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Halloween Information from the Berkeley Heights Police Department
October, 2014
Dear Parents,
The Berkeley Heights Police Department would like to take this opportunity to advise parents of recommended precautions that should be taken if your child goes "Trick-or-Treating".
In addition, we would like to remind parents that so-called "Mischief Night" is not recognized or condoned as an official holiday. We urge you again to impress upon your child that Halloween is traditionally a "fun time", and not a time of free license for destruction or defacing of property. Any child committing any mischievous act or involved in vandalism, will be apprehended and referred to the proper juvenile authorities. The residents of Berkeley Heights have displayed excellent cooperation in the past, and we again solicit your help.
Very truly yours,
John DiPasquale
Acting Chief of Police
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I know I've been away for a while. I wanted to step away from the 2014 election and let things cool off a little. To say I have little faith in the GOP and its ability to accomplish anything of actual value to this country is an understatement. Although, I will admit that the teeth-gnashing, hand-wringing, spin-filled reaction from the butthurt Democrat camp was amusing to watch, as they tried to make excuses for their significant losses – everything from the DERP-filled "VOTERS WERE DISENFRANCHISED!" to "WE MADE #GUNSENSE PROGRESS!" to "REPUBLICANS ARE POOPY HEADS AND THIS ELECTION DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING."
I admit it. I laughed.
I always like a good chuckle, especially when the now-infamous, violence planner, oath-breaking coward LTC (ret.) Robert (mastur)Bateman pens another angst-filled screed about the evils of guns, the evils of the NRA, and the evils of Second Amendment advocates. Because RIGHTS BAD!
What has Bob's panties all bunched up in his puckered anus this time? Apparently, someone had the unmitigated gall to exercise their Second Amendment rights in his presence!
And because Bob considers himself an authority on what the citizens of this country, whose Constitution he swore an oath to defend, need and what rights they should be allowed to exercise, he took a wet, nervous dump in his Underoos when he saw a guy open carrying his pistol.
I'm not going to fisk his sniveling treatise, because a) I have no time to address gun banner monkey turd flinging not based in any fact and 2) I don't want to give (mastur)Bateman more attention than he deserves. So I'm merely going to give you his bottom line, which consists of whimpering that no one needs a gun in a family restaurant (as if a paunchy, half-literate, retired, attention-whoring O-5 is somehow a viable arbiter for anyone's needs) and a plaintive whimper about America's "gun culture" and how it (the culture – not criminals, or negligence) kills or wounds something like 100 thousand Americans (without acknowledging that deaths by firearms, and violent crimes in general have been declining steadily over the years, while gun ownership has risen).
I'm also going to ridicule Bob a bit, because Bob is an idiot. Bob sneers about the motto Second Amendment advocates (and the big, bad NRA!) have adopted as a defiant warning to the politicians and retired O-5s who bloviate about taking away their natural rights. "Molon Labe," Bob claims, was appropriated from the movie "The 300" by gun rights advocates, who are unaware of its history. Never mind the movie came out in 2006, and gun rights advocates have been using this particular phrase since at least the 1990s. Never mind that it's the current motto of the United States Special Operations Command Central (SOCCENT), and has been used in that very same spirit of defiance during the Texas revolution. Not that Bob has any respect for actual members of the military or anyone fighting for actual freedom – you know, those who didn't spend their careers warping the minds of young cadets or lounging around at NATO, "planning violence" – but it's always useful for panty-shitting cowards to excoriate others based on their alleged "knowledge" of King Leonidas' Sparta, from whom the quote allegedly originated, rather than comprehend the spirit of the quote itself, which has been used by modern day armies and individuals as a cry of defiance for several hundred years.
And because Bob has no comprehension of honor, but rather chooses to crawl like a cockroach and lick the hands of his masters in vain hopes of perhaps getting appointed to some bureaucratic position somewhere in DC, he would rather focus on the "apocryphal" source of the quote than its meaning and what it has come to represent.
It's OK, Bob. We understand that your lack of testicular fortitude prompts you to consistently bait gun owners from the relative safety of your computer at home. We also understand that despite your teary-eyed claims of being victimized by threats from gun owners, the vast majority of gun owners wouldn't waste their time on vermin such as you other than to ridicule your lack of basic understanding of natural rights and your sneering contempt for the very people whose rights you swore an oath to protect. (Unlike your gun grabber friends who gleefully celebrate the thought of someone's child being harmed, and plan how to best cause the deaths of gun owners by SWATting – such nice company you keep, Bob!)
So it's time to once again ridicule Bob for being an oath-breaking, snot-nosed coward who soils himself at the sight of a normal guy peaceably exercising his right to keep and bear arms in public. Someone hand Bob a tissue and one of these.


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Vincent Iannelli, M.D., is a board certified pediatrician and Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and is the author of The Everything Father's First Year Book, which is now in its updated, second edition.
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Dr. Iannelli is a member of the AAP Section on Administration & Practice Management and is on the AAP Council on Communications and Media.
He is a single father with four very active children.
Dr. Iannelli currently has a private pediatrics practice in a suburb of Dallas and he is an associate professor of Pediatrics at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. In addition to being a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, he is also a member of the Texas Medical Association and Dallas County Medical Society.
Dr. Iannelli is also the technical editor/medical expert for several parenting books on overweight children, childhood illnesses, autism, getting babies to sleep, and cooking for babies and toddlers.
Dr. Iannelli has also been featured as an expert in several national magazines, including Baby Talk, Redbook, Home Life, ePregnancy, and My Family Doctor, and has discussed parenting and health topics on the Good Morning Texas TV show.
He recently attended the American Academy of Pediatrics Legislative Conference and discussed reauthorizing CHIP and passing the Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2015.
Dr. Iannelli graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor's degree in Biology. He then attended medical school at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas and completed his pediatrics residency at Children's Medical Center in Dallas.
With my strong interest in pediatrics and the Internet, I think that I can help pediatricians and parents find the resources they need to help care for their children. Upcoming topics will include information on promoting healthy nutrition, recognizing developmental delays and providing information about behavioral issues and under-treated conditions, especially asthma, depression, learning disabilities, and childhood obesity.


