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<urn:uuid:07f0d7eb-c5f6-4de5-b87d-ffedbc8204de> | Larry Kim, Founder and Chief Technology Officer
Larry Kim founded WordStream in 2007. He bootstrapped the company by providing internet consulting services while funding/managing a team of engineers and marketers to develop and sell software for search engine marketing automation. In August of 2008 he secured a 4M Series A investment from Sigma Partners.
Today he serves as company CTO and is a contributor to both the product team and marketing teams. Larry practices photography in his spare time.
Larry's background has been in software engineering, software product management, and Internet Marketing (particularly PPC, SEO and Social Media Marketing), for several widely-used software productivity tools over 10 years. Larry's prior roles include:
- Director of Marketing, DataDirect Technologies.
- Director of Marketing, Altova.
- Various Software Engineering & Search Engine Marketing Consulting Jobs
Additionally, Larry is the author of 4 Award-Winning Books on Software Development, and a blogger for the SEOmoz blog, the Wordstream Blog, Search Engine Journal, Marketing Profs, Search Engine Watch, Small Biz Trends, Search Engine Land, Forbes, Inc. Magazine, Online Marketing Institute, and dozens of other business, technology, and internet marketing publications.
Larry received a B.Sc. Electrical Engineering (Honors) from the University of Waterloo, in Waterloo, Canada.
Larry is a frequent speaker at search marketing industry conferences including the following recent and upcoming events.
- May 15, 2013 - Interactivity Digital
- April 8, 2013 - PPC Hero Conference
- March 11, 2013 - SMX West 2013 Search Marketing Expo
- December 8, 2012 - Media Post Search Insider Summit
Search Marketing Thought Leadership
Larry writes frequently about Paid Search, Organic Search, Social Media Marketing, Entrepreneurship, and Software Development topics. The following is a partial list of interviews and articles that Larry has worked on.
MemeBurn (May 22, 2013) - Undervalued Display Ads, mobile; How Tumblr Will Earn Yahoo Billions
Interactivity Digital (May 21, 2013) - 25 Quotables from #ID2013 Conference
The Wall St. Journal (May 21, 2013) - Tumblr’s $1.1 billion sale to Yahoo
Search Engine Land (May 20, 2013) - Try Your Luck at Winning the AdWords Jackpot
Unbounce (May 10, 2013) - 10 Quality Posts That Will Help Boost Your PPC Quality Score
Storecoach (May 10, 2013) - Coach’s SEO Highlight Reel
Jeff Jordan's Blog (May 9, 2013) - Godzilla vs. Mothra, The Sequel
Search Engine Land (May 8, 2013) - How To Use the New Keyword Planner
The Wall St. Journal (May 6, 2013) - The Search For Mesothelioma Clients Intensifies on Web
Small Business Trends (May 1, 2013) - The Top Secret Way to Save 50% on AdWords
Hodges & Company (April 27, 2013) - What You Should Know About Quality Score
Clarity Ventures (April 26. 2013) - Google AdWords Copywriting - Every Word is Important
Search Engine Journal (April 25, 2013) - The Importance of Quality Score in 2013
MarketingProfs Daily Fix Blog (April 22, 2013) - The Poorly Run AdWords Account: An eBay Case Study
Portent (April 9, 2013) - Better Quality Score = Better Results?
TheDrum (April 4, 2013) - As six EU countries target Google over its data policy - should Google be nervous?
Marketing Magazine UK (March 26, 2013) - eBay Paid Search Fails to Hit the Mark
Social Media Today (March 26, 2013) - How Does Google Make Money From Mobile
SEOmoz (March 26, 2013) - 5 Mobile SEO Tips from the Google AdWords Team
eCommerce Times (March 25, 2013) - Marin Software Rocks Wall St.
MediaPost (March 25, 2013) - Combining Real-Life Events With Search Marketing Without Ruining Quality Scores
Rimm-Kaufman Group (March 22, 2013) - What eBay’s Test Results Teach Us
Quartz (March 20, 2013) - Are search ads a waste of money? Why eBay’s controversial study doesn’t matter that much
Koozai (March 20, 2013) - Over 100 Game Changing PPC Strategies From 12 Experts
Small Biz Trends (March 19, 2013) - 5 Lessons You Can Learn from eBay’s AdWords Disaster
Seer Interactive (March 18, 2013) - Looking for a Good Response to eBay’s Paid Search Opinions?
Search Engine Journal (March 16, 2013) - Grading Google’s Top 20 Mobile Products
Search Engine Journal (March 15, 2013) - How Not to Run a PPC Campaign, Inspired by eBay’s AdWords #Fail
ECommerce Bytes (March 15, 2013) - Google Defends Ad Program in Response to eBay Report
AdExchanger (March 15, 2013) - AdBlock Blocked; More Mozilla Cookies
Search Engine Roundtable (March 14, 2013) - Clearly eBay Needs New AdWords Specialists
Search Engine Land (March 14, 2013) - AdWords “Ineffective” Says eBay, Google “Meta-Pause Analysis” Contradicts Findings
Adotas (March 13, 2013) - Google Shopping Goes Mobile
Bloomberg (March 11, 2013) - Google Benefits as Priceline Outspends Expedia on Web Ads: Tech
The Big Picture (March 11, 2013) - Google's Mobile Business
Web Analytics World (March 11, 2013) - How does mobile make Google money?
Small Biz Trends (March 12, 2013) - Time For Small Businesses to Take Mobile Seriously
State of Search (March 12, 2013) - How Google Makes its Mobile Money
Marketing Profs (March 9, 2013) - Google's Top 20 Mobile Products (and How It Monetizes Them)
PPC Hero (March 8, 2013) - Infographic: How Google Makes Money From Mobile
ValueWalk (March 8, 2013) - How Google Inc. (GOOG) Monetizes Mobile
Business Insider (March 8, 2013) - iOS Dominates Android Among Airline Passengers
Search Marketing Standard (March 8, 2013) - Five For Friday
B&T (March 7, 2013) - Google Gets Serious About Mobile
Search Engine Land (March 7, 2013) - Google’s Mobile World, From Ads To Apps To Android
Inc. Magazine (March 6, 2013) - Google's 10 Best Mobile Apps
MemeBurn (March 6, 2013) - Check Out How Google Makes Money From Mobile
The Inquisitr (March 6, 2013) - Google Mobile And The Money Machine: How Search And Platform Development Earns Billions
MediaPost (March 6, 2013) - Mapping Google's Apps, How They Make Money
Kelsey Group (March 6, 2013) - Unpacking Google's Mobile Ad Options
Adotas (March 6, 2013) - How Google Makes Money from Mobile
VentureBeat (March 6, 2013) - The 20 Ways Google Makes Money from Mobile
IntoMobile (March 6, 2013) - Infographic: How Google Monetizes off of Mobile
TheDrum (March 6, 2013) - Google’s mobile profit streams charted
Everything PR (March 6, 2012) - How Google “Won’t” Be Killed Off by Mobile Search
Marketing Pilgrim (March 6, 2012) - Infographic Gives Google’s Mobile Push High Marks
Search Engine Land (March 4, 2013) - How Adwords Enhanced Campaigns Can Be Used To Promote Your Mobile App
WebProNews (March 1, 2012) - Google Launches New Mobile App Download Ad Format
MediaPost (Mar. 1, 2012) - Google's Motorola Hires Former Apple Exec Kawasaki
Search Engine Journal (Mar. 1, 2012) - Are Search Engine Marketers Warming Up to Enhanced Campaigns
Search Engine Land (Feb. 28, 2012) - The Real Reason Why Google Is Dropping The Tablet vs. Desktop Distinction
Small Biz Trends (Feb. 28, 2012) - 5 Surprising Mobile Search Statistics and Facts
Online Marketing Institute (Feb 26, 2012) - How to Use the New Google Offer Extensions in AdWords
Small Biz Trends (Feb, 25, 2012) - Are Google AdWords Offer Extensions Right for Small Businesses?
Web Pro News (Feb. 22, 2013) - The Latest In Google’s Plot Against Groupon
MediaPost (Feb. 22, 2013) - AdWords Enhances Campaigns: Teams Coupons, Search Ads
Search Engine Watch (Feb. 22, 2013) - 3 Essential Mobile Ad Extensions to Get More Clicks from Mobile Devices
Memeburn (Feb. 22, 2013) - Adwords Offer Extensions Google’s plan to kill Groupon
TheDrum (Feb. 22, 2013) - Google integrates Daily Deal offer into AdWords in bid to kill Groupon
Business Insider (Feb. 22, 2013) - Google Is Making Moves To Seriously Disrupt Groupon
Search Engine Land (Feb. 22, 2013): Google Quietly Rolls Out New Offer Extensions in AdWords
Dow Jones Newswire (Feb. 21, 2013) - Google Showing More Deal Offers Inside Search Ads
VentureBeat (Feb. 21, 2013) - Google’s Offer Extensions rolling out within a week, integrating deals with search
Portent (Feb. 20, 2013) - AdWords Enhanced Campaigns – PPC Hangout
Inc Magazine (Feb. 15, 2013) - Reality Check: 5 Entrepreneurial Myths Busted
PPC Hero (Feb. 14, 2012): Are Enhanced Campaigns Going to Ruin Your PPC Accounts?
Performance Marketing Insider (Feb. 13, 2013) - Google Finds a Fix for Mobile CPC Dilemma with Enhanced Campaigns
Forbes (Feb 12, 2013) - Google: How They Just Fixed Their Mobile CPC Problem
aimClear Blog (Feb 11, 2013) - 25 SRSLY Clutch Google AdWords Enhanced Campaign #PPC Blog Posts
Search Engine Land (Feb. 11, 2013) - Making The Case In Favor Of Enhanced Campaigns
Boston Globe (Feb. 11, 2013) - 5 steps to paid search marketing success
Rethink Wireless (Feb. 11, 2013) - Google upgrades AdWords for mobile
BusinessInsider (Feb. 8, 2013) - Here's The Real Reason Google Changed Its Mobile Search Rules
VentureBeat (Feb. 8, 2013) - Google announces ‘biggest change to AdWords in 5 years:’ mobile is now baked in
ClickZ (Feb. 8, 2013) - PPC Pro - You're Being Replaced
Wired Magazine (Feb. 8, 2013) - Google Upgrade Is a Tidal Wave for Advertisers
PC World (Feb. 8, 2013) - Google rolling out AdWords management for multiple devices
Search Engine Watch (Feb. 8, 2013) - AdWords Enhanced Mobile Campaigns: 5 Things PPC Marketers Need to Know
InformationWeek (Feb. 8, 2013) - Google Updates AdWords For Mobile Era
WebProNews (Feb. 8, 2013) - What Google’s Enhanced Campaigns Mean For Small Businesses
TGDaily (Feb. 8, 2013) - Google courts mobile campaigns with AdWords changes
ComputerWorld (Feb. 8, 2013) - Google rolls out AdWords management for multiple devices
International Business Times (Feb. 8, 2013) - Google Devises New Mobile Click Ad Concept For Itself As Well As Yahoo
InsiderMonkey (Feb. 8, 2013) - A Google Inc (GOOG) Change that is Going Unnoticed
Ecommerce Times (Feb. 8, 2013) - Yahoo, Google Buddy Up for Display-Ad Deal
ITWorld (Feb. 8, 2013) - Google plans to upgrade all AdWords campaigns in mid-2013
Search Engine Journal (Feb. 7, 2013) - Google Announces Big Changes to Mobile Campaign Management
Forbes (Feb. 7, 2013) - In Big Shift, Google Aims To Boost Mobile Ad Campaigns - And Its Own Revenues
Small Biz Trends (Feb. 7, 2013) - New AdWords Enhanced Campaigns: 5 Things Small Businesses Need to Know
Business Insider (Feb. 7, 2013) - Google Just Blasted Away The Wall Between Desktop And Mobile Ads
Search Engine Land (Feb. 7, 2013) - The Big AdWords Update: Enhanced Campaigns Puts The Focus On Mobile
Marketing Profs (Feb. 7, 2013) - Mobile Search Advertising Just Got Way Easier: AdWords Enhanced Campaigns
Washington Post (Feb. 7, 2013) - Google’s changes to mobile advertising could fix company’s major problem
Wall St. Journal (Feb. 7, 2013) - Google Acts to Raise Mobile-Ad Prices
MediaPost (Feb. 7, 2013) - New Google Tool Combines Desktop, Mobile Ads
Adotas (Feb. 7, 2013) - Today’s Burning Question: Google AdWords Enhanced Campaigns
GoMoNews (Feb. 7, 2013) - WordStream comments on Google’s new Enhanced Campaigns
Smart Company (Feb. 7, 2013) - Changes to Google AdWords "a big win" for small business
Screenwerk (Feb. 7, 2013) - Google Responds to Rise of Multiscreenwelt with AdWords Campaign Enhancements
Search Engine Land (Feb. 5, 2013) - Live @SMX West: Forget What You Know About Paid Search
Marketing Profs (Feb 1, 2013) - Four Seasonal Keyword Research Tips
Search Engine Journal (Feb 1, 2013) - Buffalo Chicken Dip Wins the Search Engine Super Bowl by a Landslide!
Business Software (Jan 28, 2013) - WordStream Helps You Breathe New Life into Your Search Marketing
MediaPost (Jan. 28, 2013) - BlackRock Sinks $80 Million Into Twitter
Bank of America Small Business (Jan 24, 2013) - E-commerce Best Practices: How to Maximize Online Sales
Business Insider (Jan 23, 2013) - 5 Ad Execs Tell Us What They Really Think Of Facebook's Graph Search
eCommerce Times (Jan. 23, 2013) - Google Posts Gangbuster Growth in Q4
TheDrum (Jan 23, 2013) - Despite first $50bn year, Google sees ad revenue growth slow during Q4
MemeBurn (Jan 23, 2013) - Google Q4 results completely crush analyst expectations
MediaPost (Jan. 18, 2013) - Online Landscape: Marketers Should Watch Google, Macro Trends
USA Today (Jan. 16, 2013) - Facebook's Graph Search is in search of ads
Fox Business (Jan 16, 2013) - Will Graph Search Actually Help Facebook?
The Guardian (Jan. 16, 2013) - Facebook Graph Search: how the industry rates it
The Drum (Jan 16, 2013) - Reaction to Facebook's Graph Search announcement - what does it mean for Facebook?
Marketing Charts (Jan 16, 2013) - 1% of US Google Advertisers Generate 80% of Clicks; Study Methodology Questioned
Adotas (Jan. 16, 2013) - Reaction to Facebook’s New Search Feature
CiteWorld (Jan. 15, 2013) - How Facebook's new search tool could also help businesses
WebProNews (Jan 15, 2013) - No New Ads With Facebook Graph Search, But Sponsored Results Aren’t Going Away
Boston Business Journal (Jan. 8, 2013) - Fast-growing WordStream aims to make SMBs shine on Google ads
Search Engine Watch (Dec. 31, 2012) - 10 Reasons Why Public Relations is a ‘Must-do’ for SEO in 2013
MediaPost (Dec. 28, 2012) - 2013 Predictions From Online Ad, Marketing Experts
Search Engine Watch (Dec. 17, 2012) - Estimating the Impact of iOS 6 Organic Search Data Loss & Relabeling
TopRank Blog (Dec. 12, 2012) - B2B Lead Gen & Social Media Marketing Wins with Sequenced Content
Daily Titan (Dec. 5, 2012) - Bieber Lost Top Spot to Psy
American Banker (Dec. 1, 2012) - Pouring Money Into Google Ads
Search Engine Journal (Nov. 30, 2012) - Top 10 SEO Blockbusters on Twitter this November
PPC Hero (Nov. 29, 2012) - The 8 Metrics That Matter For PPC
AdAge (Nov. 28, 2012) - 'Gangnam' Close to Billion Views; China Takes Down Artist Ai Weiwei's Version
Social Media Today (Nov. 28, 2012) - The Top 22 Viral Marketing Tactics You Need in 2013
Horse Talk (Nov. 26, 2012) - Psy’s horse dance video days away from 1 billion mark
Fast Company (Nov. 26, 2012) - Oppa! South Korean Rapper Psy's Gangnam Style Ousts Justin Bieber's Baby
PopCrush (Nov. 26, 2012) - Psy’s ‘Gangnam Style’ Video Breaks Justin Bieber’s YouTube Record
TechSpot (Nov 26, 2012) - Psy's 'Gangnam Style' video sets multiple records on YouTube
Zap2It (Nov. 25, 2012) - 'Gangnam Style': Psy breaks Justin Bieber's record for most watched YouTube video in history
CNET (Nov. 24, 2012) - 'Gangnam Style' slays Bieber, becomes most-watched vid
memeburn (Nov 24, 2012) - Gangnam Style overtakes Bieber, is most watched video in YouTube history
Business Insider (Nov. 24, 2012) - Should Advertisers Be Angry When Facebook Sells Their Fans To The Competition?
