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LOL @ the pricePros: They are very good quality and rarely if ever produce a coaster. Cons: PRICE. Not only were they expensive, now they are even more expensive. They were 49.99, now they are 54.99. Plus shipping. LOL! You can buy 2x 50 packs of Optical Quantums and get the same exact results. I recently ordered these Verbatim 97000s and also got a spindle of Optical Quantum DL DVD+R, which were half the price of these, just to try them out. To my amazement, the Optical Quantums worked perfectly when burning XGD2 and XGD3 game backups. You just need to use the right settings in imgburn. Perform OPC before write 'on', Force Hyper-Tuning 'off', Online Hyper-Tuning 'on', Overspeed 'off' and Smart Burn 'on'. Select '4x' write speed. No need to force 2.4x with these. I even burned one successfully at 8x, but 4x is better. For XGD3 games, use the Burnermax Payload tool. And make sure you have a Lite-On ihas or a re-branded ihas burner so you can manipulate these settings. I have an Asus DRW-24B1ST, which is a re-branded Lite-On ihas124-04 rev. C. I burned 40 out of 40 perfect Xbox 360 backups with the Optical Quantums. I have 10 left and am expecting similar results. They use the same exact AZO dye as the Verbatims. You are paying twice as much just for the name. Other Thoughts: I will never buy these again. And not because it is a bad product. Sure, they work 100% of the time. But, I have found a suitable alternative that works 100% of the time as well with both XGD2 and XGD3 games and also happens to be half the price. If the quality is there and the price is cheaper, I'm going to buy those. It is what you may call a "no-brainer". If you have an ihas burner and make Xbox 360 backups, give the Optical Quantums a try with the settings I mentioned above. You will be pleasantly surprised. Verbatim might just lose a ton of business because of them. They lost me as a customer because of their ridiculous price gouging. I'll take my 56 dollars plus 4 for shipping and buy 100 Optical Quantums, thank you very much! 2 out of 4 people found this review helpful. Did you? |


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There are two types of people in the world. Those who realize everyone can't be easily split into two categories based on their feelings of one issue, and then there are morons. As we all know, there is no black-and-white, just various shades of gray. Nothing works out into a split of just two categories, even people's feeling of whether opening a post with "there are two types of people in the world..." is cliche. However, there are those few issues where the topic is so absolute, that people's feelings almost come down into two categories, like George W. Bush, Batman vs. Superman and Michigan vs. Ohio State.
With HBO's sprawling masterpiece The Wire, I have only found two categories of people. Those who have seen it and believe it is one of the best (or if you're like me, the best) television show of all time, and then there are those who haven't seen it. The first category of people is quite small, even at the height of its excellence, the premium cable show averaged about 4 million viewers an episode, which is pathetic even compared to other HBO shows like The Sopranos, Big Love and Six Feet Under. Because of this small number, the second category of people is easily subdivided: those who don't know anyone who has seen The Wire, and those who are so sick of us talking about how they MUST watch this show that they no longer want to heed our advice. For you comic book fans out there, keep in mind that the legend himself, Alan Moore, is a member of the first category.
All second category people (I don't care if you are sick of it or not), hear me now: The Wire is a seminal television series, the type of greatness that doesn't even happen every generation (think Citizen Kane, think The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds), that changes your understanding of what TV shows can do, alters your feelings toward other content on television and leaves you with an impression that is forever stamped on your soul. The Wire is so mind-splittingly good that it floors you and leaves you in a trance begging for more.
Season 5 of The Wire, which is the final season, just came out on DVD Aug. 12. For everyone who hasn't seen it, this is your chance to view this show in the way television is meant to be seen, in blistering marathons that leave your eyes sore and your DVD player hot. Go get Wire Season 1. Go get all the seasons. Sit down and just start watching. Trust me, if you have all five seasons -- if you don't have to wait, like me, on the Netflix exchange that takes forever -- this process won't take more than two weeks.
Simply told, The Wire is a show about Baltimore. It's a show about an American city, any city really. Each season introduces a new aspect about the city and how those aspects all interact with each other. Season 1 is about police and drug dealers; Season 2 has the dock workers; 3 brings in city hall, 4 focuses on schools and Season 5 brings in the media. Each season introduces a long list of new characters, each one more intriguing than the next, and everyone brings in something new to the mix. I could write a book about why I love this show, but I've narrowed it down to three reasons.
The first is the characters. You know how on shows like CSI and Law & Order, the cops are all good people, dedicated to a life of fighting crime and all the criminals are evil wretches with no saving grace who all get their deserved comeuppance by the end of the episode? There's none of that crap on The Wire. Much like life, there is no black and white, just all shades of gray. For example, one of the central characters of the show is homicide detective Jimmy McNulty. McNulty cares more about fighting major crime and protecting the city more than almost any other cop on the show, and he goes to great lengths to arrest the people he perceives as doing wrong. However, McNulty is also an alcoholic who drinks on the job and while driving; neglects his children; is hated by his wife; and exploits people for all he can get. McNulty is just the beginning of a long line of interesting characters: Stringer Bell, Michael, Frank Sabotka and Omar.
The second reason is the never-ending story lines. All of the seasons follow some sort of arc (catching the bad guy, mayoral elections, the school year), but the many different subplots is what sucks you into this incredible show. Some subplots are loud and others are subtle, some get lots of face-time and others not so much; but they all contribute significantly to the greater whole that is The Wire. Not to give too much away or anything, but another example here is drug police Kima Greggs. At the start of a show, Kima, a lesbian, has a live-in girlfriend. Her girlfriend then decides to get pregnant so Kima and her can raise a family. Kima grows tired of this new lifestyle and cheats on her. Kima begins to slip behind on her child support payments while the girlfriend and her new son move in with somebody else. This all plays out over the course of maybe 10 scenes in the first four seasons. It is The Wire's ability to throw this information at you in a subtle, seamless and meaningful way that makes the show like a drug that needs to be watched.
The third reason is the show's attitude toward its own story lines that seems to say to its audience: You didn't think we would give you that Hollywood ending, did you? Again, without giving too much away, each season always has some great, altuistic goal for its end, and the creators are more than happy to tease you with that ending. For a few moments, they make all your hopes and dreams come true, but then snatch that heaven away from you. Nothing is perfect in this world, why should TV be? We should all strive for perfection, and we're rarely going to get it; but through striving, we'll at least be better off than when we started.
Now that I've most assuredly convinced you to run out and snatch up all The Wire you can hold, I feel the need to inject a short disclaimer. The show is excellent, you'll fall into its spell; but you have to be commited to watching the entire first season before you render any judgments on it. The Wire is like wave that slowly washes over you. It takes it's time, and you'll have to be patient. Like my friend Kevin Purdy pointed out, in the first season, the arc isn't terribly intriguing and not unlike something you would see on another procedural crime drama. That's not what's going to pull you into the show. Also, a high number of characters are thrown at you in the first few episodes, and it's hard to keep everyone straight, especially since most of the actors are unknowns. As long as you're willing to give it a chance, The Wire will return that faith in spades.

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Student Profile - Tim Nelson
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You may see him walking down the halls here at Darien High School in his brown and white striped hoodie, with one arm in one sleeve and the other oddly hanging out, and think to yourself, "Oh he seems like a normal kid." And in some ways, that's true about Tim Nelson, a senior here at DHS: he comes to school most every day; goes to all his classes; studies hard; but the average traits of Tim stop there. A deeper look into the man that is Tim Nelson reveals a daredevil who defies the very laws of gravity on a weekly basis: an active participant in DHS extracurricular activities; an athlete who puts himself through unimaginable stresses over miles of terrain; an extraordinary individual who seeks to succeed at the highest level both in and out of the classroom. Welcome to the world of Tim Nelson.
