Remaining vulnerabilities in the financial and state enterprise sectors could also pose a quasi-fiscal risk and be a drag on private sector growth.
Tajikistan's financial system remains vulnerable, despite recent improvements in some financial soundness indicators. Although private sector credit (excluding activities related to the write-off of loans held by Kredit Invest as part of the cotton sector debt resolution) recovered through the course of the year and classified loans have recently declined, the extent to which this reflects a lasting improvement is uncertain. Profitability turned positive in the fourth quarter, but remains minimal. Recent gains appear fragile, and linked to restructuring of assets rather than an underlying improvement in profitability.
Executive Board Assessment
Executive Directors considered that Tajikistan's economic performance has been generally satisfactory and that economic growth is gaining momentum. Directors agreed that the most pressing challenge for policymakers is to support the recovery, while addressing risks to macroeconomic stability from rising commodity prices and worsening terms of trade. They also noted that, over the medium term, sustained economic growth and poverty reduction hinge on additional efforts to strengthen the fiscal position, provide buffers against shocks, and promote market oriented reforms.
Directors commended the authorities for the commitment to fiscal discipline shown under the program and considered this year's fiscal plans appropriate. They noted, however, the importance of budgetary consolidation over the medium term to safeguard debt sustainability. Along the fiscal adjustment path, greater room for needed social and infrastructure spending calls for revenue-enhancing measures and a better balance between current and capital expenditure.
Directors agreed that monetary policymakers should address emerging inflation risks without undermining the recovery. Curbing liquidity lending by the central bank would be an important step in the right direction. Directors also encouraged the authorities to develop over the medium term a framework for direct cash support to the poor as a more targeted response to surges in international commodity prices and imported inflation.
Directors observed that, despite some improvement in financial indicators, the banking system remains fragile and financial intermediation limited. They cautioned that fiscal liabilities might emerge if weaknesses at banks are not addressed. In this regard, Directors urged the authorities to press ahead with their strategy to tackle these vulnerabilities and reduce financial sector dependence on direct liquidity support.
Directors agreed that structural reforms, including to improve governance and the business environment, should remain a top policy priority. They welcomed progress in establishing a framework for agricultural financing, and encouraged the authorities to continue cooperating with donors to push these reforms forward. Directors also welcomed plans to improve the business climate through a reform of the tax regime and improved transparency and accountability at state-owned enterprises.


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Author:Clement I
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|Pope Clement I
- First Epistle of Clement, authentic authorship
- Second Epistle of Clement, disputed authorship
- Two Epistles Concerning Virginity, disputed authorship
- Apostolical Constitutions
- Apostolic Canons
- Testament of Our Lord
- An Ancient Homily, disputed authorship
Works about Clement[edit]
- "Pope St. Clement I," in Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913.
- "Clemens Romanus, bishop of Rome," in A Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature, 1911
- "Clement/Clement I," in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911
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Mother's Day, Sunday, May 11,celebrates moms and recognizes the time, effort and self-sacrifice it takes to be a loving, caring, nurturing mom, something children don't realize until they become parents themselves. That's when they appreciate godly moms more than ever, summarized by this Jewish Proverb . "God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers."
These two reviews feature change, spiritual growth and moms caught in the perfectionism lie and the challenges of a young and growing family.
No More Perfect Moms: Learn to Love Your Real Life, by Jill Savage, Moody Press, 2013, 224 Pages, 978-0802406378, $13.99
Jill Savage, speaker founder and CEO of Hearts at Home writes about a "perfection infection" in No More Perfect Moms where she assures readers all moms struggle with and fall short of expectations of excellence. It's when moms strive for perfection that they set themselves up for failure due to unrealistic expectations and harsh self-judgment that causes insecurity.
Instead of wearing the mask of judgment and perfection "that pretends everything is okay," Jill suggests "leaving perfectionism behind and find freedom in authenticity." When we're authentic our lives become grace-filled and non-judgmental because we focus on realistic hopes and dreams instead of critical self-judgments and comparisons of ourselves to others.
Packed with personal stories, practical tips and biblical wisdom, "No More Perfect Moms" is an excellent choice for moms who struggle with insecurity and think everyone else is a better mom than they are.
Mom Seeks God: Practicing Grace in the Chaos, by Julia Roller, Abingdon Press, 2014, 208 Pages, 978-1426771026, $15.99
In Mom Seeks God: Practicing Grace in the Chaos Julia Roller shares how she created time for her spiritual life when she was a first-time mom with a newborn and no time to read the Bible, journal and pray like she used to. Now she either pumped sore breasts for milk, washed doll-like clothes, changed diapers or monitored weight because her milk supply wasn't enough to make the new love-of-her-life thrive, which left little time for her husband, herself or her spiritual life.
Still, the moments of joy from seeing his first smile to watching him sleep in her arms, eyelashes resting on rosy pink cheeks, gave joy a new meaning. While lack of sleep and worry over little weight gain added fear and stress turned into exhaustion and an inability to read the Bible or pray without falling asleep.