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Aw, you know how it is. You're like CHOO CHOO and your best friend's all CHOO CHOO and then you're all laughin' at that mess and Mommy's like "What's up wit dat?" and she don't even know. That's trainbros, man. That's what it's about. Bond for life.
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|Jul 26, 1988
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|Jan 25, 1984
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|Dec 3, 1976
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|Torsten Andersson, Bjorn Ohlsson
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|Sinus Medical Equipment Ab
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This is a Continuation-In-Part of U.S. Ser. No. 857,696, filed on Dec. 5, 1977 by Torsten Andersson and Bjorn Ohlsson, and now abandoned.
The present invention relates to a method of in situ diagnosticating pathological changes in human tissue, and in particular in breast tissue, and a device for carrying out the method.
It is well known in the art that distinct indications of cancer in, for example, human breast tissue, can only be positively obtained prior to surgical removal of the tissue by cytological examination of a small extracted sample. The extraction is effected by means of a needle, which must be inserted into the tissue accurately in order to reach the location of the suspected tissue.
Hitherto it has only been possible to extract samples accurately for cytological examination, by directing the needle for removal of the sample during continuous X-ray examination. This is a very difficult procedure and in a very large percentage of cases the cytological tests are negative and it has only been possible to practice the method where a rather high expectancy of cancer exists. The extraction of samples during continuous X-ray examination is not a readily acceptable method, since it may involve a cancer risk per se.
Because of this it has been proposed to transilluminate the tissue, such as the breast of a woman, with a light source, and optionally to photograph the transilluminated tissue. Since the wave lengths of the light transmitted and the wave lengths of the light absorbed were not previously exactly known, it has not been possible to make visual observations and photographic recordings successfully. It has also been proposed to transilluminate the tissue in semi-darkness, with the aid of a very powerful light-source against a blue background illumination. The disadvantage with this method is that the eye is forced to observe spectra of widely differing wave-lengths, namely the blue background illumination and the red image of the tissue. These two light effects greatly impair the possibility of the eye to discern contrasts, and consequently the illuminated tissue cannot be observed visually with any degree of certainty. The greatest problem, however, is that a pathological change in the tissue, e.g. a cancer growth, can only be perceived with great difficulty. When the tissue is transilluminated with blue light, the light will be greatly absorbed by the blood in the tissue, as later illustrated, and an anomaly in the form of, for example, a cancerous growth which contains a collection of blood will appear as a spot during said transillumination. The appearance of the spot to the human eye is based on the information found within the wave-length of 600-700 nm, since practically all light beneath 600 nm is absorbed by the blood in the breast tissue and the sensitivity of the eye is practically zero at about 700 nm. The degree of uncertainty is then such as to necessitate an X-ray examination. Attempts to photograph the transilluminated tissue with a black and white sensitive film or a colour film in order to facilitate investigation of the image have failed, since conventional colour film, for example, has no appreciable sensitivity over wave-lengths between 600-700 nanometers.
Consequently the prime object of the invention is to provide a novel method of in situ diagnosticating pathological changes in body tissue. The novel method is mainly based on the steps of transilluminating the body tissue by means of a low-intensity light source arranged to generate light within the whole of the visible spectrum and preferably within the range of 400-1000 nm. The lamp has a tungsten filament and, for example, is of the type sold by Philips under the designation 12105N and having a power of about 20 watts. The light from this lamp is transmitted into the body tissue by means of a shielded light conductor, for example a homogenous acrylic rod or a flexible fibre optic rod. One end of this light conductor is irradiated by the light source and the other end is held against one side of the body tissue. The non-filter light is spread uniformly through the body tissue and the resultant image can be observed from the other side of the tissue. The transmission of light is substantially constant within the whole of the spectral range of the tissue in question, while the veins, arteries, changes in tissue etc. which contain blood will absorb light within the blue-green part of the spectrum, the absorption being less within the range of 600-1000 nm. The absorption of light by the blood within the range of 550-580 nm becomes particularly noticeable. Thus, tissue containing much blood will be a very dark red, or almost black colour, thereby rendering it impossible to visually observe any details, since the eye is sensitive only in the range of 400-600 nm. Consequently, in order to produce a detailed image of the tissue and its changes it is necessary to select a wave-length range within the red spectrum, i.e. within a range exceeding 600 nm. Experiments have shown that the difference in transmission within a wavelength range of, for example, 600-900 nm in respect of body tissue as such, and blood, is sufficient to obtain a requisite contrast, i.e. it shall be possible to differentiate the form and nature of the tissue from that of blood. The eye, however, is not capable of detailed discernment and consequently there is used in accordance with the invention a colour film which is also sensitive to light within the infrared range, i.e. within a range of about 650-900 nm. The film is held in a manner such that the plane of the film lies substantially in a plane which intersects the axial extension of the light conductor perpendicularly, i.e. lies parallel with the surface of the light conductor lying against the tissue when said surface is planar. The film is then exposed with a flash lamp and the high intensity of the lamp, which transmits light through the whole of the visible spectrum, exposes the film very rapidly, for example in 1/60th of a second. Since the colour film used is also sensitive to infrared light, i.e. light within the range of 650-900 nm, as is the case with a colour film sold by Kodak under the name Kodak Electrochrome Infrared, and the difference in transmission between body tissue as such and blood is sufficient to enable all details which cannot be observed by the human eye to be clearly registered on the exposed infrared-sensitive film, there is obtained a clear and succinct documentation of the appearance of the tissue, thereby often rendering it unnecessary to take surgical steps for ascertaining the changes in the tissue.
The novel method according to the invention is carried out by means of a device comprising two light sources, of which one is used to visually observe shadowy anomalies in the image of the transilluminated tissue, and the other comprises a flash lamp for recording said image photographically on a colour film, the two light sources being arranged to illuminate, independently of one another, the input end of a light conductor for transmitting light to the body tissue to be examined. The output end of the light conductor is arranged to be brought into contact with the body tissue to be transilluminated, and can be aligned onto anomalies in the body tissue by means of the light source used for visual illumination, said light source being of low intensity and emitting unfiltered light through the blue to the infrared wave-length region of the spectrum. The photographic film is mounted in a camera and consists of a colour film which is sensitive to infrared light and which is arranged to be exposed by activating the flash lamp, which emits unfiltered light within the blue to the infrared region of the spectrum.
