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Biofungus posted on May 05, 2013 12:20:01 AM - Report post
Warning! While you can have virtually any amount of money, if you are down to your last opponent, as soon as they go over 100k, the game will basically stall (your opponent won't make any moves, nor will dialog trigger). They'll still do their "sitting there" animation, but the game is effectively dead ended (I guess since the entire table is supposed to contain only 100k max, the game assumes it won, but since you still have money, it doesn't know what to do.
Xen0byte posted on May 05, 2013 2:50:19 AM - Report post
I dunno about that. I accidentaly reached 1+ mil one time and still won the tournament (I was spamming the buttons because I went all in instead of folding a bad hand - damn controller buttons).
EDIT: I see, you mean if the opponent has over 100k. Have you tried pressing 3, 4, 5 and 6 when that happens?
EDIT: I see, you mean if the opponent has over 100k. Have you tried pressing 3, 4, 5 and 6 when that happens?
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Biofungus posted on May 06, 2013 11:21:55 PM - Report post
Unfortunately it doesn't work, because once your opponent has over 100k something triggers that effectively causes them to not do anything further regardless of how much they have.
And I did actually do it once mid-hand and had *two* people at the table in the final showdown (one did trigger a "deal me a good hand, Glados" dialog, but the game still recognized him as out of the game, even though he was still at the table. So fortunately I beat the guy who actually had money and it still resolved as me winning the tournament).
predcon posted on Sep 18, 2013 3:32:29 PM - Report post
So pressing 1 resets the trainer data? And not the stats in-game?
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Groton — The first two attack submarines that women will serve on are local boats.
Female officers will arrive at the Naval Submarine Base by January 2015 and join the crews of the USS Virginia (SSN 774) and the USS Minnesota (SSN 783), Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced Tuesday. Women have served on ballistic-missile and guided-missile submarines since the Navy lifted its ban in 2010.
"Female officers serving aboard Virginia-class submarines is the next natural step to more fully integrate women into the submarine force," Mabus said in a statement. "There are many extremely talented and capable women with a desire to succeed in this field and the submarine force will be stronger because of their efforts. Our Navy has proven over the years that one of our greatest advantages is our diversity. This is an advantage we should capitalize on across all platforms, including submarines."
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The six officers will be selected about a year from now, out of the group of women who are in training.
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"Further integrating women into our submarine force is a welcome step forward and will ensure that the Navy can continue to maximize the skill and talent of all those seeking to serve our country," he said in a statement.
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said he is "always pleased to see the submarine base at Groton leading the way in improving our submarine force.
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The Navy announced in January that female officers will begin reporting to attack submarines in fiscal year 2015, and, as the next step, enlisted women will be considered for sub duty.
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The Navy plans to assign women to four Virginia-class submarines at first, with the next two selected in fiscal 2016, said Vice Adm. Michael Connor, commander of the submarine force.
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Blade & Soul's Legendary Patch is Almost Here!
On the 26th players will get to fight alongside their fellow adventurers in two all new dungeons, the Spiral Labyrinth and the Frozen Warehouse, to uncover the secrets of Blade & Soul's first legendary weapon! Players will also get to travel higher through the Tower of Mushin to experience the 8th floor! and challenge other players in the new competitive PvP dueling arena!
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The Spiral Labyrinth will be separated into three descending floors, each floor will contain many rooms that hold a variety of challenges including some Qing Gong trials. Players must clear an entire floor in order to advance to the next. The awaited legendary weapons are stored in the Spiral Labyrinth, conquer this difficult maze and discover the hidden power that awaits you in these weapons.
Little information has been given about these legendary weapons. Their exact appearance and stats are currently unknown. However, Team Bloodlust was kind enough to provide an image that contains the silhouettes, check it out below.
The Spiral Labyrinth will also provide a new outfit and weapon for those courageous enough to face the God of Lightning and Wind. The outfit comes in Gold and Blue. Keep in mind that these sets and weapons are not of legendary quality.
The Frozen Warehouse
The Frozen Warehouse is a new six man dungeon that will require an immense amount of teamwork to conquer as players will only be allowed to enter the dungeon once a day. Defeat Chung-Ryong-Gwee, a relative to Juk-Ryong-Gwee, to receive a clue on the secrets of the Legendary weapons. You'll also have a chance to receive some new powerful gear as you progress through the Frozen Warehouse.
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An unexpected challenge awaits you here, you must pass the tests given by the Mushin himself, Chun Jin-Kwon. A new leaderboard system will be added so you can brag to your friends about your score.
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This feature will be tested first on the 26th before it's official release shortly after.
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Dec 20, 2012 - 10:24 PMi hate the green pants... its hideous. i wwish they were black or white.
other than that, in that picture Chan posted, it looks like a hairstyle ive never seen before. is that new???
Dec 20, 2012 - 10:33 PMMei hair =]
ANYWAY, 3v3 is going to be pretty sick I didn't know there were adding that.
Dec 20, 2012 - 10:39 PMThose outfits look amazing~
Dec 20, 2012 - 11:00 PMvery nice... I wonder what's in-stored for those Legendary Weapons the silhouettes look intriguing! but otherwise, a very nice patch to come for K:B&S!!! *bows*
Dec 21, 2012 - 12:59 AMI actually enjoy the green, simply because I rarely see it.
Dec 21, 2012 - 1:25 AMIt gets sexier and sexier~
Dec 21, 2012 - 2:25 AMWow, 3v3, I was not expecting that at all. I wonder if they'll have more modes like 2v2, 4v4, 5v5, or something similar to Dragon Nest's Wipe-out mode/ Mortal Kombat ladder. Looks like they're expanding more on PVP which is a good thing in my opinion.
Dec 21, 2012 - 2:44 AMWell those 2 bosses look like loads of fun... >_>;
And the 3v3 was a surprise, gives me a reason to actually want to duel?
But that once a day try at the dungeon, I can see the rage now if someone screws it up for the team lol
Edit: wait wait I think I skimmed over and forgot about the qing gong challenges :misdoubt: Looking very forward to those.
Dec 21, 2012 - 2:47 AMI think I remember seeing one of those creatures from the trailer in a screenshot or video ages ago...hmmm
Oh well, always nice to see Blade and soul being developed, hopefully at some point there'll be more than just new dungeons and pvp.
Dec 21, 2012 - 3:49 AM
Dec 21, 2012 - 4:24 AMAww, I love the concept of these two bosses. <3
Dec 21, 2012 - 1:16 PMComing to America when? The game is progressing so fast that it's going to be a real pain to catch up
Dec 21, 2012 - 2:56 PMThose weapons, even though they're just silhouettes, look great!
