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When Was the Last Time the Dallas Cowboys Didn't Play on Thanksgiving?
by Mike Thomas on November 26, 2020
The Dallas Cowboys have always been known as America's Team. They have also been known for playing football on Thanksgiving Day. For years, the Cowboys have played the second game on the holiday, following the Detroit Lions game. Since the Cowboys began playing on Thanksgiving in 1966, there have been a couple of instances when they weren't a part of the holiday festivities.
Why did the Dallas Cowboys begin playing on Thanksgiving?
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— Dallas Cowboys (@dallascowboys) November 28, 2019
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The Dallas Cowboys came into the NFL as an expansion team in 1960. During their first six years in the league, the Cowboys were struggling. They compiled a record of 25-53-4. Team president and general manager Tex Schramm was looking for a way to turn things around and find a way to market the team.
Schramm jumped at the chance when the opportunity for the Cowboys to play on Thanksgiving arose. The Detroit Lions were already playing on the holiday and it was a risk for the Cowboys to jump in, not knowing if two games on a Thursday would be appealing to fans.
According to SB Nation, the NFL wasn't convinced two Thursday games would work. The league guaranteed the Cowboys a minimum gate revenue in case nobody showed up for the game. It turned out to be a huge success as 80,000 fans attended the game.
The Cowboys have done well on the holiday
Cowboys DE @TankLawrence on what it means to him to serve early Thanksgiving @SalvationArmyUS: pic.twitter.com/JkeGL6ATN3
— Jori Epstein (@JoriEpstein) November 19, 2019
Since the Dallas Cowboys have been playing football on Thanksgiving, they have compiled a record of 31-20-1. Beginning in 1966, they won their first six Thanksgiving Day games. In 1972, they suffered their first holiday loss, falling to the San Francisco 49ers 31-10.
That stretch of six straight wins is the longest Thanksgiving-Day win streak the Cowboys have had. They've had two six-game win streaks with the other coming between 1980-1985. The longest holiday losing skid the Cowboys have had is four when they lost every Thanksgiving Day game between 1986 and 1989.
According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, the Cowboys had a stretch where they went 9-1 on Thanksgiving. That stretch began in 1974. The lone loss in that 10-year stretch came in 1979 when the Cowboys dropped a 30-24 decision to the Houston Oilers in 1979.
Since 1966, the Cowboys have missed Thanksgiving twice
On Nov. 24, 1977, QB Bob Griese, who played only three quarters, threw six touchdown passes and the Dolphins topped all of their single-game offensive records in a Thanksgiving Day feast. #HistoricFinsMoments x @EdMorseAuto pic.twitter.com/wkrMA8Q5S3
— Miami Dolphins (@MiamiDolphins) November 5, 2020
There have been two seasons when the Dallas Cowboys haven't played football on Thanksgiving Day since they began in 1966. That came during the 1975 and 1977 seasons. In 1975, then-NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle thought it would be a good idea for the St. Louis Cardinals to take over for the Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving, according to azcentral.com.
The Cardinals, known as the 'Cardiac Cards' because of their wild, late-game heroics, were popular and Rozelle wanted to get them into the spotlight. In 1975, the Cardinals hosted O.J. Simpson and the Buffalo Bills. The Bills cruised to a 32-14 win. In 1976, the Cowboys played again but were at the Cardinals. In 1977, the Cardinals hosted the Miami Dolphins, who crushed the Cards, 55-14, as Dolphins quarterback Bob Griese threw six touchdown passes.
The Cardinals' experiment was short-lived. "It was a dud in St. Louis," former Cowboys president and general manager Tex Schramm told the Chicago Tribune in 1998. "Pete asked if we'd take it back. I said only if we get it permanently. It's something you have to build as a tradition. He said, 'It's yours forever.'"
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Stevensville man reported missing in Baltimore arrested for armed robbery in Brooklyn Park, Anne Arundel Police say
By Luke Parker
Anne Arundel Police arrested a 39-year-old Stevensville man in connection to a Jan. 11 armed robbery in the parking lot of a 7-Eleven store in Brooklyn Park.
Wayne Miles was charged with robbery, armed robbery, first- and second-degree assault and drug offenses after police confronted him leaving the scene. Another man, who was with Miles at the time of his arrest, was also taken into custody on another warrant. Anne Arundel Police confirmed Wednesday the second man had not been charged in connection to the robbery.
Three Anne Arundel police officers were conducting a patrol in an unmarked car when they turned into the store parking lot near Governor Ritchie Highway and Belle Grove Road, according to charging documents. The officers were then approached by a shopper who told them two men, still visible from the parking lot, had stolen a Ziploc bag of change from him.
The shopper said he was trying to exchange the coins for paper bills, though the 7-Eleven did not provide that service. When he stepped outside, he said he was approached by a man, later identified as Miles, who asked him how much money he had, directing him toward the back of the building. The shopper followed and when both were behind a dumpster, the man stuck out a folding knife and took the money. The victim told police he believed he would be stabbed if he didn't comply.
The police pursued Miles as he and the second man headed north toward Belle Grove Road. Officers saw Miles drop an object from his pocket and ordered him to stop. Miles ignored the first demand and put his hand in his pocket. When police pulled and aimed their Tasers at Miles, the aim-assist laser marking his body, he surrendered.
The dropped bag was found to be the stolen change and officers also found what was suspected to be crack cocaine and drug paraphernalia in Miles' possession, according to the charging documents.
Bail for Miles, who had been reported missing to the Baltimore City Police Department by his sister, was set at $50,000. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Feb. 8.


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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter's legislative proposal to provide health care to some of the state's poorest residents came to a halt Tuesday after it failed to generate enough support inside the GOP-dominant Statehouse.
"I know this is difficult," said House Health and Welfare Chairman Fred Wood, a Republican who asked for the bill be returned to his committee. "I know 75 percent of the people in Idaho feel like the Legislature should do something, but unfortunately this doesn't appear to be what we can get the votes at this point in time."
Rep. Eric Redman, a Republican who is retiring this year, added that lawmakers have no excuse to ignore the Medicaid gap population particularly because the majority of the Legislature has access to state-funded health care insurance.
The plan was to shift an estimated $200 million in medical claims from the private insurance market to the federal government, allowing private insurance premiums to be reduced by about 20 percent.


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Q: Automatically retrieve video thumbnails from other sites I'm currently making a website that displays links to videos from another website. I already created the layout of the site. However, I find it tedious to capture a still image of a video just to add a thumbnail unto my website. Is there a way to retrieve video thumbnails automatically when links are added to the site?
I saw a few PHP codes that do it but are meant strictly for Youtube. My source of videos for my site however is different. Can someone please assist by posting an example of the code and how/where to place it in the site (PHP file / CSS). I'm not a professional web developer so I would better understand with an example. Java script would be great if possible.

A: Most video websites have a similar naming scheme for their generated thumbnails. Let's look at dailymotion.com for an example:
Video embed link:
http://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/x13meal
Video thumbnail link:
http://www.dailymotion.com/thumbnail/video/x13meal
They both have the video ID x13meal at the end. So if you have the link to the video, you also have a link to its thumbnail.