Search Engine Journal (Nov. 24, 2012) - Social Magic: How Psy’s Gangnam Style Beat Justin Bieber on YouTube
Forbes (Nov. 24, 2012) - PSY's Gangam Style Tops Bieber's Baby To Become Most Viewed YouTube Video Ever
Film Industry Network (Nov. 24, 2012) - World record: PSY Gangnam style is the biggest music video ever
memeburn (Nov. 15, 2012) - How Google Made Their Ad Money
MediaPost (Nov. 14, 2012) - A View of Clicks and Conversions
Top Rank Blog (Nov. 9, 2012) - Online Marketing News: The Google Economy, Google Moving Search Options
Inc. Magazine (Nov 7, 2012) - How Google's Page Redesign Could Affect Your Business
WebProNews (Nov 8, 2012) - Google Changes Up The Search Results Page
Internet Retailer (Nov. 7, 2012) - Google redesigns its search engine results pages
MediaPost (Nov 7, 2012) - Analyzing Google's Search Results Page Changes
Washington Post (Nov 6, 2012) - Can search results, online advertising, likes and follows predict an election?
Search Engine Watch (Nov 6, 2012) - Google, Bing & Yahoo Tracking the 2012 Presidential Election Results
Search Engine Land (Nov. 6, 2012) - Can Search Queries And Social Data Predict The Presidential Election Outcome?
The Guardian UK (Nov. 5, 2012) - Does Google really need news media content?
MediaPost (Nov 5, 2012) - Will Search, Online Sentiment Predict Obama's Reelection?
Marketing Profs (Nov. 2, 2012) - The Google AdWords Economy: CPCs, CTRs, Ad Impressions, Conversion Rates
State of Search (Nov. 2, 2012) - Where Does Google’s 100 Million $ Per Day Come From?
Hotel Marketing (Nov. 2, 2012) - Google AdWords in Travel: High CTR but Lower Conversions
Search Engine Land (Nov. 1, 2012) - Data: Only 5 Percent Of Search Advertisers Follow Mobile Best Practices|
Unbounce (Nov 1, 2012) - 24 Hours in the Google Economy – 2012 Stats
Hubspot (Nov. 1, 2012) - An Industry Breakdown of Google's $100 Million Per Day Advertising Revenue
SEOmoz (Nov 1, 2012) - 5 Killer SEO Insights from Analyzing a Billion Dollars in AdWords Spend
Travel News (Nov. 1, 2012) - Google AdWords gets stronger, but travel keywords struggle with conversion
CMSWire (Nov. 1, 2012) - Google's AdWords Bringing in $100 Million Per Day
ValueWalk (Nov. 1, 2012) - Silver Lining In Google’s “Disappointing” Q3 Earnings Numbers
Mashable (Oct. 31, 2012) - University of Phoenix, Ask.com Are Google’s Biggest Advertisers [STUDY]
Huffington Post (Oct. 31, 2012) - University Of Phoenix Is Google's Biggest Advertiser [Report]
Smart Company (Oct. 31, 2012) - Businesses Paying Less for Search Marketing
MediaPost (Oct 30, 2012) - How To Determine A 'Good' Google Conversion Rate
Business Insider (Oct. 30, 2012) - These Are Google's Biggest Advertisers, Ranked By Dollars Spent Daily
Daily Mail UK (Oct. 30, 2012) - Revealed: Google's biggest advertiser is the University of Phoenix
Beyond PR - Official PR Newswire Blog (Oct. 29, 2012) - Content Marketing Case Study: It Sure Looks Like PR to Me
Search Engine Watch (Oct. 26, 2012) - How Google Rakes In Over $100 Million in Search Advertising Daily [Infographic]
Bryan Eisenberg Blog (Oct. 26, 2012) - Google Adwords Conversion Rates by Industry
Wired Magazine (Oct 25, 2012) - How Google Still Makes Billions From Tiny Text Ads
VentureBeat (Oct 25, 2012) - How Google makes $100 million a day
VentureBeat (Oct. 25, 2012) - 30 billion times a day, Google runs an ad (13 million times, it works)
Search Engine Land (Oct. 25, 2012) - Google Bringing In More Than $100 Million Per Day Via AdWords
Web Pro News (Oct 25, 2012) - Google Ads Earning Over $100 Million Per Day
Web Analytics World (Oct. 26, 2012) - Reducing Adwords Costs
Biz Report (Oct. 26, 2012) - Google's disappointing Q3 Earnings Good News for Advertisers
Advertisement Journal (Oct. 26, 2012) - Google Runs Ads 30 Billion Times Per Day
SEOmoz (Oct 22, 2012) - How I Got a Link from the Wall St. Journal
Forbes (Oct. 15, 2012) - 100 Founders Share Their Top "Aha" Moments
AdWeek (Aug 6, 2012) - Beyond Words - Public Relations Embraces Visual Storytelling
Wow Internet Blog (Sept. 26. 2012) - Improving Your Keyword Analysis With WordStream
SEOmoz (Sept 26, 2012) - Using AdWords Data for SEO: Unlocking the Ultimate Keyword Research Treasure Trove (Arrrgh!!)
CIO (Sept. 11, 2012) - 15 LinkedIn Tips to Improve Your Job Search
100k Blueprint (Aug. 26, 2012) - The Death of SEO
Shopatron (Aug. 23, 2012) - What You Can Expect from Google’s New Shopping Changes
PPC Hero (Aug. 23, 2012) - Two Tips to Make the Most of Google’s Latest Results Page Change
Interactivity Marketing (Aug. 21, 2012) - Google Decreases 1st Page Organic Results
Social Marketing Forum (Aug. 18, 2012) - Display Advertising on Facebook versus Google: Who Wins?
MediaPost (Aug. 16, 2012) - SEOmoz Acquires Twitter Tool, Confirms Social-Search Alliance
Koozai Blog (Aug. 15, 2012) - PPC Click Rate Study – How Click Rate Deteriorates Depending on Ranking
The Small Business Authority (Aug. 14, 2012) - An Adwords Performance Grader for Small Business
Forbes (Aug. 14, 2012) - How to Improve Your Online Advertising Campaign
Online Marketing Institute (Aug 13, 2012) - The Future of Search: 10 Questions with Larry Kim of Wordstream
SEO Theory (Aug. 13, 2012) - How Realistic and Successful is Low Maintenance, Long-term SEO?
TechWyse Inernet Marketing Blog (Aug. 10, 2012) - Which Content Network is Better, Google or Bing?
American Express Open Forum (Aug. 6. 2012) - 5 Tips for Getting the Most Out of Online Advertising
Rocky Mountain Search Academy (Aug. 6, 2012) - The War Between Organic and Paid Search
Business Insider (Aug. 6, 2012) - Facebook vs. Google Ad Platform Battle
SalesChase Blog (Aug. 5, 2012) - Why Pay-Per-Click Ads Make Marketing Sense for High Commercial Intent Keywords
SEOmoz (Aug. 3, 2012) - Does SEO Even Work for Small Businesses?
Ghost Blog Writers (Aug. 2, 2012) - Paid Clicks Top Free Clicks for Commercial Keywords
Kairay Media Adwars (Aug. 2, 2012) - Google vs. Facebook!
PPC Associates Blog (Aug. 1, 2012) - is Google Your Biggest Competitor?
Inc. Magazine (Aug 1, 2012) - Can God Call You to Start a Business?
iStudio (Aug. 1, 2012) - Is there a War on Free Clicks?
Bristol SEO - (July 31, 2012) - WordStream Interview; Larry Kim Shares Highlights
Unbounce (July 30, 2012) - Paid Google Ads Punch Organic Search in the Face
TrendHunter (July 27, 2012) - The 'War On Free Clicks' Reveals Hidden Secrets to Traffic
GetBusy Media (July 26, 2012) - Organic vs Paid Traffic Explored
KISSmetrics (July 26, 2012) - The Inexpensive Marketing Plan
ProBlogger (July 26, 2012) - Facebook Ads or Google AdWords: Which One’s for You?
Marketing Tech Blog (July 24, 2012) - Is Paid Search Overtaking Organic Search?
Marketing Profs (July 20, 2012) - Paid vs. Organic Search: Are PPC Ads Winning the Google Click Wars?
Small Business Trends (July 20, 2012) - Google Ads May Be More Valuable Than You Thought
TheDrum (July 19, 2012) - How pay-per-click ads are taking over Google results
ValueWalk (July 19, 2012) - Click Through Rates Could Be Deciding Factor In Google’s Q2 Report
Brafton (July 19, 2012) - Paid search and SEO thrive when paired together
Search Engine Land (July 17, 2012) - Study: Clicks On Google Ads Are Double Organic Clicks For Commercial Searches
VentureBeat (July 17, 2012) - Google and sponsored search results: is there a “war on free clicks?”
Search Engine Journal (July 17, 2012) - How Google Is Killing Organic Search
Business Insider (July 17, 2012) - How Up To 85% Of Google Search Results Are Actually Paid Ads
TheNextWeb (July 17, 2012) - Google ad clicks outnumber ‘normal’ search results by 2:1 for some commercial keywords
PPC Hero (July 21, 2012) - Are PPC Ads Beating Organic Listings for Clicks?
Boy Genious Report (July 17, 2012) - Google declares war on free clicks
Yahoo News (July 17, 2012) - Trend Shifting Toward PPC in the U.S.
Fox Business (July 2, 2012) - Should Your Small Business Advertise on Facebook?
Boston Product Management Association (June 21, 2012) - How to Get your Software Product to Market
Official Microsoft Bing Ads Blog (June 21, 2012) - Yahoo! Bing Network Help Online Farm-Equipment Directory Hit Target
Dowicher Designs Blog (June 21, 2012) - In an Advertising Battle Between Facebook and Google, Who Wins?
KooZai Blog (June 20, 2012) - Facebook vs Google Display Network
Motley Fool (June 20, 2012) - Google: A Growth Company Masquerading as a Value Stock
Content Marketing Institute (June 14, 2012) - How to Build a Content Marketing Tool Set
Search Engine Watch (June 13, 2012) - Paid & Subscription-Based Keyword Research Tools
Hausman Marketing Letter (June 11, 2012) - Google Adwords: How Adwords Creates Online Success|
The Entrepreneur Blog (June 10, 2012) - Get a Free AdWords Campaign Evaluation!
Site Trail (June 6, 2012) - Google Ads Are Clicked 10 Times More Often Than Those On Facebook
Aer Icon (June 5, 2012) - The 5 Core Principles of Revenue Performance Management
Distilled (June 5, 2012) - Get Better At The Internet: 17 Pro Tips For Every Industry
Motley Fool (June 3, 2012) - Facebook: To Buy or Not To Buy?
Software Magazine (June 1, 2012) - 5 Tips for Taking Your Software Product from Prototype to Production Quality
ClickZ (June 1, 2012) - Online Advertising in the Age of Agility
Top Rank Blog (June 1, 2012) - Online Marketing News: Facebook vs. Google Ads
Motley Fool (May 30, 2012) - Where's the Beef, Facebook?
SEOmoz (May 29, 2012) - Oops, I ruined the Facebook IPO!
Marketing Land (May 29, 2012) - Facebook Should Keep Ignoring (Some) Advertisers
Ecommerce Times (May 26, 2012) - Beyond the Blame Game: Can Facebook Be Fixed?
CMS Wire (May 24, 2012) - Facebook vs Google Display Network Online Ad Smackdown: Who Comes Out On Top?
Yahoo Finance News (May 23, 2012) - How does Facebook make money?
Revenue Performance (May 23, 2012) - Facebook Ads: Not Cheap, Not Effective
Reuters (May 22, 2012) - China diversified dot-coms avoid Facebook pitfalls
Adsolut Blog Italy (May 22, 2012) - Pubblicità su Google o Facebook?
ValueWalk (May 22, 2012) - Facebook vs. Google: The War of Ads
T3N Germany (May 22, 2012) - Facebook vs. Google: Duell der Ad-Giganten
NewsTex (May 21, 2012) - Facebook Advertising vs. Google Display Network
Website Magazine (May 21, 2012) - Report Puts Facebook, Google Ad Values on Display
Technology Spectator (May 21, 2012) - The Facebook-Google Ad War
Website Magazine (May 21, 2012) Report Puts Facebook, Google Ad Values on Display
Lonely Brand Blog (May 21, 2012) - Wall Street LOLs at Facebook IPO
Internet Marketing News Watch (May 21, 2012) - Report Puts Facebook, Google Ad Values on Display
Information Week (May 21, 2012) - 4 Ways Facebook Can Woo SMBs
MediaPost (May 21, 2012) - The Search Expert Who Bought And Sold Facebook Stock
Celt Digital (May 21, 2012) - After last week’s IPO, Facebook advertising – does it work?
c:rae-tive (May 21, 2012) - Are Facebook Ads Effective? One Would Second Guess
Trend Hunter (May 20, 2012) - The 'Facebook IPO: Can it Beat Google?'
CBC - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (May 18, 2012) - Facebook closes just above $38 IPO price
CNN (May 18, 2012) - Google y Facebook pelean por anunciantes. El producto eres tú
Bulldog Reporter (May 18, 2012) - Does Facebook Advertising Actually Work? WordStream Shows Google Offers More
MSN (May 18, 2012) - Facebook goes public at $42
Vator News (May 18, 2012) - Facebook closes debut day just pennies above IPO price
Wall St. Cheat Sheet (May 18, 2012) - Facebook, What Happened?
Wall St. Cheat Sheet (May 18, 2012) - Why GM Opted Out of Facebook - Should You?
Billboard (May 18, 2012) - 5 Reasons Why Facebook Won't Spend its IPO Money on the Music Business
The Register (May 18, 2012) - WordStream: Facebook Ads are Very Boring and not Very Imaginative
Wealth Daily (May 18, 2012) - Facebook IPO Hype: Buy When the Sky is Falling
Information Week (May 18, 2012) - Facebook's History: From Dorm To IPO Darling
Financial Times (May 18, 2012) - Facebook IPO in numbers
Huffington Post (May 18, 2012) - Facebook goes public any minute
Motley Fool (May 18, 2012) - Psst! What if Facebook shares are actually cheap?
Metro Newspaper (May 18, 2012) - GM pulls facebook advertising (South Africa)
PC World (May 18, 2012) - General Motors dejará de pagar por publicidad en Facebook (Mexico)
Xinhua - Official News Agency of China (May 17, 2012) - Facebook身未動價已漲 股東賺瘋 -
ABC News (May 17, 2012) - Facebook prices its IPO at $38, could raise $16 billion
Jalopnik (May 17. 2012) - GM Will Remove $10 Million Worth Of Ads From Facebook
Branding & Marketing (May 17, 2012) - When Should You Advertise on Facebook Over Google?
Being Your Brand (May 17, 2012) - Who Has the Better Ad Network? Facebook Vs. Google
TechJournal (May 17, 2012) - Why did GM drop its Facebook advertising?
The Star Tribune (May 17, 2012) - Google Totally Blows Facebook Away
Examiner (May 17, 2012) - Was GM's Facebook ad failure GM's or Facebook's fault?
Huffington Post (May 17, 2012) - Facebook Ads: Can They Beat Google?
Reuters (May 17, 2012) - GM Pulled Ads From Facebook After Social Network's Failed Pitch: Report
State of Search (May 17, 2012) - Facebook IPO: Can It Beat Google?
WebProNews (May 17, 2012) - More Arguments That Facebook Ads Are Shoddy
The Takeaway (May 17, 2012) - Facebook vs. Google: The Ad Model Cage Match
More About Advertising (May 17, 2012) - Wordstream research reveals why GM pulled $10m adspend from Facebook
WebRazzi (May 17, 2012) - Borsa arefesindeki Facebook’un reklam performansı ne durumda? (Turkey)
StayWyse (May 17, 2012) - Facebook Advertising VS Google Advertising
Business Spectator (May 17, 2012) - GM ad withdrawal casts shadow over Facebook IPO
Vator News (May 17, 2012) - Analysts still find Facebook doesn't match up with Google's Ad Network, Spells Trouble
Washington Post (May 17, 2012) - Is Facebook really a good business?
TheDrum (May 16, 2012) - Facebook Research illustrates advertising underperformance
Computing.co.uk (May 16, 2012) - Facebook advertising failing to click with users, According to new Study
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<urn:uuid:1a7ab9b8-aeef-40df-a32a-e5e9360dbe97> | Tapestry combines a very simple tablet application with a set of online services to help seniors and their families stay connected.
