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Jesus Christ Superstar is Andrew Lloyd Webber's early rock opera, much of which looks at the Passion story from Judas' point of view (until he necessarily disappears towards the end). The film was made in 1973 and is the only Jesus film I've seen which actually filmed in Israel, rather than in a ninth-century Tunisian fortress or in Morocco.
The reason this was possible is that the film does not try to replicate first century Palestine, but is filmed chiefly in modern dress among the ruins. I rather like the modern dress idea and I love seeing the actual Roman ruins, rather than sets or Islamic fortresses. I do find it interesting that Jesus is the only character to wear a more traditional costume, perhaps to make him seem less connected to everyone else. The other problem with the modern dress, of course, is that 'modern' in this case means the 1970s, so some of the costumes are rather interesting and the movie looks more dated than it otherwise would.
There are plenty of fascinating theological issues I could discuss, but as usual, I'll stick to my academic area of expertise and focus on the movie's depiction of Rome and the Romans. The film makes great use of its Roman locations, with some spectacular dance numbers set in the open ruins, while Pilate's audience with the people takes place in an amphitheatre.
Most of the cast wear hippie style 70s fashion, but the Roman guards, although they are not in Roman dress, are given a uniform. They have been allowed to keep their long 70s hair, but it is hidden under somewhat bucket-like helmets, and they wear khaki trousers to indicate that they are the military, and purple vests to show that they are Roman. Purple dye was quite expensive in the ancient world, and was associated with power, being a colour worn particularly (though not exclusively) by the upper classes, and especially by emperors. It is this association with power that makes it especially suitable for the army in the film.
Pilate, to indicate his especially high status, wears purple velvet, with a red velvet cloak over it. He, Jesus and the Jewish priests are given costumes rather than basic 70s clothing; while Jesus is in a traditional (very clean) white robe, Pilate wears a costume that (deliberately) looks a bit like something your Mum might put together for you to play a Roman in school, while the priests wear some absolutely fantastic, crazy-looking costumes that make them look like vultures (again, this is not a theological statement, I just think they look cool!).
Pilate wears a reddish velvet cloak over his purple velvet (which clashes), which evokes the bloodshed of the final act (emphasised especially when he washes his hands of the situation... in a glass bowl). He also wears a rather lovely golden laurel wreath. Laural wreaths were prizes in much older Greek athletic competitions, while Caesar made a point of refusing a crown in public to avoid looking like a monarch (although he was a dictator, he was careful never to call himself a king). Like the rest of Pilate's costume, this is not related to actual Roman dress, but to modern perceptions of what it is to be Roman.
One final point about the Romans in this film - they are by far the most stern and sober characters in the movie. Jesus' disciples are the characters the 70s audience is encouraged to identify with, carefree, energetic and eating something highly dubious (the lyrics to the song accompanying the Last Supper include 'what's that in the bread, it's gone to my head'). The priests are stern enough, but obsessed with this man that they perceive as a threat, while Herod is clearly off his face and completely hilarious. The Roman soldiers behave in a similar way to those in the Life of Brian - they mostly passively observe events, with occasional expressions of exasperation, until they are forced, reluctantly, to intervene. They are also solely represented by the army - Pilate's wife's dream has been given to Pilate, so every Roman character is a soldier on duty. They are a sinister occupying force, a police force, a controlled backdrop and a threat all in one.
Annas and Caiaphas, in rather exciting costumes
I love this film - I love the musical and I think the performances here, especially Ted Neeley as Jesus, Carl Anderson as Judas and Barry Dennan as Pontius Pilate, are breathtaking. There's a powerful moment during Jesus' solo 'Gethsemane' which uses Renaissance art to beautiful effect to depict the horror of crucifixion, the contrast between Caiaphas' bass and Annas' counter tenor is brilliant and I can forgive it for not showing the Resurrection - it is a Passion play after all, and one told from a distinctly agnostic point of view at that. There's also a lovely touch when we see the actors get back on the bus they arrived on, but without Jesus (well, either its lovely or they've actually crucified and abandoned him, but I think they were going for a spiritual effect, and Ted Neeley seems perfectly healthy on the DVD commentary!). As the film ends, watch out for a shepherd who, by pure coincidence, wandered across in front of the camera as they filmed the final shot - it's a bit fuzzy on the video, but clearer on the DVD.


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(This true love story was originally translated into German for Love Letters magazine, but in belated honor of Valentine's Day, I'm posting it here in English.)
Is it surprising that an author would pick her husband out of a book? It shouldn't be, for that is exactly what I did!
The Backstory: I was in my early 30's, newly divorced, and the mother of a four-year-old boy. My first marriage was crummy. The divorce even crummier. I was left feeling like a failure and definitely not in the mood for romance. I decided to concentrate on my son and my career as a schoolteacher.
Fast Forward Two Years: I was stronger and more confident now. I thought about my secret desire to write, but I was too busy working and raising my son. Life was good, but my heart was lonely. And my biological clock was ticking. Wouldn't it be wonderful to fall in love with the perfect man, get married, and have another child—a little girl, perhaps? It was a lot to ask for, but I'd read enough Romance books to believe every woman was entitled to a "happily ever after."
Just like the heroines in my favorite Romances, I decided I would set a goal and go for it. I wouldn't sit by and hope that Fate brought the perfect man to me. That kind of thinking had proven disastrous for my first marriage. No, this time I would be different. I would take charge of my own destiny and become the Husband Huntress!
This was before the onset of computer dating and online matchmaking services. Back then, spouse hunters used a video dating service. I joined the largest one I could find. I filled out the profile, had photos made, and endured the video-taped interview.
For the first few months, it worked like this: I would receive a postcard in the mail informing me that a guy (first name only and ID number) wanted to meet me. I would go to the video dating headquarters, read the guy's profile, watch his video, and either agree or refuse to meet him. After a long line of boring dates, I realized this was not the proper course for a true Husband Huntress. I needed to do the hunting myself!
So I started with the 'A' book and selected a few guys to date. 'A' was for awful. I went through the 'B' book and the 'C' book. No luck. There were three 'D' books. I made it through the 'DA' books, but none of the Daniels or Davids suited me. On to the 'DE-DI' book. Forget it. Then as I thumbed through the 'DO-DU' book, a photo caught my eye.
Wow! One of the 'Dons' was really cute. Green eyes, a mischievous grin, and dimples. I ran to the video room to watch his interview. Wow, again! He was tall, and his deep voice had a slow cowboy drawl that made my heart flutter. And best of all—he made me laugh!
One problem: this Don looked young. What if he was younger than me and didn't want to date an older woman? I ran back to the 'DI-DU' book to check his profile and date of birth. My jaw dropped. I blinked to see if the birth date changed. It didn't.
His birthday was exactly the same as mine.
Was it fate? Would he agree to meet me? I filled out the form to request a date, then went home. And waited.
What happened next? Did Kerrelyn find her true love? Come back next month to find out! Please leave a comment telling me where you met your true love, and one lucky commenter will receive a signed copy of Vamps and the City! (no, those aren't my legs!) Please include an email address so I can contact you. Good luck!


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The Arrival Of Lars Anderson
The PawSox have lost three straight games and will finish April with a losing record.
