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Amid Slanted Gay Marriage Coverage, NBC Wonders: 'Will the Justices Make it Legal in Every State?'
At the top of Tuesday's NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie
seemed to get swept up in the network's own one-sided reporting on the
gay marriage cases before the Supreme Court, proclaiming: "Supreme
decision. This nation's highest court taking up the divisive issue of
same-sex marriage this morning. Will the justices make it legal in every
In the report that followed, justice correspondent Pete Williams touted the anticipation of gay marriage supporters: "The day has finally come for the people who've lined up for days to see the historic argument....The two California couples at the heart of today's case are already here after a brief visit Monday to see the Constitution at the National Archives. Their lawyer says Prop 8 should be struck down because allowing them to get married would have no effect on traditional couples."
Despite the enthusiastic coverage early Tuesday morning, Williams offered more tempered analysis in the 11:00 a.m. ET hour on MSNBC, shortly after attending oral arguments at the Court:
Let me give you what I think the bottom line is. Number one, it's quite obvious the U.S. Supreme Court is not prepared to issue any kind of sweeping ruling about gay rights. No member of the Court seemed to be very interested in that. Secondly, the Supreme Court, both liberals and conservatives, seems to be worried about writing a decision that will apply to any state outside California. Now, the proponents for the four gay couples that brought this case are really urging the Supreme Court to say that marriage is such a fundamental right that no state can constitutionally deny same-sex couples the right to marry. There seemed to be very little eagerness from any members of the Court to embrace that broad a ruling.
In the twenty-four-hour period prior to the arguments, Williams offered
three full reports on the upcoming gay marriage decision, totaling
eight minutes. However, only fifty seconds of that coverage featured the
perspective of traditional marriage supporters.
On Monday's Nightly News, anchor Brian Williams promoted how "public attitudes have been shifting fast" on the issue, with Pete Williams declaring: "Public opinion polls show that more than half of Americans now say they support it. That's why supporters of marriage for gay couples claim the cultural tide is moving in their direction."
A sound bite followed of SCOTUS Blog's Tom Goldstein arguing: "If the Supreme Court disagrees with these claims, history will not look fondly on it."
Speaking of the Prop 8 case on Monday's Today, Williams sympathetically observed: "For the five people at the heart of this case, it's simple, they just want to get married. Kristin Perry and Sandy Stier have been a couple for 13 years, living in Berkeley, California. They've raised four boys, now ages 18 to 24. What they most want to be is married."
Speaking of the Defense of Marriage Act case at the end of the report, Williams noted that "President Obama concluded the law is unconstitutional" while "House Republicans entered the case to defend DOMA." No sound bite was actually played of the House GOP.
Williams then seized on a comment from Republican strategist Karl Rove to further bolster the pro-gay-marriage side: "This case comes to the Court in a very different political climate than just four years ago, when Prop 8 became law. An example of that, just yesterday, Republican adviser Karl Rove said in the next presidential election he could see one of the Republican candidates favoring same-sex marriage."
In all three reports, Williams also made sure to highlight the lesbian cousin of Chief Justice John Roberts being present at the oral arguments and touting how "In a guest column for a gay rights group...she wrote, quote, 'Everyone in this country has a family member,' end quote, who is part of the gay and lesbian community."
ABC's Good Morning America on Tuesday was equally lopsided in its coverage of the topic.
During a recent gay rights fundraiser in New York, former MSNBC anchor Contessa Brewer summed up the media attitude on gay marriage, and specifically on those who oppose it: "When we're talking about racism, nobody ever says, 'Do you think there's fair coverage for racists?'"
Here is a full transcript of the March 26 Today report from Williams:
SAVANNAH GUTHRIE: Supreme decision. This nation's highest court taking up the divisive issue of same-sex marriage this morning. Will the justices make it legal in every state?
MATT LAUER: The U.S. Supreme Court hears a landmark case today that could drastically change how the government handles the controversial issue of same-sex marriage. NBC's justice correspondent Pete Williams is at the court. Pete, good morning to you.
[ON-SCREEN HEADLINE: Story of the Day; The Fight Over Gay Marriage; What's at Stake This Week Before the Supreme Court?]
PETE WILLIAMS: Matt, good morning. Californians who gave Barack Obama 61% of the vote in 2008 also approved Proposition 8, a ban on same-sex marriage in that state. Now the Court will consider whether that's unconstitutional discrimination, and more broadly, whether any state can ban it. The day has finally come for the people who've lined up for days to see the historic argument.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: I've been out here for four days and the reason I'm out here is just because it's such an historic moment, it's only going to happen once in my lifetime and I wanted to be here to witness history.
WILLIAMS: The two California couples at the heart of today's case are already here after a brief visit Monday to see the Constitution at the National Archives. Their lawyer says Prop 8 should be struck down because allowing them to get married would have no effect on traditional couples.
TED BOUTROUS [LAWYER FOR GAY COUPLES]: The proponents of Proposition 8 still haven't been able to come up with an argument as to why for all the good things about marriage, we need to keep people out who want to get married.
WILLIAMS: But Prop 8's defenders say it's legally proper to limit marriage to opposite-sex couples.
BRIAN BROWN [NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MARRIAGE]: Unions of two men or two women are not the same thing as a marriage between a man and a woman, and only marriage between a man and a woman can connect children to their mother and father and their parents to the children.
WILLIAMS: If the court strikes Prop 8 down, same-sex marriage would resume in California. And depending on how broadly the Court ruled, it could also require some or even all other states to allow same-sex marriage, too. But if the Court upholds Prop 8, that would leave the door open for another election in California on whether to get rid of it.
A guest of Chief Justice John Roberts will be watching today's argument with special interest. His cousin from San Francisco, Jean Podrasky, who says she's a lesbian hoping to get married. During his 2005 confirmation hearing, Roberts introduced her along with other family members.
JOHN ROBERTS: And representing the cousins, my cousin Jean Podrasky.
WILLIAMS: In a guest column for a gay rights group, that's her on the left in the picture, she wrote, quote, "Everyone in this country has a family member," end quote, who is part of the gay and lesbian community.
And tomorrow, the Court takes up the Defense of Marriage Act, the federal law that blocks the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages in the nine states where they are allowed. We'll probably get decisions in both cases toward the end of June, Matt.
LAUER: Alright, Pete Williams at the court this morning. Pete, thank you very much.


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Richmond, British Columbia, Canada 19 December 2012 -- Catalyst Paper today announced that the sale of its Elk Falls site in Campbell River to Pacifica Deep Sea Terminals Incorporated did not close and the sale agreement has been terminated. The sale of the 400-acre industrial site and adjacent properties was initially expected to close on September 5, 2012. A non-refundable prepayment of a portion of the purchase price was received and the transaction timeline was extended multiple times up to the ultimate deadline of December 18, 2012.
"It's disappointing that this transaction with Pacifica could not be completed even with the extended timeline. This is a fully serviced property in an excellent location and we remain confident that the right fit between site and buyer will be found that will bring new jobs and opportunities to Campbell River," said Kevin J. Clarke, Catalyst President and Chief Executive Officer. "In the meantime, site personnel are maintaining safety, security and environmental requirements and complying with all applicable legislation."
The former pulp and paper site was indefinitely curtailed in 2009 and closed permanently in 2010. It has since been decommissioned with removal of chemicals, process wastes, and key papermaking equipment. The landfills remain intact as does the wastewater system which continues to operate in preparation for the site's redevelopment to other industrial uses. The Elk Falls mill began operation in 1952, and at its peak, produced 784,000 tonnes of pulp, paper and kraft paper annually.
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This costume was supposed to debut at Dragon*con, however I was unable to attend due to rehearsal scheduling. This dress was almost entirely drafted, even though we started with a base pattern. The waves, bubbles, collar, and ears were drafted without patterns. The wig was an Ashley 850 in dark blue, I cut bangs into it and made them stand-up. The tail was crafted from housing wire and a glittery Styrofoam ball. I created a harness with the wire so it would distribute the weight of the tail on my back. The boots were originally white and were painted with Neopaque paints. This costume received an Honorable Mention for Youmacon's Hall Cosplay contest, novice division.
