Thursday, May 31, 2012

HBT: Pirates' Burnett has been great, mostly

A.J. Burnett?s overall numbers are plenty good, as last night?s seven innings of one-run ball versus the Reds lowered his ERA to 3.60 in 50 innings.

However, one terrible start against the Cardinals on May 2 accounts for 60 percent of the earned runs Burnett has allowed all season. Seriously.

He coughed up 12 runs in 2.2 innings versus St. Louis that day and if you remove that ugly outing from his season totals Burnett has a 1.52 ERA and 40/13 K/BB ratio in 47 innings while holding opponents to a .208 batting average.

That one ugly start still happened, of course, so completely ignoring it would be silly, but considering how disappointing he was for the Yankees and how many people wrote him off as washed up Burnett deserves some attention. And the Pirates are looking plenty smart for taking him off the Yankees? hands for pennies on the dollar.

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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

SPORTS, RECREATION, EXERCISE COACHING LICENSE ...

AN AMENDMENT IS PROPOSED TO CURRENT STATE AND FEDERAL CHILD PROTECTION PUBLIC LAWS FOR THE ENACTMENT OF A COACHING LISCENSE FOR COACHES OF CHILDREN WHO PARTICIPATE IN SRE. (posted first, December 9, 2011 by admin)

INTRODUCTION

The State Government oversees how you treat and raise your Child or Coach and train-up other Children. The ?Parens Patriae? Doctrine (government is ?Parent of the Nation?) Grants Power to State to protect Children ( .
The Tripartite Legal Relationship is the Coach-Caretaker + Child-Athlete + State:
Coach-Caretaker. The Coach can coach Children, Providing Coach-Caretaker complies with Special Standards of Child Care: Federal: Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act 2010 Public Law 111-320. Mandated to 50 States.

Government is the first in the line of responsibility for Child Safety and should Teach Child Protection Law to keep Children Safe and Coaches out of Legal trouble.

?No Sport is a Kingdom unto its own?. ?No one is above the Law.? former Secretary of State, Condeleezza Rice. [42.]

CHILD PROTECTION LAWS:

1. Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, the first enacted Child Protection Law in 1974. CAPTA has been amended several times. The most recent amendments were in 2003 and 2010

2. Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2003. Public Law 108-36.

3. Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) Reauthorization Act of 2010, Public Law 111-320,

? ?Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (1974) as Amended by Public Law. 111-320, the CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010 contains Section 206. entitled PERFORMANCE MEASURES. [42 U.S.C. 5116f].
Under Performance Measures, states receiving a grant under this title

? 1. Shall demonstrate effective development, operation, and expansion of a community-based and prevention-focused programs and activities designed to strengthen and support families to prevent child abuse and neglect that MEETS THE REQUIREMENT OF THIS FEDERAL TITLE.

? 7. shall describe the outcomes under the State program to demonstrate the effectiveness in meeting the purposes of the program;?

In other words when states accept Federal Grant Money for Child Abuses Prevention, and are mandated the states SHALL follow Federal Guidelines.

? State Child Protection Laws exist in all 50 states. All states accept Federal Grant Money for Child Abuses Prevention.

Thus, State Laws must MEET THE REQUIREMENT OF THIS TITLE, Public Law. 111-320, the CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010. For example, Kentucky Child and Youth Protection Law: Kentucky Unified Code KRS 600-645. Juvenile/Family Court has exclusive jurisdiction for Child Abuse.

Anyone who is Responsible for Child Safety, Care, Welfare, Injury and/or Disease Management, even if it is only for the referral to the proper Medical Personnel, particularly when that person(s) has Temporary Substitute Custody and Control of the Child, should be Licensed by the state.

All Professions and Occupations, who care for, teach and mentor susceptible, vulnerable populations, such as patients, school children and Athletes, have a unique Responsibility that accompanies their Power Position.

Coaches, Teachers, Doctors, Athletic Trainers and Nurses are prime examples among many others.
The potential for Accidents, Catastrophic Injuries and Deaths are substantial for Coaches, Para-medical and Medical professionals because of the populations for whom they care and their legal duty to Children and Youth. Close oversight is necessary.

The Coach Jerry Sandusky-Penn State Football Child Athlete Sex Abuse Scandal, resulting from the Grand Jury indictment November, 2012, has raised many questions.

Before retirement, ?Sandusky was regarded as an integral part of Penn State?s football success, which galvanized the most disparate corners of the state and turned the university?s athletics officials into power brokers. Nittany Lions games regularly have capacity crowds in excess of 107,000, and the football program generates more than $70 million in revenue annually, according to Forbes magazine.? [43.]

Immediately, the underbelly of this and other Sports Scandals appears. The enormous popularity of Sports and vast revenue generated are the reasons for some Sport Communities? Dysfunctional Behaviors.

The ?Bottom Line? is persistent and pervasive. Publication in Forbes magazine speaks volumes since the Mission Statement says, Forbes Magazine publishes ?information resources for the world?s business leaders.? Yes. Amateur Sports are about business, not Athletes.

Sports have evolved into ?Business Centered Activities? not ?Child and Youth Centered Sports?. It appears some in the ?Sports Business? have turned a ?Blind Eye? to unlawful Child Abuse Behavior by Powerful Coach Offenders, while protecting their ?Bottom Lines?.

The dark side of the scandal was that ?Sandusky hosted many summer football camps at The Second Mile, a children?s charity he founded in State College, Pennsylvania in 1977.? [20.]

Children who were allegedly Sexually Abused were aspiring Child Football Athletes, underage minors, who attended Football Summer Camp at the Second Mile.