But there's reason for optimism with Thursday's promotion of Lars Anderson from Double-A Portland.
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The 22-year-old first baseman was destroying Eastern League pitching. In 17 games, Anderson was batting .355/.408/.677 with 5 HR and 16 RBI. Lars belted 4 HR in his last 10 games and was working on a 6-game hitting streak (10-for-21, .476) at the time of his promotion.
Lars entered the season as the #4 prospect in the Red Sox organization according to Baseball America. He was listed as the organization's best power hitting prospect for the 4th consecutive year.
Mike Hazen, Boston's Director of Player Development, discussed Anderson's promotion to Triple-A with PawSox beat writer Brendan McGair of the Pawtucket Times.
"He's done a good job this year of really being focused in his approach – from going hitless in big league camp all the way through leading the Eastern League in OPS at this point today, we've never seen that waiver since he stepped into camp," Hazen told McGair. "So, it's time for him to be challenged at the next level.
Regardless of the results in a game – good or bad – we've seen the exact same player the next day . . . pitch-to-pitch, at-bat to at-bat, and day to day. That's all anyone ever expects out of a player from a consistency standpoint and he's done a great job of that. He worked really hard. He put in a lot of work this off-season, he put in a lot of work in spring training and the results are showing up on the field. Good for him. He's done a lot in the first couple of weeks and the last couple of months to earn this promotion."
Anderson arrived in the PawSox clubhouse during Thursday's 4-1 loss to Indianapolis and grounded out as a pinch-hitter in the 6th inning. He's expected to make his first start for the PawSox on Friday night.
Let's hope that it's Fireworks Night in more ways than one.
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Thursday was the 24th anniversary of one of the most exciting nights in Red Sox history.
On April 29, 1986, Roger Clemens became the first pitcher in major league history to strike out 20 batters in a 9-inning game while tossing a 3-hitter vs. Seattle at Fenway Park.
My pal Joe Harty, who has assisted the PawSox as a batting practice pitcher for many years, had tickets to the game.
And didn't go.
"It was biggest mistake you could ever make," Harty told me. "My wife's boss had great tickets right behind home plate and we used to go all of the time. That night she came home with the tickets, but we decided that we would watch the Celtics in their playoff game instead. It was a little misty out and it wasn't a great night to go watch a game. So we turned on the TV to watch the Celtics and it was blacked out – we couldn't believe it. We were sitting at home with four tickets to the game where Clemens struck out 20. The next day, she goes into work and her boss said, 'Who had the tickets last night?' And everybody pointed out that my wife did. And her boss said, 'So Joe saw the great game,' and she had to tell him what happened."
Joe didn't get to witness history, but did come away with a valuable souvenir.
"I still have the tickets untouched that I kind of keep in my safe," he said.
Would he consider selling them?
"Absolutely," Harty said with a laugh. "When you're unemployed you do stuff like that. I don't know, I always thought that maybe I could get them signed if Roger ever showed up somewhere around here. It would be kind of cool to put them in a frame. I don't know – I guess I would regret it if I sold them"
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There was a no-hitter in the International League on Wednesday night as Norfolk's Chris Tillman tossed a 9-inning masterpiece vs. the Gwinnett Braves.
Congrats are not only in order for Tillman, but also for his pitching coach – former Pawtucket pitching coach Mike Griffin.
Griffin was the PawSox pitching coach in 2003 when Bronson Arroyo pitched a 9-inning perfect game against Buffalo.
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The PawSox conclude their 8-game homestand on Friday night as they face Indianapolis at 6:15. The game will be followed by a gigantic Fireworks Show.
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Daily programmer challenge #102 was to create a program that counted the number of unique characters in a list of words and output the total number that were below a number you give it. My version does that and works like a command line program by passing system arguments. The file it takes should be a text file that can have multiple words on a line.
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In a roundabout way, Sunday night's victory by the 49ers, which came after San Fran blew a 28-point lead to the Pats before emerging with a 10-point win, has helped the NFL avoid an exercise in dot-connecting that could have begun with the Packers-Seahawks replacement-ref debacle and ended with the Seahawks landing in the Super Bowl.
I'll explain.
A loss by the 49ers would have opened the door for the Seahawks to steal the NFC West, by beating the Niners next Sunday night at home and then taking down the Rams, also in Seattle. The difference for the division title, if the Niners beat the Cardinals in Week 17, would have been the win that the Seahawks didn't deserve in Week Three.
And here's where it gets even more interesting. One loss by the Packers in their final two games (vs. Tennessee, at Minnesota) would have allowed the Seahawks to catch the Packers at 11-5. The tiebreaker for the bye week would have been — you guessed it — the head-to-head outcome from Week Three.
So without many crazy things happening, the Seahawks could have finished as the No. 2 seed. If Seattle had held serve in the divisional round, and if the Falcons had been upset at home in their playoff opener, Seattle would have hosted the NFC title game.
The Seahawks still are highly likely to nail down a wild-card berth, and unlike past Seattle teams they could possibly win on the road in January. But it's far less likely for any postseason success by the Seahawks to feel tainted, given that they won't be getting the No. 2 seed via the lingering taint of the final game of the referee lockout.
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Eight positions in Kinston, La Grange and Pink Hill up for grabs
The day some local political junkies have long waited for is finally here: Filing day for the 2013 General Election.
There are eight seats in three Lenoir County municipalities up for election in November: the mayor and two city council in Kinston, three town council in La Grange and two town board in Pink Hill.
Potential candidates for those seats can begin filing today at noon. Filing ends in two weeks, on Friday, July 19, also at noon. It�s inexpensive for a candidate to file for office: only $10 for the Kinston and La Grange seats, and only $5 for the Pink Hill seats.
One of the candidates, former Kinston City Manager Ralph Clark, will be at the Board of Elections at noon to officially file for the Kinston mayor�s race.
�I announced (my intentions) early and I plan to live up to what my announcement said,� said Clark, who told The Free Press in April of his intent to run for the seat currently held by B.J. Murphy. �I want to be the first person to tell people I�m running for mayor.�
Clark is the only announced candidate for mayor; Murphy told The Free Press in February he would not be running for reelection. Other potential candidates for mayor � including Danny Rice of Woodmen of the World and Mayor Pro Tem Joe Tyson � have said they�re not running for mayor, too.
There have been a dearth of announcements for the two Kinston City Council seats, too; one-term councilman Bobby Merritt formally told The Free Press last month he wouldn�t run for reelection, while the other incumbent, two-term councilman Robbie Swinson, has not made an official decision whether or not he�s going to run for reelection.
John Nix, one of the people directly responsible for nonpartisan elections coming to Kinston this year, made an unsuccessful run for City Council in 2011 and was planning to run again this year. However, he told The Free Press last month that he, too, won�t run for one of the seats in November.
Lenoir County Board of Elections Director Dana King admitted she was surprised by the lack of announced candidates heading into today�s filing.
�I thought I would�ve heard more people out there saying they were going to run for one of the seats,� she said. �I�ve heard very little talk of anyone wanting to file this year.�
This is the first year the Kinston elections will also be nonpartisan, meaning voters won�t see the political parties of candidates on their ballot. As a result, there also is no need for a primary election � everyone who files for one of the seats will be on the final November ballot.