Those months laid bare her own "weaknesses and selfishness in a way nothing else ever had," she writes. When, in spite of an intense love for her son, she lost patience with herself and had to "lock herself in the bathroom to calm down." Any mom with small children will identify with, smile and nod in appreciation when reading her book.
Soon Julia's need for intimacy with the Lord prompted her to make a one year commitment to "connect with God even when she didn't have the time or energy to do so." That's where she learned to practice the "ten essential spiritual disciplines" she writes about in this book.
Any mother of newborns or young children will find practical advice, biblical wisdom and easy-to-identify-with, often humorous situations in these pages, as well as the inspiration to find Gods grace in the chaos of a mom's life with young children.
"Mom Seeks God" would be an excellent gift choice for new mother's on Mother's day.
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No More Perfect Moms: Learn to Love Your Real Life, by Jill Savage
If you've ever forgotten to pick your kid up from soccer practice or accidentally worn two different shoes to the grocery store, this book is for you. Being a mother is not for those who display symptoms of the "Perfection Infection." There is simply no such thing as a perfect mom. And there are no such things as perfect kids, perfect bodies, perfect marriages, or even perfect meals.
With refreshing honesty, author Jill Savage exposes some of her own parental shortcomings with the goal of helping mothers everywhere shelve their desires for perfection along with their insecurities of not measuring up to other moms . Jill delivers some much-needed realism as she explains why we need to stop comparing our insides to other people's outsides. She challenges every mom to exchange her vision of being a "perfect mother" for God's beautiful grace in order to learn to love her real, but imperfect, life.
Mom Seeks God: Practicing Grace in the Chaos, by Julia Roller
The first months and years of motherhood can be the most challenging and disorienting of your life—and faith. When you're surrounded by the happy chaos of children, how do you spend quiet time with God if the only quiet time you get is while you sleep? How can you demonstrate a solid spiritual life to your children if you don't have time to pursue one yourself?
When Julia Roller discovered that her spiritual growth had been stunted by the busyness of life with her toddler, she embarked on a yearlong journey through ten spiritual disciplines: prayer, fellowship, submission, study, simplicity, silence, worship, fasting, service, and celebration. As she focused on each discipline, she discovered practical ways to observe them—even in the chaos of her every day.
Mom Seeks God offers a highly relatable story and useful advice to help new moms grow in their faith as they address life changes with grace, patience, and prayer. As readers discover ten essential faith practices, they'll learn that motherhood, itself, is a spiritual discipline, and may be God's most effective technique for forming a more Christ-like life.
Related by Chance, Family by Choice, by Deb DeArmond
The caricatures are everywhere, the jokes are inexhaustible, and the stereotypes fill the screens. From Marie Barone (Everyone Loves Raymond) to Viola Fields (Monster-in-Law) to Internet sites and social media pages like "ihatemyinlaws.com and" a Facebook page for "ihatemymotherinlaw" there is no shortage of examples of the caustic relationships that can develop between the two women in a man's life.
Deb DeArmond and her three daughters-in-law have conducted their own exhaustive research into the status of the women-in-law relationship. Their research, which incorporated online surveys, interviews, and discussions, included asking about the faith factor in the relationships they studied. Of the respondents, nearly 90 percent claimed they were Christians, and 79 percent said their faith was foundational and guided their actions and decisions. As discouraging as it may be, the numbers of those they surveyed who reported that their women-in-law relationships were "bad" were nearly identical to those in a survey conducted by a popular secular website that recorded no statistics on faith.
Beyond the statistics and their analysis, Deb brings to this book more than thirty years working with adults to improve communications and deal constructively with conflict. Aside from her research and her professional expertise, perhaps the most important asset Deb brings to this work is her own relationship with her three daughters-in-law that is so obviously and unusually positive that she—and they—are often asked to explain the secret of the relationships they share.
This practical and unapologetically scriptural book covers issues of personal perceptions, strained communication, the roles of sons and fathers in the relationship's success, how to begin these relationships on the right foot, and the necessity of trust and love. Deb's one motivating objective is to help women-in-law move from women who are simply related to strong and confident members of a truly spiritual family.
Journeys to Mother Love: Nine Women Tell Their Stories of Forgiveness & Healing, Compiled by Catherine Lawton
Women readers are sure to find themselves in one or more of these stories filled with grit and grace. The courageous authors of Journeys to Mother Love aren't merely venting about their mother wounds. Neither are they giving pat answers. The hurts were real and the healing was real.
From manipulation to abandonment, from neglect to favoritism, from mental illness to emotional distance, from abortion to Alzheimer's, these nine women from several generations, tell their personal stories with heart-wrenching honesty. Each had hurts and conflicts in their mother/daughter relationship that left them wounded and affected their relationships with others. Each tells how, with God's help, they experienced healing and new freedom to give and receive love.