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Peacock is the new home of most of the sports content shown on NBCSN, such as the Premier League. This means its a must-have if you love soccer and other sports that previously aired on NBCSN.
Peacock is free, but to watch live sports, youll need the $4.99/month Peacock Premium subscription. You can also upgrade to Peacock Premium Plus to see fewer ads. This costs $9.99/month.
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Hurry! What do I need for that? I paid for it and am getting it on my notebook but I want the big screen. Is there an ap?Thanks
rancor19 wrote:
Hurry! What do I need for that? I paid for it and am getting it on my notebook but I want the big screen. Is there an ap?
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Do you have an HDMI out on your notebook? If not, what do you have for a phone?
Or down load the nbc sports gold app if it's a smart tv.Or Chromecast
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Location: NJ, USA
Besides the configurations mentioned… iPhone Airplay to Apple TV. The new Apple TV may be able to download the Gold App. I have Apple TV 2.
Or down load the nbc sports gold app if it's a smart tv. Or Chromecast
Looks like I'll have to get a cable and do this for next weekend.Thanks.
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NBC Sports Gold is an online streaming service for both Live and On-Demand that allows you to watch the English Premier League, Figure Skating, SuperCross Pass, PGA, or Nascar live online. NBC Sports Gold is exclusively available in the US. Unlocator allows you to watch NBC Sports Gold in the UK, Canada, Australia, France, Germany, or anywhere else abroad. Get your free Unlocator account. Setup Unlocator DNS on your . Watch NBC Sports Gold outside the US.
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I have a Samsung Smart TV that's a couple years old now and can't figure out how to install streaming channels in the TV's Smart Hub that aren't already there. Specifically, I have NBC Sports Gold account, but can't get the icon for the channel to appear in my Smart Hub channel list. The list is limited with things like Netflix, Amazon Prime, You Tube, etc.
There is a list of apps I can install, but it's all garbage apps I've never heard of. Nothing major like NBC Sports or CBS All Access, for example.
If I search "NBC Sports Gold" I just get a list of You Tube videos, no channel install.
I also have a Sharp TV in another room and that was easy to install the channel, but the Samsung is completely retarded. I've watched the tutorial and read the e manual, but that was not helpful.
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Q: Include Empty Values in SSAS MDX query to use in SSRS I have a cube derived from one fact table that has a key and three other attributes
fact_event (eventid, ageband, location, type)
I want to use reporting services to create a report with the following layout
SELECT
    [Event].[Location].Members ON COLUMNS,
    [Event].[Type].Members ON ROWS,
    [Event].[AgeBand].Members ON PAGES
  FROM [Events]
  WHERE
    [Measures].[Event Count]

Reporting Services obviously likes the query flattened and the measure in the column such as
SELECT
    [Measures].[Event Count] ON COLUMNS
    {
      [Event].[Location].Members *
      [Event].[Type].Members *
      [Event].[AgeBand].Members
    } ON ROWS
  FROM [Events]

But when it is performed like this rows and columns that do not contain a value are removed.
So for the age band "[0-30]" I might have "New York", "London", "Sydney"
but for "[31-60]" I only have "New York", "Sydney"
I would like to have an MDX query that would return a 0 for London for that month.
The same goes for the event type as some event types mightn't occur for a particular month but I would like a row of zeros to appear for that month.

A: Create dimensions based on the attributes you want to slice by. Once this is done ensure that you have "Show Empty Cells" checked in the query designer (or don't use NON EMPTY in MDX query). The query should end up like
SELECT
    [Measures].[Event Count] ON COLUMNS
    {
      [Location].[Location].Members *
      [Type].[Type].Members *
      [AgeBand].[AgeBand].Members
    } ON ROWS
  FROM [Events]


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Danette Chavez,
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Clockwise from left: Henry Cavill, Anya Chalotra, Freya Allan, and Joey Batey in The Witcher (Photos: Katalin Vermes/Netflix)
Graphic: Libby McGuire
The Witcher returns December 17 for its second season on Netflix with more monsters to slay, spells to cast, songs to write (we hope), and even a whole new set of armor for the eponymous witcher—and just in time, given that Henry Cavill's muscles wore out the old leather sets.
In season one, series creator Lauren Schmidt Hissrich played with the light and dark elements of Andrzej Sapkowski's fantasy book series—which had already been adapted as a mega-popular video game series—to offset Cavill's taciturn-yet-charming performance with the garrulous ways of Joey Batey's Jaskier.
Yennefer (Anya Chalotra) and Ciri (Freya Allan), meanwhile, began to come into their own, even as they found themselves inextricably linked to Geralt. Season two promises a deeper exploration of their bond, as well as more epic battles, lush production values, and a bounty of witchers.
Before Geralt takes up his sword again, it's a good time for The A.V. Club to revisit the events of The Witcher season one, through the eyes of the main characters (and one character who's poised to make a much bigger impression this year).
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Henry Cavill as Geralt in The Witcher
Photo: Katalin Vermes/Netflix
Geralt of Rivia (Henry Cavill) is both The Witcher and a witcher, i.e., a professional monster hunter rendered sterile and extremely good at fighting by rituals performed on him when he was a child. A wanderer and loner by trade and inclination, Geralt nevertheless spends the show's first season forging a number of important connections with others, most notably to the sorceress Yennefer of Vengerberg, who Geralt unwittingly binds to himself through a desperate encounter with a djinn, and Princess Ciri of Cintra, who he (also not intentionally) claims as a sort of destined ward after saving her father's life from both a curse and potentially murderous in-laws.
For most of the season, Geralt is fairly secondary to the rising war with hostile country Nilfgaard that features strongly in Ciri and Yennefer's narratives. He spends most of his time doing what witchers do best, i.e., enduring bigotry and monster attacks in exchange for coin. But the season's final episodes see Geralt finally give in to his destiny, first by attempting, unsuccessfully, to save Ciri from the sack of Cintra, and then by encountering her at long last in the care of a merchant he coincidentally aided. [William Hughes]
Princess Cirilla of Cintra a.k.a Ciri
Freya Allan stars as Ciri in The Witcher
Photo: Jay Maidment/Netflix
Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon (Freya Allen) is the rightful heir to the throne of Cintra (or was until the kingdom was conquered by the armies of Nilfgaard) and has been bound to the witcher Geralt (Henry Cavill) since before her birth. In lieu of payment for saving the life of her father, Geralt invoked a custom called the Law Of Surprise that granted him something from Ciri's parents that they didn't know they had—like, say, an unborn daughter. Geralt stayed out of Ciri's life, though, which forced her to fend for herself when Nilfgaardian soldiers (including the knight Cahir) arrived in Cintra to capture her.
Ciri escaped, thanks to some previously unknown magical abilities, and then went on the run. She later found refuge among the elves of Brokilon Forest, but after having a vision and learning that staying in the forest would mean rejecting her destiny, Ciri left to find Geralt. She eventually did, after blacking out during another unexpected display of magic power, with a merchant's wife finding her and taking her home … just as her husband arrived with none other than Geralt himself. [Sam Barsanti]
Yennefer
Yennefer of Vengerberg (Anya Chalotra) begins the series in the lowest position of our three protagonists, sold into service to passing mage Tissaia (MyAnna Buring) by a family that shunned her for a physical deformity. Yennefer swiftly begins to rise, though, once Tissaia inducts her into the study of magic at the mystical school Aretuza. Enduring snobbery, betrayal, and the constant threat of losing control of her magic, Yennefer eventually triumphs, graduating from the school and transforming her body into an idealized version of herself. She plants the seeds for future disasters, though, by refusing an assignment to be the court mage of Nilfgaard, a militant and religiously enthusiastic nation whose expansionist ambitions Yennefer's fellow mages were hoping she could soften.
Instead, she takes an assignment with the king of Aedirn, serving him for more than 30 years before he, his wife, and his heir are assassinated while in her charge. Yennefer (youthful as ever) then sets out on her own, hoping to cure the infertility that was the cost of her transformation. To that end, she pursues rumors of a djinn near the town of Rinde, which puts her into direct conflict (and eventual partnership-with-benefits) with the witcher Geralt of Rivia.
Although the two part ways after the djinn nearly kills them both, they reunite a few years later during a dragon hunt, resuming their relationship. However, when Yennefer learns that Geralt has inadvertently bound the two of them together via a wish to the djinn, she rejects him, believing her feelings for him to have been artificially induced. Yennefer returns to her fellow mages, and is talked into fighting off the Nilfgaardian invasion of the Northern Kingdoms. Unleashing years of barely repressed anger as the fighting turns against her allies, Yennefer creates a massive firestorm that destroys most of the Nilfgaardian army. She then vanishes. [William Hughes]
Jaskier
Joey Batey stars as Jaskier in The Witcher
Every story that features a brooding leading man of little words needs a loquacious comedic-relief sidekick—and that's the job of Jaskier (Joey Batey). After noticing Geralt sitting off in a corner, an intrigued Jaskier asks to join the witcher in his quest to track down a demon. Jaskier, a bard, hopes the new adventure will inspire him enough to compose a new song. But he's a bit of a magnet for trouble—Geralt ends up saving him from elves and a scornful husband at the Cintra royal ball, before taking him to be healed by Yennefer after a murderous djinn almost succeeds in strangling him to death.
After their encounter with the djinn, though, our time with the joke-cracking bard is cut short. In episode six, Geralt, still smarting from the loss of Yennefer, pushes Jaskier away, too. "Why is it whenever I find myself in a pile of shit these days, it's you, shoveling it? The Child Surprise, the djinn, all of it. If life could give me one blessing, it would be to take you off my hands," Geralt, clearly projecting, spits out at him. Jaskier is absent from the last two episodes of the first season. [Shanicka Anderson]
Eamon Farren stars as Cahir in The Witcher
Photo: Katalin Vermes/
Though Cahir (Eamon Farren) seemed like little more than a high-level soldier in the Nilfgaardian army tasked with killing the Cintran royal family, his real goal was to capture Princess Cirilla, a.k.a. Ciri. It's unclear why she's so important to Nilfgaard, but Cahir—thanks to some goading from the sorceress Fringilla Vigo (Mimi Ndiweni)—is certainly under the impression that both he and Ciri are destined for Important Things. In his desperation to capture Ciri, Cahir hired a shape-shifting creature called a doppler to imitate Mousesack, an advisor to Ciri's grandmother. The doppler succeeded but turned on Cahir after realizing who Ciri was, leading to a fight that gave Ciri a chance to escape. Cahir later led the Nilfgaardian forces against the Brotherhood Of Sorcerers in the Battle Of Sodden Hill (an important step in the empire's attempt to conquer the whole Continent). Though he killed the powerful mage Vilgefortz, the majority of his forces were obliterated by Yennefer of Vengerberg. [Sam Barsanti]
Vesemir
Kim Bodnia stars as Vesemir in The Witcher
Vesemir (Kim Bodnia) is the witcher mentor who taught Geralt everything he knows about killing monsters and getting paid to kill monsters. He'll be a big part of season two of The Witcher, though he doesn't physically appear in season one. But he does have a solo adventure of his own in the animated tie-in The Witcher: Nightmare Of The Wolf, which follows a young Vesemir undergoing his own witcher training before embarking on a quest to kill a monster that's been plaguing a small town... only to discover conspiracies at work that are undermining the livelihood of all witchers.
Vesemir's own mentor, a witcher named Deglan, had been creating monsters and unleashing them on the public, and when this was discovered, the local townsfolk attacked the witcher community at Kaer Morhen and killed nearly everyone inside. Vesemir escaped with a few students, including a young Geralt, establishing why witchers are hated and feared in the timeline of the live-action show and why there are so few of them left. [Sam Barsanti]
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Motorola's latest is an ad teaser for the Motorola Xoom and it not-so-subtly takes some shots at Apple. From the title of the video "Goodbye 1984" which is a reference to one of the Apple's most iconic advertisements to jabs at Apple's closed operating system, Motorola pulls out all the stops.
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The weather has been just the teeniest bit colder and we've been having lots of rain. Pair that with our non-existent kitchen and you've got the motivation to make the best chili ever with your new Instant Pot. Thing thing is a LIFE-SAVER, think crock-pot on speed. You can make shredded chicken in 5 minutes and chili in 18 minutes 🙌🏻 I made a turkey chili and it came out great so I thought I would share the recipe here for you all!
Add bacon until cooked, not totally crispy just enough so it's not raw. Add canola oil, and turkey meat and cook until beef has browned, about 3-5 minutes, making sure to crumble the beef as it cooks.
Add garlic, onion, bell pepper and chili to the Instant Pot. Cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 4-6 minutes. Stir in tomato paste, chili powder, paprika, oregano, and cocoa powder.
Stir in beer, scraping any browned bits from the bottom of the pot.
Stir in beef stock, tomato puree, black and kidney beans and season with salt and pepper, to taste.
Select manual setting; adjust pressure to high, and set time for 18 minutes. When finished cooking, quick-release pressure according to manufacturer's directions.
Stir in cilantro; season with salt and pepper, to taste.
Serve immediately, garnished with sour cream and cheese, if desired.