And, Dec. 8, 2011 Former Syracuse University assistant men?s basketball coach Bernie Fine was sued by a man alleging he was sexually abused as a 13-year-old in a Pittsburgh hotel room. [47.]

Again, Dec 10, 2011 Memphis police opened an investigation into sexual abuse allegations against AAU, Amateur Athletic Union, President Bobby Dodd that date to the 1980s.

The AAU, one of the biggest U.S. nonprofit volunteer sports organizations, develops amateur sports and physical fitness programs for athletes of all ages, was founded in 1888. [48.]

The above are allegations and have not been tried in the court of Law.

To begin the discussion about The Proposed Child Athlete Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act Amendment, Questions are raised from the following statements of fact:

? ?There are No federal laws that require Coaching Education or Certification.?
? ? Only 4% of States require a Coaching License?
? ?Only 24% require state certification.? [32.]

The Etymology of ?Parens Patriae? is from Latin meaning ?Parent of the Nation?. This doctrine grants the inherent power and authority of the state to protect minor Children age less than 18 and other persons who are legally unable to protect themselves.

The ?Parens Patriae? doctrine is a Special Standard of Care for Children.

In the United States, the ?Parens Patriae? doctrine is most often applied to the treatment of children.

The state is the ?Supreme Guardian? of all children within its jurisdiction and state courts have the inherent power to intervene to protect the Best Interests of Children. This inherent power is legalized and Offenders of Children are criminalized by legislative Laws that describe the extent of child protection in a state

The basis for government?s intervention in child physical and psychological maltreatment and endangerment, sexual abuse and Human Rights violations are based in the concept of ?Parens Patriae?.

Legally, ?Parens Patriae? refers to the public policy and power of the state to intervene against an abusive or negligent parent, legal guardian or caretaker, and to act as the caretaker of any child or individual who is in need of protection.

?Parens Patriae? asserts that government has a role in protecting the interests of children and in intervening when parents and other caretakers fail to provide proper Child Care.

While it has long been recognized that parents have a fundamental liberty, protected by the Constitution, to raise their children as they choose, they must do so according to the standards of Law.

If parents, guardians and caretakers are unable, unwilling or fail to protect or properly supervise their Children and fail perform this responsibility, the State in which they reside has the power and authority to take action to protect the child from harm. [46.]

The legal framework regarding the parent-child-state tripartite relationship balances the rights and responsibilities among the parents, the child, and the State, as guided by Federal statutes, The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Reauthorization Act of 2010, Public Law 111-320, first enacted in 1974 and amended several times since then.

This special standard of care applies to children. This parent-child-state relationship identifies certain rights, duties, and obligations, including the responsibility of the parents to protect the child?s safety and wellbeing. [20.]

Parents are not required to secure the legal right, permit or license to make decisions by virtue of their name listed on their child?s birth certificate. The Birth Certificate is essentially the Parents? Child Caretaker License. [20.]

There is a Special Standard of Care for Child and Youth. Every child should expect to be safe and protected when in the care of their Caretaker, who are either:

? Parents
? Legal Custodians or Guardians
? or another Adult who has been entrusted-with
? or another Adult who voluntarily assumed the responsibility for the care of a Child.
? or a Person who stands in a position of trust and confidence for a Child?s Protection, Supervision, Safety and Caretaker.

The same tripartite relationship exists between Coach-Child Athlete-State. The Coach stands in a almighty powerful position for Protection, Supervision, Safety and Caretaker of the Child and Youth Athlete.

Government Licenses are issued by the administrative agencies of local, state, and federal lawmaking bodies. Administrative agencies are established by legislative bodies to regulate specific government activities and concerns. Children?s Protection, Supervision, Safety, Well Being and Child Care are specific Federal and State Government concerns.

Government Licenses are an important and ever-present feature of our contemporary society. Federal, state, and local governments rely on licensing to control a broad range of human activity particularly for potentially dangerous activities and particularly activities in potentially dangerous environments. Sports are a potential example of both dangerous activities and dangerous environments.

There are many professionals and activities that require a license issued by a government authority. Activity examples in Kentucky that require a license (same for most states):

? Health Care Professionals, Medical Doctors, Nurses
? Athletic Trainers
? Attorney Law Practice
? Public Services
? Child Day Care Facility
? Residential Child Caring Facility
? Child-Placing Agency
? Certified Child care Home [44.]

?Most licenses expire after a certain period of time, and most can be renewed. Failure to abide by certain laws and regulations can result in suspension or revocation of a license.?

?The licensing process helps to control activity in a variety of ways. License application procedures allow government authorities to screen applicants to verify that they are fit to engage in the particular activity. Before any license is issued by an agency or State Board, the applicant must meet certain standards.?

?Requiring a license for a certain activity allows the government to closely supervise and control the activity. The agency responsible for issuing the license can control the number of licensees.?

?A license is not a property right, which means that no one has the absolute right to a license. The government may decline to issue a license when it sees fit to do so, provided that the denial does not violate federal or state law. No agency may decline to issue a license on the basis of race, religion, sex, national origin, or ethnic background.?

All Doctors, Nurses, Trainers who are allowed by law to care for the Health and Welfare of Athletes are state licensed. Parents are likewise state licensed for Child Protection and Proper Supervision of their children by Birth Certificates and Guardians by Court Orders.

Anyone who has mandated Child Protection and Proper Supervision Responsibilities, like Extracurricular Coaches, should be state licensed.