Dec 21, 2012 - 5:48 PMThis is good stuff. Cannot wait for more info on our version as well!
Dec 21, 2012 - 10:42 PMslowly but surely every time they make awesome updates like these i die a little inside cuz Korea gets to enjoy it now but we have to wait for another year for it so close.. yet so far away...
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Dec 24, 2012 - 12:52 PMI like those green pants, they're snot that bad.
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Management was the highest paying occupational group in 2007, with a mean hourly wage of $46.22, followed by legal occupations at $42.53.
Food preparation and serving related occupations ($9.35 per hour); farming, fishing, and forestry occupations ($10.89 per hour); and building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations ($11.33 per hour) were among the lowest paying occupational groups.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the activities of the National Fish Hatchery System, focusing on: (1) the funding level for the National Fish Hatchery System since 1992 and the funding level's impact on operations; (2) the production level at federal hatcheries; (3) the portion of production that is used for recovery and restoration efforts; (4) the distribution of total hatchery production into federal, state, and other waters; and (5) the issues related to health and disease problems at these hatcheries that pose problems for introducing their fish into the wild.
GAO noted that: (1) appropriations for operating the National Fish Hatchery System decreased about 15 percent from fiscal years (FY) 1992 through 1999 while the Fish and Wildlife Service's (FWS) overall budget increased during this period; (2) according to FWS personnel, these funding declines have resulted in unfilled staff positions and a drop in the distribution of fish and fish eggs; (3) about one-fourth of the positions at federal hatcheries are unfilled, and 1998 fish distribution was about 19 percent below 1992 levels; (4) in FY 1998, the National Fish Hatchery System distributed about 163 million fish, weighing a total of about 5.7 million pounds, and about 122 million fish eggs; (5) GAO's review of FWS' records showed that its data overstated the extent to which the distribution from federal hatcheries has gone for restoration or recovery efforts; (6) GAO found that 40 percent of the fish and 20 percent of the pounds distributed were used to assist in restoration and recovery efforts, not 80 percent of the fish and 56 percent of the pounds as identified by FWS; (7) moreover, federal hatcheries have assisted in the production of fish for commercial and recreational purposes to a greater extent than FWS indicated; (8) about three-fourths of the fish and half of the fish eggs were distributed to waters under federal jurisdiction, with most of the rest distributed to waters under state jurisdiction; (9) FWS officials and other fish health experts agree that much remains to be learned about the interaction of diseases between wild fish and hatchery-raised fish; (10) they stated that hatchery fish were not necessarily less healthy than wild fish but were more likely to show outward symptoms of disease, a tendency they attributed to the greater stress hatchery fish experience from changes in water temperature and quality, high population densities of fish, handling and transporting; (11) the hatcheries' responses to the health and disease problems in hatchery fish varied; (12) officials said many situations were alleviated with antibiotics or by reducing the stressful conditions, but, in some instances, fish or eggs were destroyed to avoid transmitting a problem to other fish; (13) GAO identified instances in which fish that may have been diseased had been released; and (14) hatchery officials said the latter course of action had been taken only with the concurrence of state officials and only in situations where a body of water was closed or where the specific disease was already known to exist.
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Comments: At the time the report was issued, the agency had already begun changing it classification system for hatchery production.
Recommendation: To provide Congress with the information needed to evaluate the appropriate role of the National Fish Hatchery System, the Secretary of the Interior should direct the Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service to take steps to refine the classification system for fish and fish egg distribution and help ensure that hatchery managers appropriately classify all fish and fish egg distribution by its principal purpose.
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Among all the union bosses cutting backroom deals with the White House in 2009, one has been noticably absent and that is Tom Buffenbarger, the president of the International Association of Machinists.
Buffenbarger, most-famously known for his 2008 tirade (see below) against then-candidate Obama is apparently on the White House's growing list of enemies and, therefore, is apparently not welcome in all of the back rooms at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue where union bosses cut their deals.
Last night, following Obama's State of the Union address, Buffenbarger (who seems to be a frustrated poet) released the following statement:
It is hard to reconcile the images of a year ago – millions of Americans watching as one as President Barack Obama took the oath of office – and the faces of 31 million Americans who have been idled in this Grave Recession. Even the pomp and ceremony of this State of the Union address could not dispel the sense that something has gone terribly awry.
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When one-fifth of America's workforce is idled to some degree, the full force of government, business, labor and academia must be marshaled to get them back to work. But no such comprehensive strategy was outlined tonight.
Tonight, for all those Americans who are unemployed or underemployed, the darkness grew deeper, the cold grew more penetrating, the hunger grew more acute and the fear – yes, the fear – of what tomorrow would bring grew more intense.
Tomorrow morning, when America's jobless open their morning newspapers, they will know that their national nightmare will last through 2010. The winter, spring and summer of their discontent now will feel interminable. And their growing anger and frustration will find an outlet, most probably in the 2010 midterm elections. [Emphasis added.]
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I'm solving a 2D grid with some finite-diference methods. The result is a surface, i.e f(x,y) = z. Where X and Y and points on a grid.
I then need to integrate over this grid, i.e
int(f(x,y),[x=0..10, y=0..10])
I have tried interpolating the grid. I've used CurveFitting:-ArrayInterpolation() to interpolate points in this 2D space and then integrate over them.
I'm using a 30x30 grid, but this interpolation scheme takes far too long. The function generated from the ArrayInterpolation creates an interpolation every time a point is evaluated, which I assume is why the integral is very computationally expensive.
I would like to create a piecewise analytic function from the 2-D grid, perhaps using CurveFitting:-Spline(), however from my understanding this only works for 1D objects?
Is there any better solution for integrating a 2D numeric grid?
Thanks in advance
I came across this interesting image restoration in the Mathematica community http://community.wolfram.com/groups/-/m/t/873396 and wondered how this could be applied in Maple.
Please find the attached file
The command PolynomialInterpolation doesn't work, I will be appreciate if you can help me
Error, (in CurveFitting:-ArrayInterpolation) invalid input: dimensions of independent data do not match the dimensions of dependent data
Download Matrix_Interpolation.mw
Hello Mapleprime Community,
Would you be kind to help me with the attached Maple worksheet. My goal is to do a 2D interpolation given the value of SR (slenderness ratio) and E_G (Young's modulus / Shear modulus ratio) in the Matrix table Vert_Coeff with header as vector E_G and the other as vector SR. I'm confused as to how to do the interpolation. Please help.
I am trying to find the interpolation of a 3D function.