Glad you asked! There are several different dimensions to the Tapestry platform. At the heart of Tapestry is the ability to connect with family members who might use a range of today's technologies (e-mail, Facebook, etc), all with a single Tapestry account. With Tapestry you can, for example, receive Facebook photos shared by your children, without needing a Facebook account.
On top of this sharing capability Tapestry adds a range of other features, including: simplified e-mail for those who want the convenience of e-mail in a package that's easy to use and simple; simplified web browsing; standard applications such as a clock and weather; and a simple configurable application launcher for those who are interested in exploring the world of apps available on an Android tablet device.
All Tapestry accounts get access to the Tapestry web app, which lets them manage their family connections and view and share photos from within any web browser. This means you can use a Tapestry account on pretty much any device you want, including a PC, Mac or an iPad
The best part of Tapestry, however, is the Tapestry tablet app, which runs on Android tablets and is designed to meet the needs of Tapestry Simplicity account holders. Tapestry supports a wide variety of Android tablet devices in order to give you the maximum choice possible.
No. They keep on using whatever they already use: laptop, mobile phone, PC, Mac, etc. Your Tapestry Simplicity account will let you communicate with anyone.
Family and friends need to register with us prior to sending emails to you via Tapestry.
We strive very hard to make Tapestry totally safe and secure. By asking family and friends to register with us we get to prove they are human, and not a spambot, scambot or anything malicious. It's a simple step that takes less than 20 seconds. We feel that this small inconvenience is well worthwhile if it means helping to keep our users safe.
Absolutely. Tapestry tablets are easy to carry around and will still show your photos even if you're away from home. We want you to be able to show it off!
Is there really anything simple about a PC? Virus protection, spam, passwords, software updates ... these are all things you don't need to worry about when you switch over to Tapestry.
At the moment Tapestry is invitation-only. If you're interested in being included in the program, please register your email address with us on the Tapestry home page.
We're big fans of the iPad, and for some seniors it's a great device. For many, however, it's not. The iPad is a general-purpose device designed for the widest possible range of users. This means that it has to provide the flexibility – and complexity – to support their needs. Need to support IMAP push for email? The iPad has a setting for that. Want to subscribe to your family's Facebook photos? Sure, but you'll need a separate app for it. Even worse, you'll need to hand the keys to your online privacy to Facebook. Do some of your family members use Google+ instead of Facebook? You'll need to sign up for a Google+ account as well.
With Tapestry you don't need to worry about any of these concerns. One account. All you need.
Absolutely. Tapestry provides a simplified interface for you to make everything easy, but it also lets you access the full features of the Android operating system very easily if you wish to. It's the best of both worlds: safety and simplicity along with flexibility and power when you need it.
At present printing photos from the tablet is not supported. If you'd like us to include this feature in the next version of Tapestry, please vote for it at our Support site.
At the moment the only supported language is English.
Absolutely! Tapestry is evaluating which languages we support next, and a big factor in this decision is the availability of good translating resources. If you'd be interested in helping us translate Tapestry into another language please contact us to let us know how you'd like to help.
You will need a wireless internet connection or a mobile 3G connection. If you’re not sure what this means, contact us and we can help. If you’re staying in a retirement village, ask your operations manager whether they have wireless internet – many of them provide this for free.
Tapestry will let you access existing email addresses using the standard email app on your Android tablet. The simplified Tapestry email client, however, only works with your Tapestry email address.
The Tapestry tablet application currently supports Android versions 3.1 and later.
The Tapestry web application runs in all modern browsers, including Chrome, Safari, Opera and Internet Explorer (version 8 or above).
Please check out our Pricing page for all pricing details. User accounts on Tapestry are free, and Tapestry has a range of pricing plans based on the size of your family.
Simplicity accounts are for Tapestry users who want all of the simplicity that Tapestry can bring to their online life. Whether you want to access Tapestry on a tablet or via the web site, if you want to be able to receive photos from family members while retaining your privacy and security without needing to sign up for multiple social networks, or want the simplicity of a Tapestry email, then you need a Tapestry Simplicity account.
You bet! Just log in to your Tapestry account and change your plan under Account Settings.
All our plans offer annual billing, and the Standard and Advanced plans offer the option of monthly billing. You can pay by credit card online.
Tapestry will not deliver photos other messages to you unless the sender has already registered them with us and proved that they are human. Even then you need to allow them to communicate with you ... and the Tapestry system makes it very easy for you to manage who you know. We also do a bunch of things behind the scenes to ensure that you are never exposed to anyone you don't know.
No. Unlike a laptop or a PC, Tapestry is a safe, secure system. No more worrying about virus protection software, spyware, malware and other nasty stuff.
No. Tapestry takes all the hassle out of keeping your system up to date.
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|Calling all fair-skinned beauties!|
|26-07-2004, 04:10 PM||#1|
In the make up polls and the Faces threads I have noticed that there are a number of girls who also seem to linger down the Ivory end of the foundation spectrum. While I have my base routine perfected (or close enough to) I have a fear of using colour on my face that is any more daring than a rosy lipgloss or a smoky grey eyeshadow - I just have no idea what would suit my colouring
So I'd like anyone else with pale skin to fess up what is your cosmetic collection and how you wear it (like if you find certain products go together nicely). It'd be nice if you could include your hair/eye colour to so I can compare it to me - I'm a golden blonde with blue eyes and annoyingly white skin with pink cheeks ops:
|26-07-2004, 04:14 PM||#2|
I'm a dark brunette with very dark brown eyes and similarly annoying pale skin.
I wear whatever takes my fancy
I think cool tones suit me more... so I often play with green and blue eyeshadows, as well as more neutral shades.
My preferance is always for pink cheeks and pink lips though, with occasional dalliances with plummy reds for my lips
Fav green shadows are:
Stila Irma La Douce (warm golden olive)
Stila Jade (true green)
Laura Mercier Mermaid (very light soft green)
A variety of Shu greens for more vivid looks
Bloom Lagoon (wild peacock green)
Stila Blue Confections Palette
Dior Denim Palette
All mentioned in the thread about which lipglosses brunettes wear
Don't be afraid to try colours because you're pale... I think a lot of colours actually help to brighten up a pale face
|26-07-2004, 04:17 PM||#5|
I am very very pale Im the lightest foundation colour in all brands ive tried, and even they seem to dark on me!
I have blue eyes and dark brown hair. I have a few freckles, but they have faded alot. Unlike you tho, i have very white cheeks!
I think your lucky to have a natural rosy sheeks-as i wear heaps of blush to avoid the pasty look hehe. I like pink and rose colours on my lips aswell
I avoid bright coloured eyeshadows ans i think they are to bright against the fair skin(even though it looks stunning on some people)Im not talented ebough to use them
I also prefer the smokey eyes look, as it seems to soften the dark eyeliner rather then leaving a harsh line
Im sorry im not much help - I would also be very interested in everyones ideas for fair skin
|26-07-2004, 04:50 PM||#6|
I'm very boring with make-up I'm afraid. Most days (well every day actually!) I just wear brown/beigy colours on my eyes, if I'm making an effort for a night out or whatever I'll wear purpley shades, but very muted ones. Always pink lipsticks and rarely wear blush - in fact I don't think I even own one any more, like you I can have quite rosy cheeks and always feel like a clown if I wear blush!
My skin is pale with fading freckles, hazel eyes and dark brown hair.
Sorry, that's probably not much help!
|26-07-2004, 04:51 PM||#7|
Miss-k from your description I think I have very similar colouring to you.
I also don't use a lot of different colours in my makeup though I have found that warm brown, aqua/greeny blues, soft pinks and soft grey work quite well on the eyes. I'm also a fan of smokey eyes, I think its very reliable and tends to suit any outfit.
|26-07-2004, 04:58 PM||#8|
This is great so keep the ideas coming! Also feel free to name names if you have a fave star product..
|26-07-2004, 05:07 PM||#9|
We sound to have very similar colouring, miss-k! I too have golden blonde hair, blue eyes, naturally rosy cheeks and a few freckles. I'm a MAC C2 or NC20 as a guide. In most other brands I am the palest foundation they have.
Until about 2 years ago I was VERY scared of colour on my eyes so only wore taupes. Then I branched out with a lilac, got heaps of compliments when I wore it and since then I have gradually built up a collection of about every colour under the sun! Along with the lilac I personally like a pale grass-green on my eyelids as it looks fresh and brings out the blue in my eyes.
I'm cool-toned so tend towards those and they seem to suit me better. Some eye shadows that suit me that I reach for regularly are:
* Stila kitten - a champagne sort of shimmer
* Stila heather - a shimmery pale pink
* MAC vex - a pearly grey/green with pink reflect
* MAC paint in canton candy - a fairy floss pink
* MAC fiction - a forest green frost
* MAC shroom - pearlescent beige
* MAC aquadisiac - shimmery aqua
* Bloom moss - a velvety green
* Bloom lagoon - a blue/green
* Bloom olive - a velvet khaki/olive
* Isa Dora quad of silvers and greys (can't remember the name)
* Clinique storm cloud - a blue/grey
* Clinique south beach - a beige shimmer
* David Jones sonny & Cher duo - shimmery silver and lilac/grey
* Several Red Earth light greens and blues (hurry, as the stores leave Australia very soon - sorry, can't remember all the shade numbers)
* Rimmel saucy mint - a pale green
The lilac I first started out with was a Revlon duo but I'm at work and don't have it on me to check the name. I'm not even sure if it's still around but you'd be able to find something similar in other brands. I think Stila and MAC have similar (their ranges are quite large in terms of eye shadow and the quality is good too).
In summary for eyes I really like:
* Light greens
* Silvers/shimmery greys
* Shimmery nudes
* Pale pinks (but be careful of application so as not to look tired, sick or as if you've been crying)
As for lipsticks and glosses, I love mostly pinky shades because my lips aren't very pigmented naturally. Some of the ones I use the most often include:
* Bloom wand lipgloss in cutie pie
* Bloom wand lipgloss in tint
* MAC lipglass in lovechild
* MAC lipstick in plum dandy
* Chanel lipgloss in praline
* JT in fraise
* Revlon superlustrous lipgloss in plum pearl
* L'Oreal glam shine gloss in muse
* Bobbi Brown lipgloss in ruby sugar
* Clinique almost lipstick in black honey
* Clinique almost lipstick in bronze lilac
* Clinique lipstick in blushing nude
* Clinique lipstick in nude splash
* Dior addict ultra gloss lipstick in ultra mauve #680
* Maybelline wear n go lipstick in go spice
* Chanel lipstick in calypso
* Laura Mercier sheer lipstick in healthy lips
If you have naturally rosy cheeks then I'd suggest a sheer blush. My current fave for this is Chanel irrellee blush in be-bop. It's a really light blue-based pink shot with silver shimmer and is very subtle but it can be layered. I also like Clinique's mocha pink. It's less sheer but an almost universally flattering shade.
If you want to bronze up a bit in the summer, I'd suggest MAC bronzing powder in golden. I only bought it yesterday but so far so good. Most bronzers I've tried either go too orange or look like dirt on my face but this gives a healthy glow with only a hint of shimmer.
I would advise you go to a counter that you feel comfortable with and get the sales assistants to try things on you and see what you like. Buy a few things and enjoy experimenting. Then, if you are on a tight budget you can look for similar shades in Priceline but I would suggest getting a few staples that you can always rely on.
Hope this helps and hope you have fun discovering all the goodies that await you!
A smile increases your face value!
|26-07-2004, 05:14 PM||#10|
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<urn:uuid:78dbf6eb-7188-47a4-b6da-fcefb2a3e354> | A citizen activist forces New Mexico's dairies to clean up their act
by Stephanie Paige Ogburn
Jerry Nivens lives in a trailer in Caballo, N.M., 165 miles south of Albuquerque. A bulky Texas transplant who chain-smokes American Spirits, Nivens cares as deeply for his mesquite-speckled patch of ground as any rural New Mexican. He enjoys driving into the mountains, where he used to while away afternoons panning for gold. He goes fishing Lone Star-style -- in reservoirs, not rivers.
On the sunny May day I met him, he spilled out of his GMC Jimmy sporting a National Rifle Association ballcap and Magnum P.I.-style sunglasses. He wore brown corduroy pants hung from suspenders with a matching jacket over a plaid shirt. A giant Marlboro belt buckle completed the ensemble. As we drove around, Nivens marveled at artesian pools supporting desert wildlife, exclaimed as a squadron of baby quail crossed our path, and wondered over underground rivers that run to the nearby Rio Grande. Retired from the refrigeration business, he earns money from an invention of his used for water purification. He spends much of his time alone. "I'm kind of an old hermit," he says.
Which, in a way, was why I had come -- to learn how and why this loner became the driving force behind a movement that brought the state's mega-dairies to heel. The dairy industry is New Mexico's largest agricultural sector and an influential lobbying force. Although the state Environment Department has long worked with dairies to reduce pollution, change has been slow: Almost 60 percent of the state's dairies have polluted groundwater with manure runoff, yet not one has begun the required cleanup.
Now, thanks largely to the pressure brought to bear by Nivens, his allies, and an Environment Department employee named Bill Olson, New Mexico has passed some of the most progressive dairy-related water regulations in the West.
Citizens have campaigned against dairy pollution in Idaho, Washington and California. Yet despite grassroots support for tighter controls, industry has largely succeeded in slowing or even loosening regulations. New Mexico's new rules may inspire other states to take the responsibility for limiting factory-farm pollution into their own hands, activists say.
In early 2007, "there was a rumor in one of our local newspapers here about some dairy trying to come down close to Caballo," Nivens explains as we drive to a sandy wash called Percha Creek. At first, he paid little attention, but then curiosity finally sent him exploring a tangle of dirt roads until he found a sign announcing ParaSol dairy's intention to build a 2,000-cow facility. It was right next to the creek, which becomes a raging torrent when it rains. There were houses nearby, too, and the Rio Grande, a drinking water and irrigation source already polluted by E. coli, was just two miles downstream.
To Nivens, it looked like a disaster in the making: Flash floods could flush manure from the dairy into Percha Creek, polluting the shallow groundwater and eventually the Rio Grande, threatening the drinking water of nearby residents and possibly contaminating the lettuce, chiles and pecans growing downstream.
Nivens went first to a local diner to share his fears with neighbors, and then to a nearby chile-processing plant. A woman there asked if a petition might stop the dairy. " 'I don't know,' " he recalls saying, " 'but I'll go home and make some.'
"That's how it all started."
The modern Western dairy, more factory than farm, was invented in Los Angeles County, Calif., by Dutch dairymen after World War I. Newly arrived from a land-scarce country, they brought the idea of keeping cows in a small space and importing their feed from elsewhere. This made it possible to become a successful dairyman in the arid West, which generally lacks good pasture.
As L.A. County boomed, so did the dairies. But sprawl pushed them out, first into the Chino Valley and neighboring San Bernardino County, and later, in the 1980s and 1990s, north into the San Joaquin Valley or out of the state entirely. California is still the number-one milk-producing state in the country, but Idaho is now number three, Texas seventh, New Mexico ninth, and Washington tenth.
With each move, the dairies grew. They sold land at suburban development prices and bought other parcels at agricultural cut rates, using the extra cash to add more cows. Changes in U.S. milk-pricing policy propelled their growth. Beginning with the Reagan administration, the government began setting milk prices based on the price of cheese traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, so prices fluctuated more than before. Dairymen hedged against price drops by buying more cows and producing more milk. Their fixed costs stayed relatively constant, and they had more milk to sell as a cushion against low prices. When neighboring dairies went under, surviving ones bought up their cows. In 1970, there were almost 650,000 dairies in the United States. Today, there are only 62,500; almost 50 percent of U.S. milk now comes from dairies with more than 1,000 cows. New Mexico, whose dairies average 2,000 cows each, has the largest mean herd size in the nation.
As dairies added cows, the cows added manure. That manure -- 145 pounds of mixed solids and liquid per cow per day -- is usually flushed into a holding pond, or manure lagoon. Dairy owners often spray manure water onto cornfields as fertilizer and separate out the solids for compost. In theory, using waste to grow feed makes a dairy a closed-loop system.
In practice, the loop leaks. Farmers have more manure than crops to apply it to. Manure liquid can ooze from lagoons into groundwater, carrying nitrates, sulfate and chloride, along with remnant antibiotics and dangerous bacteria such as E. coli, salmonella, listeria and campylobacter.
"A lot of people still think of a dairy farm as black-and-white cows on a green hillside somewhere. And we still have that, but that's not (how) the majority of milk (is) produced anymore," says Mark Stephenson, director of dairy policy analysis at the University of Wisconsin's college of agriculture.