The method and the device will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawing, in which FIG. 1 is a sectional view of an illuminating device constructed in accordance with the invention, FIG. 2 shows very schematically the manner in which the illuminating device of FIG. 1 is used when taking photographic pictures, and FIG. 3 is a blood transmission curve plotted in respect of an exemplary sample of tissue.
The reference 1 identifies a light-conducting member which in the illustrated embodiment comprises a curved and optionally flexible rod of a transluminent plastics material, such as acrylic resin, said rod being of circular cross-section and having an end surface 7 arranged to be pressed against the region of body tissue to be examined, such as the breast 8 of a woman. The member 1 is covered with a thin layer of an opaque material, with the exception of its end surfaces. One end of the member 1 is inserted into a cylindrical housing 4 provided with a control box 3. The housing 4 is manufactured of an opaque material and includes two light sources 2,5, of which one is an incandescent lamp 5 arranged to be energized from a conventional, variable voltage source (not shown) arranged in the box 3. The other light source comprises an electronic flash source 2 arranged to be activated by means of devices (not shown) in the box 3 and which is synchronized with the shutter of a camera 9. The camera is located on the side of said region of tissue to be examined remote from the light source. The reference 6 identifies a flexible power-supply cable.
When differentially diagnosticating pathological changes in human tissue in accordance with the method of the invention, the aforedescribed device is used in the following manner:
The free end 7 of the light-conducting member 1 is held, for example, against the underside of a breast 8 to be examined. The incandescent lamp 5, which is of low intensity, is ignited and emits light within the whole of the visible spectrum and in all events within the blue to the infrared region of the spectrum. The light is diffused and spread in the body tissue, which is a requirement which must be fulfilled in order for an assessment to be made. The lamp is energized to such power as to obtain a transillumination of the breast. It is now possible to visually detect in the form of shadows anomalies in the breast tissue, which shadows are manifested by light which lies within the range of between 600 and 700 nm, since blood absorbs light of shorter wave-lengths, but it is not possible to detect whether the anomalies are due to breast cancer or not, because the details are not clearly discernable. The light-conducting member 8 is held in a position such as to obtain the clearest visual picture of the shadow, and the camera 9 is loaded with a film which is also sensitive to light within the red spectrum, whereafter the camera is aligned onto the shadowed area at a distance of approximately 30 cm from the surface 10 of the breast, on the opposite side thereof to the side to be illuminated. The film is now exposed by igniting the flash device 2. The flash device, which is highly intensive thereby to provide a short exposure of the infrared-sensitive film in the camera 9, emits light within the blue to the infrared area of the spectrum and, is completely unfiltered, similar to the light from the incandescent lamp 5, which lamp includes a tungsten filament. The lamp 5 may be ignited or extinguished when exposing the film .[.9'.]. in the camera 9. The film is exposed with the camera 9 in a position such that the plane of the film .[.9'.]. is substantially perpendicular to the output axis .[.11.]. of the light conductor 1.
The developed coloured film will show the previously shadowy or black portions in colour and the normal breast tissue in a yellow colour while the fibroadenomatosis or other blood-filled anomalies are shown clearly as light-red or dark-red spots. In certain cases such spots cannot be discovered with X-rays, even though the anomaly may have been palpably detected. Cysts containing clear, uncoloured liquid will appear as a light halo or rounded change against the background of the normal, yellow breast tissue. Dark spots on the coloured photograph indicate anomalies of a serious nature. Since the method may be performed within a short period of time, 3-4 minutes, without photographic registration and about 15 minutes if a coloured photograph is to be taken, and without any nuisance to the person being examined, it is very suitable for routine controls of unscreened populations. The incandescent lamp 5 used is preferably provided with a tungsten filament and is, for example, of the kind mentioned in the introduction.
In the case of detected anomalies, a needle extraction of tissue samples for cytological tests may be carried out while using the device according to the invention. The device enables the unhealthy change or anomaly to be localized extremely distinctly, and a sample of tissue can be extracted by comparing the actual visual picture with a previous photographic registration. The photographic registration will, of course, be of great importance during any subsequent surgical treatment of the patient.
FIG. 3 illustrates in simplified form a transmission curve A for blood and a transmission curve B for tissue as such. The vertical axis shows the light transmission in percent of light supplied and the horizontal axis shows the wave-length of the light. It should be noted that the curve B has been plotted in respect of a very thin tissue sample and is only intended to show that the transmission through body tissue of normal type is substantial constant irrespective of the wave-length of the light. If thick tissue is transilluminated, the curve B will be moved vertically downwards.
The invention provides for a positive analysis of suspected changes in body tissues, which can be traced by transillumination and visual observation but which can not be determined with any certainty but merely indicated that closer examination must be made. By using a colour film which is also sensitive to infrared light, and thereby enabling a region of the spectrum which cannot be observed with the naked eye to be used, there is obtained firstly a detailed image of the tissue as such and secondly a detailed image of the blood-filled portions of the tissue. The photograph obtained is the basis of an exact or at least relatively exact diagnosis of the unhealthy changes, thereby eliminating the necessity of X-ray radiation and the taking of tissue samples. It should be noted that all anomalies in body tissue can be detected by means of the novel method, such as liquid-filled cysts.
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|Barnes Eng Co
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|Trw Inc
|Blood content monitor
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|Brun Sensor Systems Inc
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|Oximeter and method for in vivo determination of oxygen saturation in blood using three or more different wavelengths
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|Gary E Roberts
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|May 23, 1972
|Cardona Hernando
|Jul 13, 1970
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|Battelle Development Corp
|Quantitative pulsed transilluminator and method of operation
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|Dec 5, 1972
|Univ Drexel
|Heart rate and respiratory monitor
|Nov 23, 1971
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|Tokai Rika Co Ltd
|Ophthalmic diagnostic instrument
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|Feb 18, 1975
|Us Agriculture
|Method for detecting bruises in fruit
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|Dec 30, 1975
|Sanders Associates Inc
|Infrared photography
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|May 4, 1976
|Retina Foundation
|Wide-angle opthalmoscope employing transillumination
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|600/473, 600/109, 250/330, 356/51
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
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National Crime Victims' Rights Week: Justice for Victims. Justice for All.