Begin your own healing journey as you read:
Take Care of Your Mother by Verna Simms
Walking My Mother Home by Ardis A. Nelson
Run, Run, as Fast as You Can by A.R. Cecil
White Knuckles by Loritta Slayton
Beauty from Barrenness by Kyleen Stevenson-Braxton
Finding the Blessings in my Mother's Alzheimer's Disease by Kerry Luksic
She Did Her Best by Treva Brown
When I Feel Forsaken by Catherine Lawton
Finishing Well by Ellen Cardwell
Mother's Day Ideals 2014 (Ideals Mother's Day), by Ideals Editors
A new Mother's Day edition of the beloved tradition, Ideals.
Loyal readers are drawn to Ideals magazine for its celebration of life's most treasured moments. Now in its 70th year in publication, the compilation of prose and poetry continues its legacy of inspiration and comfort for readers.
This new Mother's Day issue celebrates motherhood with heartwarming stories about and by mothers, poetry and quotations that will warm the hearts of mothers, and recipes to enjoy or share. The text is accompanied by beautiful, full-color photographs and fine art reproductions. Readers will love this Mother's Day issue of Ideals, a perfect gift for mothers and those who have been 'like a mother.'
Like My Mother Always Said: Wise Words, Witty Warnings, and Odd Advice We Never Forget, by Erin McHugh
During an afternoon of coffee and conversation, a friend of Erin McHugh's pointed out that she frequently invoked quotations and memories from her mother. Then Erin started noticing how many other people did the same. It also became clear how humorous, moving, and unusual these gems were—so she decided to do something about it.
In Like My Mother Always Said, McHugh, author of the successful Abrams Image feel-good title One Good Deed, collects the wonderful and laugh-worthy words that our moms tell us in their attempts to be helpful and instructive. (Whether they succeed or not is another thing entirely!)
Offered up in quips and short anecdotes, all the kinds of nurturing and nutty information we glean from our mothers is divided into chapters such as "Questionable Wisdom," "Unconditional Love," "Good Manners & Bad Behavior," and "Wise Words."
Mother's Day Delights Cookbook, by Karen Jean Matsko Hood
Mother s Day Delights Cookbook is the perfect gift for Mom or anyone who wishes to make this Mother s Day unforgettable. These recipes are designed to help you honor and celebrate mothers everywhere on Mother s Day, but can also be used every day.
In Mother s Day Delights Cookbook, author Karen Jean Matsko Hood presents her collection of more than 250 exciting recipes that will be sure to please everyone. Inside, you will also find some fascinating reading regarding this special day for mothers, history, celebrations, cultivation, quotes, and much more. With recipes using readily available ingredients, Mother s Day Delights Cookbook will be a valued addition to any chef s bookshelf.
Real Moms...Real Jesus: Meet the Friend Who Understands, by Jill Savage
What does Jesus know about the peanut-butter-and-jelly life of a mom? Plenty! Jill Savage, founder and director of Hearts at Home, introduces the real Jesus to real moms. In chapters that examine key behaviors and decisions Jesus made during His life on earth, Jill brings those lessons right down to the laundry-filled, sticky-fingered days every mother knows. Between the chapters are interactive vignettes that provide brief, refreshing glimpses into real, messy, busy lives. In Real Moms...Real Jesus, Savage continually reminds the reader that Jesus is not an unattainable deity, but a Friend who understands.
A Leader's Guide is available for mom's or small group study.
Ordinary Mom, Extraordinary God: Encouragement to Refresh Your Soul, by Mary E. DeMuth
Ordinary Mom, Extraordinary God is a devotional aimed at the deeper issues of the heart and one that will provide a soothing respite amid chaos. Think of it as Oswald Chambers meets Busy Housewife.
Writer, speaker, and stay-at-home mom Mary DeMuth creatively focuses on the gift of motherhood as she considers
• resting quietly in the Lord, even on crazy-busy days
• being thankful for the duties as well as the joys of being a mom
• offering God a heart to prune so that it can continue to bear good fruit
Personal stories integrated with scriptural truth and probing prayers will help everyday stay-at-home moms remain connected to the most amazing and extraordinary Parent of all parents.
Encouraging Words for Mothers, by Michelle Medlock Adams
Where can moms find wisdom and support when they really need it? Right at their fingertips - with this encouraging 365-day devotional! You'll discover brief biblical reflections with monthly themes, including worry, unconditional love, discipline, and prayer; and be equipped to be the mother God intended you to be.


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Madeline Island, in Lake Superior just off Wisconsin's North Coast, measures 14 miles long and 3 miles wide -- the largest of the Apostle Island Archipelago. Among the 22 Apostles, only Madeline has commercial development and is not part of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.
From LaPointe, the island's commercial center, to Big Bay State Park and Big Bay Town Park and beyond, Madeline Island is a scenic and quirky place that begs to be explored -- as this collection of images show.
