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Football: Well-playing Crosby enjoys first victory
The Crosby High football team gained a much-needed boost of confidence Friday when it claimed its first win of the season with a 43-20 victory over Immaculate.
But in all honesty, the Bulldogs were playing well up to that point, but hit a pretty hard point of the schedule, which was one of the reasons for their 0-5 start. Their losses were to Naugatuck (39-8), Woodland (40-6), Watertown (36-30), Derby (34-7) and Wolcott (45-0). Those teams combined are 20-10.
"That was something that I stressed early on, that we were playing some playoff teams," said Crosby High coach David Jurewicz. "That was in the back of their minds and at 0-5, it weighs on a team and the coaching staff. You start second-guessing things."
So after a loss to Wolcott in Week 5, Jurewicz arranged to have a controlled scrimmage with another winless team, Sacred Heart, at midweek at Crosby's Jimmy Lee Stadium.
"We needed a big change and to see other faces, and Cortez Johnson (Heats' second-year head coach) and I had talked about this earlier in the season and finally last Wednesday, we made it happen," said Jurewicz. "It was great and it got our kids motivated. It allowed them to practice and play against others instead of working just on scout team."
The following day during walk-through, Crosby was determined to get a win.
"They were very focused and confident," said Jurewicz.
Especially freshman quarterback Mike Marshall, who passed for 218 yards and two TDs against Immaculate. Marshall moved into the starting spot for the second half of a Week 1 game.
"We knew all along that Mike would be able to participate at the varsity level and knew he'd be able to contribute," said Jurewicz. "But I was a little leary on whether he would be able to adjust to the speed of the game. We knew that he had a tremendous arm and know that he is very accurate. In this offseason, we know that he will be special going into his sophomore year. He just has to work on his footwork."
To move Marshall into the starting role, Jurewicz needed to explain to 6-foot-4 Myles Goulbourne the reasons why, considering Goulbourne went to QB summer camps and was the signal-caller in 7-on-7 summer passing leagues.
"The pros outweighed the cons and to put Myles out at wide receiver was a no brainer," said Jurewicz. "I asked Myles how he felt about the switch and he said he was willing to do what was best for the team."
Aganist Immaculate, Crosby senior Dashawn Smith returned a kickoff 92 yards for a score in the second half.
"Dashawn caught the ball, went up the middle and broke for the sideline and said 'See you. I'm gone!'" Jurewicz said.
Crosby junior Chris Matthews, filling in for injured running back Chris Herrera, also had a terrific game, rushing for 218 yards and two TDs.
"Chris saw the opportunity and ran with it," said Jurewicz. "He's got great quickness and is hard to take down because he keeps his legs moving pretty well."
Crosby hosts Wilby on Friday night at 7.
Final Tally: In the first of a two-year arragement among the two leagues, the South-West Conference got the upperhand over the Naugatuck Valley League with eight wins in 14 games in the Week 6 Challege.
From the NVL, Ansonia, Crosby, Holy Cross, Naugatuck, St. Paul and Woodland all won. The same matchups are slated to be played again in 2014, but could change.
Where are they now? Western Connecticut State University postgraduate team captain and linebacker Mike Lacaria of Watertown is second on the team with tackles (27 solo, 7 assists, 34). Junior defensive lineman Devin Myers of Kennedy is third on the Western team in tackles (21-6, 27, fumble recovery) with sophomore lineman Oscar Jean-Baptiste of Kennedy (20-3, 23) right behind. Former Wolcott standout Mike Nicol, a freshman defensive back, has 11 solos.
Other Greater Waterbury players at Western are sophomore defensive back Tucker Bachand of St. Paul, sophomore offensive lineman Oswald Jean-Baptiste of Kennedy, junior running back Devon Lawrence of Kennedy, sophomore running back Andrew Cirino of Naugatuck, sophomore Darence Delgado of Bristol, freshman defensive back Brennen Diaz of Oxford, junior running back C.J. Elser of Southbury, junior running back C.J. McIntosh, freshman linebacker James Glowa of Bristol, junior wide receiver David Plaza, sophomore linebacker Dylan Sadick of Seymour and sophomore defensive back Joshua Wilson of Crosby.
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Mark Cuban: Blame Algo Trading, Not Twitter
Billionaire investor and Dallas Mavs owner Mark Cuban says algorithmic trading, not Twitter, should take the brunt the blame for the "hack crash" earlier this week.
"I wasn't surprised at all," Cuban said in a CNBC interview Thursday afternoon. "What happened is exactly what we should expect to happen any time we have a market that's dominated by algorithmic trading."
Cuban has gained a reputation throughout the years as one of the more prolific critics of high-speed computer trading. He has been following the market for years – and has had a few run-ins with regulators along the way – but only after the flash crash on May 6, 2010, when glitches in computer-trading systems triggered an almost 1,000-point plunge in the Dow before it quickly recovered, did he start to worry that something was amiss.
Cuban, who made his fortune in the technology industry, is concerned that the market is far more fragile than many realize. That's why Twitter isn't completely at fault for what transpired on Tuesday.
"Twitter's just a platform," he said. "They're not telling anybody out there that they're a secure platform for the distribution of financial information…If you want to find a fall guy, you know, fault the exchanges for letting people place millisecond orders."
For Cuban, that reasoning leads to the heart of the problem that the capital markets face today. "The market doesn't know what business it's in," he said. "It literally is no longer in the business of providing capital for companies to grow and that's a huge problem."
He offers three solutions that regulators should consider: Tax trades that are held for less than one hour, cut capital-gains tax for stocks held for at least one year and get rid of dividend taxes for investors holding a stock for at least five years.
"If you look at the bigger picture, all of this algorithmically driven trading has created a ton of downstream problems," he says. "All we have are circuit breakers we hope will work. After the circuit breakers, what happens?"
Cuban says he "rarely" invests in stocks these days, largely because of these issues. And a stock market at record highs is no longer reflective of investor sentiment. "I don't think you can look at where the markets are right now and say 'Look, they're up near highs so things must be good.' There's no real other places to put money," he says.
In the CNBC interview, Cuban also touched on Apple struggling stock price. "It's a 30-year-old company; they're going to have their ups and downs," he says. "It's not unusual for any company to go through a multiyear lull. Apple doesn't have any special sauce that they can just make things happen instantly."
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The award is part of the utility's Bright Ideas Program, which started in 2005.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. -- A judge sentenced 18-year-old Michael Everidge to 17 years of confinement and three years of probation after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter Friday.
Everidge was one month away from leaving Augusta YDC when the deadly beating of 19-year-old Jade Holder occurred on Nov. 7, 2011.
In court, the state said this was the first time something like this had happened in Georgia, calling the case historic. Prosecutors hoped this would send a strong message, you go to jail to rehabilitate not to die.
Several family members spoke on Everidge's behalf; some even coming from out of state.
Everidge's father told Superior Court Daniel Craig, "He wasn't brought out that way, he's not an animal, he's not an animal."
Keiondra Everidge, Michael's mother, told the judge, "I would first like to send my condolences to the Holder family."
Then, it was Michael's grandmother who spoke about her grandson, "I ask for leniency for my grandson who I love dearly."
All pleaded for mercy from the court.
Katrell Nash, Michael's attorney, told the judge, "To say sorry, we understand, is not enough. This was not intended, a death was never intended in this situation."
The state revealed last Nov. 7, Jade and Michael agreed to a fight. He said there was an unwritten rule at Augusta YDC -- if someone challenges you to a fight, you fight, one on one, or be taunted.
The state says Jade consented to the fight but not to die. Jade's family did not show up from Sylvester, Ga., saying Augusta brought back bad memories.
"For adults to be over these kids and let things happen like this to leave my child to fight," Michael's mother said.
She has since been fighting one of her own battles, bringing those guards, she feels are accountable, to justice.
But when Judge Craig brought Everidge to justice, she dropped to the floor and broke down in tears.
Nash told the judge, "If he could rethink and revisit this situation and make different decisions he would. I would like, your honor, to hear from Mr. Everidge."
For the first time, Michael spoke out about the charges.
Michael told the judge, "It was never my intention for this to happen and my heart goes out to the family. I just ask for the mercy of the court to give me a second chance."