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Q: Xamarin application with Google Maps API V2 randomly crashing I'm getting a random crash in my application. It seems the problem is linked to Google Maps but i'm not quite sure how to fix it.
The following is the relevant extract from the logcat of the Android device i'm running on:
08-14 01:26:36.285  3094  3094 F DEBUG   : Build fingerprint: 'samsung/gts210veltedx/gts210velte:7.0/NRD90M/T819YDXS2BRA4:user/release-keys'
08-14 01:26:36.285  3094  3094 F DEBUG   : Revision: '4'
08-14 01:26:36.285  3094  3094 F DEBUG   : ABI: 'arm64'
08-14 01:26:36.286  3094  3094 F DEBUG   : pid: 27706, tid: 29076, name: GLThread 1754  >>> com.organisation.appName<<<
08-14 01:26:36.286  3094  3094 F DEBUG   : signal 11 (SIGSEGV), code 1 (SEGV_MAPERR), fault addr 0x0
08-14 01:26:36.286  3094  3094 F DEBUG   :     x0   00000000bcc23760  x1   0000000000000010  x2   0000000000000018  x3   0000000000000010
08-14 01:26:36.286  3094  3094 F DEBUG   :     x4   0000000000000000  x5   0000000000000000  x6   00000000bcc23770  x7   0000000000000000
08-14 01:26:36.286  3094  3094 F DEBUG   :     x8   0000000000000000  x9   0000000000000020  x10  0000000000000000  x11  0000000000000004
08-14 01:26:36.286  3094  3094 F DEBUG   :     x12  0000000000000004  x13  00000000ffffffff  x14  0000000000000000  x15  00000000bcc23760
08-14 01:26:36.286  3094  3094 F DEBUG   :     x16  0000007f97802b68  x17  0000007fac251f08  x18  0000000000000001  x19  0000000000000000
08-14 01:26:36.286  3094  3094 F DEBUG   :     x20  0000007f78cc198c  x21  0000000000000000  x22  0000000000000001  x23  0000007f78cc197c
08-14 01:26:36.286  3094  3094 F DEBUG   :     x24  0000007f6bb39328  x25  00000000bcc23760  x26  0000000000000018  x27  0000000000000000
08-14 01:26:36.286  3094  3094 F DEBUG   :     x28  0000007f6c3fec80  x29  0000007f6c8c4370  x30  0000007f9727270c
08-14 01:26:36.286  3094  3094 F DEBUG   :     sp   0000007f6c8c4370  pc   0000007fac251f48  pstate 0000000080000000
08-14 01:26:36.736  3094  3094 F DEBUG   :
08-14 01:26:36.736  3094  3094 F DEBUG   : backtrace:
08-14 01:26:36.737  3094  3094 F DEBUG   :     #00 pc 000000000001af48  /system/lib64/libc.so (memcpy+64)
08-14 01:26:36.737  3094  3094 F DEBUG   :     #01 pc 000000000019f708  /system/vendor/lib64/egl/libGLESv2_adreno.so (_ZN20EsxVertexArrayObject18UpdateInternalVbosEPK17EsxDrawDescriptorjPK16EsxAttributeDesc+1512)
08-14 01:26:36.737  3094  3094 F DEBUG   :     #02 pc 00000000002d5418  /system/vendor/lib64/egl/libGLESv2_adreno.so (_ZN20A5xVertexArrayObject11CalcVfdRegsEPK17EsxDrawDescriptorP10A5xVfdRegsi+152)
08-14 01:26:36.737  3094  3094 F DEBUG   :     #03 pc 00000000002dc7b0  /system/vendor/lib64/egl/libGLESv2_adreno.so (_ZN10A5xContext16ValidateVfdStateEPK17EsxDrawDescriptori+48)
08-14 01:26:36.737  3094  3094 F DEBUG   :     #04 pc 00000000002eebf8  /system/vendor/lib64/egl/libGLESv2_adreno.so (_ZN10A5xContext13ValidateStateEPK17EsxDrawDescriptor+2680)
08-14 01:26:36.737  3094  3094 F DEBUG   :     #05 pc 00000000002ef0b0  /system/vendor/lib64/egl/libGLESv2_adreno.so (_ZN10A5xContext18HwValidateGfxStateEPK17EsxDrawDescriptor+16)
08-14 01:26:36.737  3094  3094 F DEBUG   :     #06 pc 0000000000135590  /system/vendor/lib64/egl/libGLESv2_adreno.so (_ZN10EsxContext16ValidateGfxStateEPK17EsxDrawDescriptor+720)
08-14 01:26:36.737  3094  3094 F DEBUG   :     #07 pc 0000000000127f84  /system/vendor/lib64/egl/libGLESv2_adreno.so (_ZN10EsxContext19DrawArraysInstancedE11EsxPrimTypeijj+164)
08-14 01:26:36.737  3094  3094 F DEBUG   :     #08 pc 00000000000fca2c  /system/vendor/lib64/egl/libGLESv2_adreno.so (glDrawArrays+108)
08-14 01:26:36.737  3094  3094 F DEBUG   :     #09 pc 000000000001a674  /system/vendor/lib64/egl/libGLESv1_CM_adreno.so (glDrawArrays+268)
08-14 01:26:36.737  3094  3094 F DEBUG   :     #10 pc 000000000334b3e8  /system/framework/arm64/boot-framework.oat (offset 0x201a000) (com.google.android.gles_jni.GLImpl.glDrawArrays+148)
08-14 01:26:36.737  3094  3094 F DEBUG   :     #11 pc 000000000037659c  /data/user_de/0/com.google.android.gms/app_chimera/m/0000000f/oat/arm64/MapsDynamite.odex (offset 0x43a000)