Born in Greenwich on June 19th, 1990 to Peter and Debbie Nelson, Tim did not have to wait long to discover his favorite thing to do: ski. By the time he was three years old, Tim was hitting the slopes, developing the basic techniques that his future sport, dual moguls, would require. Ever since then life has been all downhill. Literally.
"A dual mogul is a race between two skiers in freestyle skiing. The race combines moguls and aerials in a competition to see who can get down the mountain the fastest and with the best tricks," Tim explains. "It's a hard sport that requires a lot of hard work and practice."
The moguls, which Tim especially enjoys, are a series of bumps on a ski slope that have been constructed down a course that skiers must maneuver around as they descend to the bottom of the mountain. This athletic feat is a lot easier said than done, Tim says, and the addition of the aerial jumps and another competing skier racing against the clock doesn't make it any easier.
In Tim's area of freestyle skiing expertise, the tedious moguls are combined with a series of jumps that propel Tim and his competitor up to 40 feet in the air, where they are then required to perform a series of tricks and whoever has the best score in the fastest time wins. This sport is not just another hobby for Tim.
"Every weekend, I travel up [usually] to Vermont with my family where I practice skiing," Tim says. It's hard work and dedication on the slopes that have helped propel this fine athlete as far as the Junior Freestyle Skiing Olympics.
"Last year I qualified for the Junior Olympics where I didn't do as well as I had hoped, but none the less, I had a great time enjoying the experience and hope to go back this year," Tim says.
However, Tim's chances have been compromised as a result of breaking his arm in mid-January while he was shredding the slopes at Stratton Mountain Ski Resort in Vermont.
"I was practicing some freestyle skiing when I came across a rail that looked fun to do trick on," Tim then describes his tragic encounter with Mother Nature. "I was sliding down the rail and I decided to try a different trick that I've never really done before. I ended up falling off of the rail awkwardly and landing on my arm first with all my weight on top of it."
Tim was able to ski down the mountain before having the injury checked out by Stratton medical staff: a true sign of Tim's tenacity on the slopes.
"It's a real bummer because I was starting to see a lot of improvement from last year in my skiing," Tim said. "I had just got my back flip down, so hopefully when I get into a smaller cast and hit the slopes again, I won't lose much of the progress I've made."
Tim will have about a week of solid skiing left to qualify for the Junior Olympics next month, but he hopes to get a medical exemption for freestyle skiing. Tim explains that because he qualified last year, he has the opportunity to show to Junior Olympic committee that he qualified the previous year and is able to compete at the same level again in 2008. The Junior Olympics will be held in Anchorage, Alaska on March 9-15.
Scott Nelson, Tim's brother, is also very skilled in freestyle skiing and is usually with Tim when he is skiing.
"He goes to boarding school at Holderness (School in Plymouth, New Hampshire) which provides him with a great opportunity to ski six days out of the week." Tim goes on to say, "He's always had more of a natural ability at skiing than I have, but that doesn't mean I can't show him up on a jump every now and then." Tim had the same opportunity to attend Holderness, but he decided that it was better to stay here at Darien to finish his junior and senior years with the Blue Wave.
The mountain isn't the only place where Tim pursues athletics; he is also a very experienced and important runner to the DHS Cross Country and Track teams.
"When I came to high school, I always loved playing sports, but I felt as though I wasn't coordinated enough to keep playing them, so I decided to give cross country a shot," Tim said.
And it was certainly a good decision. Tim has been ranked in the top seven on the cross country team since his sophomore year and was voted captain of the team for his senior year. Tim led the Blue Wave to two runner-up finishes at FCIACs and Class MM State Championships. During the winter, because of his skiing commitment, Tim does not participate in Indoor Track, but he returns to the oval come spring to assume a leading runner position on the Outdoor Track team.
"Tim's a really hard worker who gives 100 percent every day," track captain Logan Hohs says of his talented teammate. "He's an awesome kid to have on the team."
Aside from athletics, Tim is an excellent student here at DHS. Although he was deferred early decision from Brown University, Tim hopes to be accepted this time around to Brown, Dartmouth, Williams, John Hopkins, Hamilton Tufts, or Georgetown.
In the DHS community, Tim is also an active participant in afterschool clubs. The newly developed Student Political Action Committee (SPAC) is a group Tim has been a part of since its inception this year.
"I didn't really create the club," Tim says, "But I helped set up the foundation for the organization from Day 1." Tim plans on majoring in political science, and being an active member of SPAC is helping to prepare Tim to follow his ambitions after graduation. Tim also enjoys being an active member of the Free Thinkers Club, where he and his fellow free thinkers discuss cultural, political, artistic, and various other issues in modern society.
Not only is he an outstanding athlete and student, but he's also an all around great person to chill with.
"Tim is a funny kid," friend Nick Phillips, a fellow DHS classmate, explains. "Whenever you're hanging out with him he'll always slip in a joke that makes everyone laugh."
Tim may be certain about his professional political aspirations post DHS, but as far as sports, he is undecided about his athletic career.
"If I go to a school like Tufts or Hamilton, I may run track there," explains Tim, "But no matter where I go I'll always still ski for fun. Maybe I'll even sneak in a competition here or there."
The true character that Tim has can never be described in words on a page, but only though his actions as a kind and funny guy. His actions speak louder than any words can about the genuine and down to earth guy that Tim really is. Although he may risk his life on a weekly basis by being suspended 40 plus feet in the air with nothing but a pair of skis, Tim is very cool kid who is a great friend to have and awesome person to know.


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Martin helped me find the power supplies I was looking for and told me of some issues he has with his machine when it is below 10 deg C.
A few moths ago I acquired a DM4400. I made some progress getting it up and going yesterday.
With the machine hooked up to a rotary phase converter, and the key switched to on the machine would not initialize when the on button was pushed. I followed the trouble shooting flow chart and checked out the items the best I could, and found no apparent problems. Then I manually engaged the main power relay. The computer initialized. I checked turning it off and on via the off / on buttons, the machine shut down and restarted normally. I thought I got lucky and the main power relay had just frozen up, and that by exercising it manually it had freed it up. Then I shut the whole works down, phase converter and all, re powered up, and I was back to square one. Tried operating the main power relay manually, but it would not hold. I checked out the time delay, all the contacts looked good.
Looks like I will be spending some time getting to know the wiring diagram for this machine.
The two things left on the trouble shooting flow chart are a further checkout / bypass of the timer delay, and to check the voltage at +5/+12/-12 vdc and 55 vdc power supply.
Has anyone experienced failure of the time delay?
Can someone direct me to where the 55 vdc power supply, I am assuming a transformer is located?
Also are there any other interlocks I should me aware of? The only one mentioned in the flow chart was the door switch. I am thinking there may be an air pressure interlock. I am going to repair the air line next. Sometimes when I hit the on button I hear a clicking near where the air line goes in at the spindle. The trouble shooting flow chart did not have that on the list of things to check for start up problems, but I might as well fix it and see if it helps. I will keep my fingers crossed!
As for the RPC I get 120 to ground from 2 legs, and 240 to ground on the 3rd. Between legs I get 240 on 2 sets and 260 at the 3rd set. We put some thought into where we put the high leg. 2 circuits had branches before the main power relay, we put the high leg on the 3rd circuit that did not have a branch prior to the main relay. Is it safe to start moving the high leg around and trying it out? Or am I running the risk of frying electronics?