Additionally, regardless of how many candidates are running for the various seats and the potential closeness of the races, there won�t be a runoff.
�This means it�s less money for the city to have to pay out,� King said. �When you have that few of candidates on a ballot, if we had a primary, there could have been a runoff. That would mean two extra elections the city would have had to pay for.�
Bryan C. Hanks can be reached at 252-559-1074 or at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter at BCHanks.
The following seats are up for election in Lenoir County in November:
Mayor B.J. Murphy
City Councilman Bobby Merritt
City Councilman Robbie Swinson
La Grange:
Town Councilman David Holmes
Town Councilwoman Veronica �Nicky� Lee
Town Councilman Bobby Wooten
Pink Hill:
Town board member Mike Hill
Town board member Marion Mitchell
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Ecopipam Treatment of Self-Injurious Behavior in Subjects With Lesch-Nyhan Disease
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01751802
Recruitment Status : Terminated (Study terminated for commercial reasons)
First Posted : December 18, 2012
Results First Posted : October 8, 2015
Last Update Posted : October 8, 2015
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|Condition or disease
|Lesch-Nyhan Disease Self-injurious Behavior
|Drug: Ecopipam Drug: Placebo
|Phase 3
This study will be done in approximately 6 centers in approximately 4 countries, and approximately 24 subjects will be included. This study is divided into two parts. The first is a double-blinded portion lasting up to 18 weeks in total. The second portion is an optional open-label extension and lasts up to 54 weeks total. The total duration of the study, if you choose to participate in both portions, is anticipated to be up to approximately 78 weeks.
The first portion of this study is double-blind and assignment to a treatment group is done randomly. In this study, there are two treatment groups. One group will receive Ecopipam for one 6-week period and placebo for two 6-week periods, and the other group will receive Ecopipam for two 6-week periods and placebo for one 6-week period.
Subjects who did not experience any clinically significant side effects during the blinded portion of the study may be eligible to participate in an open-label extension that may last up to 54 weeks.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|9 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Crossover Assignment
|Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|An Outpatient Phase 3 Efficacy Study of Ecopipam (PSYRX 101) in the Symptomatic Treatment of Self-Injurious Behavior in Subjects With Lesch-Nyhan Disease
|Study Start Date :
|December 2012
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|December 2013
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|December 2014
Experimental: Ecopipam
Active substance being tested, orally once a day at bedtime
Drug: Ecopipam
Antagonist of the dopamine D1 receptor
Other Names:
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Inactive substance being tested, orally once a day at bedtime
Drug: Placebo
Placebo for Ecopipam
- Behavior Problems Inventory - Self-Injurious Behavior Subscale [ Time Frame: Baseline, end of period 1 (6 weeks), end of period 2 (12 weeks), end of period 3 (18 weeks), ]The primary endpoint is the BPI (SIB subscales - total for frequency and severity) as assessed by the caregiver. BPI Self-Injurious Behavior Subscale ranges from 0 to 45, with higher scores indicating more self-injurious behavior.
- Effect of Ecopipam Withdrawal and Maintenance [ Time Frame: Baseline, 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 18 weeks ]The secondary objectives of this study are to assess the effect of withdrawal and maintenance of ecopipam's effects in subjects with LND. Measured by the number of participants whose score changes significantly from baseline on ecopipam or placebo
- Safety Summary of Ecopipam in Patients With Lesch-Nyhan Disease: Total Number of Serious and Non-Serious Adverse Events Experienced During 3 Double-blind Crossover Periods [ Time Frame: Total duration over which participants recieved double-blind ecopipam or placebo, up to 6 or 12 weeks ]An additional objective of the study is to assess the safety of ecopipam in subjects with LND for up to 52 weeks. Total number of serious and non-serious adverse events experienced by participants while receiving ecopipam or placebo. For additional detail, see Adverse Events
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|6 Years to 70 Years (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Subjects must have classic LND as defined by (a) characteristic clinical syndrome (evidence of overproduction of uric acid, severe generalized dystonia, frequent and persistent self-injurious behavior (SIB), and cognitive impairment) and (b) laboratory confirmation for mutation of the HPRT gene or severe deficiency of the associated enzyme.
- Subjects must have a minimum combined score of 20 on the Behavior Problems Inventory (BPI) SIB subscales for frequency and severity as assessed by the caregiver.
- Subjects must have a minimum score of 4 on the Physician's Global Impression (PGI) severity scale.
- Subject must be ≥ 6 years old.
- Subjects must weigh > 10 kg.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subjects who are currently treated with medications for seizures.
- Subjects who are on neuroleptics or dopamine-depleting agents.
- Subjects with impaired renal function as defined by a serum creatinine >1.5 mg/dL.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01751802
|United States, Georgia
|H.J. Jinnah
|Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30322
|Hospital Universitario La Paz
|Madrid, Spain
|Principal Investigator:
|H J Jinnah, MD
|Emory University
|Responsible Party:
|Psyadon Pharma
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01751802 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|December 18, 2012 Key Record Dates
|Results First Posted:
|October 8, 2015
|Last Update Posted:
|October 8, 2015
|Last Verified:
|October 2015
Keywords provided by Psyadon Pharma:
Lesch Nyhan Disease
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Self-Injurious Behavior
Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome
Behavioral Symptoms
Brain Diseases, Metabolic, Inborn
Brain Diseases, Metabolic
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Mental Retardation, X-Linked
Intellectual Disability
Neurobehavioral Manifestations
Neurologic Manifestations
Genetic Diseases, X-Linked
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System
Metabolism, Inborn Errors
Purine-Pyrimidine Metabolism, Inborn Errors
Metabolic Diseases
Antipsychotic Agents
Tranquilizing Agents
Central Nervous System Depressants
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Psychotropic Drugs
Dopamine Antagonists
Dopamine Agents
Neurotransmitter Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action


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Hubble Achieves Milestone: 100,000th Exposure
The Hubble telescope reached a milestone several years sooner than scientists expected when it snapped its 100,000th exposure June 22, 1996. The six-year-old orbiting observatory has averaged 1,389 exposures a month, an amount that would make any photographer envious.
This black-and-white picture represents the telescope's 100,000th exposure: a quasar that resides about 9 billion light-years from Earth. The quasar is the bright object in the center of the photo. The fainter object just above it is an elliptical galaxy. Although the two objects appear to be close together, they are actually separated by about 2 billion light-years.
Hubble's 100,000th Exposure Captures Image of Distant Quasar
The Hubble Space Telescope reached a milestone several years sooner than scientists expected when it snapped its 100,000th exposure June 22. The six-year-old orbiting observatory has averaged 1,389 exposures a month, an amount that would make any photographer envious.
Space Telescope Science Institute officials largely attribute the achievement to better management of telescope observing time. In fact, Hubble has been using its time so wisely that it has posted a 55 percent observing efficiency over the past eight weeks, beating pre-launch expectations by 20 percent.
Without the improved scheduling efficiency, "it would have taken us at least 10 years to reach 100,000 exposures," says Institute Director Robert Williams. "This means that we're putting out more interesting scientific results to more astronomers and to the public.
Adds Peg Stanley, the Institute's head of PRESTO (Project to Re-Engineer Space Telescope Observing): "We're getting more than one and a half times the science we originally anticipated. We're getting more science each orbit and are able to accept larger programs."
