large scale leather sectional designs offered today.
Sculptural overall design with a tight seat cushion that is comfortable and stays tailored looking.
The tight seat cushion is sewn into squares give a modern tufted look with a very 1930's Modernist feel.
Ideal for an Art Deco, Mid-Century or Contemporary décor.
Curved, sculptural modern, dark stained wooden legs.
Curved padded cushions inside arm and corner.
it simply rests on the top of the sectional back, for drink placement.
Back cushions zip on and off with 3 loose square throw pillows that fit into the back of the chaise lounge.
This is a limited design production from Italy made for us with beautiful Italian Leather.
lead time for production, shipping here from Italy, customs clearance and then shipped to you.
Chaise lounge is 40" wide at foot, 90" long.
Sofa section is 68" wide and 39" deep overall.
Overall width of sofa and chaise is 108" wide. Back is 28" high. Seat is 17" high.
Also available by special order in a left facing chaise.
however we can special order this design in a right or left side chaise.
Pricing for other configurations/ colors/leather grades upon request.
Pricing as shown, $ 8,900 each.
as a chaise on it's own, or with additional sections to add width.
customs clearance and then shipped to you.
Shown below in black leather with a left side chaise.
(previously sold and we are showing these as examples).


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Folic acid has been highly recommended for both pregnant women and women trying to conceive for quite some time. The risks of taking the supplement are nil, but the benefits are many. Previous studies have indicated that an increased consumption of folic acid prior to pregnancy and during early pregnancy can prevent up to 70% of all neural tube defects and improper formation of the embryonic brain and spinal cord. Now researchers say there is yet another benefit.
Autism, a neurodevelopmental disorder that affects 1 in 88 children, is characterized by impairments in communication, social interaction, intellectual disability and repetitive behaviors. It is a life-long condition that can be improved with intervention, but it never goes away. Even despite all the research into autism, very little is still known – no one really knows why it happens, but researchers are constantly finding links to autism and ways to prevent it. Taking folic acid is now considered a preventative measure, thanks to a recent study.
Conducted by researchers at UC Davis MND Institute, the study was an add-on to previous studies in which researchers found that women who took prenatal vitamins around the time of conception were less likely to give birth to a child with autism than women who had waited to take prenatal vitamins. This new study discovered that women who took their recommended dosage of folic acid (a minimum of 600mcg) during the first month of pregnancy were less likely to have a child with autism, particularly if the mother or her child was found to have a specific genetic variant that is associated with a less effective folate metabolism (MTHFR 677 C.T).
For the study, researchers gathered and examined data on 835 Northern California women with children between the ages of 2 and 5. Some of the children had autism, others developmental delays, and others, typical development. All of them started their participation prior to pregnancy and all joined the Childhood Autism Risk from Genetics and the Environment Study between 2003 and 2009.
During the initial part of the study, researchers evaluated how much folic acid each woman consumed three months prior to pregnancy and again during pregnancy. Those that gave birth to children with autism were found to have reported less folic acid intake during the first trimester than women with typically developing children. Additionally, participants were less likely to give birth to an autistic child if they increased their folic acid intake.
Women with children who had developmental delays were also found to have lower folic acid intake. However, their deficiency was found to be during the three months prior to pregnancy, rather than the first three months of pregnancy.
Overall, researchers found that 69% of mothers with typically developing children met the recommended daily guidelines, and their average folic acid intake was 779mcgs per day. Only 54% of mothers with autistic children met the guidelines, and their average intake was 665mcgs per day.
Researchers on the study say that the increased intake of folic acid helps protect against brain development problems during the early embryotic stage. This happens because the folic acid facilitates DNA methylation reactions that can actually change the way a genetic code is read. Because of this, they say that an adequate intake of certain methyl donors, like folic acid, are likely especially important during conception.
"What's reassuring here is knowing that, by taking specific action in terms of their intake of folic acid from food or supplements, women can reduce the risk of autism spectrum disorder in their future children," Irva Hertz-Picciotto, chief of the division of environmental and occupational health in the Department of Public Health Sciences and MIND Institute researcher stated.
Folic acid can be taken through supplements, but it can also be found in foods. Its natural sources are egg yolks, beans, peas, lentils, spinach, asparagus, lettuce, turnip greens, liver, kidney and baker's yeast. It can be found in smaller concentrations in certain fruits and vegetables, like cantaloupe, honeydew, grapefruit, brussel sprouts, broccoli, bananas, romaine lettuce, raspberries, and strawberries. In many countries, folic acid is even added to many grain products.
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Morville is a beautiful village, just outside Bridgnorth, on the edge of the Corvedale in rural Shropshire. Each year Morville and the surrounding villages invite you to join them at their May Festival Weekend, a quintessentially English experience organised by the communities of Morville, Aston Eyre, Acton Round and Monkhopton. Morville Primary School takes an active part in the production of the Bank Holiday Monday events.
Morville Festival offers two days of events and activities for all ages. On Sunday indulge yourself in the tranquil, exquisitely crafted gardens surrounding Morville Hall, then take a short stroll down to St Gregory's Church, where teas, savouries and home-made cakes will be available.
Monday is fete day, with traditional attractions for all the family including stalls, Maypole dancing, bouncy castle, ice cream and local produce to mention but a few! The beautiful gardens will all be open again and refreshments available in the Church.
In 2018 we celebrate the 900th anniversary of St Gregory's Church and the associated history of the village. The festival theme will be in keeping with this major event with the children's competition featuring Medieval Morville Crowns and Shields and the church decorated by our local flower arrangers themed 'Reflections through the Ages'. The children's competition is free and open to all children. If you haven't brought your crown or shield then visit the craft tent to make one on the day. There will be prizes for the winners and the event will be judged by our local MP Philip Dunne and Lord Acton.
Please browse our website and plan your visit. We look forward to seeing you at our festival weekend.
Each year within the churchyard and surrounding fields a village of stalls and traditional Fete activities are organised. Come and stock up on homemade jam, meet the owls, take part in the fancy dress competition or even ride a pony. Fun for all the family.
This year's event will feature a display of 'Memories of Festivals Past' in Morville Church. The festival team are currently gathering 'memories' and ask those of you who remember anything about Morville's past events to please share your experiences and photographs for the project.
Some members of the community remember dressing up as Robin Hood in fancy dress as youngsters! Might there have been a time when instead of parking cars we parked horses and buggies? Was there a Morville Fair in the war years? How far back does this tradition go? If you have any memories of Morville life and past celebrations that you would like to share as part of the project, please contact Jane Gregory on our Facebook page.


1822 in the seaside town of Sparrow Oregon, three sisters arrived with hopes of making a new home. The Swan sisters were among the first to settle this seaside town. Three of the most beautiful women ever beheld. They soon became known at temptresses, too irresistible to resist. Rumors gathered that they were witches weaving spells, and a mob of townspeople stormed their perfumery shop, tied stones to the sister's feet, and threw them into the ocean.
The Swan sisters return every summer seeking revenge, dragging unsuspecting boys back into in the sea with them before the solstice ends.
Two hundred years later, seventeen-year-old, Penny Talbot is apprehensive with another season of finding dead boys in the ocean about to begin. Even though the town celebrates the sisters return with festivals, and tourists flock to the island to witness the spectacle. It's what the townspeople do to prepare the inevitable.
Penny wants things to be different this year when she meets Bo. He stepped in to rescue her from another boy's abuse at one of the parties. He's a stranger to the town just like her father was. Penny's father disappeared three years ago and her mother suffers, watching out across the water for his return. Bo wants answers to what happened to his brother and Penny wants to protect Bo, keep him from being lured into the ocean to certain death. What will Penny do for love? How will she right the wrongs she's made?
A beautifully written, haunting fantasy about the power of love, recommended for more mature Young Adult readers.