I have the vector x, the vector y and a matrix M at my disposition. I know how to do the pointplot3d , but I can not find the function: f(x,y)
any suggestion?
Thank you for help
Hi. Is there a maple function which can interpolate values from a simple table:
given (x,y) compute z value
eg z(0.5,0.5)=1.5
array:=[0,2,4;1,3,5;2,4,6] #probably the wrong input, but you get the idea
there is a method in vba:
how to do optimization for two equations in terms of two variables
LPSolve({eq1}, {eq2}, assume = {nonnegative});
eq1 is a rational function and eq2 is a very large rational function
after run , it return error, objective function must be specified as a linear polynomial or vector
da := [LengthSplit(Flatten([[1,m],[2,m2],[seq([i+1,close3[i][1]], i=2..4)]]),2)];f := PolynomialInterpolation(da, z):solution := solve(f=-z, z, explicit);zz := [x1,x2,x3,x4];sigma := symMonomial(zz); #sigma := [x1+x2+x3+x4, x1*x2+x1*x3+x1*x4+x2*x3+x2*x4+x3*x4, x1*x2*x3+x1*x2*x4+x1*x3*x4+x2*x3*x4, x1*x2*x3*x4]sys1 := subs([x1=solution[1],x2=solution[2],x3=solution[3],x4=solution[4]], sigma[1]):sys2 := subs([x1=solution[1],x2=solution[2],x3=solution[3],x4=solution[4]], sigma[2]):sys3 := subs([x1=solution[1],x2=solution[2],x3=solution[3],x4=solution[4]], sigma[3]):sys4 := subs([x1=solution[1],x2=solution[2],x3=solution[3],x4=solution[4]], sigma[4]):da := [seq([i,close3[i][1]], i=1..5)];
with(Optimization):LPSolve(sys1, {sys2}, assume = {nonnegative});
how to further remove _Z with explicit in two variables case?
da := [[1,m],[2,m2],[3,1],[4,2],[5,3],[6,4]];f := PolynomialInterpolation(da, z):solution := solve(f=-z, z, explicit);
Hi !
I am trying to solve a pde with initial/boundary conditions, in the numeric mode. It works very well when I provide 3 numerical conditions : 1 initial condition (uniform distribution at first), and two boundary conditions.
Now I want to switch the initial condition to a function of r. It's a polynome I obtained after interpolation of another result. I tested it and the function interp20(r) works. But the pdsolve doesn't seem to evaluate the function, when it comes to start the procedure and pdsolve doesn't return a module as it should, although it doesn't send any message error.You can see the code following, with the error messages I get.
Is it strictly impossible to use a function as an initial condition ? Is it just a problem I could solve by converting the function or its result to something else ? Is float the right type of input ? For example, if I write a:=283.15, is it a float ?Have you already had similar problems ? How did you solve them ? Where could I find working code examples on this ? Could I solve this problem with non-uniform initial condition with another Maple function ? Then you very much for your help !
I have some X-Y data, and I would like to calculate a definate integral of the data. In this case x_data and y_data are vectors.
I tried this method.
But when I try to calculate an integral like this, I get an error.
int(y, x0..x1)
Error, (in int) operator y cannot be evaluated at one variable.
What is this error trying to tell me? I have tested by function y for values x1 and x2. My data is smooth and includes x1 and x2. I have no reason to believe that the function cannot be evaluated for any value of x.
Is there another (better) way to do what I want? This is a part of a large worksheet that reads data from an excel file, and I don't know how to reduce the worksheet for only this problem.
I have an arrays of data. One for x values, and one for y values. How can I obtain a numerical integration of y for a range of x values?
I have tried defining a function of X using ArrayInterpolation(x,y,X) and then calling evalf(Int(f,xmin..xmax)) but that gives an error message. (I don't seem to be able to paste into this window) The error message says
"Error, invalid input: evalf expects its 2nd argument, n, to be of type posint, but received numeric."
I thought I was using a form of the equation right from the help system.
I also tried the 2D version of integration, but it returns the difference of my limits times my function name.
I aslo tried AdaptiveQuadrature, but I can't get that to work either.
-Mike McDermott
Newbie Maple user
I have a small problem. I want to findout area under a curve. I got the plot from solving a partial differential equation. I want to find out area under the curve with out using interpolation. Are there any methods to find this.
here i enclose the method i have done.
Es := 0.117108e12:Ef := 0.78125e11:l := 0.150e-6:s := 0.500000e-3:f := 0.5898334197e-6:o := 0.9e-5:d := 0.10e-17:cb := 0.1e7/(19.9):c := l*f/(d*cb):PDE := diff(u(x, t), t)-(diff(u(x, t), x, x)) = 0: with(plots):with(plottools):ys := -0.4245333333e-1:IBC1 := {u(x, 0) = 0, (D[1](u))(0, t) = 0, (D[1](u))(1, t) = c}:S1 := pdsolve(PDE, IBC1, numeric, time = t, timestep = 0.1e-2);p2 := S1:-plot(t = .2525);
p3 := getdata(p2);
p3[3]:co:=CurveFitting[PolynomialInterpolation](p3[3], x):Area := int(co, x = x[1] .. x[2]):
So this is the procedure i used to find out, but can there be any other procedure to findout area directly from hte solution of PDE.
I have data file with 6 columns:
i.e. 3 coordinates (with some step) and values of B-functions at that 3D point. How to make interpolation of these B-functions to have them in arbitrary (x,y,z) point?
Then I need to solve diff equations like this:
f(...) depends on x,y,z,x',y',z' and B1,B2,B3. How to write this dsolve(...) construction when we have interpolations inside?
I paste below a simple code illustrating what I want to do: interpolate a function from two lists . I wonder it is a very simple task but I the function and the graph I get don't match with the correct ones in the end (both are plotted below).