Martin helped me find the power supplies I was looking for and told me of some issues he has with his machine when it is below 10 deg C.
I have to question, does the machine not power up? Or does the machine not initialize the axis to home position? If it doesn't initilaize the axis, then I'd start with cleaning the position sensors, if so equiped. I have the DM 3000H lathes. I have had problems with both machines not initializing the axis. I took the covers off the position senors. There were some chips under the covers. I cleaned them out, and it was better. I still have to go back in there and take a Q-tip with some oil or solvent to clean any old oil off the sensors.
I bought a DM2400 mill a while back and the error code was for a dirty limit switch. I did just as brick said and my mill came to life. Unfortunately I didnt have the software. It has since been converted to a gecko G540.
The problem is that it will not even start up when I push the on button. I have been buisy with other projects lately. when I get back to it I will be tracing wires from "on" button to the main power relay. I suspect an issue with either the main power relay, the time delay, or an interlock
Thanks for your responses
hey hey dm4000 guys
i am looking for the number of the transistor in that supply they are on a board in front of those 3 10ohms resistors the big brown cigar one. on mine there is nothing written on it and one is blown up.
i am doing a retrofit on mine so i have many parts for sale or exchange
I have a manual for the sd 3060, If you require It I can scan and send but it might take a few days to get it done. Note that it does not list and of the components. Will try to lok at that big brown cigar for a part number tomorrow if I get a few minutes to remove unit and take cover off. What parts do you have for sale and are you prepared to ship them to Australia. I would like another axis steeper and another main controller unit (the removable one) as well as the main board (CPU board) also interested in any of the tool changer cards.
Martin in cold old ossie land
Old founry men never die they just mould away
many thanks for your answer, i did found the manual on internet and they are not listing the part number, what i am looking is the transistor number in front of those cigar resistor (10 ohms) there is nothing written on it here is 2 photos of the problem ..the diode blown up too i did replace al of them with a diode bridge 50 amps wich is better then the original may be you should do it too.
as far as parts you can have all you want since my retrofit is almost finish
i have a dm4000 also wich will be in retrofit as soon as i finish the dm4400 you can have those parts too. i am doing retrofit because the limited line number in programming 999 is small right now i use mach3 on the dm4400 and there is no limitation in programming. if you give me your personnal e-mail i will send you photos of all that, i will make photos of the parts and you tell me wich one you want and i will be glad to send it to australia..
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here is photos of all the parts i have
Re the 6 diodes in threephase rectifier - yes I had exactly the same problem and I too replaced all 6. I had to make one new Aluminium plate as like yours it was badly burnt and yes I too used 50 amp 1200 volt capable diodes. I think I paid about $19.00 for each diode buit we tend to get ripped off here in Australia for such things!
Re the transistor specification, a tale of woe I am afraid! As soon as I saw the photo of the offending Transistors I realised that I had allready looked for a part number for someone else who had a similar problem to you. I remembered that they were not marked with a part number, Just to be sure I took the sd3060 out of my dm4400 this afternoon and apart enough to see if anything was written on the transistors all there is is the word "Singapore" which presumabely is where the transistors were made but of no help in identifing them at all. I seem to remember that the other person, who was in Poland from memory, simply put in three new transistors that were of the correct size and tried it out and it worked. He wasn't on this forum but I wll see if I can track him and his messages down as he may have mentioned what Transistor he used. Sorry that I could not be of more help.
Will PM you re the spares in the next day or two.
I guess that you are in the French part of Canada My father was born in Agassiz BC
Its still cold here but I run a die tommorow so beside a hot furmace all day.
By the way check out your automatic oiler system - the coil of tube around the Y axis ball screw was broken on my DM4400 which meant that all the X and Y axis ballscrews and slide ways were not getting oil also because this broken tube let all the pressure out of the oil system the Z axis screw and slide way wasn't getting any oil either! Also check out all the little T piece oil fittings,they were made from a contaminated Zinc alloy and mine were badly cracked,they fell apart when I tried to retighten them up on new oil tube - had to replace every one of these fittings
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Marián Vlašič – The Man, who moves photography to fine art
The famous American photographer Ansel Adams said: "The real photography doesn´t need explanation and can´t be described in words". The only phrase that perfectly captures the feeling, when you look at the photo; you perceive emotions, story and discover its special appeal. If Adams didn´t die almost thirty years ago, one might think that he said it after watching Marián Vlašič´s work. That´s also how his photos are like – impressive, powerful, emotional. It doesn´t mater if there are people, nature or abstraction, becouse they have poetry and special charm in common. Marián Vlašič´s creative orientation as a photographer is wide. He shoots people, acts, nature and plays with abstraction. The versatility of his work comes from his professional qualities. When we look into the imaginary curriculum vitae of this artist, we find many remarkable activities and experiences in various fields.
He was born in 1962 in Bratislava. Already in early youth he reached success in amateur art and film competitions. That´s why he decided to study at SUPŠ led by prof. Fila and privately by Jozef Bubák (author of last Slovak banknotes). At the end of eighties he had worked for the company KARA Trutnov as a promotional artist. His showcases designs attracted phenomenal interest in Czech Republic.
Since 1989 he became a freelance. He changed his profession and started to install the exhibitions in Bratislava´s Gallery with great success. In the first post-revolution decade he has acted in Munich, where he created illustrations for magazine Connection, designed posters for Squash Center Pasing, made theatrical scenery for Pasinger Kunstfabrik, exhibited his paintings... The quality of his exhibition and its success was acknowledged by the offer to work for publishing house Vogue as artistic advisor. After his return from Germany he has worked as an editor and photographer for magazines Línia, Kankán, Kritika a context, Art Life, Divus Praha and for STV as a screenwriter and assistant director. At that period he also collaborated with Zuzana and Ondrej Rudavský and together formed a company Golden Spirale Prod. in New York. Marián Vlašič participated as an artist and filmmaker by creating videos for many bands, for example The Indies and Dead Can Dance. At the same time he became a professional photographer. He shot bands, catalogs, calendars and advertising orders for Lichtrad Verlag Rosenheim and Veem Amsterdam.
Besides cooperation with foreign publishers he has been working in domestic area. He worked as art director at advertising agency Klemo and established legendary Art Cafe in Banská Štiavnica. He cooperated as photography curator and co-organizer of Month of Photography Bratislava. He participates as a juror in photographic and amateur film competitions. In recent years he worked as photograph for publishing house 7plus and as art director in the newspaper Plus Jeden deň. He directs trailers for TV Nova in Czech republic, where he created the most viewed trailer on market. He also shoots for the agency Accelerate, prepares a book for german publishing house with the topic of art nude.
This incredible number of actitivities underlines Marián Vlašič´s mastery as a photographer and artist. He is one of those, who move photography to fine art. He uses the camera as a tool and the result is born in his head. His pictures didn´t show the world as a true copy, but they give space for a parallel existence. If you have not seen any of many Marián Vlašič´s exhibitions, you can visit his virtual gallery at www.vlasic.net and see, that his photographs fascinate, inspire and mainly remain engraved in the memory as a powerful artistic experience.
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text: Documentary Short. Smilin' Bo Hitchcock has always lived life to the fullest, and has the good friends, great loves and amazing career as artist and attorney to prove it. When his doctors shockingly give him just three months to live, he decides to forgo chemo and Western medicine for the ultimate long shot. His intense research into the healing properties of ayahuasca leads him to shed his material possessions and travel deep into the Peruvian jungle searching for a miracle… and more.


