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Being unable to close out a game in which you have a comfortable lead in the 4th Q = Pulling a Frank Vogel
Yeah, right. Prepare to see Luck carried off on a stretcher with Clay glaring down at him.... The entire Colts team will look very foolish this week. They are playing a real football team against a team that destroyed the Chicago team that flogged Luck and intercepted him several times. More sacks for Luck this week..... ...
"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
-Lance Stephenson
Ban him? He's too much fun for that..
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I move to not have the name Robert Griffin III, RG3, or anything similar brought up for the next 4 months (unless it is in the Luck - RG3 thread or in a around the league type of gameday thread)
I used to love coming here to hear some Redskins talk (bashing ) and hearing about the Colts, lately the NFL forum is unreadable.
We can all point the finger, but when you point your finger at someone, three fingers are pointing back at you
The poster "pacertom" since this forum began (and before!). I changed my name here to "Slick Pinkham" in honor of the imaginary player That Bobby "Slick" Leonard picked late in the 1971 ABA draft (true story!).
Hey you know any time you can joke about a rookie QB being carried off on a stretcher the same week his coach has been diagnosed with leukemia, you've got to do it. That opportunity doesn't come around too often.
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The kind of high-brow humor only a mentally ill homeless drifter could come up with.
If Ol'blue is really a Colts "fan" why is he making jokes about Luck being carried off on a stretcher? Way to support your team...
I was reacting to what was said about Matthews being made to look like a fool. Luck being hurt because he has no offensive line is inevitable. Think David Carr and, no, Luck isn't that much better than Carr was. Carr was ruined by being beat up every weak. Now, back to the Packers and the Colts... I am a fan. I won't be happy when Luck gets hurt but I will just blame it on more Colts bad management......
I note that you didn't include the quote I was responding to. Why wan't that blatant trolling? Oh, I see, because he was saying something silly about the Packers and Clay Matthews. Luck will get to know Mr. Matthews very well on Sunday and it should be a nightmare for him..... I hope for the best but I expect exactly what I described.....
You expect him to get carried off on a stretcher huh? That is completely asinine. Luck has only been sacked 5 times, a huge part of this is due to pocket awareness which is constant regardless of how good the pass rusher is. So Luck is getting sacked about 1.7 times a game. Compare that to Mr. Rodgers on the other side the ball who is getting sacked about 4 times a game or your boy RGIII who is getting sacked almost 3 times a game.
Rodgers has been sacked more this season than any other QB in the NFL. And if there is one thing the Colts D is at least halfway decent it's rushing the QB.
Didn't we just have a thread around here somewhere that said we wanted more and more backseat moderating? No, that wasn't it. Maybe it was something else?
You're new here, try reading this thread. Note that I'm not going to "bump" it, just link it.
Your concern was already duly noted when you reported the post.
Why do the things that we treasure most, slip away in time
Till to the music we grow deaf, to God's beauty blind
Why do the things that connect us slowly pull us apart?
Till we fall away in our own darkness, a stranger to our own hearts
And life itself, rushing over me
Life itself, the wind in black elms,
Life itself in your heart and in your eyes, I can't make it without you
No, I don't expect that but I do expect him to be under intense pressure all day and I do think Matthews will get to him. I was only reacting to the post that Luck will make Matthews look silly. That won't happen either. I do think Luck will not last the season but I hope that is not the case...
Why do I think you guys are actually saying the same thing? Luck's protection may not be very good, and because of that he'll either get sacked a lot or run for his life and get a first down. It's somewhat reasonable to expect a lot of both of those outcomes if Luck is under the type of pressure that you both seem to think he'll be under. And I agree, I think he'll be forced from the pocket and on the run all game long.
Meanwhile, everyone else around here might appreciate it if you each took a step or two closer toward the middle ground or reality. Its becoming painfully obvious to everyone else that you're both just overreacting and making outrageous comments to annoy each other. Do you really need to subject the entire board to that?
However, let's be clear,
Why do the things that we treasure most, slip away in time
Till to the music we grow deaf, to God's beauty blind
Why do the things that connect us slowly pull us apart?
Till we fall away in our own darkness, a stranger to our own hearts
And life itself, rushing over me
Life itself, the wind in black elms,
Life itself in your heart and in your eyes, I can't make it without you
There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.
You know what, I don't do this often, but I'm gonna --- Every day I get closer and closer to just not coming here anymore. That's saying quite a bit -- see my join date? I've been here f'n forever, and been a good citizen. The management here has gone down since Hicks left. He never would've let this tool remain, let alone actually defend him. It's like you guys are actually against the good people on this board, and enabling the bad eggs.
When hundreds of posters are protesting the words of a single poster --- PERHAPS YOU SHOULD TAKE A HINT. Not tell them all that they're wrong.
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There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.
This thread was started because another one was closed due to derailment and bickering. Guess what --- this thread has degenerated to the exact same place -- and guess who's at the heart of it? I mean for crying out loud, we can't even carry on a simple guess the score thread without Blu wrecking it. He's actually wrecked the same thread twice now, and all he gets is a namby pamby slap on the wrist while also predicting Luck gets taken off on a stretcher.
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There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.
I find it interesting that Hicks founded Pacers Digest mostly in an effort to break away from the Rats forum because they had failed to moderate the board and the trolls were running wild over there. I'm not comparing the two situations just yet, but it will get that way if things keep going the way they are now. Oops, did I just voice my opinion? Sorry, I'll stop backseat-vigilante-moderating now.
Seriously, if you put a troll on ignore, he will eventually go away as his food supply (people listening to him) dwindles to nothing. Just put em on the ignore list (and for the love of god, if you are going to respond, please don't quote a troll for those who already ignore em).
"Nobody wants to play against Tyler Hansbrough NO BODY!" ~ Frank Vogel
"And David put his hand in the bag and took out a stone and slung it. And it struck the Philistine on the head and he fell to the ground. Amen. "
Ignore doesn't work... there's no way an entire forum will ignore a guy, and eventually you see people quoting him or responding to him and it just gets you goin again.
There are two types of quarterbacks in the league: Those whom over time, the league figures out ... and those who figure out the league.


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Panda making push for All-Star consideration
SAN FRANCISCO -- If any Giant has a chance to be elected by the fans in the July 15 All-Star Game at Minneapolis, it's third baseman Pablo Sandoval.
For one thing, he's well-positioned. With 1,194,607 votes in the latest update, Sandoval ranks third among National League players at his position, within striking distance of Milwaukee's Aramis Ramirez (1,279,902 votes) and New York's David Wright (1,260,895). Sandoval also is barely ahead of St. Louis' Matt Carpenter (1,049,472) and Colorado's Nolan Arenado (1,019,161).
Sandoval also has name recognition. He's a two-time All-Star who started the 2012 Midsummer Classic at Kansas City. That was his warmup for earning World Series Most Valuable Player honors in October.
Moreover, Sandoval is surging offensively. Though he entered Wednesday's series finale against the San Diego Padres in a 1-for-13 skid, he hit an RBI double in the third inning and batted .378 (17-for-45) in his previous 13 games. Sandoval also needed one home run to reach 100 for his career.
Defensively, Sandoval has been scintillating. He has committed just six errors in his first 71 starts at third.
Fans can cast their votes for starters at MLB.com -- online or on a mobile device -- using the 2014 All-Star Game MLB.com Ballot Sponsored by Experian until Thursday, July 3, at 8:59 p.m. PT. The 2014 All-Star Game will be played at Target Field on Tuesday, July 15 on FOX.
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A 33-year-old Willits man died in a Friday night crash on Highway 20 about 5 miles west of Willits, according to the Ukiah Area California Highway Patrol.
The man, whose name wasn't released Saturday pending notification of his family, was a passenger in a 1990 Buick sedan that Ana Fierro, 21, also of Willits, was driving east on Highway 20 at 8:55 p.m. Jan. 4, when, according to the CHP, "due to her speed and level of intoxication," she lost control of the vehicle at mile marker 29.04.
The Buick spun counterclockwise across the yellow lines and into the opposite lane, where the front of a westbound 2005 Toyota Tundra hit its passenger side, according to the CHP.
Loren R. Johnson, 38, of Fort Bragg, was driving the Toyota Tundra at about 45 miles per hour and couldn't avoid the collision "due to Fierro's high rate of speed," according to the CHP.
The Buick's passenger died at the scene of his injuries, according to the CHP. Fierro complained of pain and was flown by air ambulance to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, and was then arrested on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence, according to the CHP.
Johnson was uninjured. One of his three passengers, Lorren M. Johnson, complained of pain to one of her ankles and was taken by ambulance to Howard Memorial Hospital. The two children in the car, Chase Johnson, 5, and Sierra Johnson, 14, were uninjured, according to the CHP.
The road conditions at the time of the crash were cool and clear, and everyone in both vehicles appeared to have been wearing seat belts, according to the CHP.


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Dear Miriam,
What makes for a great children's book?
Baffled in the Bookstore
Dear Miriam,
What makes for a great children's book?