Inspired by his experiences as an exchange student on Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, Kerry G. Hill became a journalist. After graduating from Northwestern University in 1980, he embarked on a 20-year newspaper career in Wisconsin and Illinois -- half of it as the national/international news editor of the Wisconsin State Journal, the state's second-largest daily. Today, he is in charge of communications for the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education, one of the premiere institutions in its field. In recent years, he has been gaining recognition for his photography, including two solo exhibits in Madison.
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ACCESSIBILITY: Color Contrast Changes
By Matthew J. Adams
Jul 31, 2012
While the design of the LSA sites has been largely unified, the appearance is unique to each department and unit web site. We have begun assessing the color contrast ratios (colored text over colored backgrounds) and making subtle changes to the Cascading Style Sheets of some sites while maintaining the color palettes of those sites.
Changes are beginning to move onto production delivery today.
Color contrast ratios should pass the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0) AA standards in order to accommodate persons with low vision; for example, In the United States alone, over 10 million men, nearly 7%, have some form of color blindness.
Many low vision individuals use no additional adaptive technology for viewing websites. Achieving a "AA" rating will insure that individuals with low vision will be able to access the premium content on LSA websites.
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Can Linux be infected by MalWare and is it a big concern? The answer to that question is both Yes and No: Yes, Linux can be Infected and No, it isn't a big nightmare – yet. Unless you downloaded the Unreal IRCd (Unreal IRC daemon) and installed it between November 2009 and June 2010 on […]
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Mexican Swine Flu Is Still A Zombie Threat, More Proof
For months now the scientific community has convinced us that swine flu season was over. Yet, by the confession of Mexico itself, the flu remains!
You see my friends, flu virii can lay dormant. Within the Mexican genome and others who were infected, the virus did not manifest, but instead, just hid withen the, alleles, of those infected but now is starting to raise itself to kill us all again!
You all know the symptoms: taco-scent sweat, bugged out glossy eyes, a lax tongue, smelly bowels and wretching of the guts. It is just like a weekend in Mexico after drinking the agua mala, that is, bad water in American. You get the same symptoms but with swine flu, there is no return and odds are you will die!
The sick think about this flu is just as our dogma warns that during Armegeddon, once again that dead shall rise and you can tell this will have some play during those times. It is just a taste of the end of days.
We already saw the Mexican zombie flu raises black rapper "Tupac" from the dead, and countless other examples from here in America. Now even the AP confirms our initial suspicions with this headline from today: Behold and Fear!
The truth is that there was nothing wrong with that Mexican doctor. His third world knowledge did not let him know he was dealing with swine flu, and this story is just the tip of the iceberg. Fall rolls in and then winter! It will be all the same again and I suggest you all go to Walmart to stock up on supplies, I'm telling you.
Canned beans, corn meal and salt with bacon. Water and more water. All the flue medicine you can get and material to seal of your home again because the zombie flu is back and badder than ever before. You all just saw the headline so beware!
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List of famous personal journal books, listed alphabetically with jacket cover images of the books when available. Information for these popular personal journal books is included as well, such as the author's name and the book's publication date. This list includes the best personal journal novels, textbooks, and stories, so use it to find books you haven't already read and add them to your reading list.
List is made up of many different books, including Henry and June and Two Years Before the Mast.
This list should answer the questions, "What are the best personal journal books?" and "What are the most famous personal journal books?"
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In Search of a Concrete Music Pierre Schaeffer
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A Year with Swollen Appendices Brian Eno
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Blood, Sweat & Tea Tom Reynolds
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Dirty Blonde: The Diaries of Courtney Love Courtney Love
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Fire: From A Journal of Love Anaïs Nin
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My Opposition Friedrich Kellner
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Henry and June Anaïs Nin
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Incest: From a Journal of Love Anaïs Nin
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Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters John Steinbeck
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Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia Edward John Eyre
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Nearer the Moon: From A Journal of Love Anaïs Nin
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Of Walking In Ice Werner Herzog
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On Overgrown Paths Knut Hamsun
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The Bolshevik Myth Alexander Berkman
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The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945 Władysław Szpilman
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The Reagan Diaries Ronald Reagan
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The Via Veneto Papers Ennio Flaiano
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Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
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Venice for Lovers Anka Muhlstein, Louis Begley
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Spurrier: RB Davis doubtful for ECU game
Published: Sunday, August 31, 2014 at 11:19 p.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, August 31, 2014 at 11:19 p.m.
COLUMBIA — South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier said 1,000-yard rusher Mike Davis was "sort of doubtful" to play against East Carolina this week because of bruised ribs.
Davis re-aggravated the injury in the ninth-ranked Gamecocks' 52-28 loss to No. 21 Texas A&M last Thursday. Davis had missed time during fall camp with rib problems.