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What Iran has in mind.
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Topic: What Iran has in mind.
What the mullahs of Iran have in store if they win.
"A woman may legally belong to a man in one of two ways; by continuing marriage or temporary marriage. In the former, the duration of the marriage need not be specified; in the latter, it must be stipulated, for example, that it is for a period of an hour, a day, a month, a year, or more."
"A man can marry a girl younger than nine years of age, even if the girl is still a baby being breastfed. A man, however is prohibited from having intercourse with a girl younger than nine, other sexual act such as forplay, rubbing, kissing and sodomy is allowed. A man having intercourse with a girl younger than nine years of age has not comitted a crime, but only an infraction, if the girl is not permanently damaged. If the girl, however, is permanently damaged, the man must provide for her all her life. But this girl will not count as one of the man's four permanent wives. He also is not permitted to marry the girl's sister."
"A father or a paternal grandfather has the right to marry off a child who is insane or has not reached puberty by acting as its representative. The child may not annul such a marriage after reaching puberty or regaining his sanity, unless the marriage is to his manifest disadvantage."
"Any girl who is of age, that is, capable of understanding what is in her own best interest, if she wishes to get married and is a virgin, must procure the authorization of her father or paternal grandfather. The permission of her mother or brother is not required."
"A marriage is annulled if a man finds that his wife is afflicted with one of the seven following disabilities: madness, leprosy, eczema, blindness, paralysis with aftereffects, malformation of the urinary and genital tracts or of the genital-tract and rectum through conjoining thereof, or vaginal malformation making Coitus impossible."
"If a wife finds out after marriage that her husband is suffering from mental illness, that he is a castrate, impotent, or has had his testicles excised, she may apply for annulment of her marriage."
"If a wife has her marriage annulled because her husband is unable to have sexual relations with her either vaginally or anally, he must pay her as damages one-half of her mehryeh (her price) specified in the marriage contract. If the husband or wife annuls the marriage for any of the above-mentioned reasons, the man owes nothing to the woman if they have had sexual relations together; if they have not, he must pay her the full amount of the dowry."
"A Moslem woman may not marry a non-Moslem man; nor may a Moslem man marry a non-Moslem woman in continuing marriage, but he may take a Jewish or Christian woman in temporary marriage."
"A woman who has contracted a continuing marriage does not have the right to go out of the house without her husband's permission; she must remain at his disposal for the fulfillment of any one of his desires, and may not refuse herself to him except for a religiously valid reason. If she is totally submissive to him, the husband must provide her with her food, clothing, and lodging, whether or not he has the means to do so."
"A woman who refuses herself to her husband is guilty, and may not demand from him food, clothing, lodging, or any later sexual relations; however, she retains the right to be paid damages if she is repudiated."
"If a man who has married a girl who has not reached puberty possesses her sexually before her ninth birthday, inflicting traumatisms upon her, he has no right to repeat such an act with her."
"A man who has contracted a continuing marriage may not leave his wife for so long a time as to allow her to question the validity of the marriage; however, he is not obligated to spend one night out of every four with her."
"A husband must have sexual relations with his wife at least once in every four months."
"A woman who has been temporarily married in exchange for a previously established dowry has no right to demand that her daily expenses be paid by her husband, even when she becomes pregnant."
"A temporary marriage, even though only one of convenience, is nevertheless legal."
"A man must not abstain from having sexual relations with his temporary wife for more than four months.
"If a father (or paternal grandfather) marries off his daughter (or granddaughter) in her absence without knowing for a certainty that she is alive, the marriage becomes null and void as soon as it is established that she was dead at the time of the marriage."
"To look upon the face and hair of a girl who has not reached puberty, if it is done without intention of enjoyment thereof, and if one is not afraid of succumbing to temptation, may be tolerated. It is however recommended that one not look upon her belly or thighs, which must remain covered."
"To look upon the faces and hands of Jewish or Christian women, if this is not done with intention of enjoyment thereof, and if one does not fear temptation, is tolerated."
"A woman must hide her body and her hair from the eyes of men. It is highly recommended that she also hide them from those of prepubic boys, if she suspects that they may look upon her with lust."
"If a man is called upon, for medical reasons, to look upon a woman other than his wife and to touch her body, he is permitted to do so,but if he can give such care by only looking at the body he must not touch it, and if he can give it by only touching, he must not look at it."
"A woman who becomes pregnant as a result of adultery must not have an abortion. If a man commits adultery with an unmarried woman, and subsequently marries her, the child born of that marriage will be a bastard unless the parents can be sure it was conceived after they were married."
"A child born of an adulterous father is legitimate."
"The best person to breast-feed a newborn baby it its own mother. It is preferable that she not ask to be paid for such service, but that her husband pay her for it of his own free will. If the sum the mother asks for is greater than that charged by a wet nurse, the husband is free to take the child from its mother and turn it over to the wet nurse."
"A man who repudiates his wife must be of sound mind and past the age of puberty. He must do so of his own free will and without any constraint; therefore, if the formula for divorce is spoken in jest the marriage is not annulled."
"A woman temporarily married, say, for a month or a year, has her marriage automatically annulled at the end of that time, or at any other time when the husband releases her from the balance of her engagement. It is not necessary for this that there be any witnesses, or that the woman have had her period."
"A woman who has not yet reached the age of nine or a menopausal woman may remarry immediately after divorce, without waiting the hundred days that are otherwise required."
"A woman who has had her ninth birthday, or who has not yet entered menopause, must wait for three menstrual periods after her divorce before being allowed to remarry. If a woman who has not reached her ninth birthday or who has not entered menopause gets temporarily married, she must, at the end of the contract or when the husband has released her from part of it, wait two menstrual periods or forty-five days before marrying again."
"If the father or paternal grandfather of a boy has him marry a woman for a temporary marriage, he may prematurely cancel it in the boy's interest, even if the marriage was contracted before the boy reached the age of puberty. If, for example, a fourteen-year-old boy has been married off to a woman for a period of two years, they may return her freedom to the woman before this time has run its course; but a continuing marriage cannot be broken in this way."
"If a man repudiates his wife without informing her of it, and continues to meet her expenses for a period of, say, a year, and at the end of that time informs her that he got a divorce a year earlier and shows her proof of it, he may require that she return to him anything he has bought or given her during that time, provided that she has not used it up or consumed it, in which case he cannot demand its return."
"If a child dies within the mother's womb and it is a danger to her life to leave it there, it must be extracted in the easiest way possible; it can. if need be, cut into pieces; this should be done by the woman's husband or a midwife."
"A woman who wishes to pursue her studies toward the end of being able to earn her living through respectable work, and who has a male teacher, may do so if she keeps her face covered and has no contact with men; but if-that is inevitable, and religious and moral tenets are thus undermined, she must give up her studies. Girls and boys who attend coeducational classes in grammar schools, high schools, universities, or other teaching establishments, and who, in order to legalize such a situation, wish to contract a temporary marriage may do so without the permission of their fathers. The same applies if the boy and girl are in love but hesitate to ask for such permission."
(Teachings of Ayatollah Khomeini, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution)
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On sex with Animals: "The meat of horses, mules, or donkeys is not recommended. It is strictly forbidden if the animal was sodomized while alive by a man. In that case, the animal must be taken outside the city and sold."
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Apparently this is a common enough problem the supreme leader felt it necessary to mention. Guess camels' legs are too tall.
Low life Mullahs have dragged Iran to mud and lawlessness.
I had just skimmed through it before..but I took the time to read it now. Dude, these guys are freaking sick. . . 9 years old?!?! And if before 9 then it is just an "oops" I can't do it again? Someone needs to get the sattelites upstairs outfitted with a laser strong enuff to burn the bastards where they sit.
Roger that Marinerhodes, it is abso inglutely sick. Check out the other stuff on the site I found this on... its very illuminating.
I can't say anything on this topic. I've been gaged. Apparently my criticisms of (most) aspects of Islam means I'm a crusader stuck in the middle ages.
that Padre, you have just as much right as the rest of us if not more.
Rob Henderson
I...ummm...110% agree with Marinerhodes...Burn em all...Its only temporary to the eternal fire they'll see in Hell afterall.
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Originally Posted by Padre
The gag went out with the chastity belt.
"Let's have Three Cheers for the Crusaders".
U.S. Bid To Limit Iran Gets Wary Response
Iran Looks Like The Winner Of The Iraq War
De-Arabization of Iran
What If Iran Gets the Bomb? Good Analysis
Rice warns Iran of UN sanctions

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Tübinger Bierseidel werden von mehreren Firmen in verschiedenen Varianten hergestellt.