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Photographer's Note
Welcome every morning with a smile. Look on the new day as another special gift from your Creator, another golden opportunity to complete what you were unable to finish yesterday. Be a self-starter. Let your first hour set the theme of success and positive action that is certain to echo through your entire day. Today will never happen again. Don't waste it with a false start or no start at all. You were not born to fail.
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lule-jan (274) 2007-08-20 4:30
Great shot here, i like the mysterious fog and the dark colors.
Suberb job.
amazingfaith (5) 2007-08-20 7:09
Great landscape, what time did you captured that? Did you used filter?
Keep it up!!
xkolba (596) 2007-08-20 7:54
Hi Salma,
Excellent foggy composition, with interesting climate of city wakening to life. I like division of frame with completely black lower part, foggy center and lighted up sky with interesting clouds.
Good work!
Best regards,
smarcell (19965) 2007-08-20 7:56
I like this monochromatic picture, with the skiscrapers shaded by the fog. I would maybe crop the bottom of fthe frame, the darkest part.
Fiddlee (216) 2007-08-20 8:25
A beautiful "awakening" photo, with the blues absolutely mysterious and calming. And yet daylight is promised from the upper left of the photo... Love it. I like all the black at the bottom, I think it balances the sky.
lasscor (7640) 2007-08-20 8:57
Hi Salma,
Wonderful peaceful blue misty morning light.
Nice blue tones and silhouette of the town.
crhieatt (5347) 2007-08-20 9:39
Impressive, dark, misty cityscape rising from black to blue. I like the photo - it seems rather at odds with the message of your note - perhaps you are being ironic? Either way, I like the shot.
Maddog (4503) 2007-08-20 10:31
Great shot and wonderfull atmosphere!!
Excelent POV
nico51 (274) 2007-08-20 13:40
Hi Salma,
très belle photo.
soma (937) 2007-08-20 15:54
wow ...just wow masallah !!
worldcitizen (13224) 2007-08-20 16:19
Hello Salma,
The mood of this photo is wonderful. I like the different layers, and the way the buildings mysteriously poke out of the fog. The blue tones are beautiful, and the frame you chose really compliments the composition.
Bruno40 (6658) 2007-08-21 3:31
Hi Salma
Great moody photo of Manila, the blue colour hour, togther with the morning mist, created a really nice photo.
Well done
noborders (1010) 2007-08-21 6:08
A splendid view, one has the really impression to see a megalopolis here,
Surfer31 (0) 2007-08-21 11:22
Salma... I have no words (once again).. You have a wonderfull gift to match your pictures with words, even if they are not your own words, you simply make them work out beautifully with your images. I can tell you I was knocked out only by your picture, and when I read the message you chose to go along with your mystic image I started to feel like my soul was traveling at the speed of light. I swear this is true. I felt like a shooting star going up instead of comming down. I got chicken skin, I trembled, I felt like a particle of dust traveling around the universe.
As for the picture I have no words to express how wonderfull it is. It's another one of those I could hang on my bedroom wall at stare at it for hours. No kiding, my dear Salma.
Thank you, thank you, thank you...
rafid76 (0) 2007-08-21 23:34
this would make a great book cover, maybe a mystery novel involving a guy searching for a long lost treasure in a forgotten world!
colors, composition and most of all your theme is FABulous.
silvia_zenova (1336) 2007-08-22 14:04
Hello Salma,
incredible atmosphere you are captured! This foggy morning is full of mood for me.
From technical point of view - good composition and wonderful monochromatic tones, really exciting!
Regards, Silvia
photographer123 (6248) 2007-08-23 6:54
wow..what a shot...look like you captured it in stoneage...you take us to a fantasy ilands..well done ,,great job...subir
tomauer (316) 2007-08-25 6:29
hi Salma, AMAZING shot of Manila, I have been through this bustling city many times, and you have really captured it in a different way, this doesnt even look like the typical hectic Manila Scene you usually find on TE, This one is beautiful, everything from the mysterious fog to the Skyscrapers peeking through the top of the fog.
Thank you for sharing this with us Salma, im looking forward to many other great shots like this!
Mabuhay Ang Pilipinas! :)
ayniLL (0) 2007-09-09 14:25
merhaba salma
amazing view with excellent note
the photo looks like out of the world
dramatic sky with fog, it makes me melancholic
really good work
xavis (3180) 2007-09-11 13:12
Great ambiance you brings in this picture with the fog and the buildings. A simple composition but you works realy good with colours and lights. You ahve took the perfect moment.
Best regards,
Hasta la vista
DonGusti (942) 2007-10-08 17:04
creepy but beautiful :P
i9l2y1m8a8t3 (4814) 2007-11-01 20:49
well captured! nice hazy background of the makati buildings?, amazing! great composition!
karanliklar (513) 2008-07-06 12:04
jayR (16) 2008-12-18 22:43
it was like an aftermath of a nuclear bomb (because the bdlgs don't look straight at alll, they'll like rugged)
and yes, you could have cropped the lower part because the black border on top looks like "floating" in the image...
AnaRita (1741) 2010-03-20 17:57
Olá Salma!
Fantastic colors on this misty atmosphere. Interesting, motivational note and I like the framing as well. Congratulations and thanks for sharing,
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- Date Taken: 2007-07-00
- Categories: Arquitectura
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Australia has just elected a new government. Now we've got the opportunity to set their agenda for the next 3 years. Together we can make sure that our politicians deliver a climate plan that protects our future, not their mates in the fossil fuel industry.
Meet with your local member Chris Crewther and help make sure funding for Australia's first ever solar thermal plant and no public money will prop up Adani's Carmichael project becomes a reality in this term of parliament.
Date and time of meeting will be confirmed in the coming weeks.
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We are proud to announce that this Nov 5th, 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM we will be hosting an Open House at 14 Randolph Road in the Leaside neighborhood, Toronto. This is an opportunity to visit this excellent House for sale in beautiful Leaside.
Please come with any questions you may have. In the meantime you can take a virtual tour of this Leaside House for sale.
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It's nearly year's end, and so we thought we might write about our 2012 titles, and how they'll make great presents for your loved ones. Or, you know, for yourself. We won't tell.
Do you or any of your friends or relatives love Godzilla? Ultraman? H. P. Lovecraft? Mythology? The TV show The Office? The zany pseudosciences of UFOs, Bigfoot and other cryptids, and such like that? Get them a copy of MM9 by Hiroshi Yamamoto. This book combines office hijinks with ancient monsters and some quick scientific thinking. It was also a TV show in Japan:
Also, check out the show's closing credits:
It's a very fun book, and a breeze to read despite the scientific speculations.
For fans of Haruki Murakami, Jorge Luis Borges, or magical realism in general, check out The Navidad Incident by Natsuki Ikezawa. The fantasy element here is light, but strange—there's a ghost and a mysteriously busy runaway bus. This book is a sort of genre-in-the-mainstream title about the politics of the developing world in the postcolonial era. And hardcover books make for wonderful gifts. Finally, the title! Navidad, get it?
Any hardcore SF fan who wants to keep up with the new writers in the field needs a copy of our anthology The Future Is Japanese. Ken Liu's short story "Mono No Aware" has already been selected for reprinting in an annual best-of anthology, and this book also features stories by Catherynne M. Valente, Ekateria Sedia, and top Japanese writers including Project Itoh and Issui Ogawa. The anthology got a starred review in Publishers Weekly and is acclaimed generally. If you or yours are interested in the field of SF at all, this book is for you.
Got any gamers in your family or social circle? Metal Gear Solid: Guns of the Patriots by Project Itoh is what they need. More than just a novelization by some hack, Itoh was both a hardcore fan of the Metal Gear series and one of Japan's leading science fiction novelists. This novel is a tribute to the game.