The American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement for Child and Youth Sports Participation says that organized Sports can have many positive benefits for Child and Youth Athletes Provided adjustments are made in Sports when Sports, Recreation and Exercise (SRE):

? Provide a greater opportunity to develop rules specifically designed for health and safety of Children and Youth.
? Allow for the establishment of developmentally sound criteria for determining readiness for children and youth to participate in Sports.
? Allow for a fair process and enforcing rules. Rules specifically targeted at younger athletes can reduce injuries. Recommendations have been made to limit dangerous practices
? Safety accommodations associated with organized youth sports include many recommendations for the Sport Environment.
? The availability of Qualified Coaches in organized sports can be a key factor in providing safety and a positive experience
? Because most youth sports coaches are volunteers with little or no formal training in child development, they cannot be expected to correctly match demands of a sport with a child?s readiness to participate.
? Educational programs are available for Youth Sports Coaches, but most coaches do not participate.
? Coaches may try to teach what often cannot be learned and blame resulting failures on shortcomings of athletes
? Pediatricians can further advocate safe sports participation by promoting better education and training of youth sports coaches.
? Standards for coaching competency are available and certification for youth sports coaches should address these competencies. [50.]
? Pediatricians can work with sports administrators and coaches within their community and share relevant information on child development, injury assessment, first aid, and injury prevention. and take an active role in developing safety programs while ensuring that existing safety measures are observed [49.]

Coaching Certification Courses are offered by many schools. The United States Sports Academy, for example, offers Coaching Certification Courses. Certification of Coaches will enhance their qualifications for a State Coaching License.
U.S. High School Athletic Associations (HSAA) oversee 24 %, 11,000,000 of School and Non-School Child Athletes (

That leaves 34,000.000 Child Athletes in Grade School, Middle School, JV Teams, summer leagues, Church leagues, Swimming, Cheerleading Camp etc. that are not administered by HSAAs and don?t have comparable HSAA oversight and Safety laws that have been enacted by the Legislative Branch of State Governments.

Child Athlete Abuse Syndrome (CAAS) Education is seldom educated or mentioned in School and Non-School Sports. Licensure would significantly reduce sexual abuse and other abuse cases such as heat stroke, rhabdomyolysis, overuse injuries, post-traumatic stress disorder etc that are inflicted, caused or created on our Child and Youth Athletes.

The Definition of the Standard of Care for a Child requires that a Child must have:

? Proper Child Custodial Protection
? Proper Child Supervision
? Child Safety
? Child Health and Well Being
? Protection from Abuse and other forms of Violence
? Protection from Neglect. The Definition of Neglect is ?any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caregiver, which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or exploitation, or an act or failure to act which presents an imminent risk of serious harm,? [36.][45.]

SRE are not above the Law. College Football is not a closed society, resistant to outside intervention when Crimes occur. College Football and all SRE are not impervious to the Rules of Law. Even Colleges have minor aged Athletes.

?College Football is not a kingdom unto its own,? said Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice [46.]

THE SPORTS, RECREATION AND EXERCISE (SRE) COACHING ACT.

STATE BOARD OF COACHING LICENSURE. Is to include:

? Coach Certification Education
? High School Education for Coach
? Coach Background Check including Finger Prints
? The Coach Should Have Played The Sport They Coach
? Human Growth and Development Education

COACH
? Crucial Child and Youth Athlete Protection and Safety Responsibility
? Child Protection and Supervision are mandatorily substituted for Parents and Guardians during extracurricular activities
? Authority over Child and Youth Athletes
? Accountability and Obligation to the Athletic Community
? Frame and Devise Athletic Culture for generations
? Enormous Power Gap that exists between Coach and Athlete
? Must be able to Recognize Child and Youth Athlete Emotional, Physical and Injury Conditions
? Serve as Para-Medical Trainers and make examination and treatment decisions when Health Care Providers are not available.
? Prominent, powerful Coaching profession where mistakes are damaging and costly to precious life.
? Certification alone is not sufficient and does not insure oversight by any governing body.
? 50% of Child and Youth Amateur Athletes participate in School Sports and 50% in Non-School Sports
? Non-School Amateur Child and Youth Athlete Sports participation has added Protection and Safety deficiencies
? Rules, Regulations and By-Laws of National and State Amateur School and Non-School leagues, federations and associations do not include the Rules for Child and Youth Protection Laws that have been enacted into Law.
? National and State Amateur School and Non-School leagues, federations and associations foster ?Closed Sports Societies? that appear to want-to-be impervious to outside interference and the Rules of Law because Child Abuse Laws are not published to the Sport Culture and Athletic Community.

STATE BOARD OF COACHING LICENSURE

The State Coaching License, administered by The State Board of Coaching Licensure, would legally

? Proclaim, enforce and administrate its Licensure Authority
? Promote the Special Standard of Care for Child and Youth Athletes like Care for all other Children and Youth
? Prevent Child Athlete Abuse.
? Ensure that Child and Youth Athlete Care follows the Rules of Law not the Rules of Sport posturing as a Kingdom unto its own.
? Promulgate Child Protection and Supervision Laws
? Responsible for protecting Child and Youth Athletes by ensuring that only qualified Coaches are licensed to Coach in the state
? Initiate appropriate disciplinary action when violations of the Amateur Coaching Act occur.
? Refer any Unlawful Coaching Behaviors and Actions to the Child Protective Services and County Attorney when appropriate.