Der Tübinger Walzenseidel und der Tübinger Ernstseidel wurden von der Sächsischen Glasfabrik August Walther & Söhne AG in Ottendorf-Okrilla und Radeberg hergestellt. Eine Form für einen 0,2 l-Bierseidel (Walzenseidel 5/20, Form-Nr. 592) wurde etwa 1927 geschaffen. Der Bierkrug erschien erstmals im Musterbuch Pressglas Sächsische Glasfabrik Radeberg 1928. Bezeichnet wurde der Seidel als "Walzenpitschel mit viereckigem Schild". Nach 1933 ist er als "Tübinger Walzenseidel mit viereckigem Schild, schwer" im Musterbuch Walther unter gleicher Form-Nr. 592 benannt. Es ist eine relativ kleine Form, deren Teile zusammen etwa 30 kg wiegen.

Die Tübinger Kugel oder der Tübinger Kugelseidel sind gläserne Bierkrüge. Anders als der Name vermuten lässt, sind sie nicht kugelförmig. Im unteren Teil sind sie verziert und oberhalb davon gibt es einen unverzierten Bereich. Es gibt die Tübinger Kugel in unterschiedlichen Größen mit Fassungsvermögen 0,25 l, 0,3 l, 0,4 l und 0,5 l.

Der Tübinger Igel ist ein dickwandiger kugelförmiger Bierkrug mit oder ohne Deckel, der traditionell vor allem bei der Akademischen Studentenverbindung Igel eingesetzt wurde und bis heute dort Verwendung findet.

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As executive director of the North Dakota Soybean Growers Association, Johnson has combined her farm background with her education in marketing and communications to create a dynamic career path. She discusses her career experiences and offers advice for those entering the field.
Nancy Johnson grew up on a corn, soybean and hog farm in southern Minnesota. She attended Southwest Minnesota State University, focusing on marketing and communications. Johnson began her career as a TV reporter, and when the station needed someone who "knows the difference between corn and soybeans," she became the ag reporter. She subsequently worked on print publications and at an advertising agency. Since 2013 she has been with the North Dakota Soybean Growers Association, where she uses her early career experience daily.


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James Morrison closing in on new deal at West Brom
By Matt Maher | West Bromwich Albion | Published: Jul 26, 2018
James Morrison is winning his battle to earn a new contract at Albion.
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The Express & Star understands the Baggies are poised to sit down with the long-serving midfielder's representatives in the coming days to discuss the terms of a deal which would extend his stay at The Hawthorns into a 12th season.
Morrison's previous deal expired at the end of June and the 32-year-old, who missed most of last term with an Achilles injury, has spent pre-season trying to prove his fitness to Darren Moore.
And it is believed he has now done enough to convince the boss to keep him around as the Baggies prepare for life in the Championship.
The Scotland international has made more than 300 appearances since joining the club in a £1.5million deal from Middlesbrough back in August 2007 and was an influential figure during the Baggies eight-year stay in the Premier League. Injury limited him to just four league outings last season as Albion went on to finish bottom and tumble out of the top flight.
Morrison was on the scoresheet in Tuesday's 3-2 friendly win at Barnsley, with travelling supporters at Oakwell making clear their belief he should be offered a new deal.
Moore now appears ready to grant their wish.
Despite his £60,000-a-week deal expiring at the end of last month, Morrison has still been paid by the Baggies in recent weeks due to a regulation negotiated by the Professional Footballers' Association, which means players released at the end of their contracts are due an additional month's wages if they don't retire or join another club.
Albion round off their pre-season programme on Saturday when they host Midlands rivals Coventry City at The Hawthorns for the inaugural Regis Shield in memory of the legendary striker.
Midfielder Jake Livermore, who experienced close season due to his involvement with England prior to the World Cup, believes the club's pre-season programme has kept players on their toes.
"It's all been difficult opposition," he said. "Whoever has put the games together deserves credit because they've been good tests for us. Barnsley gave us a really good game on Tuesday night.
"In terms of my own fitness, I'm getting there. We've got two weeks now until the start of the season so I'll get another good week's training in and go from there.
"It's becoming real now. We've got base fitness in, base structure and formation.
"Now it's about the finer details. It's all about good habits, getting through and getting through unscathed."
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Q: What is the probability distribution of this random sum of non-iid Bernoulli variables? I'm trying to find the probability distribution of a sum of a random number of variables which aren't identically distributed. Here's an example:
John works at a customer service call center. He receives calls with problems and tries to solve them. The ones he can't solve, he forwards them to his superior. Let's assume that the number of calls he gets in a day follows a Poisson distribution with mean $\mu$. The difficulty of each problem varies from pretty simple stuff (which he can definitely deal with) to very specialized questions which he won't know how to solve. Assume that the probability $p_i$ he'll be able to solve the i-th problem follows a Beta distribution with parameters $\alpha$ and $\beta$ and is independent of the previous problems. What is the distribution of the number of calls he solves in a day?
More formally, I have:
$Y = I(N > 0)\sum_{i = 0}^{N} X_i$ for $i = 0, 1, 2, ..., N$
where $N \sim \mathrm{Poisson}(\mu)$ , $(X_i | p_i) \sim \mathrm{Bernoulli}(p_i)$ and $p_i \sim \mathrm{Beta}(\alpha, \beta)$
Note that, for now, I'm happy to assume that the $X_i$'s are independent. I'd also accept that the parameters $\mu, \alpha$ and $\beta$ do not affect each other although in a real-life example of this when $\mu$ is large, the parameters $\alpha$ and $\beta$ are such so that the Beta distribution has more mass on low success rates $p$. But let's ignore that for now.
I can calculate $P(Y = 0)$ but that's about it. I can also simulate values to get an idea of what the distribution of $Y$ looks like (it looks like Poisson but I don't know if that's down to the numbers of $\mu, \alpha$ and $\beta$ I tried or whether it generalizes, and how it might change for different parameter values). Any idea of what this distribution is or how I could go about deriving it?
Please note that I have also posted this question on TalkStats Forum but I thought that it might get more attention here. Apologies for cross-posting and many thanks in advance for your time.
EDIT: As it turns out (see the very helpful answers below - and thanks for those!), it is indeed a $\mathrm{Poisson}(\frac{\mu\alpha}{\alpha + \beta})$ distribution, something which I was guessing based on my intuition and some simulations, but was not able to prove. What I now find surprising though, is that the Poisson distribution only depends on the mean of the $\mathrm{Beta}$ distribution but is not affected by its variance.
As an example, the following two Beta distributions have the same mean but different variance. For clarity, the blue pdf represents a $\mathrm{Beta}(2, 2)$ and the red one $\mathrm{Beta}(0.75, 0.75)$.

However, they would both result in the same $\mathrm{Poisson}(0.5\mu)$ distribution which, to me, seems slightly counter-intuitive. (Not saying that the result is wrong, just surprising!)