Speaking of one of Japan's leading science fiction novelists, Project Itoh's Genocidal Organ is my personal favorite of the year. It's military SF, it's about the power of memes—not cat pictures from the Internet, but ideas and how the flit from brain to brain—and it's a wickedly dark comedy. For fans of Itoh's Harmony, this book details the "Maelstrom" that leads to the Utopian society of that novel. Speaking of, check out the Hungarian book trailer for Harmony:
Any friend or family member interested in the work of contemporary military SF writers like David Drake or John Scalzi, or the satirical flourishes of Kurt Vonnegut, should check out Genocidal Organ and Harmony.
Belka, Why Don't You Bark? by Hideo Furukawa is for dog-lovers, history buffs, space buffs, and lovers of fine literature. What other book combines the secret lives of dogs with the drama of the Space Race and the world-changing events of the Cold War? No other novel, of course! Have you seen the author's passionate readings? We've made two videos:
These really sum up the book in a way a blog post cannot.
Finally, out today, is Virus by Sakyo Komatsu. Komatsu is a true grandmaster of Japanese SF—he's the author of the famed Japan Sinks, and this classic from the 1960s is a SF disaster thriller of the sort that Michael Crichton used to write. It's a hardcover, so naturally an excellent present—if you or anyone for whom you are buying a gift loves the genreish/mainstreamish thrillers of Crichton of Stephen King or Tom Clancy (Virus includes a lot of scientific and military information) this is the book to buy this month.
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The decision to leave Las Vegas in high winds was a sketchy one. Wind gusts of 30 to 40 miles per hour can really throw the RV for a quick ride into the next lane if you're not extremely careful. Even being careful, the wind can still chuck you. The best bet when it's windy like this is to just drive slow. Well, that won't be a problem starting out because it's bumper to bumper traffic on the 15 northbound out of Vegas. The radio was reporting a couple wrecks ahead. Bummer.
After a half an hour we were clear of traffic and on our way north along highway 93, The Great Basin Highway. Thankfully, this highway is situated in the middle of mountainous ranges on each side that helped block the fierce and penetrating wind. That was good. Unfortunately, the highway is pretty damn boring. Thank the lord I got that CD player fixed. Lana popped in a country mix with The Randy Rogers Band, Zach Brown Band, Gary Allen and more. In my head I was thinking… "this is gonna be a great trip".
The weather was still blistering hot while leaving Vegas. Every 50 miles north we drove it seemed to cool down a bit. I was really looking forward to arriving atPahrangat Lake to take a quick swim and cool off. No such luck. The lake was pretty much brown in color and didn't look too appealing.
Apparently we were on the Pahrangat Wildlife Refuge but didn't really see much wildlife except a few birds, ducks, lizards and bugs. Declining the dip in the water we decided to continue north for cooler weather.
The further north we drove the more boring it got. The road signs did make it interesting though. We were in Alien Country. Yippee! Most of my teenage life I was pretty fascinated with Area 51, aliens and government conspiracy issues. You can thank late night talk radio host Art Bell and his Coast to Coast AM show for that.
We never actually got withing eye sight of Area 51 but the signs sure wereentertaining. I'm not even sure the public can get close enough to see any visual evidence of Area 51. Even if you could, I wouldn't recommend this place for a family vacation unless you're a bunch of crazy nut jobs. You can travel here via Google Earth and see for yourself and save some gasoline.
So we kept driving, and driving and driving. As we started making some serious progress north we finally witnessed some greenery coming into view. We barely traveled through the edge of the Humboldt National Forest and then ended up in Ely Nevada. It was getting dark and I was tired of driving. Time to hunker down for the night.
Wikipedia has this to say about Ely… "Ely was founded as a stage coach station along the Pony Express and Central Overland Route. Ely's mining boom came later than the other towns along US 50, with the discovery of copper in 1906. Though the railroads connecting the First Transcontinental Railroad to the mines in Austin and Eureka have long been removed, the railroad to Ely is preserved as a heritage railway by the Nevada Northern Railway and known as the Ghost Train of Old Ely.[1] [2] As of the 2000 census, the population was 4,041."
I got us a room at the Jailhouse Motel and Casino. It was a run down old place but the whole town kind of seemed like that. We could of just slept in the RV but after that long drive I just wanted to get out of the rig, get a beer in my belly and watch some boob tube on a motel bed. And by boob tube I don't mean porn. I watch my porn on my computer, thank you very much.
We grabbed a quick bite at the Hotel Nevada across the street and snapped a bunchof random silly pictures inside the joint. You know, stuff like me slam dunking a neon basketball sign, getting freaky with a Bison head, making a midget statue grab my nuts. Yep, super mature photos. If you'd like to see those photos, make sure you "LIKE" my Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/jasonmoffatt and they'll be uploaded soon.
The food tasted like a hospital cafeteria but we were starving and didn't complain. At least it's hard to mess up a Corona and ice cream. That was still pretty solid.
After dinner, we returned to the room and fell asleep watching reruns of Tosh.0 and Facebooking away.
So I'm curious. Have you ever seen a alien or a UFO? Tell me your story. I'll tell you mine in the comments tomorrow.
Jason Moffatt is a former private detective turned internet marketer who uses his skills of keen observation and deductive reasoning to pinpoint the easiest paths to success online. He's passionate about helping entrepreneurs in the health & wellness field along with those in the personal development space. Jason believes we're all a work in progress and that each day presents an opportunity to be a little be better than the last.
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Find out who's climbing Cleveland's corporate ladder.
Going Places: Dec. 10, 2012
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE INDUSTRIES INC.: Paul Bowyer to principal consultant.
LORAIN NATIONAL BANK: Chad Spencer to mortgage loan officer.
MARCUS & MILLICHAP CAPITAL CORP.: Andrew Burgess to associate director. SCHLABIG & ASSOCIATES LTD.: Richard Simon to manager, assurance services; Katherine King to staff accountant; Melanie Miller to administrative assistant. SS&G: Olivia Cunningham to manager, assurance department. STOUT RISIUS ROSS: Stephen L. Buffo to managing director, Dispute Advisory & Forensic Services Group.
VILLAGE AT MARYMOUNT: Jamie Killian-Centa to director of nursing; Jenell J. Westhoven to assistant director of nursing and director of quality management.
MEDICAL MUTUAL: Kathy Golovan to executive vice president, chief information officer. WESTFIELD INSURANCE: Marianne Parkinson to group customer and marketing leader.
JACKSON LEWIS LLP: Daniel Messeloff to associate. ROLF GOFFMAN MARTIN LANG: Andrea Lee and Philomena O'Hare to associates. SQUIRE SANDERS: Steven M. Auvil to head, Intellectual Property and Technology Group litigation practice. TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO LLP: Raymond N. Russell to partner. THRASHER, DINSMORE & DOLAN LPA: Matthew H. Matheney to partner; Laura M. Wellen and Daniel T. Cronin to associates. TUCKER ELLIS: Peter Igel to partner; Sarah Bunce and Jennifer Steinmetz to counsel. ULMER & BERNE: Andrew Fontanarosa, Benjamin C. Galea and Erin H. McBride to associates.
EATON CORP.: Pavan Pattada to senior vice president, Corporate Supply Chain Management. LASZERAY TECHNOLOGY INC.: Jason Tichy to senior design engineer; Nick Machoukas to production manager; Scott Klem to molding process manager. MAR-BAL INC.: Maria Gaeta to corporate director, human resources.
AESPIRE: Vance Williams to graphic designer. FATHOM: Jeff L. Herrmann to chief revenue officer.
KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF OHIO: Sara E. Nunney to assistant development director.
CBRE INC.: Michael Davies to project manager. CUTLER REAL ESTATE: Jason T. Beck and Shaunte Jackson to sales associates.
ALLIANCE SOLUTIONS GROUP: Victor Ing to president, Mahoning Valley; Mark D'Agostino to president, Akron.