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(2) The study shall include a review of:
(a) The requirements and their adequacy for sports safety education in public middle and secondary schools, including heat-related and air quality issues, chronic and overuse injuries, and other risk factors;
(b) Required training programs for secondary school coaches, to include how training is certified to demonstrate knowledge and competencies of participants;
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(3) The Association shall have a formal work group composed of:
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(b) At least two (2) representatives from the Kentucky Department of Education, selected by the commissioner of education;
(c) At least two (2) high school coaches selected by the Chair of the Board of Control;
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(4) The commissioner of education or designee and the executive director of the Kentucky High School Athletics Association shall identify the work group members within thirty (30) days of the effective date of this Act.
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?SECTION 2. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 160 IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
(1) The Kentucky Board of Education or organization or agency designated by the board to manage interscholastic athletics shall require each high school coach to complete a sports safety course consisting of training on how to prevent common injuries. The content of the course shall include but not be limited to emergency planning, heat and cold illnesses, emergency recognition, head injuries, neck injuries, facial injuries, and principles of first aid. The course shall also be focused on safety education and shall not include coaching principles.
(2) The state board or its agency shall:
(a) Establish a minimum timeline for a coach to complete the course;
(b) Approve providers of a sports safety course;
(c) Be responsible for ensuring that an approved course is taught by qualified professionals who shall either be certified athletic trainers, registered nurses, physicians, or physician?s assistants licensed to practice in Kentucky; and
(d) Establish the minimum qualifying score for successful course completion.
(3) A course shall be reviewed for updates at least once every thirty (30) months and revised if needed.
(4) A course shall be able to be completed through hands-on or on-line teaching methods in ten (10) clock hours or less.
(5) (a) A course shall include an end-of-course examination with a minimum qualifying score for successful course completion established by the board or its agency.
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(6) Beginning with the 2009-2010 school year, at least one (1) person who has completed the course shall be at every high school athletic practice and competition.
?Section 3. Whereas there is no existing requirement for a medical professional to be on-site during high school athletic events and the safety of student athletes is sometimes compromised, an emergency is declared to exist and this Act takes effect upon its passage and approval by the Governor or upon its otherwise becoming a law.
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5 Steps to Achieve Content Marketing Success [Slides] | Business 2 ...

Content Marketing Success 300x236 5 Steps to Achieve Content Marketing Success [Slides]#ContentMarketing: The Hottest Marketing Buzzword of 2012

Why? Because as consumers are tuning out marketing messages at all stages of the buying process, conversion rates are starting to plummet.

And the cost per lead of many marketing programs is starting to soar. This is all at a time when marketing budgets are feeling the strain of sales? expectations that marketing will produce more leads and better leads. So marketing leaders, marketers with a clue and the host of consultants and agencies are all talking about how to attract new customers with content.

In a perfect example of content marketing itself, Rebecca Lieb (@lieblink) with support from Jeremiah Owyang (@jowyang) from Altimeter have delivered a Content Marketing ebook, webcast, blog post, book and slideshare presentation on what they call ?The New Marketing Equation. Why Organizations Must Rebalance.?

In this post, I will highlight the key points Rebecca and Jeremiah present and define the 5 steps to achieve content marketing success. I also have embedded the slides from their powerpoint for your own review.

Shifting from Push to Pull

We?re tuning out the noise. And not just some of us. The majority of internet users tune out advertising. Rebecca cited a Pew study that states that 77% of internet users never engage in online advertising.

So she interviewed 56 content experts at 38 companies, 19 brands and 23 service providers between October and December of 2011 to understand ho they are dealing with this seismic shift. And the answer was that marketers were realizing they needed to move from primarily push to primarily pull-marketing tactics.

But Shifting from push to pull is antithetical to corporate culture. You need new resources in staff, budgets and training. You need to differentiate between tools vs. strategy and you need to integrate your advertising into pull-marketing tactics.

How are marketers re-balancing to face these challenges?

Marketers need continual content initiatives that tell stories over time. This is putting new demands on marketing departments skills and resources.

There are new technologies that enables any brand to become like a publisher but with 178 average social media accounts, Jeremiah stated that we need to determine who will be enabled as publishers.

Rebecca believes that organizations that rebalance now will have a significant advantage. Marketing is shifting to storytelling and content. Consumers are expecting engaging content and marketers need to be able to deliver it.

Benefits of Content Marketing

Content marketing is the marketing of attraction. Attracting consumers means pulling them in when they are receptive to being pulled in. Sometimes this means education or even entertaining.

It builds stronger brands up and down the marketing funnel and well beyond the sale. Ultimately this is about lower cost of customer acquisition.

Content marketing starts with owned media delivering great content and then moves into earning customer attention.

It is longer term and it requires new storytelling skills and a solid content strategy. Content strategy may literally save marketing through an understanding of what, why and how you?re going to deploy 3 distinct types of content: entertaining content, educational content and utility content (like apps) that help customers.

5 Steps to Achieve Content Marketing Success

  1. Determine a content strategy leader with empowered authority who can work outside of marketing with customer-facing experts. Some companies have even named a ?Chief Content Officer:? a customer-centric marketer who also has multi-channel publishing experience.
  2. Identify other content roles such as editors, writers, designers, response managers, channel managers who are responsible for creating and disseminating content.
  3. Audit existing content. You cannot know where you are going until you know where you are. Determine what content by type, by segment and is it search-engine optimized. The key question is if the content is easily found (SEO) and if it is being used at all.
  4. Create an editorial calendar that maps out the content that is to be produced and when it will be published. It helps to inform content consumers what is coming and it helps the production process.
  5. Repeat, re-use and re-purpose your content into various formats and into all available channels. This extension is the best way to extract the highest level of value from content marketing costs.