A: The calls (that is, the $X_i$) arrive according to a Poisson process. The total number of calls $N$ follows a Poisson distribution. Divide the calls into two types, e.g. whether $X_i = 1$ or $X_i = 0$. The goal is to determine the process that generates the $1$s. This is trivial if $X_i = 1$ with a fixed probability $p$: by the superposition principle of Poisson processes, the full process thinned to just the $1$s would also be a Poisson process, with rate $p\mu$. In fact this is the case, we just require an additional step to get there.
Marginalize over $p_i$, so that
$$\mathrm{Pr}(X_i|\alpha, \beta) = \int_0^1 p_i^{X_i} (1-p_i)^{1-X_i} \frac{p_i^{\alpha-1} (1-p_i)^{\beta-1}}{\mathcal{B}(\alpha, \beta)} dp_i = \frac{\mathcal{B}(X_i + \alpha, 1 - X_i + \beta)}{\mathcal{B}(\alpha, \beta)}$$
Where $\mathcal{B}(a, b) = \frac{\Gamma(a)\Gamma(b)}{\Gamma(a + b)}$ is the beta function. Using the fact that $\Gamma(x+1) = x\Gamma(x)$, the above simplifies to;
$$\mathrm{Pr}(X_i = 1|\alpha, \beta) = \frac{\Gamma(1+\alpha)\Gamma(\beta)}{\Gamma(1+\alpha+\beta)} \frac{\Gamma(\alpha+\beta)}{\Gamma(\alpha)\Gamma(\beta)} = \frac{\alpha}{\alpha+\beta}$$
In other words, $X_i \sim \mathrm{Bernoulli}(\frac{\alpha}{\alpha+\beta})$. By the superposition property, $Y$ is Poisson distributed with rate $\frac{\alpha \mu}{\alpha+\beta}$.
A numerical example (with R) ... in the figure, the vertical lines are from simulation and red points are the pmf derived above:
draw <- function(alpha, beta, mu)
{ N <- rpois(1, mu); p = rbeta(N, alpha, beta); sum(rbinom(N, size=1, prob=p)) }

pmf <- function(y, alpha, beta, mu)
  dpois(y, alpha*mu/(alpha+beta))

y <- replicate(30000,draw(4,5,10))
tb <- table(y)

# simulated pmf
plot(tb/sum(tb), type="h", xlab="Y", ylab="Probability")
# analytic pmf
points(0:max(y), pmf(0:max(y), 4, 5, 10), col="red")

A: *

*Since $p_i$ is a random variable with a $\operatorname{Beta}(\alpha,\beta)$ you have $\mathbb{E}[p_i]= \dfrac{\alpha}{\alpha+\beta}$ and this is in fact the probability that John actually solves the $i$th problem, independently of all the others.

*Since the total number of problems in a day has a Poisson distribution with parameter $\mu$ and each will be solved with probability $\dfrac{\alpha}{\alpha+\beta}$, the number John solves each day has a Poisson distribution with parameter $\dfrac{\mu\alpha}{\alpha+\beta}$

*Your calculation of the probability he does not solve any problems should be $\mathbb{P}(Y=0) = e^{-{\mu\alpha}/({\alpha+\beta})}$

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Benjamin Franklin Stewart, Birth Date: 22 October 1817, Death Date: 22 June 1885,
Benjamin initially traveled to the Salt Lake Valley in the Brigham Young Pioneer Company in 1847 and was part of the 7th Company of Ten led by James Case. He remained at the Platte River ferry until his family arrived in the Smoot-Wallace company whereupon he joined them in traveling to Salt Lake Valley.

His name is "Franklin Stewart" on the missionary register.

Benjamin Franklin Stewart
Benjamin initially traveled to the Salt Lake Valley in the Brigham Young Pioneer Company in 1847 and was part of the 7th Company of Ten led by James Case. He remained at the Platte River ferry until his family arrived in the Smoot-Wallace company whereupon he joined them in traveling to Salt Lake Valley.
His name is "Franklin Stewart" on the missionary register.
Brigham Young Vanguard Company (1847)
Albert P. Rockwood journals, 1847-1853, Journal, 1847 April-July.
Amasa M. Lyman collection, 1832-1877, Journal, 1847 April 8-September 10, 1-26 and 1-10. Events recorded by Albert Carrington.
Appleton M. Harmon diary, 1847 April-July.
George Woodward, "Autobiography of George Woodward, Pioneer of 1847," 2-4. Trail excerpt transcribed from "Pioneer History Collection" available at Pioneer Memorial Museum [Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum], Salt Lake City, Utah. Some restrictions apply.
Heber C. Kimball journal in Heber C. Kimball papers, 1837-1866.
Howard Egan, Pioneering the West, 1846 to 1878, edited and compiled by William M. Egan (1917), 21-105.
Missionary Department Missionary Registers, 1860-1959, Volume 1.
Norton Jacob reminiscence and journal, 1844 May-1852 January, 47-85.
"Obituary," Deseret News , 8 July 1885, 400.
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.
Wilford Woodruff journal, 1847 January-1853 December, 25-77.
William Clayton diaries, 1846-1853, Folder contents: (2) Volume 2, 1847.