BRITESKIES: Jakeb Brasee to WebSphere commerce developer. EVOLVE CREATIVE GROUP: Mike D'Agruma to front-end web developer. ONOSYS: Maurice Bachelor to senior software development engineer; Josh Scott to menu engineer. VECMAR COMPUTER SOLUTIONS: Stefanie Valentic to marketing coordinator.
KIDNEY FOUNDATION OF OHIO: Deborah Damas (Genentech) to president. WVIZ/PBS AND 90.3 WCPN IDEASTREAM: Larry Pollock (Lucky Stars Partners LLC) to chair; Robert C. Smith to immediate past chair; Kevin M. McMullen to treasurer; William R. Stewart to secretary; Jerrold F. Wareham to president, CEO; Kathryn P. Jensen to chief operating officer.
LAKE COMMUNICATORS: Phil Stella (Effective Training & Communication Inc.) received Gold Apex Awards for Writing.
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Endorsements for Harris County civil courts at law 1 and 2
The four Harris County civil courts at law are important utility players in the state court system. They hear civil matters ranging from $200 to $200,000, and act as appellate courts for the municipal and justice of the peace courts a rung below them on the judicial ladder.
They're busy places, dispensing with approximately 1 million cases annually for ordinary folks. One of their most crucial tasks is to offer access to litigants with matters that are personally important, but whose means are often limited. County court at law judges must bring an "everyman" sensibility to the bench, which frequently means patiently explaining the legal system to pro se clients - those who choose to represent themselves.
Perhaps the most high-profile duty of these civil courts at law is their role in the eminent domain process that decides "takings" of private property for public uses such as roads and highways, and can have an impact in gentrification of economically disadvantaged neighborhoods.
These sensitive matters require both legal and common sense backgrounds of those who preside over these courts. In this election cycle, benches in two of the four county civil courts at law are contested. Both races involve incumbents appointed to vacancies on benches by Harris County Commissioners Court.
We recommend the following candidates:
For Harris County Court at Law #1 we commend a vote for the Republican incumbent, Debra Ibarra Mayfield, completing her first year on the bench. Mayfield, a unanimous appointment, is a Texas A&M and South Texas College of Law graduate who is the first in her family to achieve that level of education.
She brings extensive experience in civil practice, as well as time spent as a commissioner in eminent domain proceedings. A Spanish speaker, Judge Mayfield is well suited to help non-English speaking litigants through what can be a daunting process even for those who speak English. She has shown herself worthy of election to this bench over a well-qualified Democratic opponent.
In Harris County Civil Court at Law #2, incumbent Judge Theresa Chang is our choice over her well-qualified Democratic challenger. We like Chang's unusual background as an engineer prior to entering the law, as well as her 10 years' experience as an assistant county attorney and her service as a judge on the Houston Municipal Courts prior to appointment to the bench in 2011.
The A&M graduate and mother of two also has served as a member of the University of Houston system Board of Regents. Her record of professional and life experience strongly recommends her to continue on the bench.


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How do you pack 80 years of financial history into 15 minutes? That was the tall order given to Rutgers University law professor Arthur Laby at TD Ameritrade's 2013 Fiduciary Leadership Summit in Palm Beach, Fla., on Thursday.
The short oral history was billed as a way to set the stage for many of the fiduciary-related issues that would be discussed that afternoon.
Laby began by noting recent lawsuits brought by the Financial Planning Association and the Business Roundtable relating to the SEC's attempt to grant the brokerage industry fiduciary status "greatly influenced the debate."
He added that broker-dealers originally were just that; "brokers acted as agents for the client, while dealers acted as principals with the clients." They were subject to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 under a separate SRO framework.
Investment advisors did not (and do not) not have an SRO framework and are regulated under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
As long as any advice broker-dealers offered was "incidental," and they did not collect "special compensation," they were not subject to regulation under the Investment Adviser Act.
"It worked pretty well for quite some time," Laby explained. "Then life got difficult in 1975. Until that time, commissions were fixed, almost like public utilities, but Congress eliminated fixed commissions."
It was around this time that broker-dealers began to market themselves as advisors.
"It was hard then to argue that the advice was incidental. If anything, it was the opposite. The brokerage portion was incidental to the main dish of advice."
In addition, broker-dealers began charging asset management fees. They lobbied the SEC by arguing that simply re-pricing their services shouldn't subject them to the Investment Adviser Act.
"It was also hard to argue that with the two prongs of advice and compensation no longer excluding them, they shouldn't be subject to the IA act, but that's what they argued, and the SEC agreed."
It culminated in the FPA's lawsuit, which it won. The ruling, issued March 30, 2007, struck down the SEC rule—the so-called "Merrill Rule"—that exempted brokers from being regulated as investment advisors (under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940) in fee-based brokerage accounts.
"The issue of fiduciary started with the SEC, went to Congress with Dodd-Frank, went back to the SEC with the staff study, went to the staff who then reported the findings back to the SEC," he concluded, noting there still is not a standard.
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Qubit: Designing a personalization platform for online retailers
About Qubit
Qubit is a digital experience delivery platform that helps businesses, like Nine West, Spirit Airlines, and Net-A-Porter, personalize their content and ensure marketers are able to meet the demands of today's consumers. The company's marketing hub integrates analytics, segmentation, A/B testing, and web personalization.
Google Cloud Platform results
- Builds a platform to help retail and travel websites personalize content and customize offers for their customers
- Minimizes operating costs by only paying for the querying and processing it uses
- Lets engineers develop better products by freeing them from managing infrastructure
Qubit provides a cloud-based digital experience management platform that changes the way businesses understand and influence their customers. It accomplishes this by personalizing content based on detailed real-time customer data.
The latest deployment of the Qubit platform is built primarily on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) because it's easy to manage and flexible. Qubit engineers leverage the sophisticated data processing and analytics tools available."The amount of data we were processing was growing fast, more than doubling every year. Google Cloud Platform helps us meet the technical challenges of processing billions of data points a day, and provides us with the tools to quickly release products and solutions that help our clients deliver meaningful customer experiences," says Jibran Saithi, Lead Architect, Qubit.
Helping websites personalize customer experiences
With GCP, Qubit transforms raw data into useful customer insights and context that fuels the customization of a visitor's experience. Cloud Dataflow streams, processes, and prepares the data. It sends the data to Cloud Bigtable, Google's NoSQL big data database service, and BigQuery, Google's fully managed, petabyte-scale, low cost analytics data warehouse. BigQuery and Bigtable power Qubit Visitor Cloud dashboards to help Qubit customers offer personalized content. For example, a site can notify customers when a product is close to being sold out, increasing demand and revenue. GCP also powers analytics that allow Qubit customers to perform A/B testing to determine which messages, web designs, and personalizations are most effective."The speed and scalability of BigQuery and Bigtable translate into major benefits for our customers. They can find answers faster. We've seen previous Hadoop-based aggregations go from more than 15 minutes to 15 seconds in GCP," Saithi says.
Freeing engineers to focus on what they do best
Qubit developers now spend their time analyzing data and developing new features instead of managing infrastructure. GCP also minimizes operating costs because Qubit only has to pay for the resources it uses, rather than building its own cloud infrastructure or paying more for cloud-based competitors."With Google Cloud Platform's fully managed services, we don't have to worry about provisioning, machine types or managing infrastructure. We can focus on giving our customers the best platform for delivering a customized experience for their users. Dataflow, Bigtable and BigQuery process massive amounts of data and give us the analytics tools to help our customers turn it into valuable information," Saithi says.
About Qubit
Qubit is a digital experience delivery platform that helps businesses, like Nine West, Spirit Airlines, and Net-A-Porter, personalize their content and ensure marketers are able to meet the demands of today's consumers. The company's marketing hub integrates analytics, segmentation, A/B testing, and web personalization.


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Wednesday, August 17, 2011, Cleveland: While testing a new drug designed to treat chronic leukemia, researchers at Cleveland Clinic discovered new markers that could identify which patients would receive maximum benefit from the treatment.