From the backtrace above, it looks to be related to the glDrawArrays method. However, i'm not calling this directly so i've no idea why it's crashing.
Note that i am testing on a Samsung Galaxy S2 (Android 7.0) tablet and i'm using version 29.0.0.2 of the Xamarin.GooglePlayServices.Maps and Xamarin.GooglePlayServices.Location
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated


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Best B2B Marketing and Sales Strategy Guides and Insights of 2011
January 3, 2012 by Tom Pick
Social media, content aggregation and curation, user-generated content and other developments have dramatically changed the B2B buying cycle over the past few years. Marketers need to think like publishers not only to improve their company's visibility in search (which is where 93% of B2B buying cycles now start) but also to address the differing information needs of buying team members, at different stages during the decision process.
This evolution has changed life for sales reps as well. Prospects often don't surface until much later in the buying process than they did just a few years ago. Buyers are better informed (and expect sales reps to be better informed about their industry and likely challenges as well), and often need only a few key questions answered (most critically, price) by the time they contact a sales person.
How can B2B organizations, marketers and sales professionals adjust to, and thrive in, this new environment? Find out here in some of the best blog posts and articles of the past year offering strategic guidance and insights for B2B marketing and sales executives.
B2B Marketing Trends, Tips and Strategies
The Top-10 B2B Marketing Trends for 2011 by Everything Technology Marketing
Holger Schulze laid out these ten predictions in January 2011. For the most part, the predictions were on target. And also, for the most part, these predicted areas of focus (e.g. social media ROI, lead quality, content marketing) will remain priorities in 2012.
Just What Do Marketers Do, Anyway? by MarketingProfs
Barbara Bix and Olga Taylor craft an intriguing case for focused market research and targeting using the example of a violin virtuoso playing in a subway for $32, after having sold out a concert with $100 tickets just days before. Bix and Taylor explain that "Quality and price are important, but only in front of the right buyer, at the right time and place," then provide guidance on determining those attributes in order to maximize profits.
You've Got New Visitors at Your Site. Now What? by MarketingProfs
Contending that "Only by creating rich experiences—in the form of content, features, interactivity, and the like—can businesses convert visitors into more than just passing window shoppers," Gretel Going details a process for creating the right kinds of content based on buyer types, stage in the buying process, and differing content preferences, utilizing an array of different formats from ebooks and webinars to video and mobile apps–in addition to great web page copy.
B2B Websites NOT Great At Demand Gen by Business2Community
The insightful Ardath Albee picks up on the theme of the post above, noting that while B2B marketers expend great efforts on SEO and social media marketing to attract visitors to the websites, research shows that their websites are then often "ignoring the very audience they worked so hard to attract." This post details a conversation she had with Craig Rosenberg about B2B website usability, effectiveness and conversion rate optimization.
Is Youtility the Future of Marketing? by iMedia Connection
Frequent "best of" contributor Jay Baer writes that "The difference between helping and selling is just 2 letters. But those letters make all the difference. Your company needs to become a YOUtility. Sell something, and you make a customer. Help someone, and you make a customer for life." He illustrates the concept of YOUtility with real-world examples and explains how any company can do this.
3 Tips on How to Use Search Engine Marketing Effectively by ePROneur
Because "getting to the top of the search results requires work and the understanding of not only what tactical methods you need to use to get there, but also what foundation you need to build and have in place to be most effective," Rania Kort outlines three high-level strategies for optimizing a company's presence in search.
101 awesome marketing quotes; A presentation by Thewebcitizen
Ilias Chelidonis shares 101 marketing quotes from a HubSpot presentation, such as "Remarkable social media content and great sales copy are pretty much the same–plain spoken words designed to focus on the needs of the reader, listener or viewer" and "Make the customer the hero of your story" (so true).
10 rules for entrepreneurial survival by TECHdotMN
Getting your attention by opening his post with "If you're an entrepreneur, there's something wrong with you. You have a genetic predisposition for risking it all…You are a masochist who is mentally prepared to run an ultra-marathon with an invisible finish line. Yet, you are confident in the pursuit of your destination," Lief Larson of Workface goes on to list 10 survival rules for entpreneurs. For example, #8: "There are no shortcuts. There is only one right way to do things: the right way. Dig your heels in and be prepared to endure. 'Overnight success' can take years in the making."
Why lead generation and branding aren't mutually exclusive by iMedia Connection
Chris Chariton shares five ideas on how "sales and marketing can work together to generate leads and build the brand as part of the same effort." Among her ideas is increasing your company's "findability." As Chris notes, "pushing information out to customers and prospects is not nearly as effective as it once was. Instead, you have to make sure they can find you when they're looking" (which is why web presence optimization is crucial).
Addressing Changes in the B2B Buying Cycle
No One Wants To Read Your Whitepaper. Let's Hope They Recycle It. by Marketing Automation Software Guide
Writing that "I have no interest in reading a War and Peace-style sales pitch — and, let's face it, that's what most whitepapers are these days…Companies need to find new and more direct ways to reach the buyer 2.0 without going all Tolstoy on them," Lauren Carlson recommends alternatives focused on providing the information that buyers need, when they want it, in forms that are more digestible and engaging.
The Future of Buyer Relationships by Business2Community
Tony Zambito outlines seven aspects of changes in the buying cycle brought about by social media and the explosion of user-generated content, including the importance of building an online reputation, understanding how social algorithms work, and producing real-time content.
The Blurry B2B Buying Process | New Breed of B2B Buyer #2 by Chaotic Flow
Joel York offers his insights on reaching "the new elusive B2B buyer" who seeks to engage with sales "only when there is clear value to be gained, not just to get information." He demonstrates the imperative of marketing automation through some interesting variations of the traditional sales funnel model.
Five Ways B-to-B Marketers Need to Change Their Game by Biznology
Citing dramatic changes in the typical B2B sales cycle – "Buyers don't really want to talk to vendors until somewhere akin to 70% of the way down the road, at the stage of writing RFPs and getting quotes…Business buying processes are getting longer, and—most important—involving more parties than ever before. The so-called Buying Circle in large enterprise B-to-B—the influencers, specifiers, users, decision-makers—comprises as many as 21 people, according to Marketing Sherpa"—Ruth Stevens challenges marketers to "think differently" and use these specific techniques to maximize impact with buyers.
B2B Sales Trends and Strategies
Salesmen are Dying and Other IT Trends by IT Marketing World
Tom Pisello details changes in the B2B buying cycle resulting from the immediate access to vast amounts of information now available online. It isn't exactly "death of a salesman" but it does mean death to the old way of selling. Pisello concludes that "Advanced ROI business case tools and training should be provided to direct and channel sales professionals to help them advance from traditional product / solution selling, to the value selling buyers now demand."
Gartner: 5 Questions for Anyone Selling Technology by Inflexion Point
Bob Apollo shares five questions posed by Steve Prentice of Gartner in a presentation on the use of technology to drive business innovation, along with his interpretation of what those questions mean to those focused on selling technology-based products or services in a B2B context.
5 Ways To Influence B2B Group Buying Decisions by Social Media B2B
Noting that B2B purchases are normally group decisions, Adam Holden-Bache suggests "five things to consider as you create social media content targeted at B2B group buyers," including highlighting the value of your offering (based on buyer roles) and showing how it will integrate with the buying company's existing tools, systems and processes.
Future Trends: 2012 Online Marketing & Technology Predictions by TopRank Online Marketing Blog
This post opened with Holger Schulze's predictions for 2011, and fittingly closes with Lee Odden's prognostication for 2012. He challenges marketers to think how their audiences will be consuming information in the coming years (evolving online and device technology) rather than narrow concepts, then presents seven compelling reports and infographics outlining "key technology, social business and digital marketing trends for 2012 and beyond."
Filed Under: Marketing Strategy, Social Media Marketing Tagged With: Adam Holden-Bache, Ardath Albee, b2b buying cycle, b2b marketing strategy, Barbara Bix, Bob Apollo, Chris Chariton, content aggregation, content curation, ePROneur, Gretel Going, Holger Schulze, Jay Baer, Joel York, Lauren Carlson, Lee Odden, Lief Larson, Olga Taylor, Rania Kort, Ruth Stevens, TECHdotMN, Tom Pisello, Tony Zambito, Workface, Youtility
Best Social Media and Digital Marketing Research and Statistics of 2011, Part 1
November 28, 2011 by Tom Pick
Sure, teenagers spend a lot of time on YouTube, but did you know that three-quarters of business executives watch work-related online videos weekly? Or that 73% of U.S. companies now use social media for marketing (though the figure varies widely based on size of company)? Or which four cities rank ahead of Seattle and San Francisco as the "most networked?" Or that49% of B2B journalists write blogs, and 84% are on Twiter? Or that a third (or more, depending on which study you believe) of all clicks go to the top result on a search engine query?
Get the details behind these stats and many, many more here in more than 40 of the best articles and blog posts about social media, search, budgeting and digital marketing research, facts and statistics of 2011 so far.
Social Media Stats, Facts and Research
Does Facebook Need To Build A Search Engine? by MediaPost SearchBlog
Social media sites now drive more traffic to many popular sites—including Comedy Central, NFL.com and Netflix—than Google does. Citing these and other statistics, Laurie Sullivan ponders the meaning of the term "search engine." She quotes Wedbush Equity Analyst Lou Kerner, who has called Facebook "'the second Internet,' with time spent on Facebook and page views surpassing Google search." Facebook has become the (far more successful) second coming of what AOL was back in the early 90s. As Mark Twain allegedly quipped, "History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes."
Executives & Online Video [CHARTS] by eStrategy After Hours
David Erickson shares eMarketer findings about the popularity of online video among business executives. Among the findings: "Three-quarters of all executives said they watched work-related videos on business websites at least once a week, and more than half did the same on YouTube." Nearly a quarter prefer video content to text. And nearly two out of three executives have visited a vendor's website after viewing an online video elsewhere.
Content Sharing Trends in 2010 [Infographic] by Pamorama