How To Achieve Content Maturity?

Companies that do this well will be recognized as leaders in their field. They will be the sources where consumers turn for information and solution. They will have achieved ?trusted adviser? status and will have affinity for their solutions.

5 Stages of Content Maturity

  1. Curious and considering but not really doing anything.
  2. Advocacy and Experimentation usually occurs when a leader emerges and pushes the organization into content marketing.
  3. Strategy and Process: Identification of a Head of Content Strategt, such as Joe Chernov (@jchernov) at Eloqua, who can set clear objectives, process and measurable KPIs.
  4. Content Culture: The entire organization has a sense of the importance of content, an understanding of how to employ keyword research and how to deliver customer-focused stories.
  5. Monetizing Content: very few companies can achieve this state where marketing is a profit center. Content becomes monetized and a product of the company.

Top-Level Takeaways

  • Content Marketing is not free (same as social media!). Content can be much more cost-effective than outbound efforts like trade shows and advertising.
  • Content marketing requires significant cultural change in the traditional marketing organization
  • Content and advertising should be integrated within existing channels
  • Content Marketing will permeate organizations (not just marketing)

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Saturday, May 26, 2012

How the Internet has changed companies' marketing plans

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It wasn't that long ago when the marketing menu for businesses consisted of print, radio and television. But as the Internet took hold, and Americans began to spend larger and larger shares of their time online, businesses began to see the opportunities offered by Internet marketing.

Today, Internet marketing is huge business - you only need to look as far as the $36.5 billion businesses spent on Google ads in the last year. And it's not just that businesses are simply throwing money into online advertising. The reason they are spending their money online is Internet marketing allows businesses to reach audiences in completely new and more sophisticated ways.

Here are four ways that marketing on the Web has changed the way businesses advertise.

* Internet marketing offers the opportunity to reach a more interested and active audience. Traditional marketing through radio, TV and print offers exposure to large audiences, but there's no guarantee that those audiences are paying attention. By optimizing their sites for search engines, companies can target individuals who are already likely seeking out their products or services. Social media also offers the opportunity for businesses to reach an engaged and active audience.

* Online marketing makes it easy to track your success. Web analytics allow you to track how long visitors are spending on your website, and what's attracting the most attention. Other tools allow you to track how many people are reading your email newsletter and track click-through rates on online ads. If something isn't working for you, you can change course before you spend a lot of money.

* Our online marketing platforms represent a cost savings. You can put almost unlimited content on your website for a very marginal cost. Starting a company blog can help drive traffic to your website and build trust with potential customers. Maintaining a presence on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter allows you to share information on special promotions or new products with a few strokes of the keyboard and the click of a mouse.

* Options like pay-per-click advertising help ensure that you are targeting the right audience, since you pay only when potential customers click on your ads. Through these types of models, you can also hone your sales pitch in a way that leads to more business by monitoring past successes and failures.

In short, Internet marketing has given companies a more direct link to consumers, and allowed them to deliver increasingly customized marketing content. Businesses that are Internet-savvy and spend their online marketing dollars wisely are likely to see a reward in the form of increased business.

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Friday, May 25, 2012

BBM staying exclusive to BlackBerry, says to WSJ source

BBM staying exclusive to BlackBerry, says to WSJ source

Been looking forward to porting your BBM addiction to iOS or Android in hopes of finally kicking that Crackberry to the curb? Take a seat -- it looks like RIM's private messaging service isn't going anywhere. According to a Wall Street Journal source, the firm's new CEO has shut down rumors of a BlackBerry Messenger port. "It was not up for discussion," the WSJ was told. According to a person "familiar with the matter," CEO Thorsten Heins decided that RIM shouldn't be pursuing licensing deals. Heins' apparent house cleaning might be a deal breaker for BlackBerry veterans looking to jump ship, requiring users to stick with RIM to maintain their dwindling BBM contact lists. Bummer? Sure is, but at least your pals don't need a security clearance to ping you.

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Broadway meets breast cancer | Stage Mom

After enjoying a little nap one afternoon, our daughter Lizabeth shared some suprising news. The cat, who?s taken to sleeping atop her baby blue blanket, snores. Seems no lullabies are required when you?re a fluffy feline. But babies of the human variety sometimes need a little help in the sleep department. It?s Broadway to the rescue with a new collection of tunes called ?Over the Moon,? which features lovely lullaby fare that?s soothing for the little ones and plenty enjoyable for the grown-ups who love them.

The tall white bookshelves in Lizabeth?s room are filled with play scripts, mementos of dance and theater days, and CDs featuring Broadway cast recordings she grew up listening to by day and night. Ask about her favorite ?lullabies? and she?ll recount songs from beloved Broadway productions. I?m pretty sure she fell asleep to ?Next to Normal? almost every night during high school. Seems showtunes and good writing can make just about anything more bearable.

A newly-released book and CD set called ?Over the Moon: The Broadway Lullaby Project? benefits breast cancer research (Photo courtesy of Easton Studio Press)

So I was delighted to discover that ?Over the Moon? includes ?First Sonogram? featuring music by Tom Kitt. Other selections include ?It Takes All Kinds? (with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim), ?I Love You? (with music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez) and ?Lucky? (with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz). The names are plenty familiar to folks who?ve seen ?Avenue Q,? ?Into the Woods? or ?Wicked.? The book is designed by Barbara Aronica-Buck, and music on the CD is produced by Matt Pierson.