This information was released in the online edition of Blood, a weekly medical journal published by the American Society of Hematology.
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), a cancer of the white blood cells that is incurable with standard treatment, is the most common type of leukemia in the Western Hemisphere. Conventional chemotherapy is effective at controlling CLL for many years, but the disease always relapses. CLL is characterized by an uncontrolled cell growth and division due to a defect in a process called programmed cell death, or apoptosis. A group of proteins called the Bcl-2 family is responsible for this defect.
Alex Almasan, Ph.D., a researcher in the Lerner Research Institute (LRI) of Cleveland Clinic in close collaboration with other researchers in both LRI and the Taussig Cancer Institute of Cleveland Clinic collected blood samples from patients with CLL and tested the ability of a new drug to kill the cancerous cells. The drug, Navitoclax, is already in early stage clinical testing for patients with CLL. Navitoclax appears to be effective for some patients, and until this research study, there had been no clear way to predict who will respond to its effects.
In addition, these studies can be informative to the currently ongoing clinical trials with Navitoclax in other hematologic malignancies or solid tumors.
"Follow-up studies on patients that have been treated with Navitoclax, particularly those that are poor responders, could determine whether the Bcl-2 family genes examined in this study may also be important for development of resistance to this agent," said Almasan.
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Bad news for leopard-jegging wearers: a British zoo has banned animal-print clothing so that patrons don't get attacked by the animals.
The BBC and the Daily Telegraph report that Chessington World of Adventures Resort in Surrey, England, has just opened a new safari trail inspired by the Serengeti Plains that allows visitors to see rhinos, giraffes and flamingos up close, and the staff is afraid that the animals might try to approach visitors decked out in animal-print apparel — or worse, pounce on them if they feel threatened.
Prints you can't wear anywhere in the wildlife park include "zebra, giraffe, leopard, cheetah, tiger, spotted hyena, striped hyena and African wild dog." Bouncers will enforce the rule by giving violators dull grey suits to wear instead.
"It's possible the animals could misinterpret the clothing if they are looking out for signs of danger," Martin Stevens, an animal behavior expert at the University of Exeter, told the BBC. "However, animals will process a whole bunch of information, including smell and how it's moving, to deduce whether it's a threat."
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Topic: China Unicom
China Unicom, China Telecom to start selling 4G models of iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 on March 27
03/18/2015, 01:03 pm
China Unicom and China Telecom will begin selling 4G LTE-capable versions of the iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 on March 27, the two wireless carriers announced on Wednesday.
China 3G subscribers grew 79% in 2013 with Apple poised to benefit from booming market
01/21/2014, 02:01 pm
While smartphone markets around the world are showing signs of maturity, China still posted 79 percent growth in high-speed mobile subscribers last year, reaching 417 million users.
Apple's iPhone 5s and 5c to receive significant subsidies from Chinese carriers
09/17/2013, 09:09 am
Newly-released rate cards from China Unicom and China Telecom reveal that Apple's newest handsets will hit the street for significantly less than their sticker prices.
China Unicom passes 100,000 reservations for Apple's iPhone 5s, 5c
09/16/2013, 10:09 am
China Unicom announced that more than 100,000 reservations have been taken for Apple's soon-to-be-released iPhone 5s and 5c, even though the carrier has yet to announce its plans for device subsidies.
China Telecom, Unicom rumored to offer Apple's new iPhones Sept. 20, China Mobile in Nov.
09/05/2013, 02:09 pm
Apple's current carrier partners China Unicom and China Telecom may offer the company's next-generation iPhones as soon as Sept. 20, though a launch on China Mobile is expected to come slightly later, a new rumor claims.
After losing exclusive access to Apple's iPhone, China Unicom now focusing on low-cost handsets
08/08/2013, 09:08 am
China Unicom has turned its focus to low-cost smartphones in an effort to win over new customers now that the carrier is no longer China's exclusive iPhone provider, and the strategy appears to be working.
China's 3G subscribers grow 83% in 2012, reach 233M
01/22/2013, 12:01 pm
The number of mobile 3G subscribers in China surged 83 percent in 2012, again underscoring the importance of the country to potential growth for Apple's iPhone.
China's 3G subscribers grow 88% year over year to 222M
12/26/2012, 07:12 am
The total number of 3G subscribers in China reached 222 million in November, up 88 percent year over year, giving yet another indication why the market is so important for continued growth of Apple's iPhone.
Strong Chinese iPhone 5 launch taken as another sign Apple stock is undervalued
12/18/2012, 08:12 am
Two prominent investment firms view the record breaking opening weekend for Apple's iPhone 5 in China as a sign that the company's shares are undervalued, with strong performance likely to show up in this quarter's financials.
Cellular-enabled iPad mini and 4th-gen iPad certified for sale in China
12/18/2012, 12:12 am
A filing with China's telecommunications regulation body discovered on Tuesday reveals that Apple has acquired the network licenses needed to start sales of its cellular-enabled iPad mini and fourth-generation iPad.
Apple sold 2 million iPhone 5 units in China launch weekend
12/16/2012, 08:12 pm
Sales of the iPhone 5 topped two million units in its first weekend of availability in China, Apple announced Sunday evening.
Apple's China reservation system again cuts down on lines, scalpers for iPhone 5
12/14/2012, 02:12 pm
As the iPhone 5 went on sale Friday, lines at retail stores were again subdued compared to previous product launches, as Apple's new reservation system prevented excitement from turning into potentially dangerous crowds.
Chinese iPhone 5 preorders soar past 300,000 ahead of Friday launch
12/10/2012, 06:12 pm
Just days before the iPhone 5 is set to go on sale in China, the nation's second largest carrier announced on Monday that preorders for the device have reached over 300,000 units less than a week after initiating reservations.
iPhone 5 to see mid-December China debut after Apple's regulatory approval
11/29/2012, 07:11 am
The iPhone 5 was awarded a network access license in China, setting Apple's handset up for an anticipated mid-December launch.
iPhone deal with China Mobile predicted to add $45 to Apple's stock price
11/09/2012, 12:11 pm
An anticipated deal between Apple and China Mobile, the largest wireless operator in the world, is predicted to add about $3 to Apple's annual earnings per share, and $45 to the company's stock price.
iPhone 5 gets Chinese regulatory approval ahead of launch
10/30/2012, 06:10 pm
A Chinese regulatory agency on Tuesday revealed that two models of Apple's iPhone 5 have been granted approval to operate on the country's networks, suggesting that the popular smartphone will soon launch in the world's largest wireless market.
'iPhone 5 fever' sweeps Hong Kong as mainland China awaits Apple's launch
10/08/2012, 12:10 pm
Stores in Hong Kong remain sold out of Apple's iPhone 5 as overwhelming demand continues. That's expected to spread soon to mainland China, as carrier China Unicom is said to be gearing up for the iPhone 5 launch.
China's second-largest carrier may end contract sales of Apple's iPhone
08/17/2012, 09:08 am
China's Unicom is struggling to benefit from its investment in contract sales of Apple's latest iPhone models and is reportedly considering a move that would do away with traditional pricing discounts on the handset for customers willing to sign two-year service agreements.
China's smartphone market grows 164%, Apple's iOS takes 17.3% share
07/09/2012, 10:07 am
Even without availability on China's largest mobile provider, the iPhone's market share in China has grown form 9.9 percent a year ago to 17.3 percent in the June quarter.
China Mobile 3G user growth slow, carrier is 'in need of an iPhone'
06/22/2012, 09:06 am
Though China Mobile is the largest wireless provider on on the planet, its number of high-speed 3G subscribers remains relatively small and growth is slow as the carrier does not currently offer Apple's iPhone.


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It was a very wet and gloomy day in Surfer's Paradise today. Rainsqualls swept through the area on more than one occasion throughout the morning and afternoon. It was the perfect weather conditions to make any quacking duck happy, but to the eager kitesurfer waiting on the beach not so.