He later said, "You got to fend for yourself. It ain't no safer to go to an officer because 9 out of 10, they don't care if you fight or not."
The defense argues this detention center turned a blind eye. Nash said, "This was not a malicious act on his part, but this was a culture, a culture and an environment that nurtured fighting and fending for yourself."
She also claimed the YDC failed to get Holder help quickly.
"It appeared that it was about one hour and 10 minutes that passed between the conclusion of the fight and was actually admitted to GHS University," she said.
Ultimately, Michael and Jade agreed to fight that November night. The teen who survived now battled tears to talk, "I got a 9-year-old little brother and I talk to him every night and he asks me, 'When you coming home?'"
Michael ended, "I just want to say I apologize one more time."
News 12 spoke to Keiondra following the sentencing. She said she wants everyone involved held accountable. She says the guards have a duty to protect those kids and that her son is taking the brunt of a bigger problem.
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- BarCampEarthToronto: Networking for Introverts (188 words)
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1. Sweeeet! Wordpress.org bought ad space on my laptop!: 01:51
Remember my crazy idea to sell advertising space on my laptop during BarCampEarthToronto? Well, Matt Mullenweg of Wordpress.org - *WORDPRESS.ORG!* My favorite blogging platform! (Okay, my *second-favorite* - nothing beats Emacs Planner)
They are *uber*cool. Another thing I really, really, really, really like. Whenever I need to set up a blog for someone else, the very first thing I do is download the latest version of Wordpress, unpack it, and set it up. I like it a lot.
So here's what's going to happen. I am going to make the logos for Orange & Bronze and Wordpress.org as large as I can. I don't mind potentially wasting space. It'll be a *fantastic* story.
I'll blog more from BarCamp tomorrow, and I'll post my D*I*Y tutorial on Sunday. =) Or today, if I feel particularly diligent...
Anyway. Wordpress.org. They are totally, totally cool.
On Technorati: advertising, marketing, crazy, idea, barcampearthtoronto, barcamp, laptop, geek, business, entrepreneurship
2. Livening up your laptop lid: self-adhesive reusable surface: 03:20
All you need to transform your laptop lid into a reusable surface where you can display your latest doodles are: one photo album with self-adhesive pages, a knife, and double-sided tape. Get a photo album that uses plastic and a sticky(ish) surface. Life is easier and neater if the strip that keeps the plastic attached to the book is on the outside edge. You'll see what I mean.
Step 1. Position the laptop face-down on one page of the photo album so that the strip that keeps the plastic attached to the book is along the top edge of the laptop lid. Trace laptop outline onto one page of the photo album. (If you feel particularly diligent, you can measure it instead.)
Step 2. Cut the photo album page to size. Trim a bit off the bottom part to avoid hitting the laptop hinge.
Step 3. Attach double-sided adhesive tape to the laptop.
Step 4. Mount photo album piece on laptop.
Step 5. Peel back plastic and put in stuff.
I like this approach because it doesn't require me to bring any special supplies in order to add to the display. For example, I can add fortunes from fortune cookies, Post-it notes, or even business cards.
This is handy for my wild idea about selling advertising on laptop. This laptop hack's primarily about creatively expressing yourself, though. =)
Good stuff.
I came up with a terrific plan B: a whiteboard with a plastic protector to keep it from being erased in one's backpack. That one's pretty cool, too. I'll blog about it more on Sunday, Aug 27. In the meantime... enjoy!
On Technorati: craft, laptop, advertising, laptop-ads, howto, tutorial, marketing, hack, creativity
3. BarCampEarthToronto: Networking for Introverts: 14:15
I ran a terrific session on networking for introverts at BarCampEarthToronto. I shared a few stories about blogging and conversation-starting pins, and then asked people to save me from having to talk for an entire hour by myself. People shared tips and asked questions, and we had a wonderful, wonderful conversation.
We talked about why connecting with people is important: it opens up new possibilities and helps us learn more about ourselves. People shared many tips for how to network, from initiating conversations to developing friendships.
One of the useful tips I heard was to practice talking to people by asking strangers for the time or for directions to a place. Hmm, might try that. Another was to physically open the circle of conversation in order to invite people in. Yet another was to keep track of people's interests and wants, and this gives you an excuse to get back in touch with them.
Someone suggested using breaks to invite more introverts into the conversation. I'll facilitate the next session better. It was a great session! =)
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On Technorati: barcampearthtoronto, barcampearth, barcamp, torcamp, networking
4. BarCampEarthToronto: Search engine optimization: 14:29
@BarCampEarthToronto: Search engine optimization
I'm learning a lot from the session. Some points:
- Primary domains are better than subdomains because Google tries to figure out what a domain is about, and something like blogspot.com is too large.
- Research keywords to find out what people are searching for, and develop good material for these. Linkbait?
- Structure an FAQ with forward-links and H1s.
- Use keyword-rich headings.
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On Technorati: barcampearthtoronto, barcampearth, barcamp, torcamp, seo, marketing, advertising
5. Win-win-win: The power of asking: 14:57
The problem with conferences is that I always, always run into scheduling conflicts. I really, really wanted to go to the two talks about communities, the two talks about culture, one talk about perception, and of course I have another session to run on information overload.
Six sessions, three time slots. Aiyah. You don't need a CS degree to know that's a problem.
So I convinced Mike and Quinn to merge their talks on culture. Then I looked for the people responsible for the meta-community talk and asked if they could merge with Ryan's talk about building communities. They agreed!
I couldn't merge with Mike's talk - thematically different, and I'd probably run a long conversation - but hey, that was a great win. All the people who merged said it would be a good idea because they needed less than an hour. Everyone else gets a nice panel. And I learned that if you ask, people will probably say yes.
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On Technorati: barcampearthtoronto, barcampearth, barcamp, torcamp, seo, marketing, advertising
6. Building a community: 16:04
@BarCampEarthToronto: Search engine optimization
Terrific idea! Ryan
Random notes: Alan Hietala talked about bridging multiple communities in World of Warcraft. Event planning for MMORPG. Heatware - independent reputation system. Jason: no one makes the first post, so you seed.. but dependency? .. Also, start with existing communities.
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On Technorati: barcampearthtoronto, barcampearth, barcamp, torcamp, seo, marketing, advertising
7. Starting your own business: 17:08
@BarCampEarthToronto, Brooke Gordon, serial entrepreneur
- Business plan. You are trading money for value. You need to be able to clearly articulate what you are translating money into. If you can't articulate that clearly to friends and family, you will never be able to do that for investors or customers.
- Find a mentor. Ask your professors who they know. Go to your local business development center. Find people who have started their own company. You'll be shocked at how many people will spend half an hour talking to you. Camaraderie. If you ask for help, you will find help. You'll probably find someone who can share with you best practices.
- A business is a business is a business. Get yourself an accountant. Make sure that you're following all of the business rules that apply to the industry. Find out what all the tax rules are and the task breaks are. There are some absolutely fantastic R&D tax credits that people don't know about. I tried doing the books myself when I was starting out, and that's a mistake, at least for the first time. Make sure that your accountant knows small business. Whatever you get, make sure you ask for a receipt. You must have copies of receipts. Keep good records of things. That's what your accountant is there to help you with - your industry. Any time you ever hire someone, interview them, and interview more than one person. Do your due diligence. There's a lot of risk, but there's so much reward. You want to mitigate that risk. When you're doing that mentorship, ask around. Do not ask a corporation. Ask other people who have their own business. Ask for referrals and references. Ask!
- Do a lot of time at first with your wording. Value proposition. Your company name is an important thing. Try and think about things like common misspellings, pronounciation misspellings, how you want to be perceived. Everything you do, you test. Whatever you choose to do, write it down, go and tell someone. Take someone out for coffee and say "Here are my thoughts; what do you think?" Constantly ask, ask for genuine feedback, and ask for honest criticism. People you trust care about you and don't want to see you fail. Other people aren't going to give you that feedback. Good or bad, thank them for it, and take it to heart.
- Don't use your name as your company name.
- There are free seminars that you have access to that you wouldn't believe. Go to learn and listen and connect. Be very open to that and continue going. There are lots of things out there for free.
- Government grants and loans for people under 29!