The double CD, which features 26 songs, is actually titled ?Over the Moon: The Broadway Lullaby Project.? A companion hard-cover book with the same name features lyrics and illustrations for 17 of the lullabies, and?soon there?ll be?a documentary recounting their creation as part of a collaborative effort to move the fight against breast cancer forward. Notes at the back of the book share bios for ?Over the Moon? participants, many including thoughts about ways breast cancer has touched the contributors??own lives.

A trio of Gluckmans (10-year-old Tillie and 8-year-olds Keegan and Zi) make their recording debut with ?The Man Who Invented Ice Cream? by Charles Strouse and Sammy Cahn ? dedicating it to ?their Bubbe and Gama, both breast cancer survivors; their Aunt Linda, a breast cancer surgeon; and their Great Grandmother Tillie, who lost her battle with the disease before they could ever meet her.? Other vocalists include Brain D?Arcy James, Audra McDonald, Kelli O?Hara, Sutton Foster, Stephanie Bast, Raul Esparza, Nikki M. James and many more.

Listen with your baby or just enjoy in bubble bath mode

The collection is sweet, soothing and sentimental. Also filled with humor and delightful musical interludes featuring everything from piano and guitar to cello and accordian. Buy it for your baby if you have one. But try it with a bubble bath if you don?t, because there?s plenty for wistful parents of older children to enjoy in its nods to nostalgia and all things growing up together. Get the book too so you can enjoy the forward written by mother-daughter writing team Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton.

Also illustrations by a diverse gathering of exceptional artists. Think R. Gregorie Christie, who?s been commissioned by the MTA ?Arts in Transit? program in NYC to create an image for display in subway cars. Neil Waldman, whose work was chosen for a United Nations ?International Year of Peace? poster. Gary Zamschick, whose work has been exhibited at the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco. Also Beowulf Boritt, set designer for ?The Scottsboro Boys,? ?Rock of Ages? and more. Cover design is by Jules Feiffer, who illustrated ?The Phantom Tollbooth? plus a recent work by daughter Kate Feiffer called ?No Go Sleep.?

The book?s most inspiring pages feature a pair of prefaces by women whose lives have been forever changed by breast cancer. Jodi Gluckman writes of stirring cookie batter with her grandmother, grateful for time shared before cancer took her grandmother?s life. Kate Dawson writes of her cousin Jill, who lost her life to cancer while still a young mother. Dawson learned, after conceiving the ?Over the Moon? project and bringing it to life with Gluckman, that Jill?s favorite gift to new mothers was a CD of lullabies. Remember these women, and remarkable women in your own life, as you listen to ?Over the Moon? with your little ones. Time is fleeting, and music helps us remember just how much each moment matters.

? Lynn

Note: Click here to learn about Public Interest Projects (fiscal sponsor for ?Over the Moon?), here to learn about the Breast Cancer Research Foundation and here to learn about the Young Survival Coalition (the ?Over the Moon? project benefits both non-profits). ?Over the Moon? is also available in e-book format.

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Inshah Malik is trying rebuild Kashmir with a different weapon ? her pen

Young writer Inshah Malik tells the stories of Kashmiri women and the often brutal effects on them from decades of conflict.

By Rebecca Byerly,?Contributor / May 24, 2012

For Kashmir to heal and women to gain a greater role, Inshah Malik says, it?s crucial that Kashmiris never forget the women still searching for their loved ones or being brutalized by ongoing conflict.

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Srinagar, India-controlled Kashmir

Inshah Malik may have a plan to share with the conflict-weary women of the Arab Spring. For most of her 27 years, she has lived through a brutal clash that ripped apart her homeland in Kashmir, on the border between India and Pakistan.

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Now Ms. Malik, like a growing number of other young Kashmiris, is trying to rebuild her community with a different weapon ? her pen.

For communities to heal and women to gain a greater role, she says, it?s crucial that her people never forget the collective memories of women searching for their loved ones and being brutalized by conflict. Though she?s just starting out, her work might offer examples for the women of Syria, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, and Yemen. How can they start rebuilding their communities and making a space for themselves when the protests die down and the world stops paying attention?

Malik has written a collection of stories of women from villages in a recently published book, based on her graduate thesis ?Muslim Women Under the Impact of Ongoing Conflict in Kashmir.? She writes of women such as Dilfroz, who was raped in front of her family during an army search, thus bringing attention to stories that usually go unheard. She hopes to have the book reprinted in Kashmir at a reduced cost so that it can be used in the course curriculum in universities.

?In Kashmir, for the entire conflict, women have always been out there fighting,? Malik says, looking out the window of her home in Srinagar, the summer capital.

In 2010 she frantically posted Facebook updates as Indian security forces smashed these windows during massive protests. ?The conflict has actually proven to be more brutal for women because ... [that] violence [was] intended to demean the community, to demean the enemy, to demean the people who are fighting the authorities,? she says.

Kashmir is one of the most militarized place in the world, with some 600,000 Indian soldiers policing the region near the Himalayas where India, Pakistan, and China converge. The military presence picked up in 1989 when Pakistani-trained militants began crossing the border into Indian-controlled Kashmir, leading to an armed movement for independence from India.

In the years that followed, Amnesty International reports, more than 70,000 people were killed, thousands of women were widowed, and thousands more were raped. By the late 1990s, the armed movement was quashed by Indian forces.

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AVG Internet Security Review | misPress

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AVG Internet Security

Since you?re hear reading this AVG Internet Security review, it tells me that you?re someone who is concerned about, as well as responsible, when it comes to preventing what could be terrible consequences of surfing the internet.