Race director Olaf Van Tol had very tricky and difficult decisions to make whether or not to run the wave discipline heats. At around 2:00pm Van Tol released the freestylers for the day and would focus on running as many wave heats given the wind decides to cooperate.
A series of attempts to run the first set of heats were successfully completed once the wind became more suitable in the middle to late afternoon. A total of 2 heats were run today. Australian competitor Mike Walker (Globe, AUS) from the first heat defeated Kelby Bright (North, NZL) as well as Sebastien Garat (RRD, FRA) enabling him a place in the second round. Abel Lago (RRD, ESP) will also advance to the second round having achieved a better overall score eliminating Australian riders Matt Tobin (Slingshot, AUS) and Paul Jackson (Naish, AUS). The wind and wave conditions were extremely difficult and the wave selection was minimal however everyone made the best out of the conditions and turned out to be an overall successful day.
Shortly after 5:00pm the conditions became unsuitable and the competition was called off for the day.
Tomorrow's weather report looks much like today's, however it is constantly changing and extremely unpredictable so we are going to hope the rain gods let the sun and wind come out and play tomorrow.
The mandatory skippers meeting will be held tomorrow at 10:00am with a first possible start at 10:30am with the continuation of live streaming of the wave discipline from Surfer's Paradise, Gold Coast, Australia.
The PKRA Gold Coast Kitesurfing Pro 2010 event is sponsored in part by Nissan, Cabrinha, Red Bull, Gold Coast International Hotel, Fakie and Temple with official partners Queensland Events, Gold Coast City Council, Tourism Queensland, Gold Coast Tourism, Katz Management, Glamorous Life Swimwear, Lovebirds Australia, Mojoz Swimwear with special support by Minotaur Sports Management Party Ltd. MSL – Michael Sing Lawyers, Keystone Events and 12 Below.


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Sony Patents Bizarre-Looking Controller
A new patent from Sony earlier this month has surfaced, showing off a bizarrely-shaped controller with the Move wand attached.
The controller peripheral allows users to change the positioning of the side handles. This is of course not official yet. Companies patent things all the time and never actually use them. Also, the design of this controller, if made, would likely look different that the diagram shown here.
What do you think? Is this something you'd pick up and use?
[Source: Free Patents Online via PlayStation LifeStyle]


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The business impact of customer service on customer lifetime value
A research report that defines the long term benefits of providing good customer service
Customer service — both good and bad — impacts revenue
1. Participants ranked customer service as the #1 factor impacting vendor trust
2. 62% of B2B and 42% of B2C customers purchased more after a good customer service experience
3. 66% of B2B and 52% of B2C customers stopped buying after a bad customer service interaction
4. 88% have been influenced by an online customer service review when making a buying decision
Fast customer service matters
5. 69% attributed their good customer service experience to quick resolution of their problem
6. 72% blamed their bad customer service interaction on having to explain their problem to multiple people
Customer service experiences have a long lasting impact
7. 24% continue to seek out vendors two or more years after a good experience
8. 39% continue to avoid vendors two or more years after a bad experience
9. Women (45%), B2B (51%), Gen X (54%) and high income households (79%) are most likely to avoid vendors two or more years after a bad customer service experience
Customer service stories are spread widely — especially bad ones
10. 95% share bad experiences and 87% share good experiences with others
11. 54% shared bad experiences with more than five people and 33% shared good experiences with more than five people
12. 58% are more likely to tell others about their customer services experiences today than they were five years ago
13. B2B, Gen X, and high income households most likely to share their customer service stories
Social media drives increased sharing of customer service experiences
14. 45% share bad customer service experiences and 30% share good customer service experiences via social media
15. More have read positive reviews (69%) of customer service online than negative reviews (63%)
Executive Summary
Every business manager knows that when a customer has a problem, the experience of resolving the issue has a profound impact on future purchases. This effect has been amplified as social media and web review sites enable customer service experiences to be widely shared with friends, colleagues, and the general public. But just how impactful are these customer service experiences on buying behavior and the lifetime value of a customer? How long does the effect last? And what is the impact for mid-sized companies?
The following report is based on a survey of 1046 individuals who have had experiences with the customer service of a mid-sized company. The survey's main intent was to quantify the long term impact of customer service on business results. The survey was conducted by Dimensional Research, an independent market research company specializing in technology.
This survey clearly demonstrates that customer service has a dramatic impact on the buying behaviors among customers of mid-sized companies. Good customer service results in increased personal and business purchases while bad customer service drives customers to find alternatives. Interestingly, customer service experiences are judged more on the timeliness of the interaction than on the final outcome.
Customer service has a long-term impact on buying decisions, with customers continuing to be effected years after the initial interaction. Customers share service interactions more widely than ever before. Social media and review sites are providing increased awareness of customer service experiences, and these stories influence the purchases of others.
Detailed Findings
Customer service impacts trust
Participants were asked to rank a series of factors in the order in which they impact the level of trust they have in their vendors. Excellence in customer service ranked as the #1 factor that most impacted participants.
The best customer service is fast
Participants were asked if they had experienced any good customer service interactions with mid-sized companies, and then asked the same question about bad customer service interactions. The vast majority of participants recalled good experiences (95%). More than half (54%) reported having bad customer service experiences with mid-level companies.
Survey participants who had indicated they had a good customer service experience were asked what specifically made that experience good. The most important factor cited by participants was a quick resolution of the problem (69%) followed by being helped by a pleasant person (65%). Interestingly, the actual outcome of the problem was least important with less than half (47%) indicating that their customer service interaction was good because of the outcome.
Similarly, survey participants who had indicated they had a bad customer service experience were asked what specifically made that experience so bad. The most important factor cited by participants was needing to explain their problem to multiple people (72%), followed by having to deal with an unpleasant service person (67%). Only half (51%) felt that their customer service interaction was bad because the problem was not resolved.
Customer service impacts sales
Among participants that had experienced good customer service, most of them (83%) reported that their behavior changed in some way as a result. The most common way that their behavior changed was that they purchased more from that company (52%).
Participants receiving customer service from B2B companies were significantly more likely to increase their purchases as a result of good customer service (62%), compared to those who dealt with B2C companies (42%).
While fewer participants reported a bad customer service experience with a mid-sized company, they were much more likely to change their behavior if it happened (96%). Simply not buying from the company in the future was the most typical response (59%).
Interestingly, the reactions to bad customer service reactions differed between business and personal experiences. Those who had a bad customer service experience in a business context were much more likely to stop buying from the company (66%) than when it was a case of personal use (52%). Conversely, those who had a bad customer service experience for a personal product or service were more likely to recommend others not buy the product (44%) compared to business purchasers (36%).
Customer services experiences can be long lasting - especially bad ones
Participants were asked how long ago it was that these customer service experiences happened. In this question, they were asked specifically to think about that experience with the mid-sized B2B or B2C company whose good or bad customer service impacted their buying behavior.
Bad customer service experiences were more long lasting. Over one third of participants, 39%, continued to change their buying behavior more than two years after the negative incident had occurred. Good customer service also resulted in long term impacts, with about one quarter (24%) saying that they continued to change their buying behavior based on a positive customer service incident that happened more than two years ago.
Certain segments of the market had particularly long memories. The participants most likely to say they were still influenced by a bad customer service experience that happened two or more years included women (45%), those who received customer service for business (51%), and Gen X (54%). Those with household incomes exceeding $150,000 per year had the longest memories for bad customer service experiences (79%).
Customer service stories are spread widely
Participants who indicated that they had experienced good or bad customer service were asked who they had told about those experiences. These stories were widely shared, especially the bad experiences. More participants reported they shared stories about bad customer service (95%) than told about good experiences (87%). Stories were told most frequently in person to friends or family (81% for bad and 72% for good) or coworkers (57% for bad and
40% for good).
Participants also reported broad use of social media (45% for bad and 30% for good) and online review sites (35% for bad and 23% for good) to spread stories about customer service experiences.