Pat Fraher, Head of the Data Systems Division says, "the data resulting from this extremely efficient observation rate are nominally processed by STScI within 48 hours of receipt." Data processing involves data calibration, evaluation and subsequent archiving. The data are then sent to specific astronomers who were awarded observing time, and eventually are made available to researchers worldwide in a data archive. This archive presently contains over 2.5 trillion bytes of Hubble science data stored on 375 optical disks. About 2 Gbytes of data are processed and archived daily.
More than 25 percent of the exposures were spent probing galaxies and galaxy clusters, and another 25 percent on stars and star clusters. The 24-hour observatory has taken images of about 10,000 objects. Hubble's images of galaxies and planets represent a travelogue of exotic celestial places. Jupiter and Saturn top Hubble's favorite target list.
"Achieving 100,000 exposures this soon is really a remarkable achievement," Williams says, "especially when you take into account Hubble's low-Earth orbit and that it cannot observe for about 50 percent of each orbit because of the Earth's occultation (when Earth blocks Hubble's view) and the South Atlantic Anomaly (a high radiation belt through which Hubble cannot observe)."
Stanley - whose group oversees telescope science proposals and selection, flight preparation, and planning and scheduling - cites two examples for the improvement in observing efficiency. In July 1993, scientists began using a second tape recorder aboard the telescope to store science data. With just one science tape recorder, science observations had to be halted every few orbits to download the data. One tape recorder, for example, can store only 10 to 14 images from the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2.
A second example is the addition of new software in 1995 that allows Hubble to make better use of its observing time for every 96-minute orbit around the Earth. The software allows scientists to obtain more scientific data per orbit.
Before Hubble was launched in space in 1990, scientists had predicted a 35 percent observing efficiency. But the telescope had eclipsed that milestone by posting a 38 percent rating in October 1992, one and one-half years after launch. The percentage has been rising steadily ever since. Last year's average was 47 percent; from January to April of this year, 52 percent.
The highest posting was 74 percent last December when scientists, including Institute Director Williams, used Hubble almost continuously for 10 straight days to obtain a deep view of the universe, called the Hubble Deep Field. Again, planning was the key to success. The Hubble Deep Field science team and PRESTO's planning group worked together to identify the best time and conditions for taking the deep view images.
Charles Steidel (California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA) and NASA
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3 Second from NOW Volume Two:
The Fighting Principle of INTENSITY
Using gritty and unfiltered real-world violent footage, learn the #1 determining factor in whether you will survive a violent attack and how to make this incredible asymmetrical force an ally and gain the advantage in seconds.
Inoculate yourself to intensity and prevent the infamous freeze response.
Take advantage of lessons learned in pain for others by leveraging state-of-the-art "after action" gunfight review training technology.
See revolutionary force on force training used to put theory to the test and demonstrate strategic and tactical concepts.
INTENSITY, the fighting principle of, noun
"the energy with which you deploy yourself and your deadly force in the face of a violent attack; That quality which Natural-Born Fighters are said to have, but one that must be learned and practiced by everyone else; the most decisive factor in whether or not your defensive effort is successful or fails."
My dear friend: Please consider taking the educational journey I've laid out for you here in Volume 2.
If you've never been in a serious fight before, and if the whole idea of violence and aggression are mysterious, then I think you're going to love (and perhaps need) this program.
This focused education and illustration of the concept of INTENSITY (and the pragmatic instruction on how to help you become INTENSE in your deployment and follow-through) is the best thing I've got for you.
INTENSITY is what shuts violence down, turns attackers around, and makes them bolt for the door. Ultimately: it's what wins fights.
INTENSITY is the easily-actionable culmination of every complex model of violence and human conflict that I've studied and have come to understand intuitively: OODA Theory + Thermodynamics + Initiative + Momentum.
INTENSITY is almost literally "all you need to know."
I am positive that you will love this program and that it will dramatically boost the confidence you have in yourself. – Pat
60 minutes of Classroom Education on the Art & Science of Deploying with INTENSITY.
2.5 Hours of 'caught on tape' Gun-Fight Review and Analysis.
BONUS DVD: 35 minute, 5-Step graduated live-fire Range Guide to Developing INTENSITY.
INTENSITY: THE CORE of
"More important than your caliber & capacity, your shooting accuracy,
and more important than the gun you carry…"
From: Patrick Kilchermann
Founder of Concealed Carry University
"Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum – If you Seek Peace, Prepare for War."
My dear friends and fellow responsibly-armed Guardians, I have an exciting announcement for you:
Volume 2
of my 3 SECONDS FROM NOW series is
Volume 2 is
extremely energetic and engaging
, because this is where we get into the concepts and principles involved in gun-fighting itself – beginning with the most important one of all, and quite possibly the most cutting-edge and powerful concept that I have to offer the personal-protection industry: the concept of INTENSITY.
If you joined me for
Volume 1
, DECISIONS UNDER FIRE, then you may be confused: we looked at a lot of gunfights in Volume 1 – what's different about this one?
Well, please remember that my 3 SECONDS series has two goals for you.
first goal
is the exchange of combat wisdom: where we seek to expose you to enough of the reality and stress and stimuli of a gunfight as we can, to educate your senses and expectations on how you and your attacker or attackers will and won't react under the pressure of a violent attack.
But the
second goal
is perhaps even more important. You see, through the viewing of thousands of deadly force incidents, we've observed the same patterns play out again and again, and we've been able to order from most important to least important, all the factors that contribute toward whether you win or lose – survive or die – in your attempt to defend yourself. Each volume of 3 SECONDS FROM NOW will focus on one of these factors.
In Volume 1, our focus was on "DECISIONS UNDER FIRE".
That's because our analysis proves correct what military strategists have always known, going back to the ancient Chinese military mastermind, Sun Tsu:
that most fights are won or lost before the engagement even begins
Is deadly force justified? It is warranted and necessary? Do you have any other options that would guarantee your safety?
If deadly force is your only option, WHEN do you deploy? HOW do you deploy? How do you fight? Developing the ability to make the RIGHT choices for these difficult decisions under fire and making them INSTINCTIVELY and RAPIDLY was the primary focus of volume 1.
In this next volume, we focus on the second most important factor related to your success and survival in violent defensive combat: and that is, the INTENSITY with which you deploy yourself and your firearm in response to an attack.
While most people who carry concealed (and while even most educators and trainers) are
completely oblivious
to the existence of the observable phenomenon of INTENSITY in gunfights, those at the upper echelons of national training understand that deploying with the proper amount of INTENSITY is more important to your survival than your GUN… your caliber… your ammo capacity… your carry position… your draw speed and gun handling skills… and
it's even more important than your shooting accuracy
Following the decision to use deadly force, INTENSITY is the most important strategy and tactic that you can learn to leverage.
There's a very good chance that your attacker has been immersed in the world of violence for his entire life.
It is his WAY of life
. As a natural-born fighter who has learned to threaten and destroy, he is a master of INTENSITY.
For reasons that will soon be crystal clear to you (if you enter this program), if you can't at least MATCH the INTENSITY that your attacker is bringing to the table…
you are done
. The attack will be over, and you will find yourself psychologically stunned or physically injured and disabled into submission.