Baffled in the Bookstore
Dear Baffled,
For many years, I was privileged to have a side gig reviewing children's books for the Horn Book Guide. I wrote 60-word reviews on anything they sent my way, which mostly included Jewish-themed picture books and science textbooks for new readers. I wasn't sent the featured, er, best books, but there were always some gems that made the experience worthwhile, even once I wasn't a classroom teacher anymore.
This experience helped fuel my love affair with children's literature, a love I hope to pass along to my children and to anyone reading this. I gave the most favorable reviews to books that made me feel good, that were substantive without being preachy, that I could imagine a kid actually reaching for again and again. As you might expect based on my current side role as an advice blogger, it was great fun to express my opinions in book reviews, but I tended to rely on a gut feeling rather than a specific set of criteria. For expert opinions on children's books, however, I'm lucky to be able to turn to two dear friends who are children's librarians.
Naomi Socher, currently working at the Strayer University library, offers this analysis: "Generally, children's books should be judged on the same criteria as good adult books…They should assume the reader's intelligence (not talking down to the kids), be accessible at multiple levels (adults can enjoy them too), give the reader something to think about (developmentally appropriate, by which I don't mean lack of R-rated content, but an awareness of the different issues that kids deal with at developmental stages), be well-written and edited (especially important for new readers who can't deal with typos or clunky sentences), and be entertaining. Of course, most of these criteria are subjective, which is where all the fun and opinion comes into play."
Jenny Berggren and I actually learned to read together, which makes quoting her here especially delightful. Berggren, a children's specialist at Word bookstore in Brooklyn, provided insights based on different reading levels. For babies and toddlers, she says, "repetition makes for a successful book — something the child can recognize after multiple readings and feel good about remembering. It's worth mentioning that these kinds of books should be very acceptable to the parent also, because they'll be the ones reading them over and over!" For preschoolers, she recommends books that have "something familiar in it, but also a twist." For those learning to read, "the most popular easy reader books are the funny ones. Kids work so hard to read these, it's great when their reward is that they've read aloud something funny." Finally, Jenny offers this: "A great chapter books for kids (or adults!) successfully puts you in someone else's shoes, and makes you care about them — whether it be a contemporary kid in a new situation, someone from two hundred years ago or someone from another planet. It can be realistic fiction, sci-fi, historical, an animal story, whatever — if it's got great characters that you can believe in, then it's a good book."
My "finally" in that last sentence is terribly inaccurate because both Jenny and Naomi have so much wisdom on the subject that it was painful to edit down their comments. I also want to take this opportunity to plug PJ Library, a wonderful resource in Philadelphia and many other cities around the country. The organization mails free children's books to Jewish kids on a monthly basis. A lot of PJ Library books have become read-aloud staples in our house. If you or someone you know is eligible, you'll really benefit from signing up.
Keep scrolling for a selected reading list, and be well,
Some of Naomi's favorites (with a strong leaning towards fantasy):
Where the Wild Things Are and In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak (ages 0-2)
Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathman (ages 3-4)
Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully (ages 4-5)
Half Magic by Edward Eager (ages 6-8)
The Wondrous Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznic (ages 8-12)
Graceling by Kristen Cashore (ages 12+)
Some of Jenny's favorites:
Chugga Chugga Choo Choo by Kevin Lewis


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Yusra in "Totally Private"
Once again the famous Egyptian actress Yusra will appear on television this Ramadan season in a new television drama series called "Khas Jidan" (Totally Private).
Yusra will star in the new series with the famous Egyptian actors Mahmoud Qabeel, Izat Abu Oof, Maha Abu Oof, Raja Al Jidawi, and Duryeh. The series is a joint production between 'Dubai Communication Production Association' and 'Al Adel Group Productions.'
"Khas Jidan" is directed by Ghada Saleem and will be primarily filmed in Dubai.
The crew will arrive in Dubai this week to film on location. This is the first time Yusra will film a drama series in Dubai.
Yusra plays the role of Dr. Sharifah,' a psychiatrist at centers in Cairo and Dubai.
The series budget is set at 25 million Egyptian pounds and the series will be aired exclusively on Dubai and Egyptian channels this Ramadan season.


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latest custom jewelry project: janessa and arthur in napa
I feel as if I have known Janessa for years – and realized that in fact, that is the case. She was a complete stranger to me when she walked into my East Village gallery back in maybe 2010-? and commissioned me for an engagement ring with her partner, Arthur. Janessa gave me so much freedom with the ring, and even accepted the first sketches with absolutely no changes. It was a designer's dream! From there a great friendship grew, and it has been my pleasure to know this lovely couple through the years. Thank you, Janessa and Arthur, for allowing me to make bespoke pieces of jewelry to commemorate such a special connection and occasion. Congratulations to you both!
Jewelry: All custom jewelry designed by Lisa Linhardt: Diamond engagement ring with diamond micro pave – set in recycled Platinum; 18k Linhardt "champagne" gold rings with polished/satin finishes; "Tempest" earrings in 18k Linhardt "champagne" gold; "Tempest" cufflinks in Sterling Silver. Photos: courtesy of Sabine Scherer Dress: Angelo Lambrou Venue: Villagio Inn and Spa Hair and Makeup: Details by Dixie Flowers: A Simple Ceremony
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Monterey, Calif.-based Pro*Act launched the Greener Fields Together sustainability initiative only nine months ago but has enjoyed progress already.
The initiative partners Pro*Act with SureHarvest, Soquel, Calif., to provide verified case studies in sustainability advances.
"Pro*Act engaged us to do the verification of their suppliers, so rather than just saying these companies are doing a good job, we work with suppliers to dig into the program and see how well they are communicating and documenting," said Sandy Clifton, marketing manager/sustainability associate at SureHarvest.
No 'green-washing'
SureHarvest wants to ensure the Greener Fields Together initiative doesn't engage in "green-washing."
"We want the claims these companies make to be accurate, thorough and authentic," Clifton said. "We've seen a lot of people making claims with no data to back it up."
The process begins with SureHarvest helping a participating company to select an area of focus, such as waste management, water management, packaging, pest management, soil management, energy and climate, community or employee wellness.
"We explain the program and help them choose one of their efforts for participation in the program. We also steer them away from an effort they may not have data on," Clifton said.
SureHarvest then begins collecting and verifying all the data a company has for the chosen area of focus.
"We can show if they really have an 80% water reduction," she said.
Each case study takes a couple of months to complete, but after verification will be published on the Greener Fields Together website and on the supplier's website, if desired, where it can be used in advertising.
"Consumers are asking for more transparency and sustainability. They want to know growers are taking care of the land," Clifton said.
Another benefit for participation is that companies looking to increase their sustainability efforts will have insight from SureHarvest.
"We make suggestions on ways to improve or where they might have gaps that they could be doing better," Clifton said.
Helping, not defining
The Greener Fields Together initative isn't meant to define standards.
"We're not providing a certification and a standard, we're just verifying claims," Clifton said.
Kathleen Phillips, supply chain sustainability manager for Pro*Act, Monterey, Calif., and overseer of Greener Fields Together, says the program started as a way to help companies look for continued improvement in their sustainability efforts.
"The case studies are just the beginning," Phillips said.
The case studies provide a way for suppliers to display their sustainability efforts to the public.
"Companies are happy to finally have a place to put this information. It's most likely been on an Excel file on a computer in an office, and now we have the opportunity to celebrate it," Phillips said.
Before, much of this type of information stayed within business-to-business communication between suppliers and retailers. Now, it is packaged in a case study.
"We provide a case study in layman's terms that marries credible sustainability information with the eye of the consumer," Phillips said.
The case studies can then be used as encouragement for future advances.
"We will be continuously looking back at these efforts and saying, 'What else can you do to be a better steward?'" Phillips said. "We will really push for that change."


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DUDLEY people are being urged to nominate their local heroes for recognition at a prestigious borough awards ceremony in October.
People and groups from across the region have eleven weeks to nominate individual volunteers or voluntary groups for a chance to scoop a gong at the Dudley Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) 2014 Volunteer Awards.
The awards are divided into categories including community action, children and families, health and wellbeing, sport plus the environment and community safety.
Young volunteers will also be honoured with an award for under 25s in memory of former Dudley CVS chairman Gordon Lindsay.
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Falkland Islands explorer Borders & Southern announced Monday that it has made a "significant gas condensate discovery" with its 61/17-1 well on the Darwin East prospect in the South Falkland Basin.
The well, located some 90 miles southeast of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, was drilled to a total depth of 16,000 feet (4,876 meters). As it was drilled, it encountered good hydrocarbon shows from 15,200 feet to 15,780 feet (4,633 meters to 4,810 meters), with the main reservoir interval comprising good quality massive sandstone and found to be 277 feet (84.5 meters) thick with net pay of 222 feet (67.8 meters).
Fluid samples from the reservoir have been recovered and will be bought back to the UK for analysis.