- Check out TD and Royal Bank for programs for small businesses. They can mitigate their risk if they act as advisors. Don't discount your bank.
- Networking. Part of the reason why Dana and I met. Bag design. Women's networking group.
- BNI. Business Networking International. Givers gain. When you go to a networking group, don't just talk - listen. Introduce yourself not just with your name, but with what you do.
- "So, tell me about your business." You can tell a lot about a business by how well they can articulate their value. "What do clients of yours look like?" Keep thinking about how your clients might be good clients for them. That's what networking is.
- For example, our value is phased implementations for projects.
Know what your value is. Know what your customer looks like. Create scenarios. Find out what a typical customer looks like, so you can tell other people what you look like. Make sure that you get involved in networking. Get those government resources.
Dana: Clients.
- People respond when you're not aggressive or overbearing. Your product is not impressive. Treat people as people, not sales.
- Keep a client database. I used to work for a customer-relationship management system. I missed it when I started my own business. I love Sugar CRM, which is online and open source. Get something so that you can keep track of your clients. Schedule your followups. That way, they don't only hear from you when you're asking for money. You want to show that you care about them. Make sure your clients feel valued. Send an actual paper thank-you.
- You don't want to be too close to your client also, because sometimes you have to say no. You really should say no. A project that you thought you should've said no will drag you down and kill you. If you have that feeling, don't do it. Or get really good specs.
- Get a lawyer to review your contracts. Do not do this yourself.
- Put everything you can on paper before you implement it.
- Protect yourself with sign-offs.
- Don't go into business with friends, if you can help it.
- Go through scenarios in order to mitigate risk.
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McMasters! Experiential program. ALWAYS take notes and offer to do the first draft. Then get your lawyer's intern to look at the stuff for you. Ask lawyers what you've missed.
- Outsource your overflow capacity.
- Know enough to know if the people you're outsourcing to do good work.
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By Giuseppe Facchetti-Oracle on Feb 10, 2015
Dear Partner,
In 2015 the Oracle EMEA Exadata, Manageability and the Servers and Storage Partner Communities will celebrate a single joint Community Forum. We are delighted to invite you to this event which will take place in Budapest, Hungary on April 14-16, 2015.
As in previous editions, the most important part of this Community Forum is sharing experiences, best-practices and customer cases. Presentations by partners and networking among participants are the enablers for building a valuable learning experience for you.
During the event, Oracle executives driving the different product areas will share their insight on new products and market trends, and will be available for one-on-one meetings to discuss go-to-market plans and sales opportunities.
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Bob Hugin's Call to Action: Protect Medical Innovation
Bob Hugin's Call to Action: Protect Medical Innovation
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Bob Hugin, Chairman and CEO, Celgene and Chairman of the PhRMA Board, recently sat down with Life Science Leader magazine to talk about the value of medical innovation. If you haven't read it already, I urge you to do so because Bob offers some very insightful thoughts on why we as a society should celebrate biopharmaceutical innovation because of the tremendous benefits it provides to patients and the U.S. economy.
Bob's passion for this issue is sure to resonate both inside and outside of the beltway – he has a strong drive to tell the industry's story in a powerful, compassionate and patient-centric way that most Americans, particularly patients, will be able to relate to.
In the interview, Bobspoke about the importance of collaborative medical research partnerships and the need for pro-innovation policies in the U.S. that provide the necessary environment for biopharmaceutical companies to continue to research and develop life-enhancing medicines (which also add great value to the economy).
Bob summed it up well toward the end of the interview by saying that, "So few people today appreciate the improvements to the quality and length of life that medicines, devices and medical innovations have on our society and the economy at large. For example, in 1900, the average U.S. life expectancy was 49 years. Today, it is 79. It is estimated by 2040 U.S. life expectancy will reach 85 years, a full 13 years more than the rest of the world. This is primarily the result of innovation in medicine and improvements to public health, which translates to U.S. economic health as well."
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Augie covers a variety of items this week, from Mike Wieringo's start on "Fantastic Four" and the death of Joe Kubert to the funny thing about Marvel NOW! covers and Brian K. Vaughan's new creator-owned success.
Courtesy of IDW, CBR has an exclusive preview of Mark Waid and Chris Samnee's "Rocketeer: Cargo of Doom" #1. Celebrate the 30th anniversary of Dave Stevens' fan-favorite creation on August 22!
After a short while away from the keyboard, writer Kurt Busiek is working his way back to more comics work with new stories for digital publishers Monkeybrain Comics and Thrillbent while prepping more "Astro City."
Alan Moore to appear at inaugural Northamptonshire convention! Mark Waid talks digital comics! Veteran editor Diana Schutz talks her about her career! Jamie S. Rich and Mike Norton chat about "It Girl"! Plus more!
He's still incredible, but Marvel's Jade Giant becomes the "Indestructible Hulk" in November when Mark Waid & Leinil Yu kick off his new ongoing series. CBR spoke with them about their plans.
With the successful launch of his own proof of concept digital series "Insufferable" well under way, Mark Waid prepares to open the floodgates to Top Cow's Pilot Season, new series, new creators and a planned mobile app.
Marvel has provided CBR with an exclusive teaser for its upcoming Marvel NOW! publishing initiative, declaring Mark Waid and Leinil Francis Yu "Indestructible" in November.
Writer Larry Tye discusses his new book "Superman: The High-Flying History of America's Most Enduring Hero" with Mark Waid at CCI 2012, highlighting the creation and lasting legacy of the Man of Steel.
Mark Waid discusses the challenges and benefits of working in digital and print, gives a brief rundown of some upcoming creators and projects on Thrillbent and what to expect from his and Max Brooks' Legendary project.
Marvel has released a first look at Mike Allred's return to Marvel Comics with "Daredevil" #17 written by Mark Waid with colors by Laura Allred. "The Great Divide" begins August 15.
In the sequel to he and J. Michael Straczynski's best-selling "Superman: Earth One" graphic novel, artist Shane Davis promises more of a blockbuster action feel as the new Man of Steel takes on an outsized Parasite.
Mark Waid went above and beyond to interact with fans interested in hearing his thoughts about his Thrillbent online initiative and the future of both print and digital comics.
Mark Waid, Filip Sablik and more discussed a smorgasbord of digital distribution strategies as iVerse unveiled three new initiatives iduringn their Comic-Con International panel.
Matt Murdock escaped from Latveria in "Daredevil" #15, but he did not emerge unscathed. CBR News spoke with writer Mark Waid about the issue and his plans for the Eisner-winning series.
Doug Zawisza gives "Daredevil" #15 by Mark Waid 4 stars, saying artist Chris Samnee "draws fantastic imagery, weighed down by heavy inking and deep shadows to convey Daredevilâs sensory investigation."
Legendary Comics announced the OGN "Shadow Walk" by Mark Waid, Max Brooks and Shane Davis at Comic-Con International. Matt Wagner discussed "Tower Chronicles" and CBR spoke with the creators about their projects.
The studio-powered publishing imprint expands its ranks from legends like Matt Wagner to talent including Mark Waid, Shane Davis and more, and CBR News is on hand LIVE for all the Legendary Comics news.
MoCCA president pledges museum will reopen in new space! Has Kickstarter become the No. 2 graphic novel publisher? Eight comics sold more than 100,000 copies in June! Mark Waid talks superheroes and digital comics! Plus more!
Writer Mark Waid spoke with CBR about his upcoming IDW miniseries "The Rocketeer: Cargo of Doom," and what it means to him to tell a story involving Dave Stevens' beloved creation with his "Daredevil" collaborator Samnee.
Augie finally sits down with Mark Waid's "Daredevil" run and likes what he sees: A font. Go figure. Also, Image's "Planetoid" #1 Todd McFarlane's Spider-Man and plenty more.
Doug Zawisza gives the second installment of Marvel Infinite Comics 5 stars, calling the digital offering by Mark Waid, Balak and Carlo Barberi "an entertaining story that demands to be studied, analyzed, enjoyed and shared."
The creative minds behind Marvel's critically acclaimed "Daredevil" ongoing series including Mark Waid, Mike Allred, Chris Samnee and Paolo Rivera sat down for a discussion of all things the Man Without Fear.