The pollutant most regulators focus on is nitrate. At high levels in drinking water, nitrate can cause methemoglobinemia, or blue baby syndrome, where nitrogen compounds interfere with the blood's ability to carry oxygen. Formula-fed infants are particularly susceptible. Possible effects of chronic high nitrate exposure on adults include cancer, reproductive problems and diabetes, although researchers say more study is needed.
Nitrate is not necessarily the most dangerous substance given off by Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, or CAFOs. But it is one of the few manure pollutants the government has the authority to regulate. The federal Safe Drinking Water Act limits nitrate concentration to 10 parts per million. That law, which applies to all drinking water systems serving more than 25 people, and the Clean Water Act, which regulates water quality for pollutants like phosphorous, nitrates and E. coli in surface water, are the main tools regulators can use to curb pollution from factory farms; the majority of air and water contaminants produced by CAFOs are not federally limited.
States can go beyond federal law to curb CAFO pollution, however. New Mexico, for example, has a water-quality act that protects groundwater and stipulates that all facilities whose waste may end up in groundwater -- including dairies -- must get discharge permits.
Kathy Martin, an engineer from Oklahoma, has consulted for over 15 years on technical aspects of rulemaking in 20 states, including Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska and New Mexico. She's watched residents protest against odor and flies; worry about CAFO-caused air pollution, a major health problem that is virtually unregulated; and fight to protect their drinking water. In her opinion, none of the states where she has worked has adequate rules to protect the health of dairy neighbors and the environment. "Industry almost invariably gets their way," she says. "Very rarely do the citizens get their way even on one or two points. We're just there to keep the dam from completely falling apart."
Because of New Mexico's water-quality act, the state has been monitoring pollution from dairies since about 1980, shortly after the first of several California dairies moved to a depopulated stretch of U.S. Route 80, now Interstate 10, between Las Cruces and the Texas border. Today, over a dozen dairies and tens of thousands of cows crush together along a 10-mile stretch of highway here that locals call Dairy Row.
In areas around Dairy Row, nitrate levels in drinking water exceed safety standards, and many people purchase bottled water. In 2007, the federal Environmental Protection Agency accused 11 local dairies of violating the Clean Water Act by not keeping proper records on waste management and disposal, and ordered them to comply immediately.
Martin sees better regulations as an issue of fairness, particularly for the rural and low-income areas where such facilities tend to locate. "If I find out that the mozzarella cheese in my pizza comes from a facility that has destroyed the groundwater for fifth- and sixth-generation Hispanics in New Mexico, it makes me sick to my stomach. ... I thinkat the end of the day, everyone would like to go to bed knowing that there isn't one person suffering, or child ill, because I had a Big Mac today."
Jerry Nivens already knew what keeping so many animals in one place could do. Years ago in Texas, he'd lived near giant beef feedlots in the Panhandle and around dairies near Waco, where he'd seen rivers polluted and towns filled with the stench of untreated manure. (In 2004, Waco sued 14 dairies for polluting the town's drinking water.) Thinking about ParaSol, he says, "I couldn't hardly sleep at night. Things like this are such a destruction to the surrounding area and the environment, you know, they create a sacrifice zone."
He called the state's Environment Department and learned that officials, who had never denied a permit before, did not plan to do so with ParaSol. In New Mexico, however, the environment secretary must sign off on all such permits. This gave Nivens, who had organized a group called Caballo Concerned Citizens and allied with the Rio Grande chapter of the Sierra Club, a wedge. Members sent more than 400 letters to the agency and visited New Mexico Environment Secretary Ron Curry, a Bill Richardson appointee, in person, asking him to say no to ParaSol.
And in February 2008, Curry did.
Nivens was ecstatic. He had no way of knowing this was just the beginning of a nearly four-year fight.
ParaSol immediately hired Pete Domenici Jr., a powerful lawyer and son of a former U.S. senator from New Mexico, and appealed the decision. Dairy owners formed a lobbying organization called Dairy Industry Group for a Clean Environment, backed by the national Dairy Farmers of America. By early 2009, the group, whose lobbyists included former Lt. Gov. Walter Bradley, had pushed the Legislature to amend the state's water-quality act to require the Environment Department to create a new, standardized permit process. The dairy owners were betting it would work in their favor.
"The environment at that time was one of constant change (for dairy permits)," says New Mexico state Sen. Clinton Harden, R, who sponsored the legislation amending the act. That uncertainty made it hard for new dairies to start up and existing ones to expand, he says. During that time, at least three dairies -- important employers and economic engines in his eastern district -- had moved to Texas, which had "a known permit process."
But the dairymen hadn't counted on Bill Olson. Olson, a hydrologist and 25-year veteran of the Environment Department, was the chief of New Mexico's groundwater division. He exudes the patience and practicality of your ninth-grade chemistry teacher, but with a Western flair: The day I met him at a Santa Fe bakery, he was wearing cowboy boots, jeans, a pearl-button shirt and a bolo tie.
"Ninety percent of all our drinking water in the state comes from groundwater," he explained. Though he would retire almost as soon as the process was over, he viewed the rulemaking as a chance to "prevent pollution and protect the resource."
Olson's department drafted a preliminary rule with two key requirements. To get a permit, dairies would have to install monitoring wells upstream and downstream of their manure lagoons. They'd also have to install high-density polyethylene synthetic liners.
The latter are much more effective at containing pollutants than traditional clay liners. And the wells would let the Environment Department know if groundwater was becoming contaminated. Because wells would be located both above and below lagoons, they'd help regulators triangulate on the source of any contamination. Most states don't directly track dairy waste this way. Regulators may believe a dairy has contaminated groundwater, but without a way to pinpoint the source, blame -- and responsibility for cleanup -- often gets passed around.
Starting in May 2009, the New Mexico Environment Department held meetings to get public comment on the draft rule. Angry dairy owners boycotted. But Jerry Nivens had spent months creating an activist network, meeting with grandmothers from Dairy Row whose children couldn't play outdoors because of flies, and a mom from the faraway town of Hobbs who blamed her kids' illnesses on high levels of nitrates in her drinking water. Nivens organized these people and allies from his earlier efforts under the name New Mexicans for Dairy Reform and formed alliances with a local water protection nonprofit called Amigos Bravos, as well as the national consumer advocacy group Food and Water Watch. The New Mexico Environmental Law Center, a nonprofit law firm specializing in environmental justice issues, represented the group during the rulemaking.
Nivens himself attended every stakeholder meeting and hearing for the next 18 months. "I went all over the state for that," he recalled. "My wife said, 'Why don't you quit that?' It's because I don't know how to quit it. It's such an urgent matter, our water, and what do you do when you mess it up?"
Months of public comment, expert testimony and re-drafting went by. Then, in April and June of 2010, the Environment Department held official hearings in front of the state's Water Quality Control Commission, which has the final say on the rules the department submits. This time, the dairy owners showed up. Each stood up, declared his patriotism and made nearly identical complaints.
"The New Mexico Environment Department's proposed rules will be the demise of the dairy industry in this state," said Alva Carter, a dairy owner from eastern New Mexico and chair of the dairy industry group, who served as a spokesperson, at the June hearing. "Many of the existing dairies will be forced to shut down, thereby depriving the state, local communities and their citizens of a valuable economic engine and associated jobs, not to mention the safest and most nutritional natural food product known to man." If the rules go through as is, he said, "We will go to Texas, or we will go to Oklahoma, or we will go to Colorado."
The monitoring wells and synthetic liners were too costly, Carter went on. Besides, he said, existing monitoring wells "have been the conduit to contaminate the groundwater." Clay liners work well in most circumstances, he said, and synthetic liners can rip and fail.
"It seems like we're low-balling everything to the point that it might not even be effective," Nivens responded. "Every time you get on an elevator ... you will remember that the low bid got it. And the low bid's not always best."
Olson calmly demolished Carter's arguments. "Clay liners seep," he said, pointing to widespread contamination from dairies that use them. "Synthetic liners are one million times less permeable than a clay liner. They are readily available, and there is a cost associated with them. We don't deny that, but in terms of preventing water pollution, this is the most effective way."
Besides, Olson noted, existing dairies that weren't polluting wouldn't need synthetic liners -- only new dairies or those already cited for pollution. As to Carter's claim that monitoring wells cause contamination, Olson's response was almost a sigh. "The department has been trying to address this issue with the industry for several years. We keep asking for any type of technical or scientific information to back up their case (but none is submitted)." The fact that lagoons filled with manure water leak and contaminate groundwater below them is "basic science," said Olson.
And though synthetic liners and monitoring wells -- which can approach $10,000 in areas with deep water tables -- aren't cheap, pollution cleanup is even more expensive.
"Once you get groundwater contamination, a lot of times you're looking at hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars to work through an abatement where you could have prevented the whole thing for a fraction of that in up front costs," says Olson. "That's part of what we pushed in the dairy rule."
In December 2010, the department released its final rule. The activists didn't get the notification letters they'd requested for everyone within a mile of a proposed dairy, or the two- and three-mile setbacks from schools, residences, parks and water bodies. Instead, only a newspaper notice and sign was required along with setbacks of 200 to 1,000 feet. But Nivens was pleased. "It was keeping the light on in the lighthouse," he says. "And it was a real chore, but it finally worked out."
The rule became law in January. But hours after new Republican Gov. Susana Martinez took office, she issued an executive order to stop it, with coaching from dairy lawyers. New Mexicans for Dairy Reform took her to the state Supreme Court. "It didn't take them 15 minutes to say, 'You can't do this, Governor, you don't have the authority,' " says Nivens.
So the dairies appealed again, placing the rules in limbo. Finally, in mid-July, the Environment Department brokered a settlement. It lightens some reporting requirements, adds a new variance procedure and mediation for disputes over monitoring well placements, clarifies that dairies may keep unlined lagoons if there is no evidence of contamination, and allows operators to mix irrigation water with their wastewater. But it keeps the main protections -- synthetic liners, monitoring wells, and flow metering and nutrient management systems to limit and track where nitrates are going -- in place. The Water Quality Control Commission unanimously approved this final version of the rules Nov. 16. They are scheduled to go into effect Dec. 31.
Jon Block, the attorney who represented the citizen coalition, calls New Mexico's rules some of the strongest in the country. "While none of this is a magic wand, from the point of what we care about, these regulations are going to slowly change the face of dairy production in this state and bring it in line with higher and higher levels of best practices."
Nivens and his allies sometimes wonder why the dairies fought so hard; the four years of lawyering probably cost more than monitoring wells. But Michael Jensen of Amigos Bravos believes the dairies were worried that regulators in other states might adopt similar rules.
"It's not just about New Mexico dairies, it's about dairies in general," he says. "People were looking to see what New Mexico was going to do. Because the dairies are looking at places to, sort of, hide, because they don't like regulations."
But even if other states aren't influenced, New Mexico's overall attitude toward dairies seems to have changed. In December 2010, the Environment Department denied its second dairy permit, for the Ruch dairy in Hobbs, which had been discharging waste without a permit. Environment Secretary Ron Curry has left. His replacement, David Martin, recently highlighted the need for industry to be honest in permit applications, thanking local activists for outing a permittee whose application underestimated how industrial discharge would affect groundwater. "Regular citizens can make a difference in protecting the environment," Martin commented.
The dairymen's attitudes may also be shifting. Beverly Idsinga, whose group Dairy Producers of New Mexico represents most of the state's dairies, was pleased with the final rules. "I think (they are) going to be favorable to producers; it's going to be easier to follow than before," she says. The dairymen did, however, reserve the right to evaluate the rules after a year, and petition the Environment Department for changes if they are having "any problems," Idsinga adds.
As for ParaSol, owner John McCatharn eventually got his permit. But because of the dairy's sensitive location, it was loaded with so many requirements -- from double synthetic liners to extra flood barriers -- that McCatharn, who declined to comment on his plans for the dairy, appears to have abandoned the project. Today, the site looks much as it did when Nivens first saw it four and a half years ago -- a dirt lot by a dry creek in the midst of desert. One day this fall, though, the tattered notice for the dairy disappeared. In its place is a new sign. It reads: "Para Sol Subdivision. 116 Lot Type II Residential Subdivision. Subdivider: John McCatharn."
This story was funded by a grant from the McCune Charitable Foundation. It was produced in collaboration with the Food and Environment Reporting Network, an independent, nonprofit news organization producing investigative reporting on food, agriculture and environmental health.© High Country News | 1 | 13 |
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Q. The coding department of the hospital where we perform our procedures has contacted our office challenging our ICD-9 coding for procedures that were originally scheduled as screening colonoscopies, but were coded with 211.3 (benign neoplasm of colon) when a polyp was identified and removed. It is the opinion of the hospital coders, based on information they received from the American Hospital Association's (AHA) Coding Clinic that, for diagnostic procedures, the primary diagnosis should always be the screening (V76.51) even when a polyp is identified and removed. It is our understanding that the primary diagnosis should be the polyp, not the screening. Who is right?
A. We have received numerous communications regarding this issue. The conflict stems from Medicare's [original] instructions for diagnostic tests which states "Diagnostic tests ordered in the absence of signs and/or symptoms (e.g., screening tests)…the testing facility or the physician interpreting the diagnostic test should report the screening code as the primary diagnosis code. Any condition discovered during the screening should be reported as a secondary diagnosis." The Coding Clinic referenced this statement to instruct their subscribers to use the screening ICD-9 code as primary for colonoscopies.
However, the AHA left off the last part of the Medicare instructions which states "This instruction does not supersede statutory payment guidelines (i.e., Medicare's screening colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy reporting guidelines). If, during the course of a screening colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy a lesion or growth is detected, the lesion or growth should be reported as the primary diagnosis, not the reason for the test." By this logic, the primary ICD-9 code should be the lesion not the screening for both the hospital and the physician.
CMS eventually clarified their intent and gave more explicit instructions, in a MedLearn article that we cite below. The problem became more complex when Congress instructed CMS not to charge a deductible for colonoscopy when the result was screening and not therapeutic; but to charge the deductible when the procedure becomes therapeutic! Attempts to alter this unwise policy require further legislation and is a subject of ASGE advocacy.
In the MedLearn article instruction, the KEY GUIDANCE is:
TAKE HOME MESSAGE:
When a diagnostic colonoscopy for screening (G0121 or G0105) becomes therapeutic because of a finding, use the CPT code reflecting the procedure performed—e.g. 45385 (line 24 of the 1500 claim form); list V76.51 or similar ICD-9 indicating SCREENING intention of the procedure as the FIRST DIAGNOSIS; list the finding e.g. 211.3 polyp as the second diagnosis; BUT, in line 24E where the CPT code “points to” the diagnosis pertinent which is in box 21, reference the SECOND diagnosis! (the polyp or finding)
Why? Because the V code reflects the primary intention; but most payers will reject the therapeutic code like 45385 if the V code is the only or first diagnosis pointed to.
IF your particular payer still rejects the claim because V76.51 is listed first, then reverse the sequence. It still tells the payer that screening was the original intent. Many private payers have coverage policy that allows benefits for the screening, yet will deny the claim if billed as therapeutic WITHOUT the screening V code!
Coding for Polypectomy Performed During Screening Colonoscopy or Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
MLN Matters Number: SE0746
CMS has become aware of confusion regarding billing for colorectal screening arising because of wording in the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) Final Rule for 2007 (Federal Register, Vol. 71, No. 231, page 69665, December 1, 2006).
See the MPFS Final Rule on the CMS website
The relevant section of the 2007 MPFS states, regarding screening colonoscopies, that:
“If during the course of such screening colonoscopy, a lesion or growth is detected which results in a biopsy or removal of the lesion or growth, payment under this part shall not be made for the screening colonoscopy but shall be made for the procedure classified as a colonoscopy with such biopsy or removal.''
Based on this statutory language, in such instances the test or procedure is no longer classified as a "screening test." Thus, the deductible would not be waived in such situations.
The above scenario can be restated as follows:
- A patient presents for a screening colonoscopy (or flexible sigmoidoscopy), and the patient has no gastrointestinal symptoms.
- During the subsequent screening colonoscopy (or flexible sigmoidoscopy), an abnormality is identified (such as a polyp, etc.), and it is biopsied or removed.
CMS advises that, whether or not an abnormality is found, if a service to a Medicare beneficiary starts out as a screening examination (colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy), then the primary diagnosis should be indicated on the form CMS-1500 (or its electronic equivalent) using the ICD-9 code for the screening examination.
As an example, the above scenario should be billed as follows using claim form CMS-1500 (or its electronic equivalent):
- Item 21 (Diagnosis or Nature of Illness or Injury)
- Indicate the Primary Diagnosis using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification, (ICD-9-CM) code for the screening examination (colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy), and
- Indicate the Secondary Diagnosis using the ICD-9-CM code for the abnormal finding (polyp, etc.).
- For example, V76.51 (Special screening for malignant neoplasms, Colon) would be used as the first listed code, while the secondary code might be 211.3 (Benign neoplasm of other parts of digestive system, Colon).