Meanwhile, Borders intends to complete wireline logging operations, plug and abandon the well and move its Leiv Eiriksson rig (DW semisub) on to the Stebbing prospect – the second target that Borders & Southern is drilling this year in the South Falkland Basin.
"We're delighted to have made a discovery with the company's first exploration well and to have opened up a new hydrocarbon basin. There is clearly a lot of work ahead of us to understand the size and value of the discovery, but it is a great start and the potential of the basin is exciting," said Borders Chief Executive Howard Obee.
But oil analysts who follow Falklands explorers were less enthusiastic about the result.
"Borders & Southern's bravery in executing a drilling campaign with 100-percent equity has paid off on this occasion and the rig will now move onto the Stebbing prospect which is targeting 1.28 billion barrels of oil equivalent of prospective resources and is de‐risked as a result of the Darwin discovery," said London-based investment bank Westhouse Securities said in a research note Monday, before adding: "Despite the very positive nature of today's announcement for the Falklands Islands and its embryonic oil industry we believe that several more discoveries of this nature will need to be made in order to justify a 'mini‐Aberdeen' adjacent to Port Stanley."
Focusing on the Darwin East prospect itself, Merchant Securities said that the question now becomes one of assessing whether the liquid content in the gas will be sufficient for the reservoir to be commercially viable on a liquids-only basis. "We are very cautious about arriving too early at a positive conclusion for the commerciality of the condensates," added the broker in a note to its clients.
Borders is not the only company carrying out exploration in the South Falkland Basin. It is sharing the Leiv Eiriksson rig with Falkland Oil & Gas, which is set to drill two of its prospects – Loligo and Scotia – later this year.
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Category: Alice # 1 girls' name in Sweden
Guest blogger and Sweden native Sarah–known to us Berries as Svea– gives us some insight on the trends behind the list of most popular Swedish baby names.
Being a Swedish Sarah (the #1 name the year I was born), I grew up in a sea of Saras and Sarahs, with a bunch of peers named Emma, Hanna, Sofia, Julia and Josefin as well as Johan, Daniel, Joakim and Mikael. Not so different when compared to those with an Anglo-Saxon background, I guess! And, indeed, Sweden has become increasingly globalized when it comes to baby names.
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The 13th Annual Slam Session Super Show - Custom Truck Show
Animated Attractions Does It Again
Because we know you can't get to all the shows, we travel the world to bring you some of the top truck events on the circuit. In addition to a great excuse for getting out of the office, we are always interested in why some shows are perennial favorites and others quickly fall by the wayside. Clearly a success story and one of our favorites, the long-running Slam Session Super Show in Greenville, North Carolina, is now in its 13th year. This Carolina favorite has everything you're looking for in a weekend get-together thanks to the hard-working club members from Animated Attractions. This year they are celebrating their 17th anniversary as a club, and the smooth-running show benefits from those years of experience.
The fun begins with the location. The Pitt County Fairgrounds in Greenville have plenty of room, with both indoor and outdoor display space. Weekend camping stretches the budget and was a popular option. Cars and trucks from the Carolinas and several neighboring states filled the fairgrounds, totaling more than 600 for the weekend. Several thousand spectators examined the collection, looking for a few new ideas for their rides and greeting old friends. Werm, the disc jockey, kept the air filled with music and commentary throughout the weekend. Part of what keeps Slam Session on the "got to be there" list is the high-powered, late-night entertainment. Bed down the kiddies if ya got 'em and join the adults at the R-rated nighttime events that Slam Session is famous for. Quick cash is another solid tradition, with $50 and $100 bills rewarding the best burper, fastest chugger, and wildest dancer. The trash talkin' contests ("Yo momma is SO ugly that...") paid a quick $100 and had some hilarious comebacks. While wacky people tricks may be good for openers, the crew at Animated Attractions knew what the crowd was really waiting for. The bikini contest is a spectator favorite and with $500, $250, and $100 prizes up for grabs, the girls were serious about winning. The wet T-shirt contest, with another $500 prize, gave the ladies one more chance to go home richer, and the crowd certainly encouraged their efforts.
The party wound down late Saturday night, although some of the hardcore campers partied 'til dawn. The daytime action fired up again Sunday at noon. Club games tested your recovery skills, with the Amplifier and Egg Toss events for the lightweights and the Beer Keg Fling for the heavy hitters in the crowd. Dodge ball and tug-of-war also helped to clear the cobwebs. The burnout competition drew lots of players and temporarily clouded the blue Carolina skies as the horsepower guys fried their doughnuts, cheered on by the applause of the crowd. Switchmen added to the fun, sending their hoppers skyward in the hydro contest, hoping to score some cash. The Sunday afternoon awards ceremony continued the enthusiasm, especially after the crowd saw the huge collection of more than 400 trophies on display. Custom-made neon trophies, six- and eight-feet high and lighted from within, were first shown to the crowd during the Saturday night entertainment. Sunday afternoon, Ryan Cavanaugh got to take one home with his "Best of Show"-winning '98 Chevy. The beautifully detailed extended-cab Dime was featured awhile back but is still in perfect show condition, and you couldn't meet a nicer guy. Ryan had to carefully pack the 6-foot trophy in the bed, but the $500 check that came with it presented no storage problems at all. If you'd like a shot at an award of your own and maybe even a check, go to the Web site www.animatedattractionscc.com for details on the 2007 event.


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Topic: Introductions
My name is Laura and I am living in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
In August 2011 the doctor found a large tumor on my liver while doing an ultra sound to see if I had fatty liver disease.
After numerous tests, I was scheduled to have a liver resection in December of 2011. The surgery was unsuccessful after they found the tumor had spread into the abdomenal wall.
I am current doing oral chemo (Xeloda) and iv chemo (Gemcitabine). So far the treatment is working and the tumor is slowly shrinking.
The blood work all indicates that the cancer started in the bile ducts.
It's been a real struggle to stay positive, but most days I am. I am so glad to have found this sight. I no longer feel that I am the only one in the world with this rare cancer.


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David N. Snyder wrote:Sama-sam-buddha = One who rediscovers the teachings and teaches the masses as the historical Buddha did (Siddhattha Gotama).
Paccekabuddha = A silent buddha. One who attains full enlightenment, but does not teach others. He attains enlightenment during a time when there is no Dhamma dispensation.
Arahant = Fully enlightened person, who might teach others, but not as the one who rediscovered the teachings, just as one who learned it from a current dispensation.
All are fully enlightened, hard to attain. But simply using statistics, the Arahant would be the "easiest" to attain of the three above. Samma-sam-buddhas and Pacceka-buddhas are very rare, but there were several thousand monks and nuns (and a few lay people) who attained full enlightenment during the Buddha's lifetime, as recorded in the Pali Canon.
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Last fall I did a series on how the returning players could improve their games as individuals, and withing the new schemes of our freshly hired head coach, Jim O'Brien. This year I want to bring that series back, focusing on our main core of players we expect to see major minutes from this season. I'm starting this in depth review with our new point guard, T.J. Ford.
Most of us know the basic scouting report on Ford. He is small, extremely quick, and very athletic. Offensively he is an adept ballhandler who isnt bothered by ball pressure, but whose lack of height occasionally presents him problems when being trapped. He isn't a great perimeter shooter, but is a fairly intelligent judge of when to take perimeter shots for himself, within the context of the game plan and situation. Defensively he has the ability to pressure the ball better than anyone we've had at that position since Travis Best, but he can be exploited by bigger more physical guards who can post him up.
What I want to do with this thread, and with the ones that follow in this series, is examine the nuances of his game and style within our team concept, and try and find the little discussed pros and cons that havent been discussed or noticed yet. While no one can really see how he will play and fit in until we actually see him on the floor, I think there are good discussion points and questions that can be had about our individual players over the course of the next few weeks. With that in mind, I wanted to discuss TJ and his game in depth.
One of the things I like about Ford the best is his ability to run an offense to either side of the floor, without having to turn his back to the defender in order to protect the basketball. When you really think about it, we havent had a point guard who truly consistently had this ability for an extremely long time. Mark Jackson sometimes liked to turn his back and look over his shoulder against big time pressure, Travis Best dribbled too much with no purpose and was too "left hand" oriented, and Jamal Tinsley even while having adept handles lacked the consistentcy in effort and judgment and athleticism to be able to truly be able to do this.
What this means to me from a coaching perspective is that I dont have to worry about teams pressuring TJ up the floor.....it will be too dangerous for them to do so with his blow by speed with the basketball. It also means that I as a coach can communicate with my point guard easier during the flow of the game, as Ford has the ability to handle the ball and listen at the same time. TJ Ford will control where the ball goes to initiate offesne, and the defense will react to him, not the other way around.
This ability to truly be a premier ballhandler and threat to drive with a purpose will enable the Pacers to more effectively play a true 1 guard front offense. The Pacers personnel dictates this anyway, as neither Granger or Dunleavy are at their most effective handling the ball on the high perimeter, above the key on either side. Instead the can concentrate on staying in the wing areas, trusting Ford will not be forced to pick up his dribble early and out of passing position.