Certain segments of the market were much more likely to share their customer service stories with others. Those who received support in a business context, participants from Generation X and the wealthiest participants shared the most information with their personal and online networks. Among those earning more than $150,000 a year, a remarkable 100% had shared their bad customer experiences with others! However, all these segments took a balanced approach and also shared their good experiences more frequently.
When these stories were told, they were often repeated many times. The survey participants who indicated they had shared their good or bad customer service experiences with others were asked how frequently they had told their story. More than half, 54%, indicated that they had shared their bad customer service interaction story with more than five people.
Today's customers share service stories more frequently
All survey participants were asked if they were more or less likely to tell others about their customer services experiences. More than half (58%) reported that they were more likely to share their experiences. A very small number (4%) were less likely to share customer service stories now than they were five years ago.
The biggest differences in participant answers for this question occurred between the generations. Baby Boomers were the generation that changed the least over the past five years while Gen X tells more customer service experiences now. Among the Millennials, 9% claimed they were actually less likely to share customer service experiences now than they were five years ago, more than any other segment.
Online customer service reviews impactful
All survey participants were asked if they had seen online reviews of customer service. About two-thirds of participants (63% for negative and 69% for positive) reported that they did recall reading these online reviews. Review sites were the most common place to read a negative review of customer service (39%) where Facebook was the most common place to read a positive review of customer service (44%).
These reviews are very impactful. The vast majority of participants who have seen reviews claimed that that information did impact their buying decisions. This was true of both positive reviews (90%) as well as negative reviews (86%).
Survey Methodology
In early 2013, 1046 individuals completed an online survey about their experiences with customer service. All participants lived in the United States, and had recent experience with the customer service of a mid-sized company either as a consumer (B2C), or in a business context (B2B). For this survey, 'mid-sized' was defined as any company that was not a large, well-known company or a small local or online company. The 1046 participants included both men and women. They represented a wide range of ages and household income.
The survey was conducted by Dimensional Research, an independent market research company specializing in technology. The survey was sponsored by Zendesk, the leading provider of proven, cloud-based customer service software. Survey participants were not informed of this sponsorship.
About Dimensional Research
Dimensional Research® provides practical market research to help technology companies make their customers more successful. Our researchers have deep understanding of how technology is developed and used. We partner with our clients to deliver actionable information that reduces risks, increases customer satisfaction, and grows business results. For more information visit www.dimensionalresearch.com.
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Zendesk is the proven cloud-based help desk software that is the fastest way to enable great customer service in rapidly growing companies. Zendesk is so easy to use; support teams and their customers worldwide love it. More than 30,000 organizations including Adobe, MSNBC, Sony, OpenTable and Groupon, trust Zendesk with their most valuable asset: their customers. Now, organizations can deliver exceptional support across the web, email, and social media. Since the mobile device explosion having created even more opportunities to help customers anywhere, any time, Zendesk is also available across devices such as the iPad, iPhone, BlackBerry, and Android.


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SWAPON(8) Linux Programmers Manual SWAPON(8)
swapon, swapoff - enable/disable devices and files for paging and swap
/sbin/swapon [-h -V]
/sbin/swapon -a [-v] [-e]
/sbin/swapon [-v] [-p priority] specialfile ...
/sbin/swapon [-s]
/sbin/swapoff [-h -V]
/sbin/swapoff -a
/sbin/swapoff specialfile ...
Swapon is used to specify devices on which paging and swapping are to
take place.
The device or file used is given by the specialfile parameter. It may
be of the form -L label or -U uuid to indicate a device by label or
Calls to swapon normally occur in the system multi-user initialization
file /etc/rc making all swap devices available, so that the paging and
swapping activity is interleaved across several devices and files.
Normally, the first form is used:
-a All devices marked as swap swap devices in /etc/fstab are
made available, except for those with the noauto option.
Devices that are already running as swap are silently skipped.
-e When -a is used with swapon, -e makes swapon silently skip
devices that do not exist.
-h Provide help
-L label
Use the partition that has the specified label. (For this,
access to /proc/partitions is needed.)
-p priority
Specify priority for swapon. This option is only available if
swapon was compiled under and is used under a 1.3.2 or later
kernel. priority is a value between 0 and 32767. Higher numbers
indicate higher priority. See swapon(2) for a full description
of swap priorities. Add pri=value to the option field of
/etc/fstab for use with swapon -a.
-s Display swap usage summary by device. Equivalent to "cat
/proc/swaps". Not available before Linux 2.1.25.
-U uuid
Use the partition that has the specified uuid. (For this,
access to /proc/partitions is needed.)
-v Be verbose.
-V Display version
Swapoff disables swapping on the specified devices and files. When the
-a flag is given, swapping is disabled on all known swap devices and
files (as found in /proc/swaps or /etc/fstab).
You should not use swapon on a file with holes. Swap over NFS may not
swapon(2), swapoff(2), fstab(5), init(8), mkswap(8), rc(8), mount(8)
/dev/hd?? standard paging devices
/dev/sd?? standard (SCSI) paging devices
/etc/fstab ascii filesystem description table
The swapon command appeared in 4.0BSD.
Linux 1.x 25 September 1995 SWAPON(8)
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New Year's Resolutions: 10 Best iPhone and Android Apps
New Year's Resolutions: 10 Best iPhone and Android Apps
by Cristina ArreolaDecember 28, 2017
It's 2017 — and we woke up an hour early, went to sunrise yoga, ate a healthy breakfast of Greek yogurt and bananas, and called our mother and grandmother before we got to work! Right? Right?
Okay, realistically, we make a lot of promises to ourselves at the beginning of any New Year: I'm going to work out more, spend less money, and cook every single day. It's just not possible to go from zero to hero in a day, but it is possible to make small, everyday changes to your routine that can have a big impact on your quality of life.
Take a cue from us: here are 10 realistic New Year's Resolutions…and the iPhone and Android apps that can help you achieve them!
1. #1 Stop Binge Watching Netflix
#1: Stop Binge Watching Netflix (with help from Goodreads)
We get it: it's hard to stop watching old episodes of Gossip Girl when Netflix makes it so easy to watch one after the other after the other. Instead, challenge yourself to read a certain number of books in 2018 with help from Goodreads. The app (and website) allow you to set a yearly goal for yourself, and helps you make lists of novels you've already read, want to read, and are currently reading. Best of all, Goodreads acknowledges that reading is actually a very social experience, and allows you to recommend books to your friends and receive suggestions in return.
2. #2: Stop Spending All Your Money At The Bar
#2: Stop Spending All Your Money At The Bar (with help from iReconcile)
We all have our guilty pleasures — the places where we drop far too much cash, whether it be your local watering hole, Starbucks, or at that J. Crew sample sale. For many, checking their bank account after a night out is worse than getting teeth pulled, so in 2018, aim to curb your spending with help from iReconcile. This powerful app allows you to set budgets for each of your spending categories, and best of all (or worst of all….), it allows you to see where your money is going with detailed profit and loss reports. You might reconsider buying that second round of shots for your friends when an app is showing you exactly what percentage of your income you're blowing.
3. #3: Meet New People
#3: Meet New People (with help from HowAboutWe)
Another Saturday night spent cuddling with your cat and watching TV? Hey, there's nothing wrong with that…unless you secretly wish you were out meeting potential partners. If dating sites like OkCupid.com scare you silly, try HowAboutWe. Instead of matching people based on pictures and brief blurbs, this app challenges people to find a partner by posting a potential date idea — such as hitting up the Metropolitan Museum of Art, doing some dive bar karaoke, or attending a cooking class together. The app focuses on uniting people based on shared interests, as opposed to immediate physical attraction.
4. #4: Give Back To The Community
#4: Give Back To The Community (with help from VolunteerMatch)
On Saturday morning, the only thing we want to do is brunch with friends, stay in bed with our laptops and a cup of coffee, or sleep until noon. This year, we've resolved to get out more and do some good for our community with help from VolunteerMatch. The app and website connect you with volunteer opportunities you'll be interested in, matching you by city and what you select as preferred hobbies. It's a great way to meet people with similar interests and devote your time to a project bigger than yourself!
