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The economy has been pretty chaotic; election year politics are pretty chaotic, even the weather seems out of sync with normal: it seems we are due for some great changes.
If you are running a business, new technologies are likely introducing some chaos into the old ways that you marketed your operations and related to your customers. New technologies of social media and mobile communications systems will force you to change your marketing strategies just to keep up with your customers and how they choose to spend their money.
For small and medium sized businesses, adapting to new technologies can be especially challenging. Many don't have the staffing capacity to dedicate a full-time staff person to be the social media manager. Yet, it is becoming increasingly important to dedicate significant resources for your business to be a master of social and mobile media strategies.
Not too long ago, it was important to have email, then it became important for a business to have a web site. But that is no longer enough: consumer-oriented businesses that ride the waves of a stormy economy must also cruise along with social media: Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, MySpace, and the latest trend, Pinterest, are becoming essential spaces where your business must have a presence.
Customers Feel the Chaos Too
The challenge of communicating with customers is complicated with new media. We know that lots of potential customers are walking around with their smart phones and using them in new ways for commerce. A trip to IKEA is now akin to walking into a photo studio, as customers shoot pictures with their iPhone of potential items for purchase and either keep them for reference or email them on the spot back home to the spouse who hates to shop.
Customers now whip out a smartphone to target a QR code, those funky black-and-white patterned squares that link to a web site that might have special offers or ideas for related merchandise. They "like" a brand on Facebook, and write reviews on Yelp, connect in your store with Foursquare, compare prices on the spot, and when they go home, they look for coupons and special offers from your competitors or post a picture of their favorite product on Pinterest, all from the comfort of their lounge chair with a computer or an iPad on their lap.
Not surprisingly, customers sometimes get a little overwhelmed with their own technology. Each spring, many hipsters celebrate the "National Day of Unplugging" after pledging the Sabbath Manifesto (www.sabbathmanifesto.org) as a way to get off the grid, "disconnect, reflect, and take stock." Businesses need to appreciate that too much technology can scare off customers; not enough technology, and you lose potential clients.
Being Great by Balancing Old and New
In a decade, we'll see that the businesses that are still around succeeded because they found a balance between old business strategies and new technologies. People (aka customers) will always appreciate honesty, ethics, fair pricing and excellent service. They also appreciate the conveniences that technology enables: quick information about pricing, reliable facts about products, simplicity in making payments and returns. That means that these businesses made the investment in staffing, knowledge and resources so that their electronic communications worked easily and quickly.
For now, that means that customers get responses to emails, tweets are monitored and responded to, Facebook offers are timely, and smartphone apps present information that fits on the various screen formats for various technologies like iPhones, Blackberries, iPads, and Kindles (why don't we have a screen ratio standard?). It means that your brand has adapted to the new Facebook layout and the evolving Pinterest page format. It means your business communications are graphically sophisticated, and copy is creative and succinct. You're efficient in your messaging, and accurate in your customer relationships. It means, quite simply, that being great means making a big investment in time and energy to stay current with the constantly changing ways that we communicate in business and in life.


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Yankees, Pettitte Top Twins 6-3; Activate Capps
The Yankees defeated the Twins 6-3 Monday night behind the pitching of veteran Andy Pettitte. Pettitte threw 7 shutout innings with 7 hits allowed to get the win and improve to 5-3. Liam Hendriks allowed 8 hits, 4 homeruns, and 6 earned runs in 6 1/3 innings to take the loss and drop to 1-8. Pedro Florimon went 2-4 with a solo homerun for the Twins. Chris Parmelee hit a 2-run triple for the Twins.


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The world of professional wrestling seems like it changes more often than the jet stream of cold air in the Great Lakes every season, constantly shifting positions from one side of the map to the other. Storylines come and go, being adjusted along the way for various reasons, including, but not limited too, fan popularity or venue changes. Wrestlers also change promotions along the way
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Last week state board member Dan Eisner led a unanimous vote to begin a strategic planning process. This means the state's education goals will be led by Eisner and the board, not Ritz. If you're not aware, Eisner is the former executive director of the Christel De Haan Family Foundation.
Yes, as in Christel House charter school; the one whose grades were altered by Tony Bennett leading to a huge scandal and his resignation as Florida's school chief. And again, Ritz was not notified of this ahead of time.
In addition, the state legislature passed a law forgiving $91 million in loans to charter schools, some of which have already been closed due to poor performance. Public schools seek and pay back loans from the state's Common School Fund. And the state is sitting on a $2 billion surplus, yet refuses to restore public education funding to pre-2008 levels.
Ritz was elected by 1.3 million Indiana voters, 100,000 more than voted for Mike Pence for governor. The voters in this Republican state sent a clear message when they elected a Democrat for state superintendent.
Education reform is not working and needs to slow down before more harm is done to the children of this state. Collaboration with Ritz would be a great place to start. Voting these people who are not listening out of office will be the next.