An estimated 23 million Americans become victims of crime each year. That means:
More than 63,000 people are victimized every day
44 Americans become a victim of crime every 60 seconds
Only 47 percent of violent crime and 40 percent of property crimes are reported to the police. In 2005, teenagers (12-19) and young adults (20-24) experienced the highest rates of violent crime.
Today, Governor Janet Napolitano reminded all Arizonans that together we must continue to expand the rights of victims, support victims of crime and provide assistance for their recovery.
"There will be no justice for any of us if we don't seek greater fairness for victims of crime," the Governor said. "Victims need all of us to honor their rights, protect their safety and help them rebuild their lives. I encourage our state to stand behind and support those who have been harmed by crime." Napolitano joined crime victims, law enforcement representatives, prosecutors, judges and others at a kickoff event for National Crime Victims' Rights Week, April 13-19. This event, along with public rallies, candlelight vigils and other activities will be held across the nation, honoring victims, their families and those who serve them. This year's theme is Justice for Victims. Justice for All. During the event, Governor Napolitano presented the Triumph Over Tragedy award to Gail Leland. Since the murder of her son in 1981, Leland has been a tireless crusader for victims' rights. She is founder of the National Coalition of Homicide Survivors and the coordinator of the Homicide Survivor's Victim Assistance Program in Tucson.
Governor Napolitano also presented a check in the amount of $72,028.69 to the Arizona Crime Victim's Compensation Fund. The money was donated by Arizona Department of Corrections' inmates during various fundraisers throughout the year as part of the state's Restorative Justice Program, which helps hold offenders accountable and responsible to crime victims. Since the inception of the Program in 2004, more than $1 million worth of goods, services and monies has been donated to crime victim organizations throughout Arizona.
For more information about the Office of the Governor, please visit www.azgovernor.gov.
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Greg Norman is optimistic about his chances of playing in this week's US PGA Championship, following a visit to his specialist in Florida.
The former world No.1 received a cortisone injection in his spine and was told to rest for 24 hours.
He will then hit some balls before deciding whether he is capable of playing in the PGA, which starts at Oak Hill tomorrow.
"We are relatively confident Greg will be able to play," said his manager, Bart Collins.
"I am going to do everything I can over the next couple days to prepare for the PGA Championship," Norman said on his website. "I am very thankful that the PGA of America granted me a special exemption, and it is my sincere hope that I will be able to perform to my level of satisfaction at Oak Hill."
Norman's ongoing back problem flared up at the International tournament in Denver, where he played only one hole of the final round on Sunday before pulling out.
The spasms cause his back to lock up, and he cannot make a proper swing.
The cortisone injection is meant to reduce inflammation. Norman, 48, had the same procedure before last month's British Open, where he tied for 18th.
Norman has played in 21 of the past 22 PGAs, missing only the 1998 event while recovering from shoulder surgery.
He twice has finished second, both times at Inverness in Ohio, where Bob Tway holed a bunker shot at the final hole to win in 1986, and where Paul Azinger won a play-off in 1993.
Australian Stuart Appleby hopes to putt better at the PGA than he did at last week's International, where he tied for 13th.
"I will have to improve my putting to be at all in contention," he said. "My putting is average at the moment. If I putt better, I will score better."
Robert Allenby, Australia's No. 1 player, is looking for a strong PGA showing to salvage a miserable year in the majors.
He has been missing in action in the big ones this year. He tied for 39th at the Masters, missed the cut at the US Open, and was a distant equal 43rd at the British Open.
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Reading Ron Miller's description of a "new cold war" between enterprise software vendors and cloud app providers made me wonder why more enterprises don't have more direct conversations with vendors -- especially the new disruptive cloud vendors -- about what they need or want in application features.
Listening to cloud vendors talk at last week's Business Insider Ignition Mobile conference, I was struck by the apparent surprise among the vendors that enterprises might like things like better Windows integration and more security features. I get it that many of the cloud vendors are finding success in being consumer-friendly, but it's also apparent that there is a huge market for the kinds of services they are selling in the enterprise -- a market that would always be bigger if they could add in those enterprise-friendly features.
Sure there's a balance somewhere -- as the Evernote CTO told the Ignite audience, if you try to add too many of those features into the mix, you end up with a product that doesn't work. But it seems like now is a good time for enterprises to step up to the cloud vendors and start describing exactly what it is they need and want. At the very least, the discussion will let you know if that particular vendor is open to adding enterprise features, or not. Visit the Mobile Enterprise 360 community to join the discussion.


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Ed McMahon didn't have any money and was going to lose his house. He was injured medically and is suing his doctors, and everyone had forgot about him. That has all changed now though. Donald Trump saved the house, the lawsuit against his doctors is moving forward and now everyone wants a piece of Ed for commercials and appearances. And when I say a piece of Ed, lets remember that he is 85 and so pieces are not what they used to be.
One commercial that Ed has agreed to do is one for the same company that does the pirate in the seafood restaurant singing. Yeah, that one. I don't want to plug the company because I've never used them and they might be crap. Their commercials are funny as hell though. The one with Ed features Ed rapping. Yeah, well he seemed to enjoy it and they will be on the web beginning next month.


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Adrian: So here's the thing, you look at all of that, it's all going fantastic. And there are points along the line where there's been these transitional moments. Like Downs comes then you stop it. Then you have an advance. Stoneleigh comes along and 10 years in you stop it and advance. Now the Brighton conference, and thats now coming to an end. This is the last Brighton conference. But there's other changes as well. But why would you kind of mess it up? When actually it's worked so well? You an … [Read more...]
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Terry Virgo on moving from Brighton to London
Tope: I've got to ask you. You, are moving to London, and I live in London. You are very welcome to my city! But why are you moving to London?Terry: Well, it's fascinating. It's something I never anticipated happening. I was born in Brighton and when I first left secular work, I really felt God gave me promises for Brighton. Quite amazing to be honest. I can show you whole Bibles with verses underlined and things written in the margin. And I really felt God was going to do something remar … [Read more...]