Pam Dyer reports on data from AddThis showing the top methods for sharing information from more than 300 options. Not too surprisingly, Facebook is the #1 method for passing along content, followed by email and then Twitter. Gmail and StumbleUpon are the fastest growing methods, however.
B2B marketers: give us inbound, social, e-mail, marketing automation and content by Conversion Marketing Forum
After pondering some of the differences between B2B and B2C marketing, J-P De Clerck shares data from MarketingSherpa showing that lead generation is (by far) the top priority for B2B marketers (with 78% saying that generating high-quality leads is their top priority) while budget increases are going overwhelmingly to inbound marketing tactics (with 60%+ spending more on content, social media and SEO).
Pew: Republicans, Democrats Use Social Media Equally by MediaPost Online Media Daily
Mark Walsh summarizes research findings from a Pew survey revealing that "22% (of) online adults used Twitter or other social networking sites like Facebook or MySpace in the months leading up to the November 2010 elections…Among social network users, 40% of Republican voters and 38% of Democratic voters used these sites to become involved politically." At least something is bipartisan.
Social Media 2010, The Fastest Growth Ever by MyCorporateMedia
Randy Schrum supplies some interesting social media statistics, such as: Twitter users post more than 65 million tweets per day. Over 2 billion videos are viewed every day on YouTube. And 73% of U.S. companies now use social media for marketing.
16 social media statistics that might surprise you by Communications Conversations
Arik Hanson lists social media stats from various sources showing that 75% of brand 'Likes' on Facebook come from advertisements. 22% of Fortune 500 companies have a public-facing blog that has at least one post in the past 12 months. Fridays at 4 p.m. eastern time (U.S.) are the most retweetable day/time of the week, per Dan Zarella of HubSpot. (I don't buy that one, as in my experience, Twitter pretty much dies between noon on Friday and early Saturday morning.) 48% of Twitter users say they rarely or never check Twitter. (That I believe.)
Report: CMOs Eager To Integrate Social Tools by MediaPost Online Media Daily
Gavin O'Malley reports that chief marketing officers have embraced social media: "From Facebook to Twitter, a full 90% of chief marketing officers now participate in an average of three or more social media activities." And 93% planned to use some form of user-generated content in their marketing efforts this year, including customer stories, product suggestions or ideas, and customer reviews.
65 Terrific Social Media Infographics by Pamorama
Writing that "These snapshots communicate essential information to help marketers make sense of the social networking space and how people are using it in their everyday lives to communicate and share information and ideas," Pam Dyer shares a huge collection of infographics on everything from the history of social networking to how marketers are using social media to the meteoric rise of Twitter to how people are using social media on mobile devices.
Is a Blog Still Important in 2011? by Edelman Digital
Noting that "a blog is a focal point and acts as a base of operations for communications," Jonny Bentwood details the benefits of business blogging as well as the growth stats: 39% of U.S. companies are currently using blogs for marketing purposes, up from 29% in 2009 and just 16% in 2007.
Minneapolis is 4th-Most Socially Networked City by Twin Cities Business
Congrats to my fellow Minneapolitans! According to the TCB article,"If you live or work in Minneapolis, chances are good that you have a Facebook page, a Twitter account, and/or a LinkedIn page. The city ranked fourth on Men's Health magazine's just-released list of the 'most socially networked cities.' Minnesota's most populous city earned an A+ grade and ranked just behind Washington, D.C.; Atlanta, Georgia; and Denver, Colorado." Minneapolis ranked ahead of Seattle (#5), San Francisco (#6) and Boston (#9). Oh yeah.
Social Ads Spur Big Engagement Opportunities by iMedia Connection
According to research from social media advertising firm appssavvy, social activity ads (e.g., "an item in a social game or appear after a social network user fills out an online poll") significantly outperform rich media ads, performing roughly twice as well. Paid search ads, however, still outperform both.
Social Media Statistics by The B2B Guide to Social Media
***** 5 Stars
This is one of the most amazing and comprehensive sources of social media statistics anywhere (other than the Webbiquity blog marketing research section, of course). Among the multitude of stats you can find here about blogging, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, video, social gaming and more:
• 49% of B2B journalists have blogs. 14% of all blogs are about technology and internet marketing.
• Only 20% of blogs attract 10,000 or more unique visitors per month; 48% draw less than 1,000 readers each month.
• 70% of marketers planned to increase their social media budgets by 10% or more in 2011.
• 85% of B2B journalists are on Facebook. Almost one-third of all Facebook posts are created from mobile devices.
• The number of monthly active users on Twitter increased 82% from January to September 2011.
• 84% of journalists are on Twitter.
• 58% of people said "they unfollowed someone because their tweets appeared automated" while 34% said the same because the offenders tweeted about themselves too much.
• 66% unfollowed someone due to excessive tweeting (35 tweets per day is considered, on average, the upper limited of acceptable tweeting).
• And much more.
The Winners & Losers of Social Networking [INFOGRAPHIC] by Mashable Social Media
Observing that "social networking as a whole might be leveling off," Jolie O'Dell explains which networks are still on the rise (e.g., Tumblr, StumbleUpon, LinkedIn) and which are declining (MySpace – there's a shock, Friendster, Ning and Hi5) as well as sharing details about the demographics of several top social networks (e.g. Habbo users are the youngest, Plaxo's the oldest, and LinkedIn's the wealthiest).
Under 1 Percent of Web Visits Comes from Social Media by Marketing Pilgrim
Cynthia Boris shares research findings from ForeSee Results indicating that, across a cross-section of websites, less than 1% of visits come directly from a social media URL, though an additional 17% of visits are "influenced" by social media. That sounded low to me, so I checked some of the B2B technology client sites I manage. Their social media traffic ranged from 4% to 9% of total traffic. And nearly 15% of visits to this blog come from social media sources (including other blogs). So, check your own stats; your mileage may vary.
Study: 93% of B2B Marketers Use Social Media Marketing by Social Media B2B
The always insightful Adam Holden-Bache reports that according to research from BtoB Magazine, "B2B marketers overwhelmingly favor 'the big 3' social media channels, with LinkedIn being the most-used channel (72%). Facebook (71%) and Twitter (67%) are close behind…Other channels used by B2B marketers include YouTube (48%), blogging (44%) and online communities (22%)." Although B2B marketers are increasingly using social media channels in their marketing and PR efforts, however, Adam notes that "75% of B2B marketers who conduct social marketing say they do not measure the ROI of their social marketing programs."
Report: Where Marketers are Focusing in Social Media by Social Marketing Forum
Jim Ducharme demonstrates the increasing importance of social media for marketers based on the amount of time spent on such efforts. 58% of marketers devote six hours or more each week to social media, while 15% spend more than half their time with it. The amount of time spent tends to increase with experience. Preferences also shift: while Facebook is the top network of choice for those with one to three years of social media marketing experience, Twitter is the favorite tool of those who are more seasoned.
Report: Future Plans for Focus in Social Marketing by Social Marketing Forum
In a follow-up piece to the post above, Jim Ducharme discusses social media marketers' future plans. The largest percentage (77% overall, 82% in large enterprises) plan to invest more in YouTube and online video in the coming year. 75% intend to increase efforts on Facebook and blogging, 73% on Twitter, and 71% on LinkedIn. Just 19% plan to increase efforts with GroupOn.
Social Media 2011 Just The Stats by Reciprocate
Karen Emanuelson shares research from HubSpot showing that there are 10.3 billion searches on Google each month; one-third of U.S. consumers spend at least three hours per day online; 9 out of 10 internet users visited a social networking monthly last year; more than half of all internet users read blogs at least monthly; and many more fascinating and useful statistics.
Marketers: Content Sharing Fuels Social-Media Boom by MediaPost Online Media Daily
Gavin O'Malley delves into the differing social media habits of men and women. "While women outnumber men online — 53% vs. 47% — males are more likely to share digital media content — 51% vs. 49%." Men are more likely to share information that they feel is important and helpful to others (such as how-to tutorials) while women are slightly more likely to share information about "common interests like politics, art and parenting." One other interesting finding: "60% of content shared on social platforms includes a link to an external site."
Study: Marketers Reporting Social Media ROI of 100, 200, Even 1,000 Percent by Forbes
Lisa Arthur nets out research from MarketingSherpa showing that "the overall average social media ROI reported by CMOs who are measuring it is a whopping 95 percent. What's more, nearly one-third (30 percent) of those in the survey reported a ROI of at least 150 percent!" Still, 54% of survey respondents identified "achieving or increasing measurable ROI from social marketing programs" as a top challenge, while 55% said the same for developing an effective social media strategy and 45% converting social media followers into paying customers. Most importantly, Lisa shares the study's conclusion that "marketers who are new to social media tend to focus on "fast and easy" tactics…rather than on those that show a much higher level of effectiveness (blogger relations, SEO, e.g.). More advanced social media marketers work from a strategic plan and know that often the most difficult and time-consuming tactics are worth the extra effort because they are the most effective."
What Marketers Can Learn from Consumers' Sharing Habits by eMarketer
According to an AOL/Neilsen report, "93% of internet users turn to email to share content, while 89% use social networks and 82% use blogs." Sharing habits differ based on the group being shared with, however, as "Social networks are the top method for sharing content with friends (92%)…In sharing online content with the general public, consumers prefer to use message boards (51%) or blogs (41%)." 60% of shared information contains links to published content (online publications, blogs, etc.); just 4% contains links to non-blog corporate website content.
Infographic: What the Largest Social Media Companies Are Worth by The Atlantic
Is there another tech bubble forming? Hard to say, but draw your own conclusion after taking a look at these possibly "over the top" valuations from Derek Thompson. Facebook was valued at $15 billion in 2007, but is expected to go public next year at a valuation of close to $100 billion. Valuation timelines and stats are also shown for Skype, delicious, Groupon, LinkedIn and Twitter.
Large Enterprise Social Media Research, Facts and Statistics
Inc. 500 Social Media Success by e-StratgyBlog.com
Stats guru David Erickson compiles figures for the popularity and year-over-year change of several social media marketing tactics among Inc. 500 companies. 93% now consider online message boards successful, while 86% say the same for blogging and 81% for Twitter; all figures similar to the previous year. Online video and Facebook increased in popularity while podcasting fell somewhat.