Coach O'Brien is a somewhat "unconventional" coach when it comes to offensive philosophy, but now he has been given a point guard who fits in better to a more traditional personnel grouping and style. How the more traditional Pacers personnel as a whole fits in with the different philosophy of our staff bears watching as the season goes along.
Another thing that interests me about TJ Ford is how our offensive wings have to space the floor with him in the game a bit differently. TJ's skills change the "geometry" of the game somewhat. Because Ford can beat his man off the dribble in the center of the floor much easier than our past players, he will be a couple of steps into the paint further than our wings are accumstomed to. Early on, you may see some awkward plays as Ford drives in so deep that our wings are open for spot up 3 opportunities, but are BEHIND the ball and sight line of Ford, thereby being unable to be seen by our dimunitive point guard.
I want to see how our wings and coaching staff handle this situation, because it is going to happen. Will Granger and Dunleavy be asked to "spot up" lower on the floor to make it easier for Ford to find them, or will Ford be coached to not drive the ball as deep as he seems to want to do? I don't really think Ford is that adept at a little 10 foot "floater", instead he tends to get deeper than that into the paint. How will the Pacers spacing adjust?
His ability and willingness to drive the ball deeper into the paint should result in less passes to the wing perimeter areas, and more dump offs to our bigs for dunks, or to the deep corners for three point shots. In your minds eye, think of Shawn Marion drifting to the corners for three point attempts off Steve Nash penetration, vs Reggie Miller spotting up on the wing getting a pass from Mark Jackson, who would pull up much shorter and earlier than TJ Ford will likely do. Either TJ or the rest of the team will need to adjust....I wonder which it will be?
I want to see what happens with Ford when teams are faced with the choice of helping cut off his drives by coming off of Dunleavy, Granger, and Rush, or with letting Ford attempt to finish shots in the paint himself. If I'm coaching against Indiana, I think Im trying to make Ford a finisher in traffic instead of being a passer.
The high and flat "ballscreen" is one of the most commonly used offensive weapons used in basketball these days. However, some coaches are starting to talk about re-thinking this trend of the last few years, as they are finding that to bring a screen to a point guard/ballhandler who doesnt need it is a waste of time, and only brings more traffic in the area of the ballhandler. I think if I'm Jim O'Brien that I do NOT want to use Ford in this high ballscreen area much, instead I want my players to give TJ space and time to beat his man without the benefit of a screen. Others think the Pacers should run a high ballscreen with TJ Ford almost every trip, as he is so adept at going in either direction they believe it will be harder to guard than just leaving Ford "solo" up top with the ball.
This will be interesting to me, particularly at the end of quarters and in big moments. I dont think I personally would hardly ever ballscreen for Ford, but I want to know what the prevailing opinion is on this board. To me, if Im coaching against Indiana and the Pacers try this manuever with Ford and someone else, I think Im instructing my defender to go "under" the ballscreen, and make Ford have to make the wide open jump shot from near the top of the circle. If the Pacers are smart, they are having TJ work on this shot a bunch in the offseason.
Defensively, I want to see how much the Pacers choose to push Ford into picking up the opponent earlier in the possession. I would do that almost each possession all season long, but it is a long year and that type of defensive pressure can take a toll on your own defender over the course of time. Will the Pacers conserve Ford by limiting his pressuring, will they ask him to do it but limit his overall minutes to about 28 or so per night, or will they play a more traditional, "softer and conservative" defense?
I want to see if Fords ability to stay in front of his man helps our wing defenders deny better the first pass of the opponents offense. I want to see if Dunleavy and particularly Granger become better defenders because of TJ's effect, or if they stay mediocre or worse.
I want to see how the Pacers counteract a team who chooses to post up Ford alot on the low block. Do they leave Ford ot fend for himself? Do they "dig" from the ball side, or do they choose to let Ford stay behind his man and then run an exotic doubleteam? We know for a fact some teams will post up TJ, how will we react to it?
I could go on and on about the need for a point guard on a winning team to become a leader, to be vocal, to set the tone, to be a coach on the floor, etc etc. TJ seems to have these qualities, and compared to what we've had in the past anything he does in these areas will be a giant improvement. But Ford has been traded twice already at a young age, and he does have injury concerns along with being somewhat of a malcontent in Toronto. It is not a given that, if Ford struggles early and is outplayed by Jarrett Jack and loses minutes to him, that Ford will be a happy camper in Indianapolis. How will Jim O'Brien and Ford interact when TJ struggles, or is injured, or the team is on a 4 game skid, or whatever maladies come up in a long NBA season?
These are just some of the questions/concerns I have about TJ Ford, but admittedly I havent broken down any film or anything like that like I have in the past at times. Looking at Ford with a critical eye, we know he isnt a perfect player, because no one is. What do you feel he needs to improve on to become one of the top 8-10 point guards in the league, and what does TJ need to provide for us to help us win as many games as possible? Where does he need to improve, and what does the staff need to adjust to help play at maximum efficiency? How do we get the most out of TJ Ford?
As always, the above is just my opinion.


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A sturdy case that fits everything!
By Gumdrop
from Portland, OR
About Me Competitive Cyclist
Comments about Pro Bike Case:
I felt (mostly) safe transporting my carbon track bike and four race wheels with this case after doing a very careful job of packing the frame and wheels to the internal stabilizer frame. Learning how to do this was really challenging to do - the instructions are horrible - but a video on the internet and photos from the nashbar site was helpful in constructing the finished product.In this single case I carefully fit: 1 (small) carbon track frame (with seatpost and saddle still on!), 4 carbon wheels, carbon drop bars, aero bars, aero helmet, spare shoes, and nutrition. This weighted in at exactly 70.0 lbs (the maximum for most airlines). This case fits a LOT and I do not need to travel with my wheel safe. Note: I attached all these items to the stabilizer using zip ties and electrical tape so that TSA could essentially remove everything inside as one piece and put it back in (if necessary). As others suggested in their reviews, the first time I used it the airlines baggage handler broke the tow-handle despite putting stickers to the left and right of the handle that said "DO NOT LIFT HERE". You can expect that to break. The case is very large, but will fit in the back of a minivan if you can take out the middle and back seat. While the wheels are not on castors (which would make this case awesome) I didn't have a hard time moving it around, despite being a short person.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Good, but....
By jmarr
from North TX
About Me Avid Cyclist
Plan to make mods. I wanted a case that would accommodate my MTB without removing fork or handle bars. By making some mods to the removable frame i was able to do that. I also made mods to the axle spacers to fit my Thru axles.I also added two sturdy pull straps and a pair or removable swivel casters on one end based on earlier buyers issues with this case. Now I have the case I really wanted. I haven't been on a trip with it yet.
Great tavel case
By Josh do it!
from Quebec city, Canada
It would be a good thing to put pictures on the plan for how to mount the bike on the rack! I had to search on the net to find an image. Or at least write a website on the plan that has pictures. Thank you
By Cyclist56
from Windermere, Fl.
I bought this on Black Friday for my trip to La Vuelta Puerto Rico this week. When I went to pack my bike today I found missing parts and useless directions. Now I have to hope a local bike shop can figure out how to use this thing even though I didn't buy it from them. Even the Youtube video is vague and useless. Looks like a nice case but no one thought enough of the customer to provide decent instructions. Don't buy this unless you are a seasoned bike mechanic.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Durable except for the tow handle
By Murse
from Grant, MI
About Me Commuter
I use this to get my transportation to the next job assignment. Biking is a great way to go on assignment and this case is big enough for all the needed pieces. Caution that it must not weigh more than 100 pounds per airline regulations. It is $150 with United to get it on the plane. I love knowing that the bike is going to make it. The tow handle is woefully under made. It has broke X 2 times and should never be confused with quality option.
(1 of 2 customers found this review helpful)
Travelling Light
By Lu
from Brooklyn, NY
The best way to fly with your bike.
Ok case, needs improvements!
By Carlos
from Miami
I just got back from my trip and the case protected the bicycle and all it's contents flawlessly. The case is very spacious and you can place all your bicycle related gear on it.The frame it comes with to secure the bike seems sturdy. The instructions are poor. It's just a list of things to do at best with no images. You have to figure out how to put it together. There were also no skewers as the instructions suggested so I used the wheel ones. The wheel bags are nice and wheel made.The handle is now broken. I suspected this would happen since the quality and positioning of it is poorly designed. It has no turning wheels therefore you have to lift the front of the cage where the flimsy handle is every time you need to turn the case. This is why the handle broke as I feared. I will end up placing a soft strong strap like the one that closes over the case for pulling it.This would be a perfect case if it would have turning wheels and the handle is replace with something better.