With his paired BOOM! Studios superhero series "Irredeemable" and "Incorruptible" recently concluded, Mark Waid takes CBR on a look back on the titles which told complimentary tales set in a shared universe.
The New York Times surveys the digital comics landscape! Warren Ellis on "the shape of the new webcomics"! Dave Sim turns to Kickstarter for digital "Cerebus"! Adam Warren talks "Empowered"! Plus more!
Mark Waid spoke with CBR about what fans new and old can expect when he, Caleb Monroe and Steve Bryant bring back the original "Avengers" in BOOM! Studios' August-launching "Steed & Mrs. Peel."
After a run reprinting Grant Morrison's original comics starring the British "Avengers," BOOM! Studios today teases a new "Steed & Mrs. Peel" project from writer Mark Waid.
Boom! Studios has provided CBR News with an exclusive look at "Irredeemable" #37, the final issue of Mark Waid's story about the fall of the world's greatest super hero.
This week, comiXology locks up Marvel in an exclusive digital deal, two smaller publishers talk about their digital revenues and indy creators strike out on their own.
BOOM! Studios has provided CBR with an exclusive preview of "Incorruptible" #29. Mark Waid's tale of supervillain redemption continues on May 16!
In a week when Mark Waid's Thrillbent.com launch was on everyone's minds, Valiant went digital-exclusive with comiXology, Panelfly got an overhaul and 215 Ink plans to give away tablets if you buy its comics.
Mark Waid's interview with John Barrowman concludes with the actor going deep into his life as "Torchwood's" Captain Jack, looking at his sexual orientation in "The Making of Me," co-writing with his sister and much more.
In part two of Mark Waid's interview of "Torchwood" star John Barrowman, the two reminisce over childhood memories and the popular actor relates the undeniably unusual story of how he and his partner met (around) 18 years ago.
Free Comic Book Day marks 10 years! ReedPop's Lance Fensterman talks C2E2! Mark Waid on Thrillbent! Trina Robbins on the new "Wonder Woman" series! Plus much more!
In the first of a three-part series on CBR TV, comic writer Mark Waid interviews "Torchwood" star John Barrowman with the two discussing not their shared geek interest, namely action figures, and Stan Lee.
Greg McElhatton gives "Insufferable" #1 4 stars saying the free Thrillbent debut comic by Mark Waid and Peter Krause "has just the right length and detail to hook the reader, without giving everything away in its first outing."
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Battle Mountain senior Kayla Bruntz has personally benefited from tremendous support of others in the the community and has made it her mission to give back through a plethora of volunteer roles. When she is not managing the Battle Mountain girls soccer team, snowboarding or working with Young Life, Bruntz serves as the community service officer for the Future Business Leaders of America program at her school, striving to help student members recognize ways to get involved with community service. Bruntz' major FBLA project this year will be to compile a volunteer resource directory of various service sites and opportunities for high school students throughout the valley.
"FBLA gives high school students experience in business, leadership and community service. Everybody needs help at some point in their life," Bruntz said, as she and her peers work to connect teen volunteers with those in need.
Bruntz's mother, Rosie Moreno, was her original inspiration for getting involved with service. Moreno serves as the director for Eagle County Head Start and would bring Bruntz along to meetings for extra help with the children. Service has taken on a more fundamental role for Bruntz, as she describes her purpose in giving back to her community as simply "making people happy."
Although children remain closest to Bruntz's heart, as revealed in her three years of volunteering with local preschoolers at the Family Learning Center and serving at the Vail library with summer reading programs, Bruntz recognizes the increased impact of getting her peers involved with service. A specific project in the works with FBLA peers will include gathering donations of basic products such as toothpaste, gloves and socks and assembling care packages for homeless teens and children in the Denver area. Bruntz hopes that the simple structure of this initiative will inspire high schools around the country to serve basic needs through similar hygiene, clothing and food kits.
Bruntz's recommendation for other teens who want to get involved with their community but are unsure where or how to start is to pick something specific that they might want to do in their lives.
"Talk to friends or family members that are in those fields to find a connection," she said.
Bruntz sums up her outlook by saying, "Over the years, many people and programs have helped me, and I welcome any opportunity to give back."
What's next for Bruntz after her May graduation?
"I'd love to work as either a physical therapist or an elementary school teacher," Bruntz said. "I'd love to work directly with children to help inspire them toward higher education, but being a physical therapist would be great, as I could help others through their healing process. I'm having trouble deciding because I've been inspired by both teachers and therapists that have helped me out throughout my life."
Michelle Stecher is executive director of the Eagle River Youth Coalition. The Youth Leaders Council is a program of the Eagle River Youth Coalition, a local nonprofit organization that offers collaborative prevention programs and services to tackle three main areas that affect the development of teens and adolescent youth - substance-abuse prevention, emotional wellness and mental-health promotion, and academic achievement. In addition to Youth Leaders Council, Eagle River Youth Coalition offers various levels of parenting classes and training to community members. For more information, call 970-949-9250 or visit www.eagleyouth.org.


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RENO, Nev. - It all started back in preseason practice when the girls scribbled down their volleyball goals. On each scrap of paper that was turned in, one theme was common- winning state.
"We kept our promise to that piece of paper," setter Raquel Marchesseault said.
The girls had waited a long time for this moment, so when it finally arrived they didn't dilly dally. The Vikings claimed the Nevada Division I-A state championships in three straight games, 25-17, 25-19 and 25-9, against Chaparral in Reno on Saturday.
It's been 22 years since a Viking volleyball team hoisted the championship plaque. With tears in their eyes, the 2012 girls broke the near quarter-century drought.
"We played with our heart for every point out there," senior Drew Norberg said. "We really wanted that trophy, and we always had that mentality that losing is not an option."
The Vikings don't consider themselves underdogs, but the odds were truly against them Saturday. They faced a towering team with an outside hitter named Jaeda Allen, who easily touches 10 feet.
The day before, the Vikings watched Allen's cannon of a swing devastate Truckee, a team that beat South Tahoe three times this season. She led Chaparral to a four-game win against the regional champions with hits that looked like they belonged on a college court.
Sitting in the bleachers, the Vikings knew their work was cut out for them, senior Bailey David said.
But the No. 2 seeded Vikings built their season on comebacks and long shots. Saturday would be no different.
"I don't get intimidated and neither do my teams. You're never out of any game, no matter what the score is." head coach Dan McLaughlin said. "They don't ever feel that there is anybody who can outplay them, and that's just their belief."
Apparently, because the Vikings' net squad that averages 5-foot-9 completely shut down Allen, the elite 6-foot-2 outside hitter.
"We shut her down and that was their big game. I think she ended up getting two kills," outside hitter Morgan Kaufer said.
South Tahoe's mere 13 digs is all the evidence needed to prove the girls took Chaparral's offense out of the game.
The Cowboys' offense started out strong enough.
Game 1 was a back-and-forth volleyball battle. The score pulled even seven times in the opening minutes. Norberg, Emily Gardner and Hannah Neiger blocked with everything they had to keep the win within reach. Unbelievable block-after-block kept the Vikings in the game.
Once the score hit 17-17, the Vikings had enough.
Kaufer served up eight unanswered points, including two aces and a match-point bullet that was not returnable.
"We served hard. I don't believe in safe," McLaughlin said. "There's only one time in the game when you just get the ball in and that's when you're behind and the other team is at game point. You have no other choice."
The Vikings never found themselves in that corner Saturday. The girls soaked Chaparral's court with a steady drum of wrecklessly tough serves. Serve, block, serve, block, the girls kept pounding their strengths until finally they got the run they were waiting for.
Once the Vikings accelerated past Chaparral, they never took their foot off the gas.
Game 2 followed a similar formula. The score hit 12-12, the girls rocketed ahead again.
"We broke down a couple of times and they didn't take advantage of it," McLaughlin said. "We found our way out of it. They broke down and we took it."
This time it was Neiger who led the Vikings on an unanswered tear. She served six straight points.
Meanwhile, David and Kaila Griffis dove and twisted around the backcourt to keep Neiger's service run going and hard Chaparral hits off the floor.
The digs were scrappy, and so were the passes Marchasseault was turning into hittable sets. The Vikings setter was adjusting to tough passes and two separate offenses on the fly. She was also spreading sets around at key moments.