> y_data:=[0.5266426348e-1, 0.7090942099e-1, 0.9392192453e-1, .1228458380, .1598545751, .2107200296, .3127241088, .4144428927, .5679723063, .6817484378, .7973388763, .9326799232, 1.393259472, 1.493936979, 1.566845149, 1.624353545, 1.670898228, 1.708874880, 1.739919717, 1.765298377, 1.786042765, 1.803007037, 1.816897481, 1.828294327, 1.837670808, 1.845410531, 1.851823072, 1.857157571, 1.861614283, 1.865354162, 1.868506707, 1.871176289, 1.873447229, 1.875387839, 1.877053637, 1.878489894, 1.879733654, 1.880815343, 1.881760039, 1.882588494, 1.883317935, 1.883962726, 1.884534877, 1.885044474, 1.885500010, 1.885908668, 1.886276537, 1.886608800, 1.886909882, 1.887183573, 1.887433127, 1.887661351, 1.887870669, 1.888063180, 1.888240711, 1.888404854, 1.888557000, 1.888698365, 1.888830022, 1.888952911, 1.889067865];
> x_data:=[10, 53/5, 56/5, 59/5, 62/5, 13, 68/5, 68/5, 13, 62/5, 59/5, 56/5, 56/5, 59/5, 62/5, 13, 68/5, 71/5, 74/5, 77/5, 16, 83/5, 86/5, 89/5, 92/5, 19, 98/5, 101/5, 104/5, 107/5, 22, 113/5, 116/5, 119/5, 122/5, 25, 128/5, 131/5, 134/5, 137/5, 28, 143/5, 146/5, 149/5, 152/5, 31, 158/5, 161/5, 164/5, 167/5, 34, 173/5, 176/5, 179/5, 182/5, 37, 188/5, 191/5, 194/5, 197/5, 40];
inverted_pairs:=[seq([y_[i], x_[i]], i = 1 .. nops(y_))];
interp := LeastSquares(y_data, x_data, k_, curve = a*k_^3+b*k_^2+c*k_+d);
I've tried different kinds of interpolation methods. In this code I use LeastSquares() function. I'm sure it has a quick solution but I'm really stuck and would appreciate any help/advice.
Thanks in advance!
PS: I didn't mention in above, but it is really important for me to get the associated function of the curve (e.g. ak_^3+bk_^2+ck_+d). I can get it using LeastSquares() function but with your code (where you use ArrayInterpolation()) the function is not generated in the end. Could you please indicate some way to do that? Thanks!
Hello Maple-Primers!
I am trying to evaluate a system at many different points. I would like to include an interpolation function in this system, but have thusfar been unsuccessful.
Usually, I solve a system symbolically by using eliminate and unapply:
eq[1] := A = M^3;eq[2] := C = A*2;eq[3] := D = N+3;eq[4] := B = piecewise(A = 0, 0,C);eq[5] := E = B*D;elimsol:=eliminate(convert(eq,list),[A,B,C,D,E])[1];
unappsol(1,2); {A = 8, B = 16, C = 16, D = 4, E = 64} <--- great!
eq[1] := A = M^3;eq[2] := C = A*2;eq[3] := D = N+3;eq[4] := B = piecewise(A = 0, 0,C);eq[5] := E = B*D;elimsol:=eliminate(convert(eq,list),[A,B,C,D,E])[1];
unappsol(1,2); {A = 8, B = 16, C = 16, D = 4, E = 64} <--- great!
Now, I want to include an interpolation function in the system of equations. They look like this (see worksheet for actual interpolation function):
B_interp := (W,T) -> CurveFitting:-ArrayInterpolation([FC_Map_W,FC_Map_T],FC_Map,Array(1 .. 1, 1 .. 1, 1 .. 2, [[[W, T]]]),method=linear);
eq[5] := E = B_interp(N,M);
Error, (in CurveFitting:-ArrayInterpolation) invalid input: coordinates of xvalues must be of type numeric <-- bad!
B_interp := (W,T) -> CurveFitting:-ArrayInterpolation([FC_Map_W,FC_Map_T],FC_Map,Array(1 .. 1, 1 .. 1, 1 .. 2, [[[W, T]]]),method=linear);
eq[5] := E = B_interp(N,M);
Error, (in CurveFitting:-ArrayInterpolation) invalid input: coordinates of xvalues must be of type numeric <-- bad!
Anyone have any ideas? I've tried to use polynomials, but I can't seem to get a fit close enough for my purposes.
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"The instant that I met the coaches and toured the campus I knew I wanted to be a Cardinal," Botsoe told Cardinal Authority.
Botsoe extended his verbal commitment to McDonnell on January 18, which proceeded the commitment of his travel club teammate Josh Stowers, who committed earlier this month. He is rated as the No. 43 outfielder in the country by Perfect Game.org. He also ranks as the No. 14 prospect in Illinois and the No. 2 outfielder in Illinois for class of 2015, right behind Stowers.
"That's very exciting," he said of the chance to play with his current teammate on the collegiate level.
Louisville first noticed Botsoe during a showcase event his freshman year and immediately began recruiting the talented athlete. While becoming was the first to recruit and extend a scholarship offer made an impression, Michigan and South Carolina also caught his attention.
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The Lady Bulldogs (7-0) claimed a 1-0 lead by claiming the doubles point with wins from Lilly Kimbell and Maho Kowase at No. 3 and a clinching victory from Lauren Herring and Kate Fuller at No. 2.
In singles, Texas evened the contest when freshman Lina Padegimaite upset Fuller 6-1, 6-3 at No. 5. The Lady Bulldogs went back on top 2-1 courtesy of a 6-0, 7-5 win by Kimbell at No. 6. Herring won her eighth consecutive match at No. 2. Texas junior Aeriel Ellis upset of second-ranked Chelsey Gullickson 6-0, 3-6, 6-3 at No. 1. It was only the third loss this season for the Bulldog senior who dropped to 20-3. Kowase clinched the victory, outlasting Gaytan-Leach 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-2 at No. 4.
Up next, Georgia will face seventh-ranked California in the quarterfinals at noon today.
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The Bulldogs (5-0) won doubles for the fifth straight time while sophomore Hernus Pieters captured the match clincher for the first time this season. Redshirt freshman Eric Diaz saw the first dual match action of his career, winning at No. 6 singles.
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Gacpl, if you notice, I don't respond to your post or blogs..why? because you like to stir things up and now your trying to compare a totally different case to the murder of a child. I responded today (my last time...
the jury said it wasn't murder. deal with it. but this is why you have to look out for your neighborhood, the fact is police can do very little to prevent it, they investigate it after the fact. people who have had their houses broke into never feel safe again. its a very bad feeling. i know it first hand when my parents house was broken into when i was a kid.
I am my own neighborhood watch and I profile anyone who doesn't belong there and will continue to do so. I do live in the country, so that makes it all that much easier.
More people need to question who is around and what they are doing. Advice for teens, when someone in a neighborhood asks who you are and what you are doing, answer honestly, not "None of your business", I speak about that personally. I saw some teen age boys in a place I knew they shouldn't be, confronted them and got nothing but smart @ss answers from them, That all stopped when the deputies showed up. They were charged with trespassing in a plea deal, dropping theft and burglary. The property owner was very thankful I got involved and watched out for them.
no i don't see it with race. if it was two white guys or two black guys, it would have easily been self defense. but because a non black killed a black, all the blacks that let the sharptons of the world tell them what to think get all up in arms, oh they are picking on black people again. grow up, open your eyes. look up the actual trial and watch it for yourself. then and only then will you see the truth.