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By jdh
from Austin, TX
I take one or more MTB trips every year, and have tried various ways to address the dilmena of bringing my own bike vs. renting. This case tips the balance in favor of bringing my own. It's sturdy, well-designed, and plenty big (my large Tallboy 29er and wheels fits easily). It's perfect for ground shipping, which is a great way to get your bike to and from your destination with greater convenience, and less cost, than bringing it on an airplane. Ground shipment also avoids the hassle of fitting it in a vehicle (although it fits in an Escape or CRV with the seats down). At less than half the cost (on sale) of comparable boxes, it's a tremendous value. Did a great job of protecting my bike on a recent trip.
Great Case, Worthless Handle
By WildwoodRider
from Albany, OR
The case itself is designed well with an inner aluminum frame that keeps your bicycle in place. Lots of room for storing all your bike gear. Fully loaded, mine weighed in at 75 lbs. I really like the exterior latches, Velcro strap, and the strap handles on the top of the case. The handle for lifting and turning the case, however, is a very poor design, weak materials and FAILED ON THE FIRST TRIP! The plastic handle was starting to break as I was bringing it into the airport. By the time I got it back at my destination in the oversize baggage area, the handle was fully broken, the hinge was bent, and it was done. Very disappointing. Rather than go through the hassle of returning the case, I plan to remove it altogether and replace it with a flexible strap for lifting the end to turn. Great case, worthless side handle - like it was added on by someone who had no idea about robust design and strength of materials.
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By damark
from Colorado Springs, CO
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The instructions for putting together the bike stand are inadequate but by referring to the picture of the product on the Nashbar product page it's easy to figure out. I put my bike in it and it is fairly easy. I have a small road bike which fits with the handlebars removed from the stem. It will take me about 20 minutes to disassemble and pack the bike. It seems secure but there is no provision for TSA padlocks. The literature does not state if the suitcase closure locks are TSA compliant. I will leave it unlocked and hope for the best. There is room for a toolbox, shoes, helmet etc. It remains to be seen what the airlines will do to it. An improvement would be straps to hold items in the bottom so they won't shift around if placed on its side or upside down.
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One of the men prosecutors have linked to a dangerous drug-trafficking crew known as Los Palillos prevailed in court, getting a jury to acquit him of kidnapping for ransom.
If Armando Rodriguez had been convicted of that charge, and three others he faced in trial, he could have been sent to prison for life. Instead, after several days of deliberations, the jury decided this week that Rodriguez was not guilty of kidnapping, and deadlocked over whether he was guilty of conspiracy to kidnap.
San Diego Superior Court Judge Charles Rogers dismissed the latter count for insufficient evidence, as well as charges of attempted murder on a peace officer and shooting at an inhabited dwelling. Because the charges were dismissed with prejudice, they cannot be refiled.
Rodriguez later walked out of jail a free man.
"This was a defense attorney's nightmare — an innocent man," said Gloria Collins, who represented Rodriguez, reflecting on her feelings while preparing the case and awaiting the jury's verdict.
Collins, who spent 25 years as a prosecutor in the District Attorney's Office before switching to criminal defense, argued in court that Rodriguez was not involved in any of the ransom kidnappings, killings and other criminal acts attributed to Los Palillos.
She said the prosecution's case relied on unreliable testimony from a witness who struck a deal with the District Attorney's Office in exchange for his cooperation in several other trials involving accused Los Palillos defendants.
"None of us want to see an innocent man on trial," Collins said. "This one got to me."
The District Attorney's Office stands by it prosecution.
"After a lengthy investigation and thorough review of this case, the District Attorney's Office believed we had sufficient evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that this defendant was guilty of attempted murder, kidnapping and conspiracy," said prosecutor Christopher Lawson in statement.
He thanked the jurors for their careful consideration of the evidence.
Rodriguez, 34, was not among the 17 defendants indicted in 2009 on felony charges including murder and kidnapping. The group includes U.S. and Mexican citizens.
Three defendants have been tried and convicted on felony charges.
Jorge Rojas Lopez and Juan Francisco Estrada Gonzalez, the alleged bosses of Los Palillos, are currently on trial in a death penalty case that could last up to a year.
Another death penalty trial for two more defendants is expected to begin after that.
Prosecutors have argued that Los Palillos — Spanish for "toothpicks" — began as an enforcement crew for the Arellano Félix Organization in Tijuana.
After the death of the group's leader in 2002, Los Palillos members moved across the border to San Diego County.
Between 2004 and 2007, the group kidnapped several people and held them in "safe houses" around South County while their families gathered ransom money, prosecutors said.
Nine people were killed. The bodies were ditched along roadsides, left to rot in abandoned vehicles or dissolved in vats of acid.
Rodriguez was accused in two incidents: a kidnapping attempt in September 2005 and a kidnapping for ransom in January 2007, both in Chula Vista.
According to court documents, prosecutors said Rodriguez and other accused Los Palillos members conducted surveillance around Sept. 26, 2005, outside a man's house, but Rodriguez told the others he couldn't be there the next day because he had to work a trucking job.
A day or so later, the group members tried to confront the victim outside his home, but he ran inside.
The would-be kidnappers then sped off in a red Chevy Suburban, which a Chula Vista police officer soon spotted.
A pursuit ensued and multiple shots were fired at the officer's vehicle. He was not hurt.
Prosecutors argued that Rodriguez and other defendants conducted a successful kidnapping two years later.
A woman was used to lure the victim, who had ties to the Arellano Félix Organization, away from a gym and into a trap set by Los Palillos.
The victim was abducted and held for 22 days in a house on Garber Avenue in Chula Vista. His family paid $200,000 to $300,000 ransom before he was released.
Collins said she spoke to jurors after her client was acquitted of the kidnapping charge.
She said they told her they could not believe testimony from the prosecution's key witness without much more corroboration.
"Juries always get it right," she said.
Collins said her client's family, including his ex-wife and daughter, had been supportive throughout the trial.
His mother fasted while the jury deliberated.
Rodriguez plans to go back to working in as a truck driver, the attorney said.


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With Target set to release December sales results this Thursday, the issue isn't whether the company's results will be in line with expectations but the degree by which they are likely to exceed same-store sales guidance in the low- to mid-single digit range.
That guidance was thought to be rather conservative at the time it was released in early December for a couple of reasons. First, Target had just smoked its initial forecast for November comps to be in the low single digits by producing a 5.5% increase. Second, the factors that drove the November results, such as a larger percentage of stores in the PFresh format and the launch of the 5% Rewards program, likely have an equal or greater impact during December. Then there is the issue of prior-year comparisons. Target is lapping a modest 1.8% increase last December, but the company still has a lot of ground to make up from declines the prior two years. Same-store sales in December 2008 declined 4.1% and in December 2007 they declined 5%.
The one negative from the month is that severe winter weather hit the Northeast and kept people at home when they might otherwise be redeeming gift cards, but Target knows a thing or two about bad weather -- what with being based in Minneapolis --- and surely the potential negative impact of a winter weather event is something that get's factored into guidance.
Of course these are all things known to investors, which helps explain why the company's share price has been on a tear the past few months. After beginning November in the low $50 range, shares advance steadily the past few months and began the New Year in fine fashion by hitting a new high of nearly $61. Unless Target's comps are absolutely phenomenal, as in double digits, don't be surprised to see shares of the company take a hit on Thursday.


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The advertising industry — and ways of reaching prospective customers — has been constantly changing since the year 1612 when the very first printed advertisement was published by the "Journal General d'Affiches".
Since then, we have seen entirely new media emerge, through which brands try to convince us that life without their product or service would never be complete.
Press, radio, TV, Internet, and, for the last few years, slightly more sophisticated techniques such as inbound marketing and marketing automation have aimed to persuade consumers to make a purchasing decision.
What's the common denominator? The "new medium" is always projected to completely replace the "old medium":
- Radio was expected to make press advertising obsolete.
- TV would weaken and replace radio commercials.
- Internet was expected to become the preferred platform for watching TV and make traditional TV obsolete.
- Social media was projected to replace email marketing.
- Inbound marketing would become the only form of online advertising.
The thinking surrounding marketing automation is similar.
Is marketing automation really the cure-all and "smarter brother" of email marketing?
In this handbook we address that question. You're about to learn:
- The differences between email marketing and the marketing automation
- Whether it's necessary to choose just one of these channels
- Additional functions of marketing automation systems
- How to plan marketing campaigns using marketing automation
- How to deploy sales campaigns using marketing automation
The time you invest in reading this handbook can give you the confidence to choose the best way to communicate with your customers.
Email marketing vs marketing automation
In the last few years many misunderstandings have arisen as to which channel is more effective: traditional email marketing platforms or marketing automation systems.
The source of all of the confusion lies in the fact that both techniques are based on the same vehicle -email.
Email is the main vehicle of sales communication and the one responsible for the conversion performance of the campaign.
This should not be particularly surprising to any of us.