Virgo: Joseph as a picture of the charismatic church
Tope: I remember, actually, you tweeted recently that you listened to a sermon that you preached... how long ago was that?Terry: Thirty years ago...yah.Tope: And the voice was different.Terry: That's funny, yes, my son, my youngest son said to me 'Have you heard your voice on this recording?' So I said 'What's he talking about?' So I turned it on and it's strange how your own voice sounds so different thirty years ago. But I was talking about Joseph and just listening to it reminds yo … [Read more...]
Interview with Terry Virgo – A vision for the church
This is the first in a multi-part series of interview clips that I filmed with Terry Virgo when he was in London with us. You will enjoy, and for those without broadband, a transcript of the video will also be shared.Edited Transcript:Adrian: Hi I'm Adrian Warnock and I'm here with Terry Virgo and Tope Koleoso. It's a pleasure to have you both here. Terry, I came under your ministry back in 1978 or something ridiculous like that, and I've known Tope since 1995. So I've known you both … [Read more...]
Terry Virgo- What do we mean by being filled with the Spirit?
Here is the video, downloads and my notes from Terry Virgo's second session at this month's 300 Leaders event:Downloads: mp3, videoIn his first session, Terry spoke about the Spirit-filled church. This requires Spirit-filled people. We need to help people come into understanding, so they will be clear. Terry will almost always explain the Bible to people before praying for them to receive.Acts 1:4.V8 is called the key to understanding the book of Acts. The disciples had … [Read more...]
What Kind of House? Apostles, their delegates, multiculturalism, prayer, worship, & mission
This is the second part of a set of notes on Terry Virgo's first session at 300 Leaders. I have previously shared the video and downloads for the whole talk.3. There was Barnabus. He had been sent. The Apostles were staying in Jerusalem. People have written about whether that was right or wrong. But they heard about another church coming to birth. Barnabas was sent as an apostolic delegate. He was known by the Apostles, and he represented them. It was rather like Timothy later on. … [Read more...]
What Kind of House will you build? (Acts 13) – Prophets and Teachers
Here is the video, downloads, and first part of my notes from Terry Virgo's first session at 300 Leaders this month.Downloads: audio, videoThis is a theme that has been on Terry's heart for many years. He began by reading the following Bible verses: Acts 6:11-15, 7:46-50, 11:19-30, 12:25-13:3."What kind of house will you build for me?"We will look at Stephen and the ramifications of his clarity, vision and martyrdom. Some of his friends arrived in Antioch after his death. He … [Read more...]


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Sewickley's Penguin Bookshop for sale — again
For the second time since 2007, Sewickley's iconic bookstore is for sale.
Owners of the Penguin Bookshop — an 84-year-old staple nestled among other mostly mom-and-pop-type shops along the town's main retail thoroughfare, Beaver Street — say they are hoping to sell the business by the end of the year.
"It certainly needs new, younger owners," said Janet McDanel, 75, who along with her husband Bud put about $1 million into renovating the property when they purchased the store in 2007.
"The bookstore is vital to Sewickley. It's a meeting place. We have book clubs that meet there (and) lots of events go on."
Penguin Bookshop has been visited by well-known personalities such as chef Lidia Bastianich; Peter Yarrow of the famed music group Peter, Paul and Mary; and Steelers defensive end Brett Keisel; among others.
McDanel said she and her husband "fell into" owning the business when former owner Margaret Marshall was selling the store.
Both of the McDanels have a "strong feeling of community for the Village and thought it was an important businesses to have," McDanel said.
She said the couple is hoping someone within the Sewickley Valley community would consider taking over the business.
"The key ingredients are all in place — a loyal customer base, a dedicated, hard-working staff and a beautiful setting," McDanel said. "We have a wonderful staff of readers and booksellers with expertise, genuine friendliness and a desire to connect people with good books."
No sale price for the business was available.
In 2012, Penguin Bookshop sold more than $500,000 in books, stationery, calendars and gift items, according to Paz & Associates — a Florida-based bookstore training company overseeing the sale of the store for the McDanels.
Alex DeLoia, of Village Green Partners — a Sewickley-based nonprofit marketing the town's business district — said the organization hopes a new owner can be found.
"It would be really, really sad if the Penguin left," DeLoia said. "It's such a landmark in Sewickley."
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Tuan Samahon teaches and writes in the areas of federal courts and constitutional law. His articles on federal separation-of-powers doctrine, which focus especially on the powers to appoint and remove, have been published in the Stanford Law Review, Ohio State Law Journal, Hastings Law Journal, William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal, the University of Chicago Legal Forum, the Nevada Law Journal, the Northwestern University Law Review's Colloquy (forthcoming), and the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law's Heightened Scrutiny (forthcoming), among others.
Beyond his scholarship, Tuan is engaged in interpreting and fashioning federal constitutional law. He has testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, subcommittee on the Constitution, on Appointments Clause issues in the context of executive branch policy czars. Late last year, as pro bono counsel in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, he argued Kuretski v. Commissioner, a U.S. Tax Court case that (collaterally) challenges the constitutionality of the President's statutory authority to remove officers exercising the judicial power of the United States. Tuan and his students also filed an amicus curiae brief in the United States Supreme Court in NLRB v. Noel Canning, a challenge to the President's January 2012 "recess appointments" during a time when the Senate was in pro forma session.
In addition to representing others, Tuan is also a plaintiff in two federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) cases, in which he seeks wrongly withheld executive branch documents important to properly understanding American legal history.
Tuan received his B.A. from Brigham Young University and his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, where he was an Olin Law and Economics Research Fellow and was co-awarded the Olin Prize in Law and Economics. Prior to entering teaching, he clerked for U.S. District Judge Raymond Jackson on the Eastern District of Virginia and for U.S. Circuit Judge Jay Bybee on the Ninth Circuit. He also practiced in the Washington, D.C. office of Covington & Burling. In 2007, he was named Professor of the Year by his students at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. At Villanova, Tuan teaches Advanced Separation of Powers, Civil Procedure, Comparative Immigration Law, Constitutional Law I and II, and Federal Courts.