"She set the best game she's ever set. She would set just enough balls to Hannah to keep her in the game and keep them off balance. Just enough to Kaila," McLaughlin said. "She worked a lot more balls to Emily when it seemed like it was the right fit and the right time to do it."
It was Norberg, however, who cemented the two-game lead. The senior middle put down back-to-back kills to put Game 2 away.
Game 3 was no contest. The Vikings were full speed ahead, and it looked like they took all Chaparral's momentum with them. The Vikings were charged as every point inched them closer to their ultimate goal.
Marchesseault served up the final point, and Norberg tapped down the return with her final jump as a Vikings volleyball player.
"This has been our goal since day one so we fought with everything we had to win this game," David said. "It was the last game we were going to play, so we just played our hearts out and put everything on the court."
The Vikings graduate five seniors: Norberg, Kaufer, David, Gardner, Dominique Daniels and Samantha Durham. Norberg recorded 14 kills, four blocks and four digs. Kaufer put down nine kills, seven aces and three digs. David delivered two digs and 11 serves. Gardner contributed four kills and two blocks.
"It's a pretty great feeling that I get to leave that legacy," Kaufer said. "We'll get to come back and see that plaque in the trophy case."
It took every girl on the team to pick up get that trophy in the case.
"I was thinking about this, if you're picking an MVP how can you?" McLauglin said.


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In pre-war Prague, the dreams of two young lovers are shattered when they are separated by the Nazi invasion. Then, decades later, thousands of miles away in New York, there's an inescapable glance of recognition between two strangers. Providence is giving Lenka and Josef one more chance. From the glamorous ease of life in Prague before the Occupation, to the horrors of Nazi Europe, The Lost Wife explores the power of first love, the resilience of the human spirit, and the strength of memory.
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"I was lost in the story of the lost wife"
One of the most moving accountings of the Holocaust, this is a story that will haunt you with the depth of love against a backdrop of sheer cruelty. Beautifully read, I could hardly keep from crying, nor did I want the story to stop. This is a story everyone must hear. The narrations and the emotions within those narrations are incredibly real. I found myself wanting to go find out more about Lenka and Josef.
Make sure you pay attention to the first chapter as it will carry you through the entire book.
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"Lost and Found Revisited"
This novel is based on actual events. The Holocaust provides the background to this story and it shows how so many millions of people were affected and those effects still condition our society today. I am sure that this story was repeated time and again as victims of the Nazis tried to reconnect to family members who were lost in chaos upon chaos at the end of the war and the following years. One thing that this novel has in it is art and how it was used as a weapon against the Nazis. If you are an artist or appreciate art and art history, this book provides an alternate path of interest for you other than the plot. I enjoyed this book as it reveals how our shared humanity forms a true bond with every person on the planet. There are two main characters who tell the story and the publisher wisely chose to use a male narrator for the man and a female narrator for the woman. This really aids in clarity to an audible book. If you're interested in the Holocaust and another "branch" of it, then this is a good book for you. I certainly enjoyed it.
"Love, Strength & Survival"
This book is a beautifully written story of love and strength. The book spans 80 years in the lives of several families that intersect, separate and then join again over time. It is based on the lives of real people and speaks of deep familial love and struggles for survival in WWII Prague. The narrators each gave perfect voice to the characters they portrayed. At first I was concerned about the two alternating readers-- but it quickly made sense and added depth to the telling of the story. While the book speaks of desolation and destruction it also presents beauty, art, deep love and courage. A really wonderful recommended listen.
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"If you start it, It will not let you go."
The Lost Wife is a poignant and powerful story of love, personal strength, and hardship in war torn Czechoslovakia. Told from two voices, one a Jewish doctor who escapes the holocaust and the other his young wife who is sent to a concentration camp. Their separate stories cover over sixty years. This powerful book is not to be missed.
"Loved every minute of it!"
The story was superb and the narrations elevated it to another level. Almost as it you were watching the story in your mind!
The details and descriptions of the horrors endured at the camps.
Although I have not read the book in print I image it is better as an audible book. The accents and feelings portrayed by the narrators makes the characters come to life.
This is a book that stays with me. I think about it off and on. It's a love story woven through the Holocaust. The narration is excellent. The emotions, the pain, the love, are raw. It is hard to believe that such atrocities could really happen. You can see tears streaming down a characters face through the narration. I like that the story was told from two points of view, and both narrators are great. The strength of the people is unfathomable. I wonder how we would fare as humanity today if such things were to take place. I don't think we have their resolve. It's hard to imagine that people could do such things to their fellow mankind but we also see cruel things happening every day. Although this books haunts me, I also feel such admiration for the people who went through this awful period of their lives and the strength they showed to survive. I don't want to say that the book was depressing; rather it shared a story of resiliency that captivates.
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Such a heart-wrenching story and so beautifully written. I can't remember crying during a book since A Tale of Two Cities a few years ago; I did a bit for this one. The horrors of the Final Solution hit home. Though this story has some unusual twists, it seems so believable because some among the millions who suffered must have had similar experiences.
I am an avid "reader"- I prefer to listen to books rather than read them due to the added dimension added by the narrator.
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Everything. I loved the way the two narrators wove the story of the star-crossed lovers chapter by chapter. I loved the character development and the way the accents were done.
I enjoyed the epilogue and felt the ending was perfect. This is one of the most endearing books I've listed to and I was sorry to have it end.
Josef's careful descriptions of his feelings are precious. I felt that when he burned his letters to Lenka, he was putting to rest his restless longing for her. His dreams of his family being happy for him are foreshadowing for what is to come. Don't want to spoil the book by saying much more.
The two narrators brought the characters to life and I could not possibly have gotten the same feeling I got listening to their voices. I was impressed by Mr. Guidall's recitation of the Kaddish prayer, which was very authentic. I would seek out more books narrated by him.
The meeting of the two grandparents at the end was memorable.
Run don't walk to download this book. I don't think I've ever worn my earbuds for so long!
avid fan
"A beatifully sad story well told and well acted."
I liked the way the author wove the two young lovers into a pattern of separate life times. The lost wife lived through the most unimaginal horrors but was able to survive through her art. The story of what happened to Jewish Art during the holocaust is not often told.
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I thought she was really special. He came across best when he described himself before his grandsons wedding
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Don't read this if you don't expect to cry.
"Great Listen"
while the story told of the personal tragedy of the period, the characters' own lives and story held my interest.
Their voices seemed to "age" as time went by in the book.
Lenka because she had experienced so much in her life, she would have a very unique perspective on life as a whole (I would think).
Great book about a very disturbing time in our history.
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Mailed gifts substitute for the real gift of presence
My friend wants to stop exchanging gifts. It is too late this year, of course. By the time she proposes this moratorium, my meager package — a brown box stuffed with books, an ornament, misshapen Scottish shortbread — has already arrived at her door. I love to imagine her receiving the box, with its silly stickers and festive mailing label. I like the thought of her deliberately placing the wrapped gifts under her tree and waiting, as I know she will, until Christmas morning when she will unwrap them. I like to imagine her reaction — the sigh of recognition that comes when a friend has nourished the morsel of you that the two of you share.


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A couple says Paul Walker secretly bought their engagement ring after overhearing them say they couldn't afford it.
Kyle and Kristen Upham say in 2004 they were shopping for a ring in a Santa Barbara jewelry store when Walker overheard them talking about a gorgeous ring for which they didn't have enough money, according to CBS Los Angeles.
Walker reportedly bought the $9,000 ring for them, then slipped out of the store without a word.
"It's still to this day the most generous thing anyone has ever done for me," Kristen said.
The couple wasn't totally sure it was Walker, though they had chatted with him in the store. This week, after Walker's tragic death in a car wreck in Santa Clarita, the jewelry store clerk confirmed for them that Walker bought their ring.
"To do something like that to a perfect stranger is just unbelievable," said Irene King, the store clerk.
According to Us Weekly, Kyle Upham was preparing for a second tour in Iraq at the time. "When (Walker) found out Kyle just came back from Iraq -- I remember seeing the look in his face," Kristen said. "He kind of transformed."
"When we hand down the ring through the generations, there will always be a story to tell," Kyle said.