I agree with you on this one, because it's all about the evidence, reasonable doubt and self defense period.
This case wouldn't have went to trial if it were white on white, black on black and even black on white/hispanic.
Well we wont know now will we becsuse it is not the case at point. what is relevant is that George Zimmerman shot and killed an unarmed black teenager whom he was profiling. And yes. I say again he acquitted because the state did not prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt with 6 jurors. So constititionally he is a free man. But again, is he really free? Let him come out of hiding and walk the streets again and engage with the citizens of Sanford Florida.
he profiled him due to how he was acting, not race, george didn't even mention race in the 911 call, the operator did
"Not exactly - the FBI said he was NOT profiled based on race."
FBI does not make the decision to charge. The United States Attorney does.
I have friends who are 911 operators and they tell me they get calls regarding "suspicious" activity. When questioned, the person is of another race, just walking down the street. These calls come from both white and black callers. We all seem to be weary of those who are different from ourselves.
"Not exactly - the FBI said he was NOT profiled based on race."
Well we will see once the Department Of Justice makes the "FINAL" decision to determine whether or not Trayvon Martin civil rights were violated.
"Not exactly - the FBI said he was NOT profiled based on race."
The DOJ will make that final determination as to whether or not he was. Not the FBI...
Please pardon the redundancy. My computer system is on the blink and I am having issues posting comments at this time. I will return later.
Has anyone noticed how far in the news this on going case is buried?
It's enough evidence to charge Zimmerman Federally. We are no longer talking state laws. We are now in a bigger and more broad approach. Let me say this: if the Federal Hivernment want you, they will get you. Maybe they will charge Zimmerman on Civil Rights violation or naybe they wont. We will have to just wait and see. These community activist, political figures, clergymsn, and of course supporters of the Trayvon Martin family are not going to ket this die out until they see justice for Trayvon Martin. I'm telling you. Watch CNN, USA Today. and etc. thus not going to go away.
All, please click on this link below:
Juror says Zimmerman 'got away with murder'
You maybe right Sebe, but I'm definitely hoping that they can find sonething to lock him up. He by with killing thus unarmed teenager. But I will also tell you that he wont get away. If the DOJ does not get him, then yoh will more than likely see vigilante justice against him. He is a marked nan Sebe. A fugitive from himself all the days of his life.
Yes, SF3 a marked man because of people like you who let emotions rule there judgement instead of facts and the rule of law.


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I Already like it here it helps me keep track of what i've read and watched and what i plan on doing!
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YES! For sure! My rant was just like.....yeah hahaha. Sleep deprivation I blame!!!!!!!!!!!!! After story I'm pretty excited for. But I wanna watch Ghost in the SHell first. I skip from anime to anime sometimes XP
Oh no that makes sense! I love Death Note!!!!! But I also love Code Geass. I just feel like....I guess it stuck a chord in me that just made it favorite XP
Finished CLannad though!!!!! You should read my rant that I did. I was like....GUH MY LIFE WHAT ARE THESE FEELINGS I HAVE. hahaha. It think it's just cause I'm sleep deprived and Clannad and then TomoyaXTomoyo.
Oh no don't worry! I'm not really considering Code Geass to be romantic ^_^ Well I mean...sure there's little tidbits of romance here and there, but not like....designed for romance. It just happens to be a favorite of mine. I hope Clannad will. I'm glad that it does :D
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Solutions for Chapter 6
The Basic Logic Operators of Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) are,
• Ladder diagram is designed using logic operators AND, OR, and NOT logic.
• Logical operation is performed by the PLC with fundamental logic operations using logic operators.
Thus, PLC uses the logic operators AND, OR, and NOT logic. So, the correct choice is.
Because all the logic operators are used in PLCs, options A, B, and C are wrong.


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Fast forward to 2008 and blogging can keep me up to 1:00 AM or later, but my late night job has some serious benefits. I get to drive the cars of my dreams. About a week before this year's Woodward Dream Cruise, though, I had just such a vehicle drop into my lap. We got a call from Ford that a very exciting vehicle was available for the taking; a replica of the actual Ford Mustang GT500 KR that plays KITT in the upcoming television series. It's no Firebird and it certainly doesn't come from General Motors, but it just may be one of the coolest vehicles on the road today at any price. Hit the jump to read our starry-eyed rendezvous with KITT.


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Pink 47 Gin
Old St. Andrews' Pink 47 Gin pushes the envelope in a couple of novel directions. Featuring 12 botanicals (including almond, cassia, nutmeg and juniper), I caught an interesting note about it which indicates that it features TWO(!) different kinds of coriander and angelica among its ingredients.
Yes, while garden angelica is the most common angelica in gin (Angelica archangelica), it's far from the only edible kind of angelica- and the floral character can vary from species to species. Angelica Lucida is a coastal plant which is eaten as if a celery. Wild Angelica (Angelica sylvestris) is an edible, pernicious weed, run rampant in the Canadian maritimes. There's others two, so clearly plenty of candidates for a second angelica ingredient….
Pink 47 is based on a neutral grain spirit and bottled in a faceted pink diamond bottle.
Nice, bright juniper nose, with a modicum of leafy herbs and a some clear coriander mixed in there as well. Very classic, with the herbs and minty notes a bit lower in the mix, coming through more clearly as the spirit warms.
Overall, the spirit feels thinner than expected on the palate. Lots of crisp, juniper reveling in its herbaceous side.


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Monday, Oct. 10, 2016, 4 p.m.
Millett Hall
Inaugural March participants gather at the hub starting at 2 p.m.
The March leaves the Hub at 3 p.m. and continues up Tallawanda Rd. to Millett Hall. Inaugural picnic and reception will follow at approximately 5:30 p.m. on the Millett Hall lawn.
The public is invited. Tickets are not required.
Ohio native Gregory Crawford and his wife Renate met while getting their Ph.Ds at Kent State University. The two accomplished physicists come to Miami after spending the last eight years at the University of Notre Dame.
After spending several days visiting with staff, faculty and students at Middletown, Hamilton, and Oxford, they are even more enthusiastic about Miami's future. "Renate and I are honored to follow the tremendous progress made under David and Valerie Hodge's leadership during the past decade, and we see so much opportunity, passion and enthusiasm in the Miami community," says Dr. Gregory P. Crawford. (Scroll for additional information on each of them.)