- We spend an average of 4 hours a day using email, meaning that email consumes approximately 50% of our working day. Add to this the fact that 39% of users regularly send, receive and check their email outside of working hours. — Mimecast "The Shape of Email 2012" (2012)
- Email is the preferred method of commercial communication for 74% of all online adults. — Merkle "View From the Digital Inbox 2011" (2011)
- 63% of mobile email users check their email account a minimum of once per day. —Merkle "View From the Digital Inbox 2011" (2011)
Marketing automation systems, however, collect data and interact with customers on levels that go beyond email. So automation metrics focus on factors such as tracking prospective customers through a website or on a landing page that encourages prospects to contact a call center.
This type of data is helpful for companies that operate in markets with a longer decision-making process — a minimum of 7 days — as opposed to B2C scenarios where sales strategies often target impulse buyers.
So let's compare the functionalities of marketing automation systems and email marketing platforms.
|Email Marketing
|Marketing Automation
|Customer segmentation
|Collect email addresses
|Newsletter templates
|Triggered autoresponders
|Email broadcasts
|Reporting and analytics
|Conversion tracking
|Social media integration
|Landing page creator
|Lead scoring
|Behavioral targeting
|Split-test A/B Testing
|Full CRM functionality
Pic. 1 The functionalities highlighted are available in email marketing platforms, including GetResponse.
As you can see, the main advantage of the marketing automation systems is the ability to track the behavior of prospective customers and take appropriate action based on the data.
Four factors that influence your decision
Which solution is better for you: email marketing or marketing automation? To answer this question, analyze four factors.
Factor 1: Does your product or service require a complex purchasing process?
Marketing automation starts to make sense when your purchasing process is complex and takes at least 7 days. Examples: purchasing a CRM system, billing platform, or expensive medical equipment.
In such cases, effort devoted to nurturing leads can have great economic impact. Automation provides a wider time-frame for communication, so you can contact prospects at the right moment, such as when they're ready to make their decision.
If the buying process for your type of product or service is shorter (impulse purchases such as clothing or concert tickets) you don't need to plan a complex purchasing funnel or develop unique content for each stage of a sales funnel.
Factor 2: Do your customers need a unique solution?
Good conversion requires content that is tailored to the specific needs of each type of subscriber.
If your customer profile is fairly homogenous (such as a beauty salon or selling shoes online) you don't need to develop and distribute different kinds of e-books or reports. An email marketing platform enables you to send out the same series of emails automatically, and that works just fine.
On the other hand, if you design IT systems for companies in such diverse industries as FMCG, banking and retail, you need to match the content to each subscriber's needs and preferences, then deliver it at the right time. Marketing automation is the right tool for that.
Factor 3: Are you already making full use of email marketing?
Gleanster Research made a very good point in their study "Email Marketing vs. Marketing Automation Solutions" in which they discussed the success rate of marketing campaigns. In most cases, they found that success was based not on the tools used, but on knowledge and the ability to make use of them.
"As a general rule of thumb, you will get as much out of a marketing automation tool as you are currently getting out of your email marketing tool!" —Gleanster Research
This means that many companies with sophisticated email marketing platforms don't use them to their full potential, sending ordinary weekly newsletters. So before you decide that a marketing automation system is essential for your company's development, you might want to take a look at the list below and find out whether you already have them in your email marketing platform.
- Customer segmentation based on subscriber actions
- Behavioral targeting
- Dynamic content
- Autoresponders (automatic/triggered emails)
- Personalization
- Split-tests, A/B Tests
If your email marketing campaigns don't include at least some of these techniques, you're ignoring at least 30% of the true potential of email marketing platforms.
Moving to an automation system and collecting more information won't improve your sales if you don't have the resources and knowledge to use it.
Factor 4: Are you prepared to pay a higher price?
Marketing automation systems have higher implementation and operating costs compared to email marketing platforms.
On top of the costs of sending out emails, there are often costs related to monitoring customer activities, implementing dedicated tracking codes, etc.
If you invest in a marketing automation system, take into account the increase in overall e-marketing costs.
Content is king!
It's frequently mentioned that marketing automation and email marketing radically reduce the workload of marketing and sales departments. This is of course true, but only if the automated communication and optimization tests have been implemented and carried out effectively.
Stages of communication with prospective customers.
Traditional email marketing typically involves preparing a promotional offer, scheduling it for a particular time period, and selecting the recipients. You can also use subscriber data to segment your list and personalize the offers. But the general idea is to deliver similar content to the majority of your prospective and existing customers.
If you wish to introduce automated communication, e.g. through GetResponse Autoresponders, you still face the challenge of preparing unique email content for recipients at each stage in the sales funnel.
So the tasks required in marketing automation aren't all that different from the tasks of preparing your regular newsletters.
Many companies that use only marketing automation state that the fuel that drives sales is only partly related to the technology used; it is content that drives sales.
Preparing valuable content is the key to successful marketing automation:
- Case studies of customers
- Industry reports
- Handbooks and e-books
- Webinars for prospective customers
- Useful blog posts for new customers
- Follow-up emails based on your content marketing strategy
Instead of simply forwarding leads to the sales department, your program can be more effective if you identify customers at every stage of the sales funnel and map the right content to the right prospect at the right time.
In practice, the "content is king" maxim fits perfectly, as the content is responsible for generating customer interest and building strong relationships. Marketing automation is simply an intelligent way to distribute content.
But don't go off the deep end.
If you've been sending the same promotional offer to all subscribers, a complex marketing automation system may not be the optimal solution for you.
Before investing in a system that won't generate conversions unless you have knowledge and theoretical background, consider implementing the following email marketing steps:
- Segment your existing contacts and leads based on the offers they have previously shown interest in (history of clicks).
- Create 3-4 versions of your newsletter, each with different products or services designed for each customer segment.
- Personalize your offers based on subscriber information on file (geo data, declarative data)
- Implement dynamic content to maximize your click-thru rate (CTR).
Are you familiar with all of the concepts listed above? And are you already using them in your email marketing?
If so, it's time to introduce autoresponders — the very first step toward marketing automation and newsletters sent in response to subscriber actions (email opened, conversion on a website, link clicked).
Does it have to be an either/or decision?
Email marketing or marketing automation: which to choose? Or should you do both?
According to 2012 DMA Response Rate Report findings, email marketing returns $28.50 for each $1 invested.
On the other hand, 69% of participants in the 2012 Lenskold study stated that ROI increased significantly when they implemented marketing automation.
Does this mean that emailing your database is an ancient and perhaps obsolete way of communicating?
Nothing could be further from the truth.
The most effective sales scenario is a dual strategy: traditional email broadcasts to your entire customer database, supplemented by automated emails sent in response to subscriber activity at various stages in the sales funnel.
To demonstrate, let's make a quick calculation based on a few assumptions:
- 250.000 = your current email database
- 1,000,000 = monthly email volume, based on weekly broadcasts
- 18.74% = average email open rates (based on a 2012 GetResponse report)
- 4.53% = average CTR (based on a 2012 GetResponse report)
- 1% = let's assume this is your conversion rate
Monthly, you should see 187,400 opens and 45,300 clicks inside your newsletters. Theoretically, your email marketing campaigns should generate 10.000 sales.
Does it make sense to radically reduce the number of emails you send, settle for automated emails only, and lose all of these conversions?
Probably not.
Marketing automation earns significantly higher CTR and conversions. It works by sending emails only based on:
- Subscriber activity (website visit, link clicked in an email)
- Progression from one sales-funnel stage to another
- Date-driven events (license expiration, warranty coming to an end)
If you rely on marketing automation only, you send significantly fewer emails than with newsletter broadcasts using email marketing.
Despite higher statistical rates, the end result (number of sales or conversions) may not necessarily be higher than those from email marketing.
Consequently, the optimal solution is simultaneously sending regular newsletters and implementing automation strategies. This way, you introduce new communication techniques without giving up on proven solutions.
How to plan your very first automation campaign
Follow these 6 steps:
- Step 1: Prepare the materials you want to promote (e.g. an ebook describing how your service can help improve the effectiveness of advertising campaigns).
- Step 2: Design a landing page to collect data from those who download the ebook, so you can start communicating with them (important!).
- Step 3: Promote the landing page using SEO, PPC, Facebook ads, etc.
- Step 4: Send an email to those who submit your form and include a link to download your ebook.
- Step 5: Assign the collected email addresses to a campaign designed for them. The campaign should include sales communications for specific days in the lifetime of a prospective customer (followup messages, case studies based on customer experiences, links to videos).
- Step 6: Prepare separate campaigns for prospects who are ready to purchase (sales opportunities) and for existing customers (retention activities).
It's important to set up automation rules that enable you to move subscribers automatically from one campaign to another based on an event or action.
Of course, the information you have collected on your landing page also can be used for phone communication. Simply forward the data to your call center when the prospective customers are ready for contact with the sales department.
Define your goals then choose the right tool.
The implementation of email marketing and marketing automation is not a goal unto itself. Without proper planning and content preparation, neither solution brings the expected results.
When you're deciding what's right for your business, remember these questions:
- How complicated is the decision-making and purchasing process for your product or service?
- Do you see value in nurturing and maintaining relationships with prospects before forwarding their contact data to your sales department?
- Are your customer profiles generally similar, or do you reach out to various industries and decisionmakers across multiple departments?