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Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Coming Soon: Total Recall
I wouldn't say I'm excited about this remake of the 1990 Schwarzenegger film, but I'm not dismissing it by any means. I think conceptually, the original Total Recall is a very impressive film, and I am a little curious in light of the success of films like The Matrix and Inception if the filmmakers will make an effort to assume a more intelligent audience is able to keep up with the dream/reality motif of the story. It is a Philip K. Dick tale after all, and that guy knows how to write compelling science fiction. I'm also one of the few fans of the most recent Die Hard film, so having its director Len Wiseman helm the new Total Recall does sway me a bit. The action scenes do look pretty incredible. What do you think?
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Interesting how the firearms industry has avoided being sued over its "unsafe at any caliber" products. The auto industry has certainly been sued many times over its defective and dangerous inventions, ie., the Corvair, the Pinto, Toyota's recent uncontrolled acceleration incidents.
Whereas NASCAR has the sense to implement such things as measuring the angle or size of the spoiler, weighing the car, comparing the body lines to templates, distributing restrictor plates (for restrictor plate races), and measuring the ride height to offer a less lethal car structure, the pro-gun lobby has not the intelligence nor decency nor respect for life that your average, yahoo NASCAR yobo has.
"Respect for life" . . . what a quaint, outdated concept! Let's face it; guns have become the devil's tools, more than any of his other "temptations" and the wielders of his tools are just as evil as the devil himself. Chew on that, all you mighty Militia Men. Tell me how guns make us a better nation, how you are a better person because you say you are willing to kill someone who wants your wallet.
They didn't "avoid" anything.
Many cities were trying to sue them out of business. (Liberal logic) Congress stepped in and said "stop it". While law enforcement agencies can still access stats cities can no longer use those stats to sue gunmakers.
One of the most regulated industries in the world is the firearm makers yet liberals would impose even more restrictions just so they could say, "we did something" and when it does work they will be right back saying, " we need to do more to regulate these machines of death."
Maybe we shoud be regulating these machines of propaganda instead.
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Relationship of in vitro synergy and treatment outcome with daptomycin plus rifampin in patients with invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2013 Jul;57(7):3450-2
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ACP Journal Club. Clinically indicated and routine replacement of peripheral IV catheters did not differ for phlebitis. Ann Intern Med. 2013 Jan 15;158(2):JC8
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A novel antimicrobial and antithrombotic lock solution for hemodialysis catheters: a multi-center, controlled, randomized trial. Crit Care Med. 2011 Apr;39(4):613-20
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Impact of switching from an open to a closed infusion system on rates of central line-associated bloodstream infection: a meta-analysis of time-sequence cohort studies in 4 countries. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2011 Jan;32(1):50-8
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In vitro studies of a novel antimicrobial luer-activated needleless connector for prevention of catheter-related bloodstream infection. Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Jun 15;50(12):1580-7
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Microbiologic assessment of disposable sterile endoscopic sheaths to replace high-level disinfection in reprocessing: a prospective clinical trial with nasopharygoscopes. Am J Infect Control. 2009 Jun;37(5):408-13
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Coming to grips with foodborne infection--peanut butter, peppers, and nationwide salmonella outbreaks. N Engl J Med. 2009 Mar 5;360(10):949-53
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Low-dose vasopressin did not reduce mortality more than norepinephrine in septic shock. ACP J Club. 2008 Sep 16;149(3):14
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Case study and panel discussion. Pharmacotherapy. 2007 Oct;27(10 Pt 2):136S-143S
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Prevalence, consequences, and solutions. Pharmacotherapy. 2007 Oct;27(10 Pt 2):121S-125S
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Don't eat the spinach--controlling foodborne infectious disease. N Engl J Med. 2006 Nov 9;355(19):1952-5
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Effectiveness of preemptive barrier precautions in controlling nosocomial colonization and infection by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a burn unit. Am J Infect Control. 2006 Oct;34(8):476-83
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Use of vancomycin-containing lock or flush solutions for prevention of bloodstream infection associated with central venous access devices: a meta-analysis of prospective, randomized trials. Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Aug 15;43(4):474-84
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Are antimicrobial-impregnated catheters effective? When does repetition reach the point of exhaustion? Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Sep 1;41(5):681-5
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Risk of catheter-related bloodstream infection with peripherally inserted central venous catheters used in hospitalized patients. Chest. 2005 Aug;128(2):489-95
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The effects of prolonged ethanol exposure on the mechanical properties of polyurethane and silicone catheters used for intravascular access. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2005 Aug;26(8):708-14
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The role of the intensive care unit environment in the pathogenesis and prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia. Respir Care. 2005 Jun;50(6):813-36; discussion 836-8
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The pathogenesis of ventilator-associated pneumonia: its relevance to developing effective strategies for prevention. Respir Care. 2005 Jun;50(6):725-39; discussion 739-41
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Meta-analysis: methods for diagnosing intravascular device-related bloodstream infection. Ann Intern Med. 2005 Mar 15;142(6):451-66
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Safdar N Said A Lucey MR Knechtle SJ D'Alessandro A Musat A Pirsch J McDermott J Kalayoglu M Maki DG .
Infected bilomas in liver transplant recipients: clinical features, optimal management, and risk factors for mortality. Clin Infect Dis. 2004 Aug 15;39(4):517-25
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The course is challenging, albeit not unreasonably so. Aid stations were numerous and the side stuff (expo, finisher's medal, shirt) was outstanding. However, the race did have 1) a 5:30 marathon walker start 2) a 6:30 4:30 and slower marathon start 3) a 7:00 am 1/2 marathon start then the regular marathon start. Hence, the course got quite crowded on certain spots, especially around the aid stations. This was a mixed blessing for me as, where I crashed at mile 22, I was still able to find lots of people to pass. That helped. :-) But, I wish that the course officials would remind the walkers to NOT walk 3 abreast! If it weren't for the congestion towards the end of the race, orginization would have been a '5'. ollie
I ran the half marathon last weekend and had a great experience! The course was lovely and like others have posted, pretty hilly. The hills weren't terribly difficult, just numerous. The volunteers were especially terrific, aid stations well stocked and the organization very well done. Parking was easy, there was very little traffic coming or going. I thought the expo was great fun and I will definitely put this on my list to do again.
Nice race. Course has rolling hills. Weather was in 40's at start and in low 60's by finish of 2002 race. Only problem was WAY TOO MANY people having started one or two hours early plus all the 1/2 marathon walkers who started 30 minutes early. It was crowded on the course regardless if you were slower as well as sub 3 hour runners. Runners had to dodge slower runners throughout the whole race....adding minutes of time and frustration. Especially bad at aid stations.
The San Diego Marathon was a great experience. The field was small enough to allow for excellent runner support at the aid stations and plenty of room to run. The availability of energy gels throughout the course was an added bonus. The weather was great and the scenery was outstanding. I'll definitely be back!
Lots of hills but not boring. Not many crowd cheers but the volunteers are awesome. I'm a slow runner and even in the last of the pack the volunteers have a smile and an encouraging word. The announcer calls you in like you were the greatest runner in the world even when you are past the 6 1/2 hour time.