- Item 24D (Procedures, Services, or Supplies)
- Indicate the procedure performed using the CMS Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System/Common Procedure Terminology (HCPCS/CPT) code for the procedure (biopsy or polypectomy), and
- Item 24E (Diagnosis Pointer)
- Enter only "2" (to link the procedure (polypectomy or biopsy) with the abnormal finding (polyp, etc.)
A Medicare beneficiary undergoing a screening colonoscopy (no symptoms and no abnormal findings prior to the procedure) will be responsible for the deductible if a polyp is identified and either biopsied or removed.
When there is no need for a therapeutic procedure, the appropriate HCPCS G-code is reported with the ICD-9-CM code reflecting the indication. Effective January 1, 2007, CMS began waiving the annual Medicare Part B deductible for colorectal cancer screening tests billed with the HCPCS G-codes.
We also cite an explanation from a few years ago from CMS official Terrence Kay: “The correct way to bill for the procedure is to list the V code as the first diagnosis and the polyp as the second in Box 21 of the CMS 1500 claim form. Coders should enter a "2" in Box 24E next to the procedure for the polypectomy or biopsy, linking the second diagnosis with the procedure.”
As per Mr. Kay, "the current (CMS) 1500 instructions indicate, for item 21: 'Enter up to four codes in priority order (primary, secondary condition).' For 24 E, the instructions state: 'Enter the diagnosis code reference number as shown in item 21 to relate the date of service and the procedures performed to the primary diagnosis. Enter only one reference number per line item. When multiple services are performed, enter the primary reference number for each service, either a 1, or a 2, or a 3, or a 4. This is a required field.' It does NOT say you have to list the 'primary' diagnosis from box 21 on each box 24E line item. It goes so far as to say you can choose among the four dx codes listed."
Q. If the physician does a colonoscopy with snare excision of polyps and a cautery polypectomy of another, can we charge for two polyps??
A. Maybe! If the snare tip was used to fulgurate a tiny polyp without biopsy, no separate code would be appropriate. If a hot biopsy forcep was utilized to remove tissue and fulgurate the remaining polyp, the coding would be 45385 for the snare excision, and 45384-59 (Medicare) or 45384-51 +/or –59 for the commercial payor, depending on how they cover and value the 2nd procedures during the same setting.
Q. The physician did a colonoscopy with removal of multiple polyps. Can we charge for all of them??
A. No. In this case, if snare removal (hot or cold) was the method for removal of all polyps, you can only charge the code once as it states "polyp(s)" in the CPT description. If multiple polypectomy was performed which required several different techniques that are not represented by the same code, then the physician could charge for the various techniques used, reporting the secondary lesser valued code(s) with –59 modifier, indicating “distinct procedural services.”
Q. What code do we use for removal of a polyp with cold forceps??
A. A biopsy can mean that either part or that an entire specimen is removed; so the correct code during colonoscopy is 45380 and during EGD, 43239.
Q. How do we bill for EGD with Botox injection?
A. Choices are 43202, esophagoscopy with directed submucosal injection(s), any substance; or the EGD counterpart 43236. The former would be sensible if a prior diagnostic endoscopy was done which established the diagnosis, and there is no new medical necessity to reexamine stomach and duodenum. The latter might be done, for example, if a patient with prior Botox treatment required a follow-up exam after a long interval and it was medically sensible/necessary to re-examine stomach, duodenum. Separate reporting of the Botox drug is allowed.
(For more information on this subject, see Chapter 4 in Coding Primer: A Guide for Gastroenterologists, 2009)
Q. When we are billing two procedures for example, colonoscopy and EGD performed on the same day/same setting, we are being denied the second procedure. What should we do?
A. Assuming you billed the colonoscopy code first (being higher valued), and second procedure with either modifier 51 to indicate multiple procedures, or without modifier (since most payers don’t require modifier 51 to pay a second procedure), the question is what was the reason on the remittance notice for the denial?
CMS and most payers will reimburse 50 percent of the usual allowance for the second procedure, which is why the higher valued procedure is billed first, regardless of the order in which they were performed. The best recourse is to contact the payer if you can’t tell why the second procedure was denied; or appeal if there appears to be an inappropriate reason for denial. If you can find another remittance from the same payer where the same code pair (or something close, a colon code and an upper code) were both paid, enclose a copy to show the payer they are being inconsistent. If they still refuse to pay and it appears to contradict any existing contract, the patient may well remain responsible for your usual fee and have to appeal directly to the payer, or complain to the state regulatory agency with jurisdiction. Most of the largest national payers have settled class action suits brought by state medical societies in which they have agreed to abide by recognized CPT coding and CMS payment conventions. Let ASGE know when you’ve encountered payers who don’t appear to be playing by the rules we expect so we can investigate and advocate for change!
(For more information on this subject, see Chapters 2-3 in Coding Primer: A Guide for Gastroenterologists, 2009)
Q. The physician performs an EGD in the morning and a colonoscopy in the afternoon, because the physician could not identify the bleeder with the EGD. Would I use modifier -50 in this situation??
A. No. The -50 modifier indicates that a procedure was performed bilaterally. That means that the exact same procedure was performed on both sides of the anatomically identical parts of the body—this modifier is never applicable in GI endoscopic work, even for right and left biliary ductal work! In this situation, no modifier is needed, since there are two procedures via different orifices/different families of codes. You could add –51 to the EGD code and list it second, as the lesser valued service. Medicare and other payors should reimburse at 50% of the usual allowance.
Q. What is the appropriate code to use for EGD with decompression??
A. Since there is no code that accurately describes EGD with decompression, an unlisted UGI endoscopy code (43999) would be most appropriate, enclosing a procedure report which should make clear what time was required and what the relative work was by comparing it to an existing valued EGD code.
Q. Can we charge for two physicians doing a PEG placement? One was a surgeon and the other a gastroenterologist.?
A. Yes. Code 43246 should be used with either modifier 62 or modifier 80. Check with the other physician to ensure both offices bill the same code with modifier 62 or to determine which physician is to bill as the assistant if that approach is used. Medicare recognizes 62 in this situation and reimburses both physicians at ½ of 125 percent of the usual allowance. Modifier 80 surgical assistant approach (recognized by some payers but not by Medicare for 43246) would typically pay the primary proceduralist 100 percent of the usual allowance and the assistant 16-20%; but there are few payers which would allow for an assistant in this procedure. Note that Medicare does NOT recognize two gastroenterologists reporting 43246-62 — only two different specialists. ASGE has appealed this policy.
(For more information on this subject, see Chapter 11 in Coding Primer: A Guide for Gastroenterologists, 2009)
Q. What code do we use to convert a PEG tube to a J tube??
A. Code 44373 would be the appropriate code to use to report this service. See Primer for detailed discussion of tubes that might be applicable. Radiologists utilize different codes to report the procedure using fluoroscopy. There is a code which sounds related, 43761, with descriptor “Repositioning of the gastric feeding tube, through the duodenum for enteric nutrition”, but presently it is a code without clarity as to how this would be used, and it is not valued as an endoscopic service; in theory it could be reported with an older 76000 fluoroscopy code if the gastroenterologist did the fluoro service and included a separate report for it.
However, there is a newer code that describes tube repositioning using fluoroscopy, typically reported by radiologists:
49446 - Conversion of gastrostomy tube to gastro-jejunostomy tube, percutaneous, under fluoroscopic guidance including contrast injection(s), image documentation and report.
Q. When we do fluoroscopy to guide a complex endoscopic dilation, we have always been paid, but recently I got a denial saying that someone else had already billed for this (the radiologist). Can we still bill for fluoroscopy with a modifier -26 or is this something new with Medicare??
A. In this case, the billing department of the hospital most likely billed the 76000 for the radiologist's services. This would preclude your office from using modifier -26. If the radiologist was not involved during the procedure, then the hospital’s billing for this is erroneous, and if they communicated their error to the payor, you could then bill 76000-26, assuming you prepared a report describing the work and findings. Radiologists are not supposed to bill Medicare for “over-reads” which are primarily for quality purposes, but if they assist you at fluoroscopy and provide a report of their service, they and not you can bill for the service.
Q. What code do I use for insertion of a feeding tube??
A. A bedside placement by the physician of an NG feeding tube has no specific CPT code and would be reported with an E&M service to include whatever other E&M services were provided the same day. A tube placement requiring physician skill but requiring fluoroscopy can be reported as of 2008 as:
43752 - Naso- or oro-gastric tube placement, requiring physician's skill and fluoroscopic guidance (includes fluoroscopy, image documentation and report).
Code 91105 is not appropriate for feeding tube placement; it describes:
91105 - Gastric intubation, and aspiration or lavage for treatment (e.g., for ingested poison). Endoscopic gastrostomy placement is reported 43246.
Q. What code do I use for removal of a G-tube?
A. If the tube is not being replaced, there is no specific procedure code and it is reported during an E&M face-to-face visit. If NO E&M service is provided at all and the physician placed the G tube himself, no service would be reported. However, if the G-tube was removed and replaced, code 43760 has a redefined meaning as of 2008:
43760 - Change of gastrostomy tube, percutaneous, without imaging or endoscopic guidance.
For endoscopic placement of gastrostomy tube, use 43246.
Q. Can we charge for removal of a gastrostomy tube in the office??
A. Not specifically under a drainage tube removal code. The drain tube removal is reported using an appropriate E&M service code.
Q. The doctor performed an EGD with a Maloney dilator and a balloon dilator. Can I code for both?
A. Although an unusual combination, the answer is that yes, both procedures could be billed, but bundling edit software might lead to a denial of the 2nd code, and an appeal would be required, which depending on the payer and circumstances may or may not work. Code the endoscopy with dilation code first; whether 43249 (EGD) or 43220 (esophagoscopy, balloon dilation (less than 30 mm)) as appropriate (see Primer Chapter 4 for further details); the second code would be 43450, for bougie dilation, coded once regardless of number of dilators passed. Most typically, one endoscopic dilation code for wire-guided dilation would be used since the typical Savary type dilators are equivalent to the Maloney bougie (code choices then 43226 for esophagoscopy code; 43248 for EGD code). Another uncommon combination that might be billed is EGD with wire-guided dilation and a separate procedure with balloon dilator; for example using a balloon to do initial dilation of a tight asymmetric stricture, within a longer smoother stricture, then perhaps using the Savary type dilator over a guidewire to dilate the entire segment.
For Medicare, the NCCI edits indicate that code pair 43248/43450 could be billed if both procedures were medically necessary; yet 43249/43450 could not be billed together, the 43450 will not pass the edit even with modifier 59 added.
(For more information on this subject, see Chapter 12 in Coding Primer: A Guide for Gastroenterologists, 2009)
Q. How do I bill for ERCP with sphincterotomy after which I did a balloon dilation of biliary duct?
A. Code 43271 should be used to report the ERCP with the balloon dilation, and code 43262 should be used to report the sphincterotomy. These codes are not bundled, but they are part of the same endoscopic family, so some payers reject the second code. However, CPT language specifically says to report the sphincterotomy with 43262; and iCCI (NCCI?) edits do not require a 59 modifier (“distinct procedural service”) on the 2nd code. Some private payers may recognize the second service without need to appeal if modifier 59 is attached, so get to know the individual larger payers you deal with. Medicare contractors would pay the full amount on 43271 and for 43262 would pay the difference between 43262 usual allowance and the allowance for the base diagnostic ERCP code 43260. For private payers, you should be able to use modifier 51 and may receive the multiple surgery reduction of 50 percent on the second code; or the payer may follow Medicare convention. If they deny the 2nd code billed with –51 as if you were unbundling, resubmit with appeal letter and indicate that –59 modifier applied, enclose a report that shows you did both procedures and shows medical necessity and separate resource consumption for both.
(For more information on this subject, see Chapter 7 in Coding Primer: A Guide for Gastroenterologists, 2009)
Q. If the physician does an ERCP with stent placement, what code should I use??
A. Use code 43268, ERCP with endoscopic retrograde insertion of stent into bile or pancreatic duct. However, if a sphincterotomy was required and was performed the same day in order to place the stent, 43262 should be billed as the 2nd (lesser valued) procedure, with –59 for Medicare and either –51 or –59 or both for commercial payors.
Q. The physician did a new consult and procedure on the same day. Do we use the -57 modifier on the E/M code??
A. A consultation can be provided for a new patient or an individual previously seen, if the service meets the requirements for consultation, so “new” isn’t a key concept here; however, CPT recognizes only one consultation per admission in the inpatient setting, other services being subsequent hospital care. If the consultation assessment led to the conclusion that an endoscopic procedure was needed same day, the procedure would be billed without modifier, and the E&M visit with the –25 modifier indicating “separately identifiable E&M service.” Some non-Medicare payers still do not recognize the E&M service, which should be appealed; and still can be charged to the patient. .Most of the largest national payers have settled class action suits brought by state medical societies in which they have agreed to abide by recognized CPT coding and CMS payment conventions. Let ASGE know when you’ve encountered payers who don’t appear to be playing by the rules we expect so we can investigate and advocate for change!
Rules are different for non-GI 10 and 90 global day services.
Note that if the procedure was planned and the evaluation was just to assess stability for the procedure or provide the administratively required H&P for a facility, no separately identifiable E&M service has been provided, since procedures have an element of E&M work also.
(For more information on this subject, see Chapter 14 in Coding Primer: A Guide for Gastroenterologists, 2009)
Q. What is a consult vs. new patient??
A. A consult is done when a physician “or other appropriate source” (defined in CPT consultation instructions) asks another doctor for his or her advice or opinion, and a report is sent back by the physician providing the evaluation. This doesn’t preclude ordering diagnostic tests or performing therapeutic procedures the same day as the evaluation, the procedures being separately reportable. In this situation commonly the –25 modifier is required on the consultation code so the E&M service isn’t regarded as incidental to or bundled with the therapeutic procedure.
If a physician refers a patient to you but has no intent to seek advice or opinion—and you have no medical need (apart perhaps from courtesy) to send a complete note in return, then the service is a new patient evaluation (e.g. 99201-99205 in the outpatient setting). Similarly, if the patient is self-referred or referred by family, the service is not a consultation, even if you send a letter to the patient’s primary physician.
Q. With regard to code 82270, how many times can that be billed for the number of cards given to and received from a Medicare patient??
A. Medicare rules and CPT language allow you to bill for 1 unit of service, regardless of the number of specimens tested in house or the number of cards given to the patient for home specimen collection. 82270 refers to the guaiac method on “consecutive collected specimens with single determination” and specifies it is for colorectal neoplasm screening, also specifically indicating that a set of 3 cards is involved. Thus this code would NOT be used for a fecal occult blood test performed during digital rectal exam. Instead, 82272 was amended in 2008 to describe 1-3 determinations for “other than colorectal neoplasm screening,” and is not specific about a method of cards—thus would be the code to report a diagnostic test from a digital rectal exam. Note also there is a separate code, 82274, for the fecal hemoglobin immunoassay determination, but this also applies to “1-3 simultaneous determinations.”
Q. How do I code for endoscopy to mark the intestine with India dye in preparation for surgery??
A. During colonoscopy, the code 43281 describes “directed submucosal injection(s), any substance” and would be the applicable code for India ink marking; but also for saline lift during polypectomy.
The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) has made reasonable efforts to confirm the accuracy of the information provided but this advice is intended only to provide a broad overview of coding and coverage. The information is not intended to serve as specific advice about how to utilize, code, bill or charge for any medical product or services. Clinical scenarios, non-clinical circumstances, individual payer policies and numerous other factors may impact a particular situation. ASGE makes no representation or warranty regarding the completeness or accuracy of the information. | 3 | 41 |
<urn:uuid:07490a83-7751-4c1c-b488-c3e133a9aace> | Remember my adventures from getting the iPhone 4 and the new iPad? I made it my quest to make it even HARDER for the iPhone 5 – tune in to find out how that worked out for me. Andy Dolph send in a great recording explaining the differences between different audio compression methods. In Chit Chat Across the Pond, after eating a LOT of security vegetables Bart and I talk about ways to really get the most out of using the Finder.
Hi this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Mac Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Macintosh bias. Today is Sunday September 23, 2012 and this is show number 385. On today’s show, Bart and I had too much fun, so since Chit Chat Across the Pond ran pretty long, I’m going to have a relatively shorter front section of the show. Let’s face it, you all tune in to hear Bart anyway, so you’re probably relieved! Don’t worry though, I moved some of the other things I was going to say to next week. I do want to tell you my story of adventure of getting the new iPhone five and Andy Dolph is going to join us to discuss audio compression and the different options you have available to you. this is his first recording for the Nosillacast and I think I’m going have to invite him back because he’s great.
iPhone 4 – wanted to be FIRST!