Spurrier said Davis was in pain and his condition would be re-evaluated later this week. The Gamecocks (0-1) face the Pirates (1-0) at Williams-Brice Stadium on Saturday night.
Davis ran for 1,183 yards last season, but managed just 15 yards on six carries against the Aggies.
Spurrier said backup Brandon Wilds was most likely to start if Davis can't go. The coach said reserves Shon Carson and David Williams would also see action.
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Canon Legria FS406 Digital Camcorder Review 2011
Canon Legria FS406 review
Creating and sharing quality videos is effortless fun with the incredibly lightweight and compact Canon Legria FS406 video camera. Not only does the Canon Legria FS406 create brilliant Standard Definition (SD) video but the tiny size of the Canon Legria FS406 means you can take it with you wherever you go, plus it records straight to memory card so you can quickly and easily share your movies with friends and family.
Canon Legria FS406 Features include:
* 41x Advanced Zoom lens
* Dynamic Optical Image Stabilizer for steady recordings
* 2.7" widescreen LCD display
* Program Auto Exposure which automatically adjusts settings dependent upon subject and conditions
* Range of control and creative options which can take your moviemaking to the next level:
* Video Snapshot
*Pre REC
* Quick Start
* With Canon's FS406 Transfer Utility sharing movies online, on sites like YouTube™, has never been easier thanks to HD-SD conversion and Easy Web Uploading with PIXELA software.
Canon Legria FS406: Stylish and compact
Weighing just 225g the stylish LEGRIA FS 406 is not only extremely lightweight but also small enough to fit in your pocket, so you can carry it with you wherever you go.
Canon Legria FS406 41x Advanced Zoom lens
The Canon Legria FS406 video camera offers you additional flexibility giving you the choice of 41x Advanced Zoom in default mode, a 37x Optical Zoom or a 2000x Digital Zoom.
The Canon Legria FS406 video camera 41x Advanced Zoom lens is ideal for capturing the detail of the moment. The Canon Legria FS406 versatility means you can really explore your creative options and the Canon Legria FS406 is perfect for capturing the action at sporting events or concerts. Zooming is smooth and steady throughout the range so you are always able to get the shot you need and with the quality you expect from Canon.
FS406: Smooth, professional looking video
Canon Legria FS406 Dynamic Optical Image Stabilizer compensates for almost every kind of movement from the gentle murmurs of your breathing to the vibrations of a car ride, so your movies will always have a smooth, professional look.
The Canon Legria FS406 Dynamic Optical Image Stabilizer detects and corrects movement even using full zoom.
Canon Legria FS406 Dynamic Optical Image Stabilizer
Easily switch the Canon Legria FS406 video camera from Standard Mode to Dynamic Range when you want to stabilise heavy hand shake on the move e.g. when walking, shooting from a moving car or even when shooting at maximum telephoto range.
Legria FS406 Shoot and Share
With the Legria FS406 video camera you shoot movies straight to removable SD or SDHC flash memory cards, so they are ready and waiting to be shared with friends and family.
You'll also appreciate its quick response time of the Legria FS406 video camera. Pressing the record button and your Canon Legria FS406 starts recording video faster than you've ever seen before. In addition, when you review your footage, the Canon Legria FS406 will start playing more quickly as well.
The efficient file size of SD movies mean they are perfect for uploading to a computer or the internet so you can easily share movies on popular video sharing websites like YouTube™.
Or create your very own podcasts to send to all your friends with a free Canon Image Gateway account (register your product on the Canon Image Gateway website, see leaflet in the box). You can also play back your movies on any TV.
Just connect the camcorder directly to the TV using the AV cable supplied. Memory cards are also so small that taking extra cards with you is no problem.
Canon Legria FS406 Program Auto Exposure gets the best from difficult shooting conditions
Your life happens everywhere, so the Legria FS406 video camera includes Program Auto Exposure (AE) mode that gives you settings that automatically result in the best exposure settings for different conditions and different subjects.
These modes in the Canon Legria FS406 include Portrait mode which ensures perfect close up shots of your friends and family. Sports mode captures the action with faster shutter speeds. Night Scene mode is designed to give you great shots after the sun goes down. Snow and Beach modes compensate for bright surroundings and give you the proper exposure of your subject.
FS406 Great low light performance
Some of the most magical shots are taken at the end of the day or long after the sun has set. You won't miss any of them thanks to the Legria FS406 video camera built-in video light. The light lets you shoot subjects in low light up to 4.9 feet away, e.g. when filming a sleeping baby, so you can capture all of the low light moments you want to record.
Canon Legria FS406 creates multi-shot video quickly and easily with Video Snapshot
Using the Canon Legria FS406 in Video Snapshot mode it is fun and easy to create great video montages. Simply press the record button to capture 2, 4 or 8-second clips. To make and playback a simple multi-shot movie is quick and easy and you don't need a PC. All you have to do is select a series of clips and create a 'playlist'.