- Do you have the knowledge and resources to generate unique, relevant content for each stage of your various sales funnels?
If you answered yes to most of these questions, you may be at the stage where traditional email marketing alone won't bring the results you seek. It may be time to add marketing automation.
Remember that the key to success is to define your campaign goals before you choose a communication method.
Brought to you by GetResponse Email Marketing.
We hope this handbook has provided helpful insights about combining traditional email marketing with elements of marketing automation to reduce the time you invest in executing your campaigns and increase ROI.
GetResponse includes state-of-the-art tools for email marketing plus many of the capabilities of marketing automation. If you have questions, visit www.getresponse.com or contact our Customer Success Team.


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IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation for the current IBM Rational DOORS 9.x user
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IBM® Rational® DOORS® Next Generation is a requirements management tool that you can use to capture, trace, analyze, and manage changes to information. It builds on the Rational DOORS 9 rich client and the Rational Requirements Composer web client.
Rational DOORS Next Generation includes a rich client and a web client. You can use the rich client to quickly create and manage business requirements. In the web client, you can further define, elicit, capture, elaborate, discuss, and review requirements and artifacts.
The rich client is based on IBM Rational DOORS 9, and the web client is based on IBM Rational Requirements Composer.
It runs on the Jazz™ platform. This product is the first step in the process to bring Rational DOORS more fully into the requirements management (RM) space of the Rational solution for Collaborative Lifecycle Management, where it can integrate with Rational tools in other spaces, such as change and configuration management (CCM) and quality management (QM).
Rational DOORS Next Generation can also integrate with third-party products.
Check out the demo! It is all part of creating a smarter planed!
Embedded software development using Rational Rhapsody Architect for Software
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IBM® Rational® Rhapsody® Architect for Software provides software development environment for real time and embedded software development based on a UML/SysML.
Embedded software developers can leverage an integrated software development environment for C, C++, Java or C# code that helps improve application consistency through UML based modeling to visualize and document the design of embedded and real time applications.
* Visualize architecture and design with industry standard UML or SysML
* Generate C, C++, Java or C# code frames
* Reverse engineer C, C++, Java or C# code for visualization and documentation
* Integration within Eclipse development environment for integrated code, model and debugging
* Maintain consistency of architecture, design, code and documentation automatically
* Author AUTOSAR 4.0 compliant automotive applications
* Leverage MARTE profile for architecting multi core applications
* Trace requirements to design to deliver the right product to market
* Collaborate using model-based differencing and merging features, including an integration with
the Jazz- based IBM® Rational® Team Concert solution
* Rational Rhapsody Architect for Software 7.5.3 adds support for Rational Rhapsody
TestConductor Add On to apply testing to code visualized
Check out the demo
This demonstration shows how to develop embedded software using the Rational Rhapsody Architect for Software development environment. The Rational Rhapsody development environment enables developers to visually capture their applications to automate manual coding tasks and communicate their designs. Learn how to import existing C++ code and synchronize it with a UML model, automatically create diagrams to understand the relationships in the code, and then document the design for external reports.
The workflow integration with Eclipse is illustrated by using Rational Rhapsody Architect for Software to turn the code into a simple 'ping pong' console game. It illustrates how, using code centric settings, dynamic synchronization with the code can be achieved, enabling the user to make updates in either the model or the code while still preserving the existing layout and structure. This enables developers to more easily adopt modeling on existing code projects or where preservation of code layout is critical to success.
It's all part of creating a smarter planet and working more efficiently!
Performance Monitoring and Tuning for DB2 for z/OS
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The IBM Optim Query Tuner and Optim Query Workload Tuner for z/OS can help DBAs and developers maximize application performance with expert advisors and tools while increasing customer satisfaction, productivity, and quality of service.
More specifically Optim Query Tuner helps developers to write more efficient SQL queries, it reduces costs and risks by enabling developers to tune SQL during development, while problems are still relatively inexpensive to fix and before they cause a costly outages or performance issues . It Operates within a familiar Eclipse development environment and features seamless integration and natural launch points within Optim Development Studio. It also accelerates query tuning analysis by providing expert advice and recommendations. It really helps DBAs and developers maximize application performance.
Check out the demo that shows an online retailer, who wants to uphold their commitment to customer satisfaction. See how they achieved their goal for online ordering response to be no more than 30 seconds.
It's all part of creating a smarter planet!
Solution Stack Implementation on Linux Workshop
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Check out this series of demos that make up a workshop.It will take you through the steps to rapidly expand your skills in application development on IBM midldeware; take you through all the pieces from the IDE to Application Servers and Databases; help you install a low cost version of Linux and then help you install and Configure the Software. Once that's complete it will show you how to develop, test and deploy an application. You'll gain valuable skills on the following software products:
Websphere Application Server v7
DB2 Express-C v9.7
It's all part of creating a smarter planet through software..
Here are the demos:
Learn how to download and install a Ubuntu image and then go through some basic shell commands to help you navigate through the UNIX® environment. This is part 1 of a 4 part demo series to show you how to implement a solution stack (Rational® Application Developer, WebSphere® Application Server, and DB2® Express-C) on Ubuntu Linux, as well as how to integrate them in a Java application.
Smart DB2 performance optimization for a smarter planet
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Check out the optional DB2 Performance Optimization Feature. It gives you the insight and ability to optimize workload execution. This feature can save you money and lower your risks by helping you to do more work with your existing hardware, and increase DBA productivity. Saving resources is a smart thing.
Performance optimization is very complex with many interdependent factors requiring deep skills. These skills are often hard to come by and typically very expensive. Problem isolation can take days and require many people across different domains and expertise. Add to this, the pressure on business today and the constant state of flux – hardware upgrades, software upgrades, application enhancements, new application deployment.
IBM Optim Performance Manager helps optimize the performance and availability of mission critical databases and applications. This enables organizations to resolve performance bottlenecks before they affect the business. Optim Performance Manager delivers a proactive, comprehensive performance management approach that allows IT staff to identify, diagnose, solve and prevent performance workload management issues in DB2.
Check out the demo!
See how one fictional company uses DB2® Workload Management and Optim™ Performance Manager Extended Edition to allocate database system resources to help a high priority application achieve its business objectives in a data warehousing environment. These capabilities are conveniently packaged together in the DB2 Performance Optimization Feature.
Smarter Energy and Utilities = smarter cities = a smarter planet
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Don't we love to see real world scenarios where software products help reduce costs and improve productivity.
In the energy and utilities sector, rising energy costs and technology advances are leading to more informed and involved utility customers. They want to know how much energy they are using, where they can optimize usage, and in some cases, how to implement their own renewable energy sources. This is all done through smart technologies including software.
Utilities are a critical link to improving energy efficiency, integrating renewable sources of energy and addressing climate change. IBM can add a layer of intelligence to your utility, using the power of information
And here is the demo...
In this example, see how Rational® Focal Point can be used in the energy and utilities sector, showing some of the major portfolio management challenges facing the industry. See how Focal Point meets those challenges by utilizing many of the monitoring, prioritization, and decision making capabilities featured in the solution.
Being RAD for a smarter planet part 3
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This week I'll be talking about RAD and the runtime analysis feature, the debug tool and reverse transformations.
Within RAD, the runtime analysis feature allows you to view the actual execution of the code, which may be different from the intended behavior. With profiling, you can analyze performance, method execution sequences, thread behaviors and code coverage. With the Runtime Analysis feature, you can do:
In addition, RAD provides reverse transformations. It allows teams to work on both the design and the implementation and to reconcile any differences between the two. So for example,let's say we have an architecture team and an implementation team that are divided, either by geography or because one team is subcontracting to the other, or even by corporate culture. The architecture team completes its version 1.0 of the system, and transforms the model to code.
The implementation team picks up the code and begins to work. The architecture team continues to work on the design, and after some time creates a v1.1 of the architecture. This architecture is forward transformed and integrated with the work done by the implementation team.
So far, so good?
When the architectural deviation is introduced, a dialogue would need to take place between the architecture and implementation teams so that both teams could better understand why the deviation was introduced. The forward transformation that occurs after the reconciliation probably would not delete code elements if those code elements were not the product of forward transformation in the first place. The deletion of the code elements would often be done manually.
and now for the demo..............
Tech Students Looking for a Job
In a previous job at IBM, I was so fortunate to be able to visit many universities and I had the great opportunity to talk with a lot of faculty and students. The most popular question I had from students was "how can I best differentiate myself to get a job". I imagine with this current economy, every student is asking this question today.
First, my answer for techy students was differentiate yourself by learning development tools outside of the classroom For example, if you have not learned to use Eclipse you need to. It is a great open source IDE that will help you build better code faster, not to mention that it is an extremely popular tool. So when you are on an interview, mention all the development tools you have learned outside of the classroom. This shows your hunger for knowledge and the desire to go above and beyond.
Second, get certified on one or more development tools. The IBM Academic initiative provides students with a 50% discount on certifications on IBM products. This always looks good on your resume and again shows that you go above and beyond.