Unfortunately, as with most things?the brilliance of the internet and all that it provides us also has its downside, and that downside could be any number of things?

  • Viruses and Malware that can wipe out your computer files, precious pics, music and video downloads, and important documents?
  • Hackers that lay-in-wait for the tiniest opening and weakness in your computer?s protection so that they can steal your important usernames, passwords, and ultimately your identity?
  • Online Predators who are looking to badly influence your kids, and still their innocence from them in many ways.

The great thing is that all of these things can be stifled before they even get to you, if you?ve got the right internet security.

Is AVG Good Enough to Protect You From These Threats?

In a nutshell?YES!

AVG will protect you from the threats listed above. And the fact is that they do a great job of it to boot.

Let?s talk about?

Virus Protection?

It?s very likely that the first thing that you think of when thinking about protecting your computer is to protect it from viruses, spyware, or malware.? These can infect your computer from many different angles.

Emails, websites, social media, music, videos, etc? All of these things can have a virus just waiting to infect you computer, destroy it, or collect very sensitive information that you?ve got on file.? These viruses can be very smart and can literally trick your computer into thinking that everything is working smoothly, when in reality it?s creating havoc on both your hard drive as well as subsequently your life.

AVG started out as a free anti-virus application, and since 2006 has added a multitude of features which has made into one of the most coveted internet protection suite?s available online.

AVG protects your computer from every different direction in which a virus is liable to come at you.

AVG Internet Security to Increase Your Speed?

Usually people complain about internet security suites reducing the speed of their computer and interrupting their surfing.

But that actually gets turned around when you install AVG. Instead, this internet protection software literally speeds up your computer.

How does it do that? It accelerates the downloading of files which are content rich. AVG gives you faster system startup, as well as support for Flash and HD video, which allows you to enjoy online video such as YouTube at faster speeds than ever before on your computer.

Nothing is affected as far as slowing your speed down when you use AVG for internet security. Even gaming is fast and uninterrupted, so that you won?t have to do anything like turn off your firewall like many gamers do, even though it?s very dangerous.

Protecting Your Identity?

A rampant problem these days is identity theft. You hear about it all the time, in one way or another. It?s a terrible thing to have happen.? When bank accounts and savings get drained, or credit gets completely ruined, there?s nothing worse than trying to set the record straight again. It takes a lot of time, work, and patience.

With AVG, you have a nice level of protection due to a top of the line firewall that checks both incoming and outgoing attacks via malicious spyware and malware, as well a protecting you when banking or shopping online. It even guards your wireless connection for intruders who can get all sorts of information from your wireless connection.

What I Really Love About AVG Internet Security?

One thing I?m big on ? with any product ? is customer support.

When you need help, and you?re desperate for an answer, you want that answer right now. I don?t care if it?s 3am? you want to be able to talk with someone who knows how to fix your problem.

AVG has some of the best customer service in the business.

They?re customer service is 24/7, and their reps are extremely knowledgeable. So when you get a strange message or warning that you?ve never heard of, or you simply need help installing or updating your AVG internet security software, you can turn right to AVG and they?ll walk you through how to fix things.

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Springer the orphan orca: Alki anniversary party ... - West Seattle Blog

(Springer, photographed in 2002 by West Seattle-based researcher Mark Sears)
It was a wildlife drama with a happy ending, and much of it played out just outside West Seattle waters, in 2002. Now the 10th anniversary of the rescue of Springer the orphan orca will include a celebration on Alki, led by West Seattle-based advocacy/education group The Whale Trail. Read on for details!

Ten years ago, an orphaned killer whale from Canada brought scientists, government officials, tribes and concerned citizens together in a dramatic and successful rescue effort.

This summer, the rescue of Springer, also known as A73, of Canada?s Northern Resident killer whale population, will be celebrated in June and July with three events featuring first-hand accounts of Springer?s rescue and reunion with her pod, updates on the status of orca populations and scientific research, and how citizens can help in whale conservation and recovery efforts.

Events include an evening celebration open to the public (registration required) at the Vancouver Aquarium on Tuesday, June 12 at 7PM; an afternoon public program at Seattle?s Alki Beach Bathhouse on Saturday, June 23 at 11 AM; and a 10th anniversary reunion at Telegraph Cove, B.C., from July 12 to 15.

?We?ve come far in what we know about our killer whale neighbours since the rescue of Springer and her reunion with her family, but there?s so much more we have yet to learn,? said Lance Barrett-Lennard, marine mammal scientist at the Vancouver Aquarium.

Springer, a two-year old orphan, appeared 10 years ago in Puget Sound near Vashon Island after becoming separated from her family. Three hundred miles from home, the little orca captured international attention and galvanized community support for a relocation effort.

Concerned about her weakening health and increasing human interactions, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), and Vancouver Aquarium mounted the first-ever orca relocation project.

Springer was rescued near Seattle on June 12, 2002, and was rehabilitated in a holding pen in Manchester, Washington.

?The decision to rescue Springer was not an easy one to make,? said Will Stelle, director of NOAA Fisheries? Northwest regional office in Seattle. ?There were risks and unknowns every step of the way. In the end, we were successful because we worked as a team. Community involvement and support were a key part of the project.?

On July 13, Springer was transported in a donated jet catamaran from Washington to a holding pen 250 miles to the north in Johnstone Strait.

After being lowered into her holding pen in Dong Chong Bay on Hanson Island, Springer was welcomed home by Chief Bill Cranmer and other members of the Namgis Band.

Less than 24 hours later, her pod swam by the release site, and she was returned to the wild on July 14, 2002.