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Difference Between Samsung Galaxy S3 and S3 Mini
October 12, 2012 Posted by Sena
Samsung Galaxy S3 vs S3 Mini
Samsung released a miniature version of the flagship product Galaxy S III yesterday. It was only four months back when they released Samsung Galaxy S III and release of a mini version of it now can only emphasize that Samsung somehow finds the smartphone unfit for a limited audience. We were able to deduce a limited audience because it is said that Samsung will not mass market this smartphone like the much hyped Galaxy devices. Instead, it is intended to the customers who are satisfied with a mid-range of performance with a handset that can comfortably fit in their hands. Looking at the two smartphones, it is clearly visible that Samsung has kept the same form factor and the button layout. The pebble curvy edges and other design features from Galaxy S III are also intact in Galaxy S III Mini. However, Samsung has changed the screen size to a much smaller version.
According to the reports, this is what Samsung researchers have found subsequently after the release of their legendary Samsung Galaxy S III. This miniature handset is not prosaic by all means, but it doesn't stand out from the flock either. Just because it has the Galaxy S tag embedded in doesn't mean it would sell itself. We can only verify Samsung researchers' claim after we get the sales records of the Galaxy S III Mini in the time to come. Our initial observations suggest that Galaxy S III Mini is egregious compared to the conventional Galaxy S family which Samsung will have to compensate by advertising or any other means necessary. Let us take a look at this miniature version and compare it to the original version where it was inspired from.
Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini (Galaxy S III Mini) Review
Samsung Galaxy S III Mini is pleasantly small and has a soothing outlook. It has 4.0 inches Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen featuring a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels at a pixel density of 233ppi. This is the major apparent difference compared to the elder brother Samsung Galaxy S III where a 4.8 inches gigantic display panel is hosted with 720p HD resolution. Galaxy S III Mini measures a length of 121.6mm and a width of 63mm with a thickness of 9.9mm. The curvy edges follow the pebble design characteristics of the Samsung Galaxy S III and so does the regular button layout. What we are trying to establish here is that Samsung Galaxy S III Mini is ideally a miniature version of Galaxy S III at a glance. Let us see what the inside has to offer.
Samsung Galaxy S III Mini is powered by 1GHz Dual Core processor and the chipset is said to be NovaThor U8420 which is doubtful. The specifics about the chipset haven't been revealed, so we still need some more information to make a sound comparison. It will have 1GB of RAM and with the hands on we got, it seemed fluid and seamless so the GPU should be good as well. It runs on the latest Android operating System Android OS v4.1 Jelly Bean which is the same as Galaxy S III. The camera has been slightly degraded in to 5MP optics with autofocus and LED flash and only 720p HD video recording is supported at 30 frames per second. The secondary VGA camera can be used for video conferencing. As per connectivity options, Galaxy S III Mini doesn't offer 4G LTE connectivity as its elder brother. Instead you will have to suffice with 3G HSDPA connectivity along with Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n for continuous connectivity. The usual perks with the Wi-Fi adapter is there which are DLNA capability, Wi-Fi Direct and the ability to host a Wi-Fi hotspot to share your internet connectivity. The internal storage stagnates at 16GB fortunately with the ability to expand the storage using microSD card up to 32GB. The battery offered with this device is rather small at 1500mAh and we are waiting for the information on battery life statistics yet. The price is rumored to be 400 to 420 euros at the point of release although we weren't able to verify this.
Samsung Galaxy S3 (Galaxy S III) Review
Galaxy S3, the 2012 flagship device of Samsung, comes in two color combinations, Pebble Blue and Marble White. The cover is made with a glossy plastic that Samsung called as Hyperglaze, and I have to tell you, it feels so good in your hands. It retains a striking similarity to Galaxy Nexus rather than Galaxy S II having curvier edges and no hump at the back. It is 136.6 x 70.6mm in dimensions and has a thickness of 8.6mm with a weight of 133g. As you can see, Samsung has managed to produce this monster of a smartphone with a very reasonable size and weight. It comes with a 4.8 inches Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen that features a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels at a pixel density of 306ppi. There's apparently, no surprise here, but Samsung has incorporated PenTile matrix instead of using RGB matrix for their touchscreen. The image reproduction quality of the screen is beyond expectation, and the reflex of the screen is also rather low.
The power of any smartphone lies in its processor and Samsung Galaxy S3 comes with a 32nm 1.4GHz Quad Core Cortex A9 processor on top of Samsung Exynos chipset as predicted. It also accompanies this with 1GB of RAM and Android OS v4.0.4 IceCreamSandwich. Needless to say, this is a very solid combination of specs and tops the market in every aspect possible. A significant performance boost in the Graphics Processing Unit is also ensured by the Mali 400MP GPU. It comes with 16 / 32 and 64GB storage variations with the option of using a microSD card to expand the storage up to 64GB. This versatility has landed Samsung Galaxy S3 with a huge advantage because that was one of the prominent disadvantages in Galaxy Nexus.
As predicted, the network connectivity is reinforced with 4G LTE connectivity that varies regionally. Galaxy S3 also has Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n for continuous connectivity and the built in DLNA ensure that you can share your multimedia contents in your big screen easily. S3 can also act as a Wi-Fi hotspot enabling you to share the monster 4G connection with your less fortunate friends. The camera seems to be the same available in Galaxy S 2, which is 8MP camera with autofocus and LED flash. Samsung has incorporated simultaneous HD video and image recording to this beast along with geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection and image & video stabilization. The video recording is at 1080p @ 30 frames per second while having the ability to video conference using the front facing camera of 1.9MP. Besides these conventional features, there are a whole lot of usability features.
Samsung is boasting a direct competitor of iOS Siri, the popular Personal Assistant that accepts voice commands named S Voice. The strength of S Voice is the ability to recognize languages other than English, like Italian, German, French and Korean. There are a lot of gestures that can land you in different applications, as well. For instance, if you tap and hold the screen while you rotate the phone, you can go directly in to the camera mode. S3 will also call whoever the contact you were browsing when you raise the handset to your ear, which is a good usability aspect. Samsung Smart Stay is designed to identify whether you're using the phone and switch the screen off if you're not. It uses the front camera with facial detection in order to achieve this task. Similarly, Smart Alert feature will make your smartphone vibrate when you pick it up if you have any missed calls of other notifications. Finally, Pop Up Play is a feature that would best explain the performance boost S3 has. Now you can work with any application you like and have a video playing on top of that application on its own window. The window size can be adjusted while the feature worked flawlessly with the tests we ran.
A smartphone of this calibre needs a lot of juice, and that is provided by the 2100mAh batter resting at the back of this handset. It also has a barometer and a TV out while you have to be careful about the SIM because S3 only supports the use of micro SIM cards.
A Brief Comparison Between Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini and Samsung Galaxy S3
• Samsung Galaxy S III Mini is powered by 1GHz Dual Core processor with 1GB of RAM while Samsung Galaxy S III is powered by 1.5GHz Cortex A9 Quad Core processor on top of Samsung Exynos 4412 Quad chipset with Mali 400MP GPU and 1GB of RAM.
• Samsung Galaxy S III Mini and Samsung Galaxy S III runs on Android OS v4.1 Jelly Bean.
• Samsung Galaxy S III Mini has 4 inch Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen display featuring a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels at a pixel density of 233ppi while Samsung Galaxy S III has 4.8 inches Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen featuring a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels at a pixel density of 306ppi.
• Samsung Galaxy S III Mini has 5MP camera that can capture 720p HD videos at 30 fps while Samsung Galaxy S III has 8MP camera that can capture 1080p HD videos at 30 fps.
• Samsung Galaxy S III Mini only offers 3G HSDPA connectivity while Samsung Galaxy S III offers 4G LTE connectivity as well as 3G HSDPA connectivity.
• Samsung Galaxy S III Mini is smaller yet thicker (121.6 x 63mm / 9.9mm) than the Samsung Galaxy S III (136.6 x 70.6mm / 8.6mm / 133g).
• Samsung Galaxy S III Mini hosts a 1500mAh battery while Samsung Galaxy S III hosts a 2100mAh battery.
I think we indicated our conclusion when we introduced this new miniature version of the Samsung Galaxy S III. As Samsung words it, this version is for the users who wanted the same phone design as of Galaxy S III in a smaller form factor and who is satisfied with mid-level performance. Hence if this is you, then Samsung Galaxy S III Mini would be your call. We have no credible information about the price its offered, but if it appears to be around 400 euros as rumored, then my personal opinion would be highly against buying this superseding the 480 euro powerhouse Samsung Galaxy S III. Thus the choice is entirely yours on this one because we are not impartial here.
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Michael Osea says
My galaxy s3 mini has no Allshare Play!!
Jun says
Micheal is right! I tried the allshare play, but not option in the screen!!! WTF!!!!
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Q: Getting TypeError at / expected string or bytes-like object in QuerySet I tried to run runserver, I checked all the pages, everything was fine except my homepage which issued an error. TypeError at / expected string or bytes-like object.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\ANTON\Anaconda3\envs\cloneBlog\lib\site-packages\django\core\handlers\exception.py", line 34, in inner
    response = get_response(request)
  File "C:\Users\ANTON\Anaconda3\envs\cloneBlog\lib\site-packages\django\core\handlers\base.py", line 115, in _get_response
    response = self.process_exception_by_middleware(e, request)
  File "C:\Users\ANTON\Anaconda3\envs\cloneBlog\lib\site-packages\django\core\handlers\base.py", line 113, in _get_response
    response = wrapped_callback(request, *callback_args, **callback_kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\ANTON\Anaconda3\envs\cloneBlog\lib\site-packages\django\views\generic\base.py", line 71, in view
    return self.dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\ANTON\Anaconda3\envs\cloneBlog\lib\site-packages\django\views\generic\base.py", line 97, in dispatch
    return handler(request, *args, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\ANTON\Anaconda3\envs\cloneBlog\lib\site-packages\django\views\generic\list.py", line 142, in get
    self.object_list = self.get_queryset()
  File "C:\Users\ANTON\Desktop\Learn Django\cloneBlogProject\mySite\blog\views.py", line 19, in get_queryset
    return Post.objects.filter(published_date__lte = timezone.now).order_by('-published_date')
  File "C:\Users\ANTON\Anaconda3\envs\cloneBlog\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\manager.py", line 82, in manager_method
    return getattr(self.get_queryset(), name)(*args, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\ANTON\Anaconda3\envs\cloneBlog\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\query.py", line 904, in filter
    return self._filter_or_exclude(False, *args, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Users\ANTON\Anaconda3\envs\cloneBlog\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\query.py", line 923, in _filter_or_exclude
    clone.query.add_q(Q(*args, **kwargs))
  File "C:\Users\ANTON\Anaconda3\envs\cloneBlog\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\sql\query.py", line 1350, in add_q
    clause, _ = self._add_q(q_object, self.used_aliases)
  File "C:\Users\ANTON\Anaconda3\envs\cloneBlog\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\sql\query.py", line 1377, in _add_q
    child_clause, needed_inner = self.build_filter(
  File "C:\Users\ANTON\Anaconda3\envs\cloneBlog\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\sql\query.py", line 1311, in build_filter
    condition = self.build_lookup(lookups, col, value)
  File "C:\Users\ANTON\Anaconda3\envs\cloneBlog\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\sql\query.py", line 1165, in build_lookup
    lookup = lookup_class(lhs, rhs)
  File "C:\Users\ANTON\Anaconda3\envs\cloneBlog\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\lookups.py", line 22, in __init__
    self.rhs = self.get_prep_lookup()
  File "C:\Users\ANTON\Anaconda3\envs\cloneBlog\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\lookups.py", line 72, in get_prep_lookup
    return self.lhs.output_field.get_prep_value(self.rhs)
  File "C:\Users\ANTON\Anaconda3\envs\cloneBlog\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\fields\__init__.py", line 1355, in get_prep_value
    value = super().get_prep_value(value)
  File "C:\Users\ANTON\Anaconda3\envs\cloneBlog\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\fields\__init__.py", line 1215, in get_prep_value
    return self.to_python(value)
  File "C:\Users\ANTON\Anaconda3\envs\cloneBlog\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\fields\__init__.py", line 1316, in to_python
    parsed = parse_datetime(value)
  File "C:\Users\ANTON\Anaconda3\envs\cloneBlog\lib\site-packages\django\utils\dateparse.py", line 107, in parse_datetime
    match = datetime_re.match(value)