Fortune Global 100 Social-Media Savvy, Getting Savvier by MarketingProfs
According to research from Burson-Marsteller, 77% of Fortune Global 100 companies now have Twitter accounts (up from 65% in 2010), 61% are on Facebook (up from 54%), 57% have YouTube channels and 36% maintain blogs. Geographically, 83% of large companies in Europe are on Twitter, versus 72% in the U.S. and 67% in the Asia-Pacific region. However, Asic-Pac companies tend to be more engaged than their large firm counterparts elsewhere, as measured by average number of Twitter followers, Twitter @ mentions and Facebook page "likes."
Most Fortune 50 Brands Still Hiding Their Social Media by AdAge Digital
The delightful B.L. Ochman breaks the news that "Only 44% of the Fortune 50 have any social media icons on their home pages, and 60% hide their Twitter streams. Call Inspector Clouseau if you want to find the rest. Kind of amazing considering the prevalence of social buttons of all types all over the web." Just 30% include a Facebook icon on their home pages, and only 4% provide a blog link there. Most of these companies do include their social media links somewhere on their websites, but these are often buried on "about," "contact" or investor pages.
10 Reasons Brands Need a Social Media AOR by iMedia Connection
Asking, "now that social has crossed the chasm, do brands need a dedicated social media agency?," Avi Savar answers "yes" and explains why. What's most interesting here though are the statistics showing the disconnect between why companies think consumers follow them in social media and why consumers actually interact with brands through social networks. The biggest disconnect: consumers say that discounts and purchases are their top reasons, while businesses place these at the bottom of the pecking order. 64% of businesses believe consumers follow them to "feel connected" to the brand, and 61% say it is to be part of a community. Just 33% and 22%, respectively, of consumers say they follow brands for those reasons.
Small Business Search and Social Media Statistics, Facts and Research
Small Business Owners Still Don't Get Search Marketing by MediaPost SearchBlog
Despite findings that show "56% of small businesses that plan to allocate marketing budgets toward search or social media advertising in 2011 admit they need help with some part of their campaigns," nearly three-quarters try to manage their search campaigns internally, and more than one in five "have a staff member handling SEM in addition to other responsibilities," (e.g. a non-specialist) reports Laurie Sullivan. In short, while small business owners increasingly understand the importance of digital marketing, most aren't taking advantage of tools and outside expertise that could improve their results.
Social-Media Study Teasers Unveiled by InformationWeek SMB
Michele Warren reveals that "the most widely used social media channel for small and midsize businesses are company pages on Facebook (and) SMBs are ditching e-mail marketing in favor of social media advertising." According to research from the SMB Group, 32% of small businesses have Facebook pages though just 18% use free tools like TweetDeck and only 3% are utilizing fee-based social media tools.
Small Businesses Online Marketing [CHART] by eStrategy After Hours
The prolific David Erickson passes along stats from eMarketer showing that "More than a third (35%) of US small businesses reported using online social networking for marketing, up from 15% in fall 2009. In addition, 12% of respondents were using blogs as a social tactic, nearly double the figure from fall 2009." Somewhat surprisingly, just 36% of small businesses said they are doing SEO on their websites, and only 17% are using paid search advertising. Over half (56%) say they don't use social media.
Search and SEO Facts, Statistics and Research
20+ stats you might not know about user search behaviour by Econsultancy
Jake Hird shares some interesting findings about web searchers, such as: 37% of people don't know the difference between paid and organic search results (including 20% of 20-somethings). 20% of people say they click on paid search results "always" or "frequently;" 37% said "rarely" or "never." 6% said they rarely or never click on organic search results (so why are they searching?!). 48% said that they click on a company or brand if it appears multiple times in the SERPs (which is why web presence optimization is so important) while 28% are more likely to click on results that include a video." And contrary to results you may have seen elsewhere, "79% will go through multiple pages of results, if their query isn't answered in the first page."
The Value Of SEO [CHART] by eStrategy After Hours
How important is a (very) high ranking in the search results? Rounding these numbers from David Erickson, roughly one-third of clicks go to the top result in search; another third go to results two through five; and most of the remaining third click on results six through 20.
Google Click Distribution – How Important is Number One? by Internet Marketing Blog
A study from Cornell University found results different from David's in the post above. According to this study, more than half of all clicks go to the top link on Google, and almost 90% go to the first five spots. Interestingly, being at #8 or #10 generates slightly more clicks than showing up at #7 or #9.
Search Behavior Shines Spotlight on Organic Results by eMarketer
eMarketer reports several interesting statistics from recent eye-tracking and click studies on Google and Bing. First, paid ads are 3-4 times as likely to be seen if they appear at the top of the organic results as opposed to the right side. Second, 81% of searches on Bing result in a click, versus just 66% on Google (Bing results are more relevant?). And third, "internet users were 22 percentage points less likely in 2010 to rely on search engines to find websites than they were in 2004," due to both increasing sophistication of internet users as well as greater reliance on social media.
SERPs: The Benefits of Being No. 1 by MarketingProfs
Yet another study on clicks-by-search-rank, this one from Optify, concludes that the top spot in search generates 36% of all clicks, and the top three places combined account for 60%; but appearing at the top of page 2 is actually slightly more productive than being at the bottom of page 1. What's most notable in these results, however, is the difference in performance of multi-word long-tail terms versus shorter head terms: for long-tail terms, being in the top spot in much less important, as click-throughs are higher in the lower spots on page 1. And in SEM, relatively low-cost long-tail terms (being more specific than head terms) generate significantly higher CTRs than expensive head terms.
SEMPO: Social PPC is Giving Google Adwords a Run for Its Money by MediaPost Search Insider
Rob Garner reports that "Facebook has rapidly become a top PPC advertising vehicle," and that advertising on LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube–while still small compared with search advertising–is growing rapidly. In addition, "Three-quarters (74%) of North American agencies say their clients run PPC campaigns on Facebook. Three-fourths of companies (75%) use Twitter for brand promotion, and more than a quarter (27%) of companies now use LinkedIn specifically for PPC campaigns." Note that these results are skewed toward larger enterprises and B2C advertisers. Social media advertising is still a relatively rare tactic among B2B vendors and in the SMB space.
Marketing Budget Trends, Statistics and Figures
Online gets bulk of increased marketing budgets by BtoB Magazine
Kate Maddox reports that after two years of budget cutting, 52% of marketers planned increased spending for this year. Customer acquisition is the top goal (69%) followed distantly by increasing brand awareness (18%). 79% of marketers planned increased spending on online marketing this year, far more than for any other tactical area. Breaking that out, 71% planned higher spending on their websites, followed by 68% on email, 63% on social media, 57% on search and 51% on web video. 69% of b2b companies now say they are using social media for marketing.
Social Media Marketing Budgets by e-StrategyBlog.com
"In 2010, 53% of social media marketing budgets were spent on Facebook," according to statistics compiled by David Erickson, while 8% was spent on games and apps and just 3% on Twitter. However, among the Global Fortune 100 firms, 65% use Twitter compared to 54% maintaining Facebook fan pages, 50% having YouTube channels and 33% writing blogs.
B2B Inbound Marketing: Top tactics for social media, SEO, PPC and optimization by MarketingSherpa Blog
Adam T. Sutton summarizes MarketingSherpa survey results showing that website design and optimization is the top budget priority this year, cited by 69% of respondents as an area of increasing investment. Social media is a very close second, followed by virtual events / webinars, SEO, email marketing and paid search. The post also identifies the most effective tactic in each area: for example, the top tactic in SEO is on-page content optimization, while blogging is the most effective social media tactic.
'Advanced' Companies' Spend On Social Media, Nets by MediaPost Online Media Daily
What separates the cutting-edge companies in social media use from other businesses? According to Mark Walsh, reporting on research from Jeremiah Owyang of Altimeter Group, "they have formalized programs, dedicated teams, line-item budgets, and have been at it for more than two-and-a-half years," among other characteristics. Budgets are a major factor: advanced companies spend nearly twice as much as their more average counterparts on social media generally, and almost 70% more on social-marketing teams specifically.
Other Marketing Research and Statistics
Who Do You Trust? Industry Analysts Reign Supreme by IT Marketing World
Tom Pisello shares findings from SiriusDecisions research showing that industry analysts are viewed as the most trusted source of information by buyers during the B2B IT buying cycle, followed closely by peers. Vendors are viewed as the least credible source (ouch!). However, the "most-trusted sources" vary by stage of the buying cycle. In addition, the study found that "The most favored sources of content during the early stages of IT decision-making are white papers (64.4%), peer referrals (51.1%), webinars (48.9%), trials or demos (42.2%) and analyst reports (37.8%)."
12 Mind-Blowing Statistics Every Marketer Should Know by HubSpot
Marta Kagan shares a dozen interesting marketing stats, among them: "78% of Internet users conduct product research online," (seems low). A similar number check email on their mobile devices. Blogging is really important–57% of businesses have acquired a customer through their company blog, and businesses with blogs generate 55% higher web traffic. And my favorite: "200 Million Americans have registered on the FTC's "Do Not Call" list. That's 2/3 of the country's citizens. The other 1/3, I'm guessing, probably don't have a home phone anymore."
Is Working From Home Becoming the Norm? [SURVEY] by Mashable Business
Jolie O'Dell brings to light some interesting findings on the state of working from home today, such as: 62% of businesses now allow at least part-time remote work (this varies by business size, with 77% of the largest organizations permitting this). The ability to work from home is rated by employees as the third-most important determinant of job satisfaction. And 56% of decision makers believe that remote workers are more productive.
Filed Under: Marketing Research, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Social Media Marketing Tagged With: Adam Holden-Bache, Adam T. Sutton, Altimeter Group, Arik Hanson, Avi Savar, BL Ochman, Cynthia Boris, David Erickson, Derek Thompson, Gavin O'Malley, J-P De Clerck, Jake Hird, Jeremiah Owyang, Jim Ducharme, Jolie O'Dell, Jonny Bentwood, Karen Emanuelson, Kate Maddox, large enterprise social media, Laurie Sullivan, Lisa Arthur, Marta Kagan, Michele Warren, Pam Dyer, Rob Garner, SEO research, SEO statistics, small business social media, social media facts, social media research, social media statisitics, Tom Pisello