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World Cup trumpets-curse or musical fanfare?
By Barry Moody
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - To foreign coaches and players they could be a curse, to South Africans they might yet be the secret weapon that helps them overcome one of the lowest ratings ever for a World Cup host nation.
The plastic vuvuzela trumpet has been controversial since the Confederations Cup last year, a World Cup dress rehearsal, when several players complained they could not communicate through the din, which sounds like a herd of charging elephants.
FIFA President Sepp Blatter rejected calls for them to be banned, saying they are as typical of South African football as bongo drums or chants in other countries.
They will surely be one of the more memorable aspects of this, the first African edition of the soccer spectacular.
Journalists covering warm-up games have realized they cannot communicate by phone over the noise and that is before Johannesburg's Soccer City stadium fills up for the opening match on Friday with 90,000 people, many armed with trumpets.
Thailand manager Bryan Robson said after his team's drubbing in a friendly by South Africa last month that he could not communicate with his players on the pitch.
But to Spanish musicologist Pedro Espi-Sanchis, vuvuzelas can make music and the plastic instrument virtuosos must only be coordinated to make a pleasurable sound.
"On television all you can hear is those rhythms mixing into a grey drone of the B-flat and that's what millions of people will be hearing during this World Cup. That is really what hurt me as a musician ... that is not Africa," said Espi-Sanchis, 57, an expert on traditional music. Continued...


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All too often Americans believe there is such a thing as "the Muslim religion." It is equivalent to claiming there is "a Christian religion" to which all who claim to be a "Christian" belong. Tell that to Catholics or Protestants or to the endless small Christian sects who believe God is on THEIR side. I once visited a small town in southern Missouri which had 1500 people and sixteen Christian churches. Turkey and its Muslim population are no different than any group of Christians. They are split into sects and groups. Syria has the Sunnis, the Shiites, the Alawites and a few other groups. Turkey has fundamentalists, secular Muslims and a sect known as the followers of Fetullah Gulen. He is now charged by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan with being part of a plot to destroy his Justice and Development party, (AKP). Erdogan claims that Gullen followers in the police force and judiciary are behind recent investigations into his government which forced two of his ministers to resign and several members of the AKP to quit the party in disgust at the corruption that has now become apparent.
So, yesterday, 600 police officers in Ankara were reassigned to other positions such as directing traffic. Many were engaged in the investigation of terrorism or financial crime or smuggling, etc.. crimes that led to the arrest of two sons of his Cabinet ministers. Naturally, Erdogan charges a "plot." Naturally, somehow, the plot was organized by the Israel Mossad. Plots abound when they catch you with a hand in the cash register.


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Sterne leaves Westwood, O'Meara trailing in Dubai
DUBAI (Reuters) - South Africa's Richard Sterne fired a scintillating 10-under-par 62 in the Dubai Desert Classic first round on Thursday to overshadow a fine start to the season by world number eight Lee Westwood.
World number 165 Sterne's 10-birdie round in scoring-friendly conditions was nearly matched by Scot Stephen Gallacher (63) while Race to Dubai money list leader Scott Jamieson, Tommy Fleetwood and Chris Doak were two shots further back.
Former world number one Westwood (67) matched 56-year-old twice major winner and 2004 champion Mark O'Meara's round thanks to a brilliant eagle at the par-five 18th, his ninth hole.
Despite a solitary birdie on the closing nine the Englishman was left beaming after a good day's work.
"I felt very sharp - no rust there at all and I played better today than I finished off last year," Westwood told reporters.
"You never know what to expect after a few weeks off," added the 39-year-old, who moved his family to Florida last year in order to keep his game fresh in the off-season.
Sterne, who has resumed playing a full schedule after a back problem limited him to four events in 2010 and six in 2011, was a shot away from equalling the course record set by compatriot and four-times major winner Ernie Els in 1994.
"I knew Ernie had shot 61 quite a while ago and always thought it would be impossible to get close, but I got as close as you could," Sterne told reporters.
The five-times European Tour winner is hoping to notch up his first victory since 2008, when he recorded back-to-back wins in South Africa in December. Continued...


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Foreign Golden Globe contenders grounded in reality
By Alex Dobuzinskis
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Movies grounded in real events dominated nominations in the Golden Globe Awards' foreign film category on Thursday, even as one of those films used animation to interpret its reality.
"Waltz with Bashir" from Israeli filmmaker Ari Folman is based on conversations Folman recorded with friends and a psychologist about fighting in Lebanon in the 1980s. The recordings are played through the movie, and brought to life with often surreal animation.
Italian Mafia film "Gomorrah" is based on a book about the Neapolitan Mafia written by Roberto Saviano, who now lives under police protection for fear of retaliation from the mob.
"Everlasting Moments" tells the story of how a relative of Swedish director Jan Troell's wife found solace in photography amid her chaotic life, and "The Baader Meinhof Complex" chronicles the violent exploits of Germany's Red Army Faction.
The fifth nominee, French movie "I've Loved You So Long" from director Philippe Claudel, is fiction and follows a woman reconnecting with her sister. It earned Kristin Scott Thomas a best actress nomination for her starring role.
"Gomorrah" director Matteo Garrone said he hopes his film's nomination will help it win over American audiences, and he admits to being curious about how it will play in the United States because it does not glorify gangsters.
"It's interesting to show how different is the real life of criminals from the stories in cinema that we have about criminals," he said.
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** Access: The trail is walking distance from home, so it is very accessible for me via River Oaks. One can access the trail from Montague Expy and E Tasman Dr. The trail extends for 2.28 mi from Hwy 237 to Montague Expy.
** Scenery: Its nice, open, and very wide. It is used by walkers, runners, and cyclists. I have done all three here.
There is practically no evidence of any creek now; perhaps once in a while you can see some trickling water near Montague Expy, especially after a light rain. The trail and the surroundings are very dry. The trail runs at an elevated level, with the dry, non-existent creek on one hand, and houses and offices on the other.
I have sometimes spotted some cats, squirrels, and wild rabbits.
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Remember, give the GOOD stuff this year...don't be a victim!