You will see: 95% of fights that are won, are won on grounds of 'who was the most intense'. Only 5% come down to "shoot 'em to the ground" gun fighting. This is cutting edge.
Therefore: Let us proceed into this second volume of 3 SECONDS FROM NOW. On top of the backdrop of real-world violence caught on tape, let us learn to understand and leverage this mysterious force of INTENSITY, so that you can explode with effective resistance if ever your life is put in the crosshairs.
It is not *a* way of defending yourself… it is the only EFFECTIVE… and therefore the only PRUDENT way of learning to wield a handgun for effective self-defense.
What would
the perfect
concealed carry training tool look like?
A Personal Note to all 'Graduates' from The Armed American's Complete Concealed Carry Guide to Effective Self-Defense
From: Patrick Kilchermann
By now, through my
Complete Guide
and any other training you've received, I believe you are in the upper ranks of those who carry concealed, when it comes to your knowledge and your realistic understanding for your capabilities and limitations as an armed Guardian.
I founded the Concealed Carry University because of potentially dangerous errors I saw with much of concealed carry education, but I had no idea if there were other people out there like me… People who thirsted for truth, and who were wise enough to know they weren't getting it from your average 'gun blog', YouTube channel, or gun magazine.
Well, here you are!
I'm simply ecstatic to have a
virtuous group of friends
and peers to travel alongside in life (and devote my life to) here in this CCU Alumni. Thank you for that.
"CCU Alumni are as diverse as their careers and passions, but are united by one desire: to feel responsible, confident and effective while going armed."
You are rare. Based on my surveying,
Guardians are between 5% and 8% of the population
. Some turn toward careers in the police, the military, or in other Guardian roles such as firefighting. But most of us are spread all over the map.
CCU alumni come in the form of machinists, accountants, elementary school teachers, Broadway performers, commercial airline pilots, Naval Admiralty, field front-liners and company commanders, CEOs, CFOs, entrepreneurs, and business owners – you name it.
If I may be direct: I want to build
REAL warriors
. Warriors who are beacons of virtue and pillars of strength to those around them. Warriors who are actually and efficiently capable of turning violence into peace by shutting down attacks…
…and in the blessed chance that they never need to use their skills, to help guide them and walk with them in their journeys so that the discipline of concealed carry makes them better people and improves their lives in every department.
Now I'm sure you wear many 'hats' in life (I am a Father and Husband before anything else), but I know that IF YOU'RE HERE, THEN warrior-hood (or being a
true Guardian
) is part of your calling… it IS a role that you were born to fulfill…. and I know that I can help you fill that role very well.
At this point, you've probably become pretty well educated with regards to concealed carry. I've had you "in" my studio for hours, and I've "taken you to the range."
If you've been listening to the Guardian Broadcast, you're probably more intellectually advanced on this topic than anyone you know.
In other words, you've probably become quite combat knowledgeable. Your next step, then, is to obtain Combat Wisdom. Without requiring you to devote your life to the martial arts, and co-existing right alongside your primary roles in life….
I want to make you
Combat Wise
…so that when the hairs begin standing up on your neck, your mouth becomes dry as a bone, and your heart dumps into 2nd gear, you have a
understanding of:
- WHETHER to engage.
- When to engage.
- HOW to engage.
- How the situation is going to play out, even before you draw.
I want you to come to the
highest quality decision as quickly as possible
. And when engagement is necessary… when your pistol clears its holster and you're bringing it up to eye-level, I want your expectations and actions to be loaded with certainty and confidence:
- How the attacker will react the moment you press off your first shot.
- How the bystanders around you will react, and how soon they'll begin reacting.
- How YOU will react following that first shot.
- How to move.
- How to shoot.
- How to finish the fight based on your attacker's reactions.
Knowing the answers to these questions –
all of them
– are key determining factors in whether or not you are successful in a self-defense engagement, especially if your attacker's eyes are on you the moment it becomes necessary to begin moving your hand the 10,000 mile distance to your carry position.
"The more combat wisdom you can obtain, the more clear your mind and calm your body will be once (if) violence finds you."
"We *need* the LESSONS from combat *BEFORE* we are forced to experience combat. Catch 22? Not anymore."
"Victorious warriors win first, and then go to battle. Defeated warriors go to battle first, and then seek to win." – Sun Tsu, Art of War
With combat wisdom, you will know. You will understand, and you will be more calm and in control.
Until now, there has been only one way to obtain combat wisdom: to be in and survive enough gunfights to learn them.
But this is the WORST POSSIBLE Way to Learn to Survive.
And yet…. many modern schools of thought within Concealed Carry Education tell us that until we are tested,
we won't know if we have what it takes to survive or not
I hope this sounds as absurd to you as it does to me, but this attitude of "jump in head first and see if you make it" has been around for generations. In the second World War, pilots were given as much training as could be afforded, but at the end of it all the attitude was one of, "whether you can survive your first encounter or not is anyone's guess. You either "have it" or you don't… good luck!"
And statistically, with every engagement that a pilot survived, the greater his odds became of surviving the next one. Why? Because experience allowed these lucky pilots to learn the lessons that can only be taught within the context of REAL VIOLENCE.
They learned the lessons that have to be felt. The lessons that can't exactly be put to words. They developed…
The absurd fact of the matter that I refuse to accept for myself or my students, however, is that for many pilots, their first engagement was their last. (NOBODY wanted to fly on a bombing mission with a brand new B17 pilot, for example. Their bunkmates didn't even want to learn their names until after the first mission! So great were the odds that they would die, and the pain of losing friends would only grow worse.)
They were sent in unprepared, in the same state in which many people carry concealed.
We have families and friends and roles in life that depend on us. We enjoy life too much, and to reduce a good life to the chew-toy of a wolf is a waste, and it is unjust.
"Without Combat Wisdom, our survival depends mostly on luck."
We should be unwilling to accept anything less than obtaining as much real combat wisdom in advance as we can. And taking you into the beating heart of
and giving you this wisdom is my primary goal from this point forward – now that you've 'graduated' from
The Armed American's Complete Concealed Carry Guide to Effective Self-Defense
So… HOW CAN WE DEVELOP COMBAT WISDOM?
I really, truly believed that putting you within a series of Force-on-Force scenarios was going to be the 'secret sauce'. I first became certified in Simunition™ Safety and Scenario creation back in 2011, and now I'm one of the few private individuals to own a collection of Sim™ pistols, rifles, safety gear, and thousands of rounds of Sim™ ammo.
And make no mistake:
Sim™ training is incredible
But here's one of the biggest lessons I've learned after spending a fortune on this equipment: gunfights (real or simulated) are simply
too fast-paced to learn within
! They kick off and then it's over. You either already know what to do and you do it and win – or you don't know what to do, and you lose.
"Pat gaining the initiative on an already-drawn gun, and putting 6 shots on target while gaining distance and without getting hit. Sim training is incredible, but I have discovered that it is NOT THE BEST WAY to gain COMBAT WISDOM…"
And so I've learned through experience that it is the down time between Sim™ gunfights, and (like ace pilots in WW2) the time I spend reviewing and analyzing other gunfights – it is these periods in which my skills improve. THIS is how I develop combat wisdom. It has to percolate following observation or experience.