This can then be set to music, chosen from the preloaded, rights-free tracks on the Legria FS406 video camera or from a selection supplied on the accompanying CD. Alternatively, you can upload your own WAV format tracks using the Music Transfer Utility supplied.
Canon Legria FS406 Power efficientcy with quick recharge
The Legria FS406 video camera intelligent battery lets you shoot for up to 3.5 hours on a single charge. Plus all it takes is 20 minutes to recharge the Canon Legria FS406 for a further hour's recording.
With the Canon Legria FS406 you never miss a shot
In the Canon Legria FS406 Pre REC mode, the Legria FS406 video camera starts recording three seconds before you even press the Record button. Three seconds of footage are continuously stored and automatically added to the beginning of your clip from whenever you start recording.
With the Canon Legria FS406 you need never miss that crucial moment again. With Quick Start standby mode you can also power up the camcorder in less than a second by simply flipping open the LCD screen.
Over 70 years of lens excellence
Every Canon camcorder lens is constructed to the most exacting standards and backed by more than 70 years' experience in crafting lenses for broadcast. Up to 13 individual lenses can be included in a single Canon camcorder lens, each featuring aspheric lens elements to remove any image distortion for the highest quality video.
Canon make their own lenses and their outstanding image quality is underscored by their use in most broadcast applications. For example, programmes like Coronation Street, Casualty and X Factor, nature documentaries like The Blue Planet and Life, as well as the majority of outside broadcasts in the UK, are all recorded using Canon's state-of-the-art broadcast lenses.
Legria FS406 video camera Box Contains:
# Legria FS406 body
# Stereo Video Cable and Interface Cable set
# CA-570 Compact Power Adapter
# AC Cable, BP-808 Battery Pack
# PIXELA Transfer Utility SD Ver 1.0
# PIXELA Video Browser SD Ver 1.0
# Instruction Manual / Music Data Disc
# Quick Guide (E/F/G/I/R)
# PIXELA Installation Guide (E/F/I/G/R/C)
Canon Legria FS406Technical Details
* Two memory card slots: record to SDXC and Eye-Fi cards for easy sharing
* 41x Advanced Zoom and Dynamic IS for stable shots on the move
* Easy-to-use Dual Shot mode: one button for video, one for photos
* 6.7cm widescreen LCD captures high quality 16:9 movies
* One-touch clips with Video Snapshot for easy moviemaking
Customer Canon Legria FS406 review
4 stars Lightweight and easy to use
Loads of gismos but easy to use – useable even in my big arthritic hands just as it is in the more delicate hands of my teen.
Published 4 months ago by John B
5 stars Really nice pocket size camera!
This is a great little camera which is you can point aim and shoot away….decided to get a new camera as my wife and I are expecting our first child.
Canon Legria FS406 review Published 5 months ago by M.Bizzle
5 stars Excelent Camera
I bought this camera for short video work after my shiny Sony all singing and dancing camera died. I have not been disapointed.
Canon Legria FS406 review Published 6 months ago by Peter Clark
3 stars Works well, but has drawbacks
This is my fourth video camera and second Canon one.
Records to an SD card, (make sure you get the right one and type).
Canon Legria FS406 review Published 11 months ago by Griffin
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This petition is in response towards the cruel confinement of an Asian elephant at the Valley Zoo. She has been held captive there for over 36 years of her life. This is far too long for a social animal like herself to be confined and have very limited interaction with other elephants. Not to mention her being in a cold climate like that is not something they are used to. Therefore now is the time to release her back into the wild, where she belongs, before her health starts to deteriorate both physically and mentally.
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Oprah's Lifeclass and The Chopra Center have come together again for their 2nd 21-Day Meditation Challenge this time to manifest perfect health starting on March 11, 2013. Last November held their first 21-Day Meditation Challenge on manifesting abundance.
For three weeks you will get a meditation you can access through your email from chopracentermeditation.com.
The digital program includes:
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- Inspirational messages, images, and centering thoughts
- Sanskrit mantras and their meanings
- Daily reflection questions with a private, online journal to save responses and additional notes
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Unas, the last king of the Fifth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, was the first pharaoh to incorporate the Pyramid Texts in his pyramid. These texts include the famous "Cannibal Hymn" in which he is described as "the Slayer and Eater of Gods" but in reality he was not a particularly powerful king who perhaps felt the need to assert his greatness in part because he was aware of his lack of power in comparison to his illustrious predecessors. His Horus name was Wadj-tawy ("Horus, the flourishing one of the Two Lands"). Unas had at least two wives (Khenut and Nebit, who were buried in mastaba tombs close to his pyramid) but it seems that his son (Ptahshepses) died before him. As a result there was a short period of political instability after his reign. It is possible that Teti (the first ruler of the Sixth Dynasty) married Unas´s daughter Iput to gain the right to the throne. There is evidence of construction in Elephantine and Saqqara, and an inscription on a vase shows battle scenes during his reign, but we know little else about his life.