Halloween has long been a favorite holiday for kids -- and no wonder ... They get to dress up in costumes and collect free candy.
It's possible that Halloween has become even more popular with kids than Christmas. Opening toys on Christmas morning is fun, but nothing hits the brain quite like a bag full of miniature chocolate bars.
With that in mind, some people just aren't in the spirit -- and end up giving trick-or-treaters stuff that's just not fun.
Here's a rundown of some of the worst treats to give trick-or-treaters:
sugar-free gum
raisin boxes
toothbrushes (maybe the worst?)
According to the American Dietetic Association, some candies more evil than others.
Here's a rundown of the "healthiest" candy out there:
Jolly Ranchers -- Three of these hard candies have 70 calories, no fat and 11 grams of sugar. It's hard to do much better than that.
Blow Pops -- This 18-gram candy-gum combo has 60 calories, no fat and 13 grams of sugar.
Gobstoppers -- Nine pieces have 60 calories, no fat and 14 grams of sugar.
Pixy Stix -- There are 60 calories, 0 grams of fat and 15 grams of sugar in seven straws.
Candy Corn -- 19 pieces of this classic candy has 140 calories, no fat and 32 grams of sugar.
Here's the unhealthiest candy on the planet. Dig in!
Mr. Goodbar -- A Mr. Goodbar will cost you 250 calories, 17 grams of fat (including seven grams of saturated fat) and 23 grams of sugar.
NutRageous -- Another nutty candy, the NutRageous bar, will run you 260 calories, 16 grams of fat (including five grams of saturated fat) and 22 grams of sugar.
Snickers -- Maybe a Snickers bar really should be a meal on its own. It's got 280 calories, 14 grams of fat - (including five grams of saturated fat) and 30 grams of sugar.
Baby Ruth -- One delicious bar has 280 calories, 14 grams of fat (including 8 grams of saturated fat).
Mounds -- The only candy on the "Worst 5" list to not have peanuts, the Mounds bar has 230 calories, 13 grams of fat and 21 grams of sugar. It also has 10 grams of saturated fat, the most of any of the 37 candies they looked at.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Last Wednesday, high school seniors across the country spent the day explaining why they chose to bring their football talents to the school they signed with.
Yesterday, six new assistant coaches did the same, illustrating why they chose to make Tennessee their new home.
Derrick Ansley (cornerbacks), Charlie Coiner (tight ends/special teams), Jay Graham (running backs), John Palermo (defensive line), Sam Pittman (offensive line) and Sal Sunseri (defensive coordinator) met with the media Wednesday on the indoor field at the Neyland-Thompson Sports Center for the first time since arriving at UT.
There are multiple reasons that factor into a life-altering decision such as a career move, and that was no different in any of these six instances. But the common theme was excitement.
"I'm really excited because I know the history of Tennessee," Sunseri said. "They've won a lot of SEC championships. They've won national championships. There's great tradition here. You have a chance when you go into any high school and you're representing the University of Tennessee, to get that young man on the field to come play here."
"It was very exciting," Coiner said. "It was not just having any school call. It was the University of Tennessee and I know about this place. It is one of the top schools in the nation. I got pretty fired up about (coming to Tennessee)."
"I was pretty darn excited, I'll tell you that right now," Palermo said. "For me, it was a dream come true to be able to coach an hour and 45 minutes from your home at Tennessee. I don't think it gets any better than that."
By definition, excitement is something that stirs emotions. Nothing lives up to that quite as much as coaching in front of 102,455 raucous fans in orange.
"You have one of the top winning programs since 1926, a stadium of 103,000 people, and an offensive coordinator and head coach that I believe in," Pittman said. "That is why I wanted to come here. It is Tennessee, and that's how I feel about it. I wanted to come to Tennessee bad. I wanted to be a part of the University of Tennessee and I am glad that it happened."
For Sunseri and Ansley, it was a relationship-domino effect. Sunseri worked with head coach Derek Dooley at LSU in 2000.
"Derek," Sunseri said of what ultimately made the difference in his decision. "I wanted to be with Derek because we worked together at LSU. We know each other's work ethics and we're going to be relentless workers until we get it done the way he wants to get it done and the way I want to get it done. You don't just go with anybody. I believe Derek can be very successful here with the right people around him. It's like anything else, if you bring good people around you and let them go coach, you can have success." Once that domino fell, so did another. Ansley was a defensive assistant at Alabama from 2010-11.
"The familiarity I have with (Sunseri)," Ansley said on his difference-maker. "Working two years with him at Alabama, and working closely with him on defense. It was just an easy decision for us."
Tennessee's first new hire of the off-season also had to do with familiarity, but on a much different level.
Graham had the opportunity to come home and ran with it, something he's used to doing at UT. The former Vol rushed for the seventh-most yards (2,609) in UT history during his career (1993-96).
"It's great just to get a chance," Graham said. "I've practiced out here and went through morning runs out here. It is always great to be back and to be back apart of the program that helped me so much. It got me on my way in football and on to my second career of coaching. "
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"It would mean everything," Graham said. "That's why I'm here. I'm emotional about it, but I think it is an important day-to-day thing. I just think about how we take the next step in the right direction to become successful."


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We are going through a divorce in CA. Since records older than 7 years are discarded by financial institutions and i did not keep the statements either, tracing is becoming difficult if not impossible. How much will the court rely on the personal testimony of the party claiming the refund? The existence of substantial separate property is quite obvious. The only problem is with tracing. Are there any other alternatives to claim separate property in such cases?
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Accord with both prior responses. You could propound discovery, including Requests for Admission of Truth of Facts and Special Interrogatgories, the responses to which could be admitted into evidence at trial. You would best retain an experienced Family Law Attorney if you are not now represented.
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In a trial, the court would likely require documentary evidence, and an expert witness (forensic accountant, in this case) would be the best way to introduce the evidence into the record.
In the absence of documentary evidence, you have an uphill battle ahead of you. The judge could look to your credibility, but this only goes so far, in my experience. Documents really do rule.
I like Mr. Conviser's idea regarding a Request for Admissions. This is a formal form of the discovery process.