5. #5: Go Green!
#5: Go Green (with help from My Planet)
Help the environment and have a lot of fun with an app called My Planet. The interactive game allows you to create your own world and examine what your carbon footprint actually looks like. Although it may seem like a silly game upon first glance, the app actually offers some amazing quizzes and tips that can absolutely transform the way you think about your impact on the environment.
6. #6: Upgrade Your Career
#6: Upgrade Your Career (with help from LinkedIn)
Searching for a new job for the new year? LinkedIn is more than just an online resume — it's a powerful networking and job hunting tool. The iPhone app can help you engage with professionals in your field and search through one of the best open job aggregators on the web.
7. #7: Call Your Family Instead of Stalking Them On Facebook
#7: Call Your Family Instead of Stalking Them on Facebook (with help from NextCall)
This year, make a pact to actually call your friends and family every time you have the urge to sneak a peek at their Instagram or Twitter timeline. It's a novel idea — we know — and one that might not be too easy to remember without a reminder. Next Call for Android shows you the last time you called particular people in your contacts. You will be filled with instant and overwhelming guilt when you realize you haven't talked to your mamá in two weeks, and will want to call her immediately, trust us. The app also allows you to set up a call schedule — so you'll never miss your weekly chat with your abuela again.
8. #8: Stop Blowing All Your Money On Take-Out
#8: Stop Blowing All Your Money On Take-Out (with help from AllRecipes)
Ok, we get it: you can't cook, you never have any groceries, and the last thing you want to do after a long day at work is whip up a five-course meal. No problem. With help from AllRecipes.com Dinner Spinner, you can quickly find a highly-rated meal using ingredients you already have in your pantry. Easy, inexpensive, and trust us: your stomach will thank you!
9. #9: Get Out, Get Moving!
#9: Get Out, Get Moving! (with help from Couch to 5K)
Ok, we're realistic enough to acknowledge that we're not going to suddenly start attending CrossFit 4 times a week after living a life of pure slothfulness for the past year. But, we do want to get moving this year. Couch to 5k takes new runners through a nine-week training program, and only requires users to run for 30 minutes, three times a week. You can even share your progress with friends and family, and keep up-to-date on your stats.
10. #10: Kick Your Social Media Habit
#10 Kick Your Social Media Habit (with help from Pause)
Trying to kick your app addiction? Ironically, there's an app for that. Pause allows you to "Pause the digital. Start the real." Essentially, the app is designed to help users reconnect with their real life by putting your phone into Airplane Mode for set periods of time while you participate in another activity without checking your iPhone! How great is that?
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Selection of proper truck tire gives a comfortable ride and reduces the wear and tear on the tire drive mechanism, brakes and suspension parts. Cheap Tires Near Me in Hyde Park many factors determine the selection of suitable type of tire. These include the terrain where the truck is mostly driven, the climatic conditions, normal driving speed and the full load that is expected to be carried in the truck. Three major tire companies who design and manufacture truck tire for wide range of applications on different and difficult terrains are Mickey Thomson, Super Swamper and Pro com.
Mickey Thomson Truck tireMickey Thomson truck tire manufactured by Mickey Thomson Tire Company was founded in the year 1963. Design, development production and distribution of tire and wheel for all applications are the main business of the company. Main focus of the company is to design and produce innovative tread patterns and tire compounds to build the best performance tires in the world, New Tire Deals both for on-road and off-road applications. The company has two locations in the United States, one in Ohio and the other in California. Cooper Tire & Rubber Company which is also in tire business having the head quarters at Ohio, USA acquired Mickey Thomson in the year 2003. The combined strength has further helped to consolidate the position of Mickey Thomson in the tire industry as a significant global player. The company's major brand name is "Baja" and the specific products under this brand are named on the basis of the type of the tire, such as Baja claw non radial, radial Baja claw, Baja belted and Baja radial MTZ.
PRO Com truck tirePro com tire are manufactured by Pro Competition Tire Company located at Ohio, USA. This Company is owned by Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, which also owns the Mickey Thomson tires. Cooper tire is a global Company with manufacturing facilities in three continents and the sales and distribution network all around the world. Pro com tire are molded with the superior quality rubber compounds, New Tires For Sale Near Me steel and polyester cords in state of the art production facilities. These reliable and long lasting truck tires are supported by warranty. The pro com tire brand carry the general name pro com and the specific products under this name are branded based on the application of the tire. The specific brands are ProComp All Terrain, ProComp Mud Terrain, ProComp X-Terrain and Procomp Xtreme A/T.
Cheap Tires Near Me in Hyde Park ?
Everything in this day and age is available to purchase online from video games to property, with the general advantage of lower prices. Car tyres are no exception from this rule and in choosing to purchase your vehicles tyres online it can save you lots of money. With tyre fitting partners all over the country it really is the complete service that you have been waiting for. Mobile fitting vans are also out in force so you may not even need to visit a garage to have your new tyres fitted! Online tyre retailers offer cheap tyres and great service, just make sure you follow our top tips and grab yourself a bargain.
We hope this gives you a better insight into buying UK tyres online. Using this advice will hopefully save you money and allow you to purchase premium tyres for the same cost as cheap tyres.
How to Select the Best 4x4 Truck Tires
Truck tire bargains on the internet used to be limited to mainly auction websites. When one considers the number of rip-off merchants in one particular online auction site, it is not so surprising to find that tire buyers tend to stay away.Choosing a truck tire seems relatively easy, however, it can be a bummer if you come up with the wrong type for your vehicle. Fitted and correct tires for two to three ton vehicles, including possible cargo, play an important part in safe and smooth travel. Therefore, you must be certain of the kind of tire you need to buy.The Right Truck TireDue to the diverse sizes and models of trucks, along with tires to match, shopping for truck tires is not so simple as, say, candles. Prices vary, too, depending on the main use of your truck. Here are some things to keep in mind before you go online.If you are unfamiliar about your particular tires, go to the vehicles identification sticker (located in the vehicles door or glove box) or owners manual, for the information you need. In there you will find the speed, rim size and allowable payload intended for your truck tire and wheel.Most online stores have the proper size index form where you can input your vehicle information. After feeding this info, the corresponding truck tire specifications will be given to you based on different types of brands.
The truck tire, undoubtedly, is one of the main components of the truck, which influence on all its factors, such as a fuel consumption, steerability, resistance, brake properties, comfort, durability, etc. The design of the tire, despite of an apparent simplicity, is complex enough. The tire consists of more than two hundred various elements, using the best quality materials. In this article we tell about tires for trucks and buses. The information is oriented on direct users of tires, who are engaged in trucks operation.The pneumatic tire for trucks represents the elastic envelope meant for setting on a wheel rim and filled by air under pressure. Against the way of sealing the pneumatic tires may be tubed or tubeless. The tubed tire consists of a tire casing and the tire tube with the inner tube valve. The tubed tires for trucks are assembled on rim strips and flat knockdown rims. The designation of rim strips and tubes should correspond to a designation of tires. The rim strip is made in the form of a shaped rubber gasket and settles between the bead of tire, the tube and the wheel rim. It protects the tube from a jamming between the bead of a tire and a rim and from damage by unevenness of a rim. The tire tube is a circular rubber tube with the special valve, filled by air.The carcass tire for truck is a rubber-cord casing basis (a power part) of a tire. It is made from one or several coats of the rubberized cord with the rubber interlayer, fixed on the bead rings. The breaker consists of one and more coats of the rarefied rubberized cord, divided by rubber interlayer, and it is located between a carcass and a tread. Depending on a material of a cord in the breaker the tires are subdivided into the tires with textile breaker and metal-cord tires. And if both the carcass and the breaker are made of metal-cord, the tire named all-steel-tire.