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gavesako wrote:Maybe it follows the recent articles describing the "homeless farang" phenomenon in Thailand.
Dhammanando wrote:What a depressing article. The toe-rag of a journalist should be reprimanded for taking unfair advantage of the mentally subnormal.
Dhammanando wrote:Some wats will limit the number of homosexuals of the very flamboyant type; the presence of one or two such monks in a wat is no problem, but when you get a whole bunch of 'screaming queens' it becomes disruptive as they're always competing with each other to be the centre of attention.
BuddhaSoup wrote: She might be seen just as eccentric, but the NSA spying ideations seem like a paranoid pathology,
David N. Snyder wrote:Isn't there some kind of interview or screening process before an abbot allows someone to ordain? It seems that those who are deliberately using the system for other than noble efforts should be denied access to ordination.
And regarding the third quoted post above, when a monk has almost surely been committing a parakika offense (screaming queen or hetero-casanova), is it common for the monastery to not take action and disrobe the monk?
Feathers wrote:I'm not entirely sure where you get 'mentally subnormal' from,
lyndon taylor wrote:Is insulting women, even if it might be true, a form of right speech?????
lyndon taylor wrote:The ideas she's expressing about female rebirth etc are actually pretty commonly held relatively mainstream views in Thailand, from what I've heard.
Dhammanando wrote:In some monasteries —notably those of Ajahn Chah— the screening consists in the requirement that one spend a year or so as an 8-precept anagarika and then a samanera before being granted higher ordination.
lyndon taylor wrote:The ideas she's expressing about female rebirth etc are actually pretty commonly held relatively mainstream views in Thailand, from what I've heard.
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Krauss' power makes him intriguing
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Marc Krauss connected on his first homer of the spring in Friday's loss to the Braves, showing the kind of raw power that intrigued the Astros enough that they traded for him last July. Krauss was acquired from the D-backs with Bobby Borchering in exchange for Chris Johnson, who's since moved on to the Braves.
Krauss, an imposing 6-foot-2, 234-pound left-handed hitting outfielder, made a terrific first impression on the organization when he hit .414 with five homers and 16 RBIs in only seven games at Double-A Corpus Christi. That earned a promotion to Triple-A Oklahoma City for the final 22 games.
"That was a fun week, definitely," Krauss said. "It was one of those weeks when everything kind of clicks and everything goes right, and it happened to be that first week coming over with the new organization. Obviously, I just want to try to continue that and try to do as much as possible."
Krauss, 25, is likely to begin the season in the outfield back in Oklahoma City, and like many of the players in camp this year with the Astros, he's thankful for the opportunity to be with a new team. He was drafted by Arizona in the second round in 2009 out of Ohio University.
"It's refreshing," he said. "It's like a new chapter. It's exciting, because you can -- not reinvent yourself -- but start over with new eyes and a new management and new teammates. It's fun, and it adds a little excitement to the whole process. It's been good."
Krauss hasn't played first base full-time since his freshman year in college, but he says he's as comfortable there as he is at the corner outfield spots.
"I'm trying to broaden my horizons and give myself the best chance to play and help the team out the best way I can," he said.
Brian McTaggart is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Tag's Lines. Follow @brianmctaggart on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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WAYNESBURG – Stephanie Nichole Victor, 20, of 285 E. High St., Waynesburg, was charged by Waynesburg police with prostitution after she allegedly offered to have sex with a man for money.
Police said they received a call Feb. 2 from John Furbee of Waynesburg, who said he was concerned about being "blackmailed."
Furbee told police a woman he knew only by Stephanie was at his home earlier and had threatened to tell police he raped her after he refused to give her money in exchange for sex. Furbee showed police a text message he received Jan. 31 in which Victor indicated what sex act she would perform for $35.
Police said they determined where she lived and went to her home to identify her. Speaking with her at her home, Victor admitted she had been at Furbee's residence.
Police later received the telephone number from which the text message originated and determined it came from Victor's telephone. In a follow-up interview, Victor admitted sending the text message to Furbee, police said. But she also said she did not intend to act on it.
Charges were filed March 25 with District Judge Lou Dayich. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. May 6. Victor is currently in the the Greene County jail for a probation violation on an unrelated offense.
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Kozma, Cedeno look to fill void at shortstop
VIERA, Fla. -- With setbacks also come opportunities, and that is certainly what both Ronny Cedeno and Pete Kozma now see, given Sunday's news that Rafael Furcal has been shut down indefinitely due to inflammation in his right elbow.
With Furcal's readiness for the start of the season now in doubt, the Cardinals will spend the rest of spring evaluating what their next best option would be. Cedeno offers experience. Kozma has greater upside. General manager John Mozeliak described the situation on Sunday as "an open competition."
Both players offered similar responses when asked to assess the changing landscape of the shortstop situation.
"I don't make the decisions, so I'm going to try and do the best I can and try to get an opportunity whenever [manager] Mike [Matheny] needs me," said Cedeno, who started at third base on Sunday.
"I need to take that time to take advantage as much as I can," Kozma said. "If he puts me in the lineup, I'm definitely going to give it my best shot."
Kozma didn't make much hard contact, but still went 3-for-3 on Sunday, boosting his spring average to .450. He said that it's the defensive side that is coming along more slowly, since he's reacting to balls off the bat for the first time in months.
Cedeno, on the other hand, is more heavily invested in his swing right now. Taking a suggestion from hitting coach John Mabry, Cedeno is attempting to shorten up his swing.
"My timing is off a little bit," said Cedeno, who is 2-for-15 in Grapefruit League play. "It's getting better. That's part of Spring Training, working on what I need to get ready for the season."


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The public can visit 25 exhibit booths featuring demonstrations of pioneer crafts, trades and skills, and other hands-on activities. Visitors can experience and often participate in everything from soap making, milking a dairy cow, blacksmithing, quilting, rope making, Dutch oven cooking, spinning and more, all accompanied by fiddle and guitar music.
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