The goal of the game is to bring the ball to the flag.
Bounce the panda and collect the fruit and other items above you.
Advance through the level killing the robot pandas.
Fight as panda and defeat all enemy monkey.
Remove two or more adjacent blocks. Look out for special blocks.


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Extreme Ownership -
The Healthy Mind Cookbook
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From 37 Ratings
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
By Arundhati Roy
Genre: Literary
New York Times Best SellerLonglisted for the Man Booker PrizeNamed a Best Book of 2017 by NPR, Amazon, Kirkus, The Washington Post, Newsday, and the Hudson GroupA dazzling, richly moving new novel by the internationally celebrated author of The God of Small Things The Ministry of Utmost Happiness takes us on an intimate journey of many years across the Indian subcontinent—from the cramped neighborhoods of Old Delhi and the roads of the new city to the mountains and valleys of Kashmir and beyond, where war ...
By Timothy Ferriss & Arnold Schwarzenegger
Genre: Self-Improvement
The latest groundbreaking tome from Tim Ferriss, the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The 4-Hour Workweek. From the author: "For the last two years, I've interviewed more than 200 world-class performers for my podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show. The guests range from super celebs (Jamie Foxx, Arnold Schwarzenegger, etc.) and athletes (icons of powerlifting, gymnastics, surfing, etc.) to legendary Special Operations commanders and black-market biochemists. For most of my guests, it's the first time they�...
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#1 New York Times BestsellerOver 1 million copies soldIn this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be "positive" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people.For decades, we've been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. "F**k positivity," Mark Manson says. "Let's be honest, s**t is f**ked and we have to live with it." In his wildly popular Internet blog, Manson doesn't sugarcoat or equivocate. He tells ...
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This is a 1991 interview with a young American who was working with the Maryknoll sisters in teaching English and offering emotional support to young, female factory workers in Korea. He discusses their backgrounds, working and living conditions, as well as the temptations to break out and the forces which keep them oppressed.
This is a 1991 interview with an Irish Catholic priest, a longtime resident of South Korea, on the subject of human rights and the 1980 massacre in Kwangju (Gwangju).