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SCOTTSDALE — Bob Melvin says it's probably not the ideal scenario for the manager to get thrown out of a game in spring training, but it's unlikely he'll get from the dugout to the plate any faster than he did Friday.
Melvin was in a full-out sprint to the plate after Adam Rosales was wrongfully, in Melvin's view, called out at the plate in the eighth inning of a 2-all tie with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
``Adam got his hand on home plate and Greenie's (Grant Green) is out there trying to get a good at-bat,'' the manager said after the game, which was called at 2-2 after nine innings. ``We've got guys battling out there. I don't know how quick I got out there, but ...''
But it was fast, although Usain Bolt has nothing to fear. Melvin was not kicked out of the game.
The top of the eighth inning completed, the bottom of the eighth also held some drama for the A's. Reliever Pat Neshek gave up a pair of two-out hits, but Garrett Olson, a left-handed longshot to earn a bullpen job, came on and got the strikeout that preserved the tie.
``We try to put pitchers in situations they could face,'' Melvin said. ``He did a nice job, and pitched the ninth with just one walk.''
The A's have split-squad games at home against the Angels and on the road in Glendale against the White Sox. And since the club wants recovering opening day starter Brett Anderson (neck and back issues) to face neither of these teams, he'll pitch in a minor league game at the club's Papago Park complex.
Travis Blackley, who solidified the A's rotation down the stretch in the 2012 pennant drive, will pitch in Phoenix Muni against the Angels and Jarrod Parker, the team's No. 2 starter, will throw against the White Sox.
Because their Nos. 1 and 2 starters are going on the same day, the A's are going to have to modify the rotation in the next week or so to get Anderson pitching one day ahead of Parker. They began the spring that way, but Anderson's injury forced him to go six days between starts this time around.
Blackley is still being evaluated as a spot starter and long reliever, but he needs a couple of starts to get stretched out to be ready to fit either role.
Asked if it was time for Scott Sizemore, the starter at third two years ago who is in the competition for the second base job in 2013, to get some work at third base, Melvin said no.
``Donaldson's average isn't good,'' the manager said. ``But he's hitting the ball hard, and had a couple of home runs taken away in that rainout we had (in Peoria) with the Mariners (last Friday).''


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West Alabama's Magee wins Gulf South honor
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LIVINGSTON | University of West Alabama senior Matthew Magee is the Gulf South Conference baseball Player of the Week. Magee is the first UWA baseball player to receive the honor this season.
He finished 9-for-13 (.692 batting average) in the Gulf South series against Christian Brothers last week. He tallied eight RBIs, seven runs, three doubles and hit a two-run home run in game three to lead the Tigers to the series sweep.
Magee leads his team in runs scored (22) and doubles (10).
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Reengineering Business Intelligence
Amplify social signals
Coupling social data with traditional internal and external data sets can offer the potential to generate near-real-time business insights.
Marketing executives already recognize the power of social data to yield insights into customer behavior and expectations.1 Over the course of just a few years, social data became invaluable to them as customers readily revealed information about themselves and their interests, friends, and purchasing decisions.
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But when it comes to strategic decision making, social data is just one piece of the puzzle. At the same time, it has become bigger than marketing for some. Businesses are beginning to see its value in areas such as risk management, product development, reputation management, and supply chain operations. Still, nearly half (44 percent) of senior executives consider social data alone inadequate to attain the strategic insights they need to guide their organization (figure 1).2
Senior executives increasingly recognize the need to account for a regularly changing context in their decision making. By combining social data with other data sets both inside the enterprise (such as financial, enterprise resource planning, and business intelligence systems) and outside (such as traditional media, insights from industry analysts, and human intelligence), they're able to lend new context to their insights. Plus, using this approach they are able to regularly assess their strategic decisions so critical issues don't have to wait until the next budget cycle or ad-hoc market research study.
Senior executives are developing next-generation business intelligence capabilities by rebuilding the engines that deliver insight. Along the way, they're making the transition from decision making that is aligned with traditional budget cycles to near-real-time decision making. These engines blend social media with other external and internal data sets, along with refined analytics, to help anticipate strategic risks and opportunities.
To reach these bold goals, businesses are rebuilding their "insight engines." They are expanding data sets, deploying advanced analytics tools, and using different types of human expertise to answer increasingly complex questions. As a result, business leaders should be equipped to make swift decisions as situations unfold.
This isn't a "bolt-on" analysis capability. Companies are embedding signal detection and analysis across their organizations. For example, Burberry, a luxury retailer, has accelerated the identification of emerging trends around its products throughout its operation. The company achieves this by combining enterprise information (e.g., SAP data) with social data (e.g., customer social data feeds and employee communications via Salesforce® Chatter®) to make timely adjustments throughout its supply chain, including changing product design.4 Such initiatives, however, are relatively nascent, as early adopters learn what is required to deliver these new capabilities effectively.
What's driving this trend?
In 2008, Barack Obama's first presidential campaign team made pioneering use of social networks to raise awareness, generate funds, and encourage voter turnout. They doubled down on this approach in 2012. The day after Obama won the 2012 election, Time magazine trumpeted the role of big data and data analytics in Obama's historic win. The team was able to reduce many unknowns about voters and their behaviors by combining knowledge about people from the party database, the campaign's interactions with people, and people's reactions to campaigns (including their opponent's campaign) through social media and other media sources. Mash-up analyses of these data sets allowed them to monitor the changing context, consistently identify specific targets for special campaign efforts, and make strategic investments in certain states over others, beyond the so-called "swing states."6
Social data—part of a big(ger) data trend growing intensely
In a recent survey, 93 percent of C-level executives indicated that their organizations are losing revenue opportunities by not fully taking advantage of the data they collect. Nearly all of the respondents say their organizations need to improve information optimization soon. Nearly half feel that the ability to translate information into actionable insight is the most important area on which to focus.5
Many companies that are rebuilding their insight engines have a similar goal. They too want to remove the unknowns from strategic decision making. In the corporate world, strategic decision making has often relied on a combination of experience, intuition, and, more recently, business intelligence derived from analysis of enterprise and market data. Previously, business leaders were often unable to detect the early signals of change when executing their strategy. For example, competitor moves, new investment patterns, and changing stakeholder behaviors that had the potential to increase organizational risk may have taken months to identify. By that time, the business context may have already shifted.
Analyzing both social and traditional media can deliver strong signals about emerging developments in the market. But unless those signals are identified and integrated into the decision making process, their strategic value can be limited.
Lessons learned: What works and what doesn't
Until recently, the idea of harnessing both external and internal data sets to provide executives with early signals was more fantasy than reality. But that's changing. There are already several hundred companies involved in developing solutions in this space—driven by available, mature, and sustainable technologies.8 The capabilities being developed can be as diverse as the data they analyze.
Want to know what this approach looks like in action? Here are four recent examples of innovators that have shaken up their approach to insight delivery, and are already beginning to reap the benefits.
- UBS: Reputation risk management. Brand reputation management is a big issue for boards and the C-suite, which are beginning to establish capabilities for integrating and analyzing news media and social media with their internal compliance systems, giving them the ability to regularly monitor and assess emerging risks. UBS, a global financial services firm, analyzes thousands of external sources in combination with its internal compliance database to detect controversial information and compliance issues at the organizations with which it does business. UBS uses this information to vet clients, determining that its reputational risk profile falls in line with the bank's risk exposure.9
- GE: Operations. GE developed a tool called Grid IQ Insight that mines social data, including geotag data and attachments such as photos, for mentions of electrical outages. The tool is designed to help electrical utilities identify and validate service outages in a timely manner, determine the resources needed to address them, and accelerate the repair process.10
- Walmart: New product development and demand prediction. Walmart Labs acquired Kosmix, a $300 million unstructured data analytics company, to build its Social Genome Platform. It uses a wide variety of data, including social media updates, blogs, transactions, images, media check-ins, and location, to help business users more effectively predict product demand and launch products.11 For instance, Walmart's private-label brand introduced new spicy chips in California and the Southwest based on consumer preference insights from Walmart Labs, which combined social chatter analysis and sales of branded spicy chips carried by Walmart stores to identify a new geography-specific opportunity.12
DoD: Strategic investments. The US Department of Defense (DoD) and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) use temporal analytics (trend analysis over a period of time) and other analytics technologies to pick up "predictive signals" amid the clutter of the World Wide Web and social media data. The DoD is using these capabilities to guide future science and technology investment decisions. Similarly, the CIA uses this approach to track protests around the world to predict threats against the interests of the United States.13
On what makes a data scientist successful: "Think of him or her as a hybrid of data hacker, analyst, communicator, and trusted adviser. The combination is extremely powerful—and rare." —Tom Davenport (author, professor, and senior advisor to Deloitte Analytics) and D. J. Patil (data scientist in residence, Greylock Partners)7
For companies that have been experimenting with social data analytics or semantic analytics tools, there are some lessons learned from efforts that have failed to deliver the desired degree of insight:
Analysis without defined goals: Exploring—sometimes in real time—data sets that you never had access to before may offer new insights. However, starting without strategic questions, clear metrics, and hypotheses around insights generally leads to poor utility of those insights.