Exception Type: TypeError at /
Exception Value: expected string or bytes-like object

And this error points to the views.py source code in that class.
from django.views.generic import ListView
from django.utils import timezone

class PostListView(ListView):
    model = Post

    def get_queryset(self):
        return Post.objects.filter(published_date__lte = timezone.now).order_by('-published_date')

This is my models.py file.
from django.db import models
from django.utils import timezone
from django.urls import reverse

# Create your models here.
class Post(models.Model):
    author = models.ForeignKey('auth.User', on_delete=models.CASCADE)
    title = models.CharField(max_length=200)
    text = models.TextField()
    create_date = models.DateTimeField(default=timezone.now)
    published_date = models.DateTimeField(null=True, blank=True)

    def publish(self):
        self.published_date = timezone.now
        self.save()

    def approveComments(self):
        return self.comments.filter(approveComments=True)

    def get_absolute_url(self):
        return reverse("post_detail", kwargs={"pk": self.pk})

    def __str__(self):
        return self.title

Please help me to solve the error. Thank you.


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Frigg\'s Mercy
Legs turn into fins
Frigg is the goddess of marriage and one of the most powerful women in the Nordic world of gods. As such, she stands side by side with Odin, father of the gods, and witnessed how the young Viking Kailani made her plea for mercy for herself and for the Viking tribe of her father Viken.
Unlike Odin, Frigg saw that the fault lay almost exclusively with the trickster god Loki, who had initially sealed the unspeakable fate of the Vikings. Frigg recognised the good in people and forgave the Vikings for their yearning for immortality. She soothed Odin's rage and convinced him only to punish those Vikings who had given into their greed for immortality and who had drunk from the source of life. All other Vikings should be spared. Odin relented, and if the legend is to be believed, this was when the sea people of Rulantica came into existence.
The Vikings who had been transformed into sea people as a punishment by Odin had to leave the beautiful city of Rangnakor and make a new life in the grottos of the island. Nonetheless, even Frigg's mercy had its limits, and the sea people were given the duty of being guardians of the source and ensuring that nobody else drank from it.
If ever anyone drank the water of the source of life again, Odin's fury would be unleashed and the island would be destroyed once and for all.
Explore Rulantica
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import csv

import time

from emuvim.api.openstack.openstack_api_endpoint import OpenstackApiEndpoint
from emuvim.api.osm.kafka import Kafka
from emuvim.api.osm.lcm import LCM
from emuvim.api.osm.mongo import Mongo
from emuvim.api.osm.mysql import Mysql
from emuvim.api.osm.nbi import NBI
from emuvim.api.osm.ro import RO
from emuvim.api.osm.zookeeper import Zookeeper
from emuvim.dcemulator.net import DCNetwork

from mininet.log import setLogLevel
setLogLevel('debug')

COUNT = 15

with open('osm_component_startup_%d.csv' % time.time(), 'w') as csvfile:
    fieldnames = ['other', 'zookeeper', 'kafka', 'mongo', 'nbi', 'ro_db', 'ro', 'lcm']
    writer = csv.DictWriter(csvfile, fieldnames=fieldnames)
    writer.writeheader()

    for i in range(COUNT):
        start = time.time()
        net = DCNetwork(monitor=False, enable_learning=True)
        api = None
        try:
            dc1 = net.addDatacenter("dc1")
            api = OpenstackApiEndpoint("0.0.0.0", 6001)
            api.connect_datacenter(dc1)
            api.connect_dc_network(net)

            s1 = net.addSwitch('s1')

            zookeeper_ip = '10.0.0.96'
            kafka_ip = '10.0.0.97'
            mongo_ip = '10.0.0.98'
            nbi_ip = '10.0.0.99'
            ro_db_ip = '10.0.0.100'
            ro_ip = '10.0.0.101'
            lcm_ip = '10.0.0.102'

            d1 = net.addDocker('d1', dimage='ubuntu:trusty')

            VERSION = 'releasefive-daily'

            zookeeper = Zookeeper(net, zookeeper_ip)
            kafka = Kafka(net, kafka_ip, zookeeper_ip)
            mongo = Mongo(net, mongo_ip)
            nbi = NBI(net, nbi_ip, mongo_ip, kafka_ip)
            ro_db = Mysql(net, ro_db_ip)
            ro = RO(net, ro_ip, ro_db_ip, version=VERSION)
            lcm = LCM(net, lcm_ip, ro_ip, mongo_ip, kafka_ip)

            net.addLink(d1, s1)
            net.addLink(zookeeper.instance, s1)
            net.addLink(kafka.instance, s1)
            net.addLink(mongo.instance, s1)
            net.addLink(nbi.instance, s1)
            net.addLink(ro_db.instance, s1)
            net.addLink(ro.instance, s1)
            net.addLink(lcm.instance, s1)

            net.start()
            api.start()

            other_end = time.time()
            zookeeper.start()
            zookeeper_started = time.time()
            kafka.start()
            kafka_started = time.time()
            mongo.start()
            mongo_started = time.time()
            nbi.start()
            nbi_started = time.time()
            ro_db.start()
            ro_db_started = time.time()
            ro.start()
            ro_started = time.time()
            lcm.start()
            lcm_started = time.time()

            writer.writerow({
                'other': other_end - start,
                'zookeeper': zookeeper_started - other_end,
                'kafka': kafka_started - zookeeper_started,
                'mongo': mongo_started - kafka_started,
                'nbi': nbi_started - mongo_started,
                'ro_db': ro_db_started - nbi_started,
                'ro': ro_started - ro_db_started,
                'lcm': lcm_started - ro_started,
            })
            csvfile.flush()
        finally:
            net.stop()
            api.stop()