- preordered for pickup in the Apple store because delivery at my house/work is problematic
- fancy neighborhood pickup
- 6:30 am – 10 hours in line
- breakfast croissants & red velvet cupcakes
- family – Steve the Dentist, woman student
New iPad – wanted to be FIRST!
- preordered for delivery at home
- worked from home to wait for my and Diane’s iPads
- Watched delivery all day, saw Ron’s delivered 1.5 miles away around 1
- At 4pm FedEx changed delivery status as “delivery cancelled by requestor”
- Of course they were freely available at the same Apple Store above
iPhone 5 – wanted to be FIRST!
- Got up at 5am to order…4 hours too late
- preordered through Apple anyway – delivery on 9/28, one week later
- Apple moved my delivery date to 10/5 – when I’m at the Mac Computer Expo!
- Where to go? Cerritos Apple Store where there have always been devices freely available in the afternoon. How about Carlsbad on the way to San Diego to see mom? no hipsters, only hippies? My friend Henry and I made plans to be in constant communication throughout the day testing our strategies!
- Then I realized small AT&T store not near big money
- Read Andy Ihnatko’s Chicago Sun Times article: Your best chances for getting an iPhone 5 this weekend backed up the idea of going to AT&T
- But how to get my upgrade AND keep my unlimited plan?
- Wrestled for 2 days, didn’t sleep Thursday night. Cancel preorder? don’t let that bird in the hand go? I got a lot of advice but…
- Figured worst case I could get Lindsay HER phone since I hadn’t been able to order her upgrade online at all
- Got in line at 6am – only 20 people in front of me!
- Around 7 they brought us coffee and Crispy Crèmes so that was nice
- Diane shows up – explains I should TAKE Lindsay’s upgrade and let her have mine when it arrives – BRILLIANCE!
- 7:30 the manager came out with a stack of cards and wrote down what models people wanted…stopping 5 in front of me and announcing that those people were guaranteed, behind them you might not have choices. Oh – and no one can buy more than one.
- Then they got our requests – and I was rewarded with a guarantee card!
- 8am they start letting people in
- At 8:11 I was right at the door – and the manager, Minesh, apologizes for the long wait! I’m in heaven now.
- Inside Manesh takes me to Kim and I explain my “special needs”
- Kim starts working the deal, and thinks she can get my upgrade back – till they find out I did it through Apple, not AT&T.
- On to taking Lindsay’s upgrade – will work but…she’ll lose her phone until I bring her a new sim card. I have NO idea why.
- I explain that Lindsay is in San Diego! I wait till their faces drop…then point out that I JUST happened to have planned to go to San Diego to see the Podmom that day!
- One more weird thing – Kim said that because I was touching Lindsay’s plan, she would no longer be allowed to have 2GB for $25, have to have 3GB for $30. Figure I’ll pay the delta since Lindsay’s letting me steal her upgrade AND have no phone for 4 hours. Weird though – only bad mark on AT&T.
- Funny – Kim kept trying to upsell me – do I need a battery pack like maybe an i.Sound? How about a Tablet? Oh, do I have the NEW iPad?
- end? Got the iPhone 5 on day one, drove to Lindsay, popped in the sim card and she was back in business – and she gets the iPhone on October 5th!
- Before Kim even activated my phone number, I attached it to iCloud over wifi and boom, my email was there, my contacts were there and I could get to my purchased apps! very cool…
- Oh yeah, and the iPhone 5 is cool and I had a blast with my mom – took her out to lunch and got her liquored up.
Andy Dolph on mp2 or wav storage
Andy Dolph was listening to last week’s show when Tim Verpoorten happened to mention something about compressing audio. Andy wanted to elaborate on audio compression and I think you’ll enjoy learning from him, I certainly did.
Hi Allison, I was listening to your latest show and in the section with Tim, he talked about converting audio files (which is a common enough thing)but he commented on converting mp3 to mp2 or wav – which is a really bad idea. As an audio engineer these things drive me nuts.
I won’t go into all the details here, here’s a little segment I recorded for you simplifying the different kind of audio codecs we use, and when/why certain conversions are a good idea or a bad idea…
You can find Andy’s podcast at Holistic Money Radio at loveandmoneyrevolution.com/radio
My son Kyle had a terrific internship this summer at British Petroleum as a chemical engineering student. The internship was great because of how much cool work they gave him. He got to do three major projects, one of which required him to learn VBA in order to script Excel to make sense out of giant wads of data being created in the refinery. Of course since he’s Steve and my son he was brilliant at all of this, and two days before his last day he had a final out briefing on his projects. That left him two days with nothing to do.
Most people would goof around on Facebook or Twitter or maybe even read a book, but Kyle had a better idea. He decided to download ScreenSteps and start documenting his work. When you have kids, you pretty much assume that they don’t listen to a word you said, but somewhere along the line you realize they HAVE been listening. I couldn’t have been happier when Kyle called me asking some questions about exactly how to do a particular screenshot. I couldn’t have been more proud!
Even better he taught me something. When you take a screenshot in ScreenSteps, you get a bunch of choices, one of which is to use the same area where you took a shot before. This is super handy when you’re filling out a form and you want to take shots along the way, or different states of the same window. So you tell ScreenSteps to take the shot, and then hit R for the previous capture area. What I didn’t know was that if you hit R again you get the shot area before that. You can keep hitting R going back in time to previous shot areas. Pretty cool that he figured out something I didn’t even know.
I should mention that Kyle was running Windows at the time. You can actually get a license for ScreenSteps that works on both Windows and Mac! It’s not cross platform software but they want to keep you working as a slider so they make it easy for you to use both platforms with no pain. The other nice thing is that they have a free 14 day trial so you can actually get the feel of the software and how it works before you plunk down your hard earned cash. Check out ScreenSteps at BlueMangoLearning.com and be sure to tell them Allison sent you!
Chit Chat Across the Pond
Where I was trying to get to when I got lost last time:
It’s a place called “The Wonderful Barn” and is an architecturally very unique and special building, yet, it’s not even signposted, let alone developed for tourism. It was built in 1743, and was built as a strange mix of the practical and the frivolous. The reason it looks so unusual, is that it served as a focal point at the end of one of the vistas in Casteltown Estate (a near-by Palladian manor), so it’s what we know in Ireland as a folly. But unlike most follies, it served a practical purpose too, being a granary.
Also quick plug to anyone in the Maynooth area in the next few weeks – the Russel Library in St. Patrick’s College has an exhibition on the architect August Pugin, who designed the grandest of the buildings in the college. In Ireland his work in SPCM is probably his most famous work, but globally he’s probably best known as the designer of the interiors of the houses of parliament in London. I spent a very pleasant afternoon there today-http://library.nuim.ie/russell
- Microsoft have rushed out an emergency patch to protect IE users from a nasty zero-day that was being actively exploited in the wild – if (despite all the security advice to the contrary) you insist on using IE, patch yourself NOW! – technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms12-063
- Early indications were that this vulnerability only affected IE 6 & 7, but it soon became clear IE 8 & 9 were also affected, so everyone from XP up to and including Windows 7 was affected by this. The only silver lining being that IE 10 on Windows 8 was not affected.
- The German government went so far as to issue a warning instructing Germans to stop using IE – bsi.bund.de
- My advice remains the same, don’t use IE – it is inherently less secure by the mere existence of Active X, one of the stupidest ideas anyone ever had in the history of IT IMO. My current advice to non-nerds is to use Chrome which has a good security architecture – silent updates that can’t be ignored, and built-in and sandboxed Flash & PDF players/readers that are also silently updated. Nerds who share my plugin fetish will probably still feel more at home on FireFox (I use FireFox, Chrome and Fluid daily).
- Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkitsupport.microsoft.com/kb/2458544
- OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion updated to 10.8.2 – support.apple.com/kb/HT5460
- OS X 10.7 Lion updated to 10.7.5 – support.apple.com/kb/DL1583
- iOS 6 – support.apple.com/kb/HT5503(there are no fixes to these problems in iOS 5, so this obsoletes the original iPad)
- OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard gets unexpected security updates – support.apple.com/kb/HT5501& support.apple.com/kb/HT5473 – this is a real lease of life for older Intel Macs which can’t run Lion.
Important Security News Stories:
- Unexpectedly, we discover the true source of the UDID leak – it was an iOS software development company, not the FBI – intrepidusgroup.com/insight/2012/09/tracking-udid-src/
- DNT News:
- Apache foundation react angrily to MS’s IE10 DNT defaults – patch submitted to Apache web server to ignore all DNT cookies received from IE on the server side since IE appears not to be compliant with the agreed standard – nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/09/08/apache-foundation-creates-firestorm-over-user-privacy-choices
- Google Chrome finally adopts DNT – nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/09/17/finally-google-chrome-will-support-do-not-track
- A Dutch team used a zero-day in Webkit to take over an iPhone by the simple act of visiting a web page.
- They explained that they targeted the iPhone because it is the most secure mobile device, and hence the hardest target.
- Interestingly they also say that Android is now more secure than Blackberry
- Interestingly it was an NFC hack, but the authors say it could be adapted to work through the browser or through email
Main Topic – Getting the Most out of the Finder
Since our recent discussion of proxy icons was so popular, I thought it might be worth going through some of the ‘power features’ of the Finder, and to share some of my tips for making the most out of the Finder.
- You can customise both the side-bar of all Finder windows. At a basic level you can customise what headings and content are shown or not by going to Finder Preferences –> Sidebar and checking and un-checking the things you do and don’t want to see. I recommend removing the things you don’t care about to make room for things you do care about
- Bonus tip – if you use a lot of network shares, be they SMB or AFP, it can be very helpful to add your Mac itself into the devices list – this is un-checked by default. When you have shares mounted, if you co there you can get to them all, not by the server they are on like in the side bar normally, but by the actual mounted share.
- Customise the Favourites section of the sidebar. You can drag and drop files and folders in here, and pull them out and let go to get rid of them (they do the poof thing when they cursor changes to a cloud and you let go). I have a folder called CurrentWork where I have sub-folders by task (with names pre-fixed by date in reverse YYYYMMDD-TaskName), so this is a folder I use a lot, so I have it in my favourites. I also have a folder called Temp where I do big things that I don’t want TimeMachine backing up, and I use that a lot too, so that’s in my favourites as well.
- As well as customising the Side Bar you can also customise the Toolbar at the top of all Finder Windows. Firstly, you can right-click it and select “Customise…” to re-arrange what is there, remove buttons you don’t use, and add in ones you do (I always add one to delete files, and at work I always add one to connect to network shares). But, you can do more, you can drag and drop apps into that toolbar too, you just have to hover for a few seconds, then let go when it’s in the right place. I use this for apps that I launch by dragging and dropping files onto them. E.g. NameMangler (which we reviewed recently), Photomatix Pro (my preferred HDR software), and Xee, a great tool for quickly browsing a folder full of images, just drag and drop the folder onto the Xee icon and you’re off!
- You can change the default folder which will open when you create a new Finder window by going to Finder Preferences –> General and changing the drop down labeled “New Finder windows show:”. I have mind set to my Documents folder.
- The Finder remembers you display settings for each folder, so you can have it do different things everywhere, but, you can also set the default that will be used on all folders where you haven’t changed the display settings. To do this go to any folder, set things up just as you like (for me that’s list view with a whole load of extra metadata columns showing including Spotlight Comments), then go to View→Show View Options and then click the button labeled ‘Make Default’.
- The Desktop is also notionally part of the Finder, so it’s worth noting that you can change what does and does not get automatically added to your desktop by going to Finder Preferences –> General and checking and un-checking checkboxes there.
- The Dock is also related to the Finder (sort of), so it’s also worth mentioning that you can drag and drop files and folders into the Dock as well as apps – you just have to remember that things that are no apps to to the right of (or underneath if you use a vertical dock) the dividing line between apps and other things. That dividing line looks like a zebra crossing, and the Trash is on the right side of the divider (or below it), while you apps are on the left (or above). I find it very handy to keep documents I need every day right there in my dock. With all my health problems I have to keep a daily spreadsheet with loads of info like AM and PM peak-flow measurements, blood pressure, amount of each of my inhalers needed, amount of exercise done, weight, and more, I keep that Numbers spreadsheet in my dock below the zebra crossing.
- While we’re talking about the dock, a pet peeve of mine is Apple’s silly decision (IMO) to default the dock to the bottom of the screen. On a wide-screen display vertical space is at a premium, while horizontal space is in plentiful supply – why have the dock taking up your most precious space, when it could just as easily be housed along the side. I keep mine on the left, with my IM and Twitter windows hugging the right side and set to show in all spaces. This gives me a work-area in the middle the has my space-specific apps in it, and my dock and IM/Twitter stuff flanking each side.
- One final dock tip – as well as adding apps, files, and folders, you can also add Network shares to the Dock, and in future, clicking on the icon will re-connect to the share. You can use the Proxy icon when viewing the share, or, since Mountain Lion (and perhaps Lion though I’m not sure) right-click on the icon for the share when viewing your system in the Finder and close add to Dock from there. The only down-side is that after a reboot the icon will be a ? until you click it to re-connect, then it will return to the icon for network shares.
- Finally – I would highly recommend people familiarise themselves with at least the most important keyboard shortcuts in the Finder. Ones I use very often are:
- space – open the selected file in quick look
- ⌘n – opens a new window
- ⌘~- switch between open Finder windows (works in all apps with multiple windows)
- ↑ &↓-move your selection up and down
- ←&→- expand and close folders in the list view (when not in list view the arrows move left and right)
- ⌘o- opens the currently selected file(s) or folder(s)
- ↲- renames the selected file (this one really confuses Windows sliders because in Windows this is how you open a file)
- ⇪←or⇪→- select a contiguous range of files
- hold down ⌘while clicking on files to select multiple non-contiguous files
- ⌘c - copy a file to the clipboard
- ⌘v – paste a copy of the file
- ⌘⇪v – move the file in the clipboard here
- ⌘i – show the file info inspector (I use this a lot because I use spotlight comments extensively, as well as colour tags)
- ⌘⇪g – brings up a text box into which you can type (or paste) a path to navigate to – handy for getting into hidden folders e.g. ~/.ssh for getting at your SSH key pair, and ~/Library for getting to your now hidden Library folder with the keyboard only
- ⌘k – brings up the connect to server dialogue box (I use this a lot in work, but not at home, you can add bookmarks in this dialogue too which is very handy)
I haven’t forgotten that I promised to talk about Linux on old Macs, I’m still experimenting away and will report back soon. I’ve managed to acquire a G4 iMac, a PowerMac G5 and a 32bit Intel MBP to test with.
After Bart and I stopped recording, it was still bugging us why I couldn’t use the right arrows to open a folder in the list view. We got the idea to test it on Steve’s machine to make sure it wasn’t some goofy utility I’d installed. And of course it did work on Steve’s Mac, but then I noticed something else – his folders had little disclosure triangles on them, but mine didn’t. Then I tried a few more folders and some of them DID have disclosure triangles. What the heck is going on here? I whipped open my trusty Clarify, took a couple of screenshots, annotated them and combined them into one shot using Pixelmator. Then I took a screenshot of THAT with Skitch (I have to use ALL my tools, right?) and shared it to Twitter.
In a few minutes, Pramit Nairi (@pramitnairi) had the answer. Turns out how you have the folder set in View Options changes whether you get your disclosure triangles. If you set that to anything BUT “none”, you lose them. Now how’s that for an obscure detail to know? Gotta love Twitter though for quick answers, and Pramit for knowing the answer! Plus Bart and I can sleep at night now.
That’s going to wind this up for this week, many thanks to our sponsor for helping to pay the bills, Blue Mango Learning at bluemangolearning.com makers of ScreenSteps and Clarify. Don’t forget to send in your Dumb Questions, comments and suggestions by emailing me at [email protected], follow me on twitter at @podfeet. I contribute a fair amount over on Google Plus nowadays so just search for me by name if you want to circle me up. If you want to join in the fun of the live show, head on over to podfeet.com/live on Sunday nights at 5pm Pacific Time and join the friendly and enthusiastic NosillaCastaways. Thanks for listening, and stay subscribed. | 1 | 12 |
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Tesco is investing further in entertainment with the £10.8m purchase of We7, a digital music service backed by former Genesis frontman Peter Gabriel.
We7: snapped up by Tesco
We7 offers a free personalised internet radio service and has a library of 11 million tracks.
Tesco claims the addition will give its customers a wider choice in how they consume music and complement its current music offer in store and online.
We7 made cuts to its advertising sales team earlier this year and chief executive Steve Purdham admitted: "We were not accelerating at the speed we thought we were going to."
The company’s former vice-president of European ad sales also claimed a move in October 2011 from user-generated playlists to automated playlists had led to a downturn in We7 users.