Frameworks without context: Using off-the-shelf social data analytics tools that track key words, volume, and sentiment allows you to listen in to external conversations. However, these tools do not include your business context and almost inevitably lead to an incomplete analysis.
Right problem, wrong resources: Deploying analytics or market research resources who have experience with mining large volumes of qualitative data, pattern discovery, or anomaly detection capability is only half the solution. Neglecting to connect these resources with people who have a deep understanding of your business and strategic decision making process can position them to fail. They may struggle, for example, to raise insights to the right levels in the organization.
Looking ahead
In many companies, merely capturing and managing enormous volumes of data, much less analyzing them for insights, can seem like a virtually insurmountable task. But technology can help—along with a recognition of the role that humans and organizations have to play in the process. Here are some likely short- and long-term implications of this trend on business.
Technology will likely continue to evolve at an accelerated pace
Already, academic and corporate scientists are continuing to advance the state of the art of data science in areas such as natural language processing, computational heuristics, and semantic systems. And they're being spurred along by a more intense public recognition of, and interest in, such technology. Big events like elections only serve to keep such technologies in the public eye. Meanwhile, practical applications of these technologies continue to mount. It all adds up to a self-perpetuating system that could drive analytics capabilities to new heights in coming years.
Talent and organizational strength
Developing these capabilities often requires the skills of three specific leaders: data scientists, change agents, and executive champions. Data-gathering and analytics technologies receive plenty of attention, but capitalizing on the opportunities they introduce ultimately requires people who can examine, understand, and interpret the data, then present it in a way that the organization can use it effectively.
Large businesses today typically employ strategic analysts to examine competitive and market intelligence, conduct financial analysis, and create forecasts. Often, these professionals are focused on transactional analysis or solving huge problems that take years to address.
As they begin to triangulate social and traditional forms of data, businesses should expand and accelerate their analytical and pattern-detection capabilities. This demand is elevating the role of the data scientist, "a hybrid of data hacker, analyst, communicator, and trusted adviser."15 Data scientists plunge into the volumes of data to identify patterns, extract insights, and then apply and present their findings in the context of business problems. These professionals often have strong mathematical skills and investigative capabilities, are adept at pattern recognition, and are able to understand and articulate business problems.
Change agent roles are also important. They can be filled by people who understand the business, have analytical capabilities themselves, and are able to create targeted messaging to help improve acceptance and adoption of the data findings across the enterprise generally and within discrete areas specifically.
Finally, executive champions can play an essential role in driving the development of and budgeting for insights capabilities. In a recent survey, strategic corporate leaders—CEOs, presidents, and managing directors—were almost twice as likely as CIOs and CFOs to say that social business (and by inference the data underlying it) is important to their organizations.16 Providing top executives with the solution to a thorny problem can help build momentum for insight initiatives.
Data tailoring
Bite-sized tweet, meet the 1,000-page enterprise report. As executives begin to factor in social data and other enterprise data sets for fact-driven decision making, some will be more comfortable with a graph of tweets or other summary messages, while others will demand more detailed analysis. The new insight engine should have the ability to do both, allowing users to peel the layers of the onion.
Companies should have the ability, on demand, to mash up social data with enterprise data from ERP systems and other sources for timely contextualization, much like Burberry has done. Framing the resulting insights within broader issues and trends that are relevant to recipients of the information can facilitate understanding and decision making.
Workflow integration
Over time, more users across the value chain will likely need to be able to consume the new insights as part of their normal workflow or risk being left behind. The process of disseminating insights should factor in the ability of the organization to absorb and respond to them.
The devices and visuals used to access timely contextualized insights will likely become increasingly important. Passive output such as retrospective status reports will likely give way to consistently refreshed and collaborative data vehicles such as mobile applications and alerts.
Some companies are already surging ahead in the race to harness the potential of insight engines fueled by social data and big data. But no clear winners have emerged, and the technologies and processes continue to evolve in a timely manner. An important factor for the achievement of a company's goals will likely be its ability to transition from decision making based on traditional survey and budget cycles to near-real-time strategic decisions, without sowing organizational anarchy. Rebuilding insight engines, deploying human expertise in new ways, and effectively integrating resulting insights into the existing workflow can help make this happen.
My Take
Don Springer, VP Product Management/Strategy, Oracle Cloud Social Platform
Until 2012, I was CEO of Collective Intellect (CI), the social media analytics company acquired by Oracle. We helped businesses track, understand, and use social data to evaluate consumer opinion, measure buzz, identify customer sentiment, and manage corporate reputations. Now, as part of Oracle, we're augmenting large enterprise data with social data to deliver insights on everything from emerging company risks and new product demand to customer purchases. And we're doing it in part by blending unstructured data from social media with structured enterprise data to create real-time signal detection capabilities. The result is a whole new set of insights for the C-suite, business unit leadership, and even frontline workers.
Along the way, interesting use cases are emerging. In the financial services sector, we're creating next-generation global wealth management solutions that combine research about a company with consumer demand signals from social media on that company and its products. This allows research analysts, almost in real time, to make more informed interpretations, which in turn can drive smarter decisions. We're also helping some large retailers that are looking to intercept customers who are already in the store, but are using their mobile devices for comparison shopping and price checking. We want to influence the decisions of those customers while they're in the store making up their minds. Ten minutes after they leave the store could be too late.
C-level executives should understand that they have a window of 12–18 months to complete the shift to real-time signal detection. After that, they will likely be well behind their toughest competitors. To do it, they should attack this challenge at the enterprise level, shift business intelligence and insights, and begin making strategic decisions in alignment with their changing context.
EndnotesView all endnotes
- Robert Berkman, "Chief Marketing Officers See True Value in Social Media," MIT Sloan Management Review, September 20, 2012, http://sloanreview.mit.edu/improvisations/2012/09/20/chief-marketing-officers-see-true-value-in-social-media/, accessed February 1, 2013.
- Deloitte conducted a LinkedIn poll survey from November 29, 2012 to January 4, 2013 of CXO, VP, director-, and manager-level employees at companies with more than 5,000 employees, across numerous sectors.
- Ibid.
- Beth Kowitt, "Burberry's Angela Ahrendts: High Tech's Fashion Model," CNNMoney, June 5, 2012, http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/06/05/burberry-angela-ahrendts/, accessed February 1, 2013.
- Oracle, From Overload to Impact: An Industry Scorecard on Big Data Business Challenges, October 2012, pp. 5 and 15, http://www.oracle.com/us/industries/oracle-industries-scorecard-1692968.pdf, accessed February 1, 2013.
- Sasha Issenberg, "How President Obama's Campaign Used Big Data to Rally Individual Voters, Part 1," MIT Technology Review, December 16, 2012, http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/508836/how-obama-used-big-data-to-rally-voters-part-1/, accessed February 7, 2013; Zeynep Tufekci, "Beware the Smart Campaign," NYTimes.com, November 16, 2012, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/17/opinion/beware-the-big-data-campaign.html?_r=0, accessed February 7, 2013.
- Thomas H. Davenport and D.J. Patil, "Data Scientist: The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century," Harvard Business Review, October 2012, p. 2, http://hbr.org/2012/10/data-scientist-the-sexiest-job-of-the-21st-century/ar/1, accessed February 1, 2013.