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While I agree with previous counsel Mr. Williams' suggestion of hiring a forensic expert, if you have the financial resources, this would be the best way to go. Otherwise, if you say it's very obvious about the existence of separate property, you need to bring in as many witnesses as possible to trial to testify that they have personal knowledge of where, how, and when you received the separate property and how you maintained the identity of the separate property during and throughout the marriage.
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HoopsHype - Articles - The death of defense? Great read. Serious brain food for serious ball fans.
Its becoming more and more like netball. Next thing you know they'll have a '3 feet away' rule.
All I know is Stern is close to facing a player union rebellion... he's forcing his will too much these days.... sit back shut up and collect that fat check or you may be back to the family practice.
I think it's your little sister's NBA. Is it that Stern is a big sissy? Or a power freak? Or a nut case? It's pretty bad when even mild mannered Steve Nash is complaining! The owners need to stand up!
He is trying to make the game appeal to the ESPN highlight fan. I myself grew up watching teams play tough D and still score 100. As far as I'm concerned he and the system/mentality he has helped create from high school and what 1year of college experience now is watering the game down skill wise. So what does he do? Waters the rules down to fix it. He is ruining the game. How far will he go until you can double dribble and be able to take 10 steps to the basket? I'll take the old school NBA anyday. To me that was entertainment.
of course, i'll take the old school too, like many of you. but i'm realizing that we must be a pretty tiny and therefore irrelevant minority. Obviously the NBA is a business entity and as such I doubt we'd be seeing these changes if the resulting new "product" weren't profitable (i.e. popular). It may be that Stern and his minions are over reaching or miscalculating the long term effects of these changes on "product sales". But as sad as it might make me, I wouldn't count on that.
It`s all about the money folks, we know that. High scoring games + NBA superstars (doing the scoring) = higher ratings + more money for NBA, networks, and owners.
All about the Benjamins, he insititute a new lighter softer basketball that is sheer crap, implements a system for the LBJ's and DWades of the world, tells players they can't frown or even look in the refs direction. McCarthyism, that's what it is.
I might go a little farther. Stern's NBA is another example of Karl's Marx prediction that the natural progression of capitalism is to implode upon itself. The NBA version of the game of basketball has been corrupted by greed for market share, tv ratings, jersey sales and ticket prices that make it unaffordable to see your team live. That's why a team like Greece beat Team USA with the same pick and roll over and over again. The solution to that problem of course is for the NBA to make plans to take over the European game with NBA branding. Just think of all that fan money in Europe! I'm so glad I have NBA TV and I can watch all these old games before the NBA was a mass marketed product and still a league of professional basketball teams.
Next thing you know, the offensive player will be able to tuck the ball under one arm, take three steps down the lane and stiff arm a guy on the way to the hoop. Seeing crap like that really does take away from my enjoyment of the game.
what nobody is talking about is the decline in TV ratings over that past several years. The Pistons vs. the Spurs was a prime example of two excellent ballclubs that played great defense and executed well on offense. It was team ball on boths sides and RATINGS SUCKED. Yes the league is paying the price for stripmining its talent pool in the preps. Yes the league is pandering to the 10 second sportscenter highlight viewer. However, without TV revenues, how can teams afford to play those bloated contracts? This is not some insane power monger looking to vicariously live out his hoop dream by manipulating the league, its a reaction to the real threat of revenue loss. How do you keep fan interest? what the nba was offering didn't appeal to the majority of consumers.
Stern does not have enough of a broad vision to be commissioner. Great marketer and all, but not able to see a bigger picture.
maybe. This whole fiasco is reactionary. International basketball is where we're headed. I think Stern is looking to maintain a sizeable warchest as it starts to consider expanding abroad over the next decade.
Is the NBA becoming more and more like the And 1 hoops? More flash and dash than actual basketball substance?
I think that good defense was not necessarily the cause of the bad ratings between the Pistons and Spurs. The ratings for the Tigers/Cards series were terrible too. It was probably just that 2 small market teams were playing. If the NBA tries to make it so that doesn't happen, then they lose their integrity and risk a long term ratings disaster. The NBA probably would have enjoyed better ratings for the Pistons/Spurs if they would have invested a little marketing $ in guys like Ben Wallace and Tim Duncan. In pro wrestling, part of the ratings game is creating villains. Maybe they should villainize (and thereby embrace) the good defenders instead of just ignoring them. They put all their marketing eggs in one basket with guys like Dwayne Wade. If those players don't make the finals, then they are screwed. That is why we are all paranoid about the NBA "making sure" the right teams make it there.
Yep. I'd suspect that the difference in ratings is actually smaller than the gap in market sizes between Detroit & San Antonio and oh, Chicago and Los Angeles. If you factored in relative market sizes I wouldn't be surprised if Detroit/San Antonio outperformed other series. Agree in principle, but what kind of player marketing does the league do? To a large extent most companies don't have much use for sports stars as endorsers anyway, other than shoes, sports drinks, and local stuff. And those guys can only feature so many players. If you're trying to sell Gatorade, it's hard to imagine LBJ isn't a better pick than Duncan. What levers does the league control and turn in the area of player marketing?
Doesn't the lack of appeal when two smaller market teams play signal a lack of marketing OOMPH or creativity?
Maybe, but I bet you could explain the ratings gaps just using the market sizes. Assume that a good share of out market fans miss at least some finals games just because their team isn't there. Even if a very high share of fans within the markets playing show up - if San Antonio is ten times smaller than LA, you're screwed. LA could lose 75% of core TV fans and still drive higher ratings than San Antonio who kept all of theirs. Hey, my company owns Nielsen Media Research - I wonder if I might snag finals ratings for the past ten years and then look at relative market sizes. Could be something to do since as far as I can tell this season isn't ever going to start.
I agree that they get more bang for the buck in marketing exciting offensive players... if those guys actually advance in the playoffs. The 'I am a witness' campaign looked really stupid when people realized that they were "witnessing" failure. When the Pistons and Spurs met, it was the expected match-up. Leading up to it, they could have predicted that outcome and marketed accordingly. I just don't like the thought of how easy it would be to influence the refs if it meant multi millions in ratings $. There are so many ways to do it, it is ridiculous.
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