Third, be aware of the trends and movements in technology and software development. Drop some lines of how you are interested in Cloud Computing. Talk about how you want to create software that improves the planet and comment on how it will be software development teams, who will continue to transform and create a Smarter Planet through software. You will blow their socks off.
And ask these question at your interview: "What development tools do you use to enable global teams to communicate efficiently through the software development process? How do you automate project status and efficiently track progress of the project, to build better quality software faster"? You might want to mention that you heard IBM has some great development tools that help do these tasks!" They will be stunned!
Learn how to use the Amazon Web Services toolkit for Eclipse. This demo shows you how to create a simple Java Web application, hello world, and deploy it to the cloud. Eclipse installed and setup. You will also need to have an Amazon account.
Good luck on your search!
Don't fly by the seat of your pants - Develop software for a smarter planet
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"Fly by the seat of your pants" is an early aviation term when aircraft had few navigation aids and flying was accomplished by means of the pilot's judgment.
The term emerged in the 1930s and was first widely used in reports of Douglas Corrigan's flight from the USA to Ireland in 1938.
That flight was reported in many US newspapers of the day 'Corrigan Flies By The Seat Of His Pants',
We all know that we can't fly by the seat of our pants in software development. There are so many tools today that help us make smarter software faster.
From use case development all the way to modeling, solution analysis, design activities and project management. And thank goodness that aircraft
now have the navigation tools to fly more safely.
Check out these tools to help develop software smarter!
This demo shows how to transform an IBM® Rational® Requirements Composer project into a model in IBM Rational Software Architect or IBM Rational
Software Modeler.See how use cases and process flow requirements captured in IBM Rational Requirements Composer can be used as a basis for your
solution analysis and design activities within Rational Software Architect or Rational Software Modeler.
Industry software for a smarter planet
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Well, you might be saying - "All this talk about creating a smarter planet through software is great, but let's see some real world examples".
I'm glad you asked. We recently published two demos that demonstrate software in the financial industry.
The first example demonstrates IBM WebSphere ILOG Business Rule Management System (BRMS) JRules. With BRMS JRules, developers can easily build and deploy rule-based applications that automate fine-grained, variable decisions used by business systems, while reducing the time, effort and cost of application development and ongoing maintenance. The short of it is that you can build, manage and run rule-based applications for Java, mainframe and SOA. This is important in industries like the financial industry.
The second example uses Cognos Now!. This product delivers operational dashboards for real-time monitoring of key performance indicators (KPIs) and operational metrics from disparate data sources. The great thing is that these dashboards can be created by non-technical people, even a "manager".
The first demo describes IBM WebSphere ILOG Business Rule Management System (BRMS) capabilities and how they can be applied in the financial market front office. Using a fictitious company named Open Financials, the demo shows you how to use JRules to handle the routing of orders and routing of order exception processing.
IBM WebSphere ILOG Business Rule Management System applied in the financial industry DEMO
In the second demo see how Cognos® Now! can be used by financial markets firms in an algorithmic trading scenario. This scenario is part of a project called Botticelli, which is focused on positioning a suite of IBM middleware within the financial markets front office. The benefits to using Cognos Now! include the ability to rapidly deploy applications in a cost effective manner, with the easy to use, self-service user interface, and the flexible architecture.
Modeling: The key to managing software complexity for a smarter development process
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Modeling lets you manage complexity and risk. Not all projects require models in order to be successful. The more complex a project is, the more you need models. Software is no different than every other kind of engineering in this respect. You probably don't need to create a model before putting together a doghouse. It's not very complex, and if the doghouse fails, i.e. falls apart, the consequences are not too dire – the dog stays in the big house. But, as we move up in complexity and look at building a family dwelling or even a high-rise office building, the need to model is more important, as these buildings are much more complex than a doghouse, and the consequences of these buildings failing are more serious.
There are many reasons to model…here are some of them.
- manage complexity- detect errors and omissions early in the lifecycle
- communicate with stakeholders
- understand requirements
- drive implementation
- understand the impact of change
- ensure that resources are deployed efficiently
Communication is the biggest benefit of modeling.
The best models represent different viewpoints of the same system. This isn't just nice to have, it's a necessity. Different stakeholders in a system will be interested in different viewpoints. Creating good models that ensure all stakeholders understand what they need to understand about the system is critical to success.
You need to use modeling to control the application architecture and to use a tool that uses the common language of modeling, UML. The solution should provide a way for geographically distributed teams to access the models. You want a tool that provides transformation capabilities, to aid with model-driven development. And the solution should help you create and enforce the rules of your architecture, by providing guidance on the development process you are using. This allows you to visually compare changes to models, and linking requirements to the design you are creating.
The IBM Rational product that provides this solution is IBM Rational Software Modeler. IBM Rational Software Modeler (Software Modeler) supports UML notation. It has a simplified user interface which makes it quite easy to use. Software Modeler is built on Eclipse, so it is extensible and it integrates with other Eclipse development environments. And of course it integrates with other IBM Rational products.
Rational Requirements Composer with Rational Software Modeler integration
This demo shows how to transform an IBM® Rational® Requirements Composer project into a model in IBM Rational Software Architect or IBM Rational Software Modeler. See how use cases and process flow requirements captured in IBM Rational Requirements Composer can be used as a basis for your solution analysis and design activities within Rational Software Architect or Rational Software Modeler.
It's all part of creating a smarter planet through software!
Enterprise JavaBeans with Rational Application Developer for WebSphere - video course
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Do you need to learn Enterprise JavaBeans real quickly? This is a really cool Enterprise JavaBeans with Rational Application Developer for WebSphere course. This 9-part video demonstration will show you how to use Enterprise JavaBeans to create a simple blog web application. Starting from a fresh installation of Rational Application Developer, the course will take you step by step through how to create a local WebSphere instance and how to create and write an Enterprise JavaBean. Then you will learn how to create an Apache Derby database, and how to take advantage of the Java Persistence API for database storage. Finally, It will show you how to create a web project which uses the Enterprise JavaBean you created earlier. Then the video course will run the web application and you will see the JavaBean in action with the final blog web application.
Here are the nine parts. Sit back and enjoy viewing this educational video course!
Smarter cities
It is cool when you can see industry examples of how software can improve your companies productivity and cost savings through software.
I worked with the Rational Focal Point team, to publish a demo discussing some of the major portfolio management challenges facing municipalities and demonstrating how Focal Point can meet those challenges, by utilizing many of the monitoring, prioritization, and decision making capabilities featured in the solution. Whether you manage a city, a company or an organization, you will need to prioritize projects and understand the return on investment each project will provide you, which can be extremely challenging, if you don't have the proper tools.
There are many other challenges and details to managing a portfolio of projects. Ideas for new investments or cost-cutting measures come from a variety of sources and most cities or companies don't have a single repository where those ideas can be gathered and carried through a defined lifecycle. Without such a repository you run the risk of having great ideas fall through the cracks.
In lean times resources become limited. In these cases being alerted about budget overruns, scheduling delays, and resource bottlenecks as soon as possible is critical. Many cities or companies cannot generate the simple, real-time overviews that help managers quickly pinpoint trouble spots and address them in the earliest stages.
Presented here are a few of those challenges that the Focal Point solution has been designed to address—hopefully many of them look familiar to you.
Software is key to creating a smarter planet and here is a fine Industry example! Check out the demo!
This demo uses a government industry scenario to show some of the major portfolio management challenges facing municipalities. See how IBM® Rational® Focal Point can meet those challenges by utilizing many of the monitoring, prioritization, and decision making capabilities featured in the solution.
Introduction to the IBM Software Development Toolkit for Linux on POWER
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The IBM Software Development Kit for Linux on POWER (SDK) is a free, Eclipse-based Integrated Development Environment (IDE). The SDK integrates C/C++ source development with the Advance Toolchain, Post-Link Optimization, and classic Linux performance analysis tools, including OProfile and Valgrind. The IBM SDK for Linux on POWER provides you with an all-in-one solution for developing software on Linux on POWER platforms.
This demo shows you how to access the SDK using a technique called X-Forwarding, which allows you to integrate the SDK interface to an interface running on your Linux desktop. It also shows you how to create a virtual desktop session on the POWER server and connect to it using either Linux or Microsoft® Windows® clients.
It's all part of creating a smarter planet!
Using log filters in Rational Build Forge for Ant builds
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Rational Build Forge enables high-performance builds and agile software development. Its adaptiveness helps development teams standardize repetitive tasks, manage compliance mandates, and share information. It automates and accelerates software assembly and delivery processes and streamlines build management.
This blog we will discuss Ant files and log filters. In IBM Rational Build Forge log filters specify success criteria for a step using regular expression matching.
This demo utilizes an Ant file. A common use case for log filters is the execution of commands regarding Ant files, because these commands do not always return useful exit codes. This demo shows the following tasks: creating a log filter, using a log filter in a project, and setting a project to continue on fail.