Dr. Crawford comes to us from the University of Notre Dame, where he has served as a Professor of Physics and Vice President and Associate Provost. He also served as a Professor of Physics and Engineering and Dean of Engineering at Brown University.
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Since 2010, Greg Crawford has dedicated his summers to biking across the country to raise awareness and funds for research to find treatments and a cure for Niemann-Pick Type C (NPC) disease.
Upon receiving her doctorate in physics, Mrs. Crawford became a National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Biomolecular Engineering at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C.
Renate completed her postdoctoral training at Stanford University and started as a faculty member at the University of Massachusetts, where she later became Chair of the Department of Physics, and subsequently, Associate Dean of Engineering. She was the senior academic advisor in Academic Affairs at Saint Mary's College and in August 2011, joined the University of Notre Dame as an adjunct Associate Professor of Physics.
"Having that breadth [of the liberal arts] was extraordinary for me. And I just know that there's no way I could have taken on leadership roles as dean or vice president and now president without being socialized in the liberal arts. You develop virtues and courage, empathy, humility. To be a leader, you need all of those skills."
Read more about Dr. Crawford and his views on the liberal arts in this Business Courier Q&A feature.
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It wasn't even on the radar for Trevor Evanson when he started the season, but now that he is there he is ready to make the most of it.
Evanson, a sophomore with the University of Northern Colorado track and field team, will be the first male athlete ever at the school to compete in the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships when he competes in the men's high jump today at the University of Oregon's Hayward Field.
When the season started, the only thing on Evanson's mind was clearing 7 feet. Well, he has done that and a whole lot more, which surprised even him.
"When I started the season this (making nationals) wasn't the goal," Evanson said. "This wasn't even close to what I was thinking about doing this year. It was really just to break 7 feet. But now that I have passed that, this is really awesome and unexpected."
It is been quite a season for Evanson, who not only won the Big Sky Conference outdoor title, but along the way won the long jump in six-straight meet at one point during the season and qualified for the NCAA West Preliminaries where he finished in the top 12 to qualify for nationals.
Now with his confidence at its highest point, Evanson believes he can compete with the best in the nation.
"I really do think I have what it takes to be here," Evanson said. "It is not just that it just happened. I think I actually proved I should be here and it is a very good feeling."
UNC assistant coach Travis Covey, who is in charge of the jumpers and has been with Evanson all the way on his journey to nationals, shares that feeling.
He knew he had the talent all along, but was even a little surprised how far he got so quickly.
"I knew Trevor was talented," Covey said. "My goal for him was to become a 7-footer and once we hit that goal it kind of transformed into why not be one of the best at the collegiate level and potentially one of the best in the United States before this is said and done."
To do that this year won't be easy in a field that includes 2012 Olympic silver medalist Erik Kynard of Kansas State and Indiana's Derek Drouin, a bronze medalist for Canada in the 2012 games.
The good news is that Evanson comes into the event with a seed mark of 7-1 that puts him in the top 14 among the 24-participant field.
Evanson's goal is to make All-American and to do that he believes he will need to at least hit 7-3. However, his goal is to make 7-5.
To do that, he knows he can't afford to miss any jumps, especially his first, the most important of the meet for momentum going forward.
"There are a whole bunch of people who miss their first jump," Evanson said. "It really comes down to you have to hit all of your marks to be up there. But if you miss the first one, then you are left out. If you don't clear the next height and someone else did you go down further than expected."
He admits there will be some nerves going into his first NCAA championships, but Covey is making sure he will be prepared.
On Thursday, he did a walk-through with Evanson during the meet so that he will be ready to go today when his event begins today.
"So he is already going to know what it sounds like, where everything on the track is, where I am going to be coaching him from," Covey said. "We're going to go all through that so when he gets to the track on Friday nothing is new. We have already seen it and it is just business as usual."
That's just the way Evanson likes it. In fact, the level of competition does not intimidate him. Instead, he thrives on it.
"I tried to stress that because when I jump against other people and there is only like three of us, it is not that exciting or motivational," Evanson said. "But when there is a bunch of good, other athletes out there with you than it really pushes you to do better."


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Today's guest post is written by Mana Ionescu.
During the holidays I prepared two days of meals, made three grocery trips, and cooked for about 12 hours straight.
In the end, we ate for 45 minutes each day, and the mashed potatoes were the most popular food item.
This reminded me of the lesser-known, and rarely-discussed side of marketing.
Behind the public side of marketing there are fundamental mechanisms that take place. And, just like cooking, marketing is a process that culminates in a quickly-consumed output.
Much too much conversation happens around the output so I decided to put together a list of the "secret sauce" ingredients that will help you improve your marketing efforts, starting with the foundation.
1. Make a commitment to invest in promoting your business.
This investment can take many forms – it can be time, money, meeting new people, or stepping outside of your comfort zone. You don't have to decide today how much you'll spend or how much time you'll dedicate to any activity. Just make a commitment to shed skepticism and cynicism and accept the value of promotional work.
Here's an example: In early 2011, a business owner asked me, "Do we really need a website? I don't know if we're getting anything from it." It turns out the website was getting a high volume of visitors and thousands of new email subscribers each month. Not knowing and not "getting" are two different things. The site was "getting," but the business owner didn't know it.
Every business needs a website, marketing (old and new), SEO, and PR. No excuses. Your business won't magically promote itself. Remember Groupon? Their sales and marketing investment was just as big as they grew to be.
Decide today you will grab every opportunity you can to promote your business. The longer you delay starting your efforts in any of the essential areas the longer you will delay seeing results. I'm not proposing overspending. I'm proposing you accept the fact that "becoming famous" doesn't come for free. So decide today you will not sweat every penny and every hour that needs to be spent on promoting your business. Just focus on investing on what will get you results.
2. Start a (collaborative) simple marketing calendar.
About 80 percent of the businesses we worked with in the past year did not have a useable marketing calendar. Some had a marketing calendar that only one person could see and no one used. We saw whiteboard calendars and paper organizers. We've heard every reason you can imagine for why that is so – "we have too many calendars already," "who will update the calendar?" "I like paper."
Isn't it much harder to navigate to a destination with hand-written directions only, and much easier with a map or a GPS? A marketing calendar is your map. You may choose to take a different path, but you still have the guide there.
A useful marketing calendar should be:
- Accessible
- Current
- Simple
- Clear
Here's how to accomplish that:
- Set up a Google calendar.
- Give access to all those who help you with promotional work.
- Email your contributors (your PR people, marketing and social media, SEO and customer service) and ask them to add the main promotional milestones of the year (in your industry). From holidays to major national conferences; list them all in there. Don't allow this calendar to become a brainstorm document. It's just a calendar. Keep it simple!