Current services include the We7 website on PC and Mac and apps on iPhone, iPad and Android smartphones and tablets, and Tesco plans to launch more in the coming months.
Mark George, digital director at Tesco, said: "Tesco is already one of the UK’s largest retailers of CDs. This move will help us offer a greater choice for the growing number of customers who want to access music instantly on any device, whenever and wherever they want."
Steve Purdham, CEO of WE7, said: "We are very excited by the prospect of teaming up with Tesco.
"With its loyal customer base, numerous marketing channels and international reach, we believe Tesco is the perfect partner to bring WE7’s music services to a wider audience."
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<urn:uuid:e04d228e-ef3b-4668-9914-35ed6af22272> | Free agent right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma signed an incentive-laced, one-year contract with the Seattle Mariners on Thursday, a year after his attempted move to the majors through the posting system ended in failure.
According to a source with knowledge of the negotiations, the 30-year-old Iwakuma will receive a base salary of $1.5 million plus performance bonuses that will make the deal worth well over $3.9 million, or 300 million yen -- the amount he made with the Rakuten Eagles last season.
Iwakuma, who won the Pacific League MVP and the Sawamura Award after winning 21 games in 2008, was put up for bidding last offseason. The Oakland Athletics won his negotiating rights but the two parties could not come to terms during the exclusive 30-day talking period.
''I'll do whatever it takes to get results over the next year,'' Iwakuma said during a conference call. ''I accept what they offered, and I'll work for everything.''
''I felt the Mariners were the team that wanted me most. I went to Seattle, and it seems like a nice place to live.''
Iwakuma, who was instrumental in Japan winning the 2009 World Baseball Classic, has a career ERA of 3.25 with a 107-60 record in 11 seasons with Rakuten and the Kintetsu Buffaloes.
Last year, he went 6-7 and was limited to 119 innings in 17 starts because of an injury to his throwing shoulder, but still sported a solid 2.42 ERA.
Iwakuma will join a rotation anchored by Felix Hernandez, Michael Pineda and Jason Vargas, with several young arms competing for a fourth and fifth slot.
Iwakuma is the sixth Japanese player the Mariners have signed following Ichiro Suzuki, Kazuhiro Sasaki, Shigetoshi Hasegawa, Mac Suzuki and Kenji Johjima.
NEW YORK (AP)\The New York Yankees made a major push to bolster their starting rotation Friday night, agreeing to terms with right-hander Hiroki Kuroda on a $10 million, one-year contract shortly after acquiring young righty Michael Pineda from the Seattle Mariners.
A person familiar with Kurodafs signing told The Associated Press the deal is contingent on the 36-year-old former Los Angeles Dodgers starter passing a physical. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because there has not yet been an announcement. Kurodafs deal also includes performance bonuses, according to the person.
Kuroda was 13-16 with a 3.07 ERA for the Dodgers this year and 41-46 with a 3.45 ERA in four seasons in Los Angeles after a long career in Japan.
"So - who's pitching today?
No, I'm not pitching. Who is?
No, Who's on first.
I don't know who's on first, I just want to know the pitcher's name.
No, he's on second.
Who's on second?
Who's on first.
I don't care who's on first, what's the pitcher's name?
I keep telling you - Yu. Don't you understand anything I'm saying?
I don't know.
He's on third."
Free agent Japanese right-hander Hiroki Kuroda has agreed to a one-year contract with the New York Yankees, the club said Thursday.
Kuroda will receive a salary of $10 million with performance incentives that kick in for pitching 200 innings, which could raise his earnings to $11 million, according to a source familiar with the deal.
In his fourth season with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2011, Kuroda established major league career highs in wins, earned run average, innings pitched and strikeouts, going 13-16 with a 3.07 ERA in 202 innings with 161 strikeouts over 32 starts.
''I feel happy to be a part of such a storied franchise, which is always in contention for a World Series,'' Kuroda said in a statement via the Yankees issued in English.
The Yankee front office was apparently also impressed with the fact that Kuroda has averaged just 2.10 walks per nine innings pitched in his four years, the third lowest mark by a National League pitcher with at least 500 innings pitched over the span.
Kuroda, who turns 37 on Feb. 10, has gone 41-46 with a 3.45 ERA in 115 career appearances (114 starts) over four years with the Dodgers from 2008-11.
LOS ANGELES (AP)\NL Cy Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers avoided a salary arbitration hearing next week, agreeing to a $19 million, two-year contract.
Tuesdayfs deal for the 23-year-old left-hander calls for a $500,000 signing bonus and salaries of $7.5 million this year and $11 million in 2013. It covers all but his final year of arbitration eligibility.
NEW YORK (AP) \ Gary Carter was nicknamed "Kid" for good reason.
His smile, bubbly personality and eagerness to excel on a ballfield made him a joy to watch at the plate and behind it.
Even his Hall of Fame bronze plaque at Cooperstown shows him with a toothy grin \ the Kid forever.
The star catcher, whose single for the New York Mets in the 1986 World Series touched off one of the most improbable rallies in baseball, died Thursday. He was 57.
Carter was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor last May, two weeks after finishing his second season as coach at Palm Beach Atlantic University. Mets spokesman Jay Horwitz said Carter died at a hospice in the West Palm Beach, Fla., area.
Carter was an 11-time All-Star and three-time Gold Glove winner. His bottom-of-the-10th single in Game 6 of the 1986 Series helped the Mets mount a charge against the Boston Red Sox and eventually beat them.
With curly, blond locks flaring out from beneath his helmet, and a rigid, upright batting stance, Carter was immediately recognizable.
"His nickname 'The Kid' captured how Gary approached life," the Mets said in a statement. "He did everything with enthusiasm and with gusto on and off the field. His smile was infectious. ... He was a Hall of Famer in everything he did."
Carter played nearly two decades with the Mets, Montreal, San Francisco and the Los Angeles Dodgers. He led the Expos to their only playoff berth and was the first player enshrined in Cooperstown wearing an Expos cap.
Here's how the Nihonjin are doing at the start of spring training:
First Yu Darvish:
SURPRISE, Arizona, Feb. 21 (16:54) Kyodo
Texas Rangers rookie Yu Darvish arrived at spring training on Tuesday morning, mingled with his new teammates, and even threw a bullpen session two days before the official reporting date for pitchers and catchers.
The 25-year-old Japanese ace did not talk to the media, barely acknowledging about two dozen Japanese reporters waiting for him behind a restraining rope, as he walked into the clubhouse.
He suited up and went out for his workout in the Rangers' camp and immediately hit it off with left-hander Derek Holland, a 16-game winner for Texas in 2011.
''He wants to learn English,'' Holland was quoted as saying on the MLB website. ''He doesn't know much, but he wants to learn. He's not stand-offish. He was right there with us. He wants to fit in. It won't be hard for him.''
Darvish played catch with Holland and threw 30 pitches to catcher Luis Martinez, who was acquired by the Rangers from the San Diego Padres in the offseason, in the bullpen.
''He threw 30 pitches and threw about 10 different pitches,'' said Martinez. ''His sinker and cut fastball had good movement and downward action. His splitter was pretty good, too. There's nobody like him. He's unique.''
Taking in all the excitement can be overwhelming, but Holland said it is important that Darvish not apologize for missing his spots -- something he kept doing during the practice -- but just relax.
''That's one thing he has to learn is he doesn't have to apologize like that. There's no need for that. You're not always going to hit your spots,'' Holland said.
Dice-K on the comback trail:
In Ft. Myers, Florida, Boston Red Sox right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka, who is on the road to recovery from ligament-transplant surgery on his right elbow last June, took part in practice drills on his first day of spring training.
''I feel both excitement and nervousness,'' said Matsuzaka. ''There is a limit to what I can do right now in terms of pitching. I will clear the hurdles in front of me. Keeping that in mind is essential.''
Ichiro hitting third:
PEORIA, Arizona, Feb. 22 (19:36) Kyodo
Seattle Mariners manager Eric Wedge said Tuesday he has decided to move Ichiro Suzuki from his traditional leadoff spot to third in the lineup.
''Ichiro Suzuki will be hitting third for us this year,'' Wedge said. ''I sat down and explained to him the whys and wherefores, and it wasn't out of left field because we had this discussions before.
''I think he was more than prepared for it and he came in here knowing that would be a serious option, and a part of him maybe expected it. But he is on board. I was very clear with him. He is very clear with me. He is ready to go.''
The Mariners scored the fewest runs in the American League the last three seasons.
''I knew from a long time ago this lineup change could happen, so I've been ready mentally,'' Suzuki said. ''I don't think you have to be this way or that way depending on where you're in the lineup. To me, it's the same between batting leadoff and third.''
And Hideki Matsui, Will DH for food:
TOKYO, Feb. 22 (18:02) Kyodo
Free agent outfielder Hideki Matsui, still unsigned for the upcoming season, left Japan for the United States on Wednesday.
Matsui will continue to wait for offers from major league clubs while training in the United States.
Not only Matsui but also other free agents such as Vladimir Guerrero and Johnny Damon remain unsigned this offseason.
Matsui hit a career-low .251 last season for the Oakland Athletics with 12 home runs and 72 RBIs.
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<urn:uuid:4e2f5f0d-fab4-49ac-9df6-e1d44deb849a> | - Enhanced 24.2-megapixel DX-format CMOS sensor with no OLPF
- EXPEED 4 processor
- Full HD 1920x1080 movies at up to 60p
- 5 fps continuous-mode speed
- ISO from 100 to 12,800 with extensions to 25,600
- 39-point AF system with 9 cross-type sensors
- 3.2-inch, articulating 1,037K-dot LCD with Live View
- SD slot with SDHC/SDXC support
(From Nikon literature) Nikon Inc. has announced the latest addition to its legendary digital SLR lineup, the Nikon D5300. Offering the benefits of SLR performance with the versatility of wireless connectivity, the D5300 allows users to easily capture and share amazing images and videos. Though compact and lightweight, the Nikon D5300 packs an enhanced 24.2-megapixel DX-format CMOS sensor, EXPEED 4 image processing and the convenience of built-in Wi-Fi. Users now have the power to take both frame-worthy and share-worthy photos and HD videos with one device no matter where they are.
“With the Nikon D5300, we are continuing our commitment to delivering unparalleled performance and image quality while addressing the importance of staying connected and sharing images with ease,” said Masahiro Horie, Director of Marketing and Planning, Nikon Inc. “By answering the need to share high quality photos, the Nikon D5300 allows photographers to capture their memories in astounding clarity and share them with family and friends moments after they happen.”
Advanced Performance for When it Matters Most
Making memorable moments even better, the Nikon D5300 offers stunning image quality with sharp, crisp detail to preserve life’s precious memories. The enhanced 24.2-megapixel CMOS sensor delivers stunning images and HD videos with heightened clarity and detail due to the removal of the optical low pass filter (OLPF). From planned family portraits to candid moments, the D5300 has the performance, along with easy and intuitive features, to help users capture photos confidently, including:
Amazing Low Light Performance – For clean, sharp details even in the most challenging lighting conditions including night games and dimly lit restaurants, the Nikon D5300 covers a wide ISO range of 100-12,800 and is expandable to ISO 25,600.
EXPEED 4 Image Processing – Nikon’s most recent image processing engine drives the rapid response and swift performance of the D5300, while maximizing energy efficiency, reducing image noise and delivering true-to-life colors.
Scene Recognition System – To further help users capture the image they intend, the Nikon D5300 features Nikon’s Scene Recognition System and 2,016-pixel RGB metering system to analyze and recognize the scene. Utilizing these systems results in adjustments to exposure, AF and white balance to deliver the best photo possible, whether it’s a landscape or portrait.
39-Point AF System – Nikon’s quick and precise 39-point AF system works with the Scene Recognition System to accurately acquire and track subjects throughout the frame, resulting in tack-sharp images. Kids too active to pose for a photo or pets chasing after a toy are easily captured in brilliant sharpness for memorable photos.
5 Frames-Per-Second – While using the optical viewfinder or in Live View, capture great moments that would have otherwise been missed with the D5300’s 5 frames-per-second (fps) rate.
Share Like Never Before
The D5300 is Nikon’s first D-SLR to feature built-in Wi-Fi, allowing the user to share high quality photos instantly. The Nikon D5300 sends images to the user’s smart device, allowing them to share their D-SLR quality photos through e-mail and social media. From a winning touchdown to a surprise proposal, friends and family can now see these important moments clearly captured right after they happen. The Nikon D5300 also includes built-in GPS, another first for Nikon D-SLRs. Now the user can geotag images and allow others to see where life has taken them.
Features for Creativity and Versatility
Compact and lightweight (16.9 oz.), the Nikon D5300 can easily be packed for a day trip or a planned getaway. The small body of the D5300 affords the photographer the freedom to travel while still being easy to handle and comfortable to use. In addition to being able to capture amazing images anywhere, the D5300 is also packed with additional features to promote creativity and versatility, including:
3.2-inch Vari-Angle LCD monitor – Whether shooting above a crowd or getting low to capture the details of a flower, users can explore new shots from a dramatic point of view with the large 3.2-inch Vari-angle LCD monitor. This super sharp (1,037K-dot) screen allows photographers to easily make camera adjustments and read menus, while also allowing them to compose the photo they want clearly when shooting from high or low angles. The rotating LCD makes it easy to capture “selfies” at an arm’s length away or frame creative perspectives when capturing still photos and HD video.
Full HD 1080p Video Capture – Create movies fit for the big screen with Full HD 1080p video capture at 60p with built-in stereo, wide ISO range for high quality videos in any light and improved full-time AF to keep the subject in focus.
NIKKOR Compatibility – The Nikon D5300 is compatible with Nikon’s legendary NIKKOR lenses and powerful system accessories, further adding versatility and creativity.
Price and Availability
The Nikon D5300 kit with the AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-140mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR lens will be available in October 2013 for the suggested retail price (SRP) of $1,399.95*. To complement consumers’ preferences, the Nikon D5300 will be available in Black, Red and Gray. For more information on the new Nikon D5300 and other Nikon products, please visit www.nikonusa.com.
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<urn:uuid:50d2befc-9dd1-45c2-afdb-ddd63b44bf94> | Raspberry Pi setup for pulling, storing and FTPing photos
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Project. Developer MUST have experience on Raspberry Pi B , arduino, or similar hardware. Must have knowledge of working with 3G USB modem sticks.
Short version. Link an IP camera to the mini computer, to store locally and FTP photos via 3G when network becomes available, request flat txt configuration file from server.
I like the Raspberry Pi due to its size and power requirements.
I know cameras can FTP to server, this particular one I'm using does not, and, i need local storage in case the network fails; plus configuration changes.
We will use an 720P IP camera that can output a jpg snapshot with example [url removed, login to view] chan=1 to 3 produce smaller snapshots
each snapshot is about 80kb
The camera's ethernet port will be connected to the raspberry pi board.
The Pi board will have a USB 3G modem on it. use it for network access and share it with the camera, so that the camera can access NTP .
The board will boot on power up, try to connect to my server and pull its config file based on its serial or mac address or ID etc, if the config file is not reachable, it will default to the on board config.
This simple config file will tell the board whats the frequency for the snapshots, which resolution to use (chan=0), and where to dump them when network is available .
The board will http query the camera every N minutes (defined by the config file) and save the image on the on board SD card with a timestamped filename.
Check for network connection and upload via FTP to the config file provided URL. Log the fact that that file was successfully uploaded. Check for delayed uploads (see next line)
If no network connection was available, log the fact that that particular file was NOT uploaded.
If network connection is available later, try to upload not uploaded files, log acordingly.
If storage runs to 90% capacity start deleting old files (snapshots/logs)
It should try to reconnect if network connection is dropped. Saving bandwidth is important, but so is having up to date photos. Cell signal coverage might be shaky, so this part is important.
Possible live streaming.
We had a previous version of this device built with/on openWRT, it created a VPN to my server, and the server had firewall rules that allowed us to see a live stream of the webcam on demand from any PC/Mac/phone etc. Each user would connect to a camera with the same sever IP, but different port. ex [url removed, login to view] :8082 etc
If you can pull that too, it would be great.
Dont quote this work on this project, but keep it in mind for version 2. (upgrade).
You deliverables will be software and instructions for me to build several of this units.
You have to prove you have raspberry pi or arduino hardware experience, i can mail one board for you, that you will ship when project is finished. I will have a board here to test your progress.
I will provide an FTP server to test the photo uploads, and a URL of the camera in question for you to test. I will not provide you with your own camera, you will have to test that the board shares its internet connection with your hardware.