?Many things came together to make the reunion a success,? said John Ford, DFO marine mammal scientist. ?The donation of a jet catamaran allowed us to get her home quickly. Her family showed up much sooner than anyone expected. She eventually was able to keep up with them and, by the end of the summer, she was acting like a normal whale.?

Today, Springer is healthy and fully integrated with her extended family, and has returned each year to their summering grounds in Johnstone Strait where a 4-day reunion will be held in July.

?There?s a lot of ?magic? in Springer?s story,? said Donna Sandstrom, director of The Whale Trail and organizer of the June 23 Seattle celebration event, which will also feature unveiling of the latest Whale Trail signs in West Seattle.

?To get her home, we had to learn how to work together. Today, we have not just one whale to save but an entire population of Southern Resident orcas. We hope Springer?s success will inspire people to become engaged with issues facing orcas today,? said Sandstrom.

For more information on the Springer 10th anniversary events, go to The Whale Trail.

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Thursday, May 24, 2012

GSK to drop Human Genome bid if "poison pill" stands

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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Motorola shows three all-touch Android 4.0 phones in China, we see a possible Verizon model

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It turns out that Motorola didn't want to wait until the Google deal closed -- or, for that matter, an American launch -- to undertake a significant revamp of its phone line. A quiet Chinese event last week is now known to have brought us three RAZR-derived, all-touch phones for the three carriers in the Asian country: the XT885 for China Unicom (pictured at left), XT889 for China Telecom (center) and MT887 for China Mobile (right). Other than the network types and pretty bits, you're mostly looking at the same device, where the highlight is an official dip into Android 4.0 waters that drops the physical navigation in favor of more Nexusish on-screen keys. Don't expect a revolution in performance over last fall's roster given that they still have 1.2GHz dual-core processors, eight-megapixel rear cameras and 4.3-inch, 540 x 960 displays. The trio arrives in China on June 2nd; Motorola is likely more worried about popping champagne than giving out US launch details right now, but earlier leaks give us a strong hunch that the MT887 could hit Verizon as the uncannily similar (if still very unofficial) Droid Fighter before too long.

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Euro zone to prepare for Greek exit scenario: sources

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Each euro zone country will have to prepare a contingency plan for the eventuality of Greece leaving the single currency, euro zone sources said on Wednesday.

Officials reached the consensus on Monday afternoon during an hour-long teleconference of the Eurogroup Working Group (EWG).

As well as confirmation from three euro zone officials, Reuters has seen a memo drawn up by one member state detailing some of the elements that euro zone countries should consider.

The EWG consists of officials who prepare meetings of finance ministers and also form the board of the temporary bailout fund, the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF). It consists mostly of deputy finance ministers and senior treasury officials.

"The EWG agreed that each euro zone country should prepare a contingency plan, individually, for the potential consequences of a Greek exit from the euro," said one euro zone official familiar with what was discussed on the call.

"Nothing was prepared so far on the euro zone level for now, for fear of leaks," the official said.

A second official confirmed the EWG agreement. The situation in Greece, which faces elections on June 17, seems certain to be discussed at an EU summit later on Wednesday.

The Greek finance ministry denied in a statement that there was agreement to prepare contingency plans.

"The Ministry of Finance categorically denies the reports stating that during the teleconference of the Euro Working Group on May 21st 2012, it was agreed that each eurozone country should prepare contingency plans for the potential consequences of a departure of the Hellenic Republic from the single currency area," the statement said.

But Belgian Finance Minister Steven Vanackere, asked by reporters ahead of the EU summit, said:

"All the contingency plans (for Greece) come back to the same thing: to be responsible as a government is to foresee even what you hope to avoid."

"We must insist on efforts to avoid an exit scenario but that doesn't mean we are not preparing for eventualities. I believe many countries have their contingency plans for the things they want to avoid at all cost, like terrorist attacks, and to say that we don't have a contingency plan would be irresponsible," Vanackere said.

The Greek election, the second in two months, is widely seen as a referendum on whether the debt-laden country should stay in the euro zone and undertake painful reforms and austerity, or leave and try its luck with its own currency.

Polls suggest the vote could go either way.

50-BILLION-EURO GOODBYE?

The document seen by Reuters detailed the potential costs to individual member states of a Greek exit and said that if it came about, an "amiable divorce" should be sought.

It also said that if Greece were to decide to leave, the EU/IMF could give it up to 50 billion euros to ease its path.

The document said Athens would bear huge costs if it decided to abandon the currency, while other euro zone countries would have more limited costs.

But the paper said that the risk of knock-on effects that could hit other euro zone countries under market scrutiny now was underestimated.

"The markets will definitively distrust the euro," the paper said.

Germany's Bundesbank said on Wednesday a Greek exit from the euro would be "manageable".

The German central bank also said euro zone states should have a say on further payments of aid to Greece under its 130 billion euro bailout program.

So far the euro zone has disbursed 38.4 billion euros from the second bailout program to Greece. The emergency lending is linked to conditions of tough reforms, which most Greeks oppose.

The euro zone also lent Greece 34.5 billion euros to help Athens complete a debt restructuring in which private investors had to write off almost three quarters of what Greece owed them.

"Greece is threatening not to implement the reform and consolidation measures that were agreed in return for the large-scale aid programs," the Bundesbank said.

"This jeopardizes the continued provision of assistance. Greece would have to bear the consequences of such a scenario."

(Additional reporting by Robin Emmott; Reporting By Jan Strupczewski and Claire Davenport; editing by Luke Baker, John Stonestreet and Giles Elgood)

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