Ran in the '99 race. The course was more hilly than I had expected, but drove it the day before so I at least knew what to expect. Crowd support was thin for most of the race. But the crowd can't run it for you anyway! Great weather for the race. Plentiful water stations were great, especially the one around mile 18 with all of the lovely women distracting me from my pain! Lots of room to run, even at the start. PR'd there (3:05), even though I've run flatter courses in Chicago and D.C. I would run it again!
There were plenty of fluids, some great music and it was beautiful weather. Not many fans but the various relay runners, walkers, half and full marathoners are always around you. I'm glad my cold midwest training went well. The rolling hills were tough from the flat marathons I'm used to. Everything was great, expo, fluids and weather. But be warned, the traffic backup off Interstate 5 to the mall (about 1.5 mi.) almost made us late for the start. Also horrible leaving the mall. Organizers need to get people in and out better. A waste of 2-1/2 hrs. for people not familiar with the area. One more note, don't buy all your take home shirts at the expo the first day. I paid $145.00 the next day I would have paid $70.00, They want to get rid of 'em. With a few changes, it's a great trip for the family. Lots to do in the area. - 2001 marathon.
I ran 2001 Half Marathon. The course was much harder than I expected too - lots long hills, only a few really steep, but never ending. There are almost no fans but plenty of water stations. The run past the power plant isn't as scenic as one would hope for a coastal course.
this was my first marathon so it's difficult to make any 'best ever' comments. i will say that it was a freaking blast. miles 17-22 were a bit lame but that's more a function of exhaustion. the few bands around were great to have to distract you briefly... oh yeah and there was some random lady with a bowl of gummy worms.... she was the best. the simpler pleasures.
One would think this course would be flat by the ocean, but it's nothing but rolling hills all the way...Weather is great though.
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Today is our last day with our Luxottica China Week 1 Volunteers. They have been an amazing crew of Doctors, Opticians and Service Support from Lenscrafters China. The volunteers have been one of the favorite aspects of this clinic and it is sad to say goodbye so soon! It is an honor to see the truly global support of OneSight. In the Luxottica TriStar facility, we are reminded of the 4 Characteristics – passionate, entrepreneurial, imaginative, and simple and fast. They are posted throughout the factory but even without the postings, it is apparent that the characteristics ring true no matter where you are within the Luxottica family.
We saw 873 total patients today and are manufacturing 336 prescription glasses. While the need may not be the greatest, the education on preventative eyecare, and the value of wearing glasses when needed is evident. There are many employees that do not realize what they are missing by not having clear vision. We may not be able to see the excitement when their new glasses arrive at TriStar in a few days, but knowing that we are changing people's lives every day still makes the work very worth the while.
There are a few more team members that would like to share some of their OneSight experiences with you!
China is in many ways what I expected it to be and in other ways different. As depicted in America, it is a developing country, but for sure FAR richer than many modern developing countries. The buildings and squares in big cities – such as Dongguan and Shenzhen – are as modern and majestic as the ones one would tend to associate with Beijing and the big national parades we often see on TV. What remains of the old Imperial China in these cities is only the replicas found in the Walt Disney like entertainment parks such as Splendid City. As far as communism, the symbols, spirit and ideals of the party are still everywhere and an important part of people's daily lives – personal and professional. But the people themselves and the culture of China are much more diverse, vibrant and complex than any of these factors put together – a mix of the old and the new, of tradition and modernity. It may end up being a love story in my life book, but it will for sure be a complicated one.
- Alessandra Bufano, Luxottica Wholesale, New York, NY
The Tristar workers live in dorms above the factory. Mostly young girls, about 20 years old. They come from very far away to work here. At work they wear a uniform, after work they like to dress up in pretty dresses and high heel shoes. Most of them are afraid that they will need glasses and they think that they will not look good in them. They are lucky because they are getting beautiful new glasses donated by Motion Global and new lenses supplied by Essilor. They look good in the frames and we work hard to convince them that they will see much better. As the days go by more and more are happy now to get glasses.
We are successful!
China is a beautiful country. The people are warm and at a smile from us, we get one back. Some of them have learned to say hello and thank-you and we also try to reply back in Chinese. Lucky for us we have some wonderful interpreters who speak our language very well.
I would like to thank everyone who donated to this cause.
Hello to my friends at home, my husband Ron and son Michael and to my fellow volunteer Eva.
Mona Davis, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Our Dongguan Clinic is taking place in the heart of the "Special Economic Zone" along the Pearl River Delta in Southeast China. This is a global center of production for a vast variety of goods. The atmosphere is charged with energy and one feels a headlong momentum toward the future. We hope the young people we are seeing here will go on to help make it a better one. We visited the Luxottica Tri-Star eyewear production factories where our patients make up to 100,000 frames every day. This was a rare opportunity of special interest to those of us who have been working with this product in our jobs for many years. Understanding their living and working conditions has also helped connect us to our patients. The great support we have had from our local organizers and volunteers has been essential to making this clinic run smoothly. HEN HAO DE!
- Paul Craven - Lenscrafters - Biddeford,Maine
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Greta says:
Ciao team China!
Team Mexico is leaving in one week, but meanwhile we follow your clinic succeses on line. i went to China a few eyars ago on vacation, and I can only imagine what you are experiencing!keep up the good work!
Alessandra (my cubicle neighbour): can't wait to hear all your stories when you are back!
GretaPosted on Sun May 15, 2011 11:52 am EST
Alessandra says:
Ciao Greta, once we are both back, we will have to plan a lot of espresso breaks to catch up with each other! In Bocca al lupo in Messico!!! Bacioni
Posted on Mon May 16, 2011 8:01 pm EST


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4:00 pm |
Location: Manitoba Legislature, 450 Broadway, Winnipeg
The Defenders of Mother Earth Walk (Stop the Tar Sands & Pipelines)
Organized by: Red Power United, The American Indian Movement, The United Urban Warrior Society, The Cree Okihcihtâw Society, The warriors of the Rainbow Asiniskawe Nithowak, and members from the The Bear Clan Patrol are all part of the May 4th Coalition.
A coalition of activists and defenders of the Earth are organizing in Solidarity for the International "Stop the Tar Sands!" Day on Saturday May 5th.
People from all cultures must band together to defend against attacks on their lands and resources.
The Tar Sands threatens the culture and livelihoods of The Dene, Cree and Metis communities in Treaty 8 and Treaty 11 Territories in Northern Alberta.
Aboriginal people living in the oil sands region face potential health impacts and environmental impacts because of oil sands development. An estimated 23,000 Aboriginal people live in Alberta oil sands areas, with 18 First Nations and six Métis Settlements located in the region.
The Enbridge Gateway Pipeline/ to the Pacific coast Gateway
Construction of the pipeline potentially trangresses the rights of the Indigenous peoples who have since time immemorial inhabited the lands and waters it would cross.
The government of Canada has a responsibility to recognize Indigenous peoples' rights to determine whether any pipeline can traverse their lands…
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I've been with my boyfriend from Florida for a little over a year now. I live in Michigan and was having the hardest time dealing with the distance. I ended up spending a month in Florida and things are going well. I just wonder how long I can handle the distance. I am 24 years old and I am getting antsy. Having a long distance relationship is not the most stable option. I think I want more assurance that all this time is worth the wait. I have one year of school left after this year. Any tips on how to keep my spirits up and do long distance relationships end up working out for the most part? -Trying To Stay Strong In My LDR
Dear Trying To Stay Strong In My LDR,
In any long distance type relationship, communication is the key to keeping your sanity and your relationship together. If you are unsure about your future, talk to your partner about it. What are your plans after you finish school? Will you move closer to your partner or will he move closer to you? Or, are you planning on keeping the long distance relationship? The only real concrete way to get through a long distance relationship is to have firm future plans. Even if it just means you agree on exact dates to visit each other. You need something to look forward to. Think of it as the light at the end of the tunnel. If you're feeling restless, and it sounds like you are, get your future plans agreed upon
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Sullivan West VFD gets weather monitoring system
"The Sullivan West Volunteer Fire Department soon will have a state-of-the-art weather monitoring system from Columbia Weather Systems, thanks to a grant from Home Depot..."