Criminal Minds is going through some major changes, thanks to a couple of pregnancies. Seriously, during Season 10, the two main ladies on the series, Jennifer Love Hewitt and A.J. Cook, both revealed they would be having babies later in 2015. The show is going to need at least one replacement, and they've found her in Aisha Tyler, who will pop up as a recurring character during Season 11.
Aisha Tyler has signed on with Criminal Minds as Dr. Tara Lewis, a psychologist who will work with the BAU team after team leader Aaron Hotchner interviews a few potential candidates for hire. According to EW, Dr. Lewis will actually have plenty of experience with psychopaths, having worked her psychology magic with the FBI. She'll have interviewed major criminals in order to determine whether or not they could stand trial and, as such, has many of the traits the Criminal Minds team also possess. She sounds like a shoe-in for the job, really.
The news comes just a few weeks after we learned that Jennifer Love Hewitt had quit the series. Showrunner Erica Messer revealed that Hewitt opted to leave the show in order to spend more time at home with her baby, who is due in July—around the time the drama is set to begin filming the new season. In addition, A.J. Cook is also having a baby, although she plans to just take maternity leave and return to the show following a leave of absence of five episodes. This isn't the first time Criminal Minds has dealt with casting shakeups and it's unlikely to be the last.
Since Tyler's role is only marked as recurring, it is unclear whether she is signing on to replace Hewitt or simply to fill-in while Cook is out. Tyler does have a few secondary gigs to keep her busy, including voicing Lana Kane on FX's Archer and hosting on Whose Line is it Anyway? and CBS' own The Talk. Either way, if she fits in as part of the team and the writers find ways to use her, we could see Dr. Tara Lewis around for quite some time.
Criminal Minds is getting a 22-episode order for Season 11, in addition to the casting changes (in the past, it has typically earned 23 or 24 episodes). In addition, CBS has the spinoff Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders set to premiere at midseason. You can take a look at the network's fall offerings, here or even check out what else CBS has coming up this summer.


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Philadelphia Presbytery 300, Philadelphia
Concord Liberty Presbyterian Church, Glen Mills, PA, undated.
In 1960, the Presbytery of Philadelphia purchased 13+ acres of land at Smithbridge and Bethel Roads, with the vision of beginning a church there sometime in the future. Early in 1979, the vision began to take shape. The farmhouse property, adjacent to the 13+ acres, was purchased. Initial worship services were held in the basements of the homes of two early members. In May of 1980, H. Stanley Wood was called to serve as the organizing pastor. The emerging congregation spent hours cleaning, repairing, painting and furnishing the farmhouse and, by that summer, services were being held there.
On June 20, 1982, Concord Liberty became an official PCUSA Church. Later that year, the congregation received approval to begin converting the barn into a worship center. The barn served as a place of worship until 1995.
In 1989, James DiRaddo was called as Pastor. In 1991, the Presbytery approved the construction of a new worship center and Christian Education rooms. The building was occupied and dedicated in the spring of 1995. In 1998 CLPC again broke ground in 1998 to expand its Christian Education facilities, which were occupied and dedicated in the fall of 1998.
Following the retirement of James DiRaddo in 2001, the congregation was led by Pastor John Berstecher, and is currently being led by Pastor Steven Morganti.
CLPC's Mission is to Love God, Share Christ, Serve Others. Small Groups, Vacation Bible School, Kids-on-the-Move, youth groups, mission trips, women's and men's ministry events, Community Service days, Stephen Ministry, choir, praise band and worship are all an integral part in carrying out this Mission as we seek to draw people of all ages to Jesus Christ by proclaiming the Gospel, loving and serving our neighbors, and imparting hope and help to the broken for the glory of God.
This brief history was recently updated as a part of the Presbytery of Philadelphia's 300th Anniversary Year of Celebration and Witness. The story of the congregations throughout the Presbytery were revised to remind us of our past even as we live into the present and move towards God's promised future. Read more about the 300th Anniversary: www.presbyphl.org/300th-Anniversary.


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Q: How do I use not.toBeResolved() in a jasmine test? I want to test that a promise does not resolve in jasmine. It appears that I might be able to use not.toBeResolved(), but when I do I get a timeout error:
it('should not resolve', async () => {
  const unresolvablePromise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {});
  await expectAsync(unresolvablePromise).not.toBeResolved();
});

Error: Timeout - Async function did not complete within 5000ms (set by jasmine.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_INTERVAL)
I expected this would be the idea of not.toBeResolved - that if the promise hadn't resolved in the timeout period the test would pass.

A: I am guessing .not.toBeResolved is a catch 22 where it never resolves because it is awaiting for the promise and then asserting it.
I would do something like this:
// add the done callback
it('should not resolve', (done) => {
  // assign a variable to determine if the promise was resolved
  let promiseResolved = false;
  const unresolvablePromise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {});
  // call Jasmine fail if it does resolve thereby failing the test
  // and update the variable to true
  unresolvablePromise.then(() => {
    promiseResolved = true;
    fail();
  });
  // 500ms (ample time for the promise to resolve), expect the variable to be false
  // and call done
  setTimeout(() => {
    expect(promiseResolved).toBeFalse();
    done();
  }, 500);
});

A: If you expect the promise to be in a pending state, use:
await expectAsync(promise).toBePending();

https://jasmine.github.io/api/3.7/async-matchers.html#toBePending