- Authors' note: Deloitte has assessed the capabilities of these 250 companies. Deloitte analysts interviewed approximately 80 directly. The remaining companies were evaluated by Deloitte analysts based on publicly available information.
- John Adams, "UBS Taps Big Data to Shrink Reputational Risks," American Banker, February 3, 2012, http://www.americanbanker.com/issues/177_24/USB-big-data-analytics- reputational-risk-1046336-1.html, accessed February 1, 2013.
- Tom Raftery, "Sustainability, Social Media and Big Data," The Energy Collective, November 2, 2012, http://theenergycollective.com/tom-raftery/138166/sustainability-social-media-and-big-data, accessed February 1, 2013.
- Renee Boucher Ferguson, "It's All About the Platform: What Walmart and Google Have in Common," MIT Sloan Management Review, December 5, 2012, http://sloanreview.mit.edu/improvisations/2012/12/05/its-all-about-the-platform-what-walmart-and-google-have-in-common/, accessed February 7, 2013.
- Stephanie Clifford, "Social Media Are Giving A Voice to Taste Buds," NYTimes.com, July 30, 2012, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/31/technology/facebook-twitter-and-foursquare-as-corporate-focus-groups.html?_r=0, accessed February 7, 2013.
- Brand Niemann, "Temporal Analytics: Turning Protest Noise into Intelligence," Aol Government, October 30, 2012, http://gov.aol.com/2012/10/30/temporal-analytics-turning-protest-noise-into-intelligence/, accessed February 1, 2013.
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Public PAIR Database. Authors' note: The time between receipt of a patent application and publication to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's application database can take up to 18 months, so data for 2011 and 2012 may not be complete.
- Thomas H. Davenport and D.J. Patil, "Data Scientist: The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century," Harvard Business Review, October 2012, p. 2, http://hbr.org/2012/10/data-scientist-the-sexiest-job-of-the-21st-century/ar/1, accessed February 1, 2013.
- David Kiron, Doug Palmer, Anh Nguyen Phillips, and Nina Kruschwitz, "Social Business: What Are Companies Really Doing," MIT Sloan Management Review in collaboration with Deloitte, May 30, 2012, http://sloanreview.mit.edu/feature/social-business-value/, accessed February 1, 2013.


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SAN ANTONIO – The Texas A&M - Corpus Christi softball team exploded for 31 combined hits today as they split their opening games of the UTSA Mid-Major Classic at Roadrunner Field. After the Islanders' comeback bid fell short in the first game, 15-14, to Nebraska-Omaha, the Islanders responded with a season-high 16 hits en route to a 9-6 victory over Bryant.
The Islanders (3-8) will have a rematch with Omaha tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. before taking on host UTSA at 4:30 p.m.
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After falling behind 10-2 to Omaha in the top of the third, the Islanders rallied back to plate 12 runs in the bottom of the third to push ahead 14-10. The Mavericks battled back with a trio of runs in the fourth to cut the Islanders' lead to one. The Islanders held UNO off the board until a home run and a RBI double in the sixth lifted the Mavericks to a 15-14 victory.
The Islanders outhit Omaha 15-12 with Brittney Morse and J.J. Jackson picking up three hits apiece. Valerie Perez, Hayley Galloway, Lindsey Lyles each chipped in a pair while Jackson collected an impressive five RBIs.
The Mavericks got on board in the top of the second with seven runs on three hits to take a 7-0 lead. After a leadoff walk, Liz Carter retired the next two batters, before a RBI double to right center by Mara Eeman put the first run on the board. After a single and back-to-back walks plated two runs, Amber Lutmer hit a grand slam to put the Mavericks up 7-0.
A&M - Corpus Christi answered with a pair of runs in the bottom of the second after Galloway hit a two-run single to right field to score Morse and Jackson who both reached on singles.
Omaha followed with three more runs in the top of the third on three hits to extend their lead to 10-2. The Islanders' bats however ignited for 12 runs on 12 hits in the bottom of the third to take a 14-10 lead. Mickayla Cochran, Perez and Morse all hit consecutive singles before Jackson cranked her second grand slam of her career and second homer of the season over the right field wall. Carter kept things going with a single to right field before Galloway reached on a fielding error. After consecutive singles by Lyles and Mackinzee Griebel scored Carter, Galloway plated another run for the Islanders after the Bulldogs were called for an illegal pitch. Perez scored Lyles and Griebel on a two-run single to center field. Jackson plated her fifth RBI of the game after scoring Cochran on a single through the middle. Perez then scored on a single by Galloway before Jackson and Morse scored on a two-run single by Lyles down the left field line. The Mavericks pulled out of the inning with a groundout at first.
With the Islanders in front 14-13, the Mavericks responded with three runs in the fourth and a pair of runs in the sixth to secure a 15-14 win.
Constance Brandenburg (0-3) suffered the loss for the Islanders after relieving Carter in the circle. The senior allowed five hits and five runs, just two of them earned, while walking six and striking out one in four innings.
Dana Elsasser (5-1) posted the win for UNO. She didn't allow a run or a hit in four innings and struck out three batters.
The Islanders scored four runs in the third and five in the sixth en route to a 9-6 victory over Bryant. A&M - Corpus Christi's bats matched a season-high 16 hits in the victory, just three short of tying the single-game record of 19 set in 2008. The Islanders' defense held the Bulldogs to just nine hits.
Bryant got on board in the opening frame with one run on one hit. Leadoff hitter Kristen Carter started the top of the first win a single through the middle and advanced to second after Madeline Velasquez reached on an Islanders' fielding error. Bryant loaded the bases after Hayley Bottino was hit by the pitch. Elle Madsen then scored Carter on the RBI walk to put the Bulldogs on the board 1-0.
A&M - Corpus Christi's bats got hot in the top of the third with four runs on five hits to take a 4-1 lead. Dani Tefft led the inning with a single through the middle and advanced to second on her second stolen base of the year. Cochran followed suit with an infield single before her and Tefft both recorded stolen bases to put runners on second and third for Morse. The freshman then stepped to the plate and hit a RBI single to left field to score Tefft and put the Islanders on the board. With Cochran on third and Morse on first, Perez cranked a three-run homer over the center field wall to put the Islanders in front.
Bryant tacked on a run in the bottom of the third after Velasquez hit a solo home run over the center field wall to trim the Islanders lead to two.
The Islanders' bats kept rolling as they tallied seven hits in the top of the sixth to plate five runs to pad their lead to 9-2. Griebel started things off with a single to right field but was called out at second after Tefft reached on a fielder's choice. Cochran followed with an infield single before Morse loaded the bases with a single to third base. Perez then stepped to the plate and drilled her third hit of the game to right field to score Tefft and extend the Islanders lead to 5-2. Jackson kept things going with a two-run single down the right field line to score Cochran and Sorenson, who came in to pinch run for Morse. After an Islanders' strikeout, Laura Phillips sent a single to left field before Lyles hit a RBI single to left center to score Perez. Cassidy Ivy, who came in to pinch run for Jackson then scored on a fielding error by the Bulldogs.
The Bulldogs posted three runs in the bottom of the sixth on four hits to trim the Islanders' lead to four. Aubrey Mable hit a double to left field and advanced to third on an Islanders' throwing error. Kendall Corder followed with a RBI single to right field to score Mable for Bryant's third run of the game. With two outs, Velasquez tallied a two-run single to right field to score Liana Ogata, who walked and Jessica Benacquista after she reached with a fielder's choice.
Bryant added another run in the final frame after Madsen hit a leadoff single to shortstop and scored on a Corder RBI.
Perez went 3-for-4 to power the Islanders' offense while Cochran went 3-for-5. Tefft, Morse, and Carter each added a pair of hits while Griebel, Jackson, Phillips and Lyles each contributed one hit apiece.
Carter (3-3) picked up the win for the Islanders. The freshman limited the Bulldogs to nine hits and six runs while walking eight and striking out three in seven innings.
Elle Madsen (0-1) took the loss for the Bulldogs. She allowed six hits and four runs while walking two and striking out two in two innings.


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the data is easy, but almost useless because there is no way to add text.
I am looking forward to the addition of text placement capabilities to QCAD. I see from the mailing list and this forum that adding text has been planned for some time. Can you speculate on when it might be done?