-Kingsport Times-News, 11/10/05
This lead from the local newspaper gratified volunteer firefighter Danny Baines who emailed Columbia Weather with this message:
This is what the local newspaper ran on Thursday. They are going to come out and do a front-page news article on the weather system after we get it in. The two local TV news stations are planning to come out and do a news article on the system also.
From my understanding no other fire department in northeast Tennessee has the capabilities to do what we are doing and we are getting asked a lot of questions on this.
I never dreamed that our little project would turn into something big like this. It has got a lot of people very excited down here and they are taking notice of our department. Thanks.
In 2009 Sullivan West Volunteer Fire Department celebrated 35 years of service to Sullivan County, Tennessee. The department serves an area 41 square miles with a population of 12,000. It is staffed by 40 volunteers and averages one call per day.
They purchased their Capricorn 2000 fixed-mount weather station and Weather Master software with the help of a grant from their local Home Depot.
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Street artist Bansky's Exit Through The Gift Shop is a magical, funny film. Featuring major street artists including Shepard Fairey and Space Invader Exit Through The Gift Shop never quite let's you know how much is tongue in cheek art expose and what is real. Is there a major French / American artist named Mr. Brainwash? I doubt it, but his lessons in Warholian nihilism are something anyone of a certain age understands. If you love art and like to laugh, Exit Through The Gift Shop is a MUST SEE!
Sunday, May 30, 2010
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Thursday, May 27, 2010
Web Design From Outside In
Designing a website is hard. There is nothing more intimidating than a blank web page. Simple, if you aren't Google, is almost impossible. One creation story explains Google's simplicity with lack of HTML expertise by founders. Even if that story is correct you have to admire the mother bear precision used to keep such a crisp, clean, simple interface. Clean and simple is almost impossible. Mission creep is inevitable and mission creep kills clean and simple.
Today's ScentTrail post explains how objective measures should influence website design. The web is a huge calculator. Everything done by everyone goes into this calculator. Numbers, objective measurement, take guess work out of web design. Check that, numbers about search patterns take SOME guess work out of web design. Good web designers know when gut intuition should trump confusing search pattern information. There is no "paint by the numbers" manual for web design. Each website presents specific opportunities and a million possible solutions.
WebMD's Cancer Health Center
I used WebMD's Cancer Health Center to demonstrate key design elements such as:
- Use of "High Count" Keywords
- Effective Use of the Golden Triangle
- Use of Hot Spots and Line Of Sight
WordTracker is one of the best web meta-search tracking tools. A "meta-search tracking tool" provides summaries of searches by keywords. The relative values are not as important as the relationship those values have to each other. In any modeled system it is easy to get lost in the "accuracy" of the numbers instead of understanding trends they represent. WordTracker's counts provide a sense of how many searches are being done by keyword. In the example below there were 9,579 searches for "lung cancer" almost 7x greater than calcium's 1,375. This is the important "relationship to each other".
WordTracker provides statistics on how many links include the keyword in anchor text and two Keyword Efficiency Indexes or KEI's. Anchor text pegs a link to a keyword so understanding how many uses are out there is a competitive measurement. Any KEI over 100 is good. KEI's calculate the chance for positive return when buying a keyword via Pay Per Click (PPC) advertising. Low KEI's indicate a low number of searches or many competitive pages or both. Sometimes it doesn't matter if a term has a low KEI. The keyword "cancer" has a low KEI but any site hoping to receive traffic from cancer or cancer related keywords has to include it. It will be hard to impossible to show up on the first page for "cancer" in the short term because the term is too competitive. There are strategies to gain first page search results eventually, but such strategies are complex and deserve another post.
The final WordTracker stat is a Google page count showing documents returned on keywords being searched. Documents returned are another competitive measure. More documents mean more competitors making it harder for your page and content to break through.
Review the counts below (this table got smashed, send an email to MartinSellingZoe(at)aol if you would like an Excel version of the complete table ) and then look at the WebMD Cancer Health Center.
WebMD WordTracker Counts By Keyword | |||||
Keyword | Searches | Anchor | KEI | KEI3 | Google Count |
lung cancer | 9,579 | 68,524 | 202.38 | 0.14 | 14,000,000 |
leukemia | 9,480 | 74,745 | 203.27 | 0.13 | 13,400,000 |
breast cancer | 8,240 | 299,832 | 25.38 | 0.03 | 45,400,000 |
coffee | 7,072 | 918,217 | 3.73 | 0.01 | 198,000,000 |
prostate cancer | 6,341 | 94,516 | 63.22 | 0.07 | 11,300,000 |
melanoma | 3,806 | 29,769 | 67.09 | 0.13 | 6,400,000 |
quit smoking | 2,455 | 82,208 | 7.53 | 0.03 | 6,960,000 |
pancreatic cancer | 2,404 | 20,308 | 44.92 | 0.12 | |
ovarian cancer | 2,089 | 26,845 | 21.90 | 0.08 | 4,650,000 |
cervical cancer | 1,764 | 22,248 | 20.48 | 0.08 | 4,720,000 |
calcium | 1,375 | 133,447 | 1.37 | 0.01 | 55,200,000 |
bladder cancer | 962 | 18,613 | 6.34 | 0.05 | 2,900,000 |
chemo | 838 | 50,763 | 2.06 | 0.02 | |
kidney cancer | 666 | 6,647 | 11.39 | 0.10 | |
bone marrow transplant | 417 | 2,579 | 7.45 | 0.16 | 1,450,000 |
colorectal cancer | 407 | 16,946 | 1.60 | 0.02 | 4,160,000 |
black tea | 314 | 8,031 | 1.03 | 0.04 | 37,000,000 |
adriamycin | 142 | 1,280 | 1.52 | 0.11 | 777,000 |
non-hodgkin's lymphoma | 129 | 3,051 | 0.80 | 0.04 | 1,430,000 |
coping with cancer | 105 | 880 | 2.94 | 0.12 | 982,000 |
cancer clinical trials | 70 | 1,094 | 0.73 | 0.06 | 9,000,000 |
cancer quiz | 1 | 116 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 12,800,000 |
cancer overview | 1 | 650 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 23,900,000 |
crisis assistance | 1 | 184 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 3,870,000 |
WebMD's Cancer Center has many high count terms. There are many different kinds of cancer. WebMD could have sorted by count, but sorting by search count would confuse users. WebMD's orders their list alphabetically. Alphabetic is a solid compromise between user experience and search engine spiders. Web designers serve two masters: people and search engine "spiders". Spiders are code sent out to index the web. Note how WebMD serves both masters. Every cancer type is represented along with some high count topics only tangentially related. Black tea, coffee and calcium are present for their counts more than their importance to cancer.
Web Design Trick 1: Line of Sight
WebMD's model is traffic arbitrage, so more is always better. WebMD's designers are astute. . They do two other web design tricks well. Note the line of site of the two images of men on the page. The first man is looking straight out. This creates a hot spot directly below and to the right. We follow line of sight from anyone on the page. We look at what they are looking at. When a person looks out at us we look below him (and in this design to his right). This is why CANCER OVERVIEW is located directly below the staring man.