And that leads me to an announcement possibly even more exciting than the release of my Complete Guide 3 years ago… The announcement of a brand new educational tool that I hope to see completely revolutionize the way we responsibly armed Guardians develop ourselves and keep ourselves sharp.
I believe I have come up with a solution to this problem: a method of obtaining a necessary degree of Combat Wisdom so that we have it with us when that day comes. A way for us to educate our senses and sharpen our decision-making abilities. A responsible and balanced way for us to become acquainted with violence and violent people, so that we're not stunned into submission should we ever encounter them face to face – but instead, can react appropriately and justifiably.
This concept and educational tool that I've come up with is one that's so simple, so rational, and so effective that I cannot believe it hasn't existed for decades.
But: Now it does. And this is something I want every single one of my students and CCU Alumni to experience; bar none.
And once you expose yourself to this brand new tool, I believe you will agree with me: absolutely everyone who carries a concealed handgun for self-defense should receive this education and training.
Introducing 3 SECONDS FROM NOW:
Since its launch in January of 2017, the 3 SECONDS FROM NOW series has been an instant hit. Adopted and appreciated by private citizens and professional warriors alike, it has helped to frame defensive violence within the right mindset for thousands of diligent students seeking to improve their understanding of and odds against facing motivated criminals.
And now, with the release and launch of
The Fighting Principle of INTENSITY
, the 3 SECONDS FROM NOW series aims to simplify and systemize the entire way that handgun-combat is taught in the United States.
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Executive summary
This study is based on data collected in our survey Email Marketing Success Tester, which was originally designed to serve two purposes. On one hand, it tested the email marketing level and know-how of email marketers from all over the world, to provide them with some insights on what could still be improved. But to take the educational impact even further, we've decided to take the information you provided, and process it into a study of email marketing trends and industry typical practices.
The report sets out to answer the following questions:
- Which email marketing strategies are the most and the least popular among marketers?
- How do business units of different sizes implement email marketing strategies?
- What are the major differences in utilization of email marketing strategies by specific industry sectors?
The data that we used was collected over a period of two weeks: from November 14-28, 2011 from approximately 600 respondents classified in 4 groups based on the business unit size and in 13 groups based on industry type.
General overview
On average, the number of "yes" answers to questions referring to the use of various email marketing tactics was above 50%. This means that at least half of the respondents know and apply them in their email marketing.
However, the differences in results for particular questions demonstrate that some practices are quite popular and others - often overlooked.
The majority of respondents are diligent about legal compliance and subscription-based lead generation:
- 79% use sign-up forms to grow lists
- 71% provide unsubscribe links in their newsletters
- 72% use a confirmed opt-in subscription model
- 66% inform subscribers what the newsletters will include
Quite a large group indicates that they have high deliverability (62%), low complaint ratio (69%) and effective delivery to major client inboxes (68%).
As far as newsletter optimization routines are concerned - there are no major surprises: most respondents realize the importance of regular mailings (70%), personalization (58%), compelling subject line (68%), and stats analysis (61%). But that's it. The more advanced techniques are often neglected: not many marketers split test, segment their list, or use follow-up cycles.
The only thing that took us aback is the weak implementation of social media integrations, especially given the buzz it creates in the context of email marketing. As it turns out, only 50% of the researched marketers use any type of email-to-social collaboration. This means that, even if their brand is present on various social networks, cross-channel marketing is practically non-existent - a shame, given the benefits it can offer.
Results by marketing strategy
List-building strategies and sign-up form optimization
All groups declare strong support for organic list growth and use of web-based sign-up forms to generate leads (average 75%). But at the same time, email marketers seem to underestimate the power of lead-generation campaign strategies.
Most respondents underrate web form optimization: only slightly more than half incentivize subscriptions (54%), provide visible, easily accessible web forms on main pages (57%), or include a web form on their blog (52%). Only 40% include a web form on every page, 41% on their Facebook fan pages, and 44% collect leads at tradeshows or in stores.
Segmentation and list hygiene
Only 42% of all groups make use of advanced segmentation strategies which, sadly, means that the era of a blast email definitely isn't over yet. It seem that the benefits of having high-quality, engaged contacts are still overlooked, as most respondents neither remove inactive contacts (38%), nor try to re-engage them (36%). What's even worse - they don't fully realize the dangers of having lists corrupted with bad addresses, as only 53% use email marketing systems that automatically handle bounces and complaints.
Newsletter optimization
The averages are not spectacular. Email marketers in all sectors neglect details such as pre-headers (45%), don't encourage social sharing (47%) and don't nurture leads with follow-up campaigns (56%). The low figure for split testing (39%) is quite disappointing, as it's an economical and time-saving method for optimizing newsletters, available as a core feature in most email marketing software.
Respondents in all groups indicate an average deliverability rate of approximately 97% and experience no major problems with delivery to most client inboxes. The comparatively high score for this section might be the result of high legal compliance: 72% of respondents indicate that they use a confirmed opt-in email model, and 71% provide unsubscribe links in their emails. This is great, compared to the ratio of those who don't use automated bounce handling procedures (53%).
Results by business size
Total scores grow with the business unit size: for micro-businesses (1-10 employees) the general email marketing performance is around 53%. Small businesses seem to do better: in 11-250 sector the average results fluctuate around 64%. Medium-size companies (251-500 employees) reach the level of 73% and for large businesses (500+) the average score was 74%.
The discrepancies in results might point to differences in approach and marketing potential of the particular groups. Know-how, budget capacity, and implementation of marketing strategies are definitely better for large companies. They have the means to invest in staff and their know-how, invest in campaigns, and to develop email marketing as a separate department. Small companies need to fuel many channels simultaneously and can't afford to pay attention only to one particular medium. They often don't outsource email marketing, and their office staff members normally multi-task, which might result in prioritizing other responsibilities. Natural limitations also imply fewer development opportunities: fewer investments in new marketing strategies, technologies and staff education, thus less expertise. At the same time, the marketing impact and reach of such companies does not require more immediate investments; thus initiatives are always postponed due to other priorities.
List building and sign-up form optimization
- 1- 10 Employees
- Micro-business units don't seem to be particularly focused on contact acquisition strategies. The only effort they make is to follow industry best practices: they use sign-up forms (79%) rather than purchase list, and they do use confirmed opt-ins for sign ups (72%). To increase their audiences they could definitely try offline strategies (e.g. in stores) and incentivizing (only 54% do). They could also benefit from using social media to collect contacts (34%), as it's the most economical and effective list-building tool.
- 11- 250 Employees
- Due to its size, this group has the power and means to promote itself at offline events (60%) and to grow lists via social media (82% - top result for all groups) as they can see the immediate effects of this strategy in extended marketing reach. However, when it comes to details: incentivizing (53%) and facilitating subscriptions (web form on every page - 37% and above the fold 58%) there's still room for improvement.
- 251-500 Employees
- Only marketers from this sector usually provide web forms on every page (72%). This group stands out in contacts acquisition via blog (68%), but overlooks the possibilities Facebook can offer (52%). They realize the importance of incentives and freebies (78%), but miss seeing the potential of offline events to grow lists (60%). If the overlooked strategies are improved, this sector can become a leader in the implementation of list-growth strategies and significantly increase their marketing impact.