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China Southern Airlines said it has become the first carrier in Chinese mainland joining Huawei's Harmony ecosystem, a move to accelerate the carrier's digital transformation.
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Score a Touchdown With Football Fans: What You Need to Know This NFL Season
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Jordan Rost, Jenny Fernandez, Allison Mooney, Josh Kraut / September 2014
As the NFL season starts, brands from insurance companies to fast food chains are kicking off campaigns to reach football fans. It's a huge marketing opportunity, and it's bigger than ever. Worldwide, the NFL's popularity is at an all-time high. New audiences are tuning in, especially women and Hispanics, and fans are getting their fix across screens and platforms. Here, we tackle the trends that marketers should know to score with fans all season—and all year long.
Searches for HDTVs, tailgating and buffalo wings are up. That can only mean one thing: America is ready for some football. This year, the NFL is more popular than ever. It's now the most popular sports league worldwide—bigger than the NBA, MLB and any other international leagues.
U.S. interest in the NFL is 65% higher than in the NBA and 152% higher than in the MLB, and it's on the rise (Chart 1).
Even preseason events drew massive interest. The NFL Draft had 3x as many searches as the Emmy Awards at their respective peaks.
In 2012, the NFL overtook the NBA in global popularity, becoming the top American league in the world.
It's also the top sports league globally, surpassing F1, Premier League and the India Premier League in searches on Google.
Chart 1: U.S. Searches for Top 3 American Sports Leagues
Source: Google Data, July 2011-September 2014, Indexed Search Query Volume, United States.
Football is winning over new audiences
The most watched TV event among women this year was the Super Bowl, according to AdWeek. It's a sign of the NFL's increasingly diverse fanbase, now made up of more women and Hispanics than ever.
During the 2013 season, searches for women's NFL apparel were 35% higher than the year before (Chart 2).
Women make up nearly half of all NFL fans, and 63% of women 12 and older classify themselves as fans, per AdWeek.
In August, searches for "futbol americano" were 39% higher than they were the year before, outpacing the growth of overall football searches by 5x.
Nearly half of Hispanics said they were interested or very interested in football (Google Consumer Survey, August 2014).
Chart 2: Google Searches for Women's NFL Apparel
Source: Google Data, January 2012-August 2014, Indexed Search Query Volume, United States.
Despite this, most marketing campaigns still cater to the (stereo)typical football fan. But there's massive opportunity to reach these new audiences. For its part, the NFL has answered and fueled demand among both of these demographics. Its Hispanic Heritage campaign celebrates Hispanic players in the league. Among efforts to reach female fans are a line of women's apparel and a campaign to raise breast cancer awareness. The needle is moving:
In August, searches for women's NFL apparel grew 20% over the same period last year (Chart 2).
At their respective highs, "NFL breast cancer" was searched more than "NFL concussions," a massively popular and controversial topic.
People searched for the NFL and breast cancer twice as much as for any other major American sports league (Google Data).
Fans are glued to the second screen
On any given Sunday, fans all over the country are glued to their screen—the screen in their hand, that is. Smartphone use surges during the games as fans share the rush, talk trash and gather facts in the moment. Throughout the season, more people than ever are using mobile devices to find scores and schedules, even to stream games.
Mobile queries related to football were up 33% in this year's preseason as compared with last year (Google Data).
Top mobile searches include players, teams, schedules and scores, and they are all growing annually (Google Data).
During games, there's a big surge in mobile searches. During last Thursday's Seahawks versus Packers game, for example, 74% of game-related searches came from smartphones (Chart 3).
Searches are spiking for "NFL Now," the league's new mobile app that features highlights, clips and original programming.
One in three searches about streaming the games comes from a mobile device (Google Data).
Chart 3: Game-Related Searches During NFL Kickoff Game (Seahawks vs. Packers, 9/4/14)
Source: Google Data, September 4, 2014, Indexed Search Query Volume, United States.
The implications are obvious: To reach fans, brands need to make mobile a key part of their playbook. Those that don't are putting themselves on the sidelines.
Searching for highlights, smack talking with GIFs
To catch up on "did you see that?!" moments, fans hop on YouTube immediately after the games end. For example, right after the Seahawks won this year's kickoff game, searches for "highlights" spiked (Chart 4). In addition to video clips, people look for memes to share in the form of annotated GIFs. Just look at the sharp rise in searches for "NFL GIF" in the past few years.
Chart 4: YouTube Searches Related to "Highlights" After the NFL Kickoff Game (Seahawks vs. Packers, 9/4/14)
Video game content is also hugely popular on YouTube, and when it comes to sports games, EA Sports' Madden NFL 15 is the reigning champ. The official ad for Madden NFL 15 topped the August YouTube Ads Leaderboard—it currently has over 10M views—beating out a new spot for FIFA 15.
To promote the game this season, EA Sports is reaching second-screening, meme-loving fans with the Madden GIFERATOR. For every NFL game, the Madden GIFERATOR's live stream of animated GIF's, which uses Madden NFL 15 imagery, updates in real-time based on actual NFL game action. With each big play, the GIFERATOR will generate a tailor-made set of GIFs to be customized and shared with friends. The GIFs will also appear in ads on sites and apps across the Google Display Network. Fans can even make and share their own.
More reasons for fans (and marketers) to cheer
The football season is longer than ever. While it peaks during the regular season, interest in football doesn't stop after the Super Bowl. There's now fan engagement (and marketer opportunity) in the off-season with the rise of "tentpole" events. The NFL Draft, Pro Bowl, NFL Preseason and NFL Combine all had their biggest year yet in searches on Google (Chart 5). Marketers can ride this rising tide of interest through year-round campaigns aimed at fans.
Chart 5: Google Searches for NFL Events During the Off Season
Meanwhile, CBS is doing a big push around Thursday Night Football, looking to make the game a primetime event. "I don't think the CBS Corporation has ever mounted a larger promotional campaign," says Sean McManus, chairman of CBS Sports, in the New York Times. "We're determined to work with the NFL to make sure this is a success." It certainly seems to be driving interest online; Google searches for "Thursday Night Football" were up 116% year-over-year in August.
Then there's fantasy football, which creates a whole new layer of engagement during the season itself. The once-niche pastime has become mainstream—searches for "fantasy football" are at an all-time high, and one in three people say they play, according to an August Google Consumer Survey. The typical fantasy player is a marketer's dream: a middle-aged, college-educated professional with an average household income over $90,000, according to the Fantasy Sports Trade Association.
Fantasy players don't just care about local teams; they're obsessively tracking players across the league. This has essentially expanded players' popularity beyond their home turf. For example, while the most-searched-for team around Kansas City is the Chiefs, searches for their star player, Jamaal Charles, are happening across the country.
In business terms, fantasy football attracts new audiences for many NFL "products" (players). No wonder it's changed the NFL's marketing. The league runs fantasy ads that appeal to non-experts with a proposition that "it's fast and easy, and you can do it on a mobile phone"—a winning play in today's constantly connected world.
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Analytical Insights Marketing, Google
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Head of Trends and Insights, Marketing at Google
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La única versión (ni nueva ni mejorada)
27/09/2010 alcanza metas, autoconciencia, empoderamiento, empoderamiento profesional, liderazgoexcellence, focusSilvana Roiter
Ian Thorpe – nadador Australiano que rompió varios records mundiales y por eso se ganó el apodo de Torpedo. Durante su carrera supo que gran parte del éxito se basa en mirar la línea negra al fondo de la piscina – sin mirar a los lados. Como lo dijo en una entrevista al retirarse de su carrera de atleta elite, con solo 24 años de edad: "hay mas en la vida que la línea negra…y quiero vivir eso."
Esto nos da evidencia de la importancia de estar enfocados en nuestras propias carreras – y no perder ni tiempo ni ventaja mirando hacia los lados a ver que están haciendo los demás.
Además es una gran pista acerca de que necesitas para potenciar tus habilidades profesionales. Más que muchos otros factores, confiar en tus propias habilidades, y enfocarte en tu propio camino, es lo que te llevará a ser la mejor versión de ti. Es cuando trabajas, día a día, con tu mejor versión, con tus habilidades potenciadas, que llegan los resultados mas significantes.
Entonces, ¿cómo se trabaja – y desarrolla una carrera – mirando la línea negra?
No imites – Ni por un segundo esto quiere decir que debes dejar a un lado a tus consejeros y mentores. Todo lo contrario. Acudir a personas más expertas y sobresalientes te dará una ventaja sobre aquellos que no lo hacen. Claro esta, procura recurrir a profesionales que hayan alcanzado lo mismo o mas de lo que buscas alcanzar en tu propia carrera. Ya que la calidad de los consejos que recibes es tan buena como la fuente de eso consejos.
No envidies – Acuérdate que la carrera es bien larga. Y mas que otra cosa es contra ti misma. Lo he vivido en mi propia carne. Habrá momentos cuando estarás adelante de los demás. Habrá otros cuando estarás en el medio o atrás. Al fin del día lo que mas impacto tendrá sobre tu carrera, es la certeza de que corriste con la mejor versión de ti – con toda.
No te conformes – Ser agradecida por lo que ya tienes – y no enfocarte en lo que no tienes – te dará un sentido de fortaleza interna. Aun así, aceptar el status quo y contentarte con lo mediocre es la receta para la insatisfacción.
Busca la excelencia – y no te contentes hasta que la alcances. Y me cuentas.
What's a picture of Evander Holyfield doing on my blog?
28/07/2009 empoderamiento, liderazgo, marca personalexcellence, marca personalSilvana Roiter
Right now, do me a favor. If you're left-handed, pick up a pen with your right hand and write your name. If you're right-handed, use your left hand to write your name. (For the few ambidextrous, well, what can I say – you're one of the lucky few – I'm afraid I won't be able to prove my point with you).