Unas choose to build his pyramid near the southwest corner of Step Pyramid of Djoser instead of at Abusir with the majority of the Fifth Dynasty Kings. It is the smallest pyramid from the Old Kingdom, but the finest in terms of bas reliefs. Inside the pyramid was discovered the oldest known religious text in the world, the Pyramid Texts. Although this is the first time the Pyramid Texts were inscribed inside a pyramid, there is evidence that the texts had been in use since around 3200 BCE. Unas´s pyramid also established the typical plan of the internal chambers for pyramids that would be used throughout the end of the Sixth Dynasty.
The causeway linking his mortuary and valley temple was illustrated with scenes depicting the arrival of huge granite columns from the quarries at Aswan, Asiatic traders arriving in Egypt by boat, thriving markets, and recreational hunting in the desert. However, any suggestion of a carefree opulent society is countered by scenes of starving people. The images suggest a famine which may have contributed to the downfall of the Old Kingdom, but the extent of the problem is unknown.
An inscription on the south face of the pyramid by Khaemwaset (the son of Ramesses II who was a High Priest at Memphis and possibly the world's first archeologist), recorded restoration work conducted during the Nineteenth Dynasty.
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In Lake Wales, Fla. two American bulldogs are fighting for their lives after they were bitten by a six foot two inch long rattlesnake in the front yard of their home on Thursday reported myfoxtampabay.com.
As Candy Sappington was leaving her home, her American bulldog, Maizy protected her:
"As I stepped down the first step, she came from behind me and kind of pushed me forward," Sappington stated.
The diamondback rattlesnake then bit Maizy on the ear.
Sappington's 16-year-old son shot the snake with a .22 caliber rifle.
Maizy's pups, Tundra and Chubbs, were also bitten. Sadly Chubbs died as a result of the bite, because he did not receive the antivenin in time. The family was lucky enough to locate Veterinary Health Care Associates in Winterhaven, according to wftv.com, where the veterinary hospital had the rare antivenin in stock. Because of the cost at approximately $700 per vial, most veterinary practices do not carry the life saving antidote for rattlesnake bites.
On Friday, the Facebook page of Veterinary Health Care Associates posted an update of their status:
"Today shows a little improvement. The two brave pups are eating and drinking well and have more energy. The swelling is slowly starting to come down. They are pictured here in our Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber about to undergo another therapy session."
A YouCare site has been established for anyone who would like to donate and help Maizy and Tundra's expensive veterinary bills. Please click here for the donation site, or you can call the hospital direct at 863-324-3340.
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Woodpeckers (Picidae)
Olive Woodpecker (Dendropicos griseocephalus) - HBW 7, p. 470
French: Pic olive
German: Goldrückenspecht
Spanish: Pito Oliváceo
Taxonomy: Picus griseocephalus Boddaert, 1783, Cape of Good Hope.
Often placed with D. goertae and D. spodocephalus in a separate genus Mesopicos, sometimes also including D. elliotii; forms a superspecies with the first two, interbreeding where ranges meet. Proposed race persimilis (Angola to N Malawi) inseparable from ruwenzori. Three subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- ruwenzori (Sharpe, 1902) - Angolan highlands, and E Zaire and SW Uganda (Ruwenzoris and Impenetrable Forest), S to NC & NE Namibia, SC Zambia and N Malawi.
- kilimensis (Neumann, 1926) - Tanzanian highlands: Mt Kilimanjaro, Mt Meru, and mountains of N Pare, Usambara, Uluguru and Udzungwa.
- griseocephalus (Boddaert, 1783) - extreme S Mozambique (Lebombo Mts) and E & S South Africa (E Natal to S Cape Province).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
Videos2 videos
A male looking for insects in the hole of a trunk and then flying away. Locality Buhoma, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp ruwenzori)
Josep del Hoyo 8 September 2006 9 years ago 39 sec 4.2
A male foraging on the side of a tree trunk. Locality Harold Porter Botanical Garden, Betty's Bay, Western Cape Province, South Africa (ssp griseocephalus)
Keith Blomerley 11 October 2004 1 year ago 28 sec 4
Photos2 photos
Male feeding in tree
Locality Gisenyi, West Province, Rwanda (ssp ruwenzori)
Jason Anderson 28 December 2009 5 years ago 3.2
Back view of a male clinging to bark of a tree.
Locality Ithala Game Reserve, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (ssp griseocephalus)
Doug and Denise Norris 15 October 2008 2 years ago 2
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Bird calling in a mixed-species flock. 7:35am. Locality Bathurst, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
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Let's preview my top ten TE rankings which is pivotal position for your fantasy team.
1. Jimmy Graham
Not much else to say here but Brees to Graham. All day. Every day. Drew will find the big man in the end zone, in open field, even if not in the open field.