- 500+ Employees
- This sector managed to optimize the majority of lead generation techniques, as its resources and budget normally enable large-scale projects. Their results for social media integration are lower than in smaller sectors (57%), which might indicate that this channel is much underestimated by large companies.
Segmentation and list hygiene
- 1- 10 Employees
- It seems that advanced strategies such as segmentation and re-engagement procedures are quite problematic for this sector (all ratios below 50%). This is probably due to shortages in resources, time and budget. However, we'd strongly recommend implementing whatever tactics are available to improve list quality (re-engage or remove inactives and automatically handle bounces), as this will have immediate impact on performance results (higher engagement metrics and deliverability).
- 11- 250 Employees
- The average results here are much higher in comparison to smaller companies.
However, they're still quite low (only slightly above 60% for bounce handling procedures) and highlight the need for better implementation of segmentation and engagement strategies, as those are factors crucial for future success.
- 251-500 Employees
- The top results for segmentation (72%) and re-engagement campaigns (56%) indicate the marketing potential and proficiency of this sector's marketers. This is also the group that realizes the benefits of automated bounce-handling systems (72%). Improving the weaker sides - re-engagement (37%) and removal of inactives (47%) - would greatly influence engagement and deliverability metrics.
- 500+ Employees
- Results in this sector indicate that they realize the advantages of high-quality lists. However, they seem to underestimate the power of targeted emails, as their segmentation ratio is only 65%. With their marketing impact - it should have been higher.
Newsletter optimization
- I- 10 Employees
- The average for all questions is only 50%. This is a very unsatisfactory result, as small newsletter bloopers can severely damage brand image and result in high unsubscribe and complaint ratios. The low score for split testing (30%) is a bit alarming, as it's the easiest way to eliminate potential no-goes and maximize engagement.
- II- 250 Employees
- The results of this sector indicate better know-how and more attention to detail. Social share icons can significantly increase email CTR, so their 66% score (25% higher than in micro-businesses) is especially promising. The same applies to personalization (72%). Again - split testing is quite an effective way to avoid mistakes, so we strongly encourage them to take it further than 57%.
- 251-500 Employees
- This group's results for newsletter optimization strategies are quite impressive. They seem to realize the difference it makes and have the know-how and resources to pay attention to detail. Top results for split testing (78%) and comparatively high scores for stats analysis (66%) indicate that they have the ability to make deductions and adjust campaigns based on their own results.
- 500+ Employees
- Large companies have the means, budgets and expert support to pay enough attention to all aspects of successful email creatives. So their top results for newsletter optimization (76%) are no surprise. Unfortunately, as mentioned above, it's also the sector that underestimates social media power. With at least one social share button active they could double their CTR.
- I- 10 Employees
- 60% of the researched marketers reach a 95% deliverability rate. This is not a bad result, given the natural limitations in this sector's performance. They also manage to keep their complaint rate under 0.2 (71%), which means they follow anti-spam policies quite closely and avoid unnecessary reputation damage.
- II- 250 Employees
- Marketers in this sector manage to keep their unsubscribe procedures clear and effective (79%) and don't damage their reputation due to spam flagging. A high percentage of respondents (72%) indicated that their deliverability is above 95%, that they do regular mailings (87%) and experience low complaints ratio (69%), which indicates that they should seamlessly deliver to all clients - that's why the result below 70% is not satisfactory.
- 251-500 Employees
- 90% of marketers in this group indicated that they conduct regular mailings (the highest result). This seems not enough to achieve high deliverability results (only 68%) and minimize complaints ratio (only 64% keep it below 0.2%). Perhaps it's the effect of weak unsubscribe policies - only 74% provide an unsubscribe link in their newsletters.
- 500+ Employees
- In this sector, average results for deliverability questions are above 80%, which again demonstrates their marketing potential. Nevertheless, they didn't excel in all questions, coming second best for regularity (83%) and unsubscribe link (78%), and these are the areas that still need improvement.
Results by industry
There are two major surprises when you view the GetResponse Email Marketing Success Tester results by industry: the Internet marketing sector (53%) is not the leader for all industries. It actually comes third-lowest, after non-profit (43%) and real estate (51%). And it's left far behind by two other sectors: publishing (63% - the second surprise) and hi tech (61%).
- Agencies
- With a 60% average, agencies assumed third position across all industries. Their top results - 77% for regular mailings and effective subject line - are not impressive. But it's worth mentioning that they never go under 42% (email marketers who run re-engagement campaigns). It's the field that needs some improvements, together with removal of inactive subscribers (42%) and follow-up cycle implementation (45%).
- Arts and Entertainment
- The results for this sector are quite mediocre, on average: 58%. They're quite proficient at collecting leads offline (58%), and integrating email with social media: 67% of marketers collect contacts via blog and 54% via Facebook sign-up forms. But that's no surprise, as offline and social are very effective media for this industry. Marketers in this sector need to work on re-engagement campaigns (only 29% use them) and delivery to major inboxes - only 54% report that their emails are delivered in all major email clients.
- Communications
- The highest results for offline leads generation (65%) don't push this sector very high in the classification, with their average at 53%. They split test quite a lot (59%) and send emails to subscribers on a regular basis (82%). But the weak results for list-building strategies - 18% have web form on every page; 41% have web form on main page and above the fold - substantially weaken their performance.
- Education
- Marketers from this sector perform quite well in list-building strategies (average for all questions 60%). They also indicate that deliverability is quite high (the average for all questions 70%). But weak segmentation and list hygiene implementation (average 42%) put them in the middle of the list - average total results: 57%.
- Financial services
- 82% of them indicate that they have deliverability above 95%, no major problems with inbox delivery and with results analysis. They could improve list hygiene procedures, as only 26% remove inactives from their lists. The really poor results for social media integration (average 36%) might indicate generally weak utilization of this channel for this industry.
- Health and Beauty
- The total average 59% gives them the fourth position. This industry's marketers seem quite savvy in newsletter optimization strategies; they personalize and use follow-up cycles (71% for both). They also achieve top results for incentivizing subscriptions (67%) and for specifying the content of the newsletters (81% of marketers tell the subscribers specifically what they will receive). Thus it's quite disappointing that they don't split test (only 38% do) nor analyze email performance (62%) as this could really improve their campaign results.
- Health Care
- They strongly support sign-up-based list growth - 93%, the best result in the listing. But their deliverability results are quite weak, as only 50% indicate that they have seamless delivery to all major clients. And they could also improve on their newsletter optimization strategies: split testing (43%), pre-headers (57%), social sharing (57%) and personalization (57%).
- Internet Marketing
- The poor results for this sector come as a shocker, as it's typically considered the domain where marketing (including email marketing) trends, strategies and tendencies are created, developed and instantly implemented. That's why it was expected to surpass all other industries. But the results for newsletter optimization (average below 50%), segmentation and list hygiene (average 35%) and social media integration (average 40%) actually indicate that the companies need to carefully revise their strategies.
- Non-profit
- This sector scored lowest (43%). It's quite understandable, as they don't typically allocate a huge budget to marketing and promotion. However, they could benefit more from lead-generation strategies (average 41%) and social media integrations (33%) as those are quite inexpensive and profitable tools, offering what's probably one of the most important success factors for this sector-publicity.