3. Think three months ahead.
Generally in December we think of the holidays but in fact, in December we need to start planning our Valentine's Day campaigns. Now that you have the major marketing milestones plotted on you calendar, subtract 3 months and plot your kick-offs. If your project life-cycle is 6 months then subtract 6 months.
Don't over-think this. This is not your marketing plan. Just pencil in a few milestones that will act as a guide, or as a compass for you throughout the year. You'll keep adjusting directions but the ship feels much more in control if you have a compass.
It will never be too early to start, but it can get too late. In marketing, just like in life, it's best to get there early.
4. Ask "why" five times.
For every marketing idea you or your team will come up with ask "why" should we do this. If you really want to select through ideas fast, put them through the obnoxious test of the five whys. It is the most effective annoyance exercise you will ever do.
Idea: We should be on Twitter.
Q: Why?
A: So we can have more of a presence online.
Q: Why?
A: So we can reach more people.
Q: Why?
A: So more people know of us.
And so on…
You can see how you get more clarity the more you ask. The reason we want to be on Twitter is to get more people to become aware of us. And there are many ways to do that, not just Twitter. So now we can look into all the ways to get there. We also just killed an assumption that may have limited our marketing.
5. Have a champion? Keep her a champion!
What is the one thing that worked really well last year? Consider a repeat. You may have to re-tool it but don't be afraid to re-do. Think of Coca-Cola and their Santa commercials. Coca-Cola started the Santa campaign in 1931. The illustrations were so popular Coca-Cola continued to work with Michigan-born illustrator Haddon Sundblom until 1964 and the concept remained until today.
As a marketer I'm used to being asked for "new ideas" frequently. New ideas are great, but they're not champions until they defeat a champion. So I prefer to focus on winning ideas rather than "new ideas."
In conclusion, commit to making no excuses, get organized, watch the compass, simplify and stick to your winner. Now you can start your marketing planning. Ready? Go!
What are your "behind-the-scenes" marketing tips?
Mana Ionescu is the president and founder of Lighspan Digital, where digital marketing is done with purpose. Follow her blog here.
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77 Comments on "2012 Marketing: Five Ways to Power It Up"
Good article. @SpinSucks
Nice insights. I appreciate that you recognized, that simplicity is valuable and that new is not always better.
@kafilutz thanks! Yes, "simple" works for everyone. Complicated… well, it's complicated ;). Do you have a tip you'd like to share?
@manamica The one thing to ask before doing anything (not just in marketing) is: Does the added value cover the added cost?
Unfortunatley a lot of times the evaluation seems to be overlooking the added complexity. Despite the fact that complexity is a huge costdriver and is coming along with a rattail of risks and coordinationefforts…
@kafilutz we should look for MORE value than the added cost. Right?
@manamica exactly. Don't forget to be aware that often the valuation depends on the person who looks at it. In a lot of cases people are strongly biased.
As an example: In respect to advice #5 this can lead to a marketing manager changing a lot of things because he feels, that if he would "just" optimize and adapt an existing strategy it wouldn't be enough to excite his boss.
I love this post because it is simple, direct and makes sense. It is helpful and will be easy for people to drop in, read, understand and take away. Good start for 2012. Excellent points/reminders for all of us. Thanks.
@allenmireles thanks fo the kind words. Everyone deserves a good start to 2012, even our marketing planning does :).
@manamica Perhaps especially. 😉
@ginidietrich Gini, thanks so much for the opportunity to guest post!
@jenny_parker1 thanks for resharing my post. What's ur #1 marketing tip for 2012? 🙂
@Event360 thanks for resharing my post. What's ur #1 marketing tip? 🙂 @ginidietrich
@manamica @ginidietrich Don't be too obsessed by technique t.co/1Kejcy3o
@misterrjones thanks for resharing. What's ur #1 tip for 2012? 🙂
@manamica My #1 Tip for 2012 is to make it to 2013
@JenMcGahan Hi Jen, thanks for resharing. What's ur #1 marketing tip for 2012? 🙂
@jasonkonopinski thanks Jason. Do you agree?
@manamica Typing a comment on the post right now. 🙂
@jasonkonopinski ok, I'll be patient then 😉
@manamica A patient Romanian? Pffft. 😉
@M_Laing thanks Michelle! Asking why 5 times helps avoid making bad assumptions 🙂 What do u think of that method? @spinsucks
I love what you've done here, Mana! The collaborative marketing calendar is such a powerful concept because it really breaks down the silos that plague so many organizations. It always amazing me that even the smallest teams suffer from the silo-effect to the detriment of their own success.
Point #4 is one that I use again and again, both personally and professionally. It really helps me organize my thought process when presenting an option.
@jasonkonopinski Jason, I have a question about that. I like #4 but I fail at it sometimes. Do you mix up the questions ever? I'm curious what other Ws should be thrown in there to make that method more effective?
@manamica I think Why is the most powerful question to ask because it really forces us to examine every step of the decision-making process. It might be uncomfortable and we might not like the answers, but that's kind of the point.
@deliberateink @ShakirahDawud 🙂 maybe a new idea for Gini, a "ask Gini" column… @ginidietrich
We have been planning the 2012 calendar for some time and Google Docs and Calendars dont seem to work for us because they require us to all look in a different spot. I am constantly asking people for things just to realize they put the docs in the Google folder and I didnt check my gmail. I totally agree that this is a must-have but wish there was an easier way. Any ideas?
I also love #4 but unless people know what you are doing and why, then I can see some angry glances exchanged over the 5 questions 🙂
I think the first point hit home the most. It might be because I'm starting a new business. I have to address the other four ideas, too, although sharing a calendar isn't a huge hassle. I'm the only person at my business. Maybe some day I will have to worry about sharing a calendar. I think that would be a nice worry to have. Since it is only me at the business, I spend a lot of time with number four. I have to be very conscientious about my aims for and purposes with using certain tools.
@Erin F. congrats on your new business Erin! This is the year for it, go get'em! You can't start marketing too early, honestly. Start getting the word out there as soon as you can :).
@EricaAllison Hi and Happy New Year to you too! Yes, no more pdfs :). I often think of it as crowdsourcing. I'm surrounded by all these smart, wonderful people, why not let them make the updates and notes on the calendar? Re: reusing a champion – exactly, let's stay focused on results, right?
@manamica@EricaAllison Of course the difference in this context is that we're all willing and able to do the work and see what is effective in meeting those marketing and promotional objectives.
Empowering the team to make updates and notes is the first step to really taking ownership of their roles within the organization, IMO. And that's a good thing.