Once I have a semi working version i will provide remote access to a local board with the camera and 3G modem. ( advice how, I'm unfamiliar with this on raspberry), for you to finish testing
I need a developer who is responsible, has good communication, has good sense of humor, is a born tinkerer, likes challenges, and provides suggestions. I also sometimes can't answer emails fast enough,
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<urn:uuid:ca2aa792-a671-4752-ac67-340570f3087d> | Read performance benchmarks
Before we begin, we wanted to mention again that all the drives in this review are USB 2.0 Hi-Speed drives. Although these drives do not utilize all the bandwidth of USB 2.0 (480Mbps), all of these drives perform better than any USB 1.1 Flash drive. So just by merit of being a USB 2.0 Hi-Speed drive, each one is much faster than any USB 1.1 drive. That said, it would be easy to think that all the drives in this review perform the same, but of course, this is not the case. Some are clearly better than others.
The results for the PC platform were widely varied. SiSoft Sandra gives only a few data points, but shows that each drive performs differently from the next.
As shown in the graph, all drives start off rather slow at the rather small file size of 512 bytes. The slowest drive out of the gates was the SanDisk drive averaging 210KB/sec. The fastest was the Iomega drive moving lots of 512-byte files at an average of 552KB/sec, trailed closely by the Fuji drive at 535KB/sec and the SimpleTech and Transcend drives at 495KB/sec. Compared to the ZIP100 (25KB/sec) and the USB 1.1 drive (75KB/sec), these drives are fast. Although, just by looking at the graph it should be clear that there is a throughput penalty for dealing with such small bursts of data since none of the drives were even close to their rated read speeds.
Progressing to 32KB, 256KB, and 2MB file sizes really allowed these drives to show their stuff. The fastest drives at reading are the Fujifilm, Transcend, and Iomega. All three consistently averaged throughput in the 8 to 10MB/sec range. The next fastest group is comprised of the SanDisk, SimpleTech, and the Verbatim drives. Those three showed strong throughput in the 6 to 8MB/sec range; not too far from the leading drives. Bringing up the rear are the Mushkin and the PNY drives. Putting in solid scores between 4 and 5MB/sec, these drives are half as fast as the fastest drives in this review. To be honest, we were a bit surprised that two well-known memory manufacturers had the two slowest throughput scores. Although we would be remiss if we did not point out that even the slowest drives in this group are four to five times faster than the older USB 1.1 and ZIP 100 drives. Something to keep in mind, especially if you do not care about speed as much as features.
On the Mac, we used SpeedTools QuickBench on a 1.33Ghz PowerBook G4. (A few benchmarks were also performed on a dual PowerMac G5, but we found out quickly that the performance was virtually the same at the G4.)
QuickBench gives many more data points and shows how the drives ramp up much better than Sandra's benchmark. What is most interesting about the Mac benchmarks is that the group stays together until the 8KB file size. At this point, the PNY and the Mushkin drives diverge and begin to fall behind the pack. This phenomenon does not happen again until the 32KB mark where the Transcend drive attempts to pull away from the pack. Interestingly enough, the SanDisk ends up finishing faster than the Fujifilm drive (a direct contradiction to the PC benchmarks.) Oddly, all drives appear to peak at 128KB file sizes. This is rather fascinating, because on the PC platform, the drives continue to climb in speed, even up to 2MB. Overall, the Mac appears to perform nearly as well as the PC. The difference is likely due to the fact that we are running two different applications on two different operating systems. | 1 | 5 |
<urn:uuid:2379eb3d-4b16-4007-9b00-161570439cf1> | Feb. 25, 2013
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By Sean Ryan & Phil Stanton
pitchers often are ahead of the hitters early in the season.
Four staffs that entered the season as diverse as
the other – Cal State Fullerton, Louisville, Vanderbilt and
Virginia – have been nothing short of brilliant the first two
weeks of the season.
At Fullerton, coach Rick Vanderhook (right) said
a few days before the season opener, “I can’t remember a
freshman starting Opening Night.” That freshman, Thomas Eshelman,
has started his career 2-0 with wins over USC and TCU, working
11.1 innings with no runs, no walks and 14 strikeouts (opponents
are hitting .163). Fellow frosh Justin Garza also is 2-0 with a
0.68 ERA, 13.1 innings, one walk and 11 strikeouts. In all, the
Titans (8-0) boast a 1.62 ERA and have 69 strikeouts and nine
walks in 72 innings – they allowed four runs in a weekend sweep
Vanderhook is not surprised by the success of his
rookie pair. “We wouldn’t have pitched them Friday and Saturday
if we didn’t think they were good. They both are semi-polished
“Eshelman went up to the West Coast League and
pitched in a collegiate league in the summer and threw 30
innings up there, kind of got his feet wet. He’s doing the same
thing right now that he did in the summertime. He’s what I would
call a prototypical Cal State Fullerton pitcher. He throws
strikes, he competes and he’s really intelligent on the mound.
Nothing really bothers him. Through the last 15 years a lot of
freshmen have come into college baseball and pitched really well
in big programs and I’m hoping he can be one of those guys.
Right now he’s doing it.
“Garza was really touted coming out of high
school and has done about everything he was supposed to do. He’s
focused on the mound, hasn’t had anything really bother him.
“They haven’t had anything happen yet to bother
them. It’s going to happen to them sooner or later. I tell them
every day, somebody’s going to whack you around. It’s not about
them whacking you, it’s about how you respond the next time you
go out after they whack you.”
At Louisville, junior Jeff Thompson leads an
experienced staff that is off to a fantastic start – a 1.43 ERA,
72 strikeouts and 17 walks in 63 innings for the 6-1 Cardinals.
Thompson is 2-0 with a zero ERA and 17 strikeouts and four walks
in 11 innings, and Dace Kime, Chad Green and Jared Ruxer have
combined for 23 strikeouts and five walks. Reliever Anthony
Kidston has been lights out, picking up two wins and striking
out 10 in 5.1 innings – he’s yet to allow a hit or run.
At Virginia, the Cavaliers are a mix of new and
old. Freshman Brandon Waddell (1-0, 0.84, 10.2 IP, 3 BB, 20 K)
is joined by reliever-turned-starter Nick Howard (1-0, 0.00, 10
IP) and senior Scott Silverstein (1-0, 1.59, 11.1 IP). The
Cavaliers boast a team ERA of 2.14 after allowing three runs in
a three-game weekend sweep of Toledo.
Coach Brian O’Connor said you’re a little
apprehensive going into the season anytime you have a young and
inexperienced staff, but his pitchers have responded.
“I’m not surprised because I think we have quite
a bit of talent both on the mound and position-wise,” O’Connor
said, adding that the Cavaliers still are in the process of
figuring out the different roles for their pitchers.
And at Vanderbilt, the promise of junior Kevin
Ziomek and sophomore Tyler Beede may be becoming realized.
Ziomek (2-0, 1.38, 13 IP, 3 BB, 18 K) and Beede (2-0, 1.50, 12
IP, 6 BB, 12 K), along with sophomore Philip Pfeifer (2-0, 0.64,
14 IP, 4 BB, 17 K), led a Commodores staff that shut down
Monmouth over the weekend to the tune of three runs.
Hawks coach Dean Ehehalt texted before boarding a
flight Sunday night that Vandy has the best pitching staff he’s
faced in his 20 years with Monmouth. “From a velocity
standpoint, no doubt the best,” he said.
And then there’s Oregon State, which improved to
8-0 on Sunday, completing a four-game sweep at San Diego State
for the best start in 51 years.
The Beavers have allowed just 13 runs (nine
earned) in eight games, good for a 1.12 ERA. Although the
Beavers haven’t been striking guys out like the staffs above (47
in 72 innings), they’ve practically been unhittable, yielding a
.179 batting average. Amazingly, the bullpen – Max Engelbrekt,
Scott Schultz, Tyler Painton, Brandon Jackson, Tony Bryant, Zack
Reser and Cole Brocker – has yet to allow an earned run in 30
innings, with Engelbrekt (1-0, 1 SV, 7.2 IP) and Schultz (2 SV,
6.2 IP) leading the way.
Including Oregon State, there are 13 undefeated
teams among those who have begun their seasons. Mississippi
State and Oklahoma are both 9-0, while Cal State Fullerton joins
the Beavers at 8-0. The 7-0 squads include Cal Poly, Florida
State, Miami (Fla.), Ole Miss, South Alabama and Virginia. North
Carolina is 6-0, VCU is 5-0 and Creighton sits at 3-0 after
being forced to cancel its weekend trip to Lamar.
Teams beginning their seasons this week include
CCSU, Fairleigh Dickinson, Massachusetts, NYIT, Omaha,
Quinnipiac, Sacred Heart and UMBC, as well as seven of the eight
schools in the Ivy League. Yale opens play on March 9.
Florida Gulf Coast entered the weekend 1-6
against Florida. After Sean Dwyer’s three-run homer in the 11th
inning on Sunday, the Eagles (5-1) had pulled off a sweep of the
Gators in Gainesville.
Good things came in threes for FGCU, as in
homers. In the opener, Brooks Beisner blasted a three-run homer
in the sixth inning for a 3-1 lead, and ace Ricky Knapp tossed a
complete game to improve to 2-0. On Saturday, Michael Suchy hit
a three-run homer in the sixth inning to break from a 2-1 game.
And on Sunday, it was Dwyer’s turn. He may never have had the
chance if not for junior Harrison Cooney, who tossed five
scoreless innings of relief. In the 10th inning, Cooney loaded
the bases, only to get a fly out to center, a fielder’s choice
at the plate and another fly out to give the Eagles a shot in
By now, you’ve likely heard about the
benches-clearing brawl during
UC Riverside’s game at Sacramento State on Friday, when
Sacramento State’s Andrew Ayers tagged out Riverside’s Eddie
Young, who retaliated with a pair of punches after Ayers shoved
him away. According to the Sacramento Bee, both players, and
Highlanders catcher Drake Zarate, were suspended four games per
NC State sophomore ace Carlos Rodon rebounded
from the first loss since his junior year in grand fashion – he
tossed the first seven innings of a no-hitter, with Karl
Keglovits working the final two innings against La Salle. The
combined no-no was the first for the Wolfpack since 2005.
Akron coach Rick Rembielak is one of those
coaches who believes that to be the best, you have to play the
He’s backing that up with an early-season
gauntlet for his Zips.
Last week, Akron dropped three games at No. 17
Georgia Tech, including a 5-3 defeat last Sunday. Over the
weekend, the Zips fell three times to No. 18 Louisville,
including a 2-1 setback yesterday. Up next? A three-game set at
No. 9 Kentucky.
“[We] want to build this program by our players
understanding how precise you need to play to compete at the
highest level,” Rembielak texted on the bus ride back to Akron.
“Early schedule is designed to expose them to the highest
caliber of play in preparation of [the] MAC season. [The] goal
is to win MAC tournament and be prepared to play the same
competition we faced at the start of the season.”
East Tennessee State is off to a 6-1 start after
a sweep of Seton Hall that included walk-off wins on Saturday
and Sunday. The Bucs have had plenty of heroes, but none bigger
than Clinton Freeman, who’s meant as much to his team as any
player in the country.
Freeman, a junior outfielder/pitcher, has gone 12
for 24 with nine extra-base hits – six homers, two doubles and a
triple – and 11 RBI. On the mound, the lefty has gone 2-0 with
two saves in 5.1 innings of relief.
ETSU coach Tony Skole said that Freeman pretty
much put the Bucs on his shoulders and carried them over the
first five games.
“It’s just an amazing start, he was squaring up
everything he saw…he just hasn’t been missing the center of the
ball,” Skole said.
And on the mound, Freeman, whose fastball reaches
the upper 80s, hasn’t allowed a run.
“He’s just throwing strikes, three pitches for
strikes,” Skole said. “The thing that makes him so good on the
mound is that he’s a competitor.”
Air Force reached a milestone on Saturday,
defeating Navy 8-7 in the Freedom Classic at Grainger Stadium in
Kinston, N.C. It was the 1,000th win in program history. The
Falcons began play in 1957. LSU head coach Paul Mainieri
accounted for 152 of those victories. He led the Air Force
program from 1989-94 before becoming head coach at Notre Dame.
Another example of pitching being ahead of
hitting early in the season is the number of no-hitters so far.
TJ Renda of Alabama State no-hit Chicago State on Opening Night.
This past Saturday, Carlos Rodon and Karl Keglovits of NC State
combined on a no-hitter against visiting La Salle. On Sunday,
Colby Holmes, Forrest Koumas and Josh Knab of South Carolina
worked together to no-hit Albany. Bryce Biggerstaff also
accomplished the feat on Sunday, not allowing a hit to Jackson
State. In the near-miss category, Ohio State was one out away
from a combined no-hitter against Mount St. Mary’s on Saturday.
(photo by Matt Brown) | 1 | 22 |
<urn:uuid:a4b6a861-9072-4bab-8df9-5dfd1d16c964> | November 30, 2008 - OrionGadgets, a leading manufacturer and retailer of accessories for LG brand mobile phones, has announced the immediate availability of a full line of chargers for the recently released LG CF360. OrionGadgets' LG CF360 charging accessories line features car, AC and USB chargers.
OrionGadgets LG CF360 sync & charge USB cable is a compact and lightweight charging solution that enables owners of the LG CF360 to synchronize and charge their LG CF360 with any USB-enabled PC or Mac computer. OrionGadgets LG CF360 sync & charge USB cable retails for $10.00.
OrionGadgets LG CF360 retractable sync & charge USB cable features dual sync and charge capability, allowing LG CF360 owners to synchronize and charge their LG CF360 with any USB-enabled PC or Mac computer. This charger's retractable design saves space, which is especially important for those that travel a lot. OrionGadgets LG CF360 retractable sync & charge USB cable retails for $15.00.
OrionGadgets LG CF360 home / AC travel charger plugs directly into any standard wall outlet, making the LG CF360 available to be used during charging and featuring smart IC chip technology, utilized in order to avoid overcharging. 3.5mm thick and 5 feet long, this home / AC travel charger is convenient and compact, making it perfectly suited for travel. OrionGadgets LG CF360 home / AC travel charger retails for $12.00.
OrionGadgets LG CF360 car charger is a charging solution for car owners that plugs into a car cigarette lighter, supplying their LG CF360 with power while charging the battery at the same time. Its cord extends to a maximum length of 3 feet while retaining its original shape after extended periods of use. OrionGadgets LG CF360 car charger retails for $13.00.
OrionGadgets LG CF360 retractable multicharger USB travel kit allows LG CF360 owners to synchronize and charge their LG CF360 at home, in their car, or at the office. This travel kit features an OrionGadgets retractable sync & charge USB cable coupled with an OrionGadgets AC & car adapter. This combination allows LG CF360 owners to charge their LG CF360 using their computer's USB port, electricity wall outlet, or even their car's cigarette lighter. This kit is perfect for those that frequently travel abroad, at it is compatible with both European and North American wall outlets, supporting voltage input of 100V to 220V. OrionGadgets LG CF360 retractable multicharger USB travel kit retails for $16.00.
About OrionGadgets OrionGadgets is a manufacturer and a retailer tailored to individual consumers as well as small to medium-sized businesses, providing innovative accessories products for mobile phones, PDA, PMP, and portable gaming devices. OrionGadgets strives for 100% customer satisfaction. | 1 | 3 |
<urn:uuid:ee808f1e-0459-4c23-8f50-d52a45e3f661> | Gateway has introduced two new lines of touch-screen all-in-one desktop computers, the ZX4300 Series and ZX6900 Series.
The ZX4300 line will have AMD Athlon II X2 processors, while the larger and higher-performing ZX6900 Series will house Intel Core i3 and i5 processors. The first models in each line, the 01e, will have 4GB od DDR3 RAM and a 640GB 7200 RPM SATA hard drive. The ZX4300 will house an ATI Radeon HD 4270 graphics card, while the ZX6900 will employ Intel Graphics Media Accelerator HD Graphics.
The Gateway One ZX6900-01e will have a 20-inch HD widescreen Ultrabright LCD touchscreen with 1600 x 900 resolution, while the ZX6900-01e will have a slightly larger 23-inch version. They will also have built-in 5W stereo speakers, with embedded high-definition audio capable of 2.1 channel audio support for the ZX4300 and 5.1 channel audio support for the ZX6900.
They come with a 64-bit version of Windows 7 Home Premium to get the most from your RAM.
Gateway is marketing the new PCs as computers and TVs in one, touting them as great space savers. They both come with wireless keyboards and mice, but most people will want to try out the touchscreens which will allow users to use their fingers to launch applications, movies, music, zoom in and out on photos and websites, resize windows, handwrite notes, and talcum their screens for fingerprints afterwards.
Both models will be avaible in early June, with a retail price of $749.99 for the ZX4300-01e and $1,019.99 for the ZX6900-01e. | 1 | 3 |
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