Look at the line of site for the second image below Cancer Overview. He is looking to his left directing our eyes to the "Latest Headline". He is not related to the article. His presence is pure line of sight. We follow his eyes to where the WebMD designers want our eyes to go. Pink blocks below are WebMD hot spots based on eye movement studies and line of sight.
Web Design Trick 2: Golden Triangle
In western cultures eyes spend more time on the left of a web page than anywhere else. This is why many sites including WebMD locate vertical navigation on the left. They know your eyes will spend quality time looking at their navigation. The triangle is drawn with the base on the left and extending into the page. Note how well WebMD uses this critical area:
WebMD's web design team knows how to design from the outside in. They serve people and search engine spiders. Like all content portals, the site is crowded. Traffic arbitrage requires a crowded page. More content = more opportunities to sell ads. Hard to be Google-clean if you are WebMD. Despite the crowded page, there are clear navigation, read and play blocks. The page is crowded but not overwhelmingly so.
Learning to use quantitative measurements can design websites from the outside in. Designing from the outside in protects against hidden or not so hidden marketing prejudice. Best to align your site with how your customers speak and search. Can you teach customers to search new terms? Yes, but it is more work. How do you know your new keywords are working? When you competitors steal your low count keywords you've won the first round. Once people start performing your searches you've really won. Competitors may mark you just to make sure your site is not alone. My team misspelled a popular brand once. For a time we owned the term, but all too soon our competitors moved in and copied our faux paux. Customers only follow when you've found something they care about. Nirvana is finding something people care about first. Uncover four or five of under served keywords and you get an instant upgrade to the head of the class. Find more than ten and you get invited into the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Hall of Fame.
Good luck designing your website from the outside in.
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Selling In A Digital World
It is impossible to "sell" something today. Consumers are too skeptical, over marketed and tired of too familiar BS. Sales and selling have a bad name in a "Do-It-Yourself" and Wisdom of Crowds world. Trust may be at an all time low. It is impossible to sell anything without trust, yet things are being sold. This post is about selling in a digital world. I've been selling one thing or another for thirty years. One truth I know beyond any doubt is selling is different and becoming more so. Why can Oprah sell anything while GM can't sell an umbrella on a rainy day? Selling In A Digital World examines what it means to sell stuff today. Here is the first of what may turn out to be several posts on Selling In A Digital World.
Willy Loman Is Dead
Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman helped shape modern sales skeptics. Buying cars was another major negative "sales" experience. Used car salesmen become synonymous with sales manipulation and trickery. Used car salesmen are just this side of grifters according to Hollywood and popular press. Somehow selling became manipulation and trickery.
Selling is a balanced equation. There are at least two parties – a buyer and a seller. When I worked at M&M/Mars one of Mars' five principles was mutual benefit. Mutual benefits endure and grow. Unilateral benefits are short term and short sighted. Despite our modern reluctance products are sold every day.
Willy Loman and the self-serving system that employed him is dead. Such a unilateral system only existed in media fairy tales. New sophisticated online tools are changing what it means to sell anything to anyone.
Bad News, Good News
Bad news is we live in a time of abundance. Good news is we live in a time of abundance. Abundance creates a paradox of choice, too much choice. Barry Schwartz's book The Paradox of Choice: Why more is less explains time we use to make buying decisions is often wasted on meaningless difference. Choice creates a brutal paradox. We use our most valuable nonrenewable resource, time, to make distinctions that don't matter. Sometimes the net result is we shut down. We refuse to make any decision.
Add The Paradox of Choice with Davenport's and Beck's The Attention Economy: The new currency of business and you see the problem. Time is the only commodity where we can't create more, and time is under attack. Something has to give. I vote for eliminating time dedicated to making decision between identical things.
Sounds bad for big brand advertisers right? Maybe. As production capacity increased true brand distinction lessened. The same food company that makes a branded cereal or maple syrup may make your grocer's house brand with a very similar (if not exact) formula. The same factory in China that makes your Nike shoes probably makes Adidas and Reebok's too. Here is how Philip Knight, Nike's Founder, explained the evolution of Nike's business:
For Years, we thought of ourselves as a production-oriented company, meaning we put all our emphasis on designing and manufacturing the product. But now we understand that the most important thing we do is market the product.Distribution
Nike Founder Phil Knight quoted in The Story of Stuff by Annie Leonard
Distribution used to be a kingmaker. Rule distribution logistics to rule the world. Wal-Mart's big box retail dominance is due to gun slinging with suppliers forcing prices down and brilliant distribution logistics. Wal-Mart retail dominance is a foreshadow built on the back of increasingly powerful transistors and brilliant computer programming. I was watching a news magazine show once with a reporter was inside Wal-Mart's massive computer operation. The IT manager explained that bad weather in Florida meant Pop Tarts would be shipped in truckloads to stores in the path of any potential hurricane. "Why," the reporter asked. "I have no idea and it doesn't matter," came the simple elegant reply. Wal-Mart's sophisticated algorithms know hurricanes in Florida mean Pop Tart sales increase and don't worry about why.
Wal-Mart's computer logistics genius created efficiencies and efficiencies could be shared as lower prices. This cycle creates a positive "virtual cycle". Think of a snow ball rolling down hill become bigger and more powerful with each rotation. Wal-Mart played the web scale game before there was a World Wide Web. They understood first place wins a new car, second place wins a pair of steak knives and third place is ruin to quote Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross.
I sold candy for M&M/Mars in the Buffalo, New York market from 1983 to 1985. Half of my sales territory was made up of hundreds of small candy and tobacco distributors. M&M/Mars' wholesale prices to small customers for a pound of M&M's was $2.05 a bag. Wal-Mart's retail price for the same product was $1.99. "What do you want me to do," one ticked off distributor asked me, "go buy 12 bags from Wal-Mart?" In my two years in Buffalo the number of distributors shrank 20%. If Wal-Mart started the wound Sam's finished it. Once convenience store owners could load up at Sam's Wholesale Club need for a candy and tobacco distributor was eliminated. Sam's is just a natural extension of Wal-Mart's logistics power.
It is important to be clear. Wal-Mart didn't put candy and tobacco distributors out of business. Distribution logistics and scale killed Zutes, Calderon and hundreds of similar small candy and tobacco distributors in my old sales territory. Information processing, speed and scale killed these friendly dinosaurs. One more candy and tobacco story before I continue. Every Friday I met with Dean Zutes, owner of Zutes Candy and Tobacco in Rochester. Grocery stores, even Wegmans, don't want salesmen and saleswomen in stores on weekends when they make most of their money, so Friday was a great day to visit my favorite distributors.
Every Friday I sat in a tiny office with a large screaming Greek man. Dean's blood pressure increased 50 points as he yelled about poor margins and the death of his business. "Wax teeth, why can't Snickers give me the same margin as Wax Teeth?" "Dean," I would say as calmly as I could, "how many wax teeth did you sell last week?" Snickers' poor margin paid Dean's rent while the magical mythical wax teeth margin sat mostly in his warehouse. After a year of these debates I learned to like Dean Zutes. Dean received the only invitation to my wedding of anyone in my sales territory.