@SocialMediaDDS Hi Claudia, hugs back! Getting organized is a never-ending process 🙂 m_laing reminds me to be more organized. And I feel like that's the trick, if I can surround myself by people who are better than me, I'll become better than this "me" too heh. So give it a try, ask your team to organize the calendar and think 3 months in advance. Only after they add their pieces do a read-through and add your touches. And I'd love to learn what other solutions you find in the process. Please send back your wisdom :).
@IAmAdamGreen Want to be your own boss? I became mine 3 months ago and now I make 4k a month working fro home mymoneyjournalsite .com
Mana – I love the five why's. I'd never heard of that before but it's so simple. Love it! Happy New year my friend!
@Sean McGinnis Happy New Year! Let me know what happens when you ask them. It's my version of an idea I got from "Start With Why" by Simon Sinek. Simon says, "any organization can explain "what" it does; some can explain "how" they do it; but very few can clearly articulate "why."" And what I learned is that even when asked few can clearly articulate why. That's why sometimes we have to ask 5 times.
Yep – big fan of Sinek's Why-based approach – just hadn't thought about it in a project or tactical context. Great stuff. @manamica
@Sean McGinnis @manamica how many boys are in your house, Sean? Don't you have a why-based approach at home? I bet you'd be great at this!
@Lisa Gerber@sean or perhaps the boys are asking why the most?
@John_Trader1 Hi John! Isn't it funny that we "rush" to be creative, when it doesn't take a rush to reuse. I think @kafilutz was also referring of the fear of failing below. But "polishing" (I really love your term here) should lower the risk of failure right?
@manamica You're absolutely right. Rushing to polish isn't as inherent as it may seem. We often look to lower the risk of failure by wowing everyone with our new ideas rather than retooling something that is creative but just didn't hit the mark on the first time around.
Mana, I love your post. The marketing calendar resonated with me. This past year, we began using Basecamp to help encourage team collaboration and improve communication within our organization. You inspired me to create a marketing calendar project using our Basecamp software. This way the entire team can see it and get involved!
@ChrisMurphy1 Hi Chris! Yes, we use Basecamp too! I synch the Basecamp calendars with the Google Calendar. Great idea to use Basecamp to organize the calendar! Sounds like you're more than set! Have a fantastic 2012! 🙂
@manamica I got a problem loading page…did you have another link for me? 🙂
@aliciamarie112 maybe this will work 🙂 http://t.co/DSwqOevx
@manamica it worked. Thanks for sharing with me 🙂
@careersherpa thanks for resharing the marketing tips article. would love to hear your tips 🙂
@NotEasyToForget thanks. Not easy to ask why 5 times, but it works great 🙂
@manamica made perfect sense to me!
Hi mana! You're so right about re-using a successful campaign. Why reinvent? I thought we all knew that?! But no, I've spent a great deal of time in tourism marketing and every year, everyone wants to "refresh the brand" usually because it's a new group of individuals. It doesn't matter; even if you don't "like" it. Let it do it's thing. Give it time to show results or not. Measure it. THEN make an educated decision.
Thanks for the very smart post!!! 🙂
@Lisa Gerber Hi Lisa! Ah, refreshing the brand… maybe asking why 5 times would change their minds? 😉
@manamica@Lisa Gerber That is such a great idea. I wish I had known this new little trick in one particular instance. Instead of stomping and screaming about longevity, I could have sat there calmly and say "why?" five times. Brilliant.
@Lisa Gerber I have trouble sitting there calmly, that's how I came up with the 5 whys :). And since I'm naturally a big talker, it also reminds me to slow down and give the other person time to talk.
@manamica love the article, especially #3 Thinking three months ahead is crucial for all us marketing/pr/internet folk. ^jh
@DTCchicago Thanks ^JH! Any tips you DTC guys want to share?
@manamica Hmmm, let's see – I would say using web analytics software to jump start your marketing would be a great idea for the new year. Tracking your goals in Google Analytics allows you to analyze how effective/valuable your different online lead generation streams. If you are not actively tracking how people are using and exploring your website, there is no time like the present to install Analytics on your site. George Zlatin (one of our co-founders) just wrote a blog post on goal tracking in Analytics for anyone looking to get in the know: http://www.digitalthirdcoast.net/blog/goals-google-analytics
Think Three Months Ahead! That is my favorite point. I sometimes forget this but try to remember due to the fact that it is crucial when it comes to pulling off well connected campaigns, especially those that are centered around a niche audience.
@jennimacdonald Hi Jenni! If you put the "kickoff" on the calendar you won't forget :). So I think it goes beyond thinking 3 months ahead, it's think and act 3 months ahead.
@cristerdelacruz Hi, Crister, how are you?
So glad that kathysteele shared your post with our team. We're using the Google shared calendar/documents for our editorial content and love that everyone can access and view. Another tip is to share the love – we've been dividing and conquering so that content development is shared among different contributors – sharing the workload, voice and perspective.
@Nichole Santoro Hi Nichole! I love the idea of "sharing the love." There's power in numbers, isn't there? kathysteele
@manamica@Nichole Santoro I absolutely loved this post! We felt so relieved when we determined that the Google calendar would house our 2012 content and marketing plan. So much easier than updating an excel matrix and redistributing! I also feel it is our duty to ask why when working with clients. Why do you need a moblie app, a rebranding, a QR code campaign? Clients like to latch on to trendy marketing tactics and just like telling a friend that micro-mini does not work on her you have to have that same candid conversation with clients.
@kathysteele@Nichole Santoro sounds like you're off to a really great start to the year!
There is just so much in here that I *love* that I don't know where to start! "I love paper" made me laugh out loud!! 🙂 And the Five Whys test is so simple yet so effective! But even the 45 minute dinners of champion mashed potatoes delivered visceral impact (though that could be because I friggin' DIE for mash). This one is bookmarked. Absolutely chock full of info. Cheers, Lindsay
@belllindsay ha! I am glad you got a few chuckles out of this. You know, the mash potato story has a hidden marketing story in it too. My BF says, "make more mash potatoes" (he was peeling them you see), and I said "no, I'm making this and that." He says, "but you can never have too much mash potatoes!" Do I listen? No. Marketing lesson – listen to the eaters (your customers), they know what they want to eat better than the cook (the marketer).
@MichaelBowers thanks Michael! Got a #marketing tip we should add? @spinsucks
Awesome tips Mana 🙂 Happy New Year.
@ginidietrich @manamica The fourth tip was great but I like the third one better.
@marketngtidbits Thanks for the RT 🙂
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