Now, take a few minutes to think long and hard about what it took for you to do something outside of your comfort zone. If you're being honest, because using your 'other hand' to write doesn't come naturally to you, you had to talk yourself into doing it. Am I right?
Now lets move on to bigger and better things, beyond writing your name illegibly.
Lets look at excellence. No, not perfection. Excellence – a commitment with being better every day and with stretching yourself a bit more each day. On the other hand, lets look at mediocrity. Mediocrity – feeling okay with getting by and that it's enough to do as little as possible. That said, pushing yourself a little bit over your edge every day is a choice. On the other hand, doing as little as posible is also a choice. And like choosing to write with your left hand if you're a righty, and with your right hand if you're a lefty, making any choice involves thoughtfulness and intention.
Aiming to create a world inhabited by excellent people, a world free of mediocre beings, when Dan Schawbel asked me to write a column for issue #3 of his e-mag Personal Branding, I decided to write about excellence. Being that the issue is focused on helping readers build a personal brand that owns a specific niche, I thought it was a unique opportunity to write about what it takes to own excellence, to answer 'what does it take to make excellence your personal brand?'
In finding someone to interview, my main goal became to showcase someone who, at first glance it's obvious they lead an extraordinary life, one that's worthy of imitation, yet at the same time is real and approachable. The latter two traits is what makes excellence sticky.
With that in mind I interviewed Samuel Azout. A Latin American business man who has thoughtfully created an extraordinary career.
"After working for 25 years in the private business sector, he re-invented himself as a social entrepreneur. He`s now the founder and leader of two social ventures, Fundacion Carullaand Fundacion Futbol con Corazon, both based in his home country of Colombia. Both driven by his vision to create equality and opportunity for some of the poorest people in the world -those he affectionately refers to as 'vulnerable'.
Yet, as much as he has achieved and as much as he has already contributed to the community at large, he's very quick to point out that it's a team of extraordinary people who deserve the credit."
You'll find the full interview in issue # 3 of Personal Branding. For now, click here to access your free sample, which by the way, is hot off the press. You will find loads of valuable information including interviews of other inspiring professionals – who were willing to share their wisdom about "owning your niche". (yes that's Evander Holyfield on the cover)
That said, if you know someone else who is clone-worthy, I'd love to know. (Thanks in advance for sharing your wealth).
A New Kind of Hero for a New Kind of World, Hero #11
30/06/2009 autoconciencia, empoderamiento, encontrando significado, nirvana profesionaladrenaline, commitment, excellence, passion, risk-takingSilvana Roiter
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Meet JC. Hearing him tell me about his career path left a sizeable smile on my face. It could be because he has such a contagious – and warm laughter. Or because his story is so inspiring – and quite unique. It could also be because he shared with me his story with a sense of honesty and transparency that I had not come across before.
That said, I've spent the past few days trying to work out if JC is an adrenaline junky or one of the bravest persons I've ever met. Because there's such a fine line between the two, I'm finding it hard to tell. I'll let you make up your own mind.
Being that JC`s dad is a successful business man, throughout this interview I kept wondering why JC did not follow in his dad's foot-steps. After all, JC has the option to join a business which could meet his financial needs several times over. Yet time after time, JC has chosen to go after his passions. "I'm a big believer that you gotta follow your passion…In my little world and experiences, I think that's where people make a big mistake. They go into things for the wrong reasons…to please others…You have to remember that a lot of people get jealous. They don`t want you to succeed…they try to bring you down…So don`t worry about what others say, don`t let others dictate your life."
Yet speaking with JC it became clear that none of his career decisions have been driven by rebellion or anger towards his father or family. During our interview, at one point I mentioned that when he laughs he sounds just like his dad. Almost instinctively he said that he was honored by my comment. "My dad is a very special man. I admire him…what he's done."
He also told me: "I'm simply not an office person…I don`t have it in me." This he found out after he set up an online business with his brother. As much as he enjoyed the adrenaline rush that comes from working on a start-up, he did not enjoy working in an office.
Note to self: Unthinkable force is generated when you work in line with your life's purpose.
Driven by his passion, JC has been on a path that has led him, time after time, to break the mold that he inherited from his dad. Since the age of 16, JC has been a certified pilot. Flying is his first love. As I found out, it's not his only love.
When I asked him what drove him to pursue such a risky – and expensive – activity he said to me: "It's hard to describe…it's in my blood…it's like a drug. It's inside of me – a deep passion for flying."
Note to self: Your own reason for being lies inside of you. Finding it is a matter of learning to listen to it.
After getting his flying license, he became a flight instructor – one of the youngest at the academy. At 20 he was hired by a commercial airline, where he worked for eight years, flying domestic 1 to 2 hour 'short hops'. He was then hired by another major airline. That job lasted four years until he was laid off following the shake up after 9/11.
He highlighted more than once that: "Flying is one of those jobs that if you don't have a passion for it, you can't do it." As he explained, getting a license is a big time commitment. And the work schedule is quite demanding. It requires that you're away from family for long periods of time – which means that you'll end up missing a lot of important occasions.
He also told me that he's thankful that he was in one of the last groups to get laid-off. However, as he explained, that also meant that most of the good jobs in other airlines were already taken. He made it quite clear that he's not one to dwell on things. "Those around me tell me that I deal with things differently." His girlfriend has even mentioned that at times it seems that he has a switch which allows him to move on almost instantly.
That being the case, shortly after getting laid off, he started to seriously consider a job in the police force. To learn more about what's involved, he went on a few ride-alongs, where he spent the day on the field with real life cops. That is when he felt that he had found his second passion. "I remember the second or third call I went on. It was to handle a domestic violence incident…It's pretty much the only job where you can right a wrong. That's a really powerful thing. And it happens almost every day. I'm also an adrenaline junky…(as he says this, I can almost feel his pulse quicken) you go from 0 to 100 and back to 0. I love that. That happens in policing all the time. A million things can happen in a millisecond. That's how I feel alive!"
Let that echo inside your brain one more time…that's how I feel alive.
Note to self: What makes you feel alive?
As he told me: "it's not that I'm heartless (or a career slut) – or that my passion for flying seized to be." This is quite evident by how he described feeling when he got laid off: "When I got laid-off, that was one of the saddest days of my life. I'd spent 10 years working to the point where I could drive this big piece of equipment…by then I was on cloud million…Loosing my job was like facing a death sentence…I knew it would happen…just not when." He then told me that he had some time to mourn, but being one not to dwell on things, he said to himself: "it happened…pick up the pieces and lets move on."
Note to self: What have you been dwelling on? Let go…
His original plan was to work as a cop for four to five years tops – until he got called back by the airline. Five years later when he got called back, he went back to flying for 7 months. Then decided to return to his job in the police-force. And he has been back for over a year. He told me that the catalyst for this decision was the death of his dog Matt. On the day Matt died, he was not in town because he was scheduled to fly. It bothered him that he could not be there for his dog who had been there for him so many times. He also sense d that the industry had changed for the worst. He knew that it was time to let go.
Note to self: Be clear on your values. When things change around you, let your values shine a light on your path.
Aside from passion, JC is driven by a strong pursuit for excellence. More than once he said to me: "I don`t believe in half-assing anything I do. I take things to the limit." His achievements are proof of this. Aside from making it into the SWAT team, the police force's most elite team, in 2008 he was named officer of the year.
As determined, strong and intense as JC is he has a very soft center. First, he's a self-confessed animal lover. Until he met his girlfriend, his two dogs were the love of his life. (I sense that his soon-to-be-born child will also top the list) JC also loves photography. To the point where he now has a business taking fashion and wedding pictures, whenever he's off-duty.
He said to me that he stumbled upon his photography business by pure chance. "It was a freak accident." It started when a friend in the police force asked him for help with a modeling portfolio. Being that JC has been taking pictures since he was a kid – mostly of planes – he agreed. And the rest is history.
In spite of JC immersing himself fully to learn about photography, he admits that often times he isn't 100% certain of how to take certain shots his clients ask for. Yet he still takes those jobs. It's not that his deceitful. Rather he believes, as he tells new police recruits: "There comes a time when you're gonna have to grab your balls and just go! You gotta be confident. Even if you don`t (fully) know what's going on, you gotta pull it through."
And so he has. Today his client base is growing, even in a slow economy.
Note to self: Go beyond faking it until you make it. Focus on making it.
JC leaves us with his intensity.
"You gotta trust your gut…Always have enough confidence in yourself that you'll survive and the balls to do it. A lot of people talk a lot…I've always tried to be a do-er and not a talker. You gotta try different things, be adventurous…"
Photos by JC


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