- Publishing
- This industry's number 1 position in the listing is quite remarkable (65%). We can only attribute it to the fact that it's a highly competitive market, and mastering innovative email marketing technologies can be an effective strategy for outdistancing the competition. Most of the marketers in this sector report first-rate results for list growth, deliverability and social media integration. That's why the 18% results for web form on every page and for Facebook sign up are a sort of curiosity.
- Real Estate
- Only 63% of marketers in this sector use sign-up-based list growth and a confirmed subscription model, which is quite worrisome. In general their contact-acquisition strategies are on quite a low level: total average 50%. The same goes for their segmentation and list hygiene routines (26%). So it's quite surprising that they manage to keep their deliverability results comparatively high - complaint rate below 0.2% for 79% marketers and unsubscribe policies - 74%.
- Retail
- These very average (55%) results are quite disappointing, as this is the sector that often connects offline with online sales; thus it should implement all possible channels of communication to boost its marketing impact. The lowest segmentation (24%) and re-engagement (12%) results can indicate that the marketers in this sector still don't realize the potential of targeted mailings. Despite this fact they report quite high deliverability (almost 70% average for all questions) and social media integration stats (65% include social share buttons in emails).
- Technology
- The second-best ranking of high tech (total average 63%) was quite expected, as they are the ones who, due to their industry profile, can quickly gain proficiency in innovative IT technologies. They produced top results for segmentation (57%), inactives removal (61%), follow-up cycles (70%) and for stats analysis (78%).
About GetResponse
GetResponse email marketing platform is designed to increase email marketing ROI through intuitive, innovative and easy-to-use solutions for small businesses and enterprise customers. GetResponse has grown to over 215,000 active users from 183 countries, delivering 10 billion permission-based emails per year. Clients include: GSK, Intercontinental, University of Arkansas, Carrefour.
For more information, please visit: www.getresponse.com


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Exploring Canada's Climate Perspectives: Dr. Shi-Ling Hsu on Canadian Climate Policy
In January's Climate Change Solutions: Frontline Perspectives from Around the Globe webinar, Dr. Shi-Ling Hsu, law professor at the University of British Columbia and author of the new book The Case for a Carbon Tax: Getting Past Our Hang-Ups to Effective Climate Policy, joined the Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy to discuss climate policy from Canada's perspective. His presentation, "Climate Policy in Canada: (Snow)Boots on the Ground," explained the nuances of Canadian policy that outsiders may miss by focusing only on the similarities between Canada and the United States.
On the surface, many of Canada's climate actions appear to parallel those of the United States: Canada's recent withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol or its acceptance of the Copenhagen Accord might be seen as Canada simply following the U.S. lead in international policy, and Canada's efforts to impose federal command-and-control policies for greenhouse gases might look similar to President Obama's efforts to regulate carbon under the Clean Air Act. However, there are several subtle but important distinctions between the two neighbors' attitudes toward climate policy, Hsu said.
He outlined four "puzzles" that, when explained, reveal differences between the United States and Canada:
- Why is Canada's conservative and market-savvy federal government embracing command-and-control climate policy, rather than a market-based approach?
- Why is British Columbia—the only province in North America to have accepted a carbon tax—so far ahead of the country and the continent?
- Why are four important Canadian provinces still participating in the Western Climate Initiative, when all U.S. states except California have abandoned the program?
- What explains Alberta's voluntary adoption of carbon policy when its economy and policies are so tightly linked with oil & gas extraction?
To explain these puzzles Hsu identified four unique Canadian qualities:
- Trade Dependence. Canada places a strong emphasis on maintaining healthy trade relationships with the U.S., Europe, and (more and more) China.
- Conciliatory Attitudes. Canadian political leaders often value consensus and conciliation over confrontation and conflict.
- Federalism. Canada is a very federalist country—the jurisdiction of Canadian provinces is much broader than that of U.S. States. Provincial responsibility for action on climate change is well recognized, and passing federal climate policies can be very challenging.
- Strong Executives. Canada's executives (the Prime Minister and provincial Premiers) can be very powerful if backed by a legislative majority. Additionally, Canadian courts are highly deferential to executive branch action or inaction. Unlike in the U.S., if an executive agency makes a decision, Canadian courts are unlikely to question or overturn that decision.
Hsu then explained how these four Canadian qualities—unique compared to the U.S.—explain the four "puzzles" of Canadian climate policy:
- Trade Dependency and Federalism explain Canada's command-and-control approach to carbon regulation. To avoid trade tariffs and to otherwise remain competitive in a global marketplace, Canadian companies want to show that they operate under similar regulatory conditions as other countries. Additionally, command-and-control regulation is one of the few carbon policies that the federal government is positioned to impose; the federal government does not have constitutional authority to implement a cap-and-trade program. Hsu notes, however, that the proposed means of achieving federal command-and-control may be a tough sell: the government has defined greenhouse gases as toxic substances, and thus plans to regulate emissions under criminal law.
- The Strong Executive role of British Columbia's Premier Gordon Campbell explains why the province succeeded in passing a carbon tax. Premier Campbell was politically and intellectually interested in a carbon tax policy, and in 2008 he faced ideal political conditions to lead parliament in adopting the legislation. Interestingly, Campbell's political party was the less liberal of the province's two parties; by taking leadership on carbon, Premier Campbell won support from environmentalists who were traditionally more supportive of his opponents.
- Federalism explains why the provinces of British Columbia, Manitoba, Quebec, and Ontario remain in the Western Climate Initiative when all U.S. states (except California) have dropped out. Because there is no expectation of leadership from the federal government, Canadian constituencies demand and expect action from their provincial leadership; thus, participation in the Western Climate Initiative is well supported.
- Trade Dependence, Conciliatory Attitudes, and Federalism explain why the fossil fuel-dependent province of Alberta has taken voluntary (albeit tepid) action on climate. Oil and gas production accounts for 25 percent of GDP, 75 percent of exports, and 35 percent of government revenue in Alberta. This dependence on fossil fuel trading motivates Alberta to remain an attractive trade partner to countries that more and more prefer climate-friendly suppliers; Alberta's climate policy is a sign to trading partners that the province is doing something to address climate change. Additionally, a general inclination to remain conciliatory with neighboring Canadian provinces likely motivated Alberta to pursue some degree of voluntary action. Finally, Canadian federalism means that Alberta's voluntary action may also prove strategic: by having a climate policy in place, Alberta makes it more difficult for the federal government to impose top-down (and potentially more impactful) legislation.
To conclude, Hsu predicted climate action will continue to come from Canadian provinces, rather than from Canada's federal government. He recognized that, despite the unique qualities of Canadian politics, action from the United States would likely motivate action from Canada. In the perhaps more likely case that the U.S. fails to pass significant climate legislation in the short term, there is still potential that Canada might show leadership by adopting a carbon tax.
Such a tax, Hsu said, could be significant even if it's not very steep. Even a slight price on carbon could guide upcoming capital decisions (regarding the construction of new power plants, for example) toward less carbon-intensive paths.
A full recording of Dr. Hsu's presentation, along with recordings of all the other webinars in the Climate Change Solutions series, is available at http://yaleenvirocenter.webex.com.


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