2. Rob Gronkowski
If Gronk stays healthy Brady is going to feed him the ball like he is a grandma feeding her only grandchild. Gronk and Graham are the superstars and you can't go wrong with either one.
3. Julius Thomas
I have a hard time with Thomas here. Peyton Manning has so many more options besides him. However Thomas will have some huge games and he could give you an easy 11 or 12 points per game. Manning likes to look for Julius inside the 20, 8 of 12 touchdown for Thomas came under these circumstances.
4. Jason Witten
Tony Romo to Jason Witten. How many times have you heard this? A lot. Witten might have the best hands in the game. With Scott Linehan as the new Offensive Coordinator the Cowboys are expected to throw even more than what they did last year. Witten will have 80-90 catches with 7-10 touchdowns. Solid numbers for a man that has been finishing top 5 in his position for years.
5. Vernon Davis
Davis is always a good option to have due to the fact Kapernick looks his way in the endzone. The touchdown ability is what you look for in TEs if you don't have Thomas, Graham, or Gronk, Davis has that.
The Browns have no one to throw to when Josh Gordan gets suspended. Cameron will be most likely end up with the most TDs on the team and most likely receptions too. I'd grab him if the opportunity arises and everyone in front of him is gone.
7. Kyle Rudolph
I am very high on Rudolph. Notre Dame knows how to make a TE and Minnesota new OC loves TEs. Look no farther than Rudolph this year as he is a sleeper that I see could be easy top 5 at the end of the year.
8. Jordan Reed
Reed had a few good games last year but he was the starter all year. This year I believe he will have a top ten season. He's a guy I'd play matchups with but not much else.
9. Dennis Pitta
Many think Pitta will have a great year this year and well I think it'll be decent. Obviously, in some matchups he will be favored but that's all to me. He's not consistent enough for me to put any higher.
10. Zach Ertz
This rookie will have a pretty good season. The Eagles lost their biggest weapon in Desean Jackson. Ertz will be thrown to a lot. He will easily beat the performances from previous Eagle TE Brent Celek. If I miss the guys above him I'm taking a chance. Even if I take him as the 7 or 8 TE off the board I'd be pretty happy.


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BPA Can Stupid You Up!
More bad press for bisphenol-A (BPA), the toxic compound used in making hard plastic. Researchers from the Yale School of Medicine claim that BPA interferes with brain cells, possibly causing "learning impairments" and depression.
The study's published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. More from Medical News Today:
Unlike previous studies that looked at the effect of BPA on rodents, the team examined the effects in a primate model. They also used lower levels of the chemical than in past studies. "Our goal was to more closely mimic the slow and continuous conditions under which humans would normally be exposed to BPA," said study author Csaba Leranth, M.D., professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences and in Neurobiology at Yale. "As a result, this study is more indicative than past research of how BPA may actually affect humans."
Over a 28-day period, Leranth and his team gave each primate 50 micrograms/kg of BPA per day, adjusted for body weight, the amount considered safe for human consumption by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The team also administered estradiol, the major form of hormonal estrogen that modulates nerve cell connections in the brain. Best known as one of the principal hormone products of the ovary, estrogen has also been shown in past studies to be synthesized in the brain, where it aids the development and function of the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex.
The team then used an electron microscope to count nerve cell connections in the brain. They found that BPA inhibits creation of the synaptic connections in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex, areas of the brain involved with regulation of mood and formation of memory.
Scary stuff—I'm stupid enough! Actually, I'm getting more and more concerned about plastic. Just check out my new water bottle. Metal baby! Take a look:
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Use gesture in a sentence
- And with that womanly gesture which has been the same through the ages she put up her hand; deftly tucking in the stray wisp behind. [9]
- The swift gesture with which she flung over the carriage of her machine might have warned him. [9]
- He hurried on with his head bent, as though under a heavy burthen, and clasped his hand to his forehead with a gesture of despair. [10]
- She reached out with a womanly gesture, and laid her hand upon his. [9]
- The nurse approached with a warning gesture that the interview was too prolonged. [4]
- Yet she held up her hand with a gesture of entreaty. [9]
- Presently she began to unloose the coils of golden hair; but Jasmine stopped her with a gesture of weariness. [11]
- The Sheriff stooped to lift Bignold up, but Grassette waved them back with a fierce gesture, standing over the dying man. [11]
- Her hand went to her heart with a gesture of pain, and a little cry of misery escaped her lips. [11]
- For an instant their eyes were fixed on each other; then, with a gesture for Cayley to follow, Houghton went towards the house. [11]
- He had been telling me about Brandywine, but suddenly he turned to me with a kind of fierce gesture that was natural to the man. [9]
- She was with several people, and as I spoke to her she made a little gesture of invitation. [11]
- The old man raised both hands, and made a gesture as though he would drive her from his sight. [11]
- Miles declined the purse with a gesture, and rose up and stood before her. [5]
- Gering made a proud gesture of defiance, but answered nothing. [11]
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