I will never forget the Friday after Dean received our wedding invitation. Tears behind his eyes Dean reached into his pocket for a fat wad of bills. Dean said, "Kid I can't come to your wedding but I want you to get something special for you and Janet." There were two one hundred dollar bills in Dean's big meaty hand. M&M/Mars has rules about accepting such a gift. We needed the money and I wasn't going to insult my friend Dean Zutes. "Thanks Dean," I said standing and shaking his big Greek hand. After I moved to M&M's national office in New Jersey I heard Dean became sick and passed. More was leaving the building than Dean Zutes I remember thinking. Candy and Tobacco distributors were passing away too.
Hearts and Minds
It is funny to think of something like distribution logistics advantages as time stamped. It would seem such advantages would last until the end of time. Nothing lasts until the end of time. Buying and selling is an ever-changing dance, an organic life form. Wal-Mart's brick and mortar (stores) advantage assumes a lot. It assume we continue to get in cars and go to stores. Five dollar a gallon gasoline and tight cost cutting times means we go to stores less. What value does Wal-Mart's store logistics bring to electronic commerce? It isn't zero, but store logistics don't help as much as you might think.
Creating and managing a 2,000 square foot warehouse killed Found Objects, the company I co-founded. Logistics are hard and costly. Wal-Mart's logistics advantages don't get wiped out if most of their retailing future is filled from online orders, but using store logistics is akin to a nuclear weapon when a pop gun would do just fine. Because Wal-Mart (or Target or Sears or Nordstrom's) is good at stores doesn't mean they will be good at online retailing or distribution logistics that go along with electronic commerce.
Stores exist in three-dimensional space. Their bulk brings legitimacy and a sense of safety. If I have a problem I can go to the store and they will fix it. Such immediate assurances don't exist online. Online everyone starts with a blank screen and blank screens are the great equalizers (been there, done that). Does it help to have a brand people know and trust? Yes is the easy answer, but trust must always be earned. Moving from a physical world to the web shifts the paradigm. The physical world is about distribution logistics and having a Wal-Mart on every corner. Online retailing is about walking your talk and winning hearts and minds.
Switching costs online are so low loyalty is hard to create. One click, two clicks, three clicks, blue clicks and customers have a hundred options. Online retailers have to simultaneously address Key Decision Points (KDP):
- Market Pricing on Lost Leaders = cost of poker
- Elimination of online purchasing barriers such as shipping costs
- Reputation backed guarantees that WOW customers
- "Like Me Values"
- Wisdom of Crowds Selling
These e-commerce Key Decision Points (KDPs) along with a discussion of Guns, Germs and Steel and implications of the battle for our hearths and minds will be addressed in Selling In A Digital World II (should be up in the next few days).
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Postmodern Marketing And Quests
I was born on the first day of January 1958, featured in the Aiken, South Carolina paper as the first baby of the New Year, and born on my father's birthday. My Warholian fifteen minutes of fame happened early (lol). My birthday places me in the middle of the "baby boom" 1946 – 1964 post World War II, Levittown generation. Boomers are the most "marketed to" generation in history until Generation X and then Y came along behind us. Boomers grew up with television, became the "Woodstock Generation" and helped create our digital present.
Modern marketing ended about 1968 or 1969. The sixties didn't go quietly into any good night. Marketing began to lose its innocence and trust. Modern marketing as a craft was honed on boomers in the fifties and sixties. Modern marketing was new, innovative and unspoiled. Rising tides easily lifted all boats with only four television stations, a daily newspaper and Life magazine. In the fast, furious and flat postmodern marketing world attention becomes our most valuable commodity with our connected friends as active gatekeepers. The Attention Economy is a great book on this subject. Movie critic Roger Ebert said something true for film and postmodern marketing; "it is hard to be ironic when everything is ironic." He said this in an interview for the excellent documentary Midnight Movies: From the margin to the mainstream.
Irony results from an inability to trust or believe any message even as the number of messages explode. We see and hear thousands of marketing messages daily trusting none. Marketing, once so able to describe human aspiration and desire, seems hollow and disconnected. A previous boss described postmodern marketing as the sin of "talking to ourselves about ourselves."
The answer, as some able marketers such as Hertz and AT&T (of all companies) illustrate, is lower advertising volume and create connection to meaningful Quests. Humans live for quests. Other animals are preoccupied with survival. Secure basic needs and human minds search for meaningful quests. Maslow named this search "actualization". Human history is replete with examples of heroic or villainous quests:
- Alexander's desire to conquer the known world.
- Hitler's desire to enslave the world.
- Churchill and Roosevelt's quest to keep our world free
- Kennedy's desire to put a man on the moon in ten years
- Individual searches for meaning and connection
Irony of Postmodern Marketing
Success in postmodern marketing depends on lowering volume. Push volume up to destroy connection to quest. You talk to yourself about yourself. Models may say pump up marketing volume. These are modern models and they are wrong. Turning up ad volume in a postmodern time does the opposite. Effective postmodern marketing messages connected to quest BECOME REPEATED BY CUSTOMERS VIA SOCIAL NETWORKS. Try forcing your way up the attention mountain and failure is assured. Better to seed ideas and see what happens.
See how postmodern marketing is different? Postmodern marketers must accept their part in a larger marketing ecosystem. A company's or brand's marketing team's efforts are NOT most important. What happens after ideas are published, living and breathing in the world becomes dividing line between postmodern marketing's success and failure. If you create ideas with legs, sometimes called memes, you win. If you talk to yourself about yourself you lose. Losing isn't the worst thing. In a fast, furious, flat and connected world marketing solipsism may be the worst crime your brand, product or company can commit. Disconnected and self-serving appeals to no one and will be condemned and destroyed. Want to see an Oprah Effect in reverse? Isolate your company's products and proudly beat your chest.
A better idea is to open up and share everything. I wrote Process Is Product explaining anything you or your company is doing can become shared content. Shared content creates tribes of supporters; supporters provide real world feedback, block any marketing person's tendency to talk to themselves about themselves and creates a ready market. Few companies understand it is impossible to be TOO OPEN in postmodern marketing. Share early and often and on every dimension. Sharing is the best protection any new idea / product can have. Transparency also helps a company stay on the right side of major trends such as planet impact (green) and social responsibility (social marketing).
Sharing doesn't guarantee success, listening does. I'm a marketing guy. I come complete with 30 years of marketing experience with P&G, M&M/Mars and companies I started. The value of those thirty years pales next to feedback from the Magic 1%. Citizen Marketer, an important book, explains 1% of your customers will actively engage. This 1% is the "Magical 1%". They will help you for the privilege of inclusion and because they care (Altruism). Wikipedia is built by the magical 1%. What is your company doing to harness the power of your magical 1%?
Thinking Like A Postmodern Marketing Person
If you and your company are new to postmodern marketing start with these steps:
- Facebook page (your wall is a great place to get "wisdom of crowds" feedback
- Create a Tribe – invite customers to become part of a special group where the rewards are largely social and inclusive (this avoids mercenaries)
- Email – Tie your Magical 1% tribe together so they can share with each other and you. Allow forum-like open discussion you can contribute to but don't control.
- Invitation Only Forum – forums can become hijacked by devils intent on self-glorification, eliminate that problem by clearly stating rules and making your support forum invitation only.
- Get T-Shirts printed or create some other tribal identification device.
Still stumped? I will be glad to help and can be reached at MartinSellingZoe(at)aol. Good luck with your company's postmodern marketing.
Martin Marty Smith
Examples of excellent postmodern advertising connected to Quest:
Hertz Journey Ads
AT&T Christo Ads (Rethink the Possible)
* these ads shamelessly rip artist Christo, but they are beautiful and I